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ill t i i ' THE LEABEE THtraSDAY, APRIL' 2L 196B 4 (EW S~aad^VIESVS— Vnifaout or wilh offense to friends or foe^-* ~l'JkefclJ“Foiir world-wtacily a^^ il-goes^B froa-. Candidates For 3 ^ o l \ B d a r d T a By BDDIB VASIL (Continued from page 1) Sportsman's Avenue near Ray Street. Children bound for Play- land, an amusement park on the cast side of Grove Street just below Front Street, a l » boarded the NY & LIT cars. ^ .-.Conductors were obliging peo ple. This helped make even a journey to school a pleasure trip. If the trolley arrived late an ac commodating conductor would gladly write an excuse which pro- iboled , tardy pupils from the teacher’s wrath. f \Toononrillc*\ Met Trains . . 1 Hoppidst memories- surround the Freeport Railroad, opened in 1013. This line, hard put to sur vive for its dozen or sO years, ran from the Freeport Club (now Spartan Masonic Temple) to the, Great South Bay Perry Company dock east of Woodcleft Avenue, connecting with Paint Lookout ferries. According to reliable but un-> verified reports, Fonluinc Fox got the In.spirntlon for his famous !'!*.VTobiiSvllI£'7ISdRi^'?Tha^ All 4lic Trains” one day while a guest at the Freeport Club. Often dalled “ToonerviUe Trolley” by pity foilu, the 'local route was better known to Village people as ‘ITbe Fishermen’s Delight\ It brought’ sport fishermen from and to the old- railrbad station at Grove Street. Closed trolleys were tWed in winter to serve year Everything was not a path of T(yee $—at least on the NY ,& LIT route. Speeding, noisy cars evoked the anger of families who -lived along North Main Street. Four citizens wrote . to the Village Board, for- example, that “both sides of the t/olley tracks are in very bad condition. The rain the last lew days has taken away most of the. sand ihat was placed along - the tracks, leaving only' pebbles, making it very disagfee- able foe either wagons or bi cycles” The Freeport Railroad when it was staffed by Thomas Forbes,* Roland Lamb and other local leaders In July, 1D13, found tracks already laid over pari of its route. The Great South Bay Ferry Com pany had put into operation obout 1900 a one and one-quarter mile subsidiary, • Seashore Municipal Railroad from its Point Lookout ferry dock northward almost to Atlantic Avenue, between South Ocean and Miller-Avenues. There. '■passehgcra'trMisr®r^*W-the*NY & LIT cars for either Hempstead and Jamaica caslbound or Brook- Ownership of the “Fishermen's Delight” line was assumed by the Great South Boy Ferry Company in tlie early '20s. But its doom was' sealed when the Public Serv-' ice Commission ruled that the Speak April 25 The Citizens Advisory Com mittee for Education will spon sor a \School Board Candidates Night\ on Monday, April 25, 8:30 p.m. at the LitUe Theatre in the Freeport Senior High School. Garden Club Makes Awards The Freeport Garden Club hold its 'regular monthly meet ing April 14, at the First Pres byterian Church of Freeport. ' Mrs. William - Betts presided. A very interesting talk and demon stration was given by Mrs. John J. McHugh. Mrs. Horace Shoemaker was Chairman of Refreshments. The following awards were AtrangemenU First—Mrs. Horace Shoemaker and Mrs. Robert Grusendorf. Second—^Mrs. William Ander son, Mrs. Waller Mack and Mrs. Edith Gordon. Horticulture First—Mrs. Robert ' Gruson- dorf (2), Mrs. William Malburg ..i.Px:Mrs,:Franklin Ru Fritz karbaseh (1)''and “'Mrs! James Storos (1). Second—^Mrs. William Ander son (1) and Mrs. Jacques Bel- derok (1). • Seymour Sj>drisbrs T 7 ie'''ehffh’mai»-nf--^g--aewly--fbnnfi^-Citizens_Connnittee to Elect Seymour Gross,-announced: w i d e p r ^ enthusiasm for his, candidacy in all sections of the Village. MeetbJgs during the past few weeks have shown that the com munity recognizes the importance of keeoine Mr. Gross on the Board, said Committee Chairman Ger- ald 'P Haipern. He , said, “Mr. Gross has met with \««er twenty groups to dis cuss his views on how we can give our children quaility ^uca- lion, while getting the most out of our tax dollar. This^is part of his pledge to bring about a con tinuing dialogue between the School Trustees and. the com munity, year-round and not only, during campaigns.” The, committee is a broad rep resentation of Village residents, including professionals, business men, taxpayers, housewives, par ents and educators. Officers of the group Include Joyce Adler, publicity} Shirley Katz, Finance; Nancy Johnson, Community Relations; Doris Pirodsky, Data and records; Ter ry Schubert, Public Events; Elaine Butkcrcit an^.Sanford Ra- dih, Canvassing. M r,\ •Haipern - reported ... that more than one hundred citizens of the District are working as volunteers for Mr. Gross. SEYMOUR GROSS Bazaar Benefit For Blind Home Mrs. Harry Ebbets. president of tile Baldwin-Freeport League Industrial Home for the Blind, has announced a bazaar will be hold April 30, May 1 and May 2 at the Knights of Columbu.-: Hall, 1889'*North' Grand Ave., Baldwin;-' ........... ..... .. All new merchandise at fan tastic prices. Proceeds will bene fit the Industrial Home for tlic Blind. round residents, but drew a dis- frrry company’s charter did not appointing number of passengers. 1 permit it to operate trolleys. ' o m ^ n 5 Wo W liiJ By VINCENT A. BURNS Today we’ll talk about-wigs and their practical use and care in our suburban way of life. When they were first introduced, they were crude and considered by many as a passing fad. But. now, w^3, good wigs, hove a definite jilace in a woman’s life whether she Is a housewife, club woman or career girl. In a lew minutes a woman can tranoform herself into a well- groomed person with a different look—\instant hairdo.” But a wig must be cared lor otherwise it will detract instead o | enhance the naturaT beauty. It must - be serviced by an ex-~ pert thus assuring the finest-ap pearance. ._ More and. more women now owA beoutiful v)igs made from natural hair. Some are so per fect it’s difficult to . detect them from nature’s own tresses. ^ ^ o ^ i r e c o n t e m p l a t l n g a wig flret-get advise from an. expert and then treat It as you would your own h^r. The protein in two large scrambled eggs.more than equals that in two frankfurters and has two*thlrd8 the value of protein in three ounces of broiled lean ground beef. The L E A D E R -NASSAU-S tARGm WEHaV\ (8M .iM l.int)' . Pnblblwd E m y Thur^iy by tiM FM^eit Irfidn. bw.; OtBebl , 8 , . ! ^ TtMCsmMuidty^ t e EdUorial nd AdmUiliia OtOcMi !i f F iw ix a t N»w York • KEEP SEYMOUR GROSS ON THE FREEPORT SCHOOL BOARD S: - ■■ ■ ■ 1 ■ We, the undesigned citizens of the Freeport School District, believe that Seymour Gross is fully qualified as a Schqol Trustee, by experience, temperament and profound devotion to the educational interests of all our children. For the future of our School District, for the future of our children, we urge you to \ VOTE FOR SEYMOUR GROSS — MAY 4,1966 Angelo Amatullt At Kofidding Docb .Koedding Nancy Simon Jotaph T a p t n e a Eva Machovoi Sidney Stark Victor Shaw Elolao R eeht^ Gerald P. Haipern Irving Machover babel Stark . . Loater RoeanlhaL. Edith I«)or«Mi Nathan P. Znhlonr . \iWalter J. Poton (ElUabetb Polata Carol Halpom iJoyee R. Adler Frank Jacoby - . Lorralno Franco S l w s ThoriaaM.VUBle M ^ y n WallU HarVay Siohdor ::.^v Nancy Johnson Herberl Ruben David J. Atkinson Jre • 'Terry Schubert Elaine Btitkerelt Doris. Pirodsky Ralph Franco Shirley R. Kafs Juanita Smith Rose M. Kinberg Hugh E. Marshall Katherine K aland ■ F. M. Washington Seymour Jannul Jesse Kapor Lillian Do« Rod Vandervlrt Louise Simpson Peggy Hong HaroldSchor Max Stem Anne Chao Harriet Mo Falb Harry H a r r im Sue Levine Harold Levine . KalaUe Greenberg ^ '^iiirliU Listing o< Sponsors) William Johnson Charlotte Ruben . Fabian C. Adler Paul Schubert Paul Butkereit Max Pirodsky Donald S. Katz. Hale Sznith Reba Katz Jack H. Kinberg Lillian Marshall William Washtn^on Phllmore M. Sehiff Jackie Rosenthal Phoebe Kapor — Herman.DoH. .... Beverly Vandervlrt Lori Janmil Leon Hong Ruth Stern Doris F. Ja c c ^ Eugene Chao Herbert.Thau Rosemary Sehiff Ann Sparacino Bea Brummer Sid Brummer VOTE FOR S^MOUR GROSS _ MAY 4, IS6G ” d S^ p I * ® FR 8 1 ^ * £1 ut fii Sc Oi C( bi S ; ' .
