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32nd Year. No. 46 FHEEPORT. N. Y.. THURSDAY. MAHCH 7, ,1968 PRICE: FIVE CENTS PER COPY
INEWS &. VIEWS
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BY
EDDIE VASIL
v. V. Neiv»pai>er Keportcrs Atto,
National Press Syndicate
Lisleu to the "EDDIE VASIL SHOW"
Oa WTHE, 1520 on the Dial
SPOTLIGHT ON BEHHIE AMES ,' More high hooWB tor Fx««'
port's BERNARD AMES.
President -of COLUMBIAN
BRONZE CO. . . . He was
elected a Director of the
United Siateit Linea and
also nnmad Vico-Presidenl of
Waller Kldda ii Cow, Inc., the.
parent company of Columbian-
-Bronxe . . . (br th« way.'.Wal­ler
Kidde Hie CDM Inc. la con<
sidered by financial esiperts ax
ano of the fastwii gro,wl)i3 dl<
versified iodustri&l omplrM in
Amotica todST) . . . In addi*
' tioo, Uilwsble BEBNlE AMES
is also pTMldont-«lect of Iho
pivtf and was oppoIoiM to iher
International Ex«ciitiv« of the
Inieroafional Foundry ASBO.
(And .ha'a one fellow who
never "went Hollywood." Just
as genial now as before he
made his Urst million.)
EDDIETOR'S NOTES . , . The SOUTH SHORE YACHT CLUB has
• alv/ays been one of ihis columnist's favorite "Fun in tho Sun" spots,
so, this weekend, pushing the summer season a bit,' we paid a per­sonal
visit and- wcr« pleasantly suiprised by the huge scale remodel­ing
that is going on. Those two young fellows who .are the hew
managers, HARVEY KAYE and FRANK SCARANO, in only tlie fltsl'
, 8 days of their management, arc weE under way in giving.this already
beau'ifui establishment a completely "new look" which should be
gieatly appreciated by the officeia and members of the SSYC. .For­mer
COMMODORE OAKISY GENTRY stUl one of tho Yacht Club's
.biggest boosters and spark-plug) . . . Tho Soutli Shore Yaolit Club
will ofEieialiy open to the members the latter part of March. (It's a
private cluW . - . Wasn't that BECICY DANLEY, the DAR live-wire,
'.talking oriental recijaea with ALBERT CHIN, the No. 1 waiter at tho
CHINATOWN CAFE? (He is her favorite "Cup of Tea" but we per­sonally
like the humor of veteran mixologist-host "Jinuny*') . ... Best
wishes to JOE &' MARY VITO, whose daughter, Sue, became MRS.
PAT DARAIO on Sunday, March 3. (Judge ED FREEDMAN, a long-
More Awards For
Atlantic Nursery.
Anna Fiela and het - ct^able
stafi at Atlantie 'HvtMrla* alad
Garden Shop, 2S0 AUuitle Ave..
Fre»pori. ate extra proud tb»M
days becavue th»y Won ihree of
the Tiutstandtng awattdi' at the
I9G8 Intornatianal Flotm Show
at the Coliiaum Ux Kaw York
City.
, Winning award* has. Ijiecom*
^adllional with Ih* widely-known
landscape and gardening
expert establishments
. This year Atlantic Nursery won
the Lambertus C, Robbink Me­morial
Trophy for Ibe best Itor-ticultural
exhibit! the Massachu-setts
Horticultural Society Gold
Medal for Cultural Exec^Uenc*
of any group of plants in « gar­den
and the .International Flower
9howL.Chalnnan'* Trophy for ex­cellence
of plant inaA^tlaU. -,
* - e.'.ln'Freepoiti kre^prd^ Con*
{pfotttlafionitl • -• -r ' y ., .• •''"-
EDITORIAL...
ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
... AND THE VlllAGE OF FREEPORT
k^^i^l^^^'^k
DonH let anyone tell you differently . . , The Fi-eeport Chember-of
Commerce is one of tiie most active and highly respected o'rgoalxa-tions
of its ty{k!, not only oh Long Island or in the State of New York,
but throughout the country.. _ . ; , . •
This is not press agentry! It la a matter of record as evidenced by
testimonials frOin leaders in all fields of business and industry.
Now, who is the Chamber of Commerce? Well, for one thln^, it
isn't comprised of mythical or hypothetical people. On the contrary,
its members and directora arc leading business and professional men
and women of the community,
They represent every typo of endeavor and every oge category
present in the American economic structure today. •
The following list ot olficcrs and directors will Justify this
statement:
Hoy N. Cacclatore, Pi-esident; Walter Green, 1st Vice President;'
Richard Davis, 2nd Vice President; Michael Kemp,'3rd Vice Presi­dent;
William Sabalia, Treasurer; -J, Norman Leek, Executive Secre­tary.
Dircctota'.-JohnAbbfttefGerald-Bowen, PhUip J. Chrlat, Fraiit .
H. Drate, Joseph F-'-f Jaher,, Jcwepli y. Q^.rhg.^iwr, ;'!!|t^«Bi,
!
Robert Jw^bWil *"'--- ^- -• -' • ''
'Stanley^
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fARM BOY IN VIETNAM
"AH my living I have nurtured life.
. Have fed small .jiigs, rubbed breath into wooiy lambs,
Propped timorous newborn calves on wobbly leg?.
1 have sbyed from dark to dawn.
Waiting, for a mare to" drop her colt. -
1 liave not wanted to waste
.A drop of blood, a grain of earth.
I have dammed up gullies, • ,
Contour-plowed my land.
Planted trees.
What am I doing here?
-Laying waste to-a countryside,
SpiiUng hlood in wholesale lots . . .
1, who trampled the snow in weather to ieed a cow. , -
Can I be oriented, condemned to this waste?
Canl Tje flUed with hate-vntil I can't remember
How a mockingbird split a prairie sky with song?
I wlio love Ufe deal in'death.
Stabbing, burning, killing
And, to complete the irony, may die.
H. M. Virden, Iowa
from Farm Journal Magazine
Bspxinied from }b» FBEEPQBT METHODnT
Brotherhood Art
Justice Lodge and Chapter,
B'hai B'rith's annual Brotherhood
Art, Contest in the Freeport
schools was" a marvelous success
with over 400 children participat­ing.
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The winners in each age group
received prices in the form of
savings afcount donated by our
local bonds..
Tlie winning entries kre on dis-
Elsy . pt the Freeport Memorial
Library.
The winners include Donna
Crummelt, Joy Kinigstein, Jo­seph
Fusco, Laura Su Muro, Ed­ward
Courtney, Nadlne Tauber,
Laurie Williams, Lisa Gregory,
Danny Sacks, Thomas Bowling,
Patrice Zachdry. Janet Allopen-na,
Deborah Valesiades and Bon­nie
Felice.
Students To Play
Faculty InJFHS.
Benefit Game
On Friday, March 15, at 7:30
p.m.' in the FHS Gyro, the tradi­tional
Faculty, V8, Student' Bos-1
ketball Game will take place. It
is always one .of the highlights
of the year.
The receipts frotn the evening
are used for the benefit of the
Senlqr H.S. PTA SdwUtrship,
Fund. "Tickets available! at the
door are'7Sc /or jrtudcnts, $t for
adults.
*Th~5inpsb"KT^Wic KiKtlBtia.'
Here are a few achievements of the Preepbrt Chamber of'Com­merce:
• ., ." • ,- • "; ,. _' , ! • -
Additions to parking fl'elda and.500 spaces-just recently.
• Establishment of a Business and Industrial" Develcpment Com­mittee;
' . - ' • " . " • ,
' Creation of an Industrial park reclaiming a garbage dump and
adding $1% million in assessed valuation fo. Fieeport'a.tsx rolls;
Installation of new"sidewalks and curbs on Main Stieet;
Donation of trash baskets to tiia Village to aid in clean-up .cam­paign;
Aiding the acquisition of such prognims a? Headstart, the Office
of Economic Opportunity, and a job development program through the
Indusli'ial Park; .j
Renovation and remodeling, jnterior aiid-«xterior, for .more than
15 stores In the Main Street area;'
pliis other endeavors too numerous to Heiniae.
About being active, what other community can riiatch Fl-Oeport's,
record of weelcly meeting attendance, yearly aetlvitiSii, a.pscial pro­grams,
capacity membership and roster of guest speakers?
• Look around the Island and you'll see various communities with
Chambers of Commerce,and Boards of iTrado,'but th'Sli^membtrshlp
is merely a token showing. '. '..
Let's not forgot that Freeport's business diatTicLtakes in more
than South Main Street-from Sunrise Highway, to Merrick,Ro««J. It •
takes In all o£-North Main St, riglitSip Io'tfte-Roo«evdtllne,«in4
extends all the way down to the souhem point on Uie canpj.
Freeport's shopping area also includes Merrick Road and Sunrise
Highway, east and west, ^oni the Mwrlck'bDwl^tary to the Baldwin
' (Continued on page S)
BHS Graduate On
College Net Team
B. JiTartln Waisnor, a Baldwin
High School graduate, has beerf
selected to play on the basketball
teamof The Collejie of Insun^ce
of New York City.
- WBlsnogr- IS th«- son of Mr. and
MARTHA SWEENEY 1 0 1
WED ARliinr (NFriCER
Mayor > ^nd Mrs. Robert J.
Sweeney'-of Freeport announced
the engagement ot the^- daugh-.
ter, Martha, to WlUlam-"E,Oreen:'
of Massapegua. A FaU'wedding is.
planned, • , .
•Miss Sweeney wUI receive a de­gree
in Engineering from Hofstra
University in June. TWff winter
Martha was selected forrecog',
ttlUon in "Whose Who Amongst
Students in -American Colleges
and Vnlvereities."
• jar. .Green an' alumnus of Hoi-stra
University earned a BS.in
Ijcpnomlcs. The son of-Mrf.'iantt
Mrs. "iBinnml .Martin -Walsnor. I t o E d m ^ F G ^ h ^
Sr,. of «J?yne PL, Baldwin. , 2nd Lt. la the U A Amy Reserve.
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