Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-09-10

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NEWS R A
Vol. 1. No. 40 BETHPAGE, N. Y., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1941 12 Five Cents
School Board Awaits
Decision By Coles
H e a r i n g H e l d Y e s t e r d a y A t 2 P. M.;
Klug U n a b l e To A t t e nd
James "Happy" Norman
DECKER. NORMAN
TEAM UP FOR
PRIMARY ELECTION
Primary Elections will be held
between the hours of 12 noon
and 9 p. m. on September 16.
1941.
Install Traffic Signal
At Dangerous Intersection
With the ever increasing traffic over Hempstead Turn-pike
and Wantagh Road due to the morning and nightly
stream of aircraft workers going to and from their work,
the Nassau County T r a f f i c Signal
Division have begun the installa-tion
of a traffic signal at the
intersection of these two roads.
Work on the signal will prob-ably
be completed within the
next few days, and it will be
ready for immediate operation.
The erection of large warn-ing
signs at this intersection in
the pasct have been to no avail,
HEPWORTH ESTATE CHANGES HANDS:
NEW OWNER TO TAKE POSSESSION
Mr. Lloyd Decker and Mr.'- niany drivers overookling them
James Norman of the 28th Dis-t
r i c t are running together as
committeemen. The election will
t a k e place in the School Audi-torium.
Mr. George Seitz and Mr.
Walter Scherer are running for
committeemen in the Second
District. Election takes place in
t h e Bethpage Fire House.
or becoming impatient waiting
for the thru t r a f f i c to clear have
,taken desperate chances to get
across, many times becoming in-volved
in an accident.
With the installation of the
new signal, t r a f f i c will be reg-ulr^
ted so that drivers will be
able to cross the intersection
in a somewhat more safe manner
than in the past.
525 Registered
In Farmingdale
Carmen Reports
The total number of Farming-dale
residents who have rigis-tered
for defense volunteer twork
is now 525, it was learned from
Judge Willis B. Carman on Sat-urday.
Judge Carman is in charge
of registration for the Farming-dale
Defense council.
A two-day registration of vol-unteers
was concluded during
which time 200 persons register-ed.
The return of questionnaires
which have been distl-ibuted
throughout the village helped to
swell the number. A registration
conducted by the American
Legion at Farmingdale brought
the number to 125, while those
figures combined with the 200
women who registered recently
during the campaign sponsored
by the Nassau County Women's
Council on H o m e Defense
brought the total of registered
workers to 525.
(More Farmingdale News—See
Page 10)
Charles Jacobsen of Flushing
has acquired the Hepworth
E s t a t e s formerly owned by Mrs.
Harvey Hepworth.
Mr. Jacobson states that he
intends to turn this beautiful
nine acre estate into a rooming
and boarding house for aircraft
workers.
This property was formerly
'known as the "Birches", a home
for invalids and convalescents.
According to t h e new occupant,
Mr. Charles Jacobson, this home
will house about thirty aircraft
workers. It will be equipped with
modern baths, showers, garages,
and other modern conveniences.
The property is less than ten
minutes walk f r om the Bethpage
railroad station and about 12
minutes from the Grumman fac-tory.
It is located about three
blocks north of the railroad sta-tion
on Broadway.
Mr. Jacobsen ^aid, in an inter-view
with a Newsgram reporter,
"I will probably take possession
of the property on or about Sept-ember
13, and I will t r y to make
this property a comfortable home
for a i r c r a f t workers.
Following a postponement
of the hearing of the Beth-page
School Board which
was scheduled to be held at
2 p. m. last Thursday before
Ernest E. Coles, State Com-missioner
of Education at
Albany, another date was
set, that date being last
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The hearing which was held
yesterday was the result of
petitions filed by the dissenting
members of the board Charles
Schwarz and Joseph Ellinger who
protested the appointment of
Amendola to fill the vacancy left
by Francis Looney, N a s s au
County patrolman, who defeated
Amendola in the school elections
May 7th.
A ruling by Commissioner
Abram W. Skidmore of the
Nassau County police prevented
Looney from taking office.
Looney, upon receipt of the
police commissioner's ruling im-mediately
forwarded his resigna-tion
to District Superintendent
of Schools John W. Chisholm.
Chisholm withheld official ac-ceptance
of Looney's resignation
and to date has not officially
acknowledged the resignation nor
has he given any indication that
a vacancy existed.
Following the resignation of
Looney the majority members of
the Bethpage School Board, John
Klug, Carmino Cava, and Ray-
(Continued on Page 12)
New Civil Service Exams
The Civil Service Commission
announces the following exam-inations:
Radio Technician. — Recently
the Commission adveritsed the
need for radio technicians. The
examination is now announced
under the title of Radio Mechan-ic-
Technician. Persons interested
in this work who have not al-ready
filed their applications, are
urged to apply at once. The jobs
pay from $1,440 to $2,300 a year.
Full-time paid experience in tech-nical
radio work or the com-pletion
of appropriate study in
radio is required. Applications
will be r a t e d at the Commission's
practicable after receipt u»til
November 6, 1941.
Technical and Scientific Aids.
—The salaries for these positions
range from $1,440 to $2,000 a
year. For the lower grades, the
optional branches are radio, ex-plosives,
chemistry, physics, met-allurgy,
and fuels; for the Senior
grade, radio and explosives only.
Applicants must have had high-school
study unless they can sub-s
t i t u t e for this requirement tech-nical
experience in addition to
t h a t jprescribed for each grade.
Paid technical or scientific ex-perience
is also necessary. Per-sons
who have completed appro-
Washington office as soon as
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Just A Reminder • • «
Tlie Firemen's School of In-structions
under the direction of
Captain Bedell of the Nassau
County Vocational Education and
Extension Board will conduct
further instructions in Civil De-fense
at the Bethpage Fire House
on the evenings of September
16th and 23rd, 1941 at about
8:00 p. m.
All residents of Bethpage who
are earnestly interested in Civil
Defense are urged to attend.
Hundreds Turn Out
p r i a t e defnese training courses
or college study may substitute
this study for a part, or—where
appropriate—all, of the pre-scribed
experience. Applications
will be accepted until June 30,
1942.
Full information as to the re-quirements
for tlieso examina-tions,
and application fcrnis, may
be obtained from tne Secretary
of the Board of U. S. Civil Ser-vice
Examiners at the post office
or customhouse in any city whicl^
has a post office of the fii-st- or
second-class, or from the United
S t a t e s Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C.
New Branch Store
Hempstead Jeweler
Opens Branch Store
On Saturday
Many people visited May Com-pany's
new branch store at 219
Main Street, Farmingdale, last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
the days of the preview inspect-ion
and grand opening.
Personal interviews with many
people who visited the store dur-ing
these days brought the fol-lowing
summation: It is one of
the most modern and up to date
jewlry stores yet open in Nassau
County.
May Company is one o\ Nas-sau's
oldest credit jewelry estab-lishments,
and is the oldest in
Hemsptead. This concern has al-ways
strived to please its cus-tomers
by offering honest goods
at honest values. They are also
well known for their fine quality
merchandise.
The opening of May's new store
in Farmingdale promises to be
a great asset to Farmingdale and
the surrounding communities.
May Company will feature a
complete, up to the minute stock
of nationally advertised watches,
rings, clocks, silverware, radios
and other types of jewelry, gifts,
etc.
This concern will also maintain
an expert repair department for
the repairing of watclies, clocks,
and all types of jewelry.
Looney Thanks
Grumman Players
Record Crowd of
1500 Attend Game
Chairman and business man-ager,
Harold E. Looney takes
this opportunity on behalf of the
Bethpage Fire Department to
thank the Grumman Players who
volunteered their services on the
night of September 2nd, together
with all the people of Bethpage
a n d neighboring communities
who supported tlie Fire Depart-ment
by attending this affair,
and who gave Bethpage the
largest crowd ever assembled in
its entire history.
Mr. Happy Norman of Stewart
Avenue was thrown from a burro
at the local Burro Softball game
held last Tuesday evening. He
sustained a bruised hip and will
be confined to his bed for about
ten days.