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THE LEADER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944
Fireman, Scouts
At Blossom Rites
Hose 1 Captain
Died In Florida; "
Lies in Greenfield
Funeral services were con-ducted
in the undertaking par-lors
of Chester A. Fulton & Son
by the Rev. David G. Jaxhei-oier,
pastor of Christ Lutheran
Church, Tuesday night for Ro-bert
B. Blossom, captain of Hose
Co. 1, who died in West Palm
Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, Jan.
12, after a long illness. Burial
yesterday was in Greenfield Ce-metery,
Hcznpstead.
Firemanic services were held
Monday night by his comrades,
followed by rites of the Boy
Scouts of Troop 215, sponsored
by the Freeport Presbyterian
Church, of which he was scout-master
until illness forced him
to go South. Kurtland H. Quick,
commissioner of the Southeast
District and Joseph Fleming, of
the Nassau County Council, with
SznalUng of the troop committee
attended the service. •
Capt. Blossom was born in Is-
2ip 32 years ago, a son of Mr,
and Mrs. George Blossom. He
was graduated from the South-ampton
High School and before
coming to Freeport eleven years
ago he and his father were mem-bers
of the Southampton Fire
Department. They were made
;, Sisters
In \lolnt Installation
More than 200 persons at-tended
the joint installation of
officers of Frecport Lodge, 620
K. of P., and Unity Temple,
Pythian Sisters, in Pythian
Temple on West Merrick Road.
Victor di Comb, grand district
deputy, seated the lodge officers,
while Mrs. Mildred Beck was
the installing ornccr for the wo-men.
She was assisted by Mrs.
Anne Fyvolcnt and Mrs. Esther
Siegcl. A collation was served
after the installation with Mrs.
Evelyn Klein as chairman of
hospitality.
The new ofncers of the two
groups arc:
Frceport Lodge — Chancelor
Commander, Edwards Marks;
vice chancclor commander, Sid-ney
Lewis; prelate, Irving Tcss-ler;
master of work, Harry Tu-ransky;
mastcr-at-arms, Paul Bo-chan;
inner guard, Al. Dapilito;
outer guard, Henry Kcssler;
keeper of records and seal, Da-vid
Schwartz; master of finance,
Morris Kay; master of exche-quer,
Joseph Sicgal; grand lodge
representative, Barney Fyvolent,
and assistant, I. J. Beck.
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lent Chief, Airs. Betty Gillespie;
past chief, Mrs. Ethel Frcilich;
manager, Mrs. Klein; excellent
junior, Mrs. Gertrude Wolder;
excellent senior, Mrs. Teddy
Turansky; mistress of records
and correspondence, Mrs. Ellen
Frank; mistress of finance, Mrs.
Hilda Harris; protector, Mrs.
Estclle Blum, and guard, Miss
Blla* A. WMIIam;
Dlea In 77th Year
Silas A. Williams who was a
member of the Freeport Village
Board from 1915 to 1921, died
Monday night in his horqe, 189
Smith St., after an illness of
three weeks. He was bom in
Roslyn 76 years ago and had
been a resident of Frceport since
1895. He conducted a grain and
livery business here until his rc-
.tircment In 1912. He was a for-mer
member of the Wide^Awake
Engine Co.
Mr. Williams is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Florence E. De-
Mott, of Baldwin; four sons,
Harold E., of Wantagh; Cla-rence
B., who lives up-State; Si-las
P., of Freeport, and Pfc.
Harper F., in Africa, and
grand-children
Freeport Chapter
Plans Town Bridge
Plans for a Town Bridge to
be given on Monday night, Jan.
31, were made at a meeting of
Frecport Chapter, O.E.S., Mon-dy
night in Spartan Temple. Mrs.
Florence Powell, matron, and the
hJnorar7'members 'when "they Caroline Wolder.
left that village. Corsages were presented to
For a time, Capt. Blossom
presided. Mrs. Uddy "Woemcr
was named chairman of the Mis-cellaneous
Club,
Courtesies of the East were ex-tended
to _ Mrs. Emily Edgerly,
past grand representative of the
State of Missouri; Mrs. Caroline
Wallace, past grand representa-tive
of the State of Massachu-setts,
and Forrest Dunbar, past
grand lecturer of the Nassau
District.
Mrs. Olga Myers was in charge
of the social hour.
yard worMn* for the govern-/At JV.Y. Poultry Show
ment when taken HJ. He served
for several years aa scoutmaster George Braun, of 169 Church
of Troop 213, and gave up only St., won a $25 war bond for ex-when
he was forced to go to hfbiting the best English bird
Florida last November. The Fire in the standard bred class at the
Department and the Boy Scouts 13th annual New York Poultry
were his main interests. Show. He also 'captured four
Surviving besides his parents, Rrsts and two 'seconds in the
are his wife, the former Adeline Buff Orpington classification.
Partlcia Mangan, of 23 Miller Mr. Braun is ont of the com-
Avc., and four brothers, all petitors for $15,000 in premiums
Freeport residents, \Arthur, Dc- offered at the 95th Poultry Show
Witt, who is in the Air Corps; at the Boston Garden, Boston,
George, with the Army in Eng- which opened Monday and will
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Tran;#lgura%lon Guild
Mrs* J* Harry Jenkins was
elected president of the Women's
Guild of the Transfiguration
Episcopal Church at its annual
meeting Thursday afternoon in
the church succeeding Mrs.
Charles Stumpf. -The slate was
presented by the Rev* Reginald
H. Scott, and also included Mrs,
Edward License and Mrs. Ar-thur
Elmer, vice-presidents, Mrs.
Fred* Frankel, recording secre-tray;
Mrs. Gertrude Peace, cor-rcspondingVsecrctary,
and Mrs.
Jesse Smith, treasurer. The elec-tion
was unanimous.
Mrs. Jenkins announced the
appointment of the following
committee chairmen: Mrs. John
Mowbray, membership; Mrs.
Stumpf, house; Miss Joanne Ot-tawell,
hospitality; Mrs. Gerald
Drach, group; Mrs. Henry Tux-ton,
Red Cross; Mrs. Dudley
Mann, publicity; Mrs. John Earl,
cheer; Mrs. Frank Muller, pro-gram;
Mrs. John Harrington,
Bible vacation school, and Mrs.
Berkeley Smith, united thank of-fering.
Annual reports submitted
by ofncers and committee heads
showed the group had spent a
luncheon, Members of the Guild
are sewing to-day for the Mis*
sion School. There will be Red
Cross seWing next Thursday.
Tea was served by the executive
committee.
It was decided to meet only
the second Thursday of each
month, so the next meeting will
be on Thursday, Feb. 10, when
Mrs. Peace's group will serve
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FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1944
Legion Endorses Vigilant Hose Company Marks
Library Extension 50th Anniversary at Dinner
As Civic Project
Rev. Henry R, DeShaw
Going #o Palerson
Disapproves Proposal
To Make I* Memorial
To Global War Dead
The proposal of the Frecport
Memorial Library Board to build
two wings on the library at West
P^ Merrick road and South Ocean
|;? ave., was endorsed as a civic and
educational necessity by William.
Clinton Story Post, A. L., at its
meeting Friday night in the dug-out.
However, the veterans re-fused
to back the proposal that
the extension be designated as
a memorial to the men and wo-
Walter B. Co%%ens, ChaMer Member,
Sdll Active, Gets Signet Ring
More than 150 persons attended a dinner marking the
50th anniversary of Hose Co. 2, of the Frceport Fire De-partment,
originally the Vigilant Hose Co., Saturday night
thf* Rllrc fl^K l^«.r.»
Thc Rev. Henry R. DeShaw,
who organized the Naza
Church here two and a half
years ago. will preach his fare-well
sermon as pastor on Sun-day
night before taking up his
Canvass of Homes
In Bond Campaign
War Loan Show a*
in the Elks club house.
All the members of the Village
Board, except Mayor Clinton M.
Flint, who sent his regrets, were
present, as were Fire Chief Ken-neth
Lewis, and Joseph Manz
and Arnold Yungen, his dcputics.
lose their lives
global conflict,
the choice of a ^..»* ^«-
left for those who return after
the war to determine. ,
At a previous meeting' Leo F. latcd the
Giblyn, president of the Board
of Education, accompanied
the Rev. Reginald H
On behalf of the company,
Toastmaster William F. Cornell,
an ex-chief, presented a gold sig-net
ring, to Walter B. Cozzens, I
""'" ' * "an active
in the present of the company since it was or-urging
that ganized.
memorial be Mr. Cornell called on the vil-lage
trustees, the chiefs and oth-er
guests, all of whom congratu-i_
i.j .« 'company on ts anni-versary
and Mr. Cozzens on his
many years of service to the dc-
Rev, J. 6. Hynes
Resigns Pastorate
Of Baptist Church
Going #o Auburn, N.Y.,
^ " l»JW#r—
Church in Patcrson, N. J,, on
February 1.
This was Mr. DeShaw's nrst
pastorate. He preached nis nrst °*
sermon here on June 15, 1941.
Since that time a portable build-
Summers, chairman
to house canvass
divided Freeport into seven-
- districts for the mopping up
ing has been erected. The prop- '" **" drive to sell $1,500,000
crty on which the structure "°r*h °f ^ar Bonds during the
stands has been purchased as a Fourth War Loan campaign end-a
permanent structure,
The Rev. Gordon
by
Scott,
mem-ap-
.
chairman, and the other
berg of the library board, -r
peared before the post and asked
its endorsement of the project as
a" memorial. Commander Alex.
G. Reynolds was authorized
appoint a
to
to. .consider
JP. Schloss, chairman; Robert T*l
Campbell and Joseph H. Me-
Closkcy, past commanders. They
submitted their report Friday
night.
The committee pointed out
that the library had not been
enlarged since it was opened in
1922, "although the population of
Freeport has more than doubled
since that time, making the pres-ent
facilities woefully inadequate
to meet educational require-ments/'
It also referred to /Uie
proposal to make the addition a
memorial, and then resolved that
the post "wholeheartedly en-dorses
the proposal submitted
for the extension of the Frec-port
Memorial Library' as a civic
and educational necessity due to
the" expanding- needs of the
school population of. Freeport and
that _action be taken immediate-fVly,
if" possible, to alleviate and-
J remedy .the Bfssent inadequate,
facilities/' — . ,..-..
Next the committee comlnehd-ed
the work of the Board of
Education, headed by Leo" F.
Giblyn and its library trustees
*'for their untiring, and painstak-ing
efforts in performing the
tasks of administering the school
affairs in such a capable and
competent manner despite the
difficulties arising out of the
present emergency."
It was further resolved "that
this post refrain at this time,
from endorsing the proposed post-war
project, above described, as
a memorial to the men and wo-men
of the armed forces who
gave their lives in the present
world conflict."
Finally the resolutions go into
the history of the present build-ing
prior to/Its opening in 1922,
"when a small group of injudi-cious
citizens took it upon them-selves
to decide the type of'mc-
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portment. The members of Oic
company all received tokens.
The dinner was followed by
dancing, music for which was
provided by Monroe Lewis' or-chestra.
Capt. Frank Smith and
Lieutenants August Sarro and
The VjgMent Hoae Cp.,
organized on Jan. 23, 1894, at a
meeting in a grocery and feed
store on North Main St., oppo-site
Randall ave., owned by Wil-liam
H. Post. It had eleven
charter members. Monthly meet-ings
were held in the mantel
shop of Daniel Morrison on
Nuilh Grove st. James W. Che-shire
was its first foreman, with
Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Post as
his assistants.
A hand drawn hose wagon,
maroon in color, with hose, was
purchased about a year later. It
was kept in a shed in the rear
of Mr. Morrison's home. By
that time the company numbered
257
In 1893 after the Village
Board had finished the power
House and stand pipe,. Rre plugs
were placed 300 feet apart along
the 'street. Three yeajs later the
village^ oullt a nrehousc,ior^the
nipaii^at a cost of $375. " The
preeent .Headquarters- building
on North Main St., was erected
•in 1924, and it how houses one
of the village's most modern
.pieces of nrc apparatus purchas-ed
in 1942, Seventeen of the 55
members of the company arc
serving in the armed forces of
their country.
Four of the eleven charter
members still survive. They are
Oscar W. Valentine, John Sel-lars,
. Edwin S. Maynard and
Mr. Cozzens, financial secretary
of the company.
Hynes, who is serving his 14th
year as pastor of the First Bap-tist
Church of Freeport, has re-signed
to accept a call to the
First Baptist Church of Au&irn,
N.Y., and will begin his minis-try
there on March 1.
He submitted his resignation
following his sermon on Sunday
morning. It • was read by Frank
C. Filkins, chairman of the
Board of Deacons, and accepted
site for a "6 on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
and the congregation also has *" some districts workers have
bought a parsonage. already been organized and star-
The Rev. DeShaw announced ^ canvassing, while in others
his acceptance of the Paterson *""? has b«ri some delay.
?*trr?r^hirmvT»rs^^
ing. He preached to the New ced that canvassers would be
Jersey congregation on Sunday, ringing door bells in all parts
Jan. 16. District Superintendent °f the community next week.
Lyle E. Eckley will recommend To-morrow night members of
a successor as pastor. He will *"^
be heard and if the members
agree he is the man they want
LT GOLDSTEIN HOME ...
Lieut. David S. Goldstein, for-merly
of 116 West Merrick
road, now at Camp Kilmer, New
Brunswick, N. J., was home for
a few days recently* His bro-ther,
Stanley Goldstein, of Mer-rick,
hss been promoted to cor-poral.
He is with the A. E, F.,
in Iceland.
was being read.
The Rev. and Mrs. Hynes
came to Freeport immediately af-ter
his graduation from Gordon
College, Boston. His father, the
Rev. Dr. James G. Hynes serv-ed
as the local pastor during
1919, after which he went to the
Qwshwick Ave. Baptist Church
in Brooklyn. He succeeded the
late Rev. Erwin H. Dennett*
Under Dr. Hynes' pastorate
the church has had a continuous
growth, and now numbers more
than 300 members. Its standing
indebtedness is slightly more
than $3,000 and its current ex-penses
are paid up to date.
Dr. Hynes preached recently
at the Auburn church which is
slightly larger than the local
congregation. It is one of three
Baptist congregations in'^that ci-ty.
Dr. Hynes has two daugh-ters
and...two_sc^s/sirbonr*ince
he' came to. Ffceport. JThey -ace
attending' tlie l[ocal schools. -
-The letter of resig%ktipn dated
on Sunday reads as follows: ^
"On Sunday, Nov. 1, 1930, I
began my work as pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Frcfc-port.
To-day I am resigning from
this pastorate, this resignation
to take effect on Feb. 29.
"The work of this church has
been my life for fourteen years.
It is impossible to put ,.idto
words what it has meant to me,
and to my family. Mrs. Hynes
and' I came to you as newly-wedii
just out of college. It was
our first church. To me it was
even more than that, it was the
church which I had known and
loved since my tenth birthday.
Our children have all been born
here. They know no other home.
It will be very hard to pull up
roots which go so deep.
"Our parting is made more
by your unfailing con-
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they will send a call to him.
Plans Are Advanced
For Clergy Dinner
Plans for a dinner to be given
by the citizens of the village to
High School band
to tour parts of the village
three trucks carrying^ Fourth
a Mieengr of tfie
of the various churches Sunday
afternoon in the Elks building.
Peter Stephen Beck was elect-ed
permanent chairman of the
committee, with Raymond Ma-lone
as secretary, and William
J. McDonald, treasurer of the
Louisville and Nashville Rail-road
Co., as treasurer. Commit-tee
chairmen were named as fol-
,ows: Robert E. Patterson, re^
ccption; Mr. Malonc, tickets and
reservations; Miss Anna Fritz,
gifts; Thomas N. dcGiacomo,
printing; F. Gordon Edwards,
speakers, and George W. Gocl-ler,
publicity.
Mr. Beck was
War Loan placards and giving
bond calls. They will then go to
Rockville Centre, where they
will be met by a police escort,
and tour the business area. The
South Side Hi&K School
will pay a retmini
the campaign.
later In
named toast-master
and it was announced the
address would be given by Dr.
WillaTd Johnson, assistant to the
president of the National Coun*
cil of Christians and Jews.
Leglbn AuxIMajy
Birthday
Mrs; H ermine cnair-"
man of the Women's Auxiliary
of the Nassau County American
Legion, and her staff were guests
of the, William Clinton Story
Post Auxiliary at its birthday
party given in observance of its
22d anniversary Thursday night
in the dugout. Mrs. Carrie Rob-erts,
chairman of the unit, pre-bidcd.
Mrs. Madeleine Gray, defense
chairman, appealed to the mem-bers
for canes to be donated to
hospitals, where servicemen are
recovering from wounds. Mrs.
Toomcy requested cookies as re-freshments
for the servicemen's
dance under the auspices of the
Freeport War Servicq Activities
Committee to-night in the dug-out.
Mrs. Emily Christ, member-ship
chairman, announced that
the group had attained its quota
o* 125 paid up members.
a bond of a face of $3o or
more" wM% be entitled to adrwa.
eion to the performance.
The preliminary program an-nounced
this week shows that
the feature picture will be "The
Deacrt Song," and (hat the ar-ray
of radio and stage stars that
has been engaged is topped by
Can You Top This." with Sen-ator
Ford, Harry HirshRcld, Joe
Laurie, Jr., Peter Donald and
Roger Bowers.
There also will be selections
by the Coast Guard quartet com-prising
Homer Smith formerly
of the Southernaircs; Thomas
Lockwood, of the Los Angeles,
Opera Co.; James Lewis, of
"The Hot Mikado," anoS Martin
Boughan, of the Chicago Opera
Co. Cantor Maurice Ganchoff
will sing .acveraP-folk songs and
a prayer, . V". .
Additional .numbers will be
announced lattr, The purchase
of a $500 or larger 'bond'^ill-^v
title the buyer to a loge seat;
to the orchestra and
a $50-bond to the gallery. Tick-ets
will be issued to all who buy
bonds at cither the Freeport,
Grove or Plaza Theatres.
Walter Smith, district manag-er
for the Century Circuit, an-nounced
that no bonds would
be sold at the Frceport Theatre
on the night of the bond show.
He predicted that all the seats
would be sold out before that
night.
FYVOUENTS WED IS YBAK6
Mr, and Mrs. Barney B. Fy-volent,
of 68 Claurome pi., eel-eboalfed
their fifteenth wedding
anniversary by giving a dinner
at their home last Sunday night
to 35 relatives and friends. Sev-en
sisters and four brothers
were included. The couple 'have
two daughters, Marilyn and
Diane. Cards were played.
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