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THE "LEADER — F R E E P O R T , N.Y.
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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947
T' Want Meister Beach
Zoned Residence A
A petition signed by 40 of the 42
property owners In Meister Beach
vequestlng that zoning of the area
'be changed from Residence B to
Residence A was filed with the
Village Board by W. E. Watson,
Thursday night. A hearing on the
proposal was asked, and Mayor
Cyril C. Ryan promised the request
•would receive serious consideration.
Ten thousand of Ithe greatest
faults In our neighbors, are of less
consequence to us thanx^ne of the
MnaUest in. (jurselves.
John J. Randall, III., Opens Office
For Practice of Law on So. Main St,
John J. Randall, III, a native son, has opened offices for the
general practice .of law at 23 South Main st The young lawyer is
a member of a family that has had much to do with the develop-ment
of Freeport In many ways.
His grandfather", John J. Ran-dall,
known_as the "father of Free
port," came from Brooklyn Jus
60 yeafs ago and purchased a 90-
acre tract north of the railroad
which- he developed into a resi-dential
area. The John J. Randal
Co., later made improvements in
PECIALS
at
27 W. Merrick Road
ALL N_YLON (top to toe)
H O S I E R Y • I V w 8 •• Bm B
Full Fashioned, Reg. 1.35
Freeport
BLOUSES
Formerly 2*95 .and 3.95
RAYON
Reg. 59c ..,
\- Regularly 1.95.
NYLON, Regularly 1.49
Also Many Other Bargains Too
Numerous to Mention
the southern part of the village,
which have made Freeport the
water-front community it Is today. ^
He also played'an important partj
In the financial progress "of thei
community, as oiie o£ihe prganlz--
ers, ana first- president ~^6f the'
Freeporf Bank. 'He> also served the
village in many other ways.
Tjlc next John Jay Randall fol-
Idwttt JUT fifet^filter's:.footsteps. He
IB a: prominent real estate bxoKexv
tttg present ncaxl of ttar IPrecpnrt
Bttnfc anzt a past* pnsUtent of tti&
Exchange Clutx ot Frecport.
Joint Jay, m, as haa been, said,
was bom here. He attended: the
Grove st school and then entered
5 Bontentowa Military Institute,
Bardentown, KJ> After his gradu-ation
he matriculated In Colgate
University, Hamilton, &Y., and
Ofter receiving bis degree, entered
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JOHN JL RAIV0AX&, 1*1
the New York University School of
Law. He was admitted to the Bar
of the 3tat& of frcw York in 1942.
After completing three years of
service in the Army, two of them
overseas, he spent some' time
a law firm m Condon, England. "
Returning to Long Island, he be-.- .»
came associated with Paul
and Charles V. McDonald,
attorneys, early last year, and re-mained
with them until he decided
to practice by himself. His offices
are located In the building occupied.
by the Freeport Bank before- It
moved into its present home.
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154 E. Merrick Rd.
FReeport 8-7668
P" 12lh Year. No. 11
Freeporfr's
Official
Newspaper
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Dollar Day Proves m Greatest Success
In Village History
Merchants Already
Planning for Bigger
Event Next Year
Freeport's first Dollar Day since
1042 was a huge success, all mer-chants
in thefcvillage agree. Many
shelves that are still empty attest
to the way in which many, sold
practically all the goods they had
in stock.
Prank Wieaenfeld, chairman of
the Mercants Division of the Free-port
Chamoer of Commerce, today
issued a statement thanking all the
merchants who co-operated with
the committee in "making Dollar
Day the greatest sale in the his-tory
of Freeport."
Local residents and thousands
from out of town flocked to Free-port
early, and long before opening
time long lines had formed in front
of practically all 'stores selling
women's apparel, towels, sheets,- pil-lowcases
and other similar lines.
If one attempted to list the stores
of which this was true, he would
omit some. But it is enough to
say this situation was general.
While the women's shops and dry
goods stores probably did the great-est
business all the other places
shared in the success of the day,
and plans are already under way to
make the 1948; sale a bteger aaia.
better event.
Perhaps never in the history of
the village has there been so much
traffic in Freeport. Gars traveled
at a snail's pace throughout the
morning as they arrived from east
and west and headed for the shop-ping
area. Most merchants on
opening their stores had to admit
a few" buyers in at a time, else
they would have been swamped by
the rush and unable to do any
business at all. Some lines were
quickly sold out. and storekeepers,
when possible, hurried out to re-plenish
their vanishing stocks.
No one would attempt to estimate
what total sales for the day aggre-gated.
Walter Green, co-chairman
of the Merchants Division, was
asked if he thought it amounted
to $1,000,000, but he declined to be
pinned down. However, everyone
was enthusiastic in asserting that
never in the history of the village
nad they seen so much business In.
a single day.
Freeport Bank Pays.
Stockholder^ Dividend
Stockholders of the Freeport
Bank this • week received .checks in
payment of a cash dividend ol 12
. cents a share from the earnings
lor the ..first six months of the
year. *This was despite the fact
the capital stock of the bank has
been increased $150,000 and repre-sents
a payment of $3,000 on the
250,000 shares outstanding.
~"TWsls"the second successive cash
\ dividend/paid _stockholders, that for
t the last six months of 1046 totaling
$1,500 on the outstanding shares at
that time.
; Cashier W.'Sargeant Nixon said
;the officers had received numerous
'letter of commendation from stock-
1 holders over the financial progress
[made by the bank and expressing
gratitude for the dividends received.
A 36-inch .brass clock has been
; installed over the entrance to the
'bank. It was manufactured by the
McCllntock Co., of St. Paul, Minn.,
a subsidiary of the DeBold Sat e &
Co., Dayton, O.
Rev. W. N. Haines to Join
Faculty at Keuka College
Resignation of Baptist Pastor '
Is Received With General Regret ;
Freeport is to lose the Rev. Wesley N. Haines, popular pastor
of the First Baptist Church, at the end of the month. He has
resigned to become assistant professor of religion and director of
religious activities at Keuka Col-*"" •—•
Smith Breaks Ground
For Municipal Garage
Ground was broken Saturday by
lege, Keuka Park, in the Finger
Lakes region of upper New York
state.
Since coming to Freeport the
first of May three years ago, Pas-tor
Haines has been one of its acting Leonard D. B. Smith
most active citizens. He is presi- \ for preeporfs $100,000 Municipal
dent of the Community Council, I garage near the Sanitation Depart-secretary
of the Inter-Faith Clergy
Council, and co-chairman of the
program committee of the Rotary
Club, among other things. He is
noted for his oratorical ability and
his address at the Armistice Day
exercises last November in the
Municipal Building was proclaimed
by all who heard him as a master-piece.
Naturally his pastorate here
Membership in
the Baptist Church has increased j overhead,
greatly nnd the congregations have
been large.
Call Unsolicited
ment Disposal plant.,Trustee Smith
officiated in the absence of Mayor
Cyril C. Ryan, wh^se mother is
seriously ill. The contract with the
Auserehl Contracting Corp.. calls
for completion of the garage hi
six months.
The structure will cover an area
of 11,200 square feep and accom-modate
50 cars as well as offices
the various village department,
The groundbreaking* was wit-nessed
by Village Trustees Horace
E. Carpenter, Joseph H. Gallo and
His resignation read by Mrs. N. j Walter J. Wood, Superintendent of
H. Megahan, the clerk, at a special; public Works. Michael J. Coffey.
meeting following the Communion j Village Engineer Herbert J. Wood'
service Sunday morning was ac- j Superintendent of Sanitation Ed-cepted
with the deepest of regret, i win McKeeman, Jules and Alfred
The letter addressed to the deacons Auserehl. Police Chief Peter Elar.
and trustees read as follows: Cord Viebrock, president of the
"I herewith submit my resigna-tion
as. .pastor eflCective—Aus. '.31,.
to serve as assistant prpiesspr-itft
religion and director pfJ:reu^ous
activities at Keuka College, Keuka . - on.,fh
Park N Y | Zipper's Pharmacy. 51 South
"Let me'express for myself and j Grove st.. will remain open Sunday
after the other druggists in Fiee-port
close at 2 P. M. The tele-
Freeport Chamber Wu.Commerce,
ZIPPEB'S PHARMACY
ALL DAY SUNDAY
L. I. Park Engineers
Study Milburn Tract
At the Invitation of the Village
Board, engineers of the Long Is-land
State Park Commission have
studied the Milburn Pond tract
purchased from the New York City
Department of Water Supply Ga?
and Electricity, with a view to
submitting recommendations for its
improvement as a park.
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan announced
this week he expected to receive
a report soon, after which he woulti
call in representatives of the
groups that have expressed a de-sire
to be advised when the plan&
are under consideration. These in
elude the Southwest Civic Associa-tion,
which has requested a com-mittee
be given permission to sit
with the Village Board, and the
Baldwin Civic Association.
The property was acquired early
in the year by the Village at a
cost of $1. It is proposed to de-velop
it along the lines of Argyle
Park, Babylon, and the lake park
4n Brightwaters.
Seven New Stores
For West Merrick Road
Seven "taxpayers" are to be
erected on the 133-foot plot front-ing
on the southside of West Mer-rick
road west of the new food
center, Bert Seaman, who Is to be
Freeporf Stands
Fine Chance of
Keeping Gold Cup
Lontbardo Defends
Trophy; VanBlerck,
Slocum to Compete
Freeport stands an excellent
chance of retaining the champion-ship
at the 40th renewal or the
International-Gold.Gup regatta in
Rockaway Inlet; Jamaica Bay, Sun-day
afternoon.
Guy Lombardo, the band leader.
last year's winner at Detroit and
local resident, will defend his title
with his speedboat. Tempo VI, with
which he won the race in 1946.
And there will be two other Free-port
contenders for the cup.
Joe VanBleck. jr., another Free-porter,
will drive his Aljo-V, with
which he finished fourth last Labor
Day, and Henry M. Slocum, the
third local contender, is to pilot
his Trudy. Slocum entered the last
Gold Cup, but his starter broke the
day before the race and no replace-ment
parts were available, retiring
him to the role of n spectator.
The race is being: sponsored by
the South Shore Yacht Club with
Darius W. Sylvester, a past commo-dore,
as chairman of the regatta
committee, Lombardo being a mem-ber
of that organization.
Rockaway Inlet,, scene pfc tj&£?. re-for
my wife our sincere apprecia-tion
to both boards and the church
for a most happy pastorale.
"May God bless the church in its
future work for Christ."
Ray Clements, chairman of the
Board of Deacons presided as mod-erator.
The Rev. Mr. Haines1 duties at
Keuka also will include personal
counseling and public relations in
interesting churches and their
members in the institution; Keuka
is the largest girls' college spon-sored
by the Northern Baptist Con-vention.
It offers a tour-year
course. The fall semester opens
early in September to permit the
students to go Into the field dur-ing
December to gain practical ex-perience.
Succeeded Rev. Dr. J. G. Hynes
The Invitation to Join the col-lege's
faculty came while he was
on his vacation. It was extended
by Katherlne Gillette Blyley. who
has succeeded Dr. Frederick Allen
as president and will be Installed
sometime during the fall. ' She re-quired
an answer by Saturday,
when the local pastor wired his ac-ceptance.
The Rev. Mr. Haines succeeded
the Rev. Dr. J. Gordon Hynes, who
was pastor here more than 12
years. He was born in Worcester,
Mass., Sept. 8. 1914, and was grad-uated
from the South High School
there,. He entered Brbwn Univer-sity,
Providence, R.I., having won
the Francis Wayland scholarship*
In 1932. He was a member of the
lightweight wrestling team and a
leader in debating as a member of
the Debating Union. For his abili-ty
in. this respect he received the
Class of 1880 prize. He was elected
a member ot the Phi Beta Kappa
honor fraternity and awarded his
. degree magna cum laude in
1936.
He planned to enter Yale, but .an
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phone is Freeport 8-0277.
feet in width and 70 feet in depth
leaving considerable space in the
rear as a parking area.
Construction Is to be started
about Aug. 15, by the Horn Con-struction
Co. and the contract calls
for completing in time to permit
occupanqy of the stores by Dec. 1.
Columbus Aye. Retains Lead
In Playground Competition
Columbus ave., retained first place, and Archer st., passed
Cleveland ave., to take second position in the point competition
the public school playgrounds last week. But with four
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championships being decided tfilsi >
week the teams- we«p- -so closely
bunched, any playground may be
on top tomorrow night.
The standing at the: close of the
week was- as follows; Columbus
ave., 13:vi points; Seaman ave., 12;
Cleveland ave., 8:n ^ and Archer
St., 8.
Success of Seaman ave,, in events
for girls gave the playground a big
boost, as they tootle" firsts ,in
shuffle board and "btUftttinton, and
the boys added another* In marbles.
Championships . dedaed resulted
as follows:
Shuffle Board — Girls' singles:
Cubs, first, Caroline Rickey, Sea-man;
second, BettyBaSnor, Archer;
Juniors, first. RUey, Co^imbus; sec-ond,
Kaliope Kayantji, Seaman;
Seniors, first. Betty Howe, Seanlan;
second, Barbara Tletjen, Archer;
Doubles: Cubs, first, Markela Kay-antas
and Nancy Rickey, Seaman;
Juniors^first, Marjorie^ohnson and
Rose Anne Cleary, Arj?her; second
Adelaide EhU and 4pan Laina,
Seaman; Seniors, Joyce Day and
Marjorle MbrreU, Seafaan; second,
Sally Hansen and Kitty Murphy.
Archer.
Girls' Badminton—Doubles: Ju-niors,
first Marjorle MbrreU and
.Betty Howe. Seaman; second, Sally
Grouse and Barbara Rlley, Colum-bus;
> Seniors, first, .Batty Murphy
and : Rose Anne Cleary. Archer;
second. Dot Devonshire and Connie
Hanna, Seaman.
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Marbles—Boys: Cubs, first. Frank
O'Brien. Columbus; second, Frank
Jones. Cleveland; Juniors, first Da-vid
Kirby, Seaman; second, Leon-ard
Luciflero, Columbus; Seniors,
flrst, Ted Fishkind. Columbus; sec-ond.
Gary Gache, Seaman.
Championships being decided this
week are Boys' shuffleboard and
ping pongr; also Girls, kickball and
kite flying.
A second peanut hunt was held
at Archer st., for the kindergarten
class, with Mrs. Edward Everett
assisting Mrs. A. J. Mackenzie,
teacher in charge. Winners were
Brian Brown.'6; Joan Woodbury, 6;
"Lu Arm Franklin. 7. and Margaret
O'Regan, 7.
At Columjaus ave. there was a
kindergarten military parade with
each - youngster-scaring. _.a__paper
hat, playing a box drum and car-rying
a pinwheel. all made b
children. More than 50 took part.
They were served cookies and lem-onade
by a group of -mothers.
J. Wesley Southard, jr., director
of playgrounds, announces that
features of the last week of the
season will be bubble blowing and
freckel contests.
Registration has passed all rec-ords
with a grand total of 1,565
divided as follows: Seaman, 485;
Archer? 476; Columbus, 4il, and
Cleveland, 193. .
boats entered the-icontest. En-tries
are to close at midnight to-night
(Thursday) and expectations
are that when the last boats have
been listed, the number will be the
greatest since the war.
Million to Witness Race
A crowd of between 750,000 and
1,000.000 is expected to witness the
races. The New York Police De-partment
and the Coast Guard are
co-operating with the yacht club in
arrangements for policing the area.
Five hundred patrolmen have been
assigned to extra duty. Parking
space has been provided for nearly
10,000 cars in RUs Park and Beach
116th st., both within walking dis-tance
of the races, which will b£
around a three-mile course with
two IVy-mile straightways and two
quarter-mile turns.
It is expected the regatta will
cost more than $100,000 for the
sponsoring organization and the
drivers. The money will be spent
on traveling, training costs, mech-anlc.
a.1 repairs, mechanics' salaries,
drivers' salaries, housing, transpor-tation
charges for boats and crews,
nsurance fees on accidents while
transporting boats, promotional ex-penses
by the sponsoring club, en-tertainment
expenses and boat
rentals.
Two Records for Lombardo
In winning last yearjs^ra^e, Lom-bardo
set two records. 68.078 miles
per hour, the fastest, time for_ the
full 90 miles, and 70.89. the fastest
average time for one 30-mile heat.
Freeporters all feel honored by
JiayJng_Jhe_ey_en^sjpojisored by the
South Shore Yachf'CluV/wHh "Guy "
Lombardo as defender and two
others attempting to retain the title
for this community.-
Gold .Cup Day was observed Sat-urday
with a pageant/ that started
here, proceeded west to Valley
Stream and back again. The ob-servance
was sponsored by the
Chamber 'of Commerce with Al, B.
White as chairman of the com-mittee
of arrangements.
The parade started- from in front
of the Municipal Building, passed
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