The-Leader_1957-04-11

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NEIGHBORLY
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"NASSAU'S ttA^li^ E S T WEE K1Y ^'
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
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ADVERTISING
MERRieK
21st Year, Mo, 51 FREEPCMll^^Nij^vi THUeSDAYv A^ Hi 1957 ^a». FIVE CENTS PEtt c o t*
IPrmptntWM Observe May
[As Personal Affairs Month
Co-sponsored by the Freeporl Chamber of Commerce,
Frccport will inau||m'atc ils Second Annual Observance of
Personal Affairs Month with a village wide luitclieoii to be
hekl at the Frceport Elks Club, Thui-sday, May 2. The Hon.
Joliu D; Beniietl, Surrogate of Nassau (bounty, has accepted
ail invi^tion to be the guest of honor.
It WBS.on M»y 1, last ye»r, ttea* _ t Aec • r^
the idea of Personal Affairs Month Personal Affairs Guest
. , . now receiving nationwide In­terest
and aoceptiince , . . was to-
['o| auKurated tiere to F*eeport, wltli:
r^.Vl a smairiBntaieon at the sea-Breeae;
^ 4 . Restaurant , On ' Oil? oceasloni
^(•^^ Judge Bejiiiett bndorse4 the idea of
^ ne-sses, atinuaUy re'vlewJng tliar
•5';T wills." life Insurance.''investments
; j | ' and other Bspeots of their personal
"'^r affairs.
,; rf [ Other eyJBntS:«re now taking shape
,\4;,and will," he ""announced tn "rhe
^fj'XeEido' as soon as final plans are
„-j» completed. • ^
;•;! ' I The teader will pnWim a Special;
^; .'Personal Affairs SJonth Supple*
')•£ i ment, as its esoiitWbutiori towdi;* !«•
J ffoimirig the peoj)!^. of the com-:
H I munlty concemihB tlK vaj lou.-; as-
^ I pects of ^helr pci'fional a'ffalih whicli
*1 ..jyoqull'c.'ftnnual rfvlAw. j •..-, *... -^^ .
!ff ft Is plahijed to proatice tilts e^i?
' - tion on;;^T/hUfSd.ax,' May. 3, "and to
have .souvfnir copies atvthe'open-ins
luncheon at; well to place these
special editions on .sale on aU news
jStands in Preeport througihout the.
montih of May.
m
Ridiard NoU Touring
Europe With AranyBand
Richard R. NoU, SP3. son of Mr.
and Mrs. WllMam 3.^ Noll, MS
Swezey street, a memher of the 766h
.Army Band-S%tloned In Orleans,'
Prance, Is on a group of musleiang
(Selected especially to accompsny an
^jArraXJJsmfflStlc. growp now on a tour
lof Europe pi-esontinf a .play at varl-
'ous camps, toe tour includes iii ad-illtian
to ::ftwce,; Italy, England,
•Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
J- -Young Noll Is a graduate of the
iPreeptC-^Dift School and the only
'student to have -played .with the
school marching" band for five years.
He is ata^mglEf l i the Jinny, band,
the youngest member of. the^^group
and the only player who does not
Jhave a college degree In music.
Pool Is Controyersial
To Soddivreisr ivies
Sdiool;O0ici^!s; Attend -
Crowded Mf^lfeiji in
Bayview Au^itonutn
The swlMimlng pool to be Inctaded
in the new Preeport High School
proved .to be the bone of contention
at the monthly meeting of the
Southwest Civic Association held in
the BeyvJew Avenue ScUool on
Wednesday night. AprU 3, M con­sider
the action of Bie ^ ^ d of
Education in calUng « special elec­tion
for April 15 to vote on an ad-ditjohal
expenditure of $81S,O0O to
meet the increased ccst of- the
school project, making the total
$S,150,000. Approximately 150 per­sons,
all the meittbers of *he Board
of Education, supervising officials
and several principals turned out to
hear the discussion. It was neoes-
<Oontinned on Page 3)
fiefarious KiwcMs Bell Lifter f
Proves To Be Valley Stream
Tlie culprit who has been collecting Kiwanis Club gongi
• .has been traced. Beccntlv gongs have disappeared after dirt^
nor.s in'Frceport, Baldwin, RocivVJUe Centre, iind the,JE?|v|
7Towns.-Ih-eaeh qaiieihc vicliniized-club liad-playcd hQstto;
thTeu eVsdaallye yn igShttr,e tahme Pgrreoepuopr t"Ro- ~~
tarians paid » visit to the Valley
Stream eroup and had dinner in
the Valley Gtream 'dtak Ian. Lo
and behold the DUssing bell was
found among a group.of gangs and
It was revealed,the "culprit", hild
~i>ees::engaging In a pranlc By Httne
'Clilcanery the baeinfaeis of the iiome
club would be invelgeled Into leav­ing
the room and he would-^P in
[and decamp wfth the goog. - •
Past President Alfred W. Olde-
|hotf served a-''*fiupoena'' on fth^ of-lendlns'
'gtoup "demanding the re­turn
of the "stolen" article on Wed­nesday
night. May 15, when.tlte
Valley Stream BUwaniana will pay
a visit to Preeport.
The Idea of the "larcenies" was
to - arotv% interest in tnter-club
visits. The Plve Towns bell luw
.been reclaimed and- Baldft-ln and
Roctcville Centre will put ta claims
for Their" later.
William Houston,-past president
and Inter-club'chairman,'presided
^Tuesday ^nlght. President 'Am<^ J.
O. Baldwin, headed «h£ Preeport
delegation.- .-••', '
S^M
Special SchM Election
Pass Upon Extra $875,000
~Martin Elected President
To Lead Freeport Chamber
._ .EdwariLS..JMlartiii,js,vas-jelccled president of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce al the annual meeting held in con­nexion
with a buffet supper at <hiy Lombardo's East Point
House on Wo<lncsday uiglit, April li. Oliver E. U. Reynolds,
ithe retiring president, wiW^anied a viee-president with Emll
jFronger and Harry-Weksler. .1. Norman Leek, treasurer, and
'Mrs. Harold ^'S'-iBattiuj secretary, were re-eleck'd. Later dur-
.:ing4he cvcnuig tlie 1957-58 officers were formally installed
by Judge I*aid Kelly.
Awards .won during the-year were
presented. Mrs: David K. kadane
©resented plaques to fhe winners in
ithe Christmas doorways contest,
Gilbert ICrog, 209 East Seaman ave­nue,
received the overall award and
also that for the northeastern area.
K. CfiSantl^.'esil Boutti:!IiOn^ Bcalli
avenue for the southeast;'.George
FeusteK' il4 Lexington avenue, for
the southwcist, and Rof>s Kceean
105 Maiylana iivenue, loi the north­west;
ThB plaque for the most outstand­ing
b«.slness building erected dtu-ing
the year was awarded by Mr, Pren-ger
to Enrico Oartnlne who built
the G. C. Corp., office building on
South Bergen place.
Richard L. Bolton, co-ordinator
of the recent fashion show con­ducted
recently at the East. Point
House, was presented a plaaue by
*Ir8. Martin, chairman of the event.
Mr, Reynolds gave plaques to past
presidents Robert Kurz and Walter.
Kapp, and Mr. Martin gave one to
Mr. Beynolds on taking, over the
presidency.
The retiring president listed the
outstanding accomplishments of the
ChanUjer during the year Just
closed. These Included the success­ful
tJnited Appeal, establisJiment
of a Teen-Age Employment service
land the reoent -fashion • show.
Among the projects planned for the
near future are a launchij^plat-fortn
for small boats to be installed
at the Waterfront Parjt (late. In
June or eartyin, July iai«a-1^r?onBi
Affairs. Montli In 'May.';;:' ^ ' _.'''"
• An •over-flow crowd attended .;the
' i a f f i i r , • '•.''• •-;•' I:"• ff: • „ , ' : . . i
New Chamber Prexy
MonlMjr Woildhop
.. "Bie" moiithiy. Art '55forta5hop of
thfriibne IMandBmneh OfThi Wa-tlonai
tcagiie of itaicrlcart Pen
Women was (held - recently at tlie
home of Edna Hubsch, Milburo
Court, Preeport.
. The second of a group of Prench
artists was dlsctused. Hhe first was
Utrlllo, and. the second was Benoh:.
.. There was an exhibition of ..the
art .wort of the Quwns and lUmts
Island BrancSies of the Natlonal-lieague
of American Pen Women at
the.Garden CityJHotel last week,_,,
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E0WAED S, MARTIN
Service League Holds
Its Annual Luncheon
T9ie Community Service League,
formerly Preeport Hospital Guild,
held- its annual luncheon and in­stallation
of officers al the South
Shore Inn Wednesday.
CHUBBUK'S DRUG STOKE
TO STAY-OPEN SDNDAT
Chubbult's Drug Store. 39 South
Main street, will remain open until
10 o'clock Sunday night after oiher
Preeport stores close "early In th^j
aftemdoii for toe rest of *4ic day.
Its phone number is Reeport 9-3333,
Public Interest Keen
As Proposition Cioes
Rival Sentunents Aired
In Leader This Week
In Page Ads and Letters
A heavy vote will be oast Monday
on the proposition of whether Pree­port
School District will spend an
additional $875,000 for the proposed
senior high school and swimming
pool.
DeapKe the rain last Friday 3JJ36
persons registered for the electlpii,
This number, Bt ;pfer i»nt' greater
than the total vote cast a yew ago
when the district ap|irov^ spendf
ing $s#BO,W(r ttr a soh'ooiand $325,-
new-- eWdence"'WBtviSie^lMue'^'fia»v
become extjfemely controyersial..
Registration was oomWattvely
slow from 7 o'clock In the 'mornln|;
until late afternoon. Then, after
most residents finished their day's
work, lines began to form, at the
High Schol auditorium lobby. In
an effort to accommodate the un­expected
crowd, the auditorium was
also pressed into service, but when
8 o'clock came lines still extended
odtslde the building and. forced
continuance of registration untU
8;18. . . . . . • . , . ;
Since everyone wlshlni! to vote
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Freeport Stores Open
Evenings Till. Easter
starling tonight, Freeport stores
are slayliig open until 9 o'oloek
each evening to make-shipping
more convenient In the Easter
season.
The merchants Itaye stocked
their abelves with ezoelient mer-ehandlse
at reasonable jrtcea,. ofr
ferliig what they eonMaep the'
best p»ssibl# . valKes.. GMhlBg.
Blares eombtne lst«st sty|<^ wltli
-ewelieiit";serv|c|!,-_.wJ»ottieiL thfr
articles .they iell arc' for .men,
iroinen m cbJlSren. '.
Seiiool IssMe 'tqBeMmcime^
• All phases of the proposal to vote 18^5,000 more for
tile Freeport High school program arc to be discuased-^tf--
ifight at« meeting ot the mrlliwest Civic Association in the
AUtinson' school, Dr. M, George Isenbcrg. president, has ai^-
nounced. —
Because ,of tihe Interest hi tihs
.special school' election to be held
Monday the meeting has been
thfiown open to tbc public. It i.'J
.anticipated Oiat Dr. Jolip W. Dodd,
superintendent (^ sdiools, all mc'm;
bsiB-of the Board of Education, and
QtUcE school authorities may attend
to, answer question^, explain the
proposition and participate ta the
jdlscussiaoL. ,
Dr. Isenbcrg will preside at file
meeting and'serve as moderator for
the discussion that is expected to
take place>,.'
Befreiajinenta will be served' after
the, meeting adjourns. •