The-Leader_1971-12-09

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36th YEAR, No. i3 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY; DECEMBER 9, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Mayor Outlines
Plans for Village
MRS. MERRY CHRISTMAS 1971: Mrs. Carol Ecuyer was chosen this year's Mrs, Merry Christmai at
the sixth annual contest held at the Sea Breeze Restaurant on Thursday. Mrs. Ecuyer and her
husband, tee, have been residents of Freeport for the past 14 years, are well known as the owners of
Zippy the Chimp, having appeared all over the U.S.A. on TV with him. Carol is shown with first
runner-up Mrs. Joyce Smith (right) and Mrs. Katherine Macintosh, third place winner.
This year's contest was sponsored by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Country Brokerage,
Progressus Co., South Shore Federal Savings 8i Loan Assn.. Industrial Park Association Bantam Match,
Five Counties Carting, Freeport Hospital and Carol Greens. Gifts for all contestants were donated by
the Leader, Grants, Ruby Lane, Fashion Shops, Samets, Tami Reids, Leon's Boutique. Kron Jewelers,
Columbian Bronze. Atlantic Chemists, Bayview Pharmacy, Mario Hairdressers, A.J. Hunter Liquors, Van
Deusen Wines & Liquors, Acropolis Gift Shop, Zarnoch Jewelers. Sea Breeze Restaurant and the Cham
bor of Commerce.
THE DISTItyQUfSHED PANEL OF JUDGES: Looking quite proud of their choice, are Otto Kuni.
owner of the Sea Breeze; Lt. Fred Peterson, U. S. Marine Corps; Ted Vanderclute of Castlereagh Press
of the Industrial Park; Dorothy Gordon, Secretary to Mayor Sweeney; C^pt. Jack Hayes of the U.S
Army; Roy ReynoWi of WQBB and ten Feldhun. owner of the Long Island Chiefs.
Jack Healy
Village Party Meeting Dec. 2. 1971
"An idea is as good as the time of (he idea The time
has come for somethhig dramatic in Freeport" This was
Mayor Sweeney's response when he was challenged on his
change of position regarding the building of apartment
houses.
Tlie exchange took place at the meeting of the Village
Party last Thursday night after the Mayor had briefly
covered the progress of the year and then followed up by
reading from a prepared text regarding the deterioration of
North Main St. <: ^^
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events of tlie past year and his pt-a4cMitim!mfi&(i"'f\i'^f^'^ "
Speaking extemporaneously, the Mayor went department
by department.
Beginning with Urban Renewal, Mayor Sweeney referred
to the acquisition of the Liberty Ave. Park land which was
purchased from the city for $1,600,000, half of which we
will get back from the Federal Government under the
Open Lands Acquisition act. An additional bVi acres will
be purchased when the money is available, 7/8ths of which
will be supplied by Federal and Stale funds through Urban
Renewal. Tlie Mayor also pointed out thai this was the
first time that vacant land had ever been purchased for
the purpose of relocation in Urban Renewal redevelop­ment.
Tlie sewer plant must be expanded, said the Mayor.
However, the expected Federal and State aid is not avail­able.
This leaves two possible alternatives, one is a $4 to
$5 million bond issue or secondly, to go into the county
system. The Mayor stated that he was told by the engineers
that while the hook-up with the county system would
cau.se no increase in village taxes, the cost to the user
would be higher than the additional tax for the bond issue.
There has been no decision made as yet since the financial
aid could become available. Our incinerator must also be
expanded, said the Mayor. He also pointed out that the
real problem was that the Town would soon have no place
for the end product of incineration.
Regarding the electric rate increase. Mayor Sweeney
explained that the rates were not rejected by the Rate
Commission, but merely being held up while the Com­mission
makes further investigations. He al.so said thai even
with the rate increa.se we may not pay more since there is
a de-escalation as well as an escalation clause in the new
rates and that the price of oil is falling.
While realizing the obvious need for recreational lacili-
Pif12 ties in the Village, Mayor Sweeney said that the bids of-
$7 miUion were too much beyond the anticipated $2 mil­lion
and that they would bankrupt the Village. A new plan
was called for with a likely completion dale of late I97J.
Crediting Senator Norman Levy and Assemblyman Jerry
Kremer for their assistance in the Village's figlit against
compulsory chlorination of our water system, the Mayor
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