The-Leader_1975-11-20

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FRIIPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
NASSAU CTi- HISTORICAl MUSEUM
EISENHOWSn PARK •
EAST MEADOW, N y II554 "~
FREEPORT'S
OFricinL
NEWSPAPER
.40th YEAR. No. 30 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 20.1975 PRICE: ISjiPERCOPY
Special Meeting fJoy HeaffierfOII,
On Vandalism To J o l i i The f^esiWHles
: NIEWTROVALTV. Oaeen of the Freepbrt Chamber oif Cotnmercs'i
Holiday fHiradd and:Festival J a ^ e Ho^^n'(c:)vvalaoWhodMm
•' Werry Christmas 1975;lMt vireek-at the-finalf at Salty.Bay-Yacht-
- Club. She'wiil rtddJbithe^Parede t^
- by he^:''l^^s4fi:Wahii%,1^'coi|itest r^^^ Hinchfieldd.)
- and_Lori Mldgette (r.).;. . '• " ' ' y- J .- • '
- r j ^ l ^ l l a ^ ^ ^ ^ On Police
• raE^Okr^ThVloilage Board oYTriEStee^ was announced at
;Mon^day night's-Board, roeeUrig.r^^ a letter, to the Nassau
'.^County Police Coniinlssi(m« requesting a siirvey of "police'retjulrfr'
mentsin Preeport:-Mayor WillianJ White explained that this action
was institutedfoQowinga Bidget meeting Sattmlay between the Board
;and:Freeport's Chief of. PoliM. / ' - '^;: „ - - • ' , J ,/
Biidget meetings are lield with • mendmg policies, guiddines and
WaHo nraTi Viiiag, H^rfmpnfB -OTocedures tojic followed in^ the
as a part of tfae'preliminaiy .work ' "'"
in the .setting of next year's
-..budget,.' •.: •:-'.,
.'A Village spokesman told THE
LEADER that the letter was~to
.initiateapreliniinary inquiry as
to. \rtiat services the village'could :
'expect from the county in the"
'event that the' Village did think in
terms of going to the Nassau •
• County police. •
-~- There—^was—no -..further 1
discussion of the letter at the
Board, meeting^- , '
'...'In'earlier business before the:
. Board,- they unanimously - ap­proved
a' resolution' to com-miniicate
to the United States'
representative to the United
Nations their support of this
country's"bpposilioti'to the"
•General Assembly's resolution
equatiqe Zionism with racism.
The B i r d ' s ,res6lution men­tioned
that " "residents of
Freeport have com-municated-
iheir abhorence of
the recent resolution..Juid (that)
our. own community (is)
made up of men and women of
many races and creeds." The
resolution further pointed out
that Freeport is an example of
how peoples .throughout the
world can live together in the
spirit of brotherhood in a free
society.
Northeast RdufanUaUon
Committee "
• Mayor White appointed a
Committee on Northeast
Rehabilitation. They will work
with "the Community 1 Develop­ment
Task Force' in recora-
FREEPORT — Civic groups
and service organirations have-been_
asked to send represent
®^B^ a'special meeUng-oh—
vandalism Tuesday, Nov..25, 8
pm, in the.Conference Room of
\ Village Hall.
• The purpose of the session,
called by the — Village's..
'BeautificaKon Comniitteeris 10
form a group to combat youthful
acts of vandalism and graHiti.:
Serving as'chairwoman will be
;Margaret McKeown, who urges .
-all interested residents, whether
or not represahyng 'a specific
drganizatiori, to attend Tuesday
night. ' -^ .; ?:';-'* ; V
The proposal for-the-group's
Fonnation developed from ft^^.
meeting ^f the -VUla'ge^Board^ot-
'. Trustiiefiv and^ the":.:Boat-d' :.of
EdiicatfonV-They reco'gnized'tha"^
' wiuie'such-actis are a "unlvCTsal.
problem, positive steps must be
made to combat them if the
^ Villagfels to remain attractive toi,
. residents .; and prospective
homeowners. •
Grove Bought
For Resale
, FREEPORT—The annual Toyland Parade and Festival, sponsored
by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce and the .Village's Recreation
Department, will be Held this Saturday, Nov. 22. It is (he only such
Holiday event held in Nassau CoUniyT'TheTalndate-is -Nov:-29.-
The parade will leave Freeport High School at 9:30 am,' travel
south to Merrick Road and then east to the Recreation Center
.where the reviewing stand will be located. . .
•Radio-television personality, • . , . -
-Ray-^4JMr^Merfy^Ma»maH"—fi"hnnd-for-tfae-youngsters.
-Heatherton will be the parade's Musical marching units will
Marshall, and he will narrate it include the Sombreros, a
: along with Festival Chairman i Mexican marching band from
/jllage's -homesieadliig -uud—
tehabilitattpfa programs/ A totial .
of $386,500 hasliea) alloted to the
Northeast pro-am from thefurst
year's Community Development
toids.". . , •.'
- Members of the committee, all.
residenb-of the area,'are Doris
Pirodsky, Helen Jenldns, EsteOe
Stein,. Feriyn Moon; Ray Hen­derson,.
Stanley''Chambers,
'Rosamund Javorsky and Wniiam
Hicks." -------—--.;,-___
The committee will meet on a
regular basis with the Task Force :
Mrfiich will then bring recom-:
moidatiohs to the Village-wide
Community Development
Citizens Conunlttee and to the
Board of Trustees prior to public
-hearings.- — - .- .: _
• Traffic problems
Tlie -Board discussed traffic
problems on Pine Street and S.
Long Beach Avenue and- "no
parting signs" on the North side
of Pine Street for a distance of 100
feet west of the Intersection with
Long Beadi'. Because of traffic
conditions around the .Cleveland
Avenue school, the Board agreed
to sdiool signs, to be erected oa
Merrufk* Ro'ad " n e a r
. Meadowbrook Parkway. Trustee
Wayne Jordan suggestol and the
Board agreed \o a deadend sixwA.
sign on the comer to keep cars
froro-tmiing into the street in
error.
Public Meeting
The problem of litter-and
dmnpsters that are not cleared on
- Bennington Avenue,. south of
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FREEPORT .— The Grove
Thcater,_on Memck Road, dosed-for
sev»al yeairs, is tip for sale-^
but not by Century Theater8,-the
original, owners. The building
was bought last week.by the .
owners of Freeport's "On Stage",
the Carlson family.
The Carlsons have put the
theater back on the market and
are actively seeking buyers for it. -
With one entertainment en­terprise
already in Freeport,
. they'appreciale both the potartial-for
the buOdmg and the value of
the property. Unlike the fonher
owners,, vtho were asking ah
•unreasonably high price, the.
(Carlsons are asking $165,000.
"This building could be the South
Shore Playhouse," a Caiison
•spokesman told THE LEADER^,
^Treeport was the "Oieater Town.
Why not recreate it?" He
'suggested that it would, take just
20 people putting in'$10,000 each
to purchase the building on which
more than a half-million dollars
was spent five years ago In a total,
modernization program, TTienew
owners said the Uieater is "all
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Village Garbage
Pickup Scheduled
FREEPORT — Due to the
Thanksgiving Holiday, there will
_ be no trash pickup in the VDIage
of Freeport on Wednesday, Nov.'
2fi. Garbage will be picked up on
Wednesday instead of Thursday,
Thanks^ving week.
.Norman Schnieling. -Dlgnitaries-will
include Congressfhan
,Nofinan Lent, Assemblyman
Armahd ; D'Amato, • Mayor-
WUllam White and.the Village
.Board of-Trustees, membersof
the Freepoft Board of Education>^
-and Chamber bf *^Cdmmerce.
>"PfesfdentFred Scalamandre.'
••Santa Cfaus 'will be 6h the last
iiof-a tong' line of-colorful-floats
which will hiclude Mrs. Merry
Christmas of 1973, the Freeport'
Spirit - of • '76 Bicentennial
Committee,-, the :-rPreeport
Memorial Library, Wes Car-
;man'8 Marina, PTA <3duncD, the
• Village Beautlflcatlon Com­mittee,
Movlmiento -MercantU
Hispano of Long Island, Kiwanls
(^ub of Freeport, the Freeport
Republican (Hub, the Bahai
.Group of Freeport' and the
4\M\, Jnlly .Tn: ^
and his Magic Show wUI also, be
Long _Beach High School; the
Huntington Thunderers; the
Long Island Mummers String
Band; theC^vallers Fife, Drum
^nd Bugl6 Corps from (k)mmack;
the (Colonial Ancient Fife and
Drum Corps from'Bethpage. the
Freeport -Fire' Department
Marching'. Band, th6: William
cninglon-Story Post of the
American -Legion's -Bill's^^Boys
Dnim and Bugle Carps', the
Firebird Driim C^rps of the
Valley Stream Police Boys Qub;
the Oceanside .Legionnaires
Junior Dnun and Bugle Corps;
the Freeport Methodist. CSiurch
Marching Band; and a country
rock bandj "Possum," sponsored
,by John Raynor,
Marching in the parade will be
Cub Scouts Troop 454 of the First
Presb^rian Church, the United
States Marine Color Guard, the
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RIGHT OFF THE GRILL, tha Freeport Kiwanit Oub's Pancake
Breakfast laxt Sunday was a huga succen and tha proceeds wers for
the^ticnefit of the Freeport Salvation Army Building Fund. Held at
the Army's gym on Church Street, with the aid of Freeport High
School's Key Club members, rtris estimated that mora than 600
brealcfasts were served. In photo, (Congressman Norman Lent (second'
from left) is offered "real hots" right off the grill by (L to r.j,
Kiwanis President Roger Roddy, Larry Randazzo, Joe cianale'and
Joe Colona. In lower ^ihoto some of the kitchen help (Bob Schade,
SIg Faiie and Walt Schinzel discuss serving strategy. (LEADER photos)
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