1943-06-10

              H Page Eight THE LEADER, THURSDAY; JUNE 3, 1943 C *
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Observers Told
To Hitler
Warned of Attempt
To Bomb New York
In Near Future
Frceport observers attended a
meeting in the New York Air-craft
Warning Centre at which
Hilary A. St. George Saunders,
Britain's Official Recorder of
Combined Operations, advised
that events of the very near fu-ture
might prove just how vital
is the work of the service they
arc performing. Mr. Saunders
was here with the Churchill mis-sion.
He warned his audience Hitler
might send his bombers against
New York as a last desperate
gamble to prove that the vanish-ing
Luftwaffe has a kicK left.
"The old Hqn may have a sur-prise
said the man who record-ed
the "Battle of Britain." "They
(the enemy) are becoming des-perate,
and they may send air-craft
manned by mad, fanatic
»«a*"t^Uj»%.*^.^Ai.,^*+_j_.kM..j.*_^_*^_^. -. t_... _,., ,. , , volunteers, eager to me Tor dcr
Fuehrer, if only they..can put a
bomb on the Woolworth Build-ing."
"But," said Mr. Saunders, "re-gardless
of how desperate Hitler
and his henchmen may be, it lies
entirely with the Aircraft Warn-ing
Service volunteers to say
whether or not that long chance
will succeed. It will be the
ground observer perched on
some lonely hill, where he has
maintained his long watch who
first spots the enemy. His will
be the famil'ar say 'Many-Multi-
High* that sounds the alarm."
The man who plays father
consfeaaor to the Commandos
cautfpaed the volunteers partfcu-
JarJy not to thfnk of tAefr work
as duJI or unimportant. On the
contrary, he pointed out, it is
only the constant vigilance of
these volunteers, ahd their devo-tion
to a Round-the^Clock watch
of our coastlines, that will pre-vent
that mad papcrhanger in
Berlin from saying, "Boys I've
just bombed New York!"
South Shore Y. C, Group
Gets to Luncheon in Tally-ho
Succewful Season Seen
Despite Gas Rationing
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
An indication of the determin-ation
of the members of the
South Shore Yacht Club to keep
the activities of the club going
this summer, despite all handi-caps,
was given by Henry G.
Braun and a group of fellow
Rockvillc Centre yachtsmen on
Monday.
In order not to transgress the
ban on pleasure driving, they
hired a tallo-ho to convey them
to the commodore'* luncheon on
Memorial Day marking the op-ening
of the season, and home
again. Others pedaled to the
event on bicycles while many
made the trip on foot. And de-spite
the sacrifices made by most
of those who attended the event
was one of the most successful
in recent years.
The luncheon was substituted
for the usual breakfast and was
served just about noon instead
bl earlier' m"the dayt^so^as-not-to
interfere with the other Mem-orial
Day exercises. *Dr. Rich-ard
G. McChesney was toastmas-ter.
Following a salute to the
Flag, the Rev. John J. Madden
gave the invocation.
Dr. McChesney in his opening
remarks welcomed all who at-tended,
and predicted that the
club would have a successful
season despite the fact that the
ban on gasoline for pleasure
boating would limit navigation
to craft propelled by oars and
sails. He introduced Mayor Clio-ton
M. Flint who spoke briefly;
Dr. Herman C. Dunkcr, Horace
F. Carpenter, Cyril JZ*_Ryan aad
Joseph H. GaJlo, member* of the
VHage Board; Judge Hilbert R.
Johnson and other guests.
He also presented the line of-ficers,
Commodore Darius W.
Sylvester, Vice Commodore Ge-orge
J. Smith, Rear Commodore
George T. Merrick, Mr. Braun,
measurer; Edward Moor*, treas-urer;
William Farren, secretary,
and Schuyler B. Smith, fleet
captain, as well as former Com-modore
Robert E. Patterson,
Robert Love, the manager, and
Jean Jules, the chef.
Rear Commodore Merrick in-troduced
"Admiral Edward Gui-seppe
Edelwein, of the Swiss Na-vy,"
impersonated by Harold E.
Pearson, who amused the as-semblage
but wound up his part
with a toast to the men in the
service and a hope that peace
would be restored before anoth-er
Memorial Day.
Commodore Sylvester thanked
the members for the support giv-en
him during "a trying year."
He said the matter of closing
down for the duration had been
discussed from month to month
by the members of the board of
governors, and they had decided
to go ahead. The wisdom of this
decision, he added, was evidenc-ed
by the large turnout at the
luncheon. He told of how vari-ous
members had gotten to the
event and expressed the opinion
that the facilities provided in the
club house and about the grounds
would be used to a greater ex-tent
than in the past due to con-ditions
created by the war.
The commodore thanked the
women's "^:ommitter^%eaded"*-by
Mrs, Sylvester for the success of
its activities last summer, ex-pressed
the appreciation of the
omcers for the loyalty of the
employees, and welcomed Lieut.
Howard Breckon and Comman-der
George Owens who were
present.
Dr. McChesney announced
that the women's committee had
abandoned plans for holding the
monthly card parties which have
featured their work in past years.
The annual Hag raising took
place before the luncheon with
Fleet Captains Smith in charge.
The commodore's breakfast of
the JTrccport Yacht Club was
served at AI. B. Whfte'? Town
Lodge in honor of Commodore
Sumner Steele. Following the
breakfast all adjourned to the
clum house on lower Groyc...JS*,,
when the Hags were raised by
Flag Lieutenant James Hawkins.
Mrs. David Knapp
Dines PT.A. Board
Mrs. David JCnapp, recently
elected president of the Junior-
Senior High School Parent-Tea-cher
Association entertained the
new executive board at a lunch-eon
in the Elks Club house
Tuesday afternoon.
At the same time she announc-ed
the committee chairmen for
the coming year, as follows: Mrs.
J. Abramson, membership; Mrs.
James B. "Harrison, war activi-ties;
Mrs. Harriet Painter, pro-gram;
Mrs. Robert H. Earon,
cheer; Mrs. Curtis T. Brail, Mrs.
Frank Snedeker a,nd Mrs..* Her-bert
Bond, finance and budget;
Mrs. W. Douglas Mathewson,
hospitality: Mrs. Ernest 'A.
Spokes, Founder's Day, and Mrs.
Harold W. Johnson, publicity.
A handbag was presented to
Mrs. Earon, th,e ' retiring presi-dent.
It was announced there
would be no June meeting.
Those present were Mrs.
Knapp, Mrs. Earon, Mrs. Sne-dcker,
Mrs. Matthewson, Mrs.
Srajj, Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Mirto
Scopinich, IVtrs. '""
Robert Munkelt, Mrs. Spokes,
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. John-son*
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PETERS HEADS 4-H CLUB
Robert Peters was elected
president of the 4-H Club of the
Columbus avenue school at the
organization meeting Tuesday
afternoon.
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Mayor Suggests
Longer Deadline
On Village Taxes
y Extension
PlaA Referred #o
Counsel Vlelblg
A proposal to extend for ten
days the time before penalties
are imposed on village taxes due
on June 1 and December 1, was
fhade by Mayor Clinton "M. Flint
at the Village Board meeting last
Friday night. The matter was
referred to Village Council Hen-ry
P. Vielbig.
Mayor Flint explained that
whereas property owners are
attics are imposed for the pay-ment
of Town and Sdhbol taxes,
village residents afe allowed only
30 days in local taxes, with the
result that unless the levies are
met on July 1 or December 31,
a 5 percent charge is imposed.
The Mayor said it was sometimes
dimcult to accumulate money on
the first of the month and the
change in time would be of great
benefit to many taxpayers.
The Board set Friday night,
June 18 for a hearing on a pro-posed
amendment to the plumb-ing
code to permit reciprocal li-censes
of plumbers from villages
which grant like courtesies to
Freeport plumbers. There will be
another hearing the same night
on a proposed ordinance cover-ing
rhe use of material in sewer
construction work for the dura-tion.
A proposed amendment creat-ing
a Fire Prevention Bureau for
Freeport was referred to the
Fire Council for consideration
and report before further action
is taken by* the board. The mat-ter
is a carry over from the pre-vious
administration. Under the
law, the village may rely on the
Nassau County Bureau or estab-lish
its own and the Fire Coun
cil has recommended that thclat
-tcr course be taken.
At the suggestion of Mayor
Flint the Village Clerk was 4]
School Site Vote
Registration Needed
ed to qualify at the special
school meeting called by the
Board of Education on Friday,
June 25, to vote on the choice
of a site for a new building for
the Seaman ave. school. Conse-quently
next Tuesday has been
designated as registration day.
will be on hand in
50 Observers
structed to to Goyernor
School from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M.,
to enroll all those who plan to
vote. Taxpayers and parents of
pupils attending the various
schools of the village, who en-rolled
for the annual meeting in
May need not register again.
Their names will be carried over.
But all others must register on
Tuesday.
Voting is not limited to peo-ple
living in the Seaman avenue
school district, but ia open to
all residing' within the bounda-ies
of. Union Free School. Dis-trict
No. 9, which includes most
of the area of the ^incorporated
village. The choice 6( two sites
will be submitted to the voters.
One known as the Cohen prop-erty
can be purchased at a cost
of $20,000, while the other, the
Lenker site, would cost $100,000.
Lookout on Bank
Robson Appeals
For Volunteers
To Fill Rank*
With the roster of available j
plane spotters drasticaHy depleted
by the draft and defense work
icqutrements, Chief Observer
Edmund A. Robson believes it is
high time to dissolve some pop-ular
misconceptions regarding
the functioning of the local ob-servation
post.
With this in view, he presents
the following facts:
i&ttng list for
the
the %!rat. National bank building. ..O^.^^^fj^L,__r=-^v-^,^,,**v^
Thomas J?., Dewey calling his at
tehtionTto !hc delay on the par • -. .-.. ___ ;•-- ..... ------ V; •* ----- - . .'
ofjthe State Board of Retirement
in taking- acfion oh the applica-tion
of Scrgt. Joseph' -Malonc
for a disability retirement. The
matter h&s been pending for sev-eral
months and word was re-ceived
at the meeting that it
should be settled in a couple
weeks. In the meantime Malo-ne's
salary was continued for an-other
month.
The attention of the Board
....was called to the case of Fred
C. Hycr. an employee at the
power house who is suffering
from cateracts, who has been car-ried
along for a year at his full
salary of $2,000 annually. The
matter came up in a report from
the State retirement authorities
that Mr. Hyer could be retired
on a pension of $560 a year ^
be paid .$807 to cover salary ,de-dtictiohs
that' should have been
collected from June 4, 1928 to
July 1, next.
Mayor- Flint said he sympa-
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Heatter to Address
Red Cross Birthday
Gabriel Heatter has promised
'to speak at exercises marking
the third anniversary of the
Freeport Red Cross brancR to
be. held- in:Z Christ
Church on
Mrs. E7 .Freeman Miler. the
chairman, announced at a mtet-ing
of the officers and committee
chairmen to-day in Christ
Church.
Monthly reports were received
and indicated that the branch
had lived up to its reputation of
being one of the most active in
Nassau County.
Mrs. M. Elizabeth Hardcastlc,
chairman of nutrition and can-teen,
announced that a canteen
class would be started as soon as
twelve women registered. Mrs.
Hardcastle's telephone is Free-port
7613.
Lights Left On
During Blackout
AJir raid wardens reported six-
.leen cases in which lights were
left burning during Tuesday
night's blackout to the police.
AH but one were in homes. The
matter is now in the hands of
the police for action.
The blackout was the longest
to date. The Yellow signal was;
given at 9:26, the first Blue at I
9;42, the Red a 10:13, the scqond
Blue at 10:45 and the All Clear
at 10:58. Numerous "incidents"
were reported and L. ^Burton
Cassin, assistant director of Civ-j
ilian Protection for Freeport, re-ported
everything, wpr_k@d
smoothly. No apparatus rolled.
The communications, including
the local radio station, were
Brownlie to Urge
3Gamewel!Homs
As Raid Warnings
Siren Committee
To Submit Report
To C P. To-night
John Brownlie, chairman of
the siicn committee, will recom-mend
to the Civil Protection
Council at its meeting in the
Municipal Building to-night that
the Village Board be requested
to purchase three Gamewcll
horns to be used in sounding air-raid
warnings. The horn has
been tried out and according to
- ):'.
• fectly satisfactory. Originally it
was thought lour horns would be
' needed, hut Mi. Hiownlic has
; found three would be sufficient.
And after the war, he added,
; they could be used in sounding
fire alarms. The cost involved is
about $3,000.
Mr. Brownlie. chief sector war-den;
Deputy Sector Wardens
Samuel D. Geiber and Jack Sul-ivan,
wiLh O. Brooke Bowen, di-ector
of publicity, attended a
meeting of Post A in Municipal
Building Monday night. A. F.
Bassctt was inducted as sub-sec-tor
warden for the northwestern
area and Henry F. Roberts of
171 Connecticut ave., as senior
warden, succeeding Mr. Bass*tL
- T%& . '.T**po;&a*''' to
air raid wardens,
5 a* Mayo?**
Frecport is being represented
at the Mayor's Conference in Al-bany
this week by. Village Trus-tees
Cyril C. Ryan and Horace
F. Carpenter, Village Cooaael
Henry P. Vielbig, Village Clerk
William J* Marvin and Howard
E, Pearsall.
_ observers are badly
needed to man the post twenty-four
hours a day, as required by
the army, under whose direction
the post is maintained.
The operation of the post is
not wholly an American Legion
project. The local legion post has
donated its quarters for a meet-ing
place of the observers and
has taken the lead in running
the observation post, but there
is no official connection between
the Legion and the post ot ^ts
functioning. Men outside the
Legion afe'~not ionly invited,-bu.t
desperately seeded to hel%)_out. -
There is no age. .limit for ob-server
s.-.An.y .man whose hearing^
and eyesigRt'jire^goqd caniqual*.
ify^as an observer. In fact, while
praMng highly the work of both
the youngsters and older men
who man the post, Mr. Robson
finds that men of seasoned age
are slightly more satisfactory
than youths because they are
steadier and cooler-headed.
Observers do not have to work
within the limits of Frceport, or
even on Long Island. Commu-ters
can obtain shifts at night or
over the week-end. For the con-venience
of commuters, Mr. Rob-son
will receive apip) cations in
his office in Brooklyn. The
"phone number is STerling 8-
1600.
OnesVjob as an air-raid war-den
or any other post in Civil-ian
Defense, doesn't bar him
from observation work. Col.
Thompson, State Director of
Civilian Defense, saya observers
who Ell other Civilian Defense
job* will be excused and replac-
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policemen
Bremen were called out.
After the All Clear, a call was
received from Mineola headquar-ters
for the Freeport Fire De-partment
to send apparatus to a
"Arc" at Centennial avc. and
Brown St., in Roosevelt. The re-quest
came at 11:13 and in three
minutes the hook and ladder and
engine company were on their
way. This was a county incidcnt-
Plan Service Dance
"In Dugout June 24
The monthly dance sponsored
by the Frceport Women's War
Service, William Clinton Story
" Post" and its .auxiliary"Tor men
in the Army, Navy, Marines and
Coast Guard will be conducted
in-the Legion dugout on Thurs-day
night, June 24.. The last
event conducted by Ed. Durla-cher
was such a success that he
has been retained to lead the
coming affair.
Plans for the even were male
at a meeting in the dugout Mon-day
night attended by Dr. A. A.
Selzer and George V. Maurer,
representing the Legion; Mrs.
Joseph H. Gray, Mrs. Mary
Toomey and Mrs. Norma Mau-rer,
. the auxiliary, and Mrs. J.
Harry Jenkins and Mrs. James
B. Harrison, the Women's War
Service.
_ Girls, 17 years old or more ap-proved
by the churches of the
community will be hostesses. It
was decided to send a letter to
the various organizations of
Freeport requesting contributions
to enable the. interested groups
to continue the monthly dances.
board ff they were injured 1%%
performance of thefr duties, but
that Civil Mobilization oniciala
were not entitled to compensa-tion.
Civil Protection orncials
should 'register immediately to
qualify for compensation, he
added.
Mr. Gcrbcr explained that if
Air Raid Wardens or others en-gaged
in Civil Protection work
were attending a "movie" per-formance
when- a blackout was
sounded they would., be advised
of the fact by the (lashing of a
blue light "to the right of the
stage. If- the performance/:—has
Just Rtartqd. tKcy will be given]
"rain checks" when they leave.
Mr. Sullivan spoke pf "Incidents
and Observations.^'
They also visited Post D, at
175 Rast Seaman avenue, of
which Natalie Peters is senior
warden. George Hovell was lx&-
atalled as the fourth deputy sear
ior warden for the post. Mr.
Brownlie stressed the possibility
of an actual air raid. He said he
had no fear of the ability of the
regular village agencies to meet
an emergency and expressed the
opinion that the Air Raid War-dens
coulj be counted on to do
likewise. He especially urged ev-ery
one to keep in constant
training so as to be prepared
should an emergency arise. '
Mr. Gerber said that house-holders
who received summonses
for going o%$t and leaving lights
burning during the May blackout
had received suspended acnticn.?
cea. He warned, however, the
court would b« neverer next
time. "
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