1952-06-19

              AGE SIXTEEN THE LEADER THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1052 ,„
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^teiltary Picks Mary Dodd
As-FHS Qirl's State Delegate
Mary; 'Dodd,- daiig-Kter - of Dr. and "Mrs^Tblin^Wr Dodd, 317
South Long Beafeh: avertue, has been chosen as Girlls State rep-resentative
from Freeport High School by the Women's Auxil-iary
of William Clinton Story Legion Post No. 342. Mrs. Ken-neth
E. Vought acted as chairman of the committee for the
selection. Mis* Dodd will attend HIP Empire Girl's State Con-ference
at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, June 20-through
.Jiuie-2tf. Similar Oirl's Slate and Boy's State Conferences are
sponsored by the American Legion in every part of the United
States at this time each rear." '
The basis for the selection for
_ Girl's State is scholarship, all
around, active participation hi the
High School activities program and
leadership. Miss Dodd was a mem-ber
of the Junior Honor Society
and has just been elected to the
National Honor Society. She was
on the 1951-52 cheerteading squad
and has been chosen, co-captain for
next yeaar. Her participation in
G.O. activities include class repre-sentative,
home room manager and
membership on the Dance Commit-tee
and Flashings Staff. One of
her chief ..interests -has been the
girls' sport program. She has serv-ed
as student leader In the gym
classes and is treasurer for the
Girl's Athletdc Association for next
year. She ts a member of the DX>.
E. sorority and is president of her
chapter.
Immediately following the Girl's
State Conference, Miss Dodd will
go to Pine Log Camp at Lake Lu-zerne,
N.Y., where she will act as
^counsellor during the sununer se4- MARY DOPD
Ryan Hesitates To Accept
1952 Father of Year Award
."How can a man be a good father and serve his com-munity
?" That's the, question Cyril C. Ryan, New York City
businessman, Civil Defense Director of Nassau County and
former Mayor of Freeport, asked when informed by a delega-tion
from the Freeport Chamber of Commerce that he had been
elected Freeport's lflf>2 Father of the Year. Behind that ques-tion,
lies a story ,that every citixen should try to understand
ii1 he wants th.e answer to his own question : "llmv i-tm we {ret
able men to run for publie office?"
jHnce ww*avso mi»iowwv»ii*n*go "tvht*et ~ *la*w•...n» *a-s~ „„.-•
delegation cume up the walk. A N-assau Transit Commission and in
tall, grey-haired man, he was dress- ( Ju]y 1950j civll Defense Director for
. edln his work clothes. "Come on, Nassau county. And, mind you, I
into the house," he said, "we can •••• J-JL. »- *i— «!*«••
talk, better." All through the con-versation
bhat followed he was in-still
terrupted by tradesmen a1j the
daily to the city."
z atn home, which seems
toe moreand more seldom, the
rlngs constantly or I get
or by a, rumpus upstairs among his "^aTf to go out, not once bu' sav-six
children: Rosemary (15), Claire eral tmies_ Fordays and weeks on
end, my wife asks ms pointedly
I am going to have a. lit.12
with my family.
(13), Patricia (10), John (7), Cath-leen
(5). It all seeme,d to center whe'n
around the batoy, Mark (4 months).
"Their mother is out," he explained.
"Pardon one", an dhe'd be off for
a minute, then return.
"There are many men who de-serve
this honor far more than I",
he said. "Take young Gus Berkel
who jives around the corner. There's
a father of seven children who has
just put himself through' law school.
Graduates this week, .in _fa)ct." It
<was- -explained that the selection
had beeirmade by newspaper ballot
anxT therefore couldn't be altered.
Describes His Two GLlves
^-Well, then, let me tell you why
rdont-dosenve the honor,1' he said.
^I've lived 'two . lives. Before 1943;
I was home on an average of six
nights a weeks-I commuted daily
to my oflfice w^th -the Ijonsdale
Textile Corp. on Chambers Streel
in New York City. I spent most
evenings a't home with my family
and friends, except for a man's
When asked for a little back-ground,
he replied that he was born
In Brooklyn in a family of seven--
four boys and three girls. His father
was in the cotton converting busi-ness.
He has lived in Freeport
(forty-seven years.
Church to Dedicate
Stained Glass Window
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composed, of European glass, and Is
made after ithe^eaorly susSt of the
SHOWS
HOLLYWOOD
Medievalists of the early eleventh
and twelfth centuries, reminiscent of
the cathddraJs of Ohartres, Munster
Amiena and many other examples
of ,*hat period -of early Christian
orb.
It Is expected that the next me-
The pastor*- the Rev. Eugene K.
StrebeVwiU be"Uturgist;fllt the-•Ser-vice
of dedication.
normal obligations to civic and fra- -•-.-* ,„ ^ * M *. *
ternal organizations." , morial window will be dedicated
"It was Dr. G. A. Newton of i In the early fall. It willJ>e "The
•Preeport who changed all that. He; Ascension" windaw^^a gift of the
started coming over to the house women of the
and_ asking me whait I thought
a&ouTr~this:or that" village problem,
He'd always say something about
his deep cbhviction that every man
should giye some time to make his
village a -better place to live-if need
be, aft. a sacrifice. 'We need young
men to contribute something to
their community,1 he'd add. After
'two years of .this novel treatment
frcm-the good dodtor, I reluctantly
.'agreed .to run for election as a
Village" Trustee. I remember turning
.to .-my. wife the'night of the elec-. I^M*** vu».«— — .—
tibn and asking, 'What am 1 .run- I view ollts status as a religious or-
"ing for?" ; - . ' • '" ' ' ganizatfoh. '•'.'• '-'-'" . r Mr. Weyrauch was requested by
the Board, bo prepare a resolution on
i* w*M*j-&w-*«»«« " o~- the death-of (Former iMayor. Wprden
•p£f. I:'soon found myself away slxJE. Winne to put in the minutes of
"" " ' a week and home only .one, the'Board. Mayor Doxsee said the
tn^^r^ni^Q44-to-lS49-I-^oi^€d.^Uago^lready^nd ord^rpd thf* flag
• as, Mayor, ol Freeport. In; October
I became a member of the
People Ask Rezoning
Of Industrial Section
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the porkinf field assessment of more
than $200 against the Firet. Presby-terian
Ohurcli on Church street>in
STYLES
Anyone, yes, anyone can see
a'movie star. (Just go to the nearest
theatre anytime).
But how many of us have seen
a movie star born? Not anany, if any.
Yet every glamorous screen star
grew up in a home town somewhere,
went to school, had dates and so
on, even as you and .we.
Just so with our own Pat Gardner,
Sophomore at Freeport High.
Pat leaves for Hollywood on, June 23rd to
appear in a Republic technicolor picture
She needed a wardrobe for her trip and
the picture. What to do? What to do?
At this point, the twenty Freeport stores
and businesses listed, stepped forward like
the male chorus of a Hollywood musical:
"We're going to outfit her,
To outfit her, to outfit her,
Like Cinderella, like Cinderella
From head to toe, from head to toe.
And she's going to do it on a budget, too.
She'll pay regular retail prices for every-thing.
She '11 show that to be smartly dress.
ecTdoesn't take a fortune at today's
National Brands prices.
She's going shopping in "Star is Born"
style, naturally, with a chauffeured car each
day and police escort with sirens kreening
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Don't take bur word for it. See for your-
' self, Fat's personal shopping tour starts
NEXT WEEK, Thursday morning, after-noon
.and evening, continues Friday morn-ing,
afternoon and evening and Saturday
morning and afternoon . . . JUNE 19, 20,
21.
So mark-^our calendar, girls. Watch this
newspaper. Tie a string on your finger.
Listen to Pat-describe her next day"s _
shopping trip and her experiences daily
over radio station WOBB -(-1240 on your
dail) 4:04-4:15 p.m. daily, Wednesday,
June 18th through Saturday, June 21st.
STORES OUTFITTING "FREEPORT'S CINDERELLA"
ALBERT'S HOSIERY & LINGERIE SHOP
ALBERT'S SMART SHOES
BERNHARD'S PHARMACY
BERNEL. SHOES. _
BURTON SHOPS
CAROL GREEN'S
DANZIGER'S *
ESTELLE'S SHOP
, THE FASHION SHOP
FREEPORT DRUG SHOP
GLENDA LyYN
THE GLOVE SHOP
KAYLE HAT SHOPPE
LLOYD'S JEWELERS
'LYNN'S FASHIONS
NEW'ECONOMY SHOP
NORMAN'S
SAMET'S
SPITZLER'S
THE TOWN SHOP
Freeport Chamber of Commerce , . -..r^. . • ; — ; . . - : • - , ...
"I've been running ever since, or
more accurately, I found my&ell on
a merryrgb-rcund and couldn't get
to be flown at half-mast in memory
of-Mr. ,Wtnne. .-*.' :
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Clements, Jr., Off To Mexico
To Enter City College There
Importer's Son Plans
To Travel Extensively
During Summer's Stay
Ray Clements. Jr., 473 Archer
street, son of Ray Clements, Im-porter,
member of the Freeport
Plartning Commission and former
publisher of The Leader, and Mrs.
Clements, will leave the day fol-lowing
his graduation from Free-port
High School to enter Mexico
City College for its summer term.
Ray will travel via National and
Guest Air lines. He will specialize
in principles of La-tin American
business, International Economic
Relations and Spanish. He plans
extensive trips to all parts of the
country and a visit to Guatemala
during his stay in Mexico. While
there he will make his home wfth
a native Mexican family.
The Summer schedule includes a
two-weeks stay at the mill in the
highlands of Guatemala operate
by Mr. Clements' concern where
Ray, Jr., will learn the v principles
otf hand weaving as done by the
Mlayan Indians.
In* higfh school Ray was gaiptain
off the track team and Boy' Sports
editor of the Yeaitooofc. He is a past
master councillor of Baldwin Chap-ter,
Order of DeMolay, and acted as
ri7r eep^^ o rt* Tin-Le at*r.e rC^ on+ti•n ues FvKi ereempse nnD asm Faagset nDWoowrkn;
RAY OLElfcENTS, JB
secretary of tne recent Metropolitan
DeiMtolay conclave.
The Leader has invited Ray to
send it some articles recording .his
observations and first Impressions
ol the American Republic conquere'd
by Oortez 400 years ago,
Its Misspelled Word Contest
So successful was the first w<M»k of The Leaders misspelled
words contest t h a t Manager L. B. Kreund, of Century's Freeport
Theatre announced today that it would be continued For another
week. So readers of The Leader who find misspelled words any-where
In the paper, either in news items or adverti&ments, and
mail them to Mr. Freund at the Freeport Theatre will receive
their "Annie Oakleys'* by return mail.
Mr. Freund announced originally
•tihe first 50 to submit a list of one
or more incorrectly spelled words
would receive passes. However the
number of those who sent in such
lists exceeded the 50 'by a large
margin, .and everyone received a
To Municipal Stadium Field
With the opening of tlu* second half of the Freeport Little
League season next week the home field will be transferred
from the Elks grounds to the Municipal Stadium
Arrangements for the shift were,
made at a meeting attended toy Wil-llam
Axelrod, manager of the B'nai
B'rith sponsored team; Erie V.
Painter, local commissioner, and
John Collins, tine treasurer, Monday
with Everett C. Furnian, chairman
otf the Park Commission, and Vil-lage
Trustee William P. Glacken.
Under the arrangement the Lititle
Leaguers will have the use of the
Stadium, the four nights each week
'wfren there is no automobile racing.
These are Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Sunday nights. I^a-gue
games will be played as bwl-light-
nighit double headers, start-ing
at 6:16 o'clock Wednesday-and
Thursday nights. It -probably will
be possible bo_ complete one game
before darkness sets in and then
turn on- the lights for the second
encounter.
•; _ Playoffs on.Monday
Consequently the next games will
be played on Wednesday and-Thurs^
-day nights, and if tihe original
schedule Is...carried out the .first
double header will _be between the
Rotary Club, and the Elks'and the
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•Leader Safety Contest
All Set for High Gear
The stage is all set for The
Leader's Safe Driving Contest to
go into high gear in the next week
or two.
Response to the Leader's Safety
Jingle Contest has been exception-ally
favorable. Many replies have
been received and winners are to
'be announced sliortly.
^..Police Chief Peter Elar, school
authorities and village officials are
; sympathetic bo The Leader's ^con-test,
inasmuch as they feel it may
help to make.the public safety con-scious
and contribute to -a reduc-tion
in the seasonal traffic accident
rate which-yearly- results in many
unnecessary deaths, a large toll
of injured and a heavy property
loss in damage to cars and prop-erty
struck by cars that 'get out of
control due to failure to observe the
basic laws of saife .driving.
ticket.
As an indication of how widely
The' Leader is read. It was inter-esting
-to-note _that. the lists came
Ifrom people residing 4n practically
eVfctXTsouth ghtfra Milage of west-ern
Nassau County. Included were
Rockville Centre, Baldwin, Roose-velt,
Merrick and Bellmore. But the
dandy of them all was one received
from a Freeport family- vacation-ing
in Syracuse, witih a note that
the pass be dated a month ahead
so as to be usable when they return
to tPreeport.
Several (persons mailed their lists
bo The Leader, instead of sending
them direct to the Century's Free-port
Theatre. Mr. Freund "requested
'thart all lists be mailed tov the
theatre and as early as possible. All
fchat is necessary is to list on a
postal card or a letter, any errors
that are found, address them to
Mr. Freund and tickets will be sent
out to the first 50 at least by re-turn
mail. It's an easy way to see
•the "movies" free of charge.
Throng from Baldwin
At Republican Club
Delegation is Largest
Tp^Visit Glub Since
Policy Was Initiated
Baldwin's delegation at ttoe Free-port
Republican Club meeting in
the I/egion Dugout last Thursday
was the largest since the policy of
Inter-club visits was initiated. Pre-viously
there had been visits from
Rockville Centre, Hempstead and
Mrrck Republicans.
Each of these visiting organiza-tions
has extended a cordial invita-ilon
for members of the Freeport
Club to attend Its meetings. This
neans that while in the past only
•he leaders
'he various
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and cbmmlt'teemeh of
communities ware ac-
Engine No. 10 Burned
Rockville Centre Crew
Rushes to Scene and
Help Save Machinery
William W. Tomkins, superinten-dent
of the Preeport Municipal
Power Plant, gave credit today to
the members of the Freeport Fire
Department for saving the plant
from destruction when fire broke
out Monday afternoon,, necessitating
the shutting down of all the .engines
•tifcat rwere belnj; operated at the
time. (He also -•erpcressed apprecia-tion
tor -the- action »of .members -of.
ttoe .Rockville Centre Poiwer TJaht
staff lor coming to -the assistance
ttf their neighbora.- • ~-"•"
AnlJ^dItlon.,]swbelnar,.erected to
the (power house tollhouse -a new
Diesel engine which has been or-dered.
To protect tihe machinery
a temporary wall of slsalcraft paper
had been erected wifch a backing of
reinforced steel netting. A force of
Iron -workers were busy at the top
of a scaffold (which extended from
the floor to l2be room inside tlhe
temporary wall. Sparks from the
machines of the men who were burn-ing
or welding the old roof to ttie
new set the sisalcraft paper afire
and In a moment the entire wall
was ablaze. All tihe men got to the
floor Th safety.
The flames .ignited the central
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VVHALEN-DRUG OPEN
ALL DAY ON SUNDAY
The Whalen Drug Store, Inc., 64
South Main street, .will remain open
Sunday after the other pharmacies
in- Freeport close., at 2.. P,M,
telephone is FReeport 8-0083.
The
AH Preeport Lending Hand
In Sending Pat To Holly wood
Pat (Jardnerjihs only lived in Kreeport since las^ November,
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Northeast Civics Are Uneasy
Over Stars And Bars Display
The practice of teen-age drivers in showing French, Italian,
United Nations and even Confederate flags on their ears was
one of the subjects discussed by members of the Northeast Civic
Association at its monthly meeting Eriday night in the home of
•Harry J. Berkowitz, 215 North Ocean avenue.
Various speakers disapproved of
the idea unless -those engaging in
•the practice, also displayed. American
flags and decided to ascertain where
the flags originate. 'The first of
ttiese small flags made their ap-pearance
several months ago.
Consideration of safety matters
took up a large share of >&ie time
of the meeting,, whih was not ad-journed
until around midnight.
It was decided to appeal to_the_
yiHag^Boar<rto~ban traff IcTErougn
Rutland road ibetween East Dean
street and Grand avenue, during
certain.houns, when the schools re-open
in September. It also was con-tended
that the flashing light at
4ihe intersection of Babylon Turnr1
pike. Grand and Lakeview avenues,
did not provide adequate protection
'at a.place wthere heavy traffic ex-ists;
Members asserted that the traffic
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Family Studies PafVHymq Schedule _ . * . • •/ - ^—i^,.»v--•
Pat Gardner, her mother, Mrs. MUlard R. Gardner, and her little sister,
"Bandy", .look over a United Air Lines schedule to. note the course
Pat's plane will follow on its way, to the Pacific Coast and Hollywood.
lint .she already finds a .spirit of t-o-opcnition in the Villa^o when
it's needed most. Pat recently won an opportunity to appear in
a.Jiepiiblic technicolor ]>icture out -in Hollywood. .She's leaving
Monday by plane.
Transportation - -and living "ex-penses
are.,being* taken care..of. buT~~
Pat didn't know how she was going
'to acquire a wardrobe in time; Wften
you're sixteen and a Sophomore in
high school, you're ^not exactly
'waigihted down with worldly goods.
And when you're the oldest of six
children, what with the cost of liv-ing
these days, you try not to bur-den
mother and dad, undeu^tanding
as they are, with your problems.
It was at this point that the
story became a modern * version of
"Cinderella." There was a "good
(fairy," a friend of Pat's, who called
upon a"'maigric wand," the Freeport
Chamber of Cfxmmence. Two meet;-
ings were called by Robert O. Gold-echmldt,
President, and. Milton
Freilich, Chainman of the Cham-ber's
Retail Division. At the second
meeting, Milton Jacobsori offered
to contact personally twenty mem-bers
of the Chamber uV the ladies'
wear, jewelry and drug store busi-ness,
to see what could be done: In
three days he reported to a thirti
meeting that he had received com-plete
co-operation from the twenty
retailers he contacted.. Pat's Holly-wood
wardrobe was assured. •- --
Then someone wondered whether
~tfie goal of every ambitious pretty girl in America. — Bagatelle Photo
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