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37th YEAR, No. 28 FREEPORT,NEWTORK» NOVEMBER 2,1972 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Fim Freeportefs
Asking For Votes
The names of five Village residents. Judge Paul Kelly,
John Donovan, William Gibbons, Judge Patricia Collins and
Ralph Franco, will appear on Freeport's voting ballot
next Tuesday.
Endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic par­ties,
incumbent Paul Kelly faces Conservative Salvatore
Gefbasi and Liberal Michael Rosenfeld for 10-year term as
County Court Judge. In the post since 1961, Judge Kelly
also served as Village Police Justice for 10 years.
John Donovan, Chairman of Freeport's Zoning Board
of Appeals, is the Conservative candidate for the 18th
Assembly District facing Republican Armand D^Amato and
Democrat Bernard Flaton. The Liberal candidate for the
post, William Gibbons, is d so a Village resident.
. Freepprter Patricia Collins is running on the Republican
suit of the 211^12 win over iDniondale at i<ofstra stadium. (Pfcoto by Donald Wall)
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Judge Pat
With the appearance and
demeanor of everyone's idea of a
favorite Irish-American aunt
(which she is) who devotes her
wedsends to the apjKBarance of
the altar of her Parish Church
(which she does), Bfiss Patricia
CoUins of Pine Street, Freeport,
will be watching the election
results this coming Tuesday to
see if the purpose and dedication
which has dictated her adult
years wiU have earned her the
voters' trust needed to return her
to the post to which she was ap­pointed
in January of tMs year so
she may continMe to sit on the
bench of Nassau County's Second
District Court as Judge Patricia
Collins for four more years at a
salary of $^,000. Insiders among
EepubUcan Party circles, u i ^
wlKse banner she is running.
People's Advocate
Judge f^bricia Collins who if tho
caiididate on ihe Republican line
for fte Second District Court
' Judgeship to which she ww ap­pointed
in January.
indicate it would be a miracle in
reverse if she does not, for
"Pat" Collins, while fuMlling her
judicial duties to the utmost, has
nevertheless plunged headlong
into campaigmng with the ex­hausting
enthusiasm on which she
drew to become a lawyer in the
first place in the face of financial
handicap and the inherent ones
of her sex.
Brought to Freeport as an
infant by her actor father who
had purchased a house on Miller
Avenue following in the steps of
his fellow th^pians of the era,
Pat CoUins received her
elementary ^ucation at Our
Holy Redeemer Parish School
where she today serves as a
member of the Parish CouncU.
Her high school years were spent
at St. Agnes High School, Rock-viUe
Centre, and looking back to
those years and at her yearbook,
Judge CoUins pinpoints her
desire to be an attora^ to that
period of her life. "I wanted to be
an advocate of the people. I was
iyery idealistic then...perhaps I
didn't realize all that was in­volved...
but I knew I had to be a
lawyer."
For various reasons coUege
was to wait a bit but her resolve
was stren^ten with her work
for the Nolan and Glacken In­surance
Co., Freeport.
"Perhaps," she fWnktf,-"because
we were a stdrefront;pcdpIe just
walked in off the sb«et and spoke
to me of their problems. I could
get them to a certahi point, but
then rd have to say 'then you
need a lawyer.' " Her frustration
and determination finally chrove
her into a back-breaking
schedule of ridirg the LIRB each
eveMng to attend classes at St.
Jctos University'after a fuU
day's work at the insurance firm
to which was added weekend
work at a South Main Street retail
store ("because I needed the
money.") By taking no summer
breaks, the determined Freeport
lady completed pre-law and law
school in five years, graduating
from St. John's, cum laude, in
1951. ("1 was admitted to the Bar
on HaUoween which I've always
thought was sort of funny.")
Asked to comment on Women's
Lib and what if any prejudice she
came across when first starting
out, Judge Collins reports that
some Five or six women started in
her law school class but some
three dropped out and she was
the only to finish with the class.
After graduating she made the
rounds of the big law firms and
while she was not confronted with
outright prejudice, in that they
were wilHng to hire her, never­theless
to "departmentalize
women," in the posiUons
offered would have plac^ her
behuid a desk preparing cases for
other attornQTS to present In
ccwrt and this was not for "an
advocate of the people."
With notlung much more than
her characteristic gumption.
Miss CoUins openal her private
practice in Freeport in 1952 and
looking back to that beginning,
she has nothing but graUtude for
many friends and nei#bors who
came to her and refeired others
at a time whett miny new homes
were being buiU in southern
Freeport and a lawyer with an
extensive background in real
estate and iimirance had a great
deal to offer. It was during this
period that Miss CoUins, vltaUy
inter^ted in toe welfare of the
VUlage, served for five years on
the VUlage Board of Zoning
Appeals whU6 also woridng as
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ANNUAL INSPECTION. Village officials ioined County Parade In
spectors last Sunday morning In checking over the men and equipment
of the Freeport Fire Department Shovim (L-Rl are: Village Treasurer
Leonard Smith. Deputy Mayor William White, Truitee Thomai Love
lidge. ex-Captain of Truck Co. #1 Donald Mauarshergar, present
CaptLln David Neinfbery and Chief Cart Wallman. Truck Co. #1 vwon
Best Overall, Best Appearing and tied with Hose #3 for Best Ap
pearing Membership. Hose Co. #5 won Most Men-Percentage Rating.
The Freeport Fire Department Band was out to cheer the men on
but it was work as usual when Hose #3 and 5 joined the Tmck Co.
at working fire on Ray Street during competition and one fireman,
Sealey Southard, blacked out and was removed to the hospital.
Four Car Accident on Sunrise
A four-car collision at the in­tersection
of Sunrise Highway
and^disonStreetshortly after
nboii^bn Satufaayr sciit Uiree
people to the hcspital, one of
them, Brenda Johnson, 19, of
Roosevelt, who is expecting a
child in two months.
According to Freeport Police,
Andrew Markel <rf Brooklyn was
stopped westbound on Sunrise
Highway to make a left hand turn
onto Madison when he was struck
from behtad by a car driven by
Maxine Hayes of Roosevelt (who
was carrying Mrs. Johnson as a
passenger). The Hayes car,
attempting to change lanes, also
hit another car in the middle lane
driven by John Melore of East
Meadow. Mclore's car went out of
control crossing over to the
eastbound lane hitting car driven
by Conrad Marino of Brooklyn.
Taken to Doctor's Hospital by
the Emergency Company were
Mrs. Jotaison, John Meloro and
his 14-year-oId passenger, NeU
Spera of East Meadow. AU were
later released.
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