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21st Year, No. 46 !^EEPOR*^Ni^i,;,;THOHSl^ .«»-
EtlMINftTtON m J T-Ticket
for Unity Card Eaiiy
' ^'i '• miB^':
Cancer DiiveQiaiiman
Mr . Anna Atolicnnain, center, chalrnuui of the card and bunco jiartjr
held by the Unity Party of.- Freeport Monday nig^lit, sells a- ticket to
Mra,> Miixe Beuherget at th^ eycmt In the JElks Club. With .them are
and Mrs. La/ag futf the,^ives «t tJ^ w c « caaiaidates {or VlUas» '?tSnK»t«e..;
-' '-. -i' • • ,^ - BagateJlePlioto.
Bicycles MiistHav«
Plates By A^iili
- Final Tests Offered
Riders Under 16 Years
On Two Saturdays
With eplorcement of the bicycle
ordinnnce scheduled to start April 1,
ths last chance for owners to regis­ter
their bikes has been antiounced
by the Preeport Bicyple. Safety
Commute. Ail bicycles must have
plates by the end of this month,
t-egBidlesa of thejr^ owner's age, and
alt riders under 16 'must qualify In
B road te^t-gtven when they xcgister
Uielr-vehicles, -
Persons residing nox-th of pie rail­road
tracks wJU take teste" and'
reglJit^jr thebr wheels—if they have
rot yet done so—at the AtkJnaoh
School plaSBTOunii this Saturday,.
March 9, In case of., bad weather the
dat^ will be the following Saturday.
Those Uvlng south of the railroad
t r a ^ Will have the isame oppor­tunity
$it the.Arctaer Street School
pla^round March 23, which is also
& Saturday. In cas& of rain the date'
will be the Batuida^ after that,
March 30. - •
Hoius in end) instance will be
from.fl o'clock'In oie morolng-until
3 o'clock in ttke ^temoon. -
, A. good tunwnt of-P.-TA; mem-
' berg to help with the tests, i$ urged,
Bs the V,~8. XDlonnatton"6errice
..(cultural program)'will take BMvIed
"for foreign dIstfflnrtIoiiL_T'(jr details,
phone the '^dlice lV»ffic DbMsion,
tTtecport - B-0701), daytime Monday
through l^day.
VOUJNTEER \VOKKEB8 NEEDED
A drive to recmit 500 voJunteers
for; paxt-tfane work In 3S3 Velfaw"
and health secvlces was teundied
, Monday .by ^the FederaUoa-^ of
• Protestant Wellate Agencies^ ' ^~
Depot Bar Can Keep
License, Mayor Rules
Tavem'5 Clean-up-Action
Also Wins OK of County
Health, N X Uquor Units
Mayor William P. Olocken ruled
thls.weet:: that the Depot Bar and
OriU, 27 Railroad avenue, has
e{iraed the right to keep its food,
dtlnk and tiispensera license, by
ending- ail objectionable conditions.
Two iiearlngs had been held by the
Mayor. '
' A t ' ^ e second hearing February
14, Eartltary Inspector WllUam Van
Nostrand "testified that upon. re-
Investigation and re-inspectlon of
the premises by.his isupervlsor and
hintself they found that the li­censees
had letnoved' all of the vio-
,laU(Hi3 found by him between-Oc­tober
8 and November 39," Mr.
Olacken wrote, adding ttiat the
premises ^ r e ° found to conform "in
ell respects with the requirements
'of the- Nassau County Department'
of Health."
polica Chief Peter Elar, accontlqg
to-the Mayor, testified that from
Oecepiber IS until the second hear­ing'there
tiad been "no arrests and
only one complaint which bad been
occasioned by the owner of the
premises c^Ulng up; for assistance
because of a disorderly person in
the premises.^'--He-added, in partr
"On March 1 the New York-State
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Wolfmiller To Ins^aU
Power Squadron Sljite _
Chief Commander WUllam Wolf-miller
h to officiate at the Installa­tion
of officers of the South Shore
Power Sqtmdron In thi; South Shore
Vaeht Club, tonight at 8:30 .o'clock.
9efireshmeiii& will be .served after,
the formal exerplaes.—^-7—.-—'-
l^possd I0 Unut
Gasoline Stations
Listed for Hearing
Officials See Business
Development In 'VHIage
Handicapped By Trend
A propolal to limit the openlni
.of .neiK.Kasrtto.aAattana.JeL3justa.eai
A and Business B districts will te
dLscussed at 8 public hearing set bj
the Village Board for Monday night
MSaroh 25, at 8:30 o'clock. The usual
afternoon meeting on that day has
been changed to a night session.
Mayor WOHam F. Glacken and
Village Cotmsel Kenneth E. Vought
said gasoline stations are Increa&
ing so tast, particularly in sections
like North Main street, that thtfj
are preventing the development of
other businesses on availalile Bites.
Board members' mentioned'ths loss
of parkliig spaces .because the auto
-. K - t r i f l o h t a g 'vtenmnc^-tire ariVeV The communityV. goal t ^ l s I ^ ^ ^ ^ T : ^ ^ ^ ^ ^*
amended, new gaa st^tlons-wlUbc jyear m tl,e fUnd-raisIng ^^y--S-r'^^^^'^lZS^'k^miworl^
is preparing the plans generally,"
IMUBl UIULLb
Harry Ebbets of 12 Badam court,
will lead the 1957, Cancer Crusade
Irt'Frccport. It was announced today
'by^ftei«tol-w«itfci«>c^ocwtnaiw; <•»'«='
FeiiAergSaysffens
97 Per Cent Ready;
Maps Progressii^
Embankment To Be Used
Except From Grove To
Benson, Blueprints Shim
The Preeport grade crossing
elimination project will probably be
"ready for contract letting dtiring
Ihe '"HMnIng~iumiSiif ?~* ^ "^'^
Benjamin Felnherg, chairman of
the Fublle Service Commission,
i made the prediction in a letter sent
I to Mayor William P. Glacken. He
[also wrote that 'the contract plans
I are approximately 97 per cent com­plete
and land maps 98 per cent,
IHey should be ready lor submis­sion
to the Commission in the early
Spring."
Preeport. Bradff.crosslngs»>wai' be
eUminated by the.elevation of the
tracks on an earth embankment
with an opftn viaduct at the Pree-permitted
only in Manufacturing'
or Industrial zones, although tbe'
Zoning Board of Appeals could
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Interest Rate on ViUage
Bonds One Per Cent Lnwer
The Village Board was ple^ised
Monday afternoon. Pebrusry 25, to
float a |41?,0Q0 Ifi-year bond issue
at a lower interest rate—one per
cent lower-—than It liad to pay for
an issue several weeks ago.
Chase MfUkliattan Bank of Man­hattan,
lowest anaong four bidders,
offered a three and ^ne-quarter
per cent rate,- "
The funds will provide $228,000
toward an"addttion to Preeport Me­morial
Library, $1«3,000 for tBteral
Sewer District Iff^A. and $28,000 for
a new fire Jruck. - "
ATtANOTC CHEMISTS--.Jfi^ . • R '
o'clock Sm^ay night after other.
F^eppjHi drug stores (dose in: the aft-!
emomi.for Wis wsst of the day. Its
pihone number is PReeport 8-676.
$6,000.
Mr. t^bbcts will lead a corps of
volunteers In a drive to raise funds
to expand the American Cancer So­ciety's
three-fold program of educa­tion,
research and service in the
fight against cancer. At the same
time, the vohmteers will supply resi­dents
with literature on cancer from
the Nassau Division of the Ameri­can
Cancer Society,
Saturday Registni^on
Day forVillage "Election
Registration for the viUage elec­tion
wlU take place at the-various,
polling lAaces tltls Saturday, March
9. from 1 to a PJI. A legal notice
elsewhere In The Leader lists these
placeS; ' -
if you changed addrera during':
tiho past year or if you failed to
tihe Presidential election
TO BTAI OPEN SCNDAi*
Atlantic Chemists, 179 Ahantlo ^yote in.
Rveiiue, wiU remain lopfen until'10 last November, ypu must register to
qualify for voting. SSveiyone is
urged to visit the polls anyhow on,
Saturday and make sure Jjls or her
name Is on ttie lists. " V
United Fund Direaors Fkm
- The Second Annual Meeting of itic United Fund of
Frcenort will beheld Thursday;. March 14, at 8:43 o'clock in
the Conference Room of ilieJiuiiicipaL3uildinfl._ :..
Jjx addition to committee reports
on the conclusion of the 195S cam­paign
a new Board of Directors la
to be. elected. In accordance with
United Fund by-laws,"'half are to be.
elected for Sr term oi one year and
bait for g, terra of "two years. The
report of the nominating committee.
mis meeting listing all oominaAions..
Although the; Amtual - Meeting:
was-oilginally-EChedt^ed to be h ^
iu—May,-.tha~URHcd,.3!^nd Board:
earlier this yeaxCjamendcd the By-
Laws to provide lor an earlier meet­ing
date. This was done to enable
itbe organization to begin planning
!at an early date for .the October,
1SS7, campai^,
t- 'Any person who has made a
was - published a -month prior •»• .'omtrlbution to the United Fund
of--Preeport during tJie ifiSfl cam
iBSlgii. is entitled ,;to attend' this
imeettng, and to vote for the Board
ajt,I>ixect»ra. _ .. —:*-L ". - . — . , , . ,
Mr. Belnbej^ wrote, "The railroad
has prepared plans for the station,
freight house, signals and trans­mission
lines with some other rall-roa<
i facilities. These have been sub­mitted
by. the railroad to the
Department of Public Works."
Martin on Committee
Of U. S. Savings League
WllUpm J. Martin, Jr., Esieratlve
Vice E*esldent of the-Soutfi Shore
Federal Savings and Loan Associa­tion
of Massapequa, has been ap­pointed
to the 19S7 Housing ^M
llrbfiii Rehabilitation Committee of
the United States Savings and Loan
League, ...... .z.'. .'-
The appointment was announced
tojday by Boy M. Marrf Memphis,
.Tentu^see.'Ptekient'.of' the^lieasiie,
which: fs'the naUoHwide "tjade or-"
ganlzatlon of the savings and .ioaw
business and represents more than
4300 sBVlngjS asso(|lations and co-operatlve;
\mSm,^ _'...-.,._'' ^'.',. _, .;,
''Ttm, Housing .and Urban' Be^abl-
Ittatlon Ci^nilttee is concerned
with. proWema of Housing low m-eonft
famiUes ; and: fighting the
spread «jt -blight and improving
Iflder - nefghborhoods In American
cities, /nto committee studies ways
Btidoiiteans'i^f maintaining and ex- ,
pindtag the.effectlveriess of savings
associations in these activities.
Vandals^ Steal Eggs
From Archer Cafeteria
IHie cafeteria in Archer Street
Sciiool was broken into the night of
Ptebruary 20 by, vandals—supposedly
children—who took 16 dozen eggs
and threw them oat Into taie play­ground.
They also stole two dozfn
Dixie cups of ice dream and entered
the health room veiiere some Band
Aids were -talteh, apparently after
one.of the Intniders cut. his Ihand
on a wiiMlow'ln tote cafeteria-doot^'
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