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31st Yean No. 49 FHEEPORT. H. Y„ THUHSDAY, MABCH 30. 1987 PRICE! FIVE CEKTS PER COPY
iNEWS& VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
Pi. Y. Nnripapi-r Rrporleri A$M^
Nalitmitt I'teu Syfditalt
Oitw lo ilic "KlUHE VASIL SHOW
On WTll!-:, IS20 on Ihe 0W
LAST SAI.1ITG TO BOB DOXSEC . . . ft^poifM foitnex fieir
«nd Bghiing m&^r. ROBERT L. DOXSBE if (toad . . . Ha wai
.a dWOaacUnt from a long IIIM- OI Long Itland pianseis and B
man who ptoudl? proclaimad "I sm a clBm-diggoi and damn
ptoud ol it" . . . Bob DoxsM and his familr iymbollsed Ihe mvn
,o{ Long Island who niade their living from Ihe sea. It Is ironic
.that Bol) Doxsee. who kiww Ibesa wataiways as well m any
ona, tbould also siaei his death in local waters . . . BOX DOX-SEE
was 69 yean old. He was killed on Monday moming at
about' 6:20 A.M. whan his itation-wagoa veated ott Meadow-bxQok
Pazkway naai lh« Jones Beach Toll Station and fkluitsed
into a. 16-foot watetway , , . .
PoUeo divers btaught up the
yehicle and lound Bob Dox>
see's body trapped inside
'.. .The tenner ntayoz'aiid lua
ianilly^ c^peratod the Long
Island .Ssa^CSims Co. in.'i'oint
Jf» teporled that his Itaih-.'
« r ' ' l e i l his hoirie ai' 390
Atcher St. at day-break and
•was on-hii' way to Point
Lookotii when the accident
happened . . , Robezl La
Boacbe: of Long Beach le-porledly
^witnessed the acci­dent
but was unable to help
Mr. Doxsee because the sta*
Jion-waion sank zapldly in
the water . . .ROBERT L.
OOXSEE was known a* a
naiive son and a fighting BOB BOXSEE
Mayor of rraeport (1819 to 19S3), He also served as VUlage Clerk
ifrom 1059 to 1961 and was Tory active In Republicaa poUtics
(Continued on page 4) .
ChdinbGr of CoiniiiGfCG
Annual Dinner & Dance
At Lombardo's April 22
Dr. Theobald Acts
As Chairman
The . Profcsalorial NogoUation
Commlltec ., representing the
Baldwin Faculty Association and
the Board of Education announced
that Dr. John Theobald WBS
selected to serve as chairman of
the advisory board which is now
moderating the salary impasse
•between the Board and the As-iiociation.
Dr. Theobald, formerly super­intendent,
ol. New; York Qly
. public iSchbolf, is acideiui*! vis?
'^i-Asident' and executive "of the
New York.Institute ofTechnoIogy
at Old Westbury. He was named
by Emil Tron and Arthur Kurta,
moderators lor the Association
ind the Board respectively.
DRUG StORE NOTICE
The Berkley Pharmacy, 2 | i No.
Main St» Fraaport wUl^rtmain
open late, until 10 pan. this Sun
day. April 2, AU other drug stores
who .are njefflfears of the Free
port PharwiBcy Association cloao
at 2 p-nv on Sunday. The Berk,
ley telephone number, is FR I
5685.
Jubilee
r i l l
The 1967 Instnlintian Dinner-Dance of iho Freeport Chanvber
of Commerce will be held at Guy Lombardo's East Point House in
Freeport on April 22.
Roy Cacciolore, will be Installed as Prcaidenl. Ho has served
before in this office and speni-heoded the movement which made
the Freeport Chamber one of the
most outstonding in the slate. It
now has more than 4tW members.
Joe Gerhnuser is the outgoing
pnsident. Rescrvntionea are now
being accepted.
T^il week's weekly luncheon
meeting, Thursday, March 30,'
wJU be held at Al B. White's. The
hlghiight wit be ^ "trip into the
future with (3omlhl and Apollo"
presented by the Now York Tele-
>hane^^*!K*?^5r5p^ ?5a?:lte,cssaaeifiip(a!
Friendiiii|i JteU Oil
Friday, March SI
Anthony Wayne, General Chairman, aiu»ouncfid.that•^•»&af
have been completed for the 1887 Friendship Ball.
Thi.s annual and traditional soctol event will be held on Friday,
March 31 at the Malibu Beach Club, Proceeds will benoflt Our-Hol>
Bcdeomcr Parish activities. A few tickets are'still uviiilablo,
m. lev. Msfir, Eugene J, Craw­ford
will be an honored guest.
Freeport's Guy Lombardo has
prombsed to attend if previous
show business committments al­low.
Paul Muro and his 11-picce or­chestra
will furnish music for
dancing. Approximately 1200
people are expected.
, Freeport's big T3iamond Jubilee seasonl of special events gets
uiidcr way on Saturday, April 1 with the,presentaUon of an oU-time
Vai-iety Show, •.
It marks the beginning of the: celebration to commemM-ate the
75th Mmiversary of the incorporation ol the Village of Rreeport,
It you like music, comedy, danc-inff
and even th<»c high-kicking
choitis girls, then. "Come on
Down!"
The show will be, staged at thie
Freeport High School auditoriwn,
with a matine(( at 2 and Ian eve­ning
perforraJBice at 8:30.
The festl^ two and one-half
hour show will feature a wonder­ful
array of talent, lots of color­ful
costumes, and plenty of fun
to delight the eyes and ears.
There will be more than twenty
itcts, ranging from old Vaudeville
to to Rockn' Roll, with plenty of
varied in between.
Several Long Islaad theatrical
and musical groups will be repre­sented,
and many of the numbers
arc original, .and were specially
prepared for this show,
"Tickets for the Variety Show,
at $1.2S for the matinee;, and $160
for the evening, can be purdiaBed
at most local Freeport sto«s, at
other locations in the Village, and
frorn representatives of commuh-ily
organizations.
Remember, Come on Down! It'
will be a iun-filled; two sad one-half
hours for the whole, family,
so be sure to get your ticAcets
«arly. '- i ,
Festival Day
For Young Dancers
The Nassau County Dance
Committee has anncjunced a
Festival Day For Young Dancers,
to take place., Sunday, April 9th,
froni 10 Bjn. to 3 P.M., at the East
Gym of Hofetra University,
Hempstiad,
•Bie-sihedale of the day will
include: Master C l a ^ s in Modem
Dance with Carl Morris and Betty
Cteigood; aMaster ctes lii Modem
Jaj3 with Biliie Mahonsy; dem-onstraton
Classes; and Guest
Performers, Moblljzationr^ For
Youth Dancers, under the direction
of Bod Rogers.'
Mrs. M.'TuIlinan, 338 Arthur
St., Freeport, aerv«s on the
Kauau Dance CoaiinUtee.
CHAEEs BUCKIEY;JS.
NAMED SNGH PRESIDENT
Charles P, Buckley, Jr., Baldwin, was elected this week presi­dent
of South Nassau Communitl(;s Hospital, a 312-bod non-proflt
voluntBjy hospital in Occanslde, NY. Mr. Buckley succeedii Ernest
Vandeweghe, Oceanslde, who held the post since Fcbi-uary 1082.
Mr, Buckley, a practicing;attorney since 1930, r. a past prcsi-derit
of the Nassau CounTy Bar, .
Associatioh,' the Nassau Lawyers i ;
Association and the Legal Aid L '
Society, He Is a trustee of Add-1,
phi University and is active also|'-
in the Nassau County -Hean'
Fund, Cerebral Palsy Association,
Boy Scouts and other local i •
groups. He is a past president, |
also, of the Nassau County Men-tal
Health Association.
Mr. Buckley, joined this board,,
of director of South Nassau •:
Communities Hospital in May ~
1960. He has served as the hos-1
pltsl's legal counsel, first vice-president,
ICfl Plus Club chair­man
and law committed chair­man,
' He is a director of the New
York World's Fair 1964-65 Cor­poration.
From 1957 to 1962, he
served as commissioner of the
(Contmued oit page 2)
CHARLES BUCKLEY. JR.