The-Leader_1958-01-30

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22nd Year, No. 40 FREEPORT, NT. Y., THURSDAY; JANUARY 30, 1958 FIVE CENTS PER COPT
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Village Party Enters
Spring Election for
2 triistte Vacancies
. Altengarten;-Freedman .
^Picked as Candidates;
'•, Hopkins-1&. Chairman
vTiiere atfl to be two pairs of can^
;jdid«es'tor the twovvUlage^trnsteps
to^iie iUled' at -. the 'fltinual. spring
" plecQori on Tviesilay.' Titarcb J8, tor
V-ftftirj-year'fcernip.'.'nUs -wft& t-evea|ed
" thta' week,-with'tWe- aiinouricenient
-- ttiflt ft' nuw 'Village.XParty -Jiad' en-
. M^' Altengarten, ft' iQcal b.usiriess
• man, ant* Edwin .J/Frecdroan, Pree-jport
attorney, as.itis candWates for
-tfie vacancies.
\ - Tcedwell.'S. Hopklflsl otvfc Jeader,
. .ha.^ be£tv nanied ^alnnan. df the
. new party,, whloihi .will begin clrcu-
\ latlng nomination petiticdis for ]t£
candidates Portly it was said.
Mr. HopkbiB Issued a statement In
. .which. lietsaWOiat a second party
was 'pcojertea' by_ "a representative
'gcoup of'oivic -"wofUew, lioaie, own­ers-
and bosiness'tnen who fee) that
B one-party sy«tem-of -Village gov-
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• "-• Olttrs.'-'Ohe.Paiiy THekef*.-
"A one-party ticket," Mr. Hopkins
added! "offers the people of Free
port no choice and no voice- in the
mAnagement of Vlllaee -affairs. Over
a period of years candidates of a
single poiltieal party, elected as they
are (by default), develop a normal
tendency to become callous and in
dlfferci^t to" the needs and wants
'61 the peopli; they presumably I'ep
resent."
Jn n "Staiement .of Principles
adopted by the new Village party, it
promLsei; '"to eliminate atly conflict
of interest between the public dutle.s
of Village officials and thelr.prlvate
buslne-ss affairs; to keep the people
of Freeport fully informed on all
Village matters of genera! interest
by veatorlnp Oie Public fleai-lng to
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3.532 Eligible to Vote
On New High School Today'
A total of 3,532, persons hilve
rcK>$t«red io vote in the 'special-school,
elecUon to be held today,
-. to 'detcnnliio whether Fyreeport la
to get-a new hi^h Reboot.-The
poIU wlH tipva &t ^:30 AJtfv .and
Glo$e tonleht-at'lOo'eloi^.-
A .osfr-pabc|Eiiea .proiMsal IV to'
be BQhinltted to- tb« quaiiVied-
':y«ter4.«< Ute dl^irtct. R, .adopted-plaiKi
foe, Un. jariijiniinr pooh MiiV'
'b«. eOminatea, tt»'-Y325,<IOO >ol«dt;
'for^the |Kwl;tdU 'be.^ded lo-the•'
, «3^Sft/MW >«nd issne -Voiei'Mr.'
the Bcheol/maldoi; «•'total «f $1,'
,^^5,*«l»:,;av»llib!$- . for^-;^_ gm'eral^-;
M>iistmitian -anil -tMinipnifent ^pluft
Incidental 'ezpenMs, aiui 4Ut ad>
diUpnal tlWpMW «tU be allowed,
'maicidg « eraitd total -ot ,%A,'S!li(^
«D0. This will .le»ve 4186.000 as' a
coQtinff«H)r 'fund, to jiMsef. urafor-seen
tgnetyenctea If any arrive.
Aiv un«xpsiided ' bala^oe,' wi­der
the laMr.-will htrtaeA topay
interest and atuortixatlon cbarces
until «U is spent.
Cerebral Palsy Center Gets Check
:
Board Approves Futods
To !TV Sta<3ium Race*
cleap Jthe'-wAy, for'teie-yiiing
-^nd therebyiincreaspjrevenne—the
VlOageBdard at its meeting Mon­day
- nigTit authorized, a five-year
$20,000 bond issue to finance neces­sary
Improvements.
Television" olficlals, it wws said
demand ai>.?urance that cancella­tion
proBrqins because of track con-dltlonb
be reduced to a minimum
Better, dralnftBe through Improved
grading and the installation ol
pumps win be nece;>SAry to eliminatf
puddles whidi-. accumulBte aftei
rains.
Freeport will get wide publicity
over TV—but an even more Bllur^
ing facto'r, Park Commissioners be­lieve,
is additional revenue from TV
to 'the village. Auto races netted
more money to the village treasury
last year than in any other postwat
year. ' .
Telephone Co. To Observe
Open House Every Thursday
r fiv'ery - Thursday from 2 to 4 PJi/I., starting today and continuing
through March, will be "Welcome Day" at the New York .Telephone Co.'a
Freport central office 'building, 120 South Grove si.. William M. Vogt,
the manager announced this .week,
A check for $1400, earned Iby the FrMport Auxiliary »f the Vnlted'
•Cerebral Pal gr-Assodatlon In canons- eveats.-'-WM preseated to VUf
Roosevelt Olapiosllc Center In BAOsevelt-at «Jmeetiur in tbcr-liaime «l
ihw pretddent, Mra.'Karl Friedman,--09 Lena-«ve.'Mrs.'iPeter Sheppaird,
(left) associate excullve director of tlw.,VOPA-«(-N'attaii. CooBty, la
sbown-reoeivlny the cheek-fnim'Mrs. FMednian..
4-Story i ApftrtmenM <
AUtrw«d in AU.Zo'nes-
Woman Injured'by Train;
Unity Party Picks
Ddxsee as President;
Mayor Gives Message
Tells of Board PUns:
For .Drawii^ Industry. .
To Areas In Freepdrt "l.
Mayor -William ^.- Olacketi, ^ve
his annual-"State'of *Yeepwt" mes­sage
at the orgonizattoii-nie^tlitg of <
the Unity Party for tilie-Maicli'W"
electton in Oti' Eitempt 'pJrenMnVi- '•'
Association faeadqu^rt6ra on IBvook-
'\ iya ave., Siiturdfty..aiorning.' holiert
L. Doxsee was-re-eiected_;presfdeot .
yjltirah~the"«uier"l857 officers';^ '"
"The liong Island Railroad' 'wlU .
soon <be running' througi) Sutirjse -
liwy; and ^Utpafl -BkVi."'''liia^or
OlAcken'said Iti .-(hik inessage.'Maxi- ;,
mum VtUoge- Imfjt'ovdnients'.'wUh '
minimum village Inconvenlencie was
the th'«jne of hl^ talkL-on current >
and future village plans.
"While we ore -very «xclted about i
t3ie project now In work, or on the
drawingbojiKto,we insisttihftt-every
suoh project be coupled- with a
realistic pisixk' b>- Tednpe iqumvenl-ences
and"' dtecomCort:'ta -Iftrtporlj
,a the MuDlcinal.building. JklODday
light, the VUIage Board, vot.ed to
imend the Municipal Zoning Ordi­nance
BO as. to permit the building
3f four-story apartment house.? in
BUJ-lness 'AA" District and thus
make the code uniform In all zones
'ivhere' such buildings are permit­ted.
Such structures were pre-,
viousiy limited for thr^e stories in
m a Business "AA" District.
Richard P. Curran, president of
trie Soutliwa t Civic Aptoclatlon,
which--recommended ..the change,
spoke for its adoption
It was voted, to amtjnd the.rules.
In a Marine Bu^ess district to
permit the occupancy of one apart­ment
by the caretaker or the pro-orietor.
In an establishment, but
not both. Tills makes the provi­sion
correspond to that prevailing
in Marine Industries district.
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jjRecpiyeiTOginlHlBSpUadi,.:.- .^- lt«aldents;!,.,jsfaiyw...,Oiftcl{W..v'Wflr.
Dcors will be opeft" to jcildenta' tmd
businessmen In Freeport, Baldwin,
B<Jo.«evelt. Msrriek and parts of
North Merrick and Unlondale.. •
, ''Our customers and their fam.
Hies are Invited 'tQ qome and j^e
the intricate equipment behind the
scenes of the dial telephone office
and meet some of the people -who
are responsible for meeting "the.
communications needs of this sec­tion
of Nassau county," Mr. Vogt
said. ' • ' - ^ '
Trained "guides will conduct visit­ors
on tours wlilch wiu include
such attractions as: the operators,
• at their switchboards, who answer
Hlien a customer dials "O" for assist-ttncfej'Uj'e.:"
mountains" of automatic
' dial eoulpmeut' at the customer's
L.—C5m''!iand.^^which ln'_necondi can
-. smgle out'and^ring'one^tele^hone
of more than 33 mlUion throughout
the.nation that can be dialed di­rectly
by individual and 2-party
line custome.rs; the latest method
of automatically recording calls on
j^paper tape; the test center with its
^Ingenious, .device* that help keep
telepdione service trouble-Iree. and
a demonstration of how wires and
cables are spliced,
"Such visits will give us an op­portunity
to present to cur cus­tomers
some of the interesting facts
behind today's telephone service —
a service-which is-better and more
valuable than ever before," the
niEinager added. '"
In the building nearly 450,000
calls — inoomhig and outgoing —;
are handled on an average day for
46,000 iPReeport 8 and 9, BAldwln
B.'TVa'nttoe '5~aM TJAfliil?- 3' tele-
Chief Elar. Recommends
One Side Street Parking
A plan to permit parhingr on
only one side of all resldenUal
streets -except South Long Beach
Bve„ south of Atlantic ave„ Is
recommended by Police Chief
Peter Elar in his annual report to
the Village Board.
Wben questioned, he made It
rlear that business streets would
not be effected by the plan un­less
clrcunnBtaiices made it neces­sary
In certain locations.
The Cfalef said the plan If car­ried"
out "^woulB'permit'T&ikinf• on
a driver's rifht a9''lie proceeded
east or west from Main st, and
north *or south from some speci­fied
arterial road In central Free-port.
<Jrand av?.v Baldwin, 'vfho 'loiJt her
right leg and jniffered Vtie mangllnf
of her other leg when she fell un­der
a Long Island RAll Road train
last Tliursday, is in satisfactory con­dition
at Doctors Hospital.
Her survival "Is attributed tc
prompt tsaniwork by Freeport Pa­trolman
Edward Miller, who applied
haurnlquets, the railroad's Immedi­ate
turning off 'of third-rail cur­rent;
Dr. Philip P. Aronowltz's care
of Mr.s McHcnry at the scene; fobt
arrival of a'.Nassau County Police
ambulance; quick admission to an
operating room at Doctors Hospital,
and a lengthy operation by Dr
Maurice Moore, hospital sui'geon.
with tJie cooperation of Dr. Arono-wita.
FRIEDMA>I'S FHABMACV
TO ST.IY OPEN SUNDAY
Friedman's phannacy,' 75 West
Sunrise Siwy., will remain open un.
Nassau V.F.W. Solitits
Adds, Not Mohr Post
Tha Nas.sau County. ,VP.W. is
planning for. its annual ball to be
held in Uie Garden City Hotel, Gar­den
City, In May. In connection
with tills event a Journal is to be
Issued advertisements for which are
being solicited all over the country.
Dr. S. Raymond Strauss, speaking
for Hertry Theodore Post, VJ'.W..
said this week local veterans did not
oppose this, action by the County
organization but wanted merchant's
and individuals in Freeport to know
the post was not doing the soliciting.
aome nelgb^lng 't»)mmuniHe» have
been up ogoiBst and we have prof­ited
by Ciieir experiences."
Paramount among these- plans,
the Mayor said. Is the long desired
elimination of the Long Island
Railroad grade crossings in-free­port.
Bids for this Job will be opened
today and let about March 1. Pre-llmlnory
work will begin soon there­after.
Plans Temporary Parking
This project has been carefully
correlate* with ttie widening oI
Men-ick rd., tfne Mayor said. He
pointed"*out that it will n^qulw
demolition "of the center mnll on
Sunrise hwy. and the laying of
temporary tracks olong the north
side of the ihighway from Ocean
ave. to Grove st.
To alleviate? the anticipated park­ing
congestion during this work, the
village has arranged for temporary
jjarklng on property wSitch It -has
acquired at Brooklyn ave. and
Grove St. When the railroad project
is completed, fcjils property will be
utUiMd lor a new fire department
headquarters and a municipal cen­ter.
The present North Main St. fire
irfeadquartcrs will be sold for com­mercial
use.
Mayor Glacken also revealed that
wort is ready to begin o« the Henry.
St. extension to SoutHi Main st. This
will funnel traffic south to the wa-
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United Fund Beneficiaries
GetQuotasWithAdded3P.C,
Rcprcbeniatlvea of the eight beneficiaries of the Freeport United
Fund were agreeably, surprised when they were presented checks not
(n the amount alloted'them in the campaign, but three percent iii excess
of tlielr quotas .with the pro.spect of
01 10 o'clock Sunday night flifter aU'the pledged (have^beenpald ,in
Other Freeport druggists close )n tiic
.altemobn, for the rest,of tte day.
•'fts--phoii« --Bumber^-/ls , F^aegfiffli ,SiroHi^;iiJ8.CliS(!S-i}m»- M>-.°WMPi:
8.0001. dardo's East Point House Saturday
rereivlng another 7 per cent after
full sometime Jn the tiprlpg,
The cihecka were presented at the
afternoon by, Charles Gilbert, the
president.'Tlic tlistribiltion totaled
^33,161. The aniount distributed
were as follows; Salvation Arrai', to
Brigadier, l^nest .W_. .Newfjo.n, i^p}&i ;''
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