The-Leader_1957-12-19

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FREEPORT; N. Y., THURSDAY,; DECEMBER id, 1957
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»m FIVE CEN're PER COPY
DefeiT# to Monday
• r Need} of Structure
",^X)utlih^ at Meeting of '
>. J&mory Cbnimittee --
: Opening .pf'bids op the pfoppsed.
oiew Frieej^rt senior iUeh school has
^ecn postp^ed five days «DtU Mon-,
iday so contractors :may get lietter
•f ompeUtlVe jvloes opd thereby help
Icut'^he cost 'of Canstnictlon, it waa
' 'announcedjat- a, mee.Un^ ptij}i^-pj.ti-
7' Eeha ""A"dviMnT7"'CSw^ltiee "Tn "Hie"
!EiU^<ti School ca^tei-ia' Tnursday
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( ,Tnistee Chfitles V, Biady «ald thts\
idelay woiild nbt^ affect the diite set
!rai'/a re£^csadum'on a new school [^j
'^uildlng Jset for-Ttiursday, Jan. 30,
-Vocens will cast-ballots,on a one'-""
pftcltage proposltlgn — to/omit toe
|>wimining,-p<w;), tsaiusfer $325,000 io
general'.caiHtrucUoil-and .autliorUe s
Additional tvnAs, if necessary for a
building in accordance with revl&ed
plans. •; , - . .
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ZippyAmus(^s©i(DFehildren
AtPartyWithMoiike;yShines
Zippy, Preeport's own chinipM«!ee< did • monkey, chines for more
than 100 youngsters at -the annuql CJiristmag Pfirty, given-hy the Frree-porfc
Republicau Club' In thc.LegJoiv Dugout Thursday night.
. Among, other stunts, he' did a
rpller.,&k»tlng pQt, had-"breakfast"
in. n balj^5s" high chair, hiigged a
;Uttlo..slilwho seeniea". to enjoor the
experience,,.stood -op, his head,
aiiued..streams from,a water gun
i n ' aU' direcUohs and made the
'U5,ual monkey erimaces.' Ilhe chU-dJ
»n, aoi)^ • and j daughters of • tl^e
.n»falMr3(..4horoughVy-epjoyed-. the
penSrinance. 'SaiitarCiBus iilsClBu^
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Edn-ard It.' Yau-in, Trcsident-Eleci.
Kiwahi» Club.. feetcaJSa „
Study-^aU-bids and 'assist in'seJectixig
ihs b&$t,nl^ji^it<rbids. This aid tviU.
be gtveu by Sol tTman, Gerald
Howell .aE^'A&her Nlbkclsbeig, who
- l>av^ a&sL^ted'tlhe Board of Educa'
Hon In-j piepartngr ita nViw, more
ecotu};n)cal specifications.
Oui^fVlday, Dec, 27, the architect
hopfj^ijito have the bids summarleed
for,, review by the board. Notices of
the^rJan. 30 vote—including publlca-tfoQt
of the additional amount
needed to build a school—will np^
peaf.ln The Leader, is&ue of Janug
afy'2. ; • •
-' Southard- Str^ses'Need
' PriaWpal J. Wcfiley Soutliard told
, "Wliy We Need a New High School."
' Next year'a Seventih Grade Is ex-
- peted to total 540 students', he said;
tnalijiifr,it the'£tr$t class;, of more
than 500 In^the junior-senior high
school's history and probsibly. con­tributing
enough new pupils to boost
the total enrollment to more than
2,500, • . , ' .
^ -The likelihood- of doublc-sesslona
for all grades from seventh, through
I2th was cited by Mr, Southard. He
said hours would be from 7':45'»jm..
to ,12:25 pjn., and from 13:35 to
5:15 pjn ,- ,•
"Your boys and "girls are being
short-changed," the pi-inclpal 'de­clared
after i>olnting<out the -heavy
6traln on faclli^es now available^
With a iicrious need for science edu­cation,.
F^eport lacks enough'
laboratories, Shops or mechanical-'
di'SVing rooms to keep up with the
rapid strides made'la education
since coUftructlotiL of the h i^
school 33 years agp. r^ast year taier^
were 56 physics etudents; next year into four" districts, the northea.«;t
168 are expected;^ the'^ number oL -Rorthwegt, southwest' and southeast,
ted'a eift,'cookies and candles to
every, youngstpr on -hand. leader
Peter Kelly extended Phrlstmps
whl5hc» to all.
The younger clement was treated
to- a wholesome repast following
the pro-am. ttcse Mason and
Samuel D, Ccrber were co-chair­men
of the event.
During the Uuslncs,'; meeting:,
that followed, offieens were elected.
The- Blatc- pleaded by- JEdward- B.
Vamta for'president'Bubmltted at
the- November meeting .was elected
ettrnmns
in the dugout,
Thli*y-twpi chtJdre}i..froSn. 18,uri
aerprivlIeged,,.ffU)UJ£es 'tver« tbe
grtiesta of tliVKiwanis'ciub'or rvec?
port at .Its' annual Christmas party
in 'the Elks clubhouse last night,
The chUdreA were transported io
the scene of festivities by. mem­bers'
in their 'cari; They were,
treated ,to .a wholesome .supper arid
entertained w}th eames,<muslc'.and
In other ways. Santa Claiis gave
a gift certlflcatje to each child en-iltling'him
oi^ her to receive a pair
of ^oe^ at a locB'l store. -
In order that the visiting young-atens'-
wonid.." not be conspicuous-some
.members took tli^lr own chll*
dren.and fhey also received gifts
donated by, their fathers. The I^U
wanlanties'T'ipade decoration^ ipr
the occasion.
John,'Mack was chairman of the,
event and Bobent -'feehade .had
charge-6f tnuisportation., ,
_At the rncctlng on^Wedncsday^
Dec-11, Robert-P. ColweU oT ithe As Chrlstmaa-Jaaa New'' Years
lecture bureau of the New Yqick bftijiv fall oii. Wednesdays - it vrill
Telephone Co., showed color slide's bit.necessary I9 -pttblliih The Leader
and spoke on "New York H49 earlier both wedc* Efforts are to
Evcryililng." Some of the .pictures i>is ctiude to. «ei the paper Jn-lhe
were- taken on Long li^land, otihers mail eich week ito as to be delivered
in Brooklyn and Queens and the- iix the home of EUbscribers on Tuo
rest-throughout the State - '- 'day.---
JSIbgetejChoe^e^:
2 Trustees, Jiidge
Fqr 5 Years in March
; Board Moves to -Select
Officers for 4 Years
By Bi-Annual Voting
Two village trustee's and a police
Ju<^tice will be elected for five-year
Instead of four-year terms next
March, ttie Village BoijTd voted at
its meeting Monday niglit In the
Municipal' BuUdlng, This' action
Demand for Permit/
For Supermarket k v
Argued in Court
Decision Reserved
After Voug^t and
Pincus Give Opinions
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Argument wag,heard' before Su-i
preme'Court Ju-stloe Howard A. Ho-gan
in, Mlneola an Monday^on, the
application of Samuel A.'Harri!> of
Baldwin for on order to ^ow' cause
whj' the. Village of Preepflrt should
.not.be.compelled to,issue-j3rhulldlng^-
"•-' fl>CTmIt'1tor--ter-'B8iisS'uct[«r"of a
supermarket" at 'We.'rt. Merrick rd.^
and South Lone Beach', avc., In a
Business "AA"--Dl.strlct.
' After hearing Uie argument o^
yillpge- Attorney Kenneth ,Ei
Vought and Milton Pincus for Mr.
Harris, Justice Hcgan re-servcd de-,
clslon and ERVo,ench,alde an oppor­tunity
to file additional papers in
tlie case.
Mr. Pincus, speaking first,' snld'
itlJe ban on grocery stares in, a-\
BfisUicss "AA" .District waa ewicted.
Jft 1953.wheiv Hie new type of dls-
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wlfi"tak^./pia«c;?ojr5^^day Jj^Jtri-resolnUon- of'Dec' ie!To5C. cnUlnffTPy'"e-.S'^liU&r«^urirfIo'6f'aiea of.
F«tiiiJi;,Tne mext'MWPttaB wlU be / for bI-n«jnuaJ clctifJons of the mayor/'"ore tbow SfiOi'equdie feet.,'
lields,on. Wednesday'nlffhlJ, Jan. -8. (and trustee.^ for four-year terms.,
Evans^Amityville- Dairy
Collects Toys for Needy
To provide o happy Jiolldny for
needy c'Rildren new "toys are being
gatliered by tli£ routcmen of Evans-
AmityvUle Dairly this week.
, Tliq routcmen ask.that new toys
be left out with the empty milk
"bottleso either. Saturday or Sunday
evening. The .value of the new toy
'is not Important. ".~
-ftjjyqne ,w^o wishes, to give and
•vfbo. does not .{have a route pickup
by Ev&as may do so by sending toy<i
to.'.the ;Bvans-AmltyvlIle Dairy of
flee, S^OtSimrlse tiwy.
chemistry students will' risti from
"Ihe present 98 to, 135, <md oliher
science facilities ore also proving
woefully inadequate. Elach class
period in bioliogy- inust -contain at
least 3S<,>pupUe.-
Only tibe ninth, and tenth grades
get ,'physlcal edaoktiffa alt^ugb
Atate law' says BE blgli' sciMol. stu-,
(Continued oi» Faee 11)
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Friendly Voopway Contest
Begun by Commerce Chamber
The CommimUy .Division of the Freeport Chamber ol'.Oommerc'e,
Mrs. David K. Kadane, chairman; Is sponsoring its •annual Christmas
doorway decoration contest under the title of "The Friendly Doorway,"
The " village • has been divided'
in each of v/lilch a committer from
the various civic a^sociaticns will
select, the best doorway In lt«L tei;,o
rltory. - Fi-Oitt the' district winners,
tlie best doorway^, in tbe village-will
be' selected for a major prize.
Awards, will be 'niade.^at Ihe -an­nual
meettegf-ot.tbe Chambej^'to
be-'held, in TVbmary. Lawrence
Larrier and -Hank. Berger- will; be
A-'temporary change in the voting
for a police Justice was ordered so
,a.s tO' liave his -term of office expire
In 19B3, an odd-numbered j-jear
when two trustees will be chosen.
Police Justice Paul Kelly was
elected Ui 1955 to serve mttll 1060,
but this change will -bring the
Judgeship up for election in a year
with the two trustees for four year
terms. • • ' >
The terms of Trustees H. Irving
Grcblnar and Arthur R. Muller
expire in April. The fojlr-year term
program was started last March
and Trustee liobert S. McLeuan
When Mayor WUUam P. Glackcn
won election for that period.
Milburn Fond Aapexed
The board adopted, a ifeiolutlon
extending the vUlaga boundaries to
include the western half Of ithe Mil-bum
^ond itract — site of the-pro­posed
senior high ecSiool. The east­ern
half waS already Preepor"t ter-
(.This, ^pravldlati '_W.BS recinded by
the Village J^oard. at a- 'meethiV
Monday, Oct. 31 which became,ef-^
fectlve Saturday, Nov. 9. On Tues­day,
Nov, la, Mr. Pincus continued.
the Village Board ^iJopted^a motion
providing for "the restoration of the
section prtvlously eliminated njid
set Monday night, Dea 2, for a
iiearlng on tlie > proposed ametid-'
mentl
Plana Filed on November 20
Meantime on Wednesday, Nor. 20,
a representative, of Mr. Harris filed'
ptanb and an application for.n per-
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tfje Judges in the viUftge wide con­test.-
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Mrs. Kadane pointed, out this
week tliat only dooinvay decora-
-tions ..receive ccnslderatlon in l^id
contest. .Some fao^Uies bave elab­orate
'decorations all .ov^ the Kouse
except tlie' doorway. Such housies
will ks passed over by, tbe judges^
" The banks are. co-ojjeratlng with,
the.? Chamber and/'t.be; Civic A^-
soclations in the-contest/ *<
Winter Starts S,aturday --
As Sun Turns Nojrthward
y-'
Winter begins Saturday at 9-49
P,M, according to an' annodnce*
ment from the Amecicafi". Museum-
Hayden Planetarium. - ' '
At that time the sun — now ap-.
parently traveling e^uthw'ard over
the sputhcm hemisphere ^ ' will
reacih die tiirning point In its jiour-hey..
a point known ai the winter
fiolstice." Thereafter it will seem to
move northward'"until next'June
2l.wheti it reaches ita ^eatest ap­parent
distance north~of the equa­tor
aiid summer begins.
At the moment of winter's arrival.
in- the' northern hemisphere the
sun .will be directly overhead for
anyone who may be I^ated at
longitude'l37d.~20fl' easfand lati­tude
jt3d. 26.6< soutSi.^ This polont
is north of the Simpson Desertr In
bentra] 'Australia. ' «
kCantirnied on page i l)
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Four Groups Manning,
Salvation Army jCettle
- Four orfanlzatlonfi are taking '
iturnsin, presiding over the Sal-vatlon
Army Christmafi kettle on '.
South Main St., outside'the F. w. '
Woolworth"."9o:,"Hve and,ten cent =
atore-.this year, each vying.w^th the ;'
other to.see wtblch. can r^l^ the
mpst moiiiey for tSu Chriatmas bas- ;
ket. ftihd, -I
' Members of- William Clinton .•
Story Post, A.L„ took overyester-
•dayi Tomorrow- It wlUvbe-Sxcfliange'
Club, Saturday" if will be the^-Kook '
&,Ladder Co., and liouday the Ro­tary
Olub. ' '• . /
Brigadier. Ernest W, Newton, eald
this week "ithat'due -to the Inclement
and cold weather o( last w^ek
collections' -were below normial, so
that if th«, fund is to reach its
^osl they must pick up between,
now and the days.}>efore Christr
mas. < ,
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ALL ,'FIlEEPOItT VRVJGSTORES
TO REMAIN OPI^ -SUNDAY • s
AU Precport drusstores will stay
opeii all d^., Sunday and ur^tu lo
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On Christmas, zibxt '^dne^y, a
Blmilor service will b& jwrfor'med •
by tbe''Cannon F}iarma<^, G-.South
Main "st., teiephaae,.,FReepOTt, 8«
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