Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-01-10

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Vol. 1 No. "5 <Bethpage, Long Island, N. Y.—Friday, January 10, 1941 1 . 5 0 per Year
Bethpage May Get Two Bus Routes
Kathleen Grady
Weds Paul Wilson
Reception for 65 Guests
Held at Beau Sejour
Kathleen Grady of Farmingdale
and Paul Wilson of Bethpage were
married at the rectory of St. Kll-ian's
R. C. Church, Farmingdale,
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. John Cusack, former pas-tor
of St. Martin of Tours R. C.
Church, Bethpage, performed the
ceremony.
Helen Gallon was maid of honor
and Edward Wilson, brother of the
groom was best man.
The bride wore an afternoon
gown of pink and black georgette,
a large black hat, turned up off the
face, and a corsage of white roses.
The maid of honor wore a blue
georgette dress and a corsage of
pink roses.
A reception and buffet supper for
65 guests followed at the Beau Se-jour,
after which Mr. and Mrs. Wil-son
left fo ra trip to Florida for a
month's stay.
After their return the couple will
reside at the Beau Sejour in Beth-page.
2 Bethpage Girls to Take
Part in Dance Revue
June Holzmacher, 8, and Clarice
Danielson 5, of Bethpage, will take
part in a revue to be presented by
the Dance Art Studio of Hicksville,
at the Westbury Theatre, Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Holmacher will be In one
of the difficult dance routines that
will feature the entertainment,
while Miss Danielson will sing a
solo, "I Like Mountain Music."
Both girls are pupils of the
Dance Art Studio.
The same revue will be pre-sented
next Wednesday, at the
Jones Institute, West John Street,
Hicksville.
Opens Hobby Shop
The only store of Its kind with
a radious of 10 miles of Bethpage,
the Camera and Hobby Shop, next
to the Strand Theatre, Farming-dale
opened its doors for the first
time this week. William Tervo
president of the Valley Stream
Camera Club, is the proprietor. He
was formerly associated with
Maacy's and Sears, Roebuck Com-pany.
Local Boys Leave
For Mississippi
Two local boys will leave for
Mississippi, Monday, for a year
of military training. They are
John Michaels, first class pri-vate
of the 102nd Anti-Tank
National Guard, and Edward
Timmy, who Is a member of
the same division.
Michaels' has been a guards-man
for three years and Tim-my
has just signed up.
Boy Scouts Review
1940 Activities
A review of its activities for 1940
was presented by Troop 118, Boy
Scouts, at a regular meeting Tues-day
night at the Republican Club-house.
Registration on February 28th,
1940, showed a total of 35 scouts.
On August 1st, the number had
increased to 42, plus two commis-sioned
officers. Scoutmaster James
Klingelhoefer and Assistant Scout-master
Robert Damn.
The advancement record for 1940
has exceeded all other years in the
history of the troop. The following
scouts attained awards:
Robert Nicholson and Carl Nich-olson,
star scouts; Gerald Altmann,
Edward Koenderman, Victor Nel-son,
Edward Pi'ice and James Wal-ton,
first class scouts; Henry Kas-singer,
Rodman Hartjen, Robert
Holzmacher, George Rover, Henry
Lohman, Edward Price and Henry
Gerhardt, second class scouts.
Fire Damages Roof
Of Colonial Rest
Vamps Repair Alarm Box
After Fire Is Extinguished
Fire of undetermined origin was
the cause of considerable damage
to the roof and second floor of the
Colonial Restaurant, on Broadway,
Bethpage, at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday.
The blaze was detected by Oscar
Baldwin, proprietor of the estab-lishment.
Finding the alarm box
across the street on the corner of
Broadway and Baldwin Place out
of order, he enlisted the assistance
of a passerby, who ran directly to
the firehouse to turn in the alarm.
Despite this delay, the vamps ar-rived
quickly, and soon had the
flames under control.
Firemen repaired the alarm box
immediately after the flre was ex-tinguished.
The local Girl Scouts held their
regular weekly meeting, Thursday,
January 9th.
Lawrence Cramer Drafted
Lawrence E. Cramer of Bethpage
and 13 other young men from local
draft board No. 712 left Hicksville
Wednesday morning for a year's
training in the U. S. Army.
The group was give^ a send-off man.
by parents, friends and members
of the draft board.
Cramer Is the third local boy
conscripted thus far.
Town, Village Officials
Plan Joint Meeting
There is a possibility that Bethpage may be linked to Farmingdale
by two bus-lines instead of one, NEWS'GRAM learned from a usually
good authority this morning.
The matter is expected to be threshed out next week at a joint
meeting of members of the Babylon Town Board, the Oyster Bay
Town Board and the Farmingdale Village Board. The two applicants
for bus franchises over this route will also be invited to attend the
session.
In applications now before these
Bethpage Firemen to
Wear Buttons Soon
Bethpage vamps may soon be
wearing identification buttons if
the suggestion to that effect made
by Carl W. Gabel, protection su-perintendent
of the Grumman Air-craft
Company, at the regular
monthly meeting of the department
Monday night is followed.
Mr. Gabel, who was guest speak-er
of the evening, outlined the ne-cessity
for precautions at the plant
in the event of fire. Besides the
danger of looting, there is the
greater danger of sabotage, he said.
Under the present set-up it is too
easy for a person who has no busi-ness
there to get into the grounds
under the pretense of being a fire-
Announces Meetings
The Bethpage Boys Club (which
has been in existence for three
years) wishes to announce that
their meetings are held at the Re-publican
Clubhouse every other
Monday. Present officials of ithe
group are President, Louis Man-cuso
and Secretary, Joseph Ratto.
The identification buttons he sug-gested
would be similar to those
now worn by Grumman employes,
bearing the photo of the wearer
The department voted to take
the matter up with the Grumman
officials in the near future.
Chief Sal Greco presided at the
meeting and introduced Mr. Gabel.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ludwig and
Mr. and Mrs. George Seitz, were
entertained at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Melone.
Bethpage Pupils
Were 22 Years
(Editor's note: This is the first
iu a series of interviews of
proiiiineut local persons by Mr.
Koeeudennan.)
"I have been a resident of Beth-page
for the past twenty-two years.
When I first taught here, there
were five classrooms. Each teacher
taught two grades and the fifth
teacher taught the kindergarten.
"The children of tho seventh and
eighth grades were about the same
as the children of the eighth grade
of today; good one day and bad
the next; and the girls of today use
too much warpaint, (makeup).
Today About the Same as They
Ago, Mrs. Dunton Finds
"The School Board, at that time,
consisted of four members, George
Benkert, pres., George Baldwin,
Edward Stymus and Harry Stolz,
all of good standing in this com-munity."
To the question of, "What do
you think of the changing of the
name of Central Park to Bethpage,"
she replied, "I think It was a good
change because I didn't like the
Idea of this town being classed with
the Zoo." I asked her what she
thought of keeping money In the
town and her replle was that she
made her living In this town and
therefore liked to spend It here,
and Mrs. Dunton hopes that every-body
will do the same thing, then
this community will grow faster
than ever. Mrs. Dunton Is In favor
of teachers living in town where
they make their living and she d^oes
not think it right for them to live
elsewhere.
"No, I don't want my picture
taken for the Newsgram because
people ought to know what I look
like by now." This was the reply
given to the photographer when
he asked for her picture.
Mrs. Dunton wishes the best of
luck to Newsgram, and hopes for
Its success.
To Hold Sale
The Sigma Phi Sigma girls sor-ority
of Bethpage, will hold a Cake
and Cookie Sale on Jaanuary 18,
at the Italian-American Republican
Clubhouse. The proceeds will be
used to help feature a dance some
time in February.
boards, Charles Woop of Farming-dale
proposes to run through Beth-page
to Hicksville. NEWSGRAM
learned today that this route may
be laid out to include Plainview.
The Huntington concern wants
to run through Farmingdale to
Bethpage. Both men have their-eyes
on passenger trade to and
from the big airplane factories in
the two communities.
The problem has been tossed
around by al three boards for sev-eral
weeks. The Farmingdale vil-lage
fathers reserved decision
Monday pending the results of
hearings to be held later in the
week by the other two bodies.
The Oyster Bay town board post-poned
action on the matter for a
second time Tuesday declaring that
the matter needs further study, be-fore
a decision can be reached.
No definite date has been named
for the meeting of all the Inter-ested
parties, nor has the meeting
place been announced.
Draft Forms Mailed to
Nine Local Men
Nine Bethpage men received the
questionaires from Selective Serv-ice
Board No. 712 this week.
Those receiving draft forms last
Thursday are Edwin Philip Boun-ous,
1 Broadway; John Sigbard
Westby, Cherry Avenue; Lawr'jnce.
William Neder, South Oyster Bay
Road, and Ronald Valentine Cere-oli,
Central Boulevard.
Draft forms were mailed Monday
to Robert William Willford, Wan-tagh
Avenue; Herbert Frank Pos-sehl,
Stymus Avenue; Albert Graf-enstein,
William Street; Peter
Ferdinand Brown, Fourth Street,
and Walter Scherer, Central Ave-nue.
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