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THOHSDAYi FEBR0AHY 2A ISSS >wer JUST CALL.....FR 8-3133 - 3080 • frt-t utliM \HEART OF FREEPORT\ All Hotel Facimiw 8P6C1AU w i n t e r RATES Normandio Hotel 17 Ea«t Merrick Rd., Freeport. GERTRUDE A. STEWART Experienced Teacher of Piano CHILDREN and ADULTS U9 N. Main St, Freeport FR. 9-0747 MEDICARE APPLICANTS MUST FILE BY DEADLINE One of the busiest places around right now is the Freeport social security office whore tJie people are taking claims and expla&iing the changes made in the social security law this year, Sydney Savrin, social security district manager, said today. ‘There is one problem that concerns us,” Savrin slated, “and we asking the publi) D. A. McDOUGALD & SON, INC. General Electric Authorised Dealer NEW & USED REFRIDERATORB — ....... BALES... f l E. Merrick Rd.^ FReeport M383 RIDGEWAY FUEL-OILS This is; how to get in touch with persons 05 or over who do not receive social security or rail road retirement benefits. This is im ^ rtant because these people may be eligible for the new pro gram of health insurance—some times called Medicare.\ ■ If anyone knows or la related fd sornwmc 65- or over wha.doiEtsJ hot receive social security or rail-) road retirement benefits, please get in touch wiili a social se curity ofTice or tell your friend [to reach social security, if he haS ^hot already done so. These individuals have until March 31, 1666, to sign up for the voluntary medical insurance if they want this protection when the program starts on July 1, 1906. . The Freeport social security office is. locat^.at'59 .North Main Street, The telephone, number-is j TN 8-7100. STANDARD GRADE OIL 13 9/IOst Per Gallon No Order Less Tlian 175 Gal. C.O.D. o\‘y 92 Norton St. DAY - NIGHT OIL BURNER SERVICE FReeport 8-6666 iRoofing&Siding EMORY W. WRIGHT Ectimates Cheerfully. Given No J o b Too Btnall FReeport 9 -9090 FRED VlSEIr ^ CARPENTER - BUILDER GENERAL CONTRACTOR PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE FR 8-6498 SA 3-S42B Have We Forgotten Some Of Our Children? \The U.S. public school system makes, no provision for almost four miliion omotionally disturbed children.” This harsh indictment of our educational system is made in an article in the current issue of Pageant mogazine. “Of these four million”'—a statistic from the American Psychlnlnc Association—“only about 5,000 youngsters are being taught in special classes,” continues the article. It is only in the last 14 years that u former public school teach er, Gertrude Berman of Freeport, has creoted one of the first day schools in the nation for these disturbed children. Her school was born in her own backyard— with six children whom the pub lic schools refused to teach—as students. It wos built on the premise that many children arc mistakenly classified as \mental ly retarded” when in fact they are emotionally disturbed and quite capable of profiting from a spe cial education. Over the years, Mrs. Berman has conclusively demonstrated that these disturbed children can bo educated and rehabilitated. But she is the firat to admit that a clean rug: “Why-be-am outcasi Conform. Dirty ..them .ao :that yot too, can go to Bayview Hardwai and. rent a QIamorene Electric Ru Shampooer for only $2. a day. Bayview Hardware & Marln« 3186 Atlantic Ave., Freeport FR. 9-2094 Schrafft*» tee Crtuim — Hallmark Greeting Cards BpimHARmilARMACY 54 W. MEltRICK r o a d ' \“FReeport 8-0808,9450-9451 private schools arc only part of the answer. \Sonie children will I alwoys need a small, protective j program like ours,” she states in j the Pageant article. ‘ “But hun dreds of thousands of others be long in special classes in the pub lic schools. The public schools can and must do the job...It is their obligation, and they have ignored it for too long.” From Us humblo beginnings, Mi*s. Berman's school has grown into The Luther E. Woodward School for Emotionally Disturb ed Children, in Freeport. Today it employs on its staff five teach ers, a consulting psychiatrbt, a psychologist, a social worker, a caseworker, ond of course Mrs. Berman herself. It Is reshaping the^Hves of 32 young children, while 21 adoles cents have, their own program and staff. Every year some are able to leave the Woodward School and enter public school, I ylhdicationr of Mrs. Berman's ^ program. But the shocking fact remains | —nowhere in this country are there adequate facilities to meet the needs of our, mentally dis turbed children. Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Ralph G. Caso, right, gets a pointer on the capabilities of an IBM computer from IBM district manager Mel Beesinger. Caso has announced that the Town of Hempstead is studying the speed and efficiency value ot various types of automated equipment for possible installation in several of the Town's service departments. Meet Our Merchants Appletoes’ H ardware Appleton’s Hardware Store, located at 91 So. Main St. in Proo- port, was established in 1922 when Louis Appleton, father of the present proprietor, bought the store. Mr. Appleton operated the store until 1946, when his son Nor man took over upon returning from the service. From 1937 to 1939 Mr. Norman Appleton, who has.' a wide range of experi^ce, was in cnarge of a vegetable insecti cide. manufacturing plant in cim il. >Vom 1939 to 1941 Norman Ap pleton was Plant Manager for character much since it was start ed by my father,\ Mr. Appleton said. He was also pleased to say that he has a \loyal following of customei-s.” Norman Appleton feels that his captain. . For worked ,}vith about a his /ather in ' .store, Louis Appleton then^ re tired and Norman took'over. 'M r . Appleton, who likes to describe his hardware store as \a-general.store with no.food prj olqthing,?' stated that the biggest ' items he sells and-enjoys, selling the most are fireplace furnishings, which he considers to be his spe cialty, and drapery hardware. \The store hasn't changed its J ^ J MILES ^'GUARANTEED\ BRAKE SERVICE - WHEEL ALIGNMENT CRED6 URDS ACCEPTED the Canada Dry ginger ale Wood- j store is primarily a sci*vice busi- iiaven plant in Ozone Park, and; ness. In accordance with this, he wos Plant Manager of their Mt.j gives advdee and counsel to cus- Vernon plan^'whereupon he leftl tonjers who request it. to join the service, I His wife Haixiet is a special He was in the Air Force fcom| ^ ^ 1041-46, and otlamed the rank of. ..M-t.— o „ . year . Appletons ®rtiavc Ihree children: Leslie, a. Junior at -the University of Wis consin; Douglas, a Senior at Bald win High SchOolr and Betsy, a 61h Grade student at the Coolidge School-in Baldwin,- - Norman Appleton has lived in ' Freeport since 1915. His father, King St. in Freeport. He is pres- cirUy vacationing in Florida. Young Appleton graduated from .Freeport High School in 1931, and attended Syracuse Uni versity, where he. received a BA. degi'ee in Chemistry in 1936. Ho then went on to receive an M.A. In Chcmisb'y at Columbia Uni versity in . 1936r Today’s Tip For Safer Winter .Driving \Set your alarm clock earlier during the wintertime;” says Chief br Police Ed ward S. Dixon, addmg, “allow a little ektra time to get to/Vork when the roads and streets are slippery. Getting : u p a little bit earlier also gives yob time to do a good job ^ ’ t clearing snow and: ice froni yoxur •Lear's \wlnflftwc sr •■u.,- > -----
