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i IS- PAGE'TWENTY THE LEADER — FREEPORT, N. Y. THURSDAY, APRIL-7? 1949 -S H U B Efl-T^SCH OOt TO GIVE EASTER PAGEANT . Pupils' ,ih Mrs. Eldanbr Mendel- hall's and Mrs.-'Agnes ftjabry's sec- ond grades- will give an Easter pageant in the-Shubort School.aiul.i- Among the Freenpr.t children wlio wiirfake part : a're^nertrahf;Levy as an Easter Rabbi.t, Robert Frankly bluebird/,Till ISgan,;. Rainbow-Fairy and Walter'GoetscliHis, a crocus. •Committee N a m e d ' sented .the gavel to Ills successor. ' ' '- r-Miv-Doxsee's .courage. the official paper i'or the .Lowest Prices Never Undersold DISCOUNTS UP TO 33 FREE TRIMMING of Wallpaper Edges DENATURED ALCOHOL Gallon— Your Container PAINT THINNER Gallon — Your Container GUARANTEED PURE WHITE SHELLAC S-Pound Cut 3.50 Gallon—S c a I e d Cart Master Painters One Coat FLAT WHITE GALLON Easy to Apply Guaranteed Pure Spirits TURPENTINE GALLON Sealed Can OPEN FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 P.M I 17 E. Merrick Rd., near Main FReeport 9-3421 I fol- nated as village. •;. \ . Other Appointments Other appointments were as lows: Uunsclll E. Hotnlinif, tleimly village clerk ; Mrs. Marirucritc H. Johntum, »enior clerk, Hero ml deputy deputy rutfistcr of Potry, villn StelFenn, senior treasurer: Mnrtin council: Milfdnl Lillian uVrmty vllluire act! nj{ village clerk mid vitnl HtatiHticn; o nsscsHor: 'Mrs. account clerk and H. Wcynuich, P. VnnHIner, comptroller; Michael J. Colrey. tut perin tendon! of public worku until the expiration of lii« cxtejiHion under tin- State Retirement Law; Wilbert F. DeMott, HU purin ten dent of nuililinK and Baldwin & Cornelius Co., Inc., village Also Dr. J. Elmer Cummins, police Mrs. Anna Marshall, police matron; M. .Cordon Simonnon,- purchiiB- iiur agent: Edmund Lumlcyv jr., member of the Planning Board ; Mayor Doxsee and Trustee Smith, also members of the Planning Board: Valentiney Wright, member of the Examining Hoard of Plumbers: C. If. Walling, John H. !)[«•- hier. C. P. Willlif. P. J. Boyle and Stephen O'Brien, members E 1 e c tr i e a 1 Board: Robert S. Preyer. broker to in-ovide o/licial bonds of the village and t.4 employees, iintl First National Flank & Trust Co., and Freeport Bunk, village depositories. lso Joseph H. * McCarthy, LiorieJ Raymond H. Malone. Milton Diuiziger. Ray Clt-ments and William E. Ertl, members of Citizens Transporta- tion .Commission ; Ca'pt. J. M. Hagan, harles P. Shinn, jr.. (lustave J. Rerkel, Edward Vaail. William Ashley, Stanley Uiack and Henry Herr, members of Safety Council. Board committees: Smith, Baker and finance; (Jlacken and Baker, n sum nee: Doxsee, (! lac ken and Smith, water, and: street ; full board, power house; (ihirken and Viebrork, supplies; Smith and Viebrock, legislative ; Poxsee and (Jlac-ken, publicity; Ooxsee- and Baker, waterways mid buildings, and (I hit- ken and Smith, Municipal garage. Rector Scott Offers grayer he proceedings were opened by prayer offered by the Hev. Reginald H. Srott .rpctor or the Transfigura- tion H.K. Church. -who also spoke briolly lauding the administration of Cyril C. Ryan as a member of the board for six years. Before re- MayoK—Doxsee read a prepared statement listing'' the -accomplish-, jnenta of the village Uiider- the administration '--of - M/ayor Ryan. Ralph Pellicio sent a telegram lauding Mr. Ryan and letters com- mending Ryan, Joseph H. Gallo and Horace'P. Carpenter, signed by vil- lage employees, were read. t-and-tiTird-Tueada^-ol 1 - pach month were designated, as Clerk: and Treasurer were ^credited with the arfiount of $28,284.02, ttiq. total ol' unpaid or uncollected taxes for the year.. ' ' • '•'•-. Sheriff H. Alfred Vollmer, zone leader, presented a pen and pencil set lo Mayor Doxsee oh behalf of the Republican commltteement o£ the village. . TROUT SEASON OPENS, SATURDAY APRIL 9th WE OFFER THE SEASON'S OPENING SPECIALS HIP BOOTS All Rubber First Quality 7.95 TROTT NETS 98* up CKEKLH 1.98 up FLY HODS ....7.95 up FLY LINKS 59* up 'Sand and Blood Worms Night Crawlers Frozen Bait of All Types *J##j&$ FISHING ' LICENSES ISSUED H ¥¥-¥ U Li SPORTING GOODS CO. 41 W. SUNRISE HWY. FReeport 8-4367 We wilt nbt be undersold nor topped in quality! Prime ROASTING 4*6 lb. av. CHICKENS - - - lb. BONELESS BRISKET CORNED BEEF - - lb. Freshly Ground Beef - lb. Skinless Franks - - lb. 1QC Sliced BACON i lb. pkg. KITCHEN AIDS YES! IT FLOATS! large cakes. IVORY SOAP - 2 for DAZZLE BLEACH -• - ----'••-•--•:••- - -:-. -.7 --• \ ' . • - '- FOR BEST RESULTS USE _ DREFT , - fee.box . bot. THE ONLY SUP£R MART IN THE AREA WITH - FREE\DELIYEJ*Y! Quality GROCERIES Priced ElTcctive Thursday, Friday anil-Saturday Open Evenings Till 7 r— Friday Till 9 DIAMOND BOOK MATCHES - - - box of 50 Oc ARMOUR'S LUNCHEON MEAT » TREET 1 2 oz. can 43c SWANSON'S CHICKEN FRICASSEE No. I can 53c BEECHNUT ^ABY FOODTstrained) . .-. : ^. 10 jars 89c HELLMAN'S REAL MAYONNAISE - - - - pint jar JJc Maryland TOMATOES-No. 2 can SUGAR VALtiEY (Small Whole) WHITE POTATOES'. 3 No. 2 cans 29c DfiL MONTE'S ('Mission Brand) LIMA BEANS '................... .303 can 23c • ^*DIC/^/^ - . O' ii fko v^rxiMs-'V-/ „.. . j ID. can yoc IT'S PERFECT! . * MINUTE RICE .box 13c NESTLES ' _ '. \ '' Evaporated MILK - 2 ta \ cans fresh PRODUCE FLORIDA NEW POTATOES-libs. ASPARAGUS - - lb, GRAPEFRUIT - DAIRY FOODS GRADE \A\ HOMOGENIZED FRESH PASTEURIZED MILK - - - - qtbot, HOTEL BAR — High Score Print BUTTER - - lb. KRAFT ASSORTED\— PIMENTO REUSH or OLIVE PIMENTO JAR CHEESE - - ea. 21c CALL FREEPORT 9^4176; or 9-0160 GROVE STREET at MERRICK ROAD aifatuaniaaiiiaica^ South Shore's Leading Wee —=j,- •*• ,j 13th-Year ' No. 47 Freeport's ^ i •r icial Newspaper KRKEPORT, X. Y., TIlTRyD'AY, APRII/-14, 1<)4<) FIVE GENTS A COPY COHEN GRADE EtIMINATION PLAN INVOLVES $175,OOO^OR PAVING COST To Break Ground For $1,000,000 Armory Next June Truck Shed for Local M. P. Unit to be Built First in Northeast Ground is to be broken In June for the first unit of a $1,000,000 armory for the local units of the 101st Military Police Battalion; N. G. N.Y. to be erected on the south- east corner of Babylon Turnpike and Lakeview; ave., for which' the government has appropriated the necessary funds. The village has voted a plot, 600 by 200 feet on the northeast water- shed for the project. At last meet- ing of the old Village Board Martin H. Weyrauch, the village counsel, was instructed to proceed with tbe preparation of details for the con- venience to the State of New York of the property for the armory. Eventually a five-tank armory is to be erected, but at the outset the truck shed, 185 feet long and U2 feet wide, will be built as tem- porary quarters for Company A and the headquarters detachment which comprise the local units of the Battalion. Similar structures are to be erected in Bay Shore and Patchogue for Companies B and C respectively. The Hempstead ar- mory is only a two unit building. The truck shed which will be the same as the structure buiR recently in the rear of the Hemp- stead Armory, except that • it will have a gable roof, will be divided Into rooms for the use of the two local units, with adequate room for the weekly drills. Bids To Be Opened In May Bids for the construction work are to be opened in Washington D. C., about May 30 and it Is ex- p e c t e d the contracts will be awarded in time to permit ground to be broken in June. It will be a couple years before the main armory is completed. As armories in other places are used for sport- ing and other events it is expected the buildings will be available for many local functions and thus prove a great asset to the village'. The Battalion organized only a short time ago has grown rapidly and now numbers more than 400j[ men. Company A, \Freeport'sf Own,\ consists of 130 officers and men, while there are 33 more In the headquarters company (Continued on P Village Organizations Plan Dinner to Ryan Plans for a dinner to be given ex-Mayor Cyril C. Ryan in the South Shore Yacht Club -Thursday night. May 19, were made at a meeting of representatives of the various civic associations and other groups in the Municipal building last Thursday night. Village Coun- sel Martin H. Weyrauch was elect- ed chairman of the committee of arrangements, Robert S. .Preyer, secretary, and Edmund Lumley, jr., treasurer. F.H.S. Gets Field Of Nine Acres For Its Exclusive Use L. I. Park Commission Cedes Plot to Board Of Education Free Tbe Freeport High . School is have a field all its own. It com- prises more than nine acres front- ing on the southslde of Sunrise Highway and north of the Cleve- land aVe. school, adjoining the 18- acre plot recently ceded to the vil- lage by the Long Island State Park Commission to provide for the ex- tension of Buffalo ave. from the highway to the Municipal Stadium. This was revealed by Leo F. G-iblyn, president of the Board of Education at a meeting of the Atlantic-South Civic; Association in the South Shore Yacht Club Thurs- day night. Mr. Oiblyn paid tribute to Robert Moses, chairman of the commission, whom he said was mainly responsible for the board getting the' plot without cost. He aid negotiations had been in pro- ;ress for a long time, but that was lecessary to keep the matter secret until the papers had been \signed sealed and delivered.\ . Mr. Gtblyn said the area would filled in and equipped for all cinds of sports, including football (ractice for which the high school las needed a field for many years; baseball, lacrosse, track, just to jjention a few. He added that :omplete plans for developing the field had not been decided. When sked if a stadium might be erect- y\, lie would add this jyaSj only a >osslbllity. Dr. John W. Dodd, superintend- (Continued on Page 11) Edd INTRODUCES * . * Harry J. Berkowitz Southwest Civics Learns History Of Freeport From Judge Johnson Jmljrc Hilbcrt R. .Johnson frave 'credit to the forosijrht of the \rlain diggers 4 ' following the incorporation of Fiveport as a village in 180^ for establishing-—the Municipal AVater and Power plants which are now such a great asset to the community, in a talk on the history of the village at a meeting of the Southwest Civic Association in Exempt Firemen's Hall Monday night. He was intro- duced by President William J. Al- bert. He said thej. water project was started the year the community was Incorporated and the electric light venture in 1897. The judge revealed that the first budget amounted to only $1,642, the assess- ed value of the real estate In the village at.the time of Incorporation was \$423 and there were 420 taxpayers, including 47 Smiths-and 41 Raynors. The population total- ed 1,821. Establishment of* the water and light plants, Judge John- son said, involved taxes that-were harder for the \eppple of the time to pay than the present high rates, yet he said they willingly made the necessar^ sacrifices that have made it possible.for the people of Free- port to have the lowest water and electric light rates anywhere in New York State except Jamestown which is located on a lake. Established in 1650 The Judge said Freeport was established in 1650 when the area from Rockvllle .Centre to Massa- pequa was acquired from the Meroke Indians, whose main camp- ing grounds were along what is now Seaman ave., from Main st. to the Kissing Bridge near the Bald- win boundry. He added that .the Long Island Chapter, S.A.R., plan- ned to erect a tablet in the new Seaman ave. school commemorat- ing this fact. . From 1650 until 1858, this area was known as Raynortown. . Then the name was changed to Freeport because boats were able to come in through the inlet and unload their cargos without paying duty. - (Continued on Page 2) — Today I met a typical American ... a typical Freeport resident. Harry J. Berkowitz was born In Brooklyn. N. Y., on July 1, 1903. Like a great many other substantial citizens, he had to learn to take life's many heartaches and headaches .at an early age. His folks were poor but honest and hard-working, so Harry helped his father collect scrap with a horse and wagon when other tots his age were playing games. The horizon of his childhood days had two bright stars; his lo,ve for ?- : , . boats and water, and his great desire to some day own a nice home in a nice town. Today he's realized both these dreams. * * * The Berkowitz family Has been in the scrap metal business for many years. His uncle, J. Levine, attained International fame as the \Flying Junkman\ when he flew across the Atlantic with Clarence Chamberlain. After a few ven- tures In the gasoline and garage fields, Harry decided to follow in his father's footsteps, he wanted to pick the ideal location, a vil- lage where he could conduct his business, and also enjoy the pleas- ures of a nice home, and his love for boats, and fishing. He select- ed Freeport as this ideal location and ago. settled here thirteen years HARRY J. BERKOWITZ With full umlerslandihg that many communities justly do not welcome unsightly junk yards, Harry bought an existing nuto wrecking yard on the outskirts of the village, opposite the Frpi'port Sladiuni. and fi'iircrl the location trying- to make it as presentable as possible. Many of Freeport's resi- dents do not even know that there exists a \junk yard\ there. But this \junk yard,\ like many other similar establishments, played a big part in the last war, because it was the major source for scrap metal, ind the only source for parts urgently needed for war-workers' automo- biles. Harry Berkowltz's Freeport Auto Wrecking Company shipped on the average of fifty tons of scrap metal each month all through the war years. His efforts earned him a coveted War Production Board Itation. * * * * The Berkowitz home is located at 215 N. Ocean ave. The basement ias been converted into a sportsman's paradise. It contains one of the argest private collections of fishing equipment valued at more than five thousand dollars. A fine collection of boat models and 6erman beer sterns also decorate this pleasant room which sports a nautical atmosphere. * * * + Harry \Horkowltz round success in his philosophy of life. He is a nember of the Freeport Republican Club, Atlantic-South Civic Associa- ion. Northeast Civic Association, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, reppori Tuna Club, Nassau Yacht Club, Fathers' and Boosters' Club of the Freeport Schools, and the Freeport Lodge of Elks. He was a one- man committee to curb Hie speeding of boats in village waterways. He lartic-ipales in civic projects as a real citizen should, regardless of opinions and views. But most of all, he likes to go game fishing, -le is the sponsor of the \Captai-n Jack,\ and the 2(J' boat, the \Dottle.B.\ Harry J. Berkowitz is another proof that the American way of life, n which an individual is judged as an individual, regardless of race, creed or colour, js still the best way of all. He is also another good example that in these great United States one can reach his dream of success whether he is born In Brooklyn or on Park Avenue, and whether ils folks came over on the Mayflower or worked at the Mayflower Donut Shop. 1940 Hearing Minutes Show Village Board Agreed to Pay Price Also Must Light Under Viaduct, Police and Keep Area Clean Report Shows If the Cohen plan is carried out in the elimination of the jrrnde crossings in Freeport the village is obligated to pave under the 'viaduct at a-c«ost at. present day prices, estimated at $17.\) provide the lighting, do the policing and keep -the space under the tracks clean. This was revealed today by the Civic Committee WtitfirMs sponsor- ing Plan No. 3. whereby the station would be shiiied across Main st. to the east. The committee has been perusing the minutes of the hear- ings held when the case was re- opened in 19-10, and has found that In order to obtain some desired incidentals, the Village Board agreed to assume responsibility for' ~ the items listed. Heretofore advo- cates of carrying out the Cohen plan have maintained the elimina- tion project would not cost the village a cent. Page 588 of the official minutes of the hearing held before the Public Service Commission con- tains the following statement by the Inle Samuel M. Levy, then Vil- <> Counsel: Statement By Samuel M. Levy \We have come forward with the (/on Hint the village would assume the responsibility of sur- facing that area (under (he vla- Jucf). nut f ii m In I Jig proper lighting and maintaining it in n proper state of repair, keeping it clean and policing it.\ \The actual costs to the village under the ordered (Cohen) plan,\ according to a report .submitted to the Village 13oard,\ are likely to be In the neighborhood of $375,000. Further, It is a fact, inescapable fact, that Inadequate parking, effec- tive truffle circulation facilities and ample bus accommodations not pro- vided for in the ndoptod plan must eventually be supplied on the earli- est practicable, date to permit civic growth and advancement! Who, but tills community* is the likely source of the necessary funds to finance these facilities? \The cost aJleoi. the elimination project is completed will be burden- some and perhaps prohibitive. Again.a further drain on prospec- tive community revenues will re- sult from stagnation and deteriora- tion of property values in the-busi- nftss center between Main and Grove streets fronting on the rail- road and along Sunrise Highway east of Henry st. should the ineffec- tive plan be carried out. Again, certainly decreased property values would accrue In the northeast sec- (Contlnued on Page 16) L. I. Park Board Limits Fishing From Bridges Because of the heavy increase in .raffle on the causeways leading to Jones Beach State Park even be- ore the summer bathing season starts, fishing from the Causeway bridges will be limited to the period rom Oct. 1 to May .1 Under this regulation fishing will be permit- .ed only through Saturday, April 30, and not again until Saturday, Oct. 1. , Heretofore fishing from these auseway bridges was permitted from Labor Day to Decoration Day BERNARD'S PHARMACY, OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Bernhard's Pharmacy, .54 -West\ Merrlck rd.,.wlll remain open Sun- day after the other druggists Jn Freeport close .at 2 P.M. The tele- phone is FReeport \8-0008. FOR COMPLETE FREEPORT NEWS SUBSCRIBE TO THE LEADER No newspaper can give the complete coverage of the news of any community except a weekly. This applies to Freeport as well as to any other, village. . • Therefore if you want all the news of Freeport you can get it only by reading THE LEADER. 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