The-Leader_1955-08-11

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Vaiaie; lown Setde
OniUerwater U ;
^ 'Hpllife^d To Examuie •
-il^cHblclivyiial Claim
To EstdbUsh Ownei^kip ,
' The cold war between Hempstead ^
Town and Freeport bflfclali—over'
"underwater land" rents ctalmed by
the town—Is ended. . •
After taUdng with Ijotll sides thlsj
week, The Leader found that an]
understanding has been reached.;
Town officials will, give full con-:
•.ideraUon ta the owaershia clalmi '•
of waterfront ownera whose prop*'
euy has been eroded and who wilft
to build bulkheads out to the prop­er
t ylines shown on their deads.
In brief, the reported agreenient
follows; , ~«-
(l> Hempstead Town, will continue
Its policy of examining each indi­vidual
claiia. Persons who have beejj
asked to pay reiit If they build bulk­heads
out beyond the present mean
high water mark will file applica­tions
for quit-claim deeds— and
will gain recognition of their owner­ship
if boundaries arelegaUy proven
in deeds and maps.
;_i2i. The,town, recognizes Freeport
villtisti'i iieea--for •^-ariiiaclieo.aj'lline.
along lla canals, which were dredged
oat long after a Dutcti colonial grant
In the- IftJjcentufy bestowed-upon
Henfpstead Town the ownership of
underwater lands. This need for
straight bulkhead lines Is expected
to Increase the likelihood of quit­claim
deed grams by the town to
Individual owners. The bullUiead
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.l!REE|^RT,. JL Y^^imiJBSPA^^UeUST 11. 1955
MERRICK
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Exchmjgs Benefit Soes £^]>ver Big Family Square Dance
At Northwest Friday
The series of outdoor square
and folk dances sponsored by the
Freeport Recreation . Department
will be terminated Friday, August
12, at the Northwest Park. More
than 1500 adults and children have
: attended the first five dances under
I the- stars. An excellent band will
i iumish the music foi' the folk,
' novelty, social and square dances.
I Bill Kattke will provide the square
•: dance calls.
The Village Becreatlon Itepart-
! ment will stage a contest in which
I a trophy will be awarded to the
autstanding jitterbug couple and a
trophy for the bpfit couple in the
waltz.
Joli-n J. Bandali, III. right, Pmidcnt of the Cxehonge Club, points to a
trailer of the Bagen Brothers Circus which was sponsored in Freeport
August S by the club, while John M. 'Collfns. elreus committee c ^ r a m n,
smiles Ws approval at the *'blg show's" arrlvaL More than 3,000 persons
attended the t*ree perfonmances—» third show at ftbotii 10 o'clock being
required to accanmioiiate «n overflow crowd on a parking lot south of
the Municipal Stodium. Some 1,300, mostly children, witnessed the
matinee.
Ehhet^ and Ashley Featured
\in Bout for Q.O.V. Outvag
Hiirrv Ebbet.s. \v<'ll known former inidtlle wfiffhl and
light heavy weiglit boxer of Freeport, aiitl Bill Aslikn-, for-nu'r
AAU boxing champion, who is also coach of the Free-port
High School, will bo.\ three two-minute roiuids for the
New York Stale RepubUeau Club cluinipioiiship iit the Free-
|X)rl Republican Outing, lo be held Saturday at the Town
Park, Point Lookout.
Hogan Denies Threat
To Delay Elinunation
Move By Gravel Firm
To Hold Up Contract
Is Refused By Court
Tlireat of a further delay in the
Baldwin-Preepott ^irailrona cros»ln|_
elMinatioii project was allmlnsfted
Monday when Supreme Court .fu?-
tlce Howard T. Hogan In-Mineola
eanccHea a'stay agalntt thi'awoi'd-
PIVE CENTS PEB COPg
Atlantic Soutt Votes
AU-OutFigfati^ainst
Down Zoning Plan
Members Seek To Keep
Main Street Residential i
Hearing Monday Night
An all-out fight against down-zoning
of residential property on
South Main street between Atlantic
and Bay street was voted unani­mously
last Thursday night by the
Atlantic South Civic Association. A
public hearing is scheduled next
Monday night nt 8:30 o'clock la Ihe
VlUage Hall.
The vote against any change at
this time "toughened" an earlier
.=itand by the group, which had ex­pressed
oppo-siiion to a Manufac­turing
zone at Its June meeting.
Radio Station WOBB of'Prceport
and Wallace Wells of Babylon h&ve
asked for a zoning change to Manu-fncutring
and/or Business "A" for
the South Main street block's west­ern
portion to a depth of 400 feet.
Station WOBB, whose transmitter
tower ooeiiples part of the property
as- a noiJ-eonforartng-TiBe, H'iints to ''
bulla a new studio near the trntls-mltter.
The civic association, preparing
tortafce a firm stand at the hearing
Delaney Gets 30 Days
For Turning In Alarm
Thomas Ueianey, 29, of 7 Harri­son
avenue was septeneed to 30 days
In Jail yesterday on a charge that
^e tumed-in a false fire alarm re-pently
at a box at Parsons avenue
and-llutlaiid xoaa,
; Judge Samuel Greason imposed
| h e sentencf-aftea-ilndlog Delaney
""gutltyjn First •District-Court, Mla-
-!folai--10ic3itwdftnt:'haf "'pleaded.
fenocent alia was given « triat yesr
terday. ' * "
Chief George Schwann of the
Freeport Fire Department made the
complaint. An examination of De-laney's
hands by First Deputy Chief
_Donai4;;MtttSaiier, using an ultra-
^ t e l . / l i i h t - i a j t j showed the pres-j.
itlf ftiSped4 on.his
hands and on |he front and tear
ddoE 'Jcnotia jafjaa Jioufie,.TIae. chemi.-.
cal confeqjoiidiBd'to niatertai on fire
olarnis. Patrolman Joseph RoraelKa
of . the iPreeport police arrested
Delaney.
' B'nai B'ritfi Units
Visit Northiwrt Tonight
i Justice Lodge and Chapter, Bnai
i r i t h , will visit tjie Northport Vet­erans
Hospital tonight t o entertain
the vetemns. Al Ctrlln, chairman
of; the prognam, announce that
piembers planning to make the trip
will meet at the comer of Seaman
avenue and Nortli Matn sti'ect a.t
7 P.M.
InB ot iitiy conUacto ....„
Justice Kogan 'haa reserved .<ie-\?'"^5,.'*°"'^'"y' *'«=1'-S'=<i " AVstributS
cision, when he" ordered the . s t u y , \ T r ^ l ^ r ""T ,^/«'^*'^«' »? ^"'^ '^^
' • I t o place a hall-page aavctrisement
in tills week's Leader.
Entering Wedge JPeared
Tredwell Hopkins, In his commit-on
a Farmmgdale ei'ftvel Ilrm^s
charge that state public worlis
officials at Babylon were setting up
a monopoly in the bidding.
^ . I teB report, _snld a chanso f o Sisal-r
On Monday Be refused to grant IUBSS
Samuel D. Gerber, President of
the Freeport Eeputalican Olub,
stated that in addition to this
feature, there will be 7B door prizes
to be awarded in addition to the
five $100. bonds and many prizes
for the wlni^ars of the various
games, with refreshments • for all
attending.
For those'awho-do not-hamtrona-portation.
,a bus will leave Ocean
and Brooklyn jivenues a t - i l A.M.;
sharp. •' ~
-All cburity"-an1i"Wwn- candidates
have been Invited to attend.
Tuna Club Postpones
Meeting To August 19
The Freeport Tuna Club has post­poned
Its regular meeting, due to
be held tonight, to Friday night,
August 10, due to the fact some 27
members will be fishing in the WsS.
AtraiHc'Tum.ToiiaiMwif'irJ^^
Judith, RX, tonight.
Chairman Howard Hustedt and
Gapt. John Miles will present a
report on the tournament at the
meeting.
Civil Defense Personnel
Put on ^Hurricane Alert •
All pivH Defense personnel In
Nassau County were placed on 24-
hour alert shortly after noon yes­terday
in anticipation of the pos­sible
arrival today of Hurricane
Connie, it was announced by Samuel
Gerber of Prefeport, Chief Warden,
Holy Namers Attend
Monthly Communion Mass
Members of the Holy Name Soci­ety
are to attend their monthly
.second Sunday mass and partake of
Holy Communion Sunday at 8
o'clock in Our Holy Redeemer B.C.
Church. The Rev. John J. Madden,
moderator, win be the celebrant.
JPresidfrit Walter J. Miranda will
lead lir .the recitation of prayers.
F B I E D M A N ' S PHABM*Ct
dinBN"ALLj»Air'siwiDiAY"'
-: Eriidmaa's- Pharmacy, S u n r i s e '
highway an dOrove street, will re­main
open until W o'clock Sunday
night after other drugstores in Free-port
dose during the afternoon fbr
the rest of the day Its phone number
is Freeport B-OOOI.
an order compelling Milton B. Ooul, I
District Engineer in charge of the'
State Public Works Department's
Long Island District^ to permit
screened gravel to be used in the
project.
Bast Coast Lumber Terminal, Inc.,
a soreened-gravel producer, had
charged that Mr. Ooul ruled "ar­bitrarily
and capriciously" that no'
screened gravel could be used in
the Job, but tliat crushed rock would \
go into the concrete Instead;-Arthur'
Kaye of RockvlllC' "Oenlre, attorney
for East Coast, said crushed rocltf
is prpdHced by a Manhattan firm
*hlch has quari'tes throiighour the
s t i l e.
Ml'. Goul appeared ta court with
Assistant State Attorney General
Jerome Gluoksman of Long Beach,
•who coijtended the District Engineer
has the right to rule on what ma­terials
can go Into* such projects.
•A" now would jirobaWy ba
fContlnued on Pagi 7)
MS^mmg Strikes Two Places
During ^torm Sunday Night
Lightning was in a playful mood Sunday niglit during
a storm that broke Freeport's long dry spell.
Shortly-after ,7 o'clock, flashes o f ; - ;
electricity set off a fire alarm box
at Seaman -avenue and Wallace
street, J>y creating a short-circuit.
t l i e ' entire * B!ire Department re-spondedrunder
leadership-of Chief-j
George Schwan.
Trifling damage was caused nearly
one-half hour later whfen. a tele-lision
antenna was struck at the
home of William WltitB,481 ?ose
street. Hook and Ladder-Compah'y
No. 1, which arrived promptly at
the scene,' foiind that a base pliig
and aerial had been damageii.
Another blaze oecuired at 3:20
;jA.M. during a storm, but had no
connection 'with It:-A.sihort-circult
ati the home of Sidney Lowltz, lOT
Staannard avenue, led to. flames
that- caused $509 loss. In an attic
•and reir bedroom.
Hutcheson To Appear
In Police Court Again
John E. Hutcheson of 314 FarK
avenue, who paid a $28 fine several
weeks ago for contlnuinB,-_,to keep'
nine dogs on his property after
having been warned to get rid of
them as a nuisance to his neigh­bors,
must appear in Police Court -
next Tuesday night, August 16.
. He had been summoned tnto^
court "last Tuesday, but Judge Paul
Kelly received, a me.>i8age that Mr.
Hutchesoft was oui~of the state for
a few days. He-granted a -one-weeK"-";
adjournment.
Mrs. Lillian VBSS charges t h a t"
Mr. Hutchesons dogs still cause a.
disturbanc eto neighbors. Freeport
police, who hs^ve lieen checking up •
on complaints, ateo Issued a sum­mons.
Greer Marine ^.Company
Leases Freeport Offices
The Greer Marine & Aviation
Corp., wlilch manufactures hydmul-ics,
is bo move its engineering and
design department to Freeport, .16"
has leased the space oh the first
floor of the Bergen Building, onj
South Bergen place .not occupied by
the two - •divisions of the Nassau
County Olesring' House Association,
Irving Kramer antiounced this wecls.
J The principal offices of the cor­poration
are located at the IdlewJd
International Airport where It oc-cujples
180.000 square feet of floor -
space.
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