The-Leader_1957-11-14

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NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
•2*nd Year, No. 29-
MERRICK
FREEPORT, N. Y^ THURSDAY* NOVEMBER 14, 1957 99 PiVE CENTS PER COPY
Bo^rd Acts To Restore Ban On Merrick Road Supermarket
legionnaires Hold
lYelerans^ Day Rites
In Mumcipal Building
Rev. A. E. Couch Talks
On^'ThingsWeWinan^
1—Lose,-" V-ought-J^Fdsides—
The Rev. A. Edward Couch, min­ister
- of .the Flrat Presbyteriftii
,Church, delivered-the address ' at
the annual Veterans' Day service of
Wimam Clinton Story Post, A.. L,
in the Municipal Building Monday
morning. , His Cheriie was "The
-TlilngB We win and iJose," ,flre was
introduced by Kennefih -E,- 'voUght,
chfllriaan'of tl^e day.
Red Devils Tackle Baldwin
In Final Qame of '57 Season
f h a Red DevUs having trounced CentralHigh Schcol. Valley Stream,
50 to 0,'ln n very lop-sided football game Saturday nt tine Muniplpal
Etadium. Chief Coach BUI Ashley and his associates hope the squad
'has a few touchdowns left for the •• - —~ —,—~^
Big encounter of the. season. t h a t J _ B i „ g ^ _ j j ^ ^ ^ j j ^ j ^ ^ _ _ ^
At Election March 18
agffirn5t'"tfi'c''"CfofJeiY'' Waves'lf 'ffit
Baldwin Stadium Saturday at 2
P.M.' ' , •
Tliere are to' be big doings before
and after the game. ')i}&forc the
conLeit gets under way the njcm-
•bore of both bands are to gather
In the Bsddivin High School cafe­teria
-where they will he the guests
of the- ^Baldwin Bb.nd Mothers
™. » ,, >, -N- . • . '^Iwb at a luncheon. Mrs. Curtis
. i j n i e Rev. Mr,Couch spoke to part L^ngj^j, the president, will pre-
- as rollowB.. ,.- _ / [side, with-: Oeiie, North, director of
"There-Is much empihaste ' today l the B.H.S. band.'-This luncheon is-an'annual,
event highly anticipated
by both bands ."and honoring" their
^-' ... A . J i i ' j ."i-rf-*'• j?5.„^ j „ ' CMtcfHa oo(*>ii--Trtanr
on ;thc;i5ft ^^fjiwbieyAne- pence, of
"^mlndi't>n" rciftxitTg and on'feellns
-i , -' 'uoadUi
^*^ij-5*<iiS^S!iS _
, thftt»onErwotjiatt;aalted-«f Veierjs in
a hookstoBB?'''Hiiyfe^-yd£-^(>t '.'"A-
' Piece .of' My Mind" "' by Babbl
Shechaii?' While Uic obUlty to re-
' lax nTid achieve a; serenity of mind
and soul Is dn important matter "for
all of us, it may very well"be carri.ad
to an extreme. For example,^ we too
often find 'peace of mind' by belnjr
completely indifferent to tile needs
in our .vast world, or *we may
simply bc--IrTespDi:sible Therefore,
wc must he realistic in this day and
- age and realise that life, to be lived
at itJ3 fuUei-t, requires a ceifcaln
amount of tension. Ui a "certain
" " " sense, we are' like' the (nolnsprlng
'• of a watch; if you take the tenilon
out of It, you iiave *n Interesting,
ipfeoe of relaxed steel, but you also
liave a worthless, piece of junk.
Mature to Face ClulMnges .
"In tuts'strange new world^f
1 -i-ttpld-davelopments into which w?
- (Con'd on page 1 Legion Ssctlon)
esses each'"year.' "** \ - ' - ' ",
Then before the game gets un­der
way, PegCT' Ami Morrow, tills
year's FJI.S. arum majorette, and
tihe twlrlers will lead the band
down the field with the hope .Of
inspiring: the Bed DevUs on to vic­tory.
Miss Morrow " is- living up to
the reputations set by many of her
predecessors, three of whom later
served a* dium" majorettes of lead­ing
'Eastern collcBea
- Starting Twlrllive Early
TJie'daugh-ter of Mr.-and Mi-s.
James H. Morrow, 129 HUlplde ave.,
Peggy started twlrhng in .the ele­mentary
sciiools, studying." with the
former Drum Majorette Marlelgh
CKaiidler. Attending the NYSSMA
Music Damp during Ihe summer of
1954!! she studied with K^ynard
Veller, .jaationally knowa twirling
authority. Since that time she has
attended .'tlvirling clinics spmisored
/ (Continued on page 6)
W^omenStanShoppingSuYvey
ForFreeportMerchcLnis'Assn.
i/ A..survey designed ii» help irapnSve shopping services and' facilities
In Preeport ls'4ie!Bg conducted through the womehV organizations of
•"the village under the sponsorship of'the Pr^iiport Merchante* iussociatton
.' in co-operatWn 'wlth^ tiie-Depart- ---------—---—--——' -
ment of Commerce rf the State of
tfew York. ' . ' - '
It was started Tuesday -when ap-
•proxirriately 40 women representUig
the various groups .wei;* the guests
of ttie Association at a luncheon
• given In the Klks clubhouse. Follow­ing'
the luncheon. QUcstioHaaires
cojitaibing 19 groups of questions
were distributed among the -wojpen.
Burton SohllllngifpreaWfeDt of the
•Merchant's, presided. IJe'first In-
-twwfucefJ-'nrustee K^bert, H--McLeI-land,
jivho spoke in behalf of the
village" and promised -the cb-opera-tl0n
of the Vi!lae«$ Board in any
«ffort7 by the mercihahtK to_make
Freeport a better place In which
to-ehop^.
Gordon H. Stedman said he had
been connected wilii the State De­partment
of Coiiunerce for 10 years
and conducted many surveys, but
each one was a fresh "diallenge.- He
added It was a pleasure-io^visit a-
(Ccitjtinuld on page-4) • ,.
Drum Majorette
Though the Bingo local option
amendment to the New York
State Conbtituiion was carried in
Freeport h.- a vote' of 4,063 1«
8,735, a m.'jj-rily of 1,328, on Elec­tion
na»- 'h?re will be no bingo
in the villafa for ut least five
monlh.<;. -• " '
TJie amen'Iment did not legalize
bingo. It only'penults each com­munity
to call .an election at
which the citizens, ^balt decide
^hetlier the game, shall be pcr-jnltted
in a community.
-on the matted, a t the AnnoM vil-tAge
election on ^Tuesday, Marcii
18' next. If, Bt tliat (trae, the
' voters of the vlllagre decide.- to
leffailze blne:o 'here, their wislies
will be carried out as tiulrkly as
possible after the Board complie,s
with all the lekal icchnicallties
involved. .
Sets Monday, Dec. 2
For ilearing and Vote
OnZoningAmendment
. Glacken Tells Why
Board Has Sought to
Brin^'Industry Here
PEOGV ANN MORSOVV
Holy Rosary R. C- Oiurdi
Damaged by $7,500 Fire
Plre did about $7,50b ds^m^ire to
the Queen of the Most HoljLBosary
R. O. Ohurcli -at Babylon tpke. and
Harts ave.', Rooievelt,' Tuesday
morning.
~ The Rev. John P. Bukey, pastor,
later announced masses next'Sun­day'would
.be hsld in the parochUl
school.-He doubted the church dam­age
could be repaired..in' time for
servlcea,-"--- .. • '
Pataier'.Bufcey. and'his assistant,
the Bev. James M::Keivy, fought
their way into the smoke-filled
building and -brought o'lt the
Blessed Sacrament before firemen
arrived.' Five firemen were Injured
battling the flames, wliich were.dts-covveied
by Jcdtn' Skapas, sexto;[i. ,
The blaze was attributejil to de­fective
wiring In tihe bB«ement,
-which. Guifered most <latrv3.{c<!.4toQg
with beams. ,
For fiig Development
Baumanni'Outlines Plan
To Atlantic South.
Civic Association ,
Plans under consideration for the
annexation of ten acres of town
land to the Incorporated 'Village of
Prccport as part of "a 30-acrc'hous­ing
-development weie outlined by
Lester H Baiimann at the monthly
mertlng of tiio Atlantic South Civic
Association In the South Shore
Yacht Chib I'att .Thursday night. He
explained he- spoke in behalf of
J*Jiillp Rush and Jules Schneider of
Hempstead. .._,_
Mr,-Baum(inn said the land was
located south of East Second-st,
and east of Main -st., and that
iiiDUSCs to be erected, If the plan
is carried opt, would range from
$18,000 to $24,000. Hlfl clientB are
(Continued on-page 11)
' •"^'•C6n'vfncetJ'"ffiiaT'ft I s "lo "tJhe'be's't
Interest of the pepple of Preeport,"
the Village Bo.ird at a ispeclal meet­ing
Held Tuesday night in the Mu­nicipal
Building took steps to Re­store
the ban on tuperraarkets In
Business "A" districts' _
It voted to call a hearing on
Monclay night, Dec, 2, to reconsider
the ordinance adopted Oct. 22, per­mitting
a supermarket to- be buUt
on West Merrick rd., and South
Long, Beach ave. Following the >
hearing, the Board plans to adopt
the new amendment to the Zoning
Oi-dinancc,- then, publish the re-
-tlve in, ten days, , . . , ' • ,
In the nioantlroe, no perm'lb^'WiU
bo Issued by tlJo Building'liepnrt-'
ment for tlip erection of a supcr-marltet
or for the drive-in cleaning
establishment planned at the south­east
corner of Long Beach ave, and
MerrJck rd.
'' Mayor Issues Statement
In connection wltl-i this particular
question and thc^ whole Issue of
uffllaatlon of vacapt land In the -
•Village of Freeport tor business
purposes Mayor William F. Glacktii
Issued the following statement tills
week:
""The' original _.repeal_,qrdJnance
was po.'ssed In Rood faith. The Board
and I are concerned with increas- -
ing revenue to the village and that
is our.maln. Ijiterest, However, we
have carefully studied all of the
comments-made on this supermar­ket
proposal, and yfe. are now con-
• (continued or» page 8)
UnionReformTempletoOpen
$250,000 Bldg. Fund Drive
• The campaign of tho Union Reform Congregatlen -to raise .$250,000
with which to erect a new Umple at' North Brookslde and Prince aye's..
will be-^pcned with kick-off raUy to be give* Iw the Temple. U South
<Srdve!"" '^stT flcoriJay evening nt -a
ATLANTIC CfBEMISTS
Xa STAY OPEN'eiJNDAT
Atlantic Chemists, 170 Atlantic
live., will remain open .until 10
o'clock Sunday 'oalgiit Itfter other
fVeeport drug stores close early In
the afternoon, for th* rest~of the
day.(Its phone number IS FEeeport
8-4676.' .
o'clock.' There will be no solicitation
of funds'at the rali^,
David Spits,' president of the
congregation, has Issued anlnvlta-tlon
for the general public to at­tend.
A "Tour of the Building" wlU
be taken by Ferclval Goodman the
architect, who'' wUI explain' the
plans for a temple which •will In­clude
ft'eanotuary,'religious sch^l,
(social, hall, kitcKen, youth laclHtles
and meettog rooms; 'There wiU be
talks by^the Rev, Robert H, Pierce,
rector of the :^!Bc6pal qhiSrch ot
the Transfiguration and president
of Uie Freeport Inter-Faith .Clergy
Council, and JRabbI Harold Sajwr-steln
of • Temple Emanu-e<, l«n-brook,
in addition -fco Babbl Azriel
Or^hmah and Mr. Spits. Refine­ments
will pe geryed, r •;
-An^oiincement of the decision Jto
proceed with' the drive was made
- . {Contlfatied'on pa^e B) ''
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