1942-04-09

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Army
Drive 6ets Slarl
' $200 Alreody Pledged
In Compoign Opening
Next Wednesdoy
More than $200 already has been
contributed or pledged to the wel-fare
work of the Freeport Corps
of the Salvation Army which will
.start a drive next Wednesday to
raise $2,000 Robert E. Patterson,
chairman of the annual citizens
appeal, announced to-day. The
campaign will continue through
•the month.
Chairman Patterson urged the
people who have given In previous
years and others who have the
cause of the needy of Freeport at
heart, mall their contributions aa
soon as possible to L. Burton Cas-ein,
cashier of the First National
Bank & Trust Co., and treasurer
4or the campaign, and thus elimi-nate
the necessity of members of
the committee .calling on them to
solicit gifts.
The chairman asserted that even
in war times, many residents of
Freeport 'W^uld be in need of as-sistance
at one time or another.
The funds raised during the cam-paign,
he explained, all will be
spent In assisting needy Freeport
residents. Meals will be provided
for the hungry, fuel for chilly
homes, milk for undernourished
children, furniture to keep fami-lies
together, beds and breakfasts
for homeless men, and in meeting
many incidental demands that
cannot be anticipated.
During the summer there will
underprivileged
and plonica for chiidfen and
adults, while dlnn«ra will be given
to needy families «n Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Joseph "K Heardr adjutant of
the corps, Is in charge of this
work, and Chairman Patterson
expressed the opinion that $3,000
dhould be the minimum* expected
to be raised in view of the many
things that are done with the
ahoney.
HELENE HIRSCHTHAL ROME
^Home for the Easter vacation is
Miss Helene Hirschthal, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hirsch-thal,
of 270 Pennsylvania avenue,
a student at Teachers College at
Temple University, in Philadelphia.
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IZA2XEE, TZWB^DAY, AFBO, 2, 1943
sfigumt&on Guild
Hos Finol Lenten Teo
iMrs. R. D. Gallagher, of 107
North Long Beach avenue, was
hostess at the third and Anal Len-ten
tea given by the Guild of the
Transfiguration Episcopal Church
last Friday afternoon. Nearly 100
women attended.
Mrs. M. Elizabeth Hardcastle,
chairman of the general commit-tee,
waa assisted by Mrs. Edward
T. License, Mrs. Edward D. Lent,
Mrs. Herbert Bacon and the host*
ess.
On the dining room committee
were Mrs. W. J. Dumper, chair-man;
Mrs. William Tirrell, Mrs.
Norman Mellon, Mrs. Richard
Griffith, Mrs. William Walton, Jr.,
and Mrs. Lawrence Linton. Mrs.
Frederick Frnnkel was in charge
of the kitchen, while Uie sale of
cakes was conducted by Mrs. Ed-ward
H. White, Mrs. Edwin Dlppel
and Mrs. Alex MoLeod.
CEHBCK
LISTS EAdTEE SERVICES
Easter obnei vance at the Trans-figuration
Episcopal Church will
start tomorrow (Friday) with a
three-hour service from 12 to 3
o'clock,, with ..the con^l^eraUon of
tbe seven 'words from the cross.
Saturday at 4 p.
bo baptismH. On
m., there will
Sunday there
will be a 7 A. M. Communion ser-vice
with the choir; another at
9 A. M., with Communion and
junloj choir, and a third at 10:45
A. M., with ComnmnionTthe choir
and an add rosy by the rector, the
Rev. Reginald H. Scott, on "The
Resurrection." The Church School
will have its Easter exercises at
3 P. M.
(Corporal Waiter Green, a mem-ber
of the 186th F. A. Medical De-tachment
stationed at Fort Ethan
Allan. Vt., Is home on an eight
days' furlough. He Is junior execu-tive
of Carol Green's, with stores
in Freeport and Hempstead, and a
graduate of the Freeport High
School.^ He has been in the serv-ice
.fifteen months.
P-T.A.
Plows Square Donee
Plans for a square dance pro-gram
to be sponsored by the Pa-rent-
Teacher Association in the
Archer Street School on Tuesday
night, April 14, were made at a
meeting of the arrangements com-mittee
in the home of the chair-man,
Mrs. Edward Roache Monday
night. Music for the event will be
provided by the Rock Candymers
directed by Paul Hunt of Hemp-stead.
Men and women engaged
in civil defense work will be
guests of the association.
Assisting Mrs. Roache on the
committee are Mrs. Earl Hindes,
Mrs. Charles RltLer, Mrs. Raymond
Rothmann, Mrs. John Mack, Jr.,
MM. Walter Mack, Mrs. Francois
Ballot, Mrs. Bradley Smith and
Mrs. John Hlbbard.
BUSINESS WOMEN TOLD
OF MUSSES' PROJECT
Mrs. Loretta Dotey, of the nurs-es'
project of the Nassau County
Civil Defense Council, spoke at the
semi-monthly luncheon of the Bus-mess
Women of Freeport, Thurs-day
afternoon In the Elks club
house. She was introduced by the
president,.Mrs..Sallie Buckley.
The group will mark Ita fifth
anniversary at a dinner to be given
In the same place on Thursday
evening, April 8.
TO VISIT PYTHIAN SISTERS
Plans for a reception to t3?e Dis-trict
Deputy Grand Chief, Stella
Bruest, of Rockaway Beach, who
will pay an official visit on Mon-day
night, April 20, were made by
Unity Temple, Pythian Sisters, at
a meeting Monday night in Py-award
of 4he evening was made
to Abner Holland.
BUNNY GOES BY PLANE
A three-foot chocolate rabbit dis-played
In Cord Vlebrock's show
window was snapped up this week;
by a fireeport resident, crated and
sent to Miami,-Fla.j by airplane
from laOuardia Field.
f o r y o u r
EA5TER CHOCOLATES
NOVELTIES
C H I C K S
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Each Chock Full of VlEBROCK's Quality
Priced from Five Cent: to Fifteen Dollar*
VIEBROCK S
40 South Moin Street
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Children of the American Revo-lution
will present a play, "The
Watchword of the American Revo-lution/'
at the April meeting of
Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter, D.
A.R., Saturday at 2:30 P. M., in
the home of Mrs. S. O. Myers, 241
-Wilson pi. Mrs. "Warren F. Millar d,
chairman of the children's group
will have charge. A string quartet
from the Freeport High School Or-chestra
will play.
On the committee of hostesses
are Mrs. John Low, chairman;
Mrs. E. E. DeComps, Mrs. F. L.
Duerk, Mrs. Andrew Ferrara, Mrs.
William Glean, Mrs. C. T. Groe-pler,
Mrs. H. W. Train and Miss
Marlon "Wheeler.
Mrs. Carl H. Tewksbury, the re-gent,
will conduct the meeting.
DR. ALDERSON CONDUCTS
SALVATION ARMY SERVICES
Dr. James Alderson will conduct
the Salvation Army Easter Services
in headquarters, 74 South Grove
st,, Sunday. night. Maonder's can-tata,
"From Olivet to OeJvary" will
be sung. Adjutant Joseph E. Heard
will preach the morning sermon.
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CLEANING ... $1.00
MAIN SPRINGS . . . $1.00
Any ALARM CLOCK $1.00
CRYSTALS ROUND . 25c
CRYSTALS Odd Shaped 50c
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
GRANDFATHER AND CHIME
CLOCKS
65 W. Sunrise Hwy.
Opposite Ftrat National Bank
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@EE TEAR — NO. 45. , L L, N. Y, APBH, 9, 1942 OEBTS A COP?
Board Demote* Pearaall;
Record Contingent
Sent #o Camp
Local Board
Send-off Exercises
For Neorly 150 Held
In Municipol Building
Nearly 150 men, the largest con-tingent
to be sent to camp by Se-lective
Service Board 717 were
given a send off at patriotic ex-ercises
is the Board Room of the
Municipal Building Monday morn-ing.
Lawrence L. Luther, .chairman.of.
the Board presided, and W. W.
Davis, commander of the William
OUntn Story Post, AJL, directed
the advancing of the colored by
the Color Guard of the post.
Prayer was ofTered by the Rev.
Arthur Penncll, of the Roosevelt
Methodist Church.
Mayor Worden E. Wlnne and
W. W. Button, a member of the
draft board, spoke briefly.
pr. Herman C. Dunker, director
Of Civil Defense, told of how war
the
aeciarea it hau to be won,
as the stakes were too high to
lose it, as the future of civiliza-tion
was at stake. He said the
Army was being called upon to
accomplish the greatest task that
ever faced it in the history of civ-ilization*
Peter Stephen: Beck, the third
;4^—member of the board*. introduced
the Rev. James Flannery, pastor
of Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
R. C. Church, Roosevelt, as the
speaker, of the day. He expressed
regret that the leave-taking- was
one "not of our own choosing"
had these been peaceful times. He
too, said the war had been forced
on the country by a treacherous
enemy, and assured the men the
people would not fail them.
Chief Edward Kohout spoke for
the firemen and the Rev. Reginald
S* Scott, Police..Chief Elar and
former Commander Howard Lar-d@
n were introduced.
Adjutant Joseph E. Heard of the
"Salvation Army, distributed. Test-aments
to the Protestants in., the
group, service "prayer books to the
jOathblics and other material to
the Jews. He also pronounced
the benediction.
As the men had not taken their
physical examinations, The LEAD-ER
will publish the names of those
who qualified for service in its
issue of April 16.
DESSERT TEA GIVEN
AUTUMN GROUP
Members of the autumn group
^ of the Women's Society 'of Chris-tian
Service of the Freeport Metho-dlst'
Church enjoyed a dessert
trldge at the home of Mrs. Edgar
;Mapes, on Connecticut ave., last
'*™ ^Thursday. Mrs. Walter A. John-tBon.
was co-hostess, 'A business
* meeting followed. There were 14
present,
T" ]&Ere. CP^ed Brahdes, of dottage
Court, will be hostess to the group,
pa. Thursday, May 7, with Mrs.
P. Shea and Mrs. Ste-
P. JPetttt as co-hostesses.
Proposed '41-43 Budget
Compared with Past Year
The summary of the proposed 1942
mitted to the Board of Trustees Monday
General Government:
Board of Trustees and Mayor.
Village Clerk
Village Treasurer
Village Counsel
Police Justice
Assessor * J...
Municipal Building
Elections
Building Department
Miscellaneous
-43 Village
night is as
1941-43
$1,640.00
9,240.00
5,320.00
2,430.00
4,000.00
7,005.00
3*694.03
2,619.58
4,755.00
27,963.97
Total $68,557.58
Protection of Persons and Property; -, < .-
Police Department $105,039.44
Fire Department 29,856.12
Board as sub-follow*:
1942-43
$1,640.00
9,195.00
6,245.00
2,420.00
4,000.00
6,870,00
4,154.36
2,462.00
4,955.00
'20,661,06
$61,602:41
Total $134,895.56
Sanitation and Promotion of Cleanliness:
Sewer Commission $950.00
Sewer Disposal Plant 19,734.90
Sewer Maintenance 8,156.49
Refuse and Garbage Collection 66,180.32
Incinerator 20,336.50
$105,655.73
29,510.95
$135,166.68
$950.00
16,134.90
7,731.49
61,703.86
19,246.00
Boord Committees
Nomed by Mayor
Mayor Wodren E. Winne has an-nounced
the appointment of the
following Standing Committees of
the Village Board:
Finance—Howell and Trenchard.
Insurance—Trenchard.
Water—Trenchard and Dunker.
Power House—Winne and Howell.
Light—Dunker.
Supplies—Trenohard.
Legislative—'Dunker.
Publicity—Trenchard and Dun-ker.
Waterways—Dunker.
Building .Trenchard and Howell.
Where only one trustee has been
named, the vacancy will be filled
by the designation of the man
appointed to succeed Mf. Marvin.
Clerk Marvin also will continue to
serve as chairman of the budget
committee.
Total ................. $116,36331
Highways ..... ........ ; ................... $43,639.
. .
$133)10.77
12.661.24
300.00
$97,766.25
$45,08033
..... „.
Parka/ Playgrounds and Beaches
Stadium ....................... .
Memorial Day Observance
8,297.36
300.00
Total
Miscellaneous
Publicity and Advertising ...
Bua Terminal
Landscaping
Parking Fields
Foreman-Davlson Judgments
Comprehensive Survey
$27,072.01
$1.000.00
1,456.38
1,000.00
6,221.36
10,400.00
$15,174.04
$1,900.00
1,433.49
Judgment Rosemary Whelan
4,878.49
10;400.00
6,700.00
2,750.00
Total $19,077,76
Municipal Indebtedness
Principal \... $145,300.00
Interest 62,203.45
$27,
$164,300.00
58,109.25
Total $207,503.45
Total ; $616,304.39
Less Amount -Available 116,129.66
$212,409.25
$594,860.94
116,000.06
To Be-Raised by Taxation $500,174.73
Assessed Valuation $36,509^105
Tax.' Rate Upon This Budget $137
$476,860.88
$36,878,947.00
". $1.30
5)7 "listed on Honor
To Be PcesehtecLio Vi
There are 517 names on the honor roll of Freeporters in the
service which William Clinton Story Post, A. L., is to present to
the village with appropriate ceremonies on the lawn of the Memorial
Library Sunday at 3 p.m.
One of them will stand out from
the others, for instead of being in
white on a black background, the
letters will be white on a neld of
black. It is the name of Oeorge
E. Oardlner, the (first Freeport
youth, to lose his life In the Sec-ond
World War, in action in the
"Pacific Ocean.
Among the 516 other names is
that of Miss Alice H. Price, a
nurse serving in the army, and
the only woman listed in' the
group.
TJ. @: Senator James Mead has
promised the Legion committee to
attend the exercises and speak if
it Is possible for him to get away
from Washlngtod in these, busy
times. Congressman Leonard W.
Hall has given definite assurance
he will be on hand for the occa-sion.
William W." Davis, com-mander
of Story Post will preside.
The program will be opened by
a selection by the High School
Band, directed by J. Maynard
Wettlauf er. Commander Davis
then will present the honor roll to
the village and it will be accepted
by Mayor Worden E. Winne.
Remarks will be made by Sher-man
Moreland, Jr., Commander of
the Nassau County American (Le-gion,
County Executive j. RUssel
Sprague and benediction will he
pronounced by a representative of
the Inter-Faith Clergy "Council. A
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Tax Rale is Cut
Six Points In
Legder Rejected
At Meeting Monday
"We have spent many hours in
endeavoring to bring this about,"
Mayor Worden E. Winne said in
announcing that the proposed gross
budget presented to " the Village
Board at its organization meeting
Monday night had been cut $21,-
443.45 and the net budget, $21,313.-
85 below last year's figures. This
he added would entail a cut of
approximately 6 points in the tax
fate for the new fiscal year.
The proposed budget totals $594,-
860.94 against last year's $616,304.-
38, and the net budget, the amount
to be raised by taxation, Is $478,-
800.88 as compared with $300,174.13
for 1941-42. Baaed on these fig-ures
the tax rate will be $1.30 on
each $100 of assessed valuation, six
points less than for last year, the
Mayor said.
AtT the same time Die board
fixed next Monday night as the
time for a ?Uo%(c hearing on the
budgetary flg%irea,_..virhe. biggest
^slaah has been made if
ance for" the Department of
tation. Lawrence L. Luther, head
of the Department, was allowed
$115,368.21 last year, asked for
$111,879174 this year and was
granted $97,766.26, a cut of more
than $14,000. By reducing the
weekly /garbage collections from
three to two, a ^ saving of, $3,850
in salaries was included In the
tot&l cut.
Among the - other cuts from last
year's figures were the following:
Village Clerk, $45; Village Treas-urer,
$75; Assessor, $125; Elections,
$167.58; Miscellaneous, $6,955.17;
Fire Department, $34fM7; recrea-tion,
$11,897.97; bus terminal,
$22J@, and Parking fields, $342.89.
The bid of The Leader for the
official designation on & basis of
7 cents a line for legal adver-tising
was turned down in favor of
an out of town paper which will
receive 13 centa A line. An al-lowance
of $1,500 waa'made for
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Marvin Resigns
As Trustee 4o
Become_Clwk "
Predecessor Nomed
To Woter Post;
Other Appointments
In a move that took the publio
by surprise, the Village Board a*
its organization meeting 'Monday
night, appointed William J. Mar*
vin Village Clerk to succeed Sow*
ard E. Pearsall, who has held the
post for more than 20 yeaf^Emadb
Mr. Pearsall, Manager of Water
Consumers Service and dropped R,
Kneeland Aahdown, who had been
employed In that capacity for 1$
years, from the VuTage payroll.
In announcing the appointment
of Mr, Marvin ns Clerk, Mayor
Wlnne said:
"The Board has deemed it ad*
vlaable to make a change in the
office of the Village Clerk. The
clerk la the chief full-time ad-ministrative
officer of the Village
and should serve as the public re*
latlons representative of the
lage." ' , , *
'3h the selection of Mr.
J. .Marvin, It la the sincere belie*
of the Board, after deliberate con-sideration
that this appointment
will result in. the promotion o!
greater efficiency in our Village/
Government. Mr. Marvin will also
act as purchasing agent."
Mr. Marvin, who had juat been
re-elected to the Village Board fog
a term of two years, resigned to
accept the clerkship at a salary
of $4*000, and as a result of his de»
motion, Mr. Pearsall will suffer a
cut of $1.000 ad In his new-po@t
he will receive $3,000 annually. The
board will appoint a successor to
Trustee Marvin to serve for one
year. Ashdown's salary has bee%*
$2,100 a year. It comes out of
the Water Department and doeq
not affect the budget.
In addition to being named
Manager of "Water Consumer*
Service, Mr. Pearsall Is to do "suztt
duties as may be assigned to him;
by the.Clerk for tne "ensuing year,**
-Mr^ Pearsall expressed _serlpufi
Tibirbt about ^acceptlng_the appoint*
ment to the lower-post. He- said .
he would ask for a brief leave of
absence R> consider Ihe matter and
expressed concern over his son, a
freshman at Cornell University. Ha
also said that an old injury to
his left; 'foot would prevent him
from becoming a water meter read*
er.
If the Board follows precedent, It
will name Edmund C. Robsonj
chairman of the Economy Party,
to the vacancy on the board. Here- _
tofore most chairmen have either
been named Village Trustees or
given a position in the village go?*
emment.
All other village employees were
re-appointed at their present sal*
aiies,
However, "In the, interest of
economy and due to war conditions*'
Khe stadium commission was abol-ished,
forthwith and FraaWyn P.
Donnan was named director of ac-tivities
at the stadium at $1,000
a year. As a result the allowance
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