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22nd. Xeaxi No. 27 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1957 FIVE CENTS PER COPT
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Fid Epdemii^ Delays
WindSngSpFreeport
UMFiind Campaign
. Drivd to $« Cotittnuect
. Into' November With
, $37,200 Goal in S^Iit
-Th» R-cepprt United Fund was
«he «f the c(i£ualtle.s ot the Asiatic
jriu epideirilc. As a result it has heen
necessaiy ta continue the drive into
•November, Charles' Gilbert, the lund
prestU^t, announced this week.
Many of the canvassers making
door to door calls under the chair­manship
of Everette Kunzmann,
"WTfJivtafcen • dowit-ivlth- -th&. niaiaidrr
while others were' prevented from
campaigning bMauie of -Illness in
their families However, all wortcers
3iave Indldted their willingness to,
carry on until the $37,20Q _goal^ is
reached, leaders revoaled, . .
Bastid on scattered return^ re­ceived
In the Fund office in the
JVIeadow - Bfools National Bank
Building "Monday night the village
. will be fully recovered In' due ttipe ,
•ProJecthiB on tiheiSe returns,-there
6cem.s little question tliat the quota
/.will, be -met without trouble," Vlt.
.'ftTlVe tigufe5'wMrba''avStt!ible'. • "'•
B'naL B'rith Stage Uiiifr :
'.'Ready to-Give 'Sufjivrbia'
5 'After •.'months, of' tcheai'sUig • a
. group of hlstronically tncIined.B'nal
• Brithers is all set for, the presen-tatiotv
of an orlelrifil musicale, "Sub-
1 -ufbla,^^ in the Preeport'High School
auditorium Saturday night at 8:30
' o'clodi with .a repeat ptrfonnance
• the following Saturday night.
The boot and music are the work
of Arthur Katz, who hopes some day
to see his work apffear on Broadway.
Jose dl Douato is handling the
staging and dlrcctloti of the'"play.'
He was responMbla for th9* pro-
' duclng and organizing of the origi­nal
Irvmg .Berlin production, "This
- Is The Army." Arthur Zlviehel^ls,
..doing the musical arraitgemcnts
. lieaders in "the cast aiie'Laurette
_1 Baumann, Arnold Schwartz • and
Tobby "ScWelfar. They wM-be aided
,:by Julie Ijcavy,' "Bfibe" Klnberg,
Stella and Arthur Gliisberg, Fhll
Ctohe^'and Irving Fleischer. Bdythe
, Hausfathcr, choreggjrapher,'"heads
the chorus line, C^tuniesliave been
desiecned'by'Gisa Jatsobson, and
'/carried out by. BtseiE^imaii and
/^Bdie Palley. Tlie'.^is .hav« been de-
•^;«lgned'by Hank Beigeo, Abhy 'Blin-
•"'deU.-aTid Harold Held.
Tickets may be Obtained °by call­ing
Htinriet KUnmel, J^eeport 9-4398.
Candidates in Tiiesday's Election
. The following is the-list of eandldatea of the Btpublican and Demo-cratio-
tttieral Parties as they will appear on the voting machines .at
Tuesday's general electlcn
Bepublloan »emqciatio - Llben»l
SUPREME CdCKT JUSTICE f
Henry J, iathnm " Mario Plttbni ' ,
3CDGES OP THE SECOND OtSTRICT COURT
Lyman D. .Hall ' Alfred Samenga
, Elijah W. Mills Harvey Sherman
<4 year uncxph^ ieAn)
Thomas F. Parley Walter B. Bergner
PRESIDING SUPERVISOR
John H. McConneU . Anthony J. MeU
'COCNCILMEN i
Ernest Steinbrenner Herbert J. Krchn
' Desmond J. Drlschell David T.^ Gibbons
TOWN CLERK
V Kathan !•. H. Bennett . , , , Shirley "Raines ^;;
•" "" 'SiOPJIKINTEKDENir'OF-HnJimaTrS -=--"-'"—
Harold L. Haft ^Emil J. Bruno
TRUSTEES o r PUBLIC CEMETERY
Peter J. Doyle ^ June Nasca
E&ward C Sprague , Fi'ank Pichon
William C. Voehl Jean Andrews
, The poles wUl he open from 6 A M., to 7 P.M.
Southwest Civics
Plaios Protest i^aiiist •:
Proposed'Supennafket
Richard'P.-Cunun, lire&ldent of
•die Southwest' Civic Association, has
called a spe<dal meeting of thfr as-
'ioclatlon . for tomorrow night tvt
8:30 o'clock In the Bayvlaw Avenue
School to pratcat the action of the
Village Board on paving the way
for a supermarket at. tlie north?
»vest comer ot West Merriok rd,
^hd South Long Beach- ave. Mr.
Ourran_ said he hid -been besieged
with telephone calls from residents
of the area.^evcr sdnoe the action
taken op Monday nighty Oct. 21,
became known, everyone resenting
i;he action of the board.
-—MPr-GuPrtH*-.«dd«!d -^to^-at—tho
sam« time consideration would be
given to the urgings of many
members of the association tliat
btepi ber''taken to ' counteract the
action-of the board by the insti­tution
tjf a legal action or otherwise.
Details Up-Set Hempstead,
Tackle Sewanhaka Saturday
Tha Elrceport High Schopl Red Devils got back into thc'champlon'
one-«otnpetltton. I | •was' qnlcc'ati
e.Ventfujl wcek-ehd'.fdr'thc^ Devils AS
th«» Baldwin' Golden .Waves mowed
dowii the "cry baby" ' Mcpham
squad, 21 to 13, to put the North
Bellmoreltes 'practically out 'of the
ruiming with their second defeat
of the''"s'eason.
The Freepbrte« feeNvery much
agrleved over the fact .that tfteir
lon.e defeat came when Mepham
proved the_only team in Nassau
County -to claim a default from a
fUi-riddea eleven and they hap­pened
to be the victlmi. Conse­quently
Coach BUI Ashley isn't
icndlnfe any sympathy cards .to
Cpa'ch Nick Sabetto's eleven when
it-gets tripped up.
Wltli ITempstead~-out of the way.
the'Red Devils, will entertain-Sew-w&
nhaka at the Stadium'Saturday
at 2''P.a4! 'The Floral Parkers
scor<>d -; their first victory of the
season'When'they went ibo Law-renco
Saturday, and ^trimmed the
locals, 26 to" 7, .The following' Ba.t-urday
the tow rated Valley Stream
Central eleven, will come to Free-port
and then -come • the • Ooldeti
Wave for the annua) climactic
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- fFHtM ISRAEL SISTERHOOD , >
'y|PLANS ifst ANNTVEBSAKY •
•The Sisterhood ot -Congregation
^B'pai Israel is to Celebrate, its 41st
• anniverstCry '.on "tuesd^a/, Nov. tti
-Iwith a luncheon and. fashion-'show
^at the Middle Baj;'=-CoUQtry _Clnb,
Waiiken^' iLnd Skillman /. aves.,
Oceansid^; at' 12:30 PM. .There
.'"ttrfll be professlona't models in
.'addition to Sisterhood women who
;/Kill .modd tie, ciotsips. -^ 7 "
•Reservations should be made
- 'with Mrs. Bernard I*isch,- preeport
New Election.District
Makes 19 In Freeport
A new .election district 'has 'been
formed hi Freeport, increasing the
total to 18. It has beien designated
at District No. 84 and will have its
polling place hi the Bayview 'Ave.
School.
.. The new dlsti;ict has beert formed
iby carving;, out portions of the 33d,
'44th and 49th Election Districts;
Seward J. Bftker and Stuart K.
Wallace, formerly of the 44tii Dis­trict,
have been designated as dis­trict
commltt^men. J. (Jack) HoW-ara
liBff; ji'a8,been_ named-to ,i4k»
Mr. •Wallaee'a'ptBt "in the 44th dis­trict
with, fidwand B. Yamln'ss his
J,fellow' 'ooramltteman.'
J^fe^WSStA^^^'l
Liims' Joui'With Schools
During Education Week •
'The Freoport, Lions Club-is to
sponsor Uhe safety aspect "of-the ob­servance
of American Educnfcioi
Week, opening Sunday, Nov. 10, in
the elementary sfihools of Freeport.
yhrough the efforts of the Lions,
the five principals'and Oin super­visory
work of Flavla Grebinar, art
director, there will bo a worth while
exhibit in each o^ the sch<;ols, ac­cording
to Dr. Julius Posner, presi­dent
of the Lion.-].
All schools will 'be open for Iri-
'spEotlon by parents i^nd adults dur­ing
the week, and the principals
have "issued a general Invitation for
all perBonB,-;Whether parents or not,
to visit the schools at some time; A
"Lions' "^irispgctfon committee will
visit each of the schools durlAg the
week. The members will observe ttie
exldbits and.commend the young­sters
wW designed po.sters, Ulustra-tioos
and arranged case displays.'
Home of Dr. Newton
To Be Site of New
-The Mew.J»rcBport'PJfc,-H#adauar'
tervf is to be erected on the site of
the hoiVie of the late Dr, George A.
Newton,- at the northwest corper
of North Grove St.. and Brooklyn
ave:, Mayor William F.'OIackcn re­vealed
at the annual memorial sei*-
vlce" of the departnMnt In the
Transfiguration EiJlseopal Church,
Saturday afternoon.
He spoke briefly of the many
things Dr. Newtonjdld for the vil­lage
as tfie head of a movement to
give Fiieep6rt the best administra­tion
posi^lble and of ihe advisability
of making the headquarters a trlta-ute
to his memory.
Tne Newton homstend was taken
over by tilie Village early In tha
summer along with other pieces of
property which are to be ,uj,ed as
p'arkmg lots while the Long Island
Railroad grade crossing elimination
woik'ls In progress; When the proj­ect
has been completed the head-auarters
building \viU be erected,^.
The„home »nd Ka.rflBe have Wen
razed to perpare for the parJslng
field. •
PM.^Approv^: l^lain^
For Freei^oirt Grade
Crossii^ EEininali(i&.
' Asks Data of M;|t:R; ..
Before AdverlisuiS • •
For Bids on Contract
The Public Seinrice Commission
approved plans and specifications
for the grade crossing ellmina^<in
project in Freftporl at a mcetins
yesterday, pholrman Benjamin P.
'Felnberg announced. And Just as
soon as the Long Island Rait Road
submits .som'e, information to the
P. S. p. for opproval, bids tor the "
coTMracts to""be awarded can be
vcrtlsed.
The data desh-ed concerns esti­mate.^
or the coit of work to be
done by tJie railroad's own labor
force with the filing of maps cov­ering
lands io be acqhlrcd in con-necticn
with the construction.
Chairman Felnberg said these de­tails
will be completed In the near
future.
"Tlhe specifications approved for
this job," Mr. Felnberg 'continued,
"Include ati csthnate of 5237,540 lov
by the. VtUage.- of. JFreoport," "riiis
does not Iniclude^ fiofiO^' <or an
escalator. "''•.-
The project *111 exteiVd abpiit 2.5
miles easterly from Bropkside' ave.,
to a' point beyond Babylon tpke. and
will result In the ellmina^tlon of
grade crossings at Bayview ave.
Long Beach ave„ Bergen pl„ Ocean
ave„ Grove St., Main st., and
Henry st.
The rallrond track will be carried
through Freeport on an elevated
structure simllnr to tjhe one in Bald­win,
A now stotlon patterned aftei*
that m Baldwin will also be built.
At the easterly 6id of rne project.
Meadow. Brook pkway and Babylon
tpke. will be carried over tlie tracks
on existing structures.
;<»^>*w '^am^
Comrnunity Choral Scores In
Presenting ^Song of Norway'
Having scored their annual success in the prtfsenl^ation cf ','Song
of Norwiy," Jast -Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights in the Freeport
High School auditorium, the members, of the Freeport Community
Choral con relax for a while, be­fore
starling rehcajrsats for their
1958 production. Their next gather­ing
will bf at',a Christmas party
at whiiih the ''<Urectar,...Robert T.
TftVis* Jr., win reveal the opefetta
he Ihas selected as ihe .next pres-:
entation.
The a'Uditorium of the high scbcol
school 'v^as filled ,to capacilty «t
each, of tlie three performances,
meaning Ihat more'than-3,00? per­sons^-'
enjoyed file'jrare -musical
treat. Preseritatlons^'of the Freeport
Community Choral are professional
in every -way, and *«ong of Nor­way,"
the tenth, operetta in as
tnany years, was the most daring of
them an: However, the .singers
arose to the"occasion and all'who
attended pronounced It the best of
them «ll. Every number .drew spon-taueouB-
applause, "
Marjf' JBiie Van Oaaifcek, In the
leading role 0*^ Loujia , O^ovanril
(Countess Le lioup) handled the'
part most, crediiably. Rlo.haird Close
'Oppesi«d'' aa Edvard _aii'eg,, white
Jo 'Kaiii "as 'Nln« Hogerup. whq
hecomes the composer's brid'e. WaJ"'
(Continued on.Pa^ 10)
G.O.P, Pre-EIection Rally
In-Legion Dugout Tonight
The Freeport t^publlcan Club WU
stage Its-annufil pre-election rally
tonight at 8:30 o'clock' In the
American Legion Dugout. Prfto-tlcally
all the, local candidates in
expected to (Wop in during the eve­ning,
but. the principal talks" are to
be given by/ l { ^ n D. Hait and
Thomas 1. Parley seeking election «s
district court Judges. Others ex­pected
to drop In aw SupervlsAr
John H. McConnell, Councllm^
Desmond J, Drlschell and Ernest
Stelnberger seeking re-election, and
Haxpld't. Hatf, nominee for su­perintendent
of ' Highways of .the
Town of Hempstead.
"Ther* will he the usual entertain­ment
between talks ond BOCIOI hour.
COHEN'S DRUG SHOP ;,
TO STAY_dPEN'SUNDAY
Cotien's Freeport Dr\ig Shop, 88
South Main St., wlU (remain o p^
unUI 10 o'clock Sunday night sfter
other "Freeport • phanjiades ^ close
early, in the ^tteimoon.tor t^ie xeat
of the' day. -Its phone jiumber 'Is
PReeport" 8-e<m,. j • ' • '
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