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SIXTEEN THE LTEAPfcR - F R E E P O R T , N. Y. THURSDAY. AUGUST 7, 1947
To have what we want is riches,
but to -be able to do without is
power. —George MacDonald.
"Some Things Just
Can't be Hurried"
Especially
WATCH
REPAIRING
We are the third generation of
jewelers and know how to do
the job right.
Work Done on the Premises
'Third Generation of Jewelers11
Miss Christine Eldt Installed
As Alpha Council, D. A., Councilor
Mr«. Catherine Langman. deputy, installed Miss Christine Ei
councilor, and her staff at a meeting of Alpha Council, D. of A.,
Friday ni"ht in Pythian Hall. Mrs. Helen Raynor led the degree
C y — •
Mrs. Langman and Mrs. Mabel
Owen, district deputy, would be
given a. reception at a meeting
Friday night, Aug. 15. Initiation
officers were installed as
follows: Mrs. Belle Crouch, junior
past councilor; Mrs. Edna Verity,
associate junior past councilor;
May Updegrove. associate | Of candidates also will be in order
councilor; Mrs. Irene Smalling,
vice-councilor; Mrs. Isabella Stie-
43 So. Main Street
At Sunrise Hwy., Freeport
at that time. Mrs. Elizabeth. Pet-tlgrew
and her committee served
Mrs. Mary Moog, warden; Mrs.
Jane Watts, inside sentinel; Mrs,
Leonora Shock, outside sentinel;
Mrs. Ethel Combes, treasurer; Mrs.
Lillian Johnson, financial secretary;
Mrs. Dorothy Ashdown, assistant
financial secretary; Mrs. Kettle
Carman, recorcung secretary; Mrs.
Frances Smith, assistant recording
secretary, and Mrs. Jennie Milne,
18 months trustee.
Four representatives were chosen
to the state session In Albany next
month as follows: Mrs. Florence
Shimer, Mrs. Milne, Mrs. Combes
and Mrs. Johnson, with Mrs. Helen
Raynor, Mrs. Catherine Schaefer,
Mrs. Veronica Muller and Mrs.
Stiegelmaier as alternates.
Mrs. Sadie Linkletter^ or the na-ional
legislative committee; Mrs.
Anna Moore, past state councilor;
Mrs. Myrtle Golden, national rep-resentative,
and past state coun-,
cilor,"were guests.
Announcement was made that
LI.R.R. Begins Replacing
Cinders with Stone
Work was started Monday on the
Long Island Rail Road's extensive
program to replace cinders with
stone baUast under the terms of
its agreement with the Public Ser-vice
Commission to spend $16,000,-
000 during the next three years in
improving roadbed, passenger cars,
motive power and station facilities,
J. C. White, vice president has an-nounced.
This year's schedule, Mr. White
disclosed, calls for ballasting 16
miles of the Long Island's double
tracks between Jamaica and Rose-dale
and its quadruple tracks be-tween
Rosedale and Valley Stream,
at a cost of $15,000 per mile. A
special track gang of 120 men has
been recruited and will begin work
at 8:00 a.m. this morning in the
vicinity of Cedar Manor station.
COMPARE THESE
SPECIFICATIONS.
Steel Reinforced Concrete
Foundations
Automatic Gas Heating
Steel Door Frames
Oak Floors
Insulated Floors and Roof
Ornamental Flower Boxes
and Shutters
Iron Railing, Front and Rear
Combination Sink and Tub
Venetian Blinds on All
Windows
Tile Bath Room w'th Re-cessed
Hampers and Dryers
Copper Leaders and Gutters
Windows and Doors Metal
Weathers tripped
Copper and Brass plumbing:
Throughout
English-Woman Lauds
Soldiers' Generosity
Mrs. William W. Winship, chair-man
of public relations, of the
Freeport Red Cross Branch, an-nounced
this week, she had re-ceived
a letter from Mrs. Cyril
Adams, Kernel Hempstead, Eng-land,
commending the generosity
of American soldiers who attended
a village fair. The note read:
"I remember seeing American
soldiers at a village fair gather-
Ing hordes of poor children and
paying for all'to go on the merry-go-
rounds. I was much touched.
England owes your country much
besides dollars." •
Buy Now Before Prices Increase
_ NEAR THE BEAU RlVAfcE BEACH —
4 ROOM COTTAGE- was $10,000 now $9,000
6 Rooms, 2 Extra Urge Bedroo ms, 7 Closets
was $10,7 50 nowS9T750
. LOTS 50x100 ... CITY SEWERS CONNECTED
as Low as $400 for Vetetans , -i ' r
Balance on 20 year Mortgage at 4% Interest
FHA Insured . . . Civilians Invited
ROOSEVELT AV&,,corner RAY STREET
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Phone FReeport 8-1024?
7~o Our Many Friends . . . .
We wish to take this opportunity
to thank you for the splendid co-operation
and acceptance upon the
occasion of our recent dollar sale.
We, like you, are pleased that
we were in position to offer such re-markable
values. We owe it to you!
It shall be our earnest endeavor to
serve you with the courteous, per-sonal
attention that has won us our
many friends throughout the past.
-THANK YOU!
Hosiery • Lingerie
94 So. Main Street
> Sportswear
FReeport 9-1690
VIEBROCK'S DOES IT AGAIN!
In keeping with our policy of bringing you the finest store
on the Island . . . better lunches and dinners . . . we
spared nothing to make you more comfortable . . now
we are prepared to serve you Ice Cream of equally out-standing
quality. , "^
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Freeporf's
Official
Newspaper
12th Year. No. 12
PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Osterhouf Aroused
By U. S. Posifion
In Fighting Planes
Tells Rotary Club
Russia and England
Have Passed Country
The fact that the United States
has fallen to third place in fighting
planes was stressed by Howard
Osterhout, a former Freeport resi-dent,
in a talk on "Aviation in
War and Peace," Thursday night at
the weekly supper of the Rotary
Club of Freeport in Salvaiion Army
Headquarters, 75 .Church st.
Since the close of the war Russia
has moved into nrst place and
England has moved up into second,
he said.
"If I can leave a message here
tonight," he continued, "it is to see
thai America gets back into flrst ,' garden style
place through quantitv nrodtintinn - ' ^
The atom" bomb, he deda" 7is !? °PPOSlte **"*** Pftrk-no
good Without planes to deliver' " ave" by Lhe
Misfortune Stalks Tempo
And Other Local Craft
In Gold Cup Regatta
)f Hss Lucky D°y and
Other Boats Have More Speed
it.
Mr. Osterhout, a former presi-dent
of the Nassau Bar Association,
eparttnent -
world conference was held. He has
been selected by the State Depart-ment
to go to Greece as a member
of the commission on aid to that
country. He is attorney for Cur-tiss-
Wright, Eastern A i r Lines,
Western Air Lines and other im-portant
lines.
He traced the history of aviation
and expressed the opinion the
Wright Brothers were ahead of
Langley in developing a plane that
got off the ground, saying the
latter's attempt resulted in the
machine dropping into t he Pato-mac.
The fact that Langley was
given credit ever the Wrights, he
added, resulted in their refusal to
permit the Smithsonian Institute to
have their original machine. It is
now in England.
Mr. Osterhout listed the early
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Final Plans Filed
For So. Ocean Avev
artment House
Hope to Start Work
This Month on 56
Homes for Veterans
Final plans for the 56-family
apartment to be erect-on
South
jo Realty
Corp., headed by Joseph Levine. 808
South Long Beach ave., were flled
this week with the Federal Housing
Authority. ~ v""?--^—r, v-> —A
;doi-poration, announced wordl-that
the over-all plans had been ap-proved
was received last Friday.
As approval of the final plans is
regarded as profunctory. Asa A.
Trenchard. c h a i r m a n of the
Mayor's Veterans' Housing Com-mittee,
was optimistic over the
prospects of getting construction
under way m the near future.
There are three steps in sub-mitting
a project to the F.H.A. for
a committment. First the ground
site has to be taken under con-sideration.
This was taken up im-mediately
after the Village Board
re-zoned the block bounded by
Front St.. Miller and South Ocean
aves., and Cedar st., from a resi-dential
to an apartment district
last March. Consequently, though
Mr. Levine had hoped to get con-struction
started in the early spring
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>. the defender,
running of tl
Sunday afternoon off Rockaway
Point in Jamaica Bay. Consequent-ly
the South Shore Yacht Club has
to part with the Gold cup for a
year at least, though the prospects
are bright tor its recovery in 1948.
Lombardo clearly demonstrated
that the Tempo VI with which he
won the race in Detroit last year,
was the speediest craft in the 1947
event. Despite accidents that would
have caused many another com-petitor
to quit early in the day
he stuck it out. so as to be in a
position to take advantage of any
misfortune should it befall the
leaders and give him an opportun-ity
to limp to victory. But it was
a lucky day for Danny Foster, driv-er
of Miss Peps V. and he got
through the day unscathed and
thus came out victorious.
Northeast Civics
Pushes for More
State School Aid
Secretary to Urge
Legislators to
Support Proposal
At a meeting of the
Freeport,$1.69;
Baldwin, $1.68;
Roosevelt, $1.91;
Gains of 33, 21 '
And 29 Points
Property owners in the Freeport
school district and those parts of
the Baldwin and Roosevelt districts
within the incorporated village will
oil have to pay greatly increased
Northeast ! taXCS next yeitr' Th!s was i^i-this
Wcek when tn<> Lax rates
ave..
was
for the three districts were an-
Civic Association Friday night in
V.F.W. Hall, North Columbus
Arthur Muner, me secretary,
instructed to write to State Senator' Z" Frcepon l"c rate will be $1.69
John D. Bennett and Assemblyman' pcr S10°- Il» increase of 33 cents
nounced.
Joseph Carlino urging them to ssup-por
legislation next year increasing
state aid for schools. It was point-ed
out that school district in Nas-sau
County get only $69 a year per
pupil, while in some districts the
amount is nearly three times as
great.
Three Freeport Starter*
member quoted figures for
nn up-State district, which re-ceives
$186 per pupil. He said
schools in this county had fine
buildings with garages for buses on
the school grounds. He tqld of one
home he thought probably was
^vcr the $1.30 for the- year jusl
closed on an assessed valuation of
$41,627,650.
• In the Baldwin district the rate
will bo 51.68. us compared with
$1-17 a year ago. a jump of 21
points, on an assessed valuation or
$36,000,000.
In the Roosevelt area, the tax
rate will be $1.9i, an increase ol
29 cents over the $1.62 rate for
1946-47, on $11,911,782 assessed val-uation.
Leo F. OLblyn, president ol -the ;- ^
Race for 'Handicapped' Features
G.O.P. Club Outing at Town Park
Close to 300 persons spent an enjoyable day at the Town Park
beach, Point Outlook at the annual outing of the Freeport Republi-can
Club Saturday. There were 150 children in the group.
The party left Brooklyn and® *^
Ocean aves., shortly after 11 AJ&,
in two buses and private cars for
the beach. Others went direct
from their homes and still others
joined/ the party later in the day.
Competitions for children fea-tured
the day's program. For boys
12 to 16 there-, were a 50-yard
three-legged race, a 75-yard dash
and 40-yard sack race, with similar
events for girls of the same ages.
In the class for youngsters from
8 to 12, there were 50-yard sack
races, with a 40-yard dash for boys
and a 40-yard potato race for girls.
And for those under 8, there were
a 40-yard dash and a 40-yard po-tato
race for each girls and boys.
And for the oldsters above 10,
there were a 75-yard dash and a
50-yard backward race for men,
with a 50-yard dash and a 50-yard
backward race for women.
In a special race for the "handi-capped,"
Anthony MlrabeUa, jr., 7,
who has a broken arm, defeated
Sheriff-'H. Alfred Vollmer, who had
a "handicap" of 200 pounds in a
25-yard tilt.
•Free parking space was provided,
for the picnickers, bathhouses were
'provided for" ~tne "TfeepofCef
there were refreshments, including
tnilk, soft drinks, and hot dogs, for
all. Many took dips in the surf
while others took solid comfort on
the beach. The day was voted a
red letter event in the history of
the .club.
Franklin F JDorman was general
chairman. His capable lieutenants
were Edward Stares, Ernest H.
Behrens, Robert L. Doxsee, Miss
Alice Fraser. George F. Hesser,
Worden E. Whine, John J. Shee-han
and the president, Everett C.
Furman. '<
'elated as three Freeport speedboats
were among the seven that started
the nrst heat. In addition to Lom-bardo's
Tempo VI, there were the
Aljo V, entered by Joe VanBlerck,
jr., and the Trudy, by Henry W.
Slocum.
The Tempo VI was .strenkiifg
ahead of all the others when she
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at'100 percent of its true value, the school year 1947-48 is an Increase
up-Staters were not only getting: i °* 33 cents due large to the salary
more State aid, but were .paying n I adjustments mode in accordance
low rate of taxes on undervalued' I with the new State Law reg-nrding-real
estate. salary schedules.
It was voted to request the VII- "Also Included in this year's
lage Board to continue the five-day budget are several major building
week established during the sum- repair items which have long been
L. I. R. R. Fare Increase
Case Reopened by P.S.C.
In response to the presistant de-mands,
of the Long Island Rail
Road, the Public Service Commis-sion
has reopened the fare raise
increase case and will resuuie pub^
lie hearings on Monday, Sept. 22.
Railroad officials contended the
increases granted last month failed
to come within $1.000,000 of meet-ing
the needs of the company. They
want the 20 percent increase al-lowed
in commutation rates raised
to 25 percent7~and an increase^ of
from 10 to 15 cents in minimum
fares which was denied by the-commission.
mer for employees in the Municipal
Building, without their being com-pelled
to work "on Monday night
or any other night during the
week." Consideration of the matter
of putting employees of other de-deferred,
including ' painting two
buildings, acoustical treatment m
the auditoriums and gymnasiums
of two buildings, changing to oil
burning equipment in three build-ings,
and other major alterations
partments on a five-day week was and repairs."
Parking Field No. 2
To Be Opened Shortly
As a result of the closing of the
parking neld on the southside of
West Merrick rcL, between South
Grove and Church sts., for the con-struction
of seven stores. Mayor
Cyril C. Ryan announced this week
every effort would be made to speed
the opening of- Interior Parking
Field 2,^ Wthln the block bounded
by West Merrick rd.. Pine, Church
and South Grove Sts.
The village will not wait to com-plete
grading, paving and other de-tails,
but will put the field to use
just as soon as possible.
referred to the Board of Directors
Samuel Rosner. Irving Slater and
William H. Bruton were admitted
to members-hip in the association.
A proposal of the Southwest Civic
Association that County Republican
Leader J. Russol Sprague be asked
to sponsor legislation making Free-port
a separate sewer district, was
referred to the Board of Directors.
It was decided to conduct the
'September meeting on the lawn of
the home of Carl C. Jensen, 108
Colonial ave..
Village Trstee Walter J. Wood
urged the organization to .keep. ..after
The salary situation is the same
in Baldwin and Roosevelt, while in
Baldwin anticipation had to be
made of interest on a bond issue
likely to be floated to finance the
.acquisition of the golf grounds as
a site for a new high school, an
elementary sehool and playground.
GOLD CUP RACES SHOWN
IN NEWS AT THE MOVIES
The Gold Cup races are oein?
shown in the news films at the
Freeport and Grove theatres and
will be continued through the per-formances
next Tuesday. Bill May,
the Village Board in its effort to; manager of the Grove, said Free-have
the Frederick ave.,__ brook
placed under a culvert and a play-porters
had shown a great deal of
interest in the films which are
ground established for the area. shown three times daily.
Girl Earns $25 Commissions
Setting Leader Subscriptions
Barbara Mann, 201 Park ve., has earned S25 for herself this
snmmer-by-'selling: 50 subscriptions to THE LEADER. And she is
keeping-up the pood work. Oth^r bovs and piris havn made con-
CHUBBUCK DRUG STORE
OPEN ALL DAY
The Chubbuck drug store, South
Main st., at Sunrise Highway, will
remain open Sunday after the other
pharmacies in .Freeport close at 2
P. M. The telephone,is Freeport
9-3333.
aiderable sums for themselves. ,. i
We want 5,000 subscribers by
Oct. 1, which would mean $2,500 in
commissions for those who sold
them If we attained our goal.
Wb find boys and girls in the
seventh and eighth year age group
in the public schools make the best
salesmen, and we can put all who
are interested to work. But the
opportunity is open to others who during which solicitors can put in
for their activltes, they too can
participate in the campaign.
Just call at THE LEADER office,
154 East Merrick rd., or telephone
FReeport e-7668, any morning to
obtain details, and you can start
out immediately. There are still
three weeks before school opens,
would <ll&e to earn some easy
money. Also if members of any
crganizatipns Desire tq obtain /um}s
full time getting subscriptions and
a commission of 50 cents each for
them, _—,