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FBEEPORT^ N. Y , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957 a*
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Ten Cent Increase^
Fear^ by Glacken :
{ speaks at Banquet "•
i OF-Northeast'Civics;
List* Obligaijohs /• • . .;
J rirecport'd'/vlUase • tax TatfT is
Ijkdy, jto .be. Increased bj 10 cents
<tr morp oa eaCh.SlTO ^assessed valur
a^'tlon next;si(^r,-Mayor-WiUiam P.
Slacken, prcdlcftd At .*i» "aotli ,aj[i-ijuaJ
dlnh^ bf'fflie'KortHcafil oivfc
^A-sacciatftm-We^nesfey- ni^ht.—De^'
cember 4. - _ .
i Expenditures for three Items will
tbtal about $100,000 and would
tjoost tjlie tOJ! rate some IG cents^
tjut JPreep^it officials expect addl-itlonal.
state ttld find a two million
tjianav rise la assessed vajuations
wjiich taay eliminate five cents of
tnrese added outlays, he said. How
'cVer, the ViUajre Board fjices a hard
thiK In cutting <doWi> proposed In­creases
la its.-voridUa departmc'qts
wWch would add'to $322,000 to the
^t^tal expenditures And the rate 35
cents If adopted In full.^ ," . -
. I'Rfr.'eugc^p^extilalned the »100,
-;WUl; fuIflJU thejofficiafe*. moral on'
- llga'tlW'.'to 'pity, yUfego- policemen
at the some ritte as county police-'
men, vAio - recently '.won a salary
raise. Sodal Security'privileges were
ejttended bcveial months ago to
municipal' employees, retroactively
for.Q year or two so tliese Joyal
workers can enjoy maximum bene­fits,
Tlie third item required Is the
vjUage;s share Of Social Security
paymcnte in th& coming year.
To combat hlgiher villaee taxet.
and also the airtldpated Icvlea for
. <Cbnttaued ou.Page 6>
Ekcts Buckley to the, Bourd
Ch»ric3-p.-BycWey,'Jr.,-. publisher of the Til Town .Leadet'and-The
Frceport Loader, has been elected p, director of the Guaranteed Title
and. Mortgage Co.. Seymqur Berecr, chairman of the board.^announced
this week, '
•." W Buckley, a past pr^l'deiht'of
the-iScnifli" .Shore Nas^U'I^iwyers
'AhocJLaitlon la a senior partner in £he
Jawflmi of BucMeJ' fthd,BuclEleyi 23,
Soutli Main st-> Freepo]rt, has been "a
life long resident of Nassau County
and; has practiced -law there since
1930. ^__^~ i_L^^--_. " ^ ,1
. He was graduated from Union
College in 192B and. "froth 'Fordhani
i-aw Scihool l a 1030, During World.
War n, he served witli the U. 8.
Navy in both the Atlantic and Eu­ropean-
theatres. He-now holds'tlie
rank' of Commander Rptlred.
JAT. Buckley. IS a director of Ijong
Island Trust Co, Gardsn City:
Bellniore Savings Si Loan Afisoda-tion;
South Shcffe Federal Savings
& Loan Association, Freeport and
MnsKBpequa; Baldwin Federal sav­ins
it Ixian Association; Thompson
Aircraft'Tire tSo. and Vox- Nassau
Oounl^ Bar A^o^lfiUon.
' '""••° "•' Lcadel- 01, Freeport and'-the Trl-
Town Leader of Lynhrook. He is a
past president of tlie South.Naf^u
Lawyers' Association.
He ahd his wife, Marlon, live at j
2 Bj-ookwood drtvo, Baldwin.
CHARLES P. BVCI^LBy.'Jir.
Don't Mi^sYuTe 1
Pei(erson ito^Delay Start
Of Menridk RoaS Wideningr
Unhl After, Christmas . .
,Alter a special Meeting held wltli
AtJhony-CiWstaMtlno. and.-top' key
' personnel,-JotaC. Peteisoji. presi­dent
of the, John S. JP^rson Con-
Btjiictlon Con>.^"or BfiidWin, which
was awatded Uie contract for the
widening and Imprdviqment of Eait
ASerrlctc rd.;: announced this week
project scheduler-would he revised
toj givfr Ereepcwt merchants-the.fuU
benefit of the holiday business sea-
. son.
, Mr. Peterson, afldcd he realized
thie Freeport -businessmen' have
plpnned throughout tlie year and
invested conslderoltle money In.pre-jjsirlng'
fof* the holiday,'season. Be-
.Ing.ii loeal.feuslnessnMtfiJiUnself.and-respectlng
these plans/ iitxr Peterson
and Mr, Constantino .eald .they
•would bear any "additional person-
.. nel and equlpmeat'costs caused i by
the changes. ,, . ' - ~ ''•
It is planned, With tlie--<;(>opera-liqn
of the merchants and pjroperty
^owners, any loss-in^time 'con' be
.made up with the- all-out program'
sciteduled imntediatel. aftci; Christ'^
mas. ^ ' ' ..
Veteran J*eeiKjrt"jneBchant IbWd
Lqvy, and majo? qther bU$lne$^jneii
have'conunentod abmit-.the ioapOfir-
. tiiio. And-'thougjttt'sHowirlty tbe-jeim.
, c.(Fet«cson-jCDrp. to.thfa reipect, it
•BwaalOi -' • ''''' '•" '"-• ^''\
Marguerite Townsend,
Editor, Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Marguerite .'njwnsend, editor
of fihe TrI-Town Leader, publUJied
'-in Lynbrook and covering abo East
nockaway and Malveme, died of a
heart attack in ties home, 12 End
View avc-Lynbrook, onTSunttay.^^
She Iras bom Marguerite --von
Wolz in Camden, N.'jt,, 65 years ago
and spent most of he(;.ilfe to Phila­delphia,
Pa,, where ^iie coiiducted.lin
interaauonaUy famous ^schooL offer­ing
oBurses m poise, d«nc<! and cui-tiirc
wlbi-studios in ttie 'Rrarwlck
Hotel. Because of her reputation as
an, irLftructor ^k ,wai placed Jn
charge of the parkway danc^ eon-ducted
by the City of Phlladelpttila
and attended hy up toifioa persons.
After locating Jn Lynbrook - ten
years ago, Mrs. Townsend became
associated with the Trl-,Town
Leader and was eventually named
editor of the publication. In addi­tion
to her newspaper work she be
came- active liji the" business; civic
and social life of the coipmunlty.
Mrs.. Townsend. Is survived by a
brother, Ronald 'SVals.of New Jisr*
sey.
The-Rev. mchard Berry was' tJie
celebrant of a requiem mass held
l a the Sacred Hje;«rt R.' <f. Church
Lynbrook, yesterday morning. Biuial
wa^ in JIolyjRood Cemeteiy, West^
bur}'.
Be sure 'not^to tqUs th«'display
of-Cfarlstmaft arttMgda^fnlis tor be
stutwit'itT tbe-Freepdrt Office pf
l-the Long- Isbiid Trust Co.'Satur,-
day itova 3;3p' to 0:30 p-mi and
Sunday Item X itt s pjn. I t Is to
be sponsored by the,bonk in co-openitiotii
irtih a conmUttee ol
women from the Freeport Oarden .
Club. Everyxtne is welcome See
advertisement on .Pace S,
,Fi^t- Fbr'Supernawrlcet \
Started in' Suifrejmp. Court
.Tlw i;oiitc«veTsy over, the locat-^
tog or tt ^sup^nnarket- at West
Merrick rd., qnd. . South Long
Beach ave.. In'a Bootless "AA" •
District, has reached' the courts.
I4tst Ftiday, lawyers fqr a laree
jETocery concern, filed - application
in the Supreme Court In'Wn^U
' for. ant o^er. to shQw i^ause ,why
Uhe yillase shoufd not-be .forced.
; to issue a permit lor the construe-
_ Uon of a supermarket at tlte site
j lndif»ted. It Is returnable in the
^me court oh TueadayiWhen it
•war l)ir-iB|flpwgrOy "T'fflasB^^
tt'e^ Kenneth E. YotighC ' . " ,
Santa Comes To Town
Via the L L Railroad
Hundreds of Children
Greet Him at Station;
Then Heads Procession
Banta Claus put a.<ilde his North
Pole headgear and-donned a.y-ain
engineer's cap last Saturday lor his
special,trip to Freeport."where he
received tk. hero's" welcome at 'the
Xiong Xa}ai:id,B«4^o«4 station. prU-
''^ «y^*i*iaBBr'*iate«v'tor:?fl8anpm* the
P i ; ^ tJjESyrS PER COPY
To Be Given Vtsters
At School Election
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Brady Reveals Plans
To Northwest Civics;
WouldElimiitate Pool" •
, A.one-ipackagc'dOal wJll'be sub-'
mJttfd to the votcra ,wlien they go
to' the polh on Thursday. .Jan. 30
to act on the new Freeport High
School noposttilon. This. w^s , re- '
ybeear lcodf JtuhreJ SBbooarrldes o3f7 .wEBdruacdayt,i Aon-O, iwfimho-- .
spoke to ti\e' mfettibers M the North­west
Civic Association at their
monthly meeting Monday night in
the Atkinson School.
He said that a 'yes'* Or "no" vote
would decide whether or not to .
"timend the original Proposition
Wo. 2 to authorize tlie omission of
the swimming pool and authorize
the transfer of $325,000 for con-ijtructlon-
of the new-"high school,'
and vote additional funds If neces­sary
to' construct ilie school ac­cording-
to the,Revised plans."'
'Whether^ ctiangca 'm^do^ tajti^ti'"
plans and' 6pecUicatl6n.s will meet
the distrlct'6 needs "within tije
crowd's enthuilasni. framework pf the amount approved
Hundreds of cliiidren uak part fn / by voters"' originaUy wlH' not be
a prc-Chriatnifls celebrntJon," start-I knojwi tmtll Jan, 23 when bids
Zippy, the ^bjilmpaniree^ w)io 'ihiikea
Alls homo in^ Freeport, wlU be the
;star performer, He is -scheduled to
imakd Oils appearance-promptly at
7:30.
Children of the members aic' ito,
be~the gue&ts onithe club And'Santa
Claus will distribute gifts among
Chem. There also will be candy and
refreshntenta for all the youngsters.
. iThe slats of- officers for 1958,
headed by Edward R. Yamln for
"president, wlU be presented. Presi­dent
Stuart K. Wallace will preside.
Zippy UnU Entertain
At G. O. P. Yule Party •
The Freeport BepUbUcan Club
wUl give its Christmas porV to'^^K'^t
.at 7 o'clock In Che'L«gl(ni''I>ugaut..hautos lined in, a parade behind the
ing with Santa's arrival at the de'
pot shortly after noon as 35 tneni-bers
of the High School Band
played "Santa Claus Is Coming to
Tovm." Maj-or WiUlam P. 6lacken
:and Trustee Robert S. Mia:.e1lBii rep­resented
the. village government,
while Paul Blauvelt- was the rail-roi)
d spokesman as Santa embarked
from the front of the train.
By courtesy of thg HSctchants' As­sociation
and Kaye Chevrolet a
white sedan awaited St. Mck^ ar­rival.
After ho stcpped^aboard, the
musicians with «.. police escort and
marched'^along the'railroad's serv­ice
road to Main st., south through
Church.St.. to Mferrlck n l , east to.
Main St., north to Sunrise hwy. &n|i
eastward to Christmas Towne USA.
164 .East Sunrise hwy., where~ tlie
parode disbanded.
Making his way through the ad­miring
throng, Santa set up a tem­porary'
Iieadauarters Inside Hie
building. Children had an oppor­tunity
to meet talm and receive c^n-dy
from the'jolly old fellow.
SnpPER'S PDABMACV -.
TO siaar OFCN SCNDAY •
Z i p p ^ PhsBQAcy. Oxor^ and
liae. S&B4 yiiSl 'vnaain open uutU 20
32 FMS^Foothall Lettermeri
^etTraphfes at LegionDmnef
; t Thirty-two 'lettermen of -the Freeport Higit School -1857 football
s(IU3d,-a'recoi'd number, were pr«ented stotuettes a* trophies by tti'e
Bjsard of Education at t3ie annual dinner given to tiie team by 'WlUiaoi
CUntOtt Story Post, AX., Monday
opetied a few days previously are
reviewed and sumniiurlzed, Trwtee
Bra^y.said.'He expressed^ his belief
Oiat "the urgent need la for a new
school at the earllesC date it can
be constructed and occupied."'
"All members of the Boattl felt
(Continued onPaga-S)-
n\A pnSne'iwaber is,$lc«P«rt.8-8MC
o'doek- aiDdas nXgh^ ^after, o t h^
ZteepaEt^druggtslit ctoso^ early to. t he
aftem^na ftgr aw rest, at %]» d«y, niiwi'nras tipat>;^ to.t» a$ tUe fliu*
night In the Dugout. The' lettermen
iutd eight other squad qdembers re­ceived
-.certificates from, tjlc .post.
,!Ilhe statuettes were" presented,-by
Chief Coach, Bill Ashley; who had
high praise, tac aU menibers of the
.tBfim whicn went tiirongh. the 'sea-ison
without a'loss in actual compe-
I t ^ n . Vto' amtaOjiseifl) that: To^
I>onneUy left tackleoii the vaxsltry
n«X.;Xifxx!asB-\3i^ "bai, been-selected
a m'embierof the AU MettupoUtott
team and "v/tt^ attending a baiiQuet
being given "to ottier members of
Uils select eq'uad In Manhattap.
.Coach. Ashley said several Bed
Oevlls'luul been ecoute'd'by'reprep
.sentattvea-<tf collegedi'aof probalstly
wpuld be-.be^rit turn \aiha future,
"tbs coiuib.' lip pointlpg to the, rccor{!|
iias «t..tjw c ^ i d ttalii' " t t ] ^ , , ^ ?
(Cbo^uea on Page S)
Citizens Advistwy Group
Of New High School will
Hold Meeting Tonight
A^eneral meeting o f tho OitlJiens
AdWstory Opnunlttee' for the pro­posed
Senior High &cRool wiU be
held tonight,at 8.'30yolock.'ln the
ca"feteria_or the Pineeport 'Senior
High School. R«pre5entatlveh'<tf fill
PaMnt-T^chcr organUatiQiis,, civic.
ateocifltions, vetenms groups, serv­ice
clubs and business-groap^rtaave
been invited to attend.
Plans will be made tor a eerles of
neighborhood tqeetlngs cm the sub­ject
of tho propositi^ to he voted
on by the village on ThmssS&y, Jan­uary
30. Judge Julius/Bergenthal.
will report to the committee on his
plans for meeting with tlui.'Board
of Education,' ipgether, 'with other
citizens, to obtain' a f biancta! analy­sis
of the construction bids after
they are^recetv^td next Wednesday.
The CUleens Advisory XTommlttee
has also set up'a gnnip o(-,]}ulId-ing
experts, who have iiot-only te-
.vlewed the plans, but will Eidvl3e the
Board on altcznate proposaJs bi the
bids pf the.'varlous contriic^p^i"
Alan Ken<^' BM ,J^yni»nd-B.
Matone,-co-chairmen,, reported that '
a booklet, "Fadts aJbout the proposed
Freeport Senior High School," -niJl
be distributed at'the hteelHnB,-They
wlU be mailed, t^ all 're^dniis W tbe
village belort^ reglfitratiiint.'^tn^V^eil'
pesday aiid.kXt)ursday,;JB^<^ cuxl
23. Tho booklet. va^.oonqiUiad'BBd
prepared .by titA^pOfVii}, ^i^ttjom
eotisnUttee. In cooperation MtlUi tijA
Board of IlducaUipp..
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