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20th Year, No. 11 PJlEEP()B;T;N,t^ THURSDAY, JOLY 7, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER GOFi
Rremeirs Fireworks
AttKicllargeCrowd
To Staium Monday
Entertaiiunent Program
Also Draws Applause
AFQa^ Siljr 4th E^^t
. The flreaaea's Wg display of flre».
works Monday night at the Stadium
^Brew such ft large, enttiuslastle
crowd—about 8,000— 'that the »ol-unteew
plan similar events a
. nuftUy on July .Fourth. ^The^ display,
was. viewed by hundreds of others
for miles around.
Attendance greatly exceeded the
expectations of the J'lre Department
committee, headed by John Marra,
chairman, and Geoi^e Marshall, co-chairman.
The oommlttee told The
Leader that next year St will make
preparations to accommodate more
people and regulate Uie seating bet­ter.
Preliminary attraotlnns—on -the
program earned loud applause, too.
With Prank J. Smith, a former
.,Chief, master of (!eremM|ies,.tt the
mlcrophotle, one successful feature
followed another.
Concert Given
The firemen's band played mttny
..excellent' £elccMotin.-^nctex-jtbe. leud-eWihip.
:<:f ••Wllllain'--3Daytott' 'aitur
m^^rctiLns Into ttxe .£«cetrac)c.^a,t^.thc
head of a procession oomprlsing Vol­unteers
and apparatus,
"Hose O" comedians with comicil
erjulprae»l kept spectators amused
between events. Some rode a "Hose
O" truck, otjiers cavorted on bi­cycles,
and still others performed
afoot. They put on a comic wrestl-tng-
boxlng exhibition, showed ^the
firemen how. to get awxe wetnftss.
out of a hose and "saved a man"
f from, a "burning" house.
/Regular drivers of the huge hook-
^•and-ladder track-demomtratett-lts
Rpsf Amerrcjan Rebild Gerehnony
"TConafiiiea on Page lit
Recreation Department
Offers Swimming Lesom
_ Joseph 2 i v 3 K ' i 5 ^ S f e S ( t e S t . of
-Becreatronr « i m 6 u n ^ this week
thaCrfikrSgeinenta &BV# been inade
STgiVe swimming instrucUons.w»#sr
the supervision-of ttie.departjnent
at the Oaslnti Pool Tuesdajf. arid
Thursday mornings at H:30 o'clock,
caiildren from eight up may apply
for registration at the playground
areas pt:tbift..threp parks, or*_ a t the
Holy Redeemer piay#i>und. Because
of limited, acoommfldatlbas the les­sons
will be made available only to
• non-l5wimniers. •.
The Bed Cross also Is arranging
a life sftvlBB class for both Juniors
and adults, for ages "ranging from
13 years through lilgh school. This
class win be held ,at ttoe Casino
Poo! from I to 2 o'gtooH Tuesday and
Thursday aiterpooas.
American community to return the
courtesy. The program . dupUented
the ceremonies held in Denmark.'
Both - flafs-T-were -Raised 6ii t te
Municipal Building flag pole while
Village Board members and police
saluted. Those participating Includ-
,e<l Acting^ Mayor Edmupd Cheshire,
Trustees bdrd-=Vlibf«ck and "ttjeo-dqre
Lang, Sergeant John <iros§w-,
4*«Bd'^Pa«:olmen-BiUiler,..Ppr^3uSilia,-
ZIPPER'S PHABMAOY
"OPEN- -A!.!. • DAY BVUBAJC' ,
Zipper's Phaiinacy, South-Grove
'itreet - a t ; H n e street^-,wp be kept
opea iihtll ao o'clock Sunday night
.lift&'lhe;itfer;'<lrt'^toi^ra"ftf»
port close-during the-afternoon for
the rest ot. the day. I t s phone num­ber
ts Freeport 8-9449.
Fatrolnian Bdward MiUei- of the P»«eport Police accepts Amerlean flag
from Actingr Mayor Edmund T. Cheshire whtle .Dsnish-b«ni Charles
TaylorTSrT^ecpori Mi5o?"wjilts to present DSIIISS "iiag. Both ftoffa were
raised at Uie HnnlDipal Suilditis li) a ceremony that dupUbated tthe
on© betas perfowaed 4,00»-HiUes a«ray In BeUld, Demnarfc whiere the
Danifih King, Qiieeii^ -Mme Miiiist«r and 30,000 Danes gathered to
celebrate Ajnerlcan iRdependencaJlay in a Uttie-pubUciised annual went
that has taken place since 1913, with the exception of the war ^:years
when Denmark was occupied. Frepport is tlw first and only American
town to return the courtesy ,
Leader - Sponsored "Rebild"
Is Widely * Publicised Event
Freeport liclcl special ceremonies July Foiulh lo sic-kntnvlcdge
the honors paid to the Aiuerieiin lla« c»ii each
Independence Dav in Rebild Park, Deiinuirk. The events
were sponsored by The Leader in co-operation wilh the
Village Board and banisli-born Charles Taylor, proprietor of
(he Freeport Manor reHlanrpnt, 35 North Main street. ____
This vlUage -te-the- first a»d- only 4
Mr. Van. Riper Retunu
To Village Clerk's OiEificie
VlUar-OlerlTSflilfpird- Von, Riper
xesutaBdMs dttties Toesday. He had
itndeHEon*^ an operation May 2 at
South Nassau Ownuaunltles Hospi­tal.
Deputy Village Clerk Rlehard
Baynor was in charge duilng Mr.
Van Blper's absence.
Assistant k Named
l^alvation Army
Lieut. Laws Arrives
^ To Help in Fi^eporl;
Plans Vacation School
Brigadier Ernest Newton, Corps
Commanding Otfloer at Freeport,
has amiounced the appointment of
First Lieutenant Wesley Laws as the
Assistant Officer tor the local Sal­vation
Army Center. His official
welcome was conducted last Sunday
at the Citadel on Church street.
The Lieutenant was commissioned
from the Officer's Training Col­lege
In 1981 and since that time has
sei-ved the Salvation Army In many
varied areas of service. His first ap­pointment
was to Mlddletown, Ohio,
where his responsibility was for the
Rotting Mill Park Outpost. Ourlng
Bhe two years h e was stationed there
he was responsible for a nosv Out­post
building and also beottme the
JuvonUa Couvt ProbsvUart Oldcer lov
thai; ImtneilKliVp area,. vfttiUi nerv
KfeTOi ftaise
f i - iaifemaiisliip- ^
At Thursday Jxibit
Rare Sldll Displayed
At Demonstration Held
Near MuhicipaL Stadium
The Freeport AUKlHnry Police won
high praise for a weapons esjhlBi!;
and demonstration last Thursday
night at the revolver range on Buf­falo
avenue back of the BJunlolpal
Stadium. Captain Edward's. Dixon
was master of ceremonies.
After police vehicles had been In­spected
by spectators, with Patrol­men
Hammerl WUton and John
Simmons on hand to answer ques­tions,
members of the Police Depart­ment
demonstrated various high-powered
guns.
Lieutenant Arthur Wultf and Pa­trolman
Joseph Homelka Both made
an almost perfect score in marks­manship.
Using tor their target ttoo
drawing of a man, each iirt'a ift--
revolver shots at the head, heart
and shoulders of the target. Lieu­tenant
.JWulff _ls a -D. a...Marine
veteran, while Bomelto is a former
rallKwd policeman known for his
oblllty tn marksniatisbipy "i- "
Sergeant Anthony Blar then dem­onstrated
slow-fire and rapid-fire
I X2 e4LU6« aVtotgunH, • ft.Tl«nm>aoTfc s u b - ,
1Tui&\^ime Bu.tv v,s\i^ i^u.XA3aMa,t4S) Vvw^^Xfk^ ^ -
Test of Town's Claims
Delayed To September
A court test of Hempstead Town's
c!alin_«a..'1?nDdeiwater |]and" rents:
has been postponed until September.
John BtaiMdtl, owner of Blanchl's
Boat Basin In Island Park, denied
a "trespassing" charge last'Thurs-day
when au&lgned In Second Dis-*
4>dct^.,0ourt ai„,Hempstead before.
,sJ«dge~-Gc0rge;--Macca5o-i-His wateif-'
McAvoy, EUlson.-Phliifi^ and-Sim"^' ^froat JandMttWflaed, and after-he
mora. , ~~ - - - " KtpR g-'doek' on tfae- washed away
Ti-flstee VlebrocK' said taie^Tlag portion he was mijcused of Ulegally
ceremony would do more to inS. 4)cc«pylng IC Vlctor'Tieff of Bree-
•courage Danish:-American friend-
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portr hJis attorney, agreed to ad­journment
oflBe case.
I ing in this capacity he had probated He aho»ed how the Armed*Forces
to him 33 boys who had Botton ttrg at'targetsand aimuJateii Hauaea
themselves into trouble wltJi the nu- / during their training. Orffanizer of
thorltles and Of that number K was tlie Freeport High School riflp team
necessary ttf send only two away for
correctional instruction.
His neitt appointment was of short
duration as he went Frankfort Ky.,
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Roosevelt School Board
Elects Arthur Munsell
Arthur A. Munaetl, was elected
President of the Qoosevelt School
Board at thBiisotgnat3atl»ii:msBtlng_
last night. He resides at 180 Hudson
avenue, Boosevelt, and la proprietor
of a firm which mantifactures iriovle
screens. He joined the board two
years ago, _.. .
Mc8. Dorothy ,Btaa4sj»as elected
Vice-President. Members of the
School Stoala are Eudolph Schlegal
jnft.lpeorge lj::"iUMwlT,"3r: No
action has been jtakco;, tO .fUl :«he
'trustees.WOeflijlCftnl!.,l>y..Ji!f „!«£•:
Ignation of Bobert C. Kolaanan,
President, who is moving to Florida.
PoweFhouse Keeps Face With Village Growth
Electricity' Dept. Movess
Offices to^^New BuilslingV
Exceirf Billing Division
The new beadwarters of the vil­lage
Electricity Department—a brick
and concrete structuft! on •Sunrise
highway/east ol the pnwerbouse—
symbolizes one inorje forward step
by a fast-developtng "industry."
y f e f m ^ m i T t i e plant btfcwM one
of Preeport's chief Industries, biit
Its financial operation^-. iBay^-btf
rated "big business.'/ Although moire
than a. rhilUpn have b^fih
^enfc ^WlhS the .past three s'ears,
m o f t b e department's Mj^^dl
toe""paltt;bacfc"¥ut-of earn
powerhouse iand Its operations never
cost taxpayers a dime.
The Village Board recently set up
A LEADER. '"
Exclusive I
-^Tlils is one in a aeries of
articles based oa research by
The Leader staff. Watch for
next week's «E»cluave!';
a Municipal Commission of Water
fthd light, which- is an adniWstra-
Jlve unit .wlBi more authortty than
the former- titiUtles conanlttee. • f i
can niake, recommendations, bat
fInai futhortty on policies is sttu in
the handa of iUf'VlfiBfe-Board. ^-'.
; fWbert! L. Doxsee,^orAier Mayor,;
heads the coniimlssldn. Also on tJie
board are Abi'n Kelloek, ,Wlllard
Evans, Loren Hebl and Hejbl apd
Earnings Set Aside
In Separate Fund* Used
To Increase Efficiency
Martin H, Weyrauch. The commis-
.slon meets about twice monttJly in
an office on the new adnJnistratlve
bulldtog second ftoor. ' "
WalUnir Promoted
. Clinton H. Walling, formerly In
charge of distribution only, wj^s re­cently
promoted to superintendent
of both prsduetloK and diatrlbutloa
of electricity: His office Is at the
west end of the second floor.
LDownstairs,...,,Karl; 'Brown -,SIBS
•Charge of t h e electric meter depart­ment,
at the front of the buildteig.
The storehouse is in back. BtlUng of
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Freeport Ebbets Field
Night is August 30
Tuesday night, August 30, has
been designated as Freeport Night
at Ebbeta Field. And the attractl($i
that night Is to he the MJlwauIBBe
Braves who may by that time be
pressing tli e. Brooklyn Dodgsts.
closer for first place than they ase
now. Consequently there should ba
a great demand for .tickets so -ft
will be necessary to Increase the
order beyond the bltwk/bf 600 the
Ebbets Field Commlttwnow has <Bi
.hand. —~~",— ' —'— ..;
The committee^ headed by • Igr;
and Mrs.- -WllltenF-J?^M5i*ln*wJS« ^_
has annonricett ti- paarage Dflgr_«f - -
Sa: for each person, comprisingia~"j
ticket and a bus ride to end frflja _• =
the park. They may be obtained by •
telephofilng the Soiith" Shore fed­eral
Savings and Loan Association,
Freeport 8-6200,
Republican Club Plans
iCeUy, Reicruits Night
It.will Ife "double feature night"
at the Freeport BepubUcan Club
meeting, next Thursday night, July
14, at 8:30 o'clock In the 'Legion
DugoUte
Besides celfbrating "Peter KeUy
Night" In honor of the new Free-port
G.O.P. trader, the club wjll
meet the ^publican Recruits, On
this occasion the xbung Bepubli-
.cans_wiu. .take charge of both the^
meeting Tind the -entertainment,"
aBhere win be games. Burprlaes, fun,
ind,-prizes. •; " • • . • • • - • ' . ••
•The Becnilts* catertalmnent com­mittee
is iwaded by Qene. Sullivan-;
and Joan Barber, co-cbfttrnaeni BUI •
Sweeney \ylll be master of cere-monles.
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