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Salvation Army
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Telephone Company which engages
' in this activity annually. In ad-dition,
family relief was given to
the amount of $341.50 including
medical expenses .and. .one..set of
false teeth during the past- year.
Oapt. Pred G. Crossley reported
on activities of Boy Scout Troop
235, sponsored by the Precport
Salvation Army Corps. The troop
has 30 boys who meet at the cen-
, ter on Wednesday nights. Scout-
; master Robert B. Blossom, who
Has guided the troop for severa
years is a veteran of World War
II aiid served in the".. Europeai
theatre 'of; operations.
The Salvation Army Home
Jjeague which $s organize^ :t^; de-velop
better home conditions ' in
the community. During the past
year the ladies of the Home League
fcave taken an; active part in the
social welfare of expectant mothers
oJt less privileged families by pro-viding
15 complete layettes. They
also*1 assisting in the food conser-vation
program and recently sent
a large package of food to Bel-gium.
' During the past year the
30 ladies of the Home League have
produced for the armed forces IOC
sweaters, 55 scarfs ,4 helmet scarfs,
35 pairs of socks, 17 pairs of gloves
and 25 pairs of scuffles. They have
just commenced production of 18
lap robes to be distributed to local
hospitalized veterans.
Frequent visits 'are made to the
homes of 17 blind veterans who
have been released from the Valley
Forge Hospital. The Home League'
cares for these blind veterans and
assists them and their families
until such time as they are adjust-ed
to their handicap.
Thfe expenses of the Home
Ixsague are/.taken ironi the .fund
raising campaign now in progress.
All carttpalgn funds raised in free-port
and. vicinity are used directly
ta. ttve community.
Buy Savings Bonds! T ™ • -t^**^-»—- - —*
Miss Boger Gets Her
Diploma At Northfield
East NorthHeld, Mass, June 13—
Barbara A, Boger, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carlisle H. Boger of
H-arrison ave., Freeport, N. Y., was
among the candidates graduated
from the Northfield School for
Girls at the 63rd Commencement
Monday. Dr. William E. Park,
president of the Northfleld Schools,
gave the address and Dr. Mira B.
Wilson, principal of tihe school,
awarded diplom-as to 160 graduates
and certificates to the one-year
students. v
Commencement activities began
Saturday tyttji thr^ast Chapel ser-vice-
of the' year) at which time
prize awards^ werqr, made, and the
:Baccalaureato_ y's e r v £c&v*N§unday
morning -when Miss WlfS&n deliver-eo*
the sermon." A faculty reception
for graduates was held Sunday
afternoon, followed by a student
recital and the traditional Lantern
Service In the evening.
Miss Boger has 'been a chime
ringer, member of the choir and
dramatic club.
SPORTSWEAR
WORK
CLOTHES
Shoes — Rubber Boots
Famous Lee Overalls and Pants
W. Merrick Road
FKEEPOKT 53
Archer St. Dads Dine;
Get Bowling Prizes
The annual bowling dinner of
the Archer Street D&ds' was given
Saturday night in the Baldwin
House, . Baldwin. Harry Pileman,
the new president, headed the din-ner
committee and officiated as
master of ceremonies. There were
about 40 present.
Winnners of the bowling tourna-ment
conducted during the past
season received their awards. Wil-liam
Speckhardt, who averaged 160,
led in this respect, while Walter
Murray got . an award for being
tops for a series. The team com-prising
Mr; Speckhardt, Mr. File,
with poor health
•A* Poor health is a handicap.
And so often a needless one.
Why drag along, nursing a
malady that might be readily
relieved? Resolve now to con-sult
your doctor and heed his
experienced counsel. Let the
wonders of modern medical
science work for you. And—
one thing more—don't forget
to .bring that prescription to
this "Reliable" Pharmacy.
Friedman's Pharmacy
65^WEST SUNRISE HGWY.
FREEPORT 'l
DELIVERY
RESCR1PTIONS
SPORTSWEAR
SPORTING GOODS
TOYS
GAMES
LUGGAGE
DANZH6IEIK
70 SOUTH MAIN STREET
Tel FREEPORT MM
Open Frl and Sat. Eveninga
Because Kentilc is laid tile
by tile, not in sheets, sec-
•tions may he separately
altered any time.
The Perfect Answer
To ^ our Floor
Problem
*f loots, Qhc.*
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;Stor« Heart —Weekdays 9 to S P.M.
Saturday » to 9 P.M.
Just Received In Time For
NW REYNOLDS $12.50
G U A R A N T E E
Every Tested Reynolds "400" Pen con-tains
normal 10 to 15 years supply of
"Midnigbt Blue** SatinQo ink. Ink
supply unconditionally guaranteed to
write at least 4 years from date of
Bale. Service is guaranteed for a life-time
whenever pen is returned with
35 cents to the factory.
Direct Agents for
Eversharp - Waterman - Parker Pens
Bulova - Benrus - Elgin
Crawford - Gruen - Tavannes WATCHES
__ LJ —, ' \ Ronson Lighters - Jerry Wallets
Kreisler Watch ^ands - Jewelry
JEWELRY I SHOP
3rd Generation of Jewelers
] 43 So. Main Street
4* Sunrise "Hlgrhwuy Freeport 9898
LET OUR MECHANICS
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We Are Equipped to Do Complete
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Thomas Forbes and Peter Hebl won
the tournament, 'While Allen
Abbott, William Burkett, Gerald
Maher and Dudley Mann were the
winners in a playoff. All received
individual prizes.
Assisting Chairman Fileman on
the dinner committee were Mr.
Abbott and Mr. Murray. Other of-ficers
recently installed are Mr.
Forbes, vice-president; Albert
Kregg, secretary, and Mr. Murray,
treasurer.
Photostat Prints
if
Photo Studio
31 SO. GROVE STREET
Open Evenings Estab. 1918
Freeport 841
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Borne lobsters tonight!
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80 South Main Street
FREEPORT 3371
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Friday: 9 AM. to 9 P.M. Saturdays: 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.
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: one of our
Delightful Ice
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FRENCH & ASSORTED
CHOCOLATES
$1.29 Ib.
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llth Year. No. 4 FREEP0RT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Northeast Civics
Hear Elar on
Police Situation
Explains Need for
Force of 40 Men;
Officers Renominated
Police Chief Peter Elar explain-ed
why he needs a force of forty
men for fliis department in a talk
to the members of the Northeast
Civic Association Friday night in
the V.F.W. clubhouse. He stressed
particularly the increased popula-tion
of the village and the need
of enforcing traffic regulations if
the streets are to be made safe
for pedestrians.
The chief aiso saio. crime had
increased 29 percent since the war.
He said that of the forty men, ten
were to be assigned to desk duty,
leaving only thirty to ,be divided
among the three daily shifts into
which "the iorce is divided; He
also spoke of efforts of the depart-ment
to reduce juvenile delinquen-cy.
Chief Elar said last year the
police were required to investigate
4,000 complaints, many of which
came from out of town. In addi-tion
to having only-ten men for
each sflvift, he pointed out that
from tfliis number, tihree were
assigned to patrol posts and eight
traffic points during the day time.
JKe^alfio rererregT to the problem of
,liatiaUxis~j!>tiarac"^»t^ *! tfco XstftOhugi^
especially'on rii$titsv6f *'aie'niUlgel
races, and asserted suggestions
made 'by civic groups that-specials,
paid 'by .promoters of Stadi um
events, .be. used to do the work,
was impracticable. The chief add-ed
the numerous waterways should
be patroled but said he did not
have the men to do the work. He
was given a vote of tihanks as he
concluded his talk.
(WiiUain E. Crevoiserat, chairman
of the nominating committee, sub-mitted
a slate containing all the
present officers for action at the
July meeting. It comprises: IJrank
Schmidt, president; Ernest C.
Drescher, vice-president; Arthur
Olsen, secretary; Anthony Mira-bella,
financial secretary; Mr. Cre-voiserat,
treasurer;-'-Thomas Mur-phy,
sergeant-at-arms, and H. Al-fred
Vollmer, John Bahr, George
Schneider, Kenneth Priest and
William Kinelly, directors.'
Mr. Bahr. chairman of the
school committ.ee, reported on the
school" playgrounds which will be
opened (for the season on.July 1.
George V. Maurer. told of 'pla'ris of
the welcome home committee for
honoring the 2,600 Freeport men
Mid women who served in the
armed forces during the war.
Mr. Crevoiserat proposed amend-ments
to the by-laws providing -for
two new standing committees, one
on veterans' co-operation and the
other on the zoning and 'building
codes of the village.
The following recommendations
of tflie Board of Directors were
approved; That more lights be in-stalled
at^Randall Park to permit
playing baseball and Softball at
night; that the County Engineer
be advised of the appreciation of
the association for the catch 'basins
Installed at Milton and Main sts.
and other work in fihis vicinity
that the Village Board be requested
to order the cutting down o
.hedges—and- weeds -which obscure
traffic at various corners in the
northeast section an"d that plans-be
made for gradually placing-light
and power lines underground.
Psychosomatic
Medicine to Be
Council Topic
The Prccpgrt Community Council
will hold its final meeting prior to
the summer season at 8:30 on
Monday evening, LJune 24th in the
Municipal Building.
The new officers are inviting all
members and their friends to Join
in a discussion relative to the need
for more"adequate counselling ser-vice
for Freeport families and
school children. Mrs. Irma Hew-lett
of the American Society .^for,
Research in Psychosomatic Prob-lems,
and,a member of the Coun-cil's
Mental Hygiene Committee,
will address the meeting on this
ubject.
The Council will also hear pro-gress
reports concerning •activities
for trfe ensuing year from the
chairmen of the Adult Education,
Finance, Public Relations, and
Rheumatic Fever committees. -
Teachers Honor
Those in Service
Teachers' Association
Give Dinner for 24
Who Served Country
The Ereeport Teachers' associa-tion
gathered at the Wagon Wheel,
Massapequa, to honor its 24 serv-icemen
and women who left the
Freeport educational system to
enter the service of tttelr country,
eadeu by M&s -Phyllis Reed and
Randolph Powell.
Clayton Williamson, principal of
the Archer street school, served
as toastmaster. Miss Betty Banker,
retiring president of the associa-tion,
addressed the group. Leo F.
Giblyn, president of the board of
education, and John W. Dodd, su-perintendent
of schools, followed
Miss Banker with words of wel-come
and appreciation. William S.
Hughes, principal of the Seaman ,
avenue school; William Parker and
Wesley B. Southard spoke foj the
servicemen and women.
Miss Banker installed the fol-lowing
-association officers for .the
year . 194G-47: Walter Joy, presi-dent;
Southard and Ruth Danley,
vice presidents; Ann Ferguson, cor-responding
secretary; Marie Cas-sassa,
recording secretary; Dorothy
Clark, treasurer,, and Maude Con-stable,
assistant' treasurer.
Redeemer Graduates
Get Diplomas Monday
Commencement exercises-of Our
Holy Redeemer'School will be con-ducted
irr'Our Holy Redeemer R,
C. Church Monday night. The Rev.
John J. Mahon, pastor of the
church, will preside.
In observance of Corpus Christ!
Sunday the graduates will attend
a solemn high mass at 9 A. M., on
Sunday. The service will *be prq-ceded
by a procession in which the
102 boys and girls who recently
received their first communion will
^participate. There will be a solemn
closing of the day at 5 P. M.
Many Junior
High Students
Receive Awards
Prizes Presented
At Final Assembly;
List of Winners
Prizes were awarded at the final
Freeport Junior High School
Assembly last^ Friday in the school
Auditorium. Miss Ruth E. Cochran,
the vice-principal, presented the
awards.
John William Dodd, Jr., who had
an average of 97 percent received
the Ninth Grade scholarship prize,
the Freshman award of $5 given
by David Sutherland jr., for the
member who has done the best
work for the school year. The
Ninth -Grade social studies prize,
also $5, donated by Mrs. 'Robert H.
Earon for the best essay on a topic
of social interest was won 'by
Leonard Smith, while Betty Wood-cock
received honorable mention.
A .book given by Ruth Floyd
Woodhuil Chapter, D.A.R., for
effort put forth and marked pro-gress
made . in the study of
American History, was presented
to Julian Rosenteld.
Jerry Price was the winner of
$5 put up by Freeport Battalion,
American Nautical Cadets, lor 'the
NlnUi Grade pupil shoeing , a.
maa^c^ coCTKPtCti<iAsUjtx oifS^e^jncoA
nbmlcf "world" Jln'd ;flfe""pHacV of the
Individual in it. Another $5 prize
offered by William Clinton Story
A.tL. ip^st Women's Auxiliary, for
the Ninth Grade pupil writing the
best essay on "American Citizens—
Our Privileges and Responsibili-ties."
was awarded to Louise Myers.
P.-T.A., awards of $5 each for
the best essays on health written
by Dupils of Grades 7 and 8. were
won by Carol Munkel and Virginia
Grouse' respectively.
Winners in^ dhe prize' speaking
contest sponsored ^y the Ameri-canism
• Committee" of the local
Legion post were awarded as fol-lows:
Margaret K e l l y , second,
Seventh Grade, $5; Cynthia Smith,
first. Eighth Grade, $10. and Wil-liam
Kerwin, first, Ninth Grade,
$10.
Hedy Eigen received a book,
offered as one of two prizes 'by the
Long Island" Chapter, American
Association of German -Teachers,
for pupils winning, recognition for
excellence in a competitive exam-ination
given to students of Nassau
and Suffolk-Counties.
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MalTTq Make Airto Traffic Safe; Work to be
Started Soon As Suitable Bids Are Received
WILL SEE THE BIG
BUST-UP ON BIKINI
A Freeport youth, Ensign B. P.
Ciaravino, of the U. S. Navy, will
be present, it is expected, when
the atom bomb is tested July 1 at
Bikini. His sister has just received
word from him that he is aboard
the U.S.S. Saidor, which is one of
the ships to be stationed 'at Bikini
during the testing.
DIES SUDDENLY IN
RESTAURANT KITCHEN
Harry O'Berg. 49 years old. who
lived at 14 Jackson place, Freeport,
and was employed in Luthaader's
Restaurant, on the water front at
South End place, off Main street.
died suddenly Tuesday night in the
kitchen of the establishment. He
was found lying on the floor Short-ly
before 10:30 and Dr. Bcrman,
who was called, pronounced him
dead.
Mr. " O'Berg had been under
treatment by Dr. Swensen "Tor
"•heart trouble, which is believed to
have been the cause of his sudden
death. f
BAYVIEW PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Bayview Pharmacy, 379 At-lantic
ave., wUJ remain open after
all the other druggists close Sun-day
at 2 P: M. The^ telephone, 13
Freeport 124. *"'"
Honor Society Dinner
Set Tomorrow Night
Freeport Chapter, National Honor
Society, will have its 17th annual
banquet in the Crystal Lake Hotel
tomorrow night. Commander For-est
Lonibaer, Freeport '31. who is
attached to the Ordnance Depart-ment,
U.S.N.. in Washington, will
give the address. Miss Dorothy
Dittrlch. the secretary, will make
the presentation of the Minute
Book.
Robert Haass will loud in the
Flag Salute; Germaine dc Bremonl,
of this year's class will give grace,
Barbara Neiihaus, the • new presi-dent,
will welcome the assemblage;
Mr. Haass will be toastmaster,
there will be a piano solo by Jean
Schutt, a novelty number by .Con-stance
Walker, a closing thought
by Principal Martin M. Mansperget
Sunrise highway for its entire
length through (Freeport is to be
reoaved by the State, Mayor Cyril
C. Ry«n announced today. Six
lanes of concrete are to -be laid.
And in the centre of the highway,
there will be a mall, varying In
width so the thoroughfare will be
paved from curb to- curb from
Baldwin to Merrick.
"Plans are 'being developed and
when suitable bids are received the
project will go forward." the
Mtfyor asserted. The work is In
charge of J. J. Darcy, engineer in
charge of this territory for the
New York State Department of
Public Works with headquarters in
Bubylon,
The Mayor explained Free-port
was fortunate in being picked for
the first new paving project on
Long Island— He expressed the -
hope the work could be done this
year, but said start of the project
epcndcxt on the availability of
materials. "Paving Dhe highway
rom cunb to curb will be a great
mprovement, and "will- put Free- .
arid, .the presento-t^oix- ot^toe
. Member* of the class of 1947 wh
will be admitted to the society ore
William Ciaravino. George Cooke
Dorothy G rover, Leon Hong, Joan
Mitchell, Jeanne Newberger, June
Olsen. Edith Schnffor, Edwin
Whitennd Dorothy Ynhner. William
port A...*c^lko_^_a.:. ^v' .-fcwa -i• "Haoamcfacf^cp
Johnson. is vice-president
Daniel Hotaling, treasurer.
and
F. H. S. Commencement
At Stadium Sunday
The 53d annual commencement
exercises of the Freeport High
School will be conducted in the
Municipal Stadium Sunday at 4
P. M. The subject will be "The
World We Want." It wiU be pre-sented
by three student speakers.
Ruth Marschner, the valedictorian,
will present, "Bias or Understand-ing."
Jacquelin Murdock, saluta-torian,
"This Time We Must Not
Fail." and Daniel Hotaling, "The
Challenge of Civilization." .
Rabbi Simos Noveck, of Temple
Israel, will give the Invocation and
pronounce the benediction. There
will be selections by- A girls' chorus,
with an. incidental solo by Borlne
Grant. Superintendent of Schools
John W. Dodd will award the
Prizes, Principal Martin M, Mans-perger
will present the class for
graduation; Leo F. Giblyn, presi-dent
of the Board of Education,
will bring greetings to the gradu-ates
and Vice-President Clifton B.
Smith will present the diplomas.
The high school band will play
during the exercises.
The class officers are William
Johnson, president; John Linden-thai,
vice-president; Nancy Elmer,
secretary; Joan Zainor. social sec-retary
; Robert Haass, treasurer,
and Robert Raynor, G.O. represen-tative.
The class has presented
$416.11 to the school "with which
to purchase a public address system
to be used at school functions.
The caps and gowns for the
graduates will be supplied this
year through .Irving Grebiner of
Erving's Men's Shop.
"extra Janes, while Jn Freeport the
State is going to foot the local bill.
Further fflie mall in the centfr of
the road will eliminate the traffic
lazard that exists at present, and
provides for greater safety.
In o;i irving out the re-paving1
contract the State will -be fulfilling:
nn agreement made with a previ-ous
administration about ten years
ago. when the State took over the
control of the (highway. Before
that Freeport had installed the car
controlled traffic lights at the
various crossings, at a cost of
$40,000 covered .by a bond issue.
In return for this item, parking
and other concessions, the State
Department of P u b l i c Works
agreed to install a mall In the
center of the road and lay two
additional traffic lanes increasing
the total to six. Before the pact
could be carried out, the law per-mitting
the transaction was re-. .
pealed and the State received all
the benefit while Freepc-rt got
noWiing. 'During the last session
of the Legislature, a new law was ^
enacted under which Freeport~is
to get the improvements to
rise"Highway A shouftl have had
years, ago,, .'..
EX-MAYOR WINNE A
PROUD GRANDPOP
Former Mayor Wordcn Winne,
prominent local attorney, is pass-ing-
1 out the cigars today, because
he is the proud grandfather of a
bouncing boyf Oliver Dudley Winnr.
The Infant w'aS born in Freeport
Hospital to Jeanne and Worden
Winne. Jr., son and daughter-in-law
o,( the former Mayor. The
younger Winnes reside at •-108
Beach drive, Merrick. He was in
the Army, on duty at Pearl Har-bor,
0:1 the day the Japanese at-tacked
it from the air, starting
the war.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.. June 20.—
Martin Wittlln, .42 East Merrick
rd., Freeport, N. Y., h^as been
awarded ~hls" letter tor " track at"
Middlebury College, here, _