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Ei- raw P A O T FOUR THE LEADER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21^ 1957 DBITtlAltllS Judge Kelly 's Fattier IHesatAgeof92 Aged Freeport HResident InYiUage 55 Years; Helped Sons in Business John J. Kelly, for 55 years a resU dent o( Freeport, died at the home :«i( his >690, Thomas V, Kelly. 62 ’‘ West Raymond atreet, Roosevelt, 'Friday, at the age of 92. He was .bom In Coiin^ Mayo and migrated to the United' S tates when He was 16' years old. Until hts retirement SO years ago,- Mr. Kelly was a s s l ^ n t superin tendent of the Brooklyn office of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. When h is sons, Peter and Thomas, established the busi ness now known as Kelly Brothers Garage, Inc., he became associ ated with them and assisted them 111 the conduct of their venture un til falling health.compelled him to ■retire In 1949. ‘ Mr, Kelly was a charter member IVvii S p e d c d J o s ^ i r O X o i i w To Teach Retarded ChiUren Most. 0tTT7aSSau’s ■rcianl^^ chUdreii.'rai^te^^ aifih ecLutotiw i J o pastor, as celebrant. The Bey. Joreph F t Keyes was deacon and- deacon. 'Builal followed in St. Rev. Edwin J. Collins, sub* Charles Cemetery, Plnelawn. tot lorluni. Robert ..n-n,,.,— » —• - - ——— of the Nassau -County . Asspclatl<m Active-ln Xittte-League Joseph T, O'Coimor, 2472 Beb for the Help of Retarded ^ I d r e n . pointed out Uiat about three'per cent of the population are mentally- retarded to some* extent. Fonherly a taboo subject like cancer, ;ihlS •situation Is-being bmught before the public • so to a t -ail may recog-: nlge mental retardation is an ac cident of birth. ,. . ' .' : _ . Mrs, /Kapiaoi. the- Nassap asslclatlon’s legislation chairman, discussed the problem from , a par ent's viewpoint. ■Mrs. Nicholas Smith, a pioneer nationally in work done 'by the- Nassau organization, told hpw the group's first unit was formed in Rockville Center,' and since then has spread so th a t there are already. 20 'Nassau auxiliaries. Thanking Mrs. Thomas Daly. President « f the-Freeport'-Auxiliary, --’nad one of the'S fflJ’ pf&tdenls or; Our Holy Redeemer Holy Nome Society. He also belonged to Arch bishop McUoy Council. K. of C. Sucvlylng besides Peter and Thomas are three other sons. Jo seph. Anthony P. and Judge Paul Kelly, 22 grandchildren, six' great grandchUdren and ' two Sisters, Catherine Bums and Ellzabetih Sheridan. Various organizations Joined In saying the rosary at the R. A. Kungerford' Funeral Home. South Ocean avenue and Pine street, Sunday evening. *1116 Beic, McKel- vey. ol the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary R.C. Church.. Roosevelt, was the celebrant of a high requiem n i a ^ In Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church Monday morning. Burial ■wtts In Holy Rood Cemetery. West- her -work- -In gpopyirlng ~tht Smith praised the accomplishments cf the - comparatively new. ^ocal grow ; ;^t^lish e d a year: pri.or, to last -^ptem b e r f “Arshirt,t^^i'WPrlKhop, started p llttie'ovjr four weeks ago,, i s traln^ tog .yomig 'adidts so they cari:go Into indU6try/-Mrs. Smith said..She; Expressed r t h e , belief th a t re-«du-. toUdn^lS heeded to end .the false: .^iiefdr concerning .;mentaKTetafda- tion^ilB i^^e.C e n tre. Phejrevealed, troop Widi^ jhfelpa 'TetMded children to b a i l i e inte^alecl' Into the comhiu- Professor :pe Prosprd e^d-.Amer- iaiigh avenue. Bellmore, Junior .post h a lt e d ruler ‘Of Freeport Lodge. 1253, BP.O. Elks, died Saturday -after a brief Illness.' Mr. O’Connor who was,;^54 years 'old^^ waft-born* .to. Mbhhatton and- moved Irbm the Bay 'Ridge section of Brooklyn to Bellmore -16 years :^ . * ^ f o r e ' mterthg the. tnsuranoe toistoess' teii years ago, he was a ■■ Ic'aTO c e it i f l e d 'p i i b l i c s i ^ u n t a h t . He :w^ initiated'as a meinber of 'itoe^eepdrf-'Eiks-oh-N^ 18. 1948, and quickly <inade his way Aulhottly Gets Permisgion For Housing Project The Freeport Housing Authority received permission' January 16 to construct its new apartment house on the north side of East Merrick road, between Buffalo and Albany avenues, without the normally re quired parking area. ‘The village .Zoning Board of Appeals acted ;after a public hearing at which -H. was contended that the Authori ty plans enough-parking spaces to supply the project’s needs. lda^S::fitaf ;8peclal.> class., tor :itto»e youz^stors was otganlzed to--1901. .through' the' chairs until - Ife wa; elected exalted 'niier .tor the fiscal' y ^ f ' 1955-56; Mr. Classes set u p by parents have-slnoe been 'tak*en over by the state and local school 'districts. Mrs. Daly, welcomed the audience; then turned the chairmanship over to 'kir.. Seaman. ^ The^ Freeport fliixlHary meets on O’Connor - was among those toterested to -bringing little ^Leaeue to FVeebort alx'vears the\ third Titesday ot'ieach month, except July, .August and December, at the Atkinson School. Heads of 26 Clubs Welcomed At Athena Presidents Day Htouls of twonty-.six w o incirs nr^tonixaiion.s altended the unrViuil Presidenl.s’ Day of Hie A thena C h ih feuiurin^ its Fcbriiur>' m e eting in the aiidiloriuin of (he Atkinson School. Peter Budtnitli Dies; Owned Fishing Fleet A requiem mass wag celebrated ;in. Our Holy Redeemer R.C! Church; ^Monday morning for Peter Budin- -Icli, long the owner of commercial -fishing boats operating. out of — WobacTerraveinie; -who'died. m his home, 391 Roosevelt avenue, on -Wednesday. February l3.-.-Burial .f'^llowed In Holy . Rood Cemetery. 'WesCbiiry. The body, reposed .-in the R, A. Himgerford Funeral' Home; 'Bbuth Ocean qvenue nnd Pine ;atrcet.'until H was taken to the church. I Mr. Budlnlch was bom l a Lu^ln- :gronde, Austria. 63 yeors- ago. Dur- ■ :lug World War I he.seryed- for more ^tlian ^ u r years^ln' -the.' Austrian - -.-:Ai’my under Elmpcror Frohz Joseph ou -the side of the Axis powers. . iComlng to the United States In -- - .-1919 he settled first !n-West,New- . :-Y-ork,-N. J., then came to Freeport 'to. 1924, and entered the commercial ';fishlng- boat business. At the time ■ '•of. ,hls retirement about seveii, ^yeai-s' ago he ow n ^ Ihe Polaris .. ;-axid'iiusi-ln. He was affectionately :'triown along the waterfront They were greeted by Mrs. Alan Carver, the .president. 'They also were entertained by “Mara,\ an exponent of the Cambodian danc* Ing, and a group of dancers. Mrs. O'. Curtis Pulton, .chairman of the Art and American Rom'e -Depart- meht.'Wfi.s in charge of the progfani. Mrs. Carver-'also extended a weV- come to four new club-members and each was presented a-covsuge. They •'F were Mrs.-Robert Hollock, Mr. Oak'- ley Oenti’y, M'rs. Raymond Austin aiid'Ml’S. Rosco Cross. , Organization presidents greeted were: Mrs. Raymond Schmit't. Women of Christ Lutheran Church; ■Mi-s. ■’WiniSm“ B. :Binffieyfr‘;'\W6hr- 'en’s Guild of-the First'Presbyterian ■Church; Mrs. Floyd Miller, Wom en’s Society „6f Ohr^tlan ..Serylog^^ Freepoit,- Methojfll?t''Oh'urt^f Mrs, •Peter Vcirbeck, 'B v ^ lhg OJrcIerPlrst ■Baptist Ohutohr Mi^.-DSVld -Terry\ Freeport Roosevelt • Red Cross .Brandi; Mrs. John N(coUch, Ladies' Auxiliary - William Clinton, Story' Post. A.L.; - Mrs. Edith Herbert, Au*lllan.:Pejansy Post: .A.L. Also Mrs. Roy Gockley, Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter. D.AR.; Mrs. Jacob Hubei, Alpha Council. D. of A.; Mrs. Joseph CNeU,.Free port Mercy League; Mrs. B. Clif ford Wheeler, Freeport Brandi, Needlework'Guild of-America;'Mrs. William Pergusdn-I Frc(iP<p>‘^ ■‘A.11XIJ3 -.lary. South Nassau -Cotnmunitles- Hospltal; Mrk.’ Margaret Davie, •Busy FingeVs.-iatUes’ SoclAy; Mrs;? william J. Martin. 6r.. Freepoit Community ‘.Conoert -Associfttionf- Mr'-. Amelia KeUy, Freeport Bust-i ■•ness Women’s OUb; Mrs. Cmnelibs' VanRees,. Friends Wf-the Library; 'Mrs. Robert N. Plllmofe. Chopin ■Club; Mrs. George Newman. Free.-: moi’t-Garden Club; Mrs. John Boper;- Junlor .Athena Club; Mrs.'Jerome C ’Grady, Ladles AuxlUary'of Holy J -Redeemer-;^ - S c h o o lM r s . —Olifforo ^ .Schorei^ Kiwannlanes; Also following Parent-Teacher iAFfibclutlbU'fetCUpftr'Mrs. HeWaW Munro. Oehfiral Council; Mrs. ■Arthur Eastwood. Junior-Senior. -High School; Mr.s. Gordon,jOlcva--; Jand Avenue and Mrs. Donald U ttie ^League to PVeeport fix'years ago wheib >the Elks sponsored « teapi in the local league. He was the first president of Freeport Little Leagues. Inc. He was* a' member of .Bellmore Council, K. of C.,- ha-ving demit- ■ted“frpnr-A'rchWshop-Mpltoy-'Ccun-' C!1 when a unit was or*t\nlzed in hU community. He also belonged to the Holy Name Society of St. Barnabas' RC. Church in Bell- Surviving are his wife, Catherine M.. a son, Joseph T.,-Jr., a brother. John D.. of,San Marino, Cal., and a sister, Alice M. O'Brien of Man hattan. The EIk.<i, Knights and Holy Name Society conducted their rites the Bartholomew Funeral Par lors. Bellmore, Tuesday night. Yes terday morning a solemn high requiem mass was celebrated B t. Barnabas’ Church. Beilinare. with--the'Rev. John W. Powers, tihe JBvery Memorial S erviu a FFKFFCr TRIBVTB . «•» regardUtt c f price Freeport 47 N.Main St. FR 9-2749 Chosen by mere Long Island Families then any other funeral director. In for th Avenu lion > plann< provet childr. gradet “Meet Childl Janua pupils ling Kelloc associ Hca'tlo meetii young first, - cation cussio Rn« 40-Sf<v<c« Fvnfrali $250 >o$2500 1. 1. CIt QUEENS > • -JAMAICA • FlUSHINO OUEENS y i t t , * COttONA • M c e p o e r . I LONG jk4Ni)'s fUHfRAiSHOME OF: (Serving N a s s a u '& Suffolk Since i^ ^ Regan; Bayvlew avenue. George ’IVashinglon v.-.v:vTj,»pete- He whs a member of the Liissln- o ; 'igrande Soalal. Club of Manhattan ;and filie J s trian Austrian Benevo- ^Ipnt Assodatlon. __ •_ - r-r-.-.:?:t,jjjrr--Budlnlch’s_wlXe. , Martha, is iaiis sole.-suftivpr. •’ m 5sr“o .= r :i'.ri4 :.i Waishingto tenti -It woiild be well t'o. k«eJipproa'ch';tli« 0 well the task set'b ifbrc him. was the elmeia- breetl.df; '] :oh. No thought of '^fleeted,.glory-.,-:.no splj^'-dfipre-' ; ess.ess. Suchi self-effacerii^ht.'beape,akA,true-g;«»thoB8. -; ........................ ihael- iler'.thV1»l'8fo;^ ’Srihl's'i^ur^^^ latioi aj^hollday -po'm n ie.m d ratl^'elie day To do i tioiisn S . It would be.vwel -example which he .s e t for ui CHESTER li ' to t r y | | our \humbi ibie -way to fSllow Tto^' R A. FULTON ,'SON, Inc f u n e r a l jDIRECTORS '■rtr.'.:. HUNGEROT FUNERAL HOME CENTRALLY LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING Liiat^n Itarjust. 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