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PAGE SIXTEEN THE LEADER —F R E E F OR T, N! Y . . '; "THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1948
By BOB Von ELM
Christmas week-end proved to be
a busy one, Tor the boys or the Free-port
Fire Department. Within the
space^.of 48 fiours, .five general
alarms were sounded. It all started
off Christmas Eve at 7:50 with a
call to the Toot of Bayview ave. for
a' small chimney fire. Then a(. -2
Christmas morning the engines
rolled to Ray st. and Miller ave. to
find that once again a chimney was
on fire or at least overheated. .A
24-hour period or peace and quiet
ensued only to end at 2 A. M. Sun-day
when another chimney at
Grove and East ave. got too hat for
its own good. And don't think that
the air wasn't really cold at that
hour! ,
• About noon Sunday U,ie sirens
wailed again and this time1 it was
a blaze jn the locker room or the
Freeport Iron Works at Bennington
st. and Alexander ave. The com-rades
returned home only to have
their supper interrupted at 6:30
wlien a stove at Main and Kaynor
sis. started to act up. Chief
Chuisano is beginning -td wonder If
perhaps Saint Nick was f a i l i n g to
properly clean out the chimneys on
his yearly visit.
* • * * •
Speaking of Christmas brings to
mind the Christmas gift given to
Ray Wlllets of Hose Co. No. 2 at
11 ::'>() Christmas night. Ills wife
gave birth lo a baby girl at thai
time. Congratulations, Ray.
. . * * _,*
And s t i l l ' a n o t h e r Willets made
some news Christmas day When the
engagement of Edna Barry;'of:-Mer-rick.
and Bruce Willets of Truck
Co. No. 1 was announced. Good
luck to you both, 1 .•., '•-'•• *.. ••*.:.. *. ' -•'. "
Bowling results will not be had
for a few weeks inasmuch as the)
league has suspeo/led operations-until
utter the Holiday season. •
. * . . ; * - '*
Chiefs Harry Chuisano, Frank
Smith and Robert Kinsey. and your
c'orrespbndpnt- join in wishing
everyone a very, very Happy and
Prosperous New Year,.
Freeport High Nimrods - ,
Defeat Long Beach Five
r*Tlie Long Beach High School
marksmen were no match for the
Freeport High nlmrods In a match
shoot" held recently. The locals
winning by a .score of S'!)2 to 73U on
the local range. Hob Martarano
with !»s and S5 for a total of 183
was high, man for both sides.
Tiie individual scores:
FREEPORT
Peppiatts Regain Lead
Jn Freeport^ComhierdiaL -
Pepplatt Bros, regained the lead
in the Freeport.Commercial League
toy sweeping a series from A-Deal
.Market on the Grove alleys, while
Spltzler* was losing to Judy Ann
Shop, -1 to 1. Long Island Oil Co.
defeated C. & R. Cafeteria, 5 to 0.
The scores:
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FREEPORT'S FIRST LIQUOR STORE ,
Only Original Owner Since Dec. 5, 1933
May We Wish You and Yours a Very Prosperous
and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
SEAGRAM'S V.O.
LIMITED QUANTITY Fifth
HARRY
EBBETS
LIpU'OR STORE
.10 West Merrick Road
(Next to Grant'i)
FREEPORT 8-1734
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That Ifw Willffwer Forget
NEW YEAR'S EVE!
IT'S OPEN HOUSE
—GRAND-FOODS _
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FUN!
FAVORS
NOISEMAKERS
See itie New Year In at the
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'Freeport's Newest and Nicest Eating Place"
STREET FReeport 8-9218
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SON TO TRYGVE JOHNSENS
A sun \v;is horn to Mr. and Mrs.
Try«vn .lohnst-ti, 1!) Kast avc., in
tin; Kn.'upuri Llospiial on Monday.
Ooc. L'n. Ih> h;ls IXMMI niimetl
Terry. The mother is tin.1 lornier
Miss dura Rasmusson.
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TUB SEASON
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Nash~Lau
Motors, Inc.
" 14 Brooklyn Avenue
Call FReeport 8-0048
Opposite Railroad ' Station
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Best Buys for the Weekend
55 S. MAIN STREET
FREEPORT 9-1885
OUR BEST PORTERHOUSE
OR SIRLOIN
SALE!
READYTOEAT whole or shank half
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SMOKED MS whole or shank half
FRESH whole or half
TOP SIRLOIN
CROSS RIB
BOTTOM
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LEGS BEST SPRING
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PRIME RIBS
BONELESS CHUCK
POT ROAST lb. 67c 1 ^^^ 40
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CORNED BEEF
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Boned and Rolled — Easy to Carve SHOULDER
R I B L O I N
IAMB CHOPS
MANY OTHER SPECIALS
AHdppyand Prosperous New Yean
Is My Sincere Wish to AIL
•James Smith
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Leading Weekly
Freeport's
IDfficial"
Newspaper
13th' Year- No; 83 FREEPOUT, N. Y.; THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 FIVE CENTS A COPY
R. E, Clemeiiis Named
To Head Red Cross
Drive Here in March
Plans to Recruit
- jLarge Working Staff
Before Campaign Ojiens
Ray E. Clements, -173 Archer St.,
has been named to head the -1949
Red Cross fund raising campaign
In Freeport "starting March 1 and
continuing through the month.
Announcement or Mr. Clements'
appointment was made at a special
TiTem:in7r^ittire~^\rer'Utive~tJOariri5r
the Freeport branch in the Municip-al
Building Tuesday afternoon at
which Mrs. Robert B. Paterson. the
chairman, presided.
He announced that another meet-ing
would be held on Tuesday after-noon,
Jan. 18, at which time he
would announce the names of the
various division chairmen, such as
house-to-house canvass, organiza-tions,
business and industry. The
quota for' Freeport also frobably
will be revealed at. that time.
Mr. Clements realizing that the
most important part of a campaign
is to enlist an adequate corps of
workers, plans to concentrate on
that phase between now and the
commencement of the drive two
months hence.
Mr. Clements has been a resident
of Freeport for twelve years. He
is head of the firm of Clements of
Freeport, importers of handwoven
goods from Guatemala in Central
America,. He has just finished a
term as'patron of Freeport Chapter
O.E.S., Is a member of the Board
of Deacons of the First Baptist
Church and a director of the Ro-tary
Club of _Freeport.
Last year's quota was $10,000,
and though Freeport made a good
showing under the chairmanship of
Domonic PellU'io, it failed to reach
its goal.
A meeting of the canteen work-ers
of the Freeport Branch will be
held in the home of Mrs. Alfred H.
Hammond, 13-1 South Ocean ave.,
the chairman, tomorrow at 2:30
P. Mr- '
MISS ANN M. McCqNLOGUE
TO BE MARRIED JAN. 16
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McConlogue,
87 Roosevelt ave., Roosevelt/f'orm-erly
of Harrison ave., have issued
invitations Tor the marriage 'of
their daughter. Miss Ann Marie
McConlogue, to Thomas Francis
O'Shaughnessy, son of Mrs. Thomas
O'Shaugnessy, East Wilson ave.,
-Bellmore, which is to take place in
the R. C. Church of the Queen of
the Most Holy Rosary, Roosevelt,
Sunday, Jan. 16, at -1 P. M.
SON TO A. W. HUBSCHES
A son, Jeffrey Lee, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Allen'—VV. HubscJi, at
Ithaca, N. Y., on Saturday. Dec. IS.
Mrs. Hubsoh is the former Miss
Joan Fielding of Bellmore. The
paternal gf'amrpaTfeTTrarare "Mr; 'ami-
Mrs. Milton B. Hubseh of Milburn
Court.
Community Concert Ass'n
Drive Opens Monday Night
Membership Will Entitle Those Enrolled
To Attend Concerts by Noted Artists
The I'Veeport Community Concert Association.- headed l>y
.J. Maynard Wettlaut'er as presidi'iit, will conduct a campaign
next week, to enroll members-with-a-v-ie-\v--t-o-xponxon.ng-.at-. least
programs. by celebrated ar-
Dial 'Phones Likely
Here Late This Year,
Billmeyer Tellstivics
Answers Questions on
Proposed Rate Rise
To Northwest Group
Dial telephones, probably will be
installed in the Freeport area by
the end ol' the year, William B.
Billmeyer, district manager for the
New York Telephone Co., told the
members of the Northwest Civic
Association at their monthly meet-ing
in the headquarters of Hose Co.
4, Monday night. Mr. Billmeyer
attended the meeting with Milton
J. MacWhinnie, who gave a lec-ture
and demonstration on the use
of microwaves to replace wires in
telephone communications.
At the conclusion of "Mr. Mac-
Whinnie's talk, President Ralph L
Marshall suggested Mr. Billmeyei
might be willing to answer ques
iions concerning the increase in
rates asked by the telephone com-pany.
He agreed to do so. He
toiif of the extended areas it was
proposed to include for .subscribers
on Long Island and added that the
lf> percent' increase sought was in
gross revenue and might not of
necessity be the same for all in-dividual
subscribers.
It was in answer to a question
that he said dial telephones would
l i k e l y bo installed here before the
end of 19-19. He said the FReeport
9 oflice was set up to allow I'oi; dial
'phones.
Mrvf -MacWhinnie's talk was en-titled,
"Highwaves -of Communica-tions."
- He u s e d small-scale
replicas of'the transmitter-receiver
stations that now are being oper-ated
on seven hilltops between New
York and Boston and of a similar
system between New York and
Chicago that is now being con-structed.
These systems are de-signed,
he said, through the use ol
various frequencies to carry tele-vision
network programs and hun-dreds
of simultaneous long-distance
calls.
Mr. MacW-hlnnie's .demonstration
included tlie acTulil~tra'rfsnyjSBJOJO)f
speech and music over a micro-wave
beam. He also showed sever-in—
characteristics • of the new
method of aerial transmission.
Motion pictures of a rehearsal
telephone hour were shown. Ri
freshments were served.
R, E* Hotaling Seats Officers
Of Exchange Club at Dinner
• Russell E. Hotalinfr, regional rfj:ice-president of National
e Clubs, installed 111
the annual ladies Anight in
ing William B. Billmeyer as presi-e
officers-'ol' the FVeepnrt Club at"
the KH<s clu'bTiousc last niyht, seat-has
headed the organization for a
year. . . .
. O t h e r ' officers inducted, 'were
George J. Smith g and Selwin R.
Shook, vice-presidents; Mr. Hotal-ing,
: secretary ;_"..Emi] J. Frenger,'
financial secretary; ' Walter J.
Nichols, treasurer;'Dr.-. Morris M.
Rossman, Harold .W. Graff, Joseph
H. Fisher and Joseph'F. Callaghan,
members of the board of control.
From 7 to 7:30 o'clock as the
members and guests'-were-arriviHg,
drinks were served. Music was
provided by an orchestra -during
the dinner^ and Walter Joy played
aeeo-rd-lon—selections*—TJio—in com.-.
ing officers were put through the
"third degree," . while out-going
president Charles was subjected to
the indignities of the yfourth de-gree,"
by the gas house gang.
Numerous y i s i ting Exchange
Club dignitaries from distant points
were introduced, some of whom
spoke briefly. Following the form-al
exercises a chalk and crayon
artist-- drew— charactures of mem-bers
and their guests. C. J. Smith,
chairman of _ the entertainment
committee was in charge of the
program. .
hree
tists durinp the winter .and early
spring.
Tlie drive will be opened with a
linner to be given for the workers
n the Elks clubhouse Monday
light at~N o'clock. Seventy-five per-sons
are expected to attend and
euetve lnsrnictibiis~a«~lo- how to-iroceed
in the enlistment cam-jaign.
Memberships will be $6 eacli for
ulults, including the federal admis-sions
lax, and $3 for children.
During the rest of tlie week work-ers
will contact .as many persons
is possible with a view lo rolling
ip a large membership. As the
Irive (-loses on Saturday night.
Jan. 15, the final reports will be
received and on the basis' of the
amount taken in through member-ships,
the artists to provide the
three concerts will be selected.
The greater the amount that is
available, the larger will be 'the
list of artists from which the com-mittee
can «make Us choice. And
further if enough members are en-rolled,
a .fourth concert may be
made possible.
Membership entitles those en
rolled to attend all concerts. No
tickets are to be sold for any single
event., so the only way tbvtnJaUfy
to enjoy all 'the programs is to talu
out a lull membership. The con
certs are "to be given In 'the Free
port High School niicll tar film.
For the convenience of any who
desire to become members with-out
waiting to be- iirvited to tlo HO.
an oflh-e has been 'established in
the Freeport Federal Savings and
Loan Association. -17 West Sunrise
highway. Some one will be on d u t y
d a i l y irom 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.. Lo
receive applications for member-ship.
Applications also can In?
made by telephoning Flleeport -S-
4G50 at the office.
Posters ^containing the piotures-of
2-1 famous composers have been
placed in the windows of stores on.
Main St., West Merlck rd., and
Grove st. The first person to cor-
Xectly, identify - a l l " 24 and to sub-mit
the list to the Sunrise Highway
office will receive a free member-ship
entitling him or her to attend
all concerts.
Besides president Wettlaufer, the
(Continued on Page 4)
i V . Foster Gilroy Dies,
Former Newspaper Man
The 'Hey. A. Gordon MacUury,
pastor-, of. the First Presbyterian
Church, officiated at . funeral ser-vices
yesterday, afternoon in the
Fulto,n parlors ^for Foster Gilroy,'
50 North Long Beach ave., who died
Sunday in Meadowbruok hospital
following a brief illness.
• A native of -.• Philadelphia, (it
years old, Mr. Gilroy lived in Nas-sau
County for more than a quarter
of a century. He became a report-er
on the Philadelphia North Amer-ican
early in life and later he was
associated in newspaper work In
Boston with Frank Munsey. Sub-sequently
he was on the staff of the
Munsey magazine in New York for
five "years. ——-
When Nathan Strauss started the
publication of Puck, Mr. Gilroy be-came
general manager of the com-pany.
He was business ' manager
of the New York World under Jo-seph
Pulitzer for eleven years.
Following the merger of the
Vorld and the New York Telegram*
e went to Newsweek and re-lained
until 1930 when he joined
ic Moore! and Hanim advertising
gency hi Manhattan. He retired
u 19-1-1.
Surviving Mr. Gilroy are bis wife,
Ruth~W., a son Wardner, and a
brother. William A., ol* Westfield.
N.J;
Freeport High Five
Beats Mineola, 54-32
The Freeport H I g li School
basketball team Journeyed to Mine-ola
Tuesday night and defeated the
home team, 5-1 to 32, to extend its
winning streak to six games wlih-out
a set hack for the season. The
Red and White five did not find .the
-M-theola—boya^=q.uilft— KQ^ easy- - to-handle
as they did in their first
encounter when the Freporlers1
rolled_ up 70 points, but they led
throughout the contest.
Don Fellman and Bill Dodd eacli
accounted for 20 points while Jack
Plunkett added 12 to do practically
all the scoring.
Tomorrow night the Red Devils
will treuk to Floral Park for a
game against Sewannaka, and on
Tuesday at 4 P.M. they will meet
Mephani on tlie local court.
The score: v ,
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Dodd. c
Plunkett,
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12
22 10 5'4
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Millers- :
Campbell, c
Bowler, IK ..
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Hafner, FR .
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Score by periods:
Freeport , 7
MEneolu -....; 5
G.
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11n , 2
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54
32
Paul A. Weill 51,
Legipn Treasurerj
Passes on Suddenly
Suffers Stroke .and*
Succumbs in'Hospital;
Burial Tomorrow
Paul A. Weill, 51. 190 Kvans ave.,
treasurer and past commander of
William Clinton Story I'osl, A. L.,
lied suddenly early yesterday in
he Sou ih Nassau Com m u n i t i e s
Hospital, Oeeaiiside.
Mrs. Weill complained of not
'eeling well on returning home
'I'tmi business Tuesday about -1
P.-MT Following- a stroke, he
apsed into unconsciousness and on
id vice of a., physician he was taken
o the hospital where he -passed
away just after midnight.
Born in New York, Mr. Weill had
ived in Freeport for ten years. He
lad been a salesman for the Soj'uri-y
Simplified System, of Man 1ml-an,
for a similar length of lime,
n addition to his a f f i l i a t i o n with
he Legion, he was Ireasuter of the
Freeport, Police Roys Clubs and a
member of the B Battery Associa-tion
of Brooklyn, an organization
composed' of .veterans of World
\yar I.
• Surviving are. his wife. Mrs.
Helen Weill;'a daughter, Rosalie,
a student in Davis and Klkhis Col-lege,
Elkins, W. Va.; a son, Paul,
who is s t u d y i n g in Washington and
Lee University, Washington, I). C..
a n d - h i s mother, Mrs.1 Rosalie WeiM,
of Yonkers.
Totaled $39,747
For Year of 1948
Commission Reports
Substantial Profit;
Planning, for Year
A considerable profit for 19-18
was announced by the Freeport.
ParkY Commission hi its annual re-port
'concerning attendance at the
various events conducted in the
Municipal Stadium during the year. -
Receipts totaled $39,7-17. 11 whHe
the commission was allowed $30,
000 in its-annual budget. Further
details as to the actual profits will
be revealed later. Attendance at
all events aggregated 239,647,
about 30,000 less than for 19-17.
Midget racing netted $23.892.30;
programs, $1,648.50; baseball. $270.-
05; parking fields, .$1,000; football,
$1,465.40, and the New Yx>rk Suite
Service, Inc., which had the rood
concession, $10,170.86, a record
from this source 'or income. _
In all 179,447 fans attended the
midget races, while baseball drew'
3,490 and football, Including the}/,;.
New York Yankee-Chicago Ronketsv,\
contest, the biggest event ol' the i1.
year, 36,710.
Eleven jrnWgel jneets had to bej
cancelled . because oi' IhcVemen
weather, reducing tlie atteiidanc
considerably hi as much as on a
average move than 5,000 persons
attended these races.
PlanV are being -made for nex-t
season'^ program at the Stadium.
The zniciget roAses, promoted by
Jake Kedenburk, again head the
list, but the jcbrnmisslon, headed
by Branch. RJclfey, Jr., hopes ta po.
tiJurfze of her ttrniicliea of «/»or
with a ' v i ew td' increasing (he a
tendance at the nrena. The Ne
York Yankees are expected to pla
an exhibition 1'ootbnll game iale hi
Hie summer and negotiations are
under way to bring the Newark
Kiiglos baseball team to Fi-eepoi-t
to play the loading .semi-pro nines
of tile east.
Members ol the commission a t t r i - .
bute the Increased income from the
stadium to the installation of turn-stiles
at all the entrances with a
view to keeping closer tabs on the
number of persons entering the
place. All receipts from admis-sions
are handled by Fred Hager,
jr..- on behalf of the Municipal
authorities to assure the keeping
ol* accurate records as to receipts,
disbursements a n d attendance.
Resides Chairman Rickey, mem-bers
of the commission are Ray-mond
T. Kclrnan anil Samuel L.
Israel. They all expressed appre-ciation
at the co-operation accorded
them by Promotor Kedenbnn; (lur-ing
the. season. .. _ _ ...... ..
Legion services will bo conduct-ed
tonight in the Kulton Funeral
Parlors and tomorrow, at 10 A. M.
Christian Science riles will bo held.
Burial will follow in Old Trinity
Cemetery, 155th st. and Broadway,
Manhattan. ,
BAYVIEW PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Bayvlew Pharmacy, 37!) At-lantic
ave., will remain open Sun-day
after the other driiKKists in
Freeport close at-2 P. M. The tele- _
phone is Flleeport S-012-1.
•TRUE RELIGION' IS TOPIC
"True Religion," is the topic on -
which the Rev. Dr. Louis , Losch,
pastor, will preach at the First
Baptist Church Sunday at 10: 15
A.M.
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