1951-09-13

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FOUBTEEN THE L E A D E R THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1951 ' . - - _ . . . , - . . * ' . - ' ' - N f c ' •» '
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Grocery Prices effective MfH dose of bvstaess
lues., Sept. 11; Meet, Dairy, and Prodoce
prices for weekend oriy. _« 1 -• .. m . . ._. ,._, --.•-- - • - . - • •_
when you SHOP AT HILL'S!
Big Produce Specials
Like thousands of other hopeful* you'd appreciate downwai^ plunging prkes .^
we! Howeyer, Hill> helps by supplying a diving board with modest height. You can, and
will, make a creditable showing by using it, for Hill1 $ endeavors to buy the bost and sell for less. /. • t. - • - " •*• i • ' • * , -
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BAY SHOftE. NEW YORK
131 W««t Mota
PATCHOOUK NEW YORK
42 W«T Main Street
RIVEftHEAD, NEW YORK
East Md« Street
SAYVIUIB. NEW YORK
- V Hotffc Mob Street
UNDEHHURST, HEW VORK
183 So«tfc W«lw6od Aim.
MRMINGDALE. N/Y/
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WESTBURY. NEW YORK
174 Post Avenue
PORT JEFF, STA.t N. Y.
565 East Mala Street
FREEPORT, NEW YORK
75 West Menfck Road.
MERRICK, NEW YORK
796 Merrlck Avenue
MORTHfORT. NEW YORK
tl-3 Mafo Street
BELLMORE, NEW YORK ;
WANTAGH. NEW YORK
2843*45 Jerusalem, Av«.
EAST MEADOW. N; Yt
803 Merrkk AreflM
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FHEEPOKD MEMQBIAL
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S'EBEPOHD, N.Y.
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ADVERTISING "FftEEPdR^s OFFICIAL Nfw^pWpER"
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16th Year Mb; 17 FREEPORT, N. Y, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 FIVE OEHTSgPEit^pPY
HosjBtal to Proceed
With Building Plans
Without Federal Aid
Fall Campaign Opens
;; Witib Kickoff Dinner *
At Freeport Elks Club
;• Actual j-wnstniction to expand
South, Nassau .Communities Hospital
in Oceanslde from 98 .to 250 beds
will begin "as soon as .possible— re-gardless
of Federal aid." ,
::, Harrison B, Wright of .Rodcville
.; Centre, president of the hospital
announced that decision Monday
night at the hospital's "Give ,to
_•. Build— Now!" fall campaign klck;r
off dinner meeting at the Preeport
Elks Clubhouse.
Funds ^already pledged and con-tributed
to the hospital's $1,500,000
development program now total over
$800,000, according to Theodore J.
. iBourguignpn of Oceanside, general
caanipaign 'chairman. '"
The ; total includes, he explained:
a $250,000 hospital" medical staff
group pledge, with 60 per cent not?
^peifconally pledged; a $25,000 pledge
from the- hospital administrative
and nursing stailf; an$ a $100,000
pledge ;froih; the hospital board: of
directors, which now has $»i?(KK))in
personal pledges. . • ":
We aren't ;,yrorried Ja-bout those
pledges/' he 'said, "These groups
will complete their iihare/'
Wright explained what lay ahead
,JBL getting construction ^r;undeit^ay:
Jbegin balding, the Develop^
must have' at- least
C6ifipaigh
coiwtoced that goal will be reached
early to :r>ecemtoer. \:-:-
jTherefore, i-'.vihe; ^"target" for the
"Give to Build— -Nowl" push will be
at least $200,QOd. - :
Meanwhile, the .board has ordered
all other details, necessary .before
construction can start, completed
toy early December so that ground
can be broken as soon as needed
funds are available.
Equipment for the new power-house
has been ordered and con-struction
on, it will -begin within
weeks. 41The powerhouse will have to be
complete and in wprking ofrder be-fore
we can slart'on' the new wings,"
Wright explained. - • ^
working drawings for the, overall
project are being completed 'by the
architects. .
All campaign committees have
been tightened and are ready for
the "Give to Build— Now!" push.
Opens Campaign Tonight
The 1991 campaign~wiii be ushere_d
In. tonight at the-monthly1 meeting
ofi the Freeport Republican Club to
be held'fnJJie Legion Dugout. John
H. fltoConhell and Charles A. Hew-lett
candidates for re-election as
Coundlmen, will be the spetifcers.
They will be; introjduced by IJ. Al-fred
Volbner, Freeport leader, and
President Julius L. Birgenthal, will
preside.
Plans will^be advanced for-the
annual women's luncheoir to be held
in the South Shore' lTach,t t .Cluto,
Tuesday, Oct. 23, at IB ofclock. Mrs.
Benjamin Reiner, • -vice-piesfdent;
who is in charge, urged that; i^ser-vations.
be made early, beciause jpf
the large attendance these fiinctions
always draw. Her telephone is
9-0175.
Stamp Club Prepares
Exhibition at Library
Beginning Monday, September 17
at 12 noon, there will be an exhibit
toy; the JPreeport Stamp Club In the
Freeport PiftUc.library on.Mferridc
Bead. This coUecUon,; represtota
96 per cent of the countries, who
Issued • stamps, celebrating the 75th
, anniversary,of tHe Universal postal
unit. It is being -loaned ;by! Harry
Moore of -*W« New* Yorlt * AveAue,
Baldwin, Mr. Moore is a member of
the? Presort Stamp Club.
^& o d g e s Joins , _ '
hpi '• T ••- i ' JI LfItl cO JIU '.jpckdOXS*Ji£.f£c1r+ doco?
' The Leader is happy : to anhounce\th^' appointment of Arthur
L. Hodges, well' known Long Island newspa^f'ii^/ aV e
effective with -this issue, -Mr. Hodges was asspciated with the
' Nassau Daily Review-Star for
more, than 25 years and was edi-tor
of that paper for many years,
leaving a few weeks , ago after
control of the paper/passed from
its founder,. Janfes;\S7~StiIes, to
the Me W h o u<s e organization,
which publishes the Long Island
Press of ijaniaica and other news-papers.
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A- native. of Kentucky and a
graduate of the University of
Kentucky, Mr. Hodges has lived
in Nassair.County since 1925 and
"is .-well known to n^yireaders.
• of The Leader through his long
"newspaper career in this area.
: Mr. Hodges is a fornier presi-dent
of the New York State So-ciety
of Newspaper Editors,
made up of .editors of 'the "daily
newspapers^df Jthb state, and was
___________ a member of the American So-
:';:;.<; '^.,*-"v - cicty of Newspaper Editors for
10 yfcars prior to leaving -the daily newspaper field. ,7 * • 7 '{ :
He was invited to take over ^e,e^or^jp.pf^^e>-Lekd
part .of our current 'expansion prc^^m'wKch^is designed -tp
the peoble-bf Fr&port avhigfi-calibr^ attractive 'newspaper in* k . •• '- i-.f ,\ IW; • • ' , • ',-.• -.' .'.j.r -S.V • 'V Vk; "•»*•«- *.:,-v?..,f,i *--..;,.-.-•-;.- -v- v_.' ,• *^.f i -..:- , . ,, ing .with their needs a n d : d e s i r e s . . , : : , . _ _ . : : ; , ,:
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ARTHUR: L) HODGES
Hose 3^ Truck 1, T» ie F- -o r • * Second
The Baldwin 'First Aid Coinpany, terming itself the Pill
Rollers, won the tournament, staged by the Freeport and Bald-win
Fire Departments at Firemen's 'Memorial Field, Baldwin,
Sunday afternoon by amassing 21
points. Hose Co. 3 and Truck Oo. I,
of Freeport, bled for second place,
with 17 points each, and' the for-mer
won. the toss' -to -receive the
second place trophy, dooiated by
Mack Cbrwin.N
• The Truck Co. teorn might have
dope, -betfer. had it-ovit fluked in
•the Efficiency Replacement con-test.-
After, getting . a, good - start -In
hitting the.'tiarget vrt'th -the ['first line
of • -hose, in their ^hiaste- to couple
.the second line, -•the men ^ made a
bad job of it and- the. coupling sep-araffekTwhen
the water was turned
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..... The Truck .Oo. squad took ftrst
.place u> the Individibal Ladder
-Climb; second in ^e Running ;Hose
and- Bucket tei$ide comjpfetttions
and tied for second place in the
Ewming HoojC said Ladder. Hose
3, won -the Running Hook and Lad-der
and Running Hose contests;
finished third in the Efficiency Be-p]$
6ement ;n'nfl fourth in ithe'Iridl-i
vidual ladder and Efficiency events.
.Hose^Co. 3* won the. Blossoip^ Me-morial
Trophy, offered .by Mr. arid
Mr5.,jpegj^inln W.t Blossom in;. faon-?:
or of their son, Oapj;. 'Robert .Blos
soin/ while the -BaldTVin First
Board Votes Increase
For Power Plant Staff -
'-. .The -Prefeport "Village Boaird
noiinced today that the general in-crease
in salaries for employees at
-the Municipal Powet Hotjse has
been adopted and .will take effect
September 16. The increase will
benefit more Whan '30 employees oi
^the power hoipe* ••- r - •: .
Mayor Robert ^L. Doxsee^ etatejd
that the increase will go far toward
putting workers at the power house
oh an equal basis with employes
of other departments of the vil-lage
government land is ,a 'step
toward' a goal'Of equal pay for com*
parable work for -all members of
the personnel of the village.
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Bids to be Opened
Sept 25ft for New
Hose Co. 5 Firehouse
Brick and Limestone
Buildup to Replace
40-Year-Old Plant ,
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Squad won the special running -hose
competition. The Blossom trophy
was presented to -the winning team
by Mr. Blossom. ,. , ...... t, ......
The summaries: " .-^ '."• f '-\i'
Individual Ladder C&irib — Won by
Truck Oo. 1, fVeeport; Baldwin Krat
Aid, secKMfid; Hoae Go. 2, Freeport, third;
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WHELAN DEUG STORE
OPEN AUi DAY
The Wfcelan Drug Store, M South
will remain open (Sunday
port close a^ 2
is iPre*port 8-0063.
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Tbe1 telephone
.Bids will- be opened by the
Board .on Monday night, Sept. 24,
for : the construction of a new-; two
aitory . biiildifeg to replace ;the -4fa
year-oldr firehfcuse of Hose Co. 5,
ieon^rd ave., and Starr- pl._: ' r
The new structure will be erectetl
on a plot 51 by 54 feet and will have
exterior;,, walls, rf- faced' brick i and
Ifeme -stone.' Jji jidditlph ^to the truck
tfbbm,; on iwiie, main: floor, there; ;wlU
be kitchen- facilities,- showers, lock-ers^
and/^paoe. for th« heating ;pJant
ind'il/ store1 jr;6om» The otticerfi wil]
-have a roptn ,on the second-floor,
where? there also will be;a check
ropari, , a billiard rooni, a storage
closet and sanitary facilities. ' ' J
There will be terrazo flooring for
the truck room, with tile floors on
the upj>er floor. The truck room can-also
be used as an assembly room
for social gatherings such as the an-nual
anniversary dinner, dances
and other events sponsored by the
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50 Namefl on Last
Now Being Considered
By Trustees for Posts;
A Freeport .Housing Autho
toe announced "•'within''»ibwo'/.-iBireek8l;-
Mayor 'Robertr,L. -Doxsee stated -at
le meeting <xf the Village.
Monday night. — -
In response to - an, Inquiry,
Mrs. Paul Scheman.of:Stokes ave-nue,
who wanted to know.,if ! the
personnel of the Housing Authority.
as to be announced at'.the "meeting
Monday night, Mayor Doxsee said
the Board had hoped-it mfehrt be
possible to appoint the Housing
Authority at that time but that.it
was fcot ready to announce the per-sonn^
l .of :the Authority," •
The Mftyor said; the Village Board
is .golng^pver. .a .Itet_ol at:lea$t; 50,.
citiaena ^ho have Indicated,-they
wish to s^rve, or whose names have
been recommended-by,-various=com-munity
groups. : ' :
Mayqr Doxsee:sald, the;anno\ince-onent
in a--t publication other, than
The Leader ;that .the^6uslh«. Awt^-"
ority would be appointed Monday
nl£h$ •w<EVS"ba&ed) 6tt 'iiis^Btfttemfinl*
thai it /•might" be aippoiirted then.
< *Tii9 :Mwoy declared he apprecl-;
aiei5: the ,size ;"ol ;t^e ;task that will
confront the Housing Authority and
is determined it shall consist of the
tfive ;Cifc^zens:..;he and, menaftianiA/of '•• H • * < M B ^ k r ' - ' ^^ ^'«" . m « A - - - . . " ' • • _ . ~ " " ~ " » r _ * " . " " ^ * * " ^ "
tfied to £o ttie best' job- for the vil-lage,
r'Be said the; delay was not,due
to any .lack of enthusiasm on the
part of the Village Fathers : for
slum clearance, but; rather because
of theirlkeen: interest in the siibject *
and realization it is too important
to be ill-adyisedly turned over to a
group picked.without.proper deliber-ation,
Representatives of two civic asso-lations
appealed to the Board in
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Hose Co. No. 3 Gets Blossom Memorial Gup
Benjamin W. Blossom predate cop given aa memorial to hjb son, Oapt, Eobert Blossom, to George Florence,
captaiir of the racing ttam of Hose Co. 3, wbifch won the special efficiency contest which feaiare4 the
Freeport-Baldwin, Fttc Departments' tonrnameni in Baldwin Stunday af^rnoon. Toe winnjng team will
.•J-^^-u_^^..r^^ii iJie iwhy a.yewr nntti it has been won Uv^e time py one company when |t will become
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the pennanent
arp
tto jroap^Floi^mii* to abo first lieut^^
EUey, Frederick Florence and Joseph powUn*-. —jerry Barat*]
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