The-Leader_1959-09-17

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"NASSAJU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
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BAjLDWIN ROOSEVELT
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LEADER
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NEIGHBORLY
NEWS
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ED ATTENDANCE HONORS
Gouhty. Town and Village
'^=~Sries at Testimonial
PRiCl FIVE CBSOTi PHI G&Pt
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Pho|tti*«TelilWira,lef(,torlg;ht (seated) MiiyorWilUMuP.Oiadken,.
lI»i»yC»nltiuito mA f*e«Kiirt Vlitaw; ^ftrotee Te* lanf 8r.j ftfiacUnc.
ar^ Wt|Ilam|^tcv,.gismrai ehalnnanKOd EdwaiA A.,Vasll, columnliii
iin4\eiIU6e'itf-^FIK'.I)EMMBR.'-ne'V{p(w<»'.•»». fe^eti.dteiiic 'ibft ti»(l<
nval^l dilute c ^ ^ Sa{tt. of (lie iUshmy iwii
fia!nllai|ott:-||^piM*^>,MVFreiqi«r^;^^^^^ 9fpi,- 9'at .Prinsmm'a/Beataiinu^ti.
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S'iKW«aM''filiimlrllS'a great'deal;o^
Btilc^'ioiijWiVdwn-'teertta, •''"•'; • 1'- - - • > . •
f -Ttala i m etftBtiy: ttie aituaUon inst. Wednesday night,- S^,. 8,'»l»n
n4arly two hundred men paldf tlielr refpftpts to Harry CtatiisBno, a native
scjn of Fceepor^ aa4 head of the ni^wBy ..and'SaDltatlon depaftjoaenta
or the ViUaee. • - < . -, , " '
'The affair, Initially Instigated by
Wllllam Qulgley and backed l>y the
men of the'two departmeats-, was
Intended to "be^ merdy an informal
a(&nowlediiiei^'^t of fttendBhJp and
cohf (dence. ~, Biit ' twcauHi - Harry
Chulaano la n> weB-IUced, eo wldely-
' kcKiw^ and respectedftttiis tnformu
get-together 9oon became a full-fl(|
clged testimonial dinner attended
W|rth6 luTaTpr and the entire Board
oI^Truatees'of the VUlage olSVee-
--'vpqlrt In addition to Nassau County
kludges,- adittUkistnitlon leaders and
OvJwn of Hempstead officials.
. 'pdraaYera'a-Beetfturant, in Flree-poH
ha# alwayv been a ladudnaarlc •
- )tr|m , the- eeWy dawl, whan Mrs.
' ]Prtmavera'ft,c'UoaaeI1« • furnished
, pajlo yi6^ a^faVOTltC'rendezvous tor
those who-«Dloy»d fctendllness and
authentic ItaJlan oe^dtln?.
The vAwi^/ii ilbuilsano, ^rima-
. vera, Pelllcl9rOai^tnntino and Cap-
' eajlU Jo'in^"Wlfeb tibie .names of
k^y. Blgt^,;w4.IiQcl(e in betag
aymbotlc.of Beovningtoa'-Tark. These
. faijaUles tdantr^th etb^ prominent
citizens of this area; were considered
the pioneers of this section of Free*
port.
I But the old Bennington Paifc la
going fast > In Its place la a new
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BETBACnON
We TCKret that In the isaue of
THE LEADED, dated Sept. 3, 1959
In priatlnff -a story aboat M 'boy
nearly drovnlnj: and about the
raUant cffortft of anoUuHr bay wbo
saved blni, we erroneooslT' printed
the .name of ivaxxu Blcxottt. > ..
..Tli'e «tory is trae.'.Wayne B0Hn
did save a boy ftrom possible drown«
Log bat the boy who' was- Mved
was not Julias .Blmottl. In faet,
JFUUDS Biatottl 'faappcns to be a
very good stdmuner. We apatogtce
for any tmbamuHaumt we may
iiave - broufht. upon the Blxsoiti
family. ,
We reprimand oar soureo of In-fojmtation
fojr not positively cfaul-fylng,,
the,subjects layolveA.
,Eddie;r'KaVa^t'•' •^. -'. • •
]\Ui^i5i^ai» bitizeii Aivi
His^^ Cii^em For Children
X\ SchobjCsVtfartOKhOu^ ihe cannlcy igaia are op«n-;;-aad
inUlignibfeyodri^sfert^re attending'th#ir respective iwti-lifiQU8%
i^thfetr.'J»^hL^forlaioiylcage. ,... '
T 'TlH^iE^^**IiQMl'W America'at*tUi8 tune of the yearl
\:..\ \\\fmav^'M.^^!>^^^^ to ^ crippled and kiU^ be-
>;:V-caii^e,<;^^iMf»flia«4fcB^^ of speedjr motor yeWele*?
V »•**»*- (^. 'i^v^^if^r**"'^ "SOBSf, '^mm^j^jtmi^
FREEPORT CRIME RATE DECREASES
UNDER AaiNG CHIEF CAPT. DIXON
ZXPPEB'S PBASKACir ..
TO' STAir :OPBK .SjONDAY-':
; Zipper's Phaimacy, 66 South'
Qriiye tt.,- wJU t^iain open ontU
10. o'clock Sunday, night after other
import - druggtrtsrolose early tn
tiie. aft^otm ^ >tbe.rest of .(to
day. .Its tel^ope. number, Is WjS.M'
8449.- ,• • . :. .. ' ;-,:'- .^,
UNITED FUND 1959 CAMMI6N
Sf A m DRIVE IN OCTOBER
Pres. Rotv Hockley Adds South
Shore Cnild Guidance Cen+er
; To UstoTRecipient Agencies
The effectiveness, of .Freeport's United Fund In combining local
charitable campalpis wlU be Increased this fall with the addition
M, another service agency to the list of organteatlons'represented by
the Pund. ^ . .^.••..• ' —
. ta its fourth .canipa%tt in October, the Kreeport Fond jrlU repre-isent.
for the first'tlii>e'>thJB:Soiith Shore OhUd CHildonee Center. This
p^iMsf'iwutialafi^l^Jjgtmaiammnf^Mtihia supp<Nrted % o«Hitrllmtloaa
Ofticial Records Reveal Up
To 50% Cut Durmg 1959
Preeport crime ratf.la down as tnuoh*. M 50%. In various :cate9(»lee
for the first half of 18» under the administration of Acting Chieti.
Capt. Edward S. Dbtoa, according to figures prepared for release to th(»-
XMeral Bureau of Investigation, compared to the-crime rates (taring
1661 and iS88. ' "-
'leppara^:|ofial, iM|)j|^?.wr-'
- in the first local VnltedPUndcaJMpiilgn In 1986, seven onianlaatlons
Were rei>i«sented.1ki 1967, there wei^ieight agencies utd In 1068, nine«
>. (Continued from ft«e U
The BBI report of crime,to eitlsB
with iiopulation ot*i»flOO mA tmsf
showed a high: rate of: (aAnalnai
offenses aiid.a low arrest mte nqtU
the time when Oapt. Clxoa iotdi
command and instidled tighter oon-trol
on crime causes: ».,'
In every category listed thf ortmo
rate Is dowo f«r the first i»lf of
vm. ' •
Prominent among the tediictlona
we the following:
BOBOLAIUES: There have be«i
68 during the first six monllu of
IW9 compared with IS2Jn l«»,;ln-
1SB8 only. 53 of these faurtfoiita we
i«3o]ved'
have .-been' ^'oniy- '^"'i^um-'-USjk.^gim-
(9 Biba^) compared With If? H iftS4,
EAHOEOTiJlJnder |80)5 "?»«•
,«S>at?nued on P^ge.2)
Over 6000 Ensiled
lik FfeeportScbooIs
Pupil enrollment to Ereeporfs
public Bchoola reached W16 at the
beglnning^ of the afternoon session
on Friday, September llUi. This
figure" exceeds last year's record
breaUng'tolal by 263.
Most of the tnorease In pupil
population has oeurred in the
Junior and Senior High:-Schools,
where the soaring birth tute of post
war years la now placing consid­erable
strain on accommodation^
There are 1S04 students attending
grades-?, 8'and l>,'and.1214 at­tending
grades JU), 11 and 13.
j:,ack of space iwsmad^'It ncce4>
saiy to operate «'part-time In­structional
program-for ell'student*
in grades 7-13.' Senior,high.piqjUs
attend in th« morning find,-(db«Me In
Junior high attend-In the after­noon.
-^Wlth the opening of the new
Freeport Senior High School in
February-or March, iaeff, these
short sessions will be repIaofc| wltb
a school day of conventional length.
While overcrowding In Freiportls
dementory-'seiiools -is not -nearly
6o' serious a* in the High School,
there ore two aretw Where eadstlng
accommodations. cannot meet the
needs of ,tbe puplUi enrolled. Ittird
and fourth grade children in the
Archer St. district and fourth grade
children in' Vj» Bayylet^ - Cl^rlct
«re bein^;. transported to the At-klnso!
i. aai , oid' ^tet^nen ^ Av«J
sehook- The Baa«d of Bdueatloa
plane td e d a ^ ^ tnw^ortlniK'ete-mentary
chUdna-^iHit-ofrcrofwded
aireas tmtU . t ^ cbq^tfon^trf^ tbe
«ew *tx^r'V.' 0«to.',,(Beiawt«)ry,
tisboci eotiBtrtic«ba 'tlk'^iMitik It
«4t,eduled to ^tex^.ta «»rJjr J9S>^
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why THE LEADER has more paid
circulation than att other news­papers
of Freeport. /
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