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PAG E FO UR TiHJ3 L E A F E T l THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 4, 1955 OBITUARIES Harry Carman Dies In Fort Lauderdale (Continued from Page 1) Before he obtained a commercial license Mr. C a rm a n attached a loud speaker to his. c rystal set during the Dem p sey-Pirpo heavy we ight cham pionship fight in 1023! A large num ber of Freeport residents were able . ..r-o-hcar-the. a n n o u n cer narrating the •. ‘ - f i s t ic battle. Mr; Carm an-platjed the ______ _ 'B o a r d last week Alton d\ th e fight-so th a t .people.; could hear . “:lt several' blocks.away. ' ' - : . Atr' f i r s t ' tydlBB Was a • p a rt-tim e '7 .rtstatibh. \After extehdinents'servTce i through the years it received a day r an d night license i n -1045. Mr. Car- \ ’ ntan sold the station near the end ; of last year. Mr. C a im a n moved £o Freepolt 7 about 47 years ago. He lived a t 31 ” '-A tlantic avenue until he moved to Florida following injuries in an autom o b ile accident which confined him to the hosb.ital for three m o n ths. Formerly a Rockville Centre resi dent, Mr. Carm a n was the son of ' Cornelius Carm an, who for more th a n 55 years owned a'grocery and m e a t m arket in Rockville Centre. T h e radio pioneer worked at his, fath e r ’s store before he entered th e broadcasting field. He was a m ember ’ “o F t h e M asons and the Elks. Services were held Friday at 10:30 A.M., in the' Forbell Funeral Home,' Rockville Centre. The Rev: Frank V u lture of the W indsor Avenue -B ible Church, Oceanside, officiating. • B u rial- was in G reenfield Cem etery/ Hempstead. Ti ... Mr. C a rm a n leaves his wife, Edna; two daughters. M rs.'M arion H a r t of Freeport an d Mrs. H a rriet Thom p son of Connecticut; a aister^B e a r- - ...’.teens ,of Freeport, and a brother, ‘Wesley, also of Freeport. State To Increase Estimate Of Rail Eiim in ation The Slate Public Works Department. will increase its estimate o f cost lor the FiX'cport-Bald\v|n railroa<l grade crossing elimination project. The new figure will\ 'be. an- noimced ,August-2.\. , 1 Bids were to have been opened July 1 o n th e first p a r t of a $2,868,- 000 job—in Baldwin and a t Brook- side avenue, Freeport—but the de- jeost for the Rockwood avenue ex- 'm ‘ ' ' 'ds. ' tension until the tracks in Baldwin will be $228,000 instead o f .($220,0d0. H em p stead Town' would pay half. Presiding Supervisor Haroid P. H e rm an said -the-tow n Is ready, to pay”Its half of the new figure, or $114,000. W - , : said the state would announce the new estim a te August 25 and call for new b id s / He said' the estim ated Coming A ttractions A t Village Parks pa ri e n t received no bi S tate officials-decided - to “raise pur sighjts a little” to get bids from -contractors. ' In a letter to the Hempstead M archer, \Public W orks' Secretary, Famous Mural Artist X^fuest Speaker At Rotary Dinner Lumen Marlin Witiler, distinguished mural artist, was guest speaker at the weekly meeting Qf the Freeport Rotary Club at the Elks clubhouse lasf Thursday night. Mr. W inter had on display a copy ——— *— -rr -------- —--------------------- Doll Show is. Held At' Redeemer Playground Baldwin Summer Program Proves Very Popular - . According to the figures released today by .Morton K. T h a u . Recrea- ‘tlon Supervisor for the Baldwin Public Schools, the sum m er recreu-, • tion program for th e y o u th o f B a ld win is attracting record numbers. _ _T h is program, sponsored by the Baldwin Board of Education, is part _ of_H well-pianned -yeai’TOUiid T ecre- l__.ation program.- • - __ At tho end of, the, f irst 3H -weeks _ summer-Dinvefound program - 21.7C4, p a rticipants (over 2.000-iegT' : of the m u ral he has painted for the lobby of the American Federation of ‘Labor Building in Lafayette Square. W ashington, D. C. The m u ral will be 51 by 17 feet. It depicts various phases of labor, both historically and with the new industrial m a chines now in use. W.- Sergeant Nixon, who presided a t the dinner, presented W allace Ham ilton Campbell of 154 Denhoff avenue, a form er executive of the McFadden Publications, who in troduced the speaker as an old friend. Mr. \yinter related how he sold a cover for Liberty Magazine to Mr. Campbell for $300 m any years n g o -during the depression . He said this check m ade a drastic Improve m e n t in his finances; and: h o p es fov- ‘H career in art. Mr. W inter spoke briefly of his work in Italy, where he restored \The Last Supper,” by Leonardo da Vinci a f ter t h e ; o riginal colors had • faded. . , The response to the artist's tRlk was given by C. Oliver Moore, dis tinguished Freeport attorney and Bible student, who is an honorary member of th e club', . - j Sol U m a n introduced as guests I The following are the results of a doll show held at the Holy Redeemer playground on July 29: Prettiest: Judy D'Apuzzo, Mary Ann D e tta, Catherine Sm ith aiu^ K a thy Neely. Most U n ique:. Ronald D u rant, Paul Sum m ers and K a thy Kinney. Largest: John Freem a n . Jim my Kreinelberg-ond-V eronlca W rann. Sm a le st: M ina K n a n a m irian. Judy O ldest:.Susan Swlger (45 yrs. old). D'Apuzzo and M arion M artin. Ann Lockyer and M a rgaret Burrows, j Best Homemade: Susan Sm ith, i Una Elliott a n d Jufarlon M a trnl. B e st Collection: Rita- Sm ith, George. Sm ith ;inct Dplores. Carson. • _ Thursday, August 4th / ■ * N o rtheast Park: 10:00 a.m.-Group games; 11:15\ aan.-Swim ming In structions for . a ll-areas a t Casino Pool; T;15 pjn.-P u p p e t show re hearsal^ 3:30 p.m.-Square dance in struction; 8:00 p j n .- L j . Double Elim ination Basketball T o u rnam e n t Hicksvjlle vs Long Beach Photo; 8:00 p.m.-W est Hem p stead Hackers vs Sacred H e a rt A.C. .,1 R a n d all Park: 9:30 a.m.-Special arts' Si crafts instructions; 10:30 a.m .-Story hour; 11:00 a.m .-Folk and Square Dancing; 2:00 p.m.- Bascball clinic-boys ages 8-16; 6:30 p.m.-Glrls softball. Northwest Park: 10:00 a.m .-Tiny tot program ; 2:00 p.m.-Girls soft- ball; 8:30 p.m.-Aduit Softball league; 9:00 p.m!-L.I. Double Elimi nation Basketball Tournam ent-Long Beach A. C. vs Long Island City. Holy Redeemer: 9:15 a.m .-Bad- minton and Paddle Tennis; 10:00 a.m.-Rythmics. .Friday, August 5th N o rtheast Park: 10:00'a.ni.-Group games: 11:30 a.m .-Playground m eet ing to prepare for carnival; 2:00 p.m.-Softball: 4:00 p.m.-Volley ball; 8:30 p.m.-Family square dance with band to 11:00 p.m. Randall Park: 9:30 a.m.-BasebaU; 11:00 a.m.-Golf- tournam e n t; 2:00 p.m.-Community wide bicycle safe ty rodeo sponsored by Recreation ^Departm ent, F reeport 'Police De partm ent. and All S tate Insurance. N o rthw est P a rk: 10:00 a jn;-Volley ball a n d newcombe; 2:00_p.m.-Arch- ery Instruction; 3:00 p.m.-Boys soft ball.. — ------------- Holy- Redeem er: 9:30 a.m.-Special a it s and crafts instructions. Monday,. August 8 th N o rtheast P a rk: 9:30 a.m.-Special arts and crafts Instructions; 10:00 a.nij-Tennis instructions; 7:30 p.m.- 'Roller skating w ith music. •Randall P a rk: 2:00 p.nj.-Archery Instruction. _ Northwest P a rk: 10:00. a.m.-Wood working class; 7:30 p.m.-Aduit golf instruction: 8:30 p,m.-Adult softball. H o ly•• R e d e e m e r: 10:00 a.m.-Folk Square and Social Dance instruc tion. , Tuesday, August 9th N o rtheast P a rk: 11:15 a.m.-Swim m ing instructions for all reas at Casino Pool; 8:00 p.m.-Long Island Open Basketball Tournam ent. R a n d a ll P a rk: 2:00 p.m.-Baseball clinic. Northwest P a rk: \2:00 p.m .-Arch- ery instructions; 8:30 p.m.-Aduit softball; 8:30 p.m .-Feature movie, “Mickey\ Holy Redeemer: 9:30 a.m.-Special arts apd crafts Instructions. Wednesday, August 10th N o rtheast P a rk: 10:00 i.m .-A rch ery instructions; 8:30 p.m .-Fealuie movie, \M ickey” Big Sports Arena Going Up in Commack ; Madison Square G a rden will come to Long Island' w ith ..start of con struction . this week on the Long Island Sports Arena ,ln Commack, located off 'the V eterans Highway. It is the only arena of its type on Long Island and it will house pro a n d am a teur hockey, ice shows, bas ketball. boxing, wrestling, inter- of the club the boys who have been ! scholastic and intercollegiate events sent to camp by Rotary. [and theatrical plays. G e n eral m an- A number of guests were intro- j-ager of the Arena Is Tom Lockhart \ducecC including .A rthur L. Hodges, j who for 20 years h a s been associated editor' of Tlie ted d e r , and ' Eddie,; w ith the Madison Square G a rden Vasil, well known newspaper colum- '■ in a sim ilar capacity, nist. ..... .......... Port . I n T h e S t o r m T h e w o r s t s t o r m s in th e liv e s o f A N Y fa m ily a r e th o s e w h ic h -occuc a t tim e s pf g r e a t p e r s o n a l ' lo s s . *... . . O u r - tong e x p e r i e n c e h a s ta u g h t u s th a t th e b e s t p r o t e c t i o n fro m s u c h a s t o r m is. to be fo u n d in th e F u lt o n F u n e r a l H o m e th e fa c i l i t i e s of w h i c h a r e o f f e r e d F u lt o n c l i e n t s a t no e x t r a co s t. CHESTER A. FULTON & S O N / Inc FUNERAL DIRECTORS 49 W. MERRICK RD., FREEPORT— FR. 8-3401 M. B u r f o r d S o u t h a r d , P r e s . L e w is H. C h a r l e s , V ic e - P r e s . & No /Bids Submitted- O ir Rail Elimination **-: - .rlstn m tsl /had m vailcd' themselves ul ; ~~ _3tu » pla'yorouiKl'activities--Tills-pro-' _No-hids were-received-lasi Thurs- —Beam. which fs available wcekdays.-da.y-on,Jhe first half of*the.,Bald- - a t tlfe~'Stcele, JPiaza, Lenox aud Bropkside Schools from 9-12 |and - i - 4 f 6 b P.M ., features dally athletics, story hours for the younger chil dren, arts and crafts, weekly special events, tournam ents, picnics to local S tate an d County parks, bi-weekly movie? and special rainy day ac tivities when the w e ather m a n de crees inclement, weather. A staff of 20 full7tlme leaders directs the lour playground programs. w ln-Freeport grade” crossing'- elimi nation project when the S tate De- partm e n f~ d f'Pubifif W o rlts “offered* to accept bids a t Albany. . \ The job.-will pe re-advertised for future letter a t a f u ture date. T h is new delay come on the Same day th a t M ayor W illiam F . GQpken received, front the state, detailed -plans, of the w estern portion of th e project extending through '. Brook- sldc avenue, Freeport..' ’jSfc M m \ We cun anti do conduct from your Church or Home as well as from Our- . Fnhcrul Home. The choice lies with the family. / Serving Every Church L>/, ?■ HICRARD A7HUNGERF0RD 7 / I l O ;P i b 4 S t r e e t . $ C o r h e r % JC ) ^ k h A v u . FReeport 9-3119 Freeport, N. Y. -Tvem ever beeti more om azzzh l\ven^Verdreamed\II m J H ■ s At lAURITZ MELCHIOR w a s s o b i g , s o g i g a n t i c . I h a d n o i d e a i t w a s s o w o n d e r f u l . S e a t s NOW AT H O tlO AY TUEATJIE, B ’w a y a t 4 7 t h S t ., N . Y. C. P h o n e Cl S - 5 S 3 0 or JONES BEACH MAHINE THEATRE. P h o n e S U n s e t 1 - 3 5 4 0 . p r i c e s S t . 1 0 . 2 . 2 0 , 3 . 3 0 . \Box S e a t s $ 4 . 4 0 . Tax In c h R o u n d tr ip b u s tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a v a i l a b l e v ia G ray L in e a t H o lid a y T h e a t r e . R e s e r v a t i o n s c a n b e m a d e a t Guy L o m b a r d o 's E a s t P o i h t H o u s e , f r e e p o r t , L. I. O in e a t th e J o n e s B e a c h / B o a r d w a l k R e s t a u r a n t o r M a r in e D i n i n g R o o m T h e a t r e B u N e t . V i s i t th e B e a c h S h o p s fo r a c c e s s o r i e s a n d n o v e l t i e s . IT’S COMFORTABLY COOL AT lQRES BEACH. BRING A WRAP.: yfi — 7 ^ i t - m o - Q- P ' O n m NIGHTLY Including SUNDAY 8-30 . i O N S S B E A C H M A R I N E T H E A T R E
