Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-01-16

              Three Teams Deadlocked in Grumman Bowling League See Paye 6 NEWaCRAM Vol. 1 No. 6 Bethpage, Long Island, N. Y .— Friday, January 16, 1941 ;?ll.5o per Year
150 See Sprague Install
Republican Club Officials
About 150 persons attended the
installation ceremonies of the The-odore
iloosevelt Republican Club
of Bethpage on Monday evening at
the clubhouse. County Executive J.
Russel Sprague was the installing
officer. Those installed included J.
Happy Norman, president; Mrs.
Carrie Payne, first vice president;
Robert Chapal, second vice pres-ident;
Marie Norman, recording
secretary; Buddy Mazzara, corre-sponding
secretary; J. Walter
Payne, treasurer; Joseph Lorentz,
financial secretary; Louis R. Crom-bie
and Dominic Noce, trustees for
three years. Other trustees are J.
W. Robinson, G. Emre Altmann,
Stella Hackett.
After the installation ceremonies
had been completed, Mr. Sprague
gave a very interesting talk on the
presidential campaign and stressed
the importance of the coming elec-tion
in the various townships next
fall when members of the Board
of Supervisors will come up for re-election.
Mr. Sprague compliment-ed
the officers and the members
of the club for their fine showing
in the past campaign and stated
that the Theodore Roosevelt Re-publican
Club is looked upon as
one of the most outstandihg in the
county.
'A number of visiting organiza-tions
were represented and among
those present were Jack McCon-nell,
town councilman of Hemp-stead;
Charles Strohson, clerk of
the Board of Supervisors; John W.
Anderson, town councilman of Oys-ter
Bay; Frank Scholl, receiver of
taxes; Emil Schnez, president of
North Bellmore Republican Club;
Hamilton Gaddis, manager of Re-publican
headquarters; Fred Maas,
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LISPC to Sponsor Ping
Pong Tourney Here
The first annual ping pong tour-ney
sponsored by the Long Island
State Park Commission will be held
at the Bethpage State Park Club-house,
starting on Sunday, January
26th.
All entries in the tournament
close on January 20th and may be
made at Bethpage or by mail to
the recreation director of the Com-mission
at Babylon.
The tourney Is open to all resi-dents
of Nassau and S'uffolk Coun-ties
who are over 15 years of age.
All matches will be scheduled for
Sunday afternoons and appropriate
awards will go to the winner and
runner-up.
The Roever Boys.
Hit the Road
Here's a record for young
Bethpage cyclists to aim at.
George Roever, 13, a NEWS-GRAM
carrier, and his brother
William, 14, pedalled to Queens
Village and back in 3 hours
and 20 minutes Sunday. The
trip iii took 1 hour and 50 min-utes
but coming home, with the
wind behind them, took only
one and one-half hours.
The pair averaged approxi-mately
91/^ miles an hour for
the 32-mile trip.
Mrs. Fredericks Names
New Library Books
The set of "Encyclopedia Ameri-cans"
recently purchased for the
Bethpage Library, has proven in-valuable
to pupils as well as to
adults it was revealed by Mrs. Ma-thilda
Fredericks, librarian. Con-taining
up-to-the-minute informa-tion
as well as statistics covering
the past, each day finds a user of
the library returning to the set for
reference.
New books for the month of Jan-uary
are now available. The fol-lowing
list includes reading for
both juveniles and adults. On the
shelves now are: "Greased Light-ning,"
North Sterling; "Two Chil-dren
of Brazil," Rose Brown; "Pol-ly
Kent," Robert McCulloch; "With
Daniel Boone," Alexander Key;
four "Sue Barton" stories by Helen
Boylston—'"Visiting Nurse," "Rural
Nurse," "Senior Nurse" and "Stu-dent
Nurse."
Also, "The Saint in Miami," L.
Chartiris; "The Sweeping Tide," A.
Duffield; "Invitation to Live," L.
Douglas; "Not Heaven Itself," M.
Pedlar; "Basilissa," J. Masefield;
"Girl at the Crossroads," J. Greg-ory;
"Yesterday Is Dead," T. Clo-ete;
"Giant Joshua," M. Whipple;
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Meeting Scheduled by
Religious Group
The Christian Doctrine class of
the St. Martin of Tours Church has
its regular weekly meetings at 8
o'clock Monday evenings. Instruc-tion
is given by Father Michael
Hartigan from 8 to 8:30. This Is
followed by two hours of dancing.
New recordings have been pur-chased
for the electric phonograph.
President Arthur Regan wishes to
have attendance by all, both old
and new members are requested.
T. M. Gibbs to Aidl
Munitions Project
Bethpage Builder Called By
Canadian Government
Tyler M. Gibbs, owner and build-er
of Bethpage Plaza Homes, was
called to Montreal last week-end
to consult with Canadian govern-ment
officials on construction of
ammunition plants there.
He flew to Montreal Saturday,
and after a series of conferences,
flew back to Bethpage Wednesday.
He will return to Canada in the
near future to supervise construc-tion
of several of the plants.
During the World War, Mr. Gibbs
constructed three of the largest
arsenajs in the United States. He
has also built bridges, dams, post
offices and other large buildings
throughout this country and in
S'outh America and Europe. He was
at one time connected with the
Austin Company and later had a
construction company of his own.
In his absence, the Bethpage
Plaza development on Lafayette
Avenue will be under the supervi-sion
of Leroy Smith.
Brownies Go Skating at
Bethpage State Park
A group of Brownies of the Beth-page
Scout pack and their leader.
Miss Mary Risley, formed a skating
party Saturday afternoon, and
spent several hours at Bethpage
S'tate Park. In the party were Ad-rian
Johnson, Gloria Zinzi, Joan
Schultz and Lillian Tegerman. The
members meet each Thursday and
are now busy making pillows with
crayon designs stamped on with
a hot iron.
Returns for Visit
William Guihan, a former resi-dent
of Bethpage, who now makes
his home in Waukegan, 111., will be
a visitor in town this week. Mr.
Guihan will represent his concern,
the Johnson Outboard Motor Com-pany
at the motor boat show in
New York City.
Twenty-Six Bethpage.Men
Receive Questionaires
Newsgram to Add
Tvs^o Local Pages
NEWSGRAM will step out on
its own in next week's issue.
The four pages of features
hitherto have been provided by
a newspaper syndicate will be
dropped and two additional
pages—and perhaps more—will
be devoted to local news.
The change will be neces-sary
to meet increasing de-mands
for advertising space.
Attend Square Dance at
Garden City School
The following members of the
Walther League of the Lutheran
Church attended a square dance
given by the Nassau County Farm
and Home Bureau at the Stewart
Avenue School in Garden City: Ed-ward
Mohlenhoff, Theodore Damm,
Bernard and Henry Schwarting,
George Burmeister, Warren Gorsik,
Henry Zeeb, Harold Anderson, Mu-riel
Benkert, Alice Ludwig, Adele
Sengstacken, Helen Grossman and
Ruth Ludwig.
The caller at the dance was Rob-ert
Rose, one of the foremost call-ers
in the county. The young folks
are planning to attend more of
these dances in the near future.
Birthday Party Given
For Barbara DeFrancis
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred DeFrancis
gave a birthday party for their
four-year-old daughter Barbara on
Sunday afternoon. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Salva-tore
Agresto of Brooklyn, grand-parents;
Marie, Anna and Virginia
Agresto, aunts, and Joseph, an un-cle.
Also Bobby and Buddy Ceraso,
Mr. and Mrs. Ceraso, Rita Ghioffo,
Richard and Doris Marie DeFran-cis.
The party was entertained by
games and refreshments were
served.
Plan to Erect Factory In
Business Section
The vacant parcel at Broadway
and the Long Island Railroad right
of way, Bethpage, 165 by 396 feet,
was purchased by Warren Kessler,
of New York, who will Immediately
improve it with a modern business
building on the Boradway frontage
and factory structure at the rear.
The property was sold by the
Charles F. Noyes Co., Inc., for the
Nassau and Suffolk B. and M. Corp.
of Mlneola.
The type of factory to be con-structed
on this property was not
known as Newsgram went to press.
However, it is believed that a glass
manufacturer will locate there. The
plant will be allied with the air-plane
industry, it is said.
Rumors in the village (several
weeks ago declared that the site
would be used for erection of a
modern theatre. The story proved
to be untrue.
• Twenty-six .Bethpage men — the
largest number called in one week
thus far — received questionnaires
from Selective Service Board 712
this week, according to Thomas J.
Costello, secretary of the unit. The
draft forms were mailed in four
dispatches.
Alfred Frank Miller of Hemp-stead
Turnpike, and Louis Andrew
Sisia of First Street were notified
on January 8.
Ten men received their quiz pa-pers
January 10. They are Adolph
P. Selock, Bethpage Road; William
Jaworowski, Haypath Road; Abra-ham
Goldstein, Clarion Street, all
of Old Bethpage, and George T.
Willford, Wantagh Avenue; Peter
Corte, Broadway; Lloyd H. Skin-ner,
Pershing Avenue; Fred R. Mc^
Gunnigle, South Broadway; John
J. Cramer, Seaman Avenue; Arnold
H. Nylund, Evergreen Avenue; and
Frank M. Candifo, Sherman Avnue.
Five received questionnaires on
the 13th. They are Robert V. Mark-land,
Pine and Locust Streets; An-thony
A. Posdiadjo, Haypath Road;
Edwin Price, Central Avenue; Jo-seph
S. Tucciarone, Stewart Ave-nue;
James White, Floral Avenue.
The remaining nine all were no-tified
Wednesday. They are Sig-mund
A. Rafenski, Central Boule-vard;
Douglas G. O'Brien, Broad-way;
Albert V. Burghardt, William
Street; Ewald W. Frayling, Maple
Avenue; Didrik N. Sire Jr., Broad-way;
Edwin S. Myer, Central Ave-nue;
Stephen P. Facardi, Harrison
Avenue; Richard E. Skellington,
Farmers Avenue; Arnojd L. Bedell,
Author Avenue.
No local men will be in the con-tingent
leaving Hicksville Wednes-day
morning for the army induc-
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Hearings Scheduled on
Business Applications
Plainview will have a second-hand
lumber yard, if approval is
obtained from the Town of Oyster
Bay Board of Appeals after a pub-lic
hearing Thursday at Oyster Bay.
The applicant, George Conroy of
Cherry Drive, Plainview, asks per-mission
to use property for that
purpose. The parcel is located on
the south side of Cherry Drive, 320
feet west of Milne Place.
Another applicant, Mrs. Mamie
Benkert of Baldwin Place, Beth-page,
seeks a permit to build addi-tions
to the garage and gasoline
station on the southeast corner of
Baldwin Place and Sherman Ave-nue,
Bethpage.