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2«tti ieai. No. 4» FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY. RIARCH 29, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COP?
School Officials Celebrate Decisive Victory
Mupi-rlntendeni John W. Dodd was so happy with Uin dtcisne vole m favor of the new hig-h school last
wetk he gave » luncheon at the Coral House, Baldwin. Frliuy where Ihe ffuests sat looking out over the
site where the new ITrceport High Schoitl will be erected. The pa> ly, frcni left to rifht, includes Dr. Dodd,
Mayor William P. GlackeB, l,co F. Glblyn, pre^deni. of the B<ard of edueation; ArthW I,, Hodges, editor at
The Leaden and Walter llawkliis. Supettntendent of Building tor llie school district. Bagatelle Photo
Chamber's Annual M.eeting
At Lbmbardo's W~ednesday
The tiiiiHial iiieeUii|r of thv Frwpori Chumber oi C'.ciin-nmicc
wflJ be held Wetlnt'sdtiy iiif|lil in the Surf liooin ut
(iuy Lomlianlo's ICasl E^>iiit House.
There will be n cocktail hour " "' ' • '-
from 1 to 8 o'clofk. a; which time
a buffet iiupper will b? sei-ve:l.
A new .slaie of officers and direc­tors
.is .scljectiiled to be elected at
tlii.^ meet-iug. Tiie Bermuda liip
sponsored by the Chamber will he
aw.<rded and awards iu the Friendly
Doorways Contest held Is^st Chrl.st-ma-
s will be presenied by Police
Justice Paul Kelly.
A gue.st speaker of prominence is
expected to participate 111 live pro­gram.
Mrs, Mabel Batlln. lExecutlve
Secretary, sold this week. Bobert'E.
Kurz Is the retiring head of th.'
Chamber.
City Paper To Feature
Old Freeport Pictures
"Preeport, Old and New" is the
title tor a full pag»..o{ pictures to
bs'printed In next Sunday's edition
fli the New York Jaumal-Amerlcan.
rhe p)jotograph« will incltjde ni»ii.y
oW time scenes and buildings in the
ccmaiunltf provided by Village HSJI-torlan
John F. DeLorme. In con­trast
there will be modern sceneii
taken by the Jourrial-Amerlcan
staff photographerK.
This Idea Is to be carried out Jn
ether Nassau County villages which
iwve long-time background.*! from
week to week.
Mohr Post Postponed
Monthly Scrap tMve
: As Easter is tJie first Sunday in
-AjMili^ Henry laieoclore Mobr Posfj
\V3".W..1fias postponed Its numthly
Ijaper and scrap collection a wefilt.
I t win be c»nducted on Sundft?,
April 8, with trucks starting Ui?
Wimds of the village at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Helen Abrams
Kes in Fairborn, Ohio
Family Formerly Lived
At Roosevelt Address
Husband in Air Force
services will be held today. In
Preeport for Mrs. Helen AbratiM. 43,
a former resident of Roosevelt, who
<H d !>t a laospital In Pklrborn.
Ohio, after a lengthy illness. She
lived at Palrborn near Wrig-ht Pat­terson
Air Poree Base in Dayton
where lier husband Major 1.. G.
Abrains. was stationed. •
Tile body wa-s sent to 'the Chester
A. Piiitcn and Son Funeral Kome
vsiiere services will be held thfe
morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Dr.
John L. Latshaw of the Methodist
Ciiwf h officiating. Bwrtal will follow
•»t Long Island National Cemetery,
Plnelawn.
Bora in. Brooklyn, Mrs. Al»ram»
formerly lived In Rocsevelt at 18
Linden place ajjd held member.sliip
In the Daughters of America chap­ter.
She reisided In the community
about 2S years.
Besides her husband, she is sur­vived
by two chilircn, John and
Arline; her father. William B»ld of
Preepott and a sister^ Mrs. Kenneth
Lewis of -Preeport.' '•' •'•" "' ' '
OPEN ALL OAT SUNDAY
ZlppeFs Pharmacy;'-; jPtoe "..and
Grove streets. wlU remain open till
10 o'clock Sunday night after other
drug stores tn Preeport cleae In the
afternoon for the rest of the day.
United Fund Issuing
Public Newsletter
Quota Group Working
With Organizations To
Set Up First Budget
Within the next few day.-s many
Preeport residents will receive v
United Fund newsiettor. Thl.s new."!-
lelter will bring them un to dale on
United Fund activities in Preeport
The newsletter, signrd by Punc
Pi-esident, Dr. Milton B. Waldman
reveals that the Admissions and
Quota Committee, headed by Dnvid
Kadane. is now engaged In discueis-ing
1957 needs and objectivet with
in erested lOrganlzations. Invitation!
:o join the United Fund of Preenorf
have been or are being sent to local
and national health and charity
grotips. It Is from the Individual
discussions with each group that
the quota for that organisation i;
determined. The total cf such re­quirements
will make up the village
goal .for the first Onlted Fund drlv<
h. October 1956.
Dr. WaMmaii's, letter again em-
(Continueu on Page 8)
Contest Set for Firemen's
Second Deputy Chief Post
Raymond W, Barrett, a membei' of
Hose Cora.pany 5. and Arthur L.
Burdette. of Hose Company 1^ are
rival candidattf.<i lor Second Deputy
Chief of tiie Preeport Plre Depart­ment
at Its annual meeting In head­quarters
next Thur.sday night.
ponald Mauersberger fcs t;lat?d to
move up frcm First Deputy to Chief
succeeding George J. Sohwan. and
Donald M;t»rhauer from second to
first deputy witlicut cppcsltion.
Mr. Barrett has filled all chairs
of his company, and is a n instrtsctor
in ths department. Mr. Burdette has
been a fireman tor 20 years and btts
served his coihpany in almost every
'•apacitj-: Sotli are memberss oI the
Fire Council.
All the individual companies will
hold their elections in their various
flrehouses Tuesdny night.
High School Voted
In Five to One Poll;
Swimming Pool Too
!• i c i p o r l rcsiilcids \ o t e t l iieiirlv Jivi- t<r o n e I'tii- ti new
s e n i o r high school lanl Tliiifsduv- Al" t h e Siinu- l i m e Ihev ^ave
a p p r o v u l lo Ihe tiildititHi of a swiiiiiuidH JKHII hy les.s UIHH
t h i v i ' lo I w o .
l>rN|)iU' .shushy rmuh ami .sidewjilk.s, 2.411 iiersaiis
liiriied out t<> v o t e l o r u $;5.<r»(»,»KMI bond i.-i.sne to liniiiiee the
HCIKMJI IUKI II $;{2a,(>0(l )>ro|M».si1ion to troiLslnicI \\w ptHil.
'—• Ballots cast on voting machines
Mayor Asks Support
Of Cancer Campaign
Proclamation Issued
7o Call Public Notice
To Drive Next Month
Maj'or William P. Olackcii has
proclaimed April as "Cancer Coti-troi
laonrh" In Preeport. He «rote:
"I urge generous financial support
of the fSBSsau Cancer Commi„lee'.s
tund-ralslng campaign, so ttiat it
may widen and In-tensiry the battle
.igiiinst cancer until such lime as'
the menace ct muii's crucleM enemy
-..baU be lifted forever "
, Mayor Glacken's _gi-oclams>tlpg.
I •i'-tpd theip rea'sons foi aid to the
I .inipalgn.
1. CaJ:i<?er Ls one of tiie mo.sr
ritlCHj public health problems of
oiir times,
2. About 250,000 AmprifKn,s. .some
of tiieni ill our CWEI are:i. will die
of tv.icer m IflSS If pre.sciit niter
coii inue.
3. Tlie Nas.sHU County Cancer
Commitlee plays tiie leadma role
ill the local fight agalii'it cancer,
helping to furtlier progres.s in diag-no.'
ii,'* and treatment of cancer.
4. Tliere is still much to'be tlone
despite receiu advances in the
battle against cancer.
5. The Cancer Commillee is the
only voluntary health agency in
Nassau that fights cancer through
a tiiree-frant program of research
edu<^« ion and service to patients.
B A voluntary organization, the
Cancer Committee depends entirely
on the public contributions ubtuiiied
through I Us annual Cancer Crusside.
at the High Schoi nuditoriuin were:
School building: Yes 2,012, No 429.
Pool: Ye.s 1.471, No 956.
Boftcd of Education officials aie
working with lUe architects—thS
Frederick P. Wledersum architec­tural
firm of Valley Stream—and •
the engineers, Baldwin and Cct^
nellus of this village, on the next
Kteps required toward putting a
suitable building on the MUhum
Pond site, at Preeijorl's western
gateway.
Meanwhile, Naissau Qouiity will
carry oui Its protnUe to build a
culvert at the site to divert the
htreum there. The drainage lob
mail Jjejcotnpletad belore any .wojle
can »tailt.'onvti,jbuUdi«g.T'V"""'"" ;
Roosevelt Man Held
On Woman's Complaint
Michael Ritchie, 52 year.s old, ol
132 Nassau mad. Roosevelt, last
week-end denied thai he beat and
• scratched a Preeport woman.
Mrs. Dorene Olsen, 29, of 8 Evaiui
avenue told police that Eltchie tried
to force her to remain in hl;s apart­ment
at 5 A.M. Saturday after
guesirs a t a party had left.
I Freed. In »2S0 bail. Bltchle taeef
I trail Saturday In Mlneoia DLstrlct
Court en an assault charge. •
more 'than six months will be re­quired
before tlie school tUiitiict
can a.sk for bld.s on con.structlon.
Aix:hltBet.s will firat linve to prepare
working drawings for approval by
i)oth the Board of Edttciitlon and
state authorities. Afrer detailed
tirawiiig3 have been revised. It will
be ncce.<«ary to .submit final plans
for Albany .Minctlon.
District Deputy To Pay
j Visit To Unity Temple
• Sylvia Dt Como, district deputy,
I in to pay an official visit to Dnlty
j T'jmplc, Pythian Sliitere, a t a meet-
] tug Monday night at 8:3Q <>'clccfc in
the Union Rerorm Temple. Renn(»
Lenker, the most excellent chief.
Two Youths Injured
In Crash Sunday Night
Two .voung men were injured Sun­day
evening In an accident which
abo knocked down a traffic light
,md damaged tJhe corner store at
South Main street and Merrick road.
Snniuel CostaruM, 18, of Elmont.
who had been drlvUig a sedan south
on Main street, received head In-
Jur!e,s In addition to shock. James
CasiiWy, 20, of Elmont suffered a
fracture of the ribs and shock. After
tre.itment at Vhe scene by Dr. Ru­dolf
Joseph they were taken to
Meadowbr<ook Hospital.
Maj! Socolov'a fljor - covering
store, southeant of ihe intersection,
had its corner and some of the gla^s
display window smaiihed as a result
of the crash, A light near the curb
needed repairs to its wiring immedi­ately
after the acddcat,
"Ehe other vehicle, an oil truck of
•the Petro Truck Corporation, Umg
Island Clty^ was being driven east­ward
on Merrick road by George
Porter, 32 ,of Island Park.
Exempt Firemen Elect
Robert Kinsey President
Robert Kinsey wa-s elected Presi­dent
of the Preeport Exempt Fire­men's
Assoclatk)n at its meettag
Tuesday night in Exempt Piremen'!»
Hall. Other officers chosen Include:
John Marra. Plrsjt Vice-President:
WUliam Daube, Treasurer; Jtilltia
Jacobs, Ptoancftl Secretary; BusseU
Aiihead Recording Secretary; Pwd
hM requested tha t all officers ai Buss. Director for three yeats, and
tend the meetlafe attired in white, 1 H«u7 Aekatnan, Seigeant-at-Anna.
mm^. t^tsssmst^vmns^^n'Tr^ «.