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FREEPORT, NriC.; THURSDAY. TOtFlir, 1955
Rotary Club s Team
ChampionshipF
By Defeating Elks'
^~3^icldrs^Took 14" Gaiftes
Out of Eigfhteen Played
In Little League Season
'• The Rotary Club nine clinched
the preeport National Little League
championship Monday night by de-
: , feniting the Slcs Lodge by a score
of- 8 to T, in 'a seven-lnnlng fJllei'
at Randall Park, By soonng three
• runs In the bottom of the innlnp
after the Elks hatl taUled twice In
their imlf. The team ended the .sea-
' • son with a record of 14 vlctorlep
and 4 defeats.
:... -_.- Afte»- leading 8 to 1 games at the
first half of 'Ehe ieason, .Rotary was
expected to make a runaway race
to take the tlUe. However, Manager
1" "Norman Wj-ight's charges faltered
' at times and the outctime was not
decided until the final game of the
,'ficheHule for .the Botarlans, and then
to make It more dramatic not until
an extra innlne was played in which
the opposWon scored twice.
The Elks drew first blood when
. Kd Pine blasted i home run over
-the left-centre Held fence tor a
:- • , home run with noiiej0£j)a_tl}ejir&f
With and infield single but a double'
V play prevented further. damage.
Botary Olub came back-with three
Irt the bottom half of the inning,
as Pitcher Brian Phillips walked the
first two batters, BUl'Kress smacked
a double to centre ,brliiglng in the
two men on the liases, and raced to
the plate himself as the centerfleld-
. er threw wildly Into the Infield.
An error, p. single, a triple by Bdli
Arenellflr aad-an out « t first enabled
the Elks to knot the count in the
second. Two singles and an erj'or
:—wnfrftotary a m n ahead in the third
but the Elks came back with 2 in!
the fourth on two hits, a wait and
an error to ttlte the lead. A single
by Kress and a n ettorjanrt-se'nBraLl
walks porduced a-run for Botary
in the fifth and sent the contest Into
overtime.^ " ....^si^i--.
The Ellis were firfct'uE i«ri£iieif-
—enth. The-first two-batEei«TKa5fmt
-• guietly." However, yBlU ..Miqpi<*ey,
uhd Phillips singled, and BoS-Green,
i^wBd was oil a lilttaiii spree, doubled
: _Jp sehd^boto jmnMeis^hgmj,
"""^"Two nins'behtad, iiingB looked
daik for the BatarlajM as they went
to |»at la the bottom half of he
innhtg and Butch Bluestcln filed
- weakly . to short. .However. Larry
(Continued on Page 8>
Freeport Gets Safety Citation ^^R/||l
FIVE CENTS t»ER CO^l
n
Martin Colodny, center, secretary of the Automobile Club of New York,
presents citation (nr outstanding jiedieatrian protection {intsnuu to
Mayor WlUlam F. Glacken and Police Chief Peter EIM' in oeraDOOMles
At Village IIoU (HI J u l y ^ ' ^ r & p o r t was atvarded an honwaMe uentlon
by (he American Aut%moI>iIe Association In the 16th annual National
PedestrliU) Protection Contest, It ranke»L..].3t]i aanong' tbe' 800 cities
competing Jn tl»e I0,«00 to ZS,O00i p^pulalion {^otip ai«l"*as cited •to»"
Its record of no fiedestrlaiis Tdlled. i» jmotor .vehicle acddenii I » t year
as well as a a intensified pedestrlan-prolection prnsrasn. I t 1:^ t he second
succesjiye y i ^ IJ»tJftie_viIla|5;ft«i-i(^^^
00' 'Tkimej^Opens
Sotith Nassau Drive
With Qenemus Qift
Many Groups Enlisted
In Village Campaign
Headed By Viekock
Giblp is Re-elected
resident of Board
Leader is Appointed
Official Newspapei-
Of Freeport Sdiools
Leo F. Giblyn was re-elected pres­ident
and Clifton B. Smith vice-president
at the annual re-organl-zatlon
meeting of the Freeport
Board of Education Tuesday night,
July 5.
Meeting <rf Workei«
Hears Progress Report
At Store Wednesday
Portner klayor Eobert L. "Bob"
Doxsee-nas i ^ d e the first contribu­tion
to rreepoi't's completion drive
for South Nassau Communities HOs-
- » : " Giblyn Is beginning h i s ' * * Co'* ^Jebrock, chairman, re-
:wenty-fourth year on » e Freeport j P " ' « 0 tWs week. Mr. Vlebrock said
Board of Education, and has served « tenerons check was received from
Dn the Bd-ard for the past eighteen ">« Former Mayor and Uiatjio has
years, the last flfteen^of which he r«=^^l*««'Pn""S^'*' ^ T ' i f ' 1 *P
Meanwhile Trustee XTlebroek has
Original Route Is AEopied
For Cross-Island Expressway
T h e I'oiUu (uigiiKilIy projMJSwl for the coiifrcnersial
IXi.OOO.OtiO W a i i t a g l i - O y s t e r Buy E x p r c s s w j y Iws been
a d o p t c t i . Now Y o r k S l u l f ' s HigJnviiy l>epuriiiu*i"it m a d e Uiiil
deeLsioii Monday.
Lynbrook Boy Alternate „
For Grumann Award
Klcliard Nutforno, 200 Central
avenue, who^^^was graduated from
Lynbrook High School last month,
was named an alternate.for an en­gineering
scholarship offered by ttii
Grumman Aircraft EngineerUig
Co"rp., of Betiipage.
A scholarship provides ' full tul'
tion, Including laboratory fees, in
an accredited engiiieerlng school
selected by. ithe winner. -
John M Gardnear, Jfr., 54 McCord
avenue,- Merrick, who was graduated
from Mepham High School, Norm
Bellmore, received a achoIarship.'.He
plans to enter the Cornell Engineer*
^ lug School In Jthaca. N. Y,
Highway Superintendent John- W.
Johnson rejected an alternate
route that was'put forth by Oyster
Bay Town Supervisor Lewis N,
W8ters-|h o r d e r ^ ^ ^ d u c e the con­demnation
of homes.! '
Mr. Waters aftd other expressway
foes had proposed a totM of six
alternated routes—1tr::the past six
months. The most recent suggestion
for the cross-Island artery would
have transferred the mM. ahiMst
;*h«^ly^ lflfo~SufIplk: "Gototy.'
crosses Northern State Parkway In
Plato view.
• I t is understood the route adopted
will not disturb the Tackapousha
P m e r v r between iMtassapequa and
Seaford, which has been developed
by the County Department of Public
Works.- •
Glacben To%8talI
Northeast's Officers
Mayor WllUam F. Glacken will
insfelf-officers. ;-<Dl;.tKe---North?ast;
-.JniMs,juUnsFthffjaglHi^Sapa'*|^l^»fejftg^
intehMjit saia t h a r ' ^ J l trafftp s u r ^W fl:if o'^^ ln_ the V-P.W.^Hall,^
"veys M'd- ifli<iwj^pi»h^nsiv3y'ffi^^ -North Maiii
IMs J!fi>re®way mMt_be.located as'
far to the west-as 6 pracUcable:"
•*" • T B I ItaCteTSiiig "stirSTirWiatlgh'
parkway In Seaford, veeris 'east to
cross Stinrfse highway, runs north
street.
. Stewart Hubbell, Piresitteat, has
t u ^ e r ' S H r g e ' ^ u r n m i t f o F (lie in­stallation,
- «?hlch will Immediately
follow (the election of new offlfcers
past Bethpage State Park andat the same meeting.
has been Vice-President.
John T. Cotter, Jr., was_appolnted
Clerk "Of the" Bbifa"-"tf'"tfucaitioti
and, Joel K. lltchei', .Treasurer of
:tlsB,j,EUstrlot.»..,-.,.—"' ..<.-
•-.^Tiiiilii«i»»oIv.Freo"«iriB««ff-0eiin'
. pany was appointed Auditor foi' the
Distriot, Baldwin & Coraellus. Inc.
appointid consulting^ engineers and
The Leader the officJal newspaper.
The following Committees were
appointed:
Estimate and Purchase — Oltfton
B. Smlth.-Chalrman; Hugh Slrwln.
Building and Grounds—Clifton B.
Smith, Chalrtnan; Harold E. Pear
son.-
Insurance — Hugh Erwln, Chair
man; Dr. E. P. Miller;
.continued with his work of setting
.up B conjprehenslve campaign that
will cover many organlaatlons and
»ei-. '
It wa« j-eveated that Parte-Oom*
missltfner IDovld K. Kadnne may
help organize a special event In be­half
at the hospital «o be heid at
the Municipal Stadium.later in the
year, Mr, Vlebrock commented upon •
the fine show recently put on by the
Freeport firemen and said he hoped
it would be possible to enlist their
aid for this affair.
A special project for Onion Be-form
Temple WMoh is expected to
eiaims ^and l ^ d l K - m r b i a - "Ed-'^.«!**^«"'»«'*«««» sum for the drive
Pearson. Chairman; Hugh Srwin.
Public RelBtlons— Dr: E. Freeman
Miller, Chairman; Harold E. Pear­son;
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The local- banks. The Freeport
Bank and .the Meadow Brook Na­tional
Bank, were designaited the
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]CHIflBB'Ops_P»msSTOttB
Ti9,.STA.r'OPEIif-SlJ*rOAX_^ •
-f-Ciiubbuk's Bnig^ SBorerSa South
jMain street, will be¥ept openintll
iDT o'clock Sunday night after tlie
others in Freeport close during the
afternoon for the reajt of the day.
Its phone number is Freeport 9-3333,
wilt be announced in detail soon, U>
was Indicated at last nlgnt's meet*
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Stadium Makes Sensational Comeback
Nearly Ruinied l»y TV
ln^53? Sptfrt Cent^
Draws Cn>w<ls Again • i .
Comebacks are. always thrUlln|-
especially in siKHfts. ' T "
On#of l;he most aniazing has b e « |
made by Breeport Municipal Stadi­um,
the oldest Continuously oper-.
atiiig small track In the United
States.' • :, •-
Two years ago the sport center
appeared to be doomed—a victim
of itelevlslon—but the situation to­day
Is vastly better.
Jake Kedenburg of Freeport,
whose midget car races made the
stadium famous In tUe mid-'Ws and
whose stock car ointests three
nights a week now ore a top at-
A LEADER
/'• • *'*"Exclusive-!
This fa MW - to » series ot
axtlcles tiasea an' teseafcii by
"The l«ailei:-....staff;:-;:Watch " for'
next we^'s -Exclusive!"
traction, smll^ happily mi^^a ' lie
compares early '55 with the two pre­ceding
years.
Given average weather, Mr. Ked-enberg
feels confident ^hat his rac­ing
prograAis, together with boxhig
or wrestling matches which #111
prcbaUy be resumed by the AstoriA
Athletic Club at popular prices^ wilt
draw 150,000 sjiectatDrs this beason—
Revenues to Village,
Us^ by Groups Rise-
Talk of Sale Talks Off
ma'ny from out-of~town. The yil-
_lage receives a peicceAtege of in­come
from such events./
May Bcadt SMJOO
How lai^e ft totel attendance of
adults, youths, gitls and children
wiii be recorded at the "stacJluitt's
other events this year can'i; be pre­dicted
accurately, but those in the
know think the total may reach
300.QOO:
New vitality has come to the 24-
year-old sport center. Television
may- have lost the lure of novelty
^(Continued on 'Page_J,)
Freeport is Featured
In Broadcast on Wreck ^
-TEreeport gflned -a nation-wida
j»0Bttl8ieijc8r,Iftst.Sa!t«rday when-T»»e
NatioB^ BTOOdcasting Gomj>ttny_de-v8te]
t_a_^''ft||jiltor'' program tp-A
{itpi reccTfffiig about ^ihe first dive
made with SJB.O.'s new gettfcon-laliied
diving"appftratiis. ' " -
The expedition studied the wreck
of the "Black Warrior," which sank
88 years ago in the Atlantic Ocean
Off Freeport.
Leslie Butler, aboard the oharteir
boat"'^'Anne," en route to Jones In-,
let told how a new lavaller-type^
microphone had opened up a grea|
deal of underwater ihfbrniatlba.
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HIGH TIDES
At Jones Inltt
(Daylight Sfwins Titne!
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