Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-01-24

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Vol. 1 No. 7 NEWSGRAM BETHPAGE, NEW YORK—FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941 ;^l.5o per Year Board OK's Two Bus Routes
Joseph Podsiadlo
Weds Maspeth Girl
Couple Leaves for Washington
After Ceremony Saturds^r
Miss Dorothy Heiner of Maspeth
became the bride of Joseph Pod-siadlo
of Bethpage on Saturday.
The marriage took place at the
&t. Stanealow Churcih in Maspeth.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Anthoiiy Heiner. The
maid of honor was Miss Mildred
Heiner, sister of the hride, while
the bridesmaids were Miss Agnes
Podsiadlo, sister of the bridegroom,
and Miss Evelyn Denner.
The bride was ^attired in a white
satin gown and carried a bouquet
of calla imes. The nmird of honor
ivas dreswl in a gown of dusty
rose, while the hridesmaids wore
aqua hoop-skirted gowns, carrying
bouquets of roses.
Emil Podsiadlo was his brother's
best man and ushers were Edward
Heiner, brother of the bride, and
Francis Looney.
NO BETHPAGE MEN
IN DRAFT GROUP
No Bethyage men were inclxtded
In the contingent of 17—ten of
them volunteers—which left Hicks-ville
Wednesday morning for their
year of military training. Three
more will be called Monday to re-place
draftees rejected In the Jan-uary
8 quota. Another quota of 17
will be called from this area on
February 5, it was learned at the
Selective Service Board headquar-ters,
Hickaville, today.
The three eplacements to leave
Monday are Melville A. Dickey, a
volunteer, of Syosset; George An-derson
of Sea Cliff, and Kenneth E.
Steenbeck of Farmingdale.
Men inducted Wednesday are list-ed
below. The first ten are volun-teeis:
Joseph P. Jabloiisky Jr., Ev-erett
H. Eisemann, Dave W. Metz,
John Kott and James D. Hill, all of
Hicksville; George Dyer of Brook-ville;
Rudolph Rybak of Westbury;
Carl L. Jackson, East Norwich;
John Odwazny, Syosset! Philip Ha-gozzlno,
Jericho.
Selectees in the group are: Ja-cob
Spinner and Arthur Rettburg
of Hicksville; Donald Drapeau Jr.,
Frank J. Anselmo and Walter H.
Clark of Farmuigdale; Ange Del-bon,
Glenwood Landing; Thomas
Kelly, Massapequa.
BULLETIN
^Tetepolltan newspapers please
note!
The aircraft observation post
conducted by the Archie McCord
Amfrican Legion unit of BetJi-pagfe
was lirst to report the ap-pearance
of the plane which took
ofif from Mitchel Field Tuesday
morning in a defense test spon-siored
by the U. S. Army.
Tile plane took «lf at 7 oMock.
Sietlipage Le^louaires spotted it
;at 7:03, a full se\en minutes be-fore
the post which was credited
with fir.st place by A'ew Y-ork pa-pers,
according to army reports.
Harry Belsha, commander of
the unit, praij»ed his fellow work-ers
todayi for tlie co-operation
they have giv«ii the test during
the three daj« it was held.
Farmers & Gardeners
Plan Card Party
The ladies auxiliary of the Far-mers
& Gardeners As.sociation will
hold a card party and dance at the
Grange Hall on Saturday, Febru-ai-
y Sth. Music will be furnished
by the Bethpagians. Door prizes
will be awarded, and there will be
a drawing for a turkey and a bas-ket
of liquor.
Services Tonight for
Mrs. Hoberg
Mrs. Klug's Mother Died
Here on Wednesday
Mrs. Henrietta H. Hoberg a res-ident
of Bethpage for more than 14
years, died Wednesday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John Klug,
on Sherman Avenue.
Funeral services will be held at
S o'clock tonight at the Klug resi-dence,
tlie Rev. Edmund Bohm of
St, Paul's Lutheran Church offici-ating.
Burial will take place to-morrow
afternoon at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brooklyn, leaving th«
home at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Hoberg was born in Ger-many
years ago and came to
this country as a girl.
She is survived by three datigh-ters,,
Mrs. Fred Rodewald of Kich-mond
Hill, Mrs. John Weyer of
Hick.sville, and Mrs. John Klug.
with whom she lived, of Bethpage.
She also leaves 21 grandchildren
and ®ne great-grandchild.
To Hold Card Party
Saturday Night
William DeFanis of Bethpage is
chairmaai of the arrangement com-mittee
for the Hicksville Kiwanis
card party, to he held at Grange
Hall, Stewart Avenue, Bethpage,
this Saturday night.
Firemen's Association to
Nominate Officers
Thte Bethpage Voilunteer and Ex-empt
Firemen's Benevolent Asso-ciation
will nominate officers for
the coming year at the regular
meeting of the unit at the firehouse
Monday evening, Fred C. Fox, sec-retary,
announced today. The meet-ing
will open at 8:15 o'clock.
The Bethpagians plxiyed Saturday
evening, January 181h, at a dance
held fit Mitchel Field.
Action Terminates Fight
Between Woop and Rival
Franchises for bus routes connecting Bethpage with
Farmingdale and Hicksville were granted by the Oyster Bay
Town Board, Tuesday, to Charles Woop of Farmingdale and
to the South Huntington Bus Corp. The board's action, end-ing
a bitter struggle between the two concerns, was antici-pated
by NEWSGRAM in a special article two weeks ago.
The Huntington outfit was
granted permission to run its
busses from the Farmingdale
village line along Merrit road.
Central avenue and Stewart
avenue to the Long Isand Rail
Road station at Bethpage, and
thence on Jackson and Sher-idan
avenues to the Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corpo-ration
plant. After stopping
at the plant, the busses will
return over the same route.
The other applicant, Charles H.
Woop, will operate along Merritt
Road, Central Avenue, Bethpage,
and then along Broadway to Hicks-ville.
In Hicksville his route Avill
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ARCHIE McCORD POST
PLANS 'WALTZ NIGHT'
Commander Harry Belsha has an-sha
has announced that an "old-fashioned
waltz night" and auction
box supper will be held February
22nd at the headquarters of the
Republican Club on Washington
Street, under the sponsorship of
the Archie McCord post of the
American Legion, Bethpage.
Mr. Belsha declared that the af-fair,
a novelty to Bethpage, will
give both the younger and older
folks an opportunity to compete at
waltzing. He named Walter Hart-jen
and Alber.t Nelson to make ar-rangements.
Company No. 2 Plans
Party February 1st
Company No. 2 of the Bethpage
Fire Department will sponsor a
card party and dance at Grange
Hall Bethpage, on Saturday eve-ning,
February 1st. Music will be
provided by the Bethpagians.
There will be a door prize and
awards also will be made for
bowling.
Mike Simone is chairman of the
arrangements committee.
Bethpage Boys Club Seeks New Name;
Offers Prize for Best Suggested
The Betlipage Police Boys Clul) is in the market for a new name
and has put us a l)rand new one-dollar bill as a prize to be awarded
to the NEWSGRAM reader who suggesst the name that is chosen by
the unit. Suggestions should be nuiiled to the club. Post Office Box
Number 413, Bethpage, New York.^
Louis Mancuso was elected as
chairnuin of the unit at the regular
meeting at club headquarters on
Broadway Monday night. Other of-ficers
named at the same time in-clude
George Amendola, secretary;
John Miciaro, treasurer, and Frank
Candito, sergeant-at-arms.
The newly-elected officers will
be installed at a banquet to be held
Friday evening, February 7th.
New members introduced at the
meeting included Leonard Ratto
of Bethpage and Jack Serrillo ol
Glen Cove. The club at the same
tinae mapped plans for a member-ship
drive to get under way im-mediately.
The club was organized in Ap-ril,
1940, and has 77 members, ac-cording
to Nassau County police
authorities. In his report at police
headquarters. Patrolman William
Elting, club director, said that the
members carried out a total of 460
days of activity during 1940. This
involved 300 boys.
Forty boys played baseball for
120 days, 40 at soccer for 25 days,
50 in football for 70 days, 30 at
boxing for 90 days, 15 at swimming
for five days, 50 at ping-ong for 30
(lays, and 50 played darts for 30
days.
Other activities included check-ers,
chess and similar activities. In
the club there are seven active
members In a stamp group and
three are studying coin collecting.
Club members will be wearing
new jackets in the near future, ac-cording
to Joseph'' Ratto, one of
the members.
Fifty Attend Seminar
At St. Paurs Church
More than 50 officers and mem-bers
from the Long Island zone of
the Walther League district, at-tended
the seminar at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Bethpage, Sun-day
night.
The Rev. Edward Bohm presided
at the vesper service, which was
followed by a supper at the church.
Members of the local league actetl
as hosts. The Rev. Carl Graesser,
pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran
Church. Brooklyn, and George Speh
also of Brooklyn, conducted the
study period.
Mrs. Edmund Bohm, Mrs. Ed-ward
Sengstacken, Mrs. Frederick
Renkert and Mrs. Frederick Lud-wig
Jr. assisted members of the
local group with refreshments.
Walter Baldwin was at the organ.
NEWSGRAM
CoMsfructloii on 10 now homes
on Leo Avonuc, will
start lato next week, it was re-l>
oi-t(>rt today. Tlio 12 lots oil
wlitch tlio devt'lopiaent will be
locat^id >vero bought by uii out-of-
town concern Wednesday, It
was said.
The houses will sell at $4,290.
Hoy Smith, bethpage oontractor,
will do the electrical work oa
the bousei.