The-Leader_1957-05-02

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22nd Year, No. 2 FREEPORT, N.,Y.,.THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1957 a*. FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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Mitthauer InstaUed
As New Fire Chief
By Mayor Glacken
Service Pins Awatded
To Seven.Members,at
Yacht Club Saturday
Tvventy-Hve year sei-vlce pins
; were av/aideij seven members of the
' r^epci't" FUie'^emrtitt'filtr'^S'^iib
v^ -
ftnnual installation of ofliceis and
•- dinner in the South Shove Yaclit
' Club Saturday night, Mayor William
• P. Glacken made the awards to Past
_ Chief Frederick Buss, Hose 1; Past
' ciiief FrftiJlt J. Smith. Hose 2; Dur^,
- rell Darrlgan and JoJih Sutherland,'
• Hose 1; John Hronclck, Hose 3;
< CKston Vorbeck, H058..4, Jcflih'tJap-
' pozxoli^ HoisQ'6, - ,V '. *-. '
, The Maylor also installed DonaH
' IMltthauer as chief, ^succeeding: Oon-
\ aid Maucrshcrg'er,', and . Raymtinrt
- Bftnrettt'
, imt&lxattonjTBoimialtt«y,'t>¥te'iied,' tho
-prdcocdtags" and: Je<*'in'-:>!thi» 'Satntfe
m the Flag.'Tnhe "SAV. H^gliioW' H.
• Scott, department chaplahi.' gave
' Uie invocation.' Mayor • Olnckeri,
' Tnistees Robert S. McLena'n and
Thtodoi'e b , Lang, VUlaee Treasurer
ieoiiiiia D. Smith and VlUogc "Clerk
• Richard Baynor were escorted to
= the ro^trora. Tiie mayor presented
' a' past chief's badge to Mr. Mauers-
'.'berBer who in his talk thanked nil
.who had assisted in any way In-
, making ills administration a success.
Mayor alackcn also gave a ahoi't
-addrc^ In wlllch He commended
' the vsork and loyalty-of ^tHe volun-
.teers. " , '
-Trustee Lang Installed tlie first
, arid second lieutenants of the varl-
'ous cpmpanics, Mr, Raynor. the
' captains,,, and. Tlreasurer SmlUi the
'wardens and Donald Mauersberger
jtihe Sacand Battalion delegate.
"Sherry Anne Mitthauer held the
".Bible as- lier 'fatsier was sworn In
as'chief, A bouquet of flowers was
• given Mrs."Maaersber«8r.
The in.staUi*tlon was followed bjr
adlnner attended by about • 650 ptr-
'son's,
" Chief Mitthauer announced the
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Candidates for School Board
"iCHARLES V. BRApy BOY R. GOCKLEY
MrslAmbfermttn!
Qitizexxs May ^l^it
Ticket For Trustees
In School Election
The conlcst for two Freeport School Trustee posts took
ill) uiiexpcctod turn Friday when Dr. E. Prceinaii MHcr, a
•cawdxdiitir.tCTT5ifcc«eiHjinist!ltin-t}re election ii-exfWJj'dh&'^^^^
withdrew from the t-ace. He w>rote to John T- Cotter, .Jr.,
Clerk of tlie Scliool iJoanl, that "my medical practice ^Vi^
not permit my giving the amount of lime rcquii-ed in"the
yt'ars ahead."
Wilbort E. Watson, well known local business man, was
iunnediutely nominated to succeed Dr. Miller by a group of"^
prominent Frecportcrs known as the Citizens for Non-Politi-cal
Schools.
$239,500 Shaved Off
AiuHKii School Budget
Mr. "WatEOn, a Post President of •
the AtlanUc, South .Olvlo AasocJk*
tlcBX and a former. I>h>ect9r. of ttUB
V.1 ,..._ -^ '•-'mpej-del MTveft-""
'"-'• '^iMn. %iMi5Z?K^^ is-;aflSoBufc4-\%7th '.tlm feiBuna-'bm^ for .the nejur eetv'
group'spohsfeiiijj'Uie candidacies of Roy Gocye5',,!Uid Albert- lor-iiigih, .school,' the propcwd School
Brddy for the'School board, baJs issiiiecl a stiilcniciiit poiiitiiifj *—•
Mti thai *'^^n snnnsrtrs'iitv^. rtnt nLiA'Jnit bolilics. b u l exciTcisins
imrimnity.'i
The"luU .statement follows:'
To the Taxpayers and Citizens ojf
Prceport: ' ' - - ' ' ,'
Greetings ,1 wish to call your
attention "to the wild rumore in our
VlUage stating that tlie Cltlzenfc
who have" nojninatea Mr. Boy
Gooktey and Mr, Alfred Brady for
the office as Ti-ustees on .the Free-port
JSchool Board" (opposing can­didates
8eekliig~"M-"eli"cEiair" aixs
"playing politics, bcm't you believe
it t If these men" and wopifen are
playing politics, they are doing
jiwt wliat the deflnltloa -implies:
exercising their rights as, American
Citizens "in =the Interest- of the
ConununRy. TluS^tateresf Is"spon­taneous'
and "not 8» an organized
party; just ^ Indlvlduxil""Cltlz(!iis." •
We have confidence In our Can­didates.
They have served our Vil­lage
Government In other capaci­ties,
' Their" ability plus the- many
'years, of sound .business experience
qualify them for the posi'Oon they
seek.
In closing I urge all to oittend tlie
Budget liearing. Hear .both Bides, be
convinced, that yoU'wUl make no
mistake in electlng^ these two men
into offlc^.
' ~ S&cefely,' to the interest of
Prceport"
^^JSSS, ANNA. Z. AMBEBMAN
AprU 3. 1957^
Dl-strlct budget for 1957-58 has .been
<iut f239,SM.. This will moke a dlf-ference
of'about ^9 cents Jn the tax
rate p^r $100 valuation, bringing it I
down to a figure approximately 381
'„ l$us;-defv«!li3i(»h6nt-.-}bftye«
,B.- Siiilth,-; Vicfr^presldent <>t", taio"
board,'ithe only incunibpnt running
'for. Tnetee" Jn 'the atinual «le«tionx
Ballots will !>«> cast on ' voting. m9»
.chines in the'High Sciioo) .audi­torium
from noon unCU 9 RM. - ,
Blvials ot Mr. Smith' had Mr,
cents above last year—or to the vl- n^^^tson are Boy B, OOcktey and
chilty of *3.47. dharies V. Brady, rfominated test
Beatty Circus Will Benefit
Kiwanis Cluh Welfare Fund^
- The Clyde Beatty Ciicus will appear in Freeport Tliui-s-dnv.
May 23, n afternoon and pveninf? performances under
the snonsorship of tJic Freeport Kiwams CUib, Amos J. C.
Baldwin, president of the club, announoid this week.-1 he
circus will set up its tents adjacent to the l^ree^ort Municipal
Stadium on Miu road '
Archer Street P.-T. A.
Plans Carnival Saturday
The annual carnival of the-Atchcr
Street P.-T. A. will be held S?.tur-day
from, 10-A.M. tft 5 PM. on the
"aEHodrgrOunds.-M It ralna tJie .carni­val
will be moved inside and con­ducted
in the gymnasium.
There wlU^ be, A «ake sale and 15
booths featuring various products)
mcludlng gifts for Mothers Day. A
number of prizes and gifts will be
awarded In connection with the
carnival, including a 26-lnch bl-
„ cycle, bride doll, carving set, a May
^ bastcti - with-, foQtl. .encUKh Jor. a
family dinner, an automatic fryer
and two live lobsters.
' Co-chairman of ttie affah: are
Mrs. Svoda, Mrs. Marthx Olsen and
Mi-s. R. Wilmott, ,
The pi-oposed budget and euch
otlitex Jjuslness as may come up for
approval will be acted upon at "liie
annual school meeting next Tues­day,
night at 8 o'clock in the High
School auditorium. A total of 4,101
residents have registered to vote—
335 of taicm last. Saturday. The
"others had alreai^ qualified for
the annual meeting and the elec­tion
of two Trustees—which will
take place the following day, Wed­nesday—
by registering for the re­cent
special elecUon on_an addU
tlonal ?87S,oao for the now high
school. "
' ,A 2-to-l vote against the extra
money-has led the Board of Edu­cation-
to ellmhmte a $125,000 item
It; had Included for redemption of
bonds which vrould have been pro
vlded dmlng the coming year. The
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week an a, platform-of "Btacienny,
and Economy in Educa/tlon" by-"ftn-other
citizens' group. }
' Ballot Arraosrenient
A split ticket can be vot«d, but
the voting maclUnes will not per­mit
anyone to cast two ballot* ioi
exactly the same post. This is legal­ly
required becttiise the noinlnatlriff
petitions must Gtato for which
Trusteeship •eiich candidate Is nin-aing,
In the ballot's first column, ver«
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UOFBTRA PLAT ANNOUNCED-Hofstra
CoUege wiu present "Iho
Playboy of the Western World" .toy
tljB famed Ii'ish dramatist J. M.
Syjige. Friday, ^atiwday and Sun^-
day evenings at 6:30 PM. May 10,"
11 and 12.
Mr. Baldwin, said the Kiwanls
Club wiu'share in the.day's pro­ceeds,
aria" that thfi Tnoney-wUl-br
used to carry on Oie club's welfare
program.-
Clyde Beattjr battline more than
40 Uons and tigers,will appear, at
each perfonnanc&
/ More than 160 performers repre
eenOng -the-besti .talent - obtainablqf-operatla musloi
from the five continents of the
world are to be is«n with the big
show this season.
Tl«5 performances will be given
at, 2 and 8 P,si The doois will open
an hour earlier "to- permit on In­fection-
of 'the immemse zoo or to
enj<^* a concert ;of -.popular ^nd
1 M ' ' < •
BERKLEY PHARMACY
TO'STAY OPEN SUNDAY
Berkley Pharmacy, 296 Nortih
Main street, wUl' remain open until'
10 o'clock Sunday night after othen
Freeport drug, stores close - in. i to
.aftorpoon for tihe rest of th6 day,-
'ita phoiw AViinber:;iptFK-.8.-5665r ..
Vriends Of Freeport Library
Will Meet WednesdayMght
The annual Spring meetini; of the Friemls of^cJFrec-l)
ort''Librafy'w~ili be held. Wednesday nigHirMaySr at 8:15 -
o'clock in the basement of the library.
There .wwiillll be reports, by the
nominating committee, the gifts
committee, and on the progress of
the Library addition Jby the Rev.
Reginald H. Scott, chairman of
me Library Board.
Two short tUms-oa-bookS'-wJlLb'e
sliown <ind then Mrs, WllUom.- a
.local lithographer, wUl explain the
Steps in making B "book.
• The nominating conimlttec' has
announced- that It will, submit the
following recomineadations to the
meeting for officers to serve during
'the enstttag year;
President, Mrs. ComeUus Van
Rees; Vice I*resident.. Milton
Hubach; Becordlngr Seci-etary, Mrs.
Theodore epltder: Corresponding
"secretary, •"Mrs. Frank-VaJfbius;
Treasurer. 'Mrs. Irving FeldmBii;
Membership, Mrs. Seward Baker;
Action, -Mrs. Harvey Dean; publiis
RelaUonu,-MPS.-"Rw Gockley; an4,
Ohairoap, Agnes Brown. -
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