Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-02-21

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Vol. 1 No. 11 BETHPAGE, NEW YORK— FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1941 1.50 per Year
PlaiBview Vamps
Hold Celebration
Annual Dinner Held at
Colonial Restaurant
The annual turkey dinner of the
Plainview Fire Department was
celeibrated Saturday night at the
Colonial Restaurant on Broadway.
John Schenocka, a member of
the department, was an honored
guest at this dinner, as he left on
Wednesday for Camp Upton to
serve in the U. S. Army.
The following were on the enter-tainment
committee: Charles Leib,
chairman; Louis Cervilli, Bert Da-miano,
John Schenocka, Antonio
DetLucia, Pete Taormia, William
Gearghty and Chief Steve Moddle.
Fifty-seven persons attended the
dinner, and among those present
were: Ted Aibramowiski and Jean
Mazelewaki of Eiast Norwich; Wal-ly
Attdrewis, Richard Bergman, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Baumister, Mrs.
Bramsohwieger, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Cervilli, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dami-ano,
Arthur Dohm, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Froehlich, Mr. and Mrs.
John Hartman, Alex Keisel, Jack
Wulforst, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Leid, Mr. and Mrs. Maher.
Also, Chief and Mrs. Steve Mod-die,
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ocker,
Mrs. Emily Peyerl, Mrs. Agnes
Ruddlschauser, John and Adam
Schenocka, Bernard Sattig, Mr. and
Mrs. William Schwarz, Mr. and
Mra. Albert Stauber, Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Steihler, Pete Taormia,
Frank Baumister, Mr. and Mrs. An-tonio
DeLucia Jr., Frank Arsen,
Helen Benoit of Bellerose, Mrs. Jo-sephine
Majer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lam-berson,
Frank Grabau of Farming-dale,
Elizabeth Abramoski, George
Ludwiig, Marie Dykman, and Mr.
and Mrs. Patsy Focardi of Yonkers.
The music for dancing was fur-nished
by the Paramount Aces.
Bethpage Flashes Attend
Theatre Party Sunday
A group of the memlbers of tha
liethpage Flashes enjoyed a visit
to New York City last Sunday, in-cluding
a theatre parity at the Par-amount
Theatre.
Among those present were the
Misses Josephine Vitale, Rose and
Mary Ruggiero, Julia S'avino and
Blanche Scarpino.
The club is making plans for a
roller skating party at the Mineola
Rink. As a means of raising funds
for club activities, two five-dollar
cash prizes will be awarded to win-ners
on March 17th.
Miss Constance Savino is presi-dent
of the group.
Change Local Camp Name in Honor of Hero Scout
Bethpage Boys Scouts of Troop 118, in memory of the late
Francis Fox, have changed the name of their cam'p, which is
located in Bethpage, from "Flaming Arrow Patrol Camp" to
"Camp Fox."
Among the members of this camp are "Willard Lnkmany,
Jack Nelson, Richard Winters, James Walton, Edwin Price, Rod-man
Hartjen, Charles Thorman, William Sloan, Robert Holz-macher
and George Roever.
Farmingdale'Bethpage Scouts
Hold Father-Son Dinner
More than 200 persons attended the father and son dinner of the
Farmingdale-Bethpage Boy Scouts at the State Institute of Applied
Agriculture, Farmingdale, last Thursday evening.
Captain Robert MacDougall, ex-"Mountie" and army man, declared
"Scouts—especially those living in aviation sectors—should prepare
themselves for possible local emergencies." Capt. MacDougall, rural
engineering instructor at the Institute, pointed to work being done in
England by Boy Scouts. Touching'
on other phases of scouting, the
speaker declared that the uniform
of the organization "should be re-garded
as a badge of honor; should
be worn properly and' not mixed
with civilian clothes."
Captain MacDougall entertained
his audience with the humorous
and highly exaggerated Paul Bun-yan
stories of the North Country.
The speaker was formerly with the
.\orthwest Royal Mounted Police,
and during the World War served
with the U. S. Army engineers.
F. Howard Covey, executive sec-retary
of the Nassau County Coun-cil,
a guest at the dinner, eulogized
Francis Fox, who was drowned
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CONTRACTORS MEET
FOR TRADE PARLEY
Several Bethpage contractors at-tended
a meeting at the offices of
the Sengstacken & Schaaf Lumber
Company on Seaman Avenue, for
a trade discussion.
Walter Reddy, factory represen-tative
of the Nu-Wood Corporation
gave a talk on Insulation and in-terior
decorating, theme of the
session.
Contracftors attending the meet-ing
were Elmer Henn, John Cra-mer,
Sylvester Cramer, Ralph Am^
endola, Richard Eisemann, John
Schlick, Frank Schlick, August
Schnepf and Philip Schaaf. David
Sierson, a mortgage broker, also
attended the meeting.
A group of Bethpage young peo-ple
attended a square dance held
in the Garden City school ,Satur-day
evening. The following spent
a very enjoyable evening: Alice
Ludwig, Muriel Benkert, Agnes Gil-bert,
Helene Grossman and "Skip"
S'chwartlng.
Questionaires Mailed
To 14 Bethpage Men
Di-aft questionaires were mailed
to 14 Bethpage men this week.
They wero John J. Can-iere, East
Fourth Street; Frank S. Perri,
Fifth Street; Frank R. Head Jr.,
Windhurst Avenue; Edward W.
Stoothoff, South Broadway; Harvey
M. Hepworth, Broadway; Charles
W. Bilogan, Harriison Avenue;
Lawrence A. Calissi Jr., Central
Avenue; Gaetano T. Rozzi, Herman
Avenue; Nick A. Tassone, Sixth
Street; Emil L. Camerlingo, Stew-art
Avenue; Alexander K. Robin-son,
Broadway; Andrew T. Cara-inihas,
Central Boulevard; Edwin
J. Mager Jr., Washington Street.
Anthony G. Kluepfel, Edward R.
Weih, Aleck W. Rennie and James
G. Whalen, all residents of Hicks-ville,
left Wednesday morning for
the army induction center at Ja-maica.
Woman's Guild Costume
Party Tomorrow Night
A special meeting to complete
plans for the Washington's birth-day
costume party and dance to be
sponsored by the Women's Guild
of the Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, was held at the church on
Friday night. Mrs. George Summer
presided. Mrs. Olive McKenzie is
chairni^in for the event and she has
the assistance of many church
members. Siiecial prizes will be
awarded for the most appropriate
costume depicting the "good old
days." There also will be bowling
and refreshments.
The affair will be held at the
Grange Hall, Stewart Avenue, and
a popular archestra has been en-gaged
to play for dancing.
Margaret Carlin
Weds Larry Maggi
Ceremony in St. Kilian's
Church, Farmingdale
Miss Margaret Carlin ol Farm-ingdale,
daughter of William Car-lin
Sr. and the late Marcella Wel-don
Carlin, of Springfield, Mass.,
and Lawrence J. Maggi, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Maggi of Broadway,
Bethpage, were united in marriage
last Saturday at St. Kilian's R. C.
Church in Farmingdale. The Rev
Joseph Haldemaier performed the
ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her brother-in-law, Gustav Hanke
of Farmingdale, was lovely in a
bridal gown of white satin, prin-cess
style, with a short train. Her
Shoulder length veil fell from a
juliet cap of orange blossoms, and
she carried a bridal bouquet of
white camellias and sweet peas.
The maid of honor. Miss Marion
Schloesser of Farmingdale, wore
a gown of blue taffeta, a shoulder
veil of blue tuller, and carried yel-low
fuchsias.
Raymond Fornari of Third Street
was best man.
Miss Carlin, who was graduated
from Farmingdale High School, is
a secretary in the Colgate-Larsen
Airci-aft Company of Amityville,
She is an accomplished horsewom-an
and active socially among the
younger set of Farmingdale, where
she is a member of the Zeta Sigma
Chi Sorority. She is also a member
of the Women Fliers of America.
Miss Carlin was the recipient of
several pre-nuptial affairs, at all of
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Contributions Under Way
For Community Award
The plans to raise funds for a
community award to be presented
to Fred Kramer Jr. for his heroic
effort in saving the life of 8-year-old
Edward Okula, and attempting
to rescue Boy Scout Francis Fox,
has met with favorable comment
in the community, and it is hoped
that all those who desire to con-tribute
to this award will commu-nicate
with John J. Gifford Sr. as
soon as possible. Contributions may
be sent to Mr. Gifford at P. 0. Box
i)2, Bethpage.
It is requested that contributions
be made in small amounts, and
that as many of the residents of
the community join in this move-ment
and do honor to Fred Kramer
la a manner he justly deserves.
Contributions also may be sent
in care of Newsgram, Broadway,
Bethpage.
Plainedge P-T.A.
Hold Card Party
Many Enjoy Cards and
Dancing at School
The card party and dance spon-sored
iby the Plainedge Parent-
Teacher Association, on Saturday
night, was well attended. More than
65 awards were distributed to the
players, the outstanding winners
being Miss Mary Opasso of Massa-pequa,
John Forman of New York
City and Mrs. John Retzler, Jr.
Mrs. Kenneth Hawken, president,
was general chairman for teh af-fair,
assisted by Mrs. Charles Dem-merle,
Mrs. Alfred Moore, Mrs.
Charles Schiwarting, Mrs. Bernard
Reinke, Mrs. Paul Petre, Mrs. Jo-seph
Mallo, Mrs. Frederick Ber-gold,
Mrs. Arthur Clark, Mrs. Cath-erine
Allen and Mrs. August Pop-oli,
also, the Misses Louise Reck-ner,
H. A. Burkholder and Made-line
Reckner.
The door committee was com-posed
of Milton W^haley and Paul
Petre. August Popoli was in charge
of the men's checkroom and Ken-neth
Hawken supervised the bunco
tables.
ARTHUR GODFREY
FATALLY INJURED
Arthur Godfrey, 45, was killed
while crossing Hempstead Turn-pike
near his home at Stewart
Avenue, when he was struck by a
car operated by Dr. Alwyn Rand,
31, of 71 North Broadway, Hicks-ville,
last Thursday night.
Dr. Rand told Detective Lieuten-ant
James Farrell that he was driv-ing
west on the turnpike and had
just gone through the green traffic
signal at Stewart Avenue, when he
felt an impact. The physician gave
the victim first aid, then pronounc-ed
him dead. The doctor was re-leased
after questioning.
Godfrey's body landed on the
north side of the road, a short dis-tance
from the Five Corners Res-taurant.
Police believe he was
crossing from the south side to the
north. The body was removed tO'
Meadowfl[)rook Hospital on orders
from Dr. David C. Byrne, assistant'
medical examiner.
Mr. Godfrey moved to Bethpage'
from Bellmore eight weeks ago.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Helen
Godfrey, who was at the scene a
few minutes after the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bruns of
Smithtown announce the birth of
a daughter, Carol Ann, at the Bay
Shore Hos)i)ital, February Hth.
Mrs. Bruns is the former Florence
Jesslberger of Bethpage.