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rEEEPOET MEHOBIM, L I B ' WEST SEHHICK BO/SD FKHEPOHT, I I .Y . FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR NEIGHBORLY NEWS FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR ’ RELIABLE ADVERTISING \FREEPORT'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER\ FREEPO r ' t BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1954 Community Concert Association Waging Campaign This Week 1,000 Members Sought To Assure Good List Of Events Next Season Workers of the Freeport Com m unity Concert Association are out this week endeavoring to enroll 1,000 members, so as to have funds with which to provide four of the best concerts possible for the 1954-65 season. The cam p a ign started Sunday afternoon when the leaders and canvassers were th e guests of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam J. Martin, Sr., at a tea in their hom e In M assa- pequa. Mrs. Martin, the president, gave a pep talk in which she said the goal of 1,000, the capacity of the Freeport High School audi torium. where the concerts are given, m u st be reached to provide a high quality o f talent for the concerts. Mrs. Arnold E. Sylvester, general campaign chairman, also spoke. Several representatives were pres ent from adjacent communities where memberships also are being sought. A musical program also was pro vided. First there were selections by. 0 trio compt-lslng- ‘Mrsi’- S ylvester; Violinist; Robert -Sylvester, 'cellist, w ith Mrs. Helen Elliott a t the piano. Jam es DeJesu of Baldwin, played clarinet solos and his wife piano selections. Announcem ent was made that if persons desiring to join the asso ciation were not reached by work ers. they m ight go to campaign headquarters In the office _ o f the Freeport Federal Savings & Loan Association on W est Sunrise H igh way. where Mrs. Daniel Friedman (Continued on Page fl) Fallon Seeks Permit For. Bulkhead and Piles Application has been made to the .Army Engineers by Frank A. Fallon. 1076 South Grove street, to construct a bulkhead, place fill and install piles in W oodcleft Bay. ..'.T h e Applicant proposes to con struct a pile \apd tim b er bulkhead^ approximately .100 feet .long, wlth_a top elevaUon o f \ a b out - four feet above mean high water. T h e pro posed bulkhead is. to-toe on a lin e w ith an existing bulkhead to the north and about 13 feet shoreward p f an existing bulkhead to the south. It Is also proposed to install a row of 10 mooring piles about 10 feet on centers and 20 feet channel- ward of the proposed bulkhead. The tops of the proposed plies are to be at an elevation of 7.5 feet above . m e a n high w.ater,.The ,appUcar&.£lsp proposes to place fill shoreward of tjie proposed bulkhead........... Any criticism s or protests regard ing the proposed work, from the standpoint of navigation, should be subm itted to the Corps of Engineers, 80 Lafayette street. M anhattan, prior to May 24, otherwise it will be presumed that there are no ob jections. , CHUBB UK’S 1)KUG STORE OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Chubbuk’s Drug Store, S o u th Main street at Sunrise highway, w ill re main open until Sunday nigh t at 10 o'clock after th e other pharm a cists in Freeport d o sej during th e afternoon. The telephone is Free port 9-3333. M e m o r ia l D a y C h a irm a n Mayor W illiam F. Glacken direct ed Mrs. Alice Anderson, executive secretary of the Board, to make a study of outstanding contracts to concessionaires to ascertain how long they had to run before replying to the communication. He remarked that the Stadium m ight be A sell ing point to a large corporation having a sports program which might be interested in acquiring the large area to the south which the Board is desirous of selling. The Northwest Civic Association M i sorts Memorial Day Com-1 has taken action concerning the tee. will preside at the exercises Stadium similar that of the South- to be held in the Municipal Stadium j west group. Two Qroups Suggest Village Dispose of Municipal Stadium In response to a letter from the Southwest Civic Association, the Village Board at its meeting Monday night in the Municipal Building decided to study the advisability of selling the Muni cipal Stadium. In the communication (N>rrespomlmg Secretary A lbert Marmon contended the Stadium was being run at a loss while it might he disposed of for a large amount of money to the advantage of the taxpayers. SAMUEL D. GERBER. Samuel D. Gerber, as chairman of Boys' Club Members On Ebbets Field Show Milburn Pond Tract Under Consideration As High School Site Giblyn Tells Southwest Board is Studying Other Places for New Building Leo F. Glblyn. president of the Freeport Board of Education, re vealed last week that the Milburn Pond tract between Sunrise High way and Merrick road at the Free port-Baldwin boundary is under conslderation as a new high school site. Mr. Qiblyn made this admission Three members of the Freeport ; Police Boys’ Club participated In the . Happy > F elton television show Ebbets Field Sunday afternoon. T h e ! durlnB tlle question period after he _______ . . . . ! had addressed the Southwest Civic event was arranged by Patrolman . . .. _ . . . . i Association Tuesday night. May 11, Joe Romeika as one of his l a s t | on jnatters pertaining to the Free- M nday at 11 o'clock following the through the principal streets o f the village. The address will be given by Mayor W illiam F. Glacken. Board Will Enforce Mew Decency Law Central P.-T. A. Council. Calls Attention To Recent Legislation Mayor William F. G lacken pledged the Village Board at its m eeting Monday night jn the Municipal j Building to do all in its power to take advantage of legislation re- j cently enacted in Albany to eliml-1 nate the sale of indecent literature ! , local stores. He made the pledge after the j reading of a letter from the Central i Council of Parent-Teacher A s s o -1 ciations requesting the Board to exercise the power conferred on It by th £ legislation which was spon sored by Assemblyman Joseph Car lino of Long Beach. Mayor Glacken said he was not acquainted w ith the contents of the legislation, but that action would be take just as soon -as the bill could be studied and th e steps to be 'taken were determined^: A recommendation of §*61ice ~ ' Peter Elar that“ No Parking!’ . signs., b e lnBtmied id\ f reir i t o n i t h e of North Main street and Leonard, avenue to facilitate the. th e truck of Hose Co. 5. on Leonard avenue, was adopted. The Board also authorized the Installation of a street light on Ray street, between South Main and (Continued on Page 9) official acts as director of the club. The trio comprised John Ca- pozzoli, m anaged by Patrolman Romeika: Richard W ahlgren by W illiam W lllmott, and Bruce communication the Franklin by Sergt. Raymond Knlpe. W ith Jake Pitler, coach of the Dodgers and Peewee Reese, the captain and shortstop, as judges, anolhci Southwest Civics urged that som e thing be done to prevent realty de velopers from parking trucks con taining arrows pointing to th e i r they were put through battmg, projects at busy street corners. Trus- I s n aring fungoes and digging ., up tee Seward J. Baker suggested lt grounders. Capozzoll was ruled- the m ight b e well to require com panies best Pl&y®r- As a reward he and .his engaging In this, practices to have ] father returned to Ebbets Field an attendant _ jyjjtbfi..tm c k at a l l , Tuesday night ta witness the con- tim es test between the Dodgers and t itP Theodore C. Rice, 584 South L o n g : Chicago Cubs. The lad also hnd a Beach avenue, and Irving August, ctinl wiLtl R°y Cam pan el la, th - 584 South Long Beach avenue, re- Brooklyn catcher, and received quested the Board to have a lat- baseball autographed by all U teral sewer laid along - that street Dodgers. ; connecting present sewers at Adams Each ot tnc trio on Sunday was i nnd Front streets, a distance of 800 given a $5 bank account In a Brook-! lllfi0 feet. They explained that when lyn savings bank, a second y sewers were installed there were no. m an’s m il, a baL and a Brooklyn B a ld w in V o t c r j l L e a g u e (Continued on Page 12) cap. port schools. He answered In the affirm ative when Herbert Bond asked if the Milburn Pond tract were under consideration for this purpose. “The property Is one of the sites being considered for a high school, but some problems will have to be solved before definite steps are taken,\ Mr. Glblyn replied, saying h e could add nothing to 't h is state m ent., o t . t h is. tim e. However, .h e commented, th a t other sites under consideration involved developed v properties the cost of which would take hundreds of thppaanda-of-dqi lars to acquire taking large suins o'fr ' the tax rolls and still not be large a enough to give Freeport the size i a plot it should have. The Milburn 1 tract Is 27 acres in area. It was ac- Scene at Poppy Drive Opening Community Council’s Annual Meeting Tuesday . . T h e annual m eeting and election of officers of the Freeport Commu nity ^GauncJLjKiliAjt-IieliLJi}—Uis, Municipal - Building|T'uesday night a t 8:15 o’clock: Executive members of the Council also will be elected. Standing Committees will submit their annual reports. Capt. M ichael Spark, local In spector of the U. S. M arine Corps, will lead a discussion between re serve officers in the Freeport area and parente o f future Bervlce men. There will be a presentation of con struction plans lor the new Marine Corps facilities in Freeport. The proposed revision o f th e ffiraft law s and armed forces reserve act will be discussed. - Russell E. H o taling Is in charge of the program. Mrs. Mabel Battin is president of the CouncQ. ; \gy;. Bagatelle Photo Left to r ight Mr. Clayton of WGBB, £)on W eller o f Meadow Brook National B a n k and Mrs. Edw ard S. M a rtin, p u b licity and radio' chairman of Nassau County Legion A u x iliary at formal opening of 1954 p o p p y drive with broadcast. L ittle Diane M artin Nassau County Poppy Queen, is shown below. t D ining the broadcast Mrs. Joseph Klein, of G len Head, county chair man, and D iane presented popples to Mayor W illiam F. Glacken repre senting Freeport, Sheriff H. A lfred Vollmer, th e county, and a repre sentative o f Mr. and Mrs. Cord Vlebrock, Gold Star Father and Mother. Following the broadcast the Freeport Auxixllary was host to representatives of other units at a reception in the Dugout. In the (Continued on Page 4) Mrs. H. C. Williams of 128 North Bergen place and Mrs. Edward M al zone of 92 W ilson place, both of Freeport, spoke at the m eeting of the Baldwin League of Women Voters Thursday night. Members who have participated ill a series of workshops on the t 1 -S program of technical assistance un der the U.N. -reported on the vari ous specialized agencies .Mrs, Lrfii Ray Call was chairman. Several' members -of she Baldwin League recently attended the an- County League luncheon j r t $ m P£ i Club, Glenwood Landing.'\ where they heard; Judge Kathleen D istrict Court Judge of Nassau . County Judge Kane discussed the role of women in politics. Mercy League To Fete Freeport Class of 1929 As an “innovation, the Freeport Mercy League is to give a dance on Saturday night. May 29, In honor of the Freeport High School class of 192&. w h ich was graduated 25 years \ag<£ T T w lil T>e~held' in \the South Shore Y acht Club. Mrs. Tulllo F ilardo heads the committee of ar- rrangemerits, which is made up of th e mertbers of the board Bof di rectors* Music will be provided by Paul Muro, an ’alumnus of the Freeport H igh School, and his orchestra. A feature will be a dance oontest th e Judges for which will be Thomas Lockhart, a local resident and one o f th e M ariners on th e Arthur Godfrey show, with hte wife, the four Cordettes of the Robert A. Lewis television show, Mayor W il liam F. Glacken and Judge Kelley, ' If this year's dance Is t lii 1955 the League wili 1 class of .1930.- ''ii\
