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FREEPORT
28th Year, No. 9
\ Freeporrs OitgltiBl Official New>iMipsr
NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEK
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STAR GAZINCI SESSIONS
STARTED IN FREEPORT
' Astrtmomical observing sessions will be held Tuesday evenings
for SIX weeks, from June 25 through July 30. at Waterfront Park
at the foot of South Long Beach Ave. There is no admission charge.
Interested Freeport residents are urged' to attend as early i« the
fines as possible; but may join the group whenever he or she
chooses. - "
- MERRICK
FREEPORT; Jj,-Y., THURSDAY; JOyE 27, 1963
FREEf^ORT'S
OFFICIAL^
ANNIVERSARY
NEVVSPAPER
ROeSEVEtr
PWCEj.H[yE CENTS PEH $OPY
Pe_ter A. Leaven.?;' lofcal space
photograpiher and writer, and Pat­rick
D. McDonald, a Bi-own~Uni-versity
student and son of Charles
V. M^anald, local attorney, are
.^Mucting the series starting at
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•Phe Fre^ort Kikanis Club to
cdllaboration with the Village
Recreation Department spcttisors
this free opportunity to gam kiag-sjze
views of the moon, ^inciiaal
planets, stellaf: clusters and the
still orbiting Echo I earth satel­lite.
A major subject of talks will
be the total eclipse of the sun,
due to cross Alaska, Canada and
Maine oa July, 20. Later gather^
J i ^ ' wlU feature looks at star
flBlds in the constellation of Sagit­tarius
and ringed-planet Saturn"
which by tlien-will-be neartog-its
closest 1883 apiproach to the eartJi.-
H cTpuds W rain fofce postpfSje-menter
the schedule wiU be ex­tended
into Augpt
For further information call:
Recreation Department FR 8-4000.
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Freeport Tuna Club's
Fluke Dedby Winners
__ The Freeport Tuna Club, Inc.,
conducted their Annual Fluke
Derby over tiie weekend, June 22
and 23. - • . .
f.._^he winners were Robert Moore
..With a * lb. 8 oz, fluke; second was
Rudy Daller vrtth a.4 lb. 5 oz.
fluke. Both of these fish were
caught on the boat-"Bar Hopper",
off Jones Inlet.
They will be awarded their
plaques at the July 11 meeting.
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1963 Event To Be Bigger
And Better With Many New
Wedtufes And Attractions
Br EDDIE VASn.
t. . ^ ? ? f f^""^ COTIGNOLA announced "that General Chairman'
-^'^ f ^ ®- **"^*' ^"^ co-chairman, 2nd Deputy Chief Louis
!!, f'^lu r/l"*"*^*^ ^^""^ ^^^ P'«"5 «^« completed for the huga
T ' ^ i K ' ^ . * * V " ^ Fireworks and Firemanic Show v/hich is spon­sored
by the Freeport Fire Dept.
The show this year will be bigger and better-with ni^ny mvt
atteactions added to the thriU-tacked list of features. The show,
which is held yearly at the Freeport Municipal Stadium, includea
l^ifVA T I « Vf
; of Ifae Town of Hempstead, a» he addreued_the record attend­ance
at the weekly luncheon meoting 6f^ the Freeport Chamber
of Commorce. In th'e foreground, jtisl barqlT- getting into Ihe
.plclure.' is Bill SaboUa. From left to Tight are_RobeTi Furman.
Mr.^aso,.Ro7 Cacaatore^Jwitbhead bowed)..Louis^Bloom and
Harry Secor, (Ed. NOIB: Mr, Caccialore is not sleeping or' pray­ing.
He Is in deep concentifation while listening to Mr> Cpso
talk about "educultural" program in the Town and County).
Photo by Oscar.
The. following serve as officers and dixecton of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce:
•Pres, Roy Cacciatore; 1st Vice-Prea., Louis Bloom; 2nd
Vice Pres„ Harry Secor; 3rd Vice Pres^ John p'Neill; Treuurer.
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Freeport To Sound
Off On July 4th
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney today
announced-that-he-wilL-ask Utol
all church bells be rung and 'all
sirens sounded at 2 p jn.- the af te;-
noon of the 4th of July tcr coll to
the attention of all men the birth­day
of .our Republic
He said that w« enjoy the bless-ingr.
of our heritage of liberty be­cause
of the .wisdom^ vision and
patrioltstD of file founders of .aiJir
Country.
The program will be launched by -the colorful parade whicb
also includes an exhibition of old-time fire-fighting equipment. Tha
j-eeently formed Freeport Police Dept, K-9 Corps will also give kii
exhibition which will demonstrate these trateecl police dogs W"
action. Another new feature wiU be the fact that chUdreh^between
C and 12 years will be given free rides on certain Fire Dept Equip-*
m e n t . . • • •
This traditional July 4th family-type c^bratlon: wiU be high­lighted
by a great display of aerial, and # S i n d fireworks; During
this 3 hour spectacular, which includes something of interest f<«
every member of the familyr^he winner of the luKurious cruiseif
^complete with outboard motor, etc.) wilt be anriounced."
This attraction will start at 8 p.m. Because of ttie many thous­ands
who attend this event each year, tlie box office and gates will
open at 6 p.m. Reserved seats are $1.20, general admission is $ 1 "
and children only JOc, , . - _
50 Qolden Years For
^mmMnd^BUT Martin^
- Arine:.Miff]BilLMartin, also'known as "Mr.'and Mrs. Frecport,f
observed their"*5dth#.Ma^^^ on June 25-3urrounded-•
by hundreds of their friends. And for that length of time_tHe people
of the.cBmmunity, people froih all walks of life, have been observing"
the many notable accomplishments of the Bill Martins.
To say that Anne and Bill
Martin are keystones in the
structure of Freeport would be
an ^lnde^statement. At times they
have almost single-handedly held, •
up many community projects.,
The life of the Martins is rich'
with God-given endoWments and
they in "turn sharied tHisse bless­ings
with their friend* and with
the community.
BiU Martin was one of the
handful of Freeport busin^amen
who persoi»Ux, endorsed the loAilt
which pai^JKi|^l3ts of the theq
almost bSnlw|i;'Chamber '.at.
Commerce ^6iqj|^'!8fi^;y,^rs. ago.
MRS. BILL MARTIN (CoutnliuiM^^iHHfel^'
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