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t ' - i - If * •/:: \ :y ■ J?AGE\SlXfEBN T H- E L E A HE R THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1955 B’nai Israel Sels Confinnation Serrce ■ 12 Religious School Students To Take Vows A t Temple on June 27 Twelve students of the B’nal Colony Band Leader m Israel -Religious-School will be con firm e d a t the A n n u a l Confirmation Services to SAheTddh“F rlH a F ^ tag iJu n e 27, a t Congregation B ’n a l isiael. T h e C o n firm a tion will take' _ place. on-, the first- day-of.‘Shavuptr I t..: 'I Sr-\-;’ a _ i ;4 . ■ t > i ( - m to e ‘-Jewlsh fesUval wlileh comrnem !$£?■* wfatea th e divine ircvrfatiph a t Mt. fi.inal when the Ten Com mandm ents given to th e children of- Israel - ■ a n d through them to ’all the world. ~* filiavuot is also , observed as the ■-r, — f e s tiv a l of F ir s t F ruit, pr Blkkurim. The word Shavuot itself m eans “weeks\ and Is derived from the fact th a t It is also a Feast of Weeks, th a t Is th a t It occurs seven weeks! - fitter the second day of Passover. The Conflrmands include: Gerald fin k , M arjorie Joan Frisch, Edward IJobert ‘Klmmelman, IJena Lantor, Raym o n d Levy, Linda Sue Miller, jpyce M arlene Posner, - W i l l i a m Schaap, Rosalyn Edith Shapiro, M iriam Deborah S n ir,‘ Gail Janice (Soil, Stephen Oman. - “Among the parents of the Confir- m ands, three were confirmed a t this C « n g r e g a t i o n . Certificates and Bibles will be presented to the Con- flrm a n d s by George M aislen, Presi dent, Congregation B ’n a l Israel; David Goldstein, President of the Sisterhood, and David Lurie, . C h a rlm a n o f - th e - B o a r d - o f - E d u c a tion. - ‘ ' Rabbi Reubgn M. K a tz will bless th e Conflrm ands and C a n tor H a rry A ltm a n assisted by W a lter Blalle,- Qrganlst, wiil ch a n t the sacred m u - .Cic. _ThB- Service :-yto begin. A t j jyblock, a f ter which- a reception w in be held, by the parents-ofT iie'C o n -- Tlto Rodriguez, R a jah .- of the .Matnbo, 'and- his orchestra .w ill play m am b o an d cha-cha-cha nightly a t ..the Colony Beach Club of Lido Beach: O v e r h e a d T r a f f i c S i g Freqxort will install a co-ordinated, overhead traffic signal system oil Merrick road as'soon as the widening pro ject is completed. The leader learned this week from .Clinton H. Walling, superintendent of utilities, The tim e controls will perm it ----------- : -------- :---------------------------------- any^slgnal to be disconnected from the. nthecs and operated by.a.police m an temporarily, if necessary. W hen connected till, a g ain, the signal will Im medlately-syrichronizew ith' o thers' 'B e aclfTavenuer H e had resided in Assignment in Tokyo R o b e rt E. B u n n of 7- Crescent lane, Levittown has' accepted the position of Field Sqout Executive of the P a r East ■ Council,, Boy Scouts of America ‘ w ith headquarters in Tokyo, J a p a n ; T h e F a r E a s t Council serves the _boys_of -Am erican C iti zens, m ilitary and civilian, who are residing in Jap a n and Iwo Jim a. Mr. B u n n has:been'associated with the Nassau County Council since February, : 1 9 5 5 jm d h a s over- 7 years in ..Professional Scouting ' Service, having started in B u ffalo, New York, January, 1948. He has ’been serving as D istrict Scout Executive o n M errick road. A n o ther“ feature of the G eneral Electric progressive, traffic control sy«tem ,rM rl -Jwalllng_ safd. Is ‘ t h a t it can be adjusted to needs at vari-- ous tim es of. the day or night. .When through-traffic predom inates, the signal lights,can be sefT o stay .^reen longer for M errick road cars. The Elm -place, a n d South Bergen place /lights will norm ally, be- green for eastbound or westbound traffic. A m agnetic detector , h idden under the pavem e n t o n . those tw o ' side- streets will cause electric relays to operate* and change, the signal. There will be buttons for pedestri ans to push if they Wish to cross the thoroughfare.— ' ’ „ • ' S tarting a t Bayview avenue, the new synchronized system; will ex tend-- e astw ard to the- Intersection of East M errick, road,: A lbany ave nue and. Mill road. The - five cor ners there will be equipped with traffic signals faplng’d n ; f iv e ,d i f f e r - eh t directions a n ^ c o - o r d i n a te d .to briiigj about an orderly flow . o f autos'* w h e re Mill road\ converges into M errick road n e a r Meadow- brook causeway. ' s Joseph B. Joseph B. B a rnes - 65, died May 12 a t his home, 314. South Long Freeport. f o r about 30'yeafs. B o m in Liverpool, N. y „ Mr. Barries was a retired vice-president of the'M issouri, K a n sas and Texas R a ilroad C p m p a n y r— ' ' > • --Surviving . Him a r e _ t w a sons, Ralph Of Westfield, N. J ^ a n d - R o - land of W a n tagh; and two daugh ters, Mrs. R u th M. Fritzsche of Oceanside and Mrs. Edna R. Henry of ..the. South Long Beach avenue address. Services were held Monday, May 16.- a t-th e R, A. H u n g e rford Funer al Home, the Rev. Dr. Louis H. Losch of the F i r s t B a p tist C h u r c lr -j officiating,.. Burial was in Cypress Hills. Cemetery. Syracuse ' U n t v e r s i t y w i l f estab lish a n historical film ' collection, which,, according to Chancellor Wil liam Pi Tolley, . “Will - serve as a respository for 16 mm films th a t depict th e great steps in th e tech nological and--cultural prbgress of the U n ited States.” : T h is collection will be unique from ' any other In th a t th e fundam e n tal conc'ept beh in d \ lt.is to make avail able to 's c h o lars, historians, w riters an d researchers a w ide variety of tfflU ientic' fiim 'records th a t docu m e n t the. M tly hand skills and ac c u r a t e l y p b r t e a y L i h e ^ ifg n l f l c e n t comm ercial, econqmic >andCagTlcul- tu r a l' landm a rks Jn_'dur' country's growth. ' ;.~- In settlngm p this collection Syra cuse University is m a k ing the first attem p t to locate an d evaluate docum e n tary,. which” are a t pres en t scattered throughout the n a tion. W I L L I A M H A L V O R S E N L icensed ELECTRICIAN P R . 9-S993 4 2 0 A t l a n t i c A v e . , F r e e p o r t Rjvy Wilkins. To Speak P |$ L - . firm n h d s - iir-th e Synagogue . V estry. □f the' Southeast District. Durtog-M r. B u n n ’s seryiie i n H a s- . __ _ ___ ______ 'sau “County- his D istrict'-has grown: A f A m i f y y j l from~875 Scouts i n /1052 to 2,648 ' • '- today. ; ,-.- ; : S'-V,.., i- * {'}■:.■ Ifl- |? LJii : I;- v i)' - ■ !..'- 'J | l !•?;. ; . m - Registration Dates Set for Kindergarten Children who will be five’ y ears of ag e . by February 1,^ 1956, are eligible lor k in d e r g a r ten entrance in the Freeport schools in Septem - ber. . D u ring the week of M ay 23-27, cbiildren will be registered in {Be following schools: Archer, Bayview, Cleveland, and Columbus. ^ R e g istration' a t . the. Atkinson L | ^ 9bLlwlU iake--.piace - d u ring the rfe e k o f , lifpy 3l-JU n e- 3. .. The i h i l d ’s birtli ctftificate-m u s t . 'be- presented at the -tim e of his ir^ ^ tr .a i t o n ,.;.L L ..- Epilepsy Unit PIans . Garden City Meeting T h e Long Ist&nd C h a p ter of the United Epilepsy Association will hold* Us second open m eeting In the \Gar den City Hotel on M ay 26 a t 8 o’clock, according to a spokesm an for the C h a p te r, “ ’ T h e organization, formed to pro mote medical and psychiatric -re search, public education, vocational opportunities and a clinic for lo n g Islan d s estim a te d 7.600 epileptics Will have“ a s its principal-.speaker Dr. H a rry Sands,' Dr. Sands, who is D irector of_ P rofessional Services, -for the United Epilepsy Assocntlon has been, one of ^ the. outstanding legderSiln-tills field. - ' Roy Wilkins,* the new Executive 'SdW e ^ 8 ry''or\iSe\^tT o n M i'\A^^ tlon For The-A d v tm (*m ent of Colors ed ‘People^’wiil J i e th e - p r in c ip a l ,speakqr a t th e St. M a rtin’s ‘School Auditorium, -U n ion avenue, Anilty- vllle, W ednesday, June 8 a t 8 o’clock. Mr. W ilkins joined- the staff of the NAACP in 1931“ a t A ssistant Executive Secretary, a n d was Editor of the C R ISIS from 1934- to 1949^ He was-one-of the NAACP consult ants . t o -the American delegatiofk a t the form ation of the U n ited Na„ tlons-ln San. F i ancisco in May 1945. He has- w ritten a num b e r of pam - .phlets an d ’ magazlne articles. ROOSEVELT COAL & OIL CO. 530 NASSAU ROAD ROOSEVELT, L. I. - Phone FR 8-4971. ...... Famous- Suburban at Belmont tM m ie • ■- W ew~improve3'^8cIiedulea for\trains’ o n ' three*- o I t h e • railro a d ’s' m o st heavily patronized branches are now in effect betw e e n 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 j i t , Yon w ill enjoy tiie regular h a lf hour frequency be* . tw e m N e w York o r B rooklyn, a n d B a b y lon, Eaat.W il. r liston o r F a r Rockaway. T liis service also a v a ilable i o r interm e d iate stations. • In addition, there are now trains r u n n ing every h o u r „ to o r from N o rthport and New York o r B rooklyn, i n . * . ‘.elu d in g interm e d iate stations. Service on the Hemp* - stead division also has been speeded u p . ; M r. T h o m a s M . Goddfeilow, Vipe President-and Gen- eral. M a n a g e r, states ; that this- is another im p o r tant forw a r d -step, in p u r progressive, program to im p rove ~ serviise o n t h e ; V ' ' LONjG ISLAND RAIL ROAD .* .• - :* - A M emorial-Day* isN S u b u rban Day a t Belm ont. Th’ls'y e a r :tlie piirse*has ^d . t o ’ k ^ h p ln ^ v lth 'th e ' c aliber o f the con- Tand the prestige; o f th e race 154's g r e a t renew a l‘-was’ won T i . • -. \ • T u r f racin g ,seen above.is a col- Iorful addition to the' interesting program s seen'-dsUy. a t beautiful .Belmolit.;l^.rlcir,:.C** -!;i ; 4 ’ • T h is Saturday, M ay 28th,' The Coaching Club. American Oaks, -with .- — ...... I fillies in the land vie for top h o n ors ; On Thur^.; Ju n e i2nd, T h e Meadow Brook Steeplechase, the top •’chase of the m eeting- will be*.run! • and- on Sat., June 4th, The \Peter P a n goes. T h is will be a' preview of Belmo on nt t ; Stakes takes * AKnlrAnW : ’ »*-Aflv - -1 -------- — - •• • -l ' ereau re n e w a j ^ a s won i^ a e m n g ctu d . American Oaks, w ith P a n g o e s . T h is .will be a ' preview o l 1 ; t y :V;-X' ; - - ’ - p • I “ i; I ■:; ■: - ?50j)0q, added,- Wlli see the .greatest Belm S ■ a s p l r a n t | ? : • Adv.: : ^ C ! '' - v '- * : -L X*\ • •--V '•' • ; '; '• ; .. - * ; :- ■ ' 'V~; .' •• ' '■ 5 ’ *;>,>' .V'-I- \ \ \ • ' ' ^ . V ' - •-'*.♦ -*a* \ - ' \ •.«\*'>'-•• '* • -
