1948-10-28

              PAGE TWENTY THE LEADER —FEEEPORTt o N. Y .THURSDAY; OCTOBER 21, -194S
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J. P. PAINT CO. Inc.
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In a reportorlal capacity. Slie said
Blii? was -eager . to attend because
"when It was 'known that .tills In-ternational
Conference was to take
place, I received many telegrams
from medical men of other_landB
teiiing me they were looking for-ward
to meeting me again at this
conference."
"Art 'application for ,me to take
parr in the conference was present-ed-
by the Administrative Director
of the Kenny Foundation, Marvin
L. JvIIne,'" she continued.' "The
repfy received was that scientific
exhibits were given by grantees of
the National Foundation for Infan-tile
Paralysis only."
Sister Kenny read a report, head-ed
"The Incomprehensible Tabu"
submitted by a man from abroad
on discovering she could not .par-ticipate.
In which he commented on
the fact her nanip was not even
mentioned, and intimated she was
being punished. •
One of the important questions
a'sked, she said was, "Could anyone
present answer the question, 'What
was the cause of the materialixa-llon
of spinal deformities, and how"
could they be prevented'."
Falls To Get The Floor
"There was no answer to this
very important question," she con-
Inued. "Five doctors approached
ne among the gentlemen of the
press and said to me: 'You can
answer that question. *** Will you
inswer the question?'" She agreed
o do so but despite all efforts to
lermit her to comply with the re-quest,
she said: "The unholy tabu
igainst my name prevailed despite
he desires of these members of (be
nedical profession."
Later efforts to be permitted to
ipppar.before the Conference were
•qually unsuccessful.
Sister Kenny explained that a*
•nininltiee from California was lo
irrive at the Institute in Jersey
C i t y on Nov. 17 to make an Inten-ive
study of her methods. II' the
findings are favorable, the commit-lee
phins to luko the m a t t e r before
Congress, she said.' In response to
a quest ion she suggested that a
f o n n n i l t e e from Nassau County be
sent to Jersey City to join in the
survey.
In response lo questions she said
Parade Planed Here Su 1 . . • • • .
In Observance Of Navy Day .* - +/ . - ^
n
Xavy I)ny will be observed here Sunday With a process ion
which tile local uints of Ihe Naval Reserves and National
will li» 1'e.aturod. \'eterans, Fraternal and .other .groups
also will ppaarrttiicciippaattee,, and an air
show will be presented by the
Grumman Aircraft Engineering
Corp., of Bethpage. -
The parade is lo move from Pine
and 'Church sts., at 2:30 P.M., and
will wind up in the Stadium where
a program will be given. Capt.
Douglas' Stickley, U.S.N., will be
the chief reviewing otllc^r at the
Stadium. Others expected to he in
the reviewing stund are Mayor,
Cyril c. Ryan, County ICxecutive J.
Uussel Sprague. or a represe.nta-tlve.
Supervisor A. Holly Patterson.
Maj. Gen. Hmll M. Podeyn, of the
New York National Guard; Lieut.
Com. Kenneth P. H i l l h a r d t , of the
t'.S. Naval Reserve, and heads of
various other
There will
the parade,
olor guard
local groups.
be I'uur divisions in
The Preeport police
will lead in first in
which Naval Reserve divisions 3-36,
3-63, ft*.S. Sea bee- Reserve Co* 3-32.
Grumman and the- Grumman Re-serve
Hand will march. Companies
lv. and L., National Guard, llenip-stead;
101st Military. Police Bat-talion,
and Marine Corps u n i t s will
comprise' the second. The third
will consist of Spanish War Vet-erans,
American Legion and V.P.W.
u n i t s and bands. Disabled American
War Veterans, Catholic and Jewish
War .Veterans.
Members of the Free.port Fire De-partment
with their apparatus, >he
Elks d r i l l team and American II*'d
Cross members will be seen in the
f o u r t h .
Lieut. R. A. Haiiiey, Naval Re
serve, will dejiver the in\ ocation.
Lieut. Com. Billhardt will give the
address or welcome, and Capt.
Stickley will be the principal speak-'
er. * Mayor Ryan will give the
official welcome on behalf of tlve
village.
•(5 per cent of the p a t i e n t s treated
it ihe Minneapolis I n s t i t u t e if
they were taken in time recover-
(1 completely, that the death rate
was the lowest of any i n s t i t u t i o n in
,he- world ami (hat in 3,BUD eases
reated not a single surgical opera-ion
was pei-formed. She also said
f enough Long Island people were
nterested, trained nurses and tech-licians
could be sent here to insti-
,ute the Kenny treatment.
After answering numerous ques-tions
she said, I want to ask you
i question:
"What are you people going to do
about it? Are you going to do as
the "people of California did, or are
you going to sit back and be hood-winked
and defeated?"
She also said that every six
months an i n v i t a t i o n is sent to
Hasil O'Connor, head of the Nation-al
Foundation, to agree to a con-ference
on the Kenny method, but
that these . i n v i t a t i o n s go un-answered.
EXEMPTS AUXILIARY PLANS
CARD PARTY ON WEDNESDAY
The Ladles Auxiliary of the Free-port
Exempt Firemen's Association
is to conduct a card party in head-quart
ers, Brooklyn ave. at South
Long Beach, next Wednesday night
at N o'clock. Mrs. Christopher
Maikisch is chairman of the com-mittee
of arrangements.
Hanse Ave. Playground
Is Exempted From Taxes
Thev Village Board at'Its meeting
Thursday night Voted-'to exempt
the property of Anthony CastlgnOlai,
on Hanse ave., used as the Ormoml
Park Playground from taxation as
long as the playground Is continued
there...
Superintendent of Buildings W.
F. DeMott reported operations for
September totaling $159,175. Per-mits
were issued for 12 new build-ings
estimated to cost $1^1,525 and
IS for additions and alterations in-volving
$17,650.
William R. Berge, 73 West End
ave., in 'a letter to the board sug-gested
that & light he placed In the
bicycle shed'at Brooklyn ave. and
Grove St., in an effort to prevent
the theft of accessories from bi-cycles.
He complained that recent-ly
the reflector, the seat and tire
caps were stolen from his bicycle.
The board recommended that
stronger lights be placed on the
pole at t h a t intersection.
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South Shore's
Official
\Newspaper
THURSDAY,
Elks Bazaar A Success
Chairman Carreau Reports
-•Rene A. Carreau, chairman of the
three-day bazaar conducted by the
Freport Lodge of Elks in the club-house
last . Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights reported this week
the event had been a complete suc-cess.
A feature of the fair was the dis-posing
of four automobiles to
Charles Bloxsom, Charles Ruppert,
uf Huntington; Joseph VanUyke
and Joseph Weber of Northport.
Charles Fredericks, a local resident
procured a television set.
STATION LIQUOR SHOP
PETER and JOSEPH PALAGONIA
26 BROOKLYN AVE. FREEPORT, N. Y.
North Side of Railroad Station
Offers P R O M P T Delivery
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TELEPHONE FREEPORT 9-2323
Store Hours—9 to 9 Daily—Friday Till 10—Saturday Till 11
Safety Council
Moves to Conduct
Village Campaign
Edward Vasil Starts
Movement; Various
Ideas Are Advanced
The .MuiiU'ipiil Safely Com mis-sion
at its monthly mopiing in the*
M u n i i ' i p a l Build I ng Monday ni^hl
decided lo sponsor a satvty. ram-jniiKii.
The meeiin^ marked t i n -
first appeai'anc'p ol two nt-\v inem-ber.
s, ICdwarU Vasil and Stanley.
It was Mr. Vasil who sUK^c-sted
the campaign. He proposed That
the managers ol Hie local theatres
be asked to cooperate in the show-ing
of safety films and that pamph-lets
be prepared dealing with (he
subject. Mr. Vasil added t h a t the
Nassau County Police Department
was prepared to provide pictures
taken of wrecks in which f a t a l i t i e s
occurred as visual evidence of the
need of careful driving. These
could be displayed in the theatre
lobbies, while posters could "be"
placed, in various locations, he said.
Mri Black said appropriate stick-ers
for automobile windshields
could be obtained from the Nation-al
Safety Council. He proposed
that tbe Commission obtain a sup-ply,
of such stickers to be distribu-ted
--among the gasoline stations of
the village, so the proprietors might
pass them on to their customers
for use.
Oustav J. Berkel reported he was
working with "the school authorities
in a movement to have student
patrols established in the vicinity
of the various schools to assist the
police in regulating trallic. Capt.
J. M. Hagen, the chairman, pre-sided.
ing the—Score-fof Performance of ••H.M.S; Pinafore1
is the time to your
T""1 1 1 * TT • !* baaie Vasil s
Sunrise Highway at Henry Street, Opposite Freeport Theatre
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Theodore S, Dixon,
79, is Heart Victim
Veteran Fireman Was
Active in Many Ways;
Two Sons Policemen
The Rev. A. Gordon MacRury,
pastor ol" the First Presbyterian
Church, conducted services 'in the'
Fulton Funeilil Parlors Tuesday
afternoon Tor Theodore S. Dixoii-.
who died of a heart a t t a c k Saturday
in his home, 42 Union st., at the
ape of 7!t. Burial followed in
Greenfield Cemetery, Hempslead.
Mr. Uixon was \OI\K active as a
fireman. He was a charter member
of the Hussell JCngine Co.. when it
wa.s organized In Roosevelt, before
Leonard ave., where headquarters
was located, was annexed to the in-corporated
village of Freeport, and
continued as a member when it be-
"came Hose Co. 5,_ of the Freeport
Fire Department.1--
He was a member of Fraeport-
Council, Jr. O.U.A.M., Freeporl
Lodge. I.O.O.F., the Rreeport Lodge
of Elks and the BxempT Firemen's
-Association. He was born in
Staten Inland .and was a superin-tendent—
for_the Knickerbocker ice
Co., New York, for -!5 years before
bis retirement 15 years ago.
He is surviveTl -by his wife, Flora,
and the two had planned to cele-brate
their 56th wedding anniver-sary
on Nov. 21; two sons, Capt.
Edward S. Dixon, of tfie Freeport
Police Department, and Lieut Theo-dore
Dixon of the Nassau County,
Police Department; a daughter,
Mrs. Esther Asjtell.'qf Naugatauch,
Conn., 4 gwuwlQhildren and one
great-grandchild..
Robert T. Tavis, (second from left) director of the Freeport Community Chorus, and members of the
cast of "H.M.S. Pinafore," looking over the score ov the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera which the
Chorus is to present in the Freeport High School auditorium tomorrow and Saturday nights. -Others, left
to right are, George Olson, who sings the part of Ralph; Mary Jean Kelly, Buttercup, and Charles Dor-man,
the captain. For story see Page 16.
6,500 Majority * j tf
For Dewey Seen
Here on Tuesday
1 Democratic Leader
Disputes Vollmer's .
5 to 1 Margin Claim
Harvey B. Smith, 87,
Buried in Greenfield
Last of Original -
Freeport Bank Staff;
Prominent as Fireman
Harvey Buchanan Smith, last
surviving member of the original
staff of the Freeport Hank, who
died ;it ihe age ot"-s7 last Thursday
in his home 10- West Merrick id.,
was buried in (Jreenh'eld Cemetery,
Ilompsit-ad, Saturday following ser-vices
in Ihe Fulton Parlors. The
Rev. A. GordonMacRury, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, of
which he was a member, o/liciated.
He succumbed to pneumonia after
an illness of lesp t h a n a week.
Mr. Smith was born in .Ian. (i.
1.SK1. in the homestead on the north
side of Merrick rd.. just west of the
Jones Beach cause way in Merrick
Owned by the., f a m i l y for eight gen-erations.
He was a direct descend-ant
of Rock Smith who settled Tn
Merrick in 16-f3. , .
. \Vhen Mr. Smith was 0 years old,
his family-HKUiwM-o Freeport .where
he grew up. Two days after the
Freeport Rank, was opene'dTlie went
with Ihe institution, lie and another
^employee making up the entire
| stuff. He was a teller when he
j retired. He was a charter membef
: of the Excelsior Hook & Ladder
j Co., now Truck Co. 1, organ
more than 50 years ago and served
as its treasurer, .for 'more than 25
years. He recently-was -honorptl-bjr
bpinfr made an honorary chief of
the Freeport Fire Department.
Mr. Smith also was a charter
member of the South Shore Yacht
Club and a member of Freeport
Council, Jr. O.l'.A.M. His wife, the
former ' Miss Fannie Bedell, of
Hempst.earl, died in 1935. A son,
Charles A. P. Smith, survives him.
List of Candidates in Tuesday's Election
Below is a complete list of ^candidates to be voted on by Freepor
citizens at the • Presidential election next Tuesday. Polls will, be open
from 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. The candidates are listed in the order in which
their names will appear on the voting machines.
Republican Office Democrat
Thomas E. Dewey . . . Electors for President Harry S
Earl Warren and Vice-President Alban W
Truman
Barkle
. . Thos. C. Kadien, jr
. . . . *Richard Mayes
Michael E. Hanrihan
...*Henry I. Moscow
..*John A. Anderson
Joseph M. Conway ....Supreme Court Justice
Leonard W. Hall Congress, 2nd District
John D. Brennan State Senator, 2H Dfst.
Joseph Carlino Assemblyman, 2d Dist.,
James N, Gehrig District Attorney ..
^Endorsed by Liberal Party.
MINORITY PARTIES
American Labor Party—Henry A. Wallace, president; Glen Taylor,
vice-president; Joseph J. Porte, Justice Supreme Court; John F. Ryan,
congress; Lawrence Wise, state se~nator; James P. McMullen, assembly;
Charles S .Phillips, district attorney. ~"
— Liberal Party—Leo Brown, justice supreme court;-Benjamin Ruben-stein,
congress; endorsed Democratic candidates for other offices.
Socialist Party—Norman Thomas, president; Trecher P_.SmitbT-vice-president;
no local candidates.
Industrial Government Party—Edward A. Tcrbert,
Stephen Emery, vice-president; no l_ocal candidates. • i.
Socialist Worker Party—Farrell Dobbs, president; Grace Carlson
vice-president; no local candidates.
president
Taxicab Ordinance
- Hearing is Postponed
Having decide?) to give additional
study "to the 'proposed ordinance
providing for the regulation of the
'operation of taxicabs in Freeport,
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan -today an?
nounced the hearing scheduled for
tonight had been postponed until a
later date/*
The ordinance as drawn, divides
the • village into zones,, provides
specific fares tha-t may be charged
Qr_inler_and4nira_.zpnes and fixes'
other regulation^ •£&$%?oejicabbies:
Gehrig to Address
G.O.?. HJ!ov/cf3n Party
Except for'a talk by District At-torney
James N. Oehrig, seeking
re-election, politics will be forgot-ten
at a meeting of- the Freeport
Republican Club tonight, in the
Legion Dugout. It is. going to be
a. Hallpwe'en party. Kenneth E.
Vought, chaimum of the committee
of arrangements, has arranged a
series .of audienco participation
games wisich are expected to evoke
much anrusomont.
President Everotl'C. Furmrn v.MIl
preside and Mrs. Mabel Reiner,
membership chairman. Is .ejected
to .s.ubriiit.a'notheiLJo'irgiliatlr candit
Hundreds Submit Ballots
In Northwest Bus Vote
Several hundred residents of the
NorThwest _ section of the village
have~~mai]ed" ballots to The LEAD-'
EK in a rfler^ndTfm -to ascertain
the sentiment of the people con-cerning"
a proposed bus route
through the area for Uie In forma-of
the Village Board.
These-ballots, wore lo have been
' last night and counted in
the otlii-e of Mayor Cyril C. Kyan
in Ihe Municipal Building by a com-mittee
named by President Ralph
L. Marshall, president of the North-west
Civic Association, hill as The
LEADER, had to go to press during
the afternoon, the result of the
count could not be announced1" in
this issue.
^However, we would like to be
able to give the final figures in the
To Study Formation
O,f Kenn*y Institute
An 'Open meeting lo consider the
advisability of organizing a Sinter
Elizabeth Kenny Institute on Long
Is.land' for the treatment or Infan-tile'
Paralysis i.s to he held in the
Court Room of the Municipal - B u i l d -
ing 'Wednesday . nigbt/'Xov. -10.. It
will he called to order by Mr:;..Irv-ing
J, Regun who-is acling as tem-poiary
chaiiman o1' the movement
h<~:-e. • '. ;;..-' - s^
H. E. Batchelder, (nreclpr of the
Sister
^SMK- of Nov. I. And to do so, the
ballots must be counted by Tuesday
n i g h t . Conse(|ueiUly we would urge
that" all persons planning to lake
a stand for or against a bus line
send in t h e i r ballots ifnm"dlately
so they can he canvassed -and—l-he-poll
made as couplele as possible.
At-
BAYVIEW PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY.SUNDAY
The Bayview Pharmacy, 379
lantic • ave., will remain -opi
(lay after the other druggists in
-Ft^ermrt- eloser-iti — 2 — P. M; fhe"
telephOT|e m FReeport H-?H2-I.
Thousands at (O pen House' ,_ .. XT:" " 7 -" "
See Inside 'PhoneJBuilding
Several llioiisaiif!
(unity to visit the Iclcpli
dny, Tuesday and hist nij^
held "open house," learned
ji"i;siuis who inlv.-int^c
when
lot
Ihe op|»'ii'-
on Siuilh ( J r o v e si... ,M<m-
Xe\v York Ti'lenhnne CM.. » I 7
Xcw Yori SU^c
Eli^Hbeth-^Keimy
-llielprincipal-siKtaker,
the operation of a telephone
system.
With District Manager ^ William
B. Billmeyer.in charge, employees
acted as gulden, conducting .groups
through the recently enlarged build-ing
as they arrived and had been
properly greeted.
They- showed cables containing
thousands of- wires, as they .entered
"the .building, hoty they are gradu-ally
separated, u n t i l they get down
to those 01 the individual Jiubncrib-ers.
- , f"
Visitor.---. were showjri/ where re-ports
are recei\;edvwhen service is
inleA'U]Uf>d~-niTd 'how the blowing
in-of
to
•of
fuses rovea'ls almost
stantly when a wire goes out
comniiKHion. They were taken
a c t u a l l y handled incoming calls.
Charts in the central otlice also re-vealed
which are Die busiest hours
of the 'day- and. how the weather and
various contingencies- tend .to . I n -
crease the numbor-ol calls.
Experts showed various types of
cables and explained the s|i
of wires. The air-cooling, systi
being installed for the com It
employees was s-ho\vn,'as were'-the,
rest rooms for the girls alid the
lirejiaratjpiiB for the installing of
equipment to permit dialing, per-haps
in another year.
Pamphlets were distributed show-'
Ing IIQW Ihe number of te'ephones
servjed-'by" the Freeport .and Bald-,.
win'centrals has Tn'creased' from
10|-1RO as of Sept. l.'if93S"to.11,656
seven yetfrs—later—and -then - to
Freeporl voters will gi\e (lov
Thomas K. Pewey, Hu> ne]nthliciin
presidential candidate, a majority
of more t h a n ti.500 .ovoi- President
Harry S. Truman, r n l i n i n g fur re-rlt-
i_uLion nir the pemocrat ic t i c k e t ,
and the nominees of the oilier
parties-1 next Tuesday. Sheriff H.
Alfred Vollmer. the local Republi-can
leader predicted loda>.
Registration in Freeport totaled
11.72U. The Sheriff tigured that as
personal •registration is required in-t
h i s village. flf> percent of those
who enrolled would go to the polls
and vote. This would mean some-t
h i n g more t h a n 11,000. Two years
ago when Dewey ran for re-election
as (Governor, Freeport gave him a
belter than -t to 1 vote. Sheriff
Vollmer is convinced t h a t t h i s ratio
will be .Increased to at least f» to 1,
which would mean the Republican
candidate should poll a t - l e a s t S.KOO
votes. Truman Is expected to get
the balance ol1 the remaining 2,200
votes, as Freeport being a conser-vative
community, Henry Agard
Wallace, who Is being sponsored
in New York State by the Ameri-can
Labor -Parly, will receive only
a smattering of votes, leaving the
race to the Republicans and Demo-crats.
Mrs. Mue TJan!ion, Democratic
•/one leader, did not agree w i t h the
Vollmer figures, contending -Mr.
Truman would, make a better show-ing
here.
Because ol the heavj r e g i s t r a t i o n
through the stale, tho- poUs will be
kopt open u n t i l i) o'clock iustead of
closing al 7. However, because of
the shortness of 111" b j i l l u l the vote
in the 17 Freeporl election i l i s f n c l s
should be t a b u l a t e d w i t h i n an hour
after the polls close, so ihc ,'inal
figures ought (<> be ;i\ -;i liable by
III o'clock.
The Nassa'u County JtejnihliVan
'Victory Party" is to be held in
lompsteiid garden, .Mill . Kuad,
lempstead, where Iho 77S conimll-eomon
have been invited to assem-ble
to receive, the returns.
Democratic leaders had hoped
'resident Truman could Mnd it
osslble to visit Nasf.au Couniy
vhen In this vicinity. Plans had
been Triade trt bring him to Free.,
port iii that event. However, they
were disappointed when at the la-it
moment it was found he could nnt
get here. .-,
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