1943-12-16

              THE LEADER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1945
Are Yoi* Up A
Tree For Xmas
Well then the tree of gifts Is fairly bending at the SHOPS
of FREEPORT where you're bound to see brilliant sugges-
Llbj[^^ghJdjaa%f^li.Jisplays-_thALairAak.
of (he SHOPPING DISTRICT.
Whether your thoughts turn to furniture, toys, sporting
goods or wearing apparel yqu'lkflnd the SHOPS of FREE-PORT
form one huge modern department store under in-dividual
roofs that shelter a warmth oLneighborly atmos-phere
eager and prepared with the best the market af-fords
to serve you.
Adequate Municipal packing facilities for, your car and
». moderh In ev^^
contribute to yoyr shopping comfort and convenience.
GIVE WAR BONDS
WHEREVER POSSIBLE
BUY ON&Y WHAT YOU
ABSOLUTELY
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Freeport Chaaixber o# Commerce
MONEY
BUT MOW
BONDS
STAMPS
8TH YEAR NO. 28
OFMCIA1
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FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1A, 1943 5 CENTS A COPY
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1944 Officer;
Of Kiwania Club
President Martin
Detailed by Illness;
Charter Night
Albert E. Gunn, of Port Wash-ington,
Lieutenant - Governor of
of District 9, installed the ofRcers
of the Freeport Kiawanis Club
following the charter night din-ner
in the Elks club house Tues-day
night. Charles J. Martin, who
succeeded Joseph H. Gray as
president, was kept at home by
District Governor Frank Clark,
of Flushing,' commended Gerald
Howell on his election as first
vice-president and expressed con-
Delahanty ol "Red Devil Squadron"
On Furlough After 50 Missions
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Pilot o# His Commanding General;
Tells of Most Interesting Flight
Having completed 50 combat missions as a navigator
with a U.S.A. A.F., B-17 Flying Fortress group, Capt. Wil-liam
E. Delahanty, is having a month's furlough at h":
home, 228 West Seaman ave.
Quite appropriately, Capt. De- ^
lahanty, who was graduated from
the Frceport High School in
1939, had his most interesting
flight while with the "Red Dev-il"
Squadron in the Flying For-tress,
Diana Mite, in the Bolo-gna
attack on Oct. 5.
^'We^ were-ln- the-last-squa rdrorr
o( .the formation," the qaptain
relates "When the Mcsscrschmitt
lC9s came up, they soon spotted
n
n'deTn^ceT t'h"e c lru%b" "wo'u"lid TTha v"e" "'a"'I "",. » ".d about forty of them at-successful
year under its new om-cers.
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Other omcers inducted were
Leon Fassett, second-vice-presi-dent;
William K. Tenney, Trea-surer;
Amos J. C. Baldwin, secre-tary,
and Cord Viebrock, Alfred
J. Brady, Dr. Benjamin Feinsil-bcr,
Stuart K. Wallace and Al-fred
Lehmann, members of the,
]3oard of Directors; _j —
Frank- Hr Holland was-tqastr
win presented - a
pipe and Max Vogel, chairman
of the committee of arrange
mcnts, a past president's pin to
Mr. Gray. Harrison B. Wright,
president of the Rockville Cen-tre
Kiwanis Club was a guest.
Billy Murray led in community
singing, while Frederic D. Wood
accompanied. Mr. Tenney, chair-man
of the Christmas party to
be given next Wednesday, an-nounced
that 40 needy children
would be guests of the club. Mr.
Viebrock donated $40 in War
stamps which were disposed of
for the benefit of the party.
Paul Hunt and his Rockcandy
Mountaineers played for dancing
following the dinner. Mrs. Leh-mann
headed a committee of
"*women who decorated _the tables.
Mayoj Clinton M.JHint, retiring'-^tre,
secretary, was Iccpt from attend^)
ing because;-OfjQhesB.
our Squardron. For half
an hour we had a tough running
battle. Then we reached the tar-get
and released our bombs
heavy flack.
"As we came out of the flak
area, the Messerschmitts attack-ed
"again. They knocked down a
Fortress on our wing, and short-ly
afterward our gunners ran out
of ammunition and couldn't fire
how we got home with one en-gine
shot out and half a hundred
holes in the ship."
Capt. Delahanty hasx.had a
speedy rise in the Army.\ He
went into the Air Forces ks a
cadet on Jan. 23, 1942, and\e-ceivcd
his navigator's wings at
Turner Field, Ga., on July 4, the
same; year. He was assigned to
the Troop Carrier Command,
and spent the period from Sept.
25, to Nov. 12, 1942, with that
group in England. He went to
Africa with the invasion forces,
and, after months of Hying para-troopers,-
Jr eights and wounded
soldiers, was assigned to the per-sonal
airplane of the command-ing
general of the Allied Ground
Forces in the Mediterranean the-
Committee #o Study
Juvenile Condition;
Rabbi B. Leon Hurwitz, of
Temple Israel; the Rev. David
G, Jaxheimcr, of Christ Luther-an
Church.; Mrs. Bradley Smith,
chairman of the
mittee, of the Freeport Child
Care Center* and Mr*. David" B.
Knapp, president of the Junior-
Senior High School Parent-
Teacher Association, have been
named a committee to study ju-venile
condition^ in Freeport.
They were appointed follow-ing
a conference sponsored by
the United Christian Council of
Nassau County and the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews Thursday night in the Mu-nicipal
Building. Need of a youth
center for the village was streas-
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Ralph W, Brown, president pE
Northeast Civics
Honor T. A. Oaffney
Nearly a hundred members of
the Northeast Civic Association
paid tribute to Thomas A. GaK-ney,
who retired recently after
heading the organization for two
years, at the annual dinner Fri-day
night in the V.F.W. club
house on North Columbus ave.
Frank Schmidt, civics chairman,
presided in the absence of Pres-ident.
Fred. B. Blumer because of
illness.
On behalf of his associates, H.
Alfred Vollmer presented a pen
and pencil set to Mr. Gaffney,
who gave a fitting response
thanking the members for their
co-operation during his term as
president. Music was provided by
David Freudenberger and his
Bn^^r&^tcA^^
V»« i. 1 7*172 ' %_113 J*f2. JT-Cfanles
Talks
To Rpeeport Rotary
Dan Daniels."sports editor of
the New York A^orld-Tclegram
discussed sports from baseball to
wrestling at the weekly dinner
of the.].Rotary Club of Frccport
Thursday night in the Elks club
house. He was introduced by
Vice-Presidcnt A. F. Bassct^t,
who presided in the absence of
President W. Sargant Nixon who
is in the South Nassau Commu-nities
Hospital.
Mr. Daniels first discussed
baseball, letting his hearers into
the inner workings of the Brook-lyn
Dodgers during the past sea-son.
Then when he offered to
answer questions, he had to
swing into professional football,
hockey and even wrestling,
which he indicated he did not
regard very highly as a sport.
AH present signed s "g«t well"
postal which was sent to "Presi-dent
Sarg," "after the mdetiag.
On Aug. 1, last, he was trans--
ferred to Ae* "Red"Devil Squad-ron/'
With which "Tie" jjccame
squadron navigator and-was pro-moted
to his ..present rank. The
captain came to Freeport from
Suffem, MT.Y.J and entered the
Frccport High School in Scptcm-*
bcr 1936. Following his gradua-tion
in 1939, he attended Brook-lyn
Polytechnic Institute. He
was working as an engineering
assistant in the Department of
Public Works in Nassau 'County
when he entered the service. He
lives with his aunt, Mrs. How-
Delahanty.
Clinton M. ^lint as the
ofncer. Judge Hilbert R. Johnson
nsistcd: "This town is in pretty
good shape, and children arc no
different than they were ten
years ago."
Other speakers were Herbert
Cooper, Nassau County proba-tion
omcer; Assistant District
Attorney Albert M. DeMeo; Po-lice
Chief Peter Elar; Dr. John
W. Dodd, superintendent of
schools; Mrs. William S. Clcary,
president of the Central P.-T.A.
Council; Mrs. William J. Martin
and Irving Cahn, a lawyer.
Triangle Supervisors
Have Christmas Party
Mrs. J. G. Stiegelmaier^ was
'elected secretary-treasurer of the
supervisors of Frccport Triangle
D.E.S., at their monthly meeting
m the home of Mrs. Maude Cart-wright,
22 Miller ave., Friday
night. Mrs. J. Philip Thayer, pre-sident
as chairman. A Christmas
party followed the business mee-ting.
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High School Debaters
At Exchange Club
• The Frcapqrt High School de*-
.bating team provided the pro-gram
at the weekly luncheon of
the Freepprt Exchange Club yss-tcrday-
in the Elk@-Glnb house.
They were" accompanied by J^iss
Edith Boycey their Coach, while
Rona Eskin, the captain presided.
Edward Schulz, discussed "Iso-lationism;"
Max Hoffman, "Alii-naces;"
Edwin StcRcl, "Recon-structed
League," and Walter
Hcimer, "United States Co-orper-tion
in Post War Government,"
William Billmeyer is chairman
of the December program com-mittee.
George A. Scavcr, Robert
E. Patterson and Herbert M.
Wood have been appointed a
committee to study the post war
problems of Frecport.
VIOLET SOLAIR CHOSEN
Violet Solair, a junior, has been
selected to represent Freeport
High School in the semi-finals of
the seventh annual Nassau Coun-ty
American Legion oratorical
contest to be held in Hempstcad
on Friday, Jan. 7, Her topic is
"Personalities in the Constitu-tion/'
Miss Ruth Evans had
charge of the elimination contest.
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During a brief business mcet-ng,
John Graham, Nathan Paul
nd George Schneider were rc-eived
as members. There was a
minute of silence for John M.
Keegan and Charles Lee whose
deaths occurred recently.
William J. Schncider~was chair-man
of the general committee
and George V. Maurcr headed
the supper committee.
Democrats Urge Hall
To Back Subsidies
.The Frccport Democratic Club
at _lta annual
Dr, Newton Slated
To A(Ain Bead
Home Role Party
Board Commended on
Successful F#gh* (o
Retain Power Plan*
Dr. George A. Newton was
nominated to succeed himself as
president of the Home Rule party
at its meeting Tuesday night in
Al. B. White's Town Lodge. The
slate as presented by Judge Hil-bcrt
R. Johnson, chairman of the
nominating committee, also in-cluded
Henry P. V i e 1 b i g and
WalicjL. J,.. Wood. for_ vice-prcsi^
dents; Douglas Trayer, for secre-ary^"
Stum* 'K. WSlla%4, fof
rcasurcr, and Robert 8. Preyer
or campaign manager. The elec-ion
will take place on Tuesday
night, Jan. 11.
Judge Johnson spoke of the
successful fight waged by the vil-lage
board to retain the fuel oil
Diesel engine Municipal Power
plant when ordered by the Gov-ernment
to shut-down. We said
that by reason of its efforts, it
was entitled to a vote of com*
mendation nqt only by the Home
Rule party. b#(%.by. all..,thei.t!&%?_
.Thursday I payers ot $hc village as ]ii
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tary *o 'wHto""'to^'t^n^^^:%'^b^##PW*'*?
Leonard W. Hall, urging Mm (ofwkh (he help of **?e
change hi; vote ond support the 'Jon, Jr would have efthar
administration on the question of".'to convert to coal or take the
food subsidies, It was contended I current of the Long Island
that failure to provide subsidies *' *' *"*-
would result in inflation. Letters
also were ordered sent to U. S.
Senators Robert Wagner and
James Mead commending them
for supporting the bill.
The- club also again appealed
.„ County Executive J. Russe)
Sprague to do something to end
the danger at the sand pit on
Pennsylvania ave., north of the
village limits.
Charles F. Egan was elected
president for his nfth term with
Mrs. Marie Mitchell and John
B. Rcnauld, vice-presidents; Mrd.
Madclme Weber, recording sec-retary;
Mrs. Catherine Grimm,
corresponding secretary; "Mrs.
Eleanor A. KingZjtrca surer,
Nicholas.. "Krapf,
arms. . President Egan landed
Richard Wattcnbcrg, who^rcTus-ed
rct-elcction as trcassurer, a
post he has filled for five years.
He gave illness as the reason
for his stand. Mrs. Charles Kel-ly
and Mrs. Esther Alperin were
elected members of the club.
The meeting was followed by
the annual Christmas party at
which presents brought by the
members were distributed.
Lighting Co.
Had this happened, he pointed
out, individual consumers would
now be paying a higher rate for
electricity and that as taxpayers
they would be paying taxes for
the lighting of the .village streets
and public buildings, a service for
which ho taxes arc now levied.
He especially commended Trus-tee
Cyril C. Ryan chairman of
the committee .which conducted
the Rght.
A motion to send a letter of
commendation"" to the board was
adopted.
Mr.-&yan .told of jhc efforts of
the board to give an honest, eCR-c
i c n t adminstration/ and "D r.
Newton called, on the^people of
the village to take an interest in_
the aJfaks_ of. the community and-to—
co-operate with the board-ih-
SEABEES TO PLAY AGAIN
The Scabees Orchestra, from
the Naval Training Station at
Lido Beach, which contributed
so much to the success of the
dance for service men in the
Elks, club house on Tuesday,
Dec. 7, is to play again at an-other
dance sponsored by the
Elks War Committee next Tues-day
night. More than 100 men
from the Army, Navy and Coast
Guar.4. are expected to attend.
carrying on its work.
The meeting was followed by
a Christmas party. John D. Kor-mendy,
a resident of the village,
gave a demonstration of feats of
memory and- mind reading. Music
for dancing was provided by Dav-id
Freudenbcrger and his Free*
port Hill-billies. Judge Johnson
headed the committee of ar-rangements.
A box of toys do-nated
for the purpose* will be
presented to the Frceport Child
Care Center:
"MEMORY WEEK" BOND SALES
Bond sales during ' Memory
Week" at the Seaman avenue
school totaled $2,305.45 with
more expected, principal Law-
'fence C. Lobaugh announced to-day.
The week .ending Tuesday
commemorated Rye former pupils
of the school who have lost their
lives in service during World
War 2. , '
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