1944-03-02

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^KOTRTegion"
J.A. Kelleher Speaks
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History, Activities
John A. Kelleher, a special
agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation outlined the history
of the organization and listed
some of its accomplishments in a
talk to the members of William
Clinton Story-Post, A.L., Friday
might in the dugout.
He said the F.B.I, was organ-'
ized in 1924 following the Tea-pot
Dome scandal. He spokcr of
the apprehension and conviction
o* violators of the Selective Ser-vice
Act and gave in detail the
etory of the capture of the eight
Gtrman saboteurs who landed at
Amagansctt.
Three members were received
Increasing the enrollment to 322,
Paul A. Weill, membership offi-cer,
reported. The additions were
..JSmll P. Supter, a veteran of both
J^WoKM^WarT^
War Work Benefit;
By Two -Performances
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and Charles Friedman just
discharged from the present glo-bal
conflict.
Recitations were given by Vir-ginia
Carpenter and Mary Wil-
%ct, winner and runner up in the
elementary school speaking con-test
sponsored by the post.
Thanks were extended to Dr.
John W. Dodd and Cecil H.
MsHood, comprising the Amer-icanism
committee, which con-ducted
the high and elementary
school events. A vote of thanks
also was extended to Mrs. A. B.
Ronagan. of Baldwin, who do-nated
medical accessories which
were turned over to the Mitche
; Station Hospital*
Past Commander Ernest Hcn-nessy
was named chairman of a
committee to plan for past com-manders'
night on Friday night.
March 3, at which William W.
Davis, junior past ' commander,
will be honored. State Command-er
William N. Lewis of Floral
Park has promised to attend.
George V. Maurer, chairman of
the canes committee, reported}
the receipts of 125 canes and four
pairs of crutches for the use of
servicemen convalescing in hos-.
pitals. Secon^ Division Com-mander
Vincent P. O'Connor, of
Long Beach, spoke.
Announcement was made that
a -leap year dance for service
—men would, be conducted by the
"poaHn cohlnnctionTwith-its aux-iliary
and tnc Freeport Women's
zz^Yarr. Service, in^the^dugout to-nlghtl
=<Ai: collation~wa!T"seryed-by the
"The Dark 'Town Follies/' a
minstrel show given on 2 nights
by the Freeport L o d^gTT of
Elks in the high school audito-rium
for the benefit of Its Fra-ternal
Center for servicemen and
women proved a rollicking affair
that took the audiences by storm.
It also was a financial success
that should enable the lodge to
carry on its war activities for
months to come. The perform-ances
were on Monday and Tues-day
nights and were followed by
open house and dancing in the
club house on West Merrick
road. x»
On the opening night, Justice
James T. Hallinan, a member of
the Elks National War Fund
Committee, outlined the work ot
that organization. Exalted Ruler
Thomas N. dc Giacomo, in his
introductory remarks, said that
the cast included Elks from 44
place of the .younger, .members in
the service.
John F. Germeroth, who had
so successfully coached the per-formers,
led the musicians. From
the opening chorus until the
grand finale, there was not a dull
moment. Milford F. VanRipcr
made a capable interlocutor, and
the. end men, Wingneld Down-ng,
Nicholas Fcrrara/ Harry
Humphreys, Capt. Fred. Spuhlcr,
William Roberts and William
Moran, supplied the many laughs
in addition to appearing m mu-sical
selections.
Downing gave a whistling so-lo,
while one of the biggest hits
of the evening was scored by
Cnarles Jessup who sang "Kan-sas
City" from "Oklahoma."
Richard Sugar played the banjo
and the I?lks quartet, Bert 'Me-
Horowitz, Gordon Meyer and
Mr. Jesaup pepped things up. A
dance by James Bagnell was an-other
feature.
Other vocalists were C. Curtis
Fulton, Louis Schneider, George
Btmhard and William Roberts.
Nona
In Speaking ConXe**
Rona Eskin, a senior, was the
winner of the annual public con-test
sponsored by William Clin-tor
Story Post, A.L., for the stu-dents
of the Frceport junior and
senior high schools, instead of
Violet Sclair as was erroniously
stated In The LEADER last
week. Miss Eskin won both the
declamatory and cxtemporanious
events.
BUY WAR
AND STAMPS
Ilroy, Thomas Dougherty, Wil-liam
Kell and H. Alfred Voll-mer
did an elimination act. Then
the Hillbilly group comprising
Mr* DeGiacomo, George Bern*
hard, Mr. Humphreys, Adolph
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Committees named by-George
A. Seavcr., chairman Committee
on Economic Development for
the local area, are already at
work gathering information on
possibilities for the ppstrwar pe*
riod reports made by chairmen
at a luncheon in Al. B. White's
Town Lodge on Monday Indi-cated.
Mr. Seaver presided.
Herbert M. Wood, chairman
for industries, announced he had
contacted half the thirty-five
plants listed and would complete
the work before the end of the
month. Fred C. Berge, chairman
for research, and Dr. John W.
Dodd, Martin M. Mansperger,
and Carroll W. McLaughlin,
members of the committee, re-ported,
on various projects.
Dr. A. A. Sclzer was introduc-ed
as the second representative
of William Clinton Story Post,
A.L., Mr. Mansperger being the
other. - Robert E. Patterson re-ported
1,037 Frceport residents
employed at .Grumman's, 60 at
M^JSpejrr^jplant, and 48 at the
Ranger with the report from the
cpublK to be'received.
It was decided "to meet every
second Monday. Guests at the
meeting were G. A. Steigmann,
of the Columbia Aircraft Co.,
Valley Stream; Joseph VanBlerk,
of Roosevelt; Robert Schroedcr,
of Hcmpstead; Howard Brooks,
manager of the investment de-partment
of the First National
Bank of Merrick, and William F.
Ploch, president of the National
City Bank of Long Beach.
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W*R BODS
Postmaster Edward A. Rica
and a large delegation from
local Poet Ofnce attended the
nintE annual dinner of the Post^
masters" Association of Nassau
County Saturday night %n the
Elks club house.
U, S. Senator James M. Mead
outlined the postal legislative
prpgram and the progress that »
being made, and Congressman-
At-Large Matthew J. Merritt al-so
spoke. William J. Murray,
postmaster of Rockville Centre
was toastmaster. The Rev. John
J. Madden gave the invocation.
Mary A. Cahlll of Lynbrook
heads the association.
8TH YEAR NO. 39 PREEPORT/N.Y., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1P44 5 CENTS A COPY
The aim of education should
be to convert the mind into a
living fountain, and not a reser-voir.
That which is filled by
merely pumping in, will be emp-tied
by i&umping out.
— John M. Mason
Throa*
Inltatlen
after
a few Joaea
or your
your throat
la Irritated due to
eowgha, colds. In-dustrial
dust o? ex-ceaalve
smoking
oae DR. STBBLB'S
BBNZOMINT. the
Throat Speclallat In
a bottle. In oae aa
a household remedy
(or over 40 yeara.
Bold by yanr neighborhood drn**la#
ToMeetSwoday
To Plan Camp@igo
Will
He&ds;
on Rivals
Plans for the campaign of the
Citizens Party will be advanced
at a meeting to be held in VFW
Hall on North Columbus ave.,
Sunday at 2:15 P.M. William E.
Crcvoiserat, the chairman, an-nounced
to-day he cxpdctcd to
have the list of district leaders
ready at that time as well as oth-er
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of. Stuart K. Wallace and George
A. Hasselt, its candidates for the
two village trusteeships to.. be
it the election on Tuesday,
March 21.
A lengthy statement attacking
thr Home Rule Party prepared
by Chairman Crevoiserat was
Red Cross Workers Start Drive
Confident of Reaching juota ' " "
Organl%a#l*;n Competp 4o Wage
Campaign for $24*00%* This Month
An enthusiastic rally of leaders and workers i%i the 1944
Red Cross War Fund campaign to raise $24,000 in Free-port
was held in the lodge room of the Elks club house
Monday night.
Dr. John W. Dodd, chairman
of the Frceport campaign com
mittec, and all other speakers
%&re imbued with confidence that
the village would reach its quota
before March 31.
Mayor Clinton M. Flint read
% proclamation setting aside this
B» Am^riran Red — CfOSS
adopted at a meeting of party I John S. Tillotson, chairman of
ironth.
Following a salute to the Flag
and the singing or "The Star
Spangled Banner/* to the accom-paniment
of Walter Blailc, the
Rev. D&vid G. Jaxhcimer, pastor
o! Christ Lutheran Church, gave
the invocation.
MBN8
Member Freeport Chamber of
CLOTHIER—HATTER—HABERDASHER
TUXEDOS TO HIRE
80 SOUTH MAIN STREET
FREEPORT 3371
workers last Sunday afternoon.
It follows:
"The Citizens Party stands for
'Good Goversment' and offers the
best and most up-to-date plat-form
yet presented to the voters
of Freeport.
the Nassau -County Division for
Villages, gave "A Message from
Headquarters." He said the $829,-
000 quota, assigned to Nassau
County was the largest amount
it ever was asked to raiqe for a
charitable cause. To succeed, he
added, every
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S T O R E HOURS
Mon., Tues., Wed.-? A.M. to A P.M.
THURS. and MM.—9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SATURDAYS — 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.
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Ow Own Make
Ranch Chocolaje*
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Our Own Make
Milk Chocolates
Assortment of solid
nuts and fruits
$1.89 ib
Milk Chocolatq Coyewd
Peanu*;, Raisins and Hgs—All In One Box
40 SOUTH MAIN
Sodas — Lunches -r- Candles
We CLOSE TUESDAY AT 8 P.M:
year's administration. It
would also lead the voters to be-lieve,
to* quote its chairman, that
the majority of Its organizers and
member.? had no thought of per-sonal
gain or reward.
"May I point out the
cnnt fact that al^but one of tl»
five members of the Home Rule
Party's Campaign Committee are
receiving a personal gain or re^
ward. One receives village is-
. swrance; another has a good job;
another basks in the appoint?
ment of the omcial paper; while
still another receives garage
work. The Rfth member came in
the picture a little late. Two of
the Bve members are original or^
ganizers of their jSrty.- -—
"I And no-fault^with the
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and industry and village canvas-
Mr. THlotson cautioned can-vassers
not to "ring door bells
Mayo? Proclaims
Red Cross Month
The following is the Proclama-tion
of Mayor Clinton M. Flint
designating March as Red Cross
month:
"WHEREAS, the American
Red Cross is serving our Rght-the
comfort and cheer
that we ourselves would like to
give them, and at the same time
is prepared here in our own
community to aid us in the event
of disaster;
"THEREFORE, I, Mayor of
the Village of Frceport, in ac-cordance
with the proclamation
of the President 'of the United
States, naming March as Amer-
Incldents Add Zest
To Local Blackout
Three county incidents added
zest to the blackout last Sunda)
night in which the Freeport O
C. P. and A. R. P. units indicat
cd they were capable of handling
any emergency that arose.
The Rrst was at South Long
Beach avenue and West Merrick
road. An oil Are was* started that
gave the auxiliary firemen a rea
job in extinguishing.
Gas bombs were supposed to
have exploded in East Woodbine
drive between Randall and Lena
aves. The area was marked off
with red Hares. But the most ex*
citemcht was at Jay St., and
Grand ave., where a 500-pound
len on the apartment house
wrecking it. Half a dozen incen-diary
bombs were set off which,
with-red Rares, presented an in-teresting
spectacle.
In addition each Air Raid War-dens
post had at least two local
incidents. In all 465 air raid war-dens,
88 auxiliary nremen and 75
Home
for
On Monday Niglkt
Workers RepoM
Unity Restored
Since * Bolted
A rally in the interest of the
campaign to return Cyril C.
Ryan, to omcc as Village Trus-tee
and elect his running mate
Walter J. Wood, will be held by
1 he Home Rule Party at its
meeting Monday night at 8:45 o'-
clock, in Jr. O.U.A.M. Hall on
Church st. ,
At the same time, it was said,
brmal replies would be madc^ to
he inuendoes contained in state-
.u«IH*ry r..po»d.d
the blackput call. All worked un-_
...... "de*r" * t"h"e" *d"i**r.e*.c&t*%i,o&&n vo&f F*&r*e;&d* %C*.. can Red Crow Month, do her« 3 ,^,^ j,^^ „, CW».
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mcnts Issued by the rival party
n its attacks on the present ad-ministration.
Workers report a feeling of
harmony has been restored to the
the
bolting of six member* to the
enemy's camp. Robert 8. Blreyer,
campaign manager, also .1
1^ of their ability* by
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that the Red Cross must/carry '^ w^brt*' 72 iK&kda*re.3' ^Sbf"^ 32fks. at."b: meetfdk; **^&v -*«. j «^ •'•• «;g**h#^ ^'h^# :J *H^1:*^A*:V 4ic?-7rf-^K'dr
a greater burden,, this year than
ever before, in. its; history, make
their jpifts larger to enable the
an apologetic manner," con-[Red Cross to meet every demand
sidering the worth1i .n es~s" o_fr tihLe_'' p.l.ia_c^e-dj u..p**.o**n. i:t^*#
cause for whicB tHeyrwcre'work- '
the
65th, Austin Mosbacher; 86th,
FronTl"and you're part of lt.7
"If we fail on the Second Front,
7€ other fronts will collapse," he
added.
Dr. Dodd introduced Mrs.
Kenneth. Girard, director of the
War Fund for the county; Mrs.
E."Freeman Miller, chairman of
the Freeport Red-Cross branch;
Mm. Richard G. McCKeshey,
treasurer; Mrs. Howard B. Pehl,
of the^executive^om-mittcef
™Mrs. Roy* R,
that these- men so-6ene6t. It *sj_chatrman of/publlcity an; the-com-po)
itical activitiea,^I-do criticize mittee.
fT'@r^iaIega^ the^^publpc George
re theZvotera believe the for commerce; and induatqp,
members to be he hao^etr a? goal-4>L $7*001
political angels. I" — not believe that^divislonv Rober^/^. Patter-thrre
was anything angelic about son* who haa charge' of theatres,
Ihe appointment of the present requested 150 volunteer,workers.
Superintendent of Highways or I Russell E. Hotalmg, chairman of
Highways or of the Building In- organizations, announced letters
later salary in- had been -gent to 80 village
* :
spector, with a
ciease. *
"TAis year's -
our- villag* government by the
Home Rule Party has been a sor-
,ry spectacle. It haa been featur-ed
by personal remarks or at-tacks
by the 'Party* spokesman,
by floundering on important
,, matters, and finally by Internal
dissension. The high spots in*
elude the attack on the Republl-
Party and on Village Clerk
groups, and Cecil MaHood
Albert Price; 99th, Lionel Gillea-
William ^ Marvin,
166th» Mrs/Robert l*wis; f?6th,
Benjamin M, Asch and George
Obey; 179th; Mre, Robert Mun-kelt,
and 180th, William Farren.
Mr. Roberts added that every-thing
was set to start the cam-paign
at once. Red Cross motion
pictures emphasizing some of
the points of the drive were
shown.
fh Its chxb house. George
ton Levy will act as exalted ru-ler,
Clarence A. Edwards as lea-ding
knight, Peter Stephen Beck
aa loyal knight, Worden S.
Winne as lecturing knjght, Gco.
M. Bird as esquire, Judge George
S. Johnson as chaplain and other
past exalted rulers as trustees.
It will be the Grot night for
the nomination of omccrs.
GERRY JENKINS IN SOUTH
Miss Gcraldine Jenkins, of 1
East ave., is visiting her sister
Mrs. Boyd A. Babbitt, whose
husband is a- yeoman Rrst class,
at the Naval base at Miami, Fla.
AH expect to come north shortly^
C. Nomim kutktt to Supply
can
administration of, reporting for the eight Junior
Red Crosa units, predicted they
would do a good job, and said
each had set its own goal.
Henry B. Roberta, chairman of
the house-tb?houae canvasa, an-nounced
that F. Jack Godfrey
Kad consented to asaist him In
the work. He named^ the leaders
of the 15th districts Into which
the village has been divided. aa
follows: "
Eighth, Miss Ruth Brisbane;
Ninth, Mrs,. Guy Russell; 10th,
William Nolan; ilth, Mrs. Her?
Marvin; the Judge
: Jphnwq\epigQ(le "and the
'Ornamental' Zoning Board o*
Appeals.
j@r@t of .these has;
the moat %^ 3
12th Thomaa
CMwtoa Mc<
The Rev. Dr. C. Norman Bart-
. professor of theology and
the English Bible *t the Nation-al
Bible Institute, New York, is
to bd the interim pastor of the
First Baptist Church, pending
the selection of a minister to suc-ceed
the Rev. Dr. J. Gordon
Hynes, who left this week to
take charge of the First Baptist
Church, Auburn; N. Y. He will
preach for the Rrst time Sunday
morninj;*
Bartlett has been associat-ed
with the institute eight years.
Prior to that he was for ,a similar
period pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Andover, Mass. Some
years ago he was minister of the
Greene Avenue Baptist Churdh,
Brooklyn* He is a graduate of
Colegate University and Gordon
College; ! . : . .
Dr. Hynes, who had been pas*
tor ?of the local church since
, 1930, preached his fare-
"Well sermon Sunday morning,
when he also baptized twelve
candidates, to whom he extended
the right hand of fellowship aft*
er the Lord's Supper. Another
group, who joined by letter, also
received the right hand of fellow-ship.
Dr. tlynes' Anal sermon was
on "The Christian Fellowship."
H? took a his text First John
?V:7 and 8: "Beloved let us love
on? another: for love Is of God;
and every one that loveth is born
of God and knowest God. He
that loveth not, knoweth hot
God; for God is love.*'
congregation was one of
the largest in the history of the
church. ,
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chairmanship of the
committee and was at work al-ready
meeting with pronounced
success m obtaining funds for
the campaign. Also on the com-mittee
are Dr. Newton, Robert
S. Preyer, chairman of the cam-paign*
committee, and Oeo. W^
Goeller, publicity chairman.
District leaders, who have_beeq
circulating the Ryan and Wood
nominating petitions, will report
on the progress they arc making
at the meeting.
In a sigAed statement recently
given to th* papers Douglas E.
Trayer, among other charges lev-eled
at the Home Rule Party,
included these two statements."
"To think that only a year ago
nine Freeport citizens organized
to giveJFreeport a real Indepen-dent
polltical-^part," and ."Stu-prganlzcr-
of Jhe '
year ago/^
"Both statements -are^erTrbnZT
our," said Mr. Preyer, "in the
sense that the Home Rule Par-ty
was not organized last year.
It is true that both amliated
themselves with the party last
year, but apparently they arc
still ignorant of the fact that the
Home pul<L.B%rty was organizeo
in 1938, and presented a full slate
of candidatea In the 1939. elec-tion.
All of the men who were
active In the organization in
those years are still members,
with two exceptions. Dr. George
A. Newton was the first party
Presldent'and still I&; ^'" |M
"Paragraph six of Mr. Trayer s
explosion opens with this truth
'We. who organized the Horn*
Rule* Party are not discouraged/
The organizers of the Home Rule
Party have no reason to ba dis-couraged,
but, Mr. Trayer * waq
not and is not one of them."
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