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#^wM&-^^^^^ !55li!3^)?S^^%^^c??^?!^^^^ ^g^'{^^ ». 1 THE ORT, N/Y. TPUB8DAT/JANUARY \JOontlhued from Page 1) •the Village, a§ a coordinated -whole, I; the: benefits of. which to the State* /the iRallroadj the,?pwn and bounty are cq-equally recognized with those :\of .^he-Village., <'...,-.L^_..'- •; • ' : '• the Visage respectfullyj urges •that certain elements of ..its plan . which, are not,part of the actual grade elimination, nevertheless may • property..ibenpanted.as incidental Improvements rendered'necessary or desirable because. of sych elimina- tion and which. may-reasonably be Included *h the engineering plans , therefor,'.-. •' •\. * . ' ' ', •\ Calls for. Station Plaza \Particular reference, is made to the facilities indicated on the Vil- lage Plan as the Station plaza.. In the light of preqent and* foreseeable conditions, and due to the unique circumstances In Freeport, the Vil- lage believes that public welfare, safety and convenience can be fully served only by approval jonithe_Dait. of your Honorable Commission of this as of other elements of its plan \the property in this area is for the majpr part owned by the Long Island Rail Road and the Olty of New .York Department of Water Supply, Oas and Electricity. Rights to use its lands for public parking purposes have been granted to the Village by New York City.\.The Long Island \Rail Road, through its haa written that (it) would .the Village are in accord wit& the traditions and: the custom of .usage' of railroads/' rf — ^_ After \citlhg .the savings in costs contained in the Village. ?%an,:in? Deluding $546,775 by. eUminatlo; the need ' of \ re-enforcing the : Kew • York . Qlty' brick' conduit,' ahqther! Wins [Cleaers away with 3,000 feet of ' not demand nor expect compensa- tion for the land now used for the =yar:d;\iwlIf6K?wl^^ be part of the railroad station plaza'.\ Agree on Cost of Plaza The cost of ,the remaining prop- erty, Mr. Weyrauch points out is estimated by Harry A. 6trecker,.jr,, consulting engineer ^fpr the village at \$132 and by David Strauss, who testified for the opposition at $140,150. He also contends that \the in- by talhlng.wall and anoth'er large sum by'permittlngy )5he loj\Up: tracks to reiham .approximately w)%ere they are instead of putting them In an area set aside f or *a. public park, Mr.\ Weyrauch had the following, to Jay. as ta the comparative costs of thej two plans as prepared by Mr. Sleeker: •'. Little Difference In Costs \The total hypothetical approxl\ mate cost<of construction under the ordered plan was fount* to be $5/ 675,000. .Figures' for the Village plan totaled $5,783,310; that is $108,310 more than the ordered plan, in ratio to approximately two per cent more. Included in this estimate is the additional property required to effectuate Che purposes of the Vll- lage_plan,_to_pcqvldeJgreater facili- ties for station, approaches, addi- tional areas to prevent traffic con- gestion and an acre and a half for relocating the freight yard.\ Exhaustive in its treatment of the subject, the brief goes into great detail concerning every Item con- nected with the grade elimination project, most of which data has been fully covered In these columns from time to time: Incldentaly 6,824 persons, includ- Ih'g 4,375 Dane, Queens^^s%^&^e7^\loahager of\ Spotless Cleaners, for^b^ng^be l,OM,OOOth customer In January* Presentation was made In Freeport Branch on Thursday. ^ Spotless C%gm%gy$ To Mrs. Harold J. Kroehler, 136 Smith st., a new oomer to Free- wiat waLuli bwu&uau uhe was luuky of Spotless OleojlerB for ,,_.^,..«*»rn=Hl»n*«M»^'»TM**M5e!V the LJ.R.R. freight station adjacent into the, store at/78 West Merrlck to the proposed parking plaza. rd,, Thursday shortly after 1 PJM. ' and with some articles to be clean- ed. She was surprised when after HOSE 3 AUXILIARY PART? A card and bunco party will be given by the Ladies . Auxiliary to 3oae Company 3 in the flrehouse, South Bayview ave., tomorrow night at 8:30 PJM* Mrs. Frederick Kropp and Mrs. Frank Oallienne will be assisted 'by a committee. Mlscel- cldental Improvements sought by'laneous prizes will be awarded. Qbod Packages I she had given them to Miss Adel- aide White, the supervisor, Richard K. Manoff, general manager for the cleaning concern, walked over and advised her luck ha<l come her- way. Then he explained how jSpotless Gleaners, 'Since January 1949, have presented a substantial gift to the 1^000,OOOth\TUSto%ner- each; monkhr and Informed her sjio was the lucky lady for January, 1960. He then introduced Michael Dane, general manager of Spotless stores In Queens jmd Nassau; who presented Note ?*per Will By Pk%p Kaiser's Kin Widow Geta Entire Estate Pearson and Betts WQla Also Listed for Probate —The—wiH—of—Philip - - our starve is a \small package-* yet—It contains the best you can find In books for all readers. •o- Jow Owr Lendwg A«denjoy,readihgairtheBeatSellet8 and Latest Books—without Delay watch to Mr& Kroehler. Spotless Cleaners, established 35 years ago, is headed by Harry J. Denberg as president. It operates 160 stores In Manhattan, the Bronx, Nassau County and New Jersey. Miss Roberta Short Is manager of the Freeport Branch and Miss White supervisor of stores in this area. Mrs. Kroehler has lived in Free- port only since December, having moved here from Yonkers, N.Y. The Kroehler's have a son, Robert. Mr. Kroehler Is assooated with the Consolidated Edison Co., In Brook- lyn. •0- The Finest* Selection of Valentine And Greeting Cards Are At 11 W. Merrlck Road FReeport 8-1063 (Off So. Mala Street) eii Pie fro FdvoH## Only Real Fre*h Apple* U*ed with Lo#* df Clnno» mon and Sugan No Search or Rllep I* U*ed . . . The Cru*# j* thin end Moky * . Ma«M^ Numerous Fredportera Called fbr Jury Duty \Numerous Freepbrt residents are Included on the list of more than 500 jurors drawn to \report for trial jury service In Nassau County and Supreme courts next week. The panel for Supreme court to report-on-Monday Includes Douglas H. 'Butler, Ellward Felstel, ZcKward H. James and Herbert Mollenhauer In Nassau Coibity court the Mon- day list Includes Harry Zrregger William A, Glean, George Huestls Ohanlea A* Lutz, Jens J?.. Mortensen Richard'Porter, Herbert E. Richardl Gregory O. Smith, Ronald N. Step- hens and Pauline Wolsk. On the panel reporting Wednes- day are William R, Berge, Wlllet O. Cheshire, Myron M.' Davidson, Al- bert Lange, Herman I, Lieber&nan, helsea ct., who died &n his home on Dec. 5, written on three sheets of paper torn from a lined school composition notebook is being pro- bated at Mineola. ^ 'Mr. Kaiser left all property to his widow, Mrs. Catherine Kaiser, stat- ng that he relied on her good judg- ment to care for their two children. He named his brother, Henry C. Kaiser, of 8 Bmmpton rd., North Merrick, as executor of his estate* The petition Indicated the value of the estate was less than $10,000. The will was dated No% 17, 1933. hildren are William, of Freeport, and Quentin C., of St* AAbans, how adults. The estate was represented by Slmonson and OTBrAen, attor- neys. Mrs, Sarah H. Pearson, 35 South Ocean ave., who died in Meadow* brook Hospital on Jan. 3, left an estate, estimated' In the probate petition at more than $6,80p to two sisters and her son, according to papers filed In MG&eola. Mrs. Pearson left to her sister, Harrietts Hudson Ludlow, of Free- port, her sapphire and diamond ring and her black enamel diamond studded watch/and to her sister, Henrlptte Hudson Hall, of Grove and Archer sts., her pearl and dia- mond ringt diamond locket, round diamond Rln and her three-stone diamond ring/ gold beads and a wrist watch. The greater part of the estate she willed to her son, Madison S. Pear- S; Lypn Named Camp Tekawxtha, Preaideht Mrs. Orrlh S; Lyon, 60 North ^Ber- gen pi., has been elected president of Camp Tekakwltha, ; Inc., r-which conducts a large camp for Girl Scouts at Hampton 9ays. Elected with, her were Mrs. Con- rad ' Schullerl; .Valley Stream, 6nd Mrs. PauLReuterrLoi'enz, Malverne; vice-presidents;\ %Jrs.. Charles E.. Fitzslmmons, and Mrs. William Mc- Mahpn, both of Rockville Centre, secretary and treasurer, respectively. ^nnounceinenjb was made at the annual meeting held In.headquar- ters,'* 64 South Grove\\Bt., that_lthe_ camp is to be enlarged for the coming camping season to accommodate 77 Scouts. Instead of 65 at each en- campment There ^wlll be a .,camp^ ing season of eight weeks, divided Into four sessions of two weeks each. Plans call for the building of a boatMouse to take care of the new small boat program to be included In the season^ activities. , Mls3jCHad%:_*Iei4*ert, daughter of Oliver P. BefBeft, 23 OolomlSl aVe., and John E. Davis, of the British West Indie:, were married In the Second Baptist Ohurch, Rookvllle Oentre, oq Sunday, Jan! 16. The pastor, the Rey. Sal B. Perry, offici- ated. Miss Wllla Mai BUama was maid of honor, and Barry Duanney best man. 17 Ji/^:f^rin\rr^i^^?\\ MEN'S STORE SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SUITS TOPCOATS O'COATS $419% formerly to S5.00 formerly to 6S.OO $* formedy to 76.00 If y<m are waiting for bargains in Ane cloth- ing : . . here they are. We have- reduced . every SUIT - TOPOOAT and OVERCOAT in the store. ^. _. Martin, Paul. J. Mclnlsh, John 0. Powers, Earl A^ Prentlss, Alfred L. Rollo, Herman Rosenstein, <VM\aham Slegel and Ernest Whrir teaour.J Those reporting for o}uty on Thursday in the same court are Manuel KAmador, Maurice P. Bird, Delmar A* pufty,.Judson F, Ray- nor, Arthur J. Rodgers; Stanley R. Rogers and Henry 8. Subter. CARD GIVEN BY ^AZARETH SHRXNE There were eight tables ol players at.a card; party given by Mrsj Mil\ dred Ohriatie, in her home, W.Weat Seaman ave^ for /the benefit of Naz- areth ShHne; Or^er.of .the White Shrine JeruJ Mday iiight. son, of Staten Island, and named him executor of her wlll^-Papers were filed by Buckley and Buckley, attorneys. . The entire estate of Mrs. Mary E. Betts, 431 Archer\ st, was bequeath- ed to her son, William, who was also named executor of the will, dated June 36, 1940. Mrs. Betts died in her home on; Dec. 33. The probate papers ^iled by Hilbert R. Johnson, attomeT, indicated ah estate valued at about $13,4)00. Extended t. Ha art Mama of SchaMner .and Ma*% Clothw Van Hauawr Shirt* AMlga&or Raincoat* Taxtrob Product* - Adam Hat* ducting thajaffair by , Mrs. Minnie : < Majel Rayhbr, Mrs: Katherine : Marlon .Fulton, v Marie won the xnajo^ BOSTON CREAM PIE! 96 Sdqth Main Sheet fl't • i ' • THTJR8DAY, JANUARY. 2G, 1950 .,P R E E P . Y ': PAGB ;. Irene Merrill, .^apsam Ootmty ohsirinoji 7&hd of her staff, .attended ithe-ziieAttn; of of WiUiaan Qlii^ton Stoxy ?o8^.Av-L.; whiqh marked the 39th anniversary of the organization. . She was accompanied by Mrs. Helen -Schneider, Mrs. Vera Meyer Mrs. - Mary VanZandt, vice- chairmen; Mrs.\ Dorothy/ Walker, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Edna d 5 ScholaRKpa Mrs. Margaret Stevens rehabilita- tion'chairman. - -• ;- Mrs. Barbara Cruder, the presl- #ent, welcomed the visitors and Mrs. Merrill outlined thg program of, the county auxiliary. At the auxiliary meeting;. Mrs. Nancy Meyers reported a paid-up membership of 134; Mrs: Dorothy Peace announced a penny sale for Wedneday night, Feb^lG; Mrs. Flor- ence Moore, cheer chairman, re- ported 10 cards mailed since the previous meeting; Mrs. Ruth Mont- ross reported $35 spent in rehabil- ,„ _, „,. , , itation and child welfare work and'credits. These credits may apply to Mrs. Lillian Robson, coupons chair-1 either under-graduate. or graduate Leglopnaires, especially Hempptead arid Rockvllle Centre.. Commander Kenneth E: Vpught presided over a brief Business m Ing. Refreshments were served. in Scho(dHeaMT Course Superintendent of Schools \John W/Dodd has been requested by the Nassau. County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, to submit the name of a Freeport teacher or administrator as a candidate for one of the five .scholarships to be award- ed to .the course on School Health Problems conducted jointly by New York University with the associa- , , , *_ Teachers completing the course receive two points of university man, announced 150 coupons of : degrees and if necessary, can be various types sent to Nassau head- transferred to 'any other University quarters to be sold for the aid of^\ H^ country. The scholarship a blood bank it is planned to estab-! committee Is headed by Dr. Ray- llsh. Among thf* past county chairmen •present were Mrs. Agnes Earon, Mrs. Edna McCloskey and Mrs, Florence Kurz of the local unit* A collation was served by the committee of hostesses under the chairmanship of Mrs. Rose DITomas. mond Collins, superintendent of schools in Manhasset. The scholarships will be awarded on the following basis: An under- standing and appreciation of, and an interest In r the School Health Program; An opportunity to imple- ment the knowledge gained in such a course, and recognition of wnocfMM i tributions all school occasion. Jhave to m&ke.and assist in the_oor. Members of the auxiliary put on ordination of a schoo) health pro- a fashion show at the semi-monthly.gram. Applications must be sub- meeting of the post Friday night mltted before Tuesday, hi the dugout. Mrs. Myrtle Cole* The University class will be ad- appeared in a costume of 1776. ministered by Dr. Morey Fields, by Norma Maurer, Mrs. Mae Larsen/ school health education consultantsr\ Mrs. Mildred Robson, Mrs. Isabel 'Mrs. Katherine H. Fuehrer, Mrs. Kell, Mrs. Roberta Gray, Mrs. Agnes Grace B. Miller and Miss Marian V. Earon, Mrs. Dorothy Peace, Mrs. Miller and will start on Feb. C}hild Guidance Clinic Meyer and Mrs. Theresa Ooldblum. « Another feature was the singing by a barber shop quartet from the Move Into New Quarters Hempstead Armory, produced by Vice-Commander Oscar Pultz. The New York State Child Guid- Membershlp chairman Pultz also ance oilnlc for Nassau County, is reported a paid up enrollment of!now located in new offices on the 335. He urged the members to get!second floor of a building recently out and hustle to Increase the num-1 erected at Old Country rd. and ber to 700 by April 1. He pointed!Third ^\ Mineola, opposite the out that other posts are threatening L<mz Island Lighting Co. building, the supremecy of the Freeport t The move was made over the week end and the new offices opened Monday. The staff, Including Dr. Paul G. Edger, of Hempstead, direc- tor; John McGulness, formerly a department psychologist at Albany; Mrs. Olive H. Lewis, , of North Babylon, and Mrs. Andrew David- son, of Port Washington, psychiatric social workers, and _ Miss Theata Rose, of Hempstead, 'secretary, got down to work immediately. The object of the new clinic is to provide consultation, diagnosis and treatment for those persons referred to Its experts by the Court, the De- partments of Public Welfare and Public Health, American Red Cross, schools and other recognized organ- izations. H & H HOP FEATURES A COMPLETE STOCK OF * Table and Bed Linens Plastics ^ * Novelties Croohetting & Handwork Handkerchiefs 105 80. Main Street Freeport (Continued from Page i) ;• route,-\through. Mill rd*, into Mer rick roi., Babylon Turnpike to Hemp- stead an'd]ttheh to Jamaica. / ; Has Offer for Property -\ if the/people of Freepqrt qdnt care enough about preserving the structure, Judge Johnson remarked he had sn offer of $3,000 for the plot which would clear off the in- debtedness, poweyer, -he thought ah effort should be jnade to a interest in the project. Alpha Oo*6g&Cluh Hold* Square Dance Tomorrow ,. The Al))ha Omega Club of Our Holy Redeeiner Church will hold ite first square dance of the year tb^ morrow night at 8:30j)\ilock In the; sbclal hall of the ^school oh Pine st. Co-chairmen of , the • dance are Adele Ryan and Robert Pagan). The club is als) plannin for its established fapt that the Mproke Indians'had a camping ground on' Seaman\ave. between Main s*;., the-Kissing .Bridge Brook and that'?! at the mouth .of the brook in Mil- burn Bay there .was a heap of shells which the Indians used as money. I He related how the first school was located in 1820 at the junction of. Church and Main sts.j and ssjd that in his boyhood days the only churches here were the Presbyter- Ian and Methodist. ' ' \Village Incorporated \ \\: He told of the Incorporation of the village In October 1893 and credited the first board for its fight in establishing a municipal water system the following Decem- ber and a subsequent board in voting to establish an electric light plant five years later. He said the village was called Raynortown until 1868 when the name was changed to pond was located in the'area now occupied b)%tlie Columbian Bronze plant, with a. boat• yard adjoining at which some large boats were built.' •'' \ ;.\.-/ Mrs. Harold W*. Battln, the presi- dent presided at the'meeting! - .* MANNED PARENTHOOD LUNCHEON ON FEBRUARY * .-The annual luncheon pf the Nas- sau •; Suffolk . Planned P&rentHood annual \Cupid Capers\ to Se given 0°™%Mce. w«! be held in the gar- Friday night, Feb. »/ Alice Malone,. den City_Hptel, Garden City, Wed- of Rockvllle, Centre, and James nesday, Feb. .@ at 13:30 Pig., Mrs. MuUooly are co-chairmen,_oL'the James P. Mills of Old. Westbury/affair. Serving;oh the committee . president, announced this week. jwith them are Ellen Maher, ?ald- )t the:win\ ^publicity;—rChris—Stratlgos, i^ _, _ . - /Brook- pockvllle 'Centre, entertainment; Mrs. Darwin .P,- Kingsley.'Glnny Lee, Freeport, decorations; . tlve member of the board Adele Ryan, Robert Fagah, Mitzle # New York State Ttderation Hogah, and John J, Muldowney, all \*\* Parenthood, will be the, of ^reeport, and Bob Quigley, Rock- , - vUle centre. s. \ Freeport. Judge Joh boyhood days, , Donny Bill's COMPUTE OUAUTY PUNEKAM Including Co*k@t end Ovar 60 % FReeport 9:2749 JOHN f. MUETH/ Ik. Mgp, YOU* stepped up In value In'49 NOW I CAN REACH MANY MORE FRIENDS BY TELEPHONE 60 THROUGH PASTER AN\ JUDGED BY THE COMPANY KEPT •. ' ' i Certainly if this trite adage holds any semblance r of truth, then certainly the choice of this pioneer Institution with its predtige and broad modern facilities for every modern branch of BANKING service together with its warmth qf neighborly friendlin^s merits ypum first thought for sound ^...... ...yy , .y... %^- , 4 ' '\. ;\ . • • J financial accommodation. * Deppait %%». Corp. Laat year the New York Telephone Cdm- pagy added over 307,000 telephone:. When you include all the telephones that have been added since the war, this haa, on the average, faeraased by nearly two-thlrda,the number of Menda,ralatlve< and bualnea* ea^blialunanta which can be oalled without a]tqUoharg#. / I HEAR TELEPHONE COMMNY EXPANSION AMOUNTED TO 4636,000,000 SINCE THE WAR... i, during the paat yaar the ovexall quality of talaphona service continued to improve. Now thera*: seldom a wait for the dial tone or for the operator to answer. Most out*af»town calla go through !n lees than a mfnuta. Very rarely *s a customer's telephoqh out^torder, and when It fa, re- pairsei That's right. And to meet the neeJjTof growing communities in New York State, last year we established 74 new central ofBces, made additions to over 200 other switchboards, placed enough wire in cable to go around the world 58 times. We alao completed 18 new buildings end 12 msjor building additions. ...ANP yOU*P BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH 600PTHOSE DOLLARS PIP/ Yes, not only did this money mean mow and bettar talaphon* Service, buttha wage* paid to nearly 70,000 talephona people last year, &s well ae thejnMUon; of dollaM paid iq taxes to counties, dtieeand towns, were a conetruoUve forca in the economy of th* Empiw State. Telephone dollars go alongwaytoservayou. WB LOPK FORWARP TO STEPPING UP TBLBPHONE! VALUE CVCN MORC IN (60 Everybody %a toe telephone company constantly aims to hbprove eervica and to %aake %t as Mendly as possible, .We iere going ahead with plans for mote telephones, moM switchboards, p&bre bulldingB—and we are nbt forgetting the value of \the vpic»witb a smUe.M W<* pledge ^rieioidly ycei^%^19GO^ JBerwioe-that IwSTbe^ pleasing^and-more valuable'to ''' ''' ' ' N*W L Working Cdmmunl#y! • -.'••: .\(. ''/ /. -.. //,/•'• '%',• ;;:7V.)^W *-• - . . , .1 V *%-'.-^ '.
