Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-01-03

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» Organize Ex-Service Men's Club At Grummaii Factory ^ See Page 5 \EWSGRAM Vol. 1 No. 4 Bethpage, Long Island, N. Y.—Friday, January 3, 1941 1 . 5 0 per Year
ttumscho Heads Fire Board
One Bethpage Man in Contingent
To Enter Training Next Week
One Bethpage man, Lawrence B. Cramer, will be among the
group of fourteen who will leave Hicksville next Wednesday morn-ling
for a year/of military training under the selective service system.
It was announced at draft headquarters, Hicksville, today". Five vol-unteers
will be Included in the contingent, it was reported.
Volunteers in te group are Paul<
Jtfeeph Haliner, Jericho; Henry
J. Kowalski, Hicksville; Joseph
Yonucki, Olen Head; George Metz,
Hicksville, and Fred Fricke, Jr.,
Hicksville.
The nine draftees in the con-tingent,
besides Cramer, are: Clit-ford
H. McHeynolds, Farmingdale;
Raymond C. Marvin, Hicksville;
Paul Stromer Syosset; Thomas J.
Helig, Jericho; Frank J. Kowtow-ski,
Syosset; John Voorhest, Syos-r-^
t; Paul Thomas Murphy, Free-port,
and John Thomas King,
Farmlngdale.
Cramer will be the third Beth-page
man called for duty by the
army. Raymond Anderson was a
member of the first group drafted
In the local area and Is now serv-ing
at Camp Dix, New Jersey. Rob-ert
Starke, of Boundary ave. ap-peared
in the second list, but failed
to pass the army doctor's examin-ation.
Draft Board 712 was notified late
yesterday that an additional 17
men must be ready for induction
on January 22. Prior to that an-nouncement,
the board had, been
informed that Its total quota for
the year ending June 30 is 268
which would take an average of
45 monthly to fill. Thomas J. Cos-tello,
secretary of the board, said
yesterday there are 36 men In class
1-A ready to go and an additional
49 in class 1 who have not been
examined by the boad's physician
' yet.'
CAR SNAPS TELEPHONE
POLE; DRIVER UNHURT
James McArdle, 41, of South
Oyster Bay road, Hicksville, met
with an automobile accident, short-ly
after eight a. m. on New Year's
Day. Although his car snapped off
an electric light pole and ripped
down a fence on the farm of
Charles Rowehl when he lost con-trol
on Wantagh avenue, near Ful-ton
avenue,. Bethpage, McArdle
stepped out of the wreckage un-hurt.
Plan Card Party
The Hicksville Kiwanis club will
hold a card party at Grange Hall,
Stewart avenue, Bethpage, Satur-day
night, January 25, It was an-nounced
today. William' DeFanis of
Bethpage is chairman of the ar-rangements
committee.
Emil Kasper Dead
Emil Charles Kasper, 52, of Sea-man
avenue and School street,
Bethpage, died Thursday at Mea-dowbrook
hospital after a long ill-ness.
No Third Term
For Abramoski
Will Not Pilot Bethpage
Team in '41» He Says.
Ted Abramoski definitely will not
be in the driver's seat when the
Bethpage A. C. baseball team opens
its 1941 season, he announced this
week.
"I managed the eluib for two
years," he said, "and that's enough.
Let someone else have the job for
a change.-'
Abramoski had the distinction of
piloting his aggregation to the first
championship of the north division
of the Nassau County Semi-Pro
League in 1939. The club lost the
play-ofC for the county title in two
straight games, however. Last year,
Bethpage wound up in second
place, one game behind Oyster Bay,
who handed the locals all three of
the losses they suffered during the
league campaign.
Ted did not disclose whether he
had officially resigned from the
managerial post and he has "no
inkling" of who his successor will
be. He plans to stick with the club
and devote all his energies to the
Gather's position which he has
held down since he came to Beth-page
from Farmlngdale two years
ago.
A stock right-hander, Abramoski
has earned the respect of rival
pitchers with his timely, long-dis-tance
hitting. He batted better than
.300 last year.
Hicksville Nuns
Seek Lost Pet
Have you seen a large black
dog wth two white paws an-swering
to the name of
Prince"? The pet and watchdog
of the Sisters of St. Dominic
of Cherry St., Hicksville, has
been missing since Saturday
and the nuns are hoping the
animal will be returned. A part
setter and Newfoundland breed,
the dog has a 1940 license tag
214050. Persons knowing of Its
whereabouts may call Hicks-ville
599 anytime during the
day.
Bethpage Woman, 89, Celebrates
New Year and Birthday
Births, Marriages Increase, <
Deaths Decrease in Town
There were 40 more marriages,
9 more births and 8 fewer deaths
In the Town of Oyster Bay In 1940
than In 1939, Town Clerk Edwin
M. McQueen, revealed this week.
Draft legislation caused the mar-riage
figure to vault to new heights
during the year, he said.
Vital statistics for the two years
follow:
1939 1940
Deaths 226 218
Marrages 285 235
Brthfl 90 99
29 New Homes Built Here
In 1940, Report Shows
Twenty-nine new homes were
built in Bethpage In 1940, accord-ing
to the annual report submitted
Tuesday by Elbert H. Griffin, build-ing
inspector of the Town of
Oyster Bay.
Building permits In the township
totalled 575 last year as against.583
in 1939, However, the total amount
named for construction in unincor-porated
areas in 1940 exceeded that
of the preceeding year. The 1940
figure, $2,694,354, represents a re-cord
total for the township since
the zoning ordinance was adopted
in 1928. The 1939 total was set at
$1,484206.29. The Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation alone ac-counted
for $1,180,100, which was
used for new construction and for
an addition to the present factory
in Bethpage.
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DeFanis Inducted
New Fire Box Installed
In Bethpage North
Michael Rumsche was elected
chairman of the Bethpage board of
fire commissioners at a re-orgahiz-ation
meeting at the fire house last
night. He succeeds Albert A. Lang
Sr., who declined to seek re-election
to the board in the recent
voting. William DeFannis, who re-placed
Lang as a commissioner, of-ficially
took office at the session.
Other officers named at the same
time are Herman Klingelhoefer,
vice chairman, and Louis Rumpf,
secretary.
The commissioners approved the
re-appointment of Michael SImone
as janitor-engineer oi^re^pifffiStlffff'
Mrs. Cassie Lawrence of Stewart*
avenue wasn't very much excited
about New Year's Day—she had
seen 89 of them. One of Bethpage's
oldest residences, she observed her
89the dirthday Wednesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Inda
Goubelman, widow of a former
local school principal.
Mrs. Lawrence was up and about
on her birthday as she Is every
other day. She reads the dally
newspapers, cooks for herself on
occasion, and delights in doing
needlework. Her maiden name was
Rejrnolds and she comes from a
family which has been In this
country for more than 300 years.
Before coming to Bethpage (when
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premises. The term id^for one year.
The board also voted to dispose
of the ancient Larabee fire truck,
declaring it unsafe and unfit for
future service. Means of disposal
was not state. The truck still
stands in the firehouse.
Circulars acquainting residents
of Bethpage North with the fact
that a new fire alarm box has been
Installed In that areia will be dis-tributed
in the near future, it was
announced. The alarm, the third
now In the district, is located on
the front porch of the Hogan resi-dence
on Spruce street.
In answer to a query put
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Bethpage Firemen Will
Hear Carl W. Gable
Carl W. Gable, protection super-intendent
of the Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation, will be
the guest speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Bethpage
fire department at the firehouse
Monday night. Chief Sal Greco an-nounced
last night.
The topic of Mr. Gable's talk has
not been revealed, Mr. Greco said.
Mr. Gable was a member of the
New York State Police department
of the Bethpage state park division
before he assumed his present posi-tion
recfntly.
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Principal, Seven Others
Get Draft Quiz Here
Victor L. Miller, principal of
Bethpage grade school, and seven
other local men received question-aires
from selective service board
No, 712 this week,
Mr. Miller, John Joseph Schisk,
of Peach Street, George Edward
Miller, of Hempstead Turnpike, and
Joseph John Spindler, of Seaman
avenue, received their quiz forms
December 27.
The remaining four were mailed
December 30 to Walter Powers Al-len,
of. East Broadway; Thomas
Patrick Noonan, of Broadway;
Ronald Wilson, of Harrison ave-nue,
an dWillis Thomas, of Hay
Path road.
Newsgram Goes
On Sale Today
NEWSGRAM goes on sale
this issue. Copies of your local
newspaper are being sold by boy
carriers and by the following
stores. Bethpage Sweet Shop,
Broadway and Baldwin Place;
Weber's Grocery Store, Central
Avenue McCordville; Plainview
Grocery, Plainview road, Plain-view,
and Geraghty's Naborhood
store, in Model Farms, Plain-view,
All annual, semi-annual and
quarterly subscriptions sold to
date also go into effect this
week.
Arrangements for weekly
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by telephoning Hicksville 954 or
by mailing a postcard to NEWS-GRAM,
Broadway, Bethpage.
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