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'3 4 Page 3 The Brooklyn Eogle Highways Unit Accepting Bids for Bridge Access Joe Weinst ein Always Gives From Heart --arid Pocket By RACHEL ZUCKERMAN Joe Welnsteln, chairman of the board of Mays Department neers to cost $12,000. Plans for, the widening Itself, estimated to cost about $70,000, will be sent shortly to the Bureau of the Budget for approval. The roadway will be widened from Its present 25 feet to varying widths up to 42 feet. An extra lane will be provided for cars headed for the Bowery and the Manhattan Bridge. In addition the project calls for a separate access road 'from Forsyth St.

Into Division St. to ease the turn which cars have to make Into Florence Place. The two Bronx contracts call for '3-inch resurfacing of Jerome Ave. between Cromwell Ave. and East 170th St.

and Ogden Ave. between West 169th St. and University Ave. Jerome Ave. is estimated at Ogden $45,140.

store, is a philanthropist In any-vtake with him: what, he does for He began with $6,500, lost that body's book. others." in six months, and, within the He gave one million dollars Welnsteln came up the pro-nam yri out $10,000 recently to New York University, verblal har(, way but ne saw ahead. for Instance that will be applied to teach hls daughters -Duri to depression, Weln-toward construction of student the ot a dollar Until they steln Personally distributed residence faculties at the Wash- entered they! worked in $27,000 of clothing to the needy, lngton Square Center. Brooklyn Borough President In 1940, before the United Mays on Saturdays to earn their John Cashmore proclaimed States entered World War allowances. March 30, 1953, Joe Welnsteln Welnsteln donated a $1,600 mo- His unflagging faith has pro- Day, and Mayor Impellltterl was bile canteen for British war vie- pelled him through less hardy on hand to extend congratulating, and pledged $500 monthly days.

"The strap was tight in tlons. for its maintenance. '24, '29, '32 and '33, but I ex- Welnsteln was crowned Mer- His U3-acre Rockridge Coun-panded. You've go to have faith." chant Prince of the USA. at a Bids will be accepted by the Department of, Highways until p.

m. May 23 for demolition' of a building now In the way of. an Improved access to the Manhattan Bridge. Bids will also be taken then for two resurfacing Jobs In the Bronx. Commissioner of Highways John TV Carroll said It was cessary to demolish a six-story commercial building at the northwest corner of Division St.

and 'Florence Place, Manhattan. Hils will permit the widening of a roadway between East Broadway and the Bowery. The three-block stretch of this roadway Is known as Bayard St. for one block, Florence Place for the second block and Market St. for the third.

Demolition of the building Is estimated by department engi Deficit Near vT i) pf i a 4 J. it i -i try Club In Carmel, N.Y., has been the scene of outings for.city His father died when Welnsteln children and disabled veteranswas 7. His mother and four for more than 15 years. Mays brothers and sisters immigrated employees, for a nominal fee, to the States first, and saved the can vacation up there. $38 for his passage.

He came here He recalls standing on a side- alone at the ageof steer-walk in one of his less, opulent age of the old liner Pennsylvania, days with a dime In his pockets, trying to decide whether to spend When It dockea at Ellis Island, It on breakfast or lunch. Welnsteln disembarked with $7 As it turned out, he used it In his pockets. He Immediately for neither. A gentleman came got a Job paying $3 a month, as along and complained to Weln- bus boy, potato peeler andpinch-steln that he hadnt eaten for hitter dishwasher, in a Rivlng-three days. Welnsteln gave him ton St.

restaurant on the lower the dime. 1 side in Manhattan. He remembers when he was He subsequently went Into, the $150,000 in the red in an earlier fur business, dropped that, and business venture. He, had pledged at 20, owned the Star Dairy. "$32,000 to charity when finances He-earne-to Brooklyn when he seemed brighter.

He paid off the. was 24 years old. Mays was be-contribution to charity before he gun in 1923 as an 8 24 foot took care of his business debts, shop, on the same site on which Staggers U.N. Delegates UNITED NATIONS (UPI) The Budgetary Committee, In-United Nations delegates yester- structed to find a better way to day turned to private talks behind pay for the U. N.

peace-keeping the scenes to seek a compromise missions in the Congo and Mid-solution for the organization's east, recessed until Monday after multi-million dollar financial Its opening session Wednesday, troubles. The recess will give delegates Secretary General Thantwarn- time for private consultations, ed the Assembly's BudgetaryThtr totals nearly Committee Wednesday thatJ he $100milllon. It is caused by the financial problem Is perhaps the failure of the Soviet Bloc, France, most serious one facing the south Africa, Portugal, and some United Nations. 6ther countries pay their share J'JJespUe the various measures of the peace-keeping costs, that have been taken, the unfiappy The consultations are aimed at INDUSTRIAL ART PRIZE Si.g.l dustrial Arts Department of the New York City Board of d.ftl, director of th. In Education, awards prize remains that the organization ltV winning certificates to industrial art students Barry Urbanik, a ninth-grade student at Marie.

Curie Junior High School (Bayside) and Alan Casta I do, a ltnlor at' Johrr A djimrrligh School (Qotensh reeent New York's first annual city-wide Industrial Arts' Exhibit at the Union Carbide Building ot Pork Avenue and 47th Street. The'display includes'more than 400 pieces of diversified industrial art by elementary and high school students of New York's five boroughs, and will be open to the public daily and Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM through June 1. The exhibit pi eces include wooden tables, model boats and mobiles; metal tools, dishes and jewelry; graphic arts material and ceramics. The display is sponsored by the industrial arts department of the New York City Board of Education in cooperation with the city's Industrial Arts Teachers Association. sense of charity is this: "A man leaves everything behind, but there's only one thing he can Praise trict or public authority to file a statement of non-colluslon with his bid certlfylne: 1 1.

That the bid been ar- rived at without collusion with any other seller of the same, materials, and Wd have not been communicated bidder or one of Its agents persons ouiswe oi tne company. "To put teeth into this new law I' mi. i KPSI Jy 'Ml 1 JOE continues in a state of serious financial difficulty," Jie said. YouthGets $10,000 Scholarship O. Rlchen, 17, of 667 Edme is one of nine ntlrlnnn mhn wnn ifl AAA LlU.

sales of n. N. bonds have reached Medical Society Honors 50' 4 i rji mjt 111-' --i 'i i 4 WEINSTEIN In 1954, at Christmas, he gave away 12,000 turkeys to needypeo- pie, who were certified by charitable and social organizations. It was estimated that more than 105 Jpns food were, given away ln eluding turkeys, cranberry sauce, and sweet potatoes. One of Welnsteln's pet charities is the Austrian town where he was" born.

He returned there on a visit in 1936, and, according to reports, was shocked at the poverty and tyranny pervading the country. Signs reading, "No Jews and Dogs Allowed in Public Parks," Jo understate, angered him, Welnsteln promptly bought and handed out cows, horses, wagons, and shoes to the freedom- and hunger-starved people of his na tive town. going," and a guy with a "ready smile." He has a penchant for aphorisms. "Keep punching, pal" is a favorite. Another Is "If I rest, I rust." One statement Indicative of his Lefkowijtz Park West.

Also, George Dey- from Bo ro coin Herbert Charles Fett, 38 8th Paul C. Fieri, 428 Ovington Julius J. Guttman, 233 Keap Vladas Ingelevls rne scnoiarsiup may ue uaeu at any accredited college, pro- vlded the school does not dls- tcrlminate In enrollment on racial or religious grounds. r-Jm tj jjuuiu naa uvi Rnoln Trtnlrtart. His father ius, 367 Lincoln PL; Oscar J.

The 68-year-old Mays execu-Kahn, 455 Ocean Bruno tlve has been described as Z. Kisch, 71 Maple and "brashly self-confident," George Kornfeld, 135 Eastern "roughrhewn," "quiet," "easy- CConnel A. Rlchen, sails aboard the SS Santa. Margarita, and has been a member of the NMU since fVafl46 Edme attends Stuyvesant High len, 191 Lincoln Herbert Charles Fett, 38 8th Paul C. Fieri, 428 Ovington Ave.) Julius J.

Guttman, 233 Keap Vladas Ingelevlsius, 367 Lincoln PL; Oscar J. Kahn; 455 Ocean Bruno Kisch, 71 Maple and George Kornfeld, 135 ciwaiciu rAffi 4 Also, -George Deylen. 191 Llh- Cornell Names 2 Brooklyniter Tn nm rtii a Trk eta now stands the 185,000, sq. ft. ment Store.

five-story, Mays Depart- dinner on March 28, tendered by -Mays (employes and attended by city, state and Federal officials. Welnsteln was married before 1920, has two daughters, Flor- ence and Sylvia, and four grandchildren. Under his leadership, Maya has grown to five stores the main store at 510 Fulton and branches In Levlttown, Jamaica, Glen Oaks, and Massapequa. The residence buildings at NYU, nine stories each, will be named the Joe Welnsteln Residence Halls. The buildings, one for men, one for women, will house 575 students.

Total cost, Including equipment and furnishings, will, be $3.8 million. A major portion of this cost has been met through loans -from the Federal government. Bill amended to make violation of the Statute a crime punishable as perjury." Atty. Gen. Lefkowiti "aid.

Lefkowltz said thai as a result of action taken by his office against monopolistic practices In laboratory glassware to munlcl palltles there has been a sub- sequent reaucuon in tne cost to many cities and towns In the state for these products. AGED 8T014 IPAMHH qMAII 130 PIERREPONT STREET NEW. YORK FREE with a 3 month suDscriotlon to The Brooklyn Eagle. Coupon kk I Lesson Manual Stato TtS school and will enter Rensselaer noajjpolytechnic Institute, Troy, N. In the fall.

He plans to be a nuclear' or chemical physcist. nv nia interests and activities In-- elude design and construction of M. UOl3(r0Wi 45g 'trow, 1 9rff Electronics projects, collection scientific literature, and read- Ang in science fiction. m90 to Graduate The Medical Society of the State of New York this month is honoring, during its annual convention this week those of its' members who have completed 50 years of medical practice since the Society's last annual con- Thnso frntn Rrnnklvn inrlnrfo Aleksander Baldlns, 7812 Fifth Samuel Joseph Blumenthal, 311 Hewes Edgar Brann, 702 44th Joseph Carch, 825 Ocean Benjamin Edward Carmel, 450 Westminister Rd; and Francis Currin, 35 Prospect Study oh Urban Renewal Sought By Alfred Lama Assemblyman Alfred A. Lama, will Introduce a resolution calling on the state to conduct a study of relocation problems faced by businessmen and private citizens In urban renewal programs.

lama-said rthat -special pnasia saouiu piacea on me impact of urban renewal on-small business firms, which aie frequently not adequately compensated when forced to move elsewhere. "These small businesses often spend decades building, up good will in the neighborhood. When From Yeshivah Wiping Out Collusive Bids $100 Million reconciling the positions of the developed' countries ana the underdeveloped" countries. The Jatterf-a- majorujuoi member nations, wanted the big powers to contribute more, but have run Into opposition. Thant's current authorization to spend money for the peace operations expires June 30.

The Assembly must extend this authorization if the operations are To continue. It also must find means ofpro- vWlnK money for continuing the Peace niioi. Tn ant saia mat since last eriX rVu costs should drop by nearly half from' their present $10 mllUon "monthly. But he said serious financial MMM 11 IIHMAI QUIICUUV commues ami utfttsu a searcn for more permanent Modernizing Of Hospital Underway Bethany Deaconess Hospital, 2a7 SL Nicholas has em barked on moderniza- tion and rehabilitation program of the kitchen in its main building. NormaniO.

Edwards administrator, said that in addition to a refurbishing of the kitchen, new coffee makers. services; Deaconesses business- manager and housekeeper. Adelphi Recital Orchestra, the Boston Pops and as guest, soloist with WNYC's "Keyboard Masters" and WFUVs Artists -of the Keyboard." -ZtesZ, Arrangements for the concert Mrs1. Charles Zambuto, president. fc, equipment valued at approxl- The Yeshivah of Flatbush High mately $55,000 will be Installed.

School, Avenue I and East 10th This includes new refrigerators, 1. St. will hold its commencement baking ovens, stoves, steam-ket-'y exercises June 25 at 8 p. in ties, ice-making machines and Atty. Gen.

Louis J. Lefkowltz tractor wno suDmits a pia to tne provian ior ngw vBtarriavthatanHnnhvnnv. state, a munlclDalltv. fire dls- ment, the Penal Lw has been the school auditorium. Rockefeller in signing into law a blU aimed at wiping out col- lueiva MHHinir nnntihiixvmtrarta would result in the saving of imtnM miiHnns of dollars toN.Y.

State taxpayers, The new statute recommended tne-contents-ot-jweme- uquw cmonne ana Two Brooklyn men, ElliofM. Fiedler and Lawrence J. Siegel, have been appointed chairmen of Important student government commltteesat Cornell University. Fiedler will head the Freshman Rotation Committee during the coming school year. This committee consists of upper-classmen and 20 selected freshmen.

The freshmeiuare Intro- duced to many phases of campus government, ana act as informal liaisons between the Executive Board of student government and tentolimajrclaasT Siegel will act as co-chairman of the Academic Affairs Com- IUaa nUnfl mpI4Y a 'mAmVnv rut government. This committee considers general academic problems in the University and prepares specific recommenda- Hnni tn iha VvaruHva Rnard tn Cornell. A freshman In the College of Arts and Mr. Fiedler is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leon Fiedler of 895 Montgomery nrnnicivn. He is-a eraduate of G. Wv Wlngate High School. Sleeel is a hinlor in the New York State of Industrial dent.sald 90 students will completion this summer, will en-' graduate this year. able the hospital to expedite food Speakers at the event will service to both patients and Doppelt, Joel hospital also-ls-i principal of the Hebrew Depart- transforming its dining room Into ment, Rabbi Solomon Scharfman, a cafeteria to provide faster ser-: chairman of the board of edu-vice.

cation of the high school's Hebrew The kitchen improvement Is r'Ts Murray Yachnin, part of an overall modernization chairman of the board of edu- program In the main building. Allocation of toe English Department; ready completed are a new Mrs. Henry Epstein, president of laboratory, pharmacy, visitors' the Ladles Auxiliary and Dr. waiting room, and offices for the S-'-'Sidney Z. Lleberman, principal dietician, administrator, social OPDCIAL OPPBRS TO DAOLB ROADDRSm an-jirban-renewal "of the General' Studies Depart- Pkwy.

Also, Abraham Sidney Lewis, 748 St. Mark's Charles Francis McCarty, 702 44th John Messing, 2995 Ocean Charles Francis Nlcol, 63 Prospect Park West: Guv G. Nicosia. 1 Hanson Pl.J and William. Os- Also, Henry, -Leonard Pilzer, 438 Stone Samuel Ralph, 101 Forbell Stv; Flora K.

Rubinstein, 1 897 Schenectady Jordis Schneider, 1456 President Isidore Snapper, Beth El Hospital, and Clifford Edward Terry) 148 Lafayette Ave. Antl-LOmmUniSt fji JTianS Jrete Kings County Young Americans for Freedom, -the Brooklyn or ganization of the "nation's lead' munist youth group." became active in the Spring of 1961. The past two years have shown a rapid growth in the size and Influence of Kings County YAF. With seven local Senatorial District Chap- ters "-throughouTBrooklyh, YAF has waged a Congressional Primary Campaign (1962), worked In City Council, Mayoralty, and Congressional Campaigns, and sponsored lectures, debates, seminars, and discussions on local, state, and national issues. 'On the evening of May 24th, .1963, Kings County Young Amer.

brate Its second anniversary at tne lunes uounty yonservauve Ball be held in the GramTBall- room of the Hotel Bossert(Mon- tague and Hicks Sts.) The Dance Committee Is expecting more than four hundred guests Including prominent Conservatives from the New York area. The YAF Second Anniversary Journal will be distributed at this gala affair. Members 61 the Dance Committee are: Charles J. McHugh, Chairman, Dawne R. Clna, Jour' cnairman, Dawne K.

Clna, jour- nal Chairman, E.A. Stevens, Ball Treasurer, and Marie Walsh, Donald Pemberton. and Donald J. Devlne. Those interested In tickets may NlwkeirkEAveSyne2n6S' wewKirx BrooKiyn ze.

Allini tlHP Crnnn UIII IIe VrrOUp OI 1 Jr ianS JLUnClieOll Saint Brendon Diocesan High cnknM i-u at the Waldbrf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan on Saturday. The guest speaker will be Rev. QGUCJD TE3G UJOQLEI FOREIGN LANGUAGE Rf CORDS paid either for the cost ofmov- for the goodwill they have established In the community," Lama said. The Assemblyman stated that "these firms are of vital Importance in our economy. If they ar evicted by urban renewal, and ad suitaoie relocation, many abandon their businesses tlrely." will en- c.le.

FOR CHILDREN WHICH ITAIIAM THE BROOKLYN FGLE BROOKLYN 1, 1I.2S and couoons brings you any ont o(l the children! record courses. 1 i fa Brooklyn Eoo'e ment. PTA Schedules The Lincoln Center Student Program and the Jullllard Artists Series will present a concert by Alan Flnell, pianist, at Adelphi Academy on May 17, 9:45 a.mr Flnelll's program will Include selections by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt and Barbar. He has appeared with the Boston Symphony mm i i a lit i' BIT (I iiii II i im i require bidders on public con- tracts to certify that their bid has been submitted without the connivance of other sellers of the same merchandise. The At- torney General said the law Is unprecedented In the field of anti-monopoly enforcement by any state In the country.

"Mant-jnUUons of dollars could be saved to the public and to consumers If government could Insure there would be fair, honest and competitive bidding on all public contracts and non-collusive pricing of goods and services," Attorney General Lefkowltz said. "So long as rivalry and com- DeUtlon continue, the public will eoods and more reasonable 0m t'c practices in- wl1vln- 0fficlftia and comnanles of national prominence and resulting In criminal convictions and multi-million dollar civil suits Indicate that collusive bidding practices continue to prevail, the Attorney General said. The new law, effective Sept. 1 1963, will require every con- II JLefflOn 10 110 nOT 104 Eagle Scouts The Kings 'American XS 1' 9n(1 the Eftlfl Ncout cloth badge to 104 Brooklyn feagle Scoutf in ceremonies to be held Friday, May 24, 8 p. at the county clubhouse, 6915 15th A Andrew Torregrossa county commander, said the scouts will receive the awards In recognition of "excellence and achievement." The boys, he said, 1 I 1a nnAnh The chaIrman the program Paul Colombo, a member of the county executive committee.

The special guest will be Dr Herman Greenwald, principal of P-S-z! Dr.qreemvaia, wno nas wen aciive 1,1 for many years, Is a former assistant superintendent of schools for Districts 41 and 42. He Is a trustee of the Rugby ff Enclosed order 5 coupon for och- rccori in th languog of my choico ot II II iJl a av i cntckta doiov: Please send me 1 Round the World Record i 4 i ill .11 TM and Illustrated f- He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Siegel of 36 Crooke Avenue, Brooklyn. ,3 fl Name 18 Address City Zone -r.

j' 1 hM him if if i i ui i ft ii 4i is i i 1 1 ii i i i i it hi Mother Immaculata Marie, CJSJ. or anlZl ho this pinnacle In scouting. JUBJCRIPTKJB BLANK Please start my 3 month subscription to THE BROOKLYN EAGLE. Name Address City State 7 understand I will receive FREE 1 Round the World Album Textbook in CSPAMSH CFRENCH CITALIAN GGEPMAII I have enclosed my check or money order 5 for $3.90 (or a 3-month subscription. BllllllMMIIMMIIIIIIIIIHIlAlillMlilllllllllll I.

4 LiLn O'Brien' Miss O'Brien will be assisted bv committ6 mpmhrs Averlll. 1 A. Rradlov sola. V. Connors.

M. E. cullen. F. Fantonl.

M. Favlllo J. Fream, R. Harty, K. Hoff, Kalleta.

n. Kirk. a. m. MaHv Morrnni Mtinm E.

1 1 r. L. Oidnlan. k' Reynolds. E.

Rowelenson and same site. On 46th and 47th Sts. between Third and Fourth Aves. another elementary school is projected P.S.I. TO BE REPLACED- Coming down is P.S.

82 on 36th and 37th between Third and Fourth Aves. Going up, perhaps by next spring, will be P.S. 615, on the Russell YMHA. 1 "T-' I.

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