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PAGE TWELVE THE L E A D E R — F R E E P O R T , isr.-Y. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1940
Blazing Star Council
Officers Installed
Mrs. Maureen DeGallo, of Silver
Arrow Council, Woodmere, council
deputy, inducted officers of Blazing
Star Council, Degree of Pocahontas,
at exercises in Pythian Hall Thurs-day
night. She was assisted by
members of her staff.
Mrs. Martha Schaefer was install-ed
as Pocahontas to succeed Mrs.
Anna Warren. Seate'd with her
were Mrs. Warren, prophetess;1 Mrs..
Olive Conrad, Winonah; Mrs. Pran-ces
Kiederling/ Powhatan; Mrs.
Margaret Buss, 18-moon trustee;
Mrs. Goldie Huey and Mrs. Eliza-beth
Sherry, first and second scouts;
Mrs. LeOra Schock and Mrs. Eileen
Lindsay, first and second_r.unners;
Mrs. Mary T. Schaefer, Mrs._Made-line
Wulff, Mrs, May Hubert, and
Mrs. Minga Meyer,- warriors; Mrs.
Florence Motell and Mrs. Mary
Harse, first and second counselors;
Mrs. Mae Whaley, guard of the
tepee, and Mrs. Myrtle Gelling,
guard of the forest.
These -officers, will occupy their
Toiletry Department
Is Inaugurated At
A-wFB tE e/IaQ i1I oOVu vinp/iei/r* HImVfIf O af' n •r M
The addition, of "a new toiletries
department at A-Deal Suppr Mart,
Grove Street at Merrick Road, now
puts A-Deal out in front as the most
complete super mart in Freeport.
Added to such departments as meat,
bakery, frozen food, ice cream, vege-tables,
grocery and candy, this de-partment
will feature only nation-ally
known and advertised brands,
the brands you want at the lowest
prices. You are now able to call in
person or by phone for your baby
needs, beauty creams, deodorants,
dental creams, first aid needs, hair
tonics, shaving creams and lotions,
talcum powders, shampoo, tooth
brushes and that wonderful, popu-
Jar mo»ey-s'avjng'4tem. T°ni wave-respective
stations at the next meet- set and refills. Come in and see
ing of the~council Thursday night.
Miss Dorothy A. Hallam
Bride in Church Rites
Miss Dorothy A l i c e • Hallam,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Hallam, 33 Grand ave., and Kenneth
Richard Finken, jr., son of Mr. and
-Mrs. Kenneth R. Finken, Cypress
ave., Wantagh, were married in the
Roosevelt Methodist Church Satur-day
afternoon. The Rev. Arthur J.
Pennell, the pastor, officiated after
Mr. Hallam had given his daughter
'in marriage.
The bride's .sister, Mrs. Bruce
Allen, was matron of honor, while
Miss Diana Hallam, another sister,
.served as bridesmaid. The best man
*/as Chester Seibert, of Bellmore.'
Kenneth Bryden, of Manhattan, was
the usher. A reception was given in
the home of the bride, after which
the couple left for Florida. They
have furnished an apartment for
themselves at the Grand ave. ad-dress.
how completely we .have installed
this department for your conveni-ence
and budget, and should there
be an item you like especially well
that we may have overlooked, just
let us know; we have long endeavor-ed
to make it possible for you to do
your shopping in one really com-plete
super mart.
Sidney the vegetarian was in for*
his order today. Sid has a nice
little farm here in town that keeps
him looking in the pink of condi-tion.
The secret, says Sid, is to buy
your vegetables at A-Deal and use
the farm for tennis; trade in the
old plow for a niblick. He says the
nice things about u farm is, that if
you wait long enough to do the I
right thing on a farm it will eventu-ally
be too late and you won't have
,o. A thing of beauty is a job for-ever,
quotes Sid. '
The policy of saving you a few
pennies, or a lot of pennies, at A-Deal
becomes even greater now due
to A-Deal having the greatest park-ing
area available on all sides.
A graduate of Hcmpstead High|Those Parkln6 meters are now on
"School, Mrs. Finken is secretary to. n striclly cash diet.
the deputy Nassau County Execu-tive
in Mineola; Her-husbancMs^an-cnginer
employed by Dbrne & Mar-golin—
Fnrmingdale;-"
Christine A. Ricker
To Wed Rochester Man
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ricker, 206
Pennsylvania nve,, announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
' Christine Anne Ricker, to Warren
Marshall Danforth, son of Mrs. Ber-tha
Danforth, of Rochester, N. Y.,
at a reception given in their home
Friday night.
Miss Ricker, a graduate .of Free-port
High school, will be graduated
Don't forget now, folks, we're the
july—super—mn rl,. in^Llie-oireu ...with
FREE delivery to Baldwin, Freepoi%
Roosevelt and Merrick. We want
you to take advantage of that con-venience
by merely calling FReeport
9-4176 or FReeport 9-0160. And have
your toiletries delivered right with
your orders! . —Adv
from William Smith College, Gen-eva,
N. Y., in February. Mr. Dan-forth
served in the U.S. Marine
Corps during World War II, and
later attended the University of
Rochester. He is associated with
;he E. E. Dickinson Co., of Essex,
Conn., with headquarters in Chicago.
L. L School for Medical Secretaries
HEMPSTEAD 2-10521 BABYLON 1.446
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Basic " Advanced ^ & Specialized
EVENING CLASSES — PLACEMENT SERVICE
SYLVIA D. OAKES
Former Instructor, Columbia Medical Center
The Newest, Nicest
Eating Place In TptttnJ"
• REAL MEXICAN CHILI
• HAMBURGERS
• FRANKFURTERS
• STEAKS
• HOME MADE SWEET
or HOT SAUSAGES
CLEAN AND MODERN WITH A GRAND
VARIETY OF SAVORY DISHES
J
North Main at Forest Avenue Freeport
.Burns to Repeat Walk
Valley Stream to Beach
Robert Burns, pedestrian, former-ly
of 15 Woodslde ave., who takes
7,500-mile strollcs, today plans to re-trace
just a little hike he took from
Valley Stream to Jones Beach 20
years ago. Franklin Delao Roose-velt
was governor of New York State
at the time. He came to Long
Island, stopped in Valley Stream to
note .the completion "di1 the Sunrise
Highway r'ailrtfad grade crossing
elimination and then proceeded on
to Jones Beach to attend exercises
marking the opening'of the State
Park, thjp anniversary of which is
to be observed today..
Mr. Burns, who now lives in
Bg isley Park, Queens, and is 6Z
years old, is planning to organize
a series of health; walking clubs for
boys and girls 8 years up( as Jie be^
lieves walking is one of the most
beneficial forms of exercising.
He once walked from Mbntauk
Point to Preeport. 106 miles, in 17
hours. His biggest Jaunt was taken
in 1915 when he legged it from
Eureka, Cal;, to New York, then con-tinued
on to New Orleans, covering
7,500 miles in 165 days.
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A-Deal Super Mart is making Food
News for August that will prove Good
News to Mrs. Housewife. The service
and quality will still be the ultimate,
but we're shaving prices right to the
bone—and .these days that's NEWS!
9-4176 - 9-1
Sherman Brothers'
Grove St. at MERRICK Rd
MEATS
CROSS RIB
ROAST BEEF
ib.
FRESH KILLED
Broilers & Fryers
Ib.
SMOKED
PORK BUTTS
ib.
FRESH LEAN
CHOPPED BEEF
IMPORTED
Gesiha CRABMEAT
can ^$c
Maine SARDINES
GORTON'S M A C K E R E L
14 oz. 29c m J
Chocolate and Vanilla
Kernel DESERTS
5 for
PANCO-AMERICAN
M A C A R O N I
% for
IMPORTED
SWISS CHEESE
\ Ib. l>kg.
PHILADELPHIA
CREAM CHEESE
3 oz. 2 for 25^
N D C O A
Ib. ptg. 2513
Kraft's VELVEETA
ilb.
PRODUCE
FREESTONE ALBERTA
PEACHES
CENTER BEST
MUSHROOM SOUP
SUPER SUDS
Ig. box
FRESH GARDEN
P E AS
25«
SEEDLESS
GRAPES
can
CHEF BOY-AR-DEE SPAGHETTI k
MEATBALLS
can |9c
BOILED HAM
J Ib. pkg.
PASTRAMI
zlb,pkg.
For a Whiter Wash
V E L
Ig. box 27*
FAB
Ig. box 2?c
Ajax CLEANSER
2
Palmolive SOAP
3med. cake's -m?M^ e-
South Shore's
Leading Weekly
•Freeport1 s
Official
Newspaper
34th Year X<>. VI FRKKl'ORT, N. Y;, THURSDAY, AVflrsT 11, 1!)49 FIVE 'CENTS A COPY
Eddie Vasil
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..*Joseph Romeika
.- "As the twig is bent'—so grows the tree." That/s exactly what Patrol-man
Joe Romeika is doing. He's helping shape the tree of life of more
than six hundred and thirty-eight boys in our community. But as Erie V.
Painter says. "He's a natural. Joe has a sincere interest in these young
men. He understands them and thereby knows them, and of course,
they in turn worship him with re-spectful
obedience."
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Civic-minded Freeport quickly
/ealized • that juvenile delinquency
is not necessarily an unavoidable
post-war evil. The Chief of-Police
knows from years of experience as
a law enforcing officer, that most
criminals aren*t born overnight. He
is fully aware of the fact that the
majority of people who tangle with
the law do not naturally possess
criminal instincts. They are unfor-tunately
paying the penalty of a
inisguidcd youth. That is why the
FREEPORT POLICE BOYS CLUBS
was" formed on June 6, 1948.
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However, there are mountains of
work involved in making a youth
project successful, and Patrolman
Joseph Romeika, armed only with
the confidence of being unanimous-ly
chosen by the committee to lead
the boys, started from absolute
scratch, and in one month registered
over two hundred boys. This amaz-ing
feat which increased to its
Over 100 Stores
To Participate in
Thursday's Event
Stocks Augmented and
Bargains Will Amaze
Police Chief Tries Out Parking Meter
JOSEPH ROMEIKA
present 638 members, was accomplished purely by the persistent hard
work, brilliant imagination, and sincere interest of Joe Romeika.
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The Freeport Police Boys Clubs is truly an example of American
democracy. In this grojip, race, creed, or color, mean nothing:. The
Rev. R. G. Harris, Minister of the Second Baptist Church in Bcnnington
Park, has stated that the Boys Clubs were responsible for a drop of forty
percent in juvenile dellquency in his parish. The program includes
Itandball, softball, basketball, soccer, boxing, swimmirisf "deep -sea fishing,
work, outbon-rd. Honj> water i»olo
other projects, too numerous to mention. Many have gained national
attention and public acclaim. This is the largest endeavor of Its kind
on Long Island, and a leader in the national field of boys' work.
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Joe was born in New York City thirty-two Tyears 'ago. His folks are
honest and hardworking people of Lithuanian extraction,, brothers and
sisters of this musical family were tnught the importance of clean living
anjl good character early in life. Joseph Romeika grew to be over six
feet and a solid two-hundred pounder. He excelled in sports, particularly
basketball and football. His impressive figure fitted him well for his
work with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, and the Burns
Dectective Agency, with whom he became associated soon after being
graduated from Textile High School. The Romeika family has been
living at 404 Atlantic ave. for the past four years. Joe is a member of
the Preeport Lodge of Elks and Bishop Molloy Council, K. of C.
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Every season of activity in the Freeport Police Boys Clubs is climaxed
with a major ( event. This summer season will be toppecl-off with the
gigantic Boxing Show to be held at the Freeport Stadium tonight, (Thurs-day,
August 11). Not only parents, but all citizens of Freeport should
show their cooperation by attending this affair and thereby helping the
building fund of this worthy and important project. Help curb juvenile
delinquency, by helping: Patrolman, Joseph Romeika who is doing such
commendable work with the boys of our community.
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"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." Joe is trying to make sure
tharthey will lean in the right direction. Congratulations!
The biggest Dollar Uny in the
history of Fr<- < > c , r t ! This is what
the merchants are predicting on the
eve of the annual event this Thurs-day
in which more than 100 store-keepers
! 'are participating. Melvin
Baumann, chairman of the Mer-chants'
Division of the Chnmber of
Commerce, heads the committee of
arrangements.
Joe Goldblatt, of Forest Jewelers,
has had charge of an extensive
advertising campaign which has led
up to the big d'ay. His associates
have been David Levy, of Adolph
Levy & Son; Milton Jacobson, of
the Town Shop; Milton Freilich. of
RoYol Home Appliances, and Wil-liam
Barasch of Barasch's Depart-ment
Store. They report that never
were the mere-hunts more co-oper-ative
in their efforts to make sure
of a successful Freeport Dollar Day.
Stocks in all stores have been
augmented but the women-who .are
first in line when the stores are
opened Thursday morning will get
the "cream of the crop," for it will
become a case of "first come first
served." The opportunities that
will be available to buy hard to
obtain goods at bargain prices will
aniuae the shoppers. Every store-keeper
had marked goods down to
the lowest prices possible, which is
something comparing costs with a
year ago when things were at the
peak of inflation.
Every merchant on Main st., the
Merrick rd., and the rapidly grow-ing
new Grove St., shopping district,
is anticipating 1040 will exceed the
record torea-ltlng • 1948 Dollar IDay.
It will be the first opportunity to
test the facilities of the parking
Photo Mnrt.
Police Chief Peter Elar deposits cent in one of FrcepoH's Twin
Parking Meters as Mayor Robert L. Doxscc looks on.
meters which went into operation
the first of the month, as people
from out of town come to Freeport
to Lake advantage of the big day.
Consequently it would be well fo
local residents to take full advantage
of the system of parking fields so as
to leave streets as free as possible
for the people from out of town
who are not familiar with these
fields and will want to park alung
the main Streets of the village.
Dollar Day was introduced into
Freeport years ago. They were an
annual occasion until the war inter-vened
and the scarcity of goods
nade it necessary to omit the sales
'or several years. However, in 1046
the merchants decided to resume
the observance of Dollar Day and
each year since then has been mo-'e
and more successful. Consequently
1949 is expected to be the greatest
Dollar Day in the history of Frec-port.
$1.91 Tax Rate Set
?or School District,
Drop of Five Points
Roosevelt Raised 15c
To $2.06; Baldwin to
Fix Rate Tonight
1 The tnx rate for School District
9, taking' in most of Preeport, for
the school year 1949-50 will be $1.91
per $100 of assessed valuation, five
points less than for the. fiscal year
just closed, Leo F. GIblyn, president
of the Board of Education an-nounced
today. This is slightly less
than the figure estimated at the
time of the annual meeting before
the new assessed valuation was
known.
The assessed valuation for the dis-trict
Is $43,438,040, an increase of
P.B.C. Boxing Benefit
In the Stadium Tonight
The big boxing'exhibition benefit
for the Freeport Police Boys Club
is to be held tonight in the Muni-cipal
Stadium which has been don-ated
for the occasion. The local
boys will be opposed by a squad
from Long Beach Recreation. All
contests will be strictly of an ex-hibition
nature and there wilL-be no
decisions.
In addition to the matches be-tween
boys from Freeport and Long
Beach, several professionals and
Golden Gloves Champions will put
on some sparring stunts.
Proceeds from the program -will
go to augment the funds of the
Police Boys Club, who are engaging
in numerous activities under the di-rection
of Patrolman Joseph Ro-meika.
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The work of the group could be
greatly enlarged if the people of
Freeport rise to the occasion and
turn out enmass for tonight's bene-fit.
Tickets have been mailed to
all residents of the village with
business reply envelopes to make
the returns, so everyone in the com-munity
benefit.
knows of- plans for the
Britishers, Interested In Building,
Inspect New Seaman Avenue School
.a.,m,».a,»n school,
$1,476,360
1948-49.
over the $41,961,650 for
Firs! Week's Yield
(M Parking Meters
Approximately $1,000
Business Areas Net
$822, With Rest of
Count Coming Later
With receipts from two-thirds of
ho parking meters'counted Tuesday
Iffht, Comptroller Mllford F. Van-iper
reported collections totaling
822.09. Monday the sealed con-niners
were taken from the meters
ong Main st., Newton blvcl., Henry
.., Brooklyn and Railroad aves.
hey represented exactly a week's
ceipts and totaled $397.38.
Tuesday the meters on Sunrise
hwy. and Merrick rd. were emptied
and yielded $424.71-for a week and
one day. Receipt? were especially
heavy along Merrick rd. from South
Grove to Main sts.. and Sunrise
from Grove to Church sts.
Coin boxes were taken from the
For the Roosevelt School District •. meters in the other, sections yester-
<No. 8)'in Which n large portion of
the northeast section of the village
is located the tax rate will be $2.06,
day to be counted later," but the
figures were not available when The
Leader went to press early in the
Hmon«r seven schools visited by a group of Britishers Thursday
jiftcrnoon undeT the jruidancc of Frederic P. Wi»dersnni, HiV
architect who in 20 years has de-signed
40 schools in Nassau County.
Included in the party from Great
Britain were Robert H. Matthew,
architect of the City of London,, and
Michael T. Waterhouse, president of
the Royal British Institute of Archi-tects.
Others were Thomas Hill and
M. Thacray, quality surveyors;
James Bates, a boss plumber; Fran-cis
Beazley, an industrial advisor;
William Clarke, boss plasterer; Wil-liam
Johns tone,^DOSS carpenter; G.
Lloyd, who isjrrthe decorating busi-ness;
John McKechnie, clerk of the
works, " otherwise superintendent,
and Charles Ruliand, 'of the Nation-al
Federation of Building Trades
and Employers. They were accom-panied
by William L. Padgett, pro-duce
manager of the Economic Co-operative
Administration, a Was'hr
ington Bureau.
The'British group-is in America
getting ideas concerning building
construction here. They are especi-ally
interested in American schools
which it is conceded are far ahead
as compared to $1.91, an increase of ! afternoon. As they represent eight
15 cents. The total assessed valua- days' receipts, there was little doubt
... • i . , tion is S12.705.607 as compared with but that they would contain the $178
completion, was mclu<I<><l SJ2.403.537 last year. necessary to put the total over the
In District 10, which covers Bald- $1.000 mark. Mr. VanRiper said. He
win and a large section of the north- added, however, that it would be
western area in Freeport, the tax impossible to estimate what the"
. . . . . , . rnte will be set at a,meeting of the average weekly yield would be until
of those in England so far as con- I Board of Education tonight. The : later when the collections from all
struction and "facilities are .con- assessed valuation for the district meters will be made on a weekly
cerned, as plans are under way for has been increased from $37,075,840 basis. In all 379 double-meters have
a school building program in Great to $38,255.125, a difference of $1,179,- been installed in the village at a
Britain. They were more than ""'
pleased with the layout of the Sea-man
ave. building, which will be
ready for occupancy on the opening
285.
Screen Stars to Appear
At Randall Park Dances
, ,
have an
qnare dancing under the stars In
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Republicans to Stage
Outing on Saturday
Tinhee FJjrrceptsnpnorrft RRpepnunhbUlichainn rCi-Uihb vv-.iillll RM(llull;"dai:l l "P"-a"ruki inSja tuuarudeary tnnieg hsti.!
hold its annual outing at the Hemp- j . Arhonp those scheduled to appear
stead Town FarK Saturday. Buses are .D?'<-*y- Mnb, star of western
will be available for those who have , "movies;" Tex Ribb!
no other facilities for getting to the-park.
' During the afternoon there' vill
be games for people of all ages,
and prizes. will be awarded to the
winners in all' events. Refreshments
will be served by.- the club. Julius
Birgenthal is chairman-of the out-ing
committee.
cost .of $35,000 covered by tax an-ticipation
notes. These 379
meters cover parking spaces for 758.
cars, though in some cases only ,
one half of the meter is being used.
I More than $10 was collected in
oppor- I dimes whfch were wnstecl as the
lp. see Holly wood stars m , mcters are not equi'jped for the use
action when Chubby Jackson stages 05 ten-cent pieces."
Dallas yode-ler
and trumpeter; Frank Cook,
gutarist and harmonica virtuoso;
Ted Grant, Tennessee fiddler, and
trie Howard Brothers, banjoists and
singers from the Milton Berle show.
Frank Albertson and Johnny
James are due to represent^ the
screen favorites at the event starting
at 9 o'clock.'
The meters installed in Freeport
are" known as the ALFCO Twin
Parking Meter. It is manufactured"
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FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Friedman's • Pharmacy,,." S,o u t h
Grove st., and Sunrise Highwa'y, will
remain open^^uriday after the other
drug stores^ln Freeport close, at 2
P.M. The""telephone is FReeport
8-0001. - . -