The-Leader_1964-09-10

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rAe LEADER "NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT'S
ORIGINAL
OrFICIAL
NEWSPAPER
FREEPORT BALDWIN MERRICK ROOSEVELT
ijh Year, No. 20 FBEEPOBT. N, Y., THXmSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1964 •«&-»• PHICE: FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NEWS & VIEWS
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EDIHE VASIL
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DISAPPEARS LEAVING
HEARTBROKEN FAMILY
The attMctivo homo at 13S South St.. Fresport, is now a sad
home and »he ORCO happy family who live there is now a hcaii-bioken
fajnlly.
There are no smiles these days on the faces of husband Leroy
Jnmos or children, James B, Bruce 5 and Ann 3. Thore has been
sadness since last Friday when wife and mothci-, Mnry James,
dnappoared.
Mary and Leroy Jamei were mariiod 18 years ago. Ho mol
hor while scrvinq with tho armtid forces during the war in Franca
," ' and ' the friendship led to
marriage.
Mary James is nn atlractivc
womsin. She speaks Polish,
French, German and Spanish
und is well-likud by her friends
and neighbors, Sho enjoyed
the reputation of being an ex­cellent
mother , and house­keeper
and was highly re­spected
by all.
Neither Mr. James nor the
children know of any reason
why she should laavo homo.
She has boon in good health
and had no obvious problems.
Thore can be no foul piny
involved because Mrs. James
Bi&RY JAMES did write a letter, post-marked
from New York City, after her disappearance and she later wrote
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FFD To Sponsor
Parade, Drill
And Block Party
- The Prctporl Fire Dept will
sponsor the 4th Annual Nassau
County Batlj^lion Parade, fDrlU
and Block Party, Satm-day and
Sunday, Sept 12 and Sept. 13.
Thirty fire dcparlmente from
Nassau County %vill participate in
tliis colorful eVent The parade
will start- on Saturday, Sept. 12
at 0:30 p.m. at Soulh Brooksidc
A%-e., and will march along Mer­rick
Road to Church St.-
A huge and traditional Block
Parly will be held on Church St.
starting at 1 p.m. and will fea­ture!
dancing, games, surprise;,
arid prizes. •
Freeport Elks To
Honor Old-Timers
The Freeport Lodge of Elk.s is
planning an "Old-Timers' Nitc"
in tribute lo their senior mem­bers.
Such charter members a;-
George Morion Levy, Gencrnl,
ajid'"f6rmDr"'Fi'ecpofl'Postmastci'
Ed Rico will be among tho guesLs
to bo honored.
Lyman "Lum" Duryen, the
creator of Ihc famous "Duiyca
Ochid" which is presonlod by
Ed Vasil of Tho LEADER lo out­standing
personalities, serves as
-hairman of the general commit­tee.
The evening will feature un
ild-timo Corn Beef & Cabbage
Dinner, in addition to "Enter­tainment
of Yesteryear."
Another First
For Freeport
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TOP GOP OFFICIALS
OPEN RALPH EDSELL
CAMPAIGN CENTER
JUST THE BEGINNING—Ralph J. Edsell, Jr., BepuMlcan can­didal
© for Congress in the Fiflh Congressional District; snipped
the ribbon to open his boadquartera at 2BB8 Lincoln' Avenue,
Oceanside. Adding their support, are Commissioner John F.
Bums, caniMale for County Executive {»i Edsell's left). Joseph
F. Carllno, Speaker of the N. Y. State Assembly and Pateier
Farrlngton, Presiding Supernsor of the Town of. Hempitead
Iright). •
Bar-B-Q Benefits
Rigby Scholarship
The Judge Moxie A. f.lghy
Legal Scholar.^hip Fund, which
has started <a canipaign to raise
fund"! to award a law scholarship
to a deserving young boy or girl
in honor of the.late Judge Moxie
A. Rlgby, benefitted from a Bar-
B-Que Party held last Saturday
at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. O.
W. Stevenson in Hooscvclt
Mrs. Louise Williams served as
Resei-vatlons Chairman. Mrs.
Ruby Ponder heads the Fund
rtateing Committee and Mrs,
Olivctta Stevemon served as
Chairman of the Ticket & Iteser-vation
Committee.
Freeport Cliftsnber
Of Commerce News
The Freopori. ChanJ>er of Com­merce
is claiming a Ctiampagne
Supper, to be held on October 24
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. WU-liaitt
fJolloy. Contact Mrs. Dora
Phillipi, Secretary, for details
and teservBlions.
County Excutive Eagette Nick-erson
will add^ss this^ weeks
meeting of the Ciwmbex io h»
held at Jack Gonne's Outrigger
Restaurant, located in the Free*
port Motor Inn on South ^Maia
ONE IN 2,069. Lineman Firsl-Claas WilUam Comlnos works on
a mercury street light, one ol 2,06S intti^Ued throughout Free-port.
Tho Village {population about 40,000) is first municipality
of over 7,000 poisons in Now York Stale to complete Installation
of moicuxy lamp fixtures to replace filament bulbs.
(Photo by Bagntello)
Freeport hau scored again! It'."! the first New York Stoto muni­cipality,
with a population of more than 7,000, to achieve street
lighting that meets "minimum code lovela" of the American Stan­dards
Association and the Illuminating Engineering Society. To
mn this honor the Village has completed installation of 2,006 mer-cury
light fixturei in the past 10 •"
yoaiRi, Must of them replaced fila­ment
-bulbs.
Since mercury lamps lost four
or (Ivc times m long os the fila.
ment type and produce olxiut
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LITTLE LEAGUE PLANS
AWARD SPORTS NIGHT
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney ol tho Villnge of Freopori and Dr,
Edward A. Welling Jr., the newly appointed Superlnlondcnl of
Freeport Schools are among the ijuany gucils invited to attend tho
Annual Awards and Sports night of Freeport Little League, which
will take place thia Friday night, September I lib, In the Auditorium
of Freeport High School, starting [ —
at 7:45 •P.M. - I
Trophies will be iiwarded to
the members of the winning
teams in the respective divisions
of both the American and Na­tional
Leagues and to the mem­bers
of the All Star teams of the
Senior and Major divisions of
both leagues. :
In the American League, the
winners in tho respective dlvi-.
jiions were; Seniors, The Tigers;
Majors, The Long Island Trust
Company; Minors, Richard Chev­rolet,
and Rookico, B. P. O. Elks,
Tho National League winners
were: Seniors, Doctors Hospital;
Majors, Charlci MountcasUe;
Minors, Wm. C. Story Post,
American Legion and Hookies,
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