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_ _ ■/' - - - ; V -'-^ 957 spbn- 'drums. College South- ciioir of Mana- o c r KlUs IT H O R S ^ ^ f ^ E te U A R Y 'zi, >1957 • T l i E L E A D E R _ 'Stores didn’t opRor- aptfre- the Rec- VlUage- s ' t h l r your eration' W e t t l a w t t S p e y e r AtRot^M^ting - ,; M ubic D i r e ^ r Tells Cluli is l^gineer ;W h t p : P e < a u r o e T e a c h e r Pr. J. M ^ j i f d \yettlaufer, leader o r t h e > ^ ^ > ^ t |ii^ > c h o o l Band, .adW < r the;hem b ^ s, ^ the Rotsry ' Club of >rdfepori ^ t^i'thelr weekly < Bupperlh''the'E^^cli^|iouse Thurs day'night, -Jahua?:^ p i, he became a hleh'school band . S e c t o r quite by'nccident. . Mrs. Helen Chalker. president of the Auxiliary, reported that besides herself the following men and women acted as dispatchers, host- eaaes and registrars Bunday from 6 o’clock In- the morning until 12 ing bis four-yeara'ut-'the universtty-—-Cnnunander and Mrs. Donald He w a s-graduated‘'-from Colgate as a chemical engineer major. Dur- T,l% W iP o st,;A if^tl Mrs. GlertKtked A s ^ 1 ? o i n a n ¥ W Multiple Sclerosis Tii%r&md Members of Henry Theodore Molir Post, V.F.W., and Auxiliary partiripaled in Ihc 10-hour Multiple Sclerosis telcrama Satiinlay and Sunday, Fcbniaiy 9 and 10. A tele phone center was set lip in the Calderone Buildiiif; at 150 North Franklin street, Hempstead, to receive conlributidiis 9 of wliicli were announced over Channel Oaynei', 9 Homan, place, Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huse, 410 North Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Anderson, 130 Whaley street. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew La Mari ana, 22 Pearsall Avenue. Mrs. Louise ^Bodotl. 55 *• South Grove street. Mrs. Marie Logo, 94 Hillside ave- Mrs. Harriet Lemyre, 102 East Milton street. Mrs. Doris W illies. 9 Harrison j avenue. r he-had taken-v^bu^-Other subjects, Including-music; and Just because It d^ght come in handy -lf he decided to become a teacher, some courses In education. .On applying for a job as a chemi cal engineer with Che Goodyear Rubber Co., Dr. Wettlaiifer was offered $25 a week. At the same time he received ah offer from a high school In DUhois to become its band leader at $1,500 a year for nine months' work. He went to Illi nois, and was surprised ito find he had to meet ttb 'qonu'icatlons tor the Job. THfft\ WHS\ \uboxrt\ 30 years*' Later he w e n t'to a school in Pennsylvania where a teacher was required to have five years of ex perience in the subject he was to teach. Having studied music from early childhood he easily met this requirement. The young teacher fotmd h e ^ a d aMot ter learn, but he tackled tftc.^job and thus began the career of one of the leading au thorities on school marching bands in the United States. The Rotary Club marked Natlonr’l - 'Music -yveek,-and Dr.; VVettlaufer, a ~ inenaber ‘of.-ihdre^up,.'traced the history, of. high school bands and ' '•rchestras/'He'Baid' the high school he attended had a band of eight, members who'marched in sbigle file - to stretch out the procession. Bands played in the stands at athletic : City Rotary Club, and ev^ts., Insructors of most groups, teacher, spoke briefly, were local musicians with no teach ing experience. Dr.. Wettlaufer said the develop ment of bands started in the mid west with the result that practically all institutions in thnrt area have exceplonally fine bands. He added that the real Impetus to the devel opment of martial music in this country was given by veterans re turning to America at' the close of Mrs. Catherine Donnelly, 118 Commercial street. Mrs. Sylvia Pagone. 200 West Merrick road. Miss Mftdetilie Donnelly, 4 II 8 Commercial street. Robert Di Monda. 24 Park place. Roosevelt. Wmldroa' Dl Monda, 273 Debe- volse oVenue, Roosevelt. Joseph Kilgallen, 280 Arthur street. Sidney Collins, 416 North Main street. John Morrison. 123 West End avenue. Theodore Neundorfer. Sr., 23 East Seaman avenue. Joseph Florlanl, 420 North Main Saul Raymond Strauss, DI>.S. I 224 Hudson avenue, Roosevelt. Uf-ting influence of\maivfi tunes ”ahd''\Y|^^ Views' did something about it. Now. he - — — - continued, few high schools are without bands, orchesci-as a n d choruses. He said only a few of the young school musicians plan to continue their music as professionals, but he remarked that out of the thousands who participate will come the quality for keping up the top musi cal organiaitlon.s of the country. Before Dr. Wettlaufer spoke, sev eral students of the Preoport High School entertained. Sandy Peldstein 'played ' several •selections ‘on the ' mlrimba and five Vocalists iiarmcK nlzed. They' were James Chiravlno. James Miranda, Ame Mulbach. John Quilty and James McGoey. Prank Raymond.' of the Garden called music and art the universal languages of the world. Walter J. Miranda introduced the speaker and President John E. Collins presided. World War 1 who realized the up- ANQIUET8 or 25 to 200 WEDDINGS • BAI I Banquet Rooms fo r SHORECREST HOTEL So. Grove St. FReeport 8-0191 Inaugural Day Parade The regular meeting day for the Freeport, Chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is the third Monday In the month. Be cause the January meeting came on (he 21st, the day of President El.senhower's Inaugui-atlon, Mrs. John T. Cotter of Freeport bivlted tile members to tneet at her home at 11:00 A.M. so they could view the Ceremonies and Parade on her Television set. A large group attended this meeting. Including visitors from Rockville Centre. Luncheon was served shortly af ter 1 o’clock. About 2:30 P.M., a short business meeting was held after which the group continued to watch the pa- All Joined in thanking Mrs. Cot ter for her generous hospitality,, Noted Israeli Author Is S p e y e r at Hadassah Meeting On Monday The Preeport-RoosevOlt- Chapter of Hadassah held its monthly meet ing on Monday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock in Temple B'nal Israel. Mrs. Charles Gilbert was pre sented as the “Community Woman of the Year.” Also on tlie program for this meeting was Philip GiUmi. renowned author and Journalist. Mr. OlUon was bom in Johannesburg, ^U tii Africa. During World War II he served in the South African force.*; in the Middle Ektst. . He Immigrated to Israel In 1951. and was a member of the most fa mous Kibbutzim in the counti'y. Kevutzflt Schiller. His novel about hfe In South Af rica, \Frail Barrier” w%.is published in Ihc United States and England.'^ After leaving Kevutzat Schillei', he settled in Ashkelton, the new model town wlilch is being built a few miles north of the Gaza Strip. He served Ashkelton for several ■years as s Town Clerk* and**-Public- Relations Counsel. Since March. 1956. he has 'con centrated on literary work. Hl.s regular litenn-y column.s in the ■■Jei-usalem Post\ arc well known throughout Israel. Among the various communal ac tivities in which he has engaged in Ashkelton he is pa.st president of the Rotary Club, Chairman of the- Sports . Club, fahaii-man of the- school committee and a member of several other local bodies, , He is also a member of the Inter national Society of Authors. GALLERY OPENING EXHIBIT The work of One of South Ameri ca's outstanding artists, Abel Vall- mltjana, will go on exhibition Fri day a t the Country Art Galley, Bel mont avenue, Westbury, ‘f / > l r DON’T SKIM P ON THIS! 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