The-Leader_1960-06-16

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AOVBRTISING
fREEPORT
"NASSAU'S LAiSEST WEEKLY"
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
LEADER
FOR
NEIGHEORLY
NEWS
j-25th Year, No..'.9-ti-. FREEPORT, N. Y. THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960 ,
MERRICK
PRICE FIVE CIMTS Pm. COPY
IREEPORTDMERCHANTS P UN
HUCE "BOAT SAIl" MEETING
Chairman Roy Gacciafore Outlines
Program of Hofiday Week Events
Roy OawsJatore, Chnlrnnan of the Msrehante Division of the Cham­ber
of Ccmmerce, has announced th^t a meeting of the Freeport'wer-1 L J
chants will be heia on Monday, June 20, at.8 PM. In Vtebrocks dining ' i .'
room on Main Street. •
Final arrangem-mt^ for the' Boat Show sale- an« related progrwna
will be reviewed. :fhte sales period
of June 26 thru' .iialy 1 will be
FREEPORT RIPUBIICANS SURPRISE
A. HOllY PATTERSON WITH SPECIAL
CIFT OF OIL-PAINTED PORTRAIT
Identlflect at- JKBEEPOJaij "SAH."
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Merchants will have nautical win-f
dow dlsplayi and many very^attrtfc-tlve
speelals during the entire thne
of the FREE BOAT SHOW On Main
iittd Ifewton Boulevard elartlng
WedneslWy, JtmeJJS. '
; Pre chances for tickets to Guy
liombardo'a Jones Beach show "HIT
"THE UEQK" will be available from
June 20th to July 7th in all stores
displaying the window poster
"PBEEPOBT BOAT SHOW SPON-
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SMECIAL
DRUG ST08E
NOTICE
. Bembard's Pharmacy, 54 W. Mer­rick
Rd., FreepoH, will lematn
open late, until U p.ni. Sunday
•Tune. 19. All otHer drug stores
who are members of the Preeport
Phannaey Association close at
2 p.m. on Sunday.i Bernhard'f
telephone Is FE 8-0098.
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TREPWELL H. HORKINS'SWIli^
atiZEN OF YEARf AVMRD
Prqmin^jlij'.Qvic Leader Nj^rrtedjsy ,
Freeport Rotary for i%0 Honor
Ti-«dweU H. Hapfclns, widely-known and'proinlnettb Preeport resi­dent
and civic Isadi^ was named as,the reclplent.oj"the coveted "Botary
Cltlair ci the Year" award Imprcssltfe ceremonleSjiJjeaded b?:'^^nneth!
VouBht. iJhaimian cl the ClUzcn ot the Vear" G<rora!ttee, of the Free-'
port Rotary Club, were held at the Freeport Elks Lodge last Thursday
night.
Mr. Hopkins' past recoid In com­munity
activities was Included In
, 'the citation read by Mr. Vought and
he was presented WltS a memorial
BlJ-vec ttay on which was engraved
\iiia name and "Citbsen of the Vest
1960, Freeport Rotary Club." Con­gratulations
to Mr. Hopkins were
extended.to behalf of the roem-ber!}
by Walter cV Schmidt, Olub;
president, :
' The Atlantic iSouth Olvto Assocla-ypn-
.npnUnafed Mr. Hopkins for
(Coninlft'd-on-S^ge 3)
SPRAGUE SCHOLARSHIP DINNER
^BKOMES SEASON HIGH-LITE
- Freeport GOP Glub Sponsored Affair
: Becomes Popular Village^de Event
1 -The second annual J, Russel Sprague_ aaiolaiihlp JWnner will be
tteld'tonight. June 18, at the Garden c l ^ Hotel.; This'worth-while
, jPtoject, which has made'It possible for in^y deserving youngsters to
•latteSc| college, was initiated and jsponsored rby 'the Freeport; Republl-jtah
diub and spear-headcd by Re- ...
.pilblfcan IiBsder Peter CJBHeUy. Al
.; |?olJnier serves'as the 18^ peneral
\'(&intnlttee Chairman.
_^, ©Bitted'briglnpliy as a'OOP'.af-'
"'" falff, the project'. tfiowed so nraclr
.-merit tbar It rapidly won tjje sup­port
.jof.aU-types of organizations
inad people fj-tim' M's/ftlKs- oicJits.
,'\ Tonight's affair should be even
moire ci^lcrful' than last yeac's big
—»Veqt and' a record-breaking at-
• JtendlM^ce .|s eitipected, Tlie'.highest
'.,4^te, cp^nty, tows.nnd village dtg-
' i- 'pltstrles are expscUsd W attJeod^tblSi
' - r|mportBnt' Iphctlon.'" " , ' ''
• •'?' proceeds tfjfw. the dlnijer and ttut,
_ ^jVurDA\ • will' njftkis-it^pijBslble' for
.J^iejliev-grwp/or freeport' young-
''- '""^^ers'^jtob, attend ^coUpge.' last 'year
ij^boyfraiod girls benefitted.. It Js'
o|Hi4 ibat y^'s-Vcar there,wlU be
. . •• '^beiigti^ to enable «v«p"
)&CBhW.tO' be' panted.
^F^terc* above,-; Wt^lo ri«hti i*^ Robert-, fitoliaie,J5«isiaMt.oi! jlhe F>cc^iMi Bepubljean Club,-Nassau
Cttiuity E«eeiillve A. Holly Fatier|ion; WlUlaitt MeUler, Nassau County Comgnissioner.'of Elections; P^ter
C. Kelly, Freeport; lUipubllesn'trader and OeorgeOeg^^ presentation of sur­prise
gift by, the W-eeport GOP :ti IWr. Patterson.'A t«cord-br«aklnir attendance heard the County Bxeen-tlve
speak and = |)lso wl(neB9«d Ms't^r-tllled eyM w^en he aoeepied the^ olt-palnted porlratt.
PB^ Mead: Bob
^^brdon praises
mayor Bill Giacken,
Patrolman,Robert Gordon, presi­dent
of the Freeport PoUoe' ^net -
olent Associalfon, In an -exciushe
Interview with THE UEADtlt.
praised Mayor WUiiam F. GiaelcenI
and (he members of the Board '"'.
Trustees, He prafsed the officJa'^'
fof their 'successful efforis In ngah I
ing Freeport the first commuolty In
the State ot New York to benrflU
from the new legislation which
makes It possible,, not-only fwr
members oi the police, flepartment,
but for si munldiHiI employees i In
the retirement" system, to realize
an Increase of five per cent in ihieir
"take home" pay.
Speaking for every member of the
Police Department, PBA president
Bob Gordon expressed their fnll
appveclation for this xdded finaji'-
olal; benefit. '
<'it'e not only a credit to Free-port
to be the first, cemnmnlty in
tiie State ojt New York tf» realise
this needed benefU" b« said, "buf
BOB GORDON
it's also proof that the Mkyor and
the Board of Trustees are fully
cognisant of the personal affaira et
village personnel," '^hls benefit,'
he fidita, 'Averages abovt ^00 per
year and It dees make the differ
enoe of financial balance."
Kent Thomson. ^
Named Pres. of
L I. Rec. Asso.
Kent G. Thomson, Superinten­dent
of Recreation of the Village of
Freeport, was given the high honor
of being elected president It the
)U>ng Island Rccreattoit and Parka
Association.
This is the professional organisa­tion
for executives in the field o(
parks and rejireation s^nd It repre­sents
both .Nassau .and .Suffolk
Counties,
Mr^'Thomson has woit many local
major commendations for his hlgkly
successful program In Freeport, He
Is considered one of the outstanding
men In his ficM throughout the
state
REV. DR. LON RAY CALL
TO DE HONORED JUNE 17
' A receptlca honoring the Rev: Pr. Lon Ray Cill on the,end o^ his
tf'nure as mlhlsJter M the ^uth Nas$a£ Unitarian Church will be held
June 17, at 8:30 p m. in the church social hall, 228 South Ocean ^Ave.,
Preeport, " "'' / .. , < .' ' .^. 'J -• r
Dr, Call'te retiring from tbe'mhilstry W years after his graduation
from the, Unlvetstty' of Chicago — ' > ''•
XMvlnity'Schpol and after ten years
'as iq^ister <jt South! Nassau, which
h@«r(!amzed. " ,
'p. NamanljBrcbunily, ot''210 Rut­land'Roadj'Preepoirt,'
church presl'-
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More Than 5000 at
New Freeport High
SchoolOpenHouse
Open house at the almost com­pleted
Freeport StAtw High Seboot
sUcacted » reoqrd breaklni; crowd
9f. more (Itsn SjKd on Vfcdnesdar
erenlttg, June 8. ~,
'--Judging by their coinmcnts, visl« •
,iors were In^pressed by the acc«m«
modaiions^^f th« ,f4i3'75j0OO two^
story stnutture. I ^ y visited tlMi
vartous tilassroonu -.and speetal
rooBis ta an endless stream for.
more tlian .two iwora. .
f Board «( Edqeatioa ;^reiitdeOlr''IiM-p.
toibiyiL,«Mieiid4A-HneettngiR/9vtiir.
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