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aoih Year, No. SO "FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,. 1955 FIVE. CENTS PER^COP'r.
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Swill Main fie-Zoiu^^
^ Residenls Who Signed
. Opiening Action
.- Ugal actton against the down-ionlng
of Soutti ^alii street, at the
Wallace Wells and Station WQBB
properties south of Atlantic a¥«nue,
-; -was taaricflied last week by two
neighbors.
- ' With all-out moral support of tfie
Atlantic South Civic Association, a
$1,000 battle fuijd front the group
Srjol tbftj>r.oposed collection of '$1,SOO
from residents to carry the fight If
necessary "to a higher court, the
'", .plaintiffs have filed papers In Mine-
• ola Supreme Court to upset the
Village Board's decision.
Two Sign Papers
Chai'les Cramer of 9 Bay street
and Wesley Carman of 309 Bedell |
.street, civic group memljers, have i
retained Ward Burns of Mineola as [
.their attorney, j h e action was taken
wscently after an AtlaiiUc. South
CDinmlltee consulted four lawyers
who expressed the opinion that tiie
' Village Board's action wab "tpot-zonlng."
TllB civic a«Hi>clntion~lia» sbiTCTet-tor.'
i to"muniltj?r5 ftiilstpfflor-coatribu-tsons
It also plans an appeal to
South Fi'eepoi't residents for help In
Its flg'ht to keep the controversial
properties In a Besidence "A" zone,
i t is,feared Oiat Jf the re-s»ntag
stands. It will encourage more and
more nelfiSiborlng property owners
to seek down-zoning, thus causing
destruction of resldemtlal areas to
the west and south,
. ; Zoned lor Industry
Tie Main street parcels were re-zoned
mostly to Manufacturing, for
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M^ayorBftcks Retarded Children's Week I t Of% .lull
Approves 100 AJn^
lioiismg^ Progrctm
The Federal Housing Aulhorilv has approved a lOO-imit
project for Frceporl, Coiigrossinati Frank Becker of Lvu-l)
r<jok aimouncod Tuesday. The local Housing AiitlK»ritv ia
expeelctl lo submit coiuyMe developnieiil plans bv next
.liiiyfJl. «. 1 . «...
' ' Interviewed by "JJie Loader, Lester
Two Veterans Da[y
Services on Friday
ATLANTIC CHEMISTS
TO STAY OPEN SIWWAY
, Atlantic diemlsts, 179 Atlantic
avenue, will remain open until 10
o'clock -Sunday, nl^lit after other
drug stores In Preeport close jn the
afternoon for the rest of day. Its
piione number Is Preeport.*S-4876rr'
on Thanksgiving Day — next
_Tliur-sd!!y—the same service will bo
performed by Zipper's PharmaeST
- Grove and -Pine-streets,--f.elephone.
Pieeport 8-3449.
Edward Blair lieence ,le«, receives a proclamation from Mayor WllUajn
V Glaeken which 4esignates the week of November 13 as the week lor
the Nationwide Ddve for the Association for the Help of Eetarded
Children" ui the Village of Freeport. Mr .Licence Is the Freeport village
chfth-man f«r the campaign.l„ raise funds for the development center
conducted by the association. Carson's Studio
United Fund Qiven Approval
.'—.rfiU^js towrn-il tiH-i;or«U>lJ).»ti«»! « iiiuieilcfflji.jjinnlty I'tiJKl
were taken Tuesday niglit i i i t i ie Municipal Buildhi^' at a
iiicetiug atlcntletl by about 25 representatives of Freeport
charity, religious, civic and otlicr organizations. The Cliaiu-iKJr
of Coninierce sponsored tiie session, wJiichwjis endorsed
in a letter written by IMtiyor William F. Glacken and sent
to the local gixjups
Legion Program Held
At Municipd Building;
V.F.W. in Own Quarters
Veterans Day was observed at
two Freeport services—one at the
Municipal Building under auspices
of William Clinton Story Post,
American Legion, and the other at
the V.P.W. Hail where Henry Theo­dore
Mohr Post, Veterans of Poielgn
Wars, sponsored special ceremonies.
Tiie Boys' and Girls' Chorus~of
Baumann, counsel of the Preoport
organization, said' he was still
nwnttini offictai notice'and the Au­thority
will await sttch notice be­fore
Issuing details about its new
plans for n Bennington Park
project.
Tlie PHA'ii earmarking of funds,
I aeneraily believed to be $1,250,000,
' provides preliminary money for ihe
. Freeport authorities to use in gel-
I tmg surveys, reports .architectural
designs and other necessary docu­ments
ready. These,' along with a
site, must be approved by the P.H.A.
No cost to: the village WUl be In­volved
ill the FpdDial project, and
u will not in any way alfect the
the Atkinson School, directed ,by 1 debt limit.
The delegates elected IDr. BUIton
Waldman, who has conducted many
successful campaigns in the village,
chairman of a temporary steerSjig
committee which Includes persons
who had volunteered to help In get­ting
the fund oisani^ed.
- TSdvlce.-hased on 'their experience,
was given at the meeting by three
officers of the ftookviUe centre
United COBUnunlty. Fund—President
Edward Sills, Lester W7 Bawlthg«
and Edwad Otore—and two airectora
of the Great Nedk United Com­munity
FHiiiar^*ffs." Edward Ben-
•stock—and-'-Mrs.- Gterard T, van
AmeongarTliej gfiswered questions
f roin ""tliff"audteiice"^f ter" outihiing-
Che accomplljshmentsi»_their arear.
JDavid, SpitZCh^4 of. the .Chamf
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Weyrauch Qqing To Miami
.ToMunicipal HabilMyParley
Martin H. Wevrancli. former Freeport ViOagt" Gqunsel,
has written a report on "Municipal Tort Llability/'i which
be will hiake next week in iMiaini, Fla.,^,at k NationaiHnsti-tule
of Municipal Legal Offiecrs niccting,
Mr, Weyiauch's national reputa
tiou as a leader In flndmg ways
foi villages to protect thefnselves
afialnst excessive claims w;as earned
during the nine years he held the
post of Village Counsel. For ex­ample,
he led in New York State
municipal officials' activities lo find
protection from lawsuits' based on
• the condition ot sidewalfes.
Ficeport ordinances dirawn up by
Mr.-Weyraucli have became models
tor other communities.' He formerly
was Ctiaiiman of the local zoning
^ppcals board and in 1314-45 lieaded
thfe legal staff of the Todd Com- tommittee
mjttce which, investigated the State
Legislature, i i •
Representing"an-NDiILO commit-,
tee made up "of outstanding lawyers
from all over tlie United States, Mr.
Weyrauch devoted his report .to the
following subjects: "Municipal Tort
Law Developments, the California
Law on Tort Liability, the Com­mittee's
Findings, Tort Liability In-suranoe
In Berkeley, Calif.; Develop­ments
In New Yorf.State, and
Answers to a questionnaire-sent to
the members ot NTMLO's tort
Three-Year-Old Boy
Is Killed By Truck
Child Runs Into Side
OjF Vehicle in Front
Of Evans Avenue Home
•Hitee-year-old Peter J, BUng, Jr.,
of-32 Evans avenue •^&s fatally in­jured
Erlday.afternoon:..wijen-lje ran
into the side of Wvah. The bby had
just come out. of his honse^ where his
grandfather, Dr.-Leo Klhg Of l-well,
Mass., waB-vlsltlng,r.^ .„-,;,.. r
—Dr. Bang'tmorked hard In. an ef-
•ioHr-li6V:swe.,I^ter.jnfl:^^^ to the
ambulance wiiih" IpH'to Mteadow-
1Sioofc^^^Elwpitai."'"He"'-watchea "While
other doctorsat-the'hospital tried
to savr-hligrandson's 1116^7but tlie
youn^ter died at 2^S0 o^ctock, less
than an hour after thtrac^rfdbpfc
The van driver, John J. Dawson,
30, of Centerea«^, told police he
saw the boy .running toward the ve­hicle
on Bvans avenue east of High
'place and attempted to stop, but
•"the-chlld Mt the left side^ of the
•--Iruok:' near .sonie"'of" I'ts ".double
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at Itke U "A,M,- nseetiug ~iii" the
Municipal Building. Recitations were
appropriately' blended with the mu­sic.
- The Hev. Louis'-H.' Losclt of the
First Baptist Church cited three
trends which lie. said are avldent
in the world—B. change in ^mphasis
from the good to the "useful;" from
stress on Individual men's impor­tance
to "mankind," and from eter­nal
things to those which are mere-soul
is equal In the sight of God
ly tpmporal. He warned-that every
to whom each life Is accountable.
We must not lose ourselves in the
values of-the past, according to the
minister, but must be a helpful
bridge between the past^and- the
^ftittirer ' " .-.—.-r-^^^
Kenneth E. Vought, who pPesJded,'
cause the site chosen on East
Merrick road at Bulfnio avenue has
since been occupied by the"Welt£ler
Thermometer plant.
Freoport's- hopes we.rg, Jolted .
nearly :two years ago When tlie.Fed-eral
housing pi'ogj'am was out down,
but revived this year when Con*-
gress adopted a compromise bill au-thorlsUng
U. S, aid in 45,000 public
housing units.
jElarly in October, Mayor Wllllaiti
V. Glacken and the Village Board
reafllrmed the continued need for
low-rent housing In a resolution tt
sent to tlje Washington authorities.
Post Office To Close
On Tltattksgivmg.Da3r
, Postmaster Balph L. Marshall has
announced that there will be no
cited the Unportance- of hitcgrlty.'Tymapw service at the Freep.or,t post
and the right to walk uprlghfcbefore- ottlee. on Tlianl^f Ivjng Dayf No-
Go«J-' ' ' • '"•;", ivBiiber-24.• Spe5af;.deilwry• malls
Taps -by Freeport -High Sehool'^jjj gg a'gijvejed as recelveir'TO|il!C'
buglers opened the meeting, i<a=.
lowed by'THfeglBHTOtes of sUence.
After- a color-guard pasted oolors<
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•i PM. but iiiere will be .no delivery
of ordlnBry^^^mall. The lobby wUL
be open= from^ A.M. to l-P,M, foi: -
the convenience of boxholders. '•-
Sunrise H i ^ W a j Mall
WiU; Be Black-Topped
A contractor for the Long Island
lighting Company has been paving
with black-top the mail on Sunrise
highway which was torn up recently
to carry electricity lines tlu-ough
Freeport. Crass had formerly oc­cupied
Uic mall's surface. The line,?
connect a-new l<ILCO generating
plant at Island Park with communi­ties
east of this village.
B'nai Israel Will Conduct
intensive Drive On Sunday
A historic dav in llie life of Coiigregulion B'liai Isfaol
will-be-.tlii8xauung.Siuidaj%-Km'.ei»ber m.;l1llc(l Bm
Day it m'ill be the occasion on which niembers arid Iricnds
o i ' l h c congregation will be seen by lean.is of more than
eifihtv workers. They will be seeking contributions to help
erect'the new |3r»0,000 svnagoguc on North Bay view avenue.
Heads of the Team Organization are Louis Vogct and Mrs.
Jules- D. Mazor. "^ '""
Eraphastztag, that thl-. Temple la
truly being built for tlie future, and
will serve as a Virtual community
center, Mr. Vogel and Mrs, Mazir
called on the entire Jewish commu­nity
to give their support lo the
new Temple.
Co-Chairmen of' the' ,Men>orial
Gifts Committee Sidney Mintz and
Dr. Nathan Diamond announced at
the Campaign Committee meeting
Monday night that 'memorial- units
in the new synagogue are being
taken very rapidly. Pointing out
that there already had been several
cases where more than one person
had asked for a single memorial,'
they urged' all persons who wish
memorials to please make their de­sires
known as soon as possible.
Among the units which have al-
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