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157 ’ r, i STTOPRSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957 X TH E L E A D E R NEWS OF ROOSEVELT Paby(>!(i»S^ IsHostToEducators District Representatives Hear Piincip^ Explain Function of Institution Supervisors Und representatives of 40 \Bissau County school districts met Tuesday, March 5, for lunch at the Cerehral PEdsy Center In Roose- S. yelt..KQsts.Qf.the pffalr.were sctuiol 1 itoard m ^ b e r s of District 8, Roose velt, which operates the school at the Center.' James D. Beaher, school principal, [ greeted the visiting educators and addressed the group on “How the ( CP School Serves Nassau County 1 school Districts.” Joseph Perlberg, [ executive director of the Nassau I CP Association, spoke on “Services I Offered b y ' the Clinic to School I Children.” Daniel R. Terry, supervising prln- fcipal of the Roosevelt district, in- itroduced the speakers and guests la n d presented the proposed op- yerating budget for the school for wJ95T»58’~ fieiry -^DrosSr • supervisor -of ||th e second supervisory district, Attended the luncheon. Place cards for the occasiop were ^jnade by children in the nine-class* ip o m , 109-pupU CP school. The |lu n e h was served by six students of ^the home economics course in the ^Roosevelt Junior high school. The iris worked imder the supervision ^ o f Mrs. Marianna 'Thompson, dis- S trict dietician. February Birthdays Featured at Assembly Kenneth Yonconlsh is In the hos pital in Hollis. N. y. He is a pupil in Miss Brown’s sixtih grade. John Podolskl brought in his hamsters for Science Study In Miss Brown’s sixth grade. In Mrs. Doris Kllng'S French classes in lower grades.\ the pupils have been busy making Pi-enoh Valentine cards. Miss Christine EicJt’s fourth grade- had charge of the upper grades assembly on February 7. It. was very Interesting and en lightening bringing in all of the Tamous people bom In Prtruary. At the close of the playlet several children played musical selections. All of (the Cub Scouts and Brownies In uniform, gave the Flag Salute and sang America to open the Assembly Program on Thurs day, February 7. Warren Kriedman from Mrs. Passett’s class gave a short talk on, \How to become a Cub Scout.” David Weigel read an interesting article on Dental Health and also showed Dental Health Posters .made In^-Misa-. L.„SchBef/er-te- Sixdb- grade class. ' The elementary ischbois saw a film entitled “One People.” J t Is an ani> mated cartoon showing the settling of America by groups of every na tion^--origin and the contributions eacir group made to American cul> The Junior High School under the auspices of vthe English Department conducted > contest for the best com^sltibQ or poem dealing with Brotherhood. The Student Council presented a sketch, “No One Asked.” Every ^day there were spot an- nouiiceihents over the public ad- dres .system pertaining to Brother- Exteiision Service Unit Will Meet Wednesday The Roosevelt Extension Service unit wUl hold its monUily meeting Wednesday, March 13, at 8:30 b^ock a t the Memorial Presbyterian ChiU'^ on Babylon turnpike. The program for next year’s proj ects jwill be planned. Registration will be taken for a class In lamp shade making. Special Assembly Held At .Centennial S ^ o o l All the students of Mrs. Lazar's eUth grade-porkiolpated in a two part prograhi at the regular upper grades Assembly Thursday, Febru ary 14 at the Centennial Avenue School. \We The People\ was a choral presentation of the Preamble to Our Constitution and discussion ol its meaningful words. . The second part was o- February radio program entitled, “The Patrl- -otlc Parade.\ In brief it described the birth of our patriotic music. Pred Terranova was the an nouncer. John Odell gave the Get tysburg Address and Paul Baron played the drums. Alice Smith sang, “I Love America.” Mrs. Goldstein’s .first grade pre sented a Valentine Play, “W hat Happened to the Cakes.” It was a mother goose play all in verse. The children were dressed in ap propriate costumes.. They made, as a class project, a little stove to bake their valentine cookies. Vocational Panel Heard At Junior High P -*f. A. The Parent-Teacher Association of the Junior High School of Roose velt held a meeting on Tuesday. February 26, at 8:30 o’clock In the General Purpose Room. A number of Roosevelt alumnJ who are now in training for a vocation or are “on the job” told about their chosen field. All interested junior High students, particularly ninth graders, to v l te d - - t b r ; c 6 m e ~ witAv,^th e lr , paronte ' ' tb\‘ le'am- ' ^ Vpqssibie careers and educatlohEil opportu-' nlties available in Uils area. Pounders Day was observed with Mrs. W. Gilbert, district director Western Long Island District P.- T. A., as guest speaker. A Military Bridge and Card Party was the first and only fund raising affair this year for the newly organized Junlcn- High P.-T. A. It was held on Thursday, Feb ruary 28 at 8:00 PM . in the Gen eral Purpose Room of the Junior High School. There was a good attendance at b o ^ of these activities. Reading Demonstration Planned at Roosevelt A Reading Demonstration under the direction of Mrs. Alice B. Arn old. Principal and Reading Super visor. will be given by the faculty and chPdren of the North East PrlmEiry School in the general pur pose rO (^ of the Roosevelt Junior High School on the afternoon of Thursday. March 14. The progMim will begin promptly at 3:36 o'clock. A cordial invitation is exrtended to all those Interested in the educa tion of the childri 'en of Roosevelt. FR E E ESTIM ATES Basements - Attics ' ■ Porches . •. Open . ' jaleuBled ■Prempt Service CONSTRUCTION CO., INC; 25 RHODE. AVE., , MERRICK. Roosevelt Man Meads Guilt in Stock Fraud A Roosevelt ex-convlct pleaded guilty last Thursday to fraudulent stock sales end was sent back to jail. Joseph J. O'Leary, 33. of 11 Denton place, will be sentenced April 26 in Nassau County Court by Judge John P. Donohue of Put-= nam County. O’Leary, arrested September 17. is charged wUlh swindling nine Ntissau residents by selling them stock In non-existent corporations. Arrested nine .times, he served a prison, term preme Court Justice Issued an in junction forbidding OXeary from ever selling stock again in this state, after the failure of three of hl.s busiii^ses, in which other persons lost their Investments. Last year the Nassau Grand Jury indicted O’Leary on chatges that he cheated at least nine per sons out-of $ 10 , 000 . Hawan Talks Most, Phone Survey Shows AIa$ka*8 Per Capita Conversations Second In Nations of World The. two moat talkative telephone spots on the globe are U. S. terrl- tories^-Hawail and Alaska. This and other facts were re- norted today ' In “The World’s Telephones,” the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company’s annual survey. At the beginning of 1956, the sur vey showed, there were 101 million telephones in the world, or two phones for every one in service ten years earlier. The total reflected a record Increase of 614 million over the previous year. When It came to using the ji^one, Hawaii out-talked all other areas. The Island territory reported 647 conversations per capita during 1955. Alaska was second with 572. For the fourth successive year Canada averaged more telephone conversations per person <446) than did the United States, which had 409. Iceland, as usual, ranked high 1 the conversation list with 399 Each of these was among the 11 countries or areas reporting IS or -moi^-W ephenea—for—ewy—400—4n— habitants. The United States headed this list with 33.7 telephones per 100 population, or about one phone for every three persons Sweden, which for many years has been second only to the United States, was net with 30.4 per 100 population. Hawaii ranked third with 20 and Canada was fourth with 26.3. Iceland was tenth with 17.1. Alaska was'eleventh with 16.8. These figures are for the year 1955—it takes almost a year to gather the information from some Senior Citizens Mark: Lincolh’s Birthday -T h e Senior c i t i e s . R o o s e v e l t . met .TuesdEty, February 13. ladles made scrap books to be gl^env- to East Islip hospital and flowers to be used on their table for itheir . Valentine Party, Tuesday,' Pebni- ' ary lOi Some of members'also— • played cards. Harry Shean was appointed sun shine chEdrman. A patriotic theme was used and patriotic songs were sung. Gertrude Pope read the Get tysburg Address. Mr. Shean read' \Lincoln’s Last Birthday” smd Mrs. Wilma Herman read “Failure isn't\ Fatal,” about LincoKi’s defeats' imd ' failures and how despite these he went on to become President. *lihe Senior citizens meet every Tuesday from 1 to 4 o’clock In the parish hall of St. Paul’s Episcopal Ohui'ch on Centennial avenue. Roosevelt Births Freeport Hospital A son. Prank oJhn, Jr., to P ..J. and Joan P. Lemyre Bowman, 13 Branch place, February 18. daughter, Karen Louise, to Louis and Helen E. Schulz Coffin, 202 East Greenwich avenue, Feb ruary 16. • ' __ __ * A son, Douglas James, to Wilkie and Joyce . Murray, 104 Granatla street, February 16. A daughter, Linda Anne, to . Schuyler and Barbara Van Ness, 84 Hem-y street, February 18. 250 governments and Companies Roosevelt Births Freeport Hospital A daughter, Lynn Ann. to Paul K. and Anna B. Zink Barry, 266 Washington avenue, February 28. A daughter, Ellen Cindy, to Aaron and Motile Solomon Matas, 84 Con- Ion road, February 26. Centennial Avenue P.-T. A. Observes Founders Day Post presidents and life members attended the February meeting of the Centennial Avenue school P.-T. A. at Roosevelt. A candle- lighting ceremony In honor of Founders Day was held and it was announced that Anthony Stabile, principal of the school, had been chosen to be presented with a life memberflhlp. Mrs. John Wallace was guest speaker of the evening. 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