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' f PAGE TWO THE LEADER m THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEH ■■- . ... - _____ • ■ '• LADIES LUNCHEOM Oa. 22nd mm Model Plane Test At Gantiague Park Public Works Cotnmissonor Herbert J. Sintins invilctl spec ■ talors to attend a Model Airplane Contest and Exhibition which will be liold at Cantiague Coun ty Park on Sunday, Sept. 21. The event, beginning at B a.m., will be held indoors al the ice rink building and will feature f A Beport 1 I From Our Community AmbassadorVi Dear Freeporters: Twcnly-two happy Americans and Brazilians, including mysi^ I have returned to Lins after ten days of travelling through the soUthr^l ern part of Brazil to learn a little more about the country Its ! people. One thing we did learn was tliat anyone xvho p!an.s to do ex- all types of glidci-s ami rubber-1 u,„sive traveling in Brazil, or any powered airplanes. Admission is | p.,n (,f South America should be free, i „ oalm person who is not easilv Simins al.so announced that ice; h^ve to a.sk about hockey registration for the 1909 -j^^n d.fTerenl people for direc- * lions, pLiy out STnnll bribes to 70 season will open ill Cantiague, , « Park on Saturday, Sept. 27. The and, through Gods leagues are open to all boys be-1 tween 9 and 17. The Freeport RopublicBit Ladies Luncheon Commiltoe completed plans last week for an Oct. 22nd luncheon in honor of the \Caso Team.\ To bo hold at noon at the South Shore Yacht Club, tichcls are priced at $1.00 per person which includes cocktail und chicken. All candidates will attend accompanied by Ikclr wives. .Tickets are available by calling 378.1333. The committee pictured above from left to right, scaled; Marian Durkin, Co- Chairladics Jb Thompson, Gert Woldcr and Agnes Lovciidge. Stundigg: Amelia Malone,, Marion Knocllcr, Miriam Hager and Lillian Gaylor. YESTERYEAR Walter Smith Built 6Ft, Ship Model, First-Prize Winner At Mineola Fair Cantiague Counl.y Park Ls lo cated o(T Wc.sl John Street in Hiek.sville. leader wa.s able to get us around. We travelled tor 71 hours in ten Basic Seamanship Course Offered . days on about two different trains : and ten dilftM ont bu.se.s with I eight kids between the ages of eleven and Ihirlcen (our Brazilian j brotiiei's and sister.s), who fre- j quenlly disappeared. with a beautiful bcachi and :ho tels and mountains lining iha j background. However, 'Yankee ingenuity had decided to use the mountains as gigantic billboards for advertising. V, Waller Rnek Smith (11151-1025), who owned a boatyard on North Main .Street at East Dean Street, loved his work so mueit that h;; (iiaik- it liii hobby, loo, Al the age of l(i he starled to build a ship model, the ''r’alienee,\ and put the finishing touches on it at the age <if 72. Hi.s handiwork woo first liunors at the 1925 Mineola Fair, two inontlis berore he died, Adults interested in pleasure ho'iling are invited to register for an 8-les.son course in Basie Sea manship .sponsored by Flolilhi i:t-(i of the U. S. Coast (Juard Auxili ary. The course, free e.xcept for tiic purchase of a maniiaf, will bo given from BltlO to 10:00 Thursday evcning.s in Room 111, Ftcepnrl High School beginning September 18 and ending November 27. Those wishing to take the course may regi.stor at 7,;i0 p.m. September 18 Our firsi stop was San Paulo, the industrial giant of South America: it is a city of roughly live million witli a tran.sporta- ti;.'ii in:d pollution problem that niake.s Neu' York seem like the Gaiden of Eden. Sao Paulo, ex cept for one station with four track.s, ha.s ab.so!utcly no rail transportation; all travelling in and out of the city is done by biLs, causing major problems of eongestion. Mo.st of the .streets converge around a mall witli a .statue in the center—never just in the classroom. Cliildron of 12 I four streets—so there is a great The six-foot-Umg miniature, made entirely by hand, was kept in a Irani al the northeast corner ol Lena and North Ocean Ave nues on tile grounds of his liomo. Mr, -.Sinilli wa.s helped with the rigging of hi.s model b.v Copt. Ludwig Han.sen of rioosevell, father of his daugliler-in-law, Mrs. Wijliiim Rock Smilli of 100 warehouse aod .is opposite tlic present Middendmf location, Fael-s about this Rnynor-Smith branch wdfe obtained frorn Mrs, William RrteU ftmiiw tHeo hpuoo U paragi'iiph), the former Elsie -Han- .scn of Roo.sevelt. William Rock’.s other .surviving relative include a d'aiigliter, Mrs. Fred (Florence) Simpson (born 1920) of Silver the course if accompanied by an adult. ■ I ist and the pedestrian. After spending a ploa.sant day For further information contact, ouLskirLs of the Mr. Keller, Public Education pm- ^ eer, by telephoning ^ Prowporl. 023-5522 in Uandall Avemie. The ‘T’alieuee” j Sppings, Md.; a si.ster, Mrs. Ar- was givi'ii to Mr. and Mr.s. ; )]mr (Cerelia) Herorich of Bald- HmiUi’s daughter, Mrs. Simpson ' win, whose hU-shand wa.s a lead- of Mai'.vhmd: in early aviation; a grandson, iRiehai'd .Scott Simp.son, and two gi-anddaughter.s, Cynthia atid Kimhorty .Simpson of Silver Heart of Freeport;—All rooms air condition, includes all Hotel facilities. Reasonable Summer Rales. NORMANDIE HOTEL 17 East Merrick Road Went\ to Santiis, u bench resort about two hour.s from Sao Poulo. Snnto.s is a travel agent’s delight k The lioFithuiUler was a deseend- of liotli John Rock .SmilU. a Meri'iek pioneer, und Edward Ru.viior. Kreepofl’s founder. Link ing of the two l.ong Island fam ilies look place when Elizabeth ttayimi’, fifth generation, mar- rietl Adam Smith in 1783. Adam j tt7(il-llt:tn), who enlisted in thej war for Ameriea-n indepemlence, was a son of Gersliam anti Mary .Smith. Adani’.s son Raynor Rock Smith, hero of the \Mexico” shipwreek olf Long Beaeli, was the grandfather of Walter. Spring, Md. Next: Daddy Bill cut oaks along brooks lor boats. Pigeon Flight Aids Storm Victims Close to 2,000 pigeons took to the air Sunday, Sept. 14, in a “Mercy Flight\ to aid the Mls.si.s- Wulter’s father, “Daddy Bill,\ i ««PPi area vietinis of the recent ntlrtlilidhod the North Midn Streei 1 Hurricane Camille, hmrtyinitl and in -IU75 built his; L. Howal-d l.ukehart. Executive the ''Mury R,‘* named Dii ueUir of the Na'?aaii County f*ir -his wift'i the -lormer Mai*y Roofing & Siding EMORY W. WRIGHT Eslimates Checrfulty Given No Job Too Small FReeport 9 -9090 .(^itcMit io£ Oceanside. lVlo.st widely kuiiutn>of :the yard’.s products was tile •■rfbsfopt .schoaiitu' ‘'Enloiprisc.\ (lUittttd :ut :the start -of it.s long • ciiiiear ‘by Raynor Rook (\Tip\) Spilth’ hj 'VUlngu Truslud Bityjinr-lRoGk Smith and grandson, (if IBaa# 31U. '|:WKiiMeP'niamediCeEolia Broding 'iliuidby, iwhose iam ily owned n ■iiipc ibuiiiness and stugecoach ]^t>8 fpn'Long dsland. H e r firand- f ^ h e r ‘:dt>-ove -ihe stagecoach XtWBi JBrodktyn .to-MiirttaUk. :3m - . maii'lllliurdby, fSister ibf ‘Gerolia-f, J^linr, rwas> wsU iknown fliJerit e»»|gof-r (of .flip sWaifer ;:Simtlis< 'WiUliai&^iRiKtk - Garage-;on M ain .-Street ,south ;pf^ D ^ v Street and sran; it until ,ltt40.s. .The -building, atUtrStand- l,\ . - 'ing ,to,day, -was -oepupied..later ,l>y (-at ihei.'Anieriean Red Gross; Nas •Chapter ' of the American Red Cros.s, announced that the Long Lslimd Combine oC- Pigoon Fan ciers, staged a 150-mile race Sun day with a .special entry fee which will go !is a donation to file ARC •Caniille .relief fund. The Nassau ■target foi j the fund i.s-^lOQ-SOO. 'The pigeon' organization has 10 •olubs in four cmmtie.s—Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and .‘Suffolk—and all of the 22C lofts participated -in this .special race which started from Lebanon, Pa, t The \Mercy FliglU\ winner .was determined by a .registered ‘thhejlliglU over the course, one of itiieii^iregitlai- routes of the weekly lic^jiejll-sehedulc of the Cuintwe ^tit^^hoitl the seicson. The .owner of the winning bird, .wllis^i^.sent llie donation check! (tpl'jllj^^ijLiikeliart early-this week' • Micidendorf BrothQ)?’ storng^ Mu'-iHe^fLquarteis in Mineola, N.Y. % r D L % , cj I J n 3 L r a i Call Duryea's Flower Shop 70 S. GROVE BT. FH 8-5579 G lacken • F O R • ALL INSURANCE Authoritative Advice 117 W. Sunrise Highway Froepori, N. Y. FH 8-8000 I think one of the few tithes 1 have been consciously . diMpai,; pointed Jn my nation’s attitude toward the rest of the world was when I was looking at the beau tiful mountains all the beach, only to find ESSO and FORD ■starrug right back at me, Many Amcrican.s have a hard time un derstanding why more South American, nations don’t \appre ciate” the things wo do for them.' But try to imagine a country that is ju.st beginning to realize its true potential and true worth in tlic social- and economic woricL Brazil at the. moment has a big insecurity complex and the last thing they need are American brand name.s constantly before' them. The Alliance for Progress is known in Brazil as the Alli ance for Regrc.ss for.reasons much too complicalcd to discuss here. But that fact alone should make U.S .sit back and ask ourselves whether , or not our policies tor ward this and other South Ameri can nations have really had the best rnterpsta of the. people at heart, . * (Gontinued-Next-Week) ;ii FRED VISEL CARPENTER - BUILDER GENERAL CONTRACTOR PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE FR 8-6488 BA 3-5428 .1 Baldwin & Cornelius Co. Consulting Civil Engin^rs Surveyors 101 S. Bergen Place Freeport FR 8*6768 Tel.: FReeport 8-93IS ' ERNIE'S AND TOMMY'S MIDSHIP RESTAURANT Full course dinneiz ten e d daily, ........... ..... LOBSTERS - SEAFOOD - STEAKS b CHOPS \ ;! SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO PARTIES Open 7 Days a Week 7 » 7 So. GroTB SL Freeport , -l,- . Kemp honor and t many playe Won By / You . . . yo around really young' age ma nical a you sit you : womar 'look t Air Ft Fore c and c: you fc Aeros] opport tion the fi '.geant Unitb. ing C Freep t . CIIUBBUK’S DRUG STORE \Your P.iesciiption Store\ Open .Sundays, -8 A M. to 2 P.M. 39 S.'MAIN ST. FREEPOBl FR 9-3333 - PR ‘9-7788 MER-GROVE Bar&Grill Your Hosts: _ Jim & Nick Laiicos Corner W. MERRICK RD. and S. GROVE ST. ; -Freeporti N. Y. , Edith's & Harry's STEAK HOUSE — AIR CONDITIONED — Foot of Ray St. on Froeport Hiver BUSINESSMEN'S COMPLETE LUNCHEON Menu Changes Every Day — But Not The Price from $1.25 to $1.50 \Best Shell St^akfin Town\ •$2.50 (luncheon only) i i T1 Holj hgai: . year the^ DINNER from $2.95 Served till 2 A.M. X . p ia n o bar featuring BUZZY MOORE Mon..Wed.-Fri.-Sat,-Sun, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. . HAPPY h o u r -- J: ■ All Drinks Half Price 5 to 6 p,m. Mon. thru FrI. i-. So. Main - U f t on RAY ST., FieeppH ' ■