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22nd Year, Na. 12
BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK
FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY U, 1957 •<S»' ' • FIVE CENTS PER COPY
WOULD ELIMINATE POOL TO REDUCE HIGH SCHOOL COST
Operation Alert Giblyn lists OAer
To Be Observed in
Freepprt Tomorrow
All Must Seek Cover
When Siren Sounds in
Hic Early Afternoon
TUe p;roeport Civil Defense Or-ennizallon
headed by Hugh Erwln
-algT"an-'J'£t3r; is. "ttf'-join'-wftff "com"
muniti:s throughout the na.tlon to-niortx)
w in a training exercise Op-era'tfoji
Alert 1D67.
Leader Readers To Help Pick
Ideal Hour^s T* V. Program
Wha-t Ls your Idea of a one-hour te]evh>lon variety show? To get the
answer ito this question. The Leader is to join with other papers In a
national poll in conjunction with The Sd Sullivan Show and the Cos­mopolitan
magazine. And the final; —
selection will provide the program
for the Ed SuIIivnn Show over the
CBS-TV • show on Sunday night,
DBcrH^
jfleaders of The Leader should
U»ve.their ideas of what a<:ts would
constitute an ideaJ one-hour T.V.
pragiam To enable them to express
lliough the^ exercise will run I their choices The Leader Is opening
continuously for 65 hours, from
noon tomorrow through 7 P M
Sunday,'public-participation will be
for only 13 minutes at an undis­closed
time early tomoiTOw after­noon.
The public phase will "be ushered
111 by the sounding of "Takx; Cover"
-^ a •three-minute fluctuating or
•R'arbllnij tone of varying pitch by
i!h« slrcn._
.Au",-Mu»t T<*<> iCover ' "
-..'•Vwnon tiiw filemni 13 sifBa,'',j)/a:.\
';Ervtrln said_ "ypiu. are retpjlred to
take cover fmmedia<tely and re­main
there until' the 'Alert' si^gnal
signifying the 'All Otear,'
- "If in your car, pull over to the
elde of the road, halt and shut off
ynur engme^ Leave the roadway
clear for ambulances, fire apparra-itus,
and other emergency -vehicles.
If sulta.ble shelter is available, re­move
the key from the igmtion oX
-j-our car and take cover. If no
fiheiler is near'uy, remain slttmg
• in-your car. until the 'AU Clear.'
"If you are travclli^ in a bus, tlie
bus will halt, but you may remain
therein.
"If you are on a train, it will con­tinue
its .schedxUe," but the conduc­tor
will aiinounce the practice aJr
raid drill
"If you are at the theater or the
"beach, .remain where you are anjl.
obey the instructions of the • oftl'^
clals.
"Do'-not -stand' 'tit-uiiaheltered
places to watch. This time l;, Is a
drill, the next time it may be for
'."Keef>3,"'.
» • 'Ail Clear' fends Drill
"The 'AJert' Signal signifying yie
- (Contmufed cm page 8)
its poll with this lEfiue All renders;
are urgPd to .submit their choices
of their aJl-time favorite performers
in 'the following cateBorle.si:
Singer (man..and wqmarii
Comedian (man and woman)
Movie p^ersonallty (man and
•woman)
Opera singer <ma.n and woman)
Sports figure imai\ and woman)
Dance team^ , ,.
. A» net i«»r,",ciii!ari5n>;,."*.',;;-.,
-Pllm clip'"tpast or p r i j ^ i ^ . ' / y , , .;::
Readers, who desire to pairtlcipate
in the poll are asked, to get their
seleotions in to The .Leader by
Thursday, Aug 1. Address "your en­tries
to the T.'V. Piogi'am contest
Editor, PO. Box 312, Freeport, N.y.
•When all the entrla't are in, » com­mittee
of Judges will be selected by
ilhe Editor to compile a IL^t of acts
ttiertftfhK'^vftKId-provfde tHe'Wsf
varieity TV program. This list 'wUl
be forwajxled to the Cosmopolitari
and the final national seleotlon will
be featured in jthe December Isiue
of the magazine.
A few y<>ars back more actors and
actresses made 'iheir homes in Free-port
tlian perhaps any otiier com-muntty
its siKe.in the United States.
Even today hardly a nidlo or TV
prograrti is given without some
present or former Preeportcr par-tictpnttng
in some way or another,
either In the cast, ittie production
staff or .tJie announcer- - -
•;''*t-,-,w<>jiVtt.' )j»S,-lJtt*«'!»'ip« ^•'. wwttp ..
itfc^-ftefeldwS" cbuJ'ir'.coropa^Xait.-
me'cle tip entlfi;lyT)f Preeport celeb-retles
of the iitage, sareqti, radio and
television. , ~
' Bjit in the meBntlme get in on
the fun and after due deliberation
send in your ll.it.
Hearing on Supermarkets
In Business "AA'' Zones
A proposal io allow super­markets
In Business '"AA" dis­tricts
tvill be discussed at o.
public hearing:' slated by the
Village 'Board on Monday nierlit,
July 22, in the Municipal
BnlUling CDnference Room at-
9 o'clock.
Chiefly affected by the
'chaneo 'wuuld be West Merrick
—jxl., fcom._JOtceaiL to > JBaorvlcw
avcs., and Uic west aide of
South Berfcii .pL, except the
.southwest corner of Sunrise
liwy.
A ..hcarltif will also be coii-diietcd
on the Checker Bus
Company's appllcatiQn for per-tlnisslon
to use viUa^ streets in
conjunction with its bus route
to Jones Beach Sta.t« Park. The
streets Lnciade Henry St.,
Broadway, Brooklyn a v c and
a short section of North Grove
St.. leatlltig to the railroad sta-
. tion entrance.
1 A n n u ^ Clean-up Digve -
•'•W^^»>f*4aSea'tfflhFiie«|!a6WtCft-
•JTeeport^ Clean-XJp Campaign,-
Proposed Revisions
To Keep Within Issue
Referendum on Pbol ,
Planned After Bids.
Have Been Received
Leo F, Olbtyn, president 01 the
Joard of Education, announced this
,*eek«,tiic Board, was studying-Jtaya...
of revising the plans for the new
Pi-ecport mgh School with a view to
keeping'the cost witltln the amount
of the bond Issue voted "by tho resi-dent.
s of the dbtrlcf and yet pro­vide
accommodations for the num­bers
of students figures show vvHl
be enrolled during the years to
come.
Mr. GlUlyn reveSled Uie -Board
was considering the elimination of
the swimming pool, the omission
olT'^ne art shop, the reduction of
the size of .the cafeteria, and the
elimination or i;eduction lu sl'^e of
1 certaln-'ToomB In' the .bastmcnt, Sn-which"
.stai-ted last' Monday, will
TRehild Park, Denmark, Scroll
Signed By 4,000 Freeporters
• A be'auliful hand-lettered scroll,
William P.
dents, will be "rioyn this week to Denmark. It e,xpresse.i the village's good
will—demQn.stratEd at a reciprocal, • '
bearing a message IVom Mayor
Glacken and t'he slgnalureB of more tlian .4,000 FrjOeport resl-
Bebild ceremony on Independence
Day in front of the .Municipal
TBuildins?.
.Thfl Danish Consul, p. H,
Sehested,. participated in flag-rais­ing
exerclies at 10:30 A.M A delq-gfttton
of five village policemen
joined him in raising both the
Amoi-ican and Danish flags on ttie
Municipal Building flagpole, while
a 'large crowd -of spectators saluted
or stood at attention. Mr. Seheated'j.
wife accompanied him to Freeport.
-.lionor guards from the American
Dodgers To Play Cincinnati
On Aug. 20 - Freeport Night
Tuesday night, August 20 lias" been cfesjgnated as Pre'eport Night at
- Ebbets Field In Brooklyn. The Cincinnati .Beds, whowitiv-the-Dodgersr
Cardlnais, Braves and PlilUies, are in a knockdown and drag out fight
for-the ie.\der3hip-in ttie National
League, ore 'to furni^i the opposi­tion
on Fi-ceport night.
This attraction should bring out ft
record number of rooters from this
community. WiUiam .J. Martin, Jr.,
- as in the past, is chairman of Pree-
,port night. He'has reserved a block
ofticfeets.in tlie-"A" section in the
"upper .stands behind first base, an
- Ideal location, for August 20^ These
tickets will "later be distributed
among several stores where they
may be purchased. However, Mr.
J
Martin has suggested that (Tiubs or
organisations whlcli wish to ar­range
for groups to contact him at
the Massapequa office South Shore
Federal Savinfjs & Ijoau Association,
Llncota 1-9500, so the required
number of tickets may be set aside
for eacfi group.
.- Arrangements for bus transpor­tation,
for thosa v?ho do not desire
to go to Brooklyn in private cars
also will be announced latfcr. 'Ko'kets
are $2 each. i ' "
Legion and the Veterans^of Foreign
WOTS took part In- the ceremony.
"The Star Spdngled Banner" was
tlien sung, by the audience, wHicii
llBtened attentively while BllUe
Andersen of this village sang "The
Dannehrog," Denmark's national
anthem. '
Among tho&e -standing closest to
the flagpole were Kdward S. Mar­tin,
ehairman- of the observance;
CliarJ.es Taylor, a a originator of the
pi-ogram and proprietor of the Free-port
Manor, unofficial headquarters
for' the committee; Mrs. Taylor,
Postm&ster Ralph Marshall and Guy
liombardo, well-kngwn mastro who
owiif. the East Point House restau­rant.
Tlie police detachment com­prised
Lieutenant Anthony Elar and
Patrolmen Joseph'Eonielka, Vincent
PugUsh-lLeonard Makolske and John
Simmons.
TTia .seioU, fe.ituring botSt flagi>
with red blue and gold decoratioiib,
was drawn by Wallace H. Campbell
/-. (Continued on'page J3>
ATLANTIC CEMISTS
TO STAT OPEiW SinyOAY
Atlantic' Ohepniiafcs, 179 Atlantic
ave., will Vemain opei'i until • 10
jt'clock Sunday .night after other
Freeport stores close early In the
afternoon for the -rest of the day.
Its phone amjibcr' Is FReepoit
8 4876.
continue througli next week.
The Sanitation Department will
make spcclnJ pickups in accordance
with the following schedule:
Today —'Bennington Park area.
Tomorrow and Saturday—North­west
i,'eetioil,
Monday and Tuesday — North­east
niea.
Wednesday and Thursday, July
17-18 — Southwest.
Friday and Saturday, July 13-20
Southeast. • ~
First served was tlje business sec­tion
Inst M()il(lay and-Tuesday, fol­lowed
by Bennington Park ycsrter-day
an dtoday.
It^ins bo be picked up may be
left at the curb. Officials urge
every effort be mode to deposit
clean-up debris in re'adily handled
bundles or containers. '"'
v.-?*rf^*oiJ; 'ti room. • ' • . '-'
As soon as possible. Mr. Oililyn
added, bids will be requested and a
referendum on iihe delitlon of the
pool rele,islng $325,000 for general
construction -will be taken. Ho
promised the Board would keep Uie
public informed from time to time
on tile progress of the school.
Mr. Glblyn's Statement
Ml-. OJbiyn's statement follows:
"The Board of Education has
been working on ways and means of
getting the new Higl* School project
under construction as soon aff pos­sible,
Hs present indications are that_
there will be more than 230O stu­dents
in tlie present Junior-Senior
High School in September, 19S7.
"Approjclmateiy 800 In the eeventlx
and «Ig3ith grades of the -Junion
High SdioorwiU be oh split session
(Continued on page S)
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FreeportLodgelOOFPresents
SylwesterShea 65-Year-Jewel
A *iKyear Jewel was presented Sylvester. P, Siiea, 38 Cottage ct., at;
tho meeting of Freeport Lodge, I.O.OJ*., Monday hlghf in the Worth
Main street fire headquarters," ,•— '-;— '
Lodge, BP.O. Elka of which ha
.server as secretary for many years.
Mr." Shea Was tfom in Oceanslde
on Match 27,-1808, a so'n of Patrick
and Marietta ^he?,! His. father was
1iu>va ou i3,,sblp,eiu'aute. ta.AIaaTlca'—
from-Ireland. The eon. received his
education hi Oceanslde, ahd worked
as .-a. youth on his father's farm '
paying especial attentloar to mar­keting
which ' occupation he f ol-^
Ipwed until lfi02. He and Mita
Florence E. Madison, dauglhter of
tti^ late James P. and Sarah Madi­son,
w ^ e maiTled in Freeport. He
has-worked a r t h e Roosevelt Roce-
"way during meets since It was
opened In 1840. Hte enjoys caring '
for his garden at Jils home where .
he resldes""'wlth his "daughter-and'
son-in-Iaw, Myrle and Fi:ed Bran- -
des. - ,. • , J
Mr. Shea was Inltifltcd as » m.em-tjer
of the Lodge In 1891 and was
Ite 2Bth noble grand, his term end­ing
Dec. 51, 1903.
In 19).7-18 he served as district
d6pu£y~grand master. He'.haJs"J>eeia
-treasurer for 82 successive years.
Fifty-live years ago, Mr. Shea
was'appointed Villaee" Clerk fitj a
time when Freeport's -piapulfttlon
numbered' 2,800. He held oftlcfr for
19 years and then resigned to ac­cept
appointment as Freepont'e
postmaster, 'yielding thli pest to a
Democrat) In. iS?&.
. Mr. Shea joined <the Gver-Ready
Hose Co., ,1, in 1003 and made bis
vray tiirough thechaire to captain.
He I s n bw a member of the- Free-port-
Exempt Tlreraen'fi Association.
Se is a life member of Frecpori
>' '^ "i