1943-01-21

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J!AGEBGHT THE LEADER THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1943
I: Named
Head
Mrs* Hood
As South Nossou
Institution President
Harrison H. Wright* wat elected
president of the South
Comx%unitl(!H Hospital,
to succeed Mrs. Walter It. Hood,
who declined a re-election at the
re-organlzatlon meeting of the
Board of Directors Monday nl^ht
la the Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, Rockvtile Centre. James
G. Joslln was named to take Mr,
^Wright's place a» secretary.
Mrs. Hood, In aakhig to be re-lieved
of the presidency, to which
she was named after the death of
George D. A. Combs early last
year, said she had fulfilled the
task assigned to her by Mr.
Combs, shortly before his death,
*n .naming her chairman of a re-organization
committee. Shu suit!
that as a result of the reorgan-ization,
the hospital had been ap-proved
by the American College
of Surgeons, Its Income had in-creaaed
$»0,000 a year, $10,000
had bon t*ald on" the mortgage,
and the hooks for 11)41 were
closed with a balance of $K1,SOO
in the treasury. The report
showed that 4.045 patients wore ,
admitted to the Institution last '
year, an increase of K(H) ov^r
1940.
The following directors
re-elected for three years
H. A. Intemann, George U. Jack-eon,
Allan Wright, George Arnow,
3*mo\* \jMi\\iRTt. tA?». l)«m«A M ti-ler,
John L. Rlmler, Mrs. Chris*
flan Bfwner, Mr. Jo«lm, Dr, Rob-ert
K Atkinson, Frank W. Don-nelly.
Walter ». Boardman, Ham-ilton
Uaddis and Judge.Charles
Schweitzer. Mrs. Lillian Oulack,
Louis Abrams and Thomas F.
Dougherty were named directors
to till vacancies.
In addition to naming Mr,
Wright president and Mr. Joslin
secretary the board made Mr.
Lamport, treasurer, and elected
the following vice-presidents: W.
Carey. Charles DeLap, Mr. Jack-
Mrs. |Alex G. Welsh, Mrs. J. J.
Bargeent Nixon, Mr. Boardman,
son and J. M. Frazer.
Mrs. Joseph H. Gallo, retiring
president of the Freoport Auxil-iary,
announced that the group
had presented $i\50 in cash to the
and M)63 articles of
Women's Wor
Hits Bon on Airmoil
A protest against the action of
the government in barring the
sending of letters by airmail to
men in the service was adopted
at a meeting of the executive
board of the Freeport Women's
War Service held in the home of
the president, Mrs. J. Harry Jen-kins,
31 East avenue, Tuesday.
Mrs. Jenkins announced that the
ban which goes Into effect to-morrow,
permits the sending only
of "V" mail, which she Insisted
did not reach men stationed in
various parts of the world in this
global war, while airmail did.
It also was voted to canvass
hospitals In this area, Including
the new Naval hospital in St.
Alba us. to ascertain if any Free-port
men were among the pa-tients.
If any are found, gifts
will be sent them. A donation of
$5 was voted to the American
Legion Auxiliary with which to
purchase playing card* for men
In Santint Hospital at Mltchel
Field.
The birthday anniversary of
Mrs. William O. Kellett was ob-served
by having a birthday cake
with candles.
Sunrise Mosons
lnstolH943Stoff
Mil H. L Buchen
To Vlsll Freeporl
Legion Auxiliory
Will Entertoin
Nossou Chairmen
\\ero
Mrs.
She in tjrpdn red M r » . \Y
J. Martin as. her successor.
Mrs, Hurry. .Si/Mason,
dent of the C6nTfTH Council oT
Auxiliaries, who, had charge for
the evening, presented -a sterling
silver Louis IV sandwich tray" to
Mrs. Hood on behalf of the
council and thn eight auxiliaries.
Mrs, Adele NcO entertained with
sketches from several plays after
which refreshments were served
by members »l the council.
Marvin Lobcl was Installed as
master of Sunrise Lodge, 1069, F.
& A. M.. succeeding Edward Oold- ;
man last night in Spartan Tern- ,
pit?. R. W. Samuel M. Levy, was
the installing officer, with W.
Henry Nyman as grand master.
The \%\Kt alia, tton was I olio wed by
a collation served in the vestry
room of Temple Israel.
Other officers inducted were
Leon H. Lovitt, senior warden;
Morris W. Tear, junior warden;
Isador Lewis, secretary; W. Louis
Apple ton, treasurer; Hyman Sch-loss,
three-ypar trustee; W. Jack
Levin, chaplain; Charles Ratner,
senior deacon; Frank Kleiner,
junior deacon; Emanuel Rackman,
senior master of ceremonies; Da-vid
Levy, junior master of cere-monies;
Bernard Morris, senioi
steward; Milton Small, junior ste-ward;
Walter Kahn, marshal; Ar-thur
Seizer. organist, and Morris
Markb, tiler.
The Women's Auxiliary of Wil-liam
Clinton Post, A. L., will be
'host to the Nassau County chair-man.
Mi's. Harold L. Bucken, 01
Rockville Centre, at Its next meet-
Ing, Thursday night, January 21.
Refreshments will be served after
the meeting.
Plans for the event were made
at the semi-monthly meeting last
Thursday night In the Dugout.
Due to the gasoline rations limit-ing
the use of automobiles, it was
voted to start the meetings prom-ptly
at 8 o'clock, instead of 8:30
the hour as in the past.
Mrs. Madeline Gray, the presi-1
dent, instructed the treasurer and
the chairmen of the finance and
ways and means committees to
meet and prepare a budget to
submit to the group at the next
meeting.
Mrs. Anna Romanelli, who took
the Christmas gifts voted by the
club, to the Sontlni Hospital,
Mitchel Field, announced that the
officer in charge had advised her
the men would like packs of new
playing cards and men's maga-zines.
The members were re-quested
to each give a pack of
cards at next week's meeting.
Mrs. Emily Christ, chairman of
War activities, requested all Red
Cross workers to notify her by
mail the number of hours they
.spend on this project, Ui« 16th of
each month, so that they may
receive due credit for their ac-tivities.
It was voted to send a sunshine
box to the daughter of Mrs
Mrs. Theresa Goldbloom, who Is
seriously 111 in the Jewish Hospi-tal,
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Mae Larsen and Mrs.
Florence Kurz were hostesses for
the evening.
Athene Club Suspends
Activities Till April
The Athena Club voted to sus-pend
operations during February
and March at a meeting of the
Executive Board held in the Court
Room in the Municipal Building
Tuesday afternoon. This action
was taken because of the ban on
driving except for necessary travel
and the heating situation. Mrs. A.
Robert Purdy, the president, pre-sided.
Mrs. Alfred J. Brady was
received as a member.
Athena members participated in
various war activities at a ser-ies
of group meetings Monday.
They did Red Cross work, made
cuddle dolls for England and local
hospitals, and engaged in other
activities. More than 50 members
participated in these meetings.
Mrs. P. K. Winter is chairman of
the defense department of the
club.
Mrs. Ciare Turlay Newberry,
author of books for children,
which she also illustrates, will
speak at a meeting in the Muni-cipal
Building Monday" at 2:15
p. m.
MB8. WWGHT8 GBOWP
TO WELCOME MEMBERS
Several members will be receiv-ed
at-s-meeting of Mrs. Lawrence
Wright's group of the Women's
Guild of the Transfiguration Epis-copal
Church to be held in the
home of Mrs. Gtorge J. fllpnz, 48
Atlantic a,venue, Friday afternoon,
February 5.
Plans for the event were made
at a meeting in the home of Mrs.
William J. Marvin, 96 Southslde
avenue, last Friday. Mrs. Maurice
Pesce was named group chairman.
Buy Wor Bonds
and Stomps
HOME OF
HART-SCHAFFNER & MARX
CLOTHES
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
ADAM SHIRTS
TO SHOW DOLLS OF WORLD
Mrs. Peter Homburg was to ex
lilblt part of her collection of doll
collected from all parts of "th
world, at a~meetine of the Free
port, Business Women today in th
TSlks club'honsr. She also was t
jtye., a_ lulir on "Dolls/'.,. Mrs.
Buckley, president, will preside.
MARKSMEN OMIT MEETINGS
SM'St. A. L. "Preiss, president,
the Preeport Revolver and Rifle
Association announced this week
that due to the ban on pleasure
driving, the January and February
meetings would be omitted.
KKAL KENTUCKY
COAL
Xot Ordinary Soft Coal
Place Log* 18 and 24
Inch She*
- SHKBP and COV^MANUBB - FEAT MOSS
1MIGAL FERTILIZERS . VlGOIt(»- AGRKCO
SUPPLIES - POULTRY FR*ZD« GAH&EN TOOLS
Eckhard* Fe6d & Coal Co. 90 Oboreh 8*** Freepor* 3818
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81 Church St., Baldwin 1840
THETA RHO GIRLS TO ELECT
The semi-annual meeting of the
Diana Theta Rho Girls of FrRe-port,
for the election of .officers
will be held Friday night, Jan-uary
23'in the new Pythian Hall.
This was announced at a meeting
last Friday night.
It wouldn't have
happened th&» way If »nl
they had Mtoppcd In at
Viebrock's
on thoir way home
for a
HOT Drink
XG HOT
<OLATB
With a Saddw&ch
TRA
KKR TOO
AT OF COURSE
40 South Main Street
Sodas * Lunches Candies
NORMAN'S
Specmff
100
NEW DRESSES
Once a y«&r yaa e&n 6*id ******
huthloa **B«rlmg* a$ *u«h (**aa»*
Uopal prlc**. W**v* tnad* an*
grand #v#«p of oar rark* and
(ormtrl; &o *t(*
In *pit* of thv scarcity 5f quality merchandise, w* again offer our patron:
a tremendous Having <*n thew umaft. new style reals and dress**. Come tn
and ftkbrot? our IGlh anniversary by purchasing on* ar more o* thtae
ou'xtAn*dlnK value*.
DRESS COATS
REDUCTIONS UP TO 40%
RICHLY FURRED COATS. Seanon'» aocccw coatn now priced to clear—
with month* of Wlntar w?ath«r ahead! B$*p collar*, cuffs, plaMtrona, silver
fox. kkunk, dy«d yuwlrrc* and perxian on rich wool teat*. Black, colors. Junior
VAL. 35.00 VAL. 45.00
Other HiB»o? Priced Coata Proportionately Rtduetd
**«ry
83 SO. MAIN ST. FREEPORT
6,000
Circulation
NASSAU COUNT?
Fireeport's
Unofficiol
Poper
7TH YEAR - NO. 34 EREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943 FIVE CENTS A COPY
10 Auto Fatalities
In 1942 let New
Freeport Record
Elor's Report Shows
678 Mishops with 140
Hurt; 41 Run Down
,.,, Ten deaths due to automobile
^accidents occurred in Freeport
1942, the' largest number
this history of the village, Po-ce
Chief Peter Elar reveals in
annual report to the Village
Five deaths were due to
and five persons were
down by cars and fatally in-
Four of the five lost in
met death in the ne-on
Sunday morning. Derem-
, in which the car of Hen-
G. Avidan was involved.
^R; Fatalities in previous years in-
"!&,...,_ . ^ ^ ^gg g ^ ^^ ^^
t-^each in 1937, and 1938, 4 In 1940.
3 in 1933, 2 In 1934 and 1 In
1941. There were no fatalities In
1939.
totaled* 678 dur»
r^ompfarch with - A$]C
year. %n these 96
accidents resulted In injuries to
140 persons, while in 1941 165
persons were hurt in such mis-haps.
In addition 41 pedestrians
suffered injuries, nine less than
for the previous year. There were
534 mishaps In which property
damage alone was done, as com-pared
with 696 for 1941.
Eight Persons were victims of
accidental deaths, two each by
falls, drowning and suffocation
and one each by burns and car-bon
monoxide. There were two
slcldes by -hanging, one by poison-ing,
two died of stroke, two more
of cerebral hemorrhage and %
succumed to heart failure.
Numerous persons were injured
in accidents, the list including 66
in falls, 7 by .burns. 55 bitten by
dogs, 36 injured in assaults, 4 by
gun, 4 by submersions and 10 by
gas poisoning. Police were called
in 49 cases of 4?era(jh& "taken ill.
.^.^13 who suffered heart attacks -and
'
Villoge Assessment
$37,151,292 in 1943
The assessed valuation of al-property
in Freeport totals $37,-
151.292 for 1943 according to the
assessment roll signed by the
members of the Village Board
This compares with $36.873.947 for
1941, an increase of $277.345.
The Increase would have been
greater, It was said, but for the
fact tha considerable property aws
taken out of apartment zones on
which the assessments had to be
reduced.
Tire Inspection;
uired #o Gel
New B-C Coupons
Mrs. Robert H. Eoron
So Advises Women
War Service Group
.Despite the fact that holders of
for the year 'tolled
268 against 255 in 1941. Of those
arrested 25 were women. 229 men,
11 juveniles and 3 taken for oth-er
authorities. Summonses were
issued for 866 persons, including
190 women, 670 men and 6 cor-porations.
The total was small
compared with 1.416 for the pre-vious
year.
Fines collected In the police
court included $1,940 payable to
the village and $223. to the stat,e.
These figures for the previous
year were $2,153 and $377 reapec-
'*• Uiey^liaVe \tKhp
til F«b, 28. to have their tlraa In-spected
the Nassau County Ration-ing
Board will Issue no new books
to persons whose tires have not
been inspected, when those now
In use -expire.
Mrs. Robert H. Earon. one of the
volunteer stafT of the Freeport nf-nce
at 50 North Grove street, em-phasized
this* fact in a talk on
rationing she gave at a meeting
of the Women's War Service In
the Legion dugout Tuesday after-noon.
She asked the women to
pass i.he .information on to their
friends.
She also said there was no need
of any homes being cold fur lack
of fuel oil as the Rationing Board
doing everything in its power
to rectify mistakes made in proc-applications
for oil rations.
| All that (was necessary, she adder:.
I Is Ui. stop in at hendqnuarters and
conditions,
j Mrs. Earon traced the history oi
I the. Nassau "Co u n lj R atloning
' Board. She told, of tli&Jthings al*
rationed .and announced
that many more items would'''be
added to the Iht when-new-No.-4-
books are issued next
month.
She announced that a tremen-dous
task faced the rationing au-thorities
and asked everyone to
volunteer for service when needed.
Mrs. J. Harry Jenkins, president.
' announced <that sl)e had received
» letter from Congressman Leon-
'ard Hall acknowledging receipt of
her protest against the ban on an
for men in the P?rvke. He
P A
TO UPSET MALTBIES
Brokers leave
large Dra/f Contingent
- <%>
Dr. John W. Dodd Addresses
Recent High School Students
so,,* uf M,. Mr*.
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,\ SHrcnvr Srnirr Mmm! TIT, wlm-h \\M,( In m, mdur-
(Tntrt ,. .
The group was "ma'dc up largqly»
of boys 18 and 19 years old. And
as Superintendent John W. Dodd
gave the address at the exercises
in the high school auditorium, he
recalled that many of the youths
only a Mew months ago were en-gaged
in many of the school's ac-tivities.
^
"The finest group of young msn
the world has ever known are to
be found today In the service of
., ..
tallty, their poise, their physica
Otness and their spiritual charac-ter.
In our own community we
have seen these boys grow up. We
have watched them as they gath-ered
on our athletic fields and
gymnasiums. We hnvc seen them
In groups on our streets and play-grounds.
We recall in many in-stances
when they got their first
football or basket ball or baseball
uniform. •
"How pleased and how proud
they were — they hnd made the
squad. Many of 'this group we
remember in classrooms and cor-ridors-
-for these are our own Frc/c-port
boys. Just to mention a few
Bill Clausen was one of our grea
baseball pitchers, Gene Frank 11 1
was an excellent end on the foot
ball t,eam. Tom Sindlcr was an
outstanding basketball player an
also a fine pitcher. Ed. Glnckei
like his other bothers did a goo
job nt varsity basketball and. base
ball: -- '
"Murray Siegel was the
some of our best Hi?h% School^
plays and...quite a t*wcr oY strength
•In that Jine.,for the football team!
William Prltting played in the
band and distinguished himself
there. I could go on and Individ- j
ually &pcak of each of '.hese young
men of whom we^of Freeport have
?leo;ure Drivers'
Numbers Checked
John F. DeLonne, executive sec
'etary of Uie Freeport Brunch o:
of Nassau County Rationing
Board, announced today that the
license numbers of car owner;
suspected of using their automo-biles
for pleasure had been turnec
Winne Assoils P.S.C.
Heod for Impotience;
L I. Lighting Co.
Current Would Cost
$9,000 Extro Monthly
Any order to close down Free-port's
$2,000.000 Diesel engine
power plant and use electric cur-rent
supplied by the Long
Lighting Co. to conserve oil, as pro-posed
by Mllo R. Maltblc, chairman
of the Public Service Commission,
will be fought to thp limit, Mayor
Wordcn E. Wlnne declared this
week.
He also Indicated that after the
P. 8. C. head had »wom officials
of Freeport and Rockville Centre to
secrecy, he rushed into print with
a. tirade against the two
when. did not act &s
owners has 1?ete:n^ ^established &e"
WllJ be summoned to appear be
fore the board to defend them-selves
against, the charges.
DeLorme said the Frecijort, and
county police turned in 316 li-cense
numbers last, week to thr
FreeporL
"reepbrt Fire Loss
$10,602 Lost Yeor
Fires did property damage to-taling
$10.602 in Freeport during
1942 as compared to $20.140 dur-ng
the previous year, the tmnua'
%%%ht@p%M
a head today (TTtwradhy) at & hear*
Ing In the office of the
of Police Chief Peter Elm
During the year 121 gen-eral
alarms were sounded and 137
still alarms. There were 22 fa Is:
ilarms, 9 emergency calls and th*
firemen were called out of towi.
once.
IJurlng 1941 the firemen re-sponded
to 115 general alarms.
159 still alarms. 26 false alarm;
and one .emergency call.
for War, 122 East
43d st.. Wcw York.
Would C*wt $9,000 a Month
"The elected officials owe a duty
o thnlr citizens which cannot be
Isregardrd by them because of (.he
negligence, nrrogance or impatlenrp
f public officials In higher places."
the Maypr asserted.
Mayor Wlnne pointed out that
Freeport and Rockville Centre had
inrtn ;m agreement with
Exhibition Dotes
Of Schools Listed
Date.*; Tor the annual exhibits
to be given by the schools of the
a right to be proud—Not only in village were announced this week
the Odd ol" sports—but In every by Superintendent of Schools
phase of school life—pcholastlcally.
socially and in all activities they
excelled.
Property valued at $9.350.30 was
reported stolen, of which $2,123.77
was recovered and $7,226.53 was
not recovered. These figures did
not Include automobiles, of wjilch
36 were reported stolen, and all
but five recovered.
Thirty-three persons, 12 f@-
m&lea and 21 males were reported
missing, oT whom 19 were found
and 14 not found.
1 promised to take the matter up
' with the postal outhortties. .
The women Approved of the re-
! commendation of the Executive
; Board that a donation of $3 be
i given to the Women's Auxiliary of
, William Clinton Post, A.L., wttht
which to purchase play in i rards
for patients In the new hu>pu»l at
Mltchel Field.
John W. Dodd. The Hat follows.
Archer street, Wednesday. MarcJ'
17.
"Bily Blume 3d— 1 have never i Cleveland avci.ue, Thursday.
pii him when he wasn't smiling. March 25.
There la Donald Swan he already Columbus avenue. Thursday
has a brother in the service. Dot April 1.
you wonder-then when we say thatj Grove street. Friday. April 9.
Seaman avenue, Wednesday.
•Announcement was
•the membership now
made that
300.
each man here Ls splendid in his
mentality, poise, physical ntness
and spiritual character."
Peter Stephen Beck, nhairman of
the draft board, presided, while
Joseph H. Gray ar.d George R.
. the other members as-sisted..
William W. Davia, com-
(Continued on Page 4)
April 14.
High School, Monday, May 3,
Announcement also was made
that the annual American Legion
pri^e speaking contest would be
held In the high school auditor-ium
on Thursday night, February
1U.
the long Island LightiriK Company
to furnish electricity in an emer-gency
at a rate of 1.25 cents per
K W H . "which ,was known to be a
high rate " He added that If the
pUuit was closed down, the present
stafT would have to be maintained
»nd that the cost of current would
be $9.000 Additional a month, and
added:
"The Boards of Trustees of Free-port
and Rockville "Cent?e"wbuld be
faithless to their responsibilities by
rushing to impose a monthly loss,
whatcvcrTt may be, upon the con"
umcrs without giving the matter
the fullest cons&geratlQji.
Mayer WbMie- and Mayor 'Edgar
TTBeamlsh of Rockville Centre" this
week issued a joint statement giv-ing
the history of the cfTorts of Mr.
Maltbie to force them to shut down
their power plants, since It would
be impossible for them to convert
to the use of coal.
Notified on January 8
According to the statement, a
member of the Public Service Com-mission
telephoned the clerks of
both villages on Friday, Jan. 8. re-questing
a conference with repre-sentatives
of their villages with Mr.
Maltbic the next day. Freeport was
represented by Village Clerk Wil-ls
m J. Marvin, Thomas F. Dunn,
manager of the Power Plant, and
Village Counsel Samuel M. Levy.
"Mr.. Maltble emphasized vhe fact
that he he was acting on a sug-uggesilon
made to him by an en-gineer
on his stafT and that he was
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