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n t h Yejur, No, 37 FRIEPORT, N. Y., THTJESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953 FIYE CENTS PER OOPY
CGnton E Flint Dies
In iercy Hospital'
Was Former Mayor
Many Public Works
Launched During Years
He Served Community
village 'flags a.re at half-mast m
iionor of former Mayor Clinton M
Flint, who served the community
In many capacities and who died In
Mercy Hospital Friday afternoon.
Judge Flint as he was generally
known, lived at 258 South Ocean
avenue. He had been ill since Sep­tember,
1951, suffered a heart at­tack
on Sunday, Decemlicr 28, and
ling-ered until his deaUi.
Bom in New Berlin. N.Y., 78
years ago, Mr. Film was graduated
fi-«m Rochester Unlvefslty In 1898
a»d from the Cornell Law School
in JSOJ when he was admitted to
the bar. He opened an office in
H-verhead in 1901 and in 1903. Just
about 50 yea.rs ago, located in Prt;c-pon.
His office was located first in
tSje First National Bank Building
and 35 years ago he moved to the
Poremaji Building at Main street
and Brooklyn aven«e, where he had
heen located ever since.
I n 913, Mr. n i n t was elected
Police Justice of Freeport, an omce
lie lietd for five fears, lioter he
ser?ei as "Wllaga Counsel atid in-|
, l»2fl .lis srais elected Mayor and re-
•Wkim&yi»o 'SMxi'-IMajS'tteliig • !Kl8,
. •jfcmx--sedxs in ellli»'3aany i>t the.Jai-psoTCSneats
which have placed
- Breepert 'to «$» forefront among
oommunttles its size were inaug­urated.
Included were the sewer
system, concrete paving, the Incin­erator,
the MunlclpaJ 'BuUdlng, rep­lica
of liberty HaJI in Philadelphia,
and the Municipal Staditim.
When the present administration
was Voted into .power in 1943 Judge
Filn* was again Induced to run for
lihe office, of Mayor and was elected,
serving two yeaara before being suc­ceeded
by Cfyril C. Ryan, Again
after surveys by craallfled engineers,
a poograin of Improvements was
promulgated, including the new
system of parking fields, sewers lor
the southern end of the village, the
reopening of the Long Island HaU
•Road grade crossing project and a
system of paries to serve the vari-
<ms disWcts of the vUlage.
Mr. Flint was aovemnwnt Ap»
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. l i n OE CLINTON M. FLINT
State Exchange Head
hstalls Mmm At
Chib's Ladies i g ht
Wells Succeeds Nichols
At Annual Event Held
At East Point House
ej Gerard J, Murphy, of Brooklyn.
•^ president of llie New York State Ebf-charjge
Club, officiated at the in­stallation
of President Eugene S
Wells and the other members of the
1'9,^3 staff at the annual ladles" night
dinner of the Freeport Exchange
Club last night in Guy Lombardo's
East Point House.
•Following tJie .stnglng ol "The
Star Spangled Banner," and the
Salute to the -Flag, President Walter
J. Nichols brought greetings, and
presented Vincent P, O'Neill as
Shelter on Bank Roof
Started for Spotters
Work has been started on the con­struction
of a shelter for the com-fori
of the airplane spotters on the
roof of the Meadow Brook National
Bank. The structure will be seven
feet square and eight leet in height.
I t will have faollltles for observ­ance
of the skies on all sides and
will be heated. Fred S. Howell has
the coiitract for the project.
Press Support Asked
For Civilian Defuse
County Director Cites
Need for Volunteers to
Build up Organization
•An appeal to tjie weekly and dally
press of Nassau County for help.to
promoting* greater Interest to clvU
Markowitz is Patron
Of OXS. Chapter
Installation Ceremony
At Freeport Monday}
Mrs. Markowitz Matron
Jack Markowitz of Lynbrook wUl |
be installed as patron and his wife,
Mr.H. Sarah Markowitz, a.s matron I
of Garden City Chapter No. T42,
loa.iittJlBater. The Rev. Reginald H. lOi'der.of the E.i.steni Star, at an j
Seoll. rector of the TransflguratlDn [ installlition of officer.'! to be held i
Episcopal Church, gave the Invxjca-1 Honday night at 8 o'clock in Spar-1
tion. I tan Temple at Freeport.
After the dinner, ToastMaster 0'_ j R. W. Harry Welnstein will pre- ]
Nelll introduced the gueats of the, side as installing officer and R. W.
evening, who included,Dlatrict Oov-1 Miriam C. Loewy as Installlngr Chap- ^ ^
ernor Robert Graves of PBrooklyn | lain. W. Minerva K. Sykes Will be 1 j,jj (jj^ First Merrick Coup,, 90-M
and vlBltors frooi otiher Sxcfaange ; installing marshal and W. Minna S. m^i street, Jamaica, pt whWh Mur-clubs
to the aiea, Frank "Wamer. 1 Barnelt Assistant tostalling Mar- I'yay spies Is president and iKhat If .
president ol the New York State I shal ' (,!„; reKonlng was approved tSUe tfi
Folklore Society ftnd executtve sec- j T h e retiring Wortiiy Patron aaA \ t},e land wonld be taken tonvornjW.
retary of Sie Nassau Suffolk YM.! •worthy Matron tire 'WlUlain K. j ^ e sa'ld lie had a dcppslt of $p.(»0
C A., ,ea,ye an. Interesttns ;ta]b, ,\,. •. .iSskes and Mrs. Minerva K, Sykes, l tawaiti tlie purchase price bi ft ttust
Nine'TOen|bSdl»#ifec^ & paot master ol^ f^nd, 4n-re«west, t * o.cpiestiltHV X>y-'
detense was.-jBflrte by •QjaSl O. Ryan,Un moklng.Ife. Rres«n-ta.Uon t o ,Mr. J Oltw-n ijodae i*o, Bii). .a 32nd degree ,• a j i yw iwH»ert^(D,'' XfoTOsee -as t o , _.
of ywporC.-W^ft "'Ctotmiy'dlWJ-NJ*^«>^-w "" "' " "'
Long Beach Avenue
Pkt Ee-zoned for
Garden Apartments
Maislen tells Board
Sale Hinges on Vote;
To House 36 Families
The Village Board afte'r a public
hearing Monday night in the Mun­icipal
Building voted to re-zone the
west .side of South Long Beach ave­nue
for. 120 feet north from tihe
southwest corner of that street and
Porterfleld plnce from Resident "A""
to an Apartmeiit Residence district
to permit the erection of a 36-family
garden-type structure,
George Maislen appeared as at­torney
for Harman and Jack Rosen-
Rteln, owners of t*ie entire block
from West Merrick road to Psrter-fleld
plaice. He ojcplained that the
block extending 228.20 feet from
West Merrick road was ^ready zon­ed
tor apartment and that before
the project could be carried out the
additional land was needed.
He added that the Rosenatelns
had contracted to sell.tihe property
Defense Dlreotor, at a' meeting to
which representative of the press
were Invited at the Gterden City
Hotel Tuesday aJtemoon,
Mr. Ryan cited tihe recent Bast
River Report as show-lng that civil­ians
can protect themselves fixim
Mason and Phrlner of Mecca Tern- ' whe6her 'he •was posftve'thir ttfans-
WHisJs.ted'ofi'nine pieces of carpen-I pie. _ ._ | action •would go througto, h e gave as-^
ter's tools. He also received a pa«t- | A nuiftbcr of promineri? Ma.sons ' gui^nce ttiat It would, •
president's pin. A presldenfa'pln was, from Lynbrook have been invited to j .jjj.^ Maislen sold t t a t deed r ^ t r l c -
pres?ntfd to Mr. Wells. There also j attend the installation service. ; yQ^j, .provided for ft set back from
were flowei-s for Mrs. Nichols mid i Among them will be Mayor Fi'ed|^j,g building line of 40 feet on the
Mre. Wells, , " • [A."Orels, Village Trustee Floyd-S. ] iju.ee street fronts and proBKtoed to .
In addition to "president Weik, i Wilcox, Dislriet Deputy Grand I accede -to ajiy provision Imposeid by
rur^r7^f.z ''niTiZnirZ^Tfar,' if *tihev ', ^he oflcers Inducted were Dr. Morris ' Master WlUlam Colton and R. W.; jue board to- mmtv m effort would
i re m^^'rlftrataed ind orsmnlzed M. Bossman and John J. Randall, Mildred Emmons, p*st deputy grand j (Continued on Page 2)
m ^ T ^ L ^ : T . r ^ M : T h ^ 3.X1 vlce-presidenu; B.t«sell E^ Hot. matron ^'^^^XJ^Z^nl,^ i
Corp., of trained personnel In ItsUltag, secretary; Mr, O'Neill, taaa- Wallace Hamilton C^nPbell pub-|
^nl defense organteatlon but thatlurer; Harry Bledemian, fhianclal Usher of the Tn-Town I^adet and , S t a t e T r e a s u r er
^ . „ i „ „ . ^ . . . „.,^ T,,^^^ it, vtr isecretaiT' M. BurfoKl SmiBhOTd, the Freeport Leader, and Mr.s. rj. AJ^rnaB D A R ' ' '
Justifre Chapter Heiurs^
Child Guidance Expert
Sirs, Ana Ijebowltz, wotessox of
safety research era She staff of tihfi
Brookljjn Ohlld Gtildance. Ijengue,
ga-ve a talk on "The Making of a
Healthy Personality," last night at
the setni-njonthly meeting of Jus­tice
Ghapter, B'nal BYltti, in Tem­ple
B'nal Israel. She wa| introduc­ed
by Mrs. Harold Edelm&n, the
president.
Mrs. Lebo-wltit, a resident of Ros-iyn
Heiglt-ls, Is preparing for her
master's degree a*- Adelphl College,
Oanten CSty, where a special course
on psychology lias been prepared
for her. ffl« conduots mewtal hy­giene
•work in Freeport and Eyn-brook.
At I3i»' meeting of Justice lodge,
a film, "Fair Ex^jange," .provided
ifihroofiih the courtesy Jof the Wall
street fttin ef Merrill, Lynch, Pierce,
Penner aaad Beaaie was, shown, ttt
jMrtrays the intracles <rf ttie Stock
SXdiaiige. ••"" •
y Mtmday night the caiapter is to
/sponsor a card party to wilse funds
* for ijie annual plonlc for imdef*
privileged cihildiien at HaiMall Park
iiesrt sujniper. .
tually every connij.unlty
The County director' said his or­ganization
Is embarking upon an In­tensive
campaign to build up per­sonnel
and promote Interest in the
work. He asked 'the support of the
press ta keeping aH civil defense
activities before tihe public.
'Re.s?»ndlng to Mr. Ryan's plea.
Arthur L. Hodges, editor of the Free,
port Leader and'Trl-Town Leader
of iynhrookv. East Rockaway and
iMalveme. said he bellevjed tihe press
could render effective service byi-making
all civil defense actlvltleB
headline news. He said that he was
makjng a. New Year's resolution,
after..hearlng Mr. Ryan's appeal, to
keep civil defense on the. front' pag­es
of the two newspapers during
1953 to see if the apathy and com­placency
with wihltfh the public re­gard
civil defense actlvitieis cannot
be broken down.
Harry R. Baker, Jr., and Michael | Campbell, who are active In Masonry j
V, Ohfttko, members of ttie board oi
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Bayview Avenue, Sdbeol
Resumes Teen-Age Dances
Finoerty Commands
Coast Guard Reserve
Freeport Unit to Drill
At Training Center;
Recruits Are Sought
X-leut. Commander John P. Fln-nerty
of Bay Shore has been named
commander of the inecently organ­ized
Coast Guard reserve unit in
•Freeport. He served previously as
executive officer of an organized
reserve unit In Brooklyn.
Cammander Plnnerty will conduct
drills for the Freeport Organiised
Reserve Port SecuWty Unit at 7*36
Tuesday night ta Uhe US. Naval
Training Center, 112 Hanse avenue.
He has announced that a re-ci-
ultlng drive would be initiated at
and the Ea.?tern Star at Freeport,
•will be among the guests.
Helen Sarch Takes Over
Mrs, Floyd E. Woolsey, state
0.A.R. tiwasurer, Is to speak at the
monthly meeting of Buth Floyd
Woodhtill Chapter in the tome of
A= P»»k;»r. (iUtnva I-I«>»d \Mrs. Joihn Low, 33* Archer street,
^ M r ^ f c " S a S r L \ ^ ^ Her BatuMay at 2:15 .'clock.^She w«l
duties as most «ceUent t^lef ., .^^.aM^^e^llocatijn^o^^^^^^^^^^^
Paul C. Henderson, program chair­man,
will Introduce .iJie speaker.
Unity Tem.ple, Pythian Sisters, at
tihe seml-tnonthly meeting _ Monday
night In PyHilan HSU. She' and the
rest of the 1963 staff will be foiroal- Mr*- George N. Wood. Wie regent.
!v Installed on Mtmday night, Jan- **" presld*.
yary 19. IJelegates and aiielUft'tes to the
Mrsr Ann-Cain wa,? elected trcai:-f*2d Continental GSongress to be
urer to ,fill a vscancy. ..(,*>eW ^ Washington. D.C.. the week
A substantial gift •was presented
Mrs. Henrlette A, Hajis, retiring
chief, at a social gattierlng on Mon­day
night, Decem.beT 29.
Teen-age dances sponsored by tBei°n<=e *f actinalnt -youiy men. par-
Freeport Community Council for "^"^^'''^ veterans and those be-boys
and girls from 14 to 19 -will be
resumed in the audltorixmi of tiie
Bayview Avenue School tomorrow
night. Eddie Everett and Ws oroh"-
estra •wUl play .for dancing twnn 8
to 1-1 o'cMfeR.
Dances axe to be held •weekly 'at
me same Ome. They "wlU be varied
fr«n ttaie to 4Ime.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
The •freeport Hieptibllcaii. /.Olutj
turtE'liave a, social meeting tonight to
Ithe Laglon tWgout *t 8:30 6'cliO«k.
j i . ' • • .
tween n and Ifi and a half, with
the advantafes of membership in
the Coast Guani' Organized Reserve.
The quota for <ttie imit has been set
M seven ofllcere and 44 enlisted
men, althougb .this can be increased
if stifflcient Interest is evidenced.
of April 20 to 24. wlU be elected.
Mrs. JdTiit'lXw, chairman of host­esses,
will be assisted by Mrs. Wil-i
Ham P. dorrtell. Mi's. Edward Hi.
lEbbets, Mrs. Robert M. Lang, Mrs.
' William V. Noble and Mrs, Jesse A.
I Parker.
J Mrs. ecll E. Budd. 124 Lexlngtcn
avenue will entertain Mrs. Woolsey,
W. Carl cntt^nden, StAte
Foreman in Hospital
Recovering from Attack
C. Milton Foreman, who suffered | jjj.s_
a heart attack in Ws home. 20 Soiitii; chal'iinan of' bullfl'tag' completion.
Ocean avenue, is getting along nice- | ^.^^ i^rs. Wood, at luncheon at her
WHELAN DRUG STORE
t o STAY OPEN SUNDAY
The "Whelan Drug store, 64 South
Mato street, will remain open Sun­day
after ttie other pharmacies ta
Frefijport close at 2 o'doi^, Tlie tele­phone
is Fr*eport 8-0083.
ly in tJie South Nassa^u Communi­ties
Hospital, it was said yestearday.
Mr. Foreman had a slight attack
some months ago from which' he
recovered. The second a'ttack Was
complicated with pneimionlft which'
has cleared up it was said,
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Aged Man Run Down
By Car in Gmnd avenue
8Pe>ter Tsavalas, 15, IS Denhoff
avenue, is recovering la "the Mea-dowbrook
HoBISflai fwjui ilijurles he
suffered- when -he -was hit by a car
in front of fl Grand avemie Mon­day
nlg^t. Police .said the car was
•operated by Ixnils Scal^, Jr., 21 of
Amos stit«et. BaWtfto." .,.,.**
borne prior to the meeting.
Sdioohtten's Association
,Tio Dinf Janijiary 14; . .•; ^_;, ^^_
The Nassau County Schooliijen's
Assoctaitlon, headed liy Ur. Anios
KJncald of Hemiisitead,'will hold its
first-dinner tneeting ol the New
Year,on Wednesday, January X4,.'a-l
the'Soiutl} Shore Terimce, Menrlcfc.
Gues| sipeakers .wi,ll Incliide Clay­ton
Beageaxs, CJlBector of Vtte New
York State Dl'ri4oa of Ooniserviffon
EkJucation, ,a:n(l Jerry-*Tpaistn; well-known
enteiia'iner wWlias.rece.Bt-;..
"ly-•returned fnomi Sl^brea. • ".
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