1943-04-29

              THE LEADER, .THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943
KfwanisClub
Outlines History
Of Defense School;
Its Accomplishments
school basement.
Dr. Dodd continued:
"Within .one week after the
declaration of war, at the call of
the President of the United
States Freeport Board of Educa-tion
offered the full facilities of
the Freeport schools for any ex-panded
program that the Grum-man
Corp. might suggest. Before
: the month ended, five additional
Superintendent of Schools John rooms that had been used for
W DoddaQUtlined the history and storage, hallways, whestling gym,
accompAaih'mcnts of the Vocation- etc., had been converted Into
al Defense Training Department sheet metal training shops and
started by the Board of Educa- the school registration of fifty
tlon in 1940. at the dinner of the students per day, jumped to ap-
Frecport Klwanlq Club in the proxlmately 300.
Elks club house last night. | "At the present time, we* have
The school had its inception, in operation twelve different
he said, at a conference on April shops open from 8 in the mom-
1, that year attended by himself ing until 11 at night, six days a
and a shop instructor, akJe Swlr- wdek, training both men and wo-bul,
general manager of the men; all students being placed
Grumman Aircraft Engineering immediately upon completion of
Corp., in his Hicksvllle office, the school training, and since last
A plan was set up whereby the fall receive a salary of 50 cents
Grumman Corporation was to per hour while training from
loan the use of some equlpment'tReCFrummsn-Corp: —r.
and material aa well as to hire "Total placements from both
the graduates. The Board of the State School and the one lo-
Bducatlon in turn, was to be re-'cated in our own high school
gponsible for the educational pro- building stand close to 7,000
gram and the Federal govern- trained mechanics now working
~ Bient was to cooperate by "meet-' in the war effor?. This nyure-
Ing the expense of the training, represents about 30 per cent of
Three days later the first vo- the Grumman personnel nnd
catlonal night school was open-' places Freeport near the Num-
«d In what was then the three ber one position as a vocational
Jnduatrlal art shops and 40 training center in the war effort,
carefully selected students began "In addition to this training
their training in the Grove street for the Grumman Aircraft Corp.
we have had In operation for
about one year, a Machine Shop
tKdnlng program In which we
have been able to train a group
of people for our own local Co-lumbian
Bronze Corporation.
"The averageTnsn-a^ter work-
Ing in the plant for six months
receives a minimum of 84 cents
per hour and with time and a
half for that over 40 hours. On
a work week of approximately
56 hours, he earns a minimum of
$54 a week, and I dare say the
average salary of our men after
being with the plant for a rea-sonable
length of time earns well
over $3,000 a year. If we group
this average $3,000 annual salary
In the terms of 7.000 graduates
in the Freeport Training centers,
We would have a staggering to-
,&al of close to $21.000,000 earned
annually by graduates of our
.Training program."
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I,KT MY HOHMK
MRS. JESSUP HONORED
Mrs, Frieda Jessup, of 150 Put-nam
avenue, was honored at a j
78th birthday anniversary In. the
dub house Tuesday even-ing.
The event was attended by
her son, Charles J. Jesswp, sad
dinner party to commemorate her j other members of the family.
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OFFICIAL
PAPER
THE LEADER, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1943 5 CENTS A COPY
To Explain Need
Of Ille For New
Seaman School
General Meeting
Colled By Board
For 14th Of May
The Board of Education has
called a general meeting to b?
held In the high school auditori-um
on Fnday night. May 14. to
explain to-"the residents of the
community the need for acquir-ing
a site on which to erect a
new building to replace the Sea-man
avenue school, as a post-
Secta To Proteat
Jews
To Observe Sundoy As Doy
Of Mourning And Intercession
Stirred I (lie
n a
, Dr... William K, White, in
of building and grounds for tihe
State Department of Education,
nnd Dr. N. L. Englehardt, who
conducted a survey of the Free-pon
school system several years
a^o. will attend with Superin-tendent
John W. Dodd. Leo F.
Giblyn. president, and the mem-bers
of the Board of Education.
The purpose of the m eh ting is
to advise the people that if a
.site Is acquired and plans filed
witQi the State Department of
Education In time, possibly fifty
per cent of the cost of con-strue
tion will be provided by the
] Federal
^To ^
"Seaman avenue school district an
opportunity to agree among
themselves on a site to be sub-mitted
to the taxpayers of the
village at a special meeting early
in the Summer, a meeting was
held in the School on Monday
night. Dr. Wilson was there.
Seven or eight proposed sites
were submitted for informal con-sideration.
Dr. Wilson disap-proved
of several of the plots
listed because of their size and
shape.
After considerable discussion a
vo!e was taken and a majority
agreed on two sites to recom-mend
to the board for submis-sion
to the taxpayers. One is the
Lenker property on North Main
street, and the other, known as
the-Gohen property.. In dhe ex-treme
northw_estern section of the
\a/i (n
S(iinia\
laud disease litMni ^hcllus dmi
' The Freeport Inter-Fnitli Cler-gy
Council has voted to join
witih the Federal Council ol the
Churches ,of Christ in America.
Hie. Svnagoaue Council of Ameri-ca
and the Notional Conference
o' ChrLstians and Jews in ob-ervance
of Uic day. Plans are
in the hands of the Rev. E. A.
_PoHard Jones, pastor of Ihe free-
*;crt M e t h o d i s t Cnurch ai^l
; haii man of th.ey "C•«o •u'n 'c••i••l '/,s- ' go = t'o -•
Uiurch and synagogue committee
Kabbi H. Leon Hurwitx heads the
council.
There, will be ;t special service
n! 11 a.m. jn Temple Israel at
which Rabbi Hurwitz will preach
on "Mourning and Intercession'
Their Value and Tneir Powers'.
H-<eilry LclT, president of the
Temple and all ofTiccrs are co-perating
]n arrangements for
'he service. Invitations To aUtvir.
hzive been sent to all nicmebr
]f the congregation.
Appropriate sermons will be
Protestant
Sal-.
and mi* cession
!u innr
similar
n;
will juni
ill*' <li'li\ri.
ale
Only 162 Register
For School Meeting
Only 162 residents of Frcupor
out of move than 6,000 who were
eligible to do so. registered Sat-urday
to qualify to participate in
the annual school meet ing
ALBERT W. TRICE
Sirens Committee
ditorlum, and the election of a
member of the board, also at the
high school on Wednesday.
A budget totaling $645,709 yi'os>
and $408.109 net. will be submit-
,ed (o those qualified to vote at
the animal meeting Tuesday
Miglit. Of this amount, all b\il
S16.OuO for the Memorial Library,
will be ne ded to operate Uie
^chools during the lis<'al year be-
Unning July 1.
As no opposition mndidaLe has
been named. Otto Jensen, whose
'Kim of office expires o»-July 1.
will on Wednesday
when
7 A.
j The Siren Committee of the
! Freeport Civil Defense Council
, will try out a Gameswell horn
as its next test in the develop-ment
of an nir raid warning
signal that can be heard all over
Freeport.
Last Saturday a siren was
tested with what was regarded
as satisfactory results. However,
it would require seven such si-rens
and a couple of auxiliary
horns to cover the vjllage. At a
meeting of the committee Mon-day
night, Clinton Walling ?e-
Price Candidate
For Baldwin
SchoolBoard
Stearns P,ork Area
Seeks Representation
Though In Freepott
Albert \V. Pncr. ol KU Mary-land
a\cnuc. Is n candidate lor
a place on the Oak!win Board
Education. The northwestern
idn of Fice;)ort K included
Union Free School District
Ten. c(innno:i!\* knmvi as
Baldwin district. It never
been represented on (.lie
and the resident."- of the
of
in
the
board
area
for-
(he
the
nrx',
the
on the ;
Nominations wjll be made
inally next Tuesday niyht at
annual school meeting and
election will take place the
day fiom 5 to H:30 pm in
Baldwin High School.
Stearns Park -which ti'kes in A
large sec linn ol tlir northwestern
area was or initially part of Bald-win
and rcmaini'd in the Bold-win
school district
to Freeport. It,
I rather small part
t so tar as territory Is concerned,
conatltutc*
the polls will be open from! ported that the ORjneawell"norn^u*' repra**enta 0, xnuoK larger
been taied In
R. C. Ch'urc'M. Pinyrrs
'.ill be. offered for Uie deliver -
uire of .the Jews facing denLh in
Furope by planned brutality and
systematic starvation.
Tlie Federal Council has is.sUeK
.1 prociamstion declaring it the
'uty of the churches "to urge
mmediate action to halt Uiis
jlocaust and to save as man),
victims as possible." It calls for
.', many churches as possible to
csignate Sunday as a day ol
ouipa^sion ior the surTcring of
Jews of Nazi Europe and urges
:11 Christians to plead that the
United^ States and tlie Unl'ted
Xations adopt a program ol im- j
'rcdiate aid. and rescue. - i
The United Jewish Committee '
appealed for emergcncv re-;
and. for ail rational Jewish
:-'•• r . ^"t' •'. '-^ «"iw*«*. T^-;-
$7,280 fa
For Child Centres
.
I
Jng M.
This H a Jnrger Mom, he sold,
nnd only five would be required,
Funds for the establishment 01 ,.hus snvfng consjdprnbj? money
a war nursery and a child care fo,. th<, villnge. The test is to
Centre In fU'eepoP*,- have .been ap- be made at Sunrise highway nnd
proved by Major Gen. Phtllp' B Madho'n n venue.
Fleming. Federal Works Adminis-ti'ator.
The grant totals $7.280
The pre-school centre is to nc-1
commodate 25 youngsters nnd
that for school age children. 80
boys and girls.
Announcement was made (hat
n site for a school age centre
had been selected and the details
be made public before next
ka*hMa&r«pe ' vwnheenn ,, assessed?^ .Valuation^ r .. .^?%^M ^7; ;^-** \ %%%3%M3^^ Frjca i Jq out Afor''tma ' '6*^'^q^w\'<?^^?v^"^^
fhr bOHJ'd.
i I'PKJdcnf
( HAAIHKK TO
OFFICKKS AT mNXKR
OfTlrers of Ihr Freeport Cham*
ber ol Commerce will be Installed
following a steak dinner to be
served in Al. B. White's Town
Lodge. 10 Brooklyn avenue, on
Tuesday. May II. at U:3() p.m
There will be dl^tinmiished speak-ers
and it \\ill be Indies' nl»ht
• Mr. Lenker has ofTcred'to
-sr;y-?portiojL_oi_.his property "to
the_ Board of Education for $10.-
004 an acre. It was said it would
be npic^sary to purchase (*wo and
a haJ acres of his land, and to
a<rir.iie a likr area of adjacent
piopcrty to complete a five-acre
plot. Some of the adoiiional land
la improved with 'houses. The
Co/er. property.it wns said, would
crs; abrjut S2!VOO.
Announcement was made 3t
the m'ectU:? that New York had
filed plans for sixty-Ovc schools
to be erected alter the war with
Fcder&l and State aid and hau
apcnt $2.930,000 In the prepara-tion
of Che plans. Dr. Engel-hardt
is in c3iarge of the project.
*s to
the-«
*r»m tp
<e%xecution-adopt—
»-
;ands ol the
o food, and other aides
captives. A period of
is being observed end-
OZACONESS
Slater
SPEAK
Schubert will
to ghptto
mourning
in-g on June 8. • ii^.V
The South 3 lore Junior Hau-assah
has callnd off a dance
scheduled for Simday night in
Temple Israel and the Freeport
.?]rmbcis will attend the Sundav
Micr-, i:] a body.
-.. t.hp
Lu-
STELLA MARXS
OKVES CARD PARTY
A successful card party was
given last night in the Holy Re-deemer
School Hall by Court
Stella Marls of .which Miss. Fran-ces
Keiman is grand regent.
On the committee in dharg?
were Mrs. Elizabeth Nolan, chair-man;
Mrs. Joanne Clacken, Mrs.
Mabel Mbran, Mrs. Agnes Mc-
Donald, MrsJ Catherine Kenny,
Mrs. ZZoise Obey, Mrs. Frances
Kfgan, Mrs, Mai? aBnon, Miss
Evelyn Kremelberg
/n C/iicAen Experts
To HefpTrczme Or
Efforts of the Village Board Jo
provide-o way for the residents
orth e com m u iiil^.._to]
ens are proving more '.ompliciifd
than had been anticipated.
Village Counsel Henry P Viel-bi%
tliought he h: d
when he submitted a
at the meeting Fmiay
would hove perm inch the build-ing
of chicken coops \vi.h a floor
prea of 60 square feet and a
height of j*t?( frpt,.
However, when sucli an expert
as William E. Crevoiserat. began
to ask question*. Mr. ViMblg ad-mit
ted that, his Knowledge of
chickens was so limited he .could
not discuss the subject. He said
he understood the coop he pro-posed
would permit keeping nf-teen
chicken* which he regarded
as sufficient.
Mayor Clinton M. Flint ex-pressed
the opinion that there
wag little profit in keeping chbk-ena,
to which' Mr. Crevolaefat
Prices have
(lit:
of
as-on
Hp JiMs bppji n
Frrepurf rnur vr:irs.
UJ.s liunie here Th*
'liree chiidrr;] m fJ'i
MfhonlH and are memoirs nf
Fir^l Pre^bitrrian C h u r c h
Baldwin Mr. Prr-e lins keen
socialed willi 111*
Oil Co.. Inc. nine \enrs as
lur
and
of
bcconnni
ie
uailicr
Kic^d Inur years.
iis wiUi .the W»r
& Trust. Cn and
ol
N. C.
"Although
'%n6 section
should
ation, than
4t
I do not think any
of a school district
any more consider-some
other section at
b(T considered
exception. He said hPhad
- able 'to net $2
tost ol !e ding nnd other ex
peiises. aiifT" hoped- to do even
better wlLiy the price .of fowl »t
i's present iimire.
Tile (nicsti(*n of keeping rooJit-ers
iron, crowing and oUirr mat-ters
roiice'ninp the mule of the
:perie were raised. Mr. Vielbig
>aid lie understood if roosters
were foixed to ke/p their heads
dmvn. they cotild not crowd. He
was jdvisfd (hat there was such
:m "I'^anixatlon as the S.P.C.A.,
that miyht step in were this at-
Thc disdission wa.s somewhat
prolonged, but helped to fill In
time that would have been taken
up with the budget hearing had
anyone wanted to be heard. It
wound up with the withdrawal of
Mr. V lei big's resolution and an
it that he would confer
equally, Tspec.iully_.with nrat*.. con,-
abpvc^31dcraUon ^ for«^itp -children," Miv
-* Price "saToT " ^
"Since this area j%as annexed
to Freeport Jn MarcR 1923, it haa
been paying a large part of the
Baldwin school district taxes and
never had a representative on the
school board. And taxation with-out
representation is contrary to
democracy,
"I will at ail times. If elected,
have the education of our chil-dren
and their welfare from all
standpoints uppermost in my
mind.
"I am also opposed to any re-duction
In educational expenses
which would deprive any child
of the training that will be ne-cessary
for the serious problems
that will confront our country In
the post war years to come when
we will need leaders who are
mentally alert, physically strong
some experts before tackling and morally straight to maintain
prronbMlMevmi'Aaam ' I . (Cont$ouedonPagt*Z$' "^