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MAIN STREET / FReaport 9-2749
"Ample Private Parking Space"
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there's over a million
of them . . , members who belong
to the Benevolent .and Protective
Order of Elks, and thlrty^four year
old George W. Berns has the honor
of being elected the Exalted Ruler*
of Freeport Lodge No, 1253. Free-port
EJks number over 1500 members.
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tear No. 51 FBEBPQRT, N. Yi, T, KAT.ll, I960 GENTS A COPY
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Parent-Teao&erg
And CMc Crouds
B%ck New School
Community Unit
Joins With Board In
Promoting Project
Several plyib and other groups
have endorsed ^ie proposal of the
Board of Education to erect a $1,-
300,000 school on .the Bayview ave.,
site owned by the board to relieve
the congestion in the Archer st.
school since President Leo F.
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GEOBGE W. BEBNS
creep of EUcdom
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,, mark him aa a true Elk,
&ad hi* Mends have become legion.
George la a Hfe«la%*r resident of
Long Xslknd. He-attends the pnb*'
llo schools In pooSeyelt and was
graduated from Homestead High
School. He has been a member of
the Elks for fourteen years; held all
the offices of the Lodge; and Is the
first veteran of World War II to
become Exalted Bole?. He served
with the Army for three years, i
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Ybung_ George Barns has 'found
the formula of success both in bus!-'
aess and In life. ^He la.vice-presl-
„ 4ent'of.the K&wahls Oltib of Roose-velt,
With his brother Harry as
* ^iftner, they, head the enterprising
sanitary contracting concern known
as "H. Bems Brothers," They also
ago to familiarize the people of the
school district with conditions hi
khe southern half of the commu-nity.
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Mr. Giblyn and his asoclates have
advised their audiences .that en-rollment
in the Archer at. school iff
s^uch thAt 15 of the school's 18 reg-ular
classrooms wm.be.required for
the accmhodatioh .of .the first three^
grades next September.
Thus.far the Kdwanla Club,
Northfweot.and Southwest.Olvio
sociatiohsj the Qoluknbiis'ave.
,the^ Archer stJschbp" "*
^ Associbtlpn? vha\
oje^. Otihers are _.,^^»»w** w. ****«
on tAe_jna^r_soon._A_propositlon
^b* float a boncf issue to finance the
construction of the school is to be
submitted to the qualified voters of
I/he district on Thursday, June 15i
Co-operating with the Board of
Education in promoting"-#ie project
is a Citizens Committee.' J" w ^%y-^ ' . - -
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, ^'Studying Zoning Map of Freepor* at bp*»K
"Ohamber of Commerce at Guy Lombwdo*g East,,?<
left to right, David Levy, '"""' *^
-- ^ i« ,WUUam J, MarUu*
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E. Watson, president of the Atlantic-
Sou bh Civic Association and Wil-liam
Allyn, president of the South-west
Civics are co-chairmen\of the
group. Assistant chairmen are Mrs.
Harry Feldsteln, president {of:, the
Central
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Meade C. Dobwu and WMHam J. MaMh, Sr.,
Board SetA; New Hour*
At Merchants' i Reoueat;
Without A Trial Period
The :Vlllage Board has acquiesced
to the aplSSala of toe members of
the Freeport Chamber of Com-merce
and the PYeepor^ Merchants
Association and amended the Park-ing
Ordinance to provide for the
of parking, meters from
6 PAL, geginnlng %3iur&-
day, June 1 instead of 9 AJJ., to
PJf ., as previously proposed.
This action was taken at a gpecial
meeting held last Thursday night,
Martin S. Weymuch, counsel :to tbe
Board; advised the Village.
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change for a trial? period of\s*K
haonths. 60 no limit; was' pliaced
on -the time. Further, 'the Board
decided Against niaklng any ex-to
the gei*eral' rule oa
Thursday and FMday nlgbXa wheo
itihe stores are open until 9 o'clock.
However, the tMksteeq^are playiag
eafe to be prepa^,/^a^? givi&ig
new, noun* a" . trl&i; v-tihe .
chants anaohamb Sea&kA •
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own the Pastlnie Dock on Woodclef t
ave. In Preeport. This is one of the-,
most Improved business., sections of-)
the waterfront.- '
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George married the former Mar-garet
Doktor of BookyllJte Centre.
They have three children/a daugh-
. ter Linda and two?sons, Henry and
George Jr. The Bern* reside at 387
Washlngtqn ave,, on the eastern
boundary of Roosevelt In a cozy
modest, picturesque home.
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Like othqr fine organlzatlondp *the
Freeport'Lodge of Elks endeavors to
always aerye as a beacon to its fel-low
members. ??ie warm and
friendly greeting .of. '%:eUo Bill"
which signifies a brother Elk, opens
t&e. door.to* those'who are lonely and
to .those bi need of brotherly; love.
The Elks are noted for their great
work In aiding worthy charitable
causes. The JPreeport Lodge con*
duato an annual major, event,/the
Charity .Bazaar; and the? proceeds
.derived help their many prbjecta
""h as children's' Christmas par-and"
Daskets/.aid;td needy fami-'*
ll&s. ano^ contributions to many or*
ganlzatlons. '
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One hag to be with George Berns
and a groui* of Elks but for a few
"'—*—^ eaUze *he full value of
and the mak who ##
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Luncheon to Conclude
Athena Club Season
' The Athena Club will conclude its
1949-60 season wiM Its annual
Spring luncheon In the South Shore
.Yacht Club Monday at 1 P. Mr" En?
.tertalnment will be provided by Mrs.
Caswell Gpeare, dramatic coach of
the club, who will give several
monplogues, and Miss Marleigh
Chandler .in a twirling demonstra-.
tion.
The Drama Department scored
one of the.greatest successes of its
career in the presentation of "The
Women," by Claire Booth, in the
auditorium of the Seaman ave.
@cj;ool Monday night. Members of
a cast of 37, enacted the three?act
play, divided into 12 scenes, with
scarcely a hitch, it was such a fin-ished
performance, everyone handl-inig
her role with ability.'- .Tbe most
was* made of the dramatic and
comedy situations with almost pro-fessional
ability that reflected on
the excellent coaching done by 'Mr.
Speare. ._
Mrs. Roy R. Oockley, the presi-dent,
greeted the membqra and their,
friends who filled the auditorium to
capacity. . Mrs. Charles A. Lutk is
the department chairman, and Mrs.
Joseph Gllplnpd-chairmah. . ,
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Suggest Plans; Goldblatt Submits Report
Ways for ^bringing Jight industry 4n&o Freeport
tax:?*load ofT the owners of rA«M«mt4o!.«««»*"**
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mootlhA ago, the Village
after a hearing at wQ)lch
Aatlvea' pf *M»o, • clvlp '<»%
cUaapproved c* the^ ph&h
set the closing time e* '8 r^».
However, tlhe groups advocating the
6 o'clock hour renewed their drive
and finally Induced the, Village
JPathers to yield, Zt was suggested
that exception might be made on
Thursday and JMday nights when
the stores are open, but the Board <*»**^--a * '
minutes jo
*he!r Boler;. , Xtrhas
that wealH^r poalUon
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the • EOW. ^ag&;;K^Y4nier ' ' '
mien* was ever mwe^f}Bere one
doctoxa,
Grove St. Pwking Field ,1
Rented, to Be Cioa^d Soon
Mayor , Robert L/Do%see announ-ced
today the.parklng field at the
SouMiwest corner of .Soutli GrpVe
and, .Pine, streets would be discon-tinued
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ISLAND'S LARGEST FUNERAL DIRECTORS *w*** W^W#!^%^^^'''''-'•v''^"' :N^''.'^''Vv :':•• ^''ivV?W^^
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over
village for several • yearn, but
---"-^ the owners decided 4q
the • ^property. jqr, ereotm*, ,».*
Three of them • are v to be
built flret on .the vacant portion of
the site, and later. the '^bulldlng^at
the comer is to be rased to permit
^erection of "
*f. —-' "jr "•"""*" ' port Chamber of Commerce Monday
night ^in .Guy Lombardo's East Point
House. David Levy, officiated as
master of ceremonies. He Intro-duced
Joseph Ooldblatt, the presi-dent,
who.reported on his first six
months in office; Meade C. Dobsonj
executive director , of the Long
Island Association, and William J,
Martin, sr!, a member df the Free-port
..Planning .Commission, who
spoke on zoning.
Mr. Levy said the officers were
trying to bring the Chamber of
Commerce to the .forefront as things
can be accomplished only with a
strong chamber. He expressed the
belief tnat ^'we are on the, eve of
doing great things for Freeport."
President Goldblatt Reports
President Ooldblatt in his; talk
said among other things:
"I have .been president 'of the
Freeport Chamber of^ Commerce for
,six months. It is my pleasure at
this time to outline to you the ac-complishments,
of the Chamber dur-ing
my stewardship,,all of which Is
now -a matter of record.
"1. We supported the change of
zoning to permit th6~eJC6At*on of an
apartpient house 4n "Freeport -on*
Smith'#. *
"2. We referred .to t^e real estate
divlsldh .all requests regarding rent-'
als and buying of "homes, factory
sites ^and available apace for manu-facturing
and Industry .of _whlcl)3
there are many inquiries. ; •
^'3,,JVe' sponsbre/l the cnange of
the'parking ^Beters. to the houra of
'9:00 to 6:00 P.M, The Mayor _and
Village. Board have sanctioned^'this
change effective, June 1st; ^
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. an op?n meeting of the Free- ' —
larsen to Top Slate
Of Na!»au Co. Legion
At Jmie Co^ventioM«
.Selected at Caucus
Of Second District;
Story Post Ticket
C, Howard Larscn, past comman-der
of William Clinton Story Post,
'A.L., will be the official candidate
for County Commander at the an-nual
convention of the Nassau
County American Lggion to b6 held
In the Freeport High qchool-.on
Saturday, June 24.
He .defeated &red. O. Bertrand, of
Heinpsbead 'post, for the honor
when candidates were- selected at
the .second district caucus hold In
Bellmore Friday* nlpht. After the
ISpeqport Legionnaire had been en-dorsed
by 18 of 30 posts^ the nom?
Inatlon was made unanimous oh Mr,
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afeeted
the varmj*
Ohamber of
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41ff6renceg between
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fe,; 1^7jpLM)por$ed ^ (|he. appll?
cation of a maillng'-servicertio perniit.
the employment of home typists,!,
jinerelby keeping a. large pay roll In.
the. village. /= ,- - ^J: •' ••' - • •• •. -^-r - - 7-
'. greeting Signs Erected .'
. "9, ^Ve have established an adKIVe
welcome: committee to greet new-
,comers to the village/ either person-sMy.
or by floral tribute or both
when possibles ... , • ,'</''
"10. %he usual seryice.of dJsQeznJn^
telephone/and
bf^ revised
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Crowd at Ball Saturday
With George Tomko as chairman;
members of Henry Theodare Mohr
Post, VJ.W,, are working ' with
and nialn to get out a large
crowd for the 26th annual dance
46 be held in the Elks clubhouse on
Saturday night. ^ '
These .dances were held., yeorly
prior to ^severs,! years ago when a
campaign was started to erect a
Memorial building as a clubhouse.
However, when the* officials had an
opportunity to., acquire k building
oh Atlantic ave., at a. reasonable
figure! they decided to do so and
Abandon efforts, to pro vide'a more,
pretentious structure,. .
As a result the 'load \ of raising
a large building fund has been taken'
off tl^elr shoulders and the post has
resumed - its normal activities, Wit*%
the co-operation of the Ladies Aux-,!
lliary,.of which Mrs. Georgia Dater,
is .president, Commander Edward
Jbnanneman and his associates are.,
hunting!"on 'welcoming a large
throng at Saturday nighty event.
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On June 15, the subwrlptlen
prlce\ of Th^e' Leader will - be ^
raised from' $1*50 to $2,00 a; v
year. All renewals and new '^
subscriptions received pr(6r to
that date will be at the $AJ0^4
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