The-Leader_1955-06-16

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LEADER
FOR
NHGHBQRLY
NEWS " N A S S A U • S ' L A R e E S T Wl E K L Y "
FREEPORT
20th Y«ear, No. 8 <
BALDWH^NT ROOSEVELT
FODLOW THE
LEADER
FOR
fvEXilABLE
ADVERTISING
MERRICK
FEEEPORT, N> Y., THURSD^Yv JUNE 16, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COPf
Bishiyyplby Blesses Hew School tl7^#^«iL,^*,i^ IX^^^w^^ ^ / ^
"---^ :^ H?, waterfmnt- l^roperty Owners
Are Preparing To Organize
ToComhatJJnderwaterCtaims
Meeting To Be Held
At Island Park Basin
To Form Committee
Anilililwluip TiMiiniln I'lrSl'ifl-ri, left, illl'llWU • • ; 'r<l!i~i'iu..KI>Il •lln'rr.yr.
-b1i--H 111-; liiiMior o'i" Our ilyl; iJua^uut:- sUibOls ntw dildilion. >'cxt
to hbn -stands the Ki£ht Kf v. ,l«liii J. Mahon, Pastor of Our llfoly Re-tlecBiw
E. C.jUliurcli. •Oilier clergj m the picture are tine Bcv, Daniel
Nelson of St.Raya»umd's Church, Lyjubrook, seeonil frain ri|fhl, and Oie
Itw.-Jttjui MeKclvcjr.vor ;jQtieen or-tHe Most Holy Eosary Church,
RoosBvett. . , • Carson's Studios
South Nassau Beneficiary
In C. Milton Foreman's Will
StnlUi Niissuu C.oniiiuiiiilies Hospital at Occilnsitte wtis
named a beneficiary in liie will of the late C. Millori F«>re-niaii,
wealthy Preeporl real estate owner and lumber man,
•it was announced this weet: by Harrison B. Weight of llock-ville
Centre, president of the liospilal.
I Mr. WrlSirSftld he BSd been no-
Stiles Qives Adelphi $25,000
To Develop Athletic Field
A gift of $25,000 ffoni Janies E. Stiles of Hockvilfe
. ' i T ' , ,"^ J!>t'<>t'velopinenl of an atlilelie field on the earniniN
ai AtlcliJhi (,oIIege, (iarden Cih, was annmuiced hwiav bv l)r
Paul DawstHJ Eddy, |)resiclent of the eolletfe " *
Dr. Eddy said that a larger *
amount also had been made avail- .Makes G i f t T o A d e l p h i
able by Mr. Stiles for a field house
to be constructed sometime in the
future. He said the field would be j-knowii
as the Janies E. Stiles Ath- . I-!
letic Field and thai work on de- !'
veloping its facilities will be started T
Iwiinedifttely.
Mr. Stiles, former publisher or the
Nassau Dally Eeview-Slar, whicihT
was, sold to the Newhouse interests-i'-.v
and merged, with the Long island '' ;.
I Board of Ti-usfc'es'fcir" 10 years", Wom''''
11840 to 1950. During a career of 40
years In the newspaper buslne&s in
Na.ssau County he founded the first
daily newspaper on Long Island .
outside of Greater New York City
in 1921 and was its publisher for
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' tlfied of the piwlSfpns of ;lhe will
'bsr the executors of. the estate. He
said B. portion of th^ estate would
~" eventually'conie to the.hospital for
.-^.ttiei-enitessttp^t - and. -that, estimates
; ' a s io t h r probable vaiue~wf the gift
.1 r an as MgU «5-$SCJ0,WW.-
ZThls Is t & second laigs Bequest
L the hosplt«I-has received tHis year,
. Inasmuch as t h e late B. Elliott B«r-ston
of Garden Olty, who wag for
• (Cqiitiilued On Page 19)
• Governor Has Lundi
; At Guy Lombardo's
PreepoiterB caught a glimpse of
• Goviemor Averill H^rriman las -he
:' rode to Gujr Ziombai'do's East Folnt
House' Jrof a cdntoence Tuesday
with Long l a a n d biitoess leaders on
the Lstan'd's economic problems. The
Governor visited other Nassau com-mimities.
Including Garden City
where lie preijicted the Republicans
would be driven oirt of office In
Vassau County soon by the voters.
Leader Will Publish
School Vote Next Week
. Voting on tlie proposed iilgh
schcol .site a t Milbum Pond was itlU
tmder-way-When The Leader went
to pres&. For reslilts, see-next week's
paper.
Forenmn WlUlntricate,
Says Everett Wurman
The "will of c/SDlton Foreman.
Freeport .liunjift- and haidware
rdealer, has be&i fUe4 in Swrogate'is
Cowt, hwC i t contains .so _nian3r
«laMe|«ii;jPwyislans,,.tliat careffll
stu«ly'^wlli~be necessary befoi-e the
auy^grlties c&n etimmarize it for
newspaper use, Ewrett p . Fumjan
of the Surrogaite's office said this
week.
JAIWES'' STILES
Isenberg Asks Help
In "Clean-Up" Week
Owners' Co-operation
With Vacant Lots is
Stressed By Chairman
Only today, tomorrow and Sat­urday
are left. In. Freeport'a Clean­up
Week. - .
Dr. M. G. teenbiES^f chairman ol
the vUlagreL-TBeautincatfon commtt-
•tee, urges all .:re8lrte^_-.said the
pwnfts'of vacant~l0l3~<«fcRwt,^hBlr
property In good condltitan by re-i
»«WBf~IlI rubblsto,^ debris, "pa|ieirs
or other unsightly materials.
I t Is hoped that people will co­operate
TOitmtarny. Next week In-
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Transfiguration Opening
$2,000 Charities Drive
The Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration is launching Its
EpiscoparCharities Drive in Pree-port.
to raise the parish's $2,000
quota. Ai;thur Ray "and 'Mrs. Alan
Carver, Co-Chairmen, will be as­sisted
by a committee of parisii-loners.
ATLANTIC CHEMISTS
TO SIA¥ OPEN •BVnpAli^ , . ,
Atlantic Chemists, tHeTirug--sfore
.at.lTO Allan tic, avenue, will remain
open until 10 6'^loek Sundajj, night
after other pMrmacles In Preeport
close during the afternoon for the
rest of the day. Itj^ phone number
iH Preeport 8-46T6.
Village Defies Tewn On 'Underwater' Claims
Freeport Counsel Insists
Channels Were Dredged,
Deed^ bj Randalls
Frccportfiirs • have united against
any underwater "land grab" by
Hempstead Town.
That's how waterfront and civic
leaders throughout the village r e -
aclcd to a story In last wesek's
Leader.
Hemp.'-tead Town officials Bhocked
private property owners several
months ago by demanding paynjent
of rent for use of land below mean
hlgh-watei: mark, even If the soil
had recently eroded; Owners who
wish ,to bulkhead their property.
A LEADER
ExSiusive I
This to one in a. series of
articles based on research liy
The Leader staff. Watch tor
next week's "Exclusive!"
after tides have washed away part-of'
the land, are being told they
must pay rent for_ the eroded area
l i it is reclaimed In m, .bulkhead. .'->
The'town etalms w n e r s h l p ' of
eycrjrthlr^ up to mean high-water
mark, 'even though a. tot's wmsiaing
depth totals onl^ so iTeet or less and
Battle Seen If CMidak
Push Demand for JRent
Along Eroded Waterways
prbperty deeds sliow It is privately
owned, Besldents, baikln'g at paying
such rentals, have complained to
vlUage authorities.
A resulting delay in bulkhead
construction has permitted further
erosion.
Ifempstead Town's Arsument
' The town bases Itsy-underwajter-!
land ciaiin on a grant iii 1644 from
-a Cutch colonial Goverrtor, oon-
.flrmed by EngUsh, colonial. Gov^
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Victor Leff, Freeport,
Is Temporary Chairman
Of Tonight's Session
Owners of waterfront property
on the South Shore Irom Seaforjf
to Atlantic Beach have b«'fn In­vited
to a meeting tonight at 8
o'clock at the Eed Soil boat bn.'ilii,
Wnlerfront Boulevard, Lsland Park.
Everyone is welcomu.
An effort will be made to organ- ,
lie a fonimltlec lo oppose Hfinp-sload's
clatni o f all underws«ter
Iniidfs below the mejiii high-water
niiirk, iiicluriiiig iircn.s washfii mvuy
!'\'....tidet,_.The ...;.Qwn_liii,i.. d(,,uiuwi,«vd,~.».
..inetuJLn on -1\1U'propert>>.,,'ivx\<ii4--tit,ov»TiLr.-
In tlieir deeds.
I Victor F. LefJ- of freeport, -tem­porary
chairman ' of tlie group
which met lust week toe the first
time, said:
•'Case.'* have been llirough the
court.-! and there art> ccrliitn rights
wiiich land pwnei's iim.st orgauize
to protect."
Salvation Army Drive
Passes $5,000 Mark
Contributions in the Salvation
Army's annual appeal to support its
work in Preeport have passed the
$5,000 mark It was announced foi-lowing
the weekly report meeting ,*>J
Monday night In head<iuartors„ 75,
Ohui'ch street. Robert N. Pillmore,.
campaign chairman, said the total
was slightly more tlian $9,100, t o ­ward
a goal of $8,300. Another repoi-t
meeting will be Jield MondWi^gbt ..
Mr. Pillmore «Etl(|. failure of other
"c0ipiHgm"%a attain their-ijiiotSft,
Uiiring the months, they were con­ducted,
worked against ttoe Salva­tion's
Army appeal by holding uj»
workers who had promised to as­sist
In tlie drive. He also appealed
tor pea-sons aiot reached in the
house-to-house canvass to send
their CQptrlbutlons directly to head­quarters
as more than 800 persons
have done.
Three Seta of Twins
At Freqport Hospital
Babies arrived by the pair at
jPreeport HospMal last week—threo
sets of twins in three days._yr
Mr. and Mrs,- John Ouwerkerk of •
Betbpage welcomed Bobert and
'Boger on June 6. Another set ol
twins arrived- June 7 to Mr. and •
Mrs.* Prank Krause of Port Wash­ington,
who. named the Infants Kim <.
and Kevin,,<a daughter and a son), r,
The next ctey Mr, and Mrs. Laurie *-,
Patterson of West Bat^lon greeted h-twLns,
Scott and Stephen.
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