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Froeport's Original Official Newspaper
NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT BALDWIN MERRICK
FREEPORT'S-OFFICIAL
ANNIVERSARY
NEWSPAPER
ROOSEVELT
-28th Xear. No. i r - FREEPOHT, N. Y„ THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. I9S3
Charles FrBirsner
Presented ^ r t
Prk© On NBC-TV^
r—ehartes-^.~Biirsner; Ir., six, of
.112 Nassau Ave;7-FreepOTt, won
_ia $50 grand prize In the Birthday
: House Aii (^oiitest He wis pre-
•rseptedHh^raward'oiriCiBe-tfilevi-
' Mow on- July 25 by Mr. Charles
JJSas'il. Presideijt of F.A,0.'
Schwartz Tpy Store on 5th Ave­nue
fai MaMhattah. His drawing- is
on dlsplay_3t_therChase-. Manhatr
"tan Batik at Sockerfelier Plaza.
He was.one of 9,000 contestantsTo
compete in the contest.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Norffieasf CIVICS
Future Rrefig^rs Of
Freeport Visit With FFD
• On July 25, the Kindergarten
Gioiip of the Columbug Ave.
-School's— Simaner Playgrbimcl
visited Freepoi* Fire Headqiiar-tera
on North Main Street, under
the supervision of iMrs. Bstelie
' Wattenroater^ Kindergarten iJead-
'er and MissvAnneJSehtteHer, Kin-
:, .jjdergstf ten'.Aide..'••
fi^\gfere: Mv8^MSass&a.^JMxs^-X^tmai.,
• M&iWhgV'Mrs, 6u220 a.nar"Mi-s;
;01seh.
I The group of 7Z children were
;taken on -a tour, and were ;per-mitted
to inspect ihe fee trupks.
Chief Pat Cotignola and -Fire*,
•roan George Hannon were assured
of enthusiastic future firemen for
the Village of Freeport.
>ort*s I
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^,
To-Sponsor Annual
Picnic Augosf ^
The Freeport Northeast Civia
Association will hold: i t s , iradi;-
tional annual picnic on August ft
at 6 pjn. in the Northeaa IPark.
Mr. and Mrs. Irrtle Sttlroiif • are
the Supper Chairmeni jCliey i are
assisted. by Mel Browri, '.Ed
Schenke and Fred Ferriola. ..; • I
Sets 50,000 Reader Coverage
. THE LEADER, and its affiliaterWEADOWBROOK PRESS, the oldest and t h e largest
newspaper publishing and printing eomblnayori in Freeport, announced plans for immedf-^
a t e ejcpansion from the I5,ti00 i;eader coverage class to-the 50,000 reader coverage category.
Neartog its 30th year of contouing op-.ration, T H l LEADER - MEADOWBROOBL
PRESS syndicate is staffed by 16, eniployees, including printers, reporters, advertising
salesmen, business personnel and editorial writers. Us business offices and printing facili­ties
are located in their recently enlarged building located at 154 East- Merrick Road,
Freeport. •_-; '_
to bing the" senior partner iii t h e long-e.stabi.shed lavs^firm of Buckley & Buckley of Free-port,
he is" also past-president of the Nassau Bar Association and Director of many organi­zations
including hospitals,' financial inslilii ions and ciyic enterprises.
MEADOWBROOK PRESS is headed by Joseph Harris. He is also Treasurer of Roose­velt
Raceway—and a veteran business and ind,ustrial .developer.
-Edwayd A. Vasft, veteran newspaper.nan. United Press International correspondent
andradloconinjentatorj and member of many newspaper and press professional organiza­tions,
serves as Managing Editor and featured columnist.
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William J; Deeley
Named To Migh
Off ice With Se rra
•William J. Deeley, Jr., has been
designated District Governor of
Serra International for- the R6-
man Catholic Diocese of RockvUla
Centre. Mr. Deeley is also pcesi<>
dent of the Nassau Lawyers Asso" ,
ciation dl Long Island. He lives la
Merrick, with his wife, Patricia
Cullen Deeley, and their 10 chil-_
dren." , " - - -
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s p e a k s On Test Ban
The public is invited to listen
to tlie eminent Dr. Edward Tel­ler's
views on Nuclear Disarma"
ment at Freeport's Exempt iFira-men's
Assn., N. Long Beach Ave,,
1 block .off Sunrise Highway, <Mi
Aug. 9 at 9 p.m. Admission and
refreshments free.
JACHftUCKIiir NAMES
:;.:;:'„ i ii.:
Mri.' iToim P. Buckley Jr., F'inahcS-iSajiipaiBn- Ghairinen 6f the
iPteafdowbrpok District,'Nassam^County' Gouncll, Boy Scouts,, tit
^fflerica,* anhoiihced the following-^ajipfliiitmeiits to- key positions
•jn=fiampaiga organizition at tbe-Comniutiity tevel: ' 1^ -
Freeport, ..Honorary Chalflnanj
'i
Hon, Robert.Sweeney; Ghairmani
penedlct'^^^iaravino; ""Publicity,
•Bdward ¥3811 and^Prbspectii and
. ift BaldwiriTKe followujg were
appointed; Chairman, - Robert
buffj*' and Projects & Mating,
Nojrman Van Duser.i • • ^v'
? Merrick officers include: Gen-
"er4l rSolidtations Chairm^,
JAtigust; CassaziEa : aiid in North
• Merrick; Special Gifts, ChBirmanj
- Emest Hartz and Publicity, Dor­cas
Carlos.
In announcing . the appoint­ments,
Mr. Buckley pointed out
that tiiere are many positions
yet to be filled, and urged all
>y Scouters and friends of Scouting
""to accept an assignment if asked.
"the kick-off date for the "Cam­paign
has been set for Saturday,
October 12. » '
i63"-^r']^r|fefe^-;'\;;.
?"itffig[35aA"PreiTd§nt,*'CltttoB
B; Smith announced at a^spedal
hieetlpi of the Board, of Education
called, for.the setting; of the .tax
rate, 'fliatFreepoft 'School' Dis-triqt's
1»)S3-1?64 rate would be
$4'.l06. Of this rate, SiniaiT. eit4,
plaine^^ J>4JtQ is for i^cbools and
•.!276 for ^Freeport Memorial^ Li­brary.
Freieport Elks Plan
1963 Family Picnic
On Sunday, August 18,, start­ing
at noon, the Freeport I.«dge,
1253,'B.P.O.E., will hold its an­nual
Family Picnic on the grounds
behind the clubhouse on Merrick
Road in Freeport
To Sponsor Art
Show On August 11
- SEN.. EDWARD J. SPENO
'Mew'York State S«nator and
Mrs. Edward- 3. Speno will' <erve
as host and hottest on the grounds
of their hom« in East Meadow this
-Sunday afterpbon when they
sponsor the art show prMonled
by the SIBENA ART GALLEItY.
. U ia expected that approximate­ly
400 gfuesls will be px«seni lo
ECO this huge art exh&it which
will imiuset the works of I^one
Isl^ndr. most noted artists.
FREEPORTG&F
PICNIC
1 ._Oy^er .lOftJSfeeportsrs...las^ • officials,
attendedUhe anniiia FrejipprtiiRepubllcan Club oiititig held at
Point Lookout on Saturday, July S*?. On a blistering hot summer
day crowds of OOP memBera enjoyed eating_traditional picnie-rafceshiBiehta,
watching children's races and contests, and ^sharing,
in a seemingly endless distribu- ••• ^
tion of prizes. They also met and
heard-brief greetings fronj-Hemp-sitead's
Presiding' Supervisor, Pal-iner
i>. Farrington, and' leading
Republicans of the Town and
County.
DRUG STORE NOTICE
The Berkley Pharmacy, 29B N.
Main SL, Fraeport. will Temnn
open late, until' 10 p.m. £lUs Sun­day.
Aug.'II. All other drag stores
who aro members of ihe Freepozl
Pharmacy Association close at 2
p.mu on Sundays. The Berkley
Pharmacy _ telephone number is
FR 8-S66S.
Promuient Repiiblicans present,
in addition to Mx: Farrington, in­cluded
Family -Court Judges.
lllzabetb Bass GoWing; and; Wil>
liam bempsey, Town Clerk Na­than
L. H, Bennett,.County Comp­troller
Theodore "Dory" Bedell,
Sheriff Jesse P- Combs. Hemp-.,
stead Tax Receiver Henry Von
Elin,~'District Court Candidal^
Raymond Wilkes, John Lockman,
and Julius Chinma'n, Councilman,
candidate George Murphy, and'
Judge B. Thomas Pantano,' Pre-,
siding Judge of the Nassau Dis«,
trict Court system.
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