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FREEPpRT. N. ¥., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958 3a FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Proposed Village Builpt $2,074,545; Up $129,574
Tax on Additional
$100,000for School
Seen^fTMO Genl
' . Citizens Comitiittee
On New F.H.S. Gets
Interesting Facts'-
>..»-j:hc.»AddittoTial ,.8inajaQa.aiaaded
lor Pi-eeporl's proi>osed senior;;hl8h
FcUool will cost taxpayers only one
oiia one-tefiths cent per $100 ib-messed
valuation, the Citizens Ad­visory
Cotninittee for Education was
toid' at its meeting Monday night in
the High ScJiooI cafeteria. Added to
the 40 cents oJready vcted for a
srhool and swlmmlne pool expendi­ture
in the original referendum,
• tills makes a total of SO.l'cents per
$100 valuation the first year, a
figure expected to decrease as the
bonds are amort(zed..
Acting -Poll«;'.' Judge Julias L.
Blrgentihal, chairman of the_ group's
finance committee.'said-these, sta'-
-Jl^tac.vJi^^.„based,„pa ^fi^n^Ui^^
t5>2t ao-y?3r'.iKWt%<.w'ui'TBg..;adi!CBe<
at 4 per cent interest'. He gave fur­ther
tncourftRliig news — Shat an
estimated increase of $3,304,000 !n-the
school district's assessed valua­tion
is anticipated this yaar
'~ Savtafis In Cost listed
. Leo P, GlWyn. Board of. Educa­tion
ptefcldent, and Raymond- H.
Malone,,c!hairman of the. advisory
group, 'Joinod other spealcers In voic­ing
satisfaction with the contrac­tion
bids. They said" a very gsod
school can bo' built now/nt a cast
qonsiderably smaller Uian Tvould
have been possible a year ago. The
hutldmg Industry has slowed -down
to suoh an' extent that" more con-tractors
submitted bids on the proj­ect'
creating', greater competition-
-Changes In th^ original plans, com­bined
^th alternate bids, have
given prospects of getting Uheschool
at o substantlaLsavings in cost.
Mr.'.GIbljn^^gaW Oie cost wlU-be
about iSjcents.per cubic loot'lew
thai\ It would havif been a year or
.s'o ago. This, togeth'er wlUi a redac­tion
-of- somo 3d7JDD0 cubic feet in
Officials Welcome Date
For Opening Bids on
Grade Eliniin^tjion Job
Mayor William F. Glaoken,
all loci! offlciaLs and the pub­lic
in «e|teral welcomed the
.announcemeriit this -week that
the Department of Fubllc Works
of the State of Sew York had
called tor the opening of bids
on.Jh.0 I>>iut-Xslaiijl.JB$Lil.jaoad~
• irrade -elimination project on
..Thursday, Jan. 30. They ex­pressed
the Iiope that in view
of tiie present favorable situa­tion
the bids would be well
within the estimated cost of
$e,56S,00t) and Ihcre would bo­no
delay in getting can.<;truc-tion
under way.
Extending from Just e«<it of
Brooksldo ave.. which crossing
was cUndnatfcd in the Baldwin
project, the tract<age to be
r<ti cd extends 2.83 .miles east-
'ward. to tlie nu^otvlirook
Causeway, Tlie seven -gra'dc -
croBsins? <to bet bridged are ISay-
.view avetj Long'..Beach '^ive.,
Mall* ana uenry~eta.
1*atricia Collins Named
Deputy Town Attorney-.
Miss Patricia JX. CJolllns. 325 Pins
St..- was appohited Deputy Towr
Attorney at the -final meeting of
the Uempstead Town Board In 1B57.
The position pays $7,080 a year.
She took office as of Jan. 1.
Miss Collins wah graduated from
St. Agne-s Academy, Rockville Cen­tre,
took 'her pre-law studies at St,
John^ College, Brooklyn, and re­ceived
lier law degree fi-oni St.
John's-Law BcSiool. She was ast-mitted
to the bar In 1951 and iias
her own law office at IBS West
Sunrise Highway- Siie-is-honorary,
vice president elect of tlie Freeport
Republican Club. *• - —
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COHEN'S DBUO-SHOP -'
TO STAY OP^N SUNIJAY
Cohen's Freeport Drug Shop, 88
SouUi Main St., will stayjspen Shn-dny
after other Frc'epoft-pfiaSinaces
close early in the afternoon for the
vest of the day. Its phone number
is FReeport 8-OOTI- A
ccroTS
Freeporfs First 1958 Arrival TaxHale $2.02, Gun
Hearing Next Monday
. JPoIice Salary Boost,
Social Security Item
Among Chief Increases'" •
..Tbe-iicQPMfiii BceeBMi-hudett-foE-.;
1958-69 totals ?2,fl74,S48, i-epresentfl"." '"
tlves of the local civic a.S50clntiona
were informed by Mayor Willlnm
F Glacken at a meeting In hLs of­fice
Saturday afternoon. Income
I from sources other* than taxaricn
• totals $5*1,350, plus a surplus of
$148,000, or $692,350, leaving $1.-
382,105 to be raised by taxation. -
This is based on an asses.'ed valu­ation
of $38,423,632. a $2,498,107 in­crease.
If the annual budget oa it now
stands Is adopted after. a public
hearing,to be held in the_Munic­ipal
Building Montlay nlgtot .at 9
I a'clock, It will mean an Increase, of'
.311. ti.il Mil. Aithiir T. > 1III1.111 7ii' «ljllf4 an'-, irt- thr vroud
parejits-of Freeport's first new an^val «f 1958, an eight pound five
.ounce boyl Uc'arrtved at the Doctors Hoi^pitaj at VihB AM., jnst'slx-lecn
mlnotcs after tfaii advent of the new yesw, with Dr. Step'hea Daly,
155 West iMecrlck rd., and a member of the bospilal etaff officiating'.
The lltH© yoiiBgslcr bos !>ccn named Kcvtn J«h^ He has an older
iirotlier, Bobert.AUen. The mother,-pictured abo>-e with JltUe Kevin,
ie the fonacr MIS!> 'GeraldiiiR 'V. Springer.
United Fund Meeting
is Set for Thursday
Election to Be Held
And Final Figures on
' .Campaign Announced
The amiual meeting of the trnlted
Fxmd of Preeport will be held ^«
the Municipal Building, jhext Thurs­day,
night at 8:45 o'clock at which,
time 'offlceiis dad directors will -be
elected and full report ^ubmltt^d on
the October- campaign."
Alt who contributed to the United
Fund in its IB57 drive are auto­matically
members of the organiza­tion
and therefore eligible to par­ticipate
to the annual meeting
President' Charles Oilbert ati-lionnced
this week.
The campaign last fall went over
tliD quota ot.»37,300 set for th»
eight member ageneles. The full ex­tent
of the ovensubscrtptlon will Ise
reported at the annual meeting.
- Chairman dt the various commit­tees
which worked on the drive will
make reports, and representatives
of pacii"of 1*ie ed&ht agencfes are ex-pectod
U» attend..'" ",'
' The meeting- will elect (llrectors
for'.ths.;'Pui«l. and-tihe organlpa-tlon's
directors will tela!- the Btod
o«lc03 for the eoml?>B yeir. Those
nominoted lor dhrector* by anomi-tiathin^
cohunittee beaded by t^.
MUton'B. Wa-idnian arei . ,_ " '
IiesterHi B^nim;iBn,iJre''Wflcner
P. Boone, i^amuel R.Caheri,TbolBia«
S. <UVnceil?«, Mf6. Harry-S- Bhbcits,
•'-. -.''^<Oontlnuedon-Pa5B-18>
Freeport G. O. P. Club
To Have Amateur Night
Atnateur night is to be observed
by t^e" Preeport Republican Club at
Its monthly,meeting to be~lieid to­night
at B:30 o'clock In the Legion
Dugout Participants have teen se­lected
'from among the tWented
Aiembew of the club.
. Plans will be made-for fne in­stalls
tion of officers to be held in
the Elks 'clUWhouse on ,Tuesd,iy
night, Feb. 11, with County Exacu=
tive A. Holly Patterson presl.dlng:
valuation, This c^ioaLp^rGs". favorably''
with the rate in other Long Island;
conununlties. those at-the meeting^
agreed. ^ '
Mayor Olacicen said the tax rate
might have i«malned -unclianged
had it not been necessary to meet
certain obligations such as.p.oy'
raises and Vacatisnji' for the Police
Department, to bring tsiem more
nearly on -level with the Nassau
County police: Social Security for
vUlago employees,, and cciVain'
othec Items caused by the commu­nity's
QTOWtll.
Pendini; Imiirnvementa
Looking toward tho future, Mr.
Olacken warned bond Issues will '
be costly for seVi'cr system improve- - '
inents, Incinerator repairs aiid vU-lago
expenditures In comiecUon
with tlie railroad grade ^Usoination
project, the widening of-Basit Mer­rick
.rd., the Henry st. extension and
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Science Courses To Feature
AduUEducdtionWinterTeYtn-
, With the attention of the world focussd on tbeneed fob more faata.-',
.iBg tn the rilatcd'Science fields, the Preeport Board of Kducntlon is
offering classes on the adult .level in Algebrb, Qeometry and chemsitry
for the winter term. These courses
may be taken for high Bclwol credit
either on a local or regents, Jiasls.
Silen and women vho are Interested
ii} broa'dcnlng, reviewing or bring­ing
their tralntog up to dale are
welcome' ^ enroll- without taking
HxvH examfne^tlotut lori credit. ;
^ Reststratiori for th/t new term
here':wlU beheld Monday through
Thursflay,'' next week, AXtemoon
dLasses ^"egistcr at i o'cloclt,- eye-.
nlng cflasses from 7:30*/ ito 8:30
o^HoelE.-, mne ..thousand .brochuires
dcscrlbins'the various-cojurs^S'to be
offered' have, Ijcen nailed to the
TesidentB '. ol', the -vUlago.- Adiflis
ldai]^ilngr-io enroil ebotild'^.consult
t&^ IwofUrares' for iDKnmatton
cmji!Mdp5~;ihd""iw«lstmttoi|',^a'fe^
for the particular'subjects in vhtoh' 1
they are.interested. Be^lstt'&tlaaii,la^ -
always the beglniitnis portion ofj
the iirst regular class, >tl)erfare', regr /
Istratlon starta for oiost clMSes p.t •
7:30 PJ&l', '" • ' - .
i1<lo ;«g(stnttlon feo is chajreed in :
Freeport's adult ^dassesv. Students •<
are e]q)ect$4 <to pay for oiiy^tDate- [ •
tia'iai'of. bicidentat^expensifs con-^--
a^Ud 'with -Qie elates. TUs p()4car.>'
of-free.,a4utt-education U la line, -
with tile ]poUeii»;'fircooiuam^ br!''
ithe atftte^-DI„]&W S'o&.-.'a^'.flil^'
claase&''taugj>t-ben' liv-nfpepart'aM ^
itelaibumhle ,'far fitate'^^&iil. j '; '.'x|;'
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