The-Leader_1973-06-14

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38trYEAR7Ndr7^ tcFREEPORT, NEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1973 PRICE- TFNrFNTSPFRFOPY-Budgets
Busmg JNixed
Gloria Nevard, an educator
who said during the campaign
that she thought It was time that
a woman served on the Freeport
School Board won her bid for a
three-year term by defeating
incumbent Stewart Yanover by
286 votes in the Tuesday voting
thai brought^ut 2,471-voters.-
A DESTRUCTIVE WEEKEND.
Upper photos show two of some
300 trees .downed in the Vil­lage
after last Saturday's tremen-
^ u s . st6im*;i;il-ow^^
part of iroof of t to Freeport Flreii
Department's Headquarters that
collapsed onto Brooklyn Ave;
nue. Lower right is a view of
tong Beach Avenuelookingsouth
from Atlantic Avenue on Sunday
morning, one of many streets
closed by fallen trees, crushed
autos and downed wires.
(Photos by Alan Greenberg.)
The 114 million School Budget
was overwhelmingly .approved,
1.543 to 928. The Freeport
Memorial Library enjoyed the
same fate, 1,662 to. 794,
Resoundingly defeated, 1.536 to
883, was the Transportation
Proposition which would have
expanded the limit private,and'
parochial school children would |
t be bused by five miles at a cost of
i^.|25,0(».-t:.,.;^^-.-. ,.-,.;,.•• ..- ., - ,
i T I j e following is a breakdown
by polling place: Archer (School
Budget - 349 yes, 273 no, Library-
396 yes, 229 nb, Transportatlon-
22? yes, 380 no, Nevard-316,
Yanover 274); Atkinson (School-
303 yes, 126 no, Library-326 yes,
107 no, Transportation-126 yes,
295 no, Nevard-244, Yanover-
157)", Bay view (School-408 yes,
249 no, Library-429 yes, 222 no,
TransportaUon-213 yes, 435 no,
Nevard-319, Yanover 301)-,
Cleveland <School-(B yes, fl no,
Library-53 yea, 12 no, Tran­sport
aUon-52 yes, 12 no, Neynrd-
69, Yiinover-lZ); Columbus
(Scho()l:l!}0. yes, fifi no, Library-
147 yes. 59 no, Transportalioh-90
yes, 114 no, Nevard-125, Yanover-
78); andGiblyn (Schoo!-270 yes,
1208 rio^ibraryJl I yes,: l65-no,-
TranBportation-J75 yen, 300 no,
Ncvard-238.^, Yanovcr-201).
Speaking'to THE LEADER
after, the votes had been tallied,
Mrs. Nevard said she "was"very
happy and pleased and wants to
thank everyone' who has helped
me. I am pleased that the voters-trusted
me to get the job done as I
said I would."
Mather NatiifeW Village
It snuck up on Freeport. Some
650 Freepoiters, including Mayor
William White and the Board of
Trustees, were gathered at the
Malibu In Lido Beach for the
Annual Installation of the
Freeport Republican 0ub. Other
residents were enjoying a-bar^i
beque^ Children werie jplayIng. It
got dark, rumbles could beJieard_
in the distance. As.oneJeams to' •
. expect; the warm sumraer_day
was to end in a thunderstorm.
Saturday, June 9, was not to be a;
normal evening however. The^
Freeport Memdrlai-Ubra^-has\
already taken steps to insure that
the day will go down in -Village
history. (See; Jottings from
Jean.)
The storm of tremendous
ferocity travelled from the
Hempstead Plains and marched
a devastating path through .the,
/Village on its way to "the .sea-
Some 10 minutes in duration, the
- combination :of. high ^ winds,
driving > rain and / almost {^con­tinuous
lighbiihg bolts, wrecked
havoc in all areas of FVeeport,
, downihig huge trees that came to
' rest on roofs, cars and roadways
carrying"with them,hundreds of
•, electrical, lines which r«idered
some 400 homies powierless' for
"': from a few hours to days, and:
extinguished traffic li^ts ; as
disbraught - motoirists faced the
.momentous problem of avoiding
uprooted trees and live pw
/ l i n e s ; 'r:'X''-\'^ '-• ••^-••\~- r^-^'.
.: 'Although winds were clocked
from anywhere of 60 to 80 miles
an hour and many residents
report seeing funnel type clouds,
meterobgists deny the storm was
accompanied by a tornado. Jim
McBride of the Freeport Fire
Department concurs although he
says, "it sounded like an express
train coming Uirough thr npt;th
side of my house!" He points out;
that in a tornado the whirlwind
action causes structures to fall to
all directions of- the- compass.
Everything felled Saturdaylay.in-a
southwest directlonrlndicating a
straight—north=south" wind.
Tornado or not,-the storm
alarmed many residents.OnCon
Smith Sbreet, Reports seeing aT
massive tree in his backyard
bend as though a twig and
gathering together his family in
the most protected room "so we
could go together." Another
reports she heard a "whoosh"
that shook her South Long Beach
Avenue homel After its.
abatement she opened the door to
find {v/**holocaust.5'i/o^nother;
resident/who lives on whalt was
heavily hit Pirie Street had a;
unique comment She told THE
LEADER "it was beauUfult I've
never seen anything like itl*"
Explaining she. has seen single
trees hit by lightning,. she was
fascinated' while watching from
her window to see a lightning bolt
travel along the lops of a line of
trees downing them; one by one.
.Frightening or fascinating,
what:,fblIovfcd in" .the -storm's
wakei: wasr.^a massive and
dahgeroMs -cleanup and
, r^toration job which was im­mediately
tackled. It was an­nounced
from the dias of the GOP
, gathering that all vital Village
employees and firemen were to
* follow in Mayor White's steps by
returning to their posts im-
^_jnediately. They---and many.-
/juixious homeowners and parents
"Teft behind uneaten $15 turkey
dinners atr what wias the GOP's~
_ t o t attended dinner. At the same
-time other'members of vital
service departments were
contacted at their home orrcame.
on their own volition to tackle the
"'•job.' ' ./••,/ '"7' •/" -
""""As we went to pr^s Tuesday
the current situation was.*
Fire Chief John R, Horton
reported to the Village Board
Monday night that starting at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, his men had
been on duty until 1 p.ml Sunday.
/TTie Dq;>artment had 117 calls in
that time, including fire, aided
and short circuits. During that
time they had jnoi alarm system.
There were two small house fires
:/which 7 thev.Fire,-0epartnient •:
/;, resipohdedTO'yei^;i|ulckly./•/•:.>;'
/ T h e Department had muttial
aid from Roosevelt and Point
Lookout. '/These -men 7were
• directing traffic on Sunrise High­way
and Merrick Road wrtiere
traffic lights -were/out, Sunday
ni^t they fKeived /mutual aid
from Island Park/ Long Beach,
East Rockaway, Oceanside,
Baldwin and Merrick. These
departments had sent their
floodlight trucks into Freeport.
They used the trucks for lighting
as they worked through the night
with the Line Department and
Tree Crews, Also, their dispat­cher
was manned from 7:30 p.m.
Saturday until Monday night.
They worked/all day and all
::night. The Freeport firemen were
working three eight-hour shifts.
crews from Endicott, NY and
two crews from Falrport, N.Y. A
couple of Freeport men had to l>e
sent home because of exhau.stibh/
Supt. Long hopes to have all lines
in within the next day or two. In
some dases the meter box was
torn off Ihe building. In this case
the resident is asked to have an-
Ten firemen volunteered to woi-k eTeclriclan come In and put the
with the Highway Departmentr—fixture back up so the Electric
With the Electric Department, Department can-lio-inlo-lt^
those crews under the super-- Tjie JfigiMiitJjpailJneiil
vision of~th^Superintendent of--reports a'pprbxlmately.300 trees
Electric Utilities, Ludovic Long, dowh.JPhey were on the road at 9
have been working without a let­up
since the storm started -
working around the clock, Supt.
Loftg got help from Con Ed - five
crews; men from LILCO, two
p.m. Saturday and worked right
through the weekend. All the
streets were opened to
emergency vehicles by 2 a.m.
(Continued on F^e2) .
PROCLAMATION
:|WiiBREAS, the residents of .Freeport are increasingly riding
bicycles, and . " |
•JWHEREAS, proper operaUon of bicycles and reprd for riders |:
* / needs to be emfAasized, and . /
WHEREAS, bicycle safety Is of conoern to: parents, students j
and the entire Freeport community,
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NOW, 'THEREFORE, I, William H. White, Mayor of the Incorp­orated
Village of Freeport, New York^ do hereby l
proclaim the week of June 18; 1973 |
BICYCLE SAFETY WEEK
: and ui^^e every bicycle rideif to check w^ith the Freeport Ppllce;
//Department in order to familiarize himself with the rules fori
'Safe bicycling in order to insure his personal safety and that (tf
his fellow cltinens, C ^
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hjireuntoset my hand and caused?
|the Seal nrf the Inc. Village of Freeport to be affixed this 8th day irf/
: I June in the year dl our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and|
S e v e n l y T h r e e .
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