1942-05-28

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for Idplonnaires
St. Morgoret Singers'
Progrom Proves Hit;
Membership Now 345
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St. Margaret Slngera, di-rected
by Patrick KllMkelly, scored
a decided hit In a concert they
gave at a meeting of William
Clinton Story Post, A. L., last Fri-day
night in the dugout. The mu-sic
was enjoyed so well that the
singers were forced to repeat sev-eral
numbers as, the refreshments
were being serveU in the basement
following the meeting.
Two original numbers of Mr.
Klllikelly took especially well. One
was a duet, "My Heart to Thee
Will Speak," by Miss Gladys Ben-nett
and Henry Boerum. The
other was called "Have You
Bought a Bond Today?" In which
Miss Bennett gave the Incidental
solo.
Other songs were "The Marines'
.Hymn/ bMS. P. Phillips, an Irish
medley, "To See What the End
Will -Be, a Negro' .spiritual; /'Old
Dan Tucker, a' medley of southern
melodies, and "Good Night/ by
Devoark, followed by "The Star
Spangled Banner/'
Commander William W. Davis
commended the singers and pre-sided
at the meeting at which the
membership ofHcer' wpoiteld a paid
up membership of 345. Announce-ment
was made that a flying
squadron consisting of the execu-tive
committee and the member-ship
committee would start Imme-diately
on a drive to raise the to-tal
to 400 before next month's
county convention in Long Beach.
Welfare Officer James T. Wil-liams
announced plans for the an*
nual pilgrimage to Kings Park
next Sunday where there are 1,088
World War veterans in the State
Hospital. He said the delegation
constating of Legionnaires and aux-iliary
members would leave the
dugout shortly after noon and
spend the rest of the day at the
institution. He said he believed the
quota of 35,000 cigarettes would be
reached and Uhat any surplus
would be sent to the Legion moun-tain
camp at Tupper Lake. An-nouncement
was made that Her-bert
Hutchinson had procured a
good bill for the program to be
presented for the entertainment of
the patients.
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To m&ik the&r 25th wedding an-niversary,
Mr. and Mra. Oeorye O.
Werder, Jr., of LUllan ave., gave
a dinner party Saturday night at
their home. Mrs. Walter Downing
played the piano and sang several
selections.
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Member* of the Worlb
Guild of the First Baptist CB&urdh
entertained a similar group from
the Rockvivlle Centre guild last
Friday night in the local church.
Mrs. J. Gordon Hynes was host-ess
for the occasion. Dinner was
served to about 30 girls by the
Ladies Circle, under the chair-manship
of Mrs. N. H. Megahan
FASHION SHOW
The Mercy League of Freeport
gave a luncheon and fur fashion
show yesterday afternoon In Paul's
on Woodcleft avenue. There was
a large attendance. Mrs. Leo Hal-pin,
the president, presided and
Mrs. Frances Regan was chairman
of the committee of arrangements.
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YEABr—MO. 3 MZEPOBT, M. ?., MAT 28, 1943 FIVE CENTS A COPY,
Early Closing
Plan Deadlocked
By Hempdead
Foilure to Reoch
Decision Holts
Adoption Elsewhere
Failure of Hempstead merchants
to reach a decision on the proposal
to close their stores three or four
evenings a week at 6 p\:lock has
created a deadlock as no obher
village will put the plan into ef-fect
until the storekeepers at "the
hub" do so. As a result, the meet-ing
of representatives of Chambers
of Commerce and Boards of Trades
in communities In the southern
half of Nassau County held In Al
B. White's Tavern Monday night
was adjourned without date.
There was considerable bitter
debate, directed at Hempstead,
spokesmen for which attempted to
defend themselves against asser-tions
Chat they were . deliberately
holding up the plan. Argument
contihued for more than two hours,
much of it being a repetition of
remarks made at a meeting in the
same place the previous week. Rob-ert
E; Patterson, president of the
Chamber, presided and tried to
pour oil oq troubled waters wit"h
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Lawson, president of the
Rockville Centre Chamber of Com-merce;
Leo Coslow of I^ynbrook
and Sid Ableson of Harrees, espe-cially
assailed the failure of the
Hempstead merchants to reach a
decision. Mr. Coslow declared the
only way to solve the puzzle was
for all other villages to close their
stores as agreed and thus put
Hempstead "on the spot."
Barry L. Green, chairman of the
Retail Council of the Hempstead
Association, protested, Insisting con-dltlons
"were different in ffemp-etead.
He explained that a postal
card canvass was being taken of
all merchants whether members
of the Chamber or not and said
the results would be known in a
few days.
"Apparently a small minority in
HempGtead has- accomplished its
purpose," MT. Abelson asserted
"They came here tonight to stale-mate
us and they have succeeded
•Zf^Hempstead-Tefuses to close we
can't, close, -Z--don4r-see anything
more we can. do."555ut it. Hemp-stead-
has Accomplished
and tied us in ay knot."
Abe Litwak and David M. Levy
also spoke, counselling caution so
as to avoid upsetting what had
been accomplished. Mr. Levy as-serted
that the proposal to close
four nights a week should not be
considered a war measure, but an
effort to give merchants some time
to themselves.
Mr. Patterson urged that the
matter of closing be considered a
if no war existed, but Mr. Cdslow
insisted this was out of the ques-tion
considering the developments
of the past couple of weeks.
(Harry Wolf of Hempstead de-clared
that the matters of closing
and dimouts were not inter-related
Be said the Army and defense
Authorities had asserted they werd
not going to brder anyoda to close
and that any business might be
operated behind darkened windows
and doors. He said this was being
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Impreaaive Exerdae*
Planned Memorial Day
Record Turnouts Expected
In Porode ond ot Stodium i
Everything is in readiness for Freeport observance of Me-morial
Day and one of the largest crowds on record is expected to
attend the exercises in the Municipal Stadium,
EKorta have been made to in-duce
more organizations and in*
divlduals than usual to participate
In the parade which should be of
considerable length considering
that there will be an added divi-sion
for workers in civilian war
and defense activities. Samuel D.
Oerber is grand marshal.
The parade will start from Pine
and Church streets, at 10 am., and
the line of march will be south
along Church street, ,to Mcrrick
road, vest to Long Beach avenue,
north to Brooklyn avenue, east to
Main..street, south to Mill road
and then to the Stadium. A stop
will be made on Mill road at the
brook for the exercises In memory
of the sailor dead when a wreaQi
will be dropped into the water.
Boy Crusaders of America who
plan to participate in the parade
will assemble at South Long Beach
avenue, and Pine street, at 9.30
o'clock.
» 4JL the ataatum memoes* of Wil-liam
cunton Story postr •&• L.,
William Henry MOhr Post, V.F.W.,
and Henry ZAorrison Post, A. .L.,
with their auxiliaries and other
patriotic, groups will have a part
in the program. TTie "Flanders
Field" scene will again feature the
layout at the stacUum.
The South Shore Yacht Club will
have Its commodores breakfast at
8.15, at which Capt. Hamilton F.
Glover, will give the ad-dress.
There wil be the annual
Decoration Day dance at night.
Comodore Darius Sylvester will be
In charge with F. Jack Godfrey,
chairman of -the' Entertainment
Committee.
The season will be Inaugurated
at the Freeport Yacht Club, with
the commodore's breakfast at 9
ajn., Gag raising at noon and a
short sail during the afternoon.
William C. Rabenau is commodore
of the club.
T 4)im Street
At a special meeting of the vil-lage
Board last Thursday night,
(Dr. Herman C. Dunker, 'head of
war and defense work in Free-port,
reported he had received word
that street lamps in the %rea
south of Sunrise Highway w,ould
have to be painted with black-out
paint over the tops and also
partly down the sides of the
globes. In other areas the top;
would, have to be painted over
in order to prevent the loom from
extending upward, he said. The
board voted to take action imme-diately.
TWO ADELPHI GRADUATES
. Anneli C. Leopold and Kather-ing
Sheard are among the 119 stu-dents
to be graduate*) from Adel-phi
College at commencement ex-ercises
next Wednesday at 10:30
a. m. They will receive Bachelor
of Arts degrees.
Stores to Close
Memonol Doy
As Saturday is Memorial Day ail
stores in the Freeport business
districts will be closed for the
day. They will be open Friday
night, John D. Easterlln, chairman
of the Retail Council of the Cham-ber
of Commerce, announced.
$560 Contributed
In U.S.O. Cdmpoign
Contributions totaling $560 to-ward
Freeport's $7,000 quota were
announced at the first TT. 6. O., re-port
meeting in the Court Room in
the Municipal Building Monday
night. Dr. Milton B. Waldman, the
chairman, said the campaign was
progressing as well as could be ex-pected
and that things soon would
begin rolling.
Lieut. Appleton
Injured in Crosh
Mr. and Mrs. Loula Appleton of
47 North Long Beach avenue, re-ceived
a telegram from the War
Department Monday advising them
their son. Lieutenant Norman Ap-pleton,
had been seriously wound-ed
when his plane crashed recent-ly.
Lieutenant Appleton has been
stationed in Australia following his
transfer from Java, where he also
saw active service.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Apple-ton
all wlah their son a speedy
recovery.
commerce and Industry, reported
receipt of $250, including $50 from
the First National Bank & Truat
Co. Other gifts announced by Dr.
Waldman were $1Q1 from the Free-port
Teachers . Association Social
Service; $59 from dentists by Dr.
Merwln Schloss; Sisterhood Temple
Israel, $25; 'League for Mercy Hos-pital.
$10; and the following indi-vidual
owenrUL
vddual donors: Irving Trattler, $75;
K. O. Hallock, $25; Mrs. S. L. Co-hen,
$10; and Miss Elizabeth Close,
$5.
Dr. Waldman also announced
that the TT. S. O., in Hempstead,
was arranging for a night for a
Freeport delegation to attend a
dance for soldiers with a view to
giving residents of this village an
opportunity to observe how "the
building is operated. There will be
another report meeting next Mon-day
night.
Drills for Droftees
To Stort Tuesdoy
W. Wallace Guest, past comman-der
of William Clinton Story Post,
American Legion, has announced
that the Post will inaugurate the
giving of instructions in military
tactics to prospective- draftees in
the Dugout next Tuesday night,
from 8:30 to 10:30 o'clock.
Men who expect to be called in
the June quota are especially In-vited
to attend these classes, which
will be conducted weekly. They also
are open to civilian defense work-ers
who desire to take advantage
of them.
Board Mokes Poet
WWr
Injunction Ban ,&,
hxl Association^
Cars at Station ^
Appeol Plonned
Agoinst Decision |
Of Officipl Referee
After having operated for twenty
years from the railroad station, tha
Freeport Taxi Owners' Association
has been barred by an injunction
from picking up fares at that point
except "by appointment." For,
many years tnxlcabs were operated
without restraint, but in March*
1937, the Long Island Railroad; the
Village of Freeport an*&»the four-teen
taxi operators concerned made
a joint agreement whereby tha
Freeport Taxi Owners'^Association
was formed and granted a lease ot
the area adjacent to the station
office in which two telephoned
were installed.
Fourteen taxi owners were joined
in the group with Charles McLane
as president/ William Gilbert aa
vice-president, Charles Gobel aa
secretary and Milton Nussbaum aa
treasurer. Everything went will un-»
til President MCLane died in De-cember,
1938. Considerable delay
was experienced u%,. having a meet*
Women's Unit Sell;
$32,752
The women's cohtmlttee, headed
by Mrs. Clark I. Scott, which la
assisting in the sale of War
Stamps and bonds sold $33,752
In bonds and $1,684 In stamps from
May 6 to 23 inclusive, Chairman
Robert E. Patterson announced
this week. He also announced that
Mrs. Scott had been named vice-chairman
of the bond and stamp
staff for Freeport.
The women arc operating in the
First National Bank and Trust Co.,
the Freeport Bank and the F. W.
Wool worth and Co., five and ten
cent store. ^.
Tliey are selling stamps only in
Wool worth's, but the first week
they disposed of $327 worth, $260
the aecond and $331 the third, a
total of $818. They plan to open
stands la other places, and Mr.
Patterson, speakJng at the Ftee-port
Red Cross meeting Monday
afternoon appealed for additional
workers.
Village Counsel Samuel M. Levy
advised the Village Board at a
special meeting last Thursday
night that a settlement had been
reached with Mrs. Elizabeth Wen-zel,
of Rockvllle Centre, who wa$
injured when a car m which she
waa riding crashed Into the Grove
street stanchion on the night of
Dec. 3, 1930,
Mrs. Wenzel is suing the State
of New York for $10,000. If she
recovers the full amount, accord-ing
to the agreement, Che village
will be absolved of any liability In
the case. However, should she re-ceive
an award of less than $10,000,
the village will assume responsibil-ity
for the difference up to $1.000,
but that la me limit for which
Freeport will be liable.
Following the accident, Counsel
for the village contended that in-asmuch
a* the light on Sunrise
JBghway which.are regulated by
the state, _%hich had * refused to
permit the village to eliminate the
4t"could:mot be. held re-for
the accident;_
court ruled against thle conten-tion,
however.
Sf of e Posf movers
Nome Wee Pres«/en(
{Postmaster Edward A_ Rice after
serving two years as vice-president
of the New York State chapter of
the National Postmasters Associa-tion
was elected to head the organ-ization
at. Its .convention ln_ Ro.r
Chester over the past week-end.
Austin A. Crary, of East Rock-away,
was made a state director.
Mr. .Rice also proved a hero when
he rescued John Flinn of New Hyde
Park who had been tossed Into
the water with Lulu Blrdlehauscr,
of Osslning as they were rowing
in Lake Geneva. Mr. Fllnn res-cued
hb^ companion, but was so
exhausted. Postmaster Rice plunged
In and brought .him^a&hore. He
then gave fiwt *ald to both until
they were out of.* danger.
denoy. When he visited the ofpca
of the Long Island Railroad to
sign the lease as the new head cf
the organization he learned froo*
Special Agent C. J. Blanthom that
a lease had been granted to Muss-baum
and Oobel as Individuals and
that he would no longer recogniza
the association as such.
However, the New York Tele*
phone Company refused Lo grank
the lessees the exclusive use 01
two telephones, Freeport 16 and
413, so an agreement was reached
whereby the business would be
continued from the office on the
station grounds. Under., this agree^
ment Nussbaum was to keep charge
of expenditures while Davison waa
to collect the pro rata share o*
funds for meeting the'
the -various taxi owners.
front
Meanwhile President Davison
made several attempts^ to _ resign,
but each time h'is resignation waa
tabled. L The arrangement for , Da«*
visn the^opMwtmg
work out and he finally gave up
the/ task. TTiings Anally*
such a state that early last year,
about April 15, the eight member*
of the association decided to break
away from the four other operatora
and rented an office at 21 Rail*
road avenue, to which they moved
their telephones.
After oh is, the Long Island Rail*
road obtained an order from Su-preme
Court Justice A. I. Nova in
Brooklyn to show cause why aa
.injunction -.should not-be- issued- re* --- ]
straining the members of the as-sociation
from parking their car:
on the station property. Several
hearings in the proceedings were
scheduled before Supreme Court
Justice Lewis J. Fawcett In Mine*
ola, but adjourned each time,
Finally an official referee waa ap-pointed
to hear the testimony and
give a ruling in th$, case. As, 'the
Board had been a party, to
the original lease- and agreement
over the use of the station proper*
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