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" N A S S A U" S ,L A R G E S T WEEK L Y " " " • • / • #
Freeporfs
Official
J Newspaper
25,000 RIEADERS
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>gtp Code 11520
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Zip Code 11566
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S4tH^lr, IJo. 38 FHEEFiMiT; ^ ; 1 ^ JAHlWlBY 8. 1970 -@^^. PRIGEr f l i ^ CtljfS PEi COPt
feUague
Registration Set
Several opportunities to regis­ter
for the eoraing 1970 season of
Freeport Little League will be
given to all the youth of Freeport
:\vhen several registration dates
#ere announced receaitly,. accard-
:ing to Robert Notheis, President
of the league.
The following times and places
for the 1970 registration were set
at a recent meeting of the Boai'd
^f Officers and Directors:
Friday. January 30th—7 p.m. to
9 p.m., Atkin.son & Giblyn Schools
Saturday. January 3lRt—9 a.m.
to 12 noon, Atkinson & Giblyji
Schook.
Friday, Fehruai-y flth—7 p.m. lo
9 p.m., Giblyn & Columbus Ave.
Schools.
Saturday, February 7th—9 a.m.
je Board Approves
Buiget^Vote Pay Raise
After a public hearing that lasted over five hours Monday night,
with Mayor Robert J. Sweeney and village officials going over tx 137-
page budget pagfe by page, the Freeport Village Board adopted the
budget for the new fiscal year beginning March 1. A total budget
nl $5,554,000 will call for a tax rate of $4.58 per hundred dollars of
a.'^.sc.'ised value. The increase from , - - - —I.™
ktst year's rate of $4.02 will mean
that the average Freeport home­owner
will be paying about $2.50
a month more in village taKes,
: based cAi Ihi* aviTage a.sst'ssmenl
•nf $5,500.
I Political foes of thf udmini.s-
; traliori raised strenuou.s objec-
:ti(iiiH til the salary increases fur
• ' T i n 11^"^ Trustees,,rnore municipal services, such
ilrom Sa.OOO to $10,000 fur the • • • •
munifies for the low salarie.s paid
tu Freeport officials in compari­son
with other towns. He pf>inte(l
out thai ill the Village uf Hemp­stead,
foi- example, the MciKflC.
and Trustees were receiving $10,-
000 and $5,000. "as of years ago,'*
despite the fact that Freeport is
larger by population alid haa
us
its own electric power plant.
i o J2 noon, Giblyn & Columbus i *^"y"''' »"^ ^''O'n $2,500 to $5,000 ! After the meeting Mayo*
Ave. Schools. \^^ the other Board members.! Sweeney said of the political op-
I Henry A tengarten. who served position, "Tliey are haiping oft-v
L ? ^ . J n " K ' ^"'"'f/^'' "'^t!* the phrase 'doubling our salariW.
years until he, retu-ed; from jJub. but ^hat they fail to tell thc.pet^' •
Registration will be clojjed on' "^"'"^
•this final date. !
f. .Aij^ boy'j^iio reaches 8 yeans of
iiagedtt; or.fli!efore, Juily;f l,-49^0,:anfl::
•is:Anotr^.piaerr^ani^
niiRslii3'.'36paxihm¥nfe-5Suj»^ ii''I56ctors^.HospitaL.';iF*e©i>oii, 'is
presented io.Iidlita.]S&inick of fieepoti. Hospital officiBls making
pr^senMtifiii a*e Dr. James Weifczjiet, James J. Ryan and Pir.
, William Lannik. 1
For her 15 years as nur.sing director at Doctors Hospital, Freeport,
Lolila Minnick was saluted recently by officials and fellow employes.
Mrs. Minnick retired from nursing, a profession she has pursued
since 1924, She was presented with a check for her years of service
ta'the hospital and one use Mrs. Minnick has in mind for the money
ii4 for a ticket to KaLserslauteri, — ~ •
Germany, where her .son Thomas
i.s stationed with the army.
"My .son and his wife are ex­pecting
their first baby," an­nounced
Mrs. Mj'imick, Her other
son. William C, is a former Ma­rine
who lives in Roekville Cen­tre.
Mrs. Minnick lives with hei
S!^ri|i:aicIq®u#ir#esmn ents for Little>..I<eagua.
^?^-flff^^:^te|feXearj!mad^ :^,^ double the: Wi
Arthritis Pamphlet
Being Offered
The importance of the role of
the patient in his fight against
I arthriti.H Is the .subject of a .six-ivirs.
m.n.uu.v ..v... .„ ' Pan^l pamphlet, published by
husband, William. J., at 133 Smith | The Arthritis? Foundation. Titled,
,S1.. Freeport. About hei- 15 years I "You aftd Arthritis," it is being
as head of the hospital nursing 1 rjfferejj free bv the New York
department. Mm. Minhicjt sum? | Q,^pter Naa.au Suffolk Division
the experience by saying: Tho.se |
! of The Arthriti.s Foundation, Gray
1 Mason of Glen Head, the Nassau
Baseball and i.s entitled to regi.s.
ter, providing he meets the above
requirements.
All boy.s must register at one
of the designated schools and
be accompanied by a parent or
guardian, A birth certificate must
be presented as proof of age as
each boy is registered.
All Fathers are urgently re­quested
to sign the volunteer
pledge card attached to the bny's
application. A .successful opera­tion
of Freeport Little League f<»r
1970 need.s eonperatlon and help
front «11 parent*!. Sign up now
liii^iia'se'fiiSee^'-T9&4:^
gov- many of them ca*ii say they h'ava
erning, "the largest village in I nut had a salary increase in their
New York State, with more local ' r.wn jobs .since J964? If wu had
-servjce^ than mo.st cities, in a wanted to play a political game
time yf complex problem.s every-' we could have raised our salaries
^ •.'*^' \'A $1,000 a year every year .sincff
Village Trea.surer Leonard D. ;I964. without ,seriou.s objection,
B. Smith asked permi.s.sion to si^^p I and we would now have been
down from his official's .seat aruljmudi further ahead financially,
go down into the audience lo ; But we don't choose to play that
'^^!)^M,
speak i'li favor of the salary in-
(•n'a-se.s. He said he i.s active in
village official' Hs.sociation.s on a
stale-wide level and he was of­ten
ohided by tho.se in other com-kJiid
of political game with tax-j
payer's money. Wo held the Una
. on our own salaries from year
|o year since 1964, while every-
(Continued on page fl)
were ?Adeed wonderful
ful years."
wonder-
Dr. Anton Notey, executive di- j Advisory Board Chairman, .said
rector, and other hospital officials 1 today. Copies
agree "Mrs. Minnick will "bt
niis.sed very much."
uancer
Sponsors Show
January 10, the Cub Scout Pack
ir454 will attend the presentation
of "Jack and the Beanstalk" by
the world-famous Nicolo Marion­ettes
at the Bayview Ave, School.
The show i.s sponsored by Freer
port Cancer Care and pitjvidea an
excellent opportunity to support a
ntost uworth'y'cause ;while receiv­ing
tdpelass entertainment. Shows
are scheduled for I p.m:. and 3
p.m.
The next committee meeting
Malcolm Sprowal
I970'.s First on L I.
The .second child of a Freeport
couple appears to be the first baby
bom on Lf)ng Island in 1970.
Malcolmn Frederick Kenyalta!
Sprowal weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozh. |
when ho arrived at Dtjctors Hos '•
pital, Fn'<»port, at 10 niinutes pii^^i
midnight on January 1. »
i His parent'' live at 7 Union St.,
I Freeport. and the older Sprowal
I work« in the wig depai-tm«*iit nf
jGrant'.s in Frcepor!. Officials and
; parents bf»th v.-.-i • "ilelight-d* at
j Malcolm's tini !y ;irr.val.
I Mother ami bahv arc ilijin4
, ,„, „ . , iWell. Mrs. .Sptnwnl w.i.»; di.Nrharg-ihe
nr.Ht step—seeking early , . ,, , . , »/r 1
* '^ -^ I ed from tui ho.^pitai Muofhiy
diagnosis lor his illness—is the j morniuK.
most intportant and the respon­sibility
for this rests with the pa­tient,"
Mr. Ma.son said. "We now
believe that net ca.se of arthitis is
hopeleiss. provided the patient
gets to the doctor and proper
treatment is started before too
much damage is done."
may be obtained
without charge by writing the
Foundation, Roosevelt Field,
Lower Concourse, Garden City,
L.I., NY. 11530. Phone PI 7-1813.
School Bond Issue To Be
Resubmitted February 4
At a special meeting held January 2, Fi-eeport's Board of Kdu-c.
ilion decided lo resubmit to the voters the bond issue for adding onto
11,e Atkinson School and replacing the John W. Dodd School with u,
ni.'w .structure. The bond issue is substantially the .same one that was
defeated by 155 votes in December. Registration for residents who
have not voted in school elections " —
Bethel AME Church
Sponsors Course
will be held on January 28. \
According lo Joseph Mc-
Andrews, School Board President, I
tlie rea.'Jons for resubmitting the I
H iiu! •' -lie include the Rreat need
. ' •• ' ' i-ii;i! r :riijlie; a i I t'le
; ol I !• p,-» viou:-; vnte.
•n )t ' ' i;' l!rt> Ihi- need
..•' i.v,* Hi .-•ajl "A'^ long
ii-t;,J (u.ii.n'ies tile Scho )1
• We
The pamphlet also carries valu-
Freeport Tuna Club
Meeting Tonight
The next meeting of the Free­port
Tuna Club, Inc., will be held
tonight at the Sunri.se Masonic
I..<j(Jge, 286 West Merrick Road,
Freeport. The doors will be open
at 8 p.m. The mtieting will be
Board is honor bound to find .solu
lion.s to the problem.'-
J-j c*ppoi tunity In acquire (4realiT
Bethel A.M.E, Church, 59 H. Im
Avenue, Freeport, offers cuur^;!- m
F^undaniental Edueation The
course will run i/iie or two iimlitH
a week, whirhever will be re­quired,
and will be <lesiyn ri to
give adults and young.-^ui • an
skills in reading, spelltor and
JJJJJ.Q1|_ ! writing. It will also help huiUl a
degree of .self confidence ami the
.subject matter will deal with ti>n-ill
be held Saturday, Jan. 13 at ; tinue treatment and doctor visU
•;) p.m. at tlje First Presbyterian ey»?n when the disease is in re
.in;h in F>:eepyrt,
able advice on sell-help devices called to order at 8r45 p.m.
and encourages patient.-^ to con- ' A deinonstralion of Bass Fish-
' u\g lerhniqUto- will be given by
I tlip Aliiu Divi.><ion of Ihe Garcia
mission. {Tackle C<tnipan>.
Freeport Superintendent
Schools, Dr. Christopher J. War-rell,
stre.s.sed that school
ments continue to ri.sc and the
need grows more acute. The flfth
grade remaira on double session temporary conr.-rns.
at the Atkinsbn School, and any The course will be supe rve^trd
attempt to* complete the major by Mi.s.s Iris Uliner, a graduate of
renovation needed at the Dodd Btwlon University, and the daugh-
School would not only be more
costly than a new building but
' would cau-se double He.ssinn for
bolli junior- and senior higii «chO')l
. itudenls.
ter of Mr. and Mrs Moses Uhner.
There will be no charge for ttie
euurse, and rege-tration i.- iitune-diylc,
jus1 call. Rev
KninrmniH-t- VW H (iH7.'i
S l-'iHnk
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