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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 10

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1 A i Lane; irwnn JlsnKin, 235 night he few giorinea, line 10 BROOKLYN EAGLE, JUNS 9, 1953 SUFFOLK COUNTY Hynes, 450 St. Mark's Ave. During the week he in a woodworker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but on Monday touch rem fob hayfbver tS War Against Ragweed Starts Here Tomorrow Genevieve Earle Appointed ADVERTISEMENT Member of Planning Council PHOTO Cry Ccn land, will get six units; Manhattan, one; the Bronx, two, and Richmond, three. The Brooklyn war against ragweed wiil begin at 10 a.m. on the south side of Crown between Rochester Ave.

and Ford St. Other heavily infested areas listed by the Health Department include Nostrand Ave. in the vicinity of Avenue 40th between 15th and 16th Avenues; Flatbush near Fillmore Kimball near Avenue Bedford near Avenue Kings Highway, from E. 34th St. to New York and Minna vicinity of E.

36th St. Special attention will be given to occupied areas along bus routes, the Health Department said. Spraying; operations will continue through September. The Health Department will open its eighth annual assault tomorrow on Brooklyn's hay-' fever-causing ragweed. Before it gets through with this year's campaign, the Health Department expects to spray 1,000 acres of ragweed-infested land in this borough.

It will use 24-D, described as a highly effective herbicide which destroys the plant before it pollinates. The Department predicted this would be "a tough year" for hayfever sufferers "because the extremtly wet Spring followed by sudden hot weather will produce a crop of healthy ragweed plants Three or the 15 spraying units available will be assigned to Brooklyn, a Health Department spokesman said. Queens, where there are an estimated 2,000 acres of such infested NEWS IN BRIEF: BROOKLYN GIs Sgt. Dennis Lyons, 1432 Bed. ford got his trio of stripes at Fort Campbell, where he is with the 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion.

Boro trainees at the Abcr deen Proving Grounds. in clude Pvts. Gerald Miller, 1045 m. jonns Flace: Dom nick Natale, 428 Lefferts Burton Weisshereer. 921 Washinw.

ton Morris Sussman, 533 Miller Lawrence Wein-stein. 1658 E. 48th Georse Smyth, 32 Stephens Court; Fay umaie, zim mutton Alfred Olsen, 2500 Bedford Norman Greenhut, 1904 19th HI WAY PRESIDENT M. Bishop Alexander, advertising executive of Charleston, S. is the newly elected president of the Ocean Hiway Association.

The Association, formed in 1935, works to maintain improved time and safety measures on this most popular auto link between Brooklyn and Florida. ADVERTISEMENT tlb, Vflllllilllllill I'' I Jr 1 elected in 1937 Initially and reelected, four more times. Election time generally found her supported by all fusion groups. She was a long-time friend and co-worker of the late Mayor F. H.

LaGuardia and co-operated with Park Commissioner Robert Moses in many civic projects. Mrs. Earle has always considered herself simply as an advocate of good government and has cared little for party labels, although nominally she was a Republican. Boy Community Club To Entertain tor Lodge The Bav Community Club. composed of 150 women in the Bay section of Brooklyn, with Helen Rikles as presi dent, will show its talents tomorrow evening when it will furnish the entertainment at a strawberry festival of Utopia Lodge, F.

A. M. Walter WinUer, a member of Utopia Lodget will be master of ceremonies at the affair, which will be held in Menora Temple. 1 4th Ave. and 50th St.

60 Former Minority Leader Genevieve Earle of the City Council, a long time Brooklyn Heights civic and political figure, who established year-Vound residence in Bellport. Suffolk County, shortly after her retirement from the Council on Dec. 31, 1940. has been appointed to Suffolk's revived County Planning Board. The county's Board of Supervisors named Mrs.

Earle to the post for a five-year term. The former Brooklynite has long been considered an expert in civic The retirement from the Council of Mrs. Earle, a widow, was prompted in great meas ure by the fact that she had received a broken hip from a fall on sidewalk ice near her home in January, 19-ts. She had to remain in the hospital for four months because of the accident. Active u.

many campaigns for good government since 1908 and a feminist, Mrs. Earle served in the City Council since its inception. She was eOAVARf TWf MM AND YOU'U if FLY If II LOS I DC-6 Mainliner mm 9 a.m., 12 noon I Alt fljhti operant AROUND the BOROUGH i By CECIL JOHNSON Executive Vice President Gerald R. Dorman of the Bushwlck Savings Bank and Feter Norrito, president of the Bushwick Real Estate Board, are interested in a project for the rehabilitation of housing in the Bushwick, Williamsburg form of a Marine staff sergeant, does Howard C. Jensen, 263 93d 8t.

He becomes a drum major in the Marine Dram and Bugle Corps. PtwlwapM to Bntlcly tiwum UNITED If ONE-STOP TO II ANGELES ff tentict daily mm and 12:30 a.m. 8 I on focal lime Historical Gas gas lamps that still are burning in MacDougall Alley, Greenwich "Village, just as they did about a hundred years ago in New York. Today, Con Edison serves more than a million and a quarter gas customers, for gas is the modern fuel for cooking and heating. it 1 McAreer ii i MCAfeer KCCeiYeS Honorary Degree The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws "in recognition of achievement in various fields of endeavor" was conferred upon Dr.

John L. Mc-Atcer of ISO!) Albemarle Road nt the commencement exercises of Hall University, South Orange, N. J. Dr. McAteer.

a member of the class of 1902 and a graduate of the Dental School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1007, was one of seven presented with the honorary degree by Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Roland of Newark. i for Brooklyn Dodgers for the past 15 years, Dr. McAteer has come in for considerable fame as Ivricist for the Anvil Chorus over the past quarter of a century. Wins Schoefer Award For Community Work The fourth annual award of the F. M.

Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn for community betterment this year went to George Gregory executive director of Forest Neighborhood House in the Bronx. It was made at a luncheon in the Hotel Biltmore today. Buy U. S. Bond And Saving Stamp ABRAHAM UlTON ST at HOYT 5w 66 gauge luxury shear 60 gauge glamour sheers SI gauge dress sheers 51 gauge business sheers 51 gauge servce sheers i Dr.

John i PHOTO (ry Ccn and Greenpolnt sections. The bank will continue making neighborhood loans in line with improving property. Tonight, a bomb will drop on Flallands-ln meory, that is-and the local Air Warden Service, 63d P.ecinrt. will np the Job at Flatlands and 4 a Salvatore A. LaBarbera, 2235 i E.

4th was awarded a doc tor of medicine degree at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He will intern with the Public Health Service on Staten Island. t. A. Uhrlm Strike up the Band The U.

S. Air Force Band of 75 pieces and 20 singing ser geants will appear tonight in Prospect Park. Lt. Col. George S.

Howard directing. He was formerly associated with the Ernest William School of Music in Brooklyn. Tomorrow, the group will appear at Rye Beach and Thursday at Ebbets Field where Hospitalized Veterans Day will be observed. N'athan W. Math, boro attor ney, is chairman of the Men's League of the Pride of Judea Children's Home.

The league was organize( recently lo raise funds to carry on the work of the institution. SWELL if cm i -tf it EST RT AIN Spring concert nnd fnr several hours, bands, orchestras and choral groups delighted a large audience. 1Tnfl An Jewish Waur Vp is having a smorgasbord luncheon ody in the clubhouse, 1630 NAACP Extends '53 Membership Drive to June 16 The 1953 membership cam paign of the Brooklyn Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been extended to June 16, it was announced today by John H. Watkins, chairman. Mr.

Watkins pointed out that "it is the opinion of the officers and members of our branch that the citizens of Brooklyn have not had sufficient opportunity" to participate in the drive. James A. Powers, branch president, said "the current program of the N. A. A.

C. P. is an extensive one and we will require the full support of every person in the community in order that we meet our quota for 1953 and our obligations to fight inequalities on the home front." Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. at 474 Sumner Ave. Heads B'nai Zion Louis K.

Bleecker of Long Beach has been elected national president of B'nai Zion, Zionist organization, at its recent meeting in Monticello, it Hyman J. Fliegel of Brooklyn was chosen as counsel to the group o1 1 i First Quality i' 'ill'. A i i4 0" Roman Stripe nylons RS.lvfRS announced today. More than 600 musicians and singers at James Madison High School took part in the annual Mother Knickerbocker Had It Tough When New York was young, Mother cooked the hard way over an open firt with big pots and awkward utensils. Today, Mrs.

New Yorker enjoys all the advantages of modern gas cooking. She can cook a whole meal in her oven roast beef, baked potatoes, green beans and shortcake, for less than 6t" worth of Con Edison gas. ADVERTISEMENT PHOTO Iry Ccn Dnnulnrltf aL35 tA 2.50 PHOTO Ini Ccn ZdXfum I '-'C i i Sf-ii I 1 ift fell! (1 IS denier, 15 denier, 15 denier, 20 denier, 30 denier, maw Imagine! You ave up to 1.51 a pair on these luxury n1on racli with its original price tap and in their original boxes! It's only licciiuse this famed manufacturer inut clear liio chrlves for fall olor llial we ran offer you tlii rare vlur! Clio(ip from an of (li'idiitinuril lir't-selliiu I'tiiiE lirir in prnporlionrd size Rl lo 10 linrt. Bli In 11 ninliiim. 9'; to II Iniia.

Hn.irry l2.il, Street Floor. Mail and plume order filled on 6 or innre pair while quantities la-t. Call MAin 5-6000. DON'T WASTE A MINUTE! FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! Representative selection el Aa5 Hempstead and Garden City Stores Old -Time Timepiece. Three hundred years ago some Dutch settlers told time by this unusual clock lamp now on display in The Brooklyn Museum.

As the lamp burned, the whale-oil level dropped in the glass container and the hour could be determined from the scale on the side. Modern New Yorkers get their time the easy way from dependable Con Edison electricity. Electric clocks are so inexpensive to operate, too-only about for 4 full days. Rnmontin Tl-aHlf inn Betsy Von Furetenberg, star of stage and lAUIIIdllUU I I dUlllUII. TV enjoy8 entertaining by candlelight.

But she's glad she doesn't have to depend on candles for everyday illumination as New Yorkers did 300 years ago. Today, one 100-watt bulb gives 13 times as much light as Betsy's candles and Con Edison's electricity cost so little that any family can use lots of light..

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