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THE LEADER — FREEPORT, N. Y. THURSDAY, APRIL-7? 1949
-S H U B Efl-T^SCH OOt
TO GIVE EASTER PAGEANT
. Pupils' ,ih Mrs. Eldanbr Mendel-hall's
and Mrs.-'Agnes ftjabry's sec-ond
grades- will give an Easter
pageant in the-Shubort School.aiul.i-
Among the Freenpr.t children wlio
wiirfake part:a're^nertrahf;Levy as
an Easter Rabbi.t, Robert Frankly
bluebird/,Till ISgan,;. Rainbow-Fairy
and Walter'GoetscliHis, a crocus.
•Committee N a m e d' sented .the gavel to Ills successor.
' ' '- r-Miv-Doxsee's .courage.
the official paper i'or the
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Master Painters One Coat FLAT WHITE
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OPEN FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 P.M
I 17 E. Merrick Rd., near Main FReeport 9-3421 I
fol-nated
as
village. •;. " .
Other Appointments
Other appointments were as
lows:
Uunsclll E. Hotnlinif, tleimly village
clerk ; Mrs. Marirucritc H. Johntum, »enior
clerk, Hero ml deputy
deputy rutfistcr of
Potry, villn
StelFenn, senior
treasurer: Mnrtin
council: Milfdnl
Lillian
uVrmty
vllluire
act! nj{
village clerk mid
v i t n l HtatiHticn;
o nsscsHor: 'Mrs.
account clerk and
H. Wcynuich,
P. VnnHIner,
comptroller; Michael J. Colrey.
tut perin tendon! of public worku until
the expiration of lii« cxtejiHion under
tin- State Retirement Law; Wilbert F.
DeMott, HU purin ten dent of nuililinK and
Baldwin & Cornelius Co., Inc., village
Also Dr. J. Elmer Cummins, police
Mrs. Anna Marshall, police
matron; M. .Cordon Simonnon,- purchiiB-iiur
agent: Edmund Lumlcyv jr., member
of the Planning Board ; Mayor Doxsee
and Trustee Smith, also members of the
Planning Board: Valentiney Wright,
member of the Examining Hoard of
Plumbers: C. If. Walling, John H. !)[«•-
hier. C. P. Willlif. P. J. Boyle and
Stephen O'Brien, members E 1 e c tr i e a 1
Board: Robert S. Preyer. broker to
in-ovide o/licial bonds of the village and
t.4 employees, iintl First National Flank
& Trust Co., and Freeport Bunk, village
depositories.
lso Joseph H. * McCarthy, LiorieJ
Raymond H. Malone. Milton
Diuiziger. Ray Clt-ments and William E.
Ertl, members of Citizens Transporta-tion
.Commission ; Ca'pt. J. M. Hagan,
harles P. Shinn, jr.. (lustave J. Rerkel,
Edward Vaail. William Ashley, Stanley
Uiack and Henry Herr, members of
Safety Council.
Board committees: Smith, Baker and
finance; (Jlacken and Baker,
n sum nee: Doxsee, (! lac ken and Smith,
water, and: street ; full board, power
house; (ihirken and Viebrork, supplies;
Smith and Viebrock, legislative ; Poxsee
and (Jlac-ken, publicity; Ooxsee- and
Baker, waterways mid buildings, and
(I hit- ken and Smith, Municipal garage. Rector Scott Offers grayer
he proceedings were opened by
prayer offered by the Hev. Reginald
H. Srott .rpctor or the Transfigura-tion
H.K. Church. -who also spoke
briolly lauding the administration
of Cyril C. Ryan as a member of
the board for six years. Before re-
MayoK—Doxsee read a prepared
statement listing'' the -accomplish-,
jnenta of the village Uiider- the
administration '--of - M/ayor Ryan.
Ralph Pellicio sent a telegram
lauding Mr. Ryan and letters com-mending
Ryan, Joseph H. Gallo and
Horace'P. Carpenter, signed by vil-lage
employees, were read.
t-and-tiTird-Tueada^-ol1-
pach month were designated, as
Clerk: and Treasurer were ^credited
with the arfiount of $28,284.02, ttiq.
total ol' unpaid or uncollected taxes
f o r t h e year.. ' ' • ' • ' • - .
Sheriff H. Alfred Vollmer, zone
leader, presented a pen and pencil
set lo Mayor Doxsee oh behalf of
the Republican commltteement o£
the village. .
TROUT SEASON OPENS,
SATURDAY
APRIL 9th
WE OFFER THE SEASON'S
OPENING SPECIALS
HIP BOOTS
All Rubber
First Quality 7.95
TROTT NETS 98* up
CKEKLH 1.98 up
FLY HODS ....7.95 up
FLY LINKS 59* up
'Sand and Blood Worms
Night Crawlers
Frozen Bait of All Types
*J##j&$
FISHING '
LICENSES
ISSUED
H ¥U¥ -L¥i
SPORTING GOODS CO.
41 W. SUNRISE HWY. FReeport 8-4367
We wilt nbt be
undersold nor
topped in quality!
Prime
ROASTING 4*6 lb. av.
CHICKENS - - - lb.
BONELESS BRISKET
CORNED BEEF - - lb.
Freshly Ground Beef - lb.
Skinless Franks - - lb. 1QC
Sliced BACON i lb. pkg.
KITCHEN AIDS
YES! IT FLOATS! large cakes.
IVORY SOAP - 2 for
DAZZLE BLEACH -• -
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FOR BEST RESULTS USE _
DREFT , - fee.box
. bot.
THE ONLY SUP£R MART
IN THE AREA WITH -
FREE"DELIYEJ*Y!
Quality GROCERIES
Priced ElTcctive Thursday, Friday anil-Saturday
Open Evenings Till 7 r— Friday Till 9
DIAMOND
BOOK MATCHES - - - box of 50 Oc
ARMOUR'S LUNCHEON MEAT »
TREET 1 2 oz. can 43c
SWANSON'S
CHICKEN FRICASSEE No. I can 53c
BEECHNUT
^ABY FOODTstrained) . .-. :^. 10 jars 89c
HELLMAN'S REAL
MAYONNAISE - - - - pint jar JJc
Maryland TOMATOES-No. 2 can
SUGAR VALtiEY (Small Whole)
WHITE POTATOES'. 3 No. 2 cans 29c
DfiL MONTE'S ('Mission Brand)
LIMA BEANS ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303 can 23c
• v^^*rDxiIMCs/-^'V/-^/ - . „.. . jO ' IiiD . can yfkooc
IT'S PERFECT! . *
MINUTE RICE .box 13c
NESTLES ' _ '. " ''
Evaporated MILK - 2 ta" cans
fresh PRODUCE
FLORIDA
NEW POTATOES-libs.
ASPARAGUS - - lb,
GRAPEFRUIT -
DAIRY FOODS
GRADE "A" HOMOGENIZED
FRESH PASTEURIZED
MILK - - - - qtbot,
HOTEL BAR — High Score
Print BUTTER - - lb.
KRAFT ASSORTED"— PIMENTO
REUSH or OLIVE PIMENTO
JAR CHEESE - - ea. 21c
CALL FREEPORT 9^4176; or 9-0160
GROVE STREET at
MERRICK ROAD
aifatuaniaaiiiaica^
South Shore's
Leading Wee —=j,- •*• ,j
13th-Year ' No. 47
Freeport's
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icial
Newspaper
KRKEPORT, X. Y., TIlTRyD'AY, APRII/-14, 1<)4<) FIVE GENTS A COPY
COHEN GRADE EtIMINATION PLAN
INVOLVES $175,OOO^OR PAVING COST
To Break Ground
For $1,000,000
Armory Next June
Truck Shed for Local
M. P. Unit to be Built
First in Northeast
Ground is to be broken In June
for the first unit of a $1,000,000
armory for the local units of the
101st Military Police Battalion; N.
G. N.Y. to be erected on the south-east
corner of Babylon Turnpike
and Lakeview; ave., for which' the
government has appropriated the
necessary funds.
The village has voted a plot, 600
by 200 feet on the northeast water-shed
for the project. At last meet-ing
of the old Village Board Martin
H. Weyrauch, the village counsel,
was instructed to proceed with tbe
preparation of details for the con-venience
to the State of New York
of the property for the armory.
Eventually a five-tank armory
is to be erected, but at the outset
the truck shed, 185 feet long and
U2 feet wide, will be built as tem-porary
quarters for Company A
and the headquarters detachment
which comprise the local units of
the Battalion. Similar structures
are to be erected in Bay Shore and
Patchogue for Companies B and C
respectively. The Hempstead ar-mory
is only a two unit building.
The truck shed which will be
the same as the structure buiR
recently in the rear of the Hemp-stead
Armory, except that • it will
have a gable roof, will be divided
Into rooms for the use of the two
local units, with adequate room for
the weekly drills.
Bids To Be Opened In May
Bids for the construction work
are to be opened in Washington
D. C., about May 30 and it Is ex-p
e c t e d the contracts will be
awarded in time to permit ground
to be broken in June. It will be
a couple years before the main
armory is completed. As armories
in other places are used for sport-ing
and other events it is expected
the buildings will be available for
many local functions and thus
prove a great asset to the village'.
The Battalion organized only a
short time ago has grown rapidly
and now numbers more than 400j[
men. Company A, "Freeport'sf
Own," consists of 130 officers and
men, while there are 33 more In the
headquarters company
(Continued on P
Village Organizations
Plan Dinner to Ryan
Plans for a dinner to be given
ex-Mayor Cyril C. Ryan in the
South Shore Yacht Club -Thursday
night. May 19, were made at a
meeting of representatives of the
various civic associations and other
groups in the Municipal building
last Thursday night. Village Coun-sel
Martin H. Weyrauch was elect-ed
chairman of the committee of
arrangements, Robert S. .Preyer,
secretary, and Edmund Lumley, jr.,
treasurer.
F.H.S. Gets Field
Of Nine Acres For
Its Exclusive Use
L. I. Park Commission
Cedes Plot to Board
Of Education Free
Tbe Freeport High . School is
have a field all its own. It com-prises
more than nine acres front-ing
on the southslde of Sunrise
Highway and north of the Cleve-land
aVe. school, adjoining the 18-
acre plot recently ceded to the vil-lage
by the Long Island State Park
Commission to provide for the ex-tension
of Buffalo ave. from the
highway to the Municipal Stadium.
This was revealed by Leo F.
G-iblyn, president of the Board of
Education at a meeting of the
Atlantic-South Civic; Association in
the South Shore Yacht Club Thurs-day
night. Mr. Oiblyn paid tribute
to Robert Moses, chairman of the
commission, whom he said was
mainly responsible for the board
getting the' plot without cost. He
aid negotiations had been in pro-
;ress for a long time, but that was
lecessary to keep the matter secret
until the papers had been "signed,
sealed and delivered." .
Mr. Gtblyn said the area would
filled in and equipped for all
cinds of sports, including football
(ractice for which the high school
las needed a field for many years;
baseball, lacrosse, track, just to
jjention a few. He added that
:omplete plans for developing the
field had not been decided. When
sked if a stadium might be erect-y\,
lie would add this jyaSj only a
>osslbllity.
Dr. John W. Dodd, superintend-
(Continued on Page 11)
Edd
INTRODUCES
* . * Harry J. Berkowitz
Southwest Civics Learns History
Of Freeport From Judge Johnson
Jmljrc Hilbcrt R. .Johnson frave 'credit to the forosijrht of
the "rlain diggers4' following the incorporation of Fiveport
as a village in 180^ for establishing-—the Municipal AVater and
Power plants which are now such
a great asset to the community, in
a talk on the history of the village
at a meeting of the Southwest Civic
Association in Exempt Firemen's
Hall Monday night. He was intro-duced
by President William J. Al-bert.
He said thej. water project was
started the year the community
was Incorporated and the electric
light venture in 1897. The judge
revealed that the first budget
amounted to only $1,642, the assess-ed
value of the real estate In the
village at.the time of Incorporation
was "$423,228 and there were 420
taxpayers, including 47 Smiths-and
41 Raynors. The population total-ed
1,821. Establishment of* the
water and light plants, Judge John-son
said, involved taxes that-were
harder for the "eppple of the time
to pay than the present high rates,
yet he said they willingly made the
necessar^ sacrifices that have made
it possible.for the people of Free-port
to have the lowest water and
electric light rates anywhere in
New York State except Jamestown
which is located on a lake.
Established in 1650
The Judge said Freeport was
established in 1650 when the area
from Rockvllle .Centre to Massa-pequa
was acquired from the
Meroke Indians, whose main camp-ing
grounds were along what is
now Seaman ave., from Main st. to
the Kissing Bridge near the Bald-win
boundry. He added that .the
Long Island Chapter, S.A.R., plan-ned
to erect a tablet in the new
Seaman ave. school commemorat-ing
this fact. .
From 1650 until 1858, this area
was known as Raynortown. . Then
the name was changed to Freeport
because boats were able to come
in through the inlet and unload
their cargos without paying duty.
- (Continued on Page 2) —
Today I met a typical American ... a typical Freeport resident.
Harry J. Berkowitz was born In Brooklyn. N. Y., on July 1, 1903. Like
a great many other substantial citizens, he had to learn to take life's
many heartaches and headaches .at an early age. His folks were poor
but honest and hard-working, so Harry helped his father collect scrap
with a horse and wagon when other tots his age were playing games.
The horizon of his childhood days
had two bright stars; his lo,ve for ?-: , .
boats and water, and his great
desire to some day own a nice
home in a nice town. Today he's
realized both these dreams.
* * *
The Berkowitz family Has been
in the scrap metal business for
many years. His uncle, J. Levine,
attained International fame as the
"Flying Junkman" when he flew
across the Atlantic with Clarence
Chamberlain. After a few ven-tures
In the gasoline and garage
fields, Harry decided to follow in
his father's footsteps, he wanted
to pick the ideal location, a vil-lage
where he could conduct his
business, and also enjoy the pleas-ures
of a nice home, and his love
for boats, and fishing. He select-ed
Freeport as this ideal location
and
ago.
settled here thirteen years
HARRY J. BERKOWITZ
With full umlerslandihg that
many communities justly do not
welcome unsightly junk yards,
Harry bought an existing nuto
wrecking yard on the outskirts of
the village, opposite the Frpi'port Sladiuni. and fi'iircrl the location
trying- to make it as presentable as possible. Many of Freeport's resi-dents
do not even know that there exists a "junk yard" there. But
this "junk yard," like many other similar establishments, played a big
part in the last war, because it was the major source for scrap metal,
ind the only source for parts urgently needed for war-workers' automo-biles.
Harry Berkowltz's Freeport Auto Wrecking Company shipped
on the average of fifty tons of scrap metal each month all through the
war years. His efforts earned him a coveted War Production Board
Itation.
* * * *
The Berkowitz home is located at 215 N. Ocean ave. The basement
ias been converted into a sportsman's paradise. It contains one of the
argest private collections of fishing equipment valued at more than
five thousand dollars. A fine collection of boat models and 6erman
beer sterns also decorate this pleasant room which sports a nautical
atmosphere.
* * * +
Harry "Horkowltz round success in his philosophy of life. He is a
nember of the Freeport Republican Club, Atlantic-South Civic Associa-ion.
Northeast Civic Association, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
reppori Tuna Club, Nassau Yacht Club, Fathers' and Boosters' Club of
the Freeport Schools, and the Freeport Lodge of Elks. He was a one-man
committee to curb Hie speeding of boats in village waterways. He
lartic-ipales in civic projects as a real citizen should, regardless of
opinions and views. But most of all, he likes to go game fishing,
-le is the sponsor of the "Captai-n Jack," and the 2(J' boat, the "Dottle.B."
Harry J. Berkowitz is another proof that the American way of life,
n which an individual is judged as an individual, regardless of race,
creed or colour, js still the best way of all. He is also another good
example that in these great United States one can reach his dream of
success whether he is born In Brooklyn or on Park Avenue, and whether
ils folks came over on the Mayflower or worked at the Mayflower
Donut Shop.
1940 Hearing Minutes
Show Village Board
Agreed to Pay Price
Also Must Light Under
Viaduct, Police and Keep
Area Clean Report Shows
If the Cohen plan is carried
out in the elimination of the
jrrnde crossings in Freeport
the village is obligated to pave
under the 'viaduct at a-c«ost at.
present day prices, estimated at
$17."),OUO, provide the lighting,
do the policing and keep -the
space under the tracks clean.
This was revealed today by the
Civic Committee WtitfirMs sponsor-ing
Plan No. 3. whereby the station
would be shiiied across Main st. to
the east. The committee has been
perusing the minutes of the hear-ings
held when the case was re-opened
in 19-10, and has found that
In order to obtain some desired
incidentals, the Village Board
agreed to assume responsibility for' ~
the items listed. Heretofore advo-cates
of carrying out the Cohen
plan have maintained the elimina-tion
project would not cost the
village a cent.
Page 588 of the official minutes
of the hearing held before the
Public Service Commission con-tains
the following statement by
the Inle Samuel M. Levy, then Vil-
<> Counsel:
Statement By Samuel M. Levy
"We have come forward with the
(/on Hint the village would
assume the responsibility of sur-facing
that area (under (he vla-
J u c f ) . nut f ii m In I Jig proper lighting
and maintaining it in n proper state
of repair, keeping it clean and
policing it."
"The actual costs to the village
under the ordered (Cohen) plan,"
according to a report .submitted to
the Village 13oard," are likely to be
In the neighborhood of $375,000.
Further, It is a fact, inescapable
fact, that Inadequate parking, effec-tive
truffle circulation facilities and
ample bus accommodations not pro-vided
for in the ndoptod plan must
eventually be supplied on the earli-est
practicable, date to permit civic
growth and advancement! Who,
but tills community* is the likely
source of the necessary funds to
finance these facilities?
"The cost aJleoi. the elimination
project is completed will be burden-some
and perhaps prohibitive.
Again.a further drain on prospec-t
i v e community revenues will re-s
u l t from stagnation and deteriora-t
i o n of property values in the-busi-nftss
center between Main and
Grove streets fronting on the rail-road
and along Sunrise Highway
east of Henry st. should the ineffec-tive
plan be carried out. Again,
certainly decreased property values
would accrue In the northeast sec-
(Contlnued on Page 16)
L. I. Park Board Limits
Fishing From Bridges
Because of the heavy increase in
.raffle on the causeways leading to
Jones Beach State Park even be-ore
the summer bathing season
starts, fishing from the Causeway
bridges will be limited to the period
rom Oct. 1 to May .1 Under this
regulation fishing will be permit-
.ed only through Saturday, April
30, and not again until Saturday,
Oct. 1. ,
Heretofore fishing from these
auseway bridges was permitted
from Labor Day to Decoration Day
BERNARD'S PHARMACY,
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Bernhard's Pharmacy, .54 -West"
Merrlck rd.,.wlll remain open Sun-day
after the other druggists Jn
Freeport close .at 2 P.M. The tele-phone
is FReeport "8-0008.
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