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Page Eight THE LEADER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1944
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J. J. Madden
TalKs to Rotary
Cites Five Points
Proposed by Pope
To Govern Peace
The Rev. John J. Madden, as-sistant
pastor of Our Holy Re
deemer R. C. Church and vice-chairman
of the Frecport Hous-ing
Authority, addressed the Ro-tary
Club of Freeport, at its
weekly dinner Thursday night in
the Elks cKib house. He was
Introduced by Edward B.Thomp-son,
chairman of the Authority.
Father Madden discussed thr
Ave points proposed by Pope
Plus XIII to govern the peace.
He referred briefly to the plans
for the improvement of Benning-ton
Park in considering the sec-ond
point, calling for the ending
the oppression of minorities. He
told of how the war had failed
to stop the efforts of the Autho-rity
in carrying out its plans for
a housing project for Benning-ton
Park which the group hopes
.Jto^a%3»j;A94%^tvQ«^^OLA^»A^.^
post-war project.
He also spoke on the Pope's
proposal that.there be-no more
persecution of people because of
race or religion. He called for
the stifling of any spirit of in-tolerance
or bigotry when it
rises its head, called on the peo-ple
to walk hand in hand with
their clergymen, and expressed
the opinion that the signs point-ed
to a return to religion. As the
soldiers and sailors are being
taught to be tough to oppose a
tough enemy, he said people
should be "spiritually tough/*
Tlcn)amin Heim was welcomed
as a new member, by President
Vf. Sargcant Ntyon. At the sug
geetfon^of Frederick S. Patter-eon
the secretary was instructed
to write to Rabbi B. Leon Hur-
Pearce and Board Agree to Truce
On Question of Ownership of Sewers
A two-months truce in the. ten
months' dispute between Joseph
Prarce and the Village Board a
to whether Frceport owns it
own sewers was reached aL the
meeting Friday night.
Some months ago the Boart
agreed to ask County Executive
J. Russel Sprague to have a bil
introduced in Albany establish-ing
Freeport. as an independent
sewer district instead of District
4A of the Nassau County sys-tem.
At the meeting on Jan. 7, Mr.
Pearce inquired if the bill hac
been introduced. He was prom-ised
an answer Friday night.
When he asked for it, Village
Counsel Henry P. Vielbig said
he had been in communication
with William P. Capes, secre-tary
of the Mayor's Conference
of New York State. He said he
d submitted to Mr. Capes his
opinion that the sewers were
owned by the village, and the
atter in his reply said the memo-tion
as to whether the Village
ol Frceport or the county owns
he sewer system."
Mr. Pearce and George E.
VanNostrand contend that as
he Board of Supervisors in 1937
adopted a resolution making
?reeport a separate district, thus
pving it from being assessed
*I.300,000 for building sewers in
adjacent areas, the county fath-ers
can reverse their action at
any time. They contend that the
only way to safeguard against
this being done is to have a law
enacted giving Freeport an in-dependent
status the same as has
been done for King's Point on
the north shore.
On the promise of Cyril C.
Ryan that the inquiry would be
continued, Mr. Pearce agreed to
let the matter rest until the
meeting on Friday night, April
25,
Redeemer Auxiliary
Has Dessert-Bridge
A successful dessert bridge and
cake sale was given by the Wo-men's
Auxiliary of Our Holy
Redeemer School Thursday aft-ernoon
in the Washington Hotel
for the benefit of the cafeteria
fund.
Special awards were made to
Mrs. Irving Regan, Miss Adela-ide
Alnwick, Mrs. William Swee-ney,
Mrs. Matthew Doyle, Mrs.
T. R. McGinlcy and Mrs. Char-les
Ricker.
On the committee of arrange-ments
were Mrs. Alfred Fassino,
f. Meaney, her predecessor; Mrs.
foseph 'Carpenter, Mrs. Caspar
Mafar, Mrs. John Purcell, Mrs.
William Mullooly, Mrs. Ray
oughlan, Mrs. Edward Riley.
Mrs. Louise Gilvey, Mrs. Fred
Weber, Mrs. Doyle and Mrs.
Joseph Grismer.
witz, chairman o( the Freeport
JuveniJc Delinquency Committee,
offering the cooperation of the
club in its efforts.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
"Love" is the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
January 30. The Golden Text
is: "Beloved, let us love one an-other:
for love is of God; and
every one that loveth is born
of God, and knowcst God" (I
John 4: 7).
World Day o# Praye?
Set for Feb. 25
Plans for the observance of
the World's Day of Prayer on
Friday, Feb. 25, by the women
of the churchcs^of Freeport, were
made at a meeting in Christ Lu-theran
Church Friday afternoon.
It was decided to conduct the
event in the Freeport Presbyte-rian
Church at 2:30 P.M., that
day, and Mrs. Clinton McKnight
of that church was named as
chairman of the committee of
arrangements. The event is spon*
sored by the United Council of
Church Women.
Representatives at the meeting
were Mrs. McKnight and Mrs.
J. L. Harnden, of the Presbyte-rian
Church; Mrs. Edward M.
Robins and Mrs. Howard
Combs, of the Freeport Metho-dist
Church; Mrs. Cecil H. Muir-head
and Mrs. Wallace H. Camp-bell,
of the First Baptist Church;
Mrs. John J. Mowbray and Mrs.
Tuxen, of the Transfiguration
Episcopal Church; Mrs. Edgar
Graham and Mrs. David G. Jax«
heimer, of Christ * Lutheran
Church, and Staff Captain Nellie
Clinton M* Flint and Trustee
Cyril C. Ayan with Village En-gineer
Herbert M. Wood are
to have a conference with T.
Hochlerncr, chief engineer for
the city, before going further in*
to the matter.
CAN PIERCE PIPE LINE
The New York City Depart-ment
of Water Supply has a-greed
to permit Freeport to run
two 18-inch pipes through the
Brooklyn Water Conduit to end
the Hoods at Culvert 9. Mayor
PRES-TO-LOGS
PACKAGE OF *
8 Ibs. each
89c
FOR YOUR
FIREPLACE
Use them in stoves, furnace.
No grate, no soot, no ash,
long burning, intense heat
Freeport
Lumber Co,, Inc,
General Contractors
Full Line o#_ Lumber,
Paints, Etc.
Off No, Long Beach. Ave.
Tel. Freeport 3100
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UNTIL 5:30 P.M.
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TODAY
LET'S ALL
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CLOSE TUESDAY AT 6 P.M*
STORES
IN THE VILLAGE OF
REEPOR
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FRIDAY SATURDAY
EVENING
RETAM. COUNCIL
PREEPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Village Workers E, J, Bechtold, Most Decorated
All Protected Freeporter, Becomes a Major
By Civil Service
Only Bureau Heads
Pall to Be Covered
On Newton Reveals
One of the planks in the plat"
form of the Home Rule Party
in the Freeport Village campaign
a year ago called for the giving
ol CivH Service protection to all
Municipal employees.
Since July 1, when this be-came
possible under a law that
took cKcct that day, Dr. George
A. Newton, chairman of the par-
Hero of Philippines and South
Pacific Now at Oulfport, Miss.
Edward J. Bechtold, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Been-told,
of 207 South Long Beach ave., who probably has
more decorations and citations than any .other Freeport man
m the Army has just been promoted from captain to major
in the Air Corps.
He is stationed at Gulfport,^— — _
Miss., where he briefs aviation
cadets on his experiences whil
a Hyer in the Philippines and
later in Australia, New Guinea
and other Southern Pacific areas
Capt. Bechtold has received
the Silver Star for gallantry in
action, the Oak Leaf Cluster, an
Air Medal, the Distinguished
ty announced "to-dayj""a%r
department heads who are notions from Se^cretary of War
eligible fur such protection, have
been covered, and their tenure of
omce assured. It was necessary
to change the titles of some em-ployees
to protect their interests,
and this has been done.
In the Village Clerk's ofnce
there were* two deputy clerks,
one of whom has been dcsignajt-ed
as cashier and the other as
senior clerk. The same was true
,%n the Treasurer's ofnce where
the title of the assistant treasu-rer
was- changed to account
''Clerk;'»^'"-''"^-^=:^s^.rV'--.-: ^-.:--T^.
All "tdrhlte collar" workers *n
all bureaus arc now under Civil
Service ab arc all employees, ex-cept
laborers, in the Power
House, the Sewer Department,
electrical line men in the Elec-tric
Light Department, meter
testers, readers, janitors and so
on down the line of bureaus.
Laborers who happen to be
veterans or firemen if dropped
for lack of work, must be plac-ed
on a preferred list from which
vacancies must be Riled in the
departments in which they were
previously employed.
The exempt class includes the
Village Counsel, the Village
Clerk and his nrst deputy, the
Assessor, "Treasurer and the
Purchasing Agent.
Dr. Newton explained that this
Nassau
Stimson, Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland, President Roosevelt
and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
The capta n was born in
Brooklyn March 20, and
came to Freeport with his par-ents
fifteen years ago. He was
giaduated from Freeport High
School in 1936, and from the
Wharton School of Finance, Un-iversity
of Pennsylvania, four
years later. While there he was
a member of Masque and Wig
and was honored by election to
the Senior Hpnpr, Society,
was done through the
County Civil' Service
zsion, -as a~branch of
commission;, so that PrceporL r
def 1Q40,
tion, and received his swings and
commission "*as a second lieutcn-snt
at Barksdale Field. Shrcve-port,
La., the next year. Later
he was* at Albuquerque, N. M.
He arrived in the Philippines in
October 1941, and was stationed
at Clark Field when it was
bombed by Japanese flyers, two
hours after the treacherous at-tack
on Pearl Harbor on Dec.
7, that year. Many of his com-panions
were killed in that on-slaught
before they could get of?
the ground, but the then Lieut.
Bechtold escaped unscathed.
When Bataan was ' evacuated,
he Bed with "Gen. MacArthur
and his forces to Mindoro, and
Anally got to Darwin, Australia,
by transport plane on March 18,
1942.. Thereafter he was pilot of
a B-17 Flying Fortress and en-
Humane Society Ready
To Do Roeper's Work
The Long Island Humane So-ciety
will submit a proposal to
the Village Board at its meeting
Home Rule Party
To Name Candidates
Candidates for the two village
trusteeships to be Riled at the
election on Tuesday, March 21,
will be nominated by the Home
Rule Party at a meeting in
Mechanics Hall on Church st.,
Monday night.
The meeting was scheduled
originally for Tuesday night, but
was advanced a day so as not to
interfere wjth the dinner the
citizens of the village arc to give
to the' members of the Inter-
Faith Clergy Councih that night
in the Elks club house, Dr.
George A. Newton, the chairman
announced.
to-morrow night to take over
The committee appointed at
the January meeting to revise
the by-laws will submit its report.
The two trusteeships to be
5 CENTS A COPY
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Sales Here
Still *1,000,000
Short o! Quota
Total But $494,425
With Campaign Due
to End on Feb.15
Residents of Freeport must
purchase more than a Million
A..Ro.p.r. Town of H«mp. HI C.
stead dog catcher.
This was decided at a meet-ing
of the Executive Committee
m the home of James H. Cruik-shank,
on South Ocean
Tuesday night. The details of
he proposal were considered.
They will be drafted into a pro-posed
contract by Sidney B.
Hirach, counsel for the society,
n time to be placed before the
aoard.
and Herman C. Dunker, whose
term expires on April 1.
Pvt. Hallck Begins
Courses
Legion to Dine
Red Devil* Monday
William Clinton Story Post,
A.L., Alex G. Reynolds com-mander,
will give its annual din-ncr
for the victorious Frceport
High School football team of
ast season in the dugout Mon-day
night. Asa A. Trenchard la
chairman of the
committee, while. Aiia^in: &
long range bombing ^missions
Municipal employees receive all
the safeguards and benefits af-ordedLby
the ;Stat«"laws\ How-ever,
all appointments t^ fill
vacancies made before the end
ot the"^»af arc ptpvisional, and
tnc appointees will have to take
a competitive examination even-tually.
This, it was explained,
has been Decreed by the com-mission
to enable men and wom-en
serving in the armed forces
to participate in such examina-tions
when they are free to do
so.
R.A.M. MEETS IN A1BANY
, Pr. , J. Philip Th%y«r, high pri*
est of Freeport Chapter, R.A.M.,
Attended t&c annual convention
held in Albany on Monday,
Tuesday and yesterday. He was
accompanied by George Wood
and Richard W. Seibert,
Merrick, and Major John J.
of
"over enemy "territory, without
suffering so much, as a scratch.
He became a Rrst _. lieutenant
while In New Guinea^ and a cap-tain
on Feb. 1, a year ago when
hr came home on furlough.
Since then he has been at Py-ott.
Field, Tex., where he was
Right check and Scott Field, 111.,
where he lectured on his practi-cal
experiences to supplement
the theoretical instruction. And
now he is at Gulfpprt. His wife,
the former Miss Erna Mae Be?
dfll, is there yrith him.
Hanging in the home of Ma-jor
Bechtold is a citajlon signed
by Lieut. Gen. George C. Ken-ncy,
of Headquarters Fifth Air
Force,, AtP.6., dated Feb. 1^,
1943, and addressed to his moth-er.
It reads:
"Recently your, son was awar-ded
the Air Medal. This award
was made in recognition of his
Pvt. WHHam K. ffaIIockr"aoM of
Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Hallock, of
174 South Grove St., Frceport,
N.Y., has arrived here at Basic
Training Center 10, of the A-A.F.
Training Command.
Pvt. Hallock will take bask
training in the A.A.F., and un-dergo
a course in physical con-ditioning.
He is here as a pre-aviation
cadet. He is a graduate
of Frceport High School and St.
John's University where he was
a member of Pi Alpha Epsilon
fraternity. "Before entering the
Army he was employed by Am-erican
Chlorophyll, Inc., in Al-exandria,
Va. Pvt.. Hallock en-tered
the Army on Jan. 7, at
Camp Upton.
Dollars worth of War Bonds be-tween
now and midnight, Tues-day,
Feb. 15, if the village is to
attain its quota of $1,500,000,
Robert E. Patterson, chairman
of the Freeport Bond and
Stamp Staff announced to-day.
He revealed that up to the
WonTR3rh«gnTr"
end of January, sales had to-tuled
only $496,425. These are
the latest available figures and
leave the village $1,003,575 short
ot its goal.
The campaign is supposed to
the $300,000
telephoning ^ may be made b
Murray Siegal a
the dugout, Frecport 3422, be
ween p and 10 o'clock to-night
01 tomorrow night. Gold foot-falls
will be presented to the
iscinbcis uf the squad and there
will be a program of entertain-ment.
DRAFTEES HEAR HOBOES
Alfred Hodges gave the ad-dress
at the send-off pf the Feb-ruary
contingent of Selective,,
Service Board 717 at exercises
in the Legion dugout yesterday
morning. Chairman Peter Steph-en
Beck presided. The men left
after the exercises for an induc-tion
center.
)ond show to be given at the
Frceport Theatre on Tuesday
night, Feb. 15. This means that
those who arc conducting the
canvass must 1A6
hustling 1*. the
r6^k^"^«mai3^c<«W^
""^Walter 'S%mtn\ ^^stHck^^ mahal^ ^ * ^ ^
All Who Attend Dinner to Clergy
To Autograph Sheepskin Scroll
on, of Roosevelt, all past high courageous: fearless service to
priest^ (Continued on Page 4)
_..Everyone who] . attends the
-dinner to be- giyeii_j)y the citi-
(p ~! "~ ' " -
zens of the village to the mem-bers
qf the Frceport Inter-
Faith Clergy Council in the
Elks club house Tuesday night,
will autograph a sheepskin scroll
which is to be presented to the
Rev. David G. Jaxheimer, pastor
of Christ Lutheran Church and
president of the Council. Facsi-mUies
will be given to the other
clergymen. The dinner will be
proceeded by a reception in the
sjinporch at 6:30, at which op-portunity^
will be given for .all to
sjgn the parchment.
- Another feature of the event
is to be a musical program which
is being arranged by Mervin E.
Powell, of the Methodist
Church. It is planned to have
selections by the leading soloists
of the varioug choirs. The ad-dress
will be given by Dr. Wil-
Isrd L. Johnson, assistant to the
';pr$sident oi..lhc National Coun-cil
Jiof-Christians and., jews. ^
Reservations?- which are limit-ed
to 250, will close on Satur-day
with Raymond Malonc,
Freeport 1852, or the chairmen
of the committees representing
the participating congregations.
Peter Stephen Beck, is chair-man
of the general committee
and will be toastmaster. Mr. Ma-lone
is secretary and William J.
McDonald treasurer. Sub-com-mittee
chairmen arc Mr. Powell,
entertainment; F. Gordon Ed-wards,
speakers; Miss Anna
Fritz, gifts; Thomas N.^deGia-como,
printing, and Robert E.
r, reception, which will
include the present and all for-mer
Freeport Mayors.
Mrs., E. Freeman Miller is in
charge of the scroll and Mrs.
Charles Blcwett the decorations,
Plans for the event were com-pleted
at a meeting Tuesday
night in* the Elks club house.
for the Century Circuit 7Th«-
atres, * announced to-day tnat
tickets were going rapidly for
the $300,000 bond show. He
also announced that AJ. B. White
would be master of ceremonies
that'additional falent would
nclude Vera Holly, song bird
f the Columbia Broadcasting
ystem, and Pauline Alpert,
WOR concert pianist.
The "Can You Top This?"
rew will be on hand, as will
a Coast Guard Quartet and Can-tor
-Maurice GanchofT. A pre-mier
showing of a motion pic-ture,
to be announced, will be
another feature. Surrogate Leone
D. Ho well, and Mayor Clinton
M. Flint will be guests at .the
show.
Village Trustee Cyril C. Ryan
will broadcast a bond message/
over" Radio "Station WG^B Sun-day
afternoon, Wjllis M. Su%n-
.mcrs, lhairman of the. house-tp-house^
canvass announced that an
sections of
ing covered by his staff.
Rev. J. G, Shaw Coming
To Nazarene Church ,
The Rev. J. G. Shaw, pastor
of the Utica Avenue Nazarene
Church, Brooklyn, has accepted
a call to the pulpit of the Free-port
Nazarene Church and will
begin his pastorate here on Sun-day,
Feb. 13. He will succeed
the Rev. Henry R. DeShaw who
has gone to the church in Pat-erson,
N.J.
, Mr. Shaw preached as a can-fdidate
last Sunday morning, and
was so well received that an
immediate call was extended to
him. District Superintendent Lyle
E. Eckley will preach .at both
services Sunday. Mr. Shaw is a
graduate of the East Nazarene
College, Wallaston, Mass.