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,^2rif|,Ycsr; No. 44 FREEPORT, N. Y,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 • 0 FIVE CENTS. PER COPiT'
Board Setaflearjng
QiifianningStoi'es
. InBtisiriess'AA'Zone
\ Will Act on Report _^
' ^ .Of Planning'Board ""*-
' On Monday, March 24
^ The VJllage Board has s«6 (Mon­day
night, March 24, ns tlie date
lor a healing on the lecommcnda-
—thms-or--t*ie-PlmuTi-rtg-' BcnTd' -fli'df
all tJTJcs of • retail stores ,be nto-hlblted-
ln"a Business "AA"'Dis­trict.
One object of this recom­mendation
is to limit the type of
buildings that may be erected
along West I/terrlck road 'to
that of structures erected In re-cfeat
years. Another ts to remove
,any cause for jui action contesting •
constitutionality of the ordinance
by doing away • any part of the
'Ordinance that mlgbt be'ruled as
dfscrimlnatory. '
•'Advocates of .the mensurc- con­tended
VaxA Ita.' adoption woulil
strengthen the,l:uiiid^-af tbs, village
-ia.the,,proccedJngs In tfie courts to
- compel tta^' J Sapcriiien.dciit ,' of
Buildings ij» issup-ft permit for thc-ci^
nstruction of a supermarket at
tlje northwest comer of'West JWer-ilck
rd., and South Long Beach
AIC. One of the contentlolis in'the
action is. that the -clause UmttinR
the floor' area of food -stoies to
3,p00 square feet. Is discriminatory
Btld unconstltutiosBl.
< Uses rennitted Usled
.Under the section uses permltt«d,
the propi>5ed t)rdlnance>reads."
j:'!, All lises pennitted In Kest-dance
,AA, and Residence" Apart­ment
Oistrlbts, except.OS otheiwisc
s{H!cifically prohibited. '.
['2. Office and professiqnal butld-taps,
a'iMl show rooirs for' the ^dis­play
of merchandise and libow room
sales purposes ODlyj-'faU Shipping,
peeking, crating, altering and re­pair
thereof are specifically pro-hl^
ilted) hotels, ,chun;he8, fraternal
oc^^izations, schd^ijs, funeral par­lors
and Incidental •uses normal to
' (Continued «a Page IS)
Freeport Crews Clear ,
Streets of Snow Fall
Snow ^romov^l crews of the PubUc,
Worlcs Dcpartinent dd'« feoodrjob'^
deanlng up and making rasds p(ts-r'
slDle foUpwlng Sunday's eight and
ihalf inch> snowfall. They tolled 28
straight hours (dcarfng Preeport
streets, tooiic'a brief ;rest fJrom 10
pm. .Sunday until 3:30 ajn. Monday,
worked again until 4 in the after­noon
and resumed their ]ob,ttt 10
p m. Monday.
^ 'Superlntendiettt StejAen^ A. Coffey
tried to ease the "work by having
food served. the * men at'the mu­nicipal
garage while'equipment was
heitig serviced The crews are paid
at regular rates, without premium
pay Besides Mr. Coffey, the super­visors
include Harry Chuisano,
deputy superintendent, arid Lajry
Hecnan and Paul Bedell, foremen.
G.O.P. Glub President Gets Gavel
Freeport G«s $35,272
Increase in State Aid
Pit;eport win gain> $35,272-in State'
aid as a 'result-of the increase In
population ahown by -the Interim
U. S. census taken in. Nassau County
last year., Thte w?4'Teviealel tills
week in o, report ls.^ed by County
«S»ratlve' "ti, BiiUy .Pattfersok^in
Mineoia.' Under ' ttie . 1950' census
Freeport would liave received S70.-.
662, which figure has' been increased
to $114,934.
***»^,». Ttwaaixi, Uelt), bela« presented'iprcsldenVs gavel by County
'E»NntnvB^A^oUy'Patle»an'fi^ ln6tal1aUan'.at'officers'ot t)H> .Vct^owt
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F. O. WINDOWS CLOSED
WASHINdTON'S BIBTHDAY
There wlU be no window service
or carrier delivery at the Preep^rt
post office on Ssjturday, Wasiilng-ton'B
Birthday. For-tpe'convenience
of boxholders the lobby.wlllbe open
from 9 A,M, to 1 PM, SpeFfal de­livery
mail. Will be-delivpred. as-re­ceived
until 7 PJVt. ' -
Z0>PEB>S PBATEUMACV
TO STAY PPEN SUNDAYr
Zipper's • Ftiannacy, 6S South
Orove St., will remain ogeti until
10 o'cloci; Sunday'night after other
Freeport druggists , close _ early In
Ihe afternoon for the rest of the
day. The phone mimber Is Freeport
'8-9449, 1 i i , ^7x
{•reeport-Rppsevelt Workers
Re^dy f orHeartDrweSuridiay
I ] Mcfe^ ttULn'Bdb yplunteer workers in FVe'eport and'J^Qseveit are set
foj:'observance of Heari,Sunday this Sunday-starting ^t 1:30; PJM, and
- coiitlnulDg^ for two^tiottrs, .for the-benefit '-of the Nassau Countr I^ar't
Ftmd.i'iliej'' a r e ^ JHurtkipate In a
J-.- ,.- j — „.«.;-»._- "J—I.S.™ triButIonS^'The amoynt of the con­tribution
n^ed not be.revealed^ . \
' Wbere iite'vol-unteer'tinds no 'one
fit home,-she 'VUt'leavd'a' pre-qd-dcessed
envelop^/jp.iwhicli' a con­tribution
may be.«eBdiiys#iit ito the
Nassau Co'ant;y-Heart Fund head­quarters
in' Roalyn.' -
This Tear^s'campaign ;ffiH be the
third aiomat heart drjve to be'maile'
In. 4h0 county. During the; patlt two
years, ttie, Nassau Eteart Fund 'has
dhanq.eled' more than ; $b7,0(X)' into
joedical re^'arch oh ithie' iocal aiid
, door-tQ-doqr .collection - 'during
.wljich thej',hORe.„fo. readi. every
hmne in. the tjfro cpmiminiUcs.. .-
' in Nassau Counter alone, 13.000
- VD^untefers In 60 dil^forcat commu­nities
w&l be, Boiidacitl^g .Hie
ccpfcywide appeal, fOf 'the aipport
of) local and national heart i>ro-gra'ros,
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The chairmen of the two conunu-
Ui^lcs,, Mrs..' Miorton - Schachcr ! of
-freeport-and-Mrs.-Samuel M. Pos-luick
.of -Bf)Osevelt,'j announced this'
week all of .fiife.volunteers'wiU i>e
identified by iajgii^'^^eB anH will
carry offidal liHntl^ envelopes lo
which donotrs-may,seal their ixm-natlofial
levels. - --• '-. _ •_
Seventy per cent.qf the proceeds
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•1' mijiil jiKw^—M»iy*wi^*ywwyyilMMI
Of GOP Glub; Kelly Recruits
County Executive A. Holly Patteieon in his address following the
Installation of the officers of .tho Freeport Republican Club, In the EJks
clubhcuse.on,Ttuesday night, Feb, .11, referred to'the "happy relationship
which exists between Mayor William
iP.'-Glacken,*' the Freeport VUlage shortly from West Merrick rd., to
_ ^ ^ ., „ ^ _,. Smith and South Main sts. \)y the
Board aJid the Nassau County, aur „ ,. „ „.„ • , \L ^u
rtr^n r~,j„ „i„*i-„„.v.i„ i,« County. Mr. Patterson also said the
tho,'r 1it.l eJs,. LT-h. is 1r^e latiJon ts.h ip4C, «h e.,1 . coun, t'y au,.t,h.1o^ri.t ies ,_h a.d go_n e a, long pointed out is evldcncfsd by the fact J , B -n
Mrs. Charles R Slou^
Viciffl of Flameisi Is
Buried in Mt Olivet
— Trapped in Home, She
Was Rescued Too Late;
Husband Was on Trip-.
Funeral services were conducted
in All Sairts Episcopal Ohurcli,
-BaIdwJD,-~'Tue3d»)>- -afternoon"- -for--
Mrs. Helen Alsop Blsseli Stout, '46.
who was fatally burned when her'
home, 101 South Long Beach ave.,
caught fire early Saturday morn­ing.
The Rev. Merton O. Wilson,
the rector, officiated. Burial fol­lowed
In Mount Olivet Cemet'sry,
Maspeth.
- Mrs Stout was alone and asleep
on the second floor of file house
when, according to tho firemen, (i
saiort circuit sot the building ablaze.
Originating down stairs ttie flames
spread jyjpidly and Mrs. Stout was
trapped up-stars when she ' wis
I awaUened and -attemptid to flee' to
raa,teby.' --
•r-f.ax-Bjaier'
.v.,
East Menick road Is being widened
and Henry St., is' -to be .extended
with the village in planning for the
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^MayortC* A* WUlus Presides
As Scouts Fill Village Posts
, _ With Charles A. 'Wliivis, 115 North Bergen pi., as "Mayor," Boy Scpute
jof Freeport took-over t!He positions Of rcsponslbUltyJn the village prior
to the Board meeting Monday night Xxi' tbe Municipal Bulldtag. This
vfas one of the .features of the ob­servance
of Boy' Scout Week in
FrepijartT" -— , _
ScOuts stood behind theh- grown-"
lap counterparts while the^ basines:;
WBs'being transacted- lilayor William
P. Qlacken and the trustees ex-platoed
the p^eetHngs'-'^ . '.; '
-'IMayor^Willus'.calied-the •meeting'
.to-order and Jire^ded'lor ^..<ev
^moments, T% ojialrs 'of.^^e .;four
:tru3tees were 'oQcjipied' by-Bruce
CormtaF, iSl' Uliian -ave.^ Paul
i^UIie, 385 south-Lo«i« laeaeji aye.;"
•0ff6oeer'' Zlmm"eW»i«. Onslow' 'pi.,
and Henry Bltas,"ar.,.307-B«fell ^t
, .Jy; the boys',request yiUago"Clerk
biehard H. • ttaynot read' a xesb-lutbn
the boafd liad ^aidopted' in
iwttor of the late Martin ^'.Wey-raiicb,
.fonner .vUtage 'counsel.
.Court .proceidures,; weie' jleamed
TUes|4ay night wlien, *, yo«tliu.
•jwiUce Justice," Paul -B«Jser.- ^s**
North Columbus «ve.; sat for awbUi
-tCootiawia on' i ' a^ » ) ' - ' . '•
,...'-...'i..T:.i.. ^TiiL^'ii 11 iftii'i II'j'•;;ir:^-j-Ji=T
pcrate effort., to save fher, 'They
donned masks and. jfushed 'through
tho fiam'cs, fluaiiy brougiht iiet out.
Rushed to the Meodowbrook Hos­pital
she was found to'^be suffering
(3ili^'degivee burns from wihich she
died on Sunday,
In describing what happened
Mauersberger sald:^
"When we rolled "up. we didn't
see anybody standing oi^tside, ,£0
we wjent.in o>\ our usual presump­tion
-that somebody was bislde, I
tried 'to go.'in 'uritfi,out a mask, pas^
the' living rooflft wheJrei flames va^'
i^niDg, .biit -tihb smolce' wod td^
thic"k, " - - ' ; . • . -' - -
<'I got a mask, and, wlttvBrelhoft
iDUow^g. me. went l£.agaln. Tbe—
flames wei;c licking at the .wall be­side-
tli4~etd]i8, We couldn't find
anything, and then Brelhoff said,
'1 thinK I hear something.' We tried—
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Icy Hydrants Hinder Vamps
At$7,500BrcKJklynAye^Fire
Vttfuea. hydrimte' 'and "jKisIc'^rlgid wind*' han4lcttpped liremen cariy
yestapfay at 2:15 o'clock in fighting IlamM wlilch'destroyed an unoo-cupie'
4 ihree-story frame-house on' the northpft^st come^ ~* '"'•'"" '
"ahd Sroolilyn ave. - -'--—-^ -'^-' ,_ • ' ' ' J"^
The tenants of the house, .wlKise
names were not revealed.,.vacated
the prenilses 'Tuesday.
of Wallace st.
It 'b/jioiigs to Constantjhy Cassis
•6U- tu^/qsav^t, and formerly was
"iwnefl'by Mrs. Charles Mauer-'"
A hydrantjitithe WdDfice st. cor­ner
was so bailly Iroaen'lt could not
'be used. IHe firemen were delayed
furiiUer vvben they tiad jbnilar
-trouble ,for a time gettbig water
rrW another at North Bfergen pi.
rhey supplemented the'supply, by
iayln^ a (hose line to-Iyong Beach
save,;, ^ '. - : . . . , . ,.
Cailef uonnld Biltttbauer asked the
county fire marshai's 'offJc? to in­vestigate
a mandatory action be­cause
the bliin'ed sttueture was un­occupied.-
cThiefMitHjUHier estimated
'damajre at W,fiOO,
Two firemen were temporarjjy
jovercome by - smok'e pblsoiiing—
PJranfc Srodfbrd^, and Rldiard
Keeely. Vamps stayed at the scsnQ
until' about "ji am. to tear down
dangerous niina after the blaze
'sub3ld)ed. .Because of strong wioda
blffwing'toword Baldwin,-maill^ fire­men
did voi -Jhear. Qt^. drens. , .
' iSaa^-^ the local dept^rtment as-
'aisted 'jRockvltle 'Centre .vaimps in
ffg^tln^.a,-toe that.ruined aevin,
stem on Soutat Village ave.
f riifes Cut to iUbtkJfts lii ^fefepo^' Wasfaijniibk's Bird •m
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