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SIXTEEN THE L E A D E U — F R E E P 0 R T , N . Y. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2C.
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DAUGHTER BORN TO GALE£ OcEansido. to Paul and Betty Gale,
yv. girl, Melanie Leigh Gale, was i 9 Bay Front dr.. Baldwin .Harbor.
born Tuesday, Aug. 12. in the South !• Mr. Gale is associated with the
"Nassau Communities H o s p i t a 1, j Charles F. Behr Realty Co.
FOR
-TO-SCHOOL
BEAUTIFUL WATCHES FOR STUDENTS
Si
Feminine Favorite Model
If there oe such a tiling as an
all-around watch for a woman,
this Is It! Smart enough look-
Ing to toe worn with pride, it's
also sturdy enough to be worn
while doing housework. Crafts-manship
has been lavished on
its movement, exquisite taste
has gone into its design. Its
case Is of durable rolled gold
plate with a special alloy steel
back impervious to tarnish and
body acids. The movement has
7-Jewels. As a gift, this love-ly
watch creation will give a
"pick up" to a "pin up" girl.
B-104 Rolled gold
plate top, steel back.
Guaranteed
Modern
Square Dresa Model
Combining the "trim elegance
of a dress watch with the
sturdy features of a...flrst class
utility watch, this Oris is a
truly handsome timepiece.. A
very dependable timekeeper, its
7-Jewel movement is Ceased in
a heavy rolled gold plate case
with a stainless steel back. Its
burnished metal dial, with
raised gilt numerals and gilt
hands, Is covered with an un-breakable
crystal. It's right in
every respect, and priced with-in
reach of most any purse.
A-10G Chrome top, 1 2.95
. Plus Tax
'Third Generation of Jewelers"*
43 So. Main St. (at Sunrise) Freeporj
from a VVn to
ALL STANDARD BRANDS
PURE BOILED
Reg. 3.50 gal.
PURE GUM
4-INCH BRUSH . . . Reg. 2,39
DENATURED
A L C O H O L 5 LB^CUT — PURE
SHELLAC
4.10 gal
ONE COAT
ENAMEL
85 gal.
ONE COAT FIAT PAINT
6 5 gal.
17 E. MERRICK ROAD FReeport 9-3421
— (Near Main St.)
Sweeney, Boyle Get
Ford ham Scholarships
Christopher P. Sweeney and Ed-ward
J. Boyle, both 18, Freeport
boys who were all-.schola.stic stars
of Chaminade High §chool, Minc-ola,
will exchange their Flyer jer-seys
for those of the Pordham
Rams next week. They have re-ceived
full scholarships at Pordham
University valued at $1,800 awarded
by the Athletic Association. They
declined partial scholarships worth
$600 annually offered by Cornell
and Lehigh Universities.
Sweeney, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond V. Sweeney, of 108 North
Ocean ave., was president of the
Chaminade Student Council, an
outstanding public speaker and
member of the track team:
Boyle, son of'Mr. and Mrs. Pat-rick
J. Boyle. 92 North Bay view
ave., was secretary of the Student
Council, co-captain of the football
team, member of the track and
boxing teams and winner of the
American Legion School award pre-sented
by the William Patterson
Post, of Mineola, *for outstanding
character for four years, at Cha-minade.
They will check in at the Bronx
institution Tuesday and report to
Head Coach Ed Danowski for their
flrst football practice the following
morning.
RHODA HAT SHOP OPENS
The newest fall models at popu-lar
prices feature the re-opening of
Rhoda Hat Shop, 3 Pine st.. As
always, the store will offer a com-plete
selection with no hat priced
at more than $3.99.
A- i- f i i t i n j i in c - o n i u n r i i o n - \ \ i l h our new store, where nolh'^g
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\\u* snaiTrl to make il ouManaiim for your comfort, \v-mle
* ~ ill \ou rnjo\ \uiir luri'lt or flintier. |t\u- lunc not o\ tirlooken
making our own Home Mm!'- In- Cream . . .
slandiiif: in f|ualih.
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FOR THIS WEEK
WE FEATURE
From Main to Church Street
FReeport 9-4236
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COMPARE THESE
SPECIFICATIONS:
Steel Reinforced Concrete
Foundaiioj
Steel Doofc
Oak Flo
10" Bea
fttif "tf *"' "* ***? Insulated IflMw^adifr Roof
Ornamental "Wower Boxes
and Shutters
Sodded Lawns
Iron Railing, Front and Rear
Combination Sink and Tub
Venetian Blinds on AH
Windows
Tile Bath Riom w'th Re-cessed
Hampers and Dryers
Copper Lenders and Gutjp:s
Windows and Doors Metal
Wcatherstripped
Copper and- Brass plumbing
Throughout
NEAR SALT WATER SWIMMING
6 Rooms, 2 Extra Large Bedrooms; 7 Closets
was $1O,750 now $9,750
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LOTS 50x100 . . . CITY SEWERS CONNECTED
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Cash as Low as $550 for Veterans
Balance on 20 year Mortgage at 4% Interest
FHA Insured . . . Civilians Invited
ROOSEVELT AVE.7 corner RAY STREET
Phone FReeport 8-10249
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]2lh Year. No. FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY. SEI'TEMBKR 4. 1917 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COPY
Paul Kelly Resigns
As Assistant to
State Police Conference
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State Housing Headjii.SquadSystemforCops
Resumes Practice
Of Law Here After
2 Years as Deputy
Paul Kelly, Deputy Commissioner
of the State Division of Housing
since July 2, 1945. resigned as of
Sept. 1. and has returned Lo his
general law practice as a member
of the firm of Kelly and McDonald
with offices on West Sunrise high-way.
State Housing Commissioner Her-man
T. Stichman expressed regret
at Mr. Kelly's resignation.
"The people of New York were
fortunate to have hud the services
of Paul Kelly during the critical
period of emergency housing con-struction
and planning and build-ing
of permanent public housing,"
he said. "During the past two years,
Mr. Kelly has ably assisted in the
execution Of Governor Thomas E.
Dewey's emergency housing pro- i *-hej
gram under which more than 50,000
persons in 214 emergency housing
and educational projects in 39
communities and at 52 colleges
have been accommodated."
Prior to this appointment Mr.
Kelly had served as counsel for
the Freeport Housing Authority.
Mr. Kelly was born here -May 4,
1910. and attended Brooklyn Pre-paratory
School and Freeport High
School before taking his bachelor's
degree in law at the University of
Alabama in 1936. He carried on
further studies at ihc Law School
of St. Johns University. He is a
member of the bar in Alabama and
New York.
Civic and fraternal organizations
in which Mr. Kelly has member-ship
include the Knights of Colum-bus;
Freeport Lodge? of Elks, and
Freeport Veterans Legal Aid Com-mittee
of which he is a chairman.
He is also a member of the Nassau
County and New York State Bar
Associations; Coast Guard Auxili-ary
of 'Freeport; the Fire Depart-ment;
Freeport Republican Club;
Holy Name Society of Our Holy
Redeemer Church, and a member
of the lecturing faculty of Holy
Redeemer-Labor School.
Mr. Kelly resides with his wife
and four children at 80 Wallace st.
Men Now Get 48 Hours Off Duty
Weekly— Seven New Appointments
Patrolman John 1). Grosser, president of the Fret-port Pol ire
Benevolent Association, and Patrolman William Dan be on their
r e t u r n from the State Police Conference held last week in Uochester,
Holy Redeemer School
To Reopen on Monday
Registration for Our Holy Re-deemer
School which will reopen
for the new school year on Mon-day,
was started today (Thursday*
and will continue tomorrow from
9 to 11:30 A.M., Sister Antoinette,
the principal announced today.
Sister Grace Veronica has been
added to the faculty, succeeding
Miss Dorothy Carney who has been
a member of the staff for two j
years. Sister Antoinette is starting :
her third year as head of the
school.
announced the conference adopted;
a resolution commending the Free-port
Village Board for introducing
the 11-Squad System to replace the
10-Squad System for the depart-ment.
The resolution paid e s p e c i a l
tribute to Mayor Cyril C. Ryan and
his associates on the, board. Three
hundred ind fifty departments
were represented at the conference.
Under the 11 - Squad System
which was placed in operation on
Monday, members of the force get
48 hours oft duty a week instead of
only 32, an increase of 1C, though
will continue to work parts ot
six days. However, they are as-sured
of a full 24 hours to them-selves
weekly, something thai has
not been the case in the past, when
frequently they had to put in 13
days in two weeks.
Village officials have been con-templating
introduction of the 11-
squad system, but due to the short-age
of the force were imable to do
so. However,
June F. H. S. Class Sets Record
With 95.94 P.C. Passing Regents
The
R events
eclipsing
19 graduating
rating of 95.94 set
class of Freeport High School with a
a new mark in ihe history of the school,
that of 95.63 established by the class of 193K. '
This year 1,233 took the e x a m - ' * ' " " ~ ~ ~
ination and 1,183 wrote passing | ceed Mrs. Gladys Toner; Miss Janet
papers. The 1938 class was larger.! Cruickshank. Mills Schools for
as 1,488 examination papers were! Teachers, Cleveland ave., kinder-written
and 1,423
year's average was
1945 it was 91.48.
Superintendent of
passed. Last
93.06 and in
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1. Five of 'them take \the places
of men who have been suffering:
from illness or injuries for a long
Lime-and are m he retired as soon
as the New York Stale Retirement
System makes the necessary ar-rangements.
Another succeeds Pa-trolman
Eben Padgett who recently
retired and the seventh Lqjjes the
place of Patrolman Raymond Phil-lips
who resigned to enter the elec-trical
business in Florida.
The force now numbers 41 men
including supervisory officers,. and
10 men will be on duty at all times
Glen Cove, New York City and
Yonkers have introduced the 11 -
sqdua system for their men.
Schools John
\V. Dodd reported the percentage
of those passing by subjects was as
follows: Special studies. 93; history,
92.40; English, 94.72; mathematics,
88.25; language, 95.41; commercial.
94.87; science, 95.68, and special
subjects 93.91.
In the elementary schools the
pupils promoted constituted 04.29
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wxtontt - ttio »»trtXQoiji>«w -to>lown-.-rfeeix-man,
97.66; Archer, 96.86; Grove,
93.41; polumbus, 92.89. and Cleve-land,'
90.63.
Eighteen new teachers will be
welcomed into the Freeport school
system by Leon F. Gi'jlyn at the
faculty meeting railed for Monday
night in the high school auditorium,
following the opening of school.
Sixteen of them are to Mil vacan-cies
caused by various reasons and
two to new positions.
The list is as follows: Miss Joan
Burke. New Paltz State Teachers'
College, Columbus ave.. fourth
grade, to succeed Miss Berenice
Staley; Miss Eleanor Cane, Oneon-la.
Columbus, second grade, to suc-
Saturday Night Closing
Put Up to Merchants
The Merchants' Council of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce is
conducting a poll to ascertain
whether the majority of the mem-bers
would prefer to remain open
on Thursday or Saturday night.
Frank. Wlesenfeld and Walter
Green, the co-chairmen, have sent
out a questionnaire which the mer-chants
are asked to fill in and re-lurn
promptly as possible. No
change is proposed in the closing
. hour, on Friday night,
"The- inclosed questionnaire is of-fered
tp you that you. may express
your individual opinion and it will
be used to determine the wish of
the majority," the message con-cludes.
"We urge you to mark in
proper squares the night you prefer
to stay open.- Return the post card
at once with your store name and
your signature."
BLAIRS NAME SON ARTEJJUR
A son born to Clarence and Ger-aldine
Sullo Blair. 245 Commercial
St., in the Freepon Hospital on
Sunday, has been named Arthur
Robert. i
Vamps' Battalion Tourney
To Be Staged Here Sunday
The Freepon Fire Department will be host tor the first time
to the Second Battalion District of Nassau County
parade and Tournament on Sunday. -
at its annual
the, district
comprises Baldwin, Island Park,1
Long Beach, Oceanside and Point
Lookout.
The day's activities will get un-der
way at 11 A. M. with a parade
starting from headquarters on
North Main St., and proceeding
south on Main st. to Merrick rd.,
west to- Long Beach ave., south to
Atlantic ave., and west' to Roose-velt
ave., where the tournament
will be staged.
Thirteen entries have been re-ceived
for the six contests* on the
other members of the Village Board,
comprising the board of Fire Com-missioners,
have been invited to be
the guests of the fir«men at the
tournament.
Two grandstands have been erect-ed
and there "&lso will be two stands
from which refreshments will be
served. Chairman Smith announced
today that adequate parking space
has been arranged for all who de-sire
to witness the events.
On the vaxious committees are:
card. The program comprises in- ' Refreshments, George Smith, John
dividual .ladder, equipment, running ; Hubbard and Franklin Gremple;
hook and ladder, running hose, grandstand, Eugene Huxley, jr..
efficiency and efficiency replacement
events.
Former Chief Kenneth Lewis,
chairman of the battalion district,
will award the point trophy and
other prizes at the close of the
games. Second Deputy Chief Frank
j. Smith heads the tournament
committee, with First Deputy Frank
Chuisano as co-chairman. Chief
Frederick Buss is honorary chair-
Robert Graupner and Charles Chil-dres;
tickets, John Powers, Knee-land
Verity and David Higgins;
band, MABurford Southard. Charles
Henckle and William Anderson;
first aid. Dr. David Tutrone, Frank
D. Smith and William Judd; fire
police, Anthony Ustica and John
N- Hartmann, jr.; public address
system, Bernard J. Loonam, and
B a t t a l i o n representatives^ past
garten, to succeed Miss Mary P r a t t ;
Miss Mary DiQroce, New Paltz. Co-lumbus
ave., fifth grade, to succeed
Mrs. Edith Nelson; Miss Mary
Hardcastle. William Smith and Co-lumbia
Teachers' College. Archer
s"t., kindergarten, tu .succeed Mrs.
Eloise Latins.
Also Miss Elaine LontifiU'cker,
Buffalo State Teachers' College,
and Columbia Teacher:;' College,
Seaman ave., third grade, to suc-ceecL
\&cu^ SyWio^.Vlx^esi^.lWiBs Grace
ave.,'' s^xtrT*griitte,'~'£ti> "'succeed " Mrs
Eleanor Qwither; Miss Jnnet Ma-gee,
New Fnltz, Seaman ave., kin-dergarten,
to .succeed Mrs. Ruth
Dauley; Miss Virginia Moores, New
Paltz. Gcove st.. first grade, to suc-ceed
Mrs. Reva Oreensiein; MJS.S
Mildred Neus, New PalU. Columbus
ave., kindergarten, to succeed Mrs.
Frances Sullivan; Miss Marilyn
Ryder, BrookporL.. Columbus ave..
fourth grade, to succeed Miss Ma-thilda
Eisner; Miss Ruth Wagner. |
Geneseo. Archer st.. new position. ;
and Miss Barbara Westerman. Os-wego.
Archer st.. to succeed Miss
Jane Ames. ,
New teachers in the high school !
will be Arthur Mercant.e, New York !
University, physical education to
succeed J. Wesley Southard, pro-moted
to vice-principal; Robert
Miller, Syracuse University, biology,
to succeed Mrs. Marguerite Hoppe;
Mrs, Dorothya Rieger, Missouri
State Teachers College, English,
new position, and Miss Helen W.
Robertson. New York University.
Board to Ponder
Church St. Map
Adoption Attacks
More Than 50 Sign
Opposing Petition;
Wood Explains Plan
Proposal of the Village Board to
establish a set-back map for
Church st.. a county roacU from-
Railroad ave.. to Smith st.. with
a view to Keeping the cost- down
to a minimum when the county
authorities decide to widen the
street to ease truMlc on Main st..
met with strenuous opposition at
a heartnp conducted by the Board
Thursday night.
Sidney H. Swe/ey presented a
petition .signed by more than r>0
property o\vner> and tenants of
buildings along t l u - s t r t v l nppoMng
the plan. Several mlu-r lawyers,
acting tor clu'iU^, umvJ opposition
to the plan. Vilhiur KnRineer
Herbert M. Wnod i'\pl.i.iH'd the
reason for advanriim t i n - prop«>.il
at this time. He situ) other n. m-niunun^
were hiddtng for stit-e!
u-ideniim as jxvt-war projects, so
with ihe members ut the Planning
Buard and other village ufUc.ais
-several conferences were held with
John C. Guibert, Nassau County
Commissioner of Public Works at
which the proposed widening of
Church st., and other projects
were discussed. . .
Action. Adylncd by.County,.,
retired.
one-third of the cost of acquiring
the nece.s.sary property, U'hile the
county would /Innnce the remain-ing
two-third and the enUre cost
of the iniprovrmenl. The comity
uiuhont ic.s. he continued advised
t h a i I he proper cuur.-ic l<> pursue
wa.s to adopt the sel-bnck map tu
govern the erection bf new .stric-tures
and thus prevent the neces-sity
of taking away fronts of new
buildings when the wKiening is
carried out. He explained Hemp-stead
had taken similar action on
Fulton ave., though it involved
many larger buildings than those
along Church st.
After the conlr-rences, Mr. Wood
said, the proposed map was pre-pared,
care being exercised to re-duce
the prospective cost to a
minimum.
Clarence A. Edwards, former'
Prceport resident, and expert on
realty matters, opened the attack
on the plan. He charged the pro-posal
was "imprudent, unwise nnd
A VVW t-J. *j*JU**( i ^ v - " - ^ * - " - —' t • • f r A. 1-1 ar-t, to succeed Miss-.Lily.M, WallerJ.not .well-planned. He contended
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man. Mayor Cyril C. Ryan and the ' Chiefs Joseph and Lewis.
COMPANIONS OF FOREST
TO INSTALL ON OCT. 13
Officers recently elected will be
installed at a meeting of Pride ot
Iroquois Circle, Companions of the
Forest, in Junior Order Hall on
Monday night. Oct. 13. Plans for
the event were made at a meeting
over which Mrs. Phillipina Heebcl,
chief companion, presided.
It also was decided to conduct
the 30th anniversary dinner at a
place to be selected, on Oct. 26.
Mrs/ Evelyn Johnson, chairman of
the entertainment-committee. Is in
charge of arrangements.
The Circle will meet Monday
night.
FRIEDMAN'S DRUG STORE
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Friedman's Drug Store(1. South
Grove st., at Sunrise highway, will
remain open Sunday alter the
other pharmacies in Freeport close
at 2 P.M. The telephone is Free-port
-8-0001.
the time to "carry "our
was when things weru essential and
necessary so - they would do f.he
greatest good for the greatest num-ber.
Opposes 'Boulevard1
Conceding Church st., was con-gested,
he insisted a 70-foot street
(from building to building> would
constitute a "boulevard." He assert-ed
such a street was not necessary.
He proposed that to prevent dib-turblng
the Baumann and Wool-worth
stores and other structures.
property on the west side of. the
street be set aside for the improve-ment.
He declared the cost in-volved
'would total $1.000,000, and
pleaded for the adoption of other
means less expensive, to meet the
situation. He proposed among other
things that Church st., be made
a one-way street.
James A.. Warner, representing
Charles Maier, owner of 75 feet of
frontage between Woolworth's and
Baumann's. who is planning to re-place
the houses with stores, con-
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