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IStli Y»r, No. 19 FEEEPOEl, N. Y., THURSDAY, SSFfEMBEB 3, 18BS ^^^ mm OBHra PEE COPY
Smitt Leases Monday
Qa Educational tour
(K German Schools
Pre^xni Official €>oe$
As National President
Of Trustees Assodation
GEfton B. Smith, 2S2 !Ptee sta«t,
vice-president of ttie (Preeport Boawl
Of Bdueatlon, tms .axxepted an Jn-vltgitloE
as iwesident «r Ute National
^School Boards assocJatioa, to be a
inenibw ol a party that Is to tour
Oennany. in tft« interests or edaci-tloir
la tliat'couiitry. Sfe is to leave
atooapd a Pan-iAawjltsan Air Ltoer
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
Wiil Mftltra tiy « plane reaching trf>ii«
Hslanci on Tuesday, OcWber 8.
The,lnvi1»tlon to mr. Smith was
cxtemled on bAalf a! the Federal
KepuKUc of Germany axui West Ber­lin.
Iiast year 80 iUiieriisans we**
taken on similar tours In groups of
eight persons «a«A, and Mr. SmlQi
mm toe one of a party of eight
aiboard'-ttie plane leaving Monday.
"TliJai'stiidy. tour." accoiding to
Itoe tavttatlon extemled sar; a»im,
«ls-inteiaea: to enal»lg:-you to see
ccmdltlons' to Saa ,neiw iCtermatay if or
,vtimseit.--Ym^mi}I'\m :etvm, an O«B-
, :i»itualiy - to aoquatot -yiowrseH' witli.
(Cofflttoued-on Bage 8)
EWVlel K. Kadane, Ombman of
the Park. Ooncmission, called the at­tention
of the Village Board to er­roneous
Jnfonnatlon whldi he said
toad been Mvea to the Northeast
Qlvtc Assoclaitlon atwwt the Korth-east
Park and said that the Village
Board should be properly Informed
as to the (aots.
Mayor Glacken said that he had
complete confidence that Kr. Ka-^
dane and the other memtoens of the
Park Commission are doing an ex­cellent
Joto la developing Preeport's
Parks, includSi^ the Northeast Park,
Village Board and Northeast
To Confer With Park Body
Mayor William F. Glacken< announced this week that at the
reqne>it of the Park Commission a meeting will be held of the
\lllttgri' Board, the I'arlt Commission and tiie Northeast Civiu
AsMocitttion to <iiswi.sN the Nortlieast Park on Tii'jsday ni{jht,
^eptJ'Uibcr 8, at S o'clock.
Baby Sister in Rre
Near Tragedy Averted
In Parents' Ali^ncei
ShoA Orcult Blamed
lA Preeport bushond and iwlfe who
went to work Wtonday nl'ght leaving
four chlMren' ranging in age troik
M monillhs bo l§ y»mrs at home by
ifflieniselves are fottunale In hastog
an elder son iwiho kept Ws JxexA when
fire brote oult, acted ppomjrtly' and
averted a tia@kly.
The parents are Mr. and Mia.
tJioseph MtiEMicKmy of 73 Shonnard
-avemie. ime CWUdren. are M ^ , 18
months; Bosanne,. 9; John 12, and
Joseph jr., IS,..,;.;;; , .....:.•-:-
..-r/Ito. J»lby.. Mia' nip-iibafes sleeping
liBone, as tSie^trther IjMee waftcl^ed
the televi^cm. C*ytog of.atto.Ma|y_
was".heard by-John-wJio nJcei-i^
• .*te(lis to.cpiiet liesr.^He discovered Jho
fire, and sounded ais alkrxn. dofffiir
•Ss*».riMs?Iffi'TnJ*«d"'%r'stalits--tor
ate • aftte 'lasfer aid. oairted lier. to'
-Sifefefj after wtilWi^, he«led John
«nd Bosadae cmtoUie lawn.
Deputy ClMe*"irailSin J; Noll, who
took cjhaeefi after an Inyestigatioa
. i^fetritouted Use Warn to a diort ete-
(Oontlmied « i Page 4)
No Residents Involved
in Freeport Shooting
. Policeman Off DNity *
||plIs~I>lson|edy: Man \
In Local Ntght Club
JOlpersom-Involved la ttie fatal
footing on Bast Sunrise Highway
^ r t y SatUSday.momJng were from
out of tofwn "Who Imd l?een attracted
W a' ''tmW'fWv^"''W^'>0dpia'-''iSi<e:
tdwuWe'staited. •, - ' - " •
,i5ie vte'tlm came from Roosevelt,
his alleged companion ftxan CHeii
Cove and the Mftssaii Oounty patnol-roan
.who, while off duty, killed tei
self-defense and has been cleared
by his superiors, from. Belteiore. .AH
Involved were neerroes.
The dead man was iPreston Trice,
30, of prospect place, Roosevelt. His
alleged companion, Heyward Jack­son,
ai, 25 Cecil avenue. Glen Cove,
lis being held under $5,000 ball on a
change of second decree assult. Itie
patrolman, who Is assigned to the
First Nassau Precinct, Merrick Is
James We**>, 27, of Oakfield ave­nue,
Mortli Bellmore.
Hie trouble started in the Geteb-rity
Club, ^^ East Sunrise Highway
about I o'clock Saturday morning.
According to Deputy CJhlaf tej^jec-tor
of toe Nassau County PolJcs,
,tered Khe;pla«e and loudly called for
two been, •T3hey were already In­toxicated,'
he added and when Trtce
was^served he threw toe glass at tihe;
barniaid jD^nd .beg-an shouting'. Juiiiii"-
Fleltroari at «ie Bro&c, and hla'
boiiiicer, hurried the pair out, and.
patrolman .W€Mi' followed.
Outside, both Trice and Jackson
are said to have drawn fdiir-laoh
switchblade knives wlitcts they walv-
(Contlnued on Page 4)
Yp Blerck Rescues
Pair at Short Beach
Goast Guard Officer's
Wife and Daughter Are
Saved from Rip Tide
Joseph Van Blsrck U being 'hailed
as ft hero for his rescue of the wife
and daughter of a hlgli U.' S. Coast
Guard. ofOpial off Short Beach last
Prlday. __They were Mrs. Charlotte
CJhartee and her daughter, Judy, 12.
Mrs. Ohafee's husband Is CoKjman-dar
H. ru Chaffee, chief of the
Naval Engineering Sectlwi at Third
Dlsti\lct Coast OuBird Headquarters
• In ^Manhattan,,
V 'Mrs. caiaBee-'diove o^t from 32-,
rixlS'ifth street. Hushing, where the
faarBly . ttves, with Jiidy and two
otber tsJJlldren. Johnnf. 6, and Da­vid,
2,' Imey went swimming Just
e&st'pi .tjii Soait Guard Station
ffl^oiitlfTlffflWi^ock - w •'ttnf&wriiiaif
wite^, • '"' '"^
Judy, who leartlcd to ."jwlm this
year, went In ftrs't Sije swsim for a
few minutes and found sShe was ber
lag,, drasKcd east a n d ' ^ t o the
Officials to Attend
Hearing on Cros^g
Mayor WUUain P. Glacken. Vil­lage
Counsel Marttn H. Weyranch
and VlUaee Ilngine^r Herbert M.
Wood are planning to attend a sec­ond
hearing .caUf d 1^ the PubUe
Service Oominisston on the widlca-
Wcn of the vUIage for the Installa­tion
of gates and a watchman at
the Brookslde avenue rallKiad
c^issstng. The bearing Is to be held
Mon<lfty, Septemljer 21. at 10 o'clock.
In the ooiinnisslon's Manhattan
office.
energy; early -aeetn8'"ia'T??>ssJ0ltt
ties, and spoke tori the subject many
times before local service clubs long
bsfore the public in general heard
much aiiout &-4mnX)».
ahannel bv a strong tide that Was i '^°'^ "* **** *^'**' ®* years ago,
jDnlet. Sensl-ng her danger, >!«# caU-Eastfrnnt
Members
To ( M e r on Leases
At Friday's Meeif
Dispute Not Settled
At 2-Hour Conference
With Town CVf icials
An effort to agree on i propo^d
acceptable to the Town atitlsflilMes
In the matter of tJic leases-ait East
Point Is to be made at a meeting of
the East Point Olvlc Assooiatioti to—^
morrow night in the Home ot Jos-e
j * WelboW, 1028 South drove
Street. '' "•
The commiittee, headed by Presi­dent
Herbert W. Bverltt, w)>l<^ con- •
ferred with the Hempsteiwi IVftna
Board in Hcmjistead for two hours
on Tuewiny, Augiist 2ff. •wU! BUlMnlt
its report, and any reoonunendatlons
agreed oi will bo sumblttid to •ttoe
To»vn Pa-thcrs at another closed ses­sion
on Ttiesday, September IS.
The TOtire areument Is over the
form of new 5-year leases submitted
by th? Town which lasista tSiat ttoe
Town o-wns not only tile tesjl «m-whlch
hnmes and places of bMstaess
are-located but •lihe hulWers erecte*
themon at a ©bft'ol thousanda oi
doUars, ehcly-touj' lessees ia -«h«
area are ccntesthn; this contention,
. - iwter- [Insisting taiat the stnictuisa„ftreL
John Jl OltlaODies;
Was Sdence Editor
Freepa¥t Newspaperman
Won Pulitzer Prize;
Received Other Awards-
John J. ©"Neia, science ediKof" of
the New York Herald Tribune^ since
June, 1934. and a resident offSVee-port
since 1S80, died unexpectedly
at his home, 209 North Ijong Beach
avenue, on Sunday. Puneral asrirtces
were conducted Id the Chester A.
Pulton & Son parlors. 4S West.Mer-rlck
road,- Tuesday ntght. Bwlaj
yetterday -waa I n Greenfield' tJsine-
Jery. The Bev. John U Latshaw,
pastor of tihe Freeport Methodist
Church • of f telated.
Mr. Ocelli was especially iwter
'«ano her momsr_torJm^.:^gJ^:J:I
iMrs. Chaffee, a Mrongswlntnitif;
plunged la MUBT the girl and reach­ed
hff.slde about 100 yards off shore.
"it was horrlbl«» the current was so
overpowering, lliere was absolute^
no one In sight. I trted to pull her
In towBird shore but the current tore
her away from me."
Mrs, Chaffee reallssed Ae would
be unalbtelto h^lp Judy and called
to youne Johnny to ma to the Coast
OuaaH Station f«r help, fwr the
next five minutes the desperate
mother trleft. vainly to keep close
OeparianenlJErioe and Jackson, en-. ^= ^er child. "Judy looked mte .she
Yacht Club Prize Winners
To Receiw Awards Monday
. Members of the jii-vcnile swimming team of the South Shore
Yacht Club, which has just svi^ept the five seasonal meets for
"the third sucecs,sive year under the coatshing oi Mrs. F . C. Md-
Andrews, will receive tbftir awards at the Labor Day exetcises
Monday afternoon.
DPteceiilaa tlie preseatatldn of
'• prlsses ftoere .will he a noviBlty'swtai-ining
meet axtd tfhe pr]s on the
Hjaad will ajjjpear hi a ^wator haUet,
A^fuatte pompetitton was boought
(to a close witai *he ammral; qjradmn-gulaj-
-meet at Ami'firyUle^'.aiaterdas
sft^mooD, wlth.Soofti^ Bhunre takiag
first place with Da>/5 points; folkw-ed
by the.Edgewatfer Yacbt d i^
ot .Northport, With ^ and •tihe
TTogua-CHnlnihlBii XaxiA Cliib ot
AniltyvUle, third with m. Swimmers
of the Bea Cliff Tacht ,CM> of Sea
OlMf failed to ac«re a ahigie. point.
SoaUi Shioire swlifamiia. Jw«n 10 ot
the 18 todlvldital events, and tae
girls', .relay^ raca- the lJaip»-<5orM-nailans
dx tedl-viltluittl, and the isigfe-
•tvatep twoladividuals mH the hoys!
relay. Betty Conboy, Don Ohegan
and SUeen SoutlriTick eacb captured
two races •'for th£ local-sq^iad. King
(Oontlnued on P a ^ 13) ..
was all In. I tatouight It was going
to be all over." ,
""'J'Ust,,,thei"-.J!(ir.-V'iiB -Mkf&s, a re-'
"iyehwe. .-B*eeJ<&7'oamie;_;s[i©edlHB:to3?:
at more than 50 mllis ah hoar inJils
swped-uip. 80ra»t.:;«ifliaii*>u*, Jtfii
him was .Bernard Slltonan at:.128.
>Park avenue, Boosevelt, a plumbing
contractor. Van Bleisck.was taking
Ms trikaA on a monilss spin In the
diannel. _ _ .
Mr. Van Blerck wheeled i i l s ^ e d -
'boat Bronnd and was alongside tihe
panti}^ swimmers In a matte* of
seconds. He tossed them flfe pre­servers
and hauled them aboard.
Then he toAMEraJ.Chaflee and Judy
to the beach where coast GuaMs-mea
were maUngready for a lesciie.
Mr. Van Blerck retired from mo
torboat rachig. tasf year .beiiiiise of
hack inlurtels kiffered In gilHs.
V.F.W. Post to Omit
Monthly So-ap iMve
Beca'use • of the Labor Day w^fc
end when jn^J*efepoi* residents
wlil be put'of-.toto Siinday,;Behi3r
Theodort MoHr Post;' VJP.W.; •will
iBnilt its awttWy .sem|> collection.
People having paper and oUier ma­terials
to dispose of may hold them
until Sunday, October 4, when the
collections will be resiuned.
-—Besldee 'ProeVdcnt Kverltt, Vhe avla
association was rfepresentea W Erea'r
erick Htirberger, vice - president,
.Walter Wood, itroasurer, s^d Miss
SUemoV'tsairy.- . .• •..^,:,i..^-.=„-..
SpeaMflaif' *f mm 43losed.^seiiicin of J
«nd night sehool and took c o r r e s - ( ^ ' '^^^' ^- * ^ * * »»Mi_ ;._
iwndence oouises. Staaliniar oat his) "^^ Bootl Aimerlcona we Intend to
\o#w«r'as a ptoter, aflw a coui* Afflit to protect KmnKanes."
yeara In 1«0S he became an el«c-| "As prteWiajg Bupervfawr," dt-a
trlclan.'He worked la the New York
Public Idbraiy for a year and the
succeeding year In the New York
Herald library..
Mr. CNelU was associated with
the BrtJoklyn Dalljf Eagle from 1808
(Continued on.' Smge 14*
Republican Club Lbtd ^
Speakers for Meeting
Dmrtct court Judges Kathteen.
Kane a'nd George MacraiitJ and Sd*
ward LarUn,., aeMigms: for. State
Se!Ba4or,..are to b e ^ e epeateia.ai.
i»he 8«5»temter-n*et4n« of the f*ee-ipbrt
fepubMdanjCinb to he held %
iKe ^ggloarDuiotit - WeM- "iKmSfer'-
•Sii5r--1BpiBo&~-eiiitei«almi«m alio'
wUi be provkjed, M WfeOiSi^f'i^^t^
don,-blinott»n te'on Viufili
president wlU preside.
A.'uaouneeinent also Has be€n
wade taia* Tuesday, October 27 has
heea selected as tJie date for the
women's annual luncheoa.
dared HoroM P. Herman, "I ex-plained
thr. town board's'i«sW>nsl-bfllty
as trustee of town texda. 1...
stressed tJhat we ircre obligated by
law to protect Mi© rights and Inter­ests
of aU'the residents of ihe
town who share la, owneisWp of
eoHMBon lands."
The fiast Point Jlssoclatton i n ­tends
t*wt. toe town Is atteimi«ito|E-
(Contlnned on Page 4K .
cwENN|iJt,..».%* mmom-r^,,;;;_ 4;
- "The'ca^i:^Phainna#I.'!^"6outh'^''^
da5^aft(i^0jei''Bii»"'" -dni8glglr:-Jiir?."
'sFteeport^lbse at '2 wkjck, Traie..tcle-,.-,r
phone is fateeport-8*OOilv . ""
. On Monday, JUhor Day, tl»fe >WI4e-laa
Drug Bt«re,> M Soalfc Ma|in,
street, will be kept open. The numX^
ber Is Faseport 8-0083.
Choral Qroup Sees Operetta:
Produced By Neptune Players
A large group of members of the Bb-ceport Conmnialty
Choral jourfeyed to I^eptune,/N, J., below Asbury Parkj oyer'
the week-end to see the Neptune Players present ¥ictior Her--
b e r t ' s ' ' N a u g h t y Marietta'Vitt their Jttttsic Circus. .
• ITie Muflio'Olrcus uses'a ^ctrcfllaxf'"--—*——r 7^ :—^-^
stage with the audience seated
aibove the stage all the #ay around^
•M a'result only a minimum of stage
pettlhgs can ibe used.
The (Rreeport Community cacra!
has'been rehearstag-'mn^ft^ Mart-eta"
all sunuiKr ihd'wHl presefnt'l^,
hi the High • School auditorium
TJiursday, Friday and ' Saturddy
Mights, October 22, 23 and 24.
aiid'wis one of the 2S memJben} }tAsp,
saw the iN^Cune produistlda, teW.
the Preepoo* group enjoyed the Kewf:
Jersey jhcrw. ani| thought the Hep-.V
faae-Hayemdld a fine Jobprese^--
tog • it _OH' their.- iinusualrsia^, •' ••) j_ j':
•;,iBobert "T. TJiavls, dtrectoT^of.ttejy
•CShtttal, and MTs. Tayis were amxing'.
those who made the trip to Nep-
IMrs. Dorothy Gordon, who Is tune. Thfc phrty etayed overnight
handling publicity tor the Choral at the resort. '
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