Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-11-12

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NlWSGRAM^^S^' VOL. 1. NO. 49 WEDNERDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941 PRICE: 5 CENTS
Cava, Klug Return
To School Board
Board Accepts Frederick
RompPs Resignation
; Carmine Cava and John W. laoig, members of the Bethpa«e school
board, have returned to office following their resignations on No-vember
3rd. They returned to the board last Wednesday night when
the remainder of the board —
refused to accept their resignation Just A Reminder
or forward them to Superintend-ent
of Schools John W. CSiisolm.
Cava and Klug resigned together
with Frederick Rompf who has
bfeen the board's clerk for two
years. Heretofore it had appeared
as tliough the board would have
to appoint three more members
to the board. The board accepted
thfe resignation of Frederick Rompf
and decided to appoint someone
to' fill his vacancy.
Frederick Kramer, a former
board member with six years ex-perience
was elected to the tru-tee
position in a special district
election held on October 29 over
Amendola whom he defeated by
vote of 272 - 187 in one of the
most bitterly contested elections
in years.
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Tiie election caused considerable
interest on tlie part of the local
taxpayers and was the result of
tlie resignation of Francis B. Loo-ney,
who was elected to the board
over Amendola last May. Amen-dola
then was appointed by Cava,
KJub and Amendola who was still
a member of the board at' that
time.
State Commissioner of Educa-tion
El-nest E. Coles. in a ruling
dated September 24th declared
Amendola's appointment illegal
and directed the board to appoint
iomeone or hold .an election to
iiU the vacancy. Following this
decision' came the special district
election on October 29th at which
election Frederick Kramer was
elected over Amendola.
Almost immediately " following
the election came the resignations
of Frederick Rompf, clerk of the
board and the resignations of
Cava and Klug, then came the re-consideration
of the step taken by
Cava and Klug and their return
to the board.
At the reorganization of the
board Frederick Kramer was elect-president.
Amendola, who was defeated by
Kramer, was charged with dis-orderly
conduct and disrupting
the special meeting on October
2 8 t a i in summons issued on the
complaint of Mrs. Rufus Barton,
a local resident. Amendola was
slated to appear in the Hicksville
court last Wednesday but was
given an extension of time of one
week and his case is scheduled
to come up in court today.
Don't forget to save your waste
paper for the American Legion.
The paper will be collected by
members of the Legion Post in
a houserto-house canvass. The
paper collected is to be solfl and
the proceeds used to purchase
gifts for the veterans at Kings
Park State Hospital.
Do your part, save your waste
paper and hdp bring a little
cheer to disabled veterans.
Guide Week
Is Endorsed By
President^
Its celebration approved by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
"American Guide Week," Novem-ber
10-16, will commemorate the
completion of the last state guide
in the continuing American Guide
Series by the WPA Writers' Pro-gram.
Since the guide books por-tray
the social, economic, indus-trial
and historical background of
the United States, the slogan
"Take Pride in Your Country,"
has been adopted.
President Roosevelt, endorsing
the celebration, said in part:
"The publication of the final
state guide in the continuing WPA
American Guide Series, and the
observance by publishers and
booksellers of the week of Novem-
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Red Cross Urges
Communities To
Give Ful|_Share
Practical assistance to soldiers
and sailors preparing to defend
America's shores has become a
major task of the American Red
Cross in Nassau County and
throug:hout the nation, Raymond
W. Houston, general Roll Call
chairman of the Nassau Chapter,
declared today. All branches of
the oi-ganization are contributing
time and effort to this program of
aid to the armed forces, he re-ported.
Financial support of this essen-tial
work which has grown fifteen
hundred precent in a year, must
come from membership funds re-ceived
during the 25th Annual
Roll Call which will open Novem-ber
11. He explained that aid to
tlie armed forces is only one
among many Red Cross activities
in community service, health edu-cation
and volunteer service fi-nanced
from membership receipts.
Mr. Houston said the Red Cross
is obligated by its Congressional
Charter to act as the link be-tween
the military forces and the
families at home.
There are 300 field directors and
assistants on duty at 185 stations
and hospitals covering approxi-mately
900 points of field service.
"These men," he explained, "are
trained to serve as advisors to
soldiers and sailors with economic
or social problems. If a service
man's family is involved in the
problem, and it frequently is, Red
Qi'oss here, or in the home town
Chapter forms a liaison to bring
about an effective solution."
No other military or private
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Long Island Association Announces
Second Annual Essay Contest For $200
The Second Annual Long Is-land
Historical Essay Contest for
school sturents of Nassau County
is announced by William S. Pet-tit,
chairman of the Joint Com-mittee
of the Nassau County
Historical and Genealogical So-ciety
and The Long Island Asso-ciation,
sponsors of the contest.
Students of the public and pa-rochial
schools of Nassau County
from the 7th to 12th grades will
compete for $200 in cash prizes
donated by Frederick Loeser &
Co. of Brooklyn and Garden City.
This contest, now established
as an annual event, is arranged
because of the belief that the
study of the history of Long Is-land,
and familiarity with the
places, events and persons con-cerned,
will tend to develop pa-triotic
pride in Long Island and
in Nassau County and make bet-ter
citizens of their young peo-ple.
The 1941 contest held last
spring resulted in 138 entries
representing 76 public and paj-o-chial
schools. Seven casli prizes
and 23 certificates of Honorable
Mention were awarded at a well
attended meeting held at Adel-phi
College on June 12, 1941. The
first prize of $100 for High School
contestants was won by Nicholas
EconopouJy of the Hicksville
High School and the first prize
of $25 for elementary school con-
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Speaking before a gathering of several hundred residents of Farm-ingdale,
Bethpage and other surrounding communities, Thomas G.
Grace, head of the F. H. A. for the State of New York declared, "There
Nassau-tSuffolk Lumber Corpora-tion,
Ernest Hackwitz, president of
the first National Bank of Farm-ingdale
and John Flapan, builder
of the Lenox Hills Park Homes ,a
development which is located in
Farmingdale.
Victor L. Miller
Proclaims 10 To 16
As Guide Week
WHEREAS, the publication of
the forty-eighth and final state
guide in the . continuing WPA
American Guide Series, which also
includes Alaska and Puerto Rico,
is announced, and,
WHEREAS, this series, prepar-ed
by the WPA Writers' Program,
presents to t^e citizens ^ of our
country, for the first time,
volumes which portray our na-tional
way of life, and at the
same time illustrate local and
regional patterns of living, and,
WHERiElAS, a better apprecia-tion
of and a greater pride in our
Community, State and Nation
cannot help but be the natural
result of the publication of this
series, and such a strengthening
of national pride will engender a
stronger national unity.
THEREFORE, I, Victor L. Mil-ler,
Supervising Principal of Beth-page
School, do hereby proclaim
the week of November tenth to
sixteenth as AMERICAN GUIDE
WEIEK and urge the citizens of
Bethpage to avail themselves of
tlie opportunities afforded to ac-quaint
themselves with the mate-rial
presented in the American
Guide Series, and refresh their
knowledge of their own land.
Done at Bethpage School this
10th day of November in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and forty-one.
Committee Makes
Final Plans For
Military Ball
The entertainment committee,
of which the Hon. Edward J.
Neary is general chairman, has
announced that final arrange-ments
have been made for the
Military Ball and Entertainment
conducted by the Nassau County
Veterans of Foreign Wars at the
Garden City Hotel, Saturday eve-ning,
November 22.
An exceptionally fine band and
floor show has been engaged, of
which some of the features will
prove to be among the outstand-ing
acts of the season.
The sale of tickets has far ex-ceeded
that of last year and in-dications
point toward a record
attendance. Those who have
failed to obtain tickets may pro-cure
same by telephoning Garden
City 4514.
A delegation from Martha Re-bekah
lodge of Hicksville is plan-ning
to attend a home-coming
ceremony for deputies of Nassau
at Roslyn today.
Two motion pictures were shown
at the meeting, oneofwhichsJhowed
the possibility of converting large
dwellings into two-family houses
or multiple dwellings.
According to Stanley R, White,
93,000 loans were made in the
month of October. He also listed
four reasons why every home own-er
should make use of the F. H.
A. 1. For your country, 2. For
your fellow citizens, 3. For your
community, 4. For yourself to pro-tect
your investment by keeping
the home in sihape. There will be
a shortage of housing in time to
come, he said.
Representatives of the Hunting-ton
Chamber of Commerce, the
Jamaica Real Estate Board, and
many othe organizations were
present at the meeting,
is no housing shortage in this
section today, but if the situation
demands a shortage will develop."
He urged all home owners to re-npdel
and repair their homes to
accommodate roomers and fam-ilies,
Grace and Stanley R. White,
Long Island director of the F. H.
A., were the principal speakers.
William Barton of Massapequa
also gave a brief speech urging
contractors to explain moderni2a-tion
and remodeling to the aver-age
home owner. He urged the
contractors to make a special
house to house canvass if neces-sary.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Farmingdale Board of Trade
of which William Kitzer is pres-ident.
Kitzer presided at the meet-ing,
introducing the speakers and
outlining the work of the board
of trade in their recent summar-ization
of the housing situation in
this area.
Brief speeches were made bv
William Wilson of Republic Avi-ation
Corporation, John Folks of
L. I. To Observe
National Art Week
Plans for the celebration of Na-tional
Art Week, November 17-23,
an Long Island will include after-noon
and evening sessions in the
Arts Building, Adelphi College,
Garden City, accoi-ding to Dr.
Arthur Pound, Chairman of the
New York State Committee.
Free exhibits, lectures, demon-strations
and concerts have been
arranged for each day by Dr.
Paul Dawson Eddy, Long Island
Conmaittee Chairman, and Ei-ic
Branham, State Chief of the W.
P. A. Public Activities Program.
Simultaneously, at AdeUihi Col-lege,
the W. P. A. Long Island
Children's Museum will be opened
for public inspection.
KEEP EM ROLLING, KEEP EM FLYING! KEEP DEMOCRACY FROM DYING
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