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TWENTY-EIGHT
O. E. S .Group Honors
:. Arthur Penned
The Rev. Arthur J. Penncll.
pairon of Preeport Chapter, O.E.S.,
wno recently was named gram
sentinel of the Grand Lodge ol
New York, was honored by the
chapter at iUs meeting Monday
iiight in Spartan Temple. Mrs.Olga
V. Myers, worthy matron, and Wil-liam
S. Burney, worthy patron,
presided. -^
Honors of ihq East were extend-'
-;rd to R. W. Harriet E. Knocckol.
associate grand matron; R. W.
Helen Boyd, district deputy; R.'W.
Philip Zurian. -deputy grand lec-turer;
other past and. present grand
officers and past matrons and pa-trons
of Preeport and other chap
lers who were present.
Mr. Pennell received numerous
gifts. • The Merrick Community
jGJee Club, directed by Wallace
Burnett, sang, accompanied bj
Frederick Baldwin. The chapter
choral group, directed by Mrs. Elsie
Wnitehouse, sang with the glee club
ttnd Dorothy Grover, former drum
majorette of the Freeporfc High
, School band, gave an exhibition of
twirling.
Birthday night will be observed
at the next meeting. Monday, Nov.
15, when the altar will be draped.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hall and a large
committee served refreshments.
SHE'S JANET RANDOLPH
Mr, and Mrs. John S. Randolph,
249 North Long Beach ave., have
t.amed a daughter born on Mon-day,
Oct. 27. Janet.
THE LEA PER — F R E E - P O R T , N. Y.
Archer St. Pupils at Singer Sewing Center
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER f>. 1947
Yule Seal Sale Quota
Is Put at $125,000
A group of 23 pupils of the Archer st. school recently visited the Singer Sewing Center on West
Merrick rd. at the invitation of the manager. R. G. Kirchdorfcr. The girls were conducted on a
tour of the store and showed extreme interest as the various departments and their mechanics
were explained to the youthful visitors. They vwcre especially interested as Mrs. Margaret Lihling.
the teacher in charge, outlined the teen-age program which is a feature at the center. The girls
requested the management to contact their parents for permission as a group to take the sewinjr
course. One of the girls was lucky enough to win the privilege of receiving the course free of
charge. Later the group was taken to Bcier's where ice cream sodas were served to all.
The Nassau County Tuberculosis
and Public Health Association tins
.set a goal of $125.000 for the 1947
Christmas Seal sale which will be-giif
officially on Monday, Nov. 24,
Mrs. Elbridgc T. Gerry of Old
West bury, chairman of the seal
sale committee, announced today.
"To maintain thr present scope
and high standard nf our program
and to make possib!-? its expansion
in certain areas, it is of the utmost
importance that our quota be met
for this year," said Mrs. Gerry.
Last year. Nassau residents pur-chased
$106,98$) worth of seals. The
many services of the Tuberculosis
Association are financed entirely
by the sale of the seals.
In addition to its tuberculosis
case findings program, the Associ-ation
conducts a broad health edu-cation
program in Nassau's schools
and communities. Since the time
of the last Christmas Seal sale,
it has organized a countywide com-mittee
to fight rheumatic fever, the
SI disease which kills and cripples
more children than any other ail-ment.
FEDERMAN'S ON CRUISE
Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Federman,
143 Putnam nve., were among the
passengers who sailed recently
aboard the Grace Line's Santa
Paula for a cruise to Netherland
West Indies. Venezuela and Co-lombia.
Choice of
the Choicest
The wide variety of fine
Jewelry in our targe
stocks tttord* our <us-much-
desired
to choose from
m&ay designs and
many price ranges,
especially our large
selection of Gruen Pre-cision
watches, priced
$33.75 to $4000. Gruen Curve* Codef
Ho. TAB IICLUOIP
A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY
ARTICLE IN OUR STORE
Third-Generation- of-Jewelcrs".
43 SO MAIN ST. AT SUNRISE HWY. FREEPORT
WALL -PAPER
PURE WHITE
5 Lb. 'GUT
17 E; Merrick Road nr. Main Street
FReeport 9-3421
HUDOCK AT OTTERBEIN
WESTERVILLE, O., Nov. 6—Jaetf
Norman Hudock, 7 Rosedale ave
Freeport, N. Y., is attending Otter-bcin
College, which is beginning its
101st year with -an enrollment of
950—the largest in Its history. ,
CONGOWALL
Buy It Tonight and
Every Thursday Night
AT
FREEPORT
Floor Covering Co.
7 EAST SUNRISE HTVY.
FReeport 5-1779
NOW you con
a f f o r d this
q u a l i t y t i r e !
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ride and longer wear.
Husky, road gripping
tread for ~maximum
safety.
SAT-R-DAY
CAMPE
ANOTHER BIG SHOW AT
CENTURY'S FREEPORT THEATRE
Saturday, Nov.. 8th, Noon to 5:00 P. M.
On the
Screen
On the
Stage
"HENRY ALDRICH, BOY SCOUT"
"THE BIG SHOW" with Gene Autry
MORE SURPRISES — LAUGHS
CONTESTS — PRIZES
Come as late as 2:00 P.M. for a Complete Show
Small Down Payment
PER W££K
,16.00 x 16}
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$outhwes! Civics
Has Discussion
On School Finances
Clifton B. Smith,
Assembiyman Carlino
Present Both Sides
School finances were discussed by
Clifton B. Smith, vice-president of
the Board of Education and Presi-dent
of the New York Stale School
Boards Association, and Assembly-man
Joseph F. Carlino, of Long
Beach. Monday night at the
monthly meeting of the Southwest
Civic Association in Exempt Fire-men's
Hall. President William Al-bert
presided.
Mr. Smith reported on a survey
made by the Educational Confer-ence
Board into the need of pro-viding
adequate state assistance
for school. He announced it had
recommenced a grant of $103,000,-
000 in additional statn funds for
the schools. Mr. Smith said that
if this recommendation was ac-cepted
by the Legislature, it would
m.an a substantial reduction in
school taxes.
He advocated putting education
first on the list for appropriations,
conceding that if this was done,
there would be less for Welfare
and other state functions. He pre-dicted
that unless Freeport re-ceived
assistance, Freeport's school
tox ^ rate next yeaiv would probably
pass the $2-mark as a result of- the
bond Issues tor trie Seaman nve.
school and the school site In the
southwest, plus higher salaries for
teachers and other items.
Assemblyman Carlino said the
state had to finance all its
agencies, and would not grant ad-ditional
aid for schools unless it
was given greater control over
them. He added that the present
tremendous increase in school taxes
was due to the back-log of expan-sion
which has been forced on the
'various-districts;
The association
vot'd to request
Rev. James Shaw Gives
Armistice Day Message
"Price of Freedom," His Theme
At American Legion Exercises
Hie Hcv. James S.
the address at the
Storv Post. A. L.. Tucsdax
gave
morning
Winners Listed
In 1947 Fishing
Prize Contests
Albert M. Whisnant,
Gets Award for
720-Pound Tuna
Albert M. Whisnant, of Manhat-tan,
captured the prize offered by
the Village of Freeport for catch-ing
the largest tuna fish during
the season just closed, it was an-nounced
today by Capt. Edward
Sammis, chairman of the commit-tee
of awards. He caught a fish
weighing 720 pounds while out on
the Caliban IV, in charge of Capt.
Buddy Merritt and Mate Harold
Landers. Merritt and Landers will
receive smaller prizes from the
village, and the captain a 12-0
Penn reel donated by the Schultz
Sporting Goods Co.
Plans for presentation of the
awards will be announced later.
Other awards have been made as
Mayor Cyril 'c. Ryan to instruct
Commission to
with the four
t he Tra nsporta tion
call a joint meeting
civic association'; and the Chamber
of Commerce to consider the for-mation
of a program to combat
the Long Island'Rail Road's appli-cation
for additional increases in
fares. Refreshments wer.' served.
First Turia Caught—-Wen toy
John NTegri, 6f~ Freeport, weight 31
pounds cleaned. wlUle aboard the
Bertha N, Capt. Henry uitsch. Jr.;
also the prize for the largest tuna
caught trolling, with the same
catch; prizes 9-0 Penn reel, do-nated
by the Freeport Boatman's
Association, and n Ply-Flex rod.
Last Tuna of the Season—Won
by Gerald Rowe, Manhattan, Oct.
28, weighed 5G pounds, w h i 1 e
aboard the Gladys B. Capt. Jerome
P. Montross. Prize Fly-Flex rod.
Largest Blueflsh — Won by Nor-man
Case, West Hempstead. 7
pounds, 2 ounces, aboard the Doll.
Capt. Edward RiehaiU. Prize,
inckel box and kit.
Largest Albacore—Won by Sam-uel
Mori, port Washington. 17
pounds, aboard the Pinky, Cupt.
John Zappia. Prize, camera.
Largest Fluke—Won by Charles
H. Keianey. of Malverne, 16l_-
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Shaw, pastor of the Church of the Nazareiio.
Armistice Day exercises of William Clinton
in the Municipal Buildinp.
' His topic was "The Price of
Freedom," and he took as a text
"Ye shall know the Truth and the
1 ruth shall make you free," John
8: 32. He warned against taking
:hc breathing space following the
war as an indication that peace
prevails.
"Fellow citiz us," he said, "this is
:i great error. The tasks of patrio-tism
are not over. The signing of
treaties means a greater task has
to be accomplished. Me must main-t
a in the peace for which our armed
forcis fought. Therefore the de-mand
for patriotism is gr.ater.
There is the reaction from the
strain of war, of the returning vet-eran
in re-establishing home rela-tionship.
There remain the prob-lems
of labor and management and
production. Thci e are to be met
the national debt and taxes. One
could go on for some time enum-erating
the various problems of the
nation, state and local. One of
increasing importance is juvenile
delinquency. Yet people talk of
ease.
"Because gun fire has ceased, the
drama has not ended, it has Just
begun. A3 patriots, today we must
build America lor the luture, our
children* . e^nci ^ttieir - cKUd^en.
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Merchants Enthused
As Funds Pour in
For Holiday Season
Members of the committee of the
Retail Council of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce which Is
planning the pre-holiday season
met in Pythian Hall Monday, a f t e r -
i noon. They were enthusiastic over
the response to the appeal for
funds with which to provide deco-rations,
lights and advertising. Jack
Ore en and Frank Weisenfeld, the
co - chairmen, predicted Freeport
would experience the most success-ful
Christmas season in history.
At the first meeting a week at*o.
a goal of $7,500 was set for the
fund. Mr. Gret-n said not only
were merchants responding nui'jh
more promptly than in previous
years, but that professional men —
dot-tors, dentists and lawyers—also
had sent in checks. Consequent ly-ric
said he cxpccUd the goal would
be reached without dirnmlty.
Mr. Green was not ready to an-nounce
the names of all the mem-bers
of his committees, saying tlu-tentative
lists were being revised.
Mr. Weis'enf, Id has requested till
merchants (having flags from pre-vious
occasions to notify him. He
can be reached at Freeport 8-9898.
Florence Hale
Education Week
Speaker ..M.HLJL
Decision Likely
mre.
Mr. Shaw referred to the
various
Freedoms, and ndded. "m some
ways we are not free. Christ tells
us that he who lives for himself
loses his life, but he who loses his
life, gives life—if not he becomes a
slave,' to self. A nation cannot be
built, neither can it be sustained,
on self-seeking, self-expression, or
self-assertion. II sin is selfishness,
and it is, then we Americans are
not free. We arc slaves to sin, and
the wages of sin is death."
Keniu th E. Vought. first vice-commander
of the post, presided.
The program was opened with a
moment of silence, after which
Robert Stout and William Bedell,
members of, the Legion drum and
bugle corps, sounded "Taps." The
invocation was given by Major
Ernest W. Newton, of the Sul'.ation
(Continued on Page 4t
Football Teams In Benefit Game
For Gerald Kelly, Injured Player
Board Acts Tonight
On Siegel Resignation
Action on the resignation of
Abraham Siegel, as chairman and
a member of the Municipal Park
Commission, is to be taken by the
A benefit football «ame is to be played al ihc Municipal , village B.bard at its meeting tonight
Stadium Sunday at 2 1*. M., for a young Freeporl man who suf- i (Thursday).
fered a broken neck in a recent contest, and now is encased : •
plaster cast in the Mtadowbrook 0-
Hospital where he will have to re-main
for nearly1 a year.
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The unfortunate victim is Gerald
Kelry. of South Lorfg Beactt ave.,
a member of the Freeport A. C.,
who received his injuries a week
ago Sunday during a game played
on the Raynor st. playground. Not
realizing he had been injured, he
continued to play tor twenty min-utes
when his neck became so stiff
he had to retire from the game.
He was rushed to the hospital
where X-rays revealed the serious-ness
of- his injuries.
The competing teams in Sunday's
contest are to be the Freeport A. C.
and the Freeport Majesties. Both
are made up of former high school
players .and men who played foot-ball
while in~4he service. The. Ma-jesties
are a Negro combination.
The players will wear high school
uniforms. All the proceeds, except
$25 for the use of the Stadium,
will go to Kelly. I*en Dobbins, T.
Redmond McKenna and Tulio Fi-lardo
will officiate at the contest.
Tickets may be obta ined a t
Gene's Stationery Store and the
Grove Stationery Store on South
Grove st.; Schultz's Sports Goods
Store on Sunrise Highway, Jumbo
BroWn's, also on Sunrise Highway;
Danzlger's, South Main st.; Grea-ney's
Cafe, West Merrick rd. and
Church st., and at the Stadium on
the day of the game. Kelly, a
quarterback, played on the varsity
eleven while a student at Preeport
High. He served three and a half
War II.
Mr. Siegel submitted his resigna-tion
to Mayor Cyril C. Ryan la.st
Thursday to take effect as of that
day. He gave as his reason pres-sure
of business. He advised the
Mayor he was appreciative of the
co-operation given him by the Vil-lage
Board at all times, but wrote
he just could not see his way cleai
to continue to serve as a membei
of the' commission.
There,are rumors, however, that
thv, board will endeavor to induce
Mr. Siegel toJ withdraw his resigna-tion.
Mr. Siegel was appointed
chairman of the Park Commission
by the present administration when
it came Into power four years ago.
! He served previously as a member
of the commission before the war
during which activities at the Sta-dium
'had to be curtailed because
of1 blackouts at night and ttu
tatioh oi'gasoline for motorists.
HTra"r^ltki'-
Thursday Night
Dr.- Florence Kale, past president
of tlit1 National Education A.Tsorin-tion,
former director of elementary
education. Slate Depart men I of
Maine, a member of the board of
trustees of the N. E. A. and editor,
of one of the outstanding educa-tional
magazines of America, "The
Grade Teacher," will be the main
speaker on the Education Week
program at 8 o'clock tonight
< Thursday», in the high school
auditorium. Parents and . friends
are invited to be the guests of t h e '
Board of Education and faculty of
the Freeport schools at this Amer-ican
Education Week community
program.
Dr. Hale has spoken in every
state in the Union. She is a most
outstanding speaker and one of the
leading women in Am rican edu-cation.
The Freeport High School
Band will open the program. A
group of elementary school stu-dents
from Columbus and Seaman
ave. schools will sing. Leo F. Gib-lyn.
president of the board of Edu-cation,
will express greetings, and
John W. Dodd, superintendent of
schools, will be chairman of thr
meeting. This will be Freeport'.s
American Week school and com-munity
program.
Bus Line Tuesday
Transportation Unit
Expected to Make
Report to Board
Definite recommendations con-cerning
the proposed bus line to
serve the residents of the north-west
section are expected to- be
formulated by the Transportation
Commission for submission to the
Village Board at a meeting to b€
held in the Municipal Building-
Tuesday night.
With chairman * Sewurd BaKer.
presiding, the commission held an
informal hearing Thursday mitii.
It was attended by representative.*-
of the five groups seeking the
franchise for the operation of the
route, the NorlhwoM Civic Asso-ciation
and tin- Freep.in Chamber
of Commerce.
Thos;. seeking tho franchise r.re
the Roosevelt Bus Line, the Mn;:k
Bus Co. (Semkei. the Hempstead
Bus Line, the Star Bus Co., Frank
Vanderbeck and Richard Newhouse...
Chairman Baker announced at
the outset that the commission \vas
concerned, 2only with a rout?
through the northwest area, as it
hus Jurisdiction only within the
incorporated limits ol tho village
and therelqre could V?ave nothing
to say concerning tne proposed line
to .Hdtstfa~T!6U'^;~Hem|!&tea^;/<^«V
yond. tha^yiUaa^-J^i&^j-iJ^^^r-?
' - Vtfa¥k~''~sirdnclclx' pre&ldent i
Northwest-Civic Association..
nt Its November meeeinjsr, vot&a t<?
favor n single lino through the
'urea, the one to Hofstrn. was pre*-
pared to follow out the assocTn-"
t Jon's re-commendations. However,
he said his organixation favored
a route that would besl serve the
interests of the aren in providing
transportation to the railrotut Ma-lion
and the shopping area. \V
Chapin Moger, of the same organi-zation,
spoke, n.s did William J.
Martin, chairman of the Civic Af-fairs
committee of the Chamber
of .Commerce. _ _ . .___
All were unanimous in advocat-ing
n. line, the only contention be-ins
over the route, to Pennsyl-vania
ave. Residents of Lout?
Beach ave., and Wilson p.., ex-presstd
disapproval of having bu.^es
run through these two streets. It
finally was left to the commission
to lay out a proposed route :"jr
inclusion in Its report to the V i l -
hme Board. After this report, is
received thr- Board must co-iduvt
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/IPPKP'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Zipper's Pharmacy. 71 Snulh
Grove st., will remain open Sunday
after the other druggists in Wee-port
close at 2 P.M. The telephone
is Freeport 8-0277.
Tke Leader Would Like to Raise
$1000 for Girl Scouts Drive
Little projsres.* was made thin wccK in lh;- campaign of the
Kiecporl Girl Scouts Committee to rai>e S.l.oOO with which to carry
' (in the various activities of the organizulHui in this \ illapr next
year. In fact, prospects of raisin. ^
the fund are very dubious. The $li000 lf 2,000 subscriptions w«re
Leader t$ doing all It can to assist. sent in There are only two weeks
Subscriptions and renewals to date to go before this offer expires,
probably will allow for one of the Remember, for every annual sub-,
largest contributions to the fund. SCription received, we charge only
But we are not satisfied. We'd $1, half of which will go to the
like to make it even larger. In j Girl Scouts. Subscriptions will start1
fact theri/s no limit. If we could immediately, and every subscriberl
get 1,000 subscriptions we'd gladly wUl get The. Leader by tha first
turn. $500 into the fund, yes even mail every Thursday morning.