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TWELVE THE f.R A HER THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917
D."A'.'R. Chapter Gives
Its Christmas Party-
Mrs. John W. Dodd, regent of
Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter
D.A.R., was hostess at a Christmas
tea following an executive b'oarc
meeting in her home Friday after
noon.
It was voted to support the res
toration of Raynham Hall in
Oyster Bay. Plans were discussed
lor observing the 20th anniversary
of the chapter with a luncheon in
February, with the state officer
und regents of neighboring chap
ters as guests.
The monthly meeting was an-nounced
for Saturday, Jan. 11 at
2 P. M. in the home of Mrs. John
Lew, 334 Archer st. The next
study group meeting Is set for
Monday night, Jan. 13 in the
Jiome of Mrs. J. Edwin Clark, 67
South Bay view aver The topic for
discussion will be "The Influence
of Slovac .Nations on American
Cuflure."
Muriel Carpenter's
Engagement Announced
The engagement of Miss Muriel
Marie Carpenter, daughter of Mrs
Joseph Carpenter, 162 Jay st., and
the late Mr. Carpenter, to August
Augenthaler, jr., Duchess st.
Roosevelt, was announced by her
mother at a gathering hi the Car-penter
home Christmas day.
"Both are graduates of Freeport
High school. Mjr. Augenthaler, is
a veteran of two years service in
the navy, serving in Japan for one
year.
TO OUR MANY
FRIENDS AND
CUSTOMERS
Men Shop
80 South Main tS.
FREEPORT 8.3371
t»AST COUNCILORS TO MEET
The Past Councilors Social Club,
Alpha Council, D.- of A., will meei
next Thursday afternoon In the
home of Mrs. Adelaide Nygaard, In-dependence
ave.
Ware-Barquinero
Weddinq in" Church
The Episcopal Church of thr
Transfiguration, was the scene of
the wedding of Miss Antoinette
pavison Barquinero, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Marcelo Barquinero
209 Pine St., to Peyton Chaloner
Ware, fetuyvesant tive., Merrick, son
of the late Mr, and Mrs. Frederick
C. Ware of Preeport.
The Rev. Reginald Hebe'r Scot*,
officiated and Mr. Barquinero gave
his daughter in marriage. MLss
Althea BerTcel was maid of honor
and _Miss Jane Wi«e bridesmaid.
Arden Alquist, grand niece of the
bridegroom, was flower girl. Richard
Spader of Merrick was" best man
and ushering were Frederick C.
Ware, James Ware of Valley
Stream, and Richard Ware, of Chi-cago,
111., brothers of the bride-groom;
also C. Ludlow Smith, of
Merrick, and Gerald Griffin.
A reception for about IOC guests
followed at the South Shore Yacht
club. After a wedding trip, Mr.
and Mr^. Waie will make their
home in Freeport. Mrs. Ware at-tended
LaSell Junior College, Au-burndale,
Mass., and the Scudder
School in Manhattan. Mr. Ware is
a veteran of more than four years
of service in the Army.
Follow the many thousands
of our satisfied customers by
having y o u r watches re-paired
on the ^premises at
JEWELRY I SHOP
Third Generation of Jeivelers
43 So. Main St.. at Sunrise
AS and
SUNDAES
Made With Our Own Home Made
Ice Cream —or
DELIGHTFUL
LUNCHES
Served The Way You Like 'em
V I S I T
40 Main Street Freeport
Shrine Members Give
4 Christmas Party
Members of the Nazareth Shrine,
)rder of the White Shrine of
Jerusalem, held a Christmas party
Yiday night in Spartan Temple.
-ith Mrs. Estelle Kehm, worthy
nigh priestess, and Charles Kehm,
vatchman of shejiherds, presiding.
. Courtesies of the East were ex-tended
to Mrs. Lydia Nail of
Flushing, district deputy. Second
^Jew York district; Gordon Harvie
of White Plains, deputy watchman
:>f shepherds. First New York dis-
.rict; Mrs. Edith Wttteon, worthy
high priestess, Star of Bethlehem
Shrine of Brooklyn, and Mrs.
Madeline Barr, worthy high pries.
ess, and Allen Barr, watchman of
;hepherdst Star of Bethany Shrine
^f Flushing.
Mrs. Marion Fulton program
Mansperger Attends
Principals' Meeting
Martin M. Mansperger, principal
of Preeport High School, attended
the sixty-second annual meeting
of the New York State Association
of Secondary School Principals in
the Hotel Onondaga, Syracuse, last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Two years ago, Dr. Man perger
was elected assistant secreiary.
During the current year he edited
the official proceedings of last
year's conference. For several years
chairman, directed the members in
Iwo skits entitled "Free Trees" and
"Trial by Jury." Dr. J. Philip
Thayer as Santa Claus distributed
the gifts. Mrs. Eleanor Combes
and her committee were in charge
of the buffet supper that followed.
he was chairman of .the Planning
and implementations committed
This committee fashioned and
effective the holiday confei
of the past several years.
HART SCHAFFNER
& MARX GOOD
CLOTHES
AT THE
CANARY
MAKE YOUR
Reservations Now
FOR OUR
7.50 per person includes
Full Course Dinner and Cocktail
Fun, Hats, and Noisemakers
Dancing To Music Of
n
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And His Orchestra With Vocals By
CAROL PARKER
AND ;
AL KELLER
AT THE PIANO
For ffie time of your life,
spend New Year's. Eve here.
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For Reservations Phone Freeport 8-5138
a nary
Sunrise Highway, Merrick
See Interesting '.
Office:
Room 10
22-24 So., Grove St
FReeport 8-7668
llth Year. No. 33 FREEP0RT, N. If., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9. l'JI7
Freeportls
Official Paper
PRICE: FIVE CENTS A COEY
Furman Is Named
Chief Cl^rk of
Surrogate's Court
Has Been Member
Of Howell's Staff
For Past 18 Years
Everett C. Furman, 225 East Dean
st., for 18 years a member of the
staff of Surrogate Leone D. Howell,
is the new chief clerk of the Sur-rogate's
Oourt. He succeeds Edwin
W. Weeks, who filled the office foi
30 years and retired on Jan. 1 to
return to the privat 3 practice of
law. Mr. Furman was sworn in
by Judge Howell on Dec. 31.
In 1929 when Surrogate Howell
was looking for a man with ac-counting
experience, he induced Mr
Furman to resign his position, with
the Central Union Trust Co., in
Manhattan, to become an assistant
in the accounting department 01
the Surrogated office. S h o r 11 >
thereafter he become the account-ing
and adoption clerk, a position
he filled wUh such ability that
when Chief Clerk Weeks decided
to retire, the Free-port man wa^
selected to succeed him. despite tlv.
fact he is not a lawyer.
Born in Freeport i.i 1906, Mr
Furman avtenoed public school
here. He was a student in the
; School of Accounting and Finance
'of New YqrifrIJjtf*ersity for -three
years; later- completing the course
after his health forced him to dis-continue
his studies for a tune.
.vFrom college he went to the Cen-tral
Union Trust Co., where he was
employed until he joined Judge
Howell's staff. His new official titlo
is Chief Clerk and Clei-k of tht.
Surrogate's Court.
Mr. Fui man's wife is the former
Miss Marion DeMott. They have
a son, Robert, 17, a senior in the
Freeport High School, and a daugh-ter,
Virginia, llf a pupil in the
Columbus ave. school.
H. Alfred Vollmer, another resi-dent
of the N o* theas t section of
Freeport, took office as Sheriff on
Jan. 1, and Theodore Bedell start-ed
another term as .Comptroller
the same day.
The Worth of A Dollar is What It'll Buy
The far-scelnp editors of the NEW YORK TIMES, on December 26, grave more than two whole paffes
(free of a single line of advertising:) to print messages from its special correspondents in eighteen coun-tries
of the world. Each message had the same general subject—the lot of the common man the world
aver as he struggles along after war's effects. The type chosen was the locomotive engineer—not exactly
common.
Of course thousands of NEW YORK TIMES readers went through the eighteen reports. Of course
also many more thousands set the pages aside to be read later. THE LEADER differed from both these
classes; for we read the pages through twice, line after line:—We were seeking for somthing of direct
interest to Freeport: .
The amazing unbreakableness of "Hhes human will stands out clearly in several of these stories. May
we point out that .the underfed Englishman turns all his troubles aside by saying:—"Time seems to flj
when yow are gardening." There is scarcely a line of griping in all the reports; Egypt came nearest to
It but even after Mohammed had said what he said he went on "I have great confidence in our king."
From each story we have picked out the wage total per month in native coinage (when given) and in dollars.
We have also caught out a sentence from each w orker as typical of his attitude towards the world.
We draw special attention, In the following, to the desperate situation through inflation in China, Yet the
man there is spending, more than $1,000,000 a year to send his two boys to school so .that they may nol
grow up to be '^blockheads" as he puts it.
ARGENTINA:—Juan de Tal receives 376
pesos ($100); "I am pretty lucky to live here."
According to Frank L. Kluckhorn food is plen-tiful
but prices high.
AUSTRIA:—Karl Sperl receives 420 schil-lings
($42); "I consider my income good." Ac-cording
to Albion Ross undernourishment even
affects Karl.
BELGIUM: — Armand Lardlnols receives
$125 and bonuses; "'Other people are a lot
worse oft." According to David Anderson
meals alone cost $40 a month. '
BRAZIL:—Joao Batista receives 2250 cru-zeiros
($112); "Use my spare time trying to
improve my life." According to Frank M.
Garcia food costs SfiO per month.
CHINA:—Hsia Himg-Ching receives $2«0,000
($45}; "It's better to stop all wars." Accord-ing-
to Tillman Durain the engineer cannot
save a cent, but he is semUng hl.s two boys to
school at an expense of $1,040,000 a year
($170).
EGYPT: — Mohammed receives $80; "I
should get more out of life?' There was no ;
mention of food prices in Gene Can-Iran's re-port.
FRANCE:—Robert Breugnot receives 16,000
francs ($133); "French people must learn to
work together." According to Mallory Browne
over half the wages go for food.
GERMAN Y:—Hermann Milde . receives 412
marks ($4!); "No time to think—only of them-selves
as individuals." According to Delbert
Clark, Milde pets a high calory ration because
"of his work, but his family not.
GREAT BRITAIN:—George Pritchard re-ceives
6'£ pounds sterling ($25 plus): 4*Time
seems to fly when you are gardening." Ac-cording
to Herbert I* Matthews there is little
to be had to eat.
INDIA:—Munna receives 130 rupees (S39);
"Better off than most." According to George
E. Jones food has doubled In 'price since 1939
and there Is IHUe of it.
ITALY:—Eugenic Ferri receives 14,000 to
15,000 lire ($80); "I am the brother of all
other workers." According lo Arnaldo Cortesi
the worker gets imitation coffee and only ten
ounces of sugar a month for five persons.
JAPAN:—Takao Takaiogawa receives 1.000
yen ($25); "Next winter is more worrisome to
me." According to Lindesay Parrott the man's
chief foods are rice and sweet potatoes and
seaweed.
MEXICO:—Arnulfo Coria. Garcia receives
$280; "Budget balancing is his primary con-cern."
According to fYflUuii Bracker he gets
enormous midday meals.
SOVIET UNION:—Serge Brokovitch Zolni-hov
receives 4000 Id 4500 rubles ($666 to $760
—estimated); "Peace is necessary for us,"
According to Drew Middle ton rationed food
costs about 500 rubles, ' \-
8PAlN:-*-Pepe. Jlmencs receives G60 ;j>esetas,^;-
,($48; plus!j.A'"F'^ls' lie' his'-ijati**'a -"reasoiiBbic^ v
dfjaJ-( from , Uf«7^T- According .to" Sam Pojto.'.~
Brewer he w favored by getting rations
through K.R. commissaries.
SWEDEN:—Anders Johan Malm receives
S150. "Sweden I* the best place in the world
to live," According to George Axclsson ra-tions
are generous and there arc no food
troubles.
UNITED STATES:—George Teese receives
S600. "No other nation gives a man better
living." According to Meyer Berger the en-gineer
gets meat every day.
YUGOSLAVIA:—Ivan FIMpovilch receives
5760 dinars—est. ($116); "Life is be««*r than
before the war." According to Arthur M.
Brandel th*» worker eats only the best meats
and vegetables.
Mail Pickup Tests
End Today; Await
Future Decision
Crowd at Stadium _
Gets Real Thrill A§
Helicopter Laiyls"
With today's flights, experiments
of the Post Office Depajtment in
picking up mail by helicopter plane
in Long Island will be brought to
a close. Preeport postal aUthorl-ties
and village residents will await
a decision from Washington as to
whether the te^ts warranted"mak-ing
the community a stop for pick-ing
up mail by plane permanent
Quite i» crowd gatheied in tha
Stuaium Monday and got a re*U
thrill as the first helicopter with
Its horizontal "windmill" whirling
at tap speed approached. Then it
appeared over the field, hovered
for a moment and dropped down
near a black cross which had been
placed on the snow for a landing.
Postmaster Edward A. * Rjce,
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan and others
shook hands with tho puot as h3
huuued out a bag containing- f our-
POUUCU of airmail, mostly first day
coveis, for Preepqrt residents. Tn
he
Scarcity of fooH,, clothing1 and fuel.is the general outstanding fact on most of the European continent,
and in both the Middle and the Far East. Fn«d must come first in every hou.se that is to survive. Near-ly
all the populations are shabbily dressed. The lack of fuel is made up in 'part by crowding into small
quarters. The engine-drivers as a class get fuel from the railroads they serve, coal being the material
of the jfiteam engine. '
The moral for us of Freeport is that a dollar is pood for only what it will buy and hence high incomes
are largely a delusion if prices are high and goods are scarce. . .
THE LEADER, January 9, 1947.
consisted
as souveniis of the occasion.
There were two pickups yester-day,
totaling four pounds each.
There were two" more yesterday
and will be a like number today.
In addition to Postmaster JEUce
and Mayor Ryan, the crowd at the
Suidlum included Trustees Joseph
H,. Gallo and Leonard D. B. Smith,
William F. Heenan,- superintendent
of the local post office, V. C. De-
Colna, the foreman; Abraham Sie-gei,
chairman of the Park Com-mUslon;
Judge Hilbcrt R. John-son.
Sheriff H. Alfred Vollmer,
Acwlng Superintendent -,of Public
Works Michael J. Coffcy; Village
Engineer Herbert M. Wood, Village
Clerk ,peorge F. Hasbrouck, Police
Chief Peter Elar, Mr. Viebrock and
William J. Martin,
Board Starts Improvement
Freeport Street Lights
First steps toward providing adequate lighting for the streets!
of-Freeport were taken by the'Village Board at its meeting Fri-day
night.
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan, «rho an-nounced
sometime 'ago a survey
would be made, reported he ha 1
personally inspected conditions ir.
Churcht Raynor and Archer sts.,
East ave., South Grove and Bedell
sts., Plerrpont pi., and Glenada ct..
and made recommendations for im-provements
in the street lights.
He submitted a report by Clinton
H. -Walling, superintendent of elec-tric
distribution, substantiating his
recommendations. Mr. Walling pro-posed
.increasing the voltage of
eome_ lights, numerous additional
lights and the removal of others.
His report was approved and the
recommendations will be carried
out at once. »
Several changes also were ordered
In lights on. North Bayview ave.,
North Brookside ave., and West
Seaman ave., and on Brooklyn ave
The Rev. Pournelle A. Pitts, pas-tor
of the Bethel Church,
Bennington Park, thanked tho
Board for its successful efforts t-i
have the traffic light at Sunrise
Highway and Helen ave., restored
to use. He al.o listed several
streets in the Park which he saU
were so Inadequately Alighted they
constituted a menace to people
traversing them at night. Mayor
Ryan thereupon promised him the
area would be the next to receive
the attention of the Board.
A communication from William
J. -Martin, chairman of the Civic
Affairs Committee of the Preepof.
Chamber of ~ Commerce commend-ing
the Board for its refusal tj
impose a dimout during the recent
coal strike was read. It follows:
"Acting under instructions from
Cord Viebrock, the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, I am re*
quested to convey to your Honor-able
'Board the appreciation of the
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Stores to Continue
Former Closing Hours
At a meeting of the Merchants'
Division of the Frceportr Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday morning in
headquarters, it was decided to
conLinue the store hours that pre
vailed prior to the Chrl.tmas
shopping season. -.
Under this arrangement.sV.the
stores close at 6 P.M., Monday
through Thursday, remaining open
Friday and Saturday- nights as ir
the past.
ARCHER STREET P.-T.A.
TO SHOW 'STAQE DOOR'
The Archer st.'* school* P.-T.A"
will resume the showing of motion
pictures for children with the pre-sentation
of "Stage Door" in the
school auditorium Saturday at 1:30
P.M. -Three comedies and an edu-cational
feature will be shown alsu
TAIBER PHARMACY OPEN
ALL DAY NEXT SUNDAY
The Taiber Pharmacy, 152 Solith
Main st., will remain open aJ'cer
the other' druggists In Freepori'
close Sunday at 2 P.M. The tele-phone
Is Preeport 8-7777.
Dodd Tells Northwest Civics - r
Needs of Freeport Schools
Dr. John W. Dodd, superintend-^
ent of schools, gave a talk on the
school situation in Preeport at the
monthly meeting of the Northwest
Civic Association in headquarters
of Hose Co. 4, Monday night. He
said the ^northwest ^ection had
number one position in the need
for adequate schools but recalled
that when the other areas were
taken care of in 1928, the north-west
alone rejected a proposal for
pioviding adequate facilities.
Dr. Dodd explained plans for
the new Seaman ave. school had
been drafted and approved by the
State Department of Education, sc
Just as soon as conditions warrant-ed,
bonds would be issued • and a
contract awarded for construction
of the building. He added that
having waited so long, the district
was entitled to the bcot facilities
possible,
He listed Eomo of the features
.proposed In addition to the 18 class
rooms, a doubfe kindergarten with
its own playground, an auditorium.
with the stage adj acent to the
kindergarten which could be used
as a dressing room; a gymnasium.
shop, library, home making room
and visual instruction room. The
building, he asserted will be of •>
type that will do justice to Pico-port.
Freeport having gone 15 years
without adding to its school facili-ties,
Dr. Dodd remarked the north-west
was hot the only section th-.'.t
needed attention. He called at.en-tion
to the large enrollment in UK
Archer, fit. school, located in »"-'
Of the moat rapidly growing sec-tlons
of the village, and the hi;; i
6erl6u3~sltuation'was that regardinc
teachers, though this is not ^
Strictly a local one.
He said while all other college^
were, unable to accommodate stu
dents applying for admissio, i
teachers' colleges were attracting
lew students aa compared with the
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