The-Leader_1957-04-25

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22nd Year, No. 1 FREEPORT, N. Yw, THURSDAY, APRI)L 25, 1957 o* FnTEt CENTS PER COPY
County Drops Plan
For Demofifion Work
tn Memcic Widening
' Owners .Ai'e ReihoJeling
' Their Own Store Fronts
' Before Paving Starts
Because most East- Merrick rood
property . owners are^ remodelinf;
their own . store-ft'onts ~ to, mlilte
way rov the wWenine project—Nas­sau
County public works officials
have dropped thulr plan to. let a
special rontract lor demolition work.'
yii?. ^<>,vtiei5._ace-..la~ rdceive-- com­pensation
for jremovlng parts ,«if
Uiclr buildings whldi Jut Into tli:
right-of-way.
No bids o^ demolition were sub­mitted
when the Public Works De­partment'
ndVErtlsed for.4hem' sev­eral
weelts ago. Therefore, the next
bids to be advertleed ajie foi- road
Improvement—to be sought prob­ably
about the middle of'May. Any
necessary demolition neglected by
property owners up to Chat time
wlU go into the construction con'
tract, and Li&dlords mast pay the
county. Storefronts wUl.be boaixJed
lip undef such clrciimstancea, a
The new date b'co-oi'dtnated with
a postponement until June, i of
t^e deadlhie when some ownera oil
the hlgA^way's south side must yield
tSie fronts of -their bultdinef.<i to
(Continued on page IS)
Hearing Set On IVfeters
for "3 Parking Fields
Parking Meters propoded for three
municipal fields, nov/ used free of
chargei will be discussed at a public
bearing scheduled by the Village
Board on^ Mtmday iiiight, May 6, at
9 o'clocli:. '
A "'two-how parking" limit, with
fees of ,,fIve :«ents per hour, would
lie "set ironCS AM. "until 9 Pja. at
tjio field next io BOhacH's store on
doutih Grov« street ^horth of Ptne
street; and" a&o for-the southwest
portion of Parking Field Four, on
Broadway near Sfein street. -
[Five cents'T^liouf'or multiples
hereof. would be charged at tlie
triaiiguJar field bounded by iJewton
jKrtitevatd, .Svuotlse .Jiighway ami
Benry etreet, -. • .
School Trustees Seek Re-election
SMITH
Two vtiteraii members of tlie Frceport Board of. Edu­cation
whose, leiiiis expiro this year am cniididutes for rc-cloclion
at tlie miliHul school inccting'to be held at the
]'-reeport High School aiiditoriuni Wednesday-. May 8. They
«rc Clifton B. Smith,'vice-president of the Board', and Dr.
E. Frccniau Miller.
'-Mr, Smith lias made outstanding
contributions ,to education, haying
received both local and' national
recognition. He is chaUmnn 'of the
-flpd,^. Oroun
i3iaSrnii5i*6yi ' M ^ W?
tlon In Preeport Schools.
, Mr, Smith has been active- in the
civic Affairs of Freeport all his
life, from the days he Rlayed foot-
Ixall in P.HJ3. to Hie present. He
served as president of the-PJIB.
Alunmi Assodatlod iii 19£5. JHe'has
been a member of the Frecport yol'
imtecr Fire. Department, Hose
Company No, 4, for 30 years and a
membef of the Church "of the
Transfiguration, where he Is now
Senior Warden,::-He'i3 a, PBst,Ma;S-t^
r • of Spartan' JiOdge, .NO.' '959, P."
Si A. M., and Past District Deputy
Grand Master of Na£sau District,
and Is an "active member'of the
Botary.Ciub of Freeport.'
-Ka hss served^ staterond lia-
(Conthiued on page 13)
Dock Confaroyersy
Purchase Finance Ctutnzilttee of :the nmrmrsm'er
B<iard.'
Mn-Smith Is. a lifelong resident
of Freeport, graduating from Free-pbrt
tUgh School in 1923. He has
four children, a. mbrrled daughter,
a 6on in Cornell UnlverjUtyv-apd-two'
younger daughters, all Of wliom re
celved or are receivine thfeir educa- """^^ "^ » '"«'»»"='• "^ **»« Preeport
- : Pbrtests Space'Le^ecl'
- .'Adjoining Residence' -
The smouldenng. controversy over
'dock'-space renting, by property
owners In Residence "A" and "AA"
zonci' has suddenly become a hot
Issue as the result of specific ch,irge's
Freeport High Students Win
18 Regents Scholarships
Dr. John W, Dodd/Supcriiitcndent of Schools, has just
Efocived a list of the winners of the;Nc>v York Stat<! Begcnts
College"'Scholarsliips' for' 19J'7. Eiglifecir-scholarships^ were
won iii all by members of the present graduating class of
FKrr<e'e<p>nonrrtt Hii*g»hli Snchool. Tihlils is the higchest number of scchhooLl-urships'
ever won in Freejiort, i
The^followlng students «f Free- mers place; Harry G. Bluesteln, 288
port- High "^School have won schol­arships
this year: Susan B Perl-stoln
of 5D KliJg'fitrect received tlie
st|cond higihest rating in -Nassau
County and-Robert F. Slgal of 193
West Fulton' avenue' was eighth.
Other winnerg of the prfficnt.erad*
iating class. wer»: K&rold E. Vor-mus,
ise West &brHck road; jbtin
5uUty, 192 Leslmston avenue; MaJr-
;ln p. Baiay, 15 Bvans avenue; WU-y[
wn'. H. SciiSBP,.' 2H. ^JE:asti'.,.I>ean
Strtct; Patricia B."- Geary, -a 'Smft-
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' Soutli Long Beach avenue; BiJurbara
LI.' Cramer, 0 Bay street;'Ralph W.
Eaumacher. 114 LeanardJ avenue;.
Edward R. -Kinu^eliuan, 97 Front
'street; "I>aul D. Thompson, 125 Por-terfieTd
avenue; Jane K. Fenyo, 14S
West Ijena avenue; Soy E. Aren-eUa,
249 Rose i^treeu; IBUen J. Axel
xod, lOl L Tpiylnr aveHue"; Barbara
A. Kiuae, 291 Ketst Clinton avenue;
Margaret M. McDonald. 74 Penlo.-
syivasiia avenu£}-NeiIa Criuckshank,
'3B; South'Berjged^plafie; •: ! . ' if r ' '
Harbor Civic Association.
• Building Superintendent Stephen
A. Coffey is investigating" an ac­cusation
that Mrs,' "Frank Fallon
of Sputh Orove street 'hRS ' rented
boat space at a newly, bulkheaded
vacant lot on that thoroughfare,,
next to ttie Vah -Blercic residence.
He .win report, his findings 'to Vil­lage
Counsel BCcnnethVE, Vought,
whpi;wlU decide what action- is
necessary under the village Zoning
Ordinances.;"
Alfred" Schmidt of; S5&. South
Grove stxkei;< a,'nelsbhor, made the
chains ^t'a 'Village'Board m'eetliig.
He said ivR had a' rel!elpt~for ep&ee
he -rented,-tcom Mrs. FaUop and
that. hd . was -•' rdlably ' informed
floodlights as .well q$ ja-cinder, top-
- (Continued «n page 13)
If .'?on wish to ' iaUf ' ai" the -
aiinnal "sdbool meeting and
eleoUon, your name must be on
the reglsttaUon list-Ton AIUST,
reiister la ptxsm tbto Satanlsy,
April 27, It yon f^lMl io (Cglster'
far tbc recent v«te'<>n anaddl-tlonal
mifiW for the new lUgb
schdol.- - - • " . , . .
Bcgistnitkin boiiirs Sattunlay
are from 7 o'clock inihe'moro-
Uv'-'oidU'.ff'-o'clock ;^tinici^t, at
the' BiKb.'''School, "[ai^toriam.
lobby. 13ie''>aaimAl meeOagfa
MbednW May'7 ai S P3f. and
the eHecifon of two Trustees the
iolimrbig aay.<''-" '".-"''
Qockley and "Brady
Wilt Cohtest'Sedts
Of Smith and Miller
Boy R. Gooklcy, an official of the Dairymen's League
Co-operative Association, and Charles V. firady, a cost-"
llCCO^ntant of the Western Elretric Company, iiave been
placed in the running for-two Trustee posts on tiie Freeport
School Board. The incumbents scckiug re-election are Glif-'
ton B. Smitti and Dr. E. FreeinaH Miller,
_ ,. r-, . /in. infonnal-meet>ng''-of-person3t -
Northeast Proposes '""" "" """ ^^^ ""
Higher TuiHon Fee
For Outside Students
Civic Group Debates
School Budget Items
At Meeting Friday Night
A suggesLion that Freepoit School
Qlstrlct nearly double the fee H now
charges to outside High School stu­dents,
to cover what speakers called
Tue-sday nighl at Viebrock's to plan
the circulation of nominating pett-'
ttoiu. '
No offlcei^ were elected, but those
present asked Martin H. Weyrauch
to serve as Dhairman of what they
called a "grass roots" 0atherlDg of
Freeport residents who seek *'etfl-
Glency and economy In education."
The group 'authorised a statement
addressed 1^ School District tax­payers,
urging such principles and •
voicing the belief ihat:
You want to put a permanent
tlie $600 ayerageosost Tier year,, was [end--(11 to Becpeoy In the makeup".
made-at a Northeast Civic' Afisbcia- j tai^ purposes ot Preeport Bchool
^H^Jallrlm. >i^m•^^T'H ^l•^ ^^y 'ltl8m'lH•>va^w'v\•baagat8». umw u, mfmc\m'fma^-'
' William. .Schneider opjfose^ an
Increa""sc In the' proposed annual
b'udget which provides for hirinF? of
a school cafetertn dietician. He said
the current year's budget set aside
only $5,700 for cafeteria expendi-
.tures, while the next one proposes
moVe than 'doubling this sum to
512,309.
After Fred Schwarz analyzed
items In the budget^ which will be
(Continued an pag'e 4)
Rodcaway BeacK Man
Hurt Crossing Highway ,'
George Porter, 37, 'of Rnckaway
Beach was sevcrly Injured Friday
Tilght, Aprlf 6, shortly...before '7
o'clock while trying to cross Bast
Sunrise highway 'firom the "south to
the nort(i side. He received a pos­sible
fracture, of, the ithlgh bone
find .a cut <in. .the. lip, Isadore Ep-st6#
n of Mossape^ua' drove the car
that accidentally .struck him about'
75 feet _weist-of'south-Columbuj
avenue. • ' ' : •• • .
pressure demand.on your tax dollars
without adequate public Information,
In advance and public hearings.with
fully. Itemiiied explanations. You
Want to be sure that foresight is
substituted for oversight in esti­mating
school needs end school
expenditures."
' Those at the meeting persuaded
Cord Vlebrock to become Treasurer
of the forthcoming camjiiaign to
elect their.two nominees. ]
A fuU-page- advertisement In to-'
day's Leader announoes the move­ment's
sponsors) tells their, purposes
and- describes -the ca'ndldates as'
"men trained In modern methods of
buarAcss eftlqiensy."
COHEN'3 DRUG SHOP
TO STA't OPEN. SIINDA¥„.".
C<Aie]i's Pi^epbrt Drug. Shop, 88
South &Ialn ett'eet, will remain open
until 10 o'clo'ck Sunday night'aft^r
otJier Preeport drug stores close in
the afternoon, for the rest of the
day. Its phono number la PR 8»0330.
Three Banks Handle Tickets
For Personal Affairs Lunch
Tickets'for the Opening Luncheon an May'2 at the
Freeport Elks' Club which will inaugurate Frecport's Second
Annual-ObaerVumre of .P,ersonaL. Affairs MoiiUi.are avml-able
at'the offices of thc'Meadowbrook National, South
Shore Federal and Freeport Bank. ;,•
In co-operation' with Preeport'a
Personal Affairs Month Ct^mmfttec,
headed by-Mrk. Harold W. Battln,
Executive Sccfctafy of the Preeport
Cliambei/! of Commerce, Preeport'«
thtee financial Institutions arfr,
making it possible, for all interested-
Preeport business'and professional
tnea and,their v/lves to attettd the
fpersonal Affairs luncheon, on May
Bccond. ' ',. , ' ' . - . •
,IA -melUng'. this' announcement,
Mrs. BatUii-Vlso announced' that
8£eeptances.tO'be guests of honor
at "thfe- jopemng P;AM Luncheon.
have bfen received from Donald I.
Rogers, l^inancial Editor of the !NeW
York Herald-Tribune, andWilliani
Alrich, Editor of the Spectator
Magazine, both Of whom have had
much to Ho-wit!) the nation-wide
interest th'at'is developing In thia
Preeport-bom Jdfa.' ' ''
The' Hon. John D, Bennett, 6ur-jwgate
of Nassau, County, will be ,
the especially honored, guest 'and
chief speaker- at ttalji'civic lunciieon,
that Is being epiHifiOjied by tlia
Preeport Ohamber-of j,Ccin>mejTce. ..„'".
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