The-Leader_1975-12-18

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FREEPORT'S
OFFICIHL
NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR, No. 34 FREEPORT, NEWyORK, DECEMBER 18, 1975 PRICE: 15^ PERCPPV.
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Zoning Change To Mayor Names 3 Tenants
B^ ^"^^'^.^ And 3 lofitflord Reps T
For Afkirfmenfii '^ FREEPORT —; A public
hearing, on a proposed change of
zoning on West End Avenue, will
be held by the Freeport Board of
Trustees^Mbnday, Dec. 22,9 pm,
^t Village Hall.. U the^ zoning
change .from -Industrial , to •
__ .Reslde'nc'e-'Apartinen't :.is apf
und£r'the auspice* of, the Frtcport.Be8Utlfication;Cornmjttee ond-aHo^gJj OT^the property on-the
the schools .G.pi XJouncil,- decorate windows ;,of 'enipiy stores on , vVest side of- W^l S d Avenue,
Soiith'l^ain Street wrtb Chrr$tm8f«»nefc Above/rsnowrnan smile*-, sbuth of Ray'Str^t. There -Is"
oHt.frphi:tfie-window of the "foiroer Grant's nore.aJ some 4^^ complex nearby,
.energetic painters rontinue at work.. .: , j'Ll^ri (A.^EADERpbo<o) , • Ajnap-showing ;the_ change 16
- - be_considered"isvivailable f6r
•FREEPORT — A Committee on Lahdlord-Tenarit Relations was^
appoint^, at Monday, night's Village Board meeting; by Mayor
William White. The Committee, first suggested In February, would
be the second such committee In Village history. The first, or­ganized
in 1969, was disbanded in 1973.
The new committee would act
as a mediating body in disputes
between "apartment tenants and
.their'landlords in an attempt to .
resolve difficultira,-without • the
imposition .of rent control,
legislation." Landlord^ appointees
are Constantine Cassis, Jonathan
Raddock and Irving Anton,
Tenant-reipresentatives are" Ira
Schirdkraiit,.' 100 'South Ocean.
Kirwan can be reached every
businessday at Village Hall; -
: Trustee Wayhe .Jordan ob­jected
~lo "the cdmmittee on"-
several grounds.. He felt the
group should do more than
mediate, but have "bite" In it; he
objected to. Michael Kirwan as,
coordinator, while praising him
In his Human Relations job; he
V
EiHs;::swjdp?;Viania?h()i^rim^^
--AI^ANYr-^ "A-^ fetal;? of-W'
Freepoit JTigh School students
received word this wedc that they
halve beeni named. as Regents
OoQegeSdiblaTships'winners or -
alternates 'this year. These ,
awards are effective for.the 197&-
77 acadeinlc 'year. The 23''.
studentstd wm the awards were
Jeffrey Aviles, Joe Boiihantt^
Susan Brittah), Adda Cepeda,
Wniiam.Cpok, GajdcDiGregoHo,
Gregory Dillon, Anne Ducharme,'
/Scott FarieVrWiUlam Gibbs,
Tcari Glass. Val Goldstein, Elisa
Hnmwitr, Mftlanie TngHs. Donald
McFaiiin,-, Carla Hond, Robert
Parida, Susan: PatutxOi Con­stance
:Pugh, • Joe Quirk." Eric
Schubat," Heidi Shaw and Lisa
ToDiver. .
In. -the- 'event that ; any
scholarship winner-dedmes the
.awardjOr is unable to'accept it
: for any reason, the ^cfaolarsfaip is
offered to the highest :ranldng
alternate. Named from Freeport
-High Sduol as alternates were:'
Roger Costa,- Ritr Dubas,
Catherine Eccleslon, James
F^brizio, Frank Farance, Jeffrey^
Goldberg, Kenneth Knapek, J.A.
Lamar._ Diane Lindroth, EMc
. ,OlsBtt, -Atbanasio-.^Pi'agias,
Sharon Sobel, . Margaret
SzalRihia. Melanle Veriiin. and
PSer Warzer.
The basis for awarding these
scholarships is the score on the
Early Deadline
SPECIAL NOTICE
Becanse Christmas and
New: Years Day fan oo
Thnrsdays this year» THE
LEADER wm poblhh coe
day earlier for each cf those
issues. Therefore, all
malerial for pcblicatioa hi
the Dec. S Issne most be in
oor office no later than 12
noon Saturday, Dec. 20; and
for the Jan. I, 1976 issue, no
later than 12 noon Satimlay,
Dec. 27. ' _j.
six hour Rc^enBS(^oI&iwqi arid
CoUege Qualification'Test, ad^
ministered 'each yisar. -Ap­proximately
164.660 candidates m
-1.200.high; sdiools'throu^ut
New York State took the
examination.. October" i. •
Scholarships".. are -; allocated •
among the comities of the State ] -
with the amotints in propdttbn to,
the number--of High ".School
graduates the preyioos year.:A/
' total .of. .19.4i6 scholarship' win-
•jtterswCTe announced^
; Each; Regents. College.
.Schfllarstitp pnHtlfa thft rea'ptfint,
to an award of $250 a year for -up .
.to five, yeare of study at an ap­proved
iHX)gram~in New .Yorit
State.
New
Board Trustee .
FREEPORT — Dr. Sterling
iKeyes la? recently b ^ ap- :
. pointed by tlie Freeport Board of.
.Education to. replace TredweU
Hopkins as a member of the
-Freeport—Memorial Library
.<Board of Trustees. Hopkins, a
Ikmg-tenn member, moved from
the Village eariier this jcar. - -
- Keyes, 41 is a former
Frecporter who r^umed to the
Village after several year* in the
Baltimore educational system.
He holds a Ph D. hi EdocatiOn -
•from the University of Peo-nyshrania
and lias done graduate
work at Rutgers,' A d e ^ aiui
Hofstra - Universities. He
-presently Is Coordinator for the
Office of Urban School Services^
of the New York State Education
DepaitmenL
TTie Rirfgers Place resident is a
former Freeport Sdiool Board
-Trtistee and a past member of the
Otizens Advisory Committed the.
Waterfront and Highway Com­missions.
Keyes joins Dr. .Vincent
Palladino, William Gillespie,
Jeacnette Rosenthal and Robert
Pugh on the Freeport Memaial
library Board.
Arid Mrs. ^too ionptCter^elnitial Idea was;.
A»<*ifK,fith«.»H;„Ui - . .Bertha;,Rpsenthal, 45 .North; discussed;'and-he asked for
r"^-?^^****y^"i^" ^ .? ^ the VUlage's Human: Relations ^ .
feet rfthe area being consider^ Director, will act as coordinator. (Continued "on Page 7) - <
have beoi notified of the meetirfe
and an t^aittaits are invited to. "•
adc ai^ questions ahdto give the
Etoardthcjr. opinions. ScheduUng
qf.ra-pyblic hearing, a,Village ,
spolcespersoR stated,..does not.
. Imply that the Board of Trustees.
has made any decision as to. the .
advisability of the zoniiig chahgie.
Dodd StudiNits
ToGoToPhilly
. FREEPORT — Seventh grade
studoits. at• Dodd Junior High.
Sdipb! last wedc successfully '
completed a- magazine sub- '
scrijrtion- drive, raising more
than their goal of 17,000." _ to
finance a 'class trip to• In­dependence
» Square • in
Philadelphia. The project,'
concdyed and directed by: the"
sdjoora- Social .Studies Chah--
man, Joseph Pollard, was
completed with the cooperation
of the Student:Council and .the
entire-seventh grade, - —
Students who sold the required
amount, of subscriptions earned
aii/ an expoise paid trip. to'
Phiiadelphia.'wbich will include
stops: at Independence Square,
the.';United States Mint, Betsy
Ross'; home, and othcf nearby
historical places such as Ben­jamin
Franklin's. tomb, and
perhaps the Franklin Institute.
The students will leave Freeport
in caravans of three buses, each
group departing on a different
day. This - will allow smaller
. groups to see everything with
relative ease.
This is the second Bicentennial
excursion planned for Dodd
Junior. High School students.
Recently, 700 of tliem visited a
Long Island theater to see a
special, showing of the film
"1776." •
BOY SCOUT DOINGS. A spedai Scout neckerchief was presented
this past Friday evening (top photo) to Mayor William Whits' jr.) by
Scout Gary Jackson who conceived the idea of a scarf to be worn by
Freeport scouts, to demonstrate their prids in thier Village. The light
blue scwf, bearing the words "Freeport, The Fishing Capitol of tha
World, Troop 454, Freeport," has a pictura of a fishing boat and
sailfith and was drawn by artist Jim Balltiack (second from 1.). Each
Freeport scout will own one as Troop 454 has purchased 200 of
them. Shown with the group is Charles Jackson, Troop Committee
Chairman (I.). The troop also received their Bicentennial Flag
{bottom photo), presented by Paul Schuckman to Scotitmaster
Angelo Farrugio. Pictured in bottom photo are (I. to. r.) John
Chonowski, Adjunct, American Legion; Ken Combs, Commander,
American Legion; Schuckman; Farrugio; and Mayor Whita. •