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If Happened •.^ Years Ago! . All litlan must'ba signed In' order to be published. Letters must be exclusive to THE LEAD ER and should be limited to no more then 200 words or they /nay- be subject to condensation by the editor. From contemporary newspapers and other sources. Clinton E. Metz Freeport Village Historian NURSES' EXHIBIT. The Operating Room nurses at South Nassatj Communities Hospital In Oceanside recently celebrated Natlonal\ Operating Room Nurse Day by setting up a display booth for visitors to the 401-bed teaching community hospital. Baldwlnlte Ann Manlscalo ' (c.), R.N..B.S. and Freeporter Maureen Crowley (r.), an R.N., shp'\' John Jaeger o( Freeport what a hip replacement iolnl looks like. DAR Hears Speaker On Armed Services FREEPORT - The Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter . NSDAR*s meeting on National Defense was held Saturday. December 5, two days before Pearl Harbor Day. Authe meeting, held at the home of Mrs. Paul Henderson, Chapter National Defense Chairman Mre. Frederich White- house introduced the guest speaker. Captain W. Benson Mack, from the Chaplains Corps U.S. Navy. Captain Mack is the Senior Chaplain at the United States Merchant Marine Aca demy in Kings Point. Before becoming a Chaplain, he served on active duty as a Naval Aviator assigned flying from decks of the USS Boxer and the USS Princeton. A Chaplain for the past 16 years. Captain Mack Kas farrier USS Midway, in Taipei, Taiwan and GaeU, Italy. Captain Mack served the Marine Corps in Okinawa and was away from his wife and three children for two years, as famlics were not permitted in Okinawa. Mack also had assignments at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, and the Naval Air Ration in Miramar, California. ' Drawing from his wide experience with Navy and Marine personnel. Captain Mack dis- cussed life in the armed services, its advantages and problems, and !*the need for the vest best men and women to protect our free doms.” Captain Mack comment-* ed that, due to the recession, more educated and trained men are joining the services. Art On The IViall Dear Rhoda: I have been reading in THE LEADER., with great interest, the ideas presented concerning the Man and find concepts that reflect much thought. I would like to let you know what the Arts Council is attemp ting to do to help bring more people, who otherwise would not come, to the Mall. As you know, three years ago we rented a small ‘ store on Newton Boulevard to be used as ait arts workshop and gallery. This concept was so success^! that we outgrew our space and recently moved to a large store at 92 Freeport Mali. In addition to workshop space and a gallery, wc also hope to have a gallery gift shop which will display fine crafts of local artists and objects from all over the, world. While we feel this is a very exciting con cept. properly setting it up takes much time, because we are largely dependent -on volunteer help. Such a shop would be the only one of its kind in the area and hopefully attract many people to the Freeport Mall. Another plan we have involved ourselves in is helping small theatre groups to rent Mall space. If this became viable, other businesses servicing an arts community would also locate there. We feel, Freeport, being such a scenic community, with (Coni, on Page 24) 1692 (South Side Observer) DON'T P(JT FENCES ACROSS OUR STREETSI An Editonal City of Brooklyn polititfians have inaugurated another outrage by putting fences along their water pipe line which crosses streets that have been used by the public for years. The city is a rich, powerful corporation whose agents seem to think that might makes right. Contractors left the conduit line’s surface througOhis village in a rough and ugly condition. John J. Randall secured permission to grade the surface and make Its appearance decent, also supplying loam as well as manure and grass seed. Now the Brooklyn people have fenced up several important north-south streets. Of course the annoyance is only temporary, since steps wUI be taken to have the nuisance abated. UPTO WN CROQUET TEAM WINS VILLAGE TITLE The concluding game of the croquet championship match was very evenly contested Saturday evening, it lasted about two hours. The downtown'players led throughout until they reached the home stretch, when their opponents prevented any further progress, one loser lacking an arch wicket, the other loser two arches. James B. Raynor and Chauncey Sprague represented the downtown area: Hiram R._ Smith and George Wallace, uptown. The uptowners won three * straight out of a five-game match. J . H. Wright invited the winners to pick up a handsome croquet set. 1894 FORM SUFFRAGIST CHAPTER Mrs. Roland H. Mayland held a meeting of the Political Equality League at her home to organize a local chapter. Future meetings will include gentlemen as-well as suffragettes. Tiiine the wide, wild outdoors In ARROW WOOL SHIRTS Rugged, masculine plaids that combine the comfort you n e ed . with the style you want. An easy-care natural b lend of 85% wool, 15% nylon for warmth and durability ...details such as shorter 3\ p o lf c , single needle shoulder tailoring, d ouble stitched side ^ m s and sleeve plackets for the contemporary fashion look. Machine washable. Come and see our selection of wonderful colors. Long Sleeves $24.00 OLD BRIDGETO B E REPLACED The ancient wooden bridge which for years has spanned the head of Freeport River is at last being removed to give place to a structure of reinforced concrete, 35 feet wide. ,i Workers found seven pieces of old machinery, evidently left'under ground when the old gristmill was removed about 20 years ago. The first great designer label worn by half the men in America. i(est 192B) Inings Men’s Shop' 80 fteeport Mall - Freeport 370-3371 ^ C - » I S T » v ^A S H OU R S Dai' y 9-8 Sat 9-6 Su\ ’0-4 Dec 20 Qnfy - ADVERTISEMENT For the season opening of-Gere*s Bathing Pavilion and Amusement Park, May 24, many hundred loads of clear sand have been added to improve the beach. Among the numerous new attracfions at th'is resort are a merry-go-round, striking machine, weighing machine and a hoop-la game. (Historian's Note: Gere’s place was at the foot of Grove Street, just below Front Street. Playland Park opened several years later a short distance further east.) 1 1964 (Contemporary newspapers) VILLAGE H R S T IN MERCURY LIGHTING Freeport has scored again! It’s the first New York State municipality, with a population of over 7,000. to achieve street lighting which meets \minimum code levels'' of the American Standard Association and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Since mercury lamps last tout or five limes as long as the filament type and provide more than three times as much illuminatjon per watt, the change-over is considered an excellent investment. The five major Village parking fields have had all-night lighting the past five years — an improvetqenl that has curbed vandalism. Also, three 4.000 watt mercury- lamps wert installed last Spring at the new State boat lauching ramps on Alb^y Avenue and 51 new park-type ornamental lights in Milbum Park at Freeport’s west end (on contract for Nassau County). EXCHANGE CLUB DINNER FOR HOT AUNG The Exchange Club held a testimonial dinner in honor of Russell Hotaling at Union Reform Temple. A resident here 40 years. Mr. Hotaling moved recently to his son's home in Yellow Spnngs, Ohio. Many hours of tireless effort have been contributed by Mr. Hotaling on behalf of the community as a Freepon Memonal Library trustee and and aclwe member of the Chamber of Commerce. He received many awards. 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