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o. 39 FREEPORT,- N. Y., THURSDAY, FJ5BBUAHY, 19, -1948 ; FIVE CENTS A COPY
Unity Party Opens
Campaign After
Naming Candidates
Smith ancLDoxsee . .
Unanimous Choice
For 2 Trusteeships
With-the unanimous selection of
Robert L. "Doxsee and Lebnard^D.
B. Smith as its candidates for the
two trusteeships to be filled at the
Village election on Tuesday, March
16, the Unity Party has launched
Its campaign. Workers are out
procuring signatures to the nomin-ating
petitions which are to b$
turned in at a meeting* of the party
~on~Saturday at 3~PrM.,* lu Exempt-
Firemen's Hall.
Mr. Smith was nominated to
succeed himself at the'cpnvention
held in Exempt's Hall [Thursday
night by Judge Hilbert R. ^Johnsorir.
"who told of having known the
Beneath the Heart at 'Beau and-Arrow1 Danqe
:e's father. S. Dlmon Smith. . "•"• »>*••».. OUH v. i*jit pjjnvm'n'ci ^yy!BnWJW"pMJrecr«eg,fa»s?reB11
He .also spoke Of-tne c~
if-work
Mr. Smith Jias done during
the nearly two years he~Has served
on the board. Trustee Horace,F.
.par^wan^er and Warren F. Mlllard
seconded the nomination,
_• - Mayor 'Cyril C. Ryan pjaced Mr.
'Doxsee in nomination. He said
Freeport. had good 'men and was
-able to procure-_-more. .who. were
willing to run for ofllce/ He spoke
j)f Mr. Do'xsee's .courage, stamina.
.and ability, He said.the probabili-ties
were that he would be elected
amL-iL_would_be_ a long time before
'MORE NEWS
MORE FEATURES;
MotfE PTG-T.U.RES^ ,
FREEPORT'S
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ANNIVERSARY
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-BALDWIN
ifc=i*±aHJS"i^s
he would be able to leave .office;
.. here or higher. He- called liim
. "Honest Bob Doxse.e."
"I have known Bob" Doxsee for 25
years and it is going to be a pleas-ure
"in my district to get out and
-work for his election,'-'. Capt: Ed-ward
Sammis said In seconding the
nomination. F. Gordon Edwards,
. in seconding the nomination, told
of having known the Doxsee -family
in Suffolk county before he located
in Freeport;
"Mr. Doxsee is from the water
front," he continued. ''And who is
better qualified to" work and act on
questions that come up .than one
who has worked on the water frontT
I think the selection is ideal."
11 -_Mr.lSmith' In. accepting, the ;nom^
ination said he had tried to be a
successful trustee; had put in a lot
of time anoV."I hope.l have done
gome good for the village." He
protnised to continue to give ot
his best and said^ he was proud to
have Bob Doxsee as —a- running
Mr. Poxaee .in, bis "acceptancV
—sp'eeehj11—saidTie wouIH not only ^ZZ^*^-r*~^f^l^f-£lf-^ r_Vi' I r'Y*^' . , __,_ ^ ... . do his be,sttfpr tile -water~TroinraTHr
the south, but dd all in his power
to promote the business Interests
o£-the community. "I'll-try-to-be
a good trustee," he promised..
_ Village, Counsel .Martin H.^^.ey^
rftuch Rpnkp' ot the^j)gwer_ fiouse,-
the..stadium and the. watqrlilant
Inspects Facilities
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Progress Pleases
Officer- Two Units
To Be Activated
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Here-are eight of H]e, more thgn 250 dancers who enjoyed the "Beau and Arrow" Dance sponsored by
the General Organ!zation"m"t'h'e"Freeport High School gymnasium Saturday night, left to right—Marlene
Fulton, Al Huber, Jackie Brandes, Allen Hogte, Janet Powers',TNell KeUy, Ka,ren Frauenthal and Harry.
Oqden — BiiKutolle of Photo Murt
Gym
For
More Than 250 Attend G. O. Event to Mark
St. Valentine's Day; Masque and Wig Inducts
Freeport ITijrh School gymnasium Svas turned into a
Cupid's bower'foX1 the "Beau and Arrow'.' dance {dveri hy the
General Organization in observance of St. Valentine's Day
-•Saturday night. It was one of the
most succesful events ever staged
by th.e.-G,.O. dance .committee.,..there.
Ug(ng more than 250 in attendance.
The decorations, were appropriate
to the occasion. " Ray Fellman's
orchestra played for the dancing,
and "everyone spent a thoroughly
enjoyable evening. **'" " ' " "
• Miss, Vivian Bird of the Social
Studies Department, and Miss.Sally
Harrison, of^_the Art IDepartment^
were 'the faculty ; advisors of the
dance r~committees~wh-i-clr
Supper Tonight Ends
Criine Prevention Week"
Supreme Court Justice Charles
Golden is to deliver the address to-night
at a dinner in the Elks club-house
marking the conclusion of
the observance of. Crime Preven-tion
Week here. The serMs of
-events has-rpeen-sponsored by_Jthfe
Exchange Club of Freeport, but ih"e_
other service clubs are joining In
the' occasion^—The Kiwanis • Club-omitted
.its -meeting last night, and
the Lions.. Club also'will-be repre-sented.
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The Rotary Club' will have its
weekly • dinner, also in the Elks
clubhouse, and .then adjourn to-join
with the other groups.' Judge Hil-r-
Johnspn will presidje.
County Judge Henry J. AT
gave an
members of the--Exchange ChiTal
their luncheon yesterday.
whp.h_maJnp a giant cor-poration
which the Village Board
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DRUG STORE
QBE N_ ALL JDAY S.U N DAY
Whelan Drug Store, 64
unday after
in-Freeport close at 2 f. M. The
telephone is FReenprt. 8-0083
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Unity Party Adopts lUPlank Platform
To Guide Canfflatesr for Office
follp\ving:ls the platform adopted by the Unity Party
for the guidance of its candidates fdi^ffice at the nominating
convention iastlThursday-nigBt? __ ' ' '
• - 1._Ecbnomy, efficiency anB Integrity .,!n. the man^gem6nt;and '
conduct of public affairs.. f £ *' „ i '•' .
2— Whole hearted"' attenti.on to_the Avelfare of .every,*eciipn of .
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one-section agalo^t another.'
----- '. s^ProWction In thefr positkfns: of:sH"vi||age" employees. No
political discharg'fis^ no pblitlcarassessmenta, subscriptions or con-"
^trlbutlons'frQm village employees. " ' " ,^. ^
; 4. Rftcognltlorrof merit and not politics In village-service.
• , 5'-—Priper development- of Freeport's natural asse_ts. Promo-tion
of> Freeport as a place to .live, work arid rear a: family untjer
Id^al conditions... • , T\:"\ . v ^ - -., •
;—Continued co-operation wltK Veterans,,'an%d their ;representa-rehabilitatibn
and all forms, of .practical -servlcfr.
Decorntlon — Mnrlcnc Fulton, chnlr-rmin
; Jrickie BrnndoH, Dot. Bond, Lorct-tii
Olsen and "Pat Boyle. • .
Soni?~~Bobby Ncury, Pnt Bpylo, Mnrl-lyn
Fyvolont, Jt-nn Kobcl, Jcnn Drink-wntcr
find PCR Church".
Bonrd—Olnny Schinn, Sylvin. Diivld-
Cnrn.cnter-and .Mnry Cjonry,
tfSlc Knyno.r. Carolyn
He<ly-Ei(ren-nn<]-'
Pictures taken at tlie dance are"
on display In the Photo Mart~win~
dows at 23 West Merrick'rd. Any
person idenl'ITylng himself will re-ceive
a free copy.
Fourteen .-members - were1 induct-ed
into-thp Maaqiie!Tahl:i WigrGlub
recently. Bill ICerwin, the ~presl:
— the— ideals— ef—th^
cjub andi introduced lh.e other
Officers, jfean Munkelt, vice-presj-dent;
ARnfis OsNeill, secretary, and_
Constance Allen, treasurep. Miss,
Doris Groesbeck.^the director and
advisor, gave an inspirJngvtalk. -
The names of ".^le-inductees-are-as
follows: . ' " • . .
Colette Ballot,, Donnld Brody. John
Byrnea, ; Dorothy Fcn'nernn, Irene
ChnrloB Hutdhinon, John ,
Louis -Laux, Betty "L'ovene, Garvin Meck-inp,
Janet Poi0rs,' Joan Risely, Harvey
Sol! and Lorraine Van RCCB.
Mr. Kerwin and Miss-O'Neill pre-sented'
tliem their* -membership
cards/ arid ttjp. badge of honor was
painted^on each cheek by-Garblyn
Bed ell; ~ Torn -Copeland - -and~ John
Moreton^ All took theTViasque and
Wlg..pledge. The^ntire groqp" ad-joufned
vto yiebrock's for re.fresh-mejits,
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Major, * G&n...^ JV.: Wickersham,
or Cedarhurst, commaiidliifiCgenernL
of tho • 42d Infantry Division '(the
Rninhow -Division)- Of the New
-York — Nntional^-Guftr-d, — came to
Frooport last Thursday to inspect •
tho facilities of the 101st Military -
Pollro Hultnlion in the Municipal
Handing, th« gymnasium' of ' t h e
Krin'port. High School where drills .
aro held every Monday night, 'and
tho-sitr-providetl-by--the-village-forV
an Armory on the grounds of the,
northeast watershed to be erected
as soon as Congress provides the
necessary funds. According to
local otltcials who accompanied Him
on the lour-of inspection, he was,
completely satisfied with what ho
saw. -.; . '.
Announcement also was made.
during" "the we.cT that Company A,-
and the Medical Detachment would
be activated on Monday night,
March 1, at exercises to bo held in
the Elks clubhouse. A regular
Army inspection team is coming
from the First Army Headquarters
Church-Help Youth
,. Proposes ..Instsdling
Television Set to—~~-
Episcopal -Men's Club
Maintaining that little was being
done. Jn, Freeport for the youth o
the community, Sheriff . H , A l f i - 0 (
Vollmer in ;, talk to the 'members
of the Episcopal Churchmen's Club
111 the Transfiguration P a r i B h
House, /Tuesday ntghjt -appealed to
the men to "start something with
the other churches of the com-munity.
He suggested that a television
set be installed around which the
youth-might congregate to witness
various ^events, so they would- not
have tovgb'to <Jgin mills'; to do so.
_ The-.Sheriff ..advocated% also*that
means be provided so tlie~yoimjf
people could engage-In-recreaWoiial
activities, -an'd the. establishment .of
a Y.M.C.A., oc some agency', to look
ifter their interests. ~--- "—-
—"Investment in land is better for
the kids than in jails/'Jie asserted.
'We ought to get together and'
Sherfff Vollmer —explained
of his <:
the
the .County IitU^JHe.^t'6'id or how,
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the buildingand grounds and said
clean through their
also
'A'Hmnny Pfiih,
He.
member-oTthe
n -.tnilojy_ was
lurrying orT'his^trade^thlre to the-advantage
of all' concerned. .-
Clirton""B."SmitlpInffoaucea~lBe'"
speaker. ' President ^ R a y m o n' d
Young presided'and announced the
lub would-Sponsor a-bazaar late-in
Anrll Irifllfiad o'f holding n. minBlr_fiL
show or some other form of enter-tainment.
Refreshments were served.
KEDENBURG AT HOFSTRA
Lee Kedenb'urg, ,115 North' Qcean
ive;, is a'mpng the students recent-y
registered at Hofstra College for
the second semester' activities fit.
tlm^institution. :." ...... "
oral muster as the actlvltatlon la
oJTlcially designated. -; "
Recruiting Campaign Planned
Others to be here arc Lieut. -Col. .
William Bardes, of Garden ^ City,
battalion -commander; Major Ed-ward
Hanbury, of HqUis, battalion
executive' officer; "May.oic Cyril C. .
Ryan, the company officers; "CapC™
John E> Kenny,"of Hempstead, and
Lieut. Arthur Sewell, of Springfield
Gardens.: A. recruiting campaign is
planned immediately to bring the
unit up to a full compliment of 126
•men-and five officers. • ....,-.
The medical detachment, consist-ing
of Lieut.'Roger Wells, of Man-and
four enlisted men, will
be activated the' sa,me night. Re-cruiting
teams ,w I i 1 visit the
schools to interest, students In eii^
istlng, as membership is open to
men from 17 to 3§ "years of age.
The Military Police, unit Is the only
on 'Long Island. -Members are
paid for the tlnie~they spend in
IHll periods and IB" days of sum-mer
field training ranging from
157.50 a year for a private to
3fG.50 • for master and first ser-eants.
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10-Point Program Offered
A full teir-pqlnt training progranr
nstrucJ.TQ'h', \Tiittd" to-garden the re-inst!
Hin"gJ confidence in
i 45 calibre pistol and_a 30-,.caTtbro .".
jirbine. They alBo are taught riot
ontrol7^-interJoiC~gU(Htd,^'mllitary ^
anltation—ttfid—llr-flt^itid^-- r-vj—
Sgt. Lewis J. Stancourtr a local
osldon't, -has—been—apiTOintEil~Ee(lsi^:
;ral. caretaker ami .will :be on duty-laiiy-
from 9 A.1W;; to-5 P; M.( in—
he^jMunicipnl'Buijding .to Supply
nformation for all who desire it.
fhe teleimone Is FReeport .8-0187.-- ~
The 301st Battalion is to consist
^a headquurttirs and 'headquarters
letachment, Co.' A<t and tho medi-al
detachment with headquarters
n Freeport; Co.'B. to be located In
ay^Shore, ahd Co. C, in Patchogue,
The full "cotnpliraent will total 625
men and-21 omcers. . •
During -the war thb 101st M. P.",.
"Battalion-fought all the way from
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— -7^_Contlnuknce of the 'profitable 'and efficient rnanag<Vnent- of
all Municipal departmefitsTeGpecfaMy the light, the waterrsanitation.
-deparfnients an'd the Freeport.municiipal .Stadium. ;.v r^_
-};~ B\~TKe lowe.st possible taxes consistent with efficiency. , -.
9!—R/eferendum on all bond Issues.- : :- . A '
~,^~^——101>0>-^-^CCoonnttllnnUUeedd Jlooccaall. pc^obnnttrrooll ooff ppooMlicoee aanndd ffiirree ddeeppaarrttmmeenntsts^^fl'nd -& fUniie, business regardless, of.,. the
Vi '"maintenance-of their~unr|valed high quality of Service. {,, '.!;..-»> occasipn, Frank' Wiesenfeld.-the
~'" *' 11 ^_Open'vcornpetitive.bicId!ng-on public wc^rks aftd,suppna.f.- >• chairman'announced,today.. ;
- . • r All Stores toCIose;
Birthday
"-Allstore's affiliated ^rltli'.the Mer-chant's
Council of^lthe rFreeppr'r
•Chamber -of Commerce,: are', to be
closed a]l day ori Monday, Wash-
.ingto^i's Birthday. Only exceptions
'are'* pharmacies, 'food Stores and
other
ftinue.
-which L have vto ..
Name
.'Eqr'a* t^mpororyr'period the price of The LEADER
'has been red'uced to-i^l.50 a year, go fill in the abo^e blank
to^ay"and mallLto:^
a' eeti^tnrbugh. .the" mail every1
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