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I NEWS &. VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
United Press International
Natiortttl Prem Si/ndicote
' DBBYEA ORCHID AWAHD . . . The beautiful DURYEA OB-CHID
CORSAGE is Vi^^nied as a floral tribul(» of public reco9>
lutisn and appreciation oi comineQdabl« aoivice in the com-*
miuiilf , , , This week we salute • man. who has worked vary
' hard)'lint wilh the Merchant's Division and later as president
ol the Pteaporl CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . . . Ha has devoted
coumtless hours and tireless efiorts for the welfare oi the entire
Village of Freeport . . . His andeavors wore recognized hy the
>, memljeix and directors of the Chamber and h« was unnnunously
elected lo a second term and will be re-installed next Wed-nesdaf.'
April 22 at Gu? Lombardo's l. , We are proud to" salute
HOY CACCIATORE and present the DOR¥EA ORCHID to his
. verr charming wife, ANNA .^AN. as owr way of .publiclj' saj-iag
" T t a ak you for a Job weU doner
PEOPtJi AND PLACES . . . Our race reporter GEORGE RVSSO
picks SU MAC LAD 5s the winner of the big .lRADER>;HOaN
S25,00O race at ROOSEVELT RACEWAY this Snturday^hfe . . .
Doft't forget the llth annual. Lyncheon & Fashion Show ol the
Ladies Auxiliary of Holy Redeemer School . . . Frceport'a ABNER
SONDSLL, editor of PAGEANT MAGAZINE, will bo on the p.nnol
ol lhe'l2th annual-Artists and Writers Tea. April 19 at fiouth
NoBsau Unitarian Church. (He'll also exhibit snme of his pnintingj*)
. . . EDBIE CORAZZO'S friendly personality hoiping btilld
(Continued on page 4)
A KISS FROM THE
COMMODORE'S LADY
Tha'best ixephy m SWppor couttl win is the ids<> i,j,-« w.»».*.i.f
GEirntY by Ws beatJtiluI wife, Beatrice, when be w<^ iwtaUed
at Commodots o| the Soulb Sbora YacM ClMb tost Fridtof,
. , > < (PhotQ by Oscar's Studios)
TOP DIGNITARIES
TO ATTEND 1964
CHAMBER DINNER
Freeport Receives
$76,275 For Urban
Renewal Program
Senator Kenneth B, Keating has
noliflcd Mayor Robert J. Sweeney
that the Urban Renewal Adininis-
Iratlon has approved a $76,275
Federal nSvancc for preparation of
a Freeport general noighborfjood
renewal plan to Include the pro­posed
East Central orea's.
The commlttoe for tlie nnnuni dinner dunce inr.tallntiivn of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce is shown compleliuM final arrnngo-
.roents ot the April 22 aUnir.
Ticket Chairman John Abbntc announced that lie has been
forced to stop ncceptlnfi reservations at the 600 mark to prevent
ovorauljscrlptiDn, also shown In
the pictuie with Co-chairmen
Waltfii' Green and Bill MoUoy ore
Dora Phillips; Lou Bloom, seat­ing
and ariangcmcnts; Henry
Spitzlcr, flnaneessMelba Howard,
(Cohtlnucd on page 0)
Oral Polio Vaiccihe
To Be Distributed
More, than ICfO ifroluntecr work'
ors, under the rllreetion of Mrs,
Clayton Willittmsou and Mrs. Leo
Marcus, Co-chairman, will assist
in' the Na.ssau County-wide im­munization
of all residents BRCtl
4 months to 40 years al posts es­tablished
by the Health Dcpt. at
»Ho f fPPDort Hit'h School and the
Dodd Junior High School.
TnC' first epplioutions will be
administered en Sunday, April 10,
from 9:80 a.m. - S p.m., with the
second stage being given on June
14 during the same hours.
All eliRiblt! cltikono arc urged
to avail Iherasolves of this service,
which has been arranged through
joint efforts of a number of
agencies, PTA voluntffors, and
school authorities. Local physi­cians
and pharmacists cooperate
at a minimal charge. Approxi­mate
ly'S'^rt.OOO participants are
expected.
Democratic ITieatre Party
Hcketft SliU AvaUable
A few ticlcels to the Hegular
Freeport Democratic Club's thea­tre
party on Saturday (April 18)
are still available, according to
Don Sherwood, chairman of the
benefit They are 'In the mezzanine
of Min^ola Playhouse, where the
group will see (the 6 p.m. periorm-aneo
of "My Fair Lady," Infor­mation
and reservations may be.
obtained By calUng Mr. Sherwood,
MA 3-«12, .
Picture above shows (loft to right sealodj Eileon Cwne, Secre­tary
of the Chamber ijrCommflrco; ondBIU Motley and Walter
Green. Co-Chaiimen of the General Commitleo. Standing left lo
right are Louis lloom. Henry Spilstler. Molbo Howard {PaMle
Relallons), and John Abbalo, fsaeitOiots of the Commlttoe of the
InilallaJlon Dinner-Dance which.will be held at Guy Lombardo'i
East Point House on Wednesday, April 22. It's a icll-oull
(Plioto by Oscar's Studio)
DRUG STORE NOTICE
The Berkley Pharmacif. 296. N.
Mala SL/Fiepeoirt, will remain
opeii late, uaJil 10 p4M. »W. Sun­day,
April W. All ofliei diua
stores who are taoin|>eni of Om
Ttei-potet Pbannaer' Ais'ciaiiwJ
cIoM at 2 pM.m SuadsTa. Tiu
Berk!*? FhamiBer tel^boiM
Bumbex is Fit S-SeeS.
VILLAGE EMPLOYEES
SAVE WOMAN IN FIRE
Three Village of Freeport employees gave service beyond the
call of doty April 7 in connection with a Are at 11 Wallace Street.;
Line Foreman Arthur Burdette and Lineman First-Class Wil­liam
Gray saved Mrs, Edith Bracl«cr, 00, from the burning house.
They saw flames in a Sijcond-atory window white driving post in
an Elcelric Department truck.
Burdette, a former Arc chief, rae
ed upstairs where he found Mrs,
Bracker Btandine at the door ol
her bedroom, in an apparent state
of shoclt, threatened by flames
and smoke. He carried her to
safety with the help of Oi-ay, who
'had followed Mm up the stair­way,
several minutes ,})cfore the
Ore apparatus arrived.
Draftsman Donald Giordano ot
tlie Electric Department also play
cd an heroic role. Seeing a man
race toward the Are alarm, box
«» Long Beach Avenue opposite
Brooklyn Avenue, he noticed that
the excited follow had trouble
sending an alarm. Giordano pulled
the inside lovci- down, hurried' to
the firehouse of Hose Co. No. 2—
whore he k a first lieutenant—
and drove .the truck out immedi­ately.
Prompt action by the trio no
only saved Mrs. Bracker but also
limited damage in the rooming
house to an estimated $2,M0. The:
woman, who said a hotplate caus­ed
the blaze iii her roon», was
taken to Meadowbrook Hospital
where doctors found ><ic hod tocial
biums and shock*.