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'01 South Grove St.
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Marina With 176 Slips, .
Play Areas Included
In $1,000,000 Project .
Three swimming pools are to fca-
^(C '*'"'"® ^ oO-acre j)ark- being pJaatted
•;i?'''''y *^«' Town Board of Hempstead i
'C>l^; "le ^00'' or South Grove ^t., in the '
' vicinity of Guy Lombardo's East
Point House and extending •frcjn
-the Woodcleft Canal to tije Hudson
Canal.
ThJb was revealed hy i^o sources
^during the past week. Thomas V.
<KelJy director of parks for the
Town of Hempstead, broke tl>e news
•at the weekly supper of the Klwanls
'Club In the Elks clubhouse on Wed­nesday
night, Feb, ~B, whil?. Mayor
William F, Glackcn talked on tlie
'projfpt al' the nomUiaticg' conven-
^tion' of the Unity Party, In the
Exempts' Hall Saturday mornlxig.
VThe main' pool," it was revealed,
will be one ta tjic. tergest;- lir ttje
ix'orld.^- It will awir'lSc^reotarigUJnr'
nor pvnl in shape', but it will' be
'designed so as to afford (the most
'lUftge. Ttiere also 1?111 be- a diving
;pool - and a' wtw^ng pool for the
youneer generation,
Alarina for 176 iBoats
• However, the pools are only one
feature of the proposed park, which
has heen under oonslderatlon by
town authorities for' 15 months,
with th% co-6peratlon. of Robert
Moses, chairman, of the Long -Is­land
State Park CSommlsslon: On
'the Woodcteft -Canal side of the
park-there is to be ai marina with
[slip!! to accgjmmotlate I7e pleasure
boats. Other facilities will be a
field for eotthalt diamonds, a kin­dergarten
playground, another area
for court games and plenty of eat­ing
fadUtJes. ' ..
There'will be two, Jarge. parking
fields,- pn^ with .^pace -.for more
than 1,000 cars, anothq^tor more
and. Muller Are Maiiii6f[ Unity, Party Candidates
Grebinar Declines '
Renoimnalion, Saying
He Plans Worid Trip'
UNITY P^RTY STANDARD BEARERS
GEOBCC IL FAIEBESG AHTHUB R. MtTLtEB'
Board Votes $8jQ0,000
Bonds for Sewer Plant
And Brookside Avenue
Two bDHd issues totaling $890,-
000 were authorized by the Village
Roard at its meeting Monday
night In the Municipal Building,
The fir4t, $700,000, is for tiic
completion "of the setver plaat
tiiodemlzation for which a Federal-srant
of ^a5D,000 has been re-ceivccl.
J— _Tl«e_ J>ih.e& _£ilO(L?C9 .is.. .f»r. Jthe.
ttnprorcinent of North Brookside
ave., with permanent pavement
from; California ave., north to the
Vliiage tine.
Xhe Board also cleared the way
for loxv-tent apartments to bouse
senior citizens. It asked tlie Free-port
Housing Anthority to request
$IC,000 in federal funds to finance
prelhuiiuiry planning of tlio fed­eral
housing project.
Unity Party Platform For 195|
A Plattorm oi six. plaiik*,with'many sUJ^-dlvlslons was adoptliby
the Municipal Stadium anct furnish
than 500. an4 |3»ree-:amaller "elds, ^yj^g^isg^,^ Wholesome recreation
with facUltlea for a .total; or- more
than -l.TOO- aittomobiles.' '
Xhe plans call for a marine high­way
around tlie project,- Though
the area la how reached only by
South Orove st^ provlsiotii for other
arteries (o the park ..are being oon-eidered
so as to tate the traffic off
Grove ist. •
Sites for IMspIa4«d Kesldents
The Mayor )n his talk emphasized
_that sites ojQ. Hudson^ Canal would
tia made avaUahle for purchase by
15 famliies having homesi la the
area which will be tai:eu over for
the park project.
> Presiding Supervisor Edward
Larkta has been oacOf-the-prime
movers in the development of the
park plan, and Ifayor Olacken with
Mr. Moses have" been-"called, in to
participate In the discussions.
Sid Shapiro, an-engineer on the
staff of'Uie Iiong Island Fark^.Com-
'ailsslon, has been loaned by' Mr.
Moses Cb assist In the development
of Che plaiK. The firm'ot'^Bttrstow,
, MUlligan'"'and VoUmCTr"wfio'iMrve
. done mlich work' for the N.VS.
(Continued oivPa6e-6)
pledged themselves to can^y oiit the
prbrrtises contained In .the dociuhcnt
if elected. ^
The various planks are as follows:
1. A continuation of the lowest tax
rate of any community of com­parable
size withhi the County of,
Nassau.
2. Consistent with economy, effi­ciency
and sound fiscal policy:
a. To maintain and expiuvj the
municipal electric Ught/plant and
continue to distribute civrent at ttie
lowest rate in Na$?au County.
b.. To maintain and expand the
present unlimited supply ot water
at the lowest rates In., Nassau
County.
c. To maintain .and expand the
existing-four'Municipal Parks and
and activities for'the youth of.this
community. •' . ' -
d.' To.inain^in the existli^ rear
dooF garbage collection and to im­prove
the existing' Incinerator.
e. To maintain and expand the
existing sewage facilities in the
VUlage and with the asalstancc of
the Federal Drani, already obtained,
to enlarge the sewage-disposal plant,
, T. To continue, and bring to com­pletion,
the planned Improvemehts
In drainage and public streets in the
southerly area' end the Brookside
Avenue area, ' •
3. ,In connection with the Bail-road
Crossing Elimination, to pro­vide
ade<juate'parking for commuter
cars at the I^ib-oad Station Flaza,
together with an escalator to 'the
elevated platform.
4. To continue tiie present promul­gated
efforts and consultations with
Federal, State, County, and Town
governments-to secure the following
iiuprovemetits for tbe-^-VlUage^ of-
Freeport. . ,.
4.' Modem aud reasonably pd<ied
aged, . • " '
b. Road' widening. '
c. SlUm clearance. .
d. Development by marinas of tlie
waterfront. . •
e. A cooperative drainage plan for
the northeasterly end southeasterly
areas of the VlUfige. ' ^
, f. The removal of .-the unsightly
Junk yard south" of the Bay Estates.
. 5. To'assist by all ^raetical means
the orderiy growtii aitd deveiopmetit
of thd ViUtvgc in order that there'
may be a balanced ratio of business,
'commerce, industry and residential'
development of the VlUnge, tliereby
reducing the tax burden of the citi­zens,
not only so far as Village taxes,
bat also Town and School taxes.
6. To continue to., malt^taln and
expand- as necessary the existing
boanis, commissions and conmilttees'
in order that the various functions
of municipal government such as
Heart Fiind Captains
Named for-CaiApaign
nam'ed'aeTassistarit'', io, Jifrs'^Monbri
SQhaoher,'. chairman • for' Prefeport
for the Heart Sunday campaign to
be conducted In Freeport during
the afternoon of Sunday, Peb. 23.
There ^e 19 district captains as
follows:
Mrs. F. 6. Sneifeker,-Mrs. Danlet
Crowley, Mrs. Curtis Combs, IVirs,
Jerome J. Danzlger, Mrs. William |
Speakers Cite Records ,
., Of Trustee Nominees;',''
Mouni Weyrauch Death-
The-campaign of the Unity Party
is now m full swing with the nomi­nation
of Arthur R, Muller and
.Gei3rge..H."JBairbwe-Hs-ttsr- candl'--'
dates for the two trusteeships to
be filled at .the vUIage election on
Tuesday, March 18. The nominees
, were named at a convention BX-tended
by more than 150 persons
In the Exempt Firemen's hall Sat-mday
morning. - .
Trustee H. Irving Grebhiar de­clined
a re-nomlnatlon explaining
he had plopned a trip around the
world and would be away from
Fret^ort for more than six months.
.Ke lauded the qualifications of Mr.
FahSjerg the candidate picked to
succeed him.
-tn opening -the session- President
Robert t^ Poxsce. pointed, out that
ence'. He comnJpnt|rf'^Y>iany )mr
'portant accompUghtii:i!&.' of .the
Village Board, mentioning partlcu^
lorly the vast ifflprovem'ents made
in streets and drainage Sn Soutri
Freepont on what was reclaimed
land, Freeport has the lowest tax
rate of arty major Nassau Comity
.village, Mr, Doxeee-added'.
The candidates' names were put
Courter, ^rs^, Edward James^ Mc3.| before tiie convention by-P; Gordon
Edwards, chairman of a nominati;i^r,
coimhittee- which ' also 'included
Bobert E.
Hewlett *R. Bishop, Mrs. Samuel
Bird, Mrs. Bernard A; Hiller, Mrs.
Delma Valentine, Mr$,.Abraham M^.
Katz. Mrs. Elmer J. Mceklos, Mrs.'
E. A. Greer, Mrs.' treo Marcus, Mrs.
X. Klein, Mrs. John BandaU, Mrs.
Ferry Wallersteln, Mrs. Lee Wariser
and Mrs. John Saccarecda.
Mrs. Samuel M. Posnock of Roose­velt
has named the following dis­trict
captains: Mrs. Jock Gould,
Mts. Jerome Bralnin, Mrs.' I>ominick
AplceUa, Mrs. Harry Kabrln, Mrs.
Andrew Brand, Mrs. Bernard Mo-parks,
light, .water, parking fields, jdeste, Mrs. Lillian Kesselman, Mrs.
sewer,- incinerator, -'iKautificatlon.'JRlcIiard C. Phillips and Mnj. Dahlel
etc. be administered and advised by IR. Terry.
c^ wide,6prt»d sxwp of-representa­tive
citizens engaged In the func­tions
of Village government. -
Water Chlorination
Order Is Rescinded ^
Pensons who !have 'noticed &n un­pleasant
taslc in the Freeport
idrinklng water will be relieved ta
learn this condition has come to an
end. William E. Crcvolserat, Supeit-
Intendent of the Water Department,
announced mis week ttiat chlori­nation
of the water was ordered on
Feb. 3 b^'the W^iteaH County De­partment'of'Health
due to the pos-
In addition, the recruitment of
the volunteers who will perform, the
door-to-door collection is also in
its final stages, .according to the
chairmen: More itian 600 residents
of Freeport and Booset«U are ex­pected'.-
t<r take, part in the one.
afternoon drive to raise funds for
the support' 0^ local and national
heart programs. A major portion of
the contrihutloas will, be retained
in the county to carry on the local
hearts chapter's programs. Including
the sponsorship of res^irch projects
in two Nassau hospitals and the
conducting of professional and pub­lic
education programs..
sible contamination of the trater
following the fire at tta\sihorecrest; CBOBAl CHEMIBTS TO-8TAT
Hotel. Laboratory' tests taken last OFEN'AIX DAY NEXT StTNDAY
week Showed the water ms'purcl Coral chemists, 144 .North Mtiin
and ,cIiloriQation Was stopped' on 'si, will remain open tmtll 10 o'clock
Monday. "'Freeporters ctpi again ^ Sunday night after other Freeport'
enjay.tfaeirjugiiiti -exiceltent .^dpking
water 8tnce> the,need of chlorination'
Is oirer,''-Mr. Crevolsemt said. . ;
.druggfek-filope early, in tl» after­noon-
for the rest of the'^y. Its
phone number is. MAyfalr 3-2038.
PfttterBon'jand, Police
•Justice Paul KeUy. 'Willard Evans-seconded
Mr. Muller's nominatlotl.
Mr. Grebinar and Charles V- Brady
of the Board of Educaittou did like­wise
for Mr, Falrtoerip,
Records Outlined i
Trustee Muller, completing a one-year
term, la vice-president in
charge Of research fpr' the -OaJcit6
Products Co., ts on active member
of the Freeport Methodist Church
and has 'served on the', Freeport
Housing- commission. Before his
election to the Village Board, h^
wa9 a-membcroX the Zoning Boar^ -
of Appeals.
Mr, MUUer is a past president ot
the Northeast Civic AB.wclation,-|v
member of Spartan' Lodge, P. is
AJU, and the Special Police As­sociation,
lie has lived in Freeport
40 years. - , . - - - .,
Mr.'Palrberg,.aJ«wyer, is gener­al
counsel- and officer ot Credit-^
America ' Corp- ^n industrial'
finance r colnpany doing nationwide
business. Since 1M9-'he itaii: tteM
menjhcrship in jthe Northwest Civic
Association which he s&ved a'tenrt
term as president. He was named to
the Board of Zoning AppealB.-in
1953 and a year later became its
. chairman — a post, he nim holdte.
Chairman-of B'nai'B'rlth Lodge's
otnninnnity and civic affairs com-*
mittee, Mr. Faihierg also served on.
the citizens' committee for the
etiminBiio'n'of local grade crossings'.
A World War ZZ veteran, lie has
held" various 'jwsts'ln 'Qie 'Heoda'-;"
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