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20th Year, No. 27 FREEPORT.y.Y, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955 ' • « . «
MERRICK
Red Devils Defeated
In Lawrence Game;
Seasons First Itout
No Contest Scheduled
- To Be Played Saturday;
Playoff^Election Day
The Pieeport High Schol fODtbnlJ
team has an open date Saturday,
".before 'plnylng host to Central of
Valley Stream, at the local Stadium
Saturday. November 5, at 2 o'clock.
The Ksme schedule? with Mepham
- on Saturdny, October 15, at North
Bellniore which had to be pobtponed
bf^use of drenching rain, U to be
played on Election Day, Tuesday.
- -November 8.
Saturday the Red Devils, suffered
their first defeat of the season,
going down before Lawrence by a
-^ scoie of J3 to 6, on their own grld^
^ Iron. Getting off to a fl to 0 lead,
the locals remained on top until
the third quartW, when Lawrence
.took the lead, 7 to 6, and then put
on the clincher by adding 6 more
pointe in the fnial quarter Another
Lawrence touchdown WAS nullified
by a penalty for holding.
.'George-Bird scoreu for Prceport
Biniost at. the outset of the contest
- -on a 29-^aFd' end run, but fnjtpd
, ^ to'conver^t. T."hD_3CJpvHs,liel<J the vlsU
'.'-torsIn-check tor-ttio'r^sb 'ol -the
'halt,- but did liothlng- against 'the
,oppo.sition.' Tlie iocftls seemed to
be afraid to take chances by taking
'to the air and "insisted on trying
to bleak through the Golden Tor-
. 'nado line without success. j
It was not .until Laiirence had
foiged ahead In the third tiuarlcr
tiiafc the DevJls came to life with
'a, surge that seemed destined to
hit pay dirt until a fumble on the
o'pposition's 2()-ynrd line enabled
Lawrence -to .regaiS the Tjaii and
^end chances' of inctory.
The Lawrence drive for its first
_'_score-stai-ted on Its own 47-yard line
'wlien 'Pete Cimino tossed a 12-yard
pass to End "j-erry Farina for a first
"down on th'* Preeport 41. Clnjlno
-'3.'i?i^rP'""E«'-8 .yards tlirough the
Prceport line, after whtqh tl)*--Vi5i:i
- -tors-w?.-nt-lill(ra„SlnB]e. wlngr 'COT
- -CttptR.in:-iiou Hilton toot'the ball,-
l^^-Jinewlde to tlie-Eightr-then-swift-lycutTiack
over tackle oiid swept
unmolested to the touchdown. Marco
Benedetto left the bench and kicked
the vital extra point.
On getting' behind, the Devils
started a drive sparked-hy passes,
Blrtf to" Joe Natlian and BiHPennelll
Freeport Opens G.O.Pi Headquarters
5-- -
FIVE CENTS PER COP?
Daylight Savhg Time - -
Ends Sunday Miming
Oayllght Savine Time ends next
Sunday, October 30, at 2 o'clock in
the morning,
Clocks ihould be turned back one
hour, or, to avoid damage to the
mechanisms, ahead 11 homs.
VAtTuaf KppubUcah leaders; open .Prerport G.O.P, headquarters
Church street oppcsitc Pine street fop the election caoipalffa Comily
Exeouiivc A. Holly Patterson, third frrm left, cut a tape at thf en­trance
hi Informal ceremony. Left to rleht arp Peter Krflj, Frwport
Leader; H,irold BUnn, lo™l <-an.p.-Ug„ iVfanaffer; Patterson; j . n„ssel
Sprague, G.O.P. Oount.y Le^ider. and Wmiam Mcisser, Chairman of the
Kepublicm County Committee. Tlio camp:iign office is open
nis:ht.s ;rom 7:30 until 9 ;ifl o'clock and on Satar«l»>'s fro weekday
m 3 to 5 o'clock.
—Carson Photo
Peter KeBy is Host-^
To £x-idomiiAitte^meik ^
Preeport Leader Ciyes
Dinner for Old^Tiiaers -
At Sea Breeze Thursday
Former c o u n t y committeemen
fiom Fre<5)o't. some of whom served
ab long ago asAsib, weie guests of
the local Republican comltteemen
Thursday nigh;, October 20, at the
Sea Bieeze Restaurant Peter Kelly,
Preeport Leader, presided and later
turned the.meeting over to WlUlam.
J, Marvin, chairman of 'the dinner
committee.
The main speaker was Q. .Bur-cliaid
Smith, a former President
of the School Boaid, who now Is
counsel to the Nassiau County Board
of Supci visors. Mr. SniUh treated
Frecport and experience- in the days
when the-guesls werp^ committee­men.
At'his suggstlon, a moment of
silence was observed In 'tribute to
old associates.
Other talks were "given by Dsug-
.lasa.C. Lawrence and the only three
women who ever served on the
Preeport Republican Committee,
tiis. Christine Edwards, Mis Nellie
an dnumlng by Nathan and Don Kecgan and Mrs. Isabel Tree.
3(IannIngton that carried the ball
domi the field from deep < in the
-Preeport territory to the Lawrence
^0, Just as it seemed the .locals were
(Continued on Page 3)
The committeemen, at t l i e ir
speclal meeting, endorsed South
Nassau Communities Hospital's fl-;
nance campaign after hearing Vil-
(Contmued on Pagc.l2>
400Jomes Darkened
Failing Wires Break
•^ ; Electric Circuit Near
• Home of _Dr. Newton
' laee were darkened Mond.iy after­noon
by a squall thnt cul -diagonally
acioss the village iind knocked tree
Umb£> over wires.
Preeport cicaped stronger wliijs
which lilt Nassau County further
east. The sky became oveicast sud­denly,
shortly aftei 5 o'clock, and
rain fell Flooding of streets, hotv-evcr,
was much Icbb serious than
In the storm about one week pre­viously.
A feeder^tirult break in the
electricity lines was" caused fay a
600 Persons Attend
Tree Planting Service
On ON Anniversary
Children Mardi in Para^
From Municipal Building
To Library Grounds
A parade and the dcdlcaUon of a
United Nations tree at Preeport "
Memorial Libraiy lait Sunday after­noon
highlighted the viURge's celo-biatloii
of the UN. lobh anniver­sary
More than 6oo persons attended
n„„„ „ '^^^ cei-emonies, at which several
Congiegatlon B'nal fciael «iii i,,.-bundled children born m 1945 the
uX'^M^I "uildmg fund campaign'year of the U.N.'s founding ,occu-l
^ J^^""°"" R'-"'? to b.> at- • P"-d *eats m fiont of the platform.
If dcd by the entire membership The same young-sters participated in
•Sunday nlshl at 8 .% o'cluck. it was | « Parade from tiie Municipal Build-aimouncpd
yo.stciday by Han-y Sha- ' ^"S t^rn along ,v'ith veterans' or.
Piro. Campaign Cha!irninn> "This ennizations, Scout groups and otlier
Rally will be one of the most out- ! ""»«•
standing gatherings in the hi.stoiy[ Church belli rang at about 3
ot oui Congiegatlon." said Mi Sha-. o't^locU shortly after the start of tile
Plio 'It will mHik the beKinning of I t^eremoiiie;,. Boy Scouts of Troop IB
an intensive Congiegatlonal effort' ^'gna"ed by flag from the library
to^brlng into actuolity the hopes and | to Sain Poltto, Sexton at Our Holy
^^^^^^J""-. who commenced the bell
6 nai Israel To Open
Building Drive Sunday
Congregation Will Seek
To Raise $350,000 for
New Religious Center
planning of many years for a new
S.vnagoeue and Religious Education
Center."
In addltlqn to sliorL taUcs by cam­paign
leadeis, gupjjt speakc'rs will
'linking. The Scout signallers were
Fj-ank Baneina, Henry Eaias. John
Holster. Titn-KeUy.- and ' Jeffrey—"
Kion.
-called upon in theih homei'by meni-beis
pi the Oamjjalirn alTd"Momorrar
Girts Committees
Pledges of $25.0(10 from the Sister- /
Coniftiiuifty Ohoraf, memijerfi in
teaSli:ig the singing of "The Star-spangled
Banner."
Justice ot the Pence Palil KeJly'
Jiood and $25,000 fiom «». Men'J .^'"f ^^"^ "'"^^ J'"'!*'^"*' "P'?^* "^"'"P
rcantlnued on Page IG) I the Rev. Edward W. levin, Presl-tree
limb's falling o\er thei wires at
tliose present to a talk on old-timej-the -home"orprr-Geor^c"^, 'New­ton.
Brooklyn avenue and Grove
jstrcet. Tills "cut' off electricity serv­ice
to-- mauy^ Domes "Jor nfiarly~aS"
hourJh-tlie-Woraicast section. The.
Municipal Building- 'was without
lights at>out 25 minutes.
Workmeu of the electi Icily and
highway departments toiled until
midnight Monday and continued
repairs for several hours Tuesday.
Several trees were brought- down
by the wind.
The Ixmg Island .Lighting Com­pany
called out. emergency crews to
restore service" in surrbuiiding com­munities.
Leader Assists Merchants
In Roqsevett- Sales Days
RofLsevrtlt . . ^ l e s . b a y s begin TJitjreday,"October 27, aiui
' c o n t i n u e f o r the next t w o weeks.' " . ' •' -
>. Tfie.bMuler, in co-operation -with
^hii'Rao^'elt .Merchants,, is jnittitis
I'-''
*a.,«ddiflona|, 2fiOD fnt cgplesjnito
'the baiu!».'Ol Bdosevett residents to
•Sacctuolnt them'^uritli-both the yalues
offqvd by,-RoQ8eydfc Sfercbaata acoi
'^&ieo .tg-i<^mlnt-jai"g residents with
NassMU' -Coimty'fi—Jaitest -• weekly
newapaper, which-<;civer5_ Roosevelt,
Baldwin, Preeport- and 'Merrick. :
Prices have been cut dramatically
.lor thi» two • week's Sales Days,
^atch Iht ijeadee next week tcj
'm'ote'Boosevelt'Saii^ Days ba'reatns.
/
Third Hi-Neighbor Dance
Slated for November 4
^-
Tlie Ladies Auxiliary of Our Holy
Redeemer Church Is sponsoring Us
third annual Hl-Nelghbor Dance dt
the South Stiore y.ichr"OIub, Friday
night, November 4.
The orchestra playing for the
Janqe will be Paul Muro's. Dres.?"
T^ill be optional. The-committee con­sists
of Mi's. E. Ngely, dance chair­man;
Mrs. H. Duffy, jotjmal cholr-jnan;
Mrs.-R. -O'Eegan,. publicity;
3Blrs;La. Di Marttno, baskets! cheer;
Mri. H. Cousins, tickets,' FReeport
[dent of tJie Intcrfaith ClDiffy Coun­cil,
to offer the Invocatinnal Prayer.
Achievements Praised '
Mayor William P. Glacken, the
niHin speaker, praised the work of
the U.N. in preventing wars, right­ing
diseabcs in various parts of tho
world, and providing a place Kt -
the nations to meet and reach
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BEUNIIARD'S PHAH.'HACY
OPEN AM, DAY SUNDAY
Bernhard'.i Pharmacy, 54 -West
Merrick road ,wlll remain open until
10 oWock Sunday-night after other . I
drug-aores-bi .prceport clo.ie ""during—"
the aJt?moon for the rest of the
8-4509; and Mrs, M. Finch, rcserva—i-day^ Its phone niunber.ls IJ-ecport
tlons, PEceport 9-84i>4.' * 8-0008,
Atlantic South Holding
Dance on November 5
' The Atlantic South Civic AasOcI-atioji^
Is to hold its iourth annual
square dance JQ. Knights jof Colum­bus
KaU,. 97. Broadway,' Saturdpiy
night,"-November 5, at'8;30 o'clock.
Music will be ,provide4 by--Caller
^ t h l ' , •'.•' ; , ..'
'-Tables-;-are.. "to -be: dis'hibuted
thn>ugh<»ut the liaU for the' con>
venlende i)t those who desln* to pur­chase
refreshments, Mrs. IMTXHUIH
Aosendahl, the diaifman, - «n-noonced:
• • '' "' , -
Qirl Scouts Launch Drive
For 30,000 Boxes of Cookies
Inlerniodialc and Senior Scout.s, Brownies and Mnrlncrii
will begin the distribution-of yO.OOO boxes oT cookies this
^altirday in connection with the ii.nnual Girl Scout fund-raising
cainnuign. They have ben soliciting ordcii during
tUcpiist week und'reports received by Mrs. .lames Hill, cookie
oliairnian, point to a record sulc.during~thc remainder of the
month.
. Of the $5,700 quota asslstied Free-port,
It is .hoped to.raise $1,200 in
cash contributions ^ d the balance
through the sale o f cookies.
Cookie Mo^fcr^, ^who will co­operate
with the girls In the Vcr-lous
districts, are: North- Mrs. iM'
{red FhUlps, Chairman; Mbsdames
Monte Davi'^n, R, A. Center, Batjey
Ferris, P. fi, Bentsteln, Frances fiic-
Cauley, Nathan BoolhadCrU. Ourst-ler,
Chiy Wallace, V. SOhUler' and
Shetfennan; central^ -Mis. Cbr-r
'nelius 0'Keetfe._ phalrautn; -Mes-plames,
Alan Cnilckshonk, Harold,
Cruicksba'nk, t^eon Scaboria, JeRoyd
Oreene, Theodore Bell,' Rlchanl
Cijrran, Isabelle deorge, John Ty-i
son .Paul Bcanunon. W. H. &tner-eon
and Andrew Wllller, and South-"^
Mrs.' Clarence Jilclntyret Chalnnan;
BSesdanies Qeorge Smith, Arthur
Jones, Notmaa. Hyams, Adaiin Loei*
fIer,~Edwar4 Schuh, Henry Rosters,'
Nathian Zabtow, M. Olode, Kreisheiy
Brlc Petesson Hotbcrser and Tobias.
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