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i & . - f?' - / - Y •'•-\Y :: ,‘ \ « : ' \ N - - , - - •: > - ^ ‘\ ' E W » V l D ^ E R C E t L ' ; : l5 /S 61 BADlSOfi AVE. fflSEFORT|N, y. FOLLOW TH E -LEADER1 FO R NEIGHBORLY - ^ N E s S r s . '. ::; • ;* ■Z~y. f'rit.'i'Je'lJz '•••YtVjL \ \ i f m WZ __ ^ i i NASS A U ' S LAR GES T WE EK LY\ .v Y Y FREEPO R T - ' B A L D W I N ROOSEVEI-T ; M E RRI OK FOLLOW THE ^ n ;::: E E ^ & - - v / ; \ ! ' : - - ^ f o r v ••=••'• ; v r M a b l e ADVERTISING a ifl Ki;-y'r:. 2 0 th 'Y e a r , Ncy 3 2 : •; F r e e p o r t , n . Y^ T H u i i s D ^ Y , iJE C E S iB E R 1,1955 *#’ . • ■ • f i v e c e n t s p e r c o p y V ALDinnerTuesday Guests Also Rejoice Addition is Assured a,.A .. To Relieve Congestion f :&! The • Freeport Memorial Library’s ,V > Y V - Y - -5* • -•• •;•■ /■■ , . 60th anniversary was celebrated and ‘ the assurance that a much-needed addition will be built was hailed at a dinner at the Freeport Elks club house Tuesday night. Guests at the \dinner .included Mayor William F. Glacken and members of the' Vil- : Iage Board, members of the Board of Education, members of the Lt- ± orary Board and representatives of ‘ the;Friends of the Library. Dr. Reginald H. Scott, president of-the Library Board of Tnistees. '• -presided at the dinner. Dr. Scott i: ' admitted, he had been a member of I \ the Library Board since 1914 when :• '■‘■-it occupled a store On South Grove v ! street.’.He recalled-tlie various wum- ’en ‘who . have . served. as ..librarian. ■ (during the years haslb«»-toxawn**Jw; LV;*;^nsttt'imtm;>-rHe said: .tiie : iantl-iori ' ; *'which- the' library .now stands .cost - $10,000 and that the butldlhg cost abouf^SSTTOO: Ha saTd the site and building would cost several hundred thousand dollars today. Brief addresses were made by Mayor Glacken, Leo F. Giblyn. pres- ident of the Board of Education; Mrs. Mabel Battin, president of the Friends of the Library; Miss L. Marlon Moshier, director of the Di vision of Library Extension of the State - Education Department, and . . ' ; Wilfred L. Morin, public library con sultant of the State Education De- ::::—Apartment; . _ ' '. \B\efdre the program began Dr. J; - \ Scott cut a huge birthday cake that l i W 1? ' (Continued on Page 9) L i b r a r y B o a r d M a r k s 6 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y Legion Football Dinner Set For- December 8 Commander George Maynes of the William Clinton Story Post; Anierl- jian Legion, has announced that the annual Football Dinner , for the Freeport High School team has been scheduled next Thursday.’December 8 a t 7:3 o’clock in the Legion Dug- out. The members of the team and coaching staff will be guests. The team will be presented with gifts for the completion of a very success ful season. Tickets for the dinner will be available for Post members, fathers and boosters and the men of the village, at the door, .price $1. IS Big South Qcean Main • To Improve Service— — Will Be Installed Soon ■_ ..Ir,.' . r “ ■ ■ ■ ■ ’ a,..' With the letting of a contract for two deep wells Monday, .Freeport embarked upon its $650,009 program to increase the supply, of water-so-i Freeport Girl, IS,. ■pMisaihgFor-a Week _ ____ : Pptlce were still searehtng yester day far JEnnlCe Harris,-is, who has. been missing since - ■ Wednesday of 'TTast' w ^ k rShe left the'home’of\her untie’ and.aiint,: Mf.-and Mrs; WH^ - - ion; Wells, a t ^55 Woodside. avenue ; to attend classed at Freeport High j | School, but reportedly never reached , there. - - : --- ‘V ' Members of the Board of Trustees of Freeport Memorial Library as they planned observance of library’s 60th. anniversary Oils week. Left to right are J. Edwin Clark, Jerome B. Ross, Charles J. Muller, Dr. Reginald H. Scott, president of the Board, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Kelly, library director, and Russell E. Hotaling. Dr. Scott has been -n member* of the Board for 41 years. Bagatelle Photo E e c t f U L ■t'-. ;•<?—k /■ Walter Daab Injured Fatally by Automobile 78-Year-Old Freeport Man Struck While He Crosses Merrick Road Walter Daab, 78 years old, Of 190 South Brookslde avenue, was fatally injdred Tuesday night by an auto on Merrick; road“abbut'50\ feet west of Moody avenue. Mr. Daab is- be? Funch pEoncd police while Bau- lieved to have gotten oil a bus and was cross tng-the-road-from -north-to south--shortly.-hefore_ 7_EJ\1 This driver, p r: Joseph Panzarella, 49, of 93 Cleveland avenue, RdCkviHe mann - held' the drlverT ^nJam ln ]Bright,.36,-Of 175 Chapin—avenue. North M e rrick. __ Y. ... ' _____ taken to Centre; told police he applied his brakes immediately upon seeing the pedestrian, but saw him too late because of the darkness. Mr. Daab had been wearing all dark, clothing: Struck by the car’s right front (Continued >®n Page 3) InA i^endcince A t Stadium ; < Freeport’s JMtfnicipnl Siadium showed a big increase in ’ jmul attendance during the current year, according to figures obtained by The Leader this week froni tiie_ Park Conunis- ^ • sioiL ’ With. 1955 drawing to a close, the paid attendance is estimated at 145566. This represents a Targe rise over .117,964 for liist year and a total of 111502-.two years ago. : . j Since many,-users-of the stadium go to events without an adihission charge,' the actual itotal is much. _ greater than for‘cash customers. larger tlian -formerly. ^ ........ ....... . ^ . . . - An off-duty pntroliiKin, ill at Ills Roosevelt homo, leaped out of Ins sick bed last Thursday and with the help of a neighbor captured a tlrivcr who reportedly fled after his auto-injured a four-year-old boy. John Baumann of ,23 Newton place, Roosevelt, heard his wife yell for aid. Racing lutslde; he found her bending over Natal Franzlnl of 12 Newton place, who lay Th the street bleeding. Mrs. Baumann told her itusband the youngster was struck by a car that sped eastward. Maynard Funch of, 27 ~ Newton place called behind the wheel of his car and called to Baumann. Tak- in gup the chase..'they-overtook a car. In Merrick, forcing it to the curb a t Camp and Remsen avenues. The injured boy was - (Continued on Page ,9) The average number of persons at each sport event lias grown. The current average is 2,696, 'compared to 2,564 for 1954 and 2579 two years ago.' As indicated by the even bigger proportionate 'jump in total attend- , ince..the schedule of events also fs Edwin. C. McKeeman .is dinner tawor * >linn -formerly. chairman. Hose 4 To: Celebrate Its 44th Anniversary Hose Company No: 4 of the free port Fire Department, whose fire house is situated nn Sunrise highway near The Municipal Elec tric Light Plant,- will celebrate Its 44th anniversary with a dinner- dance airGuy Lombardo’s Saturday night, starting afT7 o’clock. Former Maybr C ^ ir C. Ryan will be toastmaster and Mayor William F. Glacken and. members of the Village Board are expected to be guests.-Chief George jSchwan . and his two deputies, Donald' :Mauers- berger and Donald .Mittbauer also are expected ‘-.to- attend.'-About: iOO 'members, former members :and guests -are exp6eted; :to attend, the affair. Ray, Snedeker is captain of the company and the.FormerJFlre Qhief injunction Ir Signed in Zoning Lawsuit Mineola Supreme Court Trial Set for Monday, December 12 in Supreme. Court Justice Joseph M. Gonroy; in -Mineolar h a s signed an injunction against the down-zohlng of..South Main streetat the; Wallace WelLs and-Btutlon WGBB properties Mineola -.'Supreme Opurt. ‘■'Justice ‘Conroy acted; In a lawsuit brought by two neighbors. Charles Cramer of 9 Ray street and Wesley Carman of 209 Bcde)l street. The plaintiffs have all-out moral support of the Atlantic South Civic Association, a $2,000 battle fund from the group and a proposed collection of $.1,500 from residents to carry the-fight If necessary to a higher court. The plaintiffs posted a $2,500 In junction bond; They are represented by Ward Burns ji Mineola attorney. Donations to support the action are coming in from Freeport residents who feel that if the re-zonlng from Residence ’’A” to ' Manufacturing (Continued on Page 2) V.F.W. Post Schedules Scrap Drive Sunday H e n r y ^ T h ^ d o r e ^ f ^ im J t o Vet- that all sections of the village will be able to use all they wish at any time. A large main will be Installed soon down South Ocean avenue, to pro vide. adequate quantities of water for South Freeport. Work will start as soon as engineers have plans ready, bids are received and con tracts let. This project will be ex plained in a later issue of The Leader. Both new wells are expected to go into full operation by next May. ^ The contract for them was awarded Monday by the Village Board to the Layne-New York Company of, Gar- : den City Park, which a week earlier had submitted the lowest: bid to t a^wotku.i . .... _ ahd. Company, of /BeUipageTiad been referred to the Village Engineers— Baldwin, and Cornelius—and the Municipal Water and Light qbm< mission. - f . :. ..j 1 One well is planned at the North east watershed on Lakeviow avenue opposite Jesse street. The other will be constructed on the west side of . Bayview avenue between Sunrise highway and the railroad.- Economical In adopting Its over-all expansion program tiie village saved consider able expense by avoiding the need for a new watershed. This \policy not only saved the costr of—atr-— \ qulrlng property: but It also econo mized on the conduits which would (Continued-on Page ID -v i etans of Foreign -Wars, will hold Its monthTy,.paperandJscrap_drlye.next Sunday, December 4. Trucks will -pick-—up.—articrca—and...bundles. .of, paper from 9 o’clock in the morn ing until 1 In the afternoon. CANNON PHARMACY TO STAY OPEN SUNDAY _ : The Cannon\ PMrmacy, “6 Sdultv*\ Malri'street ,wlil retnain open' untit j- :\ i o’clock S u n d ay night after “other------ drug stores In Freeport close In the. afternoon for the rest of the day. Its phone number is Freeport 8-0041. . A lbany W ill M a k e Third T r y O n R a il Elim ination Contract “ • Bi<ls will be ojkmett in Albany Igduy^ior the third tiinc —on tlie ftratle-crossjng eliniintlticni' iM’ojeel in Baldwin .’ and al Brooksidc avenue, Freeport. The Slate Public works Depart ment received no bids when It first advertised the job- last July,, be cause state, estimates of the cost were -so low.1—After the second ad vertising Brothers of Valley Stream submitted the only, ofifer to do the' work, at a $3,032530 price. JUst before a contract was signed a month ago, Public Works officials discovered that ‘water pipes under the proposed route of the tracks' will need retaining walls for protection against-additional weight., The walls were ordered over oonduits/west of Brookslde avenue, where the New; York City Water Department main tains a pumping station, _ -Since this work will increase the cost, 'new bids became necessary.; The Freeport - Baldwin crossings • elimination project is so big an enterprise -that the state divided it'lnt.o two. sections, with the Bald win. portion—including Brookslde avenue,. Freeport—as the first ope scheduled. _• . : j /-Ii - m m ' I ' • ■ • -.-VS . -vUl 1 •I ® ^ f t '-if ■’ J Jjijy -s'
