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^Ot*i-Year, No. 17 FRIEPORT, N.*r., THURSDAY:, AUGUST 18. 1955 FIVE CENTS PER COP?
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Freeport Mops Up
Alter 12-inch Rdn
Oyer the Week End
Cellars Floodbd, Autos
Marooned, Eiecbrlctty
. Cut in Wake of Connie
PrteDort and surrounding commii-nltles
mopped up this week after the
wettest two days In local history.
Hurricane Oonijle swung westward
Into Peimsylvanta last Saturday, but
she brouflit a recort 12 inches of
i-ala between Thursday night and
early Sunday.
Many cellars throughout the vil­lage
were OoodeQ, oars stalled in
water atiove their hub-caps, nu­merous
homes were temporarily de­prived
of electricity and about 300
telephones went out of service Fri­day
night.
Gales up to 60 miles an hour
struck Nassau County, whipping up
high waves. Surprisingly enough.
Point Lookout escaped serious dam­age
from the water—a fact which
some attribute to the new break­waters
near Jones Inlet. Tides in­side
tlie inlet are reported to liavfi
-run only slightly more than a foot
above norma].
No fainille.'j needed to be evacu­ated
rrDm~tIa«jIr Siomcs In ooutn&nrv
! Freeport, either. Some'-oliservers Rt-tribute
this lo.,tlie fact that water
accumulated TO its greatest depth
Saturday morning after tiie higlj
tides at about 4 o'clock had begun
to recede.
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Hundreds Jam Heiiriiigs, Battf® Pnwn-loning
Adjoining Two South Freeport Kesidentiaf Areas
School Tax Up 5 Cents
To '55-'S6 Rate of $2.92
freeport School District taxes
win rise live cents to a new
rale of $ZM% per $109, it was
•innoiinced this W€«li by the
Board of Eduoation.
BaWwln'is school district taxes
will go »P M cents per $100,
vrith the new rate $3.34. At the
aMuual meetlag it ihad been
est&uited the rise would be 12
cents, but this torned out lower
than expected because the as­sessed
valuatlon^fataHed $2,007,-
7S5 ni«i% t h a n last year.
Capt. Fred Siege!*s Plea
On Grove Street Site
Hit as Traffic Menace
Captain JPred Slegel's request for
a zoning change from Residence "A"
to Business "B" at his fishing-sta­tion
property on South Orove street
apposite Jefferson street drew a
large turnout of neighbors at the
public hearing Monday night.
Most of the discussion concerned
traffic, parking facilities and the
probable effect of granting a change
in zoning. Mr. Siegel—who now op­erates
under a non-confo!inlng us©
provision—wants to build a marine
supplies store on the property.
Alan W. Vollmer, representing the
petitioner, said that before 1944 the
waterfront parcel was zoned Busl-ness
"E," but during the war was
re-zoned Besldence "A." He ex­plained
that Captain Fred cannot
expand the business without a more
up-to-date building. He wants the
zoning change so he can put on the
front of his old structure an addi­tion
where he would s^-ll ou(bo.iid
boat'i,_.Qutbottr<^- »tfQtDr& -and Qthei*
hiarlna" suppUca. ""_ " '
MrJ VolUner contended' tlicit
Woodcleft Canal, zoned for business
use on the we.st side, should bcsim
ilariy classified on the east side. He
said the dhange would in no way
alter taje character of theueighbor-hood,
as. he could see no likelihood
taiat anyone further south would be
encouraged to ask for slraitflr zon­ing.
Only Captain Fred's property
In that area formerly was in a
Business "E" area, l^Ir. Voihner
added.
Parking Situation Hit
First speaker for the opposition
was David A. Emery, 583 South
arove street. He said the present
Residential "A" zoning attracted
large numbers of new residents to
the neighborhood. Captain Sleger.'s
applloatloa—If granted—would open
the gates to commercial zoning for
the east aide oft the canal, according
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Mayor Shows He's Dodgers Roofer
Main Street Proposal
Holly Aiipued; Village'
Board Reserves Ruling
About 300 persons filled the IMu-niclpal
Building conference room
laondify. overflowing Into the halt
and an adjoining room for the
nighfs "main event"—a hearing on
a proposal to re-zone-South Main
street's west side, from Atlantic ave­nue
to Bay street, for a distance of
400 feet westerly. The change would
be from Residence A to Manufac­turing
and/or Bmlness A.
When mldnigiu came oratorical
briclcbats were still being hurled.
Neither side let the Intense heat
dampen lis enthusia.sm, but went
on answering foes* ntOacks even
after tlte VlUage Bonrd announced
It would reserve decision.
Speaker after .•ipealcer for the op­position
contended tijat factories
must be kept within bounds. Cheers
greeted the argument, advanced by
many, that If the Manufacturing
asne along Pi-eeporl Biver is al-_
Jowed to crosis SonQ) jyiaUi street It
wlU Roan onitulf nvn«t of GoutJiom.
VoMght U ^iciMed Counsel
T&iucceed MartinWeyrauck
Mayor WilllMD F. Olaekea parchasM first ttekets for Freeport night
at Ebbela Field, Tue-sday, Augiwt 30, from JVlts. WilUam J. IVIartin, Jr.,.
OS her hnshand Frccport Nttcht,c1iali3tnan.and cxecntlvtt.vlcEe-Dmldcnl i w
4r i U e .£i<kUtli ^^Uoro Vnik^rnx Savtntsn AZibd K^QAKI j^9MM>ol«,.%1.^n »wou*-«rtir-'^^H-p^,.**>i3«rt
- .nadlo Btatlmi "WGBB watita the
£hinge so It can build a .studio near
its tiaiismttlej and broadcasting'
tower no»v on the property, while
Wallace Wells of Babylon "seelcs
down-zoning so he cah put up In-
W f l h Ihe inaftic iminbvr dthvn I" 22,- the Dodgers inigblidstrlai facilities for a tenant not
l o all intciil* and purposes d i i i i l i Uiv KnUoiud Lcugiw
c h u i i i p i o i i s l i i p on Tuesdav IKMII!, .\ii«ii.sl ,'«». w l i i t h is to
be F r e e p o r t Xi«l)l af Ebln-Ls Field.
. ___ That night the Dodgers are to
Freeporters May See Dodgers
Almost Clinch The Pennant
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Boar.., , . ,
U) sei-w with the Mayor mnl Trustees at a time when a
former small coiiiiuuiiity wa.s tkneloping into a small city
- ^-tKreeent,n eatshs isEta. ntV ocuogubnts,e l 14s inWcea lllaacset
•becember, was appointed to succeed
MK Weyrauch. Active In civic af­fairs,
Mr. Vought Is president of the
Botary Club of iPreeport and has
Ws law office at 8 West Merrick
road. While Assistant V. S. Attorney
of the Eastern District h e prc^ecuted
inany big cases. Bom in Brooklyn
62 years ago, Mr. Vought moved to
Freeport In 1810 a a d was graduated
from the local schools, Hamilton
College ana New Yotk Law. saiool.
Mayor William- P . Glacken paid
high tribute,.fe» MP. Weyrauch for
his Joyai, comi^xaxtEemee, as well
as the, ".good Jtellotirahip" he had
with th^TOIftgeBdaM.He expressed
regret that Mr. WejraOfSi f i i i a s lt
necessary to retire. Jrom the post
under the State Retirement Law,
provlslons_ regarding age Umits. but
added that t h e village is really keep­ing
his sound advice as he holds
membership on the executive com-j
j l t t e e of the Unity Pasiy, which
"^osterod this board to office."
A resoIutioiJ was adopted thanking
Mr. Weyrauch for his "wonderful
service."
An Instructor at BrooWyn haw
©diool, he win engage In the prac­tice
of law arid continue t o write
books on legal matters. He formerly
.wss^cftttlrmaii of the jRreeport Board
of Zoning Appeals, and In 1944-45
headed t i e i e g a l staff of the Todd
Committee which Investigated the
State Jiegldature;
Motcheson Promises
To Take Dogs Away
If He Moves by Next
Tuesday, Judge Kelly
Will Dismiss Charge
John B..Biitoheson, -314 ParK ave­nue,
made another appearance in
Police Court Tuesday night on a
c h a i ^ ti}at his dogs still cause a
dlstdrbance to neighbons. Be was
fined ^ s e v e r a l weeks ago for con­tinuing
to keep nine-dogs oh his
property after Police Justice Paul
Kelly ordered him to, get rid of
them.
He plans to move the next day,
Mr. Hutcheson told Judge Kelly.
The heavy storms last weekend pre­vented
his leaving town earlier be­cause
the Long Island Lighting Co.,
was so busy repairing broken wires
It could not connect the electricity
-for his trailer a t the east end of
Long Island, Mr. .Hutcbeson said.
The case was postponed Until next
Tuesday night.
"H you move by next Tuesday and
take your dogs wit& you. III dismiss
the charge," Judge Kelly told him.
Mrs. Lllhan Vass, W .fttorton
street, made the most recent charge.
R-eeport police, who haw been
checking complaints from many
neighbors. Issued a summons tn iWr.
Hutcheisott. He has sold his home
The earlier complaint ;was fUed
by Deputy Village caerlc Bichard.
mmoT after a delegation of Mr,
Hut«Shepon's neighbors called his
m3«n«r of 'keeping J6 dogs—Soiae
take on the Milwaukee Braves, who.
are in second place iS's games in
the rear of the pace-setting Dodgers
which lead may be substantlaHy in­creased
during the coming week.
The 500 tickets reserved by Wil­liam
J. Martin, Jr., Freeport night
chairman, are going rapidly. They
may be purchased at the Freeport
office of the South Shore Federal
Savings &-'Loan Association, "Dan-ziger
sports good store, Sohultz's
sports good store or at t h e Grove
stationery store, Oiily'^a few days;
remain to buy tickets, as all tickets
remaining unsold on Saturday, Ai|-
gust 21, must be returned to Bbbets
Field.
Be.'ierved tickets may be had nt $2
each, and those desiring to make
the trip to the game by bus Joining
in a merry party, may do so by pay­ing
an extra $1.60 or 3.S0 all to­gether.
M a y o r WilJlam P. Glaoken.
showed his loyalty to Freeport and
the Dodgers.»by purchasing two
tickets from Mrs. Martin, women's
committee chairman, In hJs office
on Monday.
yet found .according to one of hla
Attorneys, Patricia Collins of Pree»
port.
Petition Submitted
TreflweO Hopkin.s, of 277 Bedell
.street, presented an opposing peti­tion
signed by 599 resident property
owners, 424 of whom reside less than
2,500 feet 'from tlie property in­volved.
He said the plight of one
investor like Mr. Wells can hardly
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outside tlie house—a ftualUi menace.»port, 8^0041
CANNON PHARMACY
OEBN Atl. DAY
TTie Cannon Pharmacy, 6 South
Main street, wUI be kept open uhtia
10 o'clock Sunday night af.ter thhe
othher drugstores to Freeport jclose
during the afternoon for t h e rest of
[the day/ I t s phone nmnber in Free-
Another Zoning Plea
Tossed on Mayor's Desk
Mayor__Wllliam P. Glacken
hardly had time to mOp his fore­head
at the concluslisn- of iWon-day
night's heated hearings
before another petition for a
change of zoning from Residence
"A" to Business and'oi' Industrial
was tossed on his desk in the
meeting room.
The petition is signed by 17
property owners on the west side
of South Main street between
Baynor street and Atlantic ave­nue.
Mrs. Walter JBlce, 374 Soillh
Main street, presented the docu­ment.
This area lies across Atlantic
avenue and north of properties
owhed by radlt» station WGBB
and Wallace T. Wells, whose ap­plication
for a zoning change
from Besidentlal to Business "A"
and/or Manufacturing was ar­gued
Monday night.
The new petitionee contend
that hecBUSB industries have been
established on the opposite eWe
of South Main street,_theh: hold­ing*
«re no longer suited for
.Besldetttlai afalng. They urge
bnsinesror light industty use-te
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