The-Leader_1978-03-23

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FREEPORt'S
NEWSPAPER
FREEPORT.NEW.VORK, MARCH 23-, 1978 PRICE 15* PER COP X
Plan
Mayor Will Be
Honored^
Ofi/ecf T&fPlscounf Dept
Man Of The Year Sfore On Bennington Site
FREEPORT - Ticket sales have
gone over tlie 200 mark for the
Freeport ; Chamber of Com-*
merce's .Annual rJnstallation
-Dinner-Dance to be held Saturday"
evening. April K at -Salty Bay
Yacht Club. '";:
Besides installing thb year's^
officers - of the" Chamberr-the^
affair will.honor William H.
White, Mayor oL Freeport since
I973ras "Man of the Year,*'-
Also to be honored is Kay Benda,
as "Woiiuu? of the Year." -
. White is wiative of.tfie Village.
He went ^Jhrpagh its school
•system'"Tand 'f-gnduated -^frbin
FREEPORT - Representatives of the merchants in Freeport's new.
Mall attended the Village Board meeting Monday night, March 20, to
voice their views on a proposal that would sell village land to a discount
store. The-t3"-acre Bennington Park urban renewal, property, west of
the Mall"and.betweeruSunrise, Highway and Merrick Road, is being
considcfred by'the.Boafd-for isale
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to a developers as a sittfor either .
a Two Guys discbunt 'store "or
Woolco'store.^Sale of the,land
roust be preceded by public
hearings accordtng4o law, but the
-merchants chose, to attend the
open-board meeting Monday to
make their statements. . • .
" "Dujdbinklt"
A local realtor suggested-the
; 13-Bcres belandbanked.at this
ALVVAYS PERSONALLY INyOl;tfED In tha vJllage's yiratarfront activi­ties.
Mayor William Whjte (L) thanked the^Coast guard Auxiliary Jor-ih^
K' help -and <)artrcfeatldrL';v;iBT--;:tJw;^vCari(fev; ftac^ :iasf,
year. White piidted a boat whJch.helped keep larigecJteJafs' off the race's
course and pulled canolsts from the water. The-village fi^yof has been
.named"197a.Man-of-tKetYear.by the Chamber of tommerce. Along
with fcWIc leader Kay Ber)da..whqpi3a..been named Woman-of-the-
,Year, White will be honored'al'ttieChamtjer's installation dlnner-daiice
Saturday night, ApFill.at SaltyBa5f,;Yachl CliIBiTickets at $30
each can be obtained by telHoatheChamberofllce, 378-7402. - .„ .:
- " Sexua1^l*plityi ~ -
f A Report From TKe Schoors ~ '
. FREEPORt-'The battle of the sexes these days is being waged on
more even ground: with the hationaLpush towards sexual equality, the
traditional t»nfrontations between male and;fentale are now being
•—carried outwith as milcfa balanced, paritjt-a^ society.can provldc-rln
this schools, the ^Jrograra for-sexual equality is known'asTide IX, a-senes-
looff-- laws- arid guidelines •
wjiich prohibit .sexual discriraina-
(jon - in' any agency receiving
federal funds. At the monthly,
meeting of the School Board, held
jast Wednesday night. MardLlS.
the Freeport school .district gave
; *• progress report"on its ongoigg.
"cpmpljance with Title IX. - -:...
change, - Sun'deri related, are
Slready being.seen, at the high,
School - level: . an; "Increasing
number_bf girls are " taking
advanced "shop courses, and the '
guidance: department is - enrouf;;'.
agingthese students to inyesti- '
gate a future~-in. the industrial .
• f i e l d . - : ; -^ . . ; , . : ; . ; •:
J^.,.;,\-^Afler ah introductipn,by-Jacob. Nor are the effects 6ne-si4edi,^^
--;;>l3il&*'^''' Assistant'to the^Siqiefv -^^
^^==-^ntendent.-^ho.-^'«pMnerf'^the ' '.'"'t. ''^y*-^V"-..
—-piirpose of the regulations', an = -'»?<'*"'ated..^Last yeat.-
.."r^jov^wiew^of theaistrict's adhefTI.signed for home ec m the High
•~r:-ence to Title IX way delivered by .School; .this' year, enhiUment.-'
" r•-;^it_s->-rtih:.:rie--e-'\te^f^t4:ii^r-p.:eLK-:d;.ni_B ,~C^—onn:_ie : jjunnniippccda jtoo .8o6o..;.Ci.oooolnanngg,,-*o«uunnudceDn,,,. an. Dress is imtional;
•-•::ViSundenMJcad tjf" the-guidance cited, attracts jnbst of the boys -rr . HV/. • .; r -. "^
• j depgtin&it at'the TCgh'Sdiool;- > an intgtst»bteh-in sgrttiH casgt^^t-^---' :^-
JJtusseJl OlrdsaB, district xle'rt; basted to JabC-lfltha food wortd.
Freeport High S^CbQl.where she .'time. .Sid Lieberman expressed
pU^ed iiithlrmithWgl'M^Ai''^'*'^'^^*''"* the land warbelng-
Eagle. Scout afid'Bdy Scodf camp sold at less than it was worth. He .
counselor-doring-Ws-yptith",.-he- -noted that the coming:ot.»4»ge--.
has remained a dedicated sup-" discount store, with^itsda^^rtis.-
porter of scouting. ' '. • ^ ,ing possihilities-and bulk buying^
-An avid fisherman and former—'power, could "destroy the heart
'Jones Beach •"fifeguard,7;^M«yor . of the villag'e" and further erode
White is Past Preddent 'drfhe Us tax^base by forcingJhejclosing
Freeport_Tuna Qub, served as - ^ ilSady-existing retail stores.
Vice Qominodore of .the south
Shore Yacht Club (now saltyBay) ~
and was a member of the Hemp­stead
Town.: Marine Advisory
Board. 1 He also ^served on the—
Chamber's'Board of; Directors
and. a veteran of the Ahny Air
Corps, is a member of the Amen-can
Legion. The Mayor has
served on the village's Board.of
Trustees since igW.- -
... -' In private life^ the Mayor is the _
owner of the William, H. white
Insurance agency located^ in
Ftieeport," - Jfr arig~his wife,:
- Mildred,- reside, joi ,.SouthSide
Avenue. One son "William Jr.,
22; is'a senior at Colgate Uiiiver-
,sityj: the..Mayor's alma 'mater,.
whileth^ other son, 20'ytar. pld.
Jefteyj;:is; a Tophniore..at-tfift~
-Univttsily of Tampa, i'
Hcketi; for jthe .dinner-dance, at
S30 per person^ may be obtained''
^"FR S-7402mje7tonT"
a 'coAtia - hoar» fiill-cpdrse
dinner,'open bajp-Vien-noe^
table.and.Bye raosic'uiitil 1
He suggested, the-village land
b^^k-tbe^£^e'8ge while vigorously
proceeding to obtaiir-the-proper
useforit.,
- Would KayfrStorea
A Freeport Mallf_merchant,.
.Walter Green of Carol'Green's,
"called the possible, litilizatiotf of
the Bennington .Park, site" for" a
discount store, a ^'onie-two-three
punch." Ope, he said, were" the^^
parking lots which were taking
longer than they shbuld; number
two was" the mall whose construc­tion,
also was taking.]ohger than
expected and still not finished;
and number three, he iloted. was
the rumour of a discount shop­ping
centfcK" As did miny of the_::_..
s^wakers "Jhatj-Tollowed him. -
Green pointed tp Hempstead as "^
"an example of the death of a retail
'section with.1he comlhg of a large
store. He sugge*tcd_tliat_after-^:^
spending $1.7 'million - on .^it.i_..
Malii-the first^riority ishould be .
to get an the'stores rented and^i'
big; store .on; the .Mall in the'' .
-i^nts site.-• *' We wtmld. wekome
that." he said, noting." th'«t
• anything that wouldbrtng. traffic
-Jo: the" downtown shopping area
was good .but that without more
parking ho large store- would
comethere. - .\^
Gr6en made- several'- sug­gestions
-that he—thought' could
deviate the parking problem.4{e .
suggested that the schools, with
their $19 million' budget, *ould ""
ippropriat'e 55-6,000 to buy land
for a parking lot for their
teachers. Parking; he saidrshould
be allowed on m e Street. He also,
•noted that in Patcbogue, parking :
behind the storesTs-successfiilfy —
iimited to the time after 9-JO am. •
GrMn criticized ' the recent
Zoning Board of Appals decision
allowing-rMajestic Chevrolef to
lease the proper^ behind Crxiits,.
and snow removal on the'MaUl —
He asked for more communtca-.
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I
y-| and,Martin Kelly,, Assistant High-"
rbllgfly-
Matnms f^o More
• TufulMg- fiuiii - i»iutleim»
Qvic AssociatfoiF
V ^Schobl-Prmcipal;-r^Adfl-BngUy - •..TUrmiia Hum jHuUents tu .-V •_i:a_ii_ >fc^^^^_^
-::" ;- ai«assed -tbe^.probleins raised'"- teachers,;-Russell - Birdsafl oat-;^ . InSiailS UniCciS _
'.;'-4. ::.ana;; the; solutions'rreaiAeS'iii^ _ _;.
':~ " '•"P^e^>st^'tter5pt. :,to r^ich. rpeismhel pblip,a.^ ^ Compbdng;, ; ^ ^ ? ^ ? * ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^
•"'• ^ seimalMuilibrinm.^ .with the new federal regulatjonsr-- f^ Ch*= Assoqation held t b ^
"~7~^iii (ha enidJJiTiiiiB.Siindah' Blrfsanj Stated. .prc?iCTtal ng l f t ° ° t f T i f ' i i ^ u y ! ? i ^c
- - ^ reported xbunseDors are making -major ptpblems.smce Freeport'^'r. .ttfl party at Salty Bay Xa<a>f CBib
CONGRATULATIONS ARFIH ORDEH followtno
tne steam?^
. Siraday. Mardi 19j.'rtie
atteiMled fay ov^'275Tesii
th| InstaHMIon of
Hi/K UVtg AMflaMIOn?-lfIg-was
the -Steams- Park ares iriddi'. is
new "officers of the Steams HA/K UViC AUflCiaiion.'.inB lllCDtniilO
president and vk»-presldent_of thp groop^" wtilc*> reprte«nts home­owners;
In a-oorihwMt section of Freeport; are congratulated by some^
of the public officials" who weJra present. MorallwvZTS resldenu and
guests attended the install^on cocktail party, at Salty Bay Yacht Oub.-
^ girts and bc^STcware of tiie alter- ^f^^^^^^fH^ !^»^^2*?2^
L"-natives to standard options-This - - ^ * * * * " ™ e "^ M«rDf-*e^
":^y-ear: for. example, zOr-scventb/'-f^f^^J^ made «ntered.OT-the; .. .. - .• .. _,^. .
' traders andr40%^ of Uie eighth !n«"«=«?.°r P ^ ° g ^ = '^°- ^ ^ ^ ^ * * "T^i^^^ r«^uu».v
r-^-«nideii-have-Jaken-both hoffle-r«J"««^T«'»T»^'^°^^^ "*':^^'**^'"%firDebblff'1s-on tha Staarris Park Board;, Na«sauj:oo»i<y^C«Tv—
- economics and industrial arts;;;^'*^,*^^*^ir?^i'if^ ~^ sdiooldistort.- • ^, - ^ ^ mlssioner- ofJndusiry.andlCpwniarca Roy.Cacdatora. •"resident of
~ next yeai- die cightii-. grade ° ^ or parental status, and Among the d^rt^ officials^ Freaport; J-eaHnette Voflel,1ncbmlno firit vfe^prasident; Asaambty-r
enroUment Will be 100?^. The qwestions-of potential pregnancy present were Freeport Mayor man Armand D*Amato; fnajftilrig presWant Afan Dunst; and Vlllaga
PIctured-O. to r.) are Deputy Ylljage Attorney Michael Solomon, whose
effects _. of this - programming; (Cdnt.anPage8) .{Cont.oi)Pag«-lO)
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