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:„ 16th-Year No, 2
•. "SC ': . •. .: ^ FEEEPQRT, ^^Y; T^IlsfiAY/MAY 31, 1951. FIVR'-CENTS PJSR COPY
Decision Due Soon;
Weyrauch Fi 1 ** V ' .
i ContenaS Ordinance
Limiting Operations
Is Constitutional
Judge HUlbert R: Johnson is •ex-pected
-to hand • down Ms decision.
^hiortly -in 'the aotton steatbed by jthe
Corbett, Trucking Ocr.i at WfeSt Side
and Atlantic m^es., tijo restrain the'
yillaige Board from enforcing Or-dinance
174, recently enacted, ban-ndng.
t/he operatlpp ot the transfer
plaint -nlBftitfi and on Sundays.
The ordinance was ado£*«d
-atoaitemertt . otf noises dn the
ppeiiatiop of transfer .statdohs, ware-
. houses/ "6r' any • similar business,
onaSiufacburdng or like eniteBprdise;' dh
^wfhich the primary (activiity ,^ aiot
'.totally Enclosed within the w&tia of
a building, wfteheVer such
te locaibed \xlthin TWO "feeit bra
' tih4 hours
'or any
toeCore- .the
otf 8:30 P.$&.t and.7;30
litour on Sunday;" •
To '-get;, ithe - miaJttei
couH, the ipqirfpa'fey
ordlhance an^a'suinmons/wias.!!^
sueoV^s'..«, -resultV-riVhen ftite '-action
can?e betfiore Judge Johitson^ he
am4 vr^tructed
. torlefs.' Villayti
Council- Martin -.H.'. JWeyrauch in his
count 'should
decision
both fllldes to
Prayer For Peace Adds Solemnity
To Memorial Day Rites In Fte^pott
Solemnity was added tne annual Memorial Pay exercises
yesterday as there was a pause "in the program at noon for1 a
P?^11^0^ pray^r ?°r>world geatfc, the safety of men on the
battlefields in Korea, for brother-hood,
undetrstandlng and ttie Divine
wlsdonr with yrhdch to achieve these
aims:' • ' - .- -' •' -
The " praye'/ -was . delivered by
Herve J. L*Heureux, chief of the
Visas Division, of the TTJ3. State
Departaent in Washington, who at
a meeting of a of veterans
more than two years ago in New
Hampshire originated the idea ot
pausing-' a moment, at noon daily to
offer a prayer :ttor peace. Mayor Ro-bert
L. POXSQC, who -Was to have
spoken, introduced- Mr. LBeuncux,
who* outlined 'the details of the
PrayeMor-tf'eace movement, point-ing
out it was a matter 'of individual
action in -which
Join.
urged
The prayer was followeij by the
or an hymn, "Lord
Give Us Peace/M*) music compos-ed
by J. Maynaxd-We1rt3aufert direc-tor
.of the Preejxnt fflpi School
Band 'Viilch played the accompanl-ment
. Th .. telegram waa re-oeived
fcom ;p5!ulton Ourplei; by'
Chalreiap " "
"I uA<iei»fcand that through the
•efforts of Herve,fcLfHeureux you are
brtef, contends
sustain -the ordinance",
"Defendent's ;entire
raised "upon .the mdsc
because- It', mighlt -be
advantage -to protect
is pre-
Upn thartr
own dis*
nedjgWbbrB
against offensive nblsesfc,4iiar be per-mitrtjed''
to operate fcis -.entecpvlse- as
hesees; ,aiiHi not as
tor the" welfare -of the putolic .at
. ' v .
Call» Act .Unconstitutional .
' T|ie lactilon is tetlnst Bobeolt iSal-erno,
.presjd&gtf '^T'
company,
. and -ttraiiSf er
In the Village at
•eight' handling
n Jfc atwafced with-of;
AWantdc 1an4. West End
aves.,
zone, 'wi'th. occupied "houses
it/he" 200 feet Get by fthe/ orci'lnance,
some xxf 'which arejiintmedialte-ly ad-
Uacenjt Ito the prjeniiseis hereto.- con-oerned,
' Counsel.:. Weyoiartich >lx>lh.ts
' out In 'ttiSs, brief. A- '' / -
' iMr. ^dlernb contends (that prd-
No. 174.1s
because "It' deprives of
'«•>'
frto life, 'libeity and prosperity wfith-out
due procea? of law/' and ' "fttiiat
taie Ordln^nw.eniacted has no re-to
the' public healtih,
or /welflare pf the
ftfsjtbe- village." ,:* .--.-'
- Tftie defendamft also 1^3 etsbed-for
a Judicial declaration of tmcdn^Wrtav-ttonalifcy-
of the Ordinance and for
.ah - ImJunoUion ifo pnevemt fts en^
Ibrcesnenlt, • , -, , - . .
Defends Ordinance
* "The. aUegfi/tibn of -dofenda-ntt that
OrdinariJe-No. lf4 de[prtve8. -httn of
life, liberty -or. property 'wirthmrt'd'
prooesB of few is not sustMncd by
the -evidence," Weytrawdh cojv
tends. "Ott;ths-.ccntKU#i the Ord-tnoncc
wa§ artop'ted tin* ftiil cotnf or-ccntfejrred
upofl die munlvdpal legis-lartute
by statute. It Is a reasonable
exercise of power.Ifcoipra^eot the. Vil-lage,
its imdeints. and', their prop-
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"' "^ " * '' Taas .-s^iown 'np'con-sttency
.fwlth-.WBrjUfl _
•iimiues, **awd' has
s|)ow that the municipa
did deem -Ithe Ord-toance
^xpcdieriL or. desirable for
the purpose statutorlaly ' Elated. -In
feicft fthert ,is. n6' guph Incortsldtency
and tjie yiianlmcnis aJdop'tdon of t
ordiiiahce after. 'due hearing, aindja
presehtattori of 'or^umenits-lby ,resi-deiuls,
and by (the dofendant Ihim-a
niin-titti otf. prayer
MemoHalvDayT That wiU .(Jertainly
rejoice. aU mem and women who be-leve'tMt
only by gohig-;back to Al-lgihitrOdd
can tKe-Vorld be saved;"
The'exerclses^were preceeded byj
.he -annual BSemorlal Day parade
through the principal -streets of the
village which was reviewed > by. the
iiayor, memibers of the Village
'
Star mothers were in'troduced.
Commamder Charles P.' Moxintcastle
of Wuiiasn^lnton .Story Post, AI/.,
and Dr. S. Raymond Straus^,, com-mander
of Henry Thepdore Mohr
Post, VP.W.-gave appropriate talks
and the program ended with the
sounding of " Taps0 by members of
the Drum, and 3ugle Corps of -/the
Legion. "
Clobs Open Seasdn.I
The 'Fre'e^Drt! -Yach* Club oieu-its
new clubhouse for the flrst
tune -for the exercises marking the
opening of thev 19&1 season yester-day.
The day's v activities got under
way at D?30 ajil.rwhen -the commo-dore's
breakfast was served in Obto's
Sea Grill, • over which Commodbre
L. Irapk presided.
Next aU-^assenAled at the" club-house
for flag raising rlte_s at 'H
o'clock. Refreshment^ were -sfe^jed at
noon after which aitternoon was
an df.ttrsr:.' .from a
st&irid in :,the> TStadfum. : 'Samual D.
given over to a Merles of gaines,£for
the children of the^niembers. There
»was dancing during the evening, Ro-bert'G.
White supervised the day's
events. ' <
The South Shore Yacht Club had
Its usual elaborate toemoxiiu ' Day
dbservaroe. At .11:30' p'clock the
menibera gathered on,/the gun deck
for the flag raising rites, as aU
Joined- In singing "The Star Spaav
'gled Banner," accompaJnied on the
organ- by Mrs. (Predericlc Maurer.
Then several hundred.m&mtoers an-rf
giiesta partook* of the
breakfast _at which all'were* wel-cometi
,: by. Cominodpr^ ,Oarl
Shutter,-Richard Q:'lilcOhesney -is
Qerber, grantl-xti&\;dbal of tfae par-' usual qtHIclated .as master -of'cero-aliw
presided at the • exercises,
' "the
opening of tihe prbgramv;iiirs. Rose
Savond ItdHn tljfi singing of J
Star Spangled Banner." -Heads o
ntonlesl lAtroduoW the meiribers o:
•the Village Board ond othfer'
3P\)llowJns 'breaJtofast the m
.boaiided their yachts and proccecle;
down. the bay for m'emorial rites aofl
e. Ali returned td the club-
Picks Assistants
MBS. HAROLD W. BATTIN .
Freeport Red Cross Chalrr^an
Mrs. Hartld :W. Battinl :^
Mames Red'Cross Aides
' caiairmen of standing comjni'tr,
ees of the tFreeport Red Qroas
bransh were named/tills week- by
Mrs. Harold W.'Baitin, the^hair-anan.
The list ds as ifbllows;
Blaod Prcgram, Mrs. G. A. Goe't-and
Mrs. rMchrd O;' Mc-
Shcsney ; Oanibeen r .Mrs. • Edw& M
!"~-"rrt: Cr-rmhtmity Servd&p-: Mrs.
Jerome IjCowyiDlsaslsr Prepaired-ness
and "Relief: 'Dr.'johTi
Reelstratlofi und
Mrs. '.Howard Pe^l;"
Mrs. Albert Blea'Uoy
Miss Gladys iOvn Vt; Junior
Cross, Mrs. i^redex.
Mrs.. Chatlrfrts'
an<3
......-,.• r. ,.t .•• . . i/-. ., ,•, _,_ Board Starts Action
To Condemn Land Fof
Northeast Park
Acts 'Against Owners .
Who Have Failed T]o
Accept, Terms Offered
•For the first time hi.- recefat
years the Village^ Boartl. hjafl to
resort--1 to, xsondenmotion proceed-ings
to tucquire.^pipperty (needed iPor
a municipal prajett, »the prpposed
Northeast park^anid playground;
Julius, L. Bdrgelithal, retained' tox'
the vlllafee to assemble the prop-.
erfcy, .filed ^ lis pendance in the
County Court r in . MUneola last
Thursday, with a petition se*tUng
for the use for which, the 'property
Is deMred. It requesw~€Se court
.for permission • to ,,take tannedlatei
•possession otf bhe land so dt. can
proceed with the developonent' of
ttJhe park^ postdnig tvbond to indenv
nify the owners- If- the project is
jjot^^oarried'' ouit. The * matter -1x>
come "55elore^" County* Judge' Mar-ous
O. Christ In-Mlneola, on Mbn-d'ay,
June 11.- '• „ s~ • -.... /
' Mr. 'BlrgeTithfll said today about
8Q per cenit - of ' the ayea W3
been acquired. -by purchase but.
,hat • tthc village- had been uojable,-
to agree on a purohase price -with/
te holders ot the" renutlnlng^lahd:
Thpse»-llste<i tri-' the action . In-lude
Walter Jc" Wood; named as-he
owuer of twelve parcels; .Maty
Li. Graven, '1; "ChaTlesip.. Daivis, 2;.
C. Davis,'is Sahnatore.
H ;' Reco&hion, Mrs.
W. NVln^lpV.Reoruitimeri,. Mrs; Her
the various orgariiza-tons tiiat par- ixouse abo"Ut*5 p,pi., for on even-Ing.: Kr'ccir.pn J
ret-- J3£ltte; __
i/lV-C Jrsbyjrii' JleuhcM1;
AC:^. R. J. .Sc-hneidtr;
Oommlttee, Mrs. Leon "N. Swisher
and -Me<(nbersrnt-l>arffe, Mrs. E.
Nancy Oardinale, a large- inside
plot, and Patricia P.' Fitzgerald," also ^
riuofwn as Patricia P. Haibbard. -2.'
a.1 lias been \nxable. tx>:
the c'TO'er^oI'Beveralplirts,-
li-gted as: "John '",DoaV -and/'^icliajrd:
Kco"' and:.ctiue« '^included'In, the
ore ||5ae T^wn or Hejmjfetead,
K thione "Co.^^vcrfe "Komq isstryxrmv
BiiS uf -Uie CitySof Albany, ifa
Mrs; Charles Jiis-tlpaied
in tihe procession and- Gold of Dancing. -'sup an«d iMrs. Thomas Chlmeri.
'•'"
Salvatipn .Army Drive
Passes Half-way Mai!r
The Freaport Salyaitipn Army
fund campaign passed the half-way
mark Monday night when additional
contributions ot $40825 were an-nounced
bringing the total $3,492j07
towards bhtf^jBOO goal, •*
Beports were recelvied from, only
a' few chairmen and captains. Mrs.
Harold W. Battin, chainnan of spe-cial
events, reported collections
amounting to $145j65. Dr. Miltt^i B.
Waldman, chairman of .trusiness^and
professlona gave hla Initial report
showing receipts of $70, and Russell
B. totaling cJialrman of organiza-tiona
armounced] additional reodpta
" '•• '^ A. ' ' ' ' YiH•^a go e Bon_ ds I• ssu- -e d Sin-_"-c,.,.e.. 189•••2 -
Total $7,292,000, Listing Shows
of $30.
'Mlsa M. ElizaJbcth.-SciHrelber .re-vealed
{39335 contributed from resi-dents
on the southwestern area, Mrs.
George V. Ma/urer, captain of DIs-itrict
35, $29.16; and..Airs, onv
district 37, $70.50, among
MCcinday -nlgh't'. The compilation waa
Mr. Cheshire explained. Be-cause
the board hjwLdecldey _to dea-roy
a large collection of old records,
but had to obtain permission from
the /State auiihorities tb^ do so. Be-fore
this permission, could be. gained
he added, it-was necessary, to sum-marize
the records. He expressed
the surprise, that bi--the:68 years
elnce 1693 taite total was as small aa
,t was, ' \ . ' - :\ ' *-r \v • \
.The.Jsucs included $973 WK wat-er
bonds, ,^8,000, light;- $1,475, 350,
others.
Horace E. . DeUsaer, campaign
chairman, Issued an appeal for pep-not
reached In the, house *p
canvass: to send their
tributlons -direct to SalvaJtbn, Army
headquarters, 75 Church ck phccka,
he said; should be marfe out''
Salvation
adoption -was detmefl eapedlerA br
desirable for R'ich pimposes BS esto?>-
.toy '
by defendant^*t3ha)fc toy
S-Months Old Baby '
Abandoned m Aiito
The poUce . are looking . for the
parents of a baby boy. about tlve
•months old, wtoo was found Aban-doned
'to a car.-Jn Parking TOld 4
in thfe rear of the Eteynolds plumb-ing1
fijiop-M- North". Main. st. diver
Reynolds found .the. baby * In ttie
car when he started 3?jcane a» ne
laws depriving fthe . owner
ment of property \is as 4Ue-galT as aa
actual tafettng of-'proptei^ty iwtru2d be!
-is a nrisKbEJtement' £8 tto-'.tiie -powers
of iegiste'tTve bodies; and ^ .nisrep*
prlciples of "law
-involved -'-in the Judoptton ord-rinanfces.".
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v - (Continued on .Page. ID
cloed the store for Gx6 day Bionday
CANNON PHARMACY.
OPEN ALL DAY SDJWAY.
The 6 South
'Main st. wiiV rensadn/oi>en. Sundas
af tpr. the \ other
put -close 'at 2
8-OQ41.
tetephpne
Since the incorporation of Freej>ofrt on".0ot. 1?, 1§&2, bonds
totaling $7,292,600 have- been iBsuel^Vjllage.Oleffc $4mud -Tc
Cheshire announced at the semi-monthly meetmg of the Boatd
case" of
work would be. done.
When no One' appeared
on the matter at a 'public hearing,
he JBoard 'adopted an ordinance
ctaolgins to zoning of'the-area
rom Albany to Buffalo av«.,r and
tetaegn Mill n>;dand East. Menick
rd., frosi Apartment to ah Industrial
and Manutocturlng district'wliere, it
s not already BO zoned.'
street;' public improve-ments;
$360,350 general improve-ments;
$289,000 Hre Department;
$2042;OffK5OTrerfl; $260,000 .Munici-pal
" Winding; W.OGC, Municipal
Buildinrslw; _ , .$&1.00ft. Mem.-
orial-Wterary, $30,000; Mndntrator,
$W»,000; dralni^e. .$W»0; slde-walks,
.$10,000; street openings,
^ fields, $356,000.
Dana.B/-Sl>ynlc, ^fl West
st., lieaded a delegivfclon of Frpeport
Bay "Estate residerAs wnb appeared
to' complata aJbout'tall grass, which
has gnnm to the'lpts in'the area
He eaioMt constituted a-traflflc haz-ard
as oriyera cannot see into-ttie
side streets at'crossings and as. a
place wttere suspicioua ciharaoters
oould hufc He added1 school children
had been- tolicufed , and expressed
feat fearin migtit come ,to. .ttienv
Leonard' !>.
the Board •-already Otiad the .matter
under Acmsideration/.TThe/-best way
'eliminating the'grass he added
was by havtog the^ fireniKa bum the
)<rts:over, but'^nis <sonstttuted a risk
c-f• damaetfig thp-faulKheadsrJust as
soon as'a way could\ be"; found .to
frbn> " " "
* t.
, »he said, the
A'-letter .of appreciation was-re-ceived
from Emil J. Frenger, exequ-tive
vlcc-vreslKjent of ttoe Meadow
BrooOc National iBank forJ. the
promprtnesa with which the 'police
when caljed <m t» arrest Wil-liam
Owens, a £uspet*-»n forger, was
caught in1 the bank <~ Htoy-11.
•It was voted to meet only the
W. Marsh,, camnnissloner of -Wel-fare
tit Nefw York City, and the
State-1 ot New York Tax Con^nlsslon.
Ths is because of certain easeknenfts
thtfy may iiave1 onlpropellty".in;'the;
area and hi ari- jeffodtt to trace b/wn,
.or^-the, vUla^e has. been unable to
reach. . '
"Considerable amusement has been
caused bxja~^sigxi'tat-'the earner of
Parsons av6.,,~oiid Whltmark. pL, on
property listed as belonging to 'Mr.
Wood i; It reads f
. .ON
• ' -will *be erected
' RANCH HOMES
'jUsher Homee, Inc.
For Infforaiafeton Phone FB 9*4190
. Both Mr. Blrgenthql'and Robert
E. palTtettois, chatanatt otf tt» iPree-port
PUnning -Commission, say deed
restrldtl'ons on .the rpxopetirjf Inrvojved
require that all bedrooms anutst be
or> the second'lloor of homes erected
In ttie'*areaJ, -thus ^making it illegal
to build one-story ranch, type blame
there*' -'":/-'- '' '"' "'""" ": *"" "-
/L Legion Paper Pick-Up »
Scheduled Foy Sunday
•WlllJam' 'Olinfton Story Poet.,
will conduct its monthtyjiaper pick-second,
Monday of June, July and rup Sunday. Under the chairmanship
August Instead of twlce'a month as (of Harry v j.^ohulsono, trucks .man-during''
tiie-r^t of ttie year.
PET SHOW^ JUDGING
POSlTONED BY BAIN
•• Ined,by legionnaires will start the.
• rounds of the . tillage at fl, o'clocic.
MrTOhulsano this .weefe Issued an
appeal'.fbr -yhe residents of-the
numity-to tie newspapers a^d
c^ufied a piaabponeimenft, -of
the pet"(Show of.tihe: Iwn^r Kland
Hutmo-ne and B^fcrotectlrvei AflSo-ciaHdon
'Shortly, ttltetf iudfetog: conir
rthe Archer st.
playground Sunday 'afternoon. As
a rer?nlt *e dhowwlll be continued
n^xt Sunday at. 1 P.M.r at the,
place,- ' ."' ... /• .
Schools ti
Kindergarten PupSa
J- Strpi. -of Schools Jo'ta WvDoddj
this
eanten pupils '& the Brecpont schools
. '-..^ *• «-.'• '"'! - . . ; - • • - . . ..-);..•_-•-* .....
paper Into bundies weighing
Imately .IS-.ipaunds 'and-leave
on. the curto1 ready to be. picked up
by .the veterans.
Money .reallaecl "from ttie sale .of
the fdper will help, to swell tlie
lare fund of-tihe
lor the 'scauool- year beginning In
September^ I03l/:wm.be.held In each
elemenitaTy jsiihool next week from
10-ito 4iT;30 AMT'ontl;! to 3:^0 P^l-daily.
OhUdren who wlll-.be 5 years
old'on-'or before Feb.,1, 1)952,. ore.
«MgibJe .ito" bte enrolled hi kinder-garten
dor. September. Parents
thieniNithe cihdld's '
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