The-Leader_1958-09-18

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23rd Year, No. 22 PBEIPORT, N. Y.,.THURSDAY; SEPTEMBER 18,1?58 - ^ w FIVE CENTS PER COPT
COUNTY VOTES $850,000 NOimf FREEPORT DRAINAGE
Nassau To Pay Cost; ,
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Board Reveals Plans
For A iGrade School;
HopeIt'sOpeirby'6P
Dr. Dodd Says Area's
Pupils Have Increased
109% In Past 10 Years
The Board'of Education hopes to
.riSClMoJ .tOtt-<the..^to-4t .toas; ahveady
purchased at South Ocean ave'. and
Cedar at.. Presldint Leo P. Gib-lyn
told the WorthSast CfvJc Asso­ciation
Friday nlgbt in the K, of 0.
Glutthotiss.^ He indlokted that the,
stricture Would have from IB to 24
classrooms, wltli nscKsary aujcUlnry
rooms, to^ accoriunbdate 600 or more
• p u p i l s . " - • • _ -•
Mr. Giblyn, was Introduced \sy
William ' E. Crevolserat, progmm
chairman, who also presented Har­old
E. Pearson, the hoard'-'i vlse-pre.
sltJont; Tru.'jtee Charles y,
.Sraidy, Superintendent ot Sc^o'olji],
J&nn,. vr: codd, iBuildUiss supi^Eln-tendent
Walter Hawkins ~and Wll-
Ham S. HugOies and Clcyton Wil-hamscn,
usblstants fo Dr. Dodd
gpeachcs wele followed by general
discussion.
Dr.. Dodd exhibited a chart show-
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Franklin Appointed
Ass Y Principal
Board of 'Education (President Leo
P Glblyn has announced the - ap­pointment
of Irving B. Frankkn
Qs A&sLstant Principal of the Prep-port
Junior-Senior HIB^I Schoor,- An
expenoneed teacher of social 'itudles
and English and an alumnus of
Freeport High, Mr. .Franklin tia-s
been on the staff of the local high
school since his graduation from
Westminster College in li}35. '' •-,
Ml-. PraWdin brings to his new
post a rich baclcground in education,
and service to youth. In. addition
to his regular teac'hlngs assignmeat
licre, he has for many years worked
closely wltli boys Jn all major SQIJO-lastlc
sports areas. With graduate
study at the University of Wiscon­sin
and "a.Masters Degree iw ad-jnlnistratiDU.
trom_New Vork' Uni-,
versity, jie'^iiS quidlncd'for certifica­tion
as a-New Yorli State iecoridary
fidioot principal.
Married to the' fomifir • Gertrude
Konz, Mr. Franklin resides with
his wife and fiamlly at 27a South
Long iBeach avenue. As the pm(id
father of nine children., ije ls;.unl-"
qucly p»epardd-to fiU hia^new as­signment
with understanding and
EklU.
COHEN'l^ DBVG SHOP ...
• TO STAY OP£N SUNDAY • •
Cohen's FTeeport Drug Shop, 83
Scuth Main St., will jijaiain open
Sunday Imtil^O p.m. after other
"pr^eport pharmacies close early In
- the "af temciin for-the rest of-"the
day. Its phone number is' PReeport
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Top 6*. Q.sP. Leaders LaUnch Frteport Club Program
Freeport'llcpubllcacL Leade^r!Pyet'"'C,'-2KSilyV^^^r^ pl«taiea'in'Ti4otory bandr.lii.vii wlHi NIVMUIU County Exec-utlvo
A. Holly Patterson, center, and BejmliUcaa Coon 'y C%aiiiiuin WflUam loeiss^.
Stof es On Maw lAerrK^^^ Greet Job's
Completion With Special Sales And Contest
f l i f e ' s Enpneering
Surtey Spurs Action
Over Two MOes Long,
System W& Start Abo'«$
Centennial Ave. Roosev s
Worth Freeport residents — par- .
Lone Beach ave. to Columbus ave.—
are enthusiastic over an $BSD,000
draln'age project voted last week by
the Nassau County Board ot Su-pejrvlsord.
RqcBevelt people, wlw also
have -comptelaed. about . flooded!
streets after heavy rains, aue.
a'-iarlng In the'applause.
A major drainage system extend-'
ng more "than two mUes, from' Cen­tennial
ttve. in Roosevelt to (ihe vll--
lage iine, down Main at., cast on'-
Lillian ave, to Jay st. and ulUma.tcly'
I to a^dlscharge outlet into Preepprt;,,,
,\ BWer. • tit IMlU :;Tift'.;^;W»l.'.,^.?etv;i,iiPTlv
'lViw«>vea:'toy''th'e'iNaa3au'^^B^^ Worlt •
will probably start very sozn be-cauje
M".em«agency",qo!9dltlpns.,!.„__
• n&sor'^William K'Glaokeii. liiflri-'
nouitclng 'the proposed improve­ment,
said the 'tillage Board had
engineers niake a complete survey
of the area Involved, cheeking oli""
the watershed to be drained as well
ns the discharge of water from
flooded btreetj. He ndded •"mis sur­vey
determined that drainage from
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CelebratlnB the completion of
Merrick id.'s widening and repavlng
fiom fl^ point ca-st of Grove St. to
Meadowbrook Causeway, stores on
the new "Miracle Mile" are starting
special- s<iles today and offering
other mducemcnts to at(<ract 'visi­tors,
A group of advertisers in this
weeks Leader Is sponsoring a 'Jingle
contiat; ' , <_.
'John O. Peterson Ccnstructioh Co;
of "Baldwin has completed a $430,000'!
project exletidtiig..nearly'one mile
on-'-one of Nassau County's m'ost^
Jtravelled", thqrbughfar«s. In addi­tion,
to its: widening-f com 31} to 38
fept'J.the-Wshwftjr'ha.'s eu.most ihod-
'^n- concrete base, ' asphalt blact
Copping, new curbs ^nd sidewalks
•New utilit^; lines w*re.-'lsfld before
-tlie-i»w- rqaJd'« .oonst_?uctipn.,_. ;.
-.Trarric 'was maintained during
the" work,- which IfaVcontriactOT'de-'
layed to''aTOld fat«Ffei«iice wjtb pre-
Christmas slioppingT.Rirther delays
resulted frolh iKhe weather," a strike
of. building-supply tnickmcn last
Spring apd other causes, but ctin-stTHcUon
proceeded wheft-possiWe.
It became necessary. to remove
many old stofelronte because of the
widfinlBs;'"rhls led to.the xemoVal
-of fi'ome*efit5rp.bBlMings„thei;r ce?.
placemeift wish handsome modem
ones, ami: iiistaIlaUi>n of new fronts
on other structtires-
Startin^f today,, many storey are'
conducting a three-day_^c to_BC-
"qualnt ^op^lerst With, their IIUT
Improved facilities',* the convenient
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$25
For the best last lines in a jingle !
(Please see contest rules in the Merrick Road widening
advertisements. Pages 8^ and 9.)
Contestants Must Send This Coupon
To Address Indicated Below.
.>Merrick .R6ad Widening Contest,
c/o The Leader, > P. O. Box 312, Freeport, L. I.
' I h^ve added t w o lines to your jingle, as follows:
Back from the Md>i>n flew- Jane Magoon,
. Shopped 'Mexrick Road then sang a tune:
' " I ' v e ' h u n t ed treasure night and noon ,
' ' T r r a x buS©F5paco'ydX>Id"Rang6oh",~'
Nptc: This conteat is open to any Massa'u County resident except
employees^of'The Leader and Meadowbrook Press, ff ttie con­testant
wins, he or she hereby agrsea to permit use of the jingle
j n advertlsins Merrick Road stares. -' .
(Kindly fill out lines below and mail coupon.)'
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Address
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Election Campaign of
Freeport Republicans
Cites Nassau Projects
To Keep Up; Lauds
Home Rqle Policy
Home rule In'liTassau — through'
special disti'lcts, li)WTis "and vUIages .
—enables the,people to participate ;
in government and help adapt It to.
public needs, County Executive .k.-
Holly Pattejgon told the Fpeeport.
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RepubllcajY^luh at a -meeting , ^
Thursday night in the Legion Dug-.- ^^
out. He also outlined <*me of the /
many projects Nassau County Is,,.
completing ana has gattan-'w^Kli-jr.-
way to. keep "up"with" the W t f ^ T ? '"
growing population. _,^,.
A lark horse prize of $100 ^ad be6a
set'u'p'for "ahymcrabef WMtf-was
preeent at the calling of his or her
name, but since the selected pei-son
did not attend; $110 vrUl go .to a
lUiPky member at the October meet­ing
U her or she Btten<!s. The con- ^
eolation prize, an elcotrlo Iron, went -
to jElecording Secretary Dorothy
Gordon because among the members ,
prcsent-hei" name was the first one .
drawn. - ^ -
Edward E. Yamln, president, an­nounced
that two sessions of the
club will take place in Ootober,~one
of them being a campaign rally, ^
Following the club's custom, four
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