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TWELVE T H E L E A D E R THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946
- Rev. Roomes G. Harris
Heeds Clergy Council
The Rev. Roames C. Harris, pas-tor
of the Second Baptist Church,
JBennington Park, will be installed
I'-s president of the Freeport Inter-
Faith Clergy Council/as a lurtcheon
to be given in the Elks clubhouse
on Wednesday, Oct. 16. He will
i.ucceed the Rev. A. Gordon Mac-
Rury, pastor of the First Presby-
,terian Church.
Other officers elected at the an-jiual
meeting this month were the
Rev. John J. Madden, assistant
pastor Our Holy Redeemer R.
Church, vice-president; the Rev.
Wesley N. Halves, First Baptist
Church, secretary, and the Rev. C
Newman Hogle, Freeport Methodist
Church, treasurer.
Greetings were extended to Major
• Ernest W. Newton, who recently
came to Freeport from Meadville.
Pa., to head the Salvation Army
activities ,and the Rev, Poume
A. Pitts, of the Bethel* AiM.E.
Church, formerly of Rockport, N.Y.,
who have just joined the Council.
Transformation' Topic
At Baptist Church
"Transformation" is the topic on
which the Rev the Rev. Wesley N.
Haines, pastor oT"THe~~I^rsf~Baptist
Church will preach Sunday at 10:45
A.M. Other services will be Sun-day
School at 9:30 A.M., Young
ngoples Fellowship, 4:30 P.M^, and
-Sunday Night Fellowship. 7:30 with
William Strunk as - devotional
leader. __
Wednesday night, Oct. 2 the 16th
annual National Religious Educa-tion
Week will be observed. All
parents, teachers, members and
friends have been incited to par-ticipate
in a panel discussion and
open forum. The leader will be
JVAISS Margaret Hollowwood, associ-ate
director of religious education
ot the Baptist City Society. She
•wtVX also participate Vn. ttxe torutn
vm*i AHred Toelle. Joel K. Pitcher,
Kenneth Carl. Frank' C. Filkins.
Charles Johnson and Mrs. Cor-nelius
VanRees.
Need o/ Combating Communism
Stressed at Legion Installation
Speakers at the installation of Austin Montrose as commander
of William Clinton Story Post, A. L., and his staff Friday night in
the Dugout all stressed the need of guarding against the progress
in Communism in ' this country.®—: •• -
They included' County Commander
John Nelson, of East WiUiston;
Harry Taylor, of Mineola, Second
District Commander; Past County
Commander Frank J. Becker; As-semblyman
from the First Nassau
district, and Mayor Cyril C. Ryan.
Past Commander Herman C. Dun-ker
officiated as master of cere-monies.
Retiring Commander William A.
Sriyder opened the meeting nnd
after conducting a brief business
session, surrendered the 'chair to
Dr. 0unker. He introduced the
guests, who Included the Mayor
and" other members of the Village
Board; Past County Commanders
Albert Cooke, of Hempstead, and
Robert D. Campbell, a local Le-gionnaire,
and Mrs. Harry Slepe-grell,
president of the Women's
Auxiliary in addition to the speak-ers.
Dr. Dunker presented Mr. Snyder
a diamond studded past command-er's
pin and accepted a contribu-tion
of $200 from the auxiliary for
trie welfare fund of the post.
George V. Maurer presented to tho
post a picture of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur marching through Ba-tnan
after the recapture of ' the
Philippines, on behalf of Col.
Charles Morehouse, chief medical
officer at Mitchel Field. He said
the photograph was one of four
copies of the picture in existence.
County Commander Nelson, in
outlining the Legion program for
next year, called for everyone to
be on guard against the Infiltration
of people of Communistic leanings
into the ranks ot ttje. teaching
fcssion. He said ^membership ol
the Legion had doubled during the
past year and numbered 12,000 ii
N a s s a u County and 3,300.000
throughout the country, of which
68 pdrcent is made up of veterans
of World War II. t;
District Commander Taylor told
of plans to reorganize the Legion
College In Indianapolis, Ind:, to
train men as field Workers for the
Legion. He suggested some mem-bers
of the local post might tike
to enroll In the college.
Assemblyman Becker told of the
fight to provide pensions for wid-ows
"and orphans of veterans and
also for the preservation of con-stitutional
government. Mayor
Ryan, referring Indirectly to the
efforts of subversive elements tc
a foothold in Freeport,,. advn=_
cated a strong program dedicated
to the enforcement of law and
order. He thanked the post for its
co-operation and promised the Vil-lage
Board would do all In its
power to aid the veterans and the
post.
A fish dinner was served follow-ing
the installation.
Use the Classified Ads.
6URFCASTERS TO MEET
The first fall meeting of the
Jones i Beach Surf Fishing Club,
Inc., will be held in the Municipal
Building Court Room tomorrow
night. There will be a program of
«ioutid movies including "The Mak-ing
of a Shooter," a color film
dedicated to safety in the use of
-t;po rtlrtt?— ft r e— armsr-^atid— lLBe t*s— Go-
Fishing Again," showing Tony
Acetta, world's champion fly and
bait caster catching all types of
JL'>1\ on a visit to the Adirondacks.
The meeting is* open to the public.
Not responsible for
the behaviour of my wife Barbara
Stanwyck or her norses,_ THE
KRIDE WORE BOOTS but this
eroom wears the pants. Signed
Robert Cummlngs. Free port Tne-ntre.
— Adv. '
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MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 30th
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4 FREEFORT GRAND JURORS
Pour men from" Preeport are
members of the September-Octooer
grand Jury which was sworn in
by Supreme Court Justice Thomas
J. Cuff on Monday. They are
Clinton S. Donaldson, Charles F.
Egan, David J. Freudenberger and
Wallace H. Post.
DAUGHTER TO LOUNSBURYS
A daughter was born to M
Mrs. Willnrd C. Lounsbury, 200 •"•"'
West Merrlck rd., in Mercy Hos- -
pital, Saturday. She has been
named Ann Pamela. The nether
is the former Miss Jane Schiffer.;:
The Lounsburys have a son, Jay
Wilbur, 2Va years old. 'i
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on him.
A CUSTOMER is not an interruption of our work —
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serving him — he is doing us a favor by giving us the
opportunity to do so.
A CUSTOMER is not an outsider to our business —
he is part of it.
A CUSTOMER is upt cold statistics — be is a 'flesh
and blood human being with feelings and emotions like
our own.
A CUSTOMER is a person who brings us his wants.
It is our job to handle them profitably both to him. or
her, and lo ourselves.
At this Store the. Customer — that's you — is more
.important than money
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FREEP0RT, N. Y., THURSDAY. OCTOBKR 3, 1946
Hearing Today
On Improvement
Of Waterways
Hope to Convince
Army of Need for
uate Funds
LEADER Subscription Drive
Planned This Week-end
Carriers to Solicit Orders
For Weekly Deliveries by Mail
PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Baptist Speaker
After havi" THE
we'rc launching a
.building to-day before -Col. W. F. scription blank with it. This is
Heavey, District Director of the Bended to be filled out and given
corps of Army Engineers, depends to the deliverv b°y or girl in your
whether Freeport will get the funds ^^^ CftU °" *°U
for waterway improvements includ- -n™ f,m ' r ^
e, ,n *. Hivers and Hai,ors -«JoirX ^^"^^1^
sure.
Adequf FUn(ls; |£CE —-r— -£<_„,.-cst.-
On the outcome of a hearing *
conducted in the Mnnin.in«i UK^ ^,:~"_'.™"r- *"" "*"»*«> We are out to give Freeport the
best community paper that can bt
produced.
As we said last week this aug-mented
paper is going to be more
expensive to produce. And we arc
counting on our readers to co-operate
with us in making our
dreams come true.
This they can do by responding
100 percent in our subscription
campaign. As the boy or girl who
has been delivering* THE LEADER
to you weekly calls for your sub-scription
please have the blank
filled out and ready to hand to
ijim. Payment for the'$2 annual
iubscrlptions may be made either
by check or in cash, though we
would prefer a check, so the boys
and girls will not have to handle
~~> much cash.
No down payment is required
under the 5-cent-a-week plan and
ubscribers may make arrangements
with their individual carriers as to
whether they prefer to pay by the
week or month.
Every carrier wiU be supplied
00
week or
you'll get THE LEADER by mail
If Col. Heavey submits a favor- First, there is a pre-paJd $2
able report to Washington- the War annual subscription
Department will carry out a series Second, for tho<e who would
—^-projects-giving free navigation prefer to pay by
the entire width of the village for month, there is a 5-cent
commercial and pleasure boating, subscription, payments £
The pioposed project consists of will be- collected
dredging channels 200 feet .wide in your district
and 12 feet deep at mean low tide- | Carriers are authorized to ac-pt
your subscriptions and nav-to
Randall Bay; Ran- ment for same. For every sub
dall Bay and Preeport Bay for a scription they will receive I sub
shore channel from Randall Bay stantial commission.
^^fZ^°^:!b,Ur"Cl:eeliancl R"'d— of apartment houses
which
by the • carrier
westerly to Baldwin Bay. printed
the
at the lower righthand
Atao the village agrees to provide corner of thUpage 0 g TOE
spoil areas on municipal and other LEADER by mail
-yaceat-property-to which tt,e ma- 'We are>klng this,step.confident
pumpeai /ronv. the. water can- • *****f ***«-•——;j_.^ •-;—«. _.,- • . _ . " ,
level of the lowland at *
erri -end, of the community.
A committee headed by Victor C.
Wade has held a number of meet-
Ings to gather material to be in-cluded
in a brief to be > submitted
to Col. Heavey, who also is hearing
oral testimony from those at the
hearing. Village Engineer Herbert
M. Wood prepared a brief tellin?
of the vast number of water craft
who ply the local waters and as-serting
the number would be In-creased
were the waterways im-proved
He also points out how Ihe lower
end of the village could be im-proved
for homesites if the low.
areas were filled in doing away
with the damage caused by high
tides under present conditions.
Mayor Cyril C.Ryan, Village Coun-sel
Martin H. Weyrauch and other
village officials are in attendance
at the hearing.
DR. FRANK LAUBACII
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you it was only a sample of better
Issues to come. Additional features
will be introduced as our advertis-ing
necessitates expanding from 12
to 16 pages and If a larger paper
is necessary we'll go to 20 pages.
fpr same. "
We're counting on the loyalty of
our readers to help us put this
drive over. Mail- deliveries will be
started just ' as soon, as we can
compile subscription lists.
Lutheran Mjen Meet
In Christ Church
Trie first fall meeting of" tho
Lutheran Men's Association of Nas-
TXHr-and Suffolk Counties held in
Christ Lutheran Church Monday
night was attended by 148 men
from churches in these counties.
They were welcomed by the Rev.
David G. Jaxheimer, the pastor.
Dr. Frederick R. Knubel, presi-dent
of the United Lutheran Synod
of New York, spoke on "The Need
of Manpower for the Work of the
Church." He said one of the
greatest needs of the day is that
of getting Lutheran churches to-gether
into one solid fighting unit.
He called also for the development
of the field of evangelism in an
effort to win others for Christ.
"Now that the war is over, th?
fighting has just begun for peace,"
he declared.
WHELAN DRUG STORE
.OCEN .ALL PAY,. SUNDAY
The Whelan Drug Store, 64
South Main st-, will remain open
Sunday after the other pharmacies
in Preeport close "at 2 P. M. The
.telephone is Freeport 8-0083.
Throng Expected
At Hearing Friday
OrrVeteranrHomes
Proposal to Permit
Conversion of Houses
For 2 Families Is Up
One of the liveliest hearings in
the history of the present adminis-tration
is expected-tomorrow night
when .the Village -Board takes up
the proposed amendment - to the
Municipal Zoning Ordinance "to
permit the conversion of^ one family
dwellings to two family dwellings
in. any district of the -Village, under
specified limitations and restric-tions
to provide emergency housing
for Veterans of World War No. 2."
This amendment was proposed
by Asa A. Trenchard, chairman of
the Mayor's Committee which is
seeking means to provide,, housing
for G.I.s now living with in-laws,
cramped and unsanitary quarters
or facing eviction. The Northwest
Civic Association, the only one that
has met since the hearing was
announced, has opposed its adop-tion,
and its" representatives will
make its position clear. Speakers
representing realty interests and
other organizations are expected
to speak pro and con on the pro-posal
during the evening. Mayor
Cyril C. Ryan will preside..
The
1. Regardless .of any provltiion td tho
•ontrary in Zoning Ordinance No. 123 or
in. any, .other, ordinance.. of ^the ..Ylllaae of
Freeport, it .shall 4xj permissible for tho
owner of any one family dwelling in any
diwtrict of the Village, of Freeport to "con-voit
a aid one family dwelling into a two
family dwelling, If oach conversion aboil
be begun not later than alx months from
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Fire Prevenfjon
Week Observance
SfarlrorSunday"
Mayor Cyril G: Ryan
Calls on Freepdrters
To Mark Occasion
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan has issued
a call for the residents of Freeport
to join in the observance of Fire
Prevention week which opens on
Sunday and continues through the
following Saturday.
- Observance here is being spon-headed
by Chief Frank C. Chap-man
and the Fire Prevention Bu-reau
of which~Arnold Yongen is
director^ First Deputy- Cn'ief is
chairman of the committee in
charge, with Second Deputy Harry
Chuisano, -Chief Chapman and Eu-gene
Gilling, Warden of Engine
Co. 1. assisting.
Trailers calling attention of the
public to Fire Prevention week ara
to be shown in the motion picture
houses. Apparatus will be sta-tioned
in front of the local thea-tres
nightly during the week and
Freeport .Quota
In U.S.O. Drive
Set at $3,000
Campaign Opens Next
Tuesday; Mrs. Battin
Freeport Chairman
-;:Preepprt , haa,. l
Registration Days
Set for Tomorrow
And on Saturday*
Polls to be Open From
10 A.&., to 10 P.M;
Should Enroll Early
The first two days of registration
for the'election on Nov. 5 are to-morrow
and Saturday from 10 A.M.,
to 10 P.M. As this is Gubernatorial
year a large enrollment is expected,
so it^. would be well to rush to tho
polls early, and not wait until the
Hnal days on Friday and Saturday
of next week.
In addition to the state and
locaj. offices to be filled, there wiil
be votes lor a U: S. Senator to
succeed James M. Mead and a
Congressman to fill the post now
held by Leonard W. Hall, which
makes the election of national im-portance
with things as they are
in Washington.
List of Polling Places
Tlie list of polling places with
the old and new districts is aa
follows:
Districts
New Old
34
35
30
37
12
09
-8
18
Polling Place
Hose 5, Leonard ave.
V.P.W. Club House,
North Columbus ave.
Truck -Ir-Church-Bt; -
^S£~f-Vr^ T*7i i w.u,v.^^i«y' i. ...in g!jvaJKTJgwr-jy^E
-Which will get under way on Tues-day
and continue through October.
Mrs. Harold W. Battin has again
been named chairman of the Free-port
committee and beUeves this / 42 i<j0
small assignment should be reached
tonfir before the official end of the
drive.
Headquarters will be established
n the Veterans' Service Center in
,he Municipal Building, where Mrs.
Battin will receive the reports of
her committee heads.
Dr. Milton B. Waldman has ..been
named chairman of advance gifts,
'William S. Hughes of the youth
committee, Dr. Mervin Schloss of
Dentists, Dr. 'E. Freeman Miller of
dentists and Herman Barash of
commerce nnd industry. George W.
Goeller, editor of The Leader, will
handle publicity.
The slogan of this year's cam-paign
is "For those still in service
in hospitals and in training."
New Electric Rates
Are Put Into Effect
Householders probably will notice
a reduction when they receive
ttleii* next electric light bills.
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan announced
today th.c revised rules adopted re-cently,
and submitted to the Public
Service Commission, went into ef-fect
on Oct. 1. since they had not
been disapproved by the commis-sion.
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C r y 31 a"l Xake Hotel*
So\ith prove st. -*
Filling Station, North
Main st.
Reliable Auto Super-
Service, aes Worth .Main
st.
Exempts' Hnll, North
North Beach ave.
Memorial Library, Mcr-rick
rd.
A r c h e r st. School,
Archer st.
-180—-Hose-3i-Soutli—Bayview
ave.
S e a m a n ave. School,
Seaman ave.
10* Municipal Building, 46
- North Ocean ave.
11 Hose 4, Sunrise H'way.
12 Drug StJre, 379 Atlantic
ave.
"Split districts.
Freeport now has 17 election dis-tricts,
an increase of two. The
new districts were created by
splitting old Districts 10 and 166
into two districts each and reduc-ing
the size of old District 88. The
boundary, lines of the districts in-volved
are as follows:
— New District Boundaries
DISTRICT 41 :
Part of Old District 166
South—Evans ave., from North
Main st., west to Village line.
West—West Village line from Evans
ave., to North Village, line.
(Continued on Pr2^ °2*)
"firemen distribute pamphlets
calling attention to the appalling
losses caused by fires due to reck-lessness
and carelessness through-out
the country. There also will
be talks in the schools, fire drills
and the distribution of the crayon
books to the smaller children and
regular pamphlets to the older stu-
•.den.ts. . Inspection, of buildings to
discover fire hazards will be con-ducted
by the Fire Prevention Bu-reau:
i One out of every 100 homes is
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