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., 1 ' PAGE'SIXTEEN t h e . le a d e r THBRSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 193« NEWS OF ROOSEVELT Scout Training Group Has Gpod Attendance Meadowbrook District Preparing Leaders To Handle More Troops T h e October m o n thly m eeting of th e Kdeadowbrook D istrict Leader- ^ i p Training Comm ittee of the Boy Scouts of America was held at th e house of Jack F a rr. C h airm an ■Walter M iranda, Freeport, presided. The progress of the Cub Scout ..Training and Boy Scout Training courses which m e now being held Was discussed. About 50 Cubbers a n d 25 Scouters are attending these sessions. Both courses are being en- thasiastlcally participated in by all m em b ers and. on completion, should provide well-trained leaders for th? rapidly expanding needs of the Dl.s- trlct. \Within a few y(?ar.s the num b er of boy.s pni'ticipRling in Cubbing, Scouting and Exploring will be al m o st doubled. The need for more i trained leaders for new units that will .soon be formed is therefore Im m ediate and pressing. Tlie commit tee dlscusse^^plaiLs to augm e n t the training faeilities to care for the expanding need.s placed on it. I t wa.s decided the membership of the com m ittee should i>e increased as soon as pos.nlble from six to twelve. Jack P a rr w...s a.ssigned th e duty of preparing facilities to run a SheUa Mae Shean Weds; To Live In Akron, Ohio Miss SlK'ili) Mao Shean, <lauf»lilor of Mr. and Mi*s. Usu ry A. Shean, 82 W es! Clinton avenue, H<H)sevell, and ('Inreiioe Hissell B lair, of A k ron, ()., son of Mr. un<l Mrs. (Umrles .Schofield B lair of B irm in d iain, Ala., wore inarriod a! noon S a turday in Mie U. C. ('luireh <if Ihe Most Holy Bosary, Roosevelt. , -------- : T h e bride was escorted to the altar by her fath e r and the Rev. Jam es P. McKelyey was the otfl- ciatlng clergyman. Miss K a thleen C u rran of Rockville C entre was m aid of honor. W, Auston Cooper cf Shelbyvllle. Tenn., was best man. U.sher.s were W a lter B lair of W ash ington. D.C-. brother of th e bride groom. and William Prese of Akron. Following a sm all reception given Roosevelt Sisterhood Holding Sale Tuesday All new merchanG'..->e—all trem e n dous bargains—Is the them e of the M erchandise Night th a t the Sister hood of the Roosevelt Jewish Cen ter has planned for Tuesday at 7;30 Weeb Ciles'Threat To Trucking Business Rockville Centre Man Says Railroads Back Bill Injurious To Industry Lionel E. Weeks. .Jr.. Rodkville Centre trucking company execu tive, who is on the Comm ittee for Trucking Progre.'B ■ in New York S tate, told the Freeport Exchange Club October 31 th a t American railroads have backed a bill, now under con.^deration by the U. S. Senate, which would drive out of buslne&s m any trucking firms. Mr. Weeks, introduced by Joseph Callaghan, operates the Weeks Moving and Storage Corporation. He spoke a t the Exch.mge Club’s weekly luncheon in the Elks Club. p u t over a bill which has cost con* sum ens\ m illions of dollars, he said. The \ton-m ile” tax on trucks was blamed for o ther .states' ending of reciprocity agreem e n ts and a con sequent rise in th e cost of bringing goods from those areas. The record of tFUck.s in carrying aid to disu.ster area.t was cited by the speaker. He said th a t although trucks constitute only 11 percent of all vehicle.s. they pay 32^per cent of U. S. highway u.se taxes—even supporting parkways where bu.'iincs.s vehicles are banned. Sunrise hlghw.:y on Lon? Lsland leads the world in truck tiavel. . tc - cordlng to Mr. Weeks. Am erica’s transportation network, he con tended, w the best in fne world In conclaslon. the .GjK*akei' urged his li.stener.s to oppose ilie .^o-calied Weeks Bill In the U. S. Seii.Ue be- In assailing the Senate bill. Mr. i cau.‘;e it would underm ine Roosevelt Births diuialhei', K aron Mai'ii’. P.M. to 10:30 P.M. at th e C e n ter on I Weeks charged th a t it would r e - , sy.stem Ih.-.t in.i ic Aimii- Mansfield avenue, Roo-sevell. ; store conditions which prevailed in j n.sjjoi talion .vj ofi.i u ni. The committee, with Mrs. Charle.s ' th e 1880's when railroncLs w aged | ________ _ _ ______ _____ W erthelm as chairm a n , and the late wars. He .said the niP.isinv Mrs. J.ick W ilder and Robert Gold- ^ would allow juggling of rate.s in In the G a rden City Casino. G a rden m an as co-chairmen cordially in- such a way th a t .some iiuckllng City, the newlyweds left for the | vitc everyone to attend and do tlicir firm.s—for e.xumple, tho.se whicli holiday shopping earl.v. ----------------------------------- 1 tlon—w'otild face ruin. Tlie railroad.s can draw revenue from m any differ ent kind.s of freight, he contended, , while cert.iln truckci-s rely iipcn ! ohly commodity to earn incomfv Mr. Weeks w.arncd tliat after er.m- Poconos from where they will pro ceed to Akron where tliey are to make their home. Mrs. Blair is an alum n a of Free port High School and Vassar Col lege in Poughkeepsie. N. Y . from which she received her degree last June, Her husband attended Mer- cersburg Academy, Mercei'-sberg, ! .specialize In petroleum Ir.m.sporta- . 136 Ea.->t C lhilcn avcni.c. O itubn- Centennial PTA Slates Two-Day ' ‘Book Fair*’ The annual sored by Roosevelt's Centennial Avenue schcol Parent-Teacher A.ssociation. will be held all day No- SOll. SICVI'M. to Genevi<ne Kornluck. Puik . October 2H. ^ r M, ^ I vember 14 and 15. in th e old enfe- Pa.. and the University of Alabama . Birm ingham where he was ' ^ large, approved selection nf m em ber of D e lta K a p p a Epsilon , fra t e n l l y . He was graduated Irom “ o” i\ ' PUblisBers. lov chil- Ihe Engineering School of Yale , University, New Haven, Conn., in Junior Lenders T rain and Trainers i J u n e . He Is with the Firestone Tire Session. T h e faculty for the session I and Rubber Company in Akron. will be selected shortly and all units ! ------------------------------ in the Disti'ict will be Invited t o ; , , . participate. Holy Rosarv Dance I t was also decided'to schedule a \ S s i t u r d a y , N o V C in D 6 r 1 7 Cub .Pow-Wow Oil M ay 27. Frank I T h e Queea o f th e M ost Holy n e r was a.'BJgncd'the eluding cl&s.sic.s. m y steries, .sports, adventures, blogrophies.’' j-eferenc'?, science, and a.ssorted pocket size r e p rin t titles. petitors had been elim inated I he raUwn.v comp.Jiic.s would probably boost their i-ate-s ns iiigh as the t r a f fic could bear. R a te wars were costly in the ’SO’s, he declared- New York S tate railroad hbbii’s “y I P P E R ■ s ^ PHARMACY P r c s f r ip t if i iis • C f - T .r t u s V'itiiiiuns ® .Sir n i s Kreo Drill < : • 55 S. G rove St.. FR 8-9449 crpparing arrangem e n ts for the le duty of j Rogary Parish of Roosevelt Is spon- j .soring a Socinl and Dance Saturday. n e n t and will present a re |» r l ol ; November 17. Plans were announced Dll. prcgre.ss a t the iiezt C o m m ittee: Reverend John P, meeting. ■ - I Rukey. The dance will be held In the K ed Delthony wins a.«lgned t o ; s ,j,onl Auditorium on C entennial Ihe Explorer TiahiinB program and Avenue. A 1067 Ford Station Wa- wlll present a report of Ms finds al | ,„o..ued as the m ajor 1he nent CommiUee m eeting. F red I win also attend a coun.-ll Explorer The proceed., will be used for the Training coultse soon to be hold. ' ,30uction ol the debt on the Parish ” ~ School. The school, which was i * j _ l i T* A r»i I opened in 1»3, has an enrollm ent ^ o l ld g e P.-T ■ A-^PIans I „ver aoo pupll-s. The parishioners Open DCnooi Night .^.g nssisllng in the arrangem ents. Coolldge School will have open echool night. Tuesday. All p a r e n u are urged to come and vLsit their children's Classrooms and see their firogress. A brief talk will be given by the teacher to acquaint parents ■with t h e progress for. the term. Following this ’there will be an im p o rtant m eeting of the Home and Cchool Association. Original Play Given At Hadassah Meeting A m e e ting of th e Preeport- Roosevelt C h a p ter of H a d assah was held on M o n d ay a t 12:30 o'clock at Tem p le B 'nai Israel. ■'Our P a i r Ladles,” a play written by Arlene Silberm an, and produced en d directed by the Baldwin C h ap te r f H a d a s s a h was presented. Centennial PTA Plans To Hold Open House Roosevelt’s C e n tennial Avenue school will hold it.<! annual ’’open house,\ during American Education Week from November 11 through 17. The parents are cordially invited to vi.slt th e classrooms all day W ednesday. November 14 a n d In the evening from 7:30 until 9:Q(| o’clock. In this way. the parents will have the opportunity to observe their youngsters at work, become ac quainted will] their teachers and also, hear the curriculum outlined for tlie year. In the evening, buffet refresh m ents will be .served to all, In the geheral purpewe Jpom. G O O D . PRINTING IS ESSENTIAL .. In CONVEYING THE SELEING IDEA And CREATING THE RIGHT IMPRESSION IN AN ADVERTISEMENT MEADOWBROOK PRESS, INC. . . Vf<!Bport,8-3080 Air Force To Present Series on Television Beginning on Sunday, November 11. the United S tates Air Force will pre.sent the first in a series of tele vision shows entitled \Air Power.\ Sponsored by Prudential Insurance Company of America, th e premiere will be an hour show, while the rem a ining 25 program.5 of^the .seriV' will he. Que-half hour U\ length and will be teleca.sl on each Snnd.iy thf’iealter r.l C:30 lo 7;00 P.M The D e p artm ent of the Air Force has been cooperating for the past two years witii the CDlumbla Broad- ca.sUng Sy.stem in tl\e production of the 26 week television seiie.s \Air Power.\ CORNELIUS VAN REES STUDIO OF MUSIC ( O r g a n i s t a n d D ir e c t o r of Music F r e e p o r t w’e t h o d i s t C h u r c h ) Teacher ot PIANO, VOICE. 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