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..... .. ............. Van Riper Scoffs at Idea Village Would SeU Plant | j . ; ■ Formsr Village Secreteiy Milford F. VanRlper. now living to retire- | l . ' ' rnent.'has come to the defenae of the admlnlstraUon to Its policies] f j^erniijg. the operation of the Municipal Power-Plant. He.did .so J h a tter written' to former Mayor *\ • *■ ■■ ' ■ \ - I letter w ilttw ' to fprmer if. ;EKw8^e,voh of the Municipal \Bbard of and Light Commissioners. The letter rmos as follows: '‘P « r Bob: . ^ . . “Kven ^ o u g h I ’ve been up h ere in Pergusonviile, N. Y., 200 miles away from EVeepprt ever since ray retire ment, 1 still follow with close in terest what’^ going on ‘beck home’ In ;l^eport. I w m flabbergasted to l e ^ that- sonlebody in your :imr- ^ t camp^gn for Village Board election has charged that .the' tlnlty ParQr leaders might • be conniving to ' 'seU.. out' our municipal light plant to i the Long Island Lighting Co; ■ \Anyone who would even suggest 'th a t you or Mayor William F. Glacken or the members of your Commission would entertain such an idea must either \be very irre-- sponsible and Ignorant, or they must be straining very hard to dig Cradle of Public Power ‘T ^ e p o rt for years has been known as the cradle of public power In Kew York State. We’ve never had private power in Freeport be- i s. 5 . \Glbbs girls got top Jobs Oiitstandlogfleeret«rid.traliv> •teg-.'niree MorsM? .. 4 Cf^VegfVjtetnriiirlel,- PvMport C h a p ter b£fS., win hold A spring b a r d '^ r ty In Mawnic T e i^Ie; Grove st., and Sunrise hwy., tomorrow at. 8 pm . .Thera will ib'e table \ p r i ^ -niid re freshments. Mrs. Clyde bougah. of Baldwin ,tS: chairman. She will be assisted by. Mrs. Gus - Mohrenne, Mrs.\ A. F r e i^ c h , Mrs. E. Willard, liriss Dolores Winter, Mrs. Howai'd ^ e i e r , M r^ H e n ry. W lnthw and hh-s. Donald Black. At the recent chapter meeting in Spartan Temple^ members having Pehruary'and March birthdays were honored. The Floral Staff presented e a ^ a gift and Miss Jean Whalen, worthy matron, added her birthday wishes'vrtth a poem. Those honored were Virginia Dougan, Marianna Oaska, Annetta Qodden. Elva Bird, DoroUiea- Prenz, Sellcbsn, Pibrenoe - Moore, Edith Campbell, Lbiiise' Josephson and' Jdhh Hill, worthy patron. During the social hour re f r e ^ - . ments were served by Dorothy Blume and h er committee. Ail pres ent participated In a bean guessing TOere will be .a St. Patrick’s party Monday night. We've gotten too much benefit for too long to even -think of aban doning our'plant now. I t has saved the ci]blzenli. of Freeport thousands of dollars and will continue to do so in the future. If you think this letter would help correct any false notions, of saved) in distribution of power than the dlssldeht 'elements of th e Vil- cause we’ve'found that hat^pg. oiir. own facilities works best for us. I I know that all ttie leaders of the Unity Party are convinced o f . ^ s , and one Gf the Party’s, platform planks bears this out. The Munici pal Electric Utilities' Association of New York State has paid honor to PYeeporb as a key center of public power by electing Len Smith as President in .,1956, and by having m e BS its S e c ret^'sin c e 1950. ‘The roots of public Tpower are deep in Freeport, and the Unity. Party has always and will always give those roots good nomishment. Whoever is trying to make the Power House an issue 'in thn current campaign either lacks the facts or is -deliberately trying to distort them. He's heard that Freeport is buying wholesale power'.from the Long Islahd'Lighting Co. \ (some-, thing which hes been -widely pub- Uplawlj.ani^ 4^ /«AP»a<nly pjft and tries to claim this'is the be ginning of the end of public power' in Freeport. Others Buy Electricity - \Perhaps he’d be surprised t< learn that about 65% of all mu- hiclptdly 'Owned electric systems in .New Ybrk State also buy all or mater share of their power from prirate ^ust. like' PVee* port. Tfte reason is that today there's more money to be made-(or K a tharine G IB B S N ln-generaUon,.e5pecila^. 0|f the base load of electricity th a t goes out to the 'consiimers round .the clock ■ e«OTis ' yoiir Commission. smart thihgf we b - from' LHX30 at a good price, and we supplement that base load with our own plant’s power to take care of the peak loads. That is a smart policy, and it’s certainly NOT sell ing out to the private interests. 1 0 . ■ 5 5 '■ s ; ; : Plywood &Building Materials Sale •4” Plyw o o d — 11c sq; ft. — 4’ K 8 ’- S h eet . - • Plyw o o d •— 2 2 e,ea. f t - - - 4 ’ K 8 ’ Sheet Pino Shelving. M asoniio, Inyuloiibn. TUeboatd, Etc. > WB TAKE PLEASURE'TO CUT TO YOUR MEASURE B & S lUMKR CO. n W. Merrick Rd.r-Freeport — FR, 8v89I2 FREE PARKING IN REAR OF SJOBE t . - lage, yott’re welcome . to use it a w waiy-ypu i w e ^ tn the oarnpai^. T fifiiceraly-' yotirsi - __Mlff (Van Riper) \Executive Secretary, Municipal Electric Utilities Association of New | York State’* PREe EASTER SPECIAL Caryl Ricki^ds.Softy U j>EllMNENT O u r Reg. $15 s f | | to d a y Through i a i t o l i t i ^ v e . C o i h j ^ e t e P r i t ^ ' ^ M R . M IC H A E L , fo r file . .O l t i t n a t e l n H a t r - C u t l i n g . \Keep: In Style With Styleram S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 87 West Merrick Road, Freeport Vogt's New and Beautiful San^Bar Restaurant & Copktail Lounge OVERWinCi^ THE BAY ‘‘Youll See Sky, Boats, Birds and Water - - \ Picture^^ VOa PoMiiially S i ^ s the K i ^ Ciidose Irom a Full Cuisine Featuring SEA fOOD, STIAIS AHD CUOPS T l i e S a n ^ B i n ) 255 HUDSON AVENUE (a. H u b |« rd/veftoe) '