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962 FREEPORT KEi£0RIAU4.IBRARV- -iH.‘HERRICK RD* FREEPORT,-N* t » M ore new s MORE FEATURES MORE PICTURES FREEPORT NASSAU’S LARGEST WEEKLY\ BALDWIN - MERRICK Follow The LEADER For Reliable ADVERTISING 26th Year, No. 48 ROOSEVaT FREEPORT, N. Y, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962 PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY It . LOCAL STUDENTS IN B'NAI B'RiTH WINNERS ART CONTEST EDITORIAL EDWIN BEST QUAl I POLICE J m Joseph F. Carlino On TV March J 8 Assembly Speaker Joseph F. Carlino will be the guest appearing on the \Citizen’s Union Search light\ television program, ACareh 18 a t 11 ajn. over Channel 4, WNBC- New York City. .^i)ahriii■i^FWter, 'PW vRosen, .Chairman of :00BtestK'>ttlchae1 Cervlol, Mr. J. Roseutelca r;Pres. of JastleeX o d g e V 'B ^ l''B ^ Welnsteb^ f .Pres of'JnatWe ClmpUr._ B ^ I ; - 6IRL SCOUN PLAN 4AIA 50th A N iW R S A R Y pa r t y . A gala Fiftieth Blfthdayvihov'^foraU. the OlrP their friends will be staged South Nassau Council of <lirl Scouts at the Island Garden.'West Hempstead, on Saturday. l^l. [ Nearly 1000 girls will form the cast of the pageant < ^ c h wiU V ^ y fci a n audience expected to number 8000. i.;The show win cetebrate-'.tlhe,Ptf- Qeth Anniversary’ol G l i lr ^ u U n g lit. the united States. Juliette Lowe, founder of the movement in this country, started with' her tiny '^oop in 1912, and today more than Jtoe.e,.and bne'half mllUon glrls-,rQfr ages are Scouts in the United States. ....... h ■ (Contlniii“d on Page ~2) DRUG STORE NOTICE Bernhard’s Pharmacy, 54 W. Mer rick Rd., Freeport, will remain open late, until 10 p,m. Sunday, Mar. 18. 'AU' d<lier..drtig stores who are mem- -bers. of the lYeeport . Pharmacy As sociation close a t 2 ^ jn ^ o n ‘^SiDiday. Bernhard's telephone b FR 8-0008. GommuniiyC^^ T o X o ^ u c t Public On next Tuesday, March 20, flic voters of Freeport will again have the opportunity to exercise their cherished American privilege of casting Uioir ballots to elect Ihc man wJio will serve im Police Jus tice of Frecporl for the next four years. This is a very important office in many ways. Tlie man who sits on the Bench of Justice iiuist be highly qualified because he must make decisions which effect ings wilt take place hforch 19| 8:15 P j f . at the Freeport .Memorial Li brary. - .. .A.;., President Edward W. 'Levin cor- .diaUy invitee all interested FVeeport residents to attend in order to learn w h at' the . Freeport Community Council b doing and what It plans to do. 88 well as meet and hear an address by the Pt^BpoEt Student Ambassador, recently returned from his European visit. This meeting should be of great Interest^ to all community minded Preeporters. The Police Judge of Free port should he a man of high Calibre because his conduct is not only under constant scrutiny by the people of Freeport but also, by the en tire legal profession of the county and state. Ca&olic Church Plans St^Patnck*s Day Dance Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church, in Aoosevelt will bold its Annual 8t_Patrick’sJD8nce on Sat- evening, March 17. In the school haU on Centennial Aye. Re freshments will be served. EDITORIAL . . . cow MEADOW PROBLEM : OVESnONS And ANSWERS • One of the issues whicli* will face the voters.of Freeport next,Tiii^day, March 20, will be the question whether or libt the Village should purchase Cow Meadow at a price not to exceed $1,400,000.00, • '. * • • i; . There have been ho indications whether Mr, Hprnst^in tile reported owner of the “Cow Meadp\y’’ property would be wiHin'g to sell his 100 acres for this'price. V Howeyer, based on the premise that he might sell, the Village Board has publicly stated that the ceiling, price, of . piircliasc would not exceed $1,400,000,00. X/. Let’s.first review some of the details.along these lines. • / - ... In addition to tlie initial cost of-purchase,’it is-Estimated - feftt a nunim !^ of ,9 Jbe- requir^ to bring .this prqperty-up dp grade,?r:h it woulti; take Freeport . . . Boating & Fishing Capitol of the East A,new motto .for. P r e s o r t, ‘The Boating^and,Fishing Capitol of the East,’' was adopted by the Village Board- a t lt&:meeC)U% Monday night. port attractions will be used on prmted: matertkl. Ite.use^by'i^vfite of gaEiizaUc^ w h ^ v e r possible will '.'•be e n c o i^ged;---.; V;;’, . - - ; * i Si; : j i x l Judge Edwin J. Freedman ity and state. We carefully studied the qualifications of all candidates and sincerely belivc that JUDGE EDWIN FREEDMAN is the best qualified and should be retained to continue to serve as Police Justice of the Village of Fre«.‘port. There are many reasons why Judge Edwin J. Freedman is believed to be ihc best qualified man for this post. He is the only candidate who has had actual experi ence in serving the comniunity as Police Judge. In addition. Judge Ed Freedmun has the most com plete knowledge of the village and its problems and people. He is a life-long Freeporter. Ed Freedman was born in Frecporl in 1914. He resides . « (ContinueO on Page 4) ....... INSTALL NEW OFFKERS O F. 1962 MUNICLPAL YEARLY CLUB ttosMU WotaUng, on the left. formier Vaiage Clerk tn a t^s officers a t <J?e aluiilclpal Employees Yearly ; Club InstaUaUon ^ r i y held at I th« fiU d iam ^ ifle^C lab House on February 23. The tpllewlng o«- - --- flcef^vrm Inst^Ued for the fiscal year I962''68] Left to right, Kent :i‘ •G ^ ^ fiom « n / Vlcey Marge Acberson,:T»asuref; , E ^ . :i iCk^Bsk Seewtary; and Louise lAlno, Flwaiiclal Secretary. Eaflte in the evening Mr, H o teiinr l t t ^ MUdred B e rrm n n , fts President.' .1