The-Leader_1957-01-31

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"NASSAU'S LARGEST WiEJfcLY*'
FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT
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21st Year, No. 41 FREEPOBT, N. Y., THUKSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957 3 * nVB CENTS PER COPY
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• Thursday, Fi^ruary 21,
At SoulhSl^ll Club
A testinwinial dianer lor Dr.;
Begleald H. Scott, Beetor of the
Episcopal Ohuroti pi the Trans­figuration
during -Qie past 42 years,
wUl be held at the South Shore,
Yacht Club on Thursday, Februaiy
21, at 7:30 o'clock.
This will be a commuiilty-wida
-a*feir-ia™hm»r--of-Drr-Sirott,""W5Kl'
has contelbuted lettderBhip ^and- ef-lopt
to maiiF Freeport activities.
Tickets for the dinner, five dollars
(SS> eacSh, may be obtained from
Kenneth Woodcock of fiS Inde­pendence
avenue, telephone FHee-port
9-1S49, or at the church office.
165 Pine street, telei&one PBeepoit
B-3233.
A fouiTdcr oC Freeport 'Msmorial j
tibrary. Dr. Scott now Ls Clialranan
of the Library Board, h.iving be­come
a Trastee 3t years ofo. He wa.s
a founder and the first President
or the Interfalth Clergy Council.
For ^tjhe;- P|st.- Wy.-yjaira,. l|r.-,:ecott
To Be F e M By ViUage
F3I Scarce, Hi'gb Cost
I t s New School Site
Supplier T o Put Sand
And Loam in Place, Save
I Item in Builders' Bids
; The ISO.OOO cubic yards of fill
needed for Frcepor's senior high
school site will cost ^$|8,000 more
,, ,t»a|i;,.tlje B<a»ool;.Boaiij6jitpBftt%a.;t6
partmenf.'w«(a»'-li«l««gairrMCloffllSis. i^ta^^^ ' ' S t l i i e ? S v M tt
DR. REGINALD SCOTT
He has served as a member of the j tagcs
Episcopal Diocese's standing com­mittee.
Secretary of the Queens and
Nassau Aiiehdeaoonry and Presi­dent
of the Long Istend Clerical
League, In 1B53 Bishop James P.
De Wolfe cited blm with the dis-
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V.F.W. To Discontinue
Scrap Paper CoBecrtions
^ Due to a temporary lack of mar­ket
for waste paper, officials of
Henry Theodore Mohr Post, VJ'.W.,
announced this weelc that the first
Sunday coltectionB of paper and
other -. materials would be. dMeeJjl:
tlnttea^for two or thiee months
Just as^goon as «he marlcet opens
up again t h ^ will be resuriied.
ZIPPER'S PHABMACir
TO STAT OPEN StINUAy
Zipper's •harmaoy, 9S South Grove
street, will remaia open until 10
o'clock Sunday night after, other
Freeport drug stores close for tlie
rest of thi day. I'ts phone ainnljer.
is PBeepori 8-0449..°" - .;;_ " • -.
(II This price will cover actual
placing of fill at the Mllburn Pond
location, 80 that it wll save build*
ing contractors' profits and delays
which mislit occur if the board
merely purchased loose fill and
postponed its transportation. Con­tractors
can omit from their build­ing
bids he cost of placing fill.
<a> Specifications call for sand
and loam of such quality that the
fill wljl retain its volume much
better than the loose kind.
(3) Enough win be carted in to
provide grading iri'^nnection with
Jhe yillagejsjglgg for. a 60-fQpt-wlde,
road on Broolcslde 'avenue, where
tjje schocil will be built, south of
Sunrise highway. .
A i3m,%m contract was awarded
last wieelt?to Oref e and Brerinan of
BockviUe Centre, for 150,000 cubic
yards of fill At a price of $1,39 per
ouWc yatd. The firm's bid was
Ipwfst among five submitted on
JanuaryTS, when the board referred
all.the estimates to Baldwin and
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dhiildreti Sdhtedided'
' The Village EeereStion Depart*
nuint Is assisting the'Preeport Bi­cycle
Committee by dlstriliutiRg all
-necessary Bicycle Safety material
and ai'ranging for'tba written and
riding tests for all f^cport yoqng-
§ters' under 16 yeara of age who
attend out-pf-townjchoeto, IJit^^^
'f'{Ke~"iicelient cooperation of the
Baldwin and Roosevelt school au­thorities
the application blanks and
Bicycle Safety literature have been
passed out to Pieeport children at­tending
those schools. The applica­tion
blanlcs should be filled out and
returned to the Prlndpai's office by
the specified date.
Baldwin Pebmary 2
The ridi»»f test will be given at
the Atkinson School playground on
Seaman avenue Saturday morning,
February 2, for BU Freeport young­sters
attending the Baldwin schools
as follows: .. , • .-
•¥M''!AJM.-^4B'V«tiu-.»tii':anf'."10tli'-
"'10{00"AIM.—Grades 7 and $.
11:00 A.M.—Orades 5. 4 and 3.
11:30 A.M.:-C5rftdes 2, 1 and kin­dergarten.
If for any legitimate reason a
child cannot be available tor Satur­day
morning, please call the Free-port
Eecreatlon Department office,
FB 8-4000, EJrt. 'fl. In case of ex­treme
Inclement weathtr the Wcycle
test will be administered the same
times on Saurday, l^ebruary 9.
The riding test wljl be supervised
by the Freeport Police Dapartment,
and the test will measure the ability
of the 0hUd'.s bandling of the bicycle
in traffic situations, correct hand
sljiials, Jjroper rtous,. etc...A trafflt
light will be used for this test. All
bicycles will be inspected for ode-quatie
brak#8, beU and to ascertain
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Qewetly Quits Post
To Head R§cf<^^mn
^ Qty Of Rcptester
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Joseph Cavcrly, Superintelldeiif of Becrcation for the
Village of Freeport, has resigned his post to accept the
appointment to llie position of Superintendent of Recreation
for the City of Rodiester, New York. Kent Thomson, Recre-isiioii
SuptTvisor, is expected to be appointed to fiU the
vacancy to direct the Village of Freffporl's recreation pro-
Mraiu.
PalmefRemrm To Freepm
Mmmger mti
- Donald'Palmer became manager of the V\'. T. (Jrant
t'onipany store in Frreporf this, .week,.succeeding Alexander
WasscI, who was promoted to mauaaer of the Albany dia-tiict.
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Mr. Palmer knaws Freeport and
~Ife is widely known here through
having been In charge of; a Orant
store which several years ago wiis
situated oil South Main-street near
Merrick r?iad.. He now takes over
the direction of • the much larger
establishment on South Main
street & ^ o r t distance south of
Sunrise highway.
Before assuming his "present post
. Mr. PAlnier was Manager of the'
-.company's HicksviUe store. During
Ills 24 yeatwivltto, Grant's he cpefled'
Scott and WaTman,
1^7 Citizens of Year
Rotary Club Announces
Selections for Award
Voted by Organiiatidns
The 1BS7 Citizen -df the^ Year
Award will go to two nlen4^he Rev.
Reginald H. Scott and Dr. Mttton
Waldman — because a committee,
chosen to select one nominee from
amons several named by civic or-gBniisatlons,
sMl that both Dr. Scott j Mr. Oaverly, who resides at 101
and'Dr.:Wfttt&ioa;»ave'.<itt«^ttfted^f*^^^
in the City of Boohestfer. TWe
Rochester posltimij^ffers an excel-
Mr. Caverly began ibis duties in
Freeport In September, 1953, and
has been responsible for the or­ganization
and development of a
year-round community recreation
program since its Inception. The
Freeport Recreation Oepartment
ha.<s operated under the Jurisdiction
of the Village Park Commission,
and steady progress has been
achieved in providing a variety of
activities for all age levels ranging
from pre-school children through
Senior Citizens.
the" establishment in -plainvlew
about two yeaca ago and was as­sociated'with.
Grant stores In Great
Neck, Bay -Shore, Wilmington,
Del.,-and-one in Connecticut.
An Army veteran, Mr, Palmer
was hi the service for tive yeans
shortly before and during World
War ET,- rising to the rank of Cap­tain.
He .faw action in the South
Piaciflc. Marrled.'he has two daugh­ters,
(4 and 13. His" home is at
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Ice Meet Pos^oned
Until Tues&y Night *
TlJe ice isjeet for Freeport school
children at the artlflclal skating
rink at ttie Fweport Municipal
Stadium, originally sdteduled to be
held Wedhesday night, January 30,
was postponed wntU Tuesday night,
February 5j on.accounfc of rain. 13ie
meet Is open .to botsi elepentary
ftgd,.h|6fc^«4!tf»l-,,pup6,.'d^
AdanticSbudi Spurs
Anti-Fare Raise Drive
The Atlantic SOUUJ Civic disso­ciation
is ., rallying civic groups
througHoKit'Nassau County in sup^
port of ILS campaign against Long
Island Railroad (are boosts and the
law which makes <them possible.
M. Sabln Thaler, President, sent
letters to 20 orgaulzatlons wttose
Presidents had indicated in press
interviews that they endorsed the
Atlantic Bouth's efforts.
' The letters' said it is hoped to
arrange a meeting soon at EOjnc'
centrally located place for furtherr
ance_or_the-drlyo.- ••'•;-•-:_- ic
BilffireT
A date for presentation of the
awards will be announced later,
according to Kenneth B, Vought,
committee chairman.
The Freeport Rotary Club spon­sors
tills event annually. It asked
the boards of directors of the civic
associations to nominate candidates,
then submitted those %ames to a
oonunlttee which included- the civic
groups' Presidents, the Mayor, and
Presidents of the Community Coun­cil,
the School Board and the
Chamber of Commerce. A repre--
sentBtlve of the Rotari* Clul», ,Jdhn
Collins, att«nding a meeting Sunday
(or selection of the winners but did
not have voting power.
Those qualified to vote at the
meeting In Chairman VougM's
home were Leo F, GlMyn, School
Board President; Mayor WllUaiii P,
JOlacken: BHhu Berman, Com­munity
Council President, and the
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ill
lent opportunity for further devel­opment
of an extensive city-wide
recreation program,
Mr. Thomson b»a been serving
as the Freeport Assistant Superin­tendent
for the past two years. He
is a graduate of Ithaca College
with a B.S. degree toi Physical Mu-catlom,
and whUe working in Free-port,
has been in chaise of tibe su­per
vision of the summer playground
program, the aduM softball league,
special events, trips, outings, five
Indoor ftwikeiibail-leagues, arts.and"
crafts program, athletic octlvitl^,
sqwir« -dfttMliig" and the teen-«8e;>
social prdgriUn. He^ has also pro­moted
and developed the new..
Teen-age Emplbymerit Service .tlie
Adutt Men's Slowball League, the -
anijiiar Bottle Top Carnival;-sum­mer
Senior Citizens program, .teen­age
JunJor CouticU and many other
activities. .
Meadow Brogt^Mmk h Mojst
To EdMms JiFXoiri&ctriio's
omba.
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iiuy LonAardo will pi'esent his spectacular "Show
floaf'-prodtfcteiiririplirttillj^llilimlire
Stadium, opening on Tuesday, June 2CWassau newspaper
edifoi^ were, told at a Inneheon sponsoroa^in the JE38t,-Point
House last Friday ^ y the. Meadow Brook National .Bank.
Tlie ntitvsmen were^guests at tiie luncheon.
Don Weller, Public Relations Dl- |
rector ^ i ' t lV hank, announced that
Mead^j* Brook 1^111 again give free
"ghow Boat" tickets to persons who
open new accounts at the bank. He
said a similar plan lost summer
worked very eatisfactoriiy.
Mr. Lombardo and Chester Blake-lock,
Executive Secretary of the
Long Island State Park Commis­sion,
thanked the editors, for their
jhelp in publici^ng Marine Stadium
J events during its first few years.
Mr. BlakeloolCAL'iO •outlined, present.
and future parkway. Impmvemcnta
on Long Island.
Augustus Weller, Chairman of
the Meadow Brook Bank, praised
the interest shown by Robert Moses,
Long Island Park Commission
Chab-man, iif presenting good
shows at the Jones Beach stadium.
Mr. Weller lauded the effective­ness
of local newspaper adverting
used by thc-tianic in its development
from one cstabllsiuncnt at Merrick
to the financial organization's pres
iep{;,«fsei t-.-. j-.-r
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