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**'11 11 .1 / ' PAGEFOUHTEES ; 1 r T HE L E A D EH ,■-■/: t.:. S ^ - : ^ THOBSDAY, JUNE 30, 1963 WINTJIIK I- M H sj 9* i u i ij p f f f K F l | i i r | JUST CALL.....FR 8-3133-3080 VILLAGE HALL VARIETIES By FAYE HOGERS Fub 21 cit 7 Direcfor of Munlripal Employees Yearly Club June sure is “bustin’ out all over\ lo, la, so are our red-roses no artistically arranged on our Village Hall desks by Mill Herrman. It's so delightful writing out your checks now and the fragrance of the roses just ma|cos you fcol rosy about the whole thing. Oddles of poodles have been struttin' their stuff in the Hall lately showing off their bow tics and ribbons in their hair. Rhine stones too. Mom and' Pop are meanwhile shelling out for their ' tutoh ing Licensed Teacher to help improve Elementary School grades. All Subjects, Speclalixing In Reading. FR 8-4457 \HEART OF FREEPORT\ All Hotel Facilliles SPECIAL WINTER RATES N o rm andie H o tel 17 East Merrick Rd., Freeport GERTRtIDE A. STEWAHT Experienced Teacher of Plano CHILDREN and ADULTS 119 N. Main St., Freeport FR. 9*0747 ^ D. A. McDOUGALD . ^ & SON. INC. ; Qeneral Eleetrlc Authorised Dealer i NEW A USED REFRIGERATORS ; SALES ! 11 E. Merrick Rd., FReeport 9.2303 RMflng&SidiDg EMORY W. WRIGHT Eetimates Cheerfully Qlven No Job Toe Smalt FReaport 9-9090 1 FRED VISEL CARPENTEH - BUILDER GENERAL CONTHACTOH PERSONAL , PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE FH 8-6498 . BA 3-5428 license. A big pup as big as a pony, (well almost as big) did a turkey trot right into the Village Clerk’s Office, WeTe glad bo loft ln..a -Jiurry ‘cause... he: forgot to leave h*is “calling card.\ Whewl Dickj^Hanak, Supt. of. Recr, completely ‘‘floored\ WMCA’S “Good r/6uy Shirt\ Harry \Harri son by presenting him ‘with a Silver Plaque. (Don't they have GOOD GAL shirts too? Helen 'Hueffel's son was awarded a tro phy “MOST INSPIRATIONAL LA CROSS GOALIE.” All .Coun- ty Coaches picked Bob as out- alanding goalie for Freeport. Bob’s going to be missed at .i'HS after graduation. Congrat ulations. Tony Elar Jr. (Dad’s with Police Dapt. received a tro phy for his rendition of Civil Defense in action at the Science Exhibit in Atkinson School.) EveiQ had sound effects. CAN DLES ON THE CAKE were lit for Chos.’ Whitty, Supt. Elect. Dlst.j some left over for Marge Johnson; Bose Eng Hong <our sweater gal) John J . Moc Donald ond ot^er June “bugs\ Dorothy Ashdo\^, (Pol. Court) Edna Woodsf Ston Roth. HAPPY BIRTIfl)AY. (We like cake.) Former Chief Lou Medaglio and heap 111' woman Terry “whooped” it up fdr a HAPPY “13\ WEDDINGVERSARY at the Concord. Other chiefs and their ever lovin' squaws from Buffalo all the way down to MoiUauk Pt.' (I-think the.little papooses were left at home) helped “firej' the festivities during the dance “Survival\ (of the fittest). Ray Keirnan and ilia lovely bride Evelyn, (for the past 28 yjars) are celebrating their Anni versary on June 20 at the Testi monial Dinner . and Dance in honor of Sam Gerber. Sam and I the Keimans are such close I friends, what better way than I celebrate together. I Congratulations. Have fun Gee I Whiskers, I'm so anxious to tell you about our proud parents up here of 1966 Graduates and those previously graduated who are I achieving success in their new educational surroundingsA Duaiie Busa, son of Barbie, <Vill. Clks. Office) awarded a PTA Scholar ship ond will apply it to Miami- Dade College, Fla., where he will Major in Drama and Theatre; Duane was Tech. Dir. of FHS Masque and Wig and member of stage crew; Fred Berman, son of Nathan (Zon. Bd. Appeals) has chosen Butler Univ., Indinapolis. Fred an accomplisned musician while in FHS will pursue his mu sical aspirations at the Jordan School of Music. Took. a. “voyage'.' FREEPORT OF YESTER<»YEAR By CLINTON C. METZ, Villaga Historian A farm at Freeport’s eastern boundary was for many years the home of Moses and Henrietta Jarvis, Sr.,. earliest Negro family. ' Thejp property extended from the railroad tracks south to Tony Elar’s farm which fronted on Merrick Road. It is understood that individual members of the race arrived here before them, but as far as we know, the Jarvises with — the immediate family included Mabel, Eliza, Katie, Moses Jr., Florence and BensAn. Along with the Henry Toom- ers of Bennington Avenue, the Jarvises founded Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church w;hich stood at the north end of their 11 children were the family pioneers. Mrs. Henrietta Jackson, 72, of 14 Lee Place, a daughter, is be lieved to have resided in Free port longer than any other*Negro. She organized the community’s _________ first professional cleaning, busi- _______ ___ through the\' “Tear Book'' Vdy- wHich.atiR .bperalcs.. Af oiiu the-preseoLFxeeport.,Thcatre site ager” want to congratuate Eliza- worked for the First on Henry Street. True friendship belh Elar, Marilyn Musso, Steve I NatJOhal (now Meadow Brook) • - - Woods, and Carol Dittberner. We custodian, the first Negro woman employed in a local bank- With her J>rotbers and sis ters following her in attendance, she was once the only colored girl at the old Grove Street School. extend our best wishes to all of you on your new pathway of life. “Curran\ (Dick, Zon. Bd. Ap peals) events' are: Martha, just graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, going to New Rochelle; Mary; is now a Jr. at Catholic University of Washington and a Math Major; “Val\ Comers, daughter of Trus tee now a Senior named to Dean’s list at Middlefauiy College, Vt. Chas. Metz, son of Village His- torian, Clint, going for his Ph. Degree in Radiological Physics. Charles,..former FHS and Bow- din College, just awarded Master of Science. We sure do belong with the “SMART SET\ and we’re proud of “our kids.” WISHING WELL to Tom Reed. Recent operation. In Doctor’s Hospital. Magid Kinsey (Mrs. Bob) r^ehtly discharged from hospital. Fred Lindenman from Baldwin and Cornelius, recupera ting at home now. SO GLAD FOR YOU. Scftra//f 8 Ice Cream — Hallmark Greeting Cards BERNHARD'S PHARMACY 54 AVi M errick road FReeport 8-0063-945D-9461 . v TKo BALDWIN and CORNELIUS COMPAIW ^ 8-6760 E N M N ^ g R S .... ■ S i i i i i & mClW E E B lNG & SURVEYING A brother, Christopher Jarvis, 74, worked about half-a-century for the Village Water and Elec tric Departments until his retire ment some five years ago. He now makes his home in Brook- lyn. A dinner in his honor, at Primavera’s Restaurant, was at tended by all the village officials. Moses Sr. had only one leg, having lo^t the other as the re sult of a ^fall while a boy in Hempstead. But in spite of his handicap he built Freepprt’s largest scavenger business, which thrived until municipal sewers went into service about 1936. He also engaged in the private col lection of garbage and ashes. White and' colored men total ling more than a dozen were in Mr. Jarvis’s employ. A believer in quality, he paid es much as $650 for teams of steel gray -or back horses for his wagons. These investments paid an extra divi- dent each time he rented some of his six or eight horses to Oies- tcr A. Fulton, funeral director, to draw a hearse. Mr. Jarvis in earlier years worked for a Ray-; nor family which, had an oyster wharf , on South Main_Street. Moses’ wife Henrietta died at the age of 95 in about 19S0. Des- Cendant of an Eastern Long is land Indian and Negro farnily named Green, she was brought up by Mr. and Mrs. John Ander son, parents of Village President and Hempstead Town Supervisor Robert G. Anderson. She resided in JJvTceport at the time of her marriage in 1879 at (he Metho dist Episcopal parsonage by the Rev. W. R.‘ Webster. She worked for the Story family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Smith of Free port, the Charles C. Smiths and George Hewletts of Merrick and .Qthers, including the 'family of Village President and Town Su- p e r v ^ r Smith Cox. sons- drove car- f.Ke Job,lb9 Mg or loo Small, j ria'gw for Freeport doctors-.wa- v L .. bur for Dr. John B, Denton, and Sherman for Dr. Edwin Carman.- Their brother Erwin lived all his WELCOME MAT to Rcuemary Miller, (Treas. Office.) Fond Adieu to Marge Rheingold.- Sh, sh, sh, . , . two of our UtUe \big wigs\ are wearing wiglets. NOPE. I’m not going to \blab.\ I’m tempted. Must be nice -tho' to. roll up your-hoir, leave it on the dresser, then have a bliss ful nights sleep. Better go now. I’m weakening. iT I were to en “lighten\ on this ••snoopy- note,\ there’ll be fireworks and —I don’t mean the FOURTH OF JULY, either. Incidentally, have a “blast.” Bye. Timothy J, Evans Tapped By Omicron Ddta K^pa Timothy J. Evans, .son of Mr. and Mrs. F r ^ c is J: E v ^ b , 10, Prato Ct., Freepqrh has been se lected for membersliip in Omi-' cron Delta Kappa. *a National' Senior Honor Society at S t Lawrence Univ. ,; i i^lCa|]Mhtry Woilc 379-3565 re I-827I existed between them and the white inhabitants of our Village. Practically no attention was paid lo their differences in race. When Moses Sr. died about 1913, the funeral sermon was delivered by William S. Hall, a Methodist Church lay reader and cashier of the Freeport Bank (now Long Island Trust Company). In the 1900s, when New York City decided to install a new pipeline for water 'supply from Nassau County to Brooklyn, the pioneer family sold a right-of- way through their farm. The popeline became Sunrise High way in 1928. The Jarvises took up residence for a while in Merrick, east of where the Saker Volkswagen ' agency now stands, on Merrick Road. Their large'house occupied spacious property that ran south almost to the bay. Happy mem ories of Freeport, however, brought their return to live on Sweezy Avenue, formerly part of the old golf course grounds. Mrs. Jackson’s husband OUie, a native-of Hempstead, served in. Europe with the U.S. Army dur ing World War I. Aithur Grant, a son of her first marriage who served as a corporal during the second World War, drove a bus for the New York City Transit Authority in Queens County for U yeai-s until his death in 1982. Mrs. Jackson, who has resided on Lee Place about 30'.Vears, was born in a little house which her parents rented on the Pulson hay farm where Freeport Municipal Stadium was built in 1931. She has given many parties at her home, on holidays, for worthy white aiid Negro children. High Schocjl girls volunteer to help serve food' and refreshments at the parties, which sometimes.are attended by as many as 50 youngsters. High Dams Threaten Grand Canyon River The Colorado River, running for. 240 miles through Grtuid Canyon in northern Arizona, and the most extraordinary wild river left in the United States, will be reduced to - huge .'keservoirs if the Burea[u of Reclamation wins rensent from Congre^' to build two high dams that would flood out air but 100 mUes of it.
