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1961 FZiEEPCBT atSORIAL LIBRARY V. BERBICK an. r8EEl>0ET,-Mii.Y. FOLLOW THE LEADER FOSt RELIABLE ADVERTISING The LEADER FREEPORT \NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY\ BALDWIN ROOSEVELT FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR ALL LOCAL NEWS 11 MERRICK 26th Year, No. 12 FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961 PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY New Presiding Supervisor Takes Oath lb of k m Palmer D. F a r r i n ^ n of Cedarhorst (left) takes oath of office as the new Presiding: Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead from Hempstead Town Cl«rb Nathan L. H. Bennett (ri^ht). Farrington was formally Indnoted/as Presiding Supervisor, succeeding Edward P. Larkin. In ceremonies a t the Hempstead Town Hall, on Mondi^, June Z6. F m E P o m ' STAM MOTHERS HONORED BY WINDOW DEDICATION Hon Joseph Carllno, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, was the principal speaker at the cere monies honoring the Gold Star Mothers of Freeport held on the Fourth of July a t 10:30 A.M. The Gold Star Mothers were hon ored with the dedication of a new stained glass window, installed In the Freeport Memorial Library?, Veterans groups initiated plans for the Gold Star Mothers' Window last year, and approval was given in (Continued on Page 12) Berman School Benefit IBts $1,,000.00 Goal Freeport Taxpayers Group Sponsors .Dinner-Dance Which Raises Neeiied Aid FREEPORT'S FIRE DEPARTMEHT SHOW BREAKS .. RECORBS Huge Crowd Packs Stadium For Annual Fourth of July Fireworks - Firemanics Hit Veteran Educator To Be Honored At Testimonial Dinner Community Pays Tribute To WUIiam S. Hughes Veteran popular Freeport School AdministratCET WUIiam 6. Hughes, who has announced that he wiU retire on August 31 of this year, will be feted at a testimonial dinner to be held in the Ships Inn at the foot of Woodcleft Avenue. Freeport on Thursday, July 27, Mr. Hughes' decteion to retire was motivated principally by a de sire shared by his wife. Marcia, to make a leisurely touT'of the West miinlty wUsr^ caii teach on the college level for a few hours each weeki a n occupation for which he is eminently qualified because of (Continued on Page 2> by Paul T. Costa A long holiday week-end and perfect weather aided the Fieeport Fire Department in making their 1961 Fourth of July Fireworks and Plremanlcs Show at the Freeport Municipal stadium a record-breaking success. The entire four-hour program was truly a most colorful and thrilling pageant of activity de- signed to please every member of the famUy. And that’s exactly the type of audience which packed the huge Freepm't Stadium. Men, women and In the tboilsah^. John S. M atra. foj-mer Chief of the Freeport Fire Department and General Chairman of the program, enlisted the aid of every ex-chief Freeport Colonel Completes Special U.S. Army Course and all officers and men of this 400 I meetings are held on the first and member organization to assure com- third Mondays of each month. Meet- plete success of (his traditional holl- ings begin at 9 p.m. at the Village day attraction. Louis Medaglia | Hall, 46 North Ocean Avenue. T h f Buffet Dinner and Dance sponsored by a group of Taxpayers for TYeeport Education fcnr the ben efit of the Berman School was an outstanding social a ^ charitable event of the long Fourth of July weekend. Over 200 residents of Free port attended the benefit party which started a t *7 o’clock on Sun- .doy evening, July 2, at the Sunrise Honorary. Chairman Paul Garbo welcomed the Guest of Honor, Mrs. Joseph ;Berman> Dlrector-of the Ber- loan School,, and Mayor Robert \ iBweeney. and expressed warm thanks 'to the many people of Free- port who, on very short notice, bad contributed to the success of benefit. Mr. Garbo remarked: “It is ah Inspiring experience to see so many fellow Freeporters working for a noble cause like the B.erman School, particularly when’ they thor oughly enjoy doing so.” ' Mrs.’ Berman extended sincere ap preciation uid-thanks on behalf of the. Berman School to all who-sup ported the benefit affair, revealing that she h a d ,n o t 'visualized the heartwarming response - which the group of Taxpayers for iYeeport Education had won for the needs of the B |rm an School. P u n d - R a i^g Chairman Sidney - (Continued on Page -8> LT. COL. ED WaiODELL jR,. Army Lt. (3ol. Edward U WaddeU Jr., son of b&s. Naomi Waddell, 358 Pine St., Freeport, completed a ten- month course of study at the Army War College. Carlisle Barracks. Pa., June IS. The Army's senior educa tional InstituUon prepares selected officers for futiue assignment to (Continued on Page 11) d r u g s t o r e n o t i c e Bernhard's Pharmacy, $4 W. Mer rick Rd„ Fr^port, wfU remain qpen b te. DutU 10 pjn. Sonday, Jnly 9. ^ other ding stores who are mei b e n of the Freeport Pharmacy Aa- sodatloQ close a t Z pm . on Sunday. 8-0088. served a s co-chelfihan. In addition to the Freeport repre sentation, volunteer fire depart- (Contlnued on Page 12) The village Board has set public ) meetings for the third Monday of each month, m July. August and September. In other months of the year public •erd 3 u L n S t a f f W . U ..y^ tten d ^ t a t e ^ u n e r a i ^l^irector’s Cdonuention M. Burford Southard, President many legal aspects in this field of of Chester A. Pulton &t Son. Inc., west Merrick Road, Freeport, reported that Miss Clare Schott ana Harold H. Howe, staff members of the Fulton Funeral establishment, attended the New York State Fun eral Directors Association 1961 An nual Meeting and Elxhlbit held at Saranac Inn, Saranac Lake, New York, on June 27, 26 and 29. Atty. George Ooodsteln, General Counsel of the association, delivered the opening speech. He spoke on the lillllRinilllllllllllllllllllllllRII service. Robert O. Slater, head of the De partment of Mortuary Science, Uni versity of Minnesota, wos the prto- cipal guest speaker and Howard C. Raether. Executive Secretary of the National Funeral Directors Assod- atton, delivered the ofganization's major speech. 'The New York Stole Pimeral Di rectors Association is a chapter ot the National association of which the Chester A. Fulton 6t Son Funeral Home Is also a member.^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiifiiiiiiitiiiiiiKiirniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiis HIGH-LITES I g In This Issue | illlUIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIKIIIIIIimilllHIIIIIlilllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllliuilIM^^ BERliAAN SCHOOL BENEFITS BY $1000 HISTORY OF t o w n PARK DEPT, . FREEPORT FIRE DEPT. JULY 4 lh SHOW GORDON EDWARDS INSTALLS ROTARY EDDIE VASIL'S \NEWS AND VIEWS\ OFFICIAL NEWS OF VILLAGE OF FREEPpRT FREEPORT GOLD STAR MOTHERS HONORED