The-Leader_1969-01-16

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FREEPORT. A REAL HOME TOWN . . ."This long established com-mumty,
located "within the shadows of Manhattan's sky-scrapers,
^l*™*, J" "•S:Z""''T°'^" '!'»«• raany reasons . . . Take last week-end:
The NY. JETS playwl the Baltimore Colts for the big prize . . .
Evtn though my daughter, Kathc, attends the Peabody Consonratoiy
01 Music in Baltimore, I had to: side with the Jots, THE NKW YORK
c ^ i r ' • *,?*«"5<f '•masons, but mostly becaa^c "BICJ GENIAL JOHN
SCHMITT" <A1 Voltraer Insurance Agency) is » Frecporter, but also
f,^^VW-'Freeport b probably the centei of sincere "JBT GYRA-TION^"
.. Take, tor instance, genial BERNIE AMES, youth­ful,
talented, mudest pi^y of Columbian Bronze, (and of course.
Dityetor, V.P. etc. of Walter KWde, V,s. Lines, etc.. etc. (Also an
intemationalljr recoghized motaluigic expei-t and former N^vy ace),
who hosted .a big-"N.Y. Jets Party" last Sunday at his mkest. but
comfortdbte home on Mainland Ave. . . . Among the guests wore
former Preeport Mayor WILLIAM F. GLACKEN, prominent N.Y,
? t t ' f c ? Z ^ f » f i ^ ^ ^ ^^ClOJrY (Mr. World's Fair). JXJDGl
i-HAKliliS^ G. MEWBMANN, (one of the most prominent GOP per-
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people visited Bernie & Frances Ames, not ii«r to rc-rpMlTof "ihl-championihip
game on Dcrniu'.s color TV and the very comfortable
Amca" Home, but ako to la.stc a bit of Frct,'porl'!, "Cafe Society"
Don't forget, Bci-nic declined a bid as top spot as M.-iyor . . , Aiid
v,h> not^his future is inteinotioiiai, (Ho knows an influential Greek)
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I SPOT.LITE
I ON SPORTS
By Cbarlos C. Mehrmaan
Wednesday, Jan. 22 Designated ^ J
As "John Schmitt Day In Freeport"
The>Jels victory Sunday ovov the Baltimore Coils was thersuper
victory for our New York entry in thp Super-Bowl, but in addition
to that well known fact, it was also a victory .for the local foUowers
.ind personal friends of the first string center of the New York Jots,
our own John Schmitt. John works for the VoUmer Agency in Free-port
and i.s a' Mernck resident. '-
He is frequently seen about town
and, has been to the Chambor "of
Commerce luncheons at Al B
White's on Thursday's from time
to time. We all know him per­il
)nalJy and respect his mature
quiet modesty. He is also a mem­ber
of the Knights of the Round
Table and attends the Monday
and. Friday lunchcor« at Al B.
Wliitc's and we have the good
fortun'; of personally diecusising
many of the Jet.s with John and
he hai! continuously praised the
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•Bunay NUe •»«> CoeWaU Party «, thr» ol r^wporf, Jov.llwl "BwuiW ,mU. s p p r S T
S ^ i i r i n " - ™ , ! ? l ' ^ ^ "'"'.fw'; W«-"Co^-^-Down" ^ th. south Bhor* VachTaTtSl:
^ ^ a i ^ t ^ " bunnto. arsUable tor d*™tog. Th, dal. b January 26 from 4 to 8 p X t S ^
ffi^^f^ Chairman Katierte. Abbata, al FH B.0047, FB 8-0500 or th. Chambir 5 ^ . ^
H«ly and Norma Braun. (Photo by o S * S t 5 S
COMMUMTY CONCfRT AS$R
PLANS 816 1969 CONCERT ^
Mi's. Aone Martin.,President, announced tliat'tJie Freeport Com­munity
Concert Assn. is honored to present Mczzo-Soprano Betty
Allen in r^'itallat Freeport High School on Saturday evening,
January 18 at 8:30 pJrt. Proclaimed one of the most endearing and
powerful voices of the- century (Hong Kong), the-world-renownpd
Ohio born Miss Allen is a fav­orite
wjth.such leading conductors
a.s Bernstein, Stowlcowskj, Munch,
Leinsdoii and Porati, a3 well as
with sudienc«»3' throughout the
world, A favorite 'fcultaral am­bassador
on Ave -centineBts and
^Sinner of the ^^50000 ,P<jrd Foun­dation
Grant, she -was choseq 'ib
sing in the United Nations. Day
Concert spon.<!oced by President
and Mrs. Lyndon B, Johnson. Irt
tCootmucd OS 9^S)t 2)'
Rockefeller Plans
"Town Meetings"
Plans for a Januaiy-February
scries of "town mecflrigs"
throughout the state for an "ex­change
of vie\V8" with the people
hove been announced by Gove,r-nor
Rockefeller,
"Town meetings in the past
have been most helpful," the Gov­ernor
.said, "in providing a'n op-pprlunify
for an invaluable ex­change
of views between the peo­ple
and the State ndin.inistration.
"1 wont to again meet with
people all across the State so that
I can porsonally di-scuss with them
the problems and needs .of the
State, particularly ouir -financial
situation."
MeelmgSy^tD which' the ' pub­lic
is-invited, are'expected to be
fafiki ~ in' Rockland, Westchester,
SfassBU and Suffolk. Counties;' in
New York' City, and'in tlie-areas
of Buffalo, Niagara Falls.'Rocties-tcr,
Syracuse^! Watertown,. Utica-
Rome, Elmira-Con^uig,' Bingham-
(ton and tj^e CfVitalpistrut.'
•Jf. ,.,.,.!-. YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PLANS NEW COHCERt
- The widcly-ki)owii, Na^>iau County Youth Owheaira,- imdi* »h»
directjon of (JondUctov .JTacfc-Berv, will present another of Jta popular
concerts on Sunday, January 2(1, at 2 p.m.' at the A. Holly Patterson
Home. - - 'I ', -.y '
This opchcstra Includes some of the most talented young'jrhil-siciiaannss
iinn tthhee ccoouunnttyy.. - ; -^ ' ' *S'— '
Conductor Jack Berv won ac­claim
after a long-time associa­tion
with Toscannhii, and ..the'
N.B.C. Symphony. He is consider-
Special Program
Of Atkinson PTA
Tlic Intcrmcdintc and Elemen­tary
PTA Organizations, of the
Caroline G, Atkinson School-will
hold a joint ihcjeting on i^iesday,
Jan, 21. at 8;30 p.m..in,the school
auditorium.' ' '•> '
A play, "ThetCOnce- Was A
iBoy," will be piiesented,. Jt will
be follotved by a' panel,djscuv
sion of its -Uiemi: xnoderated^ by
^lias Wfaelad of.the Guidance D«r
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,ed one of the finest FrencK-ihont
players in symphonic cirejcsilvt- '
The concert is open to tfle '^a-erai
public with tio odTml^noa
charge.. The prograni oflfers pop­ular
compositions from the ciaa-sics
'and contemporary -favorites.
Mofioy College
Offers [Refresher .
• Two - jcourses' for •.elementary,
junior highsnjj .Itigh 8chp<9l pA'
ence teachers who wish'to'Update
their kninvlcdge pf sci^ptiAc tfae^
ory ' end'. t«.achin'g';-in«ih(i^i44oger:'
were annoupcud iiy.^lstia-vHtelen.
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