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•20th Year, No. 39 rREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY It, 1956 FIVS CENTS PER COPY
United Fund Plans
To Stage first Drive
Probably in October
Incorporation Papers
Prepared By Committee
Received at Meeting
The pnited Pnad o£ Freport, Inc.,
received its Incorporation certiftcate
Tuesday night through the work of
a legal committee headed by Walter
O. Kapp. The new organization al.so
elected temporary officers to serve
until the annual meetlriB in May.
Representatives of civic and char-ilnljle
organizations, who met Tues­day
night at the Municipal Build­ing,
heiiixi Or. Milton B. Waldman,
Pre.sideiit, telJ the progress made by
Uic Steering Committee since the
first sessioii November 15;'
All office, slatted (Ive days a week
by volunteer workers, has been
opened at Hoom 511 in tile M<>adQW
Brook Bank Building through the
geiiero.Hity of ihe bank. Mrs. Ch.irle.s
Oiiberl. Steering Oommillee Secie-tary.
st»l up llie office, which has
it.'* own telephone, Preeport B-6000.
Both banks are extending full co­operation
to the United Fund.
Soiith Main Zmmig Trial
Starts Wonday In Mineola
Registration March 10
For Village Election
RegistraWpn for the annual village
election will lake place at the pojls
J-'if<l>nr('s hiiUle over Soiilfi.Mniii .s(rct'« (Icnvii-zoiiiiij:; °» Saturday, March lo, from noon
Weill lo {riiil Moinlay bcfori- .Jiislief Percy SkMldiird, In • - ""
MiiH'dla S u p r e m e (;<>urt. j " — '-
Testinwny by the plaintStts— j south Mirin street. Just south of
Charles Cramer of 9 Ray street and Atlairiic avenue; Ellhu Bertnan
We.?ley Carman of 209 Bedell street; represents radio station WGBB, and
• i-was taken Monday under ques-; Patricia Collins is counsel for Mr.
lioning by their attorney, Ward R, | wells
. Burm of Mineola. Charles Clark of j „^,:,i, scWeslnger of Pi-eeport. a
Mineola. a real estate expert, lesli-j ,.^^, ^,^^ ^ j ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^
ried that neighboring hhmes would l^„„„i_„j„y„„_ ,j^y„^^ ^j,^^ ^ ^ j ^^
I be depreciate in value if the Wallace' „ , ,, , ,^ . .,,, i ..
i . . >. I .1, """"^"^ I values of homes in the neighborhood
I Wells and Station WGBB properties ^ .^^^^ continued to ri^e despite the
^arc i-e-zoned from Residence "A"; g.,t^blishmenl of nine tadu.slrlal
. lo AMftearn ufcarcoliuisr-lnexi;n. miiiine itlre wil-neikses.
lawyers for the delciise start­ed
presenlalioii of tlieir ca.se Tues­day.
Kenneth E. Vouglit is attorney
for tlie Preeport Village Board,
which granted down-zoning on
plants on the west side ot Main
•street since IB46.
It was expected that Mayor Wil­liam
F. Olackcn and Robert E. Pat,
terson, Planning Board Chairman,
would Sake ihe stand yesterday.
W, E. Crevoiserat is Honored
At Rotary Dinner Thursday
\Mlliiini VI. r.ri'\(tiser{il, Frci-poii "Ciiizen of llic 'i'ear,"
wiis honoretl hy llie Rotary CAiih ui u liii"f|ely atleiiilcil diitiiei'
Elected Tuesday night are Dr. i 'usl Tliiir!4«U>y h) Uie FAki Club. Heprfseufjvlives Irojii nuw
WaWman, Who has been temporaiy ^ivic orMuiiimUtHis, who cliosc Mr. Crcvoiscral from iimoiig
,&^^xtm^^r^B^miA^^f„^Rxm^a....^^. }]}9BJ\^^}i"''^^^ bv tlic groups to^past and prcisunl serviee
''- ':-• ^;"'" • (Con tinjie A, ^^^SVjXLl-^ji}
Fred Hs^er Elected
By RepttbEcan Club
All-Tiine Record Made
By 1956 Membership in
Rising To 1,439 Members
Fred A. Hager was elected presi- i «
until 7 P.M.
The Village Board at Its meeting
Monday night authorized Mlllotrd
Van Blper, Village Clerk, to go
a|»(ead with preparations lor Regfs-tfation
Day and also for the elec­tion
Tuesday, March 20, when voting
hours vvUl be from 7 o'clocfc in the
morning until 9 o'clock at night.
Panel on Delinquency
Slated on Wednesday
Recreation Department
Sponsors Conference
At Municipal Building
Tile Freeport Rfcreation Dcpart-menl
is iioldinu a commoiiily-wide
inecilng and dl.scussioii inmcl, on
rlie topic of Juvenile Delinquency.
€11 Wedne.sdiiy, January 2.5. at 8
P.M In the MuniclpiU Building
Conference Boom.
Sidney Lutzln, Director ot Com-muaSty
Oi-gnnizattott for ttw. New.
;;J§?lI|§2cMTftJM«iit5?.'Wert«^^
rtent of the Preeport BepuWican
Club at Its annual meeting Thursday
night in the Legion Dugout. Mr.
Gei-ber declined a re-election as hLs
physician warned him again.st doing
so.
Elected with' him were Mabel
Beiiier. honorary vice-president;
Stuart K. Watace, and Etliel Gilbert,
vice-presidents; Ekiward R. Yamln,
trea.surer; Juliet M. Qlraud, record­ing
seci-etary; George Bennett
Smith, corresponding secretary;
Mary Kearns, Ilnnnclal secretary;
and Joseph -MoIJoiiald, sergeanl-at-
-«mis. •'
District repre.seritative,'; w e r e
chosen as follows: 33rd District —
Bertram C. Smith; 34th District —
Charles Pr!ederl<ai; 35tli District —
Josephine Sanroeoo; Sith District —
Robert Kinsey: 3701 District—Mabel
MitOlauer; 38tll District—Alexander
Forbes; 30th District ~ Alvin Lang;
.40th District ~ Theodore H. Jones.
Jr.; 41st District — Daniel Mann;
42nd District — Edith EWJets; 43rd
District — Anna Amberinati; 44th
District — WlUlajn Casmasina; 45th
District — Charlotte ftfecDonjild;
46131 District — Adetelde BraU; 47th
District ~ Kathertne Staros; 48i;li
(Continueil on Page 10)
1 xc4»k3tteU3''.;©. .yoMfirBt,- ;^otat:y. Presi
dent, mingled liumor with serious
comment In Introductlng those
present at the dinner. He expressed
pleasure in finding that the new
"Citizen of tlic Year' gained public
recognition for -his long hours of
planning to heijj make ft-eeport the
village it Is today.
Mrs. Mabel Batlin, who received
similar honor last year, was a
guest. Leo F. Giblyn, the first citi­zen
chosen In such a poll three years
ago, could not attend because of
illness.
'•s0S^'
Polio Drive Oiairman
On WGBB Next Tuesday
Murray Evans of Station WGBB
has arranged for Mrs. EUhu Bennan
of 244 North Brooh.side avenue, and
Mr.'?. Eugene Klein of 18*3 California
avenue, to be iiilervlewtd by MLss
Betty Reiliy, of the Nasau County
March of Dimes of WGBB. The in-tei'vlew
will take place Tuesday,
January 24, at 1:30 o'clock on Miss
Chester Smiley led the crowd in j H«iUy's program "This Is a Woman's
' Atlankc iChemJsts, IM Atlantic
• Avenue, .will- j«maia ^opea,. untU 10
• o'clttek .^uaflay: sdaJit' after otiiei?
f arag iitotie3'ittgiwi>«lj:<aa».tftttfBg
ithe-i*ttertHIOT^^o^:•->thfe?*es^':of;i^^
singing. He also paid tribute to
Mr. Crevoiserafs "fruitful life" with
its activities beneficial to the
conjmunKy,
Richard A. Hungerford, chairman
ol the committee, thanked all who
have helped make the "Citizen ol
the Year" polls successful. In Intro­ducing
the honored guest he read,
a letter from the Northeast Civic
AssaciaAio-jv—Jiomitjaling Mr.
Crevoiserat.
Gift Presented
Mr. Crevoiserat received a beauti­ful
silver serving plate inscribed
with his name and the words, "Citi­zen
of the year for 19S6. Presented
by the Rotary Club of PreeiJort for
Outstanding Service to the Com­munity,"
In acknowledgtog the honor Mr,
Crevoiserat thanked all who pa^-
ttcipateii in the poll. He praised tlie
tCoatinued on Page 8)
World." At mit lime Mi's. Klein.
who Is chairman for Oie March of
Dimes in Freeport, will reveal .some
interesting information concerning
the raising of funds for this year's
drive.
Viage Board Adopts
Increased Budget at
Hearing Monday Night
Proposal is Commended
By Three Civic Groups;
More Policemen Asked
Tlie Village Board adopted a
higher budget Monday night tor the
fiscal year starting March 1, after a
public hearing revealed no opposl"
tlon to the boost. _An Increase of IS
oeiiU per $100 nsse.s.sed valuation
will re.sult, making Wie new rate
$J.90.
Instead of attacks, the budget-i
makers drew expressioius of approval
I-from civic rcprRscultttlves speaking
j for the Northeast, Northwest and
I Soutliwe.st Civic As.soclations. One
other speaker. Albert price o£ Mels-
' ter boulevard, said he thought the
I
1 board .shauld iidd more policemen
[ than t-hr two wddilional patrolmen
piovided in the budgel. He also
. urged fl bigger ouHay for street
; miiinlenancc.
( Replying to Mr. Price. Mayor Wil-
, liam P. Gliicken disclased that thera
. were actually two other vacancies
1 on the poUce force, because tneit"
Ijittve not been found to fill two ol
. . ,, laie four ;joew posts created by lasti
-York State Youth c o m ^ ^ o n > -liftBl ygjfrtftuiagefc TBlamea^^ vi&-
'"*^a*"• f^sonjeStetetS'j^|®iF,es-*••• toe"j,^sjbte („• a-dd-tour-.pntroltneh'.foe
group on this lmi5dfta;ifc^i:o|jic. Mr. I tue coming year Olid provide onoth-
Lutzln Is one of the outstanding
authorities on delinquency in the
country, and brings ivith him 15
years of youth guidance work and
professional recreatlmi experiences.
Judge Paul Kelly will give his val­uable
views oa the .subject and also
will serve as a member of the panel.
This meeting will provide an op­portunity
for Prccporters to belter
understand the Kalional problem
of Juvenile Delinquency. Numerous
conllictinB ideas have been given
by lay and professional people on
deiinnueney. but few agree on the
methods of treatment or what
caiwes this plaguing problem. The
purpose of this meeting is t& pro­vide-
an opportunity to both under­stand
the problem we are faced
(Coiitlnueu on Page 8)
Public Hearing Called
Oii ftlailiie EXstricts
The firs* Marine Bitslness and
Marihe Industrial DIstiicts proposed
under the Zoaing Ordinance will
be discussed-ftt..a -public lieariog
scheduled by the VlUiiBe'Boanl on
Monday night,' f%l»niary 6, air 8:30
o'clock. -A= -map^elsewhere•• ia tins
wecWs rlie^eErslMJWS .vrtJe«« SlSBitt-
.toetarliit;-BeStaenfee "Ai"-BtKtoess
Fillmore Succeeds Hotaling
On Salvation Army^s Board
Kobert N. Fillmore wa.s elcclecl chairniiin (if lln- Ad-vi.
sory Coiiiinitlee of (he Freeport Sulvalion Army Oiips
ill the iiiimial rneeliiig held in IiLwl«|n{irlers, 75 Church sireet,
Momlay ni||ht. He siic«jeeds Ilu.ssell E. Hotaling.
Dr. M' George Isenberg and Mils
Alice Praser were named vioe-chair-men.
Miss Alice Praser, secretary,
and Hubert L. .Wells, treasurer. Mrs.
W, W, Sutton headed the nominat­ing
cotnroltlee.
Brigadier Ernest W. Newton, the
commander, in his report, said the
-Rotiu-y Glub made the best showing
in presiding over' the Christmas
tottle, raising $188.59. WiUlant 4;Un-ton
Story Post, A;ti., came-next with
$1S9J9, followed by the Exchange
Olub, $150; Hose Co I, Iteeport Plre
Departmeab $89l74. and the Ktwanis
aub,--|31M. '•" „i- - - : - ..
Diirhig: • the v- toUday seafionr W
fatiOlles were Blvea Tmaateslvlilg
dimoers wtibe Sff.failillles were'c^red
: •: Jday. Ita.iaiane>iMliifter='la-'R'eep6rt ."A.'.'%»('. auslnpss i ' s -eiUs t r lct f .for.'** CCttoollsitteeaass, '.t'tiinnttiiss aanndd T-KpiOo-- "'^J'f'^i ,^«iK«a ,*. ^ w w u ^ i , «i
er round-the-clock patrol car for
South Preeport.
On street maintenance Mr. Glack-en
commented that the village -high­way
department lacks faclUt|e to
j impi'ove enough roads. For thl»
j rea.soli the board favoi's permanent
[ con.structlon like the work done oa
South Grove street last year—a type
of expendltui-e that would be flr-anced
by bond Issues,
Oscar Wind, finance committee
chairman of the Northwest Civic
A,ssooiBUoii, congratulated the offl-
< Continued on Page 6)
Elks Capades of 1956
Scheduled Next Week
The Freljjort Elks Lodge wilt pre-
'sent its annual show, entitled, "The
Elks Capades of 1B56" on Friday and
Saturday nlglil, January 27 and 28
at 8:30 o'clock^Under the direction
of Mrs. Adele Smith, b! Freeport,
a'-grtnip of approKimately 48 mem­bers,
wives and friends have been
rehearsing the orlffinal musical
comedy to be presented at the Co­lumbus
Avenue School Auditorium.
Assisting Mrs. Smith are Kalherlne
Llewellyn, in charge of ftrrange-ments
and also ag accompanist, and,
Margaret Berns, costumes. Artie
Brown and his orchestra will pro­vide
music. X
Chairman Beulamln J. Reiner hoa
recruited a cast from ihe various
villages on the south shore of Long
gifts were sent several persons In
prison and the girls at the Wayside
Home School in Valley Stream also
were remembered.
Sixty children were taken to the
Hempstead armory.for a Ohrlstmos j i^i^nd wilUam J. KeO Is chairman
party in a bus donated by Lemuel. „f yje journal committee and Ken-
Cropper, There were special Yule netft B, Vought of Uo&eta.
gifts for the patients In the Hitchel
Field Hospital, -lihree Christmas
parties were given for local children
ait which they were given toys and
gKts.
Mr, Botaling.'the retiring ehttlr-mao,
was presented a Salvation
Azmy Plaque .in recognttlijn of his
service to the ors^tnlzstlon by Senior
Major. Charles .T. Maclosude of
Tickets a t $IJ0 each may be pur*
chased at the door.
Court StcUa Maris
Plans I^uice Saturday
Coiart StellA MMIS. CD. at A., M
to stage a •'Snow Ball'* dance a*
tue -gtockrtlte CojmtiT Club, Bockr
vUle Centre, SatiiBdaf night At Si3fli.
-p%toct: June Mollenhauer Is chair-
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