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To Visit Relatives
Gives Exchange Club
Opportunity To Dine
Others'Ending Big Time
The Amiy at the last moment ex-tended
the leaves o? the sixteen
member*, of the crew of "The Spirit
of 3*reepo%t" another day, so that
those residing In the vicinity might
vlalt their .relatives. Consequently
they will not return to the March
Air Force Base, near Riverside, Cal.,
until tomorrow. This afforded the
Exchange Club an opportunity to
have those .who otherwise woulol
have had no place to go at Its week-;
ly luncheon in the Elks .club house!
This brought to a close a round
. of events the like of which the
"Freeport Kids" never dreamed of
end probably never will experience
again.
The program of events as planned
by the Mayor's Oommibtee headed
by Don Weller, and • the Meadow
Brook National Bank was carried
out to the letter. The only unfor-tunate
thing was that the weather-mian
failed to co-operate Saturday
and provided one^.of./the .rawest
mornings just as '' aunyhuie' waa
wanted for the events at the Sta-dium.
The weather was so inclem-ent
that many, thinking the Sta-diuqi
program «would be canceled,
gathered In the Grove Theatre and
so missed the progrdm.
The members of the crew of ''The
Spirit of Freeport" arrived at Mlt-chel
pleld slightly ahead of time
Saturday 'morning after their over-night
flight from California, and
were greeted by County Executive
J. Russel Sprague and members of
the Freeport committee. Then
coming, to Freeport, they partici-pated
In a parade made up of
members of veterans'and patriotic
organizations, the police and fire-men
"wfth.pamuerD. Gerber aa mar-shal.
Just (before 11 o'clock the proces-sion
reached ithe stadium and the
Armistice Day exercises were gotten
under way with the. sounding of
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Chamber Gives Dance
At Guy Lomhardo's
The social occasion for the mem-bers
of the crew of "The Spirit of
Freeport," was the 'buffet supper
and dance given <by the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce in Guy Lom-bardo's
East Point House Monday
night. It was attended by dlose
to 500 persons, representing largely
the business Interests of the com-
"munity.
David Levy officiated as master
of ceremonies during the early part
of the evening. Joseph Ooldblatt,
.the president, expressed pleasure at
at the large turnout in honor of
the flyers, and taking advantage of
the large assemblage,'.urged,all .to
become members of the chamber so
as to make it a power in the com-munity?
.He thanked Mr. Lombardp.
"adoTWlliiwii Preyr.the"manager, f6r'
their generosity in behalf of "T&e
Reexport Kids." . .
. Irving Grebinar, president of the
Freeport .Merchants' Association,
said he had been in business in
Freeport- Jor 35 years, \ called the
Chamber.of Commerce the '-mother
institution" whether A be In a city,
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FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY,
OPEN ALL PAY SUNDAY
.Friedman's Pharmacy; South
drove'] at:, at Sunrise Highway, will
' open JSunday after the other
la in Freeport doge at 2 pan.
g@r telephone is FBeepo?t
Text (% Mayor Doxsee's
'Tlie Spirit Of Freeport* Crew
. The following is the message of greeting delivered by
Mayor Robert 1. Doxsee to the members of the crew of "The
BpMt of Ffeeporf, at the reception given-to them in con-nection
with the Armistice Day ex-'
ercises at the Municipal Stadium
Saturday "morning.
"Col. Melvln S. Hoolidge, comman-der
of Mitchel Field, 1st Lieu*. Du-ane
F, Ohmiann, commander of
'The Spirit of Freeport' and crew
members of the great aircraft. It is
Indeed a privilege and a pleasure
to welcome you to our village. This
community and. its people are typi-
MAYOR ROBERT L. DOXSEE
cal of communities throughout the
lengith and breadth of the United
States, We are happy and proud to
have you with us as would be any
other vlltage- under like circum-stances.
"It is a unique occasion tRat
brings you here and a unique cere-mony
that we are observing. It is
probably the first of its kind ever
held. A service in memory of those
who gave their lives that we might
live and' a ceremony in honor of j
those juat back from battle In, a
cufrent struggle to- maintain our
way of life.
"It Is.our great hope that from
bhis service and the flight you have
just made from Korea to the birth-place
of your ship, a new spirit of
public consciousness may be aroused
In our people. To be a great nation,
such as we are today, carries with
It a great responsibility. And that
responsibility %in a democratic coun-try
rests entirely on the shoulders
of the people, i Government Is no
better and no worse than the people
make it. We as a people have been
selfish and divided in our thinking.
Consequently.our Government has
been likewise.
"We have in our short national
history ^of ..only.. 175 years fought
seven major wars In addition to The
current struggle. That is an aver-age
of one every 25 years, and the
present action is only five years
from the end of the* last one. ^Eacji
klme we glamorize the military and
give without stint. But as soon as
the^beMlp; ia %.ove:* ^v^xeayjne^.pii^
own loose thinking and let ou'r <de^
fense go'to seed. When the next
crisis arises, we are totally unpre-pared
and thousands of our best
youth unnecessarily die before we
are again ready for action.
."May your flight hdrc nnd our
small ceremony help in creating a
determination not to get oa'ugnt
unprepared again. May it awaken
us ko the fact that we live In a
preditory world and that If we are
to survive we must command the
respect of the world by being
straight In our own thinking, strong
in our own military, fair in our
dealing^ with- other nations-and
solvent financially. If we can ac-complish
these things we will sur-vive;
If we cannot we will perish. I
"Men of 'The Spirit of Freeport'
we are glad to have' you here. We
want you bo enjoy "your visit as
mucly as we enjoy your presence.
And may this occasion be one you
will never "
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1st Lt. Joseph Taylor of Brooklyn
Robert E. Patterson . y< • • ^ \^ Meets Bomber Crew at
Yiebrock Breakfast
Bond Sale Chairman
Attend Other Events
Robert E. Patterson, chairman of
the numerous ?x*nd drives conduct-ed
in Freeport during World War
IT, which resulted In sales totaling
more than $2,000,000, because of
his health was unable to join in the
festivities in behalf of the members
of the crew of "The Spirit of Free-port,'"
purchased as a result of a
campaign, conducted in November
and December 1042. However, Oord.
Vlebrock, who made his luncheon-ette
headquarters for bond sales in
the business area, wanted the fly-ers
Vto meet Mr. Patterson before
they returned to-thelr'base.In Cali-fornia.
To make this possible he gave a
breakfast for them Tuesday morn-ing
in his place of business. After
tha men had eaten, Mr. Patterson
was introduced and he expressed his
pleasure over the occasion. Numer-
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Salvation Army Presents Bible to 'Spirit of Freepprt
Mane F^\O?mianh, pilot of ?The '9 pidt ofiFMepbrA" reoeiva* B*b?e for plane fbom Major
Enieat . Ne#hm, of the Freepor* Salvation Amy aa End Lieutenant Carl L, IStene^f, Ma ;oo-pUot
loeka oni Membex* e( jhe crew have receive* Indlyidn al BKbXea according to their religiowa faftha, v ^
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Of Honofg Accorded
Saya Flyer* All Want To
Return to Village After
Hospitiable Treatment
By 1st Lt. JOSEPH R. TAYLOR
Dear People of Freeport:
* I'm going to start writing letters
more often. I. never, realized the
reaction that writing ono lebter,
sych as the one I wrote to you
people about finding the decal on.
"the Spirit of Freeport," could cre-ate.
Theso four days wl^ypu have
been wonderful, and although they
passed too quickly we all feel that
we received the treasures of Ufe-;
time friendships In those four days.
I am an Air Force tombadler and
not a writer, so I would like to state
that these words are humlble expres-solns
of the grateful feeling in our
hearts. Please also accept and un-derstand
words that might not bo
written a.nd remember that I am
usinB this open letter in your news-paper
to express our feelings to
each and every one of you in Free-port.
You have made us feel that
"we belong." This thought Is en-graved
on our hearts.
Precedent Should Be Followed
'! • "%e' people "of t?^p6*4i^ASM%?:%t^
precedent which should be followed
In every city and hamlet in the
United States. I say this not be-cause
of the honors bestowed upon
us: we have merely done our duty
to the best of our ability; but I
say this because the war in Koren,
being so far away from the United
States, might be considered by mosk
people as remote and unrelated to
their personal lives, Your reception,
has shown us that "this Is not ao
In. Freeport. It .has given us a
moral support which 6 a symSol
and which will be phased to every*
member of the armed forcea whom.
we"mlght.,encounter out there. I
know that' when they are told about
•our experiences with you here in
Freeport, they will feel an added In-centive
in this fight and the rela-tionship
between them and the
people of the United States will be
much stronger.
Want To Visit Freeport Again
I, coining from Brooklyn and
feeling closer to Long Island, was
particularly proud. We haye all
heard of Southern hospitality, but
believe me, th& reception and the
friendship you in Freeport offered
us puts Southern hospitality to
shame. I have talked with my fel-low
crew Members and to tho last
man our feeling Is mutual in the
fact that we 'all want to visit Free-port
again as soon as this mess In
Korea Is, cleaned up and the free
men of the world can breathe free
air again. _gomerpf us will return
hero on our honeymoon and others
will return with thefr wives and
children. But we w|ll return and wo
will again share the priceless spirit
of fellowship with you,
.Our only regret is that we had
not enough time to.mix and to meet
more of you. However, this will bo
one of our first alms whan ever-,
lasting peace is achleye^ and when •
our services are no longer; heeded.;.
Dear people of Freeport, speak-'
ing for myself, I wish to thank you
with grateful appreciation, and I
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Poat OfRce to Be Cloaed
All Day oh
Ppqtoiagter Mary %5. \Bahnon to-day
annonimed th^t ' thb Freeporki
Post Office would "be: closed , on Nov.
23, Thanksgiving Day. There
be. no deliverer of mall by
on that • date \ but > mp«#l
natter will beJaeUyered by 8pec*a&ty\
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