The-Leader_1956-08-09

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Dollar Days Values Aplenty In Second Section Of This Week's Issue
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FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
2lBt Year, No, 1« FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1956 1 ^ ^ ^ 39 FIVE CENTS PER COPY
lions Will Sponsor
Outboard Boat Meet
Off Meister Beacb
Affair is Scheduled
For Sunday, August 26;
Leff Heads C<iininittee
The Lions Club of Preepurt is to
stage a six-race outboard nie-t tu
the waters off Meister Beach, on
Sunday. August 26, starting at 1:00
o'clocfe. -
Victor K. Leff, chairman of the
committee of aiTangemcnls, repatl-ed
at the W-weeUy luncheon of the
ciub ill Preeport Manor Tuesday
that he had received a letter dated
Thursday. August 2, advbing him
the VIllaBB Board had "no objeotftm
to the conducting qf outboard motor
races In the navleable waters south
oi Meister Beach, provlcUng that
saw navigable waters are adequate­ly
patrolled and adjacent propert^_
the Nassau County Police I>epart--
ment." Th« letter was signed by
ViUage Clerk JMMIord P. Van Riper.
The races are to be conducted in
conjunction with the Long Island
Boat Racing AiB.<30clatlon of which
Stuart L. Cornell Is secretary.
The card Will comprise a isoap box
derby for youtua under 21 years of
a(?e; Class A and B utility. Class C
for 30 cubic inch motors^ Ota&s 36
for motors of the Evlturude and
Jolinscn 25 to 30 horsepower type,
and a feature race open to all.
A course over which the ra«es will
he conducted Is to be mapped out.
There will be six boats to a heat In
eacli event.
Mr. liiff said he expects the Free-port
Chamber of Oouimeroe to do­nate
a trophy to be awarded the
winner In an event for which the
race would be named. Trophies also
are expected to he donated from
other 80i«;ces.,.JEiitrlfia-wni be re­ceived
at the judge's stand on ttic
day of the meet. OIQclals of the
JL. t Boat Bactog Association wlU
officiate as Judges amd scorers.
Lionj assisting 1&. Iieff on t h e
committee ate Joseph Hudson,
Clyde Brigss and Ur. Robert Busch.
Freeport Youngsters Learn to Swim
A vlolurv of a class of Jbeginnets in the swltnnibii; lessons offeired by
the'Freeport aeci-eatton.i>^t>?Ti»^^l>t Casino Po»l. A total of 170
signed up lor beelnning' aaii a*v»i>cei| swinjiuiiis te«»i»s tills aeason.
Dtwfa Voltaier >f,Uie Itccreatioii Depwlfluent is stMnm here faelplng; a.
f - T " "'"•'•"• • 'y.::-.•" ' '• • Bagateili"l»}»<»fe''
Doctors Hospital Plans
To Appeal Its Case
I>octors Hospital Is flhiig an ap­peal
this week in its conviction and
$100 fine on charges that It housed
too many employees at two dwell­ings,
83 and 107 Washington street.
Police Justice Paul Kelly handed
down ft decision last week that the
hcipltal violated a Freeport zoning
ordinance which regulates the num­ber
of rooms rented to a limited
number of per.sons in a Eesiden.Ual
"A" district,
Judge Kelly found tha-t the de-fpiidants
are housing at the two
dwellings five persons and four
per.sons respectively. He ruled that
the hospital and the nine partners
who operate It must stop the viola­tion
within two weeks, subject to
an addtltona! $100 fine "on each
charge for each day such violation
continues."
Radio Station WQBB Is Sold
Merged In First LI. Network
S t i i t i o n W d B l i , a | j j n n e er
sold la the I l u u t i n g t o n - M o ii
I n c . . o%vricr of WCiSM a t Hunt
Edward J. Fltzirermld, Oenesal
Manager o£ WGSM, is also In
charge of WGBB under" the new
ownership. He succeeds John D.
Whltmore, formerly President of
Long Island's Rrst Stajtlcu, Inc.,
who is no longer connected with
WGBB but will continue to pro­duce
"The Vfoffd at One," a news
program broadcast five daj^ a week
over both stations.
The new management went into
effect last Friday. Previously, a pol­icy
of oo-operatlon in news cover-aga
had begun, with the''two sta­tions
linking their facilities to set
up Long Island's first radio net­work.
I,
Long Island's First Station. Inc.,
Is coutlnuing as a, suMdlary of the
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in L o n g Lshiiid n i d i u , hus bi-iii
t a n k B m a d e a s i i u g Coinpauy.
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Leader To Distribute 2,000
Extra For Dollar Days Sale
In order to give members of the Freeport Merchants
Associttllon maximuifi co-operation 1« tlicir annual Dollar
Days sale this week The Leader has arranged to distribute
2,0b0 extra copies of its Dollar Day Edition to non-readers
ill Boospvelt and Merrick
THe extra 2|0lJ copies will be di­vided
approxlttiately half ftnd half
between RobSevelt and Merrick
whei^ The Leader alreoay has sub­stantial
circulation.
The leader* Oollar Dsy Edition
i Is one of Oie Isu^est-Issues ev«3* puh-
•IMied by the pewspaper. TheOolter
hlJay BdltfOh also t»ntala3 an ®-
'CfepttoBftllj? * l 8 e m^me 6f a e ta
and features of Interest to its read-era
In tRe Greater Preeport Area
coMslstlng of Freeport, Roosevelt,
Baldwin and Merrick.
In order a B t the mercaiante may
8®t the fullest benefit of their sid-vertlslngjrqr
this special sales event
' n t e X/eader is published a d^j^
earner thaa usual. '
$12pW Blinds Voted
For South Area Curbs
Will Be Installed In
Connection With Chains;
3 Contracts Awarded
The VIEage Board at its meeting
Monday night authoriised a $12S,O0D
bond issue to provide funds for
concrete ciu*s in connection with
the street-drainage program In
southern Freepoi*
After the roads arc paved, curbs
•will be required. Property owners
win have an opportunity to install'
then^ through private cotrtractors,
or have the village do the work and
let them pay for over a three-year
period.
The board also opened bids and
awarded three co^itracts for pur­chase
of roateriats to be used In
drainage work and the buUdtog up
of roads to corrAit grade.
Standard BlthoUthic Company,
Great Neck, only bidder won the
contract to supply 500 tons of Walk-oUte
ftt a total cost of $4550.
Colonial Sand and Stone Com­pany,
New York City, with $43,045,
was* successful Wdder for -the fol­lowing:
8,000 cubic yards'of road
cinders,, 500 cubic yari^ of stone
dust screcnInw-iBna' l^OO cubic
3«rds of 3/8 Uolortttte i^tane.
LarnaeU COBjpi&y, tRC, Greftt^
Neck, OJtfy bidder, was awarded t»«
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Boiurd Will Rewrt
Old Program Resumed
At Request OF Civic
Groups of Freeport
The Village Board will resume In
October its former policy of holding
two public meetings at night each
month. Besides these sessions—slated
at 8:30 o'clock on the first and
third Mondays—ithere will be after­noon
public meetings at 4 o'clock
on the second and fourth Mondays.
This schedule, announced by
Mayor Glacken a* the board ses­sion
Monday nlfht, followed re­quests
by civic organlaatlons. I t also
has resulted from an unusually
large number of public hearing
which the officials feel should be
held in the evening when more peo-pie
can attend. All controversial
mabters will continue to go on the
agenda for after-supper meetings
open" to the public.
The gathering which ordinarily
would fall on Monday night, Sep­tember
3—Labor Day—Is scheduled
instead a week later on the night pf
September 10 art 8:S0 o'clock. The
other meeting next month has been
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115 Stores Offering
Exceptional Values
In 35th Annual Event
Leaikr Is Publishing
12-Fage Section Devoted
To Sale Advertising
The greatest Dollar Days In Pree-port's
hlf!tory. with more stores
participating than ever before, wilt
.«arl this Thursdny. August 9.
Even ."ilnoe the aijnual sales days
begun 35 .vears ago they have
stendily gained prominence. This
year the co-operating merehanta
have gathered a tremendous array
of values »t low prices, fresh mer­chandise
which olfets a real op­portunity
to shoppers, and a wldo
selection In every line."
The stores of the participating
merchants — about 115 of them —
will be identified by special Dollar
Days streamers In their windows
Mid Signs on their doors. BtandJng
behind all sales.is the local estd^-
Mshments* long-hel^ reputation tor
'reiiliwuity.'" •'••' "• -• • •' '
Hours on Thursday and JPrlday
wiu be g AM.- to 0 P.M., and on
Saturday from 9 A.M. until 6 P.ML
Those are the hours planned by
most of the stores, although on some
days a few of the stores will open
earlier and close later.
Under leadership of its new Presl-dewt,
Idore K. Herschenfeld, and
capable committees, the I»eeport
Merchants Assoclaitlon has done
everything possible to make the
three-day sales program a huge
success.
A full-page advertisement of the
Merchants Association, followed by
Individual ads, wUl be found In %
fecial 12-page section of this week's
Leader.
Free Parking for 5.O0O CJars
Free parking spaces for 5,000 autoa
are available in municipal fields
and on the streets In recognition of
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BERNRABD'S PHAIIMAC¥
OPEN UNTIL le P.M. StWDAT
Bernhard's Pharmacy, B4 "West
Merrick road, will remain open un­til
10 o'clock Sunday night after
other drug stores close during the
afternoon for the rest of the day.
Its phone number is Preeport 8-0008.
Stephen A. Coffey Is Named
Superintend, of Buadi„s
Stephen A. Coffey, a civil engineer experienced in all
types of construction, will become Siiperinlendcnt of Build­ings
next Mondav, it was announced by. Mayor William F.
Glacken at the Village Board meeting Monday night, A grad­uate
of Villa Nova, Mr, Coffey has resided in Freeport since
1900.
He will succeed WUbert P. De
Mott, who plans to serve In an ad-
•vlsory capacltr tor several *eelts
lintti the effective date of his reSJfe-nation.
Because of lll.health Mr. De
Mott -plans to retlrs-Biwl move to
SiotMA. _ ^ - . •'
William -NoU has l>e«i appoint­ed
Building Inspector to succeed
Joseph MlUer, stai-tlng next Mon­day,
the, Mayqr said. In maWng the
announcement Mayor G l a c k en
praised the job Mr. MoU has done
8liicg,lie was named Hre in^jector.
I l i e ' n ew appointee has resided lo
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