The-Leader_1977-05-26

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FREERORT [
BALDWIN
RdOSEVELI
ME^ICK
EISENIIOV.ER PARK
•EAST UEALOW, U Y U5:i4 • \
FREEPORT'S
OFFIEini
NEWSPAPER
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42nd YEAR No. 5 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. MAY 26,1977 PRICE ISt PER COPX
Miomorial Ddy pfon ThreeWMember Bckifd
Tribute Mondoi^Q^p^JI^-^^^C
coming Monday, May 30. fiils
year's Memorial Day parade will
assiemble at 9:30 am on Pine
Street and step off promptly at 10
im. Because of thecpnstruction
on South Main Street, the parade
will proceed east on Pine Street
to Church Street and then souih
to Merrick Road.. From there the
route igoes west to Long Beach
Avenue, north to Brooklyn-Aven­ue,
east to Ocean Avenue and
north past the reviewing stand.
The parade will stop briefly at
the Fire Department MemoriaJ op
Brooklyn Avenue for the placing
of a wreath and a memorial ser-vice
byithe members of the Frec-
;pert HreDepartment. :'.
;' -r ; Spe^Ceittnoio'; '•" '-•~--.
Followmg 'ihe parade, special
flbseryance ceremonies will -. be
FREEPORT - A proposal to abolish the position of Village Chief of
Police and replace it with a three member Board of Police Commission- -
-era was announced at Monday night^si>pen-voting session t)fthrf^F^e-poTt
Board of Trustees. The Board voted 5-0 to hold a public hearing on
the proposal on Monday, June 13,8 pm, at VillBge Hall.
Tie "administrative change"
VILLAQE.0B8ERVANCE. Walter McDuffle(r.),'Commander of, the
WllJlarpCllntoo-Story-Post #342 of the Amerlean-Usglfirirrecalvesr a:
"pr«rarrtiuioirrjroJTrFreeporrMBy6r wiiiram:Vimited«njfftWna'W
day, May.30,'ka Memorial Day In the'vlllage. Thia legal.hdlldey will be
commemorated here with the traditiohaf parade, organized by the Post
and other local veterans' groups, and ceremonies. (See story (j. 1 and
cehteirfold.) ; : ' • •'•'•.- ,.^:'- -'••'>•': r.. u^-.
held on tne Village Oreen. Provid
ing the appropriate music, includ-
'ing-the-Kationat Anthemv-will -b«
the Fr«i>ort High School. Band.
Rev. James Harf, of Ooi Hoty Re­deemer
R.C.- Church will deliver
both the invocation and the bene-d
i c t i o n . • - - ,-•• •- '" ' • •
was announced by Mayor Wlflam „
White who later explained that
there had been a recent decision
by the State Comptroller indicat­ing
that a Village may abolish the
position of Chief of Police and re­place
it with aPpIicc Commis­sioner.
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The present Chief of Police An­thony
Elar, a Freeport resident, :
has held that job for eight years.
- He is the son of a former Chief of
Policei His position falls " under-
Qvil Service and accordhig to
their:reg;^tions he!would .still
;^nui]A on the^fotrce alUibtigh the
chiefs job could be abolbhed by
. Board resolution. Elar would then
-be^ven-the-^iextrfaigheit job In
the police department. If, withLa
the_ succeeding-four years, .the
and the othef until March 31,
1980. The chairman would receive
an annual salary to be establiehcd-c
by the Board of Trustees while
the other two members would be
Village Trustees and would re­ceive
no additional compensation.
White' is recommendhig that
the new Commission Chairman's
post be filled by Detective Cap­tain
David Meghan, a 23 year vet- -
eran of the Freepdft Police De-.
partmerit.' Meehan' rold THE
LEADER that ho was "widting for
the. final. ^Iskm from the
BoanT', (EDITOR'S NOTE: This
would have'to follow the June 13
:.public;hearing). I'bufl will take
whatever. assigamcat-4bg)'-^»aat-
~Board"ofTfustecs decided to re-vert
back to a'police chief set-up,
that position would go to the top
person on a "preferred-' Qvil
Service list on which Elar would
. me to do and do it to the best of
, my ability.". „ ,.___ ^ '
-Meeltan served as a i
with- the" Freeport departnient
from 1954 until. 1965 when he was
made Acting Eieutenant. In 1966
he became a lieutenant, was
named Acting Captain in 1966
and then Captahi in 1970. In
Aprilk 1967, he was named Acting
Chief of the Freeport Police De­partment.
He served in that capa­city
until March, 1969. Due to. a
Civil Service technicality cbncem-ing
the. length, of time uj his pre­sent
title, he was not eligible for
the permanent'^appointmcfnt ias
—(ContvxmFage I6>-^
ii
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Discusses IfsOpfioiis
• No l^tff^^^
"r . . \ ^r"'''••- -by RicttarefSanden • '
: F^EEPOkt - Barely 22 hours ^ e r the 35&-yote defeat of ite budget,
the Board of Education faeld-an'informal publlcineeting and discussed
• possible fiscal solutions. The formal.Bqard session scheduledJhtWed:-
nesday niglit. May 18, was adjourned lacidng'a quorum. Three Board
members; it was reporied, were out of town on business committments
that evening. After rescheduling
the official meeting to May. 25,
8:30 pm, in the.Atkinson,School
Auditorium, Board ,Vice-Presi-
. -dentJJ: Sara2. Holly Zj and. ;_Bgard
member Joe McAndrews opened
the floor to. questions concerning
.^hejvoting_resiills. "We feci it'.s
important to hold an informal part
of the meetinjf,"-HoUy told the
. audience, "because th«« seems
to.he a great deal of confusira."
Mucliotthe confusioacentered.
dents, in particular, wanted to
know the degree to .which, the
district's buses'would be rcstrid-edT
(Because it is on a three-year
contJracf^the fegiilarTjtisTserviM!
was not substantially limited by
only extra-curricular operations,
sucli as,field trip and athletic
transportatipn, were eliminated.
;The three-year contract.-howeyer,
-ends nextmonth and it5_extension
A special address will be delivr'
; ered by Congressman -Norman
; Lent,.with introductions and re­marks
by Walton McDuffie, Com­mander
of William Clinton Story
Post #342 of the American Legion
and Parade Chairman; and Ed­ward
Yamin, Tred -Haget and
WallyGuest past-Commanders of
the Legion post.
. PuadeUnlta
The parade will be broken into
four divisions. The Gold Star
Tnothers.-honored guests and the
Daughters of Uie'American Revo­lution
will ride in the first '••the
R^ndivision.
— Freeport Police Chief-Anthony
Elar,"a police escort and the pjlor
_Jjuard_wiIlbe_8t the head of the
division, followed by the Freeport
High School Band. Congressman
Lent, Mayor William White and
the.Village Trustees and.other
honored
be place. The chief .was not avail-able
Monday night for comment;-
Band ot Conunlaaloaen
In . making his - recommenda­tions.
Mayor William White sug­gested
a Board of Comndssioners '
to cofisist of a chairman (who
would serve on the board from
June 13, 1977 throiigh l>!arch 31,
1979) and two other members,
-i—oneto servfr until March^l,-1978-
'. .'
guests. Marching with
ori what steps the Board will take _" for next year^as includ^ed in thc~^''^^''^°^^:^'^^'^^'irf '
as a consequence of the defeat of defeatediudget.) - ^f° ^ ° ^ P°?* ^310 of the
• - j„^^T^r,^^t^,„Ai.n^;^r,.,',, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
^sLstedb/BoarfAttorn^^x:ky ; ^ M , S ^
Wall and Supenntendcnt Donald 7: 'y^.'"-*" .»"" »"".,»'*»-•
Cosddw.' establbhed tiiat if aus- '*^ Anxil,.™. fh^ M.«. M.K««
terity is adopted, every student in
grades seventh through twelfth
(except for a-handfiil living on the
'extreme edges of the district) will
j¥aIk__lQ_S£hQol. Every child
attending a parocliial school in
the- district will walk. .Under
its $19,063,639 budget. Altiiough
no decision can lie made until a
formal Board meeting, HoDy and
McAndrews outiined the four
courses now open: (1) the Board
may resubmit uie ori^nal budget
to the voters; (2) it may submit a
. revised budget to the voters; (3) it
may prepare an austerity, or con­tingency
Inuiget-aad preseflt it to
the voters; or (4) it ipay establish
anaosterjtyor contingcBcy bud-gef
and present only one or more
special propositions to the voters..
A majority of the public's
questions concentrated on jvliat
potential effects another austerity
budget wcwJd bring. Many resi-dies
Auxiliary; the Msgr. Mahon_
Memorial Post ffl826 of the Cath­olic
War Veterans; the United
States Coast Guard; the United
States Naval Reserve; the Civil
Air Patrol; United SUtes Air
austenty, no insurance coverage
will be provided for parents or
teachers who, transporting
students in the absence of bus
service to an athletic or musical
(Cont. on Page 6)
Force; the Freeport Elks Oub and
their. Ladies' Auxiliary; and the
William Qinton Story Post #342
of the American Legion, their
Ladies Auxiliary, the Proud Reb­els,
Bin's Boy Band and^the Post
Color Guard.
(Cont. on Page 6)
THERE SHE IS...MISS LONQ ISLAND. Debbie Jones (second from r.)
waa crowned winner of the Miss Long Island Scholarship Pageant held
iastSonday night at the Freeport Racj-eaHon CenterrThrBaldwIn-reaH
dent will now go on to the Miss New York State Pageant, to be held In
Buffalo, the winner of which will represent the Staje In the Miss Amer­ica
1977 Pageant. With Debbie are (I. to r.) Susan Alpem, who tied for
3rd aind 4th runner-up; Cathy Pollard, 1st runner-up; Freeporter Shelly
Pelken, 2nd runner-up; Maureen Swan, tied for 3rd and 4th runner-up;
Norma Braun, who represented Congressman Norman Lent; Mayor
William White; and Hempstead Town Supervisor Al D'Amato, who
crowned the winner.