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K-' TEKTBSDAY, AZB1L Will Try to Raise Quota for Year At May 1 Event Officers of the Gtrl Scout dls« trlct committee of Freeport have get $570, their quota, as the goal .for the annual dessert bridge to (be given In the Transfiguration ISplscopal Church pnrioh house on Friday, May 1, ut 1:30 p. m. Plans were made' for -the event at a meeting'of the committee In the auditorium of Our Holy Re- deemer School last Thursday af- ternoon, with Mrs. William 3. Hughes, the chairman. In charge. Though tickets have been print- ed Indicating the price of admis- sion would be 76 cents, It was voted to reduce the fee to 65 cents. Mrs. Hughes and Mi's. James O'Nell] are co-chairmen of the general cortrmittee In charge of the bridge^ Other CPghmltteps wore named as follows^-* 4 *?. . . Food 'Table — Mrs. George R. Rothwell ,chalrman; Mrs. Char- l«4 Marshnor'and Mrs. A. J. Con- nelly. Table Prizes — Mrs. Ruurd Fennema, chairman; Mrs. Paul Jordon and Patricia and Cather- ine Carty. Dessert — Mrs. M. Elizabeth Hardcastle, chairman; Mrs. Geo- rge Bennett Smith. Table Serving — Mrs. O'Neill, Mrs. Arthur Myers, Mrs. Carlisle TBodger, Mrs. Paul Jordan, Mrs. n D. Swits, Jr., Mra. Ed- gelkei Mrs. Stanley Bal- der and Mrs. Frank McGregor. There will Sa a. display of scout craft with two girls from each troop participating. The Rarasch Department Store, official head- quarters for Free port, will have a display of equipment for Girl Scouts. The Freeport committee liaaibeen assigned a quota of $570 for the support of the scout move- ment In .t^le area and hopes to,. Talse the fund a* the event. Young Repubicow Install Officers Robert A. Millers Mark 25th Anniversary Among th^ guests..at a supper •party given to Mr. and Mrs. Rober: A. Miller, jr.. of 46 Roosevelt ave.. in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary Saturday .night, were the maid, of honor and best man attended them at their\ mar* *. The couple were the guests . Officers of the Young/ Men's Republican Club,jw#ce Installed by Joseph H. MpCidbkey, the party leader, m a i)rqilkfa8t In Mike'a Inn on Atlantic avnue, Sunday morning. Tb6 innovation of hav- ing the breakfast proved com- pletely successful aa there was a large turn out. The 1942-43 officers are George B. Tydeman, president; Jay O. Stewart, Jack Chambers and Mon- roe K. Lewis, vice-presidents: Henry L. Frauenthal. correspond- ing secretary; Harold W. John- son. recording secretary; William Judge; treasurer; Edward Doyle, sergeant-at-arma; C . Lu d 1 o w Smith. Gordon Slmonson, Frank Jackson and Kenneth L. Lewis the retiring president, directors. After swearing in the officers, Mr. McCloakey called attention to the names of 34^members of the club listed as «t?eing In the ser- vice, and predicted that many more would 'be called within the next year, creating a problem of holding the club together. \Let's hold the club together and keep In touch with the men in the ser- vice.\ he adJed. He batd also that he believed Republicans could b«?st servo the country by co-op- erating with the administration. Mayor Wo I'd en E. Winnie spoke after which President Tydeman presented an electric clock to Air. Lewis his predecessor. The of- ficers of thg club spoke briefly* Mr. ;an<l Mrs, ..James J* McCor* - n&acic-pf-CPultQn ave., Roosevelt an% \^helr attendants j^f._a-quarter cea- - tury -ago were Mrs^ Joseph Ste?. Thena and Dr;..Z. V. Colyer. Other guests were Mrs. R. Richie - -Miller, JosepM Stephens, Mr. and Mra, W* H. Patterson, ]r., Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Wilson, and Mrs. Colyer of Freeport: 5Ar. and Mrs. Everett (Brooks, of Bellmore, and Odell of Roosevelt. GROVE STREET P.T.A. TEA AIDS PLAYGROUND FUND A largely attended tea was given at the home of Mrs. Stanley Burk- hard, 172 PorterOeld place, Friday afternoon to raise funds wltih which to equip the playground of the Grove street school. The event was sponsored by the Par en t- Teacher Association. Mrs. L. Burton C&ssln, P.-T.A., president; Mrs. Richard Porter. Mrs. Henry Single and Mrs. James G. Benedict poured, while Mrs. Burkhard was assisted by a committee comprising Mrs. Charles Stumpf, chairman; Mrs. Floyd Miller, Mrs. Herbert Bond and Mrs. Peter SchaeKef. Watch Hospital . 00 MAINSPRINGS . . T $LOO \Any ALARM CLOCK CRYSTALS ROUND . CRYSTALS Odd Shaped 50c WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER GRANDFATqER AND'CHIME CLOCKS 65 W. Sunrise Hwy. Oppoalt* Flrat National Bank FREEPORT 8SG6 ^ 14', (! 'I Flow * Vegetable - Graaa Seed: Ferdlizera - Chemical - Vigoro - Sheep and Cmymaoure.- Nitr&te* ' PEAT MOSS .... GARDEN TOOLS PET SUPPLIES — POULTRY T Eckhapdi feed & Coal Co. 35 Church St., Fweport 26) 8 # 31 Church St., Baldwin 1340 EostetMn, Honno Home on Furloughs Two Freeport youtha who have just finished their basic training at Shaw Field, Sumpter, S. C., for the U. 3. Air Corps are home on a week's furlough. They are Mer- rill L. Easterlin, son of John W. Easterlln. president of the Retail Council of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, and Malcolm Hanna, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hanna, of Elliott place. The two entered the service about the same time last summer, were at Maxwell Field, Ala., to- gether, and later at Douglaston, Ga., where they received their pri- mary training, and then they went to Shaw Field. They arrived home Monday, and at the expiration their furloughs, will return to Georgia. Easterlin had the misfortune to strain his ankle at a picnic on Sunday, and had to rest up during most of his stay in Freeport. ALPHA COUNCIL TO GIVE HEMFSTEAD GROUP FLAG Alpha Council, D. of A., will pre- sent an American flag to .Express Lodge of Hempstead next Wednes- day night with appropriate exer- cises In Hempstead Hall. Mrs. Lil- lian Johnson, captain of the degree team, will make the presentation. Plans for the event were made at a meeting of the Council Friday night in Pythian Hall, with Mrs. Gladys Young presiding. The charter was draped in mem- ory of Mrs. Delia Ostergren, of Ja- maica, a member of the council for more than twenty years, who died recently. Dine ot Yocht Club Freeport was well represented at the eighth annual dinner dance of the 25-year co-workers of the New York Telephone Company, at the South Shore Yacht Club on Satur- day night. E. B. Sonner, Division Plant Superintendent, a resident of the village, was among the speakers, while W. T. Sanborn and E. B. Washbum, other Freeporters, were members of the general com- mittee. William Loughran was master of ceremonies and Frank Keith, con- struction superintendent, spoke. Quests of honor were Edward C. Kuehn, of Massapequa; Daniel J. Perry of Oceanside, and Howard O. Schneider, of Bellmore. Following the dinner there was dancing to the music of Freddie Roberts orchestra. APRIL 29-30 MAY 1-2 CHUBBUCKS Drug Store MAIN AT SUNRISE PHONE FFT 5 On!y You Can Give a Picture df Yourself MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL 1—8 by 10 Photo 2 — 5 by 7 Photos — YOUR CHOICE OF POSES FROM PROOFS — LOt&MAIKE M CHURCH STREET F. H LAITPPE FRAgPORT 6020 JAMZ YOOMG AT FBOM MJsa Jane Young, daughter of Mrs. Dorothea M. Young, 79 Dela- ware aVenue, Freeport, attended the annual senior prom of the Packer Collegiate Institute, Brook- lyn, Saturday night. Miss Young is a junior at Packer and secre- tary of her class. BUY WAS BONDS STATIONERY SUPPLIES Whatever you need In the way of stationery or office supplies, you can get It \— better and cheaper—here at Brafthwalte's. \Ve carry a complete line of everything for the office. Be sure to come in and look a- ronnd, and see how many things we carry which you really need. COMMERCIAL STATIONERY OFFICE SUPPLIES HALL MARK GREETING CARDS The Finest Made in This Country SOCIAL STATIONERY RYTEX PERSONAL STATIONERY DENNISON'S GOODS WATERMAN, BABKBR, SCKAEEEEB, and ESTEKBROOK FOUNTAIN PENS, etc, BRAITHWAITE COMMERC//4L 10 Church Street TEL. 2468 FREEPORT Today - Pleasel %nd Yoiir DonaMon %DAY to Unlled China Relief, Inc. MRS. R. G. McCHESNEY, Treasurer \ 196 Mount Joy Avenue DOA/T pyx/r 7\O BE CXJ^LEO C/PO/V — CW/vVT,S ATEED /5 DESPERX7E — S//E CXA/T PTX/r LO/VCE^ DO/VT LET\ //ER PKX/7 LOA/CER. — r/iia Space ConfnbufeJ 6y — VIE BROCK'S 40 South Moin Street Whitman -— Page 4 Shaw — Ixmis Sherry Gaudies BEST S&DAS ABD ICE OBZAM IN T&E 6000 Maaaau County Poper 6TE TEAR—NO, 48 FAEETOAT, N. ?., AT3IL 30, 1940 FIVE CENTS A COPT Economy Parly Drafts Patterson For Presidency McCloskey Hints At Possibility of \Skirmish\ Next Yeor Former Mayor Robert E. Pat- terson was drafted as president of the Economy Party at the annual meeting last Friday night In the Crystal Lake Hotel. He was elect- eel to succeed Edmund C. Robson who has been named a member of the Village Board. Mayor Worder E. Winne after congratulating Mr. Patterson on his election facetiously remarked: \In the past the president of thg Kconomy Party hae uventual- ly become a candidate for.Village Trustee, so In the next i'e\v years v/o'Jl probably see Hob Patterson running for that ot'i'ice again.\ He added that it was not often one who had spent ye;irs in of- fice, would accept the post inn Mr. Patterson had taken. Republican Leader Joseph H. McCloskey referred to the numer- ous responsibilities Air. 1 had assumed, remarked: f^iave^S^^i^ be In for a little skirmish next year,\ and suggested that it would be well to hold meetings and keep things going In the mean- time. Mayor Winne in his talk refer- red to the budget and insisted the board had done everything pos- sible to keep expenses down this year. Referring to the recent budget hearing he contrasted the slim attendance with the scene en- acted a. year ago, and added: \Only two or three persons took port in the discussion, but they were not there with an honest motive. 'They were tl-ere to em- barrass the board. We answered their questions as beat we could, but I don't know whether we sat- isfied them. But we didn't expect to satisfy them.\ .•.,Dr. Herman C. Dunker spoke as Chairman of the Civil Defense Council. He predicted _that »s a ^result of the American bombing of Japanese cities, the Axis powers ; would attempt to drop bombs in this area. He spoke of the con- templated surprise blackout and advised everyone to have a room prepared they could occupy during any blackout. The other officers elected with President Patterson, Mrs. Anna Z. Amberman and Frank D. Cur- ley, vice-presidents; Roscoe L. VanNostrand, secretary, and Ed- mund Lumley, .Jr., treasurer, were {ailed on and spoke briefly. Committees had been named also and were announced as fol- lows: Advisory, Edmund T. Cheshire, Edward, P. Licenee, Mayor Winne, William J. Marvin, Leader Me-; Closkey, Samuel M. Levy and Asa iA- Trenchard; Publicity, Mr. V^nNostrand; entertainment, Mr. % finance, Mr. Marvin; 1«- 1, O. Burchard Smith/ and la- *, Mrs, Amberman. Sugar Ration Registration Monday Thru Thursday 20,000 Books Expected to be Issued — The Questions family must go to the schoql in the district in which he or she resides prepared to furnish certain data concerning all for whom books are needed. In order to facilitate the registration, the Board of Education has had printed 22,000 sample blanks which will be distributed by pupils to every home before Monday. These are to be Riled out and taken to the place of registration to be copied o? on the official blanks, before the ra- tion books are issued. The\ blanks contain the usual spaces for the date of registra- tion, name of applicant, address, number of persons in the family and the relationship they bear to the person representing them.. Byt in addition the following informa- tion must «lso be provided: Height, weight, color of eyes and hair, age. and sex of each person for whom a book is needed. Sugar ration books are expected to %)e issued to at least 20,000 Freeport residents next week. Registration for theae books will be conducted in all the elementary schoqls on Monday, Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday between the hours of 4 and 7 p.m. One representative from each \9 -- Villagers Back Rezoning for New Bronze works Plant Co-operate with Novy; Hear of Plan To End Smoke, Fumes Sentiment at the Village Boards hearing Monday night on the pro- posal to establish an inrkisiiial ZQiie to permit the uxtcntiion of the Columbian Pronze Corp., plant, which is turning out propellers lor the Navy was that nothing should be done that would impede the work for the government. However, there was some discussion over the odors which emanate from the muat advise the registrar as to the number of pounds of sugar there is in his home. And on this in- formation will be based the num- ber of coupons to be left 'in the rations book. If a family pos- sesses a quantity of sugar equal to two pounds for each' member, no coupons will be taken out. If however, the sugar on hand amounts to-six pounds per person, one .coupon will be deducted for each half pound in excess of two pounds for each person. And If a family has more than six pounds per person in its pos- session no ration book will be is- sued at all. Giving of false Information la punishable by a 'One of $10,000, Im- prisonment for ten years or both. Registrants should go to the school which their children at- tend or did attend before becom- ing of high school age. Those who have no chUdreir'should go to school nearest their homes. T3ie person, representihg the. family must be-at least eighteen years of ag«r\ •\/•' • , .' Persons.who fall to register will be unable \to obtain sugar once the supplies they have on hand are exhausted. Child Loses Life In Oil Blost Three Bennlngton Park buildings which had juat been equipped with sanitary facilities and running water at the behest of the Free- port Housing Authority were dam- aged by a .Are which caused the death of a baby Saturday. The blaze was caused by the ex- plosion of an oil stove in the home of Flossie Bolker, a Negress, at 61 Liberty avenue. Oil fumes suffo- cated Dolores Crosson, three months old. The flames spread to the building at 59 and 63. All th^ee structures arc owned by Mrs. Felicia Lago and the work done in Uium waA approved by the Housing Authority at its meeting last Thru^dav night. Nossou Defense Group To be War Council The name of the Nassau CounCy Defense Council will be changed officially to \Nassau County War Council\ tomorrow and Col. Ed- ward C. O. Thomas, director of civilian defense, will become the \director of civilian protection.\ Defense Headquarters in Mineola will be called: \War Council Of- ace.\ The changes in names, accord- ing to CoL Thomas, have been brought about by the new War Emergency Act. Edward B. Thomson, counsel for the corpo- ration, announced that engineers had been retained to endeavor to eliminate conditions everyone was pleased. The hearing was on a proposal to take the area to the east of the plant and continuing along East Milton street, to Jay street, and part way north to Seaman avenue, out of residence and busi- ness B zones and place It in an industrial zone. However, the Navy Department had Insisted on more definite action, and as a re- suit of a trip to Washington Mayor Wordcn E. Winne and Village Counsel Samuel M. Levy drafted a resolution providing that the Unit- ed States might make any use it desired with land acquired in Free- port, and so long as it remained in possession of the government. Once the property was restored to private ownership, its status would have to be determined, it was ex- plained. - Land possessed by the govern.\ Edmund C. spoke for tKe property Old Steom Whistle To Worn of Roids Th^ old steam whistle which used to call out the Frccport Rre apparatus, now has a more seri- ous ta^k to perform. It has bftm installed on the roof of the Brooklyn water works in Baldwin as an air raid warning system. Fire Chief Edward An- drews supervised the installation Monday afternoon and gave it a thorough test. Reports indicated it was heaM*\#fetty gener&lly through the village. BUT WAR BONDS STAMF8 owners in the vicinity-of-tlie' plant. Wherever it is necessary for the government to take over property for national defense, he said, he would do ^nothing to oppose it. \The thing that horrifies me,\ he added, \is not what the War De- partment is going to do. but our relationship with the Columbian Bronze Corp., which has not been the happiest during the past twenty years.\ He spoke of the alleged smoke nuisance, and insisted that this condition could be remedied with- out loss of time and at moderate cost. It also- was brought out that the corporation was negotiating for the purchase of parking fields so the cars of its employees could be taken off the streets. At the conoluaiqn of meeting, Mayor Winne announced the mat- ter would be taken under adviae- ment and action taken as quickly as possible. 244 Register For School Meeting Only 244 re I dent of Fi'Honnrt red to he Mlgihlo to n the annual school in tfie high school 'Tuca- day night whon the annual Roard ol' Education 'budget will be ac- cepted. They also are, the only ones who will be eligible to vote for school trnaWa at the election on Wednesday. The pmpnm'd budget for the srhool year starting on July 1, totals $(;2T,3!)l whlcli Ihclud** $1(1,000 for the Memorial Libr- ary. Estimated receipts of $162,- 7G8 and $15,000 to be taken from surplus will reduce the amount to be rafHud by taxation to $459,623, unless the. taxpayers at Tuesday night's meetjng vote to add one or more Items to the-total, George E..Williamson .and ton H. Smithr2^?ho?e-jte** members of the Board of Educa* (Ion, expire, are due to be re*- elected without opposition. The IMlls In the high school will be open from noon until 9 p. m. Health Official; Acl to Improve < Bennlngton Park ^ Proceedings Started Against 2 Property Owners in Area Nassau County health officials hnve instituted proceedings against two Bcnnington Park property owners due to the alleged insani- tary conditions of their premises It was revealed at a meeting of the Freeport Housing Authority last Thursday night in the Muni- cipal Building. Edward B. Thomp- son the chairman preside^. One of the accused is Mrs. Jo-< scph.LHlJclla. who owns four one family buildings at 09, 71.and 73 Liberty avenue, one bcuig located in the i;ear. At Its previous meet- ing .the Authority instructed Mrs, LaBclla to install adequate sani« tar}' facilities for the buildingy. At Thursday's hearing, a latter wits received from Mr. LaQella In which he wrote he had .received estimates which showed the work would cost $1,600. He added that he could raise only $500,'' with which he wrote he could erect two outhouses, rep&ir a hand pumpignd paint the Interior of the buildings. Counsel T. A. TomnscIIo advised the board that criminal proceed- ings In which the owner la accused of maintaining Insanitary build- ings were pending in the District; Court in Bellmore. Consequently the Authority delayed action pend- ing the outcome of these proceed- «* ..... Freeport Holy Nome To Join in Roily The Holy Name Society of Our Holy Redeemer R. G. Ohurch will participate iii the Hdly Name rally in Glen Cove next ^unday. Plans were made at a meeting Monday night in the school hall with Edt ward F. Meaney, the president, presiding. Oustav J. Berkel, chair- man of the rally committee, will head a delegation which will aa- aemble at the church at 1 pJ m. The high school band, directed by J. Maynard IWTettlaufer, wQl ac- company the contingent to Glen, J. L. Barron. C. E.. of the Divi- sion of Sanitation of the Nassau County Health Department in- formed the Authority in a letter that Dr. Earlc G. Brown* Health Commissioner, had issued an order against Andrew Johnson, owner of the premises at 9 BufTalo avenue, he occupies with other tenants. He Is accused of permitting an un- abated overflow of sewage although the building \is within an estab- lished sewer district. This sltua-T tion! according to the charge hns continued since\ Feb. 9, 1941. John- son has received orders to vacate the buHding as . of_tpday and no one will-be permitted to occupy the Chouse ...until conditions ..have -been remedied, \ Mrs. Rose Sohlndler owner of houses at 58 and 62 Henry street, who promised at the March meet- ing to remedy conditions existing in these structures, wrote that she had served eviction notices on the residents of 62 Henry street. She contended she had tried to geb mechanics to dp the work, but they Insisted they/66u7d iTbt get materials. After the house was va« cated, she said It might be a dif- ferent story. She asked also if It would be agreeable to the board if she permitted the people to re* main in 58 until the other house was Axed up. , The Authority instructed Counsel TomaselU to advise Mrs. Behind** ler that unless she gave some con* prete evidence of her Intention to carry out its Instructions, the chairman would be directed to call the matter to the attention of Commissioner of Health. « ,'«4 '1 _' ^K^^y^^'n'.-^''•' //\ vV''-'- ^%c\ .n\ #.-.< :'' .^!
