The-Leader_1974-02-28

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38th YEAR No. 44 FREEPORT; NEW YORKv FEBRUARY 28, t974 PRICE: i5(^ PER COPY
Pre-K Expansion W h i t e Tells Belt..:
liTConsfdered Inspect or A p o l o g i ie
PTA FOUNPERS pAYi;OnthB77th an^^^
thei PTA, FrBeporters jnarked the occasion with ceremdniei held at
Freepprt High JSchool IVIonday night. Participating in the traditional
candle-iighting are (l-r) Margaret Hartmann of the Freepprt Girl
Scouts, repreientirig The Future;ICoiiricll Preiident Ellen Extract
representing the Pfeient, and-Adelaide Brail. Council President Jn
1,943, representing The Part. (LEADER Photo by Danielle Blancher"^" 5,^*1 b S ng
) • .- '. - '1 ' ^ Plans, foK, the'move,
(CoiitlniiO'i on Pigt
FREEPORT — The Freeporl
School Board, at their Fe|jruary
meeting, heard School Superin­tendent
Donald Cosllow report on
the proposal to consolidate all of
the pre-KJndergarten • program
for" Ffppcrrl~youngslers at the
Cleveland Avenue School.
Freeporl children, attending pre-
K classes, now attend sessions
either at the Bayview Avenue^
School or at Camp Baumann.'
Negotiations are currently being
concluded with BOGES, to which
the District leases the Cleveland
Avenue SchoojLbuilding, wljich
would enable the district to hold
all pre-K classes on the first floor
FREEPORT - The heated dispute between -Aclion-Suburbon
Coalition Trustee candidate Carroll Belt and the Village government
over seven Preeport Police cars was still going strong as we went to
press, ^. •'•,.• ':' •': . . • ' • '•"•
(Editor's Note: Following Is the edited news releasi; THE I.KADEK
received from the Mayor's office J
PTAs Celebrate Founders Day
add the
VI) '
Mayor William H. Wh(te, on
Tuesday challenged Carroll Belt,
the coalilibn candidate of the
Action and Suburban Parties, to
verify the truth or falsity of Bell's
charges involving the purchase of
police carSj
Belt haa charged that the
Village, in purchasing seven
police cars last year, did_nQt_
receive specially equipped police
units^ -— —
"I^ani'^ telling "Biell to either
prove, his.,case or publicly
by Jeannette Caines
FREEPORT — The Freeporl
PTAs celebrated Founders' Day
this past Monday evening at the
High School. Superintendent of
Schools Donald Costlow greeted
the over 100 guests.and especially
welcomed the High School
students who participated in the
program.He spoke of his pride in
the Preeport PTAs and thanked
them for their support of the
Preeport schools. Ttie audience
heard selections by the High
School Choraleers and the High
- School Stage Band.
PTA Life Memberships were
awarded by.each unit and by PTA
Council to those individuals who
children ' and the community.
Recipients of this year's awards
were Edward Johnson, head
custodian of Archer Street
School, and Tom Haley, Principal
of Archer Street School (by
Archer PTA); Elaine Lathan (by
Columbus PTA):. Ellen Extract
(by Giblyn School PTA); Betty
Black (by Dodd Jr. H.S. PTA);
Marion Douglas, teacher at
Bayview Avenue School, and
Mary Ciordaoo (by Bayview
PTA); George Emma, HS
Basketball Coach (by Freeport
HS PTA); Joseph Holbrook, a
teacher in the district (by PTA.
Council); Lorraine Bustamente
and < Lois Mench (by Atkinson
BASKETBALL STAR. Freeport Hig^ School basketball ooach George
Emnia ^ve$ bail to Marty Stehurski as a momento of the play which
apologize to the people of
Freeport," Mayo? White said,
"I feel that 1 cannollel him gel
away with maMng this wild
accusation for political ad­vantage,
at the expense of public
confidence and the truth." the
Mayor stated. "Belt made this
"staTement and charges in a very
irresptonsible manner... before he
bad any .verification,"
'1f Belt does not take ad­vantage
of this offer, to Inspect
the cars, without further delay, ^
will prove to the people of the
Village that his charges had no
basis in fact and he made them
solely for political effect," White
added.
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(Editor's Note: Following is
the complete text of the Mayor's
letter, dated Monday, to Beit)
"In connection with your
political campaign you have
made serious allegations to the
effect that the Village did not
receive bona fide police cars, as
ordered and paid for, but instead
received standard passenger
cars without the police-package,
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have given special-s«FvU»4o.4h»-:-School PTA).
Tfce Freeport
P0L1TK
:- • gave^thnenlor hit 1,000th Varsity point - a record for Freeport.
:/^L SCENE
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VILUGE
PARTY
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• There ^we1re' ~ U93. • nominaUng
, peUtioii».^^iled r bj?,. the .Village
Piarty to E^aice Dorothy. Storm on
t|ie.balIoC>or the,Village election-on
March 19. Campaign Bfaiu&ger'
Tom £, |>Jvelidgev; / ^reported
Tuesday. '^Only' 100' mimes \are
required under, the law. \
' '."Tlhe 1193 fiamdi are 940 more
than [. we-vobtained;j.(or^^ the
mayoralty ;,eIectlo»i * Uuft^yeaf ;''.•
LbveUdge^ald/^^ it indieater
the'.-treniendouB -" 'amovnt-'of'
'^unport;jporotfay Storm fa getting
for ber^iiandkiiuy thnwgtKwt^the
M|:.^-iyillage>;.':
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SUBURBAN AtiTION
i^ rDOAUTION*
.; Freeporters; o-
:';«^e,time has iconie that we, as'
tai^ayers,' • must/:-, demand'
re|;i;ibu,tion' from our, elected
flfticials'for, the brdcen promises
iriade during the last fowteeh.
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A:decade and a half has passed
;Fmtnre ^^and^Jptide'^^-^Free^,
^^Awn thewr^-^eaqpin^
tb§ir^office the-cbat of operating
ittirJ.vflJUige''gioveni^^
little'dverr two,^niUllQai doUari:
Tfie,t«oeiitly, zj/^Ka^'^^sfAfijtK^ of
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NONrPARTISAN
NGtjCpMM.
i'TH^dn^P^rtisan Coordinating
Mj;o
;Cpniiin!t^:find» tt roost pathetic
'thatrlawihforniaUbp has been
'writ||^^^l|[nd^;'circulated In
refernice'to.tuirxampalgn for the
aiaim:va«»nt position KA vniage
' Thigtee/;^ These; »|atement», are
vague aasumptibns and liietoricV
and^^our ."ManagenK»^/reano>L AVeT]iave>rbe6i-IwijuistiQabIy. aof'
E;xp»t8;^8tiO pt^omlae us kVia^ ^euseVeirbtdflig;^!^^
with tl)e<ViUage:Fiirty;lktt year
'^didinliMisupiwrt the vmagfr>
Party cliididatef ^ We were led to
-ofWfwfpqliMula beit,>
interiait ja^l>)r^ifKir^
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UNITED FREEPORT
ORGANIZATION
' oh-Wednesday^'F^niary 13,
1974 .the Executive Board of the
United Freeport Organization
voted \ji> endorse the candidacy of
C^rrolir Belt for. trustee of
.Freepbrt,:*Our endonethent, of
Mr.vBeU ia'.coittistent with (he
^ goals and asirfraUons of U;F.O,
x Las[ttJyear,•our„^ofgalr^htatlon
endorsed, aiid • jupjitpried. Mr,
WilHam^ dhrls Sprcwar for
tniste^tSM th««i Mt'/Bel)^:haa
. bee^ visibly/ active In; the "^Com-munlfy
in sinifiart;<^>niatty ofihe
poeitiensUjF.O. and Mr/.Sprowa)
stood .for?'WV-:'-":'?r"">; ^ ''S\ • '"
.M CCootlnaed dn.i;tge4l)
RandazzD Runs Too
FREEPORT-Vlncent Ran-dazzo
filed a nominating petition
Tuesday with IW, names to
become the fourth cont^der in
the March 19, race for Village
Trustee,
According to Village Clerk Tom
DeVincenzo, who serves as
Commissioner of Elections, the
Village' Party filed 1193
signatures while, the In*
dependents for Dorothy. Storm
came tm with 242. The Citizena
.For Belt brought in. 187 names
while 140 signMi up.for CarroU
Belt on the Action*Suburban
Partiea U^. The Non Partisan
.Coocdiaating Committee filed m
signatures for Clarenoe Pope.
i ' \ As jbe incumbeqt* .Trustee
Storm. 00 the VUIage.Faity line*
wiU liead the.bisllot.'A driranng
'Waa ..to. take^ place yesterday
^''(Wedneaday) to dctermlnB the
dtlier i»swaai;<>i. • '
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