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Becker Welcomed To Republican Club
Cangressman Wtamk J. B«vker of Lynbrook Is welcomed as guest
spealter a* the Preeport RepuWican Club meeting: at Legion dugout by
Peter Kelly, Freeimrt ilepubUcan leader, and Fred Hafer, president
of the clab.
'^ Sweethearts^'OpensTonight
After rehearsing since March, the members of (he Free-noil
Comniiinity Cuoral arc all sut l o r the preseiilution f>l
Victor Herbert's "Sweelhisnts"* in the uuchtoriiim of IFje
Frt'C[M>rt High SCIWMII tonight, loiuorrow and Saftirday
iii.ilhts at 8:30 o'clofk.
meniiwer Praised I
% Conp^ssman at
;fi^*P. Club Meeting
Judge Paul Widditz
And Julius Chinman
Among Other Speakers
Under President Efaehhower's
leadership "we are lIvinE hi an ern
of reasonable peace when no,young
men have been killed in armed con-flicl."
Coiigressmaij Prank J.
Eecker told the Preeport Republican
Club at its meeting lisst Thursday
iiJRht in the Legion Dugout.
Ansm'eriiig Democratic attacks on
ihe Adminlstratloii'f, foreign policy,
IWr. Becrker charged that under
Franklin D. Roo.sevplt and Hari-y
Truman the nslion went into World I
War II unprep.-red to flRht Hitler:
ill the end of the war let Soviet
Russia take Eastern European ter­ritory;
allowed our armed forces to
dwindle, and !ost_ American bays in
the Korea "police action."
Congressmiin Becker lauded
President Eteenhower for operating
the government wltJi "moral prin­ciples."
He said taiat prices have
''lnsi»liflcant," - compared ' to Big-
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Merchants* New Director
Robert T. Tavls, Jr., the dlrectcr,
will present numerous veterans cf
past successes to the production
wiiicli Is expected to be of the high
standard ol previous years.
Jo Karpen, sopraBO, wlU have
the leading role of Sylvia, as she
had in '"The Vagabond King" and
"New Moon." The masculine lead cf
Franz will be sung by Robert Trim-born
who bad the part of Paul in
"The Desert Song."
Other veterans la the cast are
Terry Greenblatt as Paula, Leone
Isalcsen as Jeanette; Heddle Hmiel-enski
as Nanette, Emma Olson as
liane, Alfred Grass la Mttkel, Wll-
IJam airkwooi as SUngsby? Charles
litormim as ¥aii Tramp, Bobert
Kirkwood aad Emewon I^vls. as.
footmen niwl Bobei* Kaipein as
°teapt. Laurent. Walter Wesmer, a
new oo0ier, will ajspear as iCari,
while Mftrtto- WhaelBT a member
of the chortw atotse WM. wffl hftve
Ijis first name role, t h a t of Oaniiflie.
Many members of the chorus
liavfi sung in all the various pro­ductions
since the first preseuta-tioii
l»y the shorus.
A group of dancers trained by
Rita Nonnenbacher of the Rita
Dancing School wlU participate as
they have hi the past yews, in the
"On Parade," "SweetSiearts" an<l
"Mothergoose" dancers. There are
many hits among the songs which
make up the comedy.
As-'isttng Director Tavls are
Mabel Linskell, assistant director,
Marie Dorman, assistant to th« di-
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COHEirS DBUC 8TOEE -
OrEN ALL DAY SUNDAlf
Cohen's Preeport Drug Store, 88
Sftuth Main street, will remain
open until 10 o'clock Sunday nlgbt
after other drug storetfclose In the
afternoon for the r ^ t of the day.
The phone number is Ffteepoi-t
8-OOT?.
Repuhlican Wmnen Qiving
''Ike and DicW Card Party
A "Women.for Ike and Dick" dessert card ajid bunco
part}' will be given by the women's committee of the Free-port
RepubHcan Club Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
In the V.F.W. clubhouse, 404 North Main sti-eel. Various
candidateslor county offices arc expected to drop in during
Ihe aflemopn,
; Alice PraseTi who was chainnaa
of last year's sudcidssful event,
abain heads the eojnmlfctee of ar-raugemeRts.
' Committee membera are as fol-
IdWB; .-Mabel Itoran,. li^ridn Ftee-iBO,;--
Belle'IVedsafl/'«atf. ilktojr VJ^
'SiiattJi, prizes; Jean Wasch and'
ierfiild; csiSes idjiiiaaaaMa; BtaU
pnijlteliy.i^felea.By BOml, ampti, 'Dorothy Quigley,
Dorothy Gordon, M«rle OougtiUn,
Rose Mason, SaUle Biicfcley, Mary
Kerns, Anna Ambcrman, Juliet
Girard, Nellie Keegan, Patricia
Collins, IHlie Hager, Josephine San
Rccco, Elfrieda Terry, Agnes Earoh,
A«Q- MdLean, Joan Ast, Seanoii:
i a b e l B a t t t o ^ a c k e t s f ^ B w i i l i y d s - "^nitnerl, Loufee-Mangari. Sebecca
Danley, Mildred Riedrlch and
Mrs. Gilbert Named
U. N. Bay Chairman
Last Year's Program
Picked as Outstanding
By National Sponsors
Mayor William W. Glaiclcen has
announce the appointment of Mrs.
Charles Oilbert as Chairman of the
United Nations Day Ownmlttee tor
1956. In making this appointment,
Mayor Glacken stated that he Is
again pleased to be representing
one of the many communities
throughout the United States re-
.spondlng to President Elseifliower's
proclamation calling for observance
of United Nations Day on October
•twenty-fourth.
Mayor Olacken added " It is
gratifying to know Khat the United
States Committee for the United
Nations, a. quasl-offletal committee
whose cliiirmaii is--appointed each
year by the Secretary of Slate,
chose Preeporfs 1955 UN Day Pn>-
(Contlmied on Page 81
H. Ill¥ING GREBINAR
Viilnge Trufstee H. Irving Grebl-iiar
luis l>efii appointed a Director
of the Freewrt Merchants Assotin-tion
by the organization's President,
Edore Herschenfeld.
Local active In local affairs, Mr.
Orebi-nar was President of the
merchants' group for 12 years in
toontiniued on Page 2)
Grishman Is Seated
By Inter-Faith Oergy
BabbI Azriel CSirWiman of the
Union Refonn T«Bnple was seated sw
president of the Pre^iort Inter-
Faith Clergy CouncO at its- Biinual
luncheon meeting held in t*ie El&a
eluMiouse on Wednesday, October 3.
Named vrttb ihim were thfs Rev.
Robert I.. Pierce, curate of tile
TrabsfigMration Ijjlscopal Church,
vice-president; tSie Rev. Dr. Iiouls
H. Ixjsch, pastwr of the First Baptist
Church, treasurer, and tJie B B K
James P. •Washington, sea*tary
I t was decided to invite vUtage
and A o o i olflclals to future meet-
Jags to enable ttoedergywin .to d e ­termine
whether they ran b e ' ^f
assistance Jn «>lvlni! tt»et problems.
MmSwjfmcmmi
At Seaman, Brookside
Board Adopts Request
' Of Northwest Residents
To Guard Intersection
starting Novemljer 1, an auxiliary
poilcefnan will be itatloned at Sea-maii
and Brookside avenues to ,9afe-guard
children on their Way to or
f r o m the • Coolldge Elementary
School in Baldwin, The Preeport
Village Board made this decision
Monday night after a large dele­gation
from the Northwest Civic
Association and the Coolidge Heme
and School Association emphasized
the need for such protection.
Meanwhile, until a crossing guard
goes on duty, "School Crossing"
signs wm call motorists' attention
to the need for careful driving
there. Children from Northwest
Preeport. north of Seaman avenue
and west of Connecticut avenue,
attend the Baldwin classes because
they reside In that community's
school district.
(Oontlnuea on Page 151
Bicycle Ordinance :^
Is Adopted ly Board
With Minor Changes
New Law To Provide
Tests and Licensing
For Preeport Wheelmen
With only a few clianges, the Vtl-iBge
Board on Monday night
adopted a bicycle ordinance In place
of Ordinance No. 4.3, wliioli was re­pealed
unanimou.slv.
Tiip more specino rules, accom­panied
by iicensiuB of all bikes be­longing
to Preeport residents, testa
and opfr.;(,or otHtiftrata-i for persons
undiT 16, iuid an educational pro­gram
in the .-schools, drew liaa-dlf
any op|)asll:0H to, its provisions at
a public hearing Monday nlalit.
No one opposed the siifety pro­gram,
which goo.1 Into effect No­vember
30. A ffw questlon.s from the
audience led to sUght revlslotis lu
the ordinance.
Nathan P, Zablow, chairman of a
citizens' committee appointed to
draw up regulattons, suumuut^zed:
the proposals wliluta bav« appearea"
In previous luuiis of JPho Jjeadcr,.
He-polntea. ciij't 'dfi.iiii!«s"ffi' tihe''peh-aitles
'for'chlJdren' aaaer-iomrwatp--
sested earlter,'*whl<sh ttow are;
(1) On the flrat (iffense, a wrlttett
reprlmajid to the crlrild and his par­ent
or guardian, with a warning.
(2) On the second offense, a sum­mons
to appear nt the police station
with his parent oi guardian; after
a hearing the Police Olilef or hi*
representative may suspend the of­fender's
bicycle riding oertlfloate for
10 days.
(3) Third-offendiirs, oi'dered to
appear before the Chief, may have
their operator Uoeiises and identifi­cation
plates .suspf nded for a period
up to 30 days. If any Preeport MSl-dent
rides without a license, his bi­cycle
may be held by the police un­til
an identification plate Is secured
for the bicycle, and a storage charge
of as cents per we<ik imposed unless
it Is called for and a plate secured
within 10 days.
Older Persons To Be Fined
Stanley Roth, President of the
Harbor Civic Association, asked if
there would be a statute of Umi-
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Late Freeport Cocker Owned
By Qloria Vanderbilt as Pup
"Smokey," a cocker spaniel of 57 North Ocean avenue,
who belonged during his firijl jcar to Gloria Vanderbilt, the
New York City heiress, was given a burial in keeping with
his aristocratic background when he died early in October.
at Tathkeen a tgile aobfo u1t4 t—hrloeneg mliofne thfso ra gao
dog—he had to his credit silver
cups and blue ribbons won a t New­port,
Rhode Island, and other
centers wihere canine shows are
held.
For the past 13 years "Smokey"
•waf. owned toy Mrs. Emily Prescott
of the Ocean avenue addrfess.
Gloria Vanderbilt gave\hlin to Mca.
P r e s S t t when Hie tolaefc'cocker:
spaniel was only a.' year oM; Hte'
ir^ueat moM Vim Ws .ownflr
made him & weU known figura'ln.
the neighborhood of the Village
HaU and adjoining park.
A veterinary surtieoa operated, on
him In an efort to nave the anlmWa,
Ufe, but "Smokey" never recovered,
lAld out to a beautiful green -bas­ket,
bis body rece>ve43he honors
due a dog who ranked so high In
canine diples, and Oowras wer«
sent by admirers. Two days later
biuial took place at Hartsdale
PpHne, CfKiJtey fin. • # * » . . « ^ . . ,