1942-10-08

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(PACE EIGHT THE LEADER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942
S/irme Gives Recetion
To a fqf/e
Honors District Deputy;
Also Mr. end Mrs. Fulton
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Shrine, Order of' the
White Shrine of Jerusalem, open-ed
its season by giving a recep-
Won to Mrs. Elma Tatje, district
doputy of the first district, last
Krlday night in Spartan Temple.
There also were present, Louis
fjeudeman, supreme second watch-man
of sheperds; Edwin Hultz,
deputy supreme watchman of
.iHepherds of the first district,
who with all the officers formed
a cross, the emblem of the order.
They were flanked by an Amer-ican
Mag and the Shrine banner.
A.11 participated in a patriotic and
religious ceremony under the di-rection
of Mrs. Loulso C. Bohrer,
Mrs. Marlon Fulton, worthy high
priestess, and C. Curtis Fulton,
- watchman of shepherds, presided.
There was a reception for Mrs.
)?ulton, as supreme, queen's at-
Lcndnnt, and Mr. Fulton, supreme
king's guard, with Mrs. Henrietta
Pay acting as worthy high priest-
•'ss. Miss Mildred Herrmann, Mrs.
Heulah VnnderClute, Mrs. Elaic
CiTpcnter, Mrs. Teresa V. Thayer,
and the supreme' officers assisted
in the ceremony. Gifts were pre-sented
to the couple by the su-preme
officers and their friends.
Solos were sung by Mrs. Sophie
Thlea and Robert T. Tavis,^ Jr.,
accompanied by Mrs. Mabel Ray-nor
and Mrs. Tavls respectively.
Supreme officers present includ-ed
Miss Frances Haynes, chairman
of state TVar aid activities; Miss
Nella Haynes, worthy high pries-tess
of Guiding Star Shrine, Sta-ten
Island; Mr. and Mrs. Oharles
Koffstetter, worthy high priestess
and watchman of shepherds, Star
of Bethany Shrine, Flushing; Mrs.
Isabel Dlckson, worthy high pries-tess,
and Walter Eggera, watch-man
of shepherds, Star of Beth-lehem
Shrine, Brooklyn Mrs. Es-
Lher Young, worthy high priestess,
Westchester Shrine, White Plains;
Past Worthy High Priestesses of
Nazareth Shrine. Mrs. Anne Lind-say,
Mrs. Bohrer, Mrs. Thayer,
Mrs. Tatje, Mrs. Helen Blackmon,
Mrs. Grace Anderson and Mrs.
Fay, and past Watchmen of Shep-herds,
. Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Dr. J
Philip Thayer and Mr. Leudeman
Visitors were present from
Brooklyn, New York, Flushing
Yonkers, White Plains, Staten Isl-and
and New Jersey.
Announcement was made that
the Shrine would conduct a rum-mage
sale In a store at Wes
Merrick road and Church street,
on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-day
of next week. Mrs. Marie
Schwarz Is chairman. At the meet-ing
on October 23, there will be a
town bridge with Mrs. Bohrer as
chairman.
The meeting was followed by a
social hour In charge of Mrs. Eve-lyn
Hulse as hospitality chairman,
assisted by Miss Herrmann, Mrs.
Eliza be tli '* Nelson, Mrs. Mildred
Christie, Mrs. Sena Breldenbach,
Mrs. Evelyn Combs and Mrs. Mary
LaTohic.
V.W.F. Auxiliory Dines
Gold Stor Mothers
Two Gold Star mothers were the
guests of the Women's Auxiliary of
Theodore Henry Mohr post, V. F.
W\, at a dinner..In the club house
on North Columbus ave., Satur-day
night. They were Mrs. James
Johnson, of Oceanside, whose son,
Jame@ was killed during the first
World War. and Mrs. Olive Oar-diner
of Hardlqg pi., mother of
George Gardiner, radioman on a
bomber, who lost his life at Pearl
Harbor on Dec. 7, last.
Mrs. Rose Savona, senior vice-president,
presided, as chairman of
the dinner committee, Talks were
Riven by Mrs. Daisy Pugh, presi-dent
of'the auxiliary and William
Hanslin, commander of the post.
They both paid tributes to Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. Gardiner. Cor-sages
of yellow roses, tied with
gold ribbon, and small gifts were
presented to the two.
The tables^ were decorated ap-propriately
with the national colors
and with flowers. There were 30
present,
The Auxiliary and post will be
represented at a reception and
dance to be given Saturday night
In the American Legion Hall, Mln-eola.
to Mrs. Alice M. Donahue, of
Glen Cove past national presi-dent,
as a welcome home by the
Diono Theto Rho Girls Ploying Cords Sought
Plan for Initiotion
SCHWARTXS HONOR
DAUGHTER, BETTY GAIL
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Sch-wartz,
of 128 South Orovp street,
gave a party to mark the third
birthday anniversary of. t h e i r
daughter, Betty Gail, Sunday af-ternoon.
There were 20 children
present and all Jiad a gay time
playing games. Dainty refresh-ments
were served. The parents
of the youngsters also enjoyed
themselves.
A class of five candidates will be
insisted at -a meeting of the Diana
Theta, Rho girls In Pythian Hall
Friday night, Oct, 9.
At last Friday night's meeting
the following officers were elected
and immediately installed by Miss
Ruth Moore, of Hunting ton, dis-trict
deputy president,-, ajid her
staff: Caroline Reims president;
Gunhlld Anderson, vice-president;
Mildred Buss, recording secretary;
Eileen Keller, financial -secretary;
Helen Burkhardt, treasurer; Mary
Karaman, chaplain; Jane Dowling
warden; Constance Peters, mar-shal;
Evelyn Smlts, conductor;
Mary Chubbidy, right supporter;
and Vivian Reims left supporter to
the president: Jean Fred, right
supporter, and Valerie Osmundson.
left supporter to the vjce-presi-dent;
Dorothy Wise, Inside guard-
Ian; Dorothy Etzkorn, outside
guardian, and Helen Bliss, musi-cian.
For Men in Service
Having just turned In a ton of
did phonograph records, William
Clinton Story Post, A.L., has open*- '
ed a drive to get playing cards fot
men in the service.
Eugene Lee, chairman of the rec-ords
committee, announced today
that the records had been shipped
to the Legion's national headquar*
ters in Indianapolis. They were
gathered by the post and Its wo-men's
auxiliary.
Mr. Lee said that old or new
packs of cards would be welcomed.
They may be left at the dugout.
This campaign also is being con-ducted
by the Legion's national or-ganization.
REGISTRATION DATES SET
Registration days have been fixed
for October 9, 10, 16 and 17. The
polls will be open the Rrst three
days from 10 a.m., to 10 p.m., and
the final day from 7 a.m. to 10
ItHOHA HAT HROP
ALL ONE PRICE
$1 35
NONE HIGHER
UP TO THE MINUTE MODELS
IN STYLES. MATERIALS & TRIMS
HAT
SHOP
3 PKNK BTRKRT
B*tw*«n PINE and CHURCH
RHOOA
veterans of the coui.ty and their
wives.!..
On Saturday night Oct."ioJ"*3ie
local auxiliary will have Its month-ly
card party In the club house.
OUTFITTED* TO M%M
HOME OF
HAt&T-SCHAFFNER & MARX
—.. .,.» ..... CLOTHES,,., ----------- , .....
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
ADAM. HATS
PREPARE FOR
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AXK) A GRATE
FIRE PLACE LOGS
DS * 9HRRP and COW MAX1RE - PRAT MOSS
CHEMKOAL FERTILIZERS . VM3ORO « AORIOO
SUPPL1KS - POULTRY PKEn - (4ARUKN TOOLS
Eckhardt Feed & Coal Co. 95 Church St.; Freeport 3818 31 Church St., Baldwin 1840
Viebrock Urges You to Join
THE SALVAGE DRIVE
BRING 20 POUNDS
OF SCRAP METAL , Of Any Kind
TO OUR STORE ON
COMING
BETWEEN 10 A.M, AND. 6 P.M.
AND GET AN
ICE CREAM SODA
We will have a trurk In front of our
store — your scrap metal or rubber*
will be added to *he Pr*e;»oK scrap pile
—whan sold all moneys received will
be used by the local O.C.D. committee.
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VIEBROOK'S
40 South Mom Street
Soda* * LuncAe: * Comfie:
6,000
COONTT
Unofficial
Poper
7TH YEAR NO. 19 FREEPORT N. Y., THURSDAY,OCTOBER 8, 1942 FIVE CENTS A COPY
Women's Division
Sells $115,009.
In Stamps, Bonds
September Report
Foils to Include
Soles in Theotres
A new record was established
when the Women's Division of the
Freeport War Bond and Stamp
staff sold a total of $115,009.05 In
bonds and stamps during Septem-ber,
the chairman, Mrs. Clark I.
Scott reported at the monthly
meeting of jLhe group in the Court
Room In the Municipal Building
last Thursday morning.
The total, .which was divided
^05,^75 "tn"*Bd»aS"@nd"$9;834.3» in
stamps, does not include bonds
sold in the three local theatres
during the month or on the night
of the big rally on Sept. 3. It did
include the sales at the Mineola
Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 16 and
three days at the Belmont Racing
Track.
The members who participated in
.soliciting sales at the race track
were Mrs. Lament N. Ensko, Mrs.
Harold W. Battin, Mrs. Carl Blogg,
Mrs. Charles Jessup, Mrs. George
Christie, Mrs. George McQlnn,
Motor Corp To Drive
Long Beach Ambulance
Red Cross Leaders Report
"On Activities for Post Year
Members of thr Freeport Red Cruse Motor Curps are to
drive the Lung Beach Hospital ambulance une day a week begin-ning
next week. And representative? of the canteen unit are to
set up truys and serve meals tu patients in Mercy Hospital.
These announcements were con-*^
tained in reports submitted at an
open meeting of the branch Tues-day
afternoon In the Council Room
in the Municipal Building.
Annual reports submitted by the
various committee chairmen gave
an idea of the amount of work
done during the past year and
Mrs. Henry Root Stern, chairman
of branches for Nassau County,
outlined the procedure at the
chapter house in Mineola.
Soboteur Stools
From Scrap Pile
Z*raMk bemarest, Mra, J. J. Ran-dall,
-Mrs. Richard G. McCheAqey,
Mrs. Norman Githens, Mrs. Her-man
C. Dunker, Mrs. Carrole W.
McLaughlin, Mrs. Imogene Meyers,
Mrs. Davis M. Levy, Mrs. E. Shef-field
Smith, Mrs. F. Jack Godfrey,
Mrs. Eva Davis, Mrs. Janet Allen,
Mrs. Sallle Lobenthal, Harry Car-man,
Mrs. George Candeli, Mrs.
W. Sargeant Nixon, Mrs. Henry
Beebe and Miss Anne Eldridge.
Mrs. F. J. Wetmore announced
that the recent rally held In the
Elks club house netted about $275
for the division, nearly 50 percent.
in excess of th& $200 goal. The
money, she explained will be used
as a revolving fund to" purchase
stamps the women sell at various
places, and to meet a few inci-dental
expenses. .
Mrs. Irving Regan, chairman of
the^, corsage committee, announced
that special stamp.Christmas cor*
sages were to be made. They may
be obtained by telephoning her
Freeport 2511.
It Is sabotage to steal from i
scrap pile and there is at least ont
saboteur in Freeport.
The father of a lad living on
North Ocean avenue, induced hi;
son "to put out sume 'valuable' cop-per
and brass articles and other
me"tal on the sidewalk from which
to make bullets fur the use of ai.
older brother in the service. Thert
was some rubber, too. The lac
was saving the material to sell tt
start the nucleus of a college fund.
The father tried to keep watch
but. when he was off guard somt
tvne stole about three-quarters oi
the pile.
LETtW
MX P0%
A COUPLE
OFMOMTH*
Eleonor Cory Appeols
For Keys; More Keys!
While Willis M. Summers, chair-man
of Freeport's scrap committee
is looking for tons and tons of
metals and rubber. Miss Eleanor
Car}' has issued an appeal for keys,
just plain keys such as lay around
most houses by the dozen.
These keys may play an Impor-tant
part in the defense program.
loulh Side 3el
For Scrap Drive
Sunday Morning.
Trucks to Stort off
At 9:30; Hope to
Set New Records
Sou th si tiers will c»d**nvor to
Hxct'txf »n Sunday the alze of the
acrap ;ifle amassed hy the north-aiders
last wet*k. Willis M. Sum*
mpra. chHirmun of tin* Frepport
salvage collection ex pressed him-self
as satisfied with the results
uT last Sunday s rolhvtlons, but
residents of the area south of the
highway awrt they arg
a molc-hftk
Air. Summers was nut able- ta
tell how many tons were collect-ed,
lie said
Boord Votes Tower
For Plone Observers
Airplane observers atop the First
National Bank & Trust Co., arp to
have an observation tower in
which they can carry on in com^
fort. This was voted by the Village
Board in EXECUTIVE SESSION
on Monday night, Sept. 28.
Edmund A. Robson submitted a
drawing and model of retreat
which he had designed and ex-plained
visibility would be In-creased
60 percent by the struc-ture.
On motion of Herman C. Dunker
Village Engineer Herbert M. Wood
was Instructed to draw the detailed
plans and a sum not to exceed $1.-
W) was appropriated. As no pro-vision
had teen made in the bud-get
for thla expenditure, t!he pro-ject
will be financed by budget
notes as authorized by the New
%brk State War Emergency Act.
Mrs. E. Sheffield' Smith, chair-man
of tl?e blood donor commit-tee,
announced that the mobile
unit would be brought to Freeport
for the third time on Friday. Nov.
13, and that a quota of 140 pints
of blood had been set for that day.
The first time Freeport residents
donated 113 pints of blood and 108
on the second, she reported.
Mrs. Robert H. Earon, vice-chair-of
disaster and relief, an-khat
a rest ^xoom for use
in the event of a disaster, had
been established In Christ Lutheran
Church, and a Orst aid station In
the Municipal Building. She ex-pressed
appreciation for the work
done by Mrs. Lnmont N. Ensko,
Mrs. Henry Burnett and Mrs. M.
Elizabeth Hardens tie.
Juniors and All Drives
For the Junior Red Cross, Mrs.
William S. Hughes, Jr., said the
I pupils of the schools had partici-pated
in all activities during the
year, and collected $151 during the
| roll call; $154 In the War Fund!
j campaign; $40 during the UJ3.O.
drive; and $15 for China relief.
i Mrs. Gairet A. Goctschlus, chair-
. man of first aid, said fifty-four
jtandard and seventeen advanced
classes had been conducted, with
1.329 persons receiving standard
and 20Q advanced certificates. This,
she added, did 'not-include rper-l-Rt an annual salary of $1,800
"sons-jingaged in defense wojrk, who ] Qcorge Ho.Km.Sn was made chauf-
[ook the short course. • feur at $1.7000'effective Oct. 1, on
;.".Jerome Ahrens announced; recommendation of 2Eme6tC,.Drcsr
•that eleven" 'nurses' aides had. put! cher,. manager of the department
JnVmorel7"Ean "1,000. hours E'hos--*at..a.n ]6%6CUTIVEy.. SESSION of
pital work. __|..ttip Village Board, Monday nig^C
Reporting for the home service Sept. 29. Kropp succeeds. Ocorgf
committee, Mrs. Harold W. Battm/Kiuig resigned.
Aald numerous confidential Investl- Frank Trautweln of the power
gatlons had been made for the! hcuse nnd William Judge of the
Register This Week
To Assure Your Vote
A person who does not reglstei
cannot vote Jn the election Tues
day, November 3. So it would bt
wise to go to the polly either to-morrdr
or Saturday to enroll mil*
thus make sure of qualifying foi
the November election.
Places of registration will bt
open boLh days from 10 a.m. t.
10 p.m. Ihpre will be..additions
registration days Friday and Satur-day
of. next week for those wh*
cannot list their names this week
On Friday registration will be from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and on Satui
tiny. October 17. the final day, fron.
7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
SHIFTS ABE MADE
IX STKEKT DEPARTMENT
Fred Kropp was appointed an
operator in the Street Department
lag to It that isn't good." Mias Gary
said. "So dig up the old keys you
have hanging around and let's put
Freeport over the top in- this drive
too."
Vote $2,000 Supplies
For Givif Protection
National organization. | Electric Department, were trans-
Women working on surgical f erred to the sewer plant at sal-dressings
turned out 32,155 during »rles of $1.800 each,
the year, Mrs. W. S. Holske an-^ John Betson, 'Was transferred
nounced. In addition they made ] from the Park to the Street De-twenty-
flve Christmas stockings, 125' partment, to be paid a, per diem
Christmas bags, 562 arm bands, 183 wage-bedside
bags and 1251 "white la-1
die*/' for which they received a. RAXDALL AXD^DASILVA
Citation, "ET REALTORS POHTS L
6,980 Women Active
Mrs. Charlotte E. Horn's report
on home production showed that
7,034 sewn garments and 4,869
knitted articles had been made
since Sept. 30, a year ago. Since
Jan. 1, she said 7,980 workers had' Dykeman, of Wantagh, was named
completed 96,135 hours of work, president. OfTicers will be installed
John J. Randall was elected vlce-
; and Moe DaSHva, treas-the
Long Island Real Es-tate
board at the annual meeting
in the South Shore Terrace, Mer-last
Thursday. Oeorge P
Mrs Horn said more workers were
urgently needed.
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*:hs Rrst of the year.
BUT WAS BONDS
The ' Village Board meeting ir
EXECUTIVE SESSION nn Mon-day
night, Sept. 23. voted an ap-propriation
of $2.000 for the pur-chase
of equipment for rlvll pro-tection*
agencies In Uic villa/c
The materials are to be srlectnd by
Dr. Herman C. Dunker, assistant
director -of civilian protection. »nd
bought by the purchasing agent.
Dr.. Dunker advUed the board
there were possibilities of obtain-ing
Federal funds so recommend-ed
expenditures for the< present br
limited la.$2,000JwhlcTT hie said was
re.QUJr.ed Immediately. The ex-penditures
w41- be -financed by
budget notes.
MEISTER REACH
TO GET WATER MAIN
' A water main Is lO'h'? Hid under
Mclster blvd.. and Buchanan- at.
Tilts wa.*; draided ii* on EXECU-TIVE
SF?9TON of the Village
Board on Monday night, Sept. 28.
when Asa A. Trenchard reported
that a six-inch main would cost
approximately $764 and a tempor-ary
pipe of one inch or an Inrh
and a quarter could be installed
for abcut $354.
The board decided to u.ze-the
larger pipe if it cou'd be obtained,
otherwise to lay the
pipe.
win be re-
Suurfae Pffgh-aie
re-quested
to h a v e all their
scrap metal and ruhln'r nn (hofr
whon the collect Ions ^ i l l hn sfnrt-sidewalkw
before 9:30 o'clock
ed. William J. Martin, in charge
of transportation. rxpcclH to
have as many (nicks,at lUs.dls?
posal us ho had last Sunday. If
he has, the work should be dpno
by about 1:30 o'clock, so It be-hoves
t* very one to set hi;* scrap
out early.
Davis I'nwls Lr^Innerrs
Commander William W. Davfa
haa iwHUwl an appeal for a larger
reiireHontailoii n f Lc^lonnalrea
anlong Sunday'.a .volunteers so Asa.
A. Trcnchanl. \v)io is in charge
or manpower expects to have
plenty of help to gather the scrap.
Concerns lhai pniviilwl irueka
ry. Xlck Hlzzf. Daaa
\V M-Q o n,. t^f }! 1H nn. Fo rnm 02;,
Frank A. fur ley, A. dt^nl & (?»,,_
Nicholas Rug nnaiUim C<*,,•"PH-g^
lm"SBTvlce Station. Merrlt Klec^
trie Co., Fred S. HnwHI. William
J. Martin, KMly Om? . Chapmana'
Oarage, the Oil Service Corp.. and
the village departments.
Muilns Tor Scran
ford Vlnumck of 40 South
Main street, collected more than
a ton of scrap at a cost of 100
Ice cream sodas. He had a truck
parked In front of his confection*
store and to every person
20 pounds of metal
*e soda. He an*
nounced today ne would repeat
the operation on ,Sunday. The
scrap received will go to swell
MEETS TUESDAY
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Due- to Monday being Columbus
Day.the remi-monthly meeting of
tMe Village Boirri .will,be held on
Tuesday nljht. . . . . . .
Thomas Moffltt. of SIR South
Main street, owner of Freeport
Bay Estates, with the. ajd of
Thomas Coyne, his property
has done a lot to swell Preepdrt'a
scrap pile, including an old trac-
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