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159 'J 3 R 3 . HAMBORO 600 KEaalOK ROAD BALDWIN, U. X. :;-..i'-^. - ■ ■ f ■ /' ■* ‘' I J FOLLOW THE f o l l o w THE LEADER # A l i a W ti A r\w4 l e a d e r : FOR A J l x C ? i jrn^M /n F T * ' TOR RELIABLE ADVERTISING \ N A S S A U ’S L A R G E S T W E E K L Y \ NEIGHBORLY NEWS FREEPORT BALDWIN 24th Year, No. 8 ROOSEVELT MERRICK • M ;, : FBBfiPORT, N. Y, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1959 PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPT FOUR LOCAL LEADERS TO BE HONORED. AT DINNER JUNE 24 Gerzof, Horne, Rosehstein and Wekselbla+t Cited For Work In 1959'‘Bonds For Israel\ aluUuB M. Qeczof, MUton M. Horne. Herman Bosensteln and Joseph Wek5elblatb will be the tour Freeport men to receve awards at the Trl-^County iMnner of )the “Bonds for Israci\ campaign (o' be held Wednesday, June 24. at 'the Temple Beth Israel, &4 Fultoif'aveV nuo, HempBteaV. This important, affair wilt high', light this year's campaign program and will honor- the Long Tslaiid leatfors of this project from Queeivs, Ndfisau and Suffolk counties. Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York will be the guest speaker and Joey Adams, famed auth^t and tboabrlcal personality, will th^ featured entertainmont artist. It is'planned th a t $500,000 wU be realised at ths affair for the Bonds for Israel Investment Fund, to be used for the ecanomc development of this young Near-East Country, Entire Long Island Mourns Death Of The Rt. Rev. Monsignor John J. Mahon I L*i f ir L Holy Redeemer R.C. Church Packed Jubilee of Values By Throngs at Pontifical Mass fietsUn^rWayb Stores Here Toilay OPEN LEHER TO FREEPORT FROM LEO F. GIBLYN, PRES. I^QARD Oi: EDUCATION clUxetut of Frebiport: Darinf 27 years.of «ervioe:as a Tntstee'of'tlEe Froiipo^ School l>istrle^ t Imvfr idwaya been impressed by the s o p p ^ taimUy has gtna. to. worthwhOe and eonatrBOtlT 0 ..MueatlonaI projeots. i fully ejipacted, tborefore, that ttio Board's pjoposal.to eonsirnct an jirgently n e c ^ new demoniary s ^ o o l would be ^pipFved, but X most Confess that I wiu delightfully surprbed by the l - l m a r^u wlth;wbieh - you favored the proposition. •’ ; My feHow Board Members and 1 are JusHlU^y proud of your Recently e z p r e s ^ approval of oiir e f f o r t You idjBylreA assured that we shall continue to work for the best Interests of a ll the’cUldren of all the people. Leo F. Glblyn,. President. Fathers Being Chosen For Bus Trip, Yankee ,Batt Game— Free Although the Freeport Jubilee of 1^ Values lodoy through Saturday Js timed perfectly to offer a wide se lection for Father’s Day glfis, It hay a much broader scope—mer chandise at attractvc prices tor every member of the fomlly. Leader readers will find on pages 8 end 9 an exceptional variety of bargains, rounded up for value-con- scious shoppers by leading mer chants. Other pages also carry ad vertisements helpful to erveryone. Further inducement to shop in Preopart Is given b y a ^ ^ ^ U o n cn- 5<-.* . Not only the Long Island OothoUc world, bub the entire coromunlby Joined together In mourning the death of the Right Reverend Monslgnor j John J. Mahon, who passed away last Friday after a long Illness. He was A priest for sixty years'. Msgr. Mahon had served ‘as pastor of Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church In Freeport since 1935. Yeung and old alike paid their Inst respect to the dean of Catholic priests d r southern Nassau County at the Pontifical requiem mass offered Tuesday by the Most Rev. Walter P. Kellenbefg. Bishop of Rockville Centre. The'Rev. Clement J . Walsh of Amltyvll(e-<lelivenjd the Mrmon. The Rev. James J. Flannery of Queens Vlllp^, -tod'.Rev, John P . Drab of Wadlng Wver and the Bight Rev. Msgr. Joseph Smitii of West Hempstead, served as dencorts. All three have served as curates to Msgr, Mahon. Burial took place in Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury. Punex^ a r rangements were under the direction of the Richard A. Hungorford Home, 110 Pine St., Freeport. PROCRESS AND FUTURE PLANS REVIEWED DY MAYOR CUCKEN 4 T ..U i:..k i. n - ------ L i 1‘suggeotldn of its enten>rlslng prsal ,dw$j Ooorge Espo^to. ivill aildw a busload, of. fathers to become ^esCs at a Yankee ball gamer^probably a doubleheadef—In : July. Stores partlcIpatJng in the base- (Contlnued on Page 10) ABE SIECa WIU BECOME MASSAPEQUA C <1 C PRES. InstaHation June 30 for Prominent r Freeport Banker and Businessman . By Eddie Vasil ;■ Abraham S l ^ l , prominent banter and business leader, who left the Greenpolnt section of Brooklyn when he was a young lad of 22 to settle In Freeport In 1916, will be the recipient of still another great honor when he Is Installed as president of the-Massapequa Chamber of Com merce on June 30 a t Carl Hoppl's restaurant. Highly respected by leaders from all fields ot endeavor, Abe Siegel, who c'elebraW his 06th birthday on May_ 19, Is truly a man with a xnuUl-fsceted personality. His interests and his achievements include a wide range of subjects from boxing to banking. ibghllght4_of his activity-packed career include many organloatlonis' ^ n d projects. He was one ot original organizers of the Temple B ’nal Israel; a past trustee Of the „^eeport Lodge of Elks No. 253; iVeeport Park Commissioner -for many years; a charter member of the Sunrise Lodge -of btoons; • former p r u d e n t of the Fsilnt I n - Btftute of.-America- and‘a Grand Juror of Nassau County. ,i With ifidth in the future of Free port and Long Island, he built his ’ fifst Uttle store, into an enterprlsi which has gained-the A.. Siegel tc . 'Co., of 99-Bou® M ain street, lYee- ' port, the reputation of being one \ 9(,the top -lead-OT-,^ aiis^y;today., : (Co^ued impageT) Contractors Claim No Special Favors Given Chief Elar Seven men testified a t Monday night's heating on charges against suspended Police Chief Peter Blar th a t any dumping of fill on prop erty owned by the Freeport Police Chief was not done, as a special favor to Chief Etar,*but a t their own request and for their own benefit. One charge accuses Chief Elar of Using his police,, post to obtain '150,000 cubic yards of fUl. However, the contractors, included. Anthony Constantino, Frank La Fata, Casper Brune, Harry Mltthauer, Paul Kurz. Fred Hansen and Vanderlee Colter all testified In Peter Slar's behalf. One contractor, Frank La Fata of Merrick, stated that he saved money by dumping nonsaleable. loads of brick and rock on Elar's land. The public diunps charge money for such services while the chief did not, he said. Van Colter. .a Free port builder stated “Anybody is doing you a favor to let you dump rocks on their property,\ .i The VlUage''Board,' acting in its capacity as police conunlsslon, ad journed the next iteanig untU July 7. BERKLEY PHARMACY OPEN NEXT SUNDAY Berkley Pharmacy, 296 NorW M ain'Street,, will remain open untU. 10 o'clock Sundto^ night after other Freeport, dtngglsta. close early in the .ftfteruoonJfor the r w t of .the day- Its .phone nunijier’. Is FReepdrt S-6669. . pK vma,; improvement by. Mayor .WUHam jj. ojacken was the highlight of the June 13 mee'ilng of the. P^wpoft VjUtjr: Party. Party President Robert L. -Dqgsee presided, . ... 1 » ‘T want everyone to know we not orily remember our compalgn promises we have .mAde'considerable progress on fiilfllllng most of thqm,\ Mayer* Olacken said. Among *the accomplishments list- ' . _ €d by the:htoyop were: • - . paying of. North Brooksldej K Avenue. The parking Held on the west side of t&nry Street. * A school tax some $60 per year less than in other viUagea. (Continued on Page 6) FREEPORT '59 UJA CAMPAKN BECOMU $20,000 SUCCESS ^ f Nathan SMufather (teft) accepte « CestlmonUl Bcroll from Samuel Jurist, citing hhn tor his many yehr* of noteworthy serytees to bis f^ow Jewa ' The oecsoion was Ihe recent Freeport cocktail party for the United, Jewish Appeal when a total of $20,000 in pledges and contributions was secured from, 110 gtuaUt to aid needy and endangered Jews overseas. The 1959 (ignrto surpassed laiA year's mark inWeated on to- ereased awareness of the urgent needs to be-niet by UJA. The three ciiaMncn of the 4 sampalgu,. Bernard Ames el Cengre- gatlon IB'iUi'Israel^ Lawrence Hlmoh el the Union Reform TWnple, and Arthur . M U of the Justice 8 h u i B'ritb Ledge, presided Unring the evening's program. \I