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To Decide O n Separate BudgCft Vole, ■ Annuid Election TRUSTEES REPpRT fXli RATE Set ^t $10.70 Per $1,- 0(k) Assessed Valua tion In District voters of the Great Neck School district, at a special meeting on the evening of October 20 will be asked to decide whether or not annual elections and budget meet ings shall be held on separate eve nings In the future.. Members of the Board of Education, a^ the • • ■ August meeting- last week, decid ed unanimously to call the meet- Ing. The .change as propo.sed by the - — Board provides .tor tlm an nual d ls- ..,n trict budget meeting on the flr-st Tuesday evening In May and the annual election of members of the -Board on the day following. Voters Sought Change j^eviou.sly the budget has been ■ voted upon and trustees elected on Dear Mae:- Have you heard of a single thrilling event loom ing on the social horizon these days . it seems to me that ’ s my chief plaint .. , but it really has been nual meeting of this year was claimed that several hundred voters were compelled to leave before the election, there was pen insula-wide agitation for a change I in the procedure. Backers of John is H. Edenr who was defeated In his ificolitest tor election as Trustee by If Mrs. ;f)yrus Clark, declared that H- the outcome of the election would {been different had it not followed prolonged discussion of the budget. The Board decided also to chaia^ the regular meeting nights .to the first and third Tuesdays of the month, at '8:15 p. m. Tax Rato Is Lower It was anounced that the tax rate for Uie school year would be $10.70 -per $1,700 assessed valua tion, or sllghyy - lower than the $10B3 rate estimated at the an nual meeting in May. The Board last week awarded a contract to the North Shore Bus Company o; service fck $ 10 , less than the Amount asked for - by the Universal Bus Contoany of Great Neck. The buses carry chil dren from the station, Little Neck Park and Northern A^ulevard areas to and from schooF V John A. Laressy, former presi dent of the Board, who was suc ceeded by Frederick A. Dewey af ter the organizatlpn meeting In 4«me, was named chairman of the {inance committee. . A request from the Mayor of Lake Success for permission to use Ehe old lAkevllle school building was referred to Trustees Rolbert {lody Brown and John A. Laressy. ■ The Board has .been notified by (he Board of Assessors of the Ivwn of North Hempstead that • The Board also decided to ac- {Ided to accept the offer of the Fifth j^venue Bank of New York |o loS the district the sum of •160,000, as, when, and If needed, at an interest rate of l-li percent. a rather dull summer .. that is, from the standpoint of parties . . so many of my friends are off on long vacations and th^ club affairs seem to answer the need for getting all dressed up with some placa to go ... the Soundtiew party on Saturday night was simply marvelous I ’ m told so many people from here abouts spend most of their days during the summer at Sands Point .. they go down to lunch and swim and stay for dancing oh Wednesdays and Saturdays . . which means that I have very little to chatter about. I stopped at the Renry Parsons ’ summer place on Keuka Lake in the course of my travels last week. . Kay Van Bloem was visiting Katherine. John Mimowicz and Lennie Morrison had been up the w^k before . incidentally Charlie Parsbn.s is winning just about all th% star boat races on the lake he ’ ll .sail in the internationals at Roche.ster the first week in September. . his sister Ruth crews for him . I ’ m told the Nicholas Schencks gave a grand party for their children a week or so ago . . Nina Raskob is visiting Margaret Powers . . . Margaret had been her guest in Maryland and the two came back to Great TiTeckTogether.~ The shops hereabouts are having the most mar velous sales . , which distresses me no ggnd what with the family exchequer considerably depleted as the result of vacation the Gladys .shop is going out of bu.sines.s and all the stock has been marked away ^ ■ ■ ‘ Frances Shop ^ s^som e grand bar- under way ... these sales really are a good chance to get some good-looking things to end up the season and have something ready for next. Innis Stewart and Marjorie Kenyon are on a ten day ’ s motor trip to Canada ... Charis Hutchinson is hack from a vacation in Maine . .. Winnie Roselius^ arid her fianoe, Ken Castalonas, are on a farm in the Catskills for two weeks Jean Hotchkiss has gone to Ontario for the month of August . . Chjis Everett is getting packed for a trip to South America . Betty Lavery has-nieces from Alexandria, Va., visiting her ...\ no matter what* the weather may he doing Plandome Gardens always seems to attract rafts of folks I know Ginnie and L>'man Brown and Prim and Jay Bacon were there on Friday night . . <j,they reeled off a long list of folks they saw. And now that seems to be all for the time being even a week away does get me out of touch with things ... if there were anything really worth while being in touch with these W ’ eeks .. . hut I ’ m always ol Flushing lot buo< an amoffit $400. optimistic next week there may be lots to- write you about so until then, affectionately, Music Appreciation By ANNE U CAVENEY Porter Smith Will Conduct At Jones Beach On Monday night, August 17, fortune Gallo will preseiU the Nas sau Philharmonic Orchestra In a concert of symphonic music at Jones Beach Stadium. This Long Island orchestra ts composed of 70 professional musicians and is di rected by O. Porter Smith, a young American conductor. The orches- The constantly growing need for leisure time activity has stimulated the study of all fine arts; but music study is proving the most popular, due. no doubt, to the fact that It Is the most personal and Nassau Shoot Is Won By W. J. Bod^ fte Captures Skeet* ‘ Event After Being Tied ; With White ^ter being tied with J. White With a card of tb hits out of so targets, W. J. Bode won the regu lar skeet shoot of the Nassau trapshooting Club at the traps «r the organisation at Mlneola Saturday by shooting 25 straight .tprgsts. White shot 24. ;Tlie event brought 14 gunners to shoot-off for gunners who attained a &0 was held for the Ibe firing line. A ^ niandlcap trophy and was won tiy fnee i of q^dicB B. Knowlton with a. card of if ! >Hie leeres; * gSgiT SHOOT — M - TAROBTS form reach of nearly everyone, either as serious study or as a pleasant lorm^ ol recreation. The truly educated person values his aesUietic appreciation of the fins arts far heynnri M g knowledge of every-day subje^^ knowing as he does, that, long after tlie desire for commercial prowess has bw satisfied, his soul will continue to need and enjoy the finer things. The American public Is gradual ly emerging from a period of indif ference, to an understanding of the ImporUnce of this new lelsuK. If we waste and mls^UM It. due to Inadequate and fautt|B^ucaUon. It may become a Instead of an asset. Now. as never before, every young person needs the stahlliilng influence of music in some form, the groaiast pleasure and sailslacUon being derived from personal experience rather than from listening. It Is true that we are not all gifted with sufficient lalent to be come professioiuUs. but there is no human being utterly devoUl of some latent tsdent, the euUtvaUon of which might change his otlre outlook on life. It is e^KctaUy tm- eni^ .stead, ■pie soloist tor the Jones Beach concert will be Albert Spald ing. leading American violinist. This will be the first appearance of the Nassau Philharmonic Or chestra at Jones Beach. Monday is an ^ night for Mr. Oalto ’ s piHKeinufKms \of Shubert operettas at Jones Bearch and is given over to fireworks. There will be a special display ol fireworks at the close of the concert. ‘ to THE VICTORS GO THE SPOILS ’ About 100 officf^ and int^itfed jests ’ competed in the first annual Nassau ' * Jeit News, Notes! Of Interest In Manhasset Mr. and Mrs. George L. Gehrig of park Avenue departed on Tues day by motor for Coffersvllle, Ind., where they will visit relatives. They will be present at a- re union of Mrs. Gehrig ’ s family on August 16. Mrs. Gehrig's cousin. Mrs. Laura Deal of Reading, Pa„ accompanied them. • • • R. C. Kamphausen of Hunt Lane passed the wek-end at Greenport with his son and daughter. Mrs.. Kamphausen was hostess at tea on Sunday afternoon at her home.' * * • Miss Evelyn Bethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard! Bethel of First Street, has received a schol arship at Adephl College, Garden City, tor advanced standing. Miss Bethel, who Is' a graduate of the Manhasset High School, has com pleted a two years ’ college course at the Nassau Collegiate Center, which Is under the scholastic .su pervision of the College of the city of New York. * • • Mrs. Mai Kenny and family of Orchard Street' ate on a week ’ s trip through the upper patt of New York State. family of Colonial parkway last week for Scituate, *• Mass., where they will pass six weeks. • > * . *■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jensen of. Bay^ide returned last week from a two weeks ’ tour of the New ESig- land States. Mrs. Jensen is em ployed In the North Shore Electrol office on Plandome Road. . • * •. Mrs. Benjamin Morrell of ’ -Gay- nor Avenue Is vacationing at Cutchogue. • * * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas'Davldoff of Beechwood Avenue have an nounced the birth of a daughter, Judith Paula, on July 31. Mr. Davidofl Is employed In the Mun- sey park Drug Store. * * * . Elbert 'Varney of the First Na tional Bank and Trust Company of Manhasset has returned from Cleveland, Ohio, where he visited the Great Lakes exposition. 'Miss Evelyn Dietz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dietz of Bellipage Whites Beat South Shore Bethpage state park was the scene of a 10— 6 defeat tor the ^qth Shore polo club, last Sun day, when the club played a dull game against the Bethpage Whites. The Whites scored in evwy period and were never behind with exceptton of the first perl^ when South Shore gained two goals toy handicap. Roy Klein and Shww Robinson each' stored three goiji while Dave Evans and T. E. White, Jr., both tallied twice. ••arty Ohrlstenson. rldlni at (lack tor South shore, tallied twice and Clyde Brumtoell and Arthur Chatham, N-. J. • * * A cake sale sponsored by the Nelson A. Miles .Council, Daugh ters of America, will be held In the premises at 127 PtonBbme Road (near the High School), on Satur day, August 10. Mrr. AaneHa-Ram- bold of Andrew street Is chair man of the committee In charge, of' arrangements. The sale . will open at 10:30 a. m. . * » • Mrs. Ethel Taylor and her daughter, Miss Myrtle Taylor, of Plandome Road, are vacationing In Michigan. Miss Gloria Taylor and Miss Ethel Tsiylor will go to Bell^ vllle, N. J., next week. • * ‘ * Miss Bertha Powell and Lto S. Powell Jr., ol Second Street vlslted'thelr parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lso 0. Powell at their ' sumiper home In Oonstatdevllle, N. Y.^ever the week-end. • • • ' Mias Georgette Durand ol Map- hasSet will ratmn today irM iliathampton, where she has vacMlonlng. Mr. and Mrs. Mark J.^Ryan and Airplane Spots Lost Yachtsman Nassau Besidents Aided By HOLC Total of $31,982,050 Paid During Three-yoar Refin- • ’ ' hneing Period Residents of Nassau County re ceived a total of $31B&2.060 from the Home Owners ’ Loan Corpora tion during the three-year period refinancing operations which ended June 13, 1936, according to final figures furnished Addison O. Poster, Acting State Director county. According to the 1930 United States Census reports there were 1,017,4% owned non-4arm homes In New York state, of which 40,- 681 ' were In Nassau County. The Home Owners ’ Loan Corporation toflnaaMd 70 par . cart of. the State total and i33 per cent of tfiose within the county. The total numg^ of loans In all states and territories was 1,021,817, Involving the sum of $3,oea.e7o,7W, with $ 3 ,- 027 as an average. More than 96 per cent of all the money Involved went tor the refinanoing Of distressed homes by oieans of long-term, mortgages Irhldh are to be amortized fully over the term of the loan In small monthly payments. The balance of the money advanced went tor the reconditioning of properties. H. S. FitzGihbon Drifts For Hours When Boat Engine Fails It took an airplane to find Her bert 3. FitzGibbon, former rear commodore of the Hempstead Har bor , Yacht Club Monday night. The engine ol his 26-foot cabin crulseY, Pilot, went dead half way between Hempstead Harbor and Larchmont, whither he was trav eling alone to keep a dinner en gagement. ■When he did not s^iow up mem bers of the Larchmtot Yacht' Club telephoned Mrs. FltzGlbbop. 'fhe police were notified while Stuart FitzGibbon set off In an airplane to look tor his father. After Spotting his father ’ s yacht- drifting along in the Sound jroung FitzGibbon landed his plane and phoned for a craft from the clUb which towed the Pilot home. H. S. FitzGibbon, president of the manufacturing company of the same name, is an expert yachts men and also {idept at handling machinery of all kinds. Life Guards To Hold Meet At Bar Beach North Shore Tourney To Take iPIace On Sept. 8 FUNDS a BE needed TO hnan ^: e P rizes Dancing And Refresh* ments At Beach; |*arty In Evenihg ^ ’ The Lite Guard's at Bar Beach, the Town of North Hempstead ’ s bathing resort on Hempstead Het- bor, will stage a North Shore Life Guard Tournament on the beach Tuesday, September 8 , at 4:30 p. m. At night following'the Tourna ment, a beach party will be ^ held by the Life Guards. The proceeds will go toward the prizes awarded at the Tournament and to defray expenses of the occasion. This Tournament promises to be big event as the Life Saving department of the Nassau Chapter, American Red, Cross is co-operat ing with the focal life guards and ■will assist in the management of the meet. ’ There will be $30 in cash prizes given, — $15 to the winning team, $16 to second place team, and $5 to the winning .Individual. Two tr oph ias -wm-Alaa -he . given -At Jhls. tournament, one to the Noi-th Shore Championship Team and the other for the North Shore Individual Life Guard Champion ship. Membeijs of the Town Board will present the -.prizes and Tro-^ phles. Medals will be given to each individual winner. Events The order of events will Include team speed swim, individual speed swim, team rescue race, comedy rescue, team breaking hold and rescue, - individual rescue, two-man team shore rescue. There Will also be .an exhibition of modern life saving equipment Including indivi dual double rescue, and team relay rescue. Volunteers will be used in U m rescue through the Americsa ■Town Officials cltliens will asstot*? this event. Those ■re idiysical, A. Steuer; atfney Hancock of Red Cross First saving Squad; clerks, Morer, Frank Health Anna Neck. Samual aau R^ Cross; Jr. and Allan Blrd,^' ington, former Town m,. The Beach party on Of September 8 wli,\'^« estlng affair. Da„oJ ' place and refreshment,*^ steak sandwiches, h« ^er dishes appropn,.^ toach party. The Ufe ml tickets tor this event and prectlate the public ' this event as a conslde,- tlon of the success of ihM ment will depend on the 1 this beach parly, The Life Guards at o, who are conducting uib ment are h . Hartman, r Harry Hyde, Ous John Geler, the latter bem,' man of the commit blanks for this toui be procured from committee. Knapp Is Honored By Rotary Official Halsey B. Knapp, director of the State Institute of Agriculture In ^^mlrigdale,^ was jorie o f the guests weekforthepaS^D^iot' gov ernors of Rotary International. The affair was held at Cobleskill, N. Y., and was given by Georgia D, Ryder, governor . for the 29th Rotary In ternational district. ANTIQUE^ ^Cheapf >«oauM ^ ^ incr<ekdita$ new furnlturo oUentele, we are dls- OMitlnulng out antique depart- IntlqiMB will be sac rificed I ' Joly and August we ■e at noon Saturdays. Try A Want Ad I THE. EXCELSIOR EMFL0YMENT’ **GENCY 33 Station Flasa, .Great Neck wishes to Inform Its patrons that the office will be closed un til August 15 ............................ H .3 .---V THE BLACKBIRD SHO^» ’ S New Location 23 Grace Avenue Tel. Great Neck 182 ♦ ■ ' ' ■ ORDERS TAKEN FOR DBUCIOUS AFFETIZERS •FOR COCKTAIL PARTIES SPECIAL LUNCHEONS arranged ♦ Tea from 4 to 6 P, M. Dinner 6 to 8:30 P. M Stnittsy Diritirir ‘ inaiugl iRentQgl A handy implement k canning is a wire type used for deep latfrjul it to lower peachc.a into hot and cold water,, ’ ’ skins are to be removed AurouioniH . ONt-TWOTciiPU Ltu ,44,01 SuoMMli TlllB-IATqi AUTO lUDn.a AlTOUrOtw .12 PAVHt Von •efiifMNiCo'tliini PAvai ClTUK mitf lol lAys^f-MP 1^1(1 better It ’ s very sii Drop in at our Nassau County Headquarters-#) 1 ■ ■ Road, Great Neck — and see the exhibit of Holland Uu there on display. What you see you can expect. Tlx 1 played is not show-off — it ’ s regular, every day pro^u ®*1 • Long Island ’ s foremost laundry. If more convenient sinj Telephone GREAT NECKH and a Holland man will call at your door with comple^ tion. There is a service for every family ’ s and _ ^ -quiremaatn-Aicfla gtatt fltAtaeiats HOLLAND LAUNDR] P7-ANT AND EXECUTIVE OFFICES . . BROOKLYN,* Nassau County Headquarttrs 80 MIDDLENECK RD., GREAT NECK Telephone: Great Neck 13 LET THE AD S — K^ep You Cool! from 1 to 8:30 P. M, No Tea and Dinner on Fridays Awnbigs-CuahioM AUTO • ■raifCK coyEXs piw qPAur r Mifi wgaywMn iBBF »$ i»aiowmiyi fuck tisgaStgRY ■Lyu Knmr ■' Pwy. ■^ Db yoii 8hop ‘ af6unfi frbm stbrri W ‘ | hot, tirod, exhausted, looking' fnr things you want? Well, there ’s, no need for any of that! The ads can keep yo® eooH Do your-fdiQpping at home with the ads in this newspaper . — then do •^fippinic Ift: thsi atwwi -without * ■ . .... iriis
