The-Leader_1957-04-18

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2l8t Year, No. 52 FREEPORT, N. Y„ THURSDAY. APRIL 18, 19S? tiilBSf " PIVB CENTS P l » COPY
SCHOOL
SamudGerber Again'
Named Crandiiirsy
Of Jemnrial Parade
Civic Groups Invited
To Ftorale D e l ( ^ t i ^
And B^SSsmA S&^mm
SRinuel tl. O ^ t e r , of Rre^M*,
Will Ie<.d i ^ ^ M r t ' s Annual Ife-m.
or.islJKftSLPJMMteJS.Jl«JM«Jte!K.
f-f for Uie past twenty-five years. Ger-
. . ; ^ ber was nuffled Omnd MEtrs3ial at
f!^ « meeting ttf the Hnnorial n«f Ob«
'"":#.? sefvaju'B OiWMnIttee at Vtm O i wt
' ^ B o w i erf ttie M i ^ l p a l BuOillnt,
^^iStuari «. "WBflaee, si--. OhW «
' ' | | | s t w x f : Dr. BBf Strauiis, Aastotant
^ ^ G r n a d Marshal and Guy A, Bussell,
^|iAclJutaiit.
^ K "Hie following eommliteeis *ere
•^§appointed 1^ Vm Wmlrman. &imB»I
^ ^ 1 Flnan^—aUfflrt W. Walter. Sr„
"ipnnettv I f t u ^ t , JosepJt Sllwta*l.
Publicity. Samuel D. Gerber, M -
Ward Ltcenoe.. ,,.^ ^ , ..
Munlcljmf'i%i*—Ted Oomlis, E.
Wlllnrd S^^ndii «l«i»>(r« M ^ ^ m j
OOHHld G » y a ^ Xrall AnileraDn.
FarBdie—aitte OianmlM»e,
GrRV«s sod nemration»-~WIUian
MHligan. Thomas Murphy, Alan
VoUmer. Vlctoi- DlMonda. Jack
Monison. , Robert Dimonda anil
Jolin Oarlla,
(Cmittauei mt Page 12J
Burdette !• S t o ^ d
Second Deputy Chief
Arthur L. Burdette, a past cap-teln
of Sngbtt 00. 1, was etetetf
sw>ztd depu^ eUef at the annual
meeting itf ^Sm l*e»port Wtm UE-
^rtment b^ld in Headqwitera
msursday ri^it. ^prtt 4. He ^ m d
en easy vletoiy «ver Benjanite
Cooke, a {ormcx captain Of Engine
Co.. 3. by a «e>te of 195 to ItO.
Bonaid KtttfennK was numd mp
taini nrst ftw^ 1^ %uifUQf^mB
wte to £^»»d nuRM t & i ^ ^ r -
see wlib tsw iBtm^sSt the d ^ u t -
ment fw K yirair, while Bayawnri
Barrett was adirsnced fnmi second
to a m djBptri^.
•me deM«BW«ffl(t»l heads MMI
Kmpany ^MOB tf««ed rarMr ta
i t o week ultt te tetoUetf a i * ^ ^
mm to i» ttaityto ^autb S^ai«
^ h t ' c & 9:,8«turdBy mSA
k^ta 27.
port Kxea^ »ca»Bn wUl tf m »
card ^)d bunco Wo^ nwet Wed­nesday
night. i^arU 24, at Exempt
Wr« Hall, Mortti Z-trng Bead* and
meoms^ a ^ B » | t «:30 o W s*
I t a . Btouaie M M i a ^ is cha4^m
m, the eveni
nEia(AXQ»% ratMBHACV
OPEN /lUi DAT SVNDAir
Bemard'is Ptanaaey, 54 West
.WerrtclE; n a d , « « l a m i n upsa « ^
'«M c^iCT ^ » B « t •teres <tow »
t ' f t e an^racw K i r l t o rest <tf i t e
Memorial Day Chairman
SAMI'KI. CrKRBRR
UttleLeague Parade
Schedidd for May
'Mayor To Open SeaaMm
By Tc»dbv-Ottt Ball.
Of I^my&Meadef GMSM
Plans haw ieen couiDletM ft»p
Prdeporrt annnal little tengiK Pa­rade
to be held Saturday morning.
May 4.
MoJ-» than SJffl of the village^! Ill-tie
peojilB, IneJBdteg Little l#i»gaprs,
Browtii^ and a isetected etein«il«r^
sshool tamd, will march atent with
several ihuntfr^ avid bflKebatl mm-
IJorter.s and parents. A Marine color
gfuard and tlie Freeport PireKietr."}
Band will Ji^n Itfa^or Olacken. Mre
Chief Bfiuttilw««^ and Pallw «Milrf
Elar in Vm Itae of mat*," an­nounced
SI ataamf, paraA iftalr-man
and ^ n a g e r of ttie Uttl«>
Lengue Rin^dlnks team.
Tlie pai-ade will start at tiie Mu­nicipal
ButtdtaK ft£ 11 A.M.. pra-i^
wclinir @»t mi S^oU^-n aymue ts
M»ln strMt, then South to Merrlofc
w»d. West W Q»¥e sti!»t IHMI
down Orove mcv^ to Bandtffl narte.
FoUowlne a presentation of the
colors end all Che Little I^agtje
teams, Kteyor O l s t e n will toaa m&
Oie first Mil te* l ^ o^xdnR
doublehend^ «t>M wUi brtac ^-
^mer, «te Brta^ Club m. CtaM
Shor« F«Ml^afe ti« 12:i», Add B%ai
B'rltSi vs. Freeport Bank Ui Uie sec­ond
game.
Try-oute « » t t i a c each m^tSks
fflorninf litmngiMlut AprU at AUdn-
«pn 8c))0^ n ^ . f f s d H<i(^1.9Krk.
300 Elks To Fete HMngerfmd
At Testivmnml an April 26
l\Hh'iug K.xuhcd Uuh-r llitluiid A. Jliuifjorford of the
Frt'i'lKirl KIks Lodgf, will bf Mvd at » Tesiiiiiiniitii Diniu'i-l>
ana' al llu> KIUH ("luh IlttuHf «Mt Frklay iiiglH, April 2(i, ml
7:',U) ii"i«l«fk,
AcconUng to Bpnjantfji J. Retnrr, Retiring Exalted Ruler
01 Frffc^rl, Gtwlnnan of i te went. |
aproxlmateftr Me of Mr. Hnngcr-• •.• 'S^CJJ-'^^-^-—u-"^*-?'-*.
iMd'fi. LiadAe...Bi»thers.-nud-..fi:l(aid.'L I •'-'r^'S
will attend the testimonial to honor
him for hi» time and effort et-pendPd
on tehulf of HM E t o Lodgi-and
for WB extremely Bueo^sfiii
admltttoiniUiw as Exaltrd Unker
duilng the pint IjOdste year.
Mayor Wllllnin P. Claelcen of
PrpS(wrt, will act as Master of
Ceremonle.s and the Rl. Rev. Msgr.
John J. Mahan, Pastor of Oiif Holy
Redeems- RjG, Church will attend-
All ladten attending will he glv«i
gift* a.s a rBWcmbi-ance of the m- .'
ca»lon.
Reservations may be obtained by
.oalltng any at tbv foliowing conv- \
mittee memb»«: Gordon H. Meyer,
8-1826; TOioBMs F. Reed. WU, $• |:'
5910,' l . s a a n Dnryea. PR t-S416 m **
PR 9-SST»; or Preepori E a ^ t « l B e ,i
FR 8-1253. '
other business as may come up for
aproval will be dlscUKsed at the
meeting T u ^ ^ y , May 7, «t i PM.
Election rt two 'ttustces for fihr^-
yenr terms in the po»ltloni msm m-
Rtpled ly cni&m B, SmKh and
Dr. s. Freeman Miller is setaeluM
on the fallowing day — Wednesdiy,
^May 8. betw««sa 13 o'clock nomi and
» PJ*.
Apartment Fire Started
By Cipa^y^ Sandier
wtiay, Aptfl », tiM im AM, to «te
turns Beaida. avcmie. where fflten
iiteutin feU asleep wliile smokSi^ a
dgatette In Iter Aparbnent 2-aQ> and
MeldentaOi' « ! ttnt to a teA«-
f ^ cam. a^a Sonald Xahnhv-'
baiter i^tamtad ttiat the Ui^r
Sch.ooI Budget To Be .Aired
At Annual Meeting May 7
Pri-sdiis wishiiij.; tu vole sil llif JUIHUJII S<-IUKJI iiu'i-liii^
nnd ill IIM' cltTtion (if Ivvn Trti.sdus .slinttM rrj{isl<T Sitfiirthiy.
Aiiril 27. Ijflwvt'n 7 ii'cliwk in lUv liuimiiig tiiid 8 i)VliM.'Ji id
iii^hl in liip lliifli SeliiMil tiuditorititti hiWiy. I*<TSI»J»II WIJIK-Iraitfiii
m rcipiirtul cifiill wlwi fnil«'«l lii rt»giali»r for J!M« S J H TU
d w l i o i i tti» III! sidditkiiial WF.VKXl I'tir Ihr iirw liijlh K'IHIIII
The biul^t Mr ISST-st and meh
Civic aaDOctation representatives
heard an ajml.vsls of the propo.scd
budget reqcnUy at a conference with
tlie BfMrd tf Education. Pr^ld«M
Leo P. OlMpi tg the board p w l d -
big.
District Tnwssrer Joel K. WIeljer
explained debt service for the new
high school. Next year, he said, Uie
board would allot $126,000 for bcuul
<<Mitlniied on Page S) '
Mrs. Battin Ldsts CmnmMee
For Personal Affairs Month
Wilb plifiB ncarinfl eompUdiiti) tm a Mgger and lirllrr
I9n7 Pe»«lal Affaitm «inlli oJ»nrvaliiiM, wlicli bcf^m w-llli
a ViUtt«-^(^B luiiictu»a,.«paa8urcd- by ii© Frt'cporl C^taiiu-ber
of Giinineree on Ma.f i at the Frwpiirt Elks' Ciub, Mra,
Hardld W. Battin talay antiotinc<>d the naiiie-s «f Ow. iiifiini-neiil
biisiness and professinal men and wineu iii FjreciMirt
who, ill adiiition to tlie Ma^>r and hctm-If, Have acft-plccl
uiciiU}i>rsIiip on Fret^rt*8 C^^rsoimi AffaJra Montli Goin-
HiUte& • --~~--^ ~
The Urt itf Wm^^H's «dl>taMm
elti^ffis «lw we^-vlng t ^ Mrs.
Bftfctin to mS&mmtas Qie Umt mm
aims of 'Pareoaal Affairs Mtonth in
Fteeport follows: ,
l^ixiuitaXf tttuOxKun. Htm. Wi-
^aiM w. vuma; Heo^ MMmr
ms.
Bmil Prenger, W^er F. "dSodaian,
itrthur It. &rt^9, Bussdl M.
tim. mm. m^M Jaxbelmer, ntvM
K. Kadanc Ura. Elizabeth P. Kelly,
Robert Kturs. Theodore :8pi$:^er.
Bdward S. Martin, Mis Sii^fmA B.
Mm J, HirtteB, la, a^mse H. B,
'and Hubert %•. Wells.
M M IS Attrfaieil
On Homeowners Part
Board StuoKes l^ib
To &B W Redia^Oi»
In Cm»» Can fo M « b
SelMKtf anttiMties wen aUffi ^ I n g
last night to patch. up the, JffiMag*.. .
done to their pian& for a $S,150,000
.senior hj^h school and swlnwnlnB
pool t ^ m s-io-i landAie voto
•iihUh tmnmd down tlw Sowd of
EdueatlKilK request, for WltMi sd-ditlonal
tai^
The mystery of wliy nearly 4,000
persons registered for the specLil
election became crystal-dear Mion'
day algbt Bfiwe tJian m par sent
of tim r e s l s t ^ i vot«rs ^imsm& ti>
the ffl^ S^ooi audltortam, «Kstii:«
1,16B balled ftr and 3 ^ ^ aptttistt
the prtQii^tion—<HUy 3tiln« less
than exactly 2-t»-l.
VoteiRs rejected a scteKd balKtni?
propeoltlMi tar the ftas* tte.B ^> 20
years. » B l in the r i r * year—for
debt aerviw— would tote Ismtti
about U mam per *!«( i«li»*ton.
People suld they "Just can't afford
ii,"
TliLs representpd a complet*
Hboui-tac« from the caunt In Bfcreh
of Ia.«.t ywp. wawn 2,012 «wwd »
bond iMue for the school mat maiy
429 oppKWi It ,»n a twariy S-Ul-t
wte.,The swimming pool, flipircd as
a $33S,000 .separate propMltlon, car­ried
at that time by only S-to-2,
with 1,411 mylng "Yw" and 855
"No."
Mwiy imiMms are teiag tiered
for the BTOrwIicJniln^f i^^illve
answer to an apiJcal by fee Stmrd
of Education for additions! funds
on lite flmmids that costs hav« in-
(Oontlaraed on mge m
$2,200 AS^iy R^Kd
In Cams^ Campa^n
During Khe first W days of the
1957 Ommx larusade in n w p »t
p,200 taAS 1 ^ raised Jmm Wamf-
23ibete, local ^onpftl^ ^m^mm.,
annou^^ Mttiy. The QWto &r
Pieeport l» WflOO. while Urn aWHrty-wlde
goal is S213.0D0. "niia t8 ttigU-ly
encouraging," said Mr. Ebbets.
"If we mm, eonttnue am m ^ n ^
pace, wie «iU be sur« tM tmiMI^
our pul tiMoiv ttw «tA ol^J^itt.'
when ttte l i K ends.' i a tali i e
have set ew d^tts h^her ami MP«'
to go oviBr onr Quota. The (jnoto of
$0Jim tta E^reeport was bssed cHi
the inln^ifflin needs few OKKUW eon-teoi.
E » ^ rtttfiM" we get WSM- ttat
quota ousfflM i»tB»uA mm w ) ^
stvailoM to Wht'Mie mmm.
"Our weltaii^ra are extoei^^ m-thualastlc
about the drive mA
abmit the reception given «*»«« »*5^
the tfflWh^ VarioBs gmm «»
pushtoB i ^ d «r complete Wm» m-
Bteramrts. » e wl«ntwe« me Mm
a sirf^lW J * and WMKH* Wto
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