The-Leader_1958-09-04

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JEWS - NASSAU'S LARGEST ^WEEKLY I I
23rd Year, No. 20,
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FREEPORT, N. ¥„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1958 ^®^ '*' FIVE CENTS PER COPT
Vamps Capture Parade Trophy
AsBest-AppearingDepartineitt
A«ld Labor Day Laurels.
At Hicksville To Those
Won in Syrsicuse Contest
James C. Flint Graduates
From Amphib Navy Scliool
Fire Chief Raymond Barrett and
the more than 400 volunteer mem­bers
of the Frccport Fire Deport­ment
^pre being congrtitulotcd by
not only the resiident!) of the com­munity
but also by members. of
other fire departments throughout
'.New .^firli^SCat£.<aItei'n;%vJicvtili:is-ni<}i«..
honors'at" the,"30th aimual Labor-
Day parade and drill held in 'HlckS'
vllle last weelt.
Frecport attained championship
status last j»ear when St won, under ,
then Chief Donald Mltthauur. the! W
New York Stat* Champfoixship in f
Elmlra This year, led by Chief Ray
Barrett, it again' Won the "title a?
"Best Appearing Department' at the
annual parade of the State Fire­men's
Association held in Syracuse.
In addition, the Preeport Fire De- | ''
•p'artmeni^ also-won tWto other huge
trophies,, one for-the. hc&t uniform
departmc_r>t. ultd .-tine J tot .having
tniveW"- the_-v-furthi)st dlsViwe 'to~
• = ? * # ? ^ ^ ^ ^ _ . ..,
- ' - phirf'.Rfck parrett ''w"a&\^ccom-
. panled by IS'l.men'and the 40-plecB
prlze-wlnmnij ' Freeport Pirc ,De-parlment
Band led by William J,
Dayton.
Cfai Labor Day, at the 30th annual
Pick Area tnaiman
For Ihird Annual,
lliiitc^ Fund Drivci
Fr«i Q. Visd^lieaas
Campaign;- Other Group
" Leaders Are Selected
Plans for Preeports third annual
United Fund' Campaign' m Octol>er
,jnoVed forward this week with the
iappolntmeiH of-area chalrmeh for
the residantlal areas of the village
and of chahmen for the business
and professlonoi group solicitations.
Fred C. Vlsel, general chairman of
tircFTKSiaeTsHBr^rtvsTniffTrgaTrTSir-
£
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Set For Sept 15
Cjuef Par Launches
'ScbooFs Open'Drive
Safeguarding of ChUdren
Emphai^ed As.Posters,
^,OUter Siigha Are Put Up
The annual "School's Open - Drive
^ •Cafie.tti.])y.r.-eMttpaie3:>-wa& launehed--
nouneed fhat the foVtowl;ig ' area ! l!^ Preeport ycUcrday by Police
chairmen have been named i <'*'^«' ^^"^ ^^^^ w^^n ^e put up
Northwest^WlUiam Boi-ash. an
area chairman last yeai, and Sam­uel
Cohen, a dWtrict campai^fn
leader last year,
SauthwBft—Gregory W Murray,
a •vicB-p'-p'tdeqt of the Fund, and
Raymond Ma tone. . "^
Southeo.'it—Stanley J Both and
the first of the Automobile Club
of New Yorks traffic-safety posters
to he' displayed at major Inter­sections
and'School crossings.
The campaikn, being sponsored by
the Auto Club for the 12th succes­sive
year, #111 feature .^more thta
22,Q00..safety posters at strategic lo-
" homas DeVincenzo, both district' cations throughout the New York
''-•^jfi^duatea rrom, Kiieo weeks am­phibious
'warfare -training' Aug; 20,
^ t the Uttle'Crgsk-NaVfti-Amphibl-^,
pimt, sop 'of "Mr. ^and M i l pilbert
Flml'of 114 .!•?!. bean st. Mdn.
Flint Is a student at Che University
ft VVoshington.
He Ji one^ of 600 Junior cl<ui.men
fiom 2o' colleges and untvejsltles
Laboi Day parade and drUl,_h«ld in to receive the tialning as pai-t of
HlcksviUe, the' 'depavtinput Bi;aln
won the flist place trophy for the
best appearing department compe­tition'was,
verj' keen. In participa-thclr
Reserve Officer Trnfnlng
Corps, program..- "^ '':.;.'-''•••;•;•',..'
Upon graduation from^ college he
will be €irglbie for a commission in
Hop -nere 58 fire depaitmenti from j y,j. Naval Service.
Nassau and Suffolk Counties and
even suveral departments from up­state
New York and Connecticut.
This Saturday night. Sept 6,
Preeport will again enter in com­petition
with other departmen'Ji
from Nassau and Suffolk Counties
at Rockaway Beach. The affair
'will be.ing at 7:30 P.M. at Beach
llBth St. . -
In 193i}, the Freeport. Fire Depart­ment
is scheduled to defend Its
state championship, in Rochciter,
cuptains last year, and
Northeast—Msix Plrod.'iky, an area
chnirman last year; and P. C. Per-riola.
I ' •.
All area chaifrnpn-ore .engaged
^„, pfvf^^Pc^yjSvbrs cltE^lOT
rec'rultiiri In the various districts,
Chalrmeii for the buaihess and
profe-sstonal groups are:" physicians.
Dr. John-J»;-6Iie31;-coinmeroe-nrid
irtdustry, Edwin Preedman: at­torneys,
Nathan Zablow, and water­front
firms, Hefiry AItenp.'arten.
The Rev. Dr. Reginald H. Scott
pastor emeritus of the Church of
the Transfiguration, Ijas agreed to
be.chairman of^ the Special Gifts
appeal for the fund.
Final Wiiin.ers Named In
"Matchmaker" Play Contest
, This week the CurtainNCailers.announced the names M the fix
fiAahsts who will go on to vie for <the wlnillng place in the Matchmaker
contest.,'lhosO:i»m«d-were:; Ruth Harrington/'?? MadisQn^^A^
Lou Jolmsch.jy Lenox Ave,; Jane jScoplrilch, 188 Westslde Awe.; Bi-Uce
Lutsls; 445''itey StVD^ 3icQuigan:'il6"ielel!.et;;--atia' John 'HIhger,
41 E. WoodbiM Dr." , . •
Sach of the finalists will enjoy; dinner, courtesy of Guy Lombardo'a
East Point House, on tomorrow, €yening,.iSep!»mtoer 5th. They will be
ucccmpanled by^'meihbers of tiie 'fMatiiimaket" cast in-toelr 18S0 CC5»
OUtn onore, r e a e r a i CJtecas, ^^^^^^^.^ z^^^ Matchmaker," at tlje kayvlew Avenwe School:Auditorium
Convene In. Atlantic City
The 'south Shore Federal Savings
St Loan Association will be repre­sented
at the annua! .convention of
the Sav,lngs Association -League of
New York -State hy ..WllUara J.
Margin, President, William J. Mar­tin,
Jr.. Executive Vice President
Abraham Slegel", Vice Pre-sldent,
WUllani C • S.abellar Secretary and
Charles .P, Buckley, Irving Orebltiar,
Paul J. Roche Directors, it was an­nounced
today.
at which time the final dinners will be «nri£iunce<i.> Theigtrl winner will
be presentp.d with $20 gift certificate from Mario of Preeport and Carol
Green's, sportswear, She wUI also receive a il5' savings account from the
South-Shore'Pe<ieral Savings ^and Loan Association. The boy wlni?er
win"r«ceive two gilt certificates'also, each in-the amount of $20 from
Joe Berniari's, haberdashery, and also from Dflnziger, tnc, sporting
Kood.«i.'The boy wUl also reclvc a $15 savings"'accoiiflfr.ceniplJmei'SUi'o'ft'he'
L r.'TTrust Company.
Following tire performance of
"The Matchmaker," the wlimlng
couple and the other "finalists will
be treated to an after theatre snack,
courtesy of Viebrock's: They will
Sche<hiled- to be held September i be again accompanied toy members
3-6 at 'ChaIfonf)e-^Haddon Hall in
Atlantic City, the convention will
be addressed by leading financial
experts. Ttoplcs to be. discussed in
olude business trends and develop^ ^ r a m . with the cooperation of the
ments. Panel discussions of 6per-atlng
problems will also be held.
All the executives, and directors
will be accQinpar4ed by their wives.
of th«f cast.
This contest is being sponsored
by-the Frcepoi't Curtain'Callers, a
unit of the Adult Education Pi-o-
No One'^Badly Hurt In Few
Holiday Weekend Crashes
Freeport had a much better record
than the rest of the nation in
keeping down the number of auto­mobile
accidents over Iiabor Day
wekend. There were only tluree car
crashes—on Sunday~desplte good
weather which -brought hiany ve-
Prwort Leader in connection with ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Saturday,
Hftlr production of "The Match-' ^ » - . , , „ ^«= „ ,.
' . 7, » I. ' 4. ^ i ^n^r^:,,- I Sunday and Monday. No one :*as
maker, to be presented tomowow, J "'"••-•"J' " , '
Sept.'6 and'Saturday, Sept. B. ) seriously Ijljured.
metropolitan area. As a further re­minder
to motorists, some 130,000
bumper I, strips bearing the safety
piessage will be displayed on police
and ~ other-publicly owned, vehicles,
.•school bit^cs,^ ti uck. - Ilqets and, •prl.-,
end of October.'' '- ,-'
In, innuguratingr the campaign
Chief Elar reminded motorists of
the. added respoiislbllity they face
during the school reopening period
and called upon all residents of the
rominunlty to assist in safeguarding
vouiiR^ster.'! fiOrn truffle acldent'i
The chief called special attention
to the state law requtrlng oil ve­hicles
to stop when meeting or ovei--
tatelng a school bus stopped along
the roadway.
"Plashtng redjlghts of a pa,rked
school bus liidloate.that the driver
is picking up or dlscharglnt pas-s-cngers
and should become aji auto­matic
signal for all other vablcles
to. stop," he said. »
Helen Ward 25 Yeiirs
With N. C," Clearing'-House
Mrs. Helen M. Ward, Assistant
.Manager of the Credit Bureau ol
the.Nassau County Oiearlnt House
AJssoclBtlon, will celebrate her twen­ty-
fifth anniversary with the Asso­ciation
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Ward Joined the Association
on Sept, 1, 1933,' less than two years
aft-er it came into being. At that
time the .hanks'- of Nassau County
hfid some 870,000,000 on deposit To-^
"day,*tlie 17 "cbinmefciBi balnKs and'
1' savings ba'nK In "fhe'CSunty have
a" total of-.aproxlmately $1,300,000,000
In deposits,'
The Nassau .County Clearing
House, A-s-soclatlon has its head­quarters
on .South Bergen pi.
Fire's Cause Still Probed;
Plans for Classes Await'
Msgr. Mahon's Approval.
Holy Redeemer School hopes to
reopen for the. Fall term "Monday,
SaptembeV-jg, nearly two -weeks
later than 'the original date, alter
a $75,000 flie which swept through
Its . audttorliim and caused"' smcka -
or water damage to most roonu' 1B
.th«<,^^o«tory~red.-bi!!ck-.-£tTiaotUT^--
older iectlon last Tlmrsday!
Sister Clare Theres*, principal,
made it clear in" an interview Tues­day
that all plans nic subject to
approval by Monslgnor John' J,
Mahon, bastor of Our "^Holy. Be- •
deemer R.C. Church, ft'Oio hod aot-yct
returned from. his. ya.catlon. The
school's new wing, sitiwted back of
the older building-of 65 Pine st.i
escaped damojge from the blase.
The First Ffrestayterian and First
Baptist Churfchea and . Union Rs-form
Temple offered the use of
their facllitleis in the emergency."
Xhelr otters -' were 'gratetuHy
return" ' ~"' , ', . •
J^ire Marshal Pe'tcr Lyncl^ < and
tWf Nassau County rolice Arson
Squad are still fnvestfgiitlng to
Icatn the crnxse ot the blaze, which
bumedy-'its way up through "the
nudltoijum roof. Severe damage
»ns done to the flooi Ot Vho plat­form
and an altai in the auditori­um
Eight fiiemcn wpi-e overcome by
smoke and four sliglVtly li)Jured
while about 290 of them buttled
the flames under the lea<|crshlp oC
Chief Raymond W, Banett. Bald­win
Fire Department sent four
trucks, Roosevelt two, and Rock-vlDo
Centre a utility truck in re­sponse
lo an appeal for help,
Within about 45 minutes after
the first alarm the firefighters had
the blaif under conti-ol. Patrolman
Fred Montrose advibed nuns bi the
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CHCBBUK'S DRUG STOKE
TO REMAIN OPEN SUrfDAV
Chubbuk's-Drug Store, 3D South
•Wtoln s t . w i l l stay open until 10
p.m. Sunday after other FrecoorH
druggists - dose early In the after­noon
for the rest of the day. Its
phone number is PBeejwrt fl-3OT3.
R. R, Grade Crossing
Project Is Resumed
Work Starts On Culverts
And Pipes for Twic|«.Iii
Freeport'a Eastern End
A right-of-way -for tgtnpotory..;-
• iracfo. td'rSff-"jisea • 'dtfrlfffif••^constnicv---
tlon-flf the rftUroad- grade crossing «
project; is being prepared through
Preeports east end. ,
Hendrlckson Brothers of Valley
Stream, "the contractors,' resumed
work Aug, 21 after a. 17-day sos-penslon
of operaUons due to a snag
In the state's acquisition of homes
in the right-of-way The contractors
resumed work when negoUatlons
had been completed iSi all except'
one house, . >' '. ,
M pre^nt the job consists largely
of extending culverts and culvert
pipes, Ejlready In • eidstence, to »B..
commodate the temporarj^ tracta.