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,*v*tr* • - rogram ages th e 10:00 dlrec- a t unstetn CPan- leader group gen- Y ' FOLLOW THE p LEADER FOR NEIGHBORLY NEWS i i FREEPORT NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY\ BALDWIN ROOSEVELT LEADER FOR RELIABLE MERRICK 20th Year, No. 15 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1955 19 - 1 j.-.,:/-’ » - 4' • • Xij / - •• -11 m a» FIVE CENTS PER COPX Plans Are Advanced For UN Anniversary Observance in Fall k.- United Nations Week October 17 to 24 Will r. Be Celebrated Loca^X 7 D a g Ham marskjold, Secretary . ; G e n eral of thq U n ited Nations, has telegraphed a reply to Police Justice — Paul Kelly's letter sent on behalf of | u th e Freeport Com munity Council’s --U N -Tenth Anniversary Committee to the Special Commemorative G e n eral Assembly, w h ich was held re cently in San Francisco. T h e message to Judge Kelly, who Is president of the Freeport Com m u n ity Council, reads as follows: “M any thanks for your message on the T e n th Anniversary of' the signing of the United N ations C h a rter. The continuing support of th e peoples of the world is essential j v - - f o r th e success of the U n ited Na tions.\ At the initial m eeting of the UN T e n th A n n iversary Committee in Ju n e , M ayor W illiam F. Gffccken's : f ’proclam ation m ade the Village of Freeport a comm u n ity officially participating In the nationwide ob servance of U n ited N a tions Week, ;Week, O c tober'. 17 to 24. The Proclam ation was Issued in response v. to a request ,'fnttn the'-Unfced S tates i '' \\ “Com mittee for the U n ited'N a tions which is delegated by the Secretary of S tate each year to prom o te a greater understanding of the aim s and achievem ents of 'the United Nations. UN Week Slated T h e local committee has crystal- , llzed plans for the village-wide ob- % servance of U n ited N ations Week by mailing an Inform a tion Bulletin to the more th a n 40 civic, business, f (Continued on Page 13» Proposed New Building For B'nai Israel ■mM jmi i m V ; i m I ■ m -* m W m , i l l B’nai Israel has purchased the property of H e rm an R o senstein of the VV«ud-Ply Corporation on North Brookside avenue as a site for a new tem p le and school. The rabbi will occupy the Rosenstein home. South N a ssau H o spital Drive Prelim inary Plans Completed IV I s i L ropr- Two Freeport Boys Enlist in U. S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert M a rgraf of the Army R e cruiting Office on •North Village avenue, Rockville C e n tre, announced this week th a t q.r w . T’1.' & r^ S ^ ^ r E e p t s t -bovs'Itave -eniisted- m •the U. S^A rm y . W axr^h \A u ty of 94 M o u n t Joy avenue, a former, m em b e r of the 142pd T a n k B a ttalion, New York N a tional G u a rd, h a s \eifllgtsa lo r three years in the U., S. Army Q u a r term a ster Corps, Alfred Fowler of SO Colonial ave nue has enlisted for three years In Uie y. S rA rm y Medical Copjs. . An .enthnkiggtlc a p proxim ately 40, workers In Freeport's cam p aign for South. Nassau- Comf! muriitles 'Hospitai-’6-' $1,000.^6 .'Com pletion Drive was held lit the Executives’ Room at Vlebrock’s W ednesday night, July 27. The two co-chairm a n —Cord Vie- brock and Joseph H a rris — were present, along w ith representatives of the cam p aign office a t the hos pital. Lester Rawlings of Rockville Centre a director of the hospital and co-chairm a n of the $1,000,000 general drive, also was present. Among workers a t the m eeting were representatives of the Freeport Fire D e p artm ent, O u r Holy Redeemer Catholic C h u rch, Freeport M etho dist Church, several civic associa tions, the South Nassau Hospital Auxiliary and Parlous other groups. Details of th e special projects various sub-com m ittees plan were “reviewed. Mr. Viebrork read a let- \V . ...... T T - u JS * Republicans- Outing Club’s Annual Event Slated for Town Park; Buses To Be Available The Freeport. Republican Club will hold its annual outing on S a t urday, August 13. at the H em p stead Town Park, Point Lookout. There , will . be refreshm ents, games, m any door prizes, swimming, etc. ----- The outing will sta r t a t 11 A.M., and continue all day. It is antici pated due to the increase of 400 new members th a t this will be th e largest outing ever held by the club. For those who do not have tran s portation, there will - be a - bus available a t Brooklyn and Ocean ter\w h ic h eV£?y- h o u s e h o ld-’in th e village,’ sharp, advising th e residents of th e forth coming appeaFand asking their sup port.' ^ 'A large num b er of coin .boxes (Continued on Page 9) Harry Carman Dies in Fort Lauderdale Station WGBB Founder etired Early This Year; In Bad Accident in 1953 „,..HaK.ry„ C a r m a n ,..G2, founder, of radio station V/G b W. end : pioneer Long Island broadcaster, died last F r id a y a t his hdhie in F o rt L a u d e r dale, Fla,, where h e h a d resided since early this year. ' An a m a t e u r ' radio operator In crystal set days, Mr. C a rm a n started Nassau County's first station In 1924, using a garage on the property where W GBB’s transm itter now Is located, on Bedell street. He later moved the studio to the old Post Office building on South Grove street, until the “present;studio was j occupied in the Bchack Building at South Grove and Pine streets. (Continued on Page 4) IT !l T h e O u ting Committee consists of: C h a irm a n —Fred H a g e n P r iz e s ^ Judge Ju les B irgenthal, Rosabelle Fredsall, Jean W elsch, Leslie Lewis, (ffontlnued on Page 8) ATLANTIC CHEMISTS | TO STAY-OPEN SUNDAY __ A tlantic Chemists, 179 A tlantic avenue, will rem a in open .until 10 o'clock Sunday night a f te r ' other drugstores Irr Freeport close during. the afteitroon for th e fe s t r o f r f h e day^Jtts phone num b er is Freeport 8-4676. Congregation To Build Temple and School On- North Bayview Avenue Congregation B*nai Israel, one of the oldest Conservative Congrega tions on Long Island, and affiliated w ith the United Synagogue of America, has announced th a t plans have been completed for a cam p aign ' to raise the Sum of $350,000 to erect a new synnggggiie, youth center and .. religious school. T h e site chosen for the project Is the form er property of H e rm an Rosenstein on N o rth B a y - view avenue, which consists of ap proxim ately .two and a h a lf acres and the home of M r: Rosenstein. The residence building will be oc cupied by Rabbi K a tz an d hts fam ily. The decision to acquire this site was m ade at a m eeting of the con gregation on December 9, 1954. Title to the site was taken July 27. it - was announced by George Maislen, President of the congregation. H a rry Shapiro is Cam p a ign Chairm a n . In accepting the chair m anship, Mr. Shapiro expressed gratification for . t h e privilege o f _ ___~ being of service in th is cause, arid stated th a t he Rad confidence t h a t th e entire congregation and ■ com m u n ity would rally to th e support i tOonttwioA oit 'vwBo'ray.: - •'. .. 1 ------ 11— ----- 1 v“. 1 . *»• • Flying Glass Cuts TTiree I As Wa ve Hits Cruiser {, Three persons w e re-cut by flyin g - - glass last Thusdny w h e n a Freeport \ fishing boat was swamped In the wake of a freighter about 16 miles o il Jones Beach. W ives broke the cabin windows. A com b ination of heavy seas and the freighter's wake cause big waves to roll over the \C a p tain Russ,” according to the Coast Guard. Injured were - C a u taln George , Seam an, 41, of 42 W oodcleft avenue; WUUam From m e. 63 of 96 Williams street, Roosevelt, and Louise Reilly, 34. of Stam ford, Conn. Six o t h e r s ....._ on board escaped injury. The woman was adm itted to Long Beach ^lem o rlal H o spital a n d late® - r e - ' ■ leased.-T h e tw o -m e n were treated. = a t th e hospital tor, t h e i r . Injuries. .... .L — - .C aptain Seariian, -who-Stayed a t the helm, followed' another fishing j \ “boat, the \Laddie III,\ Into the A t- . lantlc B each Coast G u a rd Station, , •jil Wayward Dogs Make Homeowners Growl P Freeport Yacht Club Cruise Friday Night The Freeport Y a c h t Club will hold a dock party - junior cruise starting tomorrow night an d ending Sunday night. T h e boats will go on a moon light cruise. F riday night to Zach’tj, Bay, stop o n Saturday a t F ire Island S tate P a r k fo r , a swimming party, and sale Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock for G reat River. B’nai Israel Sisterhood Giving Dance Saturday : B 'nai Israel Sisterhood will hold a m e m b e rship'dance Saturday night a t 9 o’clock on tfie' law n of -the Tem p le a t Broadway a n d M o u n t avenue. All are invited to attend. Town’s Animal Catchers Take Over as Humane Society.'Contract Ends - How is F reeport handling i ts dog problem? u n t i l about, two years ago the Long Island H u m a n e and Dog Pro tective Association, w h ic h m a intains a’ s h e l t e r - a t ' H a n se avenue and Ryder place, handled the Job. I t provided pick-up sejrvice as well as as a place for th e care an d feeding p i seized anim als. A fter th e .M etcalf-H atch Law w e n t into effect throughout New York State, t h e hum a n e society felt th a t it should discontinue th e serv ice. Because all captured stray dogs are m a d e available for vivisection d r A LEADER Exclusive! T h is is one In a series of articles -based on research by The Leader staff. W atch for n e x t week's \Exclusive!\ otner scientific experim ents under this law, the society decided th a t continuance of its contract w ith th e village ;would violate its ch a r ter as ^p r o tectiv e association. Owners T u rn, Dogs Loose Thereafter,; for one year, F r a n k H. Wnhm an o f th e ' h u m a n e society held th e post of dog-catcher, a t th e village’s -request. No instances arose , / ' • Village Could Hire Aide, But It Would Be Costly To Maintain Shelter in which the anim a ls taken to the local shelter wei;e claim ed for ex perim ental .purposes. B u t Mr. Hoh- m a n became dissatisfied—h e de m anded Civil Service, standing, and urged th a t a $25 fine be imposed on .careless owners w h o .let their.peba ru n loose again and again. . A large p a r t of th e trouble, It seems, is-caused by dog'ow n e rs who turn their a n im a ls loose r a th e r th a n take them out. o n leash.- These are. the people able to solve th e problem bjr practicing old-fashioned good : (Continued oh-P a g e ft) ' .— i All Liens Purchased ; At Freeport Tax Sale All property offered for sale by j Freeport Village In the unpaid tax Hen sale H iusrday, July 28, was - bought In. A total of $5,710 w as paid • for 113 pieces of property, b r n ine .... y bidders in th e Village Board Room a t the M u n icipal \Building. So fa r as can be learned, this Is ■the \first tim e all. the unpaid liens * p u t on sale Rave been pm-chased. T h e total am o u n t propped below \ th e average, because more th a n 99 - per cent of taxes due were paid by .property owners prior to th e sale. Carlino Guest Speaker At Rotary Club Tonight Assemblyman Joseph C a rlino o f “ Long Beach will address the' Free port R o tar yCIub tonight - a t the ‘ Elk’s Club. '• 7 ' ; Vv •. 1
