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20th Year, No. 13 PEEEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1955 FIVE CENTS PER^COP?
Danish Consul Gets
Scroll from Freeport
To Be Sent Abroad
Residents Acimowledge
ReMld Ceremony Held
In Denmark Eacji Year
Thorkjld Wegeher-GIausen. con­sul-
general of Denmark, participat­ed
In exercises held Saturday In
Preeport Manor, North Main street,
in redognition of the Fourth of
July program conducted annually
since 1912, at Rebild Park, a 4S0-
aere tract located near Aalborg,
Dentnta%,
Tlie affair was featured tiy the
presentation of a scroll, signed by
hundreds ol Preeporters, to the
consul-general by''Mayor William
P. Gtocken to be forwarded to
Aalborg.
. At the Denmark exercises Ameri­can
and Danish flags are raised,
In the parit a replica of the Abra­ham
Lincoln lor. cabin has be^n
... ttreuUiii. It, i£ being Uiisd us a mn-
• ^"H.™-?!. AmifiJtdija nnd In eUubtOiJ
Oil the Avenue of Flugs Jn whtcti
the embtems of the 48 state.s of the
, Union are flown.
The 1955 program was attended
by 40,OOD Danes, who stood in a
heavy rainfall as addresses- were
given by the king, prime minister
and chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Earl Warren, representing the
United States,
In addition to Mayor ajacken.
{Saturday's exercises were attended
by the village trustees and other
local officials, Charles Taylor, the
owner and a native of Denmark;, hut
a naturalissed citizen, had prepared
a 100-variety saxorebrod. Waltrei^sea
attired in Danish costumes, seryed
the guests. Aalborg afluayit, bottle
frozenJn.a block of ice, was a fea-
_ ture Just as It Is In Danish "Kllden"
'restaurants, which also leatnres
smorebrod as part ol the celebration
In Oeamarlc ' "
-^^-Baaritt'-Melchotr,- Danish'-AmBJrt*-
-.; .(eonttnued on Page 10)-
Plriish Consul Sets Fpeeport Glacken Gets Letter
From Becker on BiD
Pending in Congress
Legislation Provides
100 Units for Freeport,
As 1954 Plan Did Not
• Preeport'.<i chance.s of getting a
Federally-aided public liousing de­velopment
have grPBtly improved,
Mayor William P. Glacken revealed
nl !he VllIaRe Board meeting Mon­ti
«y niglii. He ba.scd hi,", optlml,'in>
on a letter he received from Con-gressniflii
Prank J. Becker.
Mr. Beektr said that under Ihi?
new bill for public Jiousihg. now be-fore
the Mouse of Bepresentaltvw.
Preeport will be approved for a 100-
unlt project. Me enclosed a copy of
II letter from John D, Currie, Acting
. Commisslonei- of Housing.
Congressman Becker declared he
will support the new legislation,,
which eases. certSln condStlohs lii
the Housing Act of 1864. These re-
I S'^rlfffiohs ijad limited the Public
Housing Authority's coatracls to lo-
' ^ _" ;_ _ 'iirbm TeniwiilTipogi^Rm^washelng"'
M Jlily> celebration a custom orlfftaatefl fn 1912. Otbers In the pictum a « Artliur L. Hoaees, editor of The pnTled out,
^tfer; Mrs. Wee:«»er>Cla«isen. .VUloge Trustee Ectound T. Cijeslilre and Mr, and Mrs. Cliarles Taytor at I The letter from Mr. Ourrle said
Photo By CARSON STUDIO P^*" ""<*«•• <*« Housing Act of iSM.
; ^ _ _ which the Ijynbrook' Ooftg-re«snia.n
Wctfcncr-Clausen of Denmark, te Dc forwarded to the citizens of Aalborg", who QniiuaOy "liold .a 7mirth"
.Vtwporl Manor.
Freeport Is Banking Center
As Clearing House Moves In
Freeport is now the banking center of Nassou Centnlv.
All (Be'activities and fucilities of tlw Nassau County Cleai-tng
House As.sociatiou no\y are located in this connminilv.
Over the week-end the executive
Freeport Night Ticket
And Bur Fare $3J0
WUUam J, Martin, Jr., who with
ilis; MacMii Is oo-chatrman of
freeport Night at Ebbets Field,
Tuesday,, Atlgust SO. stated this
week that combination tickets and
round trip bus fare will cost $840,
not S3 as previously announced. ..
Freeport has" a block of tlcskets-if or
the gaihe at $2 a, piece. TlioSB who
desire to make the trip by bus can
get both ticket and a round trip
for $3J0. The bus will leave from
the park adlaceat to the MuQicli>al
Building on North Ocean avenue.
Persons who plan Jo take ,the
train or USB their own cara can ob-tam
tickets for $2 apiece, Mr. Mar-tm
advised that as the tickets
available are Itailted groups wlsWni
to sit togetheif should mpike their
^ reservations as soon as possible. He
said couBlijerable . Interest in tlie-
' game "la being -shown as the Dodgers
will play Uie MUwaukee-JBraves on
Fr«>eporl; Sight'anil B good game
Is anHctpateddue to ttie.itae shpw^
Ing the Braves have been inafctoffj '
offices of the assoola*lon were
moved from Hofstra College, East
Hempstead, to the office building
recently erected on the east side of
South Bergen place, niofth' of West
Mprrlck road. At -the same time
the ^check clearing dlvtislon was
transferred from the traiidlng at
the "Southwest «omer -o^.W^tJiler-
HljrTffad and South diian aven{ie7
•the ground fiioor, the check clearing
division on the north end and the
ofttces.on the south end, "
Heretofore the check clearing ac­tivities
have been located on the
second floor. As a result of the
change the armored trucks convey­ing
checks-'from the various banlcs
{eonttanBit--OH'""FfiiB 3)^-'
BBRNHASn'S FHARMACy
OFJN_4fcl, n&lt SmSDAY
...JBiEiihard's -.EterjHftSX,1.54,_West
Mewick road, will remain jopen iui-large
Crowd Attends
"Peter Kelly Night"
New Freeport Leader
UiTies Members Vote for
Town, County Officers
Peler C. Kelly night at the July
meeting of the Preeport Repubflcan
Clulj last Thursday night In the
Legion Dugout drew one of the
largest thi-ongs in the history of the
club. Members of the Preeport Re­publican
Recruits, who provided,the.,
entertainment. Joined in maidng the Jat'on.
eyent""i success. " .
isr. KeHF'wSs" nameoaeader-for
voted against, there was no provi-
.sion for Freeport public housing.
Local organizations have been
conducting a campaign In-tbehalf of
Federal aid for public housing In
Bennington Park. They Intcnaifled
their drive after representitlvcs at
a recent Community Council ses­sion
favored n strong effort *o ob­tain
Federal aid. John M. Woerner,
Chairman of the Pi-eepdrliHouBlng-
Authority, urged all the Counellii
member onEanlzaUons to deluge
Corigressmen Frank Becker ani
Stephen Darounljin with appeah.
that, they support new housing legist
Both._,^paEtnie|«s„are--4Qi»ited5ra^ r Suhjay"nipjt'after.i Weapon to siieeeed the lafe .Sherifi'. Small dirlii Killed
fltjter drugstoFei~in Freepopt-«lo«ejH. Alfred •Vollmer and.-. It »»«-tot j„.--paJj'|?,,„j^:-'^jj|^Q^
durmg the nftemoon lor the rest '«=oa^"»«»» ot this honor he was
of me day.. Its.-phone atmikr is 8*veh a special evening, When pre-
Freeport a-oOtfB. (Continued on Page 121
Stadium Pays Variety Of 'Dividends'
Sdiooi District Taxes
Kept Down as Student .
Teams Use .Village Field
Hlgai School. students' use of
Freeport S t ^ l tm for sport .events,
team practice and other activities
has become such an accepted "bon­us"
that few residents of the com­munity
give it mucai attention.
Yet, if one •stoisa to think what It
would cosi; to baud and maintain a:
separate field for High Stshool ath­letic
contests, the real benefits be^
come apparent. A nominal fee of
only $1 a year is charged to. the
schiWl district.
BasebgiU raelUtJes ftvailaWe at the
stadium^were cited in The Leader
last week. Benefits B>\the Eeceatloii
Departiiient's program and to prgan-
A LEi^^ER
Exclusive !
This is one in a, series «f
articles based an - research by
The Leader staff. Wateh for
next wetk's "Exclnave!"
izations whloh rent It to raise money
for charity were also outlined,..
About .8,000 persons attended a
fireworks exhibition at the stadium
on Independence Day, thereby aid­ing-
the Fire Dapartment's -welfare
f iind, Thg'blg eevnt toot place only
eight days after another occasion—
)die High School commehcxinent ex-crcises^
When no other-place of as­sembly
la ithe village could hive
enabled: so .many .parents and
Benefits Staged There
Aid Local Charities;
Improv-ements Planned
friends of the graduates to attend
:he ceremonies.
IjOca! people earn extra money
selling tickets, parking ears and
working for the concessions. Pees
paid to the village by concessions,
and Preeport's percentage of reve­nue
from ticket sales at the stadl-
Om; all help to cut down the aver­age
tax bill paid by homeowners.
fce-Stetlng Next .gfintor
A new corporation,' Preeport - Ice
Blnks, Inc.. has signed a contract
to operate an ice-skatlng rink from
the Moiiday after the season's last
football" game TiwtU March iSi Its
managefB' hive gained know-how
<eontia«ed on Page li>
A game of hide-and-seek ended
in tragedy last Friday night foi-
Madeline Leap, 6, of 177 West Lena
avenue.
The little girl hid behind a Ve­netian
Wind on the second flota-and
tumbled out the window when
the screen gave way. She died of
head injuries two hours later at
Doctors HospttoJ. "* •
Her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Leap, told police that their daugh­ter,
a son, 12, and two other chil­dren
were playing upstairs when
the girl fell to the sidewalk be­low.
She was taken to the Doctois
Hospital emergency room where she
was pronounced dead at about mid-rilfht.
' *
A mass" of the Angels was offered
Tuesday at lOajn. to Our Holy
Bedeejtter n. C. Church, followed
.by biirlal In St. Charles Cemetery,
Parmlngdale. - .
The child, who was bom in Jar
nialca, I». I.I leaves her parents; «
tirotber, Arnold, and a. grand*
mother, Mrs. Julia Quirk.