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• ~mh Year, No. 43 PEBEPOET, N. Y., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 19BS »«1^»» FIVE OijNTS ?ER COPY
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Congressman Becker
Installs New Oigers
Of Republican Club
' Representative Explains
Administration Stand
On Reduction of T a jp
Congres'sjnan Frank J. Becjter of
Lyntorook expresssd agreement with
various steps taken by President
Dwlght D. Els?nhower .since Ills Jn-auguratlon
In his adijress at the ta-s;
al!a.Uon ol officers of the Preeport
Republican Club to the lodge'room
i.f th? Elks clubhouse Wednesday
night. February 11.
He especially comatended his ac­tion
in withdrawing the Ssvsnth
Fleet-.frcro Formosa waters and his
stand In opposing any tax reduc­tions
until the Ffcderal governmeni,
is able to balance its budget. The
Congreasniftn advocated blockading
in Chinese coast "and the enforcing
of an embargo on any nations that
.supply goods to Russia or any of the
tiuntrlef, behind the iron Curtain.
Congressman Becker point«<l out
that If the Tniman Budget was not
T
xsee Is Retirifig
Qive More Time
ToPersonal Business
The campaign for !lji> cliH-tion of tJip {'iijty I'uj'ty winilidiitt'
for JIa.voi' and the two triixlccships fo he filti-rl on Tnn'tsduy,
Murcli 17, is novv in full Hwiii^j following tlie Noventh nnHiuil
iioiuinatidir c<iiivt*ntiflji^_J,n_ Kxciijp.t .ifjrcinen'» JJ,a,Il,.,Tiitirsdtty,,,
X nifirht. •
Little Leape Plans
inishedDytouncii
300 Boys"to Participate
: • In 16 Separate Teanas
In Set-Up TTiis Year
More than 300 local boys will be­gin
playing organized baseball when
the "season of the Freeport Uttle
T.ensue-'s, Tnc , gets underway early
In May This was Indicated at the
seml-inon'thljr meeting in the Elks
Though Robert h. Doxsee Jiid
confided to friends that altef five .
years In public office he could not,
because of financial reasons, ac­cept
a renctnination, his announce­ment.
£(t the convention came as a
swTJrtse to many. It was on his
recommendation- that Trustee WU-liam
P. CWaciteA was nominated to
succeed iilm as Mayor and that Vil­lage
Clerk Bdanitid T. Cheshire, who
Is about to retire wa,s chosen to run
with Seward J, Baker, seeking re­election
for the trusteeship to be
vacateil by. Mr. Glacten.'
The, 'iMftln. planVt In *he •Unity
patty'ft platlorii' is'a, pledgp to press
i'.S?,..JSH.'Si
JUDV BOUSR
Judy Miller Makes Broadway
As Dancer In ^*Hazel Flaggfr
J u d y Millpr, liniled ]a»t .siimm<»r as "PVceport's Newest
S t a r " when KHC won a Tpd Mai;k T»leiit'Contest and .loined a
unit of the Original Amntnur Hour for a t o u r of the East an<t
mid-west,, h a s made grood on the s t r e e t thnt every daneer con-aidera
t h e r o a d to fame—^Broadway.
Judy. Is now 4aaolQg J n £he new
Jtile Styne nwislcJalr "Hazel Kagg,"
whlch opeiKd last Wednesd&y at-the
Mark HelMnger; Theatre al'Broad-
- wayiand 5l5|_,§*re«t.
, Ohosen "Sta,te"Sweater.,Qlrr'.at
Bockajeay's EJayland laat Aiigust
f. and.ft*arieifl-archest,.(rf silver by,_4|ie.
F « e | » r t Chaaaber." 'of'^'Comtnierce,-
Judx,^JS!Reftr«A .on Jinx"Palkenlaef8*8-
TV program %iid made several ap-peftrances
with Jinx at Grumman
Aircraft and. BepubUo~to.stlinulate
tlcket-„sales for the Umg "Island. iBr
diislry.. Fund's "Star -Nlte"- ftt BeJ-j
n d n t B a c e Track -for benefit" of
••KisMB.aiMi :Stiff61k .virtuataxy-" lios-pltals.'
' • *"" ~' :.. .::, ...•,
:rjSV5;PEkltiate' - of pjieeport High
School, Class of *52. voted most tal-fContimied
on fige -4) ..,,,.
— - - =-- •' clubhouse. _ _ _
reduced the ten blUlon dollar an- TTaere wiH be two major l e a g u e s - i ^ f c - ; ^ a s s a u " l 3 i uW ""aufefarlti^^^^
cQUntcjr ;;iO'exoeGd -thp i
'^TJ^^'^^M^WL^^i'Sl^'lT'^'^" ooys wno no n o i , n r . a s B . i n e | s t ^ t _ Atla^itlc Avenue and" Mill-
„"..''.^.'^.."°''i^.„^"^'!'''^^'..". !.". league teqma will be divided, for'road and the esrtenalon of Henry
Jjoj's 8, 9, 10; mpm^n years of street from East Merrick road to
age. and a P o ^ l^4pie of four | the junction of Smith and South
teams for older boys under 15, with -^^jp •g^j.^gj^ ^^^^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ .^ atti-act-a.
personnel of 15 eaxSh. i„g, business and industry -to Pree-
Plans for th« season were for- ^^f^
mutated. . ,_ --,,:.,... PolloWlng his,re-election as party
One mftJorl^we.ta.6fe.0BUed the President,. Dr. GeoigB A. Newto»
Service OluhrLeBgue, wiU-be- s p o n - U a s escorted to the chair By Bobert
sored by the same oi^anlzatlons as tr'^n^.i^a ^ .D„™ I„
last year's tournament -" the Elk* ^Continued oh Page 13)
-AME^I the'Ejcdhange and KIwanis " .'
'ciubs and Justice Lodge and Chap- [ Hodges Named Director
penditui^s down, he insisted the
hatlonaJ-'debt must be reduced to
provide a leeway for spending in
' o'.her years If needed.,
He 'told of the program of $13,000,-
ODO.OOO on which a hearing, was held
by thet ipublic works comniittee of
the Hgjaa which returned it to the
Army engineers revised so as -to
eliminate any- project that was not
absolu-tely essential".
Congressman Becker said • tltat.
during the Truman administration
niembers of-Congress attended cock­tail
parties given by lobbyists and comnicrclal Jjeafue, will comprise
" -..-.iXJoiitlnued on Page 2) I ' (ContlniiiH""oh' Page""l'2>
ter B'nal B'Wftr"
The new league, to be called the
SonsjyaughtersOf B^evplution
ToMonorWashingtonSunday
furi
''Block of Dimes^^ Saturday
To Promote Polio Fund Drive
A block of dimen dem-onstration to .promote the Preeport
Polio F u n d drive will be s t a r t e d S a t u r d a y morhing^ a t 10 o'clock
Russell C. Appier of 263 N o r t h Main street, cTiairman for Free-p
o r t , announced today.
•nie iflan of ©Je demcmstratlon,
•whMi wUl he ipollced V the Bop
Scouts, Is " to lay a solid Un« of
aimes side by'side down Main
street from 8u»rlse H ^ w a y to Ma--
W?k road. After t&e line Is comqilete
tihe ,d]tnes .vill' be^ pkikeA 09 and
^dderf-'to"-t^ SiHid.''-
A iowSsp&^i^i System to immote
attention to U K proJeet wUl Ije l u r -
tikhed 't>y Jerry OolA- ^ 'autmno-'
bile parade I3 planned by t b e auto-jnobUe
distributors, used car deal­ers
and Images of tUe' village. AB
the COTS," service t n u ^ and other
. yehlclea ipsies they will be mmoiniced
fay t h e loudspeaker, after they bave
stopped to lay Bome dimes on t}>e
eatb, •
• 4oe @ p a r l m ^ of .iiCO..&|fltoTs, who
is seeretaiy of {he iLimg IMand
^ O i t s Car ^Bsoclatum. says a ttxim-ber
of memtecs of ^ e Assoclatioti
wur Join the parade with either
new sports car^uor old Biodti suto-moblies
4o maie ft»e parade more
Iricturesaue aadcolufsful
Mencbants nsbo-d^^te caa.bay a,
single block of the sidewalk as their
contribution by mtAi-nf a donation
of $S. A lift of participating mer­chants
will be sent to The Leader,
Chaiiman Appier stated.
(Continued on Bage 13)
Thp'TiHiljl TSJanil ehuptf-rs -lif the Duugliters of the Atwcri?^'
I{<?frcjilfion will l i n l d H l i e A | i | i u t t r Service m Saint QeorRe'H
Episeopttl Oiurej)!- Hempstead, at A <C«|Dfifc..S]iJaday ft|t<?raoon.
Tlip Bpr^'iec eommt'ttiorflteK Hic b l r t h d a j - of George Washington
and-is alwa.?s oSservfd on t h e Suiidilj' nearest liis b i r th date.
The--service-ls-ureceeded by the.
^ectacular Massing o fthe Colors
at the Altar rail, eadb Chapiter ad?
vanclng Its flags through toe -Sanc­tuary.
The sermon will be preached
bythe rector of the aittriai, the Rev­erend
Victor Marshall' Began. Mrs.
George P. WyEy, Cilmlnnaii of the
Nassau-Suffolk Be'gents B^iund Ta­ble,
BAii., conducts the Jnemojial
ritual- la remembrance of those
members of the two organizations
who have died during the year. 'Mr,
Julian D. Smith, 'PresUteiit ot the
Long Island Chapter, 8AM., mates
the welcoming reptarka. i, •
The manorial service has grown
tremendously in |)opulart|ij due.tSL
the Increased Jtaterest of the genera]
public. Tea Is always served In the
social baU iuiiiediltely following, the
service., - ' • •
BABSN'S FBARMA€¥ ' /
OPEN" AU. DA¥ SUNDAY ' "
Raben's Pharmacy, 132 SouU)
Main street, mil remain open Sim-day
after the other drugglfits In
Freeport close at 2 o'clxxik. The
teleiOione is PSieeport 8-7777.
Of South Nassau HospitaJ
Arthur h. Hodges, editor of The
Iieader, was elected a director of
South Maswu Oooununitles Hos­pital
foi' a torm of three years at
the annual meeting of the hospital^
board Monday ,night, March 9.
A resident of Nassau County since -
I92S, Hodges was a member of the-staff
of the Nassau Dally. Review-'"
Sta'r tX the- fl&ne thC'-orlglnal drive"
i p build the hospital was conducted
ii». JJ(2fl,:a|id. served as-a iMMnt(e!r:,o£..
the.oairitftl gifts committee.l.for__
Bocivlfle''C6nti;e..diMtog the nearly •'
.phasBB-of-aies-cnriiBnt^dirve •--tor-raise'--'
$1,Z60;000 td»douhle'-the'present-sl5!e~
of Oie-tostttutlon...;. .'"•
Meadow Brook Plans Merger
With Port Washington Bank
The' Boards of Dirpetors of Na-sKau County's Hccond aiid
t i i i rd lurtro.st commereial banks havjetiaet and approved a pierger
nfjrccmpnt which w i l l unite the two institutions, and eaeh has
called a special meetiijg of afockliolders t o r a t i f y the affreemeat
of couHolidatioii.
The Port WasMngton-MaMiasset'
National Bank, the county's UUrd
largest, may beccHUe a i » r t of the
Meadow. JlrOak Natl6nal Bank which
•'now has offices -iii Pneeport, Lyn-brook,
Merrick', Waatagh and West
Hempstead, thus adding lour new,
offlces.-^two _tn Port' Washli^gton
' and two In Manhaiset. . . - .
The aonounct^nent w ^ made last
night jointly by Chester H. Bene­dict,
President of the POrt Wash-
Ington-Manhasset Institution, and
Augustus B. Weller, President of
the Meadow Brook organization,
(Continued ^n Page 3)
Post Office to Qose
Monifoy, February 23
Mrs. mary, JB. Bannon, acting
Postmaster, has . announced that
t i e , Keeport Post «I)H(S8 wM bs
closeil on Monday, Fehniary 23,
There will be no d e l l v ^ . of mail
by cprrlers. Special delivery mall
•will be delivered as received. .Thb'
lobby will be open for the conven­ience
of boxholders from 6 -ajn. to^
1 pjn.
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