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Berk Si^sef and Arline Sdbmldi.
Executive leader Julius Mintz and Dinner Chairman Frank
Smith announced this week that Town of Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Ralph G. Caso w(juld be the honored guest at the organ­ization's
Installation Dinner-Dance to be held at Carl HoppFs, Bald­win
on Wednesday evening, June 23, 1970.
Sponsored jointly by the Free-
Post €)lfice Lists
Pai'cel Post Change
officer iri Charge JosefAt M.
Gofus ol'theJVeepdrt Post Office
annouacedl; that beginning July l,
the inasimuin sizesol pamwd pott
that -will be accepted^ will be in­creased
tmm a coipbiiied lengQi
and gii% of T2" to fS", however,
the,maximum weight of 40 Ibi.
still applies.
This constitutes th^ tourtli-irfiase
of the law governing slst
and veight limitations affecting
mrcels which was enacted ia
September 1886 wiOi modiflcationi
over a 5-year paiod.
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port Republican Club and Free-port
Commltteemens Council,
the third annual event promises
to be the highlight of the Spring
social season. Acceptances have
already been received from most
county, town and village officials.
Board Of Education
To Meet June 24
The June public meeting of the
Board of Educatioa will be held at
the Atkinson School at 8:15 p.m.
on June 24, instead of the original
date of June 17.
NickeKWin. !nie BoaJrci <^ isuper-visora
will crasider the matter at
its June 8 meeting.
The neighborhood recreation
area will consist of six tennis
courts, six handball courts, two
(basketball courts, three shufBe-board
courts, two horeeshoe
courts, a Softball field, benches
and playground facilities. Site
work for the museum involves a
small boat basin restricted to
niarine study groups, ponds for
ecological study, and related
walks.
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Sdioof budget Vote
For Jiine 16
Agreeraent-by teachers and the Board of Education of the 1970-71
salaiy proposal all'but completes final work on" the school budget.
The only salary figures yet to be finalized are those of the admta-istrative
staff* Voter approval will be sought on Tuesday, June 16th.
"I think Sjchool district voters will be interested to know toat
bCidget has the unanimous
support of all five Board mem­bers.
The principles of fiscal re­sponsibility
have been carefully
considered in al phases of its de­velopment.
It is difficult to pre­pare
a budget which meets the
educational needs of all children
and at the same time keep bur
expenditures at realistic levds.
The Board, by its unanimous &pf
proval, feels this budget has ac­complished
that end," '
' These comments wore made by
Board" Prraident Joseph M. Mc-
Andrews in discussing the forth­coming
budget vote on Juiieieth.
Inclusion of the '7p-'7I teachers'
salary figures with the abreiady
stated figure of $i|,480,8M makes
the budget total $11,874,844:- -,
•Ebis inflects a taS: rate of
^.«S7 per 1100 of assessed valua­tion—
an increase of approximate­ly
$.65.
Mr. McAndrews again em­phasized
ttiat^the Freeport Board,
like hu^jfreds of hundreds of
others^ New York State, has
repeatedly expressed opposition
to continuance of real estate as
the principal tax base for our
schools. "Between that and in­flation."
he continued, "we almost
start out with strikes against us.
However, we have worked long
and hard on this budget, and we
believe it reflects the fiscal re­sponsibility
I mentioned earlier."
Voting will teke place at all
designed polling places on Tues-^
day, June 1* from 7 a.m. to 9
pjp.
Parking lota accommodating 15
buses and 225 cars plus inter­connecting
roads will serve both
facilities.
The Department of Public
Works estimates the cost at $2,-
116,820 and expects to begin work
in late summer with conqiletion
by late 1971.
Plans for construction of the
museum building are expected to
be ready for Board consideration
by July.
"We have filled only 80 of the
176 acres of this wetlands area,"
Nickerson stated. "The remain­der
is being left in a natural stete
for study and observation."
Notifies Ad Residents
•nie foUowing letter is being sent to all residents of the ft«B-porl
School District by the Board of Education:
Dear Resident:
Recently our Junior and Senior High Schools have been plagiMd
with tensions, racial conflicts, and disturbances. The Adminlstratton
and Board of Education have •
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Chamber To Pete
Msgr. Crawford
The regular weekly meeting of
the I'reepart Chamber of Com­merce
will be held today at 12:30
at the Sea Breeze Resteurant, ft.
of Aliller Ave,, Freeport.
Special Guestsj Rabbi Beraard
Zlotowitz, Union Reform Temple;
Rev. 1. Vincent Stxatton, Flist
Presbyterian Church. Guest of
Honor: Rt. Rev, Msgr. Eugene J.
Cmwford, Chuith of the Holy
Redeemer^
taken the foUowlng actions to
keep the schools open and as­sure
the safety of all children.
1. No unauthorized visitors are
allowed in the buUdinp.
2. Police are pwaent at both
buildinp.
S. Meetings of parents, faculty,
administration, and students are
being held to explore the issues
and seek solutions.
There is no question as to the
seriousness of what we fitce. Nor
should there be any question as
to responsibility. It reste not only
with the schools, but with eve^
individual and every arm of gov­ernment
as welL
The Board of Education re­luctantly
concludes that for too
long a time thfr schoote have tiem
attempting to solve pfoblema by
themselves—problems common to
the entire Village of, fbe^wft.
We have repeatedly emi^iBsized
the importance at parental atti­tudes
and home environment-
White ad weU'as black. # e reiter­ate
this fundamental belief.
Recent events and existing
cumstaiices make this Board
aware,that only with positive co­operative
ac«on from Village gov«
errimeni along with strong par­ental
guidance will we be able to
begin to combat effectively the
<iisastrous polarization which ob­viously
how grips us.
The foUowlng Is an excerpt
from M letter sent to
Mayor, Robert J. Sweeney June
4, 1970, requestiM an urgent Jol&t
meeting of the Village Board of
Trustees, the Human Rights Com-misston,
and the Board of Educa­tion:
"While the school year is all
but coinpleted, the problems
brought to light in the past week
remain. They will grow daring
the summifr and into the next
school year If positive action Is
not taken."
As a Board of Education we
always remember the primny
role of BchoolM-^to educate. But
how are we to ftilfUl this role un­less
every segment of the fret-port
community actively assunMM
its share of social responsibiUtyf
The Board wants to make it
clear that the Freeport schooli
stand fast In their determination
to do what will be required to
inalntalii an educational progna^
in a peaceful environment.
Guidance Ch
Speaks In D.C.
Arthur Hecht, Chairman ot
Guidance at fVe^iort H i ^ School
was a featured speaker at UM
04th Annual! Meeting of the A«o>
elation for Mental Deflclez^, bald
in Washington, D.C. The Assodi-
^on Is made up of teadieii, (us ­ance
counselors, doctors, nunn,
and lasntnen concent v^tti faHp-
E^portllng haadk^tHttl dittdMO.
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