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IBtli Year, No. 4 PREEPOBT, NEW YOEK, THWESDAY, MikY 20, IflM *®»> FWE CENTS PEE COPY
Conunnnity Concert
Association Waging
Campaign This Wed
1,000 Manibers Sought
To Assure Good list
Of Events Next Season
Workers of the Freeport Oom-miinlty
Concert Association are opt
this week endeavoring to enroll 1,000
members, so as to have funds with
which to provide four of the best
concerts possibie for the 1954-55
season.
The campaign started Sunday.
afternoon when the leaders and
canvassers were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. WilUatn J. Martin, ST.,
at a tea In their home in Massa-peaua,
Mm. Martin, the president,
gave a pep talk In which she said
the goal of 1,000, the capacity of
the Freeport High School audl-toriuin,
where the concerts are
given, must be reached to provide
a high quality of talent far the
concerts.
Mrs. Arnold E. Sylvester, general
campaign chairman, also spoke.
Several representatives were pres­ent
from adjacent communities
where memberships also are lieing
sought.
A musical program also was pro-
." vlded^^Fhrst there were selections by,
'•-•-fi • tHo>«-cdmf»rtgtoB^?ltel*SpvSt«
Violinist; Robert /Sylvester. '0811181,
with Mrs, Helen EHJott at the
piano. Jameis DeJesu of Baldwin,
played clarinet solos and his wife
piano selections.
Announcement was made that if
persons desiring to Join the asso­ciation
were not reached by worlc-ers.
they might go to campaign
headquartei-s -In the office _ of the
Freeport Federal Savings &, Loan
A,s.sociation on West Sunrise Hlgh-wa.
v. where Mrs. Daniel Prtedman
(Continued on Page 9)
Memorial Day Chairman Two Qroups Suggest Village
Dispose of Municipal Stadium
I n response t o a lettfer from the 8oiitli%vest Civic Assoi'iatioii,
t h e Village Board a t its meetlnp: Moiulay iiisht in the Municipal
Building decided to study the advisability of .selling the Muni­cipal
Stadium. In the oommunii'.atir)ii (.'x>iTesiK)rnliti|ir Setrptiiry
Alliprt Marmon contended the Staiiiuni was being run at a loss
while it might be tiiKposed of for a hu'KC amount of money to the
julvantaire of the laxpayers.
SAMUEL D. OEKBER
SRmuel D, Gerber. as chairman of,
Uif hi Ivor's Memorial Day Com-1
mil tee. will preside at the exercises'
to be held in the Municipal Stadium •
M.-!idH.v at 11 o'clock foHowlnR the]
paiadc tliraugli the principal sti-eets
of the village. The address will be
given bg Mayor William F. Glecken.
Mayor WUliam P. Olacken direct­ed
Mrs. Alice Anderson, executive
secretary of the Board, to make a
study of outstandfni contmcts to
concessionaires to ascerlnln how
long they had to run before replying
to the communication. He remarked
thnt the Stadium might be A sell­ing
point to a large corporation
having a sports program which
jnight be Interested in afcquiring the
large area to the south which the
Board is desirous of selling,
The Northwest Civic As.sociation
ha.s taken action concerning the
Stadium .similar that of the South-
Boys' Club Members
On Ebbets Field Show
Tliree members of the Freeport
Police Boys' Club pBrticipated in the
Happy''Felton television show at
Ebbets Field Sunday afternoon. The I
event was arranged by Patrolman i
Joe Romeika as one of his last {
official acts as director of the club. |
The trio comprised John Ca-pozzoli,
managed by Pati-oiman
Bomelkfl; Richard Wahlgreh by
WUliam Wlllmott, and Bruce
Fallon Seeks Permit
For, .Bulkhead and Pi|«s
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Applltsatlon has been mad? to the
.Army Bngineers by Frank A. Pallon,
1076 South Grove street, to construct
s Ijulkhead, place fill and Install
piles In Woodeleft Bay. .,
., ...l.Th^ fippUcnnt -proposes to ;con-itnlct
a pile R^d.timber Ijulkheai
iyjpi»atoflt8ly.j|00Je^l^^
.iop 'elevaliim'""W''atiout"-"-Ioir feet
above -mean hfeh water, ^BiB ^ta~
posed huHchead Is. to-hs-on a Une
with an exlBting bulklwad to ttie
north aad aboiir 13 ifeet shoreward
fit an ejdstlng buliftead to the
south. It is also prtqjosed to inEtall
a row of 10 mooring pUes about 10
feet on centers a s d 20 feet obanad-vmxS
of the prcqios^d hulKhead. The
tops of the proposed piles are to be
a.t an elevation of 7.5 feet above
..,. jnfcan..hlgh .•w.ftter,.i;^e.,aBel|eai3|,-^l#p,
•proposes to place fUl shoreward of
t|je pptfljosed bulfehead.
Any criticisms or proteits"fefatd-
Ing the proposed work, from the
standpoint of navlgatlaa, .should' be
submitted to the Dorps of E^^Uie^rs.
'' 80 Lafayette street, SiS^iiImttsn,
prior to May 24, othErwlsB it 'wfll
be presumed that there are no oh-
Jeotlons. ,
Board Will ii|force
l ^ | ^ n i i . l i w ^^^_
' Centeil P.-T. A. Council.
Calls Attention To
Recent Legislation
Mayor William F.- Olacken pledged
the 'ViUage Board at its meeting
Monday night jn the Municipal
Building to do all in its power to
take advantage of legklation re­cently
enacted in Albany to ellmi-tiate
the sale of indecent literature
in local stores.
He made the plediie after the
reading of a letter from the Central
pouncil of Parent-Teacher Asso­ciations
'requesting the Board t<^
exercise the power conferred on 1'
by the- legislation which was spon­sored
by Assemblyman Joseph -Car
lino of Long Beach. Mayor Olacken
said he wag not acquaJhteil wItK Ifie '
contents of the legislation, btlfc that
action would be take lust_as soon
~as the bill could, be studied and the
steps t o be 'taken irore .deterinlned-
. A. reeomiaenaraHon- of IS^loe Chief
Peter Mar that .•"Mo:fa.rking!L.steOJ
ije'teiiallBd'W-feefftbai-'iffii-coMttr';
of North Main street and Ledaard.
avenue to faeUltate the,,passage of
the tenck of Hose Co. S, oh I*onaEd
avenue, was adopted."
"Hie Board also authorized the"
Installation of a street light on Ray
street, between South Main and
, (Continued on Page 9)
wefst group.
in another communication the F'^n'tlln by Sergt. Raymond Knipe,
Southwest Civics urged that some-, With Jake Pltler. coach of the
thing be done to prevent realty de- ' Dodgers and Peewee Reese, the
velopers from parking trucks con-[captain and shortstop, as judges,
taining arrows pointing to their they were put through batting,'
projects at busy street corners. Trus- snaring fungoes and digging up
tee Seward J. Baker suggested It grounders. GapozzoU was ruled- the
might he well to require companies j ^^^st player. As a reward he and .his
engaging in this: practises to have) father returned to Ebbets Field
an attendant jiaJUifi_tfi«!k at all, .TuciidBy nlgHt tft .afllaess the con-times
' ^^^^ hetween the Dodeers and Utp
Theodore-O. Rice, 584 South Long '• ChicaRo Cubs. The lad also had a
Beach -avenue, and Irving August, chn< ^'U' ^"V Campanell», the ^
584 South Ix>ng Beach avenue, re- Brookl.vn calchei-. and I'cceived a,
quested the Board to have a laf- basebnll nutogniphcd by all (.he
teral sewer laid along-that street Dodgers.- ,,
connecting present .»wers at ./idams' Each oi tne trio on Sunday wa.-ii
and Front streets,'a distance of 800 given ii $5 bank account in a Brook-!
feet. They explained that when lyn savings bank, a second ba.5e-^
sewer.s were installed there were no. mnn'.'i inlt, a bat and n Bi'ooklyn
iiiiini Pond Tract
Under Consideratioii
As High School Site
liiblyn I ells Southwest
Board is Studying Other
Places for New Building
' Leo P Glblyn. president of the
Freeport Board of Education, re­vealed
last week that the MUburn
Pond tract between Sunrise High­way
and Merrick road at the Free-port-
Baldwin boundary Is under
consideration as a new high school
site.
Mr. Glblyn made this admission '<
during the question period after he
had addressed the Southwest Civic
Association Tuesday night. May 11,
on matters pertaining to the Free-port
schoolfl. He answered In the
affirmative when Herbert Bond
asked U the Mllburn Pond tract
were under consideration (or t!:!s
purpose. *
"The property Is one of the sites
being considered for a high schoo!,
but some problems will have to be
solved before definite steps are
takem" Mr, Glblyn replied, saying
he could add nothing to' Uift state-
•ment..at..-thls. MmBf-^JHowever, he
comn^nted, thai other .sites tmdei
consideration involved .: rdeveloped •
properties the cost of which would
take hundreds-of tttppaanda-of-doi-lars
to acaulre'tdKlnff largre swiis. of/
the tax rolls and still not be laigc
enough -to give Freeport the size
a plot It should have. Tlie Mllburn
tract is 27 acres In area. It wa.s iw-tContinued
on Page 12> cap.
Scene at Poppy Drive Opening
oanDBBITK'S -BrnjO BIOWBB
OPEN AM, DAir Bmmxg
Chuhbuk's Drug Btose, Bimtb Sfain
street at Sunrte highway. -wUl r e ­main
open untU Stinday n i g b t ,^
10 o'clock after tbe other {AanBo-eists
in ^reeffart closef during ttie
altemotm. "Hie tei^hdne is I*re«
port 9-83|8.^
Contununity Council's
Annual Meeting Tuesday
. . T h e mnmljaeMW m4 election
of olBcers of the Freeport Commu­nity
..,£lffiro,Bft«3itft.,A$t~M4JS~jBlfc
Munlclpsl-SuIMlitg.FTuesday night
at 8:16 o'clock: Executive members
of the OouncU also will be elected.
Standing Committees will submit
their annual reports.
Caps. Michael Spark, local In-spec!
tor of the VS. 8. Marine Corps,
vUl lead a dJscosslOiU hetween re?
serve officers In the Freeport area
and parents of future service men.
Inhere will be a presentation of ccm-struction
plans for the, new Marine
Corps faciUtles In fAeport. The
proposed revision of the Ifreft laws
and armed forisBS reserve act wili.be
discussed,
-Bussetl £. Botaling is m charge
of toe .pragram. MSs. M^bel Battln
is president of ttie CouhcIL
Judge fCane Addresses
iBaldwin Voterf League
Mrs, H. C. Williams of 128 Norlh
Bergen place and Mrs. Ed-ward Miil-zone
of 92 Wilson place, both. of
Freeport. s|XJkc at the meeting of
the Baldwin League of Women
Voters Tburtiday night.
Membei-s wlio have participatfri
in a serieis of workshops on the I' .H
jirogram of technical assistance un­der
the tr.N,-.r.eported on the vari­ous
."specialized agencies. iSIrs, Lifii
Ray. Call was chairman.
Several' members -of ohe Baldwin
League recently a||e|idcd the aii-_
.nuai.,County.i*agu£J(uijebeoii.jit-.|l.ic";
Swan Club, Qlenwood Landing,"
where thejr beflr^iJudge-"Kathieen
-Katie; flrbt vfemsdzi^ lie appointed -
District Cour't Judge of Naasau^
County Judge Kane dlseussed the
role ai women in politics. "
Bagatelle Photo
Left to right Mr. Clayton of WGBB," l>an Weller of Meadow
Brook National Bank and Mrs. Edward S. Martin, publicity and
radio' chairman of Nassau County Lepion Auxiliary at. formal
openmg of 1954 poppy drive with "broadcast, Little Diane Martin
Na'ssaa County Poppy Queen, is sho«Ti below. ^
Durtngr the broadcaat Mrs. Joseph ' » —
EJein, of Glen We&H, county cb^lr-man,
and tUaae pUfesested popples
to Jtoyor WilUiun P. Glacten repre-s^
tlng; Preepc^t. Sheriir H. iUfred
Tollmer, tbe cooaty, aod a repre-sentatiTe
of Mr. and lAn. Cord
Vlebrock, Gold Star Father and
Mother. FoUowjng the broadcast tbe
Freeport AuxixUory was host to
representatives of other units at
a. receplion to the -Dugout. In the
(Continued on Page 41
Mercy League To Fete
Freeport Class of 1929
As an "innovation, the Freeport
Mercy League is to give a dance on
Saturday night. May 29, In honor of
the Freeport High School class of
1928, which was graduated 25 years
'ago} • It""wUi" ''l>e"held^ In' "Ihe "SbuUi
Shore Yacht Club. Mrs. TuUlo
Fiiarda heads the committee of ar-rrangemerits,
which is made up of
the meiftbers of the board*Df di-rftftoifBi
Music win be provided by Paul
Muro, an .alumnus of the Freeport
Bigb Sclwwl, and ills orchestra..
A feature will lie a dance contest
the Judge? for which will l>e Thomas
liockhart, a local resident and one
of tbe Mariners on the Arthur
Godfrey show, with his wife, the
four Cordettes of ^the Kobert ,A.
Lewis televMon show, Bilayor 'Wll*-
ham F. Glacken and Judge PsiU
Kelley, ' , ,
If this year's'dance Is a success,
in 1955 the JJeagiie will Kn&r the
class of .1830;'-' • ' • " - . v " .'.'-"•'"":;':.
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