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ITth Year, No. 41 FESEPORT, JS. y., THUESDAY, PBBB¥aRY 5, 1963 -^^aa JOTE OSMf S P«SB COtf
RESUME PAYINC TAXI!
i a r Would Extend
Paridng Meter rime
To 8 o'clock at Night
Traffic Circle Urged
At Merrick, Causeway;
Fire Damage $308,170
lSEtensioii_ of me opeTfttlan ot
parking meters until 3 o'clock at
alght, tnstead of only 1111*116 o'clock,
is recommended by Police OWeJ
I^ter Slar In his annual report tax
lB52|to the Village Board.
R« aUo advocates Che iiusbaVLaiUjOn
of paridng meters along Nottli Main
street from Brooklyn to Seaman
flveniies, on West Sunrise Hl^way
between Ocean and Long Beach
-aveimes.knd East Sunrise Highway
from Henry street to the village line.
The chief reconunends fuTtheT
that ofl-stneet paridng be created
on the State land Just east of Free-port
Creek and Sunrise Higfhway,
that the traffic "bottlenecks" on
both East and West Merrick road be
ellminaited bv either reatiictlng
parking or Uie widening of tlie
street, and- that the State be re-fluested.
to eilabllsli a "clover leaf"
at Men4ck road and Meadowlvoofc
-•Oatiseway -to, eUminaUj^cros^ traf-,
ijc:.' ;l . .-'..TrV"' "' " '.
A Frogram (qr Yonth
Getting away from traffic and
parking meters, Chief Elar suggests
that the VillaKe Board take advan^
(Continued on Page 15)
Rev. Pierce Greeted
At Chiirdi Reception
Transfigilfation PariA
Wdlcomes New Assistant
At Party Tuissday Night
A couple - hiBKlred pari^lcmera
gi«ted the Rev, Robert Mr Pierce,
•'vew -assistant Jsectw of Ifie- iTrans-ligunyticm
,SS>lscopal C<huM>, at a
feoepUoa given tn Us lumor Tues­day
njght fnim«l»tt» oWw**^
weif« .n1|peiwn&» i k « n ^ otJier
eJiiH&Bs/«asd anong the dergy-..
ftSga j^0%$&xizHe(l ^the new inlnteter
•to ;Rreep«*"was lEaWbl ^EteiflisifjM.
'"-':Qa ttieTecelrt}g.JlJie'. wne^-pittfani
..JB.j.Smi1§,,5enlot ,waiae»,^^^ra «lt^
troduoedh the-memibeis siwi feilesta
to WCr.- Flefce.
CoIf«e, t«a msA cakes were served
ttiTotillib.out tlie evening by mejinters
of the iLidles Guild. Mrs. caeveJand
3?. Pratt, MIS. B . V. Holland, Mrs,
' I.- B. SmlUl, MIS. i1ran3c S. Snede-kKr',
Mrs. Arthur D. Ehner, Mrs.
Rosalie H. Earl, Mrs,' Eklwai>d F.
lJoen« and Mrs. B*ed Rrankel
potEPed.
In charge of «h6 WttJUen'Were
Clayton C Biieeai, chsliimen; Mr.
and Mm. <3«orge W. Bates, JanMS
Stanw, Arria E. NoidstrMn, Mzs.
WUUam fDokper, Bftrs. BcaiiEl, Jean
{•rankel, Ifleanor' Snedetker, Iiynn
W^iigh ttwd Payton *are.
Murray Sets U|j $5,000 Qoal
For Freeport's Scout Drive
Ian J. Marruy, chairman, has Hct $5,000 as the goal foi- FVec-pidt
in the Boy iSeout's 1953 finance campaign; whicli will bi;
started Sunday and concluded a week- later. Mr. Murray also
announeed he was being handicapped by a lauk of workers aiid
appealed for volunteers to assist i n t i i e drive.
Betty
M
Himtoon Wins
ion Grade Contest
Atkinson School Pupil
Takes Veterans' '•Prize •
In Annual Competition
.Betty (luntoon, of Om Atidnson
School reciting "What Is Liberty?"
won the elementary school prl»6
speaking contest sponsored by Wil­liam
Clinton Story Post, American
Alan Waltens of Ooliimlms Avenue
Legion, In the Preeport High School,
took second honors, for tola "You
Are tlie Hope of the WoeW."
The otJier ccwipetltors were Ko-'
bert Hlll«a-y, Cleveland Avenue, "The
Amerlcajn Way;"-Bonnie Comrle,
Arclieo- street. "I Believe In Ameri­ca,"
and Ellen Vladimir, Bayvlew
AvenitcilJChank^ao^-itOT^'ATOcClca.;
£ach ro&iVed"* bronze-TOedai em'
plamatlc of the school champion­ship,
while Betty was presented a
gold medal and Alan ono of sUver.
wailam W. Davis, who orlgh&tcd
the eleai«itary school contests while
comana«r of Btory Post II years ago,
was honoMd. A scroll, given In ap­preciation
of his efforts hi tlie fur-
Oieraace of the teaching of Ameri­canism
-In the s<^ool system was
preseqjad him by Or. John W. Dodd,
chalniian of ^merloanlsm for the
Legion and superintendent ,• of
scihools. Principal William S. Hnghes
of the Atkinson Sdiool was eo-chairman
of fihe event.
There were resnarks by Dr. Dodd
md greetfags by Harry J. Chiilsano,
eomander of Stoiy.Post. Music was
.provided by the elementary school
band, and there was sin^ng by the
glee clubs of the Oolnmbus" Aveaaev
Archer Street, «oid Atkinson School
Olee eaubs. ' /^ :
__'Lefl. F., Glhlyja. presidei^t of the'
Boafd ot Bduoatlott, m eihainnan of
the JukSes ,a!maidod -,.tl»6 jmedais,.
other' JtKtees .•were. Mr. <ajij|«uiOi
•Mrs. Robert .iBlimtoier,.presldiBnt-(g
aie_ i«ta>n":3WDflMitWf;:' 'te'^Davfi,
sabstlfcat&^: for tte. Be*. John P.
X»rab, jwho could not be present, and
J. Wesley Soutaiard, principal Of
Freeport High Sdhool.
A special gifts committee compris­ing
Paul Kelly, Village Trustee Wil­liam
P. Qlacken, Wiiliam J. Mar­tin,
Jr., and Cyrii O. Ryan Is .seek­ing
advanced donations to the fund,
and IMlltoa Danarger; iffMUler ave­nue,
heads the Solicitation In the
business area and is already at
work.
The bulk of the money is expected
to be raised in the house-to-house
.canvass which is to lie conducted on
one day, Sunday, Pebpiary 18. All
workers -are to gather for breakfast
at a place to be announced later; at
the conclusion of which they will
start on their rounds of the^ village.
Four committees, each beaded by
a chairman, have been named to
work in the NorOieast, Northwest,
Southwestr. and Southeast. They
comprise:
Northeast sectlon^^ co-chalrmpn,
Arthur R. MuUer, 42 Jc5.<;c street;
Wlllard P. Evans, 34 Unlon^.street;
:^ ,RoJ>e«t^,P,',JMiigilii«flt,<.$?.East-Jia«ton
i'--]s&eett' William E.''Crevolserat; 45
Lakeyljiw avenue^ Horth'Wfst, Van
Baar' Brown, 20 Beverly- Pkway;
Mr. Kelly. 113 West Sunrise High.
way; WilHam Devlin, IW North
Ocean avenue"; Aagelo Amatulli, 113
(Continued on Page 4)
Becker Will Install
Republican Oub Officers
Congressman Prank. J. Becker Is
coming from Washington to offi-.
elate at the • Installation . of Presi­dent-
elect Gordon Simonson and
other, officers „oiE-»-thc Preeport Be-publican
Club next Wednesday
night at 8:30 o'clock In the Elks
clubhouse. Mr.' Slmoiison Will suc­ceed
Julius L. Birgenthal, who has
served two years as president of the
club. Robert D. Campbell is chair­man
of tee committee of arrange­ments.
S Past Presidents
tAthenaMeeting
Many Guests Witness '
Presentation of Play
In Atkinson Auditorium
Eight of-•the surviving 13 past
executives of the Athena Club an4
heads M numerous, local orfanlaa-
JJon^' or, ..ihelr. ^presentatlves at-given,
by the club In the auditorium U ^ i ^ r t t r Dpxsee -beloYe Mr. Wyef
of the Atkinson School Monday Upoi5e.;Towii\ Oouarilman Desmond
'**'f5."°°^- . . c .- :f ^ .^ J. DrlsoheU M Baldwin-ftlao Bpb)i5,
They were _ entertained by Ih^lj^igUy- i^ '' , ; "\i.:'j:C'',~~^^
l™r •tffrv HarW-.V tav SliUUn Jfihnsan i n-i..- »..-I. ii.,.^ , v. . JET'S..-,.._ V
Trustee Addressef
Joint Meeting At
BadwuB on Monday
Wyer Says'Peniisylfaiiia"
May Regain &>iitfbl of
• Property it Abandoned
A statement that &i,i' Long Is- '
land Rail Road may soop be In a
position to resMhe paying taxes to:
She.local governments was made by
Wimam Wyer, .trustee of the rail-road,
in an address'at Baldwin High
School Monday night under -the
Joint auspices of the Baldwin Civic ,
Association and Baldwin Board of
Trade,
The attendance at the msrtlng
proved disappointing to its spon­sors
as only alxiut 200 were present; '
including a garoup of Baldwlii higih
schoot -sttedents.—~ ::•- .• .•
Memhfera of the Preeport Village
Board Accompanied by Village Coun­sel
Martin H Weyrauch and Vil­lage,.
Treasure! Gordon Slmon-wn
t^&pe-gitestE at the meeting and a
tet'eti address .wda made by Mayor
...._..>,.
Brooklyn Law Firm
Opens Freeport Office
The . law firm- of Barosh, CSood-steln
and Shapiro of 44 Court street,
Brookly, has opened a f^-eeport of­fice
ait 7^A RaUroad avenue, where
it will also engage In real estate, in­surance,
accounting and taxes.
Maabers of the f tan are Seymour
Barash, W4 West Lena Avenue; Ja.
cob N. Shapiro, 132 Pearsall avenue,
and Sidney <S<Sodst«In of East M«8.-
dow- They were established about
,tj»ree years jgo. "and as all are; resi­dents
of liasSaU Couilty. idecMed to
establish the locar nfflee. . _ _
WWiiWjUr. BarsipiTand Mr, Good-*
«tS!n~lfe: .{Q the praotlce of law^^
Mr. ^|plH»_r|sJ».ljftndle ••Che,^oth«
WaSiW^ iiidertakeni by„ tJS firm.
Post Office t<» Qose
FoFlAacoln's Birthday
The Btaepdrt'Po^ .OfiEiidiS-^SSill'
be idosed at 12 o'clodc nooh.cui
- Uncola's 'Bicms&%ThmsAWtV?'i>'
-..^spuaagr. .12. JjB.B^r canlers will make
one delivery of mall to all sections
of tihe village an dspeclal delivery
. .aiatter-wfll be deUvwed isjyaselwd:
Libi*aiy'8 Circulation
Up 10,729 Last Year
Circulation of an materials, booka,
perlcjdlcals, films, pamphlets, rec­ords
and pictures durti% 1S52 total­ed'tS9,44
«JMrs.- laizabeth"!'.' KieMy,
dtoectof of the PreopOTt Memorial
•Library, • announced 'In ber armaal
report. Tlils figure topped ttiat for
the prlvtois year by 10,129.
Mrs. Kelly's report re^iaM thait
la spite of competition with TV «oii
dntsld? Interests, Preeport library
ijaSmbers borrowed 4'3M phonograph
records, ;lihe second. JWghest .^IgMije
In .^p'l^tar's .l»ls.torx, j
• 1982'wib'lt" Tear of flrala at yree-*
'port.; -The ••newly''''a«5ttlretf JJBQ<4-
imij^B drfulated .2,711".bo4ks' lii^a
:perioa or;'flye"w«els'at,tIie'-cnd'dl
'^p ',ytxtl; "Mdt^^,'"^im- also ^ttie.
first yestf the .library .r.really '•Wes^i
.tetOr-Pie..^bS|fei8i.W.itoMW«' fflmfi,
to • 'mw>ii6wiS', • ioai' :wei«' :clr|iaaliei'
iipt'V«y'EariS-.y'i^ Piimlp johngon
and Howard Agg with jnsrpbers of
the Drama Departmant comprismg
the cast directed- by Mrs. Oaswen
Speafe. Partlcipaata were Mrs. John
R. Hibbard, Mrs. Rlohard S,^..JB6aia,
Mrs. Alfred C. Mahlan, Mrs. Rob-ert-
N. Fillmore- and Mrs. Oectrge W.'
Parrtngton, Jr. The settings were by
Mrs, J. Wesley Southard, Jr., arid
Mrs. John Omen, the department
chainnan. Mrs. Parrtngton is 00-1
chairman.
At a business meeting biefow the
program,, Mrs. Paul Wilson, Mrs.
Theodore M. Lang,, Mrs. Philip.J.
Lang, Mfs. Delmar EMlfty, Mrs. O.
Curtis Pulton, Mrs, Allan Comrte
and Mrs. Donald Comrle were wel­comed
as members, Mrs. Norman
Glthens was .reinstated as a pem-ber.
'
•Mrs. GeraM L. Uracil, the presi­dent,
greeted the guests of the-day.
Past Presidents in attendance
ftere MrSf Komer l... Bartlett, Mrs.
W. BflimW, '-M^s^C]Ieolf|;;JflJaas?,.
•fto«,K,.'Mi|i,..,.loBn.. Lo WV*MS;- Hipold-:
• •"' "loffliMul?'- on „_Pag» i'y
Freeport Polio Frni^ Drwe
Beadinji in The Leader that no one would accept the chair­manship
of the March.of Dimes in l<Veeport, Eussell 'll. Appier,
263 South Main street, a newcomer to toism, volttnteercd to MrK.
Oeorge A. Ktevenson, the oodnty chairman, to take over the
jiib. lie was received with open arms and has started on a be­lated,
hut lie hopes successful, campaign to raise $7,500 before
the drive, which has tikin tixtended t h r ^ weeks^ eoine»to..a,cloBft-,
,' Mr. Appier explained -thftii'iad^V ' —^ ^ "'
the clrcmnstances he would 6e mk-able
to W ' u p the usual machinery
for such a campaign and expressed
the ihope residents of Preeport would
make .iitoii.$ask easy -byr-sendlng-
Eheoks.ttf WmathisUome or to, the
office ofr^JfiTNas^au Oqunty -CJhap-ter.
National Poundatlba lor ..Ih-fautUe
Paralysis, 1514 PraaMia
"avenue*, ••Mineola'. • : ' ';
The local liiaiTafan moyed to
Freeport from Mlneola only last
li'ovember. He is an accountant,
tniember of the Junior "Chamber of
Commerce, active in Boy Scooting
.ind his two hobbles are loe skating
and Indian lore. He pikrtkipated to
tUe Hollywood Use Revile lo Madi­son
Square Garden on Monday and
Tuesday night. ,.' >
Mr. Appier to^ Just been.appolpt-
«4 Boy Scopt conunlsslonfir in tafts
l?^eport area of the Meadowbrpok
Qistrtet of the Nassau Ceunt$
(OdiliujU. B« reports Jtodlng" Swut?
Ing at a low ebb in this ^ectlon and
hopes to be able to revive Interest
V»ld,' him' that any hind^ raielvei .
from thq sale ol the I/>ng Island
Rail Road's Rockaway ijijes should
be used to clear up tax arrears. He
said he Is - negotiating with New
York Olty authorities to se§ If the
tax arrears oatmot be settled for a
portion of taie wnount flue and that
If any ap^ement is reached the
same ~ ratio of tiax arrears will be
paid to.aU.toitf Island villages and
units of government to which the
railroad is Indebted for .taxes. He
(Conthjued on' Page 3)
Bill Dodd Piling Up
Ne'MrScoring-Jlecon]
Pre^rt'8-BlU iwdd, leading sciir-eif
of'&e''Wlgite'^aigtetball' feain,
passed the 200-polnt*mark- for the '
season liii'hen'., ^lje_ scoredH-TJ-joints '
•Tiiesday i3lSt-"'for-tlie.Iip-StaterB
plated Pordham. In the Bronx gym-
'nttsium... ..' . .."•
- X^Kidd- 4uid unaased .. 103 points
=when aie first-jlvalf;ior- the-;H!a.son
.wou3KL-.iiip._as M"e^-CIiJri!;tmaa"Tiolf-
.fe&.Jttrted and Wesjaay' iilgM's-
^aDiesI marked . tho v. beginning. •. 'of;.
the; final half of-tJtie: schedule. His
total Is now 209. -'""•
"'Dodd, who needs oiily 20 points to
Ixi&k the coveted 1,000 point mark-lor
three varsity seaic^tis, is averag-.
Ing 16 points a famo-and has been
to.douBr« fttwrealn each contest to
date. Incidentally the, only other
player to break the l,0£|0,mark was
Smie Vandfeweghe of Ooeanslde
who chalked up 1,404 in .four varsity
iseasQDS.; •• -
•B>p.point production in .a single
game for Dodd came at Yale three.
jWeelcs ago *hen he hit for 29 points
on nine flild goals and 11 foul
shots.
ate is the son of Superiatfinden.t
and Mrs. John W. ©odd and started
cai Ws r o ^ to fame.on the basket-
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»E6KHABI)'a.PHASMACir'
OPEI* ALL DAY SUNDAY
Bemliard's Pharmacy, 54
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west
in tlie work for boys, by establishing Merrl^ck road, is bq remain open Sun-moio
troops that Will open Scout.* day' ikfter the .o'tl)er druggists in"
lag to lads for whom there are. n^ Preeport close at 2 o'clock. Tele-,
fftcillUes at thla time. phones are i^eeport 8-7838^783?,
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