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T H]3 L E A.D ER— F THURSDAY, ^%\^.'?^'^^^^ .-•\'...'\,:.' ;. ''-.\ '\ V'!'/•• v^;.,K.'^^^ •'U: TRAVEL b 60 longer * luxuy'for jost the hwe ladea pubUo slawi lowe? prliwd aapom? .mpdatibo* ha?# biieo mad? able by both aiMlne aiid @hlp eompaxUes; Borne 400,000 American* are expedted to v***t Burope thia.y&ar. Pan World Afrwaya, AmeMoaa aeaa 'Airline; _#nd other nlajor line* are ogeMng/a IMAy romaA trip fqpn* New York tb London for just, $985 Ythru March);—a eowld* arable reduoMoh from ahren the* previoug off-aeaaod ronnd4rlp rate of $46@,?0, Thl* plu*. a* muou ae 70^ redwMon; on European raH* roada aAd the ajvantageoo* rate of exchange make* a two week European vacation comparable to any major trip on th%@ conUnentT ONE REASON POR THE MOVE* MENT to Burope la the fact that 1960 1* Holy Year and numerou* 10-day pilgrimages are \scheduled to Rome thru the F@U% Roma non» proQt organl*atlona. Special *3 expense *trlps are arranged for #6M from N. Y* to Italy In the hope of enabHng the persons with Jower Incomes to make the trip. REQARDLE8$ of the mass move* ment, the European Travel Com» mission survey* show ample spaa* available .on both ainllnes an* steamshlpK Reservation* thru March and again In the fall are more plentiful — the summer months being fairly well booked* MOUTH AMERIQA «, * jsnd 4he Isli&ads-are extending a welcome nan*. The THnMad and Tobago Tourist Bareaa oa Xing'* Watf at Port of 8pa#o Is typloal of the reception. They greet #he ships and see that tourists get the mxt of their visit*. THE HAVEN pictures Is $4uol Bay, Trinidad where 4he tempsratur* la mild. the and *h* trade wind* act a* g ural eocllng system. the colorful Lima Per* Fair, ;t*y# open until April IBth, and enable* tourists to see Pamvian hand!\ eraKt, weaving and xnatal work: without traveling ta Mknota 7*1* lages. It* program inolndea Span* bh, French an* ItaMaa theatrical peMormanee*, art exhibit* and eoncarta, , Ice ballet*, variety ehowe, and (ootbaU and taH the LUXURY CRUI#E@ and type frelghters^re available man?_major %K 8. port* to West Indies, For example, ness White Line* have ?ao*n#y re-established their Oaribbeaa by THE Wk#T 1NOIE9, rich in r» aaaaca and history, have rapidly &ecome a favorite of vacatlonlat* The Fort Amaerat saOs from Me* York every three week* for a 19* day ornlee to anch exoUo *alaa@# a* Bt. Thomas and St. Croix la the virgin Islands, Trinidad, Ore» naAa, Barbados, Martinique an* Antigua. Cruise, liner* oE Moor* MoConaack'BQeod Neighbor Fleet leave N. ?. every other week an* *topa at Port of Bp&ln on both north and southbound voyages ., and round trip la juat $475. A#r< hops to other Islands may be made Inexpensively SO' BiMon TeZephpne CaMs States In Year Telephone subscribers in the Hilled BtateA aiade 50-billion r during 1948r%aMng America the ''talkingdst'' nation In the Vrbrld aocording^to\the new issue of TAlephpqe Gtatistips of the World,- relaased^hla .\week the American Telephone? and with for each 100 346.3 per person and an Increase of 29 conversations per person over the previous year. • There were nearly 66,000,000 tele- phones in the world—an all-time high—at the beginning of 1949. Of the more than 5,000,000 telephones added u\ 1MB; 69 per cent were gained In North America. , The United States, with more than 38^00,000 telephones, or nearly three^flfths of the world's total, on Jan. 1, 1949, had 26.1 telephones per Feb. 19-26 As Brotherhood Week Mayor Robert L; Doxsee Issued a proclamation this week setting aside the week of Feb. 1& to 26 as Brother- .hoad' Week. He^ also accepted the honorary chairmanship? of the com-=\ mittee which will plan\ for the observance of the week/ ^ The -proclamation reads as fol- lows: . • ^VHEREAS, %t is universally - recognized' that only through tho achievement of brotherhood and .understanding can' onr civilization survive; and . WHEREAS, It follows that our national, and civic unity abb depend upon our achieving to- ward our fellow-men' mutual respect and understanding. NOW, THEREFORE, I/Rob- ert L. Doxsee, the Mayor of Freeport, so .believing, have accepted the Honorary Co- Chairmanship of the Village of Freeport Committee Tor Bro- therhood Week and do call upon Its citizenry to join with our Nation in the observance of Brotherhood Week — February 19 to 26, 10@@^as designated by President Truman In his recent proclamation, by meeting to- gether during that week to pledge themselves anew to the .Ideal of \Brotherhood.\ Sea Scmi^Shll) Exhibit Now at Grove Theatre Boy Scout Week Being Observed by Group Now 3-Years Old; Activities Members of Sea Scout Ship Dol- phin, sponsored by William OUnton Story Post, A.L., are observing* Boy Scout week by .conducting a live exhibit In the Grove Theatre. The ship was organized . three years ago with omy a lew By . ,. . Of Little Shoes I rummaged through ail .attic trunk Of bits we never use And found, beaeath forgotten junk, A heap 'of little shoes; Ayorn, out-grown — disorderly Th?y.lny as .they were thrust, Till -I stirred shoes— and memory — Asleep in soqnber dust. . The eqhqea,. madu \he attic ., With .unseen company, ' Like tiny tears of yesterday, When baby cut her knee ; For, waking from their silent sleep, . The yesterdays ran wild, As though these things, alone, could keep ^ The laughter qf a. child. I thought of sticky little hands That mischief nourished <in, And turned-up-nose and baby teeth and ^ Topsy-turvy grin, Sweet fragment of eternity, ^ But that you hadn't ghdedl Jj^ke broken dolls brought tearfully That never could be mended. She meant so much thnt baby shouts Disturbed the very stars; And years of hopes tmd fears and doubts Upon the heart left sears. 2.8 telephones per 100 population. New York continued to lead the world's cities In telephones, with 2,768^567 Instruments at the begin- ning of 1949. This was more than in any country in the world except the San Kingdom. Franclaco had more tele- 100 population. (The today has about 40,500,000 telephones.) Sweden was second in^ telephone ' development,\ Mth. 23.1 telephones per 100 people, and Oaqada. third phones per capita than any other city — about one for every two per- sons, or tiwlcd the national average. Outside theTJn&ted States, Stock- and. now has a registration of 19, with Cornelius Freeman aa Tfeoman. 'Speaking of the activities of the organization Mr. Freeman said to* day: \Sea Scouting is a young man's, organization open to all from the age of fourteen and up—it enables each man to participate in, under instructions, the following: Swim- ming, boating, life saving, first aid, navigation, overnight cruises and rope work. Each member of the Ship Is Instructed* by competent leaders In various phases of sea- manship. \Our local activities consist of regattas, beach parties, formal and Informal dances, moonlight sails and camping* We have a thirty-foot Skiff with ample room to accommodate all our members^ Recently we procured, through the U.'S. Navy a new en- gine which has been installed. We are now ready to start our 1960 boating- season with a bang. But of course. there is the usual scraping, sand papering, painting and finish- ing touches, which are done by all the members of the ship. We are looking fonward to have our boat launched by the end of May. At the present t#me the boat Is In stor- age at Maresca's Boat Yard* \During the summer season the Sea Scout, boat is dooked at the foot of.Woodcleft Canal near the Viking 3%leet. This dock space has been donated by Robert Oleary for the exclusive use of the Sea Scoutd. Last summer the officers of the ship bu^lt a dock extending Into Wood- cleft Canal which slmpllfed matters Her voice left ripples in the air That made a joy of strife; We iiad so much for which to care, It made existence life. And so these shoes—as then, untied— I once more put away, And cloyed! the lid—to shut inside A lovely yesterday. All, that she would need us still, But,, as they grow, we lose The share of heaven meant to A heap of little shoes. Archer St. School P.\T.A. To Observe Founders' Day The Archer. Street School Parent- Teacher Association will observe Founders' Day at its February ineet- ng Tuesday night at 8 o'clock In ;he school auditorium. A brief holm led the world's cities In per capita telephone equipment, with 45.5 telephones per 100 population, while Toronto led Canadian cities with 38 J telephones for every 100 people. For the Be*t Pdsaible Coverage of Freeport Read FOB 02 WEEKS $1.60 Maii Subscriptions to the Freeport' <•' ''.' •\% • Business meeting be conducted by the president, Mrs. William Rab- en will be followed by a program n which all the past presidents will participate. A cast of five members under the direction of Rita Non- nenbacher will present a play \From 5 to 5:30.\ j ___ Evelyn McKenna, Lois Lpro% Mar\ garet Brown* June Nlcollnl and Ruth Voelker will participate. There will be a social hour with refresh- ments In charge of ..Mrs. Oharles Whitty. XJBRARIANS TO ADDRESS PRE-SCHOOL CHILD GROUP \The Story of Books for a Pre- School child and Its Parents\ will be oUsmissed by two mdnbera of-the FrAepprt Memorial Library Staff at a meeting of the Pre-JSchool Group. of the Seaman Ave. School Parent- Teacher Association Wednesday night In the kindergarten room of the school. \Help in discovering some of the delight of sharing story bookland wiQL%0ui..cmldren can bring will be offered aslw^ll as suggestions con- cerning books for parent guidance,\ said Mrs. W.J3. Fischer, chairman of the groupT\ Phonograph records suitable for small children also will be played. for boarding the boat.\ The Sea Scouts meet every Wed- nesday n&ght In the Archer Street School front ?'*S to 9:45, For fur- ther information any young mqn nterested may call either of the following officers; Skipper Fred Lichmann, FReeport 8-0468^;. Mate Richard Gamble, BAldwJn 3-2875-R Mate Frank Johnston, BAldwln 3- 7667-W; Mate William Stlegelmaier, WAntagh 2-3673-M, or drop In at meetings. Previous Scouting ex- perience no\ necessary. .. LJJP.E.?ISCLAXMB PLANS TO AWILD NEW LABOR PART? ; Labor's League for Political Edu- cation la Nassau anAU Buff oik coun- ties is following .the .pattern of ita nationar organization 'and has no intention 'of building a third labor: pa#ty, according to a labor league release \I&yita7affiliated members, it was announced tins week. . '^Candidates will be judged^ entlre» ly . on the basis of J their\ jvoklng records/ hotron the basis of party prejudice/' a statement read. It will'not permit itself to:Miecome\ the tall^ of-:any.* party*».Candldatesr arp judged-entirely on the basis of their voting ;reoorda, not/on the\say?Bp of any political THE MUST NATIONAL BANK THE PIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO., PREEPORJ, N.Y. -4. <\ •- Henry, [olnth* March of Dime* AND TWO* MMgHWa;,O 90UMM9 TO HELP TO JOIN \M* MAMCM a!i^a ' ' «'.'. -. •' \.;-.' Federal Savings Reports Successful Year; Assets $6,931^033 The Freeport Federal Savihgs and Loan Assooiation con- tinued its-steady growth during 1949, jnaintaimng its position as the fourth largest Federal Savings and Loan Association in Nassau County, as wejl as rendering *; ' : ^ a real service to the community In the promotion of thriftHand home ownership. The Association closed 1949 with $6,941,033.18 in assets, having gained 27.77 percent during the calendar year. The mortgage portfolio showed a net Increase of $1,434,298.31 which brought mort- gages outstanding to. $5*968,21 year end. The average loan during the year amounted to $6,760 on con- ventional loans and $7,351 on loans 'Insured by the Veterans Adminis- tration. antee life insurance, security assur- ance plans (copyright 1947 by Ar- thur L. .Craig and William E. Her- ren), and F.H.A. Title I Moderniza- tion Loans. \As in the past, 1949 was dedi- cated to offering the customers of the Freeport Federal as complete a ^ ne pneslblA.\ President Wil- MeadowhrookBank Names New Officer W. E. Van der Waag, With Federal Reserve As He Dies on HigK Tension Wires. Trouble from the far north falls o%i*this land regularly during the winter season, and the result of the raging liam J. Martin, said. \As to the future, we feel that current business conditions are good. The demand for basic products and services re- mains on a high level. With sav- At the close of 1949, the* cash and I Ings available and new borrowers Government Bonds amounted to numerous, 1950 should show a sub- Executive Vice-Preaident snow and ioe disrupt the routine comforts of daily living. This year, however, -trouble from the : . Walter Z. Van der Waag was north visited the easterly portion of I ' named executive vice-president of o^ ^^^d, not in the regular ac- | the Meadowbrook National Bank at ^p^ manner, but in the form of | a special meeting of the Board of » ^ely snowy owl that made a WeSer announcecTthls week. **t*l descent on the .Long Island ^ Mr. Van der Waag is currently Lighting '^Company's high tension' employed by the Federal Reserve vires in the HltheiTMis area near Bank of New York as a special Montauk Po'Inl recently, causing a .0% yowwff A; a $857,428,26, representing a liquidity position of 12.35 percent of total stantial gain. __ \We propose, during the coming assets, year, to continue to further the In- At the end of 1949 total reserves terest of thrift and home ownership amounted to 5.34 percent of assets, among our people, at the same time During the past year, earnings from speaking out against those prophets operatibna were channeled into re* who strive to win the support of the ; -serve—accounts—amounting-to-$64;--JTinwaTy -with- promises -of- govern- * 145.54. The Institution is steadily intent-provided dkurity whose price is the loss bf me*«ssential freedom of the individual.\ The directors of the Association, including Irving Orebinar, Henry Hlmmel, Charles P. Buckley, jr., and William J, Martin, jr., attended the annual meeting of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New Yorls in the Waldorf Astoria, Manhattan. accumulating a satisfactory safety margin as security against the future. Throughout 1949 tme Association received savings and investment money which brought the capital outstanding up to $6,381,702.71 at year end. This represents an in- crease of 26*69 percent during the twelve months. It is gratifying that 1654 savings accounts were opened during the year bringing the total number of savings members to 5,060 as of December 31. Despite the fact the earning pow- , er of Investments continued on aiVERSITY. MAXWELL AF BASE, •low level during 1949, the Associa- Ala., (Via Mall)—Lt. Ool. Everett B. tlon distributed to Its members a Howe, 255 Grand ave., Freeport, total of $132,541.89, representing a I N.Y., is attending the sixth regular dividend of 2^ percent. It has long! course of the'Air University's Air been a policy of the Freeport Fed- I Command and Staff School at this eral Savings & Loan Association to baset which began on Jan. 16. Lieut. Col. Everett Howe At Air Command School -I HEADQUARTERS, AIR UNI- pay.just as high a dividend as is ; commensurate with theybuilding up of an adequate protection In re- serves and with of competitive lend- ' ing rate, which permits sound mort- gages to be placed on its books. In addition to savings accounts and. mortgage loans, the Freeport Federal maintained the following services for the convenience of its customers: Christmas club, savings bonds, bond redemption, travelers' cheques, money orders, home guar- Lleut. Col. Howe was assigned »s Security Officer, Office of Provost Marshal, ConAO, Mitbhel Air Force Base, N. Y., before he came to school at Maxwell. Curing World War II he served In the European and North Africa Theaters from Jan. 1943 to Junt 1945. Included in his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with eleven Oak Leaf Clusters. bank public relations activities, a, Many of these visitors from the position he has held for approxi- north have been seen In various'No mately four years after some three parts of the cQu%%f,' 'and 56kne\HSVa J^L #CP years of service in the Credit .De- traveled to such'dlstanct points aa _ . . partment. He is well known in southern Illinois and the Catollnaa. banking circles as a result of this The reason for their presence, in work. Mr, Yan der Waag launched the States is interesting, and ought his banking career In 1929 with the to encourage one to receive the National Park Bank of New York, snowy owls\ In a humane manner later absorbed by the Ohase Na during their brief stay In this area, tional Bank, in which he was identl- Aeports from Canada reveal the fled with Credit and Branch Ad- lemmings,. the mouse-like rodents ministration operations. which are the favorite menu of the .Commenting on. Mr. Van der snowy owls/are very scarce. During Waag's appointment, Mr. Weller & season of healthy vegetation, the said, \The recent merger of the lemming population of the Arctic -First National Bank of Merrlck and region Increases with leaps, and The First National Bank and Trust bounds, much to the delight and Company of Freeport and the forth- taste of the snowy ow)s. However, coming consolidation of the West occasionally the season of growth Is ;Hempstead National Sank into the very poor and because of the lack . Meadowbrook organ! zation has of food, the lemmings are conspicu- made the need for additional execu- pus by their absence, tlve assistance yery. acute/' ''fThe'p.vTWhen. these \periods of Board was unanimous In ltd agree- rationing occur, the harmless snowy ' ment that Mr. Van der Waag's owls migrate into our country In banking experience made him an search of field mice. Goon,*those i excellent choice for the position.\ who have survived the ordeal and t Mr. Weller emphasized that Mr., the ways of humanity, will wing Van der Waag's duties will in* no their way homeward; Dr. Oeorge ! way restrict the activities or respon- Mlkach Button, ornithologist and slblllties of the present officers and bird painter of the University of executives, but should expand their Michigan, who foretold their corn- opportunities for advancement. ing, believes they shall return to the Mr. Van der Waag, who is expect- north sometime this mpnt^., .^,^.| ed to assume his new office some; The snowy owl hM oeen'sultaQy, time in the early Spring, lives InlprepaTed and mounted, and will be: Flushing, with his'wife and three exhibited, ilk .the \ \\' \ \ \ children. ,\y . him* h $* (towad $b buy^nonwng Ndmkat totmbwi 9o *o*y o ahWd can da (t. *, &o you'll do I* you?*@l$l ^Planned Parenthood Drive Goal ia Fixed at $2,000 , vahous;. branch; offices of'the long Islqnd \Lighting System .to remind us and-posterity of that single event at Hither Hills on the second Sun- day in January and of the greater Did Know? That f !hn# left before 10 A.M. are ready the game day! K Due to Your Generous Patronage, You Made 1+ Possible fop-Me +b t)6na+e $176'** To The March 6f Dime* REEORT ESSO Memck St., Fteeport enthood Committee for Its annual February drive fof funds to carry on its program to make \every child a healthy, wanted child.\ ' Mrs. Robert B. Whitney* of Bacon^ rd., Old Weatbury, hasjbeen named; chairman of the 1950 fund cam- paign which will start with a, li'nMienn in the Garden City Hotel Wednesday at 13:30 P.M. . ' , The Rev. John Paul Jones, pastor ; of Union Church In Brooklyn, will be the speaker. Mrs'. Darwin P. Kingsley, Jr.', executive board mem- ber of the New York State Federa- tion 6f Planned Parenthood, will speak' on the work of the Federa- tion in the United States. The Nassau-Suffolk Committee maintains ,a clinic at 70 Mam St., Mineola, with an average^ monthly attendance''of 350 women.' It la ope'rJ every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1 and 3:30 P.M. and the first and third Tuesdays of each mdnth from 7 to 9 P.M. . 81 We*t Merrkk FBeeport 84376 ... . • BEER DELIVERY I 9-3288 Why no_AJjUTahBfe=a weekly beer delivery? Avoid the fuss of re- turning \ bottlpsr~6r- belhg\\out\ when \yoil- nee*l\ It. All leading brands of *beer and so@a, \ PETER HRR ON Babylon Turnpike at Monroe. ' . • .Roosevelt ; . ' New and of N* Long Beach & Brooklyn Ave*. \ Exempt Hall Freeport EXPONENTS OF AUTHENTIC DANCES Are Nov Forming Olassea for Children and Adtlta WILL With Heel Rkyth%nA (**> C^ . ANCIENT and MODERN HULAS B Waltzes,. Foxtrots, tangos, Rhmnbaa, Bambas, Boleros, etc. Saturday Between 12 Noon and 3 P,M, |;| i y l •\':'' ' \'\ \. •;.:;-^v. ,,,^.^,,^v,,,,/<^,.,c:..:\^.^:-j:-:.:vL/\.'.>^^^w«Q^
