The-Leader_1957-03-14

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fitSIE D.PL'RCSLL
61 «AMSON AVE.
FOLLQW THE
LEADER
FOR
NEIGHBORLY
NEWS I I
I I
FREEPORT
2l8t Year, No. 47
N>ik¥SAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRlCk
FGpLtOW THE
•LikOER
• ,|UELIABLE .
ADVERTISING
1€
Teachers
Board Gefp Regnest
111! Spied liicrenien^
Tol-HunlSYears
Scale Is Now Higher
Then Bflqrt EHslricts in
Town, Says Spokesniyi;
FREEPpKT, N. Y., THUSSDA^, MABCft 14, 1957 FIVE CENTS PER COPY
^ms wm. 2
, . Turned. j3(miita,4tsden»nd»4<>rj
pay boosts that would range from':
$500 to 2,100 jjer year, over a period
of-two or three years, the Freaport
Teachers -iysaclatlon Is continuing
Its effort to wta a raise starting
next September.
At last week's Board of Education
meeting the assodatlon asked for
another conference with the board
which wtil take place soon. Leo P
GiWyn. hoard President, promised
•'definite Information" by the end
of JMarch. , •
A spokesman for the taacherb
estimated -the proposal vixiuld cost
an extra $255,200—or about 41 cehts
pir ?iOi) aestesd^'JvatUKttoD^ ^'Th*
present school tax rnte is $3 12.
' It now takes a. teacher 17 years
to reach the top of the salary scale.
Under the formula suggested by the
Teachers Association, the top pay
'would be attained iS IS years,
-Teachers with 17 years of service
and a master's .degree now draw.
$v,70QJa, wbiie those who have is
years;of service receive $7,100. The
new plan would set 15 years as the
maxiihiihi lor n^w t op pay of $9,200
—an ^Increase amduhthig to $2,100
for l^>year teacHers.
The BssocUtlo^. also demands a
S500 rise in begtoners' pay for those
with 'ft bachelor degree so they
(CJontimied oiS page-IB)
e^Mest SMbstdntiai Salary - Increases
Demolitioii Coiibract
Before Superisiwi;
Pawng Wil Fijflow
Northwest Civic Qtaup Hears
CundidutesSpeaUOnlS/tonday
Mayor WilHain F. Clackeii and thfc tliiree Unity Part?
Ciindidules for Village Trustee — all of whom have been
nomiijated in the village elefctiort scheduled for next Tucs-
^tay, March 19. a(ldressed the Northwesi_i3:yi(iJ»asociatiojaL
•ra^tMncetmg-tirillc-jOauns^
-7CMi«iftalBn Manager Cord Vie-
Utile Leag«eTry0nts
wilh 2S0 hoys.)agnea;for Freeport
U t t l ^ lieagiie, ib^rront plans are
being; ouatoedtfiw .gatiirday, iWarch
aor'aiid thi?- fonr: follcnrtng Sattir-days.
fEigh\i|/|weli«-y*rj-oM boy^
liv(ngj north 61. Simrifie Highway will
report t» Atldiison School • field,
while;EouQisldei^ will play a t I&it-dall
field/ illl b«ys wl)l be xibttfled
by postcai'dVM'the varldtis training
se.<stons., Applications will continue
to beireceived until March 20..
An jumpires' clmic under the dl-rectloti.
of iSffl-Btorlghi. is being or­ganized,
The-nest Uttle .lieitgue
Auxiliary nMetlng wUI be held afc
Exempt MreojenlsHall, Korth;I*ng
Beach avenue, April 2.
hrobk. saying "1 think we can be
very proud of this slate," urged a
vote of eonfldenoe in the municipal
officials.
Mayor Glacken, who according
to Mr. ViPbrock "has proven his
devotion and ability in four years
m the j : b . " said thait whUe maln-ainlng
the lowest tax rate of any
comparable village In Nassau Coun-
',y the Freeport offteials have
iompleted and are planning a
arge number of Improvements.
ThSie fte^llstcd by a.Unlty..I%iJty
advertlseiiiBnt..,published" elsewKere
In totiiiy's Learfer,
didate
/ears In that office, revealed that
he Village Board plans to torm a
special crew of employees who will
devote their elforte entirely to
sleaning Uie surface' drains in
Preeport which number about 700.
3nce the drains have, been cleaned
out their maintenance should be-
(Continued on page 2)
Glackfn Reviews
ffislears iii Office
Muller and McLellan
And Lang Aire Guests;
Village's Growth Cited
The assessed valuation of (tie I p i
corporated Village of Preeport ht|S
been Increased $18,000,000 to four
years. Mayor William F : Gtacton;
advised the members of taie Rotary
CWb at-©ieh» weekly suppej to "me
Mks clutoijousp test "ttiBisday ijighi.
Kickoff Dinner Guest
lldate ••to-^miectioS"affeHSt*'^*'5^-^•^^^^
.m Wolfe To Install
Rfev. Pieroe March 28
' The Rev. Robert H. Pierce, new.
Rector of !the Episcopal Church of
the Trsnsnguratlon; will be tostalled
by the lUght Rev. James P. De
Wolfe, B l ^ o p of-Zxiner'Island, at a
special Institution service > In the
cHurcfa on'Thursday night, March
28,-at'8 o'docfc- •-—• - - - " "
Soudb Shore Exceeds:
State Average in Growdi
Assets of New York State's 237
Savings associations exceed $3,25
billion, according to David Ford,
president of the Savings Association
League of New Yorlt state. The as-
?et gala of the State's dissociations
showed a 12,1 per cent Increase in
I9m. r " • ' ' ""
The Spuiai,mpre Federal Savings
& iktan Association with assets of
^,898,716,95 enjoyed a growth of
34 per oenf iii'1036 and Is now t he
34th largest, association-m the state,
sccordhig tv w p i am J. Martin, Jr.,
Bxeoutive .Vlpe President of the
flssociattoii. • •'
Baldwin-4^di^nce Club -
To M^twMirch' -21.-',
The next-regular meeting of ttie
Woman's ,:Advaj«»,eiub of Baldwin,
Inc. wia^^-jheM'ate>l PiM, on
.Aursday," March ^^<^t t4ie"i3tn«i
HSBSB in Baldwln.yTbe speaker will
be a repiisentAOTe froito the .Uni­ted
Natipns.^^^tariat ~ the ^plc
"Your Worlrf^rganlzation.',' • -
.PH;
Tuesday, awi Jthe; Mayw revteweft
the accompilshinents of the admin>
istratlon during the four yeans he
has been the exooutlve officer., Oapt,
Theodore M. IJang, trustee seeking
re-election; Arthur A, Muller, re­cently
appointed a trustee, and
Robert S. Motellanr all -candidates
of the tlnlty Party, running unop­posed
In the forthcoming election,
were introduced., ,
Mayor Glackf n ' started, out • by
saying S'reeport had tSie most favor­able
tax rate of the villages of Its
(Continued oh "pag^. 18)
ytaCilNiAHGRABAlH
. 'Virginia Gralmra, radio and tele-vlsioa
star, mi he the guest of
hoiior.fBi)|t prliielpah^eaker at the
/Airill %-tif9 HHsiau'rJMVlslMi of the
Alherioan C2aiic# Socfttyi The din-h
^ Will be held "teednesdfiy night,
March 20, a t liSO o'clock in the
Garden City Hb&l.
ILLNESS DROPS IN FfBRUABY
Kepm:ted. communicable diseBses
for February totalled tMi cases.
This number was 834 cases more
than for Janiiary M t 210 cases less
.than .for February 1958.
Concert Assbclatioh
Sets Date for Drive
The 'Freejport Community • Con-iSBrt^
A3SO0la|lon'B6ard of pifectors-met
on March 4 and elected tiie' fol-lowthg
ohtcera for Wie yeari 1057-
i S : . . • . ( ,
President, Mrs. William 3. Martin;
let Vice Pres., Mrs. Lester Bapman;
2nd Vice Pres.. Mrs. Arnol4 Syl­vester;
Executive Secretary.^ Mrs.
PHmore Schifl; Corresponding Sec­retary,
R5rs. Herbert Ogden; Re­cording
Secretary,'' Mrs. Maurice
tfmans; Treasurer, Sdgar E. Mapes.
Qlackei}: Honorary Chdiiiman
O/ Personal Affairs Month
Legion Ppgt. Hplding, - - -
St. Patrick's Dance
The William Clinton Story Post,
American Legion, will hold its an­nual
St. Patrick's Day Dance a t t he
Dugout, Saturday, March 16, a t S;30
o'clock. The- donation of, $1.50 per
person includes.a com tieef.&nd
cabbage dinner, orchestara and^'en-'
tertalhmeht; • ; ^ . ^ ; ' -IJi^ . ••._-
airs
^Against "a "li&ckirourid of rapidly spreading .3Iaticma)
interest,-piflils'for the 19S7 obscrvflnce of Personlal Afifairs
Month ill-Preepofti tegan to take shape"aiifl form at a
meeting Ijieldf last Thursday evening at «'the-Municipal
BuUiUng, .'which .was. opened by^May^or, Glacken^ who has
aoceiJted the HonoriEiry Chmrniarilftip of the Fjpeieport Coin-finittee
iuid; presided^ over^ bir 'MriL, vMahei BattitI,. General
Chairman of the Committee. , ." . ; f, ;
1^ response,, 1» « -Wittten ln*dt{i»
t ^ a &nt'by the-Msy^^tp-the'^bea^
~XA Preeport'a leatiing, Serviee, Civ­i
c Social and Bustnesi; Organiza­tions,
-inviting tlhem to- take.^port
in the plans, for PerSoh^L Xffairs
Mohth, ' a Tepresentatlve group'"'of
Preep<tft's"fonMnunltyr.lif« .'met_to-getlicr
to make pl«ns for-the vari4.
ous meetings, activities, displays
&nd 'publlo' l^^fhrm&Uon' programs.
under' colislder6.tlflli.''\" : , "
Much to the surprise of,, all pres*.
ent, the Mayor,- in, opening--tt»;<
meeting,, told of < how -he- had -issi
auiurate^''th&.-'ilisti.p'BSo£aIilA££:
f a t e cheek-up service, .when ;as an
Air' Force Officer' he "was delegated
to devise a system-that' would help
(Ul military persormel to check
th^ -many aspects of their personal
affaks that should foe attended to,
and providing the miiiafni for consul­tation
with specialized personnel for
men in the service.
, Mrs. Mabel. Bnttln, Executive
Secretary of the Chamber of Com-iperfe,
expnsbsed her appret^tlon
'ijor 1t he interest of all present, and
(Continued «n page Si
Owners May Undertake
_i^.^® B"fld Own Sethaidts
with~i;^iiniy?s Appiroval*
Bids on a contract to demMish
buildings. In the path of.the p » i "
posed East Merrick road widening
will be opened Tuesday, April 2,
in the Nassau County Board of Su­pervisors
(Kjoms at Mlneola.
In setting this official date, the
Supervisors paved the way for a<5-
tual demolition work to start about
mW-Aprll. A spokesman for the
County Public Works Department
explained that conti-aotors normally
begin operations up to 20 d^ys alter
bids are received; There is a pwi-slbillty
the job may start, sooner
than AprB 22.
Several attorneys at Monday's
S--*h'ft'''bwtt<iri»pesty"*!fin**tHf^^*^^
southslde where extra traJfie lanais
.will ba constructed—bo given time
to tear down the encroBphing por­tions
of buildings theihselves and
rebuild fronts. County Executive A,
Holly Patterson replied mat ths
county will do what It can to avoid
inconvenience, but hoped the prop­erty
owners will help keep the proj­ect
oil fiffliedule.
(Contituii^d on page 14) ,
AdaiitiM:ioiitt%cks
Meister Beach GnniPj
Waterfront Bungalows
Seen Depreciating Value
'' Of Residences in Araa :
Meister Beach h o m e o w n e r s ; '
battling to upset aJMlneola Supreme
Court decision whlcMTpermlto banga-lows
on 40-foot lots, won tlus
enthusiastic support of ^ Attantle
South civic Assoclatlqn at its meet-ii^
last Thursday In the South
Shore iTachl Club. Speakers polpt^4
out that a ruling by Justice Howard
Hogan.opens the way for construe^
tlon of cheap, houses on lots of sub­standard
size throughout South
Preeport, ; ,
"It's ift dangerous sltuatton,'*
Samuel IsUn warned In a talk trac-itfg
the problem's history. He faid
that yeark ago real estate developers
auctioned off many 40-foot: tots.
When a village zoning ordinance re­quired
at least &,000 square feet for
home Bites •."in .Residential areas,
(Continued on page 13)
FRIEDMAN'S-.THABMACir
TO STAY OPEN SUNDAY
Friedman's Pharmacy,. 75 West
Sunrise highway,, will remain "open
Until: 10 o'clock Sunday night after
taie otlicr Preeport drug stores clow •
early,In the afternoon for the-rest
of the day. Its phone number \&
FB.'8-MOl. - •.. -.
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