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PAGE- SIXTEEN T H D E E E O
Young People to Hear
Maud Hart Lbvebce Y*
Mrs. Maud Hart Lovelace, author
of the beloved. Betsy="!Ihcy *.stories
be guest speaker at the Freeport
Memorial Library, tomorrow.
Lovelace will speahf"to (the;
school children At 3:30 P^. and to
Teen-agers at' 7:30. *. ' ' "
As usual ^bhe evenlng'meeting has
bcfen-pIAnned"by4-a< committee of j
young people in do-o%)eratlon with
library
on
BliM$^^
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For Parking Plaza as
Incidental tb Project
Civic Associatlpn
Cht.a i,r m•a n^, A*n i*t&a N^o nemak,e r anjd ^.p.^i3QluQdAe(,l garsa daen .elimination 'project'
Shirley Johnson. A fourth' teen- in Freeport/ '
Judy Mecking, will. Introduce At the .monthl}^ meeting in the
served fo evening meet^
t -^;
The Freeport Memorial 'Library
concert hour will be' held in the
Junior Department of the library
the
one
hundredth
fropi 8 to 9:30
program. will be an all
In commoratlon of
anniversar3L_ot*the .'great composer ;s
death.
. The ^concerts are ^open " to the
public.
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Secretary Arvid E/ Nordstron was
instructed to jyrlte to Public Service;
Oommlssioner William^' TArkwrlghit,'
DOCTOR PEPPT'S
(Rog.U. S.Pat. 0(T.)
"MIXTURE
Helpful In Relbalng Coughs,
Sore Throat, and Hoarseness ^
to-Simple
A Household Favorite
For Nearly 25 Years
A BOTTLE TODAY
at
Aakn'sPhahnacy
W. S. RABEN, Ph. C*
Swcctaaor to Talb?r
1S2S.
Tel. FBeaport 8-7777
urging him. to support ^the village's
stand* Jt is the contention of .the
organization that as commuters
from Roosev*&-Rnd other communi-ties
not served directly by the Long
Island Rail Road have to come to
Freeport to board the trains, Mie!
problem, of adequate parking ag- J
oommodations for fhese commuters
Is not Freeport's alone. Gonse-1
[quently the members feel the State
should come to the rescue of the ,
village a^d Include the parking
plaza as Incidental to the general
Improvement, t I
Speakers also asserted that uhless
something was done" to relieve thd
'congestion in Railroad ave. possl- -
bllltles of future growth of the vil-lage
would be. strangled.
Mr. Nordstrom also was instruct".;,
ed to write «the Board of Education
commending its action in naming
Che new 6eaman ave. school the
Caroline G. Atkinson school.
William E. Crevoiserat voiced dis-approval
of the contention of \iayor
Board. It finally was oe-
__ to\;refer the matter_.J%L. the
Board pf\ Directors .for ''study 'and
recommendation. 1
Ph&ns were announced for the
dinner to be given to past president
George O. Schneider^ in Guy Lorn-bar.
do'8 Bast Point House "on Thurs-daf
Might, pec. _J<<.. William H.
Schneider is chairma'n of the com-mittee
of arrangements. It will be
the Northeas't'g ?6th annual ban-quet.
Motion pictures were shown and
refreshments served. "President Ar-thurJMuller
presided. .
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T., 1861-66, voted a donation to p%-
-f drd-Homor Oxford rN.Y., at. a meet?
ing in\the home of Mrs. George
plenz, , 88 Atlantic " ayeV, Tuesday
night. /It ^ also Was -planned/to 'take
•oarer of. a person in : the: Grace Netr
tleton Home/, Har^rf gate, Tenn., .fdr
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The. next meeting, wuT be in -the
home -of Mrs. Oharles Kehm, Olaur
rome. pin on. Tuesday night, Dec. 30.
Mrs.' Walter "Combes, the regent,
presldecUr :
Teachers Attend
Worbho
How to Make
DAdorations Widt
Paints ^hA Crayons
Variety
^y...Redeemer Guild . will
stage Its third "annual: varlety-ahow
and. dance* for -the' united societies
of Our H@I^ Redeemer jRiOfGhurch
tomorrow and'. Saturday nights .In
Ion Pine st. •' A cast: of 75,.
including • 22".prlnMpalA;.^has be@n
bodchedrbK Georg^^ShEUW?. of St*
Albans", who formerly wasjasspclated
w4t*i'Jack MorJsse,' .who.directed the
t*wp. previous .shows."' \There will be
dancing' In the basemeht' of the
schppL; fallowing each . night's per-formance.
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. Approximately 75 teachers in the
Freepprt school system gave up
three afternoons and evenings this
week to participate in a workshop
conducted In .< the Columbus ave^
school by Miss .Hilda Rath for the
Binny & Smith Paint Go., which
furnishes supplies to the Board of
Education. She demonstrated In-teresting
ways -in which teachers
may engage pupils Un making doc-orations
using crayons, paints and
even paper and paplermacha. Two-hour
demonstrations were conducted
Monday, Tuesday and yesterday
afternoons, after which the teachers
spent three hours in each of the
three evenings doing the things she
had explained to them.
Monday afternoon was devoted
to making decorations with crayons
on paper. Tuesday was given over
to paints. Miss Rath in one dem-onstration
divided a praper into sec-
Into pictures of girls.
Paper with designs of these kinds'
imprinte^ on them, she said could i
be—usetf ih wrapping* Christmas,
packages. *
Yesterday was given over to arts
and crafts. Bunching up paper into
balls, she cbvered them with wet
paper to make bowls and other
articles. '
Miss Brooks Baker was in charge
of the series of-workshops.
S* Nasaau AuxQiary
Luncheon Drawa 2PQ r
More than 200 women enjoyed a
luncheon given .by the Freeport
Auxiliary of the South Nassau Com-munities
Hospital Tuesday afternoon
at Guy Lombardo's East Point
House. Mrs. Bennett Mlnton, jr.,
and Mrs. John J. Zender, were co-chairmen
in • charge -of-the gyent.
Mrs. Gordon'F. Ayaaser, jkhe presi-dent,
welcomed ther guests.
The feature/wap a millinery dis-play
from the Pom Pom Hat Shop
with members of the auxiliary
kOdeUn^.x^ They were Mrs. .<3erj;
rude VahEn, Mrs. F. Newton-Parks,
Mrs. Gorman Bates, Wb; Richard
Bean, Mrs. Zender, Mrs, Howard P.
Munro,/Mrs. .Clement ^Winter, Mrs,
Muriel Tltua and Mrs. Alfred F.
Tucket.
The Oandula Trio played and
sang. ' .
AT HOME FOBlTHE AGED
A rummage aale to ibdae funds for
&/niank»^yln; pazty to b@ given
tolhe_faanlly ait th«,?[ome for the
Aged InTZaat %e&dow M\b@lng held
An & store at Liberty ave. and East
Merrlck rd. .It was opened.yeater-
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A-Deal .i» tl:& 6NLY' Super. Mafrf in the area wit)i FREE
DELIVERY! Tlmfx a Uipf item— an item t|m( eo&ntlesR
MMinrt. Choppers apprt'uiatp", )vhether sun, rain, .snow or
«hiiie. And it eost no nlore-^in fact, look at these prices'
Predicts New Record
I^Poat (Mice H?re;
ugeats. Dead Line
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GROVE STREET AT MERRICK ROAD
EHLER'S RED BAG
PEACHES
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4%8T CAN
ALL POPULAR BRANDS
Edward A. Rice open-end
the Yuletlde Season officially
today. He Issued his annual appeal
for 'early mailing of . dhristmas
greeting cards and gift packages.
- the .Postmaster. sa$d—he expects
the greatest flood of Yuletlde mail
$n local history/ He predicted it
-would-^exeeed—"by—dr-conSidersble
margin" the record-breaking 1848
holiday season, when 467,934 pieces
of mall were cancelled.
"This year's deluge of Chrismas
mall will strain post office facilities
severely," he continued, -"But well
get everything delivered by Christ-mas,
If the public cooperates whole*)
heaitedly."
Christmas packages, for distant
States should be mailed by Dec. 5,
he said. All Yuletlde parceT &bst
should be on its way by Dec* 10.
Christmas cards to friends and
loved ones In other States' should
be deposited by Dec. 15. Greetings
for. local ' delivery should click
through the stamp cancellation
machine at least a week before
Christmas.
To keep Christmas mail on sched-ule,
the* Postmaster asks that you
all—: —^ —= ^ -*
CARTON "
SCHICKHAUS
LARGE BOX
NESTLE'S EVAPORATED
Tall Can
HEAVY CREAM
H311FPINT
GOLDEN RIPE
'jk_.6to.P at,the poat office this
week to purchase theHextra stamps
you're^ going to need, thus avoiding
last-minute crowds; ; When buying
stamps for Ohrlatmaa carda, bear *»
mind the desirability of sending the
cards as first class\mall: also the
fact that the irate for unsealed, cards
(Continued on Page 12)
Baptiat Church Shares
In Atkinson Estate
The First Baptist Church and the
Rev. Wesley-N; Halnes, .-fonnerly
pastor of the church, are to share
In the estate of Miss Caroline G,
Edwin Steffe, American baritone,
is to give the first of the season's
concerts sponsored by the Freeport
Community Concert Association In
the auditorium of the high school
Wednesday night, Nov. 30, at 8:30
o'clock.
He is a direct, descendent of Wil-liam
Steffe, who "in 1852, wrote the
music made familiar by VThe Bat-tle
Hymn of the Republic." At eight,
Mr. Steffe was awarded a singing
scholarship at the National Cathe-dra4-
Sehpol~and was the boy sopran-ist
at the Washington Cathedral,
later-he was its-barltbn!BL.Boloiat^He
made his operatic deb|Utl«/V%aBnlng-ton
axkLbe 1= also tia?• been!ao^olst'&t
:Rad&b•• Olw.™'-^V "•.'' • v ''.'•••;'.*••%•
When a businessman has been located on the sam** street far more
than thirty years, that, In Itself, Is^an achievement. He grows with the
town, makes many friends and acquaintances, learns the changing prob-lems
of the merchant and becomes an intregal part of the pattern of
the village. Mr. Irving Greblnar, President of the Freeport Merchants'
Association, has been unofficial-ly
called ''The Mayor of Mam
Street" H%s '/Irving's Men's
Shop" has been an active part of
South Mam st. for over thirty
year*. ^
Thanksgiving Service
Although He is a member of
many organizations including
Sunrise Lodge of Masons, the
Freeport Elks, VFW, B'nai B'rith,. -
Temple B*na4 Israel and Freeport
Ohanlber of Commerce; r%ir^
Greblnar devotes the major part
of his endeavors to the-1946 Holi-day
plaits <of the Merchants'*
Council. This organization, rep-resents
approximately two hun-dred
merchants in the Villa&e of
Freeport. It.Is not competitive,
as sometimes 'erroneously be-lieved,
but an active, element,
iwith 65 per cent of its members
belonging to tAe Freeport Cham-'
ber of Commerce. As the Cham-ber
T)f Commerce Is to the over-all
welfare of Freeport; so is
the Merchants' Council to the
TTrHfpwni hnmiony
Food Fair Stores Must
Observe Set-Back %nd
Supervise th6 Area
The Zoning Board of 'Appeals tb-
•da% juinounced it had^ %ranted a
warlan€e~lo' the Jppod^Fair Stores,.
fnc,, to establish a parking f (eld! at
West Merrick rd: and South Ocean
ave., ' under certain conditions^ ______ /
— The-fie,ld-is-:l3"@haped to the east
and north of a filling station at the
comer which Is In an Apartment
Zone. The first condition, Chair-man
F. Gordon Edwards said, was
that in compliance with this zoning,
a set* back, of 20 feet, properly
marked on both the Merrick rd. and
Ocean ave. sides of the property,
is the keynote of their relatlbn-
The merohants of Freeport IRVING GREBXNAR
must
be maintained and properly. super-'
vised, by the company at .all times.
Also According to thd^agreement
made with the village, the 'field Is
to be open to the general pu3bU6"and
parking cannot be limited to patrons
o? the store, $
The application was filed by
Louis Kasoff, merely aa architect
for the company, and Harry M.
Synes, of the real estate department
appeared at the hearing. Chairman
d he believed— the— re
are .to be .congratulated'on u{e completion of plans for the gigantic Balloon
quest should have been made in
the name of -the concern, ihstead_of
«%&?u^;%^^ Ian^ in^divEidu^al. Sy^nes^ asgreed to the
Xrvmg GMbbk^^^^ii^S^
.«tm&t«41-.B$**«aXwKe^r%*@J?vaa'•%w.*n' years old/ He wa* brought up in j the site of the parking
The Rev. James S. Shaw, pastor
of the Church of the Nazarene, will
preach the sermon at the union
Thanksgiving service to be held by
the Protestant churches of Freeport
In the First Presbyterian Church
Thursday at 10 A.M. He has. chosen,
for his topic, "The Sanctuaries of
Life." : —
^rs*bi%''^« In th"e site of the parkin? Meld te in
there. He moved to 101 East Dean sk aq. apartment area, and that con-more
than thbtyr^ears-agp and slartipi-J*ls 1n»* gto*e ui tha old Charles se^uently the property opyJd be
D. Smith building whlch_,waa adjacent to the prcaent F, W. Woolworth used JegalJy only fpr
(store. After five years the establishment was moved to Its present lopa- cJdental to,an aparcmi
tlon at 80 South Main at. Mr. and Mrs. Gfeblnar, (she is the former He also was critical (
Rose Barnett), have three .hlldr.», Ju!«, who'. be.» aotJy, » the bu.!- 0^^"^%^ c%T be Lean
tfa«hep, and a daughter, Sylvia* Her huaband, Mr. Leon Sclbert ia alao on its application for a variance.
The value of the estate"1a placed at
more than $11,000'in the will pro-bated
by Surrogate Leone D. Howell,
In Minebla,
The Baptists are to receive the
proceeds 'of "a checking account",in~
the Freeport Bank, ahd'the Rev, Dr.
Halnes and his wife, ^Catherine, now
of Keuka Park, N. Y., will get funds
In a savings account In the same
bank.. _. -^
Deposits in a savings account in
the—Seaman's Bank for Savings,
Manhattan,. are bequeathed to a
brotherr Ernest, of Philadelphia, and
a cousin, Miss Alice Wlllard Bemls;
of Springfield, hlass^-^Mlss Adele
Stenbens, 275 6mlth st., a friend, Is
named administratrix in the will
dated May 6, 1947, and filed by
Clinton M. Flint in the Surrogate's
BABEN'S OPEN
AND ON THANKSGIVING
Rdbeh's drug atore, 152 South
Main st., * will remain open _pn
Thanksgiving day after the other
pharmacies in Freepqrt close a* 6
PJ&. It 'also will stay open Sunday
alter A PJ& when the others shut
up for the day. The telephone is
Rteeport 8-7777,
pastor of the host church, will pre-side,
and the choir will provide the
music. Pastors of the other
churches will participate in the
program. '
New-Year's Eve Parties
BeEhde*at3 A,M.
New Year's eve celebrations will
have to end at 3 AM. Sudday mom-
Ing, Jan. 1, Ohalnnan John F.
O'Connell, of the New York State
Liquor Authority, 270 Aroadway,
Manhattan, served notice this week.
As New Year's day falls on Sun-day,
Mr. O'Connell served notice
that no All-Nlgnt Permits to on-premleoa.'
lloamsees will be Issued in-asmuch
as the /kiBC Law specifically
preludes the .Issuance of such per-mits
on Sunday. Consequently no
qales of liquor will be permitted after
3 c'olook.
TUNA CLUB SCHEDULES
MACKEREL, COD FISH PARTY
The Freeport Tuna 'Club Is 'to
stage a mackerel and codfish 'party
on Sunday, Nov. 27. Tine boat will
le&ve ait 8-A.M; Fred Nutchey, 103
Jefferson st,, Merrick, Is in charge
of reservations. ' '
associated w!th irW&g's Men's Shop*
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"The application should have been
made first,*' he declared. "I know
As president of the Freeport Merchants' Council, Mr. Irving Oreblnar your problems but I don't like the
stated that it Is the aim of every .Freport businessman to offer the best way you went ahead <and toqk a
in service ajid quality'to the residents of this village and to neighboring chance, I thlrdc you_%6nt_jQjiead
shoppers. They endeavor to con^tinuafly modernize their stores and set
tha pace in merchandising programs. They aim to make Freeport not
only the geographic, oQt also the shopping center of the south shore.
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Best wishes to the Freepqrt merchants and to^tnclr representative,
Mr. Irving Grebman "Tne. Mayor of Majn Street," "for the 1949 Holiday
HRaann. ' '' '' ,j - --- y .-
Edward L. Hong Becomes »"™ °- "*" WILLED
Ah American
Edward L. Hong, 164 Southsde
who has been so active for
years in civic and service' club
affairs in Freeport now Is a proud
American citizen. He receive^ his
naturalization papers from Supreme
Court Justice Franol^G. Hooley In
Mineola, last Friday.
Four other Freeportcrs received
their papers at the same time. They
were Use Bern, German, 20 Lenox
pi.; Karl Paul Schulz, Danzig Free
State; 128 Spontsmans ave.; Marie
Holbert, German, 91 Weberfleld
ave., and_ Erik , Gram, Danish, 98
Rose st. " " ^
sQu^ and Wig Makes Good
In
The Masque and Wig Club of the Freepbrt High School
it^lf'jirpud-aBTis^
High School senior prodiietion ' ' Arsphic *and Qld ILAae, "
the dlreoUpn of Senry, N. Burnett ^ - - '
under
torlum.
night in 'tike school . e,iidi-
.
cqmedy of a whackey family
|ay Joseph Keaselilng was^capably
enacted by the young theqplana
Nils Marquard
mer Brewster *«»*$ *.v*
aa.Z3aine Harpei*,' the 1
and,
aa Morti"
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aeter oi Teddy Br&w?ter, <vho Im-agine^
hhnselfvbo be.Teddy Roose-velt,
most" capablyT' Antolnette^lir
castro and Mana .Turner were quite
unpeturbed. In jbhe roles of Abby and
Martha* TBremster , who murdered
without the slightest dlsplay^xxf re-morse.
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Carrl d%, one j%f the beat
Freeport Gets $17,342
Share of State Taxes
Freeport has received a check In
the amount of $17|342.94 as its share
of the money taken *h by the State
In Income, alcoholic beverages 'and
other taxes during the third quarter
of the year, out of a total p* $530,-
390,04 aWpted to Naissa^ County..
Based oh the_1940 census^pppula-tlon
figures, Hempsteadgo^ $i9,067.«
,34, or an,average of ]91 ceWs a per-soprand
Fteeport wae:.secbnd. ^The
Itmds are duknoutea quarterly 0*r
•the. 15th of ?eb%uary, May, Augusj
and .November* . '
ESTATE TO HII3 WIDOW
Burt O. Wray^/53 North Long
Beach ave,, who died on Sunday,
Oct. 16, left his entire estate" to his.
widow, Mrs. Caroline G. Wray and
naihed her executrix, in the will |
filed for probate with Surrogate
Leone D. Howell by James A. War-nor,
attorney. Value of the estate is
placed at about $15,000. The will
was dated Dec. 4, 1947. Mr. Wray
some what presumptlously."
Superintendent' of ^Buildings ' W.
F, DeMott spoke In defense of the
company. ,He said the Village
Board, believing parking fields were
a necessity, agreed to permit the
use of the property f Ar parking pur-poses
with the understanding. that
its use was not to be limited to
patrons of Food Fair.
When Mr. Edwards' inquired? If
anyone wished to oppose granting
the variance, Dr. Hugo' Neuhaus,
131 South Ocean ave., and Cfr. An-ton,
Notey, 119 West Merrick rd.,
arose:
Neuhaus, whose property ad-joins
the field on the south, said he
purchased the land In 1941, know-
Ing it was In an apartment zone
but never GUBpoctad- tne adjacent
area would be commercialized. He
also left a-daughter, Mrs. Frances) said the'field adjoins
Waugh, of Forest Hills. ( Continued'on "Page 9)
'Footlights of 1949'
Seaman P,«T.A. Audience
The P.T.A. of tlie Seaman ave^ school.can certainly, put
on a »)ipw when it decides to do so. ^'Footlights of 1949," giypn
Friday and Saturday night? in'the school auditorium certainll
was a wow with a variety of acts
that was amazing.
Opening with a somewhat, start-number.
"A Bit of
In
in *'Tap and Rhythm," followed by
Tom Doughteh in &« "Bit of Noh-
"^"'!''!™2^ %^l ^Ar @(%M ./'Slightly Exaggerated'?
POST (KMCE TO BE CLOSED
ALL DAT ON THANKSGIVING
—!pie.Freeipbrt^Post Office will be
closed all day Thanksgiving. Day.
There will be %ip delivery of maU by
carriers. However, all special dej
liveyy mall received will be .delivered,
by^ mes:eM)Ker,jPost master Edward
A, 3-tlce announced today*. —.— .^*, r^——"'Tr -rA"-'-' -•
program-moved on to the conclud-ing
picturesque "A Gypsy Encamp-ment."
Some of , the participants
were distinctively of professional
calibre, : . . _
! Those who participated In the
Initial act were:. .
'. Irene Bauma?n^ Adeline Clem, Flor-ence
M*Uro, Marian Aach; June MMIer,
Harriet Raber,^Sylvia. Ger%6f, Ethel Se-gall;
Anna Campanl, LHHan \Keaaler,
MHddrd Tbayer and' Shirley Saodank.'.
' Next Laurette.Baumann appeared
the yacht club .by: %'^ " "^T
*"Marela Hughea, Mavl'ah PuroeH
Marie MacDougall, Maude Pearaon, Peg%%.
Winter and Helolae Rlngeri - .
Mr. .Doughten did a "buckand
time, off from hla practice to tickle
the piano keys and lead $n com-munity
singing ln\' a 'n 'umber calletl
.h*
_ the !shade of, the^\Old Applej
tree," starting. w&th. saActlonB by%a
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