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PAGE . T -^ F It^ ^ P 0 It T, N. i THURSDAY, FnBRTj:ABT_16,Al95p A&P K\LS:-*, Seies Farmers Hit if Food Chain Is Broken by Court Long Islan^l farmers who ly suply A & . P .Food. Stores with \ \$5 worth of fresh produce, . <%ill;:losc trip jjcnefIts of A :& P's efficient system of distribution, if the antirtrUst lawyera succeed m their attempt to break up t^ie/food chain, the Freeport Exchange Olub was told. Earl R. French, national marketing director of the Atlantic Commission Co., A & P's'produce- buying affiliate, addressed members of the Freeport Exchange Club at their weekly luncheon in the Elks clubhouse. He said, \A & P has aeVcioped a system whlcn\ assure:) wldd' and efficient dlstrlButlcji.__o_ • * Cruits and veeetables produced by hundreds of Long Island growers.\* \If A & P Is put out of business,\ jsales Mr. French added, \not only will its own suppliers be adversely af- fected but millions of farm families who don't sell to A & P will suffer.* \These growers/j he continued, \share the benefits of strong mar- kets and high farm Incomes which A & P helps bring about by moving t enormous quantities of food Into consumption with great merchah-|Unie equal to B;573 carlota, waa'dis- .He -asserted al§q th^, the Joss of i A ^& P's. buying f0clhtles_jmd the ; : break Aip' of its* retail outlets' would ^ 'not. only narrow the channels of! distribution butgwould also curtail i the advertising and merchandising! 01 i^ong isiano crops. — He said Iti would force suppliers Ip seek new i outlets, for their produce, which would materially increase' ftre'lr! costs. Mr. French explained j that A &.P has always cooperated; with Long Island growers partlc-| ularly in. times of over-supply by ' conducting broad advertising and i merchandising promotions. \Long Island growers and ship- pers were paid $5,287,129 for fruits. and vegetables purchased for Aj5?^| In 1940,\ he said. \The huge vol-! French referred to a recent resolution passed by the Long Is- . land Cauliflower Association con- demnrng. the anti-trust suit against A & P. The resolution read that \it would be very much to pur far- ' *u# well as Ui« Redeemer Auxiliary Plans St. Pat's Night Plans for the St. Patrick's night celebration- on Frida^ night, March 17, in the South Shore Yacht .Club were, advanced at the February advantage to have a customer who purchased 20 per cent of the total amount of goods going/, over, the auction blocks forced to discontinue business.\ \Similar resolutions condemning the\ trust lawyers' action have been passed by scores' of agricultural organizations,\ he concluded. \These I variqus groups from all parts of the!Ehret, United States thoroughly approve of A & P's buying and merchan-! dlaing policies.\ . I yjs*-rmootingL-of the Lndies^-Auxillary of Our Holy Redeemer School. The auxiliary is joining *wlth the Holy Name Society of the church in con- ducting the event. Charles Metzger heads the men's committee, and Mrs. Joseph MacDonald the women, Six new members were welcomed. They are Mrp. Edward J. Bednarz, Mrs. Robert MacMillan, Mrs. John Mrs. Charles MoLaughlin, Mrs. Joseph Shounk and Mrs. Has- selbach. Mrs. James Ustica, presi- dent, presided, i \ • •./ I'// &•:!•'.%' K#. ^•; Yea, many thanka to you folks who gdt dial telephone sendee early last Sunday morning. Overnight some SjSOO telephones in the Freeport area were converted to dial operatiod and everything went smoothly. Practically everyone remembered to wait for the dial tone and to dial only the calls within their own dialing acea. Our operators were ready and eager to be of help but everybody caught on so fast that hardly any'difficulties were encountered. By the end of March, 4,000 more telephones in and around Freeport are also going to get dial service. Meanwhile, thanks again for your wholehearted * • ' .' -.*.'• , J r.J— Many Out-of-Tpwners Buy Real Estate Here Mr, and Mrs, Arthur W. Mandc- vllle, 109-31 208th St., Hollls, have purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Mel- vln Baumann, property 1 at 179 Jam^eA D. Firth and his wife have sold .to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sparlnp, 20 Raynor St., a plot 43 by 100 feet at 118 Stevens st. Stella R. T^bite has sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vaccaro, of Astoria, a 40 by 90 plot at 11 Mount ave. near Broadway. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Ollleran, of Brooklyn, have purchased from Caroline R. Olark, two parsels on the east side of Bedell st. at South- side -ave. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Killlkelly, 3 West Merrick rd., have boi^ght from Blanche A. Southard, a plot 107 by 158 feet at 240 East Dean st. and Rutland rd. An Irregular plot about 105 by 102 feet on Sunrise highway 142 feet west of McKlnley pi. has been gold by Joel Jason to Eldee Realty* Corp. of 255 West Sunrise highway. Property in the Mayfalr Estates section, lots 26 and 27 on Map 3818 has been bought by Anne Verona of 73-46 189th St., Flushing, from Brookside-Freeport Corp. Edna L. Weyant has sold to Elihu Berman and another, of 244 North Brookside ave., a plot about 158 by 185 feet at the southwest comer of Merrldt rd. and South Ocean a^ Anna Renken, 129 Roosevelt ave., Roosevelt, has purchased from Charles M. Braun, a plot 50 by 125 feet at 73 Woodside ave. near Elli- son. - CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH No. Grove St. at Randall Av«. REVEREND _ DAVID ^, JAXHEIMER ^ Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 A. M. GIIUR.CS SERVrOES! 9:OOKnd 10:45 A. M. *f<•; ^'::; FIRST^ CHURCH OF. CHRIST, SCIENTIST FREEPORT, N. Y. Sunday Scr\nce 11 A. M. Wednesday Evening ^Meeting, 8:15 Sunday Soliool 11 A. M. Reading Room 'Open To Public 11:30 A.M. to 5-P.M. , Dally Except Sundays and Holidays Merrlok W. at Elm PL ALL ABE WELCOM? . .__.: Salvadoh Army E. W. Newton In Charge SERVICES ^ 10:00 A.M. . Sunday School ' 11:00 A*M. i Hotlnaa* 1 6*30 P.M* Youu; #.:00 P.M. EVeninR Servlc* . WEDNESDAY } 8:Ob PiM. Mld-wtak. Prayar MaaUag , 7:3O PJkL LadleaV Homa All Ate Welcome •y-r?-;., TBUBSDAY, FBBRUABY ^6, 1950' !W S'a THE LE^DER.— FRE^E PAGE ELEVEN _ ^-L Ar6 ; . Joliii Kings and Peter Bennett, Freeport bdys, are members of -the athletic squad of the sixth grade of the Shiibert School, Baldwin, which has won honors if or the school, Last fall during the fqotballcom- - • - ^ ------- — petition the sixth grade !te.ptn darned a bronze trophy for Shubeft by*4rih- ning. its two games. Now as a basketball team, the sixth \graders took the school tltfe, and then went on to defeat teams representing each of the .five other Baldwin schools. This record qualified the, quintet to compete in a playoff against the Plaza School for the In their other games, Shubert de- feated Prospect,* ^2 to 5; Coolldge, 29 to 20; Plaza,; 2% to ts'^Steele, 22 tp 13, and Lenox, 48 to 11. Edward Dejnozkar s^xth grade .teacher, is the team's coach. Plans* are under way for the base- ball season. Frank Keener, of Freeport, a ture was .a takeoff \of the television show .\Toast of the Town.\ ; A minstrel show is to be given today-at the supper grade assembly* Arnold Seaman, pf,Freeport, is to be one of the .end ,meh. Roberta YoUns, ajFrceporter, and Jacqueline Smith. Are to'sing' a duet, v.7- ; ^ Fiecport Is represented by Lenore Rosciiberg, P e t e r Bennett and Vance Bryant in a stamp club com- iprisud of sixth and seventh grade {pupils. Meetings are . held every Tuesday at 3 P.M. under the super- Vision of Mrs. Marlon Baum. The popils raised $2Q2.28 for the March of Dimes, the highest amount of any school in Baldwin, Mrs. Mildred L. O-Cdnnpr is the principal. Freeport-Airtists' Guild Starts Membership Drive __ .. A' membership drive has bean iatarted by the Freeport village championship and basket- I pupil in • Miss Jacqueline La vac's ball trophy. Shubert won by a third grade took part In the chapel score of 42 to 12. . program last Thursday. The fea- THIS NEW Management * * Atmosphere , , , . Prices Food PL*J* T/te Added QF MUSIC FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVES. BY \- The CHARLIE JUDGE Trio OUR DINING ROOM AND OLOB ROOM ARE OPEN FOR BOOKING BY ALL ORGA3mSATION8 ... OR BTT8INE88 MEN'S MEETINGS . . . OWR FOOI&, -8ERVIGZ—ANI) -RATE8—WILL- 8DR- PRI8E YOU. CONSULT .\TRAY\ and ANNETTE EXTON Formerly Oak Lodge 10 BROOKLYN AVENUE FREEPORT PEONZ FBZZPOBT &411B THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO., FREEPORT, N.Y. g FXEEPOKT OPPICE \fwapwf #'3400 'ilS*^ I'i^ THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP MERRICK, N.Y. MEMBER FEDEXAL DEPOSIT. INSURANCE CORPORATION -It- Nassau Woman's Forum March 28 Topic Noted \Cooperation—The Key to Free- dom and Peace\ is the theme of the suvuntil annual foiuiii uf the-Nassau County Woman's Forum to be held in the Caldcrone ei Guild which\ hopes soon' to\ have a permanent Meeting j)lac_e_Gtj|;&pwn. (The 'program, of the Guild is being I expanded so as to cater to persons who arc .Interested, in painting, ; sculpture, pottery, sketching, .car- tooning, photography, ceramics and metal work. -v \ Just as sqon as appropriate quart- •ers have been established, there will bo a workshop In which 'persons interested can carry on their vari- ous gobbles. However, the.organi- zation must have a larger member- ship 'than It has/at present^ before its ambitious program can be gotten Sunder way. Exhibits are to 'be held from time to time throughout the y ea r . and instruction wlU be ! given. • ^'- '• through ^ecttires 7 and • cpunsel^'pro .feaslohals> Cipportunity\ will be afforded for those possessing sbnilat talents to meet and indulge m their I kindred hobbies. , i 'A membersh4p-r' committee \has been .named comprising Mrs* Fridda Yamliis, ROck^Ule Centre 6r0376-J; Mrs'. Helen-^^bmbes, BAldwln 3- 3616-M, and Mrs. Reglna Woolford, REmpstead 2-49J10-R from whom all Infoiinatlon cohcenihig the plans and alms of the guild can be ob- tained. No entrance fe.e is to be charged. ' - '. piead, Tuesday, ' March 28, Mrs. Elizabeth Bass Goldlng, the presi- dent, announced today. One of three speakers at the morning session will be Mrs. India Edwards, executive director of the Women's Division, Democratic Na- tional Committee. She will present the Democratic viewpoint In a dis- cussion with Mrs. Joseph R. Far- rlngton, president of the National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs, on national and internation- al issues. The morning 'session will open with a short program of music by the Hempstead High School band under the Direction of Miss Imogene Boyle. The afternoon session will open with a program of organ music. Reservations are coming In rapidly for the 2,500 available seats field and Mrs. Harold Oagen, ticket chairmen, report with the warning that further reservations should not be delayed as the demand Is great. *? U C % — f* ___ ^ -- *T* ......... - r.ri.a. Lacrosse lean* Plan* for Busy Seaaon Freeport High School's lacrosse team is holding practice for the 1950 seaaon under th^ coaching ,of Bill Ashley whenever weather per- mits. The sport was introduced in the school last season and did so well, Coach Ashley decided to ar- range a full schedule of 11 games this year and enter the squad in* the Metropolitan Lacrosse Association tournament which includes such schools as the New York Military Academy Academy, Five games wjll, be play- ed at the Stadium. Four members of the 1049 squad played bn the. All-Scholaatlo team in an All-Star game at Jones 'Beach. They were Carr-Simbne,-— Walter Nestvogel, Charles Krummef- and Joseph Maeone. These and other veterans will furnish the backJbone of this gear's team. /The veterans are William Kenny, Jerry Simandl, Norman Bolter, -William Rockwell, Ronnie Reese, Charles Dietrich and Carmen Chlmerl. PLYWOOD FOR A'MILUON USES 4x8 5/16 9%c square foot Beat Prices in County ALL THICKNESSES Mahogany—Oak—\Walnut 26c SQ. Ft. JUST ARRIVED 250,000 aquare feet PLYWOOD Small Size* ALL THICKNESSES , Skea Up.t6\18*I8=%\ 7e PER SQUARE FOOT HARDWOOD LUMBER . • • • ' ^^ . .• .Small Pieces Perfect for B[obby Shop IS N.^Long Beach Ave* ASK FOR PETER \ Are you taking advantage of good tti to strengthen your financial position) You can insure future security by saving now* \ Build up reserves in a Freeport Federal Savings Account. Open ah account now and add to it regularly. Save here with insured safety and with tRe^beneht of an attractive return in dividends. ..,M$?#B^'^* 2\ :^f# 2 per annum Open Monday Evening* S A V1N C 8 47 VEST SUNRISE HIGHWAY ' FKDUAL HOMK LOAM BANK, SYSTEM 8-6200 Your MVinga l»@ured op &a $5,000 by the Federal Saving* and Loan loaaranca Corporation less money * *, has a of S/ BAUMANN A ,... _ ,. _.,: •_ • /..^ Ih furniture for three 'fine! Generations. ... \he M^t E3tabKseJ*FMr»Kh<ye -Store J» 62 SQUTHI^IN STREET J^Re^port -y_ . ^^ ^^^^^ .y. .,.\..r'&-'...
