The-Leader_1958-05-01

              DR. T. ^H.EVANS
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i23td Year, No. 2 L2REEPORT, N. Y.. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1958 FIVE CENTS PER COP>
JErwin Unopposed
jFor Re-eleclion
xTo School Board
' $2,425,390 Net Bu4et
Up for Vote Tuesday;
Three Propositions ~
- Hug:h Krwln, 101 Wallace st, Is.
runninc untipposed va succeed Iblm-
Eelf as a member ol- the 3oard of
. Education at the election next Wed
"iiiidny. Tbe polls in the lobby of
- the Wgh schODratrflltorlum •will be
ppcn from 12'15 to 9 p.ro.
Approximately 4300 residents of
,the "Freeporf-SdiODl District "ttt'e
eligible to vote at the annual meet­ing
to be held Tuesday nig^t at
8 o'cloclc. Tills -aiimber Includes all
who reglstened to vote on the Hiiifli
Kclmol proposition on Jsui. 30, and
thwe who fnrclled at the election -lecturer and cIiBtrman of the Bar
on May 1 tind B. 1957. If any others ! Association's committee on dece­dents
estates, who with .Surrogate
Professional Seminar Set
For Persc^nal Affairs Month
~A profesfJonal seminar to be^conductcd in the Elks clubhouse Tues­day
at 3 PJa., wlU be tt>e feature of Preeporfs tlilrd annual Personal
Affairs Month which is to get under way to day with a' luncheon in the
same place at 12:30 o'clock under —
the sponsorship of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce. Edward S.
Martin, president.
Surrogate John D. Bennett will
preside over the seminar at which
-7^f-;-^''^-=[^pevts„in= «arIftUa..lln.c3...pcrttaBnt
to the occasion will brief thxisc at­tending'In
the latest developments
in the professions with which they
are associated, Tlicre will be divi­sions
for-lawyers, accountants, life
ineurance men, trust officers,
bankers, investment consultants and
bankers'
Speakers to be heard are Homer
I. Harris. 170 New York avc, author
m^
OjaVo failed to qualify to vote they
may regl-ster in the lobby of Uie
,!l]lgh school'audltu'lum today until
e o'clock, t o a j g h t . - .-.
>.The;prlHclpai'ltem of biKhvess for
^pinilSen^aimiiTfttit; tji8,uniiual' ineet-
P«s«a.:^3^i)te^9..*Kross'bud«ey'.":iSxp
the idiobl. yesV;i9S*-^9^r^ti>Bi«!n'<<«
is reduced, bjf':$U»ai,'liS-- Jri - antlclf'
pated 'VecEipte'.frbin.iSpurces' otihcr
tJian.'tdxatlon and'SIOO.OOO
from working capital,'.leaving the
new amoiint to be raised by taxa­tion-
$a.42S,39<> if llhe budget is i Banks ts
adopted as submitted.,To ralie thlsjhattan.
Bennett \riU speak on ';Wills;" Wil­liam
J, Casey, of Hall, ,Casey, &
Robinson,' Roosevelt Steld, • "Pliui-nlnpr
'Bstatrai'^foday;"- J.-S^B;." Sin-clslr?,,
1cjMiin^n;ot->K,enn«dy\. Bin-'
olaiire.'' ta&L "vXfWiviW^xt:_£e>^A\
•Evii%aista^;PlBlBer m^id-JJiiJowj
:^'pttt^'Mfgt)sr"'*>aul ijoMer, /asso­ciate'
coiat^el- of-i the - CooncctlcUl'
lilut'ual''lit« Insurance Co', "Wliat
takenij Evej.y Lawyer Should Know about"
l i f e Insurance," and Max Rolnlek,
certified publlfc accountant of Leslie,
Co., accountants of Man-safcgnardlng
the Bene-money
tSie lax rat« for next year j ficlaries." After the various scml-will
he $3,89.on each $100 of asscsiad nars all tlie speaker^ wiU parttcipate
valoatlon,' an increase of 49 cents in a panel dlscuslon.
- D. I.' itoffcrs. To Preside
Donald I. Rogers, Business and
over the qarr(?nt year.
Besidcii voting on the budgetj
voters \vlUbe'Bskedtp. approve three J Financial Editor. Of the New York
propositions, '.one auUioilzpii 12ie
Bam-d of Education- to make or-raiigeine"
t.s ' with the village for
•widening Brookslde-ave to take c^ro
of increased traffic after ^ the new
liiph school Is bulltr "Anothej- will
mak<5 it. pawlb'te' to'estaftllsh more
conveinent^ i>bim>g..'Bla9es for voters'
by dividing tiho, school dlstflet into
t-lectlon titstrlcts, fend a third will
(Continued'on,Page 9) •
Herald Tribune, i$' to preside • pt
today's luncheon. Frederick H. Haln-feld,'
Jr., president of the Long
Island 'Trust Co., \j(iU deS>1 with the
masculine 'poliift -of --viftw In' liTs
address, whilCL Mrs. .Margaret. Ken-nefly-
lhead of a Wall i>t.- firm In
Manhattan, farnlliarly known as
'IW9lLS!?^et;s_Tra™hng ^Ambassa­dress
to Main Street?'-will speak for
(Continued on Page 31
More TKan 200atlnstallat^
0/CqinmerceC!ia#l?erH^
Guy-iLDmbanlo.was'hosb-ttfnioro-than 200 persons at a buffet supper
served at therEast Point .lioui?4 Wednesday night,- AprU 13 before the
'-institllation of .offls,er8 of^t^is.Erceport Chamber i',of Commerce^
Pollqwlng th6 supper, Edward! S. "
•Martin, who ?.'as elected to BUf^eed
himself submitted his annual rigsprt
reviewing the Chambers accom­plishments
during the year Just
closed,. Among other things he listed
the setUng aside of Teadhers'
Recognition' Day by the Board of
Education, the seflps of 'cocktaU
parties for the benefit of tht|_ South
Nassau Communities Hospital, the
presenUng of flu/Arion ,a'*£»«'d to a^resented » plaque awarded anuufll-r
v
Y.
member of the Precport 61gh School
Band, Personal Affairs Month in
May, the organlratlan of^ the teen­age
cmploytnont servlpe,' Freeport
Night 8t.Ebbets.B^eld;-'the RebiUld
i«clprocftl Ponrtli f)f July ceSebra-tion
In'.connection, 'qfjjtit.that )ixM^
DakfialL city .of'that name,- the mas­ter.
calendar, , the annual fashion
show, a srock'nroU -dance, the an­nual,
friendly, doorways contest and
tlie fashion show-by Signora'CSlai
coftieli at the Garden City Hotel'to
aid tbp buildln^,fpnd of the South
NassaiJi Communt'UeS Hospital. .
. .Bariy. Wekslcr, Chairman of the
Industw and C«nmerce Division
ly fori .tbe best'pubUc building
'erecW. during'the year to Jules
Gerzbf. for the Piceiwrt Profes-sioiwl'
Buifiilhg on • West' Merrick
rd.' nearZ/sSuth ^ayyiew ave. -_ '
presiding Supervisor Edward P.
' - . , . . , tContlnued-fla-.i'age 2J -»»-'•;
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS. , Personal Affair*
Month was originated in the Vll:
lage of Freeport with Che fii%t ob-jervflncs.
jdui:lnE;_May_.1836,_and^
_ WHEREAS, tills oljservanoe has
ivoksd widespread interest in thb
xrea as well as In the many com-nunitle.'?
tliroughout the United
States, and
WHEREAS, the practice of peri-
•die review by people in all wolk?
jf life of tlie many ..aspects of their
lersonal "affairs will result in
greater health, ihoppluess and fl-aancla]
security and
' WHER'EAS, Freeport Chamber of
Cpmmercp, assisted by ji xepresen-oatlve
Ciilzens Co'nunlttce, is again
iponsorlng Persanal Alfalrs Month
]}u^.i^,-'M»y, IDS&I { ^ - <^' civic and
;oitim'<ijnty " activity;' .. / , -^ j,-..,-',
f. 'OLAlSfSlSS/.kftytfr'y -the.'V'iaassE
of FreepQit;-=do,--'-" ' ,"-.. ' ""->-,•
PROCIJilM'. AND-' DEaiGNA'TE
Khe-monf!) of May-Jflfld, as'Personal
Affairs Month, and dp hereby caK
upon all citizen:, wltliin our Village
to review 9II facts Of tljelr'personal
if fairs in c'onsultatlon wlUh doctor
lawyel", accountant, trust • officer
md/or other specialists, to the cnrf
that their combined 'advice -and
services may result In direct benefit
and idttsfaction to all concerned.
_,-, 'Wlillam JB. Qlacfcen, Mayor. '
Freeport, New York
May I,' igss: • ,; .
.To Preside at -Seminar-
JCHROCIATE JOHN D. BENNETT;
Freeport Included
In'Operations Alert'
19%Np^ Tiiesd^^
'^fl^iot^
Cancer Crusade Falls'Shy^
Has Be«i Extended to May
., Conirlbnticns tp - i h e . Cancer
CcusMfi,!^ FreepDrl, dumg th6 past
ivcek broiigiit the total to $S,400,
MUa ^Patricia P. Collins,'the local
campaign' ohalrmali,- > reported.
' However; she .qtihounred this was
93,100 short of the' S6,SO0 village
'quota 'necessitating "thcj^iryingr
of {fae drive on*'Into'may. -
'. They'Usuert an'appeai-for ad-
-dUt'onai_iSH»i»trU"uUb'ns' to 'enable
Freeport t»'go ovei^'ibc.t^'MIss
ColKps,'who ,Uve«"al'3251 Plnesi.,
-'xald ' checks-'-made" jayHt, to ' the
'f^Ameriran Cancnr Society," might
• be,'mailed W &e'r,,'br .t^ Ur, .H^-
mitn C Dunker, tbe ca-chabnautb,
18 EaKt Sunrise bwy. 'Shc aflfled
'that chechn irould be,called for it
the"request wau made ^y calUof
her a,lt FKeeport 9-5913 or tM^.
. DunEtcr, FJSeeport 9-2190. ' ,
CHVBBUK'S DRUG' STOBK
TO STAV OPEN,iSU>a>Air.
:'Bt-'eeport ]wlll be'-lndudad whe.ri
all Nipiftu, .Co'un^.'s'sirens' /sound
the "Tafcc Cover'" signal promptly
Tuesday at 10:30 ajn. Col. Louis M.
Merrick, Nassau County Civil De-fen&
o Director, announced this week.
The Air Raid drlU i.^ a. part of the
nationwide Civil Defense Exeiclso,
"Operation Alert, 1958," wliiclj, by
db'sctlon of President Dwight D.
Eiicniliowere will otjcupy the atten­tion
0^ CIvJl Defense membsra for
twelve hour periods on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
When the-sirens somid all traf­fic
will b'e rcqijlrfd to halt and th»
public must .S'eek immediate shelter-
'The-bnly exceptions'will be ambu­lances,
physicians on coll, t!he Police,
Fire apparatus, emergency vehicles
(Continued on Page 7)
Woodclef t Avenue
Widening Map Is
Adopted by Board
Berkowitz and Beiirens
Oppose Action; Berns
Leads Plan Advocates '^
A map for the lO-foot widening of
Woodeleft ave. was adopted by tho
•Village Board after a public he»r-ing
Monday night at which taxpay-crs'npl:
esFntre'd~a^ume"nS'T)b"liH'
and ogainst the project. *
Three trustce.9—Robert S. Mc-
Lellan, Artliur R, Muller and
George H. Fairbeng—voted In f-.vor
of Uie filed map, while Theodoi'e M.
Lang who resides and has his of­fice
on Woodeleft ave., obstalned.
fwm votlrig, Mr. Lang presldsd ;n
tlje absence of Mayor William F,
Olacken, who Is on vacation.
Questioned about future pm-ccdure,
VUlnge Counsel Kennetli E.
"Vought said, another (hearing must
be-held on a map. to set up bene-f
i t t ^ assessment arena b^ore any
action can be- taken, inre 6treet'<
CBsJi ana-'wvst, stda_5J^kl, s>>are,
' eiiO^lj^^'-iil''; jbhe ' - ^ t ' . 'JvAttiv MSgsa^
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,-••?', ''f-i
l&nd" acquisition .'it '\kvi »treet,'is
Widened. But tShe paving expenditure'
would he's generil.-clinrge against
all Freeport taxpayers.
Berhowltz Ileaits' OppoaiUon
Harry Berkowltss, a propert.v
owner near the' nor&i end ot tJie
avenue, antT Harold P. iBchrcns, a
homeowner at 46 Woodeleft ave, led
the opposition. Mr. iBerkowitz pre­sented
to Village Clerk RkSiard H.
Raynor a petition signed by 1<P
owners of property on the west aide
covering a distance of 1,65S front
feet opposing tile widening
Oeorge W. Sems and Michael
Wains.-both of whom'lhave prop-'.'
ertles further eout^ on tihe avenue,
summarized arguments for road-widening,
Otlier favorable talks
were given by Robert Kurz, 124
(Continued on Page 10)
Little & Babe Ruth Leagues
. To Open Season On Saturday
'.Xtw call "Play Ball" will resound Saturday for about 600 Little,
Leaguers between Jihe ages 6f 8 and 12 Inclusive,'and-.another 100 Babe
Eutt) laagers from 13 through 15 'years of age. - ~ .-i
^ Preceding the opening games there
will b^ a parade with about 1,000 In
tite proo$s3to.n. The marchers will
assemble at the Municipal Building
and headed by a police escort and
the Color. Guard of the TJ. 8._ Mating
reserves will move at 11 A.M. Music
virIU> be Jirovided by the Freeport
Hlgli School Band while the Fire
Department band 'will be in the
.line of march with sfcVeral pieces
of apparatus. Girl Scout-Troops of
Brownies will add color to the eVent
and fche eight Little' League major
league teams \irill be resplendant
in their new uniforms. The rpinor
leaguers wUl also parade, as ''will
the meivlbers of tho Babe Ruth
teams.
march will be on
(Thubbuk's Evug'Store, 39 Sour
Ihlaln St. will remain open Smulf:
until 10 pipi. after otaiK- F r e ^ r t j League
pbit^mfioe^tg close.early, in-fltie a/t-i "nw' Une.ot
eroWon 'for.«he isest of the day. Its miooltlyn ave.J to Main st., jouth
phpne .nupjIJier if flRPHWrt Jv-*93',. m ^.qick-rdr sW*t *fl 0pwJ?vP»^i^» i., ^ , t^oM»^f? 9^i^W< i?l n y,'.'».. .\ fn»
St.. and then'south to Randall Parte
for the opening-double header, The;
Baby Ruth XeaSucM 'wiU leave the '
line of march, at Merrick road Ito
go to the i^adUun ta open.-their
season. Walter^ -,(Jumbp). Brown
former Little'TtiCague'president and
ex-Glant.and Yankee, relief pltfiher-wlUv^
e the .Special guest. ,
Tfie double headers at Randall
Park will 'be as follows: National
League, Rot^|by Club vs. Elks and
B'nalJErjrlth vs. Mountcastle; Ame;rl-catt'
-League! Exchange Club, 'vs.',.;
Meadow Brook Bank atid flams'
Island Trust vs. South Shore Fed­eral.
- There wlU ftlso be a Babe Rutb'<''
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