it,ite~"if:;_i!agi,e-: ·Jrorcitfk ,.' .,4 :p1RE:CAl2LS. AT'.SAMf T:IME: · . - - · · · ,1Jef?J.t~wk·:· ;('tlegia~~? ~ D3Dl3geTops •t9·so Blow More than half ~ million dollars the supports into R ne.ighbm-•s GabJu Dr. and sel fire to a daybed damage was sllffei-ed by property home·. i~the Ernest Jen.$.en att ic. ,owners of the mid-[s1and a,·ea, H icksville, Be~hpage and Jericho ln the midst of all this, police largely priv"ate home owners, as fi rem e n wenr kept stc-pr,~n g a~ "l'totifie(f the ,·n-mps .o f a f a llen h ig7l the ruult o( a short -liv~d but h igh alnrlTls !<ou nd~l bt-fore the- rain Po\\~r- l!ne ,:, n Old Country Rd. ne ar velocity wind a nd ~e vf'rE- loc- a! thun- s t opped. The H iek,;.vi\ie vamp.'> harl Car mE:n Ave. with danger of fire. <.lei- storm, ~lond11y afternoon. The 4lree c:a ll s a t a]m c, !'-t t h<· samt- pre- BLOCK ED BY FREIGHT blast, with w ind· speed of more t h~n else moment. A bolt o f lightning In ra cing ha'ck and forth acr oss 75 mph rei:orrled by the Gi-ummc1n hit t hE- home of Duru inick Ann~ri no wwn t o answ(•r the ,::erie !:I of calls , A irport conirol t o"·t":' r a t Bet hpa Jle, at 42 Thorman A \'t·. and :-=e-:. fire Hieksvillt- vamps ~en? blocked b y {l.ppears to havfc- ;:1 wept threw from t o the t·oof at 2 :48 p.m. Foµr- m in - u freight trai n acros s the Woo('t ­ Westbury. easterly thru Hide,;- u t~.~ later t he r e· wa~ a call t o '.'\;_, s- bury Rd, c-rossing a nd SPVPre ly -ville , port of Lt:\.·i~town. Beth11a~ !$au '.\1'oturs :.,.~ ;,! .; E. B :o.!·..:'. 11y Si:. hampt'!red hy fa llen b runch~s and and cm out. to P lDe)awn . ) !any old, a s lightn ing h lt a ctiling fixtu re. ~rees. · ~tately tJ·e~s w e r e broken off and· Four minutes later and lightning- Bethpag~ vamps we1·e on duty uprooted and a series of fires -were ha~. ripped thru the roof ,of 12 ( l'ontinired o n Page 23 ) cau!i~ by bolts bl li.ghtning. Local in~urarice firms. is~vamp('d with property d3mage claims. said it was "worse than th.e la.r; t t.ime". th En•"ITed 111!'1 S,e,wtd r !.,q :th~M ,11 H :c 11:~· llle. X y . 1•..,,.1 (WI -.. ~~~,ri~;"hf;~ ; 11:to;e:i~~r;·· ~: ~ Vo.1. JV. No. 20-Hicks,•ille, N.Y., June_l2., 1952-C.lpy .5;: . scribed as er-Eating ~• a.·greater num­ ber o! insurance claims than any other single catastrciphe in insur- Firemen -S1:art Canvass ance b i!.i1 tOr;t"" ." · HICK!S"\ULLE-The lcxal volunteer firemen will start· their CATASTROPHE STAFF' J:iouse-to-houee c.anv.as8 o! the community next Monday. June 16, Henry G. Eisemann of S eam.an !e-d by Bob Courtieri. Dem J.ones, publicity chairman of the Fire­ and Eisemanri., Hi-cksvil1e, said his n,en'i Labor Day Tournament Committee says this.is one of the organization was se"ti:ing up a spe­ two i!Ure signs of s ummer. The other, he explains, is "a good sun­ cial "cat.a.strophe staff.. of nine b:JTn". Money contributed in the ca.nvass. he added: "is used-.for people to handle the heavy vo lume soc:ia1 and athletic events. This is the only compem•ation Ulie fite­ of d&mage eJaims. four t rmlk · men receive for their tireless time and ser.-ice". The drive · will phone lines at the office we1·e continue until every one- of the 7,000 d-wellings in the district are sWllmped with calls ·Monday afte1· Tea!hed. · · the storm and most of Tuesday. Another local broker estimated - SeU Big Scllool 'Bond Issue that_ a"Verage claims would be $30 . HICKSVILLE-,.A two-million-dollar bond issue,. covering t he to $-CO but some were much high~r. cofurtruction and ,equipment "Cost on f"our new e!ementary sch-QOll'i, Many thermopane pjcture windows, w-aa sold by the School District this week with four bidders at at $18 a pane, were smashed in i:he a.me interc:e.t rate of 2.70 per c:ent.. Offering the highest pre-.. the Levitt houses along Carme n mi\lm, the issue was sold to the Long hla.nd National Bank, Bank Ave., Weatbury. TWO-.A-DA Y act for Hicksv.ille School officials was the place­ o! Hicksville anlt Stewart-Baisey who madt! a joint bid. The bid!! The powerful wind ripped an ment of cornerStones last week for the brand new l)atch . wer, opened on June 4. awning with eig},t pipe support.& ... -1.ane. and .Old .COuntry.• .Rd . elementaey· schools. in.HicldiYille.· · - trom- the-- pi-em-i!.eS"-< of ·Atvin ·<far£ blik at 18 Grape l.a..•and "speared"' Allen S. Carpenter, board member who was elected with IUl · -c1osec1·1Joo1s·Anc1·1.evitt·a•1i overwheh-ning majority on that same e .. ening, places a -sealed · B-IOKSVILLE-Realde:nta of the Levitt hou.$e section who . rnppes box into the Old Country Rd. School cerneratone as s \~. p~ ~ & Sons this week and. wanted to know why ·Auxi11·1ry n.:1;,.. P.oard President Henry C. B~ngel amr--Scbool Superinten­ 'L>!,ftt.ci>OMd~mmlns .PMl.o OJL:!Je........,,, Bil and Canne,o.Ave.- • ..-u ••• dent E. H. LeBarron (left to right) stand •by, Box was .J wf!t'e not open ·wen! 8<JV1sed ~ J · caJt-Hicks;,.ille 5-04-48-M ." Some- ~ . • · _ _.-:.:. ... crammed with items about the community, its schools, his­ body mus-.: haveJorgotten to tell the 2"irl a1: the' Levitt office that ' •...;:- U-='-1111$ fUt'lu1viUe 5 has bttn c:hanccd to "LE". Homeowners outside the -... · IHI-U · tory and orga'nizations. Public is urged ·to attend two more cornerstone ceremonies nex;t Tuesday morning, June 17, at Le-viuown Park District, e»pecially those in Bi~viUe District, HICE.:SVJLLE - Tbe AuJtiliary 11ho wondered why the East Meadow pool ( c..rm-en Ave_) -bas a Police of Unit 312, Hicksville­ Fork Lane at 10 AM. and at Burns Ave. at 11 AM. (Herald · ~ ..aign posted as.kins for-only a 5()...ftnt donation -while tbe NLHOA Plainview, is s~nsoring a prize photo by Frank Mallett). · pl~R;s· l·.:. aolicit tr ~natiom in the Bk1urvi)Je District. a ward . and · barn dance to raiSle !un.ds for unii'di-ms. Thomas C ul­ -Stonn Postpones Benefit Polo len. chief of the unit, disclosed this Carpenter Sees Victory · WESTBURY-The polo pme at Meadowbrook Field, ..,bedc w~k. Swearing.in exercises for a llled far thia l!,._J, June 15, for the "-fit of-the Boy Scout& <>f lat'ge namber t»r new recruits, As Vote For School Boord Nuaau County, been eancelled•. AD ~ ,w .. de-oyed bl/' bu brincing the unit up to 90 men, was is witboot a doubt._ a conftdence the atonn Jut Konda:r afternND. No detinlte date bas been re­ HICltSVJLLE - Allen S. Car­ held last night ( W ""-scial') at the "-ote for the Schoo) Board. Jly slo­ ochedulod bat It will ~bly take plaee in September, aporu10,.,. pa1ter of 11 Loretta Lane immedi. higb eebool. County CO Director gan araa 'I ~m running for the told tM Berul. ately reoccapied hje seat on the Cyril Ryan and Local Direetor ~hool board, not sgain&t them'-" Fr-ank· Sutter were e;ir::pe,ctcd to of- Board of Education. to serve until June 30, 1953, fol!()wing the sf)e­ H e calculated thst 76 per cent ;ki.aff. 7 •- Appoint ,New Libt-arian -Here cial election held on J une 4. Sixty­ o f the additional registrations of A 17-inch television with record HlCKSVILLE-Miss Helen Wheeler of Fi:e~!'Qrt h•s been two pereent of the 2,000 voters reg­ May 24 out t o vote Qh June changer will 00 awanhd at the turn~d named librarian of the Hicksville Frtt Public Library, it wa!. Sept:. 13 barn dance aJ:, the Masonic istered cast their baUots to give 4. Further that 50 per cent of those }Earned thh week. 'She was foTmcr]y JihTarian . at the River­ Temple, W . !'ilich-O]ai St. Th~ w in­ Carpente r 871, Mrs •.4. J: Apicella registered from the Levitt-section da!e. N. Y .• Libmry. / 273 and Edward Ripple 74 vote!S. ner will be determined by t he hold• <'&st their ballots and 74 per cent €r ,l)f a receipt for a s pecific hour ·•I am very plea;;ed wit.h the great of those 1•egistered from the rest Infant, 2 Adults Hurt. In .Mishap -..· hen a sealed dock ha-i, atoJ)ped. interest the people o f th~ dist rid of the district. vote d . On a " mini­ mum statistical basis" he be l ie ve.9 The dock ,.,i!} be wound, sealed and s howed Ja&t w eeJ.c ,'' Carpenter t old HICKSVILLE-An infant and two adu1ts were i njured "·hen that 3h per cent of those voting ~ tht- cu in which they were riding stwck a L.