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By Chaminade 14-0; Play Hempstead Next Freeport Squ a d P r o v e s U n a b le T o H o ld Strong M ineola A g g r e g a tion T h e Freeport Red D evils are a .doubtful quantity as they prepare to face Hempstead High at the Town S e a t Saturday at 2 o'clock. Following their m agnificent show in g - a g a in s t Mineola on Saturday JSeRteniber 25, Cpuch Bill AshleyX ^charges showed\u com p lete '1 cKsfnge 1 o f form In going down b e f o r e Chaminade Friday night at the 'Stadium by a 14 to 0 count. It was th e worst display of football put on i?HEEPOEI MEMORIAL T.rm ttnv VEST tJERRICK ROAD- m w o h ! ! , n . r . . . F O L L O W T H E L E ADE R F O R N E I G H B O R L Y N E W S F O L L O W T H E l e a d e r F O R R E L I A B L E A D V E R T I S I N G \FREEPORT'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER\ F R E E P O R T B A L D W I N > R O O S E V E L T M E R R I C K 19th Year, No. 24 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1954 FIV E CENTS PE R COPY Training Girl Scout Leaders u/- uic J. i vcjjuj wrio 111 ; M eanwhile Hempstead on Satur day just succeeded in nosing cut Lawrence by a count of 14 to 12 by converting after both its touchdowns 4 4 While the Branchers failed to do so. The encounter with Chaminade j . was the 17th played between the two clubs of which the M ineola con- : tingent has won 11 and Freeport but ■ 6. However, the Red D evils excel in > points, 172 to 136. The game was played on a hot j night w ith a very dewey field th a t ' 4m a d e the ball slippery and hard to ‘ \handle. Scoring during the first three periods was lim ited to a safe- ty . w h l c h n e t t e d C h a m l n q d e 2 - p o l n U i n tlic f i r s t q u a r t e r . —T h e c u r l y p a s t ' . (Continued- on Page 13) O ’C o n n o r T o Install L e g ion U n it s O fficers Edward O’Connor, Nassau County vice-com m ander heading the Sec ond Division, Is to Induct offi cers of W illiam C linton Story Post, American Legion. Saturday night at Z.ZO in the Dugout when the post and the Auxiliary are to have a joint installation. P a s t State Commander Jerry Cross of Bronxville is to be th e prin cipal speaker .and Congressman Frank J. Becker is to be a guest. Blair Licence is to .b e sen tod as commander and Mrs. Edward S. ^Martin a s president of. the Auxiliary. G lacken t o A d d r ess N o r theast C ivic A s s ’n Mayor WUHam F. G lacken is to • speak at the m o n thly m eeting of the Northeast G ivic Association to morrow night in the headquarters of Hose Co. 4 on Leonard avenue. H e will tell of an m any problems ' facing the adm inistration all of w h ich involve heavy expenditures that cannot be avoided. President Stew a r t M. Hubbell will preside. P o s t O ffice T o C lose A t N o o n on T u e s d a y 4 Plans for Columbus Day, Tuesday, at the Freeport Post Office were bn-, pounced this week by Acting Post master Ralph L. Marshall. There k will 'be window service from 8 rA.M. j7rTv t o noon, the Money Order window I -^ 4 will be open from 9- to - nobft, and — there , will be One^dellvery of mall. . ^Special delivery m a tter will be de- ' i -'iivefed as-jeceivetf .until 7 o’clock. A new project of the Freeport Adult Education Is a class for training Girl Scout leaders, taught by Mrs. W illiam J.*Martin. Jr.. who took the course in leadership training last year. Mys. Martin is seated at the right while Mrs. Alan Kellock, o n e of her first pupils, sits at the right. Clarence Genner. head of the adult education program in Freeport schools stands in the center. A portion or the 85,000 sought in the current Girl Scout drive will be used for leadership training in order that Freeport’s 600 Girl Scouts may have qualified leadership. Bagatelle Photo. Tony Bavaar To Entertain A t W o m e n ’s Q ,O .P „ L u n c h e o n Tony Bavaar, -who lyricTiaritoHc lias il 11 ;illicd. Jjioi\saiids In such B roadw a y m u s icals as “A lm a n a c ” and PaitiV Y o u r W a g o n ,” will ap p e a r jis gucsl a r t i s t a t the R e p u b lican W o m e n ’s A n n u a l L u n c h e o n tin T u e s d a y , O c tober 20, at the G a rden C ity Hotel. 2 ----- : ----------- -------------- Mrs. Benjamin J. Reiner, general chairm an, who has directed these gala annual affairs during the six years, stated that the 1954 event will be greater than ever. It is re ported that more than four hundred reservations have been made and that th e capacity of the Georgian Room if the Garden City Hotel will be reached within the next few days. Tony Bavaar Is one of the most popular entertainers in show busi ness today. Since his schedule is one of the heaviest in the theater, his consent -to appear a t th e Repub lican affair has earned praise for Mrs. Reiner and her hard-working committee members. Mr. Bavaar postponed and cancelled* various com m itm e n ts-in order t o Tccep this engagem ent. - - In addition to the entertainm ent (Continued d n 'P a g e G ) Only Two Days Left To Qualify To Vote 5 ,1 2 9 P e r s o n s R e g ister In \Freeport D istricts D u ring O ctober 1 and 2 Only two days ofi.registration, to morrow and Saturday, remain to . „ . . . qualify to v o l. al tlic G u b ernatorial, “ » “ • «P «»>»■' Spitzler Gives Lift To Girl Scout Drive After Reading Letter M e rchant R a is e s $ 6 7 F r o m T e n Stores T o H e lp R e a c h $ 5 , 0 0 0 G o a l Contribute $6.72 to the Girl Scout fund raising campaign and enable a Freeport girl to enjoy the advan tage of scouting for a year. This is a movement th a t was started almost spontaneously and bids fair to carry the drive over the $5,000 top, with the sale o f-G irl-8cou t Cookies be fore Hallowe’en roils around. In a letter of appeal mailed to business men. Mayor William F. Glacken, who is more than a nom i nal honorary campaign chairman, mentioned the fact that Scouting officials estim ated it takes $6.72 for every Girl Scout for a year. W hen Theodore Spitzler read the letter, that figure took on added Election on Tuesday. November 2. T h e polls of the 17 election districts in Freeport will be open to-morrow from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.. anti on Saturday from 7 A.M., to 10 P.M. During the first two days of reg istration last Friday and Saturday 5,129 persons enrolled to vote. Out of a population o f close to 30.000', it aeems the num ber of registrants 1 G lacken last Friday and asked: \Does a Girl Scout get all those advantages for a year?\ “She sure does.” the Mayor replied. T h en Mr. Spitzler hung up. He also got busy. He m a d e out his own check for $6.72 and then went from store to store soliciting a like amount until h e had ten checks, in cluding his own, for a total o f $67.20 M a y o r ’s P r o c la m a tio n Asks Support For Q irl Scouts £rr fla v o r W illiam F. G lacken this w e e k issued a proclam a - 7 tion” urging the people o f ' F r e e p o r t to support the $5,000 fu n d - r a isin g cam p a ign being conducted d u r in g O c tober by ^4hc7Frccpoi?trG irI^St^utTpw p ^ G o m m itteet th e patriotic service being rendered m ately 125 adult volunteer leaders, 'to our community by the Girl Scouts In order to carry on their fine ac- : a n d th’eir -leaders and to generously, tlvltfes during 1955. - . support the G irl Scdut fund drive .-.and cookie sale.” i T h e proclamation reads as fol- ' * ’ L7 WHEREAS,—the South, Nassau ,, C o u n cil of G irl Scouts is conducting ■' its annual fund drive during the pfirst week of October w h ich will be : followed, b y their cookie .sale during the last . two weeks of October, and WHEREAS,—t h e ' suport of - the . r e sidents Is essential to this citizen- r s h ip .\program w h ich concerns 617 ■ F reeport Girl Scouts and approxi- Now, therefore, I, W illiam F. Glacken,,-Mayor of the Incorporated Town of -Freeport in the State of New York, do hereby urge our citi zens to recognize the patriotic serv- 16e being rendered to our comunlty by the G irl Scouts and their lead ers, and to generously support the G irl Scout fund drive, and cookie sale during t h e m o n th, o f Octoberi . 7 ■ WILLIAM F. GLACKEN M ayor . -n 1 Dated: October 4, 1954, ^ ' ^Freeport, N.-Y. Court Favors Gray In Krug'Zoning Case Injunction P r o c e e d ing Still o n C a lendar as O w n e r W in s O n e R o u n d Jam es L. Gray, owner of the pro perty a t North M ain street, and Evans avenue, has .won the ;first -round in his fight to restrain the VillageL.fr.om preventing his tenant, the Krug Baking Company, from using the property as \a transfer station. However, there are two other matters pending In the courts, th a t m u st be decided-before the is sue is finally settled. -------- , T h e declslorrin favor o f Mr. Gray wa3~handeddow n by Supreme Court Justice- P hilip' J . H untington. In ’e f fect iris that.where, a business is; established, use of' the adjacent parking field is autom atically per mitted and no variance granted by the Zoning- Board of Appeals is re quired for such use. A n injunction proceeding seeking to restrain the use of the property as a transfer station on the grounds • - - (Continued OP .Bage. .4)..^. — B u ildin g /Perm it Issued For 57-F * m ily A p a r tm e n t Perm its for building operations in Freeport issued by S uperintendent of Buildings Wilbert H. DeM ott during Septem b er covered projects esti m ated to cost $704,390. Included were 23 npw buildings involving $671,450 a n d 32 additlqns and altera tions a t a c o s t Of, $32,940. O f t h e new buildings, one is to bd a 57-fam ily apartm ent house cost in g $400,000 to be- erected o n R a n d a ll .avenue, from North. Ocean to. N o r th Grpve street . *>..[..■ a W d h a w - t e e n m uch-largSr. c u n - to th e Mayor 'oVd'erink'-_ynb;CVriiOortimcisT b l > , morrtln*. year’s election w ith the. election of a v (Continued o n Pagd , com plete slate of state officers. Con- j ------------ - -------------------- sequently there should be a much I larger registration to-morrow and | Carol G r e e n U n v e ils Saturday than there was last week. Under re-apportionm ent Freeport D e sert S o n g AVindow still has 17 election districts, but I there has been a slight change In ; , the numbering. Previously the first i An attrnqtive window advertising ‘The Desert Song.\ to Jjc presented EVocar,-* Thursday, Friday a n d Saturday. Freeport district was 34. Old dis- ; _ . . _ _ ______ , „ __ , x i , M . , . . . . . October 21. 22 and 23, in the Free- trict 50 has been changed to No, 33,1 so the districts now run consecu- port High School auditorium by the tlveiy from 33 through 49. The registration by districts dur ing the first two days was as fol- Freeport Community Choral, was opened Wednesdav In Carol Green’s store o n Main street. The window display features pic- 35, 239; No. 36 . 201; No. 37 J 321 No i tures of members of the enst. m any 38, 231: No. 39. 163.: N o - io ! 327! No. i oI whom Bre wel1 known 10 Freeport 41. 318: No. 42, 308; No. 43. 192: No . 1 and Soyth Shore residents because 47. 292: No. 48, 203, a nd No. 49 , 421, they have appeared in previous 44 , 382: No. 45 . 312; No. 46. 418; No. Choral productions. The display will for a total of 8,129.~- ...................... continue until the show is presented, Charles Dorman and Jo Karpen. who have title roles In the cast, en tertained members of the Exchange Club a t their weekly luncheon at the Elks clubhouse. W ednesday at- noon. BEHKELEY_PHARMA€Y OPEN ALL DAY -SUNDAY The Berkeley Pharm acy, 296:N o r t h __ Main street, is to rem ain'qpen Sun- f w i t h them, were Judy Raynor and day nigh t untU 10 o’clock-after th e Ziegler of the Rita aDncing other druggists In Freeport close School/ w h o also appear In \The f o r -th e - day during the afternoon, j ^ e r t Song.\' T h e telephone is Freeport 8-5665. _____________ _ W aterfront Zoning Program Nearly Ready, Says Viebrock . ... P laus for. tbcA c llIngA ipof a_ro.aring..zoning . th a t T r u s tee C o rd V iebrock expressed hope at the Village B o a rd M o n d a y nig h t th a t the d r a f t m ight be subm itted to the interested p a r ties f o r study in about th ree >vceks. M e m b e rs o f the B o a rd, tlic P lan n in g C o m m ission and the Mp- nicipal - W a terfro n t C o m m ission are cooperating in the p r o ject. . T h e m a tter cam e up during hearing on an application of George ap.d Harry Berns, operators of the Pastim e Dock for permission to es tablish a parking field in the rear of their property w h ich - fro n ts, on W oodcleft avenue, and • extends through to South_Qcean avenue and njppg th a t street for 2 i 0 feet from 160'. fee,t- south of its interception with. Adams street. - T h e proposed parking field is in a Residential “A” Zone, and th e B e rns brothers' brought the proceedings under an ordinance enacted last year pro viding that a parking field m ay be established In any zoning classifica tion w ithout disturbing the adjacent area-' .... Meyer F. Goodwin, counsel for th e (Continued on Page 4>
