Bethpage-Newsgram_1941-03-21

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ST. PAULAS MUSICAL
GROUP ENTERTAINS
The Dadies' Aid Society of S't.
Luke's Lutheran Church, Farmlng-dalefl
held a birthday dinner and
party in celeJbration of 30 years of
continuous activity in the interest
of the church. Mrs. August C. Ihl-enburg,
toastmaster for the affair,
Introduced the guests of honor,
among whom were ,Mrs. George
dfjLvl, Sr., Mrs. Fred Koop, Sr.,
charter memibers of the organiza-tion;
Mrs. Charles Loehrs, Mrs.
Julia Rathgeiber, Mrs. Kate Keller,
Mrs. John Burkart, Mrs. Philip
Ohm, Mrs. Charles Franke, and
Mrs. George Carl, Jr. All honored
guests have held office in the or-ganization
and assisted with the
building of the society.
The Rev. Bernard Bohrer out-lined
the history of the Ladies' Aid,
sUice its first meeting, 30 years ago
at the home of Mrs. Louis Byning
—it.o efforts to raise funds to re-model
the little "German Church^'
on Washington Street, and the
xinal building of the present struc-ture
on Conklin Street.
Mrs. Raymond B. Fenner of
Christ Church, Freeport, spoke on
the missionary work, the title of
her talk being "Two Caps." Mrs.
Fenner is a member of the Box
Work Missionary society of the Lu-theran
church which makes known
the needs for domestic and foreign
missions.
Mrs. J. Herman Schwarz, presi-dent
of the society, was presented
with a bouquet of flowers by the
Missc-s Wilma Ihlenburg and Lil-lian
Finger of the Girls' cluto; and
with a birthday cake in honor of
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REPUBLICAN WOMEN
WILL ENTERTAIN
T'Hhe annual dinner of the Wo-men's
Republican Club of Farm-ingdale
will be held at Bethpage
State Park clubhouse, June 13. Mrs.
Howard Hogan has been named
general chairman.
Mrs^-. Chester Uuriban won the at-tendance
prize at the meeting held
FiHlay night at the home of Mrs.
Frank G. Scholl of Cherry Street.
The date of the next meeting has
been changed to April 18 and will
be liel dat the home of Mrs. How-ward
Hogan of Baniberry Court,
Farmingdale.
Mrs. Lester Harrison, Mrs. Ho-gan
and Mrs. Frank Scholl were
appointed by the president, Mrs.
Alibert J. Walters to serve as a
nominating committee. The slate
will be presented at the next meet-ing
and the officers will be install-ed
at the annual dinner in June.
A freight (rar loaded with steel and another loaded with c(»al for the Gruniman Aircmft Engrineerin^
Cori>"rJition were dmiiled near the Bethpage Stati^in in the course of maneuvering the train to shuttle
the curs onto tlie Oruniuian sidiug- last Tuesday, shortly after the luueh hour. It^ports circulating- that
sabotage was the Miuse of the accident are entirely unfounded.
Irish Night Held
at Grange Hall
More than 100 persons took part
in a varied program of dancing,
bowling, cards and showing of an
Irish moving picture Monday night
at the Grange Hall, Bethpage. The
program was presented by the
United Societies of the St. Martin
of Tours Church of which the Rev.
Michael J. Hartigan is pastor.
Societies participating included
the Blessed Viirgin Sodality, the
Holy Name Society and the St.
Martin's guild. Among those as-sisting
wei-e: Joseph Walsh, chair-man;
Joseph IGllinger, Joseph Lor-entz,
Fi-ed Leykam, Arthur Regan,
Michael Looney, Harold Looney,
Michael Sinione and Sal .). Greco.
Four More Get Quizzes
Four nioro Bethpage men wore
mailed (lue.stionaires fi-om the Se-lective
iSei'vice Board iNo. 712,
Hicksville, this week, Thomas J.
Costello, secretary, announced.
They were sent to George Rosen
of Fourth Street; Carl A. Haugen
of Stewart Avenue; Frank T. Welb-er
of Schneider Lane, and Frank
Curcio of Sherman Street.
BETHPAGE 0 . E. S.
MEETS IN TEMPLE
Mrs. William Carroll, matron of
Bethpage Chapter, Order of the
liasterp Stai', Farmingdale, wel-comed
Mrs. Glady Kinsman and
Mrs. Sarah J. Smith to the ordei:
at a meeting held last Thursday
night in the temple.
Mrs. Gertrude M. Riidle, chair-man
of the ways and means com-mittee,
announced the winner of
this week's dress cluib award as
.Vlrs. Mary Miller of Hempstead.
Plans were discussed for a card
and bunco party in the chupter
•ooins, April 17th. A committee for
he affair will be appointed later
,11 llu; month.
At a social hour following the
meeting, refreshments were served
by Mrs. Howard Jaisle, assisted by
Vli-s. John J. Frost, Mrs. Harriet
Ilolnios, .Mrs. Lester Harrison and
Mrs. (loorge Fuechsel.
(liiests included visitors from
Amityville, Baldwin and Glen Cove
(luipters.
.\1:'. and Mrs. Albert Mastriiaiii
and their daughter, Joyce, were
t!io week-end guests of Mr. and
.Mrs Charles Campagne of Stewart
Avenue.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
The following members spent a
social eveniftig w^th the Tirinity
Lutheran Men's Club of Hicksville
Monday evening: Reverend Ekl-mnnd
Bohm, George Seitz, Edward
Sengstacken, Fred Ludwig, Theo-dore
Danrm, Sr., John Mohlenhoff
and DeWitt Baldwin.
John Peter Jens, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Jens of Harrison
Avenue was baptized Sunday af-ternoon.
The sponsors were Mr.
and Mrs. John Retzler, Jr.
The Sunday School Teachers and
other staff members held a meet-ing
at the home of Mrs. Edward
Sengstacken, Monday evening.
Senior Play Rehearsals
Fiiml rehearsals are being held
for the senior play, "Merry Hares,"
under direction of Miss Louise
Frank of the Farmingdale High
School faculty. In the cast are Ed-win
('ai-borry, William Gaddes,
Elizal)e(li Michaels, Mary Mandra,
.James I'owors. Gloria Bevelaqua,
.Miclmel (Ji'eco, Dorothy Ruettgers,
Muriel Fowlai', Julia Eberling,
Theodore .Vndi'ew and Joseph
Steuer.
The play will be presented on
Thursday and Friday nights at the
/•'armingdale High School.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
INSTALLS OFFICERS
More than 150 persons attended
the installation dinner of the Ital-ian-
American Republican Club on
Friday night. ''
Louis Agiesta was jnducted as
president for another term. Others
installed were William DeFanis,
vice-president; Louis Sisio, secre-tary;
Peter Ipipolitto, tr'^asiirier;
Thomas Mirabelle, financial secre'-
tary; Anthony Ratto; cibH'e's'po'nd-ing
secretary; Frank Scaiidale',
sergeant-alt-arms, and Doohinick
Agiesta and Michael iRuggiero',
trustees. ' ''
Officers of the auxiliary also
were inducted, although the presi-dent,
Mrs. Mae Lambenti, was un-able
to be present. She recently
returned from the hospital and is
convalescing. Her substitute, Mrs.
Frances Dana, took the oath of
office.
Others installed were Mrs. Mari.-
anna Ruggiero, vice-president;
Mrs. Floi'ence Ratto, seci^etary;
.Mrs. Anthony Mirabella, treasurer,--
and Mrs. Lucy Ippolitto, corres-ponding
secretary. ,.
Among the guests were Mrj. Har-ry
Tappcn, Mr. McQueen, ,Mr.
Henry Schnepf, Mr. Frank Scholl,
Mr. John W. Anderson, Mr. An-thony
A. .Miasona. Mr. Salvaitor'e'A.
Malone, Mrs. Edward W. Wallace,
Dr. and Mrs. William G. Burke, Dr.
and Mrs. Charles P. Melone and
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson.
Public Invited to Visit
Building Show Ro^ms
The Meadowbrook Lumber, Cqr-poratioii,
the largest organization,
not only in this section, buit in the
entire metropolitan area, opened Its
new and modern show rodini^ Sat-urday,
Marcli l.'jth, at 294 Mai^.'st.,
Farmingdale. ^
Among the various ,displays; in
these show-i'ooms are a modern
kitchen, bathroom, living room, at-tic
with latest type "bunks", cedar
closet and a recreation room. The
idea beiiind these show rooms anjj
displays, is an effort to present an
accurate picture of moddrnization
work of this type at the lowest
possible cost consistent with' qual-ity
materials and workmanship.
Mr. Max Shapiro is president and
INIr. Jerome Bossert, vice-president.
Tile fii-m's yards are located at
Bellmore Avenue and SUrii^lse
Highway, Bellmore, N. Y., and have
been designated as "South ^hoFe
Housing Guild Headquartfers."'
.Vlrs Clarence Harris of Bvoad-way
ha.'!' returned from her vaca-tion
in Atlantic City. '