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. iTfT^T—,. FBEEPOBT, N. Y. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970 t * PmOBi FIVE-CBlIfS^EB
S ^ ^ S l V E P^'iJ^AZIEyw^i.
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•J Inside Freepor
by J o h n M a ek
t&£r.
the E ^ e # ^ IbiisTniAttttafity, I v f e ^ i the fl»t deveri f«illlis
that have mofved Into new homes in th? Housing Authori^'s Be-habilitation
Program. As you may- know, this is a relatively IresE
Met in puUlc houshig, in which ttie ikithori% ae^ires prlimte
homes, rahabflltetes ti^, and tbm rmU the hmmm to quitted
families witti the oppffitaa% to to^. I wish the wMe'^coTOUum^
eould have shared the ejcparience itf visiting these new **home-owners-
to-be" and seeing first hand the joy that has come to them.
You would have met a group of very flne Freeport i«siitents to whom
life has not hem exacts e^t, but mA d ^ r m i n ^ wittiout ^ c i ^ -
tlon, to "mate it," and sanae day be able to lall the home his or
her own.
It was an unusual experience in a way, like visiting a series
of newlyweds who were brimming with hopes and plans but still
•didn't ha««-fet-fupnitoi^, rugs, -lawnmowers, -too^ and -evsyttAig
else they'd need to complete ttie pi^ira. These would all come later,
but now the problem e%3i family taa^, and it's ft pleasant one, is
to adjust to the new life and the new experience of being on the
way to home ownership. IMtost of the youngsters had Icnown only
rented rooms,aod slum conditions, ind were reimling in the luxui^
of havii^ theb own taa^ yards, b r e ^ space and teedom. I met
children ran^ig from s^^n months to sbcteen y^ts, and t h ^ idl
had a l^fe ^ wondep^m^ as thmigM they couldn't quite believe
wl^t was fhappetiiing-tb them^ . . . . "*
Most oi fbu readers Would smile to see grown ipen and women
baffled by Uie process of changing a fuse, turning on a bMiUMnt
water valve, trusting a tet water. .th«:mostsit, Jianging m^^^s,
pruning a shrub or cuttlllg a hedge. ¥et it's not so hard to under­stand
when you reali2:e that many of these tenants have reached
parenthood without ever living in a private home. Mothers, young
and old, showed us mostly bare or sparsely furnished ro«ims, but
i.'^d us their plans to fix up the place as soon as they could afford
it. This observer was Imp^raed by the loving eai« and the excep­tional
good taste being demonstrated by the women as they tegan
putting Into effect their individual ideas (if what a home should
be like. To visualize a typical home in process of formation you'd
see first the kitchen completed, neatly and with tots of color and
imagination, b^roon^ with perhap mily the ^aential beds and
erihs, some improvised, a dining r«wn with mi^te Just a bridge
tabic, a living room mostly empty, but all rooms starting to shape
up with pictures on the wall, draperies, many signs of hands and
hearts at work. It's not only a new experience for most, but also
the first ^ening of a di»r to honte ownerahip. It's something whidi
many of fee men and won«n told me they never telieved wouM
happen to them. But it is happening, and every F^porler shouW
be pleased that his community has the interest and concern to ex­tend
this hand to other Freeport families. My lasting impaession of
this series of visits will hm an untnwken succession of happy faees,
bright ^ e ^ eatatic diiWren, and grateftil parents.
In line with its fwlicy of respecting the priv«^ and dignity rf
tiiese tenant-owners, the names and addresses are not publicised by
the Freeport Housing Authority. Under the Rehabilitation Program,
the Awthort^ is able to purchase i # to fifty hiaw^ make n ^ M
improvaiien& and rqpoira, and then rent them to liuiiified Rre^ort
funiUes witti an oppoo^m^ to t»iy after a brtel »ntal pertei. In
selecting Its irst group under this pi^^am, the Authority dto^
vacant buildings which are so often targets for vandals and other
nuire serious mischief. Amplications axe handled in order of receipt.
Ito qualify, todies wuBt have livrai In FreepMt f » at least two
^mrs and "hmm iliodi^ inmnes. Aft«- a brief rental period of mmm
' ^ monte, during wM^ b^h tenants and Autltwl^ can evahiate
the desirabili^ of actual purchase, sales wiU be negotiated. Arrange­ments
are highly desirable to tenants, as usual closing costs are by­passed
and &iancing k handled by tiie Author!^ on a long-lenn,
low-rate Imsm, In the memtime, dm m owner aiul then as mwta^»,
the Auttorilr wiU be aUe to keep i^ise dteck on sM, liuildin^ and
grounds for adequate mm and malnt^iance. AdMcmal hwam m
tills program are being considered, and in due course will be acquired,
and the process will continue with every indication that Fre^mt
wilt ben^t in importent w^s.
As this column Qs^ to press, I have received a report that
Marie Miller, Editor of the anti-administration L.I. Graphic, appeared
at the Village Board 09m Meeting l^iuiay night and denounced
ttie R^ab l^ogram &a various ^iiuids, inclu^i^ ibe foltow^;
Cal Be^p^teg tite prt^u^ of tenai^ 1^ not » ^ » t o g theb* mamm
and the oM^mes of t h ^ new hom^ Cb| Making m& of the homm
available to workers ^employed by ttie local EcmuKnic Opportunity
Cotmcil, (c) PFovidin|| a home to a woman with children but not
4^i^liiui«l on vsm 31
School Arid Librarf
Budgets Defeated;
Yanoyer Elected
School Budget defeat^;
For IfiS
Against 2014
Library Budget defeated:
R>f' . 1075
Against 10^.
Yanovw elected to school board:
Yanover ! »
Erwin 1375
Jones 212
I Lo¥e You Daddy
I love you, Daddy, more and more
as every day goes by,
Because you share my every
wish and hear my every sigh.
Because of all the thoughtful
things that you have done
for me.
To make each moment of my life,
a hapw memoiy,
I love you for your partime and
your understanding voice,
And for your good advice when1:
Bave had to make a choice. ,
Vou have provided me with ftei
and clothes to. keep me warm.
And you have been my guardian
against whatever .^torm.
And whether we aiP .side hy .vide'
(If we are far apart.
I ihank y»iu. Daddy, and 1 pray,
that Gtitl will hk's.-* ynur
hi'iirf.
Freeport Chamber
To Hear Oppido
Hon. Albert Oppidt», Judge »f
the Supreme Court, will be the
guest sptakei at the weekly
luncheon meeting of the Freeport
Chamber of Commere-e, at the
Sea Bree'ze Restaurant, ft of Mil­ler
Ave.. Freeport. today at 12:30.
The Freeport Chamber of Conunexee Lunelwon Meeting held «t
the Sea Breese Restiiuraiii. lio.iioze<|..^e.!l|. Rev...liW..Eu9eiie.J.
Cta'wimi, Gkiach of :^e Holy B^^naet. eelefcnei^iw iS y e i ^ tf
service lo ^ d «nd all mwaidnd. Ife w n p r e s e ^ ^ i^lfe m p l a ^ t
for thli aM im the Iwira^ul gzona^ st^rounA^ tta CbwA
and the school. Sharing this tnomant v^tb hlmi t p w ^ guests, ttw
Rev. E. Vincent Stmtton of tiM First Presbyterian Churciv BAbbl
Bernard, ^otowitx of Ibe Vnion W^kaem Temple. L,te f*t Bev. &
Vinceitf SttiiSon. B^M B e m ^ Zl^iwltt. I ^ x , CttmietA
Chmxiimi Pxeirident ^&m Kemp. JvOm Carles & ^^»QMUUb w i
father "Smf oi liolf ^^emec.
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Town Adopts Law
To Aid More Aged
The Hempstead Town Boai^
has unanimously adopted a local
law increasing frmn P.OOO to
$5,000 the maximum permitted
income for senior citizens apply­ing
for tax relief.
HempBlead is the i « t town in
Nassau to relax the income re­striction,
noted Pi^iding Super­visor
Ralph G. Caso, who intro­duced
the measure.
"IncreMing the mcome level
to a more realistic figure will
benefit many more elderly per­sons
who are feeling the squeeze
of inflation against their fixed in-com^"
Caso said.
The ex^ption appUn to rral
properly owned 1^ one or more
persons each of whcnn is 65 or
over by husband and wife, one
of whom is over 6S. It entitles
them to a 50 per cent reductton
in their poperty ti«. The mew
income prevision goes mto effect
for the 1071 tax year provided
application is made to the Nas­sau
Board of Am^mrs.
First Phase of Rehablfltatioii
The Frei*pirt Housing Authority announced today that it ims
completed the first phase of il.s Rehabilitation Pre^ram. In this tetel
ph«se. welvB private b«m©j« have Ijen iwqulred by the Authority and
renti'd to miKlesI-income fannljes which wil Ihave an opportunity to
purcha.se the homes after a brief rental period
"On Apnl I?. 1969, we reretved
Federal approval from H.U P. tn
expend a total of $918^W.00 for
the purchase and improvement of
a ijjial (if fifty private dwellings in
residential areaa «f our Village,
for subsequent rent and/w sale to
qualified Freeport families,'* John
B. Mack, Chairman of the Au­thority
stat^. **Our Board decided
to acquire these hous«i in fftoups
of about ten or twelve as a time,
so that we could acquire experi­ence
progressively in this new
type of housing program. Our
Irst aim was to s««k out meant
houses which are often obj^^on-able
in neighborhoods as targets
for vandals, ftre hazards, gathering
pluses for young people and some­time
undmirable drlft«8 and
others. Vacant hous^ on the
other hand, have the adimntage of
making possible net increases in
the communitys' housing inven­tory
when rehabilifal^ and oc­cupied
by families. Of the flrst
twelve hom^' a c q u i t , deven
were vacant and only me was oc­cupied
by an owner family, which
moired el^wbere in Ec^povl. In
tiw memttme, our A i ^ i % is
making a ointlBuing s u n ^ i l the
Village to pinpoint subs^idard
homes that may be purchased in
^ e subseqt^nt phasM^of'&ts pro­gram."
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^ e tweliw temes pui^Moed so
far are all located norttt of the
railroad trpck, two being west of
Mmin Street and the others in the
norihewt Three of the tei^
have four b^rooms, six have
Ihre bedruoms, and three are
.smaller homes of two bedrooms,
each The average cost per home
to the Authority for these irst
twelve units was approxImaMy
|ia.MI0. including improvem^rts
which, in most cases, were made
by owners prior to purchase by
the Auttiorily.
John E. Williams, Executive Di-r
«lor of the Housing Author!^,
pointed out that: "Rent Is based
on family income and family com­position.
It is required that fomi-lles
must hatm 11^^ in Freepirt
for at least two yews and iimel
our Income standards. This pro­gram
seeks not only to provide
dwellings to qualified families, but
^m lo encovomge Stni facilitate
imxm ownersh^. Each of the
tw^ve -tenMA/buyers have ttp
earning capibilty, and also the In­tention
and desire, to own the
home which they now rent. After
an toi^lal r^tal ^rkid of abmil
six n^ntiw, we plan to start the
actwil home mke. A very atti^-
tive arrangement which elimini-nat^
usual closini es^enses aiui
p r a t ^ ^ long-tep 4nanc|»g at
loir mA tlucqvr^ J t e i&:pste« ^ 1 -
1$mi^ will te fMdra.V!ftQ^e to
ihe tafanlrpurehsseis. In thk pm'
gram, homes that are putrdiased
wffl fGortlnue on.ttie^.ta^ vcMa^ jifflt
m a ^ other |ffoii»^.
* ' ^ ^ i o n '0"^ twelve
famiil«ihas be^i:mtl»usiast
(Continued oii