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THE L E A D E R THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946
16 Freeporters
At Music Camp
Three Others Attend
• Twirling Classes at
Williams' School
SAUGERTIES. N. Y., Aug. 1—
Sixteen boys and girls from Free-port,
N. ¥"., are attending the Ern
eat Williams Music Camp here
which will come to a close on Sat
urday, Aug. 10.
They are Jeanne Benedict, Joan
fichutt, Virginia Martin, Elme
Kordes, .Henry Spitzler, Dayl<
Wolsk, Norman . Tucker, Rjitt
Single, Joan' Munkelt, John Mans
perger, Charles and-Diane Jordan
Joyqe Himmell, Joyce Weiss, Naom
Iiewrts and..Nic_ky Sanrocco. ^
TJirfie'others are members of the
! class'"for twirling which; Is being
conducted the flnal three weeks of
the camp . season. In this group
are Dotty Grover, who will be
drum major of the Freeport High
School band for the coming schoo
'year; . Jane Conway and Norma
Nicollch, J_ Maynard Wettlaufer
of the Preeport High faculty, is
assistant camp director. This is
Iiij third year as a member of the
administrative staff of the camp.
Most of the 'Freeporters partici
pated in a pop concert, presenting
some of the best loved "light
classics" Sunday afternoon at the
camp. Dr. Williams, the director,
led the orchestra in playing Ros-inhi's
overture, "William Tell" and
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the Strause "Blue Danube Waltz."
The second group included v the
camp dance band ana swing choir
in a "Typical Radio Broadcast."
The selections .were "Mood Indigo,"
"Shoe Shine Boy," and "If I Could
Tell You."
The final group Included sections
by the camp band, also directed by
Dr. Williams, as follows: "Post and
Peasant Overture," Morton Gould's
"Pavanne," and three marches
with students as directors. The
final Sunday afternoon Musicale
will be given this Sunday.
CARMICHAEL REEtECTED
TO K. OF C. COMMITTEE
Daniel J. Carmichael was re-elected
a member of the hospital
bed -fund committee -of Long Is-land
Chapter, K. of C., at the an-nual
meeting held this month in
its headquarters on Hanson pi-
Brooklyn ^-—Activities of-"-tha.rpaSt
yeaf* were 'viewed.' "in addition to
Mr. Carmichaer representatives of
Bishop Molloy council who attend-ed
were Grand Knigljt Frank Slnr
nott, District Deputy and Past
Grand Knight James P. McHugh
and Richard A. Hungerford.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
The summer- -meeting of the
Freeport Republican Club will be
held tonight in the Spartan Club.
Following a brief business meeting
there will be a program of music
and entertainment followed by re-freshments.
District Judge George
S. Johnson of Bellmore will speak.
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Year. No. 11 FREEP0RT, N. Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1946 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Veterans Plan
To Attend G. I.
Housing Hearing
Village Board Will
Consider Grove St.,
Zone Change Aug. 16
Representatives of the Freeport
Veterans Service Agency will ap-pear
at the Village Board meeting
tomorrow night to participate in
the hearing on the proposal, to re-zone
a portion of South Grove st.,
to permit veterans to erect pre-fabricated
homes in the area. It
is proposed to require i plots at least
50 by 100 feet in area, but to ease
restrictions so as to reduce the
minimum area covered by such
structures' to 700' square feet. The
present minimum is 800 square
feet.
George V. Maurer brought the
matter up at a meeting of William
Clinton Story Post. A.L.. in tho
dugout Friday night1. He com-mended
the members of the Vil-lage
Board for their interest in
the matter and urged all who could
to attend the hearing. Several
other members participated in the
discussion.
Residents of Sportsmans ave.,
are planning "to attend a" hearing
set lor Friday night, Aug. 16, on a
proposal to change the land at the
end of trie street from a Business
:3J~tO" a" Residence A ^clasrfflfcatlpn.
Th6 aggitation for the change was
started when it was learned the
property had changed hands and a
permit had been granted the own-er
to erect a building tu be > used
as a station for the renting of
rowboats.
People living on the street point
out that the roadway is only 20 feet
wide, not 30 feet as previously
stated, making it almost impassible
when automobiles are parked on
both sides of the street. They in-eist
a menace to the children of
the neighborhood would result if a
business was established at the end
of the street, particularly one
•where cars would be parked for an
entire day as would be the case of
a rowboat station.
Due to a legal technicality it has
been necessary to delay the hear-ing
on the proposed widening of
Heary st., also scheduled for Aug.
16 to Sept. 6.
Library Branch to
Be Closed Tuesday
The Columbus ave. bvanch-of the
Freeport Memorial Library, will be
closed ' on Tuesday to undergo it r.
annual summer cleaning, Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Kelly, tht librarian,
announced today. Books due that
day may be returned Friday with-out
penalty, when the branch will
be open for the usual hours, 2 to
5 P. M. The Columbus ave.,
branch is open every Tuesday and
Friday afternoon. •a,
ARTHUR II. LABAREE
LEAVES HOSPITAL
Arthur H. Labaree. of Hollis, who
took charge of The Leader during
the illness of George W. Goeller
the editor, has been discharged
from the South Nassau Communi-ties
H o s p i t a l . Oceanside. Mr
Labaree suffered a heart attack at
his home and was forced to remain
In the" hospital" "for more'"than" "si
weeks. He has gone to visit his
sister who lives at Kimberton, Pa.
Freeporter a Developer
Of NorthropFlying Wing
C. H. Niles of Glenn L, Martin Co.,
Spends Vacation with Parents Here
Charles H. Niles and his family,, of Baltimore, Md., spent last
week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 0. Niles, 87 Smith st.
Mr. Niles is manager of the Special Projects Commercial Sales
Group of the Glenn L. Marthr Co:,*f
of Baltimore, one ^>f the leaders in
the aircraft industry. He has been
engaged in aeronautics for 17 years
and entered the employ of the
Baltimore concern 10 years ago.
Mr. Niles played an important
part in the development of the
Northrop Flying Wing which re-ceived
its initial test at Northrop
Field, Hawthorne, Calif., on June
16, last. The Martin company de-veloped
the wing structure and the
power plant installation- of the new
flying device, while the Northrop
concern worked on the aerody-namics
and did the testing.
The Freeporter was one of the
speakers 'at the 20th annual meet-ing
of the International Blue Print'
and Allied Industries held in
French Lick Springs," Irid., last
May, and had a "write up" in the
May Issue of the International
Blue Printer, organ of the organi-zation.
He spoke on "Photo-Loft-ing
Process," at one of the sessions
and there was a general discussion
following his "talk. ~
The article concerning him fol-lows:
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"A path thajr
H. Niles, -'ndw manager of Special
Parts Commercial Sales Group of
the Glenn L. Martin Co., into the
aircraft industry.
"He came witli the Glenn L
Martin Co., in October of 1936 and
has had a colorful career since
that time. He started in layout
and design, working on the pro-jected
flying model of the huge
Mars. As Assistant Executive En-gineer
he projected the loft camera
equipment (a huge camera the size
of two normal rooms » and the re-production
process by which blue
prints are projected on metal tem-plates,
a Martin innovation which
helped speed up aircraft production
during the war. He worked on a
number of experimental models, in-cluding
the XB-35, the Northrop
'Flying Wing' which has just been
announced by the War Department.
"On. this ship, then experimental
and top-secret, Martin company
engineers did some 70 percent of
the engineering work, and Mr. Niies
as' assistant project engineer and
acting project engineer, had his
hands full. ._ ______ ,, . . . . .
"With the cessation of hostil'itfes
and the setting up of a commercial
sales group, Mr. Niles was put in
charge of special projects. These
include the Martin 'Multi-mulsion,'
the photographic emulsion which
was used with great success in the
photo-lofting process; the 'honey-comb,'
a lightweight material con-sisting
of aluminum or Nnlaywood
bound together by a Martin-de-vised
plastic; the manufacture of
ground-handling equipment, such
as ramps etc. for air line . use at
airports -and .a- .number of other
projects.
"During his years with Martin he
has been both student and instruc-tor
at -Baltimore schools and .col-leges.
He lives at 3701 White ave.
Baltimore, is married and has two
a daughter-and^a- son.
Naval Reserve Unit
With Arjnory Seems
Assured Freeport
200-Eniistment Goal
Is Already in Sight;
Buckley irt Command
jWithin the next week recruit-ments
to the Naval .Reserve Volun-tetr
Regiment are expected to total
200, enough to qualify ..for the es^
tablishment of an armory here
This was announced today by
Lieut. Com. Charles P. Buckley who
has taken over—the-oam'paign, with
the return of Chief Warrant Officer
George W. Beck to Washington.
Fire Headquarters on North Main
st., will be continued as the re-cruiting
station temporarily. . it
will be-<tpen tonlght.^and -tomorrow
night from 6 to 9 o'clock and -al
Nex
Charlie Martin, as he is familiar-ly
-known by-his- Iriends. here, ...was
born here and graduated from
Freeport High School in 1925. He
tell just what hours during the
evening the station will be open.
Enlistments are open to all men
Who have received their discharges
from service whether they were in
the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard or the Army. Full informa-tion
can be obtained at recruiting
headquarters.
Nearly 100 men had filed enlist-ments
up until today and "Mr.
Buckley was optomistio as to the
success of the campaign. Soon as
the 200 men needed to form a unit
have enlisted, the Navy Depart-ment
will assign a minesweeper tc
Freeport for their, use and a Quon-set
type hut armory will be located
on property to be provided by the
village. Mr. Buckley will command
the unit.
Mayor Cyril *C. Ryan commended
the project in a talk over Radio
Station WGBB Saturday night.
A. L. P. Demonstrators
Return to Freeport
The A.L.P. food strike
demonstrators paid a brief, un-scheduled
and unauthorized re-turn
engagement to Freeport
on Saturday. They arrived
shortly after 11:30 A.M., carry-ing
placards with which they
paraded in front of the stores
on Mcrrick road and Main st.,
and distributed circulars similar
to those they gave out a week
ago Saturday^ .
At Oval time they were ac-cused
of violating their pledge
to the Village Board by picket-ing
the stores and giving.out
circulars which had not been
approved by the trustees.
Officials expressed the opinion
the return engagement was In
defiance of the Board for ex-posing
the "double cross" of
the previous week,
Edward M. Robins, 63,
Juried in Greenfield
The Rev. C. Newman Hogle.
oast or of the Freeport Methodist
Ihurch, conducted funeral services
Tuesday afternoon in the Southard
Parlors on Rutland road for Ed-ward
M. Robins. 189 Whaley St.,
who died last Friday after an ill-ness
of five weeks. Burial followed
in Greenfield Cemetery, Hemp-stead
I assisted by Sol Oelb held threa
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Mr. Robins was born In ttiel the Aaaqciafclau pt tbe^Bar ol
Eastern District of Brooklyn^fi»V.OltS^t;jKew "Sorte- >;Vxv g^fa'***'*™^^
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.District Attorney ~ QEhrJg',, ".various
witnesses who hnd appeared be/ore
the Grand Jury and two or threo
First Baptist Church They local-[ other witnesses of the shootings
ed in Freeport 26 years ago and
later joined the local Methodist
Adele Smith Group
Loses its Fight
In Ferguson Case
Dewey After Inquiry,
Refuses to Order
Gehrig Superseded
Mrs. Adele Smith. Mrs. Ruth
Hughes and Richard" Sanders have
failed in their efforts to induce
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to name a
prosecutor to superseded District
Attorney Jnmes N. Gehrig and re-open
the proceedings in the Fergu-son
case.
Lawrence S. Grecnbaum. who
wns named by Governor Dewey to
inquire into the proceedings follow-ing
the fatal shooting of Charles
Ferguson and Alphonso Ferguson
by Patrolman Joseph Romeika. in
the performance of his duty early
on Feb. 5, has vindicated the
policeman and the district at tor-ncy
and ruled there was no sign
of racial prejudice in the handling
of the prosecution. Gov. Dewey
has accepted the report, denied the
application of Mrs. Smith and her
associates for the naming bt a
supersedes
Mr. Greenbaum ^and, Attorney
General Nathaniel " L. Goldstein.
ronper M. Richardson,
were active in the affairs of the
studied electrical engineering ^at
Cooper Union, Manhattan. • where
he received hLs degree four years
later. He later took other courses
at- Johns Hopkins in • Baltimore,
and other Institutions to prepare
for the high position he now occu-pies
in the aircraft industry. His
wife is thep former Miss Ruth C.
Pardon, and his children are Cyn-thia,
12, and Roger 9.
Church. Mr. Robins had been in
the tobacco business 45 years, and
for a time was associated with
Philip Morris &; Co. Twenty years
ago he became a salesman with
Benson & Hedges, tobacconists ol
New York, and at his death was
vice-president of the concern. He
was a member of Stella Lodge '
F.&A. M., of Brooklyn, a large
delegation of which attended the
services.
Surviving Mr. Robins are his
wife, a Gray Lady aililated with
the Freeport Red Cross chapter;
two sons, Alan of Hit;h Point, N.C.,
and Howard of Freeport; six broth-ers,
William of Brooklyn; Walter
of Manhattan; Howard of Ver-mont;
Raynor of Albany. Herbert
of Brooklyn, and Van Dusen
Robins of Brooklyn, and two
grandchildren.
BAYVIEW" PHARMACY
OFKN_ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Bay view Pharmacy, 379 At-latic
ave., will remain open Sun-day
after the other druggists in
Freeport close at 2 P. M. The tele-phone
is Freeport. 8-0124.
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wJio were not found until after the
Grand Jury hnd refused to indict
Patrolman Romeika for the kill-ings.
Grcenbaurn's Findings
Mr. Greenbaum's findings follow
in part:
"The uncontradicted evidence in
substance "shows the four Ferguson
brothers had been to various places
during the evening of Feb. 4, at
which places they had been served
either wines or beer; that one and
possibly two of the brothers had,
been more or less boisterous and
disorderly; that not only had they
created disturbances in, the .restau- ._ . .
rant at the Freeport Terminal, but ^
that one of the brothers had
broken a pane of glass in a build,-*
ing adjoining the terminal; that
the officer Romeika had been noti-fied
of these facts and was on the
lookout for these men; t h a t v he
finally accosted them, placed them_ t
under arrest and directed that they
Eland in a row with their hands
up, and summoned-a. patrol-wagon.--
Two Brothers Shot
• "Charles Ferguson, one- of the
brothers, then made a .statement
'that he might have a 45,' and
•thereupon leaned over nnd dropped
his right hand to his hip, where-upon
the officer shot him. and
that such shot resulted in his
death. His brother, Joseph, who
was standing next to him corrobo-rated
this In detail. The officer
fired almost immediately another
shoe and this shot penetrated the
right arm of Joseph and' thereafter
entered the head of Alphonso just
over his right eye and the bullet
remained lodged "in his skull. This
shot resulted in the ddath of Al-phonso
within approximately seven
hours thereafter. There are cbn-fllcting
statements as to how Al-phonso
Was shot while "behiru
.Joseph- __Jos_eph^ testified that Al-phonso
was standing to his
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