1950-08-17

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Tlwire': a double pleasure to 'selecting -your week': food; at your local Hill':
Super-Market* You alway; get the be$+ quality obtainable and af the same
time make noteworthy saving; at a time when every penny count* m the family
budget, ,
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fresA fruifs & VeyefoAJes
FRESH PICKED LONBlSLAND
SWEET CORN
CALIFORNIA " " '
SEEDkESS GRAPES
CALIFORNIA BARTLETT
PEARS
ELBERTA FREESTONE
PEACHES
LARGE CALIFORNIA
SWEET PLUMS
VINE.RIPENEO CALIFORNIA
XONEYDEW MELONS
SWEET PINK MEAT
2J5
J9
LAMB
SIZE
IN BULK
21
SELECTED HARD RIPE
TOMATOES
Weekend
E@aPO *S .
Imported SWa* Cheese
Kroft-V elveeta Cheese
HIINZKMCHUP
CAMPBIU. SOUPS
LA ROSA AlACAKONI
HIRSHIY SYRUP
WHIP
JUICI
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, Aug, %S. M*o*, Produc* gnd
Dairy pHcA far wwkamd oaly.
M OZ. BOT.
AU. MXk PRICED
2 for 25e VARIETIES
SALAD
DRESSING
AACO
@OU»N BANTAM
CHAM MYLB
BIRD$IYIP*AS
S+onybrook BuMer
Grade B Eggs
Mid Store Cheete
D*udshBI#u Cheese
Omhgeade
Omnge Nut Roll ^m^ry @
Junket Freexe-MIx
Rennet Powder
Old Dutch Cleanser
%. can
2 can* 23
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25
can
Sweetheart Soap
Blu-WMteMake;
Lava Soap
Sole * Span 23
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lotli .Y.cur No. FREEPORT . yV, TKRSDAY, AUGST 17, FIVE GENTS
Abandon Bus Route
In Pennsylvania Ave. Wil
Condnue Fight on
Auto^Wrecking Yard
Won't Give Up Despite
Fact Town Has Area
Zoned as Industrial
Despite Mie contentions of Town
and Villlsge authorities that noth-ing
can be done to prevent the es-tablishment
of a junk and auto-wrecking
yard on town land at the
foot of Main St., soulh of Free-port
Bay Estates, the Atlantic-South
"Civic Assoslatlon plans to continue
the fight, Tredwell H. Hopkins, who
is in charge, announced today.
"We're not going to take the junk
yard, lying down/' he declared^
Following the August meeting of
the association, Secretary Harry
H. Zorger sent a petition to Pre-siding
Supervisor ArHolly Patter-son
which read: . -
"WeV the 'Undersigned property
'owners in. southeast Freeport, N. Y.,
protest the establishment of an
auto wrecking and junk yard off
South Main st., on Town of Hemp-stead
lands and,, respectfully urge
the Town Board to see that steps
are taken to prevent operation of
such a" business adjacent to our
homes."
About 90 percent of the owners
of property on Bedell at., East
Bedell St., President St., and West
First, Second, Third and Fourth ate.,
all who could be reached, signed the
petition.
Mbffitt Owns the Area^
The matter also was taken up
with the Village Board, and Mr.
Hopkins received a reply .from
Mayor Robert L. Do'xsee in which he
said Thomas E. Moffitt, of Rock-vllle
Centre, owned approximately
200 acres east and west of the foot
of South Main St., and had leased
a plot 200 by 1,400 feet on the east
side to a concern which plans to
develope the auto-wrecking and
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0. Overtoil Tremper, principal of the Freeport Summer High
School, has an .able staff to assist in conducting the school,
Pictured with him are Diane Jordan, Dolores Karman, 0. Bheard
Parker and, Miss Ethel M. Temple. .
The/ proposed bus Toute
through Pennsylvania ave.,
which stirred up such a hornet's
nest several years ago Is elimi-nated
from "further cons&dera-tlon"
In a "Supplement to t%ie
Third Report," of the Nassau
County Transit Commission,
jjist Issued, by County Exeau-
Uve J. Russel Sprague. This
line would have been routed
from the Terminal on Henry
st., to Pennsylvania ave., and
Nassau rd., via Main st. and
West Seaman ave.
"However, it Is recommend-ed
that consideration be given
to a Brookslde ave., route "with*
in a year."
Another recommendation for
future consideration is the es-tablishment
of a route, from the
Terminal to the .Valley Stream
Railroad Station via Brooklyn
and Long Bcuch avcs., to West
Seaman, thence through West
Seaman to LaKeview ave,, Rock^
ville Centre; Railroad ave., and
Merrlck rd., Valley Stream.
Adult Circulation Shows
700 Gain Over July 1949
Aduit circulation statistics at the
Northeast Civics Seek Elim^iAtioi\
Of B'dway, Columbus/ Parsons * Jog*
The Northeast Oivio Association at its monthly* meeting in
the home of Harry J. Beifkowitz, 215 North Ocean ave., Friday
night, voted to appeal to the Village Board to take steps to
for ewers, Parking
Fields AuAorbed
Pumping Stations and
y Forced Mains Included;
L&rge Savings Recorded.
The Village Board at a special
meeting Monday night authorized
a bond Issue totaling $8261020.03 to
finance Che ^construction of trunk
sewers in the southern section of
the village, pumping stations nnd
force mains and parking fields. •
The original estimate of the cost
of construction the trunk sewers
was $491^218.48 but the work was
completed at a price of $463,104.63.
a saving of $28,063.85. Of this
amount $304,763.33 was levied
ttgalnst property owners In the area,
of which $110,644.33 was collected
leaving $194,110 to be Included in
'the bond issue chargeable to those
beneflttcd by the sewers in lieu of
laterals plug $158,401 JO to be charg-ed
against the village at large mak-ing
the Issue for trunk sewers total
$352,420.30.
Force mains pumping stations cost
$126,000, of which $6,600 was met
Freeport Memorial Library showed'with a capital note, leaving $118,500
an increase of almost 700 over fig- i to be financed by the bond issue,
ures for the same department in the I Parking fields estimated to cost
monfh of July. Mi's. Elizabeth ,F.' $593,300 were completed for $492,-
Mineola Fair
To Feature /Kiddie-Land*
For the fimat time In its century-old
existence, the Mineola Pair at
its 108tih session, September 12 to
14, will have a complete "KiddJe
Land" sdt of rides in the Midway
Carnival Section. This arrange^
ment was insisted on by President
J. Alfred Valentine, possibly because
lie haa become a five-time, grand*
(father in' the last few yearn*.
Another unexpected Kiddie treat
at the Fair -mm be three; elephants
.each less than three feet in height,
*w/Mch are being added to the Bunt's
3-jRlng Circus Menagerie just in
time for the Mineola Fair engage-ment.
These elephants are now en-route
from India on the S. 6. City
of Birmingham which Is expected
to dock In New York next week.
W. D. SOMEKS BACK HOME
AFTER MAJOR OPERATION
W. D, Somers', 380 Souta Ocean
ave., has returned home after un-dergoing
a major-operation in the
South Nassau Communities Hospi-tal.
He was in the institution for
a month* *
In March, Mr. Somers su&ered
a serious heart attack, and his life
was saved by the prompt action of
.the police who .responded to a-hurry
"call with the .InhaJator 'and applied
first aid. •
OUTDOOR FILMS FOR-OENTER
.There will be an outdoor J "movie"
tonight at 8.30 at East Merrick rd,,.
and Liberty ave., for the boys and
girls attending the Bennlngton Park
Youth Center. The I$ev, R. O. Bar-ris,
pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, win be* in charge. . ' .
AMARANTH LAWN JPARTT
Armistice, Qourt, Order of Am-aranth,
held a lawn^and card party
at the home "of Mr. and Mra. Ar-theur
Steinheuser, pceansDde, yes-terday.
It" was largely attended.
eliminate the jog at Broadway,
North Columbus and "Parsons aves.,
•which ^ the members contended, is
a peril for motorists.
George V. Maurer, superintend-ent
of the Water Department re-marked
that four ftre hydrants had
been hit by cars., at that point,
within a few months, and that as
a result of his complaint the turn
at Broadway and North Columbus
ave., was to be marked to eliminate
speeding i|n the area, ;
The Association pointing to the
narrowness of Broadway, voted to
urge the authorities to enforce the
one-hour parking limitation in that
street, by day and to put a ban on
all night parking the entire length
of the street.
Mr. Berkowitz called attention to
the fact that a crew employed by
the Nassau County'sweeps the gut-ters
of Alain st,, starting about 6.30
A. M., and that some merchants on | ed a teacher ,ln Public School 87,
Middle Village, Queens. He was
retired on a penlsipn in 1045.
Mr. Powell was lay leader and a
member of the Official Board of
I
Mervin E. Powell
Dies in 66th Year
Mervin E. Powell, who was wall-known
in Freepont, died In his
home, 20 O-ikwood ave., Merrick,
Friday mcrning, two. weeks after
suffering a stroke after which
pneumonia' developed. Mr, Powell
was born In Mlddleburgh, N.Y:/ 65
years ago. He waq graduated from
•the Cortland State Teachers Col-lege
Cortland, N.Y., and started a
teaching career in a one-rooni
school at Huntersland, nearby his
native village. Later he taught at
Shrub Oak* In Westchester County
and in 1916 he became principal of
the Merrick. School, a position he
held until 1922 when he was apolnt-
Kelly, Librarian explained,a notice-able
increase' came in the number
of non-fiction borrowed, the highest
number circulated being io the field
of useful arts.
Apparently too, more persons are
taking advantage of the growing
records collection, she said.
Mrs. Kelly restated that vacation
privileges arc still available to per
sans wishing to take books along on
their holiday.
opening thel% stores a couple hours
brusl) the litter from the sidewalks
Into the clean gutters. It was point-ed
out that there is a village ordi-nance
prohibiting this practice. It the Freeport Methodist Church. He
was voted to write the presidents of
Rocco PIttito Dies;
Former Contractor
Rocco Pttitto, who was a con-tractor
In Freeport until ten years
ago when he became incapacitated,
died Friday at his- home,. 7 Bast
Dean at. The Rev. John P* Drab,
assistant pastor/solemnized a re-quiem
mass In Our. Holy ^Redeemer-
R.O. Ohurch" Monday at; 10., AJM&
and burial followed in Holy Rood
Cemetery, Westbury.
Born in Italy. .59 years ago, Mr,
P&tltto had been a resident of the
Un&ted 8bates for 35 years and of
Freeport a quarter of a century.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Pltibto:
three sons, 'Anthony, Frank and
Domlnlck; . four daughters, Mrs.
Dose Dapolito, Mrs. Lucy Poalan-itlno,
Mrs. Nettle Poalantmo and
Miss Angelina Pitibto, and five
grandchildren.
the Freeport Merchants Association,
and the Freeport Chamber of Com-merce
calling their attention to the
also waa a sort of unofficial statis-tician
keeping a record of the at-tendance
at the church services as
a hobby. He was a member of
ordinance and..requesting them to;8P»^an Lodge, F. A.M., Freeport
appeal to the members of th. two
organizations, to live up to it.
There was considerable criticism
of .the. village for Its failure to have
required C. Milton Foreman to do
something about the brook which
flows through his property "adjacent
to Parking Field 4, to prevent it
from over-running Its bank on oc-casion
before he was paid for the
for the
at a previous
land
field, ^••,;.^,\.v/'
The. association
Chapter, O.EJ3., Armistice Court,
Order of Amaranth, and Nazareth
Shrine, Order, of the White Shrine,
of Jerusalem, in which his wife is
very active* He also was secretary
of the Merrick Square Club and
historian of the Merrick Chamber
*of Commerce*
Other organizations to which Mr.
Powell belonged were the Merrick
SCHLESINGER PHARMACY
IS OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Schlesmger Pharmacy, '6
South Main st., will remain open
Sunday after the other druggists
in -Freeport close at 2 P.M. The
"teiBpMqne Is Freeport 8-0041,
817.71, a saving of $100,492.29, of
whlctt $357,648.60 waa assessed
against the benefited area. Of this
amount $107,549.75 waa paid on the
assessments, leaving $369,009.16 un-paid
to be included In the bond
issue, plus $138,168.82, to be met for
by the village at large, making the
tot&i 4386,ae?ae».
$353.000. as otlier
xw&ueed to
fund* totaling
$30,267 j96 have been applied to the
fund. The total amount is divided
$166,696 for the acquisition of land,
$217/140 for concrete paving and
$11.432.96 for other forms of Jess
durable paving. •
Bids for the sale of these bonds
will be advertised as soon as the
necessary preliminaries can be dis-posed
of.
IHARLES C, CXGNO JOINES
HELENS BEAUTY SALON STAFF
Charles «O.\Glg?M/ a ; graduate of
he Kree Institute ^of
las been added tp the staff of
Zelene's Beauty Salon, 60 South.
Grove st. He removes superfluous
r unwanted hair by the multiple
method and the new and wonderful
adlomatlc method. The latter treat-ment
does not hurt and Is not dan-erous,
he explains. Helene's is
conducted by Marie who formerly
owned Ouataf's.
meeting voted to appeal to the Vil-lage
Board to dp something .about
Lthe.-overflowmg\-^j^the» brook; - In
reply a letter, signed by Mayor Rpb-ert
L. Doxsee, was received. It
read: ' . - • . ' ' ' • ' - •. .
"The question of the brook on the
east side of Parking Field 4 came
up. for..discussion,by the Board on
July loth. It seem at cert6%R times
there is some flooding In that area
and & survey Is being made to see
what can be done to alleviate the
occasional Good condition,
"As far as, covering up the brook
is Concerned that does'not-appear
to be a" matter that the village can. Burial was in the cemetery at
lican.Olub a Ad .the Merrick Hook &
Ladder* "Oo. .He was 'a member of
the Troop Cqmmltt^e of Boy Scout
Troop 7 23, sponsored* by the Episco-pal
Ghurch- of the'Rede^enie?^ Mer-
Notional pank of Morrick until the
merger . with the First ^National
Bank & Trust Co., of Freeport' ,#s
the Meadow Brook -TjHatlonal Bank.
Surviving are his wife, Florence
O. Powell, a son, Randel O. Powell,
and a grandson Richard R. Powell.
Firemanlc services ' were conducted
in thp Meniok FuneraliHome Sun-were
<«Bnduoted Rev: O.
Newman^ . Bbgle, ' padtor, Sunday
night in the r, Freeport Methodist
followed by %Iasonic.^Tites.
. '(Cbntihued on. Page 6) Middleburgb
SQUARE DANCE AND BARBEQUE
OR 8.S.Y.C. YOWTH TONIGHT
The 9outh Shore Yacht Olub id
conduct a baiteque and square
dance tonight from 6:30 to 10 for
unlor members and their guests on*
the dock of the club grounds. Mrs.
A. K. Ohegan Is In charge" of ar-rangements.
. .
a Star at
By Two of
Shirley Temple's juvenile successor jnay have been found
in Freeport Jn the person of little Diane Halliwell, 4* daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Halliwell, 156 .East Milton st« At this tender
age, two of T the -leading • motion pic-ture,
6ut, if her parents s&y the
word, she certainly will be featured
in -the next. ' . . """
"After appearing in" "Stars of *Tb-s%
ie was called tx> Man-.
ture coiT)praitlbn& are bidding for her
services—Metro^GoIdyn-Mayer and
Paramount Pictures.
A pupil ot the" Academy of Thea-trical
Ar6, for jiwo years, Dlan.e was
spotted at the'recent "Gtarg'of To-morrow"
program In the Grove The-atre
and (he battle ^to get the signa-ture
of her parents to a contract got
underway almost immediately.
Paramount has .even offered to
e.l)mrnate the routine screen test so
sh6 can be rushed to HoMywood to
get on the sets Immediately,
Representatives of MX3JM.,
'youngster has more, talent than
Shirley did at 6. K they, had dis^
covered her in time, they would have
given her'a part in Bob Hope's plc-Ser'f&ta&r ia a contractor.
hattan and Gene Taylor, /manager
of the Academy of Theatrical Arts;
proznlsied her "a wonderful present"
if she made good. She certainly
earned the present. .She picked out
a dress "w^th ruffles and all that goea
with. them. The thing that made
the. biggest .impression wiith the
agents was . the ,way plane ad?Ubs.
John
of Oyster Bay, was on tpe stage
Mrs. Halliwell's CaHher, and < his/
'brother, P.eter; were in a, quartet./
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