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19th Year, No. 43
"FRIEPORT'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER"
FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
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FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 195S
FIVE CEMTS PER CdPf
Gerber Takes Office
In Republican Chb;
Patterson Officiates
Both Vollmer and Bedell
Endorsed By Sprague;
100 Seek Membership
speaking at the Installation of
officers of the Preeport Republican
Club Friday night in the BIks oJub-housfi,
J. Russel Sprague, Nassau
County leader, endorsed previous
bids for the nomination of Freeport's
two county orflce holders for re­election
next November. They are
County Comptroller Theodore Bedell
and Sheriff H. Alfred Vollmer. He
also paid tribute to Robert D. Camp­bell
deputy Welfare Commissioner,
who presided over the Installation,
and to G. Burchard Smith, the
county attorney, as outstanding in
their respective offices.
Presiding Supterisor A. Holly Pat­terson
ofadated as the tostafltae
offleer tor thft.dUftrirhB^aherti'r
ilift: Republfcftn RiBiiwfls. jmMMS^it
tor Wie first titaiiiB-it'JoIi»t"tUtfalr. •
TElhe club Is Btaritag Its new year
Vollmer. speaking for Marton Pree-tn
ft most Busplcl6us way. Sheriff
Ian, raeJttberslil]* chairman, an­nounced
B5» naeinbere had paid thebr
dues and handed Sainuel D. Gerber
the incoming president appllcationB
of 100 peraonsJor i»emi»Brs»|lp that
had bee n w i r t d ^ i , ^ t h e Freepoirt I
"etepiwnt',.wWch;'jiH>^'a- ihoitth''l»
". HemjWteatf.' fi^'#tai*i«4^^to oipi,
slainptog groundj tite ottjciate .Ito^fr]
fdr the rest of WM yisa.'
After PiBst Presltlfent CatnpbpH had
had 55alM the meeting, to order,
OfertJTide BeyennaH sang tliie- Na­tional
Anthwn. The tostaJlatlons
Idltowed and Preaid|iit Qerber de­livered
hJs.j«!eep.t«iice speech. Mr.
- Campbell' theo-pcf«rted. .niunerous
. I ' • (G6rittntii#oii*Ta«rti..-. .
New Club President
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Freeport Civil Defense Unit
Alerted For Saturday Test
, H u g•h E r w i n.,' d i r t ' c- l"o"r o" •f »C"i , i l Deli-iKSO ill F r c fDo r l . Iliis
wcc-k m i a o u n c w l p l a n s for Ihe Civil Defrii.sc lrainiii|r pxei-
SASniEL D. GER8EK
S5iKPE»*8_'jfi|AHliaB1f " " -•-'-'
OPEN AU, DAT jSmSAAY
. Zlppet^B--Phannwr, South Orove
and Pine streets, wtll remain open
Sunday night uattt 10 o'dock after
the other dmeglists ta Freeport close
during the afternoon for the d^-y.
Ills'telephone Is FjreelKbrt S-944».
Carnuchaei Re-elecled
By Diocesan Union
Holy Bedeemer it. C. Church, who
lias- served as a delegate to Ube
Diocesan Union since 193a. was re­elected
at the annual meeting held
In Brooklyn on Sunday. He is also
to be honored during the year with
others for having belonged to the
society half a cfentury, he having
Julned the ItN&, to MassaBhuBetis
Ijf 1905 stoortly after he was gradu­ated
from high school,
• The_.^:'r3dl iimnal'^ meeting -was
opened' in Oir 'Lady itf Beluee
CSmrch, Flatbush aVeHue, Brooklyn,
when the delegates attended mass st
10 o*clock and partook of Holy
CoMimunion, The mass was eele*
hrated by Mon& ttrocla F. Con­nolly
the pastor and diocesto di­rector
of Holy Name • Bo^etlfe.
BreaWast was served at"the Blvoll
where t h e elecstlon was held, T t e e
Were addre^es tqr I t a i s . CSororally
a i d J. l S w f f i # ~ McGrdlwy; ••»•
Bnxddsrn atKHmey.
Mons. ConnoUy reappctoied Jo­seph
V, Roberts of Floral Park pres­ident,
while Jcrtjn MacOready of
Port Washington was named the
Nassau County vlce-presldeanl. All
other officers were re-elected.
Buses will be required to stop but
passengers will be permitted to re- j
main I n their seats.
AuxUlary FoUce, members of the
tH>Uce Department ^andiVlfardens iai;e
itieeta..of children.-, ^ ' ^ . -— "'
• Arm Bands should l>e worn Uy all
, , . . . . . . , . , ^ . . I ll
f i s t ' s orderetl bv tlit' S t a t e for
unit will p a r t i t i p a t c.
The following is the time table |
for the Test: I
10:00 A.M.—Test Warning fRedi
9:30 A.M.—Test Warning (Yellow)
10:15 A.M.—AU Clear (White)
At the Red Signal «3 Minute
Warning of Siren) the public will
be required to take shelter. All
automobile traffic, except fimergenoy
yehlcles such as police and fire
cars, ambulances, physicians or
other vehicles responding to emer-geijcy
calls will be reijulred to halt
at the curb.
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Salurdtiy, in wliich the Icicsil
Peterson Low Bidder
On South Grove Drive
The John C. Peterson Corporation,
of Baldwin, with $26,524.25, sub­mitted
tlie lowest of seven bids re­ceived
far the construction of the
South Grove Street Drainage sys­tem
at the meeting Monday night.
As the village engineers estimated
the cost of the project at 130,000, if
the Peterson corporation re(seives
the contract it will be approximately
$3,500 under the estimate.
Other bids were as follows: Zarra
Construction Co., HickBvlUe, $28,-
06530; Lizza & Sons, Oyster Bay,
Cheshire and Lang
Placed on Ticker-
Baker Wi Retire
Irving Grebinar Named
For One-Year Temi;
Doxsee Heads Patty
with the selection or a slate, cir­culation
of nomlnatlnB petitions,
adoption of a platform and the
opening of headquarters at 15 West
Sunrise Highway, the campaign of
the Unity Party got into full swing
this week with indications It would
have the field to Itself at the Vil­lage
Election on Tutsday, March
15,
No rumors of an opposition party
had bean heard. So with the last day
for filing nonUnatlonB, Monday. Feb­ruary
28, only elwen dBya off it
seemed certain the election would be
Just a formality. However, CMnpnlgn
MaO^ger Robert 6. Preyer and lite •.,
r e , detc»TOjLnMjto_,^go.;^ J
^i
aica were
«1 $45,272.50, and CoiMsowl Water s u p - p i r ! ; . __ „ ^ ,
5 6 - » ; , WBWtagh. *M,S«,eo. Decision of Trustee Scwjird J.
lUe Peterson, Burro aJid ttsoa / ^ " " " ^ *«* retlMi: to»nt of«(Je aftei-
Headquarters C o m m u ' n I c a -|bWs were referred to the village !*'* y ™ " on fee board ^ u e to tUa
{ton Center in the Municipal Build-I engineer for study and report. /coatentton Jt ••has meant »^,siicri-ing
Will be manned.
The Eadlo Roona and Mobile
Units will report to their pests prior
to 10 AM.
Civil Defense personnel who are
to participate in the local physical
demo.nstratlon wiU report for diity
^ directed, e.g., Medical, BadJo.
Ootnuiuhlcatlons. ' .
Chamber Postpones Meeting
UntilAhoutMiMleOf March
The Board of Directors of Ihc Freeport Chamber of
' Commerce lias annouiic<;d Uie'postponement of its General
Menibei-ship Meeting schethiled for February 16 to a|)proxi-niutely
March 16. The exact date of the meeting will be
amiounved as soon as plans huve been completed. Tlic de­cision
was made ijecatise of conflicts with other Important
community pro|edls.
As a result, the selection of a win
Boy Scout Drive Ww^ters
Report $1,200 Received
Keporta BUbnJtted by workers In
the Boy Scout fund ralrtng at the
weeldy gathering in the office of
•fitdge Paul Kelly,' the cttalnnian,
Monaa];' night showed contributions
M»tt9gJJ»?.?JU ready in hand, Itols
Is more than a third of the $a,S(»
((ttota assigned Freeport with "two
weeks,to wind Up the drive.
Numerous district captains re­ported
their aides did not want to
Vive any figures unttt they had fin­ished
the areas to which they are
worldng. Judge ^Uy expected t h it
at the next repoift meeting In bts
office Monday night wouW show the
drive was approaclilng its goal.
HobeKt- S.McIipllao, chairman of
special gifts reportei receipts of
about $900.
Roosevelt Garden Qub
Flower Show Tonight
The Boosevielt ORrden Club will
hold a small fjower sjtowjwnJght in
oonnectliHi «dtli its i^uiaS'!inee.ti._
tag m the OrttehJ^W Ay*!f«fft^**<>P!:'
Three arrangement *<teiip' -att^'
listed: a dry arransemenC a'patli-otic
arrangement, and an arraflfe-mant
in which materials and con­tainer
cost one dollar or less] Mrs.
r^ed Morris WH Judge and instruct
Mrs. Leonard Calderone, hottlcul-tture
chairman, will give a cihart talk
on horticulture f<»- this season. Mrs.
Danjlel R. Terry, .chili ireaanier, an-
|»nowices that dues Bt« payable. '
Committee chairmen for this year
are Mrs. Lamliert Gross, "meiifier-shlp;
Mrs. Rudolph Sohlegel, sun-s}
iine; Mrs. Calderone, Iwrtioulture;
Mrs. Morris, artangements; and Mrs.
John Werdann, hostess.
ner of the Chamber's prize of a
21-lnch color TV set has also bem
postponed nntil the date of^the
General Mtmbei^hlp ineettng, WU-Ustn
j - . Martin. Jr., Chairman of the
C^mlttee, apaoiuiu^ today.
: "Ipr.^" SlarUii;' iir-gentiy' -«%ue8tcd
that aU holding boolcs make their
returns iminedlBtely so that others
desiring an opportunity to take part
In 'Ote contest m&y do so. Re also
stated that anyone desiring bo<fts
shtmlit call the Chamher office,
j^B-8-t403, ^„ _.„- , .. , _ _ „ . . ,
Post Office WU Qose
Oh WasUiiistmt's Birthday
Therfe will he no window service
at the Freejport Post Office on Feb-rtiaty
S2, Washington's Birthday.
There" ivlll be no delivery of mall
by carri^'a on this date, hut special
deliverir matter wtU be..(}eli]cere<l as
received l i n p 7-o'clock at night.
. For the wnvenience of box holders
the lobby »tU be open Irom 9, A.ia.
•to I PM. .
flcB Of soma of my family Ufe and
social oMIgatioas, and possiWy some
slight detriment to my rGgidar em­ployment."
necessitated a reaflaffl-ing
of the ticket at the nominating
(!<;nventlffia held-in the Bxempt Fire
[BdE Baturday afternoon.
"K-j„r TOie aPaiiy -Slat«
H^orWUliom 3P, Blacken, 1*i»-
leaiftmiind T. Cheshire and Judge •
Paul Seily tvere renominate!. Oapt.
Theodore M, liang, who waa named
to Bucoecd Leonard D. B. Smith with
the Indications he would he $^ked
as a candidate to serve for the sec-
<wid year of the reslgnee's. term, was
designated tor t h e two-year term of '
Trustees Bake? and H. Inrhig Orebl- '
nar tor the <aie-sear term.
Former Mayor Robert L. I}85csee
waa elected cttalkiiatt <« _the con­vention
. opejBjed. Village Counsel
Martin H, Weyrauch was called on
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Clergy Council Announces
Brotherhood Dinner Program
Plans for the 10th annual bi"Otherhood dhnier to be
given i<»iu|»ljl at T o'clock in thSTbWell Room of the Freeport'
Methodist Church were c«mpletcd-at a mcetinfi t»f the Inter-
Faith Clergy Council, the sponsor^ Tuesday morning in the
Methodist Churcli. There are la be no addresses.
Mayor WUUam P. Olacken Is to ^ '
voice greetings on behalf of the vil- The Itev. Dr. Louis H. liosch.
lage, and Dr. John h. 'Latshaw, pastor <rf the Krat Baptist ChUrch
president, for the councU, T IM R e v . C 7 ' w , h w T . ^ i » i «ri.h™»« of •»,«
%. M. Carper, pastor of the Zton *"* ^ ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ Orlshman of the
A.M.E. Church, wUl give the In- Onto* Beforni Temple, are co-vocation
and BabJJi Reuben M. phalfmen of the dinner committee, '
Kafz of Temple B'nal Israel will while Mrs. Paul derssof heads the
pronounce the benediction. women's division. Two, women from
' The freeport Community Choraftv each church and. congregation wlU
directed by Eohert T. Tavls, Jr., wilt |ielp prepare the dinner w h l l T ' ^o
sing s^ieral-i^lectio^ and lead in young persons will offfelate as
cdipiBlinlly .singing* waiters and waitresses.
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