1942-07-23

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IZAMB, lEWBSRAY, MOLT 16, 104B
St. Group
Mayor Worden E. Wlnne has
written to Mrs. Bradley Smith/
chairman of the Child Care Group
of the Archer Street School Par-ent-
Teacher Association which Is
conducting a six-week intensive
training course In the care of
pre-Bchool children, congratulat-ing
her and the organization on
the project.
"I have recently .learned that a
group of mothers who are mem-bers
of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation of the Archer Street
School, of which I understand you
are chairman, are arranging for
a six-week Intensive training
course for the care of pre-school
children, In order that the mo-thers
of these children may be
free to engage In defense work
or of associating themselves with
voluntary organizations engaged
In the prosecution of the war
efforts, he wrote.
"This Is surely a most com-mendable
and patriotic work and
I wish to take this opportunity
of congratulating you and your
group on your efforts In this
connection."
TTe concluded by extending
"every good wish for the success
of your organization."
Meetings of the group are held
weekly, with a monthly get to-gether
at the homes of the lead-ers,
at which various problems
are discussed. The P-T.A. Is con-ducting
a playground for pre-school
age children In the kind-ergarten
area of the school,
Four Freeporters Nomed
Posts
well represented
among the students at Hofstra Ool-lege
elected to ofAce In the various
students' and fraternal groups for
the next school year.
Bayard Tewksbury has been
named a member of the Student
Council, with Harry English and
Russell Terry on the 'Honor Coun-cil.
Doris Runcle.has been elected
president of Wreath and Poll, and
(Naomi Hawkins, historian of the
Alpha Theta Beta sorority. •
Progressive Council
Instolls Officers
Mrs. Grace Emeigh, councilor
and her staff were Installed by
Miss Mildred Bailey, of AmrtyvlUe
at the semi-monthly meeting of
Progressive Council, 6. and D., of
L., Friday night In Junior Order
Hall.
Others Ind Jcted were Mrs. Grace
Verity associate councilor; Walter
Combs, associate vice-councilor
Mrs. Hazel Mullen, vice-councilor
Mrs. tp&nny "Wood, guide; Mrs Eli-zabeth
Edwards, inside guard; Mrs
Grace Eastman, outside guard;
Miss Mary Crevolserat, assistant
recording secretary, and Miss Ethe
Ackerson, IB-months trustee.
Delegations were presents from
Dolly Madison Council, Brooklyn;
Amltyvllle, Roosevelt and Baldwiri
Refreshments were served during
the social hour, with Miss Acker-son
and Mrs. Hattle Smith as co-chainnen.
Dionq Theto Rho Girls
Entertain Soldiers
The Diana Theta Rho girls of
Mystic "Lodge, I. O. O. P., enter-tained
fifteen soldiers from Mitch el
Field at their meeting In Pythian
Hall Friday night] There were more
than 100 persons present, including
the girls, members Qf Freeport
Junior Boys of the 60p, Freeport
Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Rebekahs.
*Whlle the soldiers and the
young people danced, the older
people present played cards. Enter-tainment
was furnished by Shirley
Chapman and Florence Ellson.
June Dill, president of the group,
and Caroline Riems, vice-president,
were in .aharge of the arrange-ments,
assisted by Mrs. Nettie
Saxer, their advisor.
FREBPORTERS IN CAST
Mrs. Evelyn Straos Kceler and
Miss Jane Young/ a senior and
unlor respectively, at Ithaca coll-ege
had leading roles in a play,
'Ladies in Retirement," presented
Friday and Saturday nights in the
Little Theatre at Ithaca by the
:ollege dramatic department.
200 Womew Attend
S.S.Y.C. Luncheon
More than 200 women attended
the third of the luncheon bridges
given by the Women's Committee
of the South Shore Yacht Club
in the club house Tuesday after-noon.
Mrs. Darius W. Sylvester,
wife of the commodore, is the com
mittee chairman.
Mrs. F. Jack Godfrey, Mrs. W.
E. Shoemaker, Mrs. Harold E.
Pearson, and Mrs. Grace Me-
Meany, of Freeport, Mrs. E. F. M.
Basker, of Baldwin, George Heaton.
of Merrlck, and Mrs. William
Klinzing, of Bellalre, received
awards.
7?ie next event will be given on
Tuesday, Aug. 11.
NAZARETH SHRINK
HAS CARD PARTY
Mrs. Ralph I. Sabln received the
principal award at a card party
given by Nazareth Shrine of the
Shrine of Jerusalem, In the
home of Mrs. Harold Hulse, in
Rockvllle Centre.
On the committee with Mrs. Hul-se
were Mrs. Eleanor Combs, Mrs.
Mildred Christie, Mrs. Beulah Van-derClute,
Mrs. Marie LeTohlc and
Miss Mildred Herrmann.
Part of the proceeds will be do-nated
to the TJS.O.
Priorities Reduce
Freeport Building
An indication of the effect pri-orities
have had on building was
given in the monthly report of
Superintendent of Buildings Wil-bert
F. DeMott to the Village
Board Monday night. It showed
that last month permits for only
$10,745 worth of work were issued
as compared with $101,680 for June
1941.
Last month's total included $5,-
675 in alterations and $5,079 for
new construction, while that for ,
year ago was made up of $5,870 in
repair work and $95,810 In new
buildings.
Police Justice Hllbert R. John-son
reported $143 collected in fines
during June.
MYSTIC CIRCLE PICNIC
Twenty-five members of Mystic
Circle, of Mystic Rebekah Lodge,
I. O. O. F., enjoyed a picnic at
Belmont Lake State Parfk, last
Thursday. The trip was made in
private cars. At the park, a cover-ed
dish luncheon was served, and
the Rebekahs spent their time
playing cards and other games.
Mrs. Anna Paulsen headed the
committee In charge^ Mrs, John
Mathlas was a guest. On July 24,
the Circle will meet with Mrs. Ada
Smith, of 67 Sportsman eve.
SUGAR BONUS A MYTH
Based on what it regarded as
authentic information, The Leader
announced last week that - the
government had granted an extra
allowance of sugar for the period
beginning last Friday. This proved
to be erroneous and we regret the
inconvenience we caused to con-sumers
and dealers. The -facts are
as fblows: Coupon No. 5 will be
good through Saturday, July 25,
and No. 6 through Saturday, Aug.
22.
F.W.WS. THANKS BOAXU1
A letter from Mrs. Ada G. Whee-ler,
corresponding secretary of the
Freeport Women's War Service,
thanking the Village Board for use
of the Board Room In the Munici-pal
Building for its meeting on
Tuesday, July 7, was read at the
meeting Monday night. '
Bu Wor Bonds
Sfomps
Judge, AuxHiory Cop,
Con He Try Dimout Cose
Just because Hllbert R. Johnson
is president of the auxiliary po-licemen
of Freeport, ia he in-eligible
to sit as village magistrate
in a case brought before him by a
fellow auxiliary cop? TTils is the
poser Clarence R. Rauter,._of 222
East Dean street, submitted to the
Village Board In a letter read by
Clerk William J. Marvin &t
Monday night's meeting. The
Mayor passed the problem on to
Village Counsel Samuel M. Levy.
Mr. Rauter wrote that a friend,
whose name he did not disclose,
had been brought before Judge
Johnson by an auxiliary policeman.
He protested that he did not think
the judge should be placed in the
position of being boUi accuser and
judge.
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Main at
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5
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60 South Main St.
KILUKZLLY BABY
CHRISTENED
Carolne Klllikelly, daughter of
Prof, and Mrs, Patrick Klllikelly
was christened in the Holy Re-deemer
R. 0. Church by the Rev.
Martin J, Daly, assistant pastor.
Miss Alo^e, lacovina, sister of the
child's mother and John _Waclaw-
_&kl were sponsors. Following the
christening, the parents were hosts
to about 25 persons at a reception
in" Oielr home on West Merrick
B«o*#o and Hiroh##e
—the (href Wad mice. Make
(hem nm with tea percent o*
your Income (a War Bond*
every p&y d&y.
Watch He$pltal
CLEANING ... $1.00
MAIN SPRINGS .. . $1.00
Awy ALARM CLOCK $1.00
CMSTAL3 ROUND * 25o
Odd SnAad 50o
AMD CBUXB
C&OCKS .
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ON -BATMI^G
wool r^ rlea..laj^
Regular $5.98
ihrlink — abaorba lena water
no acratch; --------
Complete Stock
JABTZER'S SWIM SUITS
MATCHING MATES
(LU AN A- FABRIC)
SLACKS ond JACKETS
REG. $2.»8 $^37 EACH
\
Shorts ond Shifts
EACH .
ANNETTE I HOP
50 South Mo.n Stwe*
MOT
WITE
No* wit A just ony /Cf CRf AM bu* wM *Ae
Kind you Knoy is Good — WfBROCK'S
Ice Cream Molds
$2.00 PER DOZ.
24 Sours Notice
Ice Cream Cake
$1.28 - $175 - $2.25
gerving from 12 to .20
EITHER PACKED IN DRY ICE — 10c EXTRA
COURSE
40 South Mom" Street)^
Whitman — Page & Shaw — Louis Sherry CancUea
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The Best Sodas and Ice Cream in the Village
Flower - Vegetable - Gnus
FetQizen * Chemical - V%or6 * Agneor
pheep and Comnamwe -
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PETSUPPUES — POULTRYFEED
Etkhardt 35 OpiM&S*., FM€po?t28l8 31 Chu?eh3*j, Baldwia 1340
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7TE , 11 FBEEPOBT, M. Y., TSTTSSDAT, JULY 23, 1942 RYE CERTS A OOP?
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Contingent Leaves
Alter Dedication
01 Service Room
Judge C. A. Johnson
Accepts Gift of
Freeport
Following the exercises marking
the dedication of the Service Men's
Room In the Elks' club house, the
previous evening, a large contin-gent.
of Freeport and Roosevelt
men left for camp Tuesday morn-.
Ing, led by Thomas G. Fay as
corporal.
A large number enjoyed the ex-ercises
at which representatives of
the Freeport Lodge of Elks made
the formal presentation of the
room on Monday night. Past Ex-alted
Ruler Peter Stephen Beck
presided, and Joseph Glynn, an-other
past Exalted Ruler, who was
chairman of the committee In
charge, Introduced H. Alfred Voll-aner
who made the presentation,
The room was accepted on behalf
of the service men by County
/^
Ljf?
>\'J« V'.\
e^MLk"'"
of
club" Rouses in the coun-try,
but officials of Freeport Lodge
"thought the boys would like to
get together sometimes," so decid-ed
to donate the room to the cause.
Re expressed the hope they would
make use of It.
Judge Johnson Speaks
Judge Johnson spoke of the ad-vantages
of living in America, say-
, ing that "with all Its Imperfections,
add there are many, it gives us the
greatest opportunities ever enjoyed
by the people of any country in the
history of the world/
* He discussed the freedoms, add-ing
"we never thought any other
country would try to take away
these things. We have lived smug-ly.
Now we see a country that Is
attempting to deprive us of the
things we haye enjoyed so long."
Speaking of ' thfnSTtrMQnent pro-
_ gram, he continued, "machines are
not enough. In order to win we
.must believe- in 'the things for
we Aght. Other countries
Aghtlng with -f anaticpTzeal and
%L1^3&]% ^equally zealous'to de-fend
- the principles f or wh Ich we
etand/'
Judge Johnson assured the men
entering the service they would
quickly adjust themselves to new
conditions, as great as the trans-/
ition will be, and said they would
get something out of army life.
Be spoke of the spirit of comrad-ghlp
that would be developed. He
added that when they come out
they .Will And they will have to
stand on their own feet, as they
did while In the service, as the
fact that they have served will not
be a meal ticket. He said, however,
that such organizations as the Elks
end the American Legion would
stand solidly behind them. *
"SSght the good fight," he con-duded,
"ao that people in genera-laabelle
Schley Called
For Service In WAAC S.
To Report in Des Moines August 17
For Two Months of Troining
Miss TbuLellc M. SchIcy, of 70 Roosevelt avenue, is the nrsl
Freeport girl to be accepted for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
She has received instructions to report in Des Moines, la,, on
Monday, Aug. 17, for the third class of the Officer candidates'
school where she will be put through two months of intensive train-ing
designed tu prepare for non-combatant service in the United
States Army.
Miss Schley is the daughter of
Mrs. Ethel A., and the late Herbert
Senley. She was born at. the
Roosevelt avenue address in 191**,
was graduated from the Freeport
High: School and tho Birmingham
School for Girls at Birmingham,
Pa. Since then she has been en-gaged
in secretarial work, and
was private secretary to W. Sar-geunt
Nixon, cashier of the Free-port
Bank, when the call for
volunteers for the W.A.A.C., was
on June 1.
Losing no time, Miss Schley
fllud her application the first day.
Subsequently she was called for
views and a physical examination
alt of which she passed with
marks ahove the average. This
is indicated by the fact that she
is a member of the third group
called. *
The flret dans of 800 started
training at De»Moines Monday,
and was the forerunner of' 8,OOU
women, who by December 7, will
have qualified to release as many
men for combat service In the
army.
During their first three days at
DesMolnes the young women go
through five operations. These are
checking In with a cnrsory phy-sical
examination to make sure
the candidates have not contract-ed
golds on the journey, assign-ment
to companies and barracks,
outfitting with uniforms and oth-er
Army equipment, a second more
thorough classification, designed
tdhdstermlne their potentialities
for specialized duty, and immuni-zation
against smallpo^tetanus
and typhoid fevej\
Buy
Later thy will get
classroom work studying such sub-jects
as military, .customs and
courtesies, WAAC regulations and
regular army regulations, wear-ing
of the uniform, care of cloth-
Ing and equipment, military san-itation,
personal hygiene and first
aid, map ret ding, defense against
chemical warfare, company ad-ministration
and pquer work,
military discipline and close order
drill.
The women are to be quarter-ed
In three hotels and two build-
Ings at Drake University which
have been taken over by the Ar-my.
They will be given courses
In Army cooling and baking, mo-tor
transportation, communica-tions
anpl administration by a
staff of Army officers assigned (or
that purpose.
Mrs. Schley is a member of
Red Gross Motor Corps*
Freeporl lo Play
Par! in Firs!
General Blackou!
All Defence Units
To Porticipote in
Tomorrow's Test
Freeport will play Its part In
Nassau's first, full-scale blackout
and air raid drill tomorrow night
under the direction of Dr. Herman
C. Dunker, director of thp local '
At 9.30 every siren, whistle ond
horn in the county will blow the
alarm and every bell will ring. The
blackout, most intensive since war
.began, will last for one hour. -At
10JO, the "all clear" will sound,
but that will not be the end for
the civilian protectionists. Thou-sands
In 'housing, feeding, rescue
and road repair crews will go
through maneuvers until midnight.
Every piece of equipment will
move: Rrctrucks, ambulances, police
cara, messengers, etc. Simulated
bombings will tax the rescue fa-cilities
of every one qf the county's
fifty -six local war councils. Even
hypothetical "craters" in streets
will bring forth the road repairing
gangs who will rope off the "dan-ger
areas."
More than 54,000 trained and
quailed civilian protectionists will
take part in Nassau's first "all
out" raid. Traffic^ lights, -"even.
t5bse"lcrcenedrwjll be extinguished
Continued on Page %>7-:?^:-j
Leon Asks Further
Building Concession
Joseph Leon who is planning to
convert his two-family dwelling at
Smith at., Into a six-apartment
structure, applied to the Village
Board by letter on Monday night.
July 13, for permission to extend
his building more than 25 per cent,
which is tlie limit allowed under
the BulMing code.
In EXECUTIVE SESSION on
motion of Fred 6. Howcll, jr., se-conded
by Edmund A. Robson, the
communication was referred to
Superintendent of buildings W. F.
DcMott and Village Counsel Samuel
M. Levy. They are to confer with
Mr. Malkmus, who Is associated
with Baldwin and Cornelius Co..
village engineers. If they recom-mend
that Mr. Leon's application
be granted, the matter will be set
down for a hearing at the August
meeting.
Named Assidanl
To loulhard in
Surprise Move
Following Willioms'
"Tronsfer", Action
Creotes Discussion
No Cloim to be Mode
For Broken Shoft
Thomas F. Dunn, manager 6f the
Power Plant, recommended to the
Village board meeting in EXZ-OUTZVZ—"
6iB»e%ON; ""Wh -Monday
night, ^tily 13, that as there wag
a difference of opinion concerning
the broken shaft on Engine 7, in
the plant, no claim be pressed
against the Busch-Sulzer Bros.
Diesel Engine Co., of St. Louis.
On motion ofrHerman C. Dunker.
seconded by Aan A. Trenchard, It
was voted to take no further act-ion
in the matter,
An offer from the Erie Forge Co.,
to purchase the shaft at $10.56 a
gross ton, F. O. B., Freeport, was
left in the hands of the purchasing
agent with power.
PLAN REVIVAL SERVICES
A campaign of special services
will be conducted at the Church
of the Nazarenc, 40? Atlantic ave-nue,
starting on Monday, August ?,
and concluding on Sunday, August
16. Services will be conducted
nightly at 7.45 o'clock except Sat-urdays
by the Rev. and Mrs. C.
Ross Einrlck,- The..Beir. H. Jt. De-
Shaw Isiipastor of the church.
on the heels of the
mming or James T. Williams as
iBslstant manager of the Munici-pal
Power plant, the action of
he Village Bnard in appointing
leorge V. Alaurer, assistant sup-erintendent
of the Water Depart*
nent at ?2JOO a year, effective
July in] In EXECUTIVE SBS-SIOJ>
J on Monday, July 1%, has
created considerable discussion.
Air. Maurer, who has conducted
plumbing business at his home,
70 RoHudale avenue, i» a. Repub-lican
commit teunian from the 99th
District, a member of the
Kreopurt Itcpublluan Club, Wil-liam
Clinton Story Post, A. L,.,
and -the Northeast Civic Associa-tion.
He has held no previous
position in the village.
Tbe action came as a copapleto
"i%.
Century Circuit Sfuaf Revedfs
Thar's gold In them hills and
thar's rubber in plesty of garages,
cellars, attics and elsewhere if an
incentive is found to dig for it.
This was indicated Tuesday af-ternoon
when the Century Circuit.
Inc., advertised:
"Any person 'who will bring two
pounds of rubber/' to any of. its
theatres, "on Tuesday afternoon,
July 21, will be admitted FREE."
And did the rubber roll In?
Walter .Smith, district manager,
announced that three tons of the
precious material wa& turned In
by BOO persona who attended the
matinee performances at the
Grove; Freeport and Plaza theatres
in Freeport.
There were worn out automobile
Uree, bicycle tires, inner tubes.
lengths of hose, over shoes, boots
—In fact everything imaginable In
the rubber line.
Few persons worried about the
two pounds nx«d as the price of
admission, as the three tons Indi-cate,
as had people been .technical
that amount of rubber would have
admitted 3,000 persons to see the
performances in the thre theatres.
The rubber was assembled at the
Freeport Theatre, from where It
was carted Into the city to a cen-tral
point to which the returns
from the 35 Century Circuit thea-tres
in the city and other. Long
Island communities were taken.
Mr. Smith estimated that the af-ternoon's
collection would total
about 75,000 tons for all the thea-tres.
Municipal BuJJdJng, AJvin^ O.
'Southard, manager of the Water
Department did nut know he was
tu be given an assistant. JI« w»a
attending a school for Water De-partment
Operators at New York
on July 13, 14 and 15,
ahd ur«u'dinK to the Mory waa
un in tliu city the morn-ing
alter the meeting, advlacd of
Mr. Alaurer'% appointment and
requested to arrange for hi» aide
to attend the second and third
days' H0»sion» of the HChool.
Tho mover and seconder of the
motion naming Mr. Maurer were
the same as those for Mr. Wil-liams'
"transfer" to the power
plant at the meeting on Monday,
June 15, AHA Trenchant! and Ed-mund
A. ItubHon, respectively.
In appointing Mr, Maurer as
second In rummand of the Water
Department, the Board skipped
over several veteran employes of
the department. The. .No. 1 man
i» Thomas Murphy, who despite
sports to the-contrary, neveFwaa
officially assistant manager of
according to -reliable
of Information. Hl» heajth
has not .been the best, so he was
not in line for the job. Mr.
Murphy has been assigned to
leading water meters, having
succeeded Mr. Williams when he
resigned Horn the village employ
on June 8, to enter the personnel
department of the Grumman Air*
craft Engineering Corp., In Beth-page.
The No, 2 man Is Arnold Yon-gen,
who has been employed. In
the department about nine yeara.
William Pearsall hag been with
the department seven years. There
are others who have worked *n
the bureau nearly as long.
When the power plant waa eg.
tabllahed 46 years ago w&th W()-
Ham R. Smith as Ita head, there
was no separate water depart^
mentl Mr. Southard, now man*
qn Fag* *)