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17tli Year, No. 44 FEIEPOET, N. Y., THUBSDAY FEBRWAEY 26, 1983 FWE OEHTS PEE COPY
dfton Smith Named
National President of
School Boards Group
Freeport Man Elected
To Head Association
At Atlantic City, N. J.
CUflon B. Smith, vlcff-president
ol the Preepprt Board of EducR-tkin,
was elected president of the
National Association of School
Boawls at the recent convention
tocld ta Atlantic City. NJ.
Mr. Smith- is a graduate «f Free-pout
High School, has bsen a resi­dent
of Preeport since 1906, and is
employed by Francis -I. Du_ Pont,
members ol tlie New York Stoclc Ex­change,
as a seeuri'ty representative.
In the year 1947-48 he served as
president of the New York Slate
School Boards Association. He Is
, also a member of the Begents Ad­visory
Council.
"nie Na'lional School Boards Asso­ciation
i& a federation of states and
some of the tilings it is woviclng for
W€:
1) The general advancement of
education for the you-th of tihe Uni­ted
States and Its possessions.
21 A study of the educational
program of She difteren-l states and
the disseBiirifttion of £hls Ipforma-tiori,
,.„-„,-- .-,•., .. • -.•-:,;
„ 3> r EfflcSiBDfr;]gia'elff**i.orgaaSi
the Puhlto ..soBools.
5) TO "Sia state 'School boiids
associations to Improve and streng-iimu
their slate orga-nlzations In
eflective sej^ice to local sohool
bDai<ds.
B) To maintain ohaimels for «x-clutttge
ol ideas aad to •prepire and
distribute to state assoclaiUons aQd,
'throvfih laient,- to local eefiool
boanis, educational informa-tion and
lij|«mt)Ul«, as well as to encourage
WorlEshops and study groups where
schoo} ixMtrdi members may prepare
and qualify for more 'effeoti-ve serv­ice
to the public st^ools.
*?) To Infmn state sdtiool boajxls
assoclatloas, and, tamnigh them,
local • £Cih0oi boards, on successful
maxUaim^ at school Ijoardopera-jfOonttouea
onJPiee 13)
WHdUBM HB»6 JIIORE
OPEN-AWt. OAY-'SCNIlAy ' " /^
- l»e.'W&tenia'nig'Stonei-e«''South
"MSdn sto«t;irtrMpklK~dpel"SarJi=^fMows offices j ) t these "tyo. banks.
. .-day.' af te • t h e ; oJa^er.. phamia<af i iM
'•Fweport •0tosfeit#o"ekw£j'lSe'fele"
pl»0M''*"I«e6p«urt. j-{|j)63i, ; , „.,
Red Cross Chainnan
CHARLES F, MOt:VTCASTJ.,E
Dial Service Starts
n Freeport Sunday
Customer Toll System
Begins at Sacae Time,
Billmeyer Announces
Dial service will begin for more
than, iTjOM; JSifeeport 8 aiitt BAld-
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Aaequate..-fSaaWlM%ppoxC^I3^j(pne"Compftny man^
;ed' today, \ .
At. that time the manual switch-boai-
d at the central office building,
120 South Grove Street, will be dts-oonneeted
and the new dial central
office'wiE go Into operation.
(Continued on Page 13)
CharIe$Mountcasde
Is ViDi^e Chairman
Of Red Cross Drive
Quota for Freeport
Announced as $10,500;
Roosevelt Seeks $1,500
Charles P. Mounfcoastle, 304 BedeU
street, has been named Branch Pun<|
Chairman - lor the 1953 - Freeport-
Roosevelt Bed Cross drive, it has
been announced by Mrs. Harold W.
Battin. Freeport Branch Chainnan.
Quota for thfl drive, running from
March 1 throug-h March 31, is $12,-
000, with Freeporfs share $10,500
aiid RooStvel-t's' '$1,500, Mrs. Batlin
said.
'•• In organizational meetings held
over the past several days Mr.
Mounteastle appointed the following
workers: j
A. J. Mackenzie, vice-chairman for
southwest Freeport; Ralph J. O"-
Regan. vice-chairman, northwest.
William H. (Barneys Runcie and
David O. Fredaall, both of Roo.se-velt,
will be co-ch,tlrinen for that
village.
Cyril C. Ryan will be'special gllLs
chairman, while Dr. John J. Need-ham
will chair the section covering
dentists; Dr Jerome K A.sch dot--
tors; yPfttrlcla D. Collins, lawyers; .
aif»<ir_jiiiS5cli E. _Hptaiing, lilubs 4ind |
fdrgMrtZfttlons Alloc AiulOTSon will
'ii^jiii^^iieeX»x:s tar Hva-Axlva^ ,-^. tt,-,.
TTie Commerce and Industry com-mlilee
Ls made up of repre-scntiitives
of the three Freeport banks: J. I.
Lacy (Weeport Bank); WllJiam J.
Biartta, Jr. <Preeport SMeral Sav­ings
iSt Loan Association); and David
Wlnans (Steadowbrook Watlonal
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ZlPastCommanders
AUendhegionPoses
"Old Timers Nighf*
William Clinton .St«ir.y Past, Aiiffrican Lefrion. him ou itn
r i i lk 2B vftcraiis whd li«vf> nmiu-tjiiiu'il contintioUM mcmtiorKtiip
siiii-o i t s <irjf»Mizntion iilmnst S'l-ycHr-n nixci. Tlu' inii.jnrity of these
thivrtcr iiii'iiiJiei-s wt-rf prc.HUDt at tlic "OitJ TiincrH' Nifrht" in
llii" Duji'iHif Friday night to recx-ivu :!5-y('«r mtnnh(:rship i-ards
wliicli HHTf jm'sClitMi liy Sta(<< Ad.jiilniit MrRiricc B. J . Stcuihcr,
a pswi |iost jind Counly coiiiiniiinicr.
Thirty-year cards arf to be malleo
t
to 13 Other "lid timers," 37 SO-year
cards and 19 20-year. Three 'World
War II ¥CtiBrans received 10-y#ar
msmbership cards,
Twenly-one past conimaiiders also
attended the exercises, over which
Past' Post and County Commander
C Howard Larssn presided, with
Past Commanders W. Vfallace Gue-st
or First Vice Commander. Asa A.
Tri-nehard as second vice-comman­der,
and William H. McClosk»v as
third vioe-comm&nder.
Camnander Laraen called on Mr.
Gu-ast to outline briefly the record
1)1 the [.tst ten yeais of the posts
history, Mr. Tronaisitd, now a rasl-
Newton Leads Rites
For Mrs. Fannie Ryder
Salvation Afwy Worker
Dies in Meadowbrook;
Well Known in Village
Brigadier Ernest W. Newton con-flucled
funsral services In Salva-tlcn
Army quarters, 75 Church
.s;reBt. Monday night for Mrs. Fan­nie
Rydc-r. 24 Smiih str?et, a wark-or
for n2,!irly a quarter c! ,i century
who died Thursday in th.» Me.id-w-brook
HoipitiU.
Tile auditorium and 'VuslneiiH
<HJlce of the Army were tilled t o l ^ e i t ot-. Laarsmgevme, N,Y., taofe'
tti-etttoalna-ipt^tho sites, yy-l^lch in- i'"P ^le second-deowJe dnilllE~5SDlCll-cluded
a mcbsage from ' Brlgadlar 1 ' ^ Post rtiov^d into Its clubliouse
Ernest Ma:shall, alvisionjl ccm-j and was hara4sed with financial
mander for the Metropolitan area, j difficulties th»t threatiened its very
Meadow Brook Offers Help
InMakinglncomeTuxReturn
The Meadovk' Brook National Bank and Fort Wasliington-
Mttnhai«ict National Bank will Join Imiids next wcok to bring
to tlroir respectivt* communities the fjee arlTJ«oriii >iMn'icpn of-aii
inuome tax eoiisultant in the p r p p a r a t i o n «£ I<''«tderttl income
fax'ps due'M'arch 35.'' '—^ '—: ' :—
Swti J: Sejsovec", a ceTtified^pub-llo
accountant, and a darector ot the
JilfiSdow Brook National Banlc, witb
his sta^f will be available at the
_Ott. Monday, '-isartai-- 2,.'Mr.' SOJSH
•v#"c^Sr a Msmber.'of,-his'staff, win "lie
ln...the,"Kwei^i5)i, Menlck^iind .WaJi-
Jl^li SicJidoi Biittd^ 1^
For Block of Dimes Project
, Tlie b k e k of dimes d e m o n s t r a t i o n in s u p p o r t ol t h e JVaeport
March pf'Dimes whicli h a d . t o Jbe called off last S a t u r d a y because
of this d<)wiippur ^vilLbe h e l d t h i s S a t u r d a y momiftg.
starting At 10 o'clock at Pine and
South Main streets, <»ntrflMtors-to>
a»e-drt»e for thfi.&ld. of victlnajs of
tafaiiile jiamlysif •Will lay dimes,
cpifliteiis, bills,, secured ij?. Scotch
tape, "and checte along the CHI*.
RusseU C. Appier, tifie f^eport^cam-paJgn
^aialimBit.toSpeS that before
nlghtfair, the line »f cotos will ex­tend
all the -way to West Merrick
roEbd:, ' i
^ e e u Qulnn of Westbury and J o -
Ann Hogon of Elmont; the poster
girls, will appear during tUe day.
Mr, Appier Also aiinounCEd that a
groiqj of 30 ^lctnbor5 of t h e Freeport
aS&x Scihool Band under the direc­tion
of CDr. J . Maynard Wettlaufer
will'appear during itbe denianstra-tion
anid give a concert to promote
Interest in. the project.
tagh offices of the Meadow Brook
Bank.
On' Tuesday, March 3, they will be
In the Ljtrtrrooif ana'West Hemp­stead
,o|floes.
^;^etoesilay, March 4, the Income
'te&fiSiltBlitiJSrfil bCln Ube Mai»
office In "Baajb ,'Wa^tUiiiston..iuidl.tti£,
PlaQ^onvi '-road Of flee; iii'SIanhasset
of the Port •'Wasailngton-Manhasset
National BanK
V.RW. EJediuates I ^ e —?
Tto March of Dimes
Hairy Moore, obalnnaa. of- the.'
commltt6eil5fIStQSBC!Uiice4 Oiat-jjroj-;
oeeds of the scrap anetal-and waste!
paper coUectldn of Hehiy "nieddore
Mohr Post, V. P. W., this Sunday
wiU be contributed to the Pree-port
drive of the Msurch of JSimcs.
' The-post'-will have fl,ve! trucks
available for the drive starting at 0
o'cloct Sunday momlng. Two of tJbe
^ c k s ixrill be i^iml£liM by^the vU-la$
e and three toy private ovraers.
Persons have special, articles to
contribute -may.•call headquartarj!
and a pick-up itrupk wUI i ^ a t e thSL
coUoctfam.
which was read by Major Paul
Vaughn of Hempstead,
The "service was opened with the
singing of "Shall We Gather at the
River?" after witlgh^ Bandiqaster,
Sidney Wade gave the-.invooatimi^
Mrs. Newton read the lotai Psatah
and aU joined in staging "My Jesus
I Love Thee." Miss UlUan Wade
sang asaaolo, "My feautilul Hour."
Bandmaster Thomas Budd, retired,
recited an original poem. Brigadier
Newton gave the address and Se'-"
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existence, Next Mr. Larsen, con­sidering
Uie third ten-year period.
told how Bingo got the veterans out
of their difficulties and put the" unit
jOn.allrm ftaanclal basis. And final­ly,
Mr. McCioskey, first of the
World War I I veterans to be elect­ed
commander, spoke for the latest
period In the post's history,
Wallace 'iToung told of how Story
Post Initiated Uie Idea of making
annual pilgrimagies to the Kings
Park State 'Hospital in 1022, taking
(Continued on Page 16)
WallaceMakesAppointments
F&r^Ikeepmt Ccmcer CruscLde
S t i i a r t K. \Wj[aee, Sr-r i ^ p r a ] ,tli^^^^ for FVpeport in
ihp 11183 (iaijuftr t^riBKiidt' has announced tiie Ioiiu.wiug app(Jin.t.T„
mi>nt» i n j c £ t i j i g ' j | > _ j i l s j a ^ , ':,'••,[. .T;';;;,.
' ' C o - c h a i S t t | E r s t t i . ' ^ ' j i . ^ ^ - ^ ^^
MDzie:.Boaoinry chaimien, H , AI-
.ted.; Vollmer,'-';SoBefP-KI-'^©0!X8ee;;
WHUain- f, piacfcen, 'Sm. Mabel
Reiner aai'^Syaiteif' 'S. Mffianda.
i\
Mayor Welcomes Ne%(^ Store
Ma7or'*B^beH t . ' Doxste 'Kir«a Xh» Jrtgbt band of felhnraUp to Harold
Beatns,' otrqer of Harold's Fashions, openbii^ t h i s \r1e9k on WMi MKT'
rick'road :aear-lbo Gravis thealtefc, | r "''t^.olso, left t o ' r ^ i i t . fi/rv''
" i-i'"l " tf^ihejitofe, aiid Wallace,
\ ' .BagaieUfc Hioto
Astrid'Eibles' and. Botty Bcynolds,\1 ,
HamiUim'Campbell, p^Iis)tn'*oC|j||
./^n'-.
"•'Twasuwr, Samuel. D;'"X3«rbeT;_^:^
WirWkSii- Bl-itlsloh,'jdortf ^ .VAteMfc,^"
T h t o t o e Spltzter, WarAn Sanieti
raifford~Scihowr, Thonas iMurphy
and AftSuf Hoss; Service Ohibs and
f ^ t a m a l organisations,' Russell. B,
HotaUiig; W»terfront, Al Orpver;
Schools, Willism 8. Hugjhes, Jn;
Radio and Special Events, Munky
Evans CWQBB); Press, George W. •
Oo«ner; Apartaienc House CSialr-man,
Mrs. Stuart K. Wallace; Apart^
ment. Rouse Co-chairman, Mrs.
Anne Piacher.
•'A^m^ttog'of the oenerjil ;<3cm-mlttee
mW. be held,early in Ma»di.<
-Mr..Wallace Is' making arrange­ments
fiir 17 District Chairmen,
;wlttl-enoijgh eo-«ajatamen to eadh
District' so tJiat no chairman has
more than -ten Block Captains.
The District Chatmien will be an­nounced
;ln the Leader Issue of
March.' &.
A stneiunllned organization so
arranged Uiat no one has more tlian
ten contacts to make Is his goal, Mr.
"Vyailace say^,
.. At ten niUwtes per call, the total-',
tiriie' given to Cancer Criisade,* '
should be"lesa"4iPn'ti«ro'3it)ur8 pex" "
worker, he polnts'iut^^^^ >
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