The-Leader_1961-04-27

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26th Year, No. 2 MERRICK
FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 19fil O ^ " PBICE FIVE CENTS PEH COPY
gfiBStees T®_,__©f|ieiat®
A capacity attendance of more than one thousand members and
friends are expected to attend the official Inslallation cerenionte of tlie
Preeporl Fire Deportrntiu lo be held this Saturday night. April 29. at
Carl Hoppl's in Baldwin.
General Chairman Joe IVfanz will open llie ceremonies witli'the pres-enliUion
of Colors and the Pledge of
Allegiance
The Rev. Robert Pleree. Chaplain
of the Dept., will deliver the In\'ota-tion.
Marshals Marra and Chuisano
will eseort the Mayui- and Village
Poard to the Rostrum,
OulROing Fire Chief James Ryder
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NOMAtoObse rve
Personal Affairs
1 Month at Dinner
I
. Per.sonal Affairs Month will be
j featured ai the Nationiii Oflire
Miinasemenl Assofiation dinner
' meeting on May 9. T!ie Long Island
NOMA Chapter will meet a I 5:30
P.M. at Stouffcr'.s, Onrden City.
NOMA on Long Isliiiid recoRiiize.s
I he great good being done by the!
PerstJnul Affaii.s In.stituic of Ameri- ;
ca.
Hai-aee deLis.ser of Preeporl
stai-tcd this program and as Long
Islanders we are vej-y glad that we
can devote one rneetlng a year to
this very Important project," quot­ing'
E' T Bolton-,' president of ttie
NOltfA .Chapter.,., .- - ,
;"'Sheney S Coren an exp"erleiicecl
Insurance consultant will preseni
"The PhUtisopJiy-Of Basic Personal
Planning."
Special Awards Presented
To Ex-Pres, Norman Leek,
Charles Scandore; Two
Freeport Banks Are Cited
The 1961 Annua! Meeting and In.slaUaUun Dinner-Dance of the
Fiecpon Chamber uf Commerce agahi atlracled a capacity allcndance
«i members and frlend.s on Wednesday night, April 26, at Guy Lom-bardo's
East Point House in Preeporl.
Judge Paul Kelly Installs New Officers
Wilfred T-. -Bill" Allen, head of the huge Preeport Blue ft-tot Com-
• pany, located on Brooklyn Ave., was
D R U G S T O R E N O T I C E \ installed ab President ol the Pree-
ChulibacU's Drue Store..39 Bouthl'"'*'* Cfhambcr ol.pOTOmi:rqe lor the
Main St., Fr«.iiort,.wUl.icnos«,Jnoi.Ciil^86i-^8W tour at duty..Bm Alicia 13
iitK, iintU 14 p.m. this Sunday/Apr. |
30. All other drug stores, which are
members of the Freeport Fhammeyj
Association, close «< » p.tn, DM Bun-j
day. Chiibbuck's telephone ntimber
fa FB »-778fl.
PERSONAL AFFAIRS MONTH
The FreepjM-t Kepublican Club saluied llie new chiefs ol the Free-port
Fire Department during a special ceremony held at their regular
meeting last week. Picture above shoivs (1. to r.l John MscDonald,
YUlage Clerk of Freeport and Vice-President ol the Freeport Eepubii-can
Club: Arthur Mnller, Trustee of Freeport; 1st Deputy Chief Ben
Cooke; newly-elected Chief Frank Mnsso; Robert Schade, President of
the org;anlzatlon and Znd Deputy Chief Pat CoUcnola.
This meeting was also deslfnat«d as "VUlage OffIclals'-Nite" and the
•Freeport Republicans officially honored Mayor Robert J, Sweeney and
• newly. Installed Trustees Frank W, Somers and Henry Aitengarten, in
addition to George Pairherg and Arthur Muller. Peter C. Kelly, KepubU-ran
Leader of Freeport, was not present when the above picture was
• taken because of attendance at a special meeting with Hon. Joseph F,
-Carlino, Speaker of the New ¥ork State Assembly.
FREEPORT LITTLE LEAGUE
STARTS 1961 SEASON WITH
GALA OPENING CEREMONIES
500 Players, FHS and FFD Bands.
To March in Huge Parade Saturday
The li6l season, of the Preeport UtHe l^ttgne will get.under way.
next Saturday morning, April 29, when the opening day parade and
ceremonies wUl take place. Over 500 UtUe Letiguers, resplendent la their
new unforms, will march to the times of the Freeport Fire Department
Band and that of the Preeport Junior High School.
Mayor Robert Sweeney, Freeport —- z:zr—T*—r^^m^,—r-r-c^A
_ . „,,, _:r»i I » Mr. John M. CoHlns, Crand
"ViHase Trustees, ¥lUage Officials, „ , , " ,. _ ^
.viiiMBc , ^,. L, . ,„•„, „ Marshal ol the Parade announced
Members of the Clei^y and William : ! ^ : ^ T " ,. ,„
" ' " that the team members wlE as-
J. Minnick. UtUe League District ^^^^^ ^f the villflse HaU at lOtlS
Eepresentative have been Invited ajn. The parade will start at 11:00
to attend. ' , (Continued on Page 16)
JTnUns Gerzof, left Cbainnan of Freeport's Personal Affairs Month
Committee, holds proclamation issued' by Mayor Robert J. Sweeney,'
s e a t ^ urging: residents of the Village to participate In the oB^eirv-ance
«f Fenonal Affa^ Month during May. ViUage Counsel, Edwin
M. Freedmsui, a number of the Fersonal Affairs Month Committee,
stands beside Mr. Ge'tzof.
PRES. BILL ALLEW
al-so an avid boatman and fisher­man
and is an expert on the water­ways
of Freeport and the South
Shore. His concern is one of the
largest and most active in Its field.
Veteran Preeport plumbing and
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School Budget
Vote Set for
Wed.. May 3
Residents of the Preeport School
District will have an opportunity to
vote on the lflej-62 prt^josM Free-port
and Memorial Library budgets
on Wednesday, May 3 l>etween the
hours qt a a m . and 9 p.m.
Qualified .voters who Uve north
of the L.I.RJl. will vote In ^ the
Caroline ft Aitfcinson School. Those
residing south of the L.I,BJt. will
use the Bayview Avenue School
for this purpose.
While the suggested school budget
ol $4,724,992 Is higher than the
one apjirovBd for this year, Free-port's
school tax rate and per pupil
expenditure "will continue to remain
relatively low when compared with
ithose In other metr<«3oman area
districts. It Is' estimated that the
amount- to be raised 1^ taxes on.
.local real property for the support
of the schools anii the Village Li­brary
wlU be $3,187,368. This would
mean a school tax rate of $426 per
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