The-Leader_1957-10-24

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MRS. EDWARD LICCtlSG
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22nd Year, No. 20 FiriTEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY,. OCTOBER 24, 1957
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Giblyn and Bodd List
y EconomiesConsidered
In New High School
Address- Meeting Held
Ey Central PTA Unit; .
Hope>)rDec. 18 Bids
Various matters being corisidlered
in aa effort by the Board of BkJuca-tion
to reduce the cost of tihe new
• high school to be erected on the
MUburo'Pond tract vrere puUinejd.
ot a meeting sponsored by the Cen­tra!
-Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations in tlie Bayview ' Ave.
.«.,......- s^aTOari-jast-ThiKsday-JnlSht,-ASjovrt-
350 persons attended. .
,; - Mrs; Donald Regan.' president ot
' the Council, and Mrs. Adolph G.
Bingcr, clialrman of the committGC
on sdhool nffair.s, taoli:_turns in
' preslldin?.' Leo V. Giblyn, president
of the 13oard" of Education, and
_ Superintendent of Schools John W.
Dodd did-THost of the tallUng.
, The3''explained tiliat originally the
voters of tihe School' District ap-
';proved a bond ts$Ue of $3,950,000 to
- finance the| cotistruction . and
- ^ wiulpment tS'ft newtilBh school, and
--^iA. •rit>duiie\V-ptioposal.">to''TBsclnd''.t4ie
appropilatton i6r. the pool 'and per-
' .mif the use ot Qie 932&|6oo to' bet­ter
-advantage. OoUbt wais expressed,
' hoiveverj -that economies could be
found to keep the cost of iM project
within Uie $4,275,000 flgfure.
Frojioses Chanires In Plans
The list of proposed money savers
is as follows:
Reduce the total cubic footage of
tlie scSiool from 3,072,000 to 2,704,-
961. " " '' ''
Reduce the„total floor urea from
211,332 square feet to 183,531 £guare
feet.
Substitute terracotta, for marbel
in the main foyer. .
Eliminate the $325,000 provided
for the pool and apply that amount
to tiie greneral building fund. ,. -
Omit the district administration
(Continued on Page-12).
E. Merrick Rd. Widening
Job Awardedjtq Peterson
The contract for East Merrick
rd. 'nidenlng' ivas AWdiTdied yes­terday'to
John C. Peterson Con-
Btruction Co., Inc., Baldvin, at
the lawesi-bid fijsnM af_S4J4,396.-
Work on the moving of vil­lage
ntUIUcs Is included in the
contract. This prelbulnary woirfe,
necessary before constmction
starts, will be financed by Free- •
port thrmigh a payinentfto-the^
Nassau County Public Worira'
Department. WorX- onr.moving-the
utiUty ilnes wiU start at'
once, The Leader learned.
A Public Worlia Department
special agreement with the con­tractor,
no stores in the busi­ness
area will be blocked off
dnrinjr tire Christmas shopping
season in December.
Turkey Shool Planned
At Rifle Range Saturday
A turlcey. shoot will be held at the
Police Pistol Range at the rear of
the Freeport Municipal Stadium on
Saturday. Ocl. 28 from S A.M. to
suhdptm. It .will ,be, oper^. to' thie
VILLAGE B 6 A R D PAVES THE WA¥
FOR MERRICK RD. S U P E R M A M ^
Ends Floor Area liiih
For Fuod Stores in a
Business'AA'Zone
Commuhity Choral Is All Set
For 'Song of Norway' Tonight
After months of training- and rehearsing the jnembers of the Cast
cf "Song of Norway." to be presented by the Freeport Community
Choral are letter perfect for the first of three performances tonight
at i8:30 o'cloclc in the auditorium of -—
the Freeport High School. The Freeport to Participate
4Jn.„'X!ick!ji»£lTjfeatr.Jd[ea-,..„.^
presentations tomorrow and J^atur-
Tjay-Ttighte-TSronld-be-Tevett-better:'
"Seng of Norway." by Robert
Wright and George Forrest, ts the
tenth and most pretentious offer­ing
yet attempted by the Freeport
group. And Robert T. Tavls. Jr.,
the director, pcedicts that Jt -will be
the be'st. I'he story follows the life
and loves of Edvard Orieg '.the fore-rao.=;
t '•• Navweglfln composer. The
•"core contains a great deal of his
most beautiful worlds including the
wcil-1:no\Mi "Concerto In A Minor."
, To ' present [fixe music ' suitably,
'IVIt.: Travis' .has expanded the or-
Freeport Is to participate in
the 1B57 - CNICEF ^Trick Olf
Treat" protram on Hallowe'en
next Thnnday. Children instead
of collecting money foe them-wives
that evening trill tiixn
Over wliat funds they receive
to ' the Freeport Community
Council, the sponsoring orgtmi-zatlon,
to be fotwardied to the
U,.N. agency. '
-' > At eleven co-Op^^Riitinj; -ohureta
- KoH temple ^Smutay.BcihOQla oil /
s -^
SALVATION ARMY PtANS
DEDICATIC^K OF CITADEL . '
Brigadtef'Ernest W. Newton, com­mander
of th« Freport Salvation
__Army Corps, plans to attend the
dedication of the Salvation' Army
Citadel Corps, 157 East 125tb St.,
the Bronx, Sunday at 3 Pja. It will
be a neighborhood center with fa-ciliUes
for many activities for Ju­veniles,
teen-agers- and grownups.
'Irene Spellne ot the local corps will
. sips 'tilMs ttris House." .
TBAFFIC DmStON
PERSONNCt, CHANCED '
Tbr'Vtltaae Board"'has ordered a
change in the Police Department's
system'Of manning lbs Traffic Divi­sion.'
Instead of rematnlng a -eepa"
rate sauad headed by Ueut. Antbony-
Blar, the' division staff has been
Tnersed 'wltli the rest of.the de­partment.
Mayor'WUllam V. Glacken
said this procedure could make more
'xxdicemen a.vanah]e when drcum'*-
et^nces reiiutre tliem, whether on.
traffic or other duty, and will give
the men niore' an-aiound expetiftooe.
Freeport Wins, 25 to 6... ._
Over Ma'ssauequa Eleven -
In a game postponed from Sat­urday,
the Freeport High School
football team defeated a~ flit-ridden
Massapequa eleven Monday in
Ma'Ssapequa by a score of 25 to 8.
Jerry JaclcEon and DICIE . Nathan
scored two touchdowns each and
Klein kiclced for. one extra point.
The home team'scored It* touch­down
iti'tbi- thtai. peHod, while
the R«d Devila crossed the Une'once
In ISie fitst and third periods and
twice'iU'. tbei'.second'
- Dick Finley. iiid Bill PernieU, two
of-the Freeport ttialnstay8,r wer? out
of tite iineAip 'being down -with the
flu. However, they are expected:"to
be In condition when Fteeport takes
on Hempst^td at the Stadium Sat­urday
at 2 PJ4,
yiLLAGlE'CBIEVANCE NIGHT
SLATED TOEBpAT, NOV. 19
Thsjt VUIagC Board has set TSies-day,
Nov. !», from 7 to II PM.as
the time when It wijl hear com­plaints
"by 'taxpayers who feel that
Uieir/assessmenW are unjustly high.
h.Bs -been Jean- Ander.'son. who' Is
.featured 'Os. the solo pianist In the
Concerto. She has practiced not
only with the orchestra but is also
a<;compani9t for the Choral and
'works with the singing and dancing
cast each weeli.
The singing, which always has
been of a high calibre, is handled
capably by a veteran cast, which
Includes some who iiave been in all
nine previous ffiusicales. The per-so]
Uicl follows. " -
W"'cn&ri,''iVri^-'iaw.b*.Jaflipcs,Wt«p"^^^
•J38-pistols.-'^toi sfidotew'roiist be to. ijcqulrei tii* _«ra!nworit, reqv'red.
licensed, contestiuits.may. uaje thefr^for .a-' solid presentation., P^ratiabiy
own rifles or rifles will be .supplied I the liardest .worker in the group
by the Police' Blffe • and Revolver
Club. " ; '•
The turkey shoot originated. In
coloiiial America. A turkey was tied,
behind a log' with only the h«id
showing. The contestant who shot
the head off'the,bird won the shoot.
A turkey shoot today, is different.
Targets ~ alone are shot, not the
actual turkey.
Twenty contestants constitute a
line competing again&t each other.
The v/innpr in that line, high scorer,
wins the turkey.^ Contestants shoot
at felther "luck" or skilled targets.
•The skill target is the regulation
bullscyc while the luck target is a
grid of 100 numbers ajTanged in
haphazard order.
k-W?*ai5gI»af.Bxcm&l: •a5uibtrt«<rirB&^'^^
Acts Aft<^r Holding
Matter in Abeyance
Since Hearing July 22
_;3?m„yillBBe,,Boai;d,Bak4-13M!..way-.
for tile establishment of a- super­market
at tlie noithwest comer of
West Merrick rdr, and South-Long •
JBeadlt ave., ot its meeting Monday
night. It unanimously, rescitOied a
"uses permitted" item' in a Busi­ness
V-AA" District that limited
the area, that might be occupied by
a food store to 3,000 BQuare feet.
l>ecisloh ,on t}ie matter hod been
held in abeyance sincfc 4< public
heating was hdd-on Monday night.
July 22.'l[t was .Attended t>:ir<,in6n)
tihan.'lBO pecsons: Two Eptia't'ers tul-
Mary 'Vitvfiiiusbf.'ok
!^ic^llr(} tlo'ip
J o Ki)ri>«n. ...—
"Wiiiif Werner
Irvine: Wenz - ..
LVlfreil CronB, jr.
Auslin lUnll ... ~ .
Emily Oavln
jA-^h Wolin
Ronnje McGDivaii
Louisa Oiovnnnl
Edvni'd Cilicn
Nin:i Haffei-iil>
Htchaiil Notdt'Uiik,
. yeiH Le I>oiii>
Mnehlro PJaoni
, F.ahei Oilesr
MolViei fJrleu
Fjithpr Nordr.iuk
Adcllnix
are
Various cnjldren's roles
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Firemen to Remember
Departed on Satiirday
The annual Jnspectlon and me­morial
exercises of the Freeport
Fire Department will be held on
Saturday. The firemen will assemble
at fcheir North Main st. headquarters
at 2' PM..
At 2:30'they will leave on' a
victory parade that wUl tatQe ttiem
south:^n Mabi st./ to Merrick road;
then -west to Ijaas Beach ave.; find
north -tJuvugh Long^^Beach to Pine
St.. wlKxti they-wlU enter the Church
of-the Thujsflguratlon for-servlces.
The memorial address will" be given'
by thft Rev. Dr.' Regijiald H.' Scott,
the.deirairtment chaplain. T4ie sav-
4c& is open to the public. . -
After leavbig the ciuirch, the
firemen will proceed to he;Muni­cipal
Building to be Inspected by
Mayor- Wliliam P. Glaclsen and
members of the Village Board acting
as flni conunissioncrs. '
The inspection over, the ttxa 'wUl
adjourn to their lespectlvc head­quarters
to partake of.refreshments.
-aistrlpnted^'
iendli^g', ,..-"••" ;• . '" '1* "'.
For chUdi«n who do not go
to Sunday School' a supply 'Of
eartoms crUI be avAilsble at the
FreajMrt nfemairiaJ. Library' in
the Junior Dejiartm^Dt nest
week.
OftiMrs of (he Community
Council have, urged residents,
of the community to contribute
tilieraly to the CNICEF through
"Trick or Treat."
BERNHARD'S PHARMACY
TO STAY OPEN SU>f»Ay
Bprnhard's Pharmacy, 54 West
Men-ick rd., will remain open Btm-
Bay nigiit until 10 o'clock after
other Freeport druggists clo-se In
the afternoon for the rest of the
day. ^ Its phone number 'Is PRoe-port
8-0008.
A: jS&rris, d'-buiiderj 853 Merrick'if)!.,
'Baidwtn,' Twmty jpersons -asffpiahi •
for the denial of tiie A;ppIjcatlon.
Monday night.'Trustee Arthur, Jft-
J Muiler-moved 'itJiat tiio amendmenC
be ndopted.-^ IVustee Theo(|OTe MX
Lang was the seconder. [
Since the down-zoning question-
8 roused wide interest last summer
and many observers had a.'^umeil
the BppUcatlon would get a "rwctet
veto'; by the viUiige officials in
view'of the delay in acting on the ,
proposal, the Leader immediately
interviev/ed Mayor William P.
Glacken.
,A drive-tii cleaning establishment
will bo built dlagonallj,' across from
the supermarket site and owners of
an auto service station on Uie
soutlhwest comer plan to enlai^e
thplr facilities, the Mayor said. He
then listed from memory—tn their
exact order—all the buildings on
lioth aides of Vest Merrick rd. be-
(Continued on Page t)
Merchants Plan To Attend
Business Workshop Titesdaiy
Chombeis «f Commerce in Freeport and other South Bhore^ comma*
nltles haVp 'extended an invKation to all local business ,meh<,tfl'.>tteBd
a Small SuSlness Workshop Tuesday in the Freeport .Elka^ clubhouse,
gpotisored -by the ,-ChBmbers of
Commerce, the' si»sloiu are. p i v.
seeited toy.tho-State Commwce il>e-partment;
Beservatlona.. should l>fr
made •with-JadTOreen of the .Carol
Green store, FR' 8-240O — « t l y to^
assuurs attendance/ ••'iSt. -Green,
treasurer, said there would be no
fee'for the worltshopr but any''Who
plan to attend, luncheon must pur­chase
tickets in advance. Tlie eame
"Dutch .tteat"6payment covers 'a
coffee-ljreak at 10 Aja.
Eqierts to the fields of retailing,
credit, promotion advertising', mer-cliaiidlstag^
d-customer relations
are volunteering tbeir services for
the oil-day meeting. Commissioner
Edward T. DicidxuwQ ,caU^ P t } ^
tlon ,to the- foll!>w,-}j^.;jJe^fan»
available througlx Ja]b«t,^^I>^n9iiis,'
Mineola -Tegtonat jnan«fer..fijr. tbs
fitate Comtdefce - Departtnmt; -
WUUam I*. Carlebacli, v(nt Oej**
uty Commissioner of ,'the^-Stat»
Commerce Department. jVlU te
principal fipeoloer sjt tjio^jlpncheea
session. He wiu be Introduced, _by
IKarold T.' Schnurer?! dh:ector of
the Departmentlg DivUion of Com­merce
oad Industry, pt. WlUlam ^
N. Leonard, c(!iairman,or Uie Otvl-sion-'
jof Social Sciences' and the
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