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FREEPORT . BALDWIN MERRICK ROOSEVELT
28th Year. No. 40 FBEEPOHT. N. Y« THOHSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1964 -^^ »• PmCEs FIVE CENTS PEH tXWPY
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NEWS & VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
United Press Jntemational
National Press Syndicate
X-EADER'S DIGEST , , . Wacoiifirmed tepott raached this desk Jha*
JRMH. GIGUEI.I.O (Lona Island Press) will be asked to head llje
."Draft' BILL GLACKEH {or Maror" diiirB within Iht aext few
•weeks. (Tho entiro 3 spots, Maror and 2 trusteeships, now held by
VILLAGE PARTY candidates, will b« up for vates next election! . . .
Maybe I heard wrong but didn't Fresport GOP Leiider PETEB
KELLY Introduce JtlLIE MIKTZ with his blessings as the possible
successor to ED SPENO in the event the Senator becomes County
Executive? (Thi« political forecast raise4 many eyebrows at last
week's packed leiliaionlal dinner to LYMAN OURYEA) . . . Some-body
must have got his ugnals crossed because that line of vending
DOI.OHES BELL TOM MAHCINEK
macHines (many now stripped) which Une the sidewalk along Eajl
.'Merrick noadin.Freeporl looks like'•omething nnt of the "Untouch*
,Abler" . . . A.Specisl Agent of the U.S. Trexiury Dept. i> around iSiOitB
parts checking on a widely-knowtt gportsman-restaurateur. (Have
.been checking his movements, phone calls, etc. since, last January),
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; EDDIETOR'S NOTES . . . Many of our public servants, both male
. and female,* could take lessons on good public relations from
ASST. NASSAU DA FLORENCE CAHLSON . . . Best Wishes to
.' our old friend MURRAY J, GRBBN of Freeport wUo was named
.. Director of Promotion and Publicity of the WGBB-WGSM radio
network. (MURRAY EVANS ably heads the Adv. Manager spot
/ on WGBB and iTOHN B0HANNON is our favorite -radio per-
. sonality} . . . The one and only PRINCESS MING CHU (a
; Stanley O. McCaffrey protege) Is rapidly becoming a top attrac-
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EX-CHIEF JOHN MARRA
HONORED BY HUNDREDS
AT TESTIMONIAL DINNER
: Nearly '400 people gathered last, §atiirday night at Guy Lom-
.bardo's East Point House to honor fotmefFreejiort Fire Dept. Chief
John S. Marra at a huge testiiiidnial dinner.
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney and Fire Chief Pat Cotlgjiola led the
list of dignitaries who paid tribute to this popular Freeportcr.. In
addition to" the hundreds ol friends and fellow firemen present, the
-attendance also included representatives from many neighboring
departments since John Marra has been active in many firemanic
activities. He-has headed the annual FFD Fourth of July Fireworks
«a«d Flremanics Sliow since it first started 8 years ago.
. Former Chief Joe Manz served as Toastmaster at the dinner and
Ex-Chief Don Mausberger was General Chairman of. the affair.
Dance music was provided by Vito TaruUi and bis orchestra.
TOP OFFICIALS
HONOR MAY
NOTICE TO ALL
PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN
Due to THE LEADER'S ex>
pansitin program and increased
circulation printing, all newt
releases must be in our offices
no later than Monday of wch
week.
Senator Speno, County Exec Nickerson
And Pres. Supervisor l-arrington Will
Attend Testimonial Dlnrier For Sweeney
Presiding Supm-visor Palmer D. FuirinBlun of Itw Town, of
Hempstead, County Executive Euficne H. Nickcismi. nnd State
Senator Edward J. Speno have, each accepted inventions to speak
nt the Robert J, Sweeney Tcstimoninl on February 30.
Chairman John B. Mack, Jr, of thp niron-niwinK rnwmittije
Party Time For
Denriocratic Club
Tho/;Ma,%inter...CO(;ktftll-.ai|||:
oort DpnocraHc Club will be hold
Satui-day, Feb. 1, at tlic home of
Ml', and Mrs. John Collins, 254
Pennsylvania Ave., Freeport, start­ing
at 9 p.m.
Assisting the hostess, Mrs. Col­lins,
is the following commlWeo:
MJsa Jane Connolly and Mesdames
Nathan T. Zablbw, Jerome Tier-man,
Daniel- Mandel, Ralph Fran­co,
Eugene Chao, Taylor Hall,
Bernio "Verona, and Daniel Mc-
Namara, Jr.
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Cow Meadow Case
DuiB For County
Approval Feb. .3
County Executive Eugene H.
Nickerson has„ submitted a reso­lution
to the Board of Supei-visors
for ifcciusion on the February 3^
Calendar requesting approval of
the map. and authorization to ac­quire
the Cow Meadow properly
in Frecport for park purpo.ses.
Should the Board of Supervisors
approve this resolution, date for
a public hearing would be. set.
Anthony F. Simon
To Write Column
On FHS Sports
Anthony "Tonyll; Simon of
Frceport High School, considered
one of the hest'high school sports
writers in tliis area, Will write a
sports column covering activities
at Freeport High School for THE
LEADER. . -
Tony Slbbn Is highly Qualified
to cover sporting activities since
he serves as manager of the foot­ball,
wrestlibg and lacrosse teams.
He Is the sports writer for the
Freeport High School publication
FLASHINGS and Is a personal
friend of. the various coaches. He
is a sophomore;
made the announccmcnt^oarly
this week, Earlier announcements
have idontitjed Village of Free-port
Police Juslicu Edwin J.
Freednian as toastmaslor for the
affair.
In making the announcement of
spoukei-s Mr. Mack slated that the
committee was pleased with the
MAYOR SWEENEY
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favorable response t<> its lnvita»
lions. He noted that Mayor
Swcunoy has Knd fr«iuent con-tiicl
during hill toim with offlelnlsi
at the town, county, and state
levels. He fadicatod that the
willlngnoBs of thesu officials to
Join in honoring the mayor spoko
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO TURN CLOCK BACK
TO ROARING TWENTIES'
Pot hats and raccoon coals will return to Iho Freeport scene, it
only for an evening, as the Frceport Chamber of Commcrco gets its
1964 social calendar off to a fast start, - •
The Chamber is sponsoring u "Rooring Twontits" Bull at Guy
Lombardo's,East Point Housfi restaurant on Simday, Feb. 10. Director
Lou Bloom has been named chair- . ___i
pari in such no-iialgic rituals,as
the Chadeslon onil otiior ballroom
CJClrnvBganKaa of tiic 'Twenties.
Serving on Ihc committee with
Chairman Bloom arc M.<!srii. Harry
Sccor, Johrt O'Neill, Edward Mar­tin,
Robert Suppa, Regis Shultls,
Edward Schneider, nnd Roy Ctij;?.,
clatore. Tickets ari available from
members of the committee, direc­tors
of the Chamber, and ai the
Chamber of Commerce .oJTlcc in
the Meadow Brook Bank Build-tag.
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man ot the affair which will start
wiln a cocktail hour at 5 p,m. and
continue through a buffet supper
at seven to dancing until mid­night.
Tickets arc priced at f5
per porson, •
As with earlier costume affairs
sponsored by the Chamber,'num­erous
prizes will be awarded
throughout the evening lor orig­inal
and imaginative costumes.
Committee spokesmen indicated
that a capacity turnout of sheiks
and flappers Is exp.-H;ted to take