The-Leader_1957-03-28

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; 21st Year, No, 49 FREEPORT, JN,JC^TH0HSDAY, MAtt<3if 28, i9Sf :: RrvE CENTS PER COPT
HIGH StHOOt NEED:
Mr. Cheshire Presides
On dacken's Request
Al His Final Meeting
Trustee,Given Praise
For Service To-Village
As He Plans To Retire
Truhtee Edmund T. Cheshire, who
. retires l i AjjrU afbrllpng service to
- JPreepoi«=^dpnjfi*ly^««'Wnkg^e' Cieirk"
three years and. Trustee four years
' —was.honored by his fellow offi­cials
Mojiday iright at the test board
meeting of his eareer.
, Mayor wmiam F. Glacken asked
Mr. CheshJre to presid? In his cft-
Dacity oi Acting.Mayor, .liien. In
- behalf of the .Village •BtMiM.XiMr.'
Glacken gWe the retiring. Trustee
the name jilate wMpb has stood
at. his place on the platform.-In a
brlet,talft,-«>e Mayor saJd "It has
Be«i a p!ea|«yr£j»rS«W with you,**
nnti laudedififw •0fifft<i^J^ |#,i;'Ches-'
elected:'to;«ttcoisea iiiei;r*tJri«« off^^
(jlni. -"r-.:;'-;-;-^-Z' ••"• ^^- . ' _ ; • '
Employed- on Wall streiS fjnUl
1935. Mr. ChesWire then Joined the
Consumers' :S«rvloe IJeparttpent of
the Village Eaectridty I%iart«>ent
and became Manager .of the division
in 1040. 'Feota' 1943' to 1«60 he was
associated with Air-Bbrn6 Products
Company of Mineola.
Gas StatiiMBS Limited
Business "A" and Business "B"
zoning reguIaUan.s were amended
t,Q bar new gasoline stations, after
a public hearing, ^hls means that
auto service stations will be per­mitted
only In Manufacturing or
Industrial zones, although the Zon*
Ing Board of Appeals can grant
variances to allow them in Buslneas
zones.
Village Counsel- Kenneth Vough*
said -sentiment has been growing in
favor of a limitation bn'the'number
of {(as .etatloils,. which appear ^bi
have Increase more rapidly than
tbe economic need for them. Other
officials recently pointed out that
, onlTorth Main street, for example,
. gas stations have taken' up BO much
more space they are-preventing the
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Florence Hardgrove Picked
For Role In Sacred Opera
Jerome Hlhes, cjbniposer and "Metropolitan Opera .star,
lias selected Florence Hardgrovc for tlie leading soprano
role in his new sacred American opera. "I Am The Way".
Mr, Hincs will perfonn Uie leading, male jole..
Florence Hardgrove formerly •;. 'yM'.'^y''^••••••''- "&i'-~^^fi'
made her hoine In T^eeport and |>'JS5«;;;;
stlE serves as soprano soloist to the ]; . ^v-'-J,':?.
.-V - Li- • • •.•.';,-V3t.
Pre#ort*Presbyteriatt"CWufcHFShe | jV.-rj.^iii;--
pas held starring roles with the I \-
foremost American Opera Com- 'f
panles, and has given concerts'
throughout America.
Her versatility is attested by her
recent club work at Herman Wedrf'S
Sunrise Village in Bellmore. Hhere
she l8 setting a record for conttnu-
»us performancs solely as an en-ertttlner,
serving In the dual role of
•mcee and singing star fox; over
ihree years. - .••' •
-;;^.. Am, _'rijB,,..WJay,'l. will ..be,jire-pFlS
«f--14tS^^Sr^ealM
New York City.
Holy Redeemer AujxIlKiry
Fashion Show Saturday
Ausdliary of Our Holy Bedeemer
School Is bolding it annual Spring
Luncheon and f^hlon Show on
Saturday, March aC a t Guy Imm-bardo'a
Kast Point House,
Vor reservations, please call His.
John Wehrum, chairman, at FR
9-369S.
ResistOTceJiilhamge
Criicized By lulge
Scout Council Head
' Exchatige Club Guest
At March 6 Meeting
Although progress Is inade con-staotly
In electronics, autos and
many other 'industries, too many
i persons refuse to improve th«a-selves.
President Sterling W. Mudgc
Bfiard Calls Election
For Monday, AprillS,
To Vote on Adtlition
Shortage k Attributed
To Rise fo Coste of
Materials, Says G3>lyn
An additional P75,00(» wiE be re-quired
to complete Freeport's pro-
Sw^we# Ask$ ScTmol Board
To uelay Spe^al Elec$mn
With a view to assisting the scliool authorities to find
a way to reduce the |8?5,000 it is asking to inedt>lhe''addl!id
costs of the Freeporl High School, the executive committee
of the. Southwest Civic Association ftt-a meeting in tllehpme
of President fCfchard D. Curran, 242 Porlerfidd plac»»TFues-day
ni^ht voted to submit two proposals to the Board.of
Educalioii. ,..,.'•' • ' ' ' ^ '~^ '
of the Nassau County Boy Scout
. Council told the Freeport Bx<£hange
i Club at Its luncheon March 6 to the
peMme they tum » cold shoulder
to new Ideas, the speater said. He
discussed humorously his two weeira'
stay, behind the Iron Curtain in
•Ifugoslavlai where peojJle - usually
say, "We oan'i do tt'that way—it
Isn't our custom."
Yugoslavia's' slavery to liablt
shows up, for example, la Its hotels
and restaurants, according to 'lar,
Mudge; He declared that during 14
l?ie il«5t was.that the election
on the matter sciheduled for Mon­day,
April is, be postponed lon^
enough to allow time for adequate
consideration to the question.
Tbe fiecond wa6 s request that
because of the ejctremely extra cost
o« tee si*)opl;ProJe«t in conJunctKMi
with th^^pe^lal election a, proposl-slfeai'
providing for; the .rescinding
of the | 3 2 S ^ voted for the swlin-mlng^
pool be submitted 'io; 0»e,
voteii' ' ", , '
It was contendied that at atline
like talis r^bea.'tile; iBOSt of the
buUding is as much in excess o(
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Eurdette AndGcwitlrS^
For Second Deputy W0eX^^
Arthur Burdette of Engine Co. 1 arid Beiijiainin Cooke
of Hose Co. 3; are rival candidates for the office of second
deputy fire-chief at the annual meelingjof the Freeport Fire
Department to be held in the Main'streetlieadguartrs nexT
Thui-sday tiight. ~~ ^;^ ^ '
yelop the company' elections in ^e
various fire houses Tuesday night
are destined to be tame affairs. The
only contest in the offing is that
in Hose Co. 2, where Jolm Russo
and Sidney Drlbbefi ^ e the rival
contestants for the' post of second
Ueutenant,
The slates of the variolic com­panies
are as follows:
Hose_^f-£dwtn;St!ajnan, cajitain;
tConitaned ba i^ge 13) .
Donald Mltthfluer is slated to
Mauersberger, who tuts headed the
move up fo chief, succeeding Donald
department- for a year, and Ray­mond
Barrett will become first dep-u.
ty. 'Both Mr. Burdette arid Mr.
Coolqe have been members of their
respective companies for approxi­mately.
20 years, have filled the
Ilvnrlous pasta and served on the
Council,,- . . ,
•tJEdesar Jast minute contests, de-t
TV i^oKM^r To Spttic
To AlJiena Club Monday
The Athena Club of Presport wlU
present Henry Cohnan, director of
program'development for tMe Ttiea.*
tre OuQd, Monday at 1:30 o'clock
to taie aiiditdriinn af Che Caroline
G;!;At^soii'siAool. -;
-lifr.' CtoWwC la^ a^^^ to the
pnjductlon of ane^oue "live tele­vision"
dramas. Since IWB he has
been active^^ the'NBC Kraft TV
iiliealie •• sBBWl .i with.-.Ite'. tprijgram
"Robert- Mbntgomeix Pnesente." M i
move to-the "Theafcre Guild last Pall
put him 111 t&e teapanslble position
of.plannliMf and deteWping "ABC's"
enti? totb "speetaculars."
Mr. Coteian Mas appeared to ts»
legitimate ttaeatr^ «ith'piodu»ttons
of Charles'Laugbtonn.ftnd Mcbard
VKharf. He hag studM at the ttoi-veislty;
of.JiUchlgaD and. drama.at
Cblumbla mivensity/During World
VSTar H he'was. a navigator on a
B 2 9 , - , " , • ' . . -'^ •• i -
il_ During the e^mnfisf months Mr.'
Colman directs one Summer thea­tre
play each season.
Mrs. William S. JLusSiies "ill be"
chairman for the day.
TO SING'AT TELETHON
The Telephone Qlcc Club of New
York ytlU sing at the Fourth An­nual
Arthritis Telethon. April S and
7, over WABD,-Channel 5, It his
been announced by Edward A.
Foundation.
the-site on-South* Brofeslde -avenue
and provide furniture and equip­ment,
the Board of Education has
announced. This sum, added to the
|4,aTO,000 bond issue orlglnMly
voted, win boost the outlay for a
new school and swtmmtog pool to
$8,180,080. .
The Board, meeting last week
with architects, analyzed the. lowest
bh^a received March 1» as well as
bids on alternate materials. Board
President Leo P.. Olblyn; said ttia
need .-.for 3no,re .money reflects "the
gi^at Increase to cost oflaboranri
i&ffi?-iaHy''ib5erwhien these' est!--'
mates were pxepms^" Pe added:
"The building is based upon the
miniisam recommended faclUtlea
for the required 1,500 pupils as
established by the New York state
Education Department and the
Board of Iducatlon."
About #580,000 of the additional
amount Is needed for constrecttog'
the hlgh^chool and swimming, pool.
days at « hotel the menu tocluded Includtog also heaMngs ventllattog.
only three .^desserts, ilie same ones
every • aay*.' There ' was a :Jlack of
Xreshly laundered Uapklas and
tebUotbs. ' ' '
Vlstttog the iron curtBita nation
on an executive' tratotog thission
for the Socony.Vacuum Oil Com­pany,
Mr. Mudge* found great op­position
to up-to-date methods-be­cause,
of attachment to "cpstom."
The -government runs everything
there, he sa^. Each merchant keeps
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«!ORAI. CHEMISTS
-OPEN: .ALL^DAir STOIPAY ,.,. „.
Coral-Chemists; 144- Korth 'Main
street, will remain ojseii uatUl'M
o'clock Sand ay f night af tcr •; other
neepwt drug storeSr:Clftse;-calf?y. tja.
4ay, Its phone number IsJWtAiKfalr
the afternoon for the rest i f the
3-2888. -'- •y--:-"-':r:-yr^
plumbing: and^leotrlcal work; $125,-
000. lor furniture and eqtilpment;
$78,000 fbr.cafeteria and kitchen
c^ulpm^t; .$45,000 for completing
development dt site items like rec-riaaonalfaotutlea,
ttp-soU, seeding,
pilvtog, etc., and the balance for
mlscellaxleous expenditures, some of
which go up automatically because
the total outlayls&Igher,; '
Beglsfmifon. Vote Set
The: school' district wlB' vote on
these added '^penditureg.:>.Monilay,
April IB, In the^H^lv Schools Begls-tration
of qiiallffed. voters win take
place^.pn FrldaXi. April 6, at the
Higb Scliool Auditorium. I^reonal
rcf Istrjatlpn js.required.that day for
onyoiletwi&htog^ttf caktja'ballo^^
• Questioned aWwt the'-,additional
|l2e|iWI' seplit ior funilture, and
equipmeiit, ft Spo|:<samaw aald; cost -
"•:' -f.'ctCoatliiued •'oii ,Bage',;fe..., • -
A^eTC^Q§^^^ Year
Most~Freepbrt teachers' will" get salary increases^aye-ragiiig
$600 per year when the new salary schedule adopted
by. the Board of Education goes into effect for the coming
school year
Teachers wlQi bachelor's degrees
will be paid on a ecale ranging from
$4,390 for beginning teachers to a
maximum of $&,000, in IS steps in­stead
of 17. . '
-Teachers with master's degrees
will receive $4,600 minimum to a
Pierce, president, Now York State maximum of $S346, In IQ st^ps.
Caapter, ArOiritls and BheumaUani .Ohc iiehedule- provfaes 'lor $U)0
up to a maximum of 30 potots be­yond
the master's degree. Teachers;
who have earned a doctor's degree
can go to a maximum of $9,000.
"This -salary Tschedule Ls to ac-,
cord with other salary scihedules of
comparable communities to Nassau
County for the comtog' year," said
Sup^rtotendent of ScOiooI^J^jW.
for each 10; potots of graduate work DtTdd. ' ,r- ' ; '
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