1947-01-02

              Price Tops Red Cross
Campaign in Villages
Albert W. Price, who has .been
named chairman .of the village
canvass for the Nassau County
1947 Red Groc.s drive by chairman
Robert L. Hamill -is already at
^work though the campaign does not
start until March 1. He has an-nounced
the county will be divided
into ten sections. The f i r - t meeting
•of his sub-chairmen will be held
iu the Garden City .Hotel Satur-day
night.
Mr. Price has been active in the
annual drives for five years, This
year he was section chairman for
Bellmore, North Bellmore, Baldwin,
Freeportr; Merrick, Wantash. Sea-ford
and Roosevelt.
Our greatest asset is the good
tviJl of our customers and we
jincerely vafoe the business you
have given -us. May your
Christmas be Merry and the
New Year Better and More
Prosperous than ever before.
JEWELRY! SHOP
Third Generation of J-cwrlrrs
43 So. Main St. at Sunrise
Is
In H.S. Basketball
Trips .Lawrence,
41-29; 4th Straight
As Holidays Start
As the schedule wns interrupted
for the Christmas holiday recess.
Preeport High School had won four
games handily in Section One of
the south Shore. League and seeme
destined to keep on going when
play is resumed on Jan. 10. ,
Lawrence, which was expected to
be a stumbling block, proved an
easy victim in Thur day night's
game, though playing on its, own
court, as' the Red Devils won, 41
to 29.
; Play was ciose in the firs;
quarter the visi:ors leading by only
two points, 5 to 7. whtJe at th*
end of the half the count was '19
to 13, with the Red and White five
still leading. At the three-quarter
mark the count was 29 to 19 and
the final 41 to 29.
Tom Doan led in the scoring
with 8 field goals and 2 foul shots,
for 18 points, while Frank Pitcher
was close behind w.th 14. 'None of
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FREEPORT LOAN CO
95 So. Main St, FREEPORT
The chant of Christmas
carols carry our good
ivishes to all for a happy,
happy Yuletide..
65 W. SUNRISE
"FREEPORT
We wish to extend to one and
all sincere wishes for a happy
holiday atid'our heartfelt thanks
for your consulerate patronage.
GLICKMAN
STUDIOS
31 South Grove St.
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MINEQLA, N.Y.
. LILLIAN M. BIRD, Sec.-TredS.
the Frecpo.t substitutes got into
the line-up.
Lawrence _(Z9.)__ _.
G. F- T.
Holmes, rf 4 0 8
Florin 0 0 0
DeSibio, If ..'. 3 17
Musachio 0 0 0
Ha mil o.i, c ..:.-. 2 1 5
Cooper 1 1 3
Aiditj '....2 2 6
iidoli Ig 0 0 0
Total 12 5 29
Frecporl (41)G
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DeSalvo, rf, .. 3 1 1
Hong, U 0 1 1
Pitcher, c 6 2 11
F.edlund. rf 0 1 1
Doanc, Ig 8 2 13
Total J7 7 " 41
Lawrence 5 13 19 29
Freeport ../. 7 19 29 41
Referee, Meyer; Umpire, Reddy.
J. J. RANDALL RETIRES
AS HEAD OF REALTORS
John J. Randall retired as presi-dent
of the South Shore Chapter
of the Long Island Board Thursday
at a luncheon in Al. B. White's
Town Lodge, as John M. Martens.
of Long Beoch, was installed as h!<=
successor. Moe DaSilva was seated
as treasurer and a director. Ray-mond
J. Miller also was inducted
as a director.
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Seaman Ave. Classes
Have Christmas Parties
Christmas parties were conducted
in the various rooms of the Sea-man
ave., school Friday before the
beginning"'of the Christmas rccos;.
Two Christmas programs also
were given during the week, one
by Mrs. Sylvia Vines' third grade
group and the other by Miss Helen
BrucU's fourth grade.
The former pre cnted "A Visit
to Santa Claus" in which Barbari*
O'Donovan, Warren Bagatelle, Ellen
Mayer, Charles Elfrcich and Tanis
Bochan participated.
A Christmas play, "The Holly
Hangs High," featured the other.
In the cast ware Muriel White, Lois
Rigoulot, Richard Winter, Cynthia
Phillips,'Tony Litsch^ Joel DiPaola
and Sandra Berman. Glenn Brown
led. the salute "to the Hag. The Glea
Club sang "Silent Night," and
Michael Intriligator- sang "White
Christmas." Alan Shaler accom-panied
as the audience sang carols.
Principal William S. Hughes pre-sided.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916
Christian Science
."Christian" Sctence" is tihe les-son-
sermon subject for Sunday in
the First Church of Christ, Scien-tist,
West Merrick rd., at Elm pi.
The golden text is "Ye are a
chosen generation, a royal prieu-hood(
an holy nation., a peculiar
people; that ye hould shew f->rth
tfrie praises of him who hath calle i
you out of darkness into his Mar-velous
light" (I Peter 2:9).
The sermon will be from the
King James version of the Bibb
John 16:7, -13J:
HOME OF
HART SCHAFFNER
& MARX GOOD
CLOTHES
We. always look forward to this
time. 6/ year when we have the
opportunity to wish yon all a
Merry Christmas, a Happy 'JVcw
Year and to thank you sincerely
for your appreciated patronage.
ISLAND ELECTRONICS
21 So., Grove St. FReeport 8-0733
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C-OUR
OWN MAKE
French and^ Assorted i^liQcolai^a
$1-39 pfain box— .-•™-- -
GH<T BOX— FENCH and" —
„ ASSORTED CHOCOLATES - - - - - - - - 1.85 Ib.
FANCY GIFT BOXES - - - - - - - 2.95 and 4.95
XMAS HARD CAND.Y—
Our Own Make - - - - - - - 89c cellophane b a g
CANDY PEPPERMINT CANES' : - 6 in a bag 25c
Limit 2 Bags to a Customer
Fancy Mirror Boxes Lucite Boxes
each box ^contains a delicious A beautiful gift ... a useful
assortment of chocolates box long after the candy is gQJit
6-50 up 7.25 up i
Cedar Chests . 4.50 up
We Arc Agents for [
SCHRAFFTS - WHITMAN'S - PAGE & SHAW
NORRIS & GOBELINS 'and LOVELL & COVEL j
CHOCOLATES
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Leader to Sponso ?»;Tr^ J-Office:
Room 10
22-24 So. Grove St
FReeport 8-7668
Librarian,
Memorial Library
Freeport.
4^JE4* * 0 •% ••• -' Official Paper
llth Year. No. 32
arking Field 1,
)edication Map
Filed With Board
94,577 Square Feet
^ Comprising 18 Plots
Are to Be Acquired
The .dedication map for Parking
Field 1 was filed with the Village
Board by Herbert M. Wood, village
engineer, at a special meeting Fri-day
night. This is the proposed
interior field bounded by S^uth
Main, Smith and Church sLs., and
'West Meirlck rd.
Eighteen parcels of property with
a total area of 94,577 square feet
are listed on the map. These con-stitute
the rear ends of lots front-ing
on the streets named and when
they ai e acquired will prov.de
space 101 approximately 400 cars,
loere already are ex.ts from South
Mam and amitn dtL., with pedes-trian
exits to West Merrick rd.
Eventually a driveway from Cnurch
st.f may be provided also.
Part of this fleid has been ac-quired
and is already in use. It
constituted an "J> snap.d plot ju^t
in from South Main _t., wUh en-trances
jTrom Main -and Smitli eta.
FREEP0RT, N. Y, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1947 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A JCQPY
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A HAPPY, '
A PRODUCTIVE,
A PROGRESSIVE,
A TRIUMPHANT
1947 ... The First in Ail History
his.
the
13 gcirugc».
pyi'tioris^bi the'-IamTtb b#
acquired. Tne owners from whom
property has been acquired or will
be eventually with the square fout-ages
involved are a^ follows: Jacob
Aromo.i, 4,4*8 square feet; A. OOi-der,
94'rf; James ana Fannie Hyper,
2,006; James Smitli ana Glaoys
Kort, 2,0o9; Mary A. Bedell, 2.19J;
F. Schieiier, ^y,i97; Maigaivl Bast,
H. W. Graf, 8,428; F. E. Ohm.,
3,089; Tiiiwdore ri>-dun, j.727 ant*
3,088; Henry Rose, 2,047; James A
1UG6; Lcgraut Realty Co.,
ana 1,743; ivia.er J
Corp., 4,4u4, a.ia Luwio t r
22,810.
Practically all the owners are re-ported
willing to agree on term*
with the Village for the acquisition
• of their holdings, but one of chc
largest holaero, on whose property
. there are ^everal revenue producing
structures, is taid to be holding
out Xor a price that will £orce cou-rfpm.
iiit-.uin proceedings.- - '
The matter oi me appointment
of an inspector in the Bureau 01
File Prevention as a permanent
employee, to see ttyat the iMlles" oi
the department are eii^rced wa_>
discussed. Action wao delayed pend-ing
a full attendance of the board.
Wallace T. Wells, superintendent,
ol public -works' and of buildings,
who has been en a ieave cf absence,
submitted his resignation, announc-ing
he planned to reLume Jiis ouild-
Ing operations. The resignation
was accepted with regret. Ac thu
request oi iv!r? Welu he was granted
on/ allowance of two weeks' pay u
cover his Vacation perioa.
An additional appropriation of
$500 .to permit the completion 01
the sewer for Thelma ct., was
voted. A - budgetary appropriation
of $1,500 was allowed, out, due U;
co.:ts "ttttT~l>Tra Ject cuuld
not be completed at this figure.
>Xhe village is desiious of obtain-ing
-the services of .a man as B
' parking field, attendant. Any in-
Vtexested may inquire, of Michael J
Cpffey, acting superinteudent oi
public (l\?orks la the Munjc^al
. Building. ' • ' " " '*
Ring: oul, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The Year is dying: in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring put the old, ring in the new;
Ring happy bells across the snow;
The Year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring" in the truev
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more.
Ring out the feud of rich and poor ,
Ring hi redress for all mankind,
Ring out the slowly dying cause,
And ancient forma of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes 0C Ufc
With sweeter man puxer '
Ring out the want, the care, the sin
The faithless coldness of the time;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhyme,
But ring the fuller minstrel hi.
1
in place ttnd
The civic slander and the spite
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good. •
Ring out the shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing last of 'gold;
Ring out the- thousand years old,
Ring in the thousand years of Peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
Th,e larffer heart, the kindlier hand; :
Bins out the darkness of tho land!
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Special Stamp
In Use Monday,
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To Use Stadium
For Experiments;
First Day Covers
The Leader Is to sponsor tho
flret pickup of airmail in- Freeport
by a.helicopter that is to be started
as a four-day experiment Monday
morning.
Each piece of air mail carried
away from the Municipal Stadium
where the pickup is to take place
will bear a special stamp;
First Helicopter Airmail
Freeport to LaGuardia
January 6, 1947
Sponsored by The Leader
Freeport is one of a dozen
Queens, Nassau and Suffolk com-munities
included in Uie teat that
will be conducted with one pickup
Monday and two each Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. On tao
I success QI the initial venture by
!J the Post Office Department will
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In tho Christ that is to be.
Forgetting the aches and anxieties of the paStt Jet us reach towards the new
day, the unsullied year. * ,- "
Forgetting hates, and even the memory of hates, and their poisonous powers, let
us believe that growth in all things good comes from good-will.
Forgetting all narrowness of outlook, let us learn to see more broadly that here
and in the remotest parts of the earth are out* brethren—our kindred in God.
FORWARD INTO THE NEW YEAR TOGETHER TOWARDS THE GOOD, THE
BETTER, THE BEST THAT IS YET TO BE.
THE LEADER, January 1, 1947.
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'Stadium at wifB A.M.V iind; 'voioai
lor five nilnuce£ to tQJow *'~rL* '-
Tony' Fierro Retires
From Police Force
After serving as a patrolman 25
years on the Freeport police force,
Anthony Fierro has retired. He is
the first m-an to take advantage of
the law enacted at the last ses-sion
of the legislature enabling
members of the force to receive a
half-pay pension on completion of
25 years of service,
When Pa-trolriian Fierro was ap-pointed
Sept. 16, 1921, the Free-port"
Police Department consisted
of 16 men. He is a crack shot,
aaving received honors in shooting.
He also has been papular with the"
youth of the village among whom
ae is known as "Tony the Cop."
Before hanging -up his uniform
fo4£<good, as of Jan. 1, Patrolman
Fierro was given a two weeks'
, a^ation with pay.
G. Burchard Smith
Getting Over Injuries
G. Burchard Smith, 169 Putnam
ave., who was struck by an auto-
•nobile Thursday night while* cross-
Eg Sunrise-"^ighway, at Church st.,
s reported to be progressing very
nicely in the South Nassau Com-munities
Hospital. '
His doctors rept»$ that though
ife suffered serious cuts and bruises
ic sustained no fractured bones.
Je was cut In the head, the left.
;ar and bruised about the legs and
Jan. /, The LEADER Moving Day
When The Leader rented a
small oflice at 21 South Grove st.,
in September, George W. Goeller.
the editor, and Edward P. Wulf.
advertising manager, thought they
were set for sometime to come.
Based on the growth of the- paper
from May 15, 1941 to that time,
they could not anticipate the
change_ that would take effect un-der
the reorganized and revitalized
Growth of The "Leader "in the
slightly more than three months
has been remarkable. In fact U
has been so great, the organization
has grown right out of it^ little
office. So, Jan. 1, is going to be
moving day. We're going across
the street to larger quarters at 22-
24 South Grove St. We've rented
Room 10 on the third floor, one
of the rooms occupied recently b>
the Selective Service Board.
The larger quarters- will provid-room
for our augmented stafl
which wo have found necessary to
meet thd increase in business.
Next step in the development of
The Leader will be the discon-tinuance
of carrier delivery }ust
as eoon as the pre-pald subscrip-tions
Justify .nijaldng that move
We'd like to make it soon, to we
can join the ranks of nationally
accredited weeklies. As an induce-ment
The Leader is ma&ng n
special holiday offer good until
midnight Saturday under which
$2.00 subscriptions po-t marked
prior to that time wiU be good for
eighteen months from Feb. 1, 1947
lo July 1, 1048. Mnst families have
the nece, sary subscription blanks,
but if Lyou failed to get one from
your carrier, send in your -$2 just
the aamo,"and take advantage of
the" special opportunity. Address
it to P.O. Box 265. Freeport, L.T.*
Guiotto to Address
The Republican Club
Assistant District Attorney Frank
Gulotta, will i-peak at a meetirtg
of the Freeport Republican Clu'3
Friday night in Spartan Temple.
He will tell some of his experience*
as governor of a portion of Italy
during the war.
Everett C. Furman Is slated for
election as president of the club
to succeed Ernest H. Behrens who
declined a re-election.
Naval Reserve Drills
On Wednesday Nights
"The flrst drillsr of'"the-Tecently-organized
U.S. Nava.l Jleserve
Division will-be held in the Legion
Dugout on Wednesday night, Jan."
B, Commander Kenneth Billhardt
announced this week.
William Clinton Story Post;-has
.given the division exclusive use Of
the dugout on Wednesday nights.
tiie faking of pictures and brief
ceremonies i:i connection with the
event. -Postinooter Eaward A. Rice,
oilier postal omcials, Mayor Cyril
d. Ryan and others Will be on
hand to wim&s Uie pickup. Tues-day,
Wednesday and Thursday tlia
helicopter will reach tiic lieid at
7:49 AJVL, and again at 12:^ P.M.,
remaining just long enough'.'IQ pici
up the sucks of mall awaiting it.
Tho plane will leave LuGuardia
Pieid and moke slops at Jamaica,
Far Rocitaway, Lung Beach, HOCK-ville
Centre, Freeport, Amityviile,
Hunting Ion, HicKsville, M i u e o 1 a,
oicn ouve, Port Vv'asai.jgto;! and
Great Ntck finishing the loop at
LaGuaidia Field.
Efforts are being made to put
Freeport iu first place among the
communitioA named in Uie amount ..
6f"""ialfmall" Lsued the first day.'
With.-this- Li mind a first day
cache.1-.. iias been prepared as a"
souvenir of the .occaslpu. ^On the-envelope
will appear a picture of
the Post Office and greetings of
the Chamber olfc Commerce which
will attract the attention of all
receiving mail to Uie alertness of
la^eport iu taking advantage of
the occasion to get publicity.
But there .is another tide.
Souvenir covers will help to swell
the mail only the first day. There
mus£ bo actual buii.iebs not only
che first day, but the other three
to chow there, is p. demand for tl^e
Post Office Toepartment to makj
the tcrvice permanent. This de-mand
will have to ba created by
those in business and industry in
the community and by individual*
who have cause to send out air-mail-
regularly. They are the ones
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FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
"l;;: Friedman's Pharmacy, 65
Sunrise'- Highway, will remain open
Sunday -after' the other druggist?
in. Freeport close at 2 P.M. Ttu
telephone-is Preeport 8-0001.
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