The-Leader_1968-04-18

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S2nd Year.Ho. 52 riUSEJ»ORT."Kr. Y.. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1968 » PRICEi FIVE CENTS P E H COPYf
NEWS &. VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
•v. Y. iVcH "jtatier Rtportem Auo.
Nationitt I'reMi S}ltdiaile
Li«»«ii to ihp "FDIUE VASIL SHOVT
OD WTIll'; 1520 on llin Utsl
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VILLAGE POLITICS . . . The mov« by the Chamfa«r of Com-msTce
investigating tho possibilily of a ful]-timo Mayor or "City
Manaser" moving full-speod ahead (LEO YOUNG heads com­mittee)
. . . Rumor making the rounds that MAYOB BOB
-SWEENEY will not se«k lo-elcdion but inlerosted in Police Court
Judgeship. (This nol confirmed as yat by His Honor) . . . Not long
ago, certain Freeport poliHcos. sui>posedly in the know, stalod that
Ihe Village Party was controlled by tho "9 M's" (Mack, Messing "
and Mendes) but what is the picture now afie'r recent adminisba-iioit
Tcoreanismlon wluch aflected MANNIG MESSING (Park
Ccmmissioher) and JOHN MENDES? . . . fuid what's this aboul
open warfare between another VUlBge Party powerhouse, PETE
CATTANO, SR., and tho Mayor? . . ', Crystal Ball Gazing: One
day soon. BIG JIM MILLEB (Northeast Civics) will step into the
political piduro as a candidate for Village Trustee. (This 6'6"'
schooUeacher could be i, standard-bearer for the NoilhMst &-
Bennington Piule. Negro vota in addition t» many-favoring inter- *
isdal ropresentatlon on Uie Village Board) . . . The Watertrant'*
; GEO^OEI MILCEB.',1<S am^ox active ;><csond[ttj' becoming'^
!Stroil3»i»»aHal cimdldote in-VilIiM3«^l^lx>,.,,jejO^
Chamber of Commerce prexy... Another good poUttcnl prospect,
MIKE OCERA. (Corporate official of group which bought Oe-
MdV's. Lives in tho Southeast section.
ROY H
BE
CHAMBER OF COMfttaff
NAMED MANAGER
INTEH.RACIAL FELLOWSHIP IN FREEPORT . . . Nice gesture by
the members of asocial organization, titled "South Shore-Beflievolent
As5tj, bic" on April 12 when they held a special memorial program,
bonoiing the meitiory of the late RUSSELL ANTHONY MANUELLO.
at their Living Room headquarters-on E. Merriclc Boad . , . Approxi-inatuly
40 member^ and guests enjoyed a buffet lunch and distributed
.snuvemr cups with tho emblem of a ram's head, the initials "RA.M."
cind tlie members individual name engraved . . . "RAM*' was the
nick-namc used by Russ Manuelb during his lifetime as a resident of
Eennington Park . . . WILLIAM JONES Is president of the group.
• » •
DURYEA ORCHID AWARD . . . Th» beautiful DUHYKA OH,
CHID CORSAGE is presented as a flor«l token of public, rscogiil.
lion and appreciation of commendable eexviee in the coimmiailr
. . . This week we publicly «9lule the continuous good -work per.
formbd year after year by the. memban of the Fraepozt Chamber
- (Ccntinued on page 4)
THE tEADER To
Aild New Feature
As a perpetual joui-nalistic memorial fo the philosophy and work
' of the late Dr. Martin Luther'King, Jr., and in order to further" Im-
'piove communications with all people of the community, THE
LEADER is proud to introduce a new feature titled, "Have You Seen
Tlii-s Side?'^by James^E. Miller of Freeport.
• Mr. Miller is 3S years old and
a resident of Freeport for tive
years.'.Ho lives at 124 Independ-
"enco Avenue, He is married to the
former Bettye J. Glover, They
have two children, Jijnmy, D, and
'Lori Jemil, 4. Ho is employed by
the Uniondale School System as
District Coordinator of Audio-
Vusual Services, joining the school
system of'Uniondale as a teacher
in 1962.
Mr. Miller was bom in Bain-bridge,
Georgia, whi^ye he spent
his yoiiUi- In 1950, after graduat­ing
from" high school, he entered
the Army and served 'for three
' JAMES e. MILLER ,
years. Tliiflcen months pt hi?
service' was in -Korea. U)K>fi com­pletion
of his miilitary ^iUstinent
he^ entered college at.Hftn^ton In*
atitute, Virginia and.was grad-
(C^jntintiied pa paffa 12)
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/•'•A'^'-t
NiUMED MANAGER: CharlM
H. Clark has ;be«n appointed
manager; of New York Tela-phone's
- F^f^ort business of-flee.
A 32-yaar veteran of the
telephone business/ Clark will
supervise a stafi of 33 employ­ees
who ferve about 45,000'
business arid tMidence custom­ers
in .FreepOrt Baldwin,
Rooaeveh and Merrick.
Abbafe Starts New
Project For Sons
Of Italy Lodge
John Alibofa (H) wUli'Paul
Herman af recent eonwntlon, *
In its continuing efforts to pro­vide
for the youth of our con-tnunity,
the Enrico F«rml Lodge
\asf recently fonfied a Youth
Group, cotitlsiiBg of .18.;25 .year
olds, whose only quollficalloa fox
«HgibiUtr iutbat they be.of ttai-
Uan defcenfjjijy "courtesy^ «( oaa
pareiitf ' \
Fatiuzibn infonnatlan, pleaw
cont^ Mr, John Abfaafa, Amer-fa^.,
Youth .Cbainruuv at 62 Hik
Kain SfreeL Fxeepcvt FR
8.0500;
Judge Edwin h FreedTticL^
As Master Of Ceremonies
J, Honnan I>eck, Chairman of the Freeport Chanher of. CiHn<
mere* annual Dinner-Dance to be held at the Garden City Ifoiel on
Sunday, April tl. announcM that JIudge Edwio J. Fxeedman.wiU
acx ac Master of Ceremonies.
. He also announced that plans are nearly complete for the fineet
lastaUa^on affair ever held by tlie Chamber of CominercK '. •. ,
Duritig the past ^week many-promlnetit -^ueet. axuwuaqMl ttieir
lBteaHoi>f»- »t»eitd aad);Mlii^»t».tn the jniiWi)li(|ti»i wntemwrite. ';
T£eer!bl>^»t>Mk* Comndttee h«s,^]M|«^',|«id|rf;.{ti'm|i^^ ««•'!'
»aaowaaeia»HiuH9MaiaV-to,.iEBiake IbilrM^V'Wtiais^nKli^iiMnm)^^
^E^i^^mmm
EKpands Facilities
Photo above itaovn imYt^mn. '<rilf^r«intlr.«(-^ populos and
long-established iMd market AnocUtad of ^!reepi»i 3B1 Atlantio
Ave., l^reeporfc ajpd Mr*. DlscK^'tDoaager cbecUag.p'daily ipedal
in their Horn tic Ijtardart Kitchen •nd'Baktsnr "Pood* Pepaxinenii;
Assodaled wa« honored in h^ng celwted a* fhii area's.ouUet foif
MM wldely-knotra brand of food itpedaU. ;rerry Dienev and his,
Awodated of Freeport wiU dMorve their lSlb-Bu*li>eM.AAi>ive|ri
' saxy in August. This food market ha* bsooixie pno of Itti* WM,
papula* consiunei eitabUshmenta on the South' ShMo Of Mestail
bt-vuse of its depariBientaUs^td layout attxacihre displays; pet-soneliMd
service and money-saving specials. . (A COM Photo) ,
Judge Mehrmann
To Address GOP
The Hon. Charles C, Mehr­mann,
Village Justice of Freeport,
will address the Freeport Re­publican
Club at 8:30 p.inn., April
23; at the Sputlv Shore YacHt
C'liib. , .^. ' . , '
Judge Mehrmann's top'lc" will
be ."Traffic Ssfefy.''.He has been
a Villane Justice aincc 1061 arid
and-hw assisted' Judge-Edwlh:^.
Freedman .wltii 'tlie "Traffic
Safet;ir Clinic'' pro,gtam tiyhichlus
.pfovea -to' be hlglUy ewxtsstvUi
V'k X^lJ'^..