1942-01-01

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, 1941
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Have
AlrRaldWardens
Theotres, Churches,
Factories Directed
To Provide Them
j
Dr. Herman C. Dunker, Civil De-
Jense director for Freeport has re-ceived
instructions from Col. Thom-as
M. Sherman, acting Nassau
County director, that air raid war-dens
must be provided in stores,
theatres and industrial plants.
These wardens are not to be in-cluded
among those assigned for
duty in' the streets, but must be
supplied by the establishments
where they are to serve. The In-structions
follow:
"1. All buildings where twenty-nve
or more transients congregate
• (as distinct from employees) must
have an adequate force of war-dens
On duty to guide such tran-sients
in the event of an air raid
and to render whatever assistance
may be necessary. Examples of
,. such establishments arc depart-ment
stores and other large stores
. hotels, theatres, churches, etc
There must be selected" Immediate-ly
frohi your personnel at least
one warden (either male or fe-
. male) for each fifty persons that
may be in the establishment and
at least one warden for each floor.
"2. It Is recommended that In-dustrial
plants and other business
organizations employing twenty-
Hve .or more persons organize a
warden force for the guidance.and
^assistance of their personnel. The
Girl
Second Yule Log
All the Girl Scputs of Freeport
joined In the second annual bum-
Ing of the Yule Log In the park-ing
Geld of the Methodist Church,
last Thursday evening. Mrs. Har-mon
D. Swits, Jr., chairman of the
Oirl Scout committee, presided.
Madeline Donnelly, of Troop 3,
sponsored by Christ Lutheran
Church,-Ignited the log and as. It
burst into flame the eighty-nve
girls and their mothers present
joined in the singing of Christmas
carols, with a group of members
of Troop 58 of Senior Scouts, com-prising
Betty Patterson, Patricia
Lee, Jean Ann Miller, and Bar-bara
Miller, leading.
Aa the flames died down, all
adjourned to the social hall of the
. . MXy,. church wherp refreshments were
served.
On the committee in charge of
the event were Mrs.. A. C. Soper
chairman; 'Mrs. JacTfGodfrey, Mrs.
Charles Marsh ner, Mrs. George
Bennett Smith arfd Mrs. Robert
H, Earon.
,. . . . . _ CLUB
GIVES YULE PARTY
The M. M. Girls' dub of the
Transfiguration • Episcopal Church
had their Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. Ray K. ^Idcrd, 36D
South avenue, Thursday night.
Twenty members attended? The
table was decorated with the
Christmas colors and the hostess;
erved delicious refreshments. The '
members presented a lft «T their
Air Raid Wardens
Ted Dates Set
Must Poss Exoms
To Quolify For Posts;
800 Toke Course
John Brown Me. Sector Air Raid
Warden for Freeport has expre^-
ed gratification over the way in
which the air raid wardens SO 10? -
ally attended the school of instruc-tion
for/five nights last week. The
attendance averaged 800 nightly
and nearly all who had volunteer-ed
their services attended all nve
sessions of the school.
Now that the school is over the
wardens must prime themselves for
the examinations which are to be
given during the week from Janu-ary
4 to 11, in a location wh$ch
will be announced later. Mr.
Brownlle said that If any of the
wardens felt they needed coach-ing
on any points likely to be in-cluded
in the examinations, thetr
senior wardens would be glad to
assist them. Further, he added
that if any who had not attended
the schools desired to obtain th*j
necessary- instruction, he was' sure
senior wardens would organ i/e
groups to teach them, so th
could qualify for the "exams' next
month.
If any fail to pass these exam-inations
Mr. Brownlie expressed
the opinion they_ .would be given
another opportunity later.
school of Instruction was to
have been held In the Cleveland
avenue school but when the et-the
first night excecdd
all expectations, an overnow meet-
Methddist Society
Gives Yule Porty
The Women's Society of Chris-tian
Service of the Freeport Me-thodist
Church gave its annual
Christmas party in tlie ladies' par-lors
Thursday afternoon.. A short
business meeting, over which Mrs.
James A. Sukphin presided as
president, preceded the party. Mrs.
Charles Losee conducted the devo-tional
period.
The. officers. Including Mrs...
Sutphin, Mrs. Walter Stevenson,
Mrs. Oeorge Shalcr and Mrs. Gor-don
Eldred, vice-presidents; Mrs.
Joseph Zalnor, secretary; Mrs. Earl
Lee, treasurer; Mrs. Calisle Boger,
assistant treasurer, and Mrs. Gor-don
Yarrow, coesponding secetary,
comprised the reception committee.
A group of the younger mem-bers,
attired in red robes with
white collars, led in the singing of
carols. The tables were decorated
with red and white carnations, and
the room with evergreens.
Tea and coffee were poured by
(Mrs. Ernest Ault, Mrs. J. Edwin
Clark, Mrs. E. M. Robins and Mrs.
E. A. Pollard Jones, while the
February-May group with Mrs.
William Ray nor as chairman,
served refreshments.
ing had to be held in the Colum-bus
avenue school. The second
night sessions were held in butli
schools, but during the last three
nights all gathered in the Cleve-land
avenue auditorium which was
capable of accommodating them.
Compounding
Medicines
requires knowledge, skill and
painstaking care. A pharmacist
takes pride in turning out a
fine product when he is work-ing
for himself or for another
pharmacist.
The finest prescription work
has always been done by Inde-pendent
Pharmacists. Most doc-tors
and patients know this
and Independents compound
most .prescriptions by a large
margin,
One of the/ better independ-ents
is
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Elks To Sponsor
Class To Assist
Flying Cadets
^ Lodge To Do Bit
^ Towards Training
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V4 Youths For Service
Freeport Lodge of Elks will dj
its bit towards training men fcr
the service of their country by
conducting a class for flying cu-dets,
Exalted Ruler Edward F.
Meaney announced this week.
The decision to do this was
reached at a special meeting of
officers, committee heads »nd
trustees. The Lodge will co-oper-ate
with the Board of Education
and the class will be conducted In
the Freeport High School, starting
shortly after the first of the year.
Applications for admission to the
class may be made to Mr. iy^T,
''liey. "it will number about 20, and
be open to high school grarl-
;;*iates between the ages of 20 a nil
who reside within the terri-served
by the lodge which
from Rockville Centre to
,Bay Shore. Applicants must pass
\the cadet physical, examination,
the instruction will serve as a
^refresher course to prepare them
to qualify for the mental and
written entrance tests.
An undisclosed number of
Christmas baskets was distributed
&<r^ZJL famllleaby the WelfajS
Committee oi"(H6nbyg& on Christ-mas
Eve under the direction of
Milford F. VanRlper, the chair-man.
He was assisted by Secre-tary
William J. Murphy and K-irl
J. Anton.
The annual New Year's eve
dance has been planned by tne
Board of Governors, with William
Keil, the chairman, heading the
committee in charge. A large turn-out
is expected.
George I. Hall, of Lynbrook,
president of the New York State
Elks Association will be the guest
of the lodge at its meeting on
Thursday night, Jan. 15. He will
deliver an address.
WINNE ANTTEDDS
SAFE IN HAWAII
Major Warden E. Winne has re-ceived,
word Indirectly that Mis
. Jack, who is serving with
^Army "%—HawliH^^bapeT% 'in-jury
in the Japanese raid on the
islands on Sunday—Dec. %,
" Tlie information came froni.Per-cy
Sherwood, tlte secretary of the
Board of Supervisors, "who" has
heard from his Son\ a member of
the_ same uhi<T"a3^Jack Winne.
« Young Sherwood announced thot
all the boys" from Nassau County
were safe .and "looking for more
Japs."
Mrs. Helen Edds, of 158 South
Grove street, also received a let-ter
from her son, Berklng T. Edds,
who is stationed at Hickam Field.
Honolulu, advising her of Ms
safety. Young Edds, a graduate of
the Roosevelt Aviation School, has
bee%&, serving with the war main-tenance
air corps at Hickam Field
since Nov. 3. He was at Patter-son
Field In Ohio when ordered to
Hawaii
He; was graduated from the
Freeport High School in 1940 and
was president of Als class.
1 GETS SHOWER
The Village Board, a/u its
ing on* Monday night, December
22, awarded a contract for the
"Installation of a shower in the
"bbma-of—Hose Oov 1;-to Walter
p. OpzzlBs, Bis bid of $360 was
the lower of two submitted.
/ eeporf Reef Cross Workers
ngagecf /n /Many
Committees List Projects-
More. Volunteers Needed
Few persons, even residents of the village, are aware of the
extent of the activities being conducted by the Freeport Branch of
tjie American Red Cross. Consequently Airs. E. Freeman Miller,
brunch chairman, with the aid of Mrs. Richard G. McChesney, vice-chairman,
and th() various chairmen, have prepared a resume of
these activities.
Hundreds of Freeport women <f
are engaged in these various en-deavors,
but Mra. Miller .an-nounced
the demands on the or-ganization
are so great that even
more volunteers ore needed to
share the burden.
Mrs. Charlotte E. Horn Is chair-man
of War Relief Production,
with Miss Esther Crofts as vice-chairman.
It is the duty of thia
group to produce- finished * sewn
and knitted garments for the
armed forces and for the relief
of men, women and children who ;
are the victims of the war. Head- '
quarters are maintained in the
Municipal Building. Owing to the
greatly increased number of work-ers
recently, the workroom is to
be kept open Mondays through
Fridays, from 9:30 to 4 and Mon-day
evenings from 7 to 9, begin-ning
Monday, Jan. 5.
The Surgical Dressings division
6'" heeded'^ by Mrsf Elizabeth
License as vice-chairman. The.
workers make and supply ban-dages
and surgical dressings for
the armed forces pf the United.
States, hospitals and institutions
and to the National Red Cross for
use in war and disaster relief.
Many Study First Aid
Mrs. G. A. Goetschlus, jr., as
chairman of the First Aid divi-sion
revealed that to prepare
women to give the proper care
to an individual in case of an ac-cident
or sudden illness until the
doctor arrives, a 2p-hour course
was being given at a cost of $1.
The course consists of a two-hour
session each week for ten weeks.
Eighty Freeport women received
their first aid certificates In 1941.
Two courses have been completed,
another ia being completed and
five others with an enrollment of
180-. are-.in progress. Two new.
alasses have- just been started and
registration-opened last Friday for
another planned in the Archer
street_, school, just after the first
of the year. Registration is open
for classes starting -Wednesday
evening, Jan. l4T and Friday, Janv
.16. at 9:30 a.m. Registration is
open also for an advanced first
aid course to be started early in
the year. All classes are con-ducted
at the Columbus avenue
school.
Mrs. Joseph H. Gallo is chair-man
of the .Hospital and Recrea-tion
corps, whioh aims to provide
social and recreational facilities
for disabled and ex-service men.
It is a peacetime as well as a
wartime group. Gray ladies from
Freeport are Mrs. Oallo and Mrs.
John A. Fay Magazines and dis-carded
Christmas cards are used,
in their work and they have la-sted
an appeal for them.
Home Nursing Courses Offered
The Staff Assistance group with
Mrs. John Goller as chairman,
aids in ofTlce work, in assisting
.the. otber.. services-and carrying out
special duties. There Is ho charge
for nve two-hour lesson courses
(Continued on Page 6)
Osleopalhs Offer
Aid In Defense
Volunteer Services
Where Needed In
Letter To Sherman^
Dr. Charles K. Smith, of 239
North Long Beach avenue, chair*
man of the public relations com-mittee
and a member of the com-mittee
on defense and prepared-ness
of. the Long Island Ostco-pathic
Society, has written to Col.
Thomas M. Sherman, acting di-jector.
of. the .Nassau...C.oun^y. per
fense Council Offering the ser\v
jces of all Osteopaths -. practicing
in Nassau to the commission, •
At the same time Dr, Smith an-nounced-
that-'*an" the physlciana
had reported^ .^....th$lr..J<%al-de-fense
chairmen and werenswait-ing
instructions as to what to do
in case of an emergency.
"It is the desire' of our society
to lend cooperation to the pub-lic
hehlth agencies under your
council," Dr. Smith wrote. "We
stand ready to offer our services
at the scene of disaster, or at
such place as the Defense Coun-cil
chairmen shall designate. As
per the bulletin from your office
dated October 6. 1941, Section Tl,
we shall be ready to do our part
in any manner in which we can
be of assistance:
"To the officials of the, County
Health Department in the control-ling
of contagious or* infectious
disease;
"In rendering first aid,'?or tar-ing
for local first aid stations; or
"In teaching fiist aid, or .hy-giene
and sanitation to civilian
groups; or
"In any other activity that may
B?QP?rly be., designated to us.
"We are eager ,as Americans to
do our/gharo -and anticipate your
early reply in order to further In-struct
our piembershlp."
VILLAGE BUYS SAND
FOR DEFENSE USE
At the suggestion of Trustee
Herman C. Dunk or, as chairman
of the Freeport Civil Defense
Council, the Village Board at Its
meeting on Monday night/ pe*
cember 22. voted to purchase 500
cubic yards of sand to distribute
so as to be available in the event
Freeport should be showered wjth
incendiary bombs by enemy plan-es.
The matter was referred to
Howard E. Pfarsall. »s purchasing
agent.
Clinton Walling as manager of
the Electrical Division requested
that his departmental car be
equipped. wiU) a two-way radio to
enable him to communiratc with
the Police Department in the
event of an emergency. The re-quest
was taken under ndvise-ment.
2,452 Replies Given
At Information Booth
Lawrence L. Luther advised the
Village Board at its meeting on
Monday night, Dec. 22, that 2.4^2
queries received at the information
booth at Sunrise Highway and
Grove street were answered hy
those in charge of the booth. It
was kept open from Jan. 8 to Oct.
a.
'/There Is no question that
ly aided many of our-restaurants,
hotels, shopkeepers,' the boating
and fishing industry," Mr. Luther
wrote in his report," and demon-strated
to the passing public tlytt
we are interested not only in their
inquiries and needs b&L in them
as well."
He listed the types and numbers
of inquiries as follows:
Street locations, 6C5; churches,
69: hotels, 64; tourist homes. 78;
boat hire for fishing parties, etc.,
212; bathing beaches, 92; general
information, concerning Freeport,
302; Nassau County, 132; restau-rants,
188; route directions, 371,
and bus and railroad information,
231.
Vorionce Is Asked
To Bole Woste Poper
Mack Corwin, owner of the
premises at 184 East Merrick rond,
nas applied" to the Village Eoard
for a variance to permit him to
lease the property to a concern
which desires, to use it for baleing
and storing waste paper.
oard.\iat Its meeting J^on-
L .nighti Dec. 22, granted him IT
temporary permit, pending action
by the Zoning Board of Appeals
on the application. T^e permit
contained a provision that the
group would not be permitted to
collect paper in the village to be
baled in the plant.
Howe Commend;
Sewer Commission
For Competence
Courtesies Exchonoed
With W.P.A. Heod
Over Work Project
Efforts of the members of the
Board of Sewer Commissioners re-suited
in substantial savings
w h i c h unquestionably reflected
themselves in reduced tax bills, K.
P. C. Howe, chief regional super*
visor for the W.P.A., advised
Mayor Worden E. Winne in a let"
ter concerning the completion of
the sewer system in the north"
western area. It was read to the
Village Board «L..U« meeting on
Monday -night, December 23*
Mr. Howe's letter accompanied
a copy of 6'nc h^ 'sent to T^aw-rence
L. Luther, manager of the
Sanitation Drpnrtmont. in reply
to an epistle Mr. Luther had senb
him. The letters indicated the
cordiAl relationships existing be-twe/
n the members of the sewer
laslont'rs and the W.P.A. of-clals.
Called a Splendid Job
In his letter to Mr. Howe. Mr.
Luther wrote:
['May I on behalf of the Soar
'6^ JSewer Commissioners of ^tm
Village of Freeport. take this op-portunity
of conveying to you
their sincere mid deep apprecia-tion
for your untiring rfTorts in
bringing to completion a most dif-ficult
sewer construction job.
"Lateral Sower District No. 3
comprhliiy of eight and one-half
miles of eight inch nnd ten inch
sewers, together with hundreds of
nvc feet house laterals, ruad re-placements
and highway construc-tion
work has been brought to a
successful conclusion. To say tho
least, this is a splendid job. It
has not only been completed In
a workmanlike manner, but our
taxpayers residing in this area
have been saved many thousands
of dollars.
.""From ail sides we have receiv-ed
nothing but compliments and
praise for the splendid clean-up
job that took place after.
Parking Restricted
At Post Office
Under orders from Police Chief
Peter Elar automobile parking has
been restricted in the vicinity of
the Post Office at West Merrick
road and South Oynn avenue.
All parking is prohibited on
both sides of Ocean avenue for
100 feet north of the Derrick road,
and from there north to Pine
street, one-hour parking signs have
been Installed.
Chief Elar announced that he
took this step to .end .congestion
at this-points fpllowing^,the <rc-cont-
accident at that comer In
which five high school students
were injured. . . ,
struction work. In —fact, mTuTy"
of the roads are in better con-
Mon tlian they were heretofore.
Tills work, as you know, now en-sembles
some-456 houses tcr"cbh^
jie%t "to. our sanitary "sewer age sys?..
tern:":
How* Expresses Appreciation
In reply Mr. ??owe wrote:
"I am in receipt of a Ictte?
dated December 9, 1941, from
Lawrence Luther written on be-half
of the Board and expressing
your satisfaction with the work
done by the WPA In your village.
For Uiis generous letter please ac-cept
the deepest appreciation of
this .Administration and all of the
men in our organization who have
been connected with the work*
"I believe that I have on many
occasions in the past, both ver-bally
and in writing, commented
on the work of your board because
In all my experience throughout
Long Island and up-State New
York, your efforts are unique be-cause
they combine unusual com-petence
In. technical ability with
a deep and sincere regard for the
taxpayers. at _ the_:village—and^a.
completely unselfish, attitude
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