The-Leader_1976-05-13

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LIEI^ARIAK
NASSAU- CTY HISTORICAL UUSEUU
EISEtniO¥/ER PARK
EAST UEAtO\1, N X 11554
FREEPdRT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRIOC LEAUEK
41st YEAR No. 3 FREEPORT. NEWYORK,>IAY 13i 1976- PRICE: ISePERCOPY-HighSchOOl
Exchange Concert
FREEPORT V The Hamden
iCotm.) High .School Chorus
and Orchestra wiH play in con­cert
srtth the FreepOTt ffigh
School Mixed Chorus, Orches­tra
and Select Chorale Mon­day
night. May 17, 8 pm, in
title Frecport, High School
auditotiom. Admission is free.
Earlier this month.v mem­bers
of the Freepdrt groups
visited'Hamden m tte first
half of ihe exchange trip« In
Cbnnecticnt, their activities
•induded ti. souare dance.
ZKtaW ftf Ttiffi lJnivm|^M«d-rPeilKkd^
Musetixn; a concert
Schools To Be Jbfhed By
^€un SfreeflAerchants
FREEPORT - Parts of the annual Festival of the Arts of the
Freeport Public Schools will move onto South Main Street this
year as the Retail Division of the Freeport Chamber of Com­merce
joins the Sdiool District in bringing tiie results of the art.
music, industrial arts and home econbnUcs programs of the
schools to Freei)ort residents. '
by tiie High School's Art.
Industrial Art and Home
Economics Departinehts.
The.VUlage Board has auth­orized
the closing of Main
: Street^4)etwea-{kmtise-lflgh-
."THlii8:THEl»LACC.".*4i»i# Wnnam^^WMta fr.) axpounda on t!i#.
viftaw9ld<^<)a>ln"«>^*^'**P<>'t^'^''' ' '^ Q«fwtl Louohran.:
of Smmtewmrit tt»raceot tftraa-day una;•«!•«* Builtma Show at".
: linaati ^CotiMtim; y^^nteers ttom-tha Freeport:Chamber of Com-merevinaniiecr^
VUIaae'-a booth at t)w«how.'w1thJjrnwtUj^
: Oa^faropmAtt A^ iundino-The exhibit was part of an ongolnp adverti»L.
Jng* afl#"<)fre'?l^^»»H«iq«fHP*h^ m brlng-ynwr^BtttfhMiaa^htQ the
' FREEPORT-JAs'pnt of "Beautify Frei^ott We«k," spoosbr-
^ed by'tfuB Village's JSeaoti^cation Committee to cooperation
witih tbe ViIIag!eJuad Sdiool Boards^ ov«r 4^ and young
rbec^ have alreiufy vblnnteexed to j^tdi in this' Saturday,
:Mayl5.to3»ft*b«tgntfBtiittlfc . - -
McKeownj diair-. * •
.«._ . .-_^«_^ donated by the Village. The
groupplans to rtop at 4 pm.^'
' McKeown suggests that
tliose who caimot come' out
nevertheless help make the
Village more attractive by
"cleaning their part of Friee-port"
and.by teaching thor
cluIdren'that.i'grafBti is. not
only unattractive but costly to
an taxpayers.
•This Saturday's event is the
culmination of a week-long
"Beautify Freeport" cam­paign,
when residents and
property owners liad .been
asked to expend their time and
ener^es in improving their
flighi'.sciHMd: and a.
concert .and jnosic - seolnar \ at
Bridgepmt UhiVenify. . •-
The ^Hamden ISgh Sdiool
nng: people .wiQ be staying
"" "MjfewjdfiliiLll
To BelVMidrdd
Coordinated by the SdMwl
District's Director of Music,
Kiric- Dtmklcer-this year's
Festival win; hidude an art
contest sponsored by.^Rapo-
~port and Eller and the Retidl
• Divisiott of^the Fr«^«rp<»rt 'wny^ ««,< Kyii^rr^y%; pny^i safnr
Chamber of -Commeacce, ieir rdayi:.Mayi22;rid '.btjag the
^•'•iiial'uuUludw^JiftfeTAown '
Heifi^fstiiiad'' Shomhoblle
parked oJiMahi'Street--
t as hbqie base fbc-'the =
Freeport H i ^ Sdiciol Conceit'
Band, Swing -Choir, Stage
Band and Gopraleers. These .
groajps wilTMgpb entertaining
shoppers and vldtois at 1 pm,
with Ktmntng tnti!Hrf«n«f«^ffg
LMiat!i''nf Hrinrni
vldrt, -stwlling m
fbtmingdaiice gtbiip» aiui
:' doorjnd outdoor bctnderts.
The-Festiy^-win
Thursday. May 20.'with a <
.—play of-eleipmaiy school art''
—mrMain StriBdt»tOTrarThBTHs='
play-win be the cntmfa^t^^iTT
woman ottbe cfvent, IS
afl -'adults -~-a^id-jtm]iQr> and'
senior U ^ st^ool sta^ntsto
:bringtbeapails. tojomsv rags,
and rnuscles to the North •
Grove parking lot, next to -
ViUage HaU, Saturday, 12:30
pm..m case of rain, tiie aiiti-grafBti
campaign win :take
' place the foUowmg day, Sun­day,
May 16. .All volunteers
•-win tie welcomed.
A Recreation Department
bos win iranspbft the: group to
four separate areas of the
. Village where property owners'
have indicated they, need lielp
. binm rledminogvsi.n _g^ gRraufnCtt_i ifsr_ollmbp thinegir: _ .ViUage
Local Artists And Craftemen Sought
FREEPORT -_ An aU-media stiD bcin,
-art and arts~arfd""CTatts show'
and-saie.-sponsored by-the
Freeport Arts Coancfl, wB.
take place Saturday-and Son-
' day. May 15 and 16, 10 am to
5 pm, at The Freeport Recrea­tion
Center. The show will be
"held mdoors, ID
lobby and upper
loungeareas.
the lower
restaurant/
Artists and craftsmen are
FREEPORT - The ViOaae
Bond of Trustees, at thetr
7^30 pm.open votinB session
M<niday t agreed to <£taigt the
parkins regnlatitns in. the
mnnioEpa].fiieldbehin4tlie for-
-mer cnnre^Tbeater^VTriistee
DorotiQT Storm tdd the Board
that an investigation showed
that^on a usual weekday
morning, 85 paddng spaces
were otilized by 8 am.-Tins left
onfy a "handml" ficv use by
sht^pers and business people.
The municipal, lot, is bdng
used priinatify bv teadiers at
Dodd Junior H i ^ Sdiool, the
Board befieves, who park
there for the day. .
^ an effort to open up park­ing
spots in the business area,
wmch has long been a com-
._ plaint of the Chamber of Com­merce
and local business
—people, the Board decided that"
the unlimited parldng (and the
sman amount of. mree-honr
parking) in the field would bie
chaii^ied to two-hour metered
songht_JKho-are—paiLmg. TMa new situation
mterested in showing pjunt- would go into effect after tiie
ings,sculptnre, ^photography, _ dose oftlie school yijarraUow-^
gaphi<5 and nngtnal-csafts.—lag teachers^and other school
The fee is $5 per day for a-~rrapIoyees, who now use the
3' I 6' space.a gem and lot, to make other
mineral show wiU be rfunning meats.
coocuirrently in another part ' ,t.__ „ L
"rf^the Center so crowds _ hranmher ma^r before
are expected to be quite large. Board, Trustee Wayne Jordan
Space reservation! may be objected to tiie Board sactoag
niade up-to tiie day of tiie on a letter received by the Vil-show
by phoning 223-2522. (Cont. on Page 12)
of the art contest coordinated
by Itichard Hlatslv cifRapo-"
port ft'EDer. J u d ^ g wiU take
place Monday, May 17, with.
three prizes awarded for each
grade.-The «^imers win be
pruented: with artist sets
Gommensuntte wttfa the
medfaun of work submitted;'
An entrants win receive a
to the street at 2:30 pm. Flans
are currently being- fodcinn-lated
to also indbde the
Famify Service Dance-Group
at3:30pm.
Whfle this entertainment,
is pfoceedinjg. juitipr imd >
setdctf. high tcbool art worit
wfll be on-exhibit in the
vicinity. Gnrrentiy, tentative
Certi&ate of Partidpatoi.Jjlans_JndBdc_Btflizing_ihe-
Ehtrles win be selected ori- . display window areas of the
ginany by each sdiool's art
teacher..'
On Friday, May 21, the
Festival continues with an 8
pm concert at Freeport High
Schooi by tiie FHS Band,
Orchestra and Mixed Chor­ale.
There win abd be pliyi
-fiwmer ,W.T.-6rant's. for the
students'projects.
Loeal amiateof and m ofes*
sional artists win also be
exhibiting thdr works on the
street to create an outdoor art
show.
v(Cont.onP»]pel2)
arrange
4RERQHTEfla^5-YEA.R3 AOO. The membea-oi-BreeportmmJie^
partment's Hoss Compa;iy #4 lined up to' have Iheir picture taken In
September, 1912. A LEADER reader, Mr. Bird, loaned this newspaper
this picture. Do any of our readers reccgnlza any of the men In this
photoflraph? During this Bicentennial Year, THE LEADER will try to
print many old photographs, such as these, If brought to our offices.