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BROTHER KILLED, HF ENTERS ARMY Rockville Boy, 18, Seeks To Even Up Score, He Says Charles H. Levermore of eet, Rockville Centre, e Monday after e ng a double > service with one - to carry on Lieutenant Levermore left off when he crashed to his death on a Mass e farm March 9. W amx To Even Score I ju ave a feeling that I've got a double job to do,\ Charles said to do my part and 1 nt to sort of even up the scare Charles was 18 years old in Jan- 3 t deferred to finish ind graduate. from chool this June. ng on college, to r some branch t that's all out for the 22 t Sommers was e weeks after winning h wings, he died in the crash of time Charles recalled to Roosevelt field two would go up kn\ When - the - wat s enlisted in Jan- vas called in May. to the air corps. hxs family has for other army is headed for the Others Leaving le Cémre and Lyn-| k ees will leave from ft Board 721. Rockville Centre, the same day. Those inducted navy and matine corps} their orders direct. R |snoozes in the fami lat the Read of the stretch under THE, NASSAU DAILY REVIEW-STAR- FRIDAY, JULY 30. 1943 K led In Thls P|ane Crash _ Twenty of the 22 persons aboard this Amer- ican Airlines passenger plane were killed when it crashed and burned near Trammel, Ky., about 20 miles southeast of Bowling Green, Ky., where the big transport ran into unfavorable weather. Mother Exercises Horses As Her Daughter Sleeps One of the outstanding \exercise boys\ at Belmont race track these summery the mother of an 18-month-old daughter. She is Mrs. Richard Ringgold of | Oyster Bay. Virtually every morn- ing you willfind her, dolled out in a | thoroughbreds while her daughter jotkey's uniform, 'riding the ly automobile 2, mfaranrgfyo‘fisg' | the ' watchful 'eye of a Negro % 2 | grooms € eJAHLI‘eLTfiE'dRfi; Praised By Trainers \ J ' T Whelan. Trainers, who have tried to hire 1 p“ re, Albert W.| the 110-pound - beauty 'without c success, say she hs perfecat hnds Howard, Robert und C,. Meade, h and John C. e Centre. . Herzberg, Sel- eorge N. Quacken- n J. Jr., | ke, Jr., George L. ineth C. Hubbs and | g, Jr., all of Lyn- Wiliam Gill, formerly of e Freddie D. Bot- aica; and William J. both the ~navy were: | sher, Rxchlrd H. Gil- | , and Nils \A. H. Nel- Rockville Centre; McNulty and-Herbert J. regor of Lynbrook, and \. Allen, formerly of Lyn- d into the marines were: a H. Francis, Stanley Wils s F. O'Connor and irrower, of Lynbrook; elaet, formerly of s Eugene Spalinger, of F e- Centre, 'and William | Co n° and Eugene Rosenstock, y of Rockville Centre. BALDWIN DISTRICT ELECTS J. J. FOGARTY J J. Fogarty is the new me of X& 2 com: n, 'having been electe opposition at the s avenue school, Baldwin, serve a five-year rank Weygant, | run for a full is been appointed inexpired term of W. 0 resigned. eceived 220 votes, igk He is a past the Baldwin post, , and hes at 23 r was chair- m . Desmond H.} Charles L. Levermore, both of D ard chairman, Rockville: Centre, who recently AT QUILTING BEE Lutheran Ladies Aid Members | Meet With President lembers of the Ladies' Aid so- | Peter's Evangelical | therar ich of Baldwin joined liting bee, yesterday after- me of the president Mrs. Philip Leon- avenue, Baldwin, | a on the quilt, which | e given as a major award | f bazaar at. the church, HANLONS NAME CHILD Daughter 'To Be Known As \\ is Elisabeth W. Everett Han- n street, Hemp- Avis Elisabeth e for their daughter, it Nassau hospital, iger of the { the Per- ny and for- Hempstead the former l s, who was a n He'r'p tead. They c Martha, THPlE W \RDF\\ NAMED iens have been Dreyfus, | of Long inations Lester ger and }c ere s rn in as tof en stir- hild t d to the [the summer. months, members of c e post at/the Mother's club meet regularly ne of Mr./at the workrooms of the Long s will also | Beach branch df the' American & of the Red Cross for sewing under. the ice of the|leadership of Mrs. George A. L. a iDufty. Ronald, John | Success, say she has perfect hands | judge of race. but jumpers she continued and: now | works for bor, Daniel Sangster. sen, Jr., Frank J. {association has called upon Gov-. ernor Thomas E. Dewey for the ernor said: pendent food retailer, and of the people of 'New York state who rdepcnd upon him for food, is now so serious that only swift metion | in appointing a state food director can meeting to be held August 1 and 2 in Syracuse; the Sanitary district) Legion Auxiliary Plans Fete At St. of Rockville Centre, met Wednes- day at the clubhouse and made | final arrangements for the annual! party for crippled children of St. Giles home in Hempstead.. This party, to take the place of the an= | nual beach party, will feature en- | tertainment, children and refreshments and is scheduled for August 5, at.2 p. m., at the home. admitted gold-star Kenney of St. awarded second prize in the New York state Americanism essay. | Molly Pitcher day and the auxil- | iary will day. the -St. | fund, Legion cigarette fund. | Walker of Rockville Centre won the membership award; blanket} club winners were Mrs. freshments were served. Burkhardt And Committee Plan headed by George E. Burkbardt, Nassau county chairman, will visit Valley Sunday. Members will meet at the municipal building at 2 o'clock. man, accompanied by Mrs. Conrad George Bell and Mrs.|. George F. Roberts, canning chair- man, Stream gardens and found them Schulleri, maturing satisfactorily. Church [have been dispensed with during She started riding the thorough- breds. for her husband, 'now .a Washington, D. C., war-worker, when he sold his string <of her Oyster Bay nelzh-‘ Whenever any of the other owners or trainers offer her a big salary -to exercise their animals she replies that \galloping horses is not work. It is fun, the great- est pleasure I know.\ But she admits that the gallop- ing is far from the most important part of her life. \Little Nancy comes before anything, anyone,\ she insists. Last summer when Nancy was only a half year old, the youngster sometimes. was left in the car alone while the mother rode but not this year. Mrs. Ringgold is afraid her offspring will open one of the doors and topple out. That's why the groom is always present, even when Nancy is asleep. FOOD MERCHANTS APPEAL-TO DEWEY NEW YORK July 30-GP)-The | immediate appointment of a state food administrator, In a message sent to the gov- yesterday the association \The predicament of the inde- save the situation.\ The group said that it would await the governor's reply at a CHILDREN'S PARTY Giles Home The American Legion auxiliary small gifts to (the Mrs. John G. Haggerty and Mrs. lost their sons in the war, were info the auxiliary as mothers.. Miss Jean Agnes school was August 4 has as all this receive credit for bonds and stamps sold .on It was voted to donate $25 to Alban's hospital rotating and $10 to the American Mrs. Jean Doris Maccabee and Mrs. Gus Olsen. Re- TO VISIT GARDENS Pilgrimage Sunday The Victory Garden committe, Stream, Victory gardens Henry I. Cornell, local chair- visited some of the Valley o be well tended and the crops MOTHERS MEET AND SEW While all other activities of the lubs of St. John's Lutheran by the Sea, Long Beach, CHILD CARE CENTER TO -MOVE IN FREEPORT The Freeport child care center sponsored by the board of educa- | New York state food merchants'tion and the federal works agency, will move August 23 from the} Grove street school to the former Canary wottage, 268 West Merrick road,. it was announced today. Miss Géraldine Sidel will act as director; succeeding Miss Florence Allen,- who was acting director. The school board has signed 'a one-year lease on the property, and T2 children are expected to be- taken' care of in the center, CHILDREN AID U.$.0, Group At Central Hotel, Beach, Raise $25 Twenty-five dollars were raised at a party given by a group of small children spending the sum- mer at the Central hotel, Long Beach. The money was turned over to the Long Beach U. S. O. Clubhouse. Mrs. was in charge of the group. Long Ben Winitt, director, has set August 11 'to be known as \Central | Hotel Children's Night.\ Mr. Winitt was honored at a birthday party given by some of the work- ers. Wednesday afternoon at the clubhouse. Other. activities included a meeting. of the. Junior hostesses committee at.the clubhouse Wed- esday, under the leadership of Mrs. A. E. Klages of Long Beach and. Mrs. Robert Benjamin of the Five Towns. WAVE Ensign RUTH L. HEIMERLE Ensign Heimerle received her commission Tuesday and has been assigned to active duty. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August HeimerI® of 27 Oak street, Valley Stream, she received her officer train- ing at the naval reserve mid- shipmen's> school -in North- ampton, Mass, Miss Heimerle received a bachelor of arts de- gree from Hofstra (college, where she was on the dean's list. Prior to joining the navy, she was an assistant on the war savings staff of the U. S. ireasury in New York city, Ray Meyerson | WOODMERE DOGK SURVEYS MADE Exchange Club Informed Work Will Start Soon On Beach Town officials have completed | surveys of the proposed new beach at Woodmere and work will be started on the project within the near future, Dr. E. Wallace Small, chairman of the Woodmere-Hew- lett Exchange club's beach com- mittee, reported at 'the weekly meeting held at Anthony's inh, yesterday. William A. Huber, sign painter who recently added 200 names to the club's honor roll, announced that the memorial plaque now has 800 names and nine gold stars. He stated that he has-not found any honor roll in Nassau county with as many as nine gold stars on it. A discussion was held on the unslightly and unsanitary condi- tion of sidewalks at night. It was reported that sidewalks are clut- tered with=debris after merchants close their- stores. <A complaint will be made |to fourth precinet officials with a request for reme- dial retion. A round-robin letter was writ» ten to Samuel Salzman, a member of the club, who is now in the navy. Each member wrote a para- graph in the letter and each signed it, FIRE COMMISSIONERS INSPECT ROOSEVELT The annual mid-summer inspec-» tion of the personnel and equip- | ment of the Roosevelt fire depart- ment was held at the fire head- quarters on Centennial avenue, last night. A buffet supper fol- lowed. The inspection was made by the board of fire commissioners of the district. Frederick E. Schmidt, chairman of the board, commend ed Chief Edward C. Rose and his assistants. S. Walter Van Nostrand, as- sistant chief, was chairman of the event, Commissioner Francis Van Riper presented an ex-chief's ring to his brother, Staniey Van Riper, and Commissioner Carmen P. Marino, oldest active ex-chief of the department, gave a ring to Ed- ward P. Segreto. LISTS NEW COURSE Child Care Volunteers To Train In Branch The Five Towns Child Care| Jnstru-| committee, which was mental in obtaining government support and the support of the Five Towns Community Chest in estab- lishing a center for children of war workers, announced the organization of a course for child care volunteers, to assist in the operation of the center, located at the Five Towns Community house, Lawrence avenue, North Lawrence. The course will begin September 8, at Public school 1, Lawrence. It will be given by Mrs. Mary Michaelis, who is in charge of the child care center. In addition, out- side lecturers will be brought in for specialized instruction. The course, which has been worked out by the State War council commis- sion on child care, is divided into 36 hours of lectures; and 36 of observation in the child care center. Classes will meet twice a week for sessions of twp hours each. Persons who are interested in enrolling in this phone the Of- fice of Civilian Defense, Cedar- hurst 6505, as soon as possible. HOSPITAL BOARD To MEET Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frankel of West Beech street, Long Beach, will be hosts Monday at a meet- ing of the board of directors of the Long Beach hospital, Dr. George S. Reiss will preside. Re- ports of the invitation dinner held last week will be made by J. W. Brantman, chairman of the {ways and means committee, and plans will be outlined for the obliga- tions to be assumed by the direc- tors and that of the hospital com- mittee members in the all-out membership drive which (was unched at the dinner, BUHP GRANT, JA., s: GETS SILVER STAR Wife Receives Citation For Soldier's Bravery In Tunisia A citation of a Silver Star award given Corporal Atexander Grant, Jr., for gallantry in action in Tunisia, has been recéived by his wife, the former Eleanor Norman of 72 Stevens street, Oceanside. Corporal Grant, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Grant of 28 Hutcheson place, Lynbrook, was a private at the time that the ac- tion cited was performed. He has been in service since January, 1941, and overseas for & year. Prior to his enlistment, he was a mem- ber: of the Hempstead national guard, and was employed by the Cities- Service Oil company in Woodmere. Saved Equipment The citation was as follows: \For gllantry in action in April, 1943. uring operations in Tunisia, Pri- vate Grant,) with utter: disregard for his own personal safety, and without any instructions, assisted in putting out a fire on his vehicle, a half track, mounted 'with a .75 millimeter self-propelled gun, thereby saving a valuable piece of squipment. On the vehicle was ap- proximately 80 rounds of .75 mil- WANT ADS-Franklin Square: limeter ammunition and anti-tahk mines, some of which were on fire. \In the face of artillery fire, knowing the ammunition on the vehicle was likely to explode at any time, thereby endangering his life and the lives of the members of his company, he continued to fight the fire as small arms were exploding in the vehicle. This display of courage a'xd initiative reflects great credit' on Private Grant and upon the armed forces.\ CARDS TOMORROW Mrs. James Whyte To Be Mineola Hostess 'The Mineola Woman's Repub- lican {club will\ sponsor a- card party on the lawn of the home of Mrs: James Whyte of 259 Maple Telephone Fieldstons 3-33i0 place, Mineola, tomorrow after- noon, at 3 n'clock. If the wéather proves unfavorable, the affair will be held indoors. Mrs. Whyte will be assisted by the Mesdames Her- man Bassemir, Hector Cunning» ham, H. L. Simmons, Ernest Nei» meyer and Claire A. Brown.. The club-will not meet again until September, TO PLAY CARDS |. More than 70 persons played cards at the second in a sgrigs of parties conducted by the Ladies East End Republican club, Elmont, Wednesday afternoon at the homie of Mrs. \Theodore. Gertz of Meacham avenue, Elmont. The next party in the series- will be August 25 at 2 p. m. at the home of Mrs.. Charles Zop of 235th street, Elmont. DRESSES DRESSES DRESSES DRESSES DRESSES A SUMMER DRESS SALE! ~ Save 20% to 40% in this RARE event! All Summer Dresses drastically reduced to make room for Fall Coats, Suits and Dresses COATS Ceiling Price 3.98 - 4.98 Ceiling Price . 4.98 . 5.98 Ceiling Price 5.98 - 6.98 Ceiling Price 7.98 . 8.98 Ceiling Price 8.98 - 12.98 2 3 4 5 7 for Spring and Early Fall Wear [Gstigs 37 MAIN STREET - GREATLY REDUCED We apologize for this sale at this critical time, but it is essential for the proper conduct of our business. chandise over and rather than sell to dealers, we give you, our customers, the opportunity for a good buy. I We do not carry mer- HEMPSTEAD