The-Leader_1953-01-22

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nm Year Ho. 39 FJHEPOET, H. Y., TOTESDAY, J&HUAEY 22. ttra 39 FIYl qSKTS PS& OOFY
Cities AdofttSloBart
To Boost Freeport
The SouthweHt Civic Association at its January meeting.in
the Bay%'ie^jr Avenue School TOted to-institate a '^•Bhop-Preepbipt
F i r s t " eaaipaigii in co-oppration wifh the Preeport dhaittber of
Commerce. ,
"Oar <ioJlara, speat In Weeport,
iielp pay Preeport's Tax Bill. Tlie
iMoie owners' share of tbls tax bill
can be reduced if we all help pro­mote
a growtae, prosperous busi­ness
secti^ in our village,.
"Ijet's do sot
"SHOP FSIffiPOBT FIRST!
•Tihe Southwest Olvits Assoclatton
of Reeport believes iii ilUe forego­ing
formula kiid Invites iQie advioe
and assistance of other civic groups
Qllatnber of Commerce mefctiants
and associations In Preeport to de­velop
this movement,
"Bicawse our merchants can be
Ui# first to benefit they will; ^we
believe; make and.keep their stores
and prices so attractive thai the
plan to always—
"SHOP SlffiBPORT KRST—
"wlil aocm be a haWt."
PupUs Witness Ina;mguration
Over Television/in Schools
JVeeport sehaol ehi'ldren fiad/ the opportunity Tuesday of
witnessing the inauguration of BfeHideiit Dwight D. Eisenhower
^^aver teletision in ^he a u d i t o r i i ^ of the various srliools.
Bour men worked over the
end installing aerials and the
sary connections for instfilUng large-screen
televMon seta in t^7scho<d5.
Clat«!nce CSeniwr,'AtnUormsual Bd-ucaitioB
Direetor of ttje R«ej>mt
SciMoh, directed- t l ^ iaatailt^tliins
after snpennfiendene John W, Oodid, absolute silence as I5«sljlsnt,.ja.seii-
"Boiip of Ed
bera of. tlM .Board expressed^ their
approval pf the project.
Telcvlsl<m receiving sets were pro­vided
thiwigh tlie courtesy of Irv-,
Img Tessler of Certified Rtidlo' and
Television CompaU}' of Brooldyn
avenue and WlUecr Brothers of
Church street. The aerials were pur­chased
by *he schools and are per-
..,|maiient Installatioiis. ... _
Classes mere dismissed at 11:30
so the pupils could take tJietr places
in the various school audltcniunis.
About 1,(K>0 pupils and teacheiss Ti^t-nessed
tlie proOeedings in the Pree­port
High School auditorium gad
Mr. Genner said there. waa. almost
I
then made his taaiigural adiress.
Mr. Oenner says he OeMeves Free-port
may have been a pioneer in
making this television broadcast
available to the children of -the pub­lic
schools and .that he believes it
win be only a short time until tele­vision
sets are installed in all the
scbDols to be used regularly In sci­ence,
home eoonomics and other
courses for which ejwelleot telecasts
are available.
Mrs, Martin, Jr. Continues
QirlMfmits Town Chaimum
"Mra. Ben Shupack of Malverne, president of the South Nas­sau
Conneil of,Girl .Scouts, officiated at the installntion of offleers
•o£ I h e Reeeport GTirl JSoout eominittee k s t night in the Atkin-
Bon School.
•--'"Mcs. Winiaw J.-Jlfartin, Jr;, who
ottnapleted' iSel^lexpSded, tenn oi
-... JatoJ/WesWy MIsineriy, who resigiied
tn Aufust, was tniducted-.tts town
•-<iliaiimap.---r-r-.T^r--:-':-~— -•••:.-.--•:• ,.;'.',
• 73»' otfier officers are J ^ ^ A.
. J, MftdSette, vlpe'CbolimBn;: IhCrs.
Paul Wilson, tiS^respjiiiaiDg^seore-
Aary; Mrs. Donald Woiteana, re-
QordMg seoBtary, aad Birg. UOnroe
liewls, tieasuiier, all of whom are
serving two-year tenm.
In her nep<B* for the year just
. otosed, J t e . Malrtin aBnounoed there [ •
WOTc ia'"''%«wnSc troops, i* inter-'i i
mediate itr6ops and.one saiior troop
wiOi a j&emtiersbip of 454, with 44
JeaOeis. okd 72 troop 'c(»xunlttee
mmsbm'^mgmieiea. sarteei'^aew
leadera were "trained and 2te leaders
availed themselves of tt^ opportune
ity olfiexed ito, obtain ad vended jlarai^-
JEn addition to ither~r«gu}sr bwn)
.prograni, 4b^ year was lilghUghted
'by the > foBowtog spedal events:
Pour, Scouts' owio programs, 2
^SfeM^:^6s^litet dimms, & Brovnle
picnic, an Intennediate: copk-out
, and field. J^y, aam^^cotifl* of
..'..Jrtrajds, pi.eddWtatVthe-jSiflnjE^-
• IWr fiaa a coblde party for. sjl
socuta who puHcipiited in the cookie
sale drive, i' •
Gonuniinlty eervlOe projects In-'
fContinued oii'Tage 4)
itliliagiie Plans
For ^ommg Season
Four fllfldb Required
Involved in Program
SSeeport's Little lieagite program
for,the season starting in May calls
for the operation of two ina|Or
leagues of four 'teams each, at least
eight farm teams and a new' four-
•team Pony League for boys 13 and 14
yeara of age, too old to play UtUe
League ball. Pour fields win be re^
(lulred to meet the needs of sotdi a
program and a proposed budget calls
for expendlturies tn excess <^ $S,000
to provide-adequately for the needs
of the hundreds of boys who would
be benefited. :
"niEse faots were revealed at Uie
annual meeting of Preeport Uttle'
Leagues, Inc., held in Mie Elks club­house
on Monday night, January 12.
Last year's officers were re-elected
^ follows:'.Jose^ T. O'Connor,
president; Prank J. Plynn. vice-president;
Mrs. Ethel Clouglier, sec­retary,
and John B. Collins, treas­urer.
President O'Connor made the fol­lowing
appointments: Erie V, Pain­ter,
director end district conunls-sloner;
Walter (Jumbo) Brown, di­rector
and'pjayer agentv Dr. Harry
J -Lopmf )r,...dlW!ctor, and .waplxertn-,
chleff -6r;''«an "'MT'^Wdlr. director
and program chairman, Donald Mc­Laren,
eKeeutJve secretai^' of the
Preeport Ohamber of Oomeroe, di­rector;
Edward S.-Martiii, director
and {^airman of sponsors, and EM-laund-
Lane,-Mr. GoUina and Dr,
Wolf, finance coramltteB. *
WlUlam H. McCioskey was dele-fated"
lo~aiTaMg€ a meeting of the
managers ..of the various teams to
discuss matters Involving their work
for '.the year. ^
. A budget |>repared by Mr. Lane
will b e - ^ t ^ on at the first meeting
in February.
AuxiUiiry' Itolds Bennlon
The Ladies Auxiliary of Preeport
Little Leagues sponsored-a reujUon
in,Jhfi: Pieeporf; UliJi ISchoor audi-
Isrium Friday night. It was attend-.
ed by many of the players, manager's
and co'aclies' of last:'yearns- teams:-
(Continued on Page 13) ..
QradeEUmmtm
Held Dependent On
State AppropmiM&a
All proceeding* hfive been eorapleted for t h i launchiiift of
actual uoiistruetion of the PH-eeport-Bald-w in grade crossind elim­ination
project during 1953 if the lepi,slatiire approves a special
budget provision for it.
Girl Scout Officers InstsHecf
Wiffiaoi Holmes Kes
Mter Brief i n o^
Electrical Engineer *
For Municipal Plant
In Freeport 26 Years
William Slenzle |iolm«s; ' 153
WhaJey street, chief electrloal en­gineer
of the' Municrpal Power
Plant, died Monday morning after
a brief Illness. He was bom in
Oreenwich, ».J., 68 yeatfs ago, and
had been a resident of cPreeport
about 26 years. Hfe was employed ott
the locks of the Pannma' Canal
for a 'time for pie' U. S. Qtivernmeht
and later was associated wlth.'.'tie
General Electric Co. Shortly after"
coTttlns to preeport he acted for
some--years as consultant fbr that
21 years ago accepted the position
Occupied until his death.
Mr. Holmes was a member and
foiTOer ch'aplttifi of tjie FrsQJorf
Lodge of Ellss, the Preeport Repub­lican
Club and the Northeast Civic
Association, ""'
• Surviving are hla . wife, Helsn
Phltllps Hohnes, a, 4auffht«r, Edna
May Oarretson, and a granddaugh­ter
Doris Holmes CSarretSon of Alex­andria,
Va. Elics rites were .condtict-
6d last night in the Parlorsjof Ches­ter
A. Pulton TSS Sons 49 West. Mer­rick
j road. .Whe-Rev. Begiiiald H.
Scott, rector of the Transfiguration
Episcopal Church, is to .officiate at
services in tiie TOlton Partoirs this
afternoon alrft30 o*ctock wtOibteial
Kl%wliia^,,iGtieei»fleild.. peiiiBtery.
Pemocratic Club Gets
Five More M^iibers
-The Regular-Business meeting of
the Preeport Eiemocratic Club waa
held Thui!edfl.y_Bvenlng. Five new
.iiembers .were proix»ed. ~
• y ^ J ' 'X , The'Monthly^ dard Party will be
ar -*"--'• -J "• helri-TliuisdBy Eveningj-January 28,
• L .2 I ut the CSub Rooims_56.We5t,MerrI<jk
' I Road. Hostesses for ^ e "Evening will
''R.^Mrs.^W.i-J.lWininott, Mrs. ML
P^cnanM; tea.- O. CattttwKerE and
.Mrs. E. O, Webb. - ,•.''.:...•.,, ..
Deputy County "Attorney' Louis
Winery who has' been designated by
County Attorney G. Burohard
Btaim to press for action on tlie to-portant
south shore project, received
a letter this week from fteryamln P,
PaitSerg: cMilrmatfWiafflW^IMIWi'"'
Public Service Coawilssion, ad^^ng
that he had rectonmeiided to T. Nor­man
Hurd, state hudget director,
that consideration be given to a',
special appropriation tor tihe p«»l«i
It was estimated that «7,O00,O0<)
would have to be ear-marked from;
state funds for Oie eliffilhaiUto Jtfb.
K waa noted that nearly all tiia.'
$300,000,000 €!onstltUti(»ial bond Is­sue
to pay for autaiorlssed eUniinik-^
tions lias been committed—tihl tek-sipeqmi
elimination |iiroji»:tno^. un­derway
being among the last. .
"There is ajgood diance/.^ .sald_
Winer, "if the legislature approvw _ .
at this session that tlie iwoiic can - ~
beguii. this, year- ^ l - o f the locaT, ^ ;
county and,stat«Ja)itojHdiJeaJ5j«lx-,,<^.,
ed'aJe' in agreement'its to'tKe nec]M-
"sity for early action on this long de-
Itwed project."-- • . • , ^
i
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Tllree Candidate Enter / .
Second Deputy's Race y
Through the annual eleo^on of
the. s*eepprt Rife .Beparti^St will
not lie Held until Thurs^x.^Ajall
p, the' CBiiipaign for t h / bfficse of
seoopd deputy chief-^s^ialready Itf
progress. ^
•nwee oandidaites have been en­tered
in the r«M» for the olHoe. They
afe-Bfjnald Mapersl«rgBr, of Truck
1, Donal^rMltt|ia<iier of Rose 2, and.
C3eot^ Swanof'Rose 1.
Plrst De^ty Chief ItTMikUa A.
Grempel iff due-to. beaavtooed to
deputy, succeeding John S. Marra,
and live present second deputy, Wil-'
Uam J. Ifoll; will be. moved up to
the.vaconcj' cieated .by Orompers
proRiotlcm.
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"ZIPPBB'S PH^RMACT " i . . -
avza ALL DjLT SCFNpAr
Zipper's Ftaarmocy, 51 - South
Oroire street, will remain open Sun­day
after the other druggists in
Preeport cjose at 3 o'clock. Ilie tele­phone
to Preep<^3-9?n_
|Xi8.^B(iii:81u^^ of Bialveipe,''<rl^t) president of On Sautfa.KaaOut.
GMicflllt Colil|«iiI, iiis«alied-;tbci new otticen of the Freeport Girl
0mi;Tefm'C«amdUMtiA-aiB ^iUaaan School i s ^ nlgbt. On the left
Is Alts. A, J. Mackenzie, nenly-efeefed vice-dudrmnti of the conunltteew
In tiie center Is Idrs. WUDazii J. lUartin, Jr., lAo wa» appointed to flB
out an nnexplred term l i ^ Summer and has Jnst been" re-elected chair-n^
n for 1953L " "P^-... . _. , ' ' Bagatelle Plioto
Freeport Withmt Oummm
For March Of Dirnes Drive
The Maroli olDJmealcampaien iffftefiport is hprneeEcratefc
from the headtplarters-of ;{Be" Nassau County tjhapter o£ the
.^rational Foundation for IniaiitiirPifapir5nTM|pc3BA^
It was foHitd impo^aiMe tci.|pid a Preeport resident who would
take the eteirmanshijr, it was announced this weelt More than
100 persons refnied to accept the post when it was offered Ihem,
^WI George Steveiwdn, the epuHty ohairman, said.
Appeals for «m,tt;Ita}ttionB - have
bsen lssued~flOTnlMinefla attd coin
ooxes are ^ I n g tJlaOed to stores,
l^ankfi and oilier: jpaBBcpMces also
by mcmbersjjf flie e o i i ^ jhaff..
Mrs. Willlain:.liernMtiui(_of Bald"
win, who ihas bee(n^(B^opJ..^h^^
for !F^eport for several years, has
consented to act ta a 'eimilar ^pa-city
during the current drive.
Tliree <^dren gave a Jebow in the
^rfi
liisanent of the home of Mr and
J«iB.;-!L. J." Newquist, 67 Whnley '
jBtreetj oh Sunday,^ at whieih .jQiey -
raised: $3 for-fhe Marcli.of Dimes.
Pert!cfpatia0 • were Gail and Jay
K6wijutet» Kltfy IPogb. Pamela BuUi-
•valn aad Woody iRutter.
A trio comprislns: Oall, Pamel^a
and Woody played tfbe vloUn 'and
cello and there also was a magic act.
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