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THE L E A D E R
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
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V.F.W. Auxiliary Hears
Convention Reports
The auxiliary'to the Henry Theo-dore
Mohr post, V.P.W. met at the
clubhouse with Mrs. Lucy Johan-neman
presiding.
Reports were _heard from the
auxiliary convention held at the
Towers Hotel in Brooklyn from
July 3 to 6. Mrs. Johanneman,
Mrs. Marie Bender and Mrs^ Julius
Semke were delegates, with alter-
'liates Mrs. Elizabeth Fiske and Miss
JDoris Chatelain.
Fifteen members made a recent
visit to Mrs. Rose Johnson, past
chaplain and Gold Star mother of
both World Wars, who resides in
* Oceanslde.
The' date of the boat-ride has
been changed and will btTTiiJld Jio.r,
morrow night from . the foot pf
: Woodcieft ave. . " _.i;
Well, We're Back on Job
After Lost Spring Season
Though "stLIl a. trifle unsteady and under a physician's orders
to, "take it easy/1 it is great to be back on the job again, after
three months of enforced idleness which constituted an entire lost
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WEST—ELMER :**^ * '"
Miss.- Nancy Elmer, daughter jgjf
Mr. ahd f Mrs. • Arthur .Elmer/'' 12
&Uler~ ave., was married recently
to ETeut. (J.g.) William Alfred West,
jr., of Newbridge road, Bellmore'.
MtsS Dorothy-Iioaflnk was maid of
honor while Lieut, (j.g.) Lee Ful-ler,
of Manhatf6£n, was best man'.
There was a reception at the
bride's home. After a trip to Canada
and the Great Lakes they will live
at 188 West Merrick rd.
spring season.
Following my physician's orders,
Fm-going -to take it .easy-.....This
means I'll have to depend on the
telephone to get most of the news
for a while instead of rushing
hither and yort-'as I used to do.
But the columns of The Leader
are open for any items any of our
readers desire to have published.
Just check on ^tht telephone, num-
. bera^in accompanying box. ~
\ And- now I thank all individuals
;and organizations for sending me
!,the ma'riy--"Get Well11* cards I' re-
.qeiy&d Awhile* I,was- in the hospital
and-during the long period of con-
DAUGHTER TO LEIT:NERS
A daughter was born to William
and Dorothy Leitner, 133 Atlantic
ave., on Tuesday, June 25. She
has been named Jo-Ann.
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valescence.*• that T followed. I also
-appreciate the^ help Qt^ those who
co-operated in making it possible
to continue publishing The Leader
in my absence. These include
Arthur H. Lajmrpe who filled in
as editor until he too was taken
ill; Mrs. A. J. Eckhardt, who
handled the women's and social
news and who will continue to do
'so for a time at least; Mrs. L. L.
Wilson and Dick Wilson for de-llVei)
I^"thfe"titt^c^"tb'"the'-homes
of the carriers; Mrs. Goeller for
taking charge of mailing papers to
subscribers, and last but not least
to L. C. Montcastle, the other half
of the firm, who has sacrificed
time and health for five years with
me to keep The Leader going, for
fjhe extra*^$3§ lie assumed.
'^'And now a word as to the future.
My illness, doctors explained, was
due to the nervous strain exprel-ericed
during five" years' hard work
and .anxiety in knepipg'Th'e" Leader
going,' I^am sure* oUr many read-ers
would not want'me to jeopar-dize
my health for similar reasons
in the future. There is only one
way to avoid this and that , is by
putting The Leader on a pre-pald
subscription basis, thus assuring a
working -capital- that -will ..enable us
to engage sufficient help and have
an adequately equipped office. Un-less
this is done we "cannot con-tinue
puoncaubn indefinitely.- We
hppe that when we announce plans
for a ^.subscription -campaign' the
response will be spontaneous' and
adequate. No, other paper in Nas-
,sau County is distributed/- -Iree^of
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Hole-in-One Tourney
Prizes Increased
, The Hole-In-pne .Golf (tourna-ment,
now being held nightly at
Ihe Jones Beach StaA Park pitch- t*^ .
putt golf course, will offer an ad-ditional
weekly prize throughout
the season.
Wednesday evenings, the woman
contestant whose golf ball stops
nearest the cup will be judged the
women's champion of the week.
This new weekly award for women
will be in addition ty the regular -
evenmg hole-in-one prizes now eft-fered.
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a leading roll in the cast of Noel
Coward's "Blithe Spirit;" an im-probable
farce in three acts, to be
presented Friday and Saturday
nights by the Green Wig Dramatic
Society of Hofstra College as a
feature of its first Summer Work-shop
program.
The play has been staged by
Wayne H. Richardson, in associa-tion
with Dan H. Goldstein, stu-dent
director of the Green Wig.
The performances will start at
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llth Year. No. 8 FREEP0RT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Village Considers
Pre-fabricafed
Homes for G.I.'s
Carpenter Queries
George Dade, Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Village Trustee Horace FT ^r-penter
indicated the Board might
be Interested in permitting vet-erans
to e r e c t pre-fabricated
houses in Freeport in questions he
asked G«orge Dade following the
latter's address at the weekly din-ner
of tibe Rotary Club of Free-port
in the Elks clubhouse Thurs-day
nisht. Mr. Dade is president
of D9de Brothers, of Mineola,
manufacturers of pre-fabricated
buildings.
_ .iMr. Carpenter mentioned the
village was interested in such
homes for the G. I., -and inquired
if there was any method whereby
the company was in a position to
help finance such homes. He ex-
Olained he asked the question be-cause
banks were reluctant to issue
mortgage loans on pre-fabricnted
houses. Mr. Dade replied that as
a general practice, ihis firm did not
finance homes as this is usually
done through a bank or developer.
He^added, however, there werr
prospects that -in--the -very near
future, banks generally would be
making G.I. loans on pre'-fatoricated
homes.
Dade- was. asked, also-to
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i' Northeast Civics to Mark
25th Anniversary in Fall
5 Charter Members Attend Annual
Meeting—All Officers Are Re-elected
Five charter members of the Northeast Civic Association at-tended
ihe 25th annual meeting Friday night in V.F.W. Hcad-
•quarterV," North "Columbus ave.
Rotary Speaker
GUSTAV A. SCHWENK
District Governor
They were Past Presidents Wil-liam
E. Crevoiserat, Edmund C.
CVMeally and Charles Blewett,
Luke N. Dorney ancl Thomas :Poiey
It was decided to. ..delay the silver
anniversary celebration until ^ fall
when William H. Schneider, chair-man
of the entertainment commit-tee.,
returns from Maine where he
operates a farm. It will take the
form of either a dinner or an out-ing.
The first president was the
late Albert Murray.
On recommendation of the nom-inating
committee, Mr. Crevoiserat
chairman, the present officers all
were re-elected, the secretary cast-ing
one vote for the entire ticket.
It comprises Prank ^Schmidt,, .presi-dent;
Ernest C. Drcscher, vice-president;
Arthur Olscn, secretary;
Anthony Mirabella, -financial sec-retary;
Mr. Crevoiserat, treasurer;
Thomas Murphy, sergeant-at-arms;
H. Alfred Vollmer-, John Bahr, Ken-neth
Priest, George Schneider and
William Kinnelly, directors.
Giblyn and Smith Head
Board for 17th Year
Leo IF. Giblyn was re-elected
president of the Board of Educa-tion
for his 17th term at the re-organization
meeting this month.
Clifton B. Smith, vice-president for
the same time, also was re-elected.
Mrs. Margaret Smith was re-appointed
clerk and Joel K. Pitch-ar,
treasurer.
to
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RICH -SMOOTH
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SrHi
CREAMY
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Of Course
40 South Main Street Freeport
CLOSED ALL DAY TUESDAY
.decided to permit this type of con-struction.
He replied that at pres-ent
.because of the lack of materi-als,
as in -all other lines, work was
being held up, but expressed the
opinion an initial order for five
homes could be met which number
could be increased at* rapidly as
materials were received. He in-vited
tihe Botarians to visit the
company's plant in Mineola so as
to get an idea of what goes into
a pre-fabrlcated house.
Mr. Dade explained that adop-tion
of plywood for use in the con-struction
of pre-fabricated houses
resulted from the success attained
in its use as crating for airplanes-by
Army flyers during the war.
Tills plywood, he added, resisted
shock and-* proved an almost per-fect
protection for the planes.
After the war, he continued, with
considerable material on hand an
attempt to adapt it to house con-struction
proved successful. Mr.
Dade asserted buildings were being
constructed now as they have been
almost since building was started,
that is a foundation is laid, up-rights
are put In place, .and the
beams laid. " Witih "the use of
lighter materials— he remarked;"
walls were made self-sustaining
Instead of -being nailed~lo "ribs."
As a result, the cost of material
bad been materially reduced and
waste material had been cui by
20 per cent or more, he a<Ide'd.
He said further that by doing the
work under a roof, there need be
no delays because of the weather
and the cost of the buildings could
be reduced also by 20 per cent.
Governor's night will be observed
tonight when District Governor
.Sehwenk, of Scarsdale,!i
will stage a drive for paper and
rags next Sunday. Louis Golden,
third vice-commander, today isnued
an appeal for Freeport residents
to scour their attics and cellars
and collect all the paper and rags
they can get together.
The Legionnaires will be assisted
in the collection by members of
the Junior Legion baseball team.
Trucks loaned by the village and
by individuals will be - used in the
house to house canvass through all
the streets of the village.
Mr. Golden made a special re-quest
that none of the paper and
-rags --be left out over night. He
said in -the past material intended
for the veterans had been picked
up by others who "horned in" on
the Legion drive.
Leonard Smith
Gets Peterson's
Place on Board
Lifetime Freeporter;
Raymond Langon Put
On Appeals Board
Leonard D. B. Smith. 30 North
Grove st., will take his place on
the Village Board at its meeting
tomorrow night, succeeding Robert
B. Patcrson who recently resigned
due to pressure of business. ' Mr.
Smith' Is cutting short his vacation
Lo be present at-the meeting. He
was elected to the office at a
special meeting of the Board last
the old frame building which used
house , the present modern
Friday night and will serve until
next April, unless he is returned
to office at the annual spring elec-to
Ferguson Case Quiz
Opens in Manhattan
Lawrence S. Greenbaum appoint-ed
by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to
conduct an inquiry into the "Fer-.
guson case." started hearings yes-
•terday in the Bar Association
building. .42'West 44th Kt., Manhat-tan,
and expects to complete the
case in a week.
It had been expected the pro-ceedings
would be conducted in
Mineola. but Sol Geld appointed
counsel to Mr. Greenbaum asserted
he decided to transfer the hearings
to Manhattan, "to get away from
local and official pressure." "Since
I'm investigating the actions of the
district attorney, it was ^the .only
impartial thing to do," he con-tinued.
District- Attorney James N.
which it serves.
A letter was received from the
Columbian Bronze Cpjp., inviting
members of the association to In-spect
its plant and also offering
the service of any officers to ad-dress
the association. It was de-sided
to invite Executive Vice-
President George A. Seaver
speak at a future meeting.
Joseph Hirsch complained tha t
high hedges and low hanging trees
at many street comers interfered
with the vision of motorists. He
said conditions had not been
remedied at Jay and Dean sts..
where there recently was a col-lision.
It was decided to take the
matter up with the village board.
Henry Berkowitz, who has been
circulating a petition requesting the
Village Board to purchase a patrol
boat for use in enforcing the or-dinance
banning speeding by
motorboats in the various canals,
endeavored to induce the associa-tion
to endorse his campaign. The
group limited its action, however,
to an appeal to the Board to en-forse"
the ordinance relating to
waterways.
The organization reiterated its
Elvin N. Edwards
Rites Tonight In
Episcopal Church
Ex-District Attorney
Succumbs After Long
Illness in 65th Year
The Rev. Reginald H. Scott, rec-tor,
will officiate at services to-night
at 8:30 o'clock in the Trans-figuration
Episcopal Church for
} former District Attorney Elvin N.
Edwards, 14 West Dean St., who
died Monday in St. Luke's Hos-pital,
Manhattan, after a long ill-ness.
Spartan Lodge, F. & A.M.,
will conduct its rites at the con-clusion
of the religious service.
Burial tomorrow will be In Green-fleld
Cemetery, Hempstead. ,
Mr. Edwards was born in Brook-lyn
65 years ago Aug. 14, next,
one of eleven children of the Rev.
and Mrs. Charles Edwards. His
parents settled on a farm in Roose- *
veil, then known as Greenwich
Point, in 1883, and after the elder
Edwards was ordained a Baptist
minister in 1895, he established a
mission here, the fore-runner ot~
the First Baptist Church. Young
Edwards was a member ot the •
chuEcn for
i e f e r i M 6 « B K i i i f f a . •
Appeals until he resigned to accept which he took B Job-to
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tion in" Ma'rcfc."
-Mr.' Smith
1•= later
the" office of Village "Trustee. I w» ""- «"*- ------- -- -----
The son of Mrs. S. Dlmond completed his secondary schooling
Smifch and the late Mr. Smith, the " Brook yn. and was admitted to
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Gustave A £>ciiweiiK, 01 outuDuaic, , ---------
'will be .welcomed by the «lub on j Gehrig, who approved of the
_ an official visit, one of the first of — -"—*'-- »««« K« ™iipri
, , h i& administration, as ihe took
office only the of this month.
.
Schwenk's territory includes 83
:U
clubs through Long Island, lower
New.. York state and running as
north as Pulton, Warren and
hington counties. The Ber-mudas
are also in his territory.
vestigation. may be called as
witness. About twenty., witnesses
are to be heard in all.
. The inquiry is in,to the Grand
Jury proceedings In the handling
of the killing of Charles and Al-fonso
Ferguson, Negroes, of Roose-velt,
by'^atrolman'^oseph Romeika
early in February, in self-delense.
stand against th'e installation of
watermeters in. homes at the ex-pense
of the owners. ..and ...asserted
the Village should assume the ex-pense
of making the installations,
It was decided to ask the Attorney
General of New York State for an
opinion on the matter.
An amendment to the constitu-tion
creating two new committees
one, on veterans' affairs and the
other .-on by-laws and ordinances
was adopted.
In response to a complaint that
eelpots laid in channels off the
Preeport shore, interfered with
boating, the secretary was instruct-ed
to write to three agencies to
ascertain whether this practice is
admlssable. They are Alfred Tuck-er,
superintendent of Marine Fish-eries;
Town Engineer Carroll W.
McLaughlin and the commander of
the Short .Beach station, U. S
Coast puard.
new Trustee has been a- life long
resident of Freeport. His father,
a former village treasurer, served
for 14 years as a Na-ssau County
assessor. His mother is active in
the wo^c of the Ruth Floyd Wood-hull
Chapter. D.A.R. Mr. Smith
is an official in the trust depart-ment
of the Brooklyn Trust Co.,
with which he has been affiliated \
about 15 years. He Is married and
has three sons, Leonard, 15; Stuart,
10, and Eugene 6.
The Board also appointed Ray-
'mond Langon,NOf Ray St.. n mem-ber
of the Zoning Board of Ap-peals
to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Martin H. Wey-rauch
when he was appointed Vil-lage
Counsel In April.
There will be a hearing tomorrow
night oa. the proposal to change
the zoning of the block bounded
by West Sunrise highway, Madison
ave.. Center st., and Park ave; It
is proposed to establish a Business
B district extending 100 feet,, in
depth from Sunrise highway, the
remainder of the property to be
designated as a Residential A Zone
freeoorters Heard
In Camp Musicale
Saugerlies, N. Y., Julv 18—Elmer
Kordes. of Freeport. N. Y., was n
memtfer of a trombone quartet
that -participated in th*1 musicale
Sunday afternoon in the audi-torium
of the.. Ernest William-
Music Camp here. The quartet
"Good Bye Forever,1.' by
Tosti.
About a score of Freeport boys
are spending the summer at the
camp, and J. Maynard Wettleufer
of Freeport High School, is n mem-ber
of the faculty. He played the
violin in a string quarteT of staff
members who gave the famous
'Andante Cantable."
j- Tiie camp .choir sang a numbei
I1 of selections .
tion from the New York Law
School. The same year he was
elected nn assessor of the Town
of Hempstead. He ^ became the
Freeport police Justice in 1910; was
appointed an assistant District At-torney
in 1915 and elected District
Attorney in 1924, serving for three
terms until Dec. 31, .1933.
Gov, Thomas E. Dewey appointed
him counsel to the New York
Liquor Authority but he resigned
that post last December to head
a new law firm. He was active
in the war efforts of both World
Wars, having served as chairman
of the U.S.O., and other drives.
He had been named chairman of
the campaign of that group to be
conducted this fall, Mr. Edwards
served two terms as president of
the Long Island Association. He
was a former president of the Nas-r,
sau County Bar Association as well
ns a member of the New York Bar
Association and the Association of —
the' Bar of the City of ._New Yorkr-
Besides Spartnn Lodge,.hp belnnced
to Kismet Temple of the Mystlo
.Shrine, the Freeport Lodge of-Elks
and the Rotary GJub-of -F-reeport.
He served as counsel in numerous
noted criminal oases scoring many
victories for suspects.
Mr. Edwards Is survived bv his
wife, the former Lydla Ma.rU
Scherr; two sons. Elvin F., of Free-port,
and Donald N.. of Flushing;
three brothers, Clarence A., of
Hempstead; Chnrles H.. of Roose-velt,
and Bert, of Freeport; two
sisters. Mrs. William ,.Lander, of
Rosemont. Pn.. and Mns. Theodore
Mulch, of Westwood, N. J., and '
grandchildren.
BEKNHARD'S PHARM\rY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Bernhard's Pharmacy, 54
Merrick rd.. will remain open Sunr
day after the other druggists In
rFreeport close at 2 p.m. The
phond is Freeport 8-0008.