The-Leader_1957-06-20

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FOttQW THE
LEADER
EOR:
NEIGHBQRLY
NEWS
FHEEPORT
22lMl Year, No- 9
"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY" ,
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
FOLLOW THE
LEADER
,FOR : .
RELLfVBLE
ADVERTISING
1
Dapper Bun's PlaDs
New Modern Plant;
ins
;' Foremen ConomehdeJ'
For ConHnu^ Firj» ,
To Cleaning Plant
The Dapper Dan-CIeanbi^ plant,
n South Gravest, rutned by lire
last week Is to be replaced by J'the
most modem cleanlngr plants on
Long Idand," and the Laundeiv
r-'aidc,„.::udjoiaing,—whlch—^suffcrod
WolCfr vnd-^ water dBniage-ls-dolng
"business as usual."
The Lftunderalde was to well pro­tected
by a firewall that proprietor
Thomas J. Murphy was able to re­open
lih; establishment last fVlday.
Only the wiring In a wall adjoining
-Dapjaer Dan's^.^d small areas In
tho" walls and ceiUnga "whjch .thfr
tlrcmen tested to njoke sure of their
safety;.,euXfered datn^e, fio wash-
6r^ were harmedf-nelther did any
of the. LauridETaidj&'s. customers
"losD property^ - ~ " ~ / ' ? i ' '.
. • Tho .cle&nitiff pr<\ht, owned-,"by
|v; j,(,*,rosepl\ -BejDcujfe Iit,-<it.lispgJlBBa(3r
Jew doorVtiway—where the regidair
staff Is continuing to serve -the pub­lic.
Oustomcrs }wlio'lo.^t aTUde.<> In
the fire have been requested to'file
claims' there on forms provided for
the purpose.
Mr. Oempell said the bumed^ut
establlanment would be r«placed by
^'the most modem and exciting
cleaning: plant on Long Island." Mr.
Murphy - and > Samuel Golden of
Prcoport. who Jointly own the
plant's damaged site, plan to re­build.
^ l e blaze started from ap un­determined
cause iti. a stodcroom at
the 'rear of the structure. Flames
spread so rapidly that women em­ployees
rushed out without even
taking their pocketboofcs, All the
building's contents w«r6 destroyed.
Freeport firemen, commanded by
Second Deputy Chief Arthur Bur-
"(Continued on-pose S)
EREPPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957 *»-
Recruits Put on Comedy BiJl
At Republican Cluh Meeting
Mtembers «f tjh? Piwport ..Republican-Recruits put an a-comedy
program.Btthe jnontWy me'ettngpttheirieeport RepuhUcam Club in the
legion Dugout test fliiyBday night. Roge Mason, program chairman,
presented Hay Sweeney who X)fli-
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
KV^
BEBNHARD'S VUASiM&CY
TO. STAY OPEN SUNDAY
Bemhard'6 Ftiarmacy, M West
Merrick rd., will remain open until
to o'clocic Sunday night after ottier
Freeport'drug stores close early In
the afternoon, for 4be rest of the
^y. Its phone bumber-ls IfReepori
e-O008. •
Fiwd Beneficiaifies
Get Final Payment
•. United Appesd Nets
—Total of-108 P^eipnt
To'SeVeii Oici^anizatiQns
"Tije seven agencies which partici­pated
in the campaign of the United.
Fund of Freeport, Inc.. last October,
this week received a final distribu­tion
of 5 percent of' their quotas.
elated .as master pf ceremonies.
Among, ttioise in .the cast was
Cathy Layton, who.was awarded
Oiird place in the contest held on
Stlday, June 7, at which'-Miss Re-pnbllctin
Recralt of M57" was elect.
.cd..A.afttdTO.*lt5t trlpl was-«wmed-
"Mi^--Recruit," while the Glen
Cove entry took second place.
The program' comprised seven
acts. ,The first consisted of a group
of "chorus girls," Cathy Layton."
Sus Hanington,' Arllns Schmidt,
Te«y MedafelJa and Joan Pennlng-
Tlils raised the. total payments to 81 ton. In t he next James Plnnkett ap--
P^ared as Jackie Oleason m., with
Mrs. Schmidt. Its -the maid.
Oh G.OJ>. Club Show
percent above the original allotment,
President Charles 'Gilbert -ani
nounced, • •• •
Funds 'for thV dlstrifautlo'a cams
from the final payment .of pledges
which-wore "due on JioTeT.~ ' IrT
, The "agenciis represent*d~ln- tKt
first le^mptiign "wer«s~the-saivaftoii
't^^iJ!:^^£?i'^?^^^^i: *?K'
-In roporting the distribution, of
additional money, Aflb'._OUbert said,
"All who aided in the successful
first campaign of Uie ITntted Fund
can-be proud of the-results."
J. Everett Kunzmann, (hairmatt
of the' xesidcnttal- area campaign
and a vice-president of the United
Fund presented the checks for the
seven member agencies to" President
Gilbert.
Rabbi Grishman Going
To Conferencfe in Miami
Rabbi Azrlel Grtsnman, spiritual
leader of the Union Reform Tem-pio
of Freeport, has been .named to
officiate, at tlie Conference Service
of the annual meeting'o( the Cen­tral
Conference of American Rabbis
to be -held in Miami, Fla., next
week opening Monday and : con­tinuing,
through Saturday.
In''additipn,'^bbi Qrishman wiU
serve -as a-panelist-in a workshop
sesstoiL.jDn "Techniques and Ma­terial
for Preaching."
The Central Conference of Amm'i-.
can Rabbis, composed'of more tlian
600 Reform Rabbis in America and
Canada, is the oldest National
Rablnical organization in America.
• ^ • MildredM* MUligan to Retire
38 years Kindergattner Here
'Miss' Mildred M. MUIlg'an, a kuidergarten teacher in the Freeport
school system ^ c e September 1920, is to retire at'tiie close of . ^ e present
term. When the news reached the parents of the cJUIdren In her class',
>8t 'ithe Bayview Ave. School a''
group of-women, calllmg (themselves
the "MUligan'Mothers" decided to
siv« her a surprise dessert r««ep-tlon.
find set ^Wednesday night,
June }&,> as the date and the Free-port
'Wttutdifit -Ctiurdii as- ,t)he lo-gartner
to [the cJvurdi. She suc­ceeded
atid fts they entered the
room where friends'oi the veteran
teacher bod gathered, Mrs! J.^ Ray
Johnson, a first grade teacher ,at
Bayview Ave., struck up "the
calfe joi' the event. •• » Circus 'Song", on ^th'e -plantf. This
•ftHssI'iaia CavJe^ft "high school *«« ^ appropHai*'selection in as
tcacbei: vfio Bboies an apartment
fj St '148 PJiie fit, with Miss MUligan.
r' was let 'In on the se(:ret 6nd given
T the task <a Inveigling the.,klnder-iaucb
as Miss -idUllgaa Itas ar­ranged
Che circuses givaa '«nntM>11y
by the Parent-Teacher Associations
-.. (Continued"da £>age 3)
Charles Pennington, imperson­ating
Hal Martih of $64,000 ques-
«on^ fame, qulansed ,Ocne fiulUvan;^
on matter? relating "to. the history
of .the BepubU(!6jj party with a
Uttjejiattiedj!. Ott Uie side." , '
.•WMter • rMiirphy.^'. *j>peMed
CATHY LAYTON
Firemen Set Torch,
TtenTryljewMeliod
Schmldtj- • Pennington,- • Plunketi,
^roris'Johnson and johiin.v John­son
participated, of the "Mouseke-teers."
Sw-eeney appeared as Mike
Wallace, with Anthony DlQnegprio
as "Ca'nte Wolf." A male chorus
comprising Paul Mattson, Sullivan
(Continued on page 0)
Dock Rental Cast Trial
Set, First in N. Y. State
Police Judge Paul Kelly has
scheduled a. trial tomorrow at 2
P.M. for Mrs. Frank Falloli of
Soutn Grove st., who is accused of
renting boat dockmg space in a
Befildcntlal area..At tlie arraign­ment
meethig Tuesday night, June
U, in Police Courtroom, Attor­ney
Leonard Rivkln asked that the
case be dismissed because of Insuf-'
flQient evidence. When Judge Kelly
denied the motion Mrs. Fallon dc-nled-"
the_ charge.. '
Tills case h3« aroused wfde Inter­est,
as it is reported to be the Jltfit
on In New York State, testing the
power ,of a Village to exercise, zon­ing
jurisdiction over adjacent wa­ters.
Alfred Schmidt, 855 South
Grove St., told Oie Village Board
he .ihad a receipt (or dock space he
allegedly rented from Mis. FalloQ
st her-aewly-bulhe&ded vacant lot
on South Grovve st. ne.tt to the
Joseph van BierckresldCDCB. "
EOWARjOS TO SHOW FIKMS
TO NO»THEAST CIVICS
F. 'Gordon Edwards, who spent
two yc;^rti ia Irulonesla with a group
of former New toxin Telephone
Co,, engineers ^ho assisted in mod-eijnlelng
.the telephone ^'^m of
that cbuntiy. Is' to - epeak' at tfte
^monthly" meeting of the Northeast
Civic Association to-be held in~the
Vf.W. Hiall, 404 Nortb'Mohi st.. to­morrow
a i S PM. He will ebow coldt-.
films taken In Indonesia, Offioew
will be elected.". ';....
At Smilb and Main
JPloepport firemen delibemtely ap
plied tbo toTdt to an old house 'at
South Main and Smith sts., Stmday
morning. Before they had finished
the Job they had in'zed the build­ing.
But no one is going to get into
trouble. BverytJilng was --done in
the interest of science.
Tlie 16-room structure was dam­aged
by a fire recently. Local fire
officials in looking for a place bO
tr}' out some new flrcfightlng
methods in which they had 're­ceived
training - at the Nassau
"County Vocationai School where'
flrc-flghtlng methods are taught,
spied the place. After some per­suasion
they obtained permission
from the -owner and the village
authorlities to go ahead with the
experiments,'
Seldom have'plane for a fire been
so complete, ~The building was sup­plied
with iumiture of 'ancient
yixvtagc, Bverythlng .was saturated
'with kerosene and fuel oil'so it
would go up quickly. And represen­tatives
of. the Sperry Gyroscope
C&., were on hand, wltli 'lin«l«n
(Continued on page 8)
Southwest Civics
Asks Referendum
On High School Fool
opposes Curtaitingr .
Facilities to Keep
It in Revised-Plans
The^-Southwe^t Civic Association
voted, at its monthly .meeting Wed­nesday
night, June 12, In the Bay-
'^(ew"''Avenu6''"SiEhoo!^"re^Mt~the
Board of EducatlonTto coll^ speciki
referendum to enable the residents
of the school district to vote on the
elimination or retetitton ^f a swim­ming
pool In the plans for the New -
High School. The resolution also
placed the association on reconl as
being opposed tp thCellmbiaHon or
reduction of other facilities to per-'
mit the pool to be Included in the
revised plans for the structure. .
--TSilB notion 'wat'-taken after varl--
"hear" cay" -reports .concerning "
th«.plenna4or the .hew, structure wera.
alred'Kndr')ilscusseiil.'V y-<•'-,'i '• '."
Aususttn'Ii.-HagaA salii J^itBtder-'
'""T-lynlTyit^^i'tl^S^'iiSftSMMIWi'i^n^^^
lihe plans for the high school with"
A view Co keeping the co&t d'own to"'
the amount of the original bond
Issue voted for the tuwject. He said
ho • bad %eard reports- that some
rooms suoli as a> music room, wero
-to be reduced. Mrs, Robert H. Earon
said she had heard ,the proposed
pool, if included in the plans, would
take up the space of four closs-
'rooms.
Mr. HOgon ttien Inquired wheth.er
facilities would be provided to
house l.BOO students, as originally
proposed. He was assured there
would be no cAiange in this re­spect.
Fhially William J. Albert sub­mitted
the following resolution,
^(Continued on page 2)
'Rey«..jFather Edward
Seiit to-Mtssis8q>pi
The Rev, "Father" Edward,--or-datne^
l as a Trinitarian missionary
on Mby Z9, was advised this weelc
he had been .assigned to .tAie St.-
Joseph Missionary Cenacle at Fort
Gibson, Miss., across the Mississippi
River from' New Orleans. La, B«
wlU <lepart tor his newjwst shortly.
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Nautical Cadets Comrhended
By R^^ij\§93 Ah?L R?!^Mitv_
The Mtli "annual Inspeotlcni '<md''revlew"of the Freeport Battalion,'
Allied Nautical Cadets, was held in the gymnoslum of the Columbus.
Ave. School Friday night, The Inspection and reviewing officers were
Commander A. Jesse Rollblnson,
U S, Naval Reserves and Capt, the battalion passed In review be-
Guy A. RusseU, retired. More than fore the reviewing stand by platooa
100 cadets particlphtcd In the front. Following the review the
event. The guests were piped aboard JMittaUon was formed, for evening
by 'the .battaUMt Boatswahi Mate paf^de for tha awarding of .awards, •
'U •If
and-fllde boys.
Inuncdlatcly thereafter the bat­talion
was* made wady for inspec-
;flon by. the. reviewing jSarty which
>ra3. escorted bj; the commanding
officer, ^Llewt. Com:, vmilam G.
Marshall, The tasp^jon completed.
decoroilons and warrants.
The "pprriinncciippal award was 4he
Allied Nautical Cadets State Com­mandant
' Decoratioa for the cadet
teadei^ who has given the most un-setfIsU^
devotion to duty, iji,iU9pBflag-
.-(Oondinie^ ^on pag»_ 13). - ,,,
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