The-Leader_1958-07-10

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23rd Yea>, No. 12
"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
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^^Stadium Filled To Capacity
r Vamp's July 4th Program
FREEPORT, N. y., THURSDAY, JULY 10. 1958
MERRICK
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- 'nieEe_ivere_14,Q00.paid.i:ustomer6-amone the-record crowa-oM7(JOo
who witnessed the Fweport Fire Department's huge Fourth of Jul*
celebration at the Municipal Stadium Friday night. The- place was
c™mmed_to capacity..flnri—many.,. ^••- ....- • . _fl
,wfli-e tui'hed away,' Many visiting
^ ,fire departments.came ta Preeport
to participate tn the •parade that
preceded the program aitd the fas-
.tivlties that followed.
Among them were Merrick.
, ;?<*ry>. .Merrick, Bellmore^ North
VJTB6miiore"H3cKlfle"'cehtra, Hemp-"
.; .'stead. Lido Beacll, Lohg Beacli,
•Point Lookout, Ea.st Rockaivay,
, -'Oceanslde and Baldwin A pyro-
'-r teihnic display la.?tiiig one (hour was
7"- ^liiong tiio fotures.
..; -vTen women drivers competed In e
'^ .afock-car race prasented by Jack
.'"' ^'^^'Jsnl'uvg arid Duke , Donaldson,
';: promoters of .the stadium's three-
•nlghts-a-week -rnces. Rose Lee of'
Ho.'sedale won the contest, n-hich
i)a,d many exciting moments.
Joan Glol:dftno of Freeport, m
drimi majorette " coistuhie. enter­tained
with a >twJriing exhibition. As
• lusl^al, the B5-m,-m,Piremcpi;s Dajjci
? midex direction of JwijUam J. -Day--
ton cave a concert arid' fumishetf'
music In connection wltb tlhe other
- activities. J
. :sddle Vas,!!, Tlie Leader column­ist,
served as mtist«r of ceremonies.
A group of firemen in clown oos-
• tiuncs, earned hearty laughter
through their antiics.
Nathan P. Zablow, chairman of
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JOANG BADTK£ TEXAS BOUND
f OR SOKOPTLMISX CONVENTION
' 'i&fs- Jean. Radtite, Preeport reaI-~
for, presidet^t of Swoptimlst Inter-hationAf
of tJeiitral Na&sau, a claa-slfJcd
woman's fervipe organization,
• is • spending the week In Houa!»n,
Texl, attending the biennial con­vention
of 'the. American Federation
. . 9t Soroptimlst Clubs at t^e Rice
Hotel which was opened on Sunday
' and v.'lll be brouHlit to a close to­morrow.
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Theie ar« 743 Clubs In the Ameri­can
J'ederatlon and defegatcs from
^ic United States, Canada, Hawaii,
Me:«ko, Panama and Brazel will be
Nazarenes to Start
t^und Drive at Dinner
$35,000 Goal Set for
—JEjtpanaion Program; -
- Members to Run Canvass
Th? Pntire congregation of thp
Commuhity CTiurch of the Nazarene
has been invited to attend a ipe-clai
dinner tills- evening at 6:30
o'clock in tiie private dining room
at Vl»i>rock'.<i Luncheonette, 40
South Grove .st.
•The Purpose of the event is to
officially launch a three-week
$35,000 church expan-slon drivp, ac­cording
to the chairman, AnUiony
M. Grale. During the dinner church
member.") wlU be informeti concern­ing
plans for conducting the fund-
.,^rt-wllljbe given-Showing advance
gluts '<5oliPcted'" to'date, Mr." Orale
said.
Canvass officials emphasized that
,no solicitation will be made at the
<Jjnner. "Tills Is just an occasion for
uSe to get togefclier as a famil>' and
plan for the future," said Mrs. Ver­non
Tepe, hostess oi^alrman.
Famines wltli children under 13
and infants may utilize dhe special
baby-sitthig .services organized for
their convenience duping the tilin-ner
pprlod. Responalble adults will
take care of such (^ildren and in­fants
at quartets set up in the
churclv Mrs. Tepe added. I
Highlight " of the Community
Churcli's program ds the fact rchat
the entire canvass organlaation ii
staffed by laymen, who ore respon-.
Slble for assuring the success of the
three-week program. "We're giving
our pastor a rest," asserted initial
gilftb chairman Grale.- "This prob­lem
of financing; our church expan.
slon .should be shouldered by ua
laym'etL And, I guess, that's what
we're trying to do."'
Outing Chairman
FIVE CENTS PER COPt
$1,087,378 Estimated Cost
pi 31 Permits For Buildings
Jssued If^FreeporfLast Montir
RAYMOND A. COUGHUN
G.O.P. to Plan Outing
At Meetiiuf Tonight
S e l e c t i n g "Stat Teams
- '_ /'
For Little-League Play-offs
Freeport Little League officials are busy selecting all-star teams t«
represent the National and American Leagues in-the District 27 tourna­ment
which Monday, Jul y- wZUll. get under way at Hickey Field, Rockville CentrA, on.
The National Leaguers will take
on Cedarhurst on 'J^BbEdajr, July 22;
at 6:30 PJM; while the .American
• Leaguers will clis&''wijfi'''the Rock-
, vllle Centre Jfatlqiktl'iteague squad
. the loUowiDB evenings,','r
f- , District sft'coiiip^^^' 13["ieague$
f rqtin Nassau Vllla^.' Seyi^ti: leagues
will take-jgart iii district competition
wi^h' tiic~hope- o f gobig on to the
/Eastern chstmpionslilp tmd eventu­al!
to 'vvilUai^pocrt,' j ^ . , for the
Xiittle League worId% series.
^ Minor Leagues 'Clasb Satnrdajr
" 'The' annual Preeport all-star
mUior'Iiague clash, takes the field
Saturday,. Northwest Park, at 1
PJa. The National Leaguers, who
won last year, will be piloted by
Leon Canapary. .of Scliultz, wliile
Kfcrb Chew, whose Freeport Mer-cbants
won the penant, will man­age
the American all-staxs.^
In major league activity laSt
Week, John Caracappa's-..J5puth
Shore Federal nine ckplodcd :vicl
against Exchange to ifake the 'i^n/ar-
Ican League laurels tvilta i.9''ii)triUght
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Plans- for the annual outing to
be held at Point Lookout on Sat-
•the mDimiil;^lneetlng or-^iieVlfSetei-port
~iiepubl1c&n' Club to -be held
tonight at 8:30 o'clock In the Legion
Dugout.'! President- EM ward R.
Vomin has named Raymond A.
Coughlin, Jr., as chairman of the
outing committee.
Pestivltl<>s at Uic Hempstead
Town Park wlU get under way at
11 ajn., and refreshments will Ijc
served ?it 12:30 p.m At 1 30 pro-gpam
of games and contests will be
started, 'l'he*pri«es -will be awarded
at 4, ^fter which Loader Peter C.
Kelly will be presented. wltJi presi­dent
Yamin and any distinguished
guests present will be introduced.
The Jist of races for the younger
element comprises 30-yard dashes
boys nr.d girls, 4-5; same for fi-8,
with sack racf.?, 40-yard dai>hes,
and sack races, '9-11; s6-yard .dash,'
girts, 75-yard' dash, boys.' 5(l-yard
sack race girlsi and 5i]-yard potato
race, girls. 12-15; 50-yarcl potatoe
race for gii-ls and 75-yard dash,
youths, 16 and more; wltli a Whre*-
icgged race for -men and ' women
and a fat man's race.
Other features will be a baby
crawling race for tots under I year
old, and a tug of war for boy.s and
girls.
Housing 116 Families
Affloag^llie Projects^""-
Board Votes to End
Rose St. Stop Signs;
Other Matters Taken Up
Permits for new building con­struction
exceeding |1.000,000 in
cost were issued by the Bulldl'ig
Department Superintendent In Jinie
Steptifn A. Coffey, the superintend­ent,
reported to the Preeport Vil­lage
Board at its iheetlnff Monday
rright. Thirty-one permits were is­sued
for new buildings esti­mated
to cost $1,087,378, while theit^'
were 19 for additions and altera-
. , ^^ "on» iTxvolvlpK VHsea tor, a tufeji---
•«'S^SSS5.\'?'^''\'-5;M5't>vtei",-sS>*^^^^
designated, as tHe-official newspa- L^p-^rtment-tiouses,-a 78-apSmeSt:
^?' • -I four-story .^tl-uoture on South Grov^
The foUowlng committees _were| at, north of the Preeport Memorial
appointed: , | Library, and another," 'with 40
apartments, planned for Smith St., •
east of jLong Beach ave.,-., casting
$630,000 and $260,000 iiespectively.
School Board Head
' - StartS^MirTSlti YeSif
In Post—Pearson
Is Vice-President
Leo F. Giblyn wai elected presi­dent
of the Freeport Board of Edu­cation
for his 18th coTLiecutive term
at the reorganization meeting held
Tuesday night, July I In the Board
room. He Is begmnlnE his a7t'h year
as a school trustee. Harold E. Pear­son,
who *ias served on the board
y>'/i years, was re-elected .vice-president.
John T. Cotter Jr.. was 'ap­pointed
clerk • of the district and
Joel ^C, Pltoher. treasurer. Thtj firm
ot.nrieA oy&BjBB, tu,.,-yraB ;».vitw)pit«*
auditor. TWo", X^ader •..•:^T:*~'t»_'iT*
. Buildings and Grounds, Mr. Pear­son,
chairman, and Hur;h Er'wln;
Public Relation."!, Charles V Brady
chairman and Koy R Goclcley;
Claims and Audits, Mr Pearson,
chairman and Brady. Insurance,
Brwln, chairman, and Gockley;
Estimate and Purchase Fiance, Mr.
Erwln, chairman, and -Pearson; Use
of Buildings, dliairman, and Mr.
Brady,
The Long Island Trust Co. and
the Meadow Brook National Bank,
were, d&signttted as depositories for
District Funds.
However. tJier*> was one residential
project casting $30,000, ftnOthcr
$25,000 and numei-ous more mod­erately
priced Homes and. several,
small bu.sines& buildings.
Bayvlew 'TiiJl Stop" Sign To Oo
The Board voted to remove "Pull
Stop" signs ft-om South Bayview
ave„ at Jlose st„ when no one ap­peared
to oppo,be tht£ action at a
public hearing. However, at the
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Atkinson Boys an,d Girls Lead
School Playground Races
L. I. Trust Co. Reported
To Have Bought Property
According to a report in circu­lation,
the Long Island Trust- Co.,
of Garden City, with an offire in
the former Jbleeport Uank nt
South Main s(., and East ,Suo-rier
Kwy., has acquired a plot
of lantl on Sonlli Main st,, south
of Uie L. I. rail road tracks, with
a too foot frontage on South
Main st. The parcel extends.
Uiroogh to Henry st., and mm
from flife tracks santl> to thr
Freeport Theatre, It was former!;
' Otfned by the late C. Milton Fore-nuwu,.
' •'ititi property, U ia said, is (o '
wins. George GcuId'Vac^iJ^theia.t'' .j^e'xised for expanding the bank's
taclE witli a homer, two doubles i t '^ IstsUltles -and "enliurgiuig the park-
: Inf fieldi.
Attendance at the Board of Edu­cation
summer playgrounds reached
the 8, 557 mark with a reglstrjition
of 1841 as the second week of the
season was compietied. The arts
and ciafts program was In -full
swing wlCh projects in many media
being busily worked oh, by a large
number of boys and girls.
In cotApctltlon hop scotch for,
cub anA junior girls and foul shoot­ing
for junior and senior boys and
girls were ,the chief Interest. The-results
of these events are. listed
below.' ' •
HOP SCOTCH — Cubs, Rosalind
Greonberg, •Arci'jer, first; Pat Ran­dall,
Bayview, second; Liz Ireland,
A t k l-n s 0 n, , third;, Roberta
Samuels, Cleveland, fourth And
Anne Marie Casil, Columbus, fifth.
Juniors, Eleanor Jaworowskl, Col-ambus,
first; Carol Holmes,'Archer;
second; "ijiudrey Greene, Cleveland,
th)rd; Peggy .Carroll, Aiblnfion,
lOqrth' Bnd Lldda 'Krelsetjer, Bay- ''
vicw.-flftto'. , ' • -
FOUL SHOOTING - GIRLS' -
Juniors, Betty 'Lemus,- Atkwbon,
first; Cynthia Schram/ Columbus,
second; Carol Holm^-i, Archer, '
third; Zinta Kondratzeus, Bayview, .
fourth and Lola Storks, Cleveland. ^
•fifth. -.
Seniors, Jane Erwin, Atkinson,
first; Elaine Carter, Cleveland, sec­ond;
Barbara Runuiey, Columbus,
third; Diane Kimball, Archer,
fourth^ wid Irois Bothamel, Bayvjew, ^.
fifth. •'
POOL SHOOTINO - BOYS •
Juniors, John 'Jlerendcen, Atltlnson,
firft! JoRn. Franklin," Archer, sec­ond;
Wayne Watson, Cleveland, ,
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BERNARD'S PHABMAOy > ,
TO STAy OPEN SUNDAY
BcrohJU-d's Wiarmacy, S4 West ,
Mijrrlck rd., will remain opea until ';
W p.m. Sunday .^after other "Free-port
drugglfits close «arly "in fiie
afternoon tor the- rest ol' th? day.
Its phone aBinber ' Is " EReeport
8-.0003. . '•"' • '' • ' • •
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