The-Leader_1978-06-22

              '••f
. ^ :
::!t-••-'• r.-r^'
.> - • ^ ^ f c j i . a * * : —m«
; ..
SPECIIIL
' f r r ' • ' •-•'•. . -. • ' w . - ~. . : • . • • ; ' • - . • • .•
iii\s~Mj;cTr.nnT':n-icAt, ii-svu,
'EASX MEADOW, ll:Y. 1155-1 ' ,,...
JRIIPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
[jjrvf**
FREEPORT'S
dFfiiini
NEWSPAPER
•S-
43rd YEAR No. 8
-B-«-
FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 22.' 1978 PRICE 1$« PER COPY
School Buflget Passes By 96
Ceremony Pays 37 J 6 District Resfcfenfs
FREEPORT -•'By',%'Vbtes, voters ui the Freeport School District
passed their school budget on its second submission Tuesflay. June 20.
A total of 3,716 residents, voted; 732 more than out ballots on the
school l}udget line in its first submission. At that time. May 24, 104
.more voters- turned thumbs down on the budget, than approved it.
NAMECHANflE: ft^ftTc&rAloncL^lfiS^^ang^^^ b»-South Grtive
"Street to Guy txmbardo Av9D\i6iinFfawn of Hempstead'ajjuirlna at-the
foot of thaVstfeet la ho?i?xall8diiGuy Lonibardo Marina/' De«)lca^'
tlon ceremonies were'lheld' Monday,- June .19.-'Mayor yyilllam White"
p.^-Tqwri-Prealding Supervisor;A|b*Amalo(c.) and Robert Moses
cooperated irVuhvieiling'the new sign at the Town facHity, which.is on
theslteofCombardo's old "East Point House."- . "
' FREEPORT - From Sunrise
Highway all^the. way down to
where-it meets the water, Soujh
Grove Street is now officiary Guy.
Lombafdo Avenue. Past the
famed bandleader's house, still
occupied by his wife Lillibelle,
down to the Town of Hempstead
Marina, now appropriately re­named
Guy Lombatdo Marina,
.visitors to Freeport will see a last-
' ing remembrance and tribute to a
'man loved by the village which he
-aWoTOved. '.". -
Freeport was Lombardo's home
• for decades. He lived here; he
boated, in its waters;- hebuilt a
-restaurant at the edge. of the
.strrct—where the "marina now
stands. '" " -. • • ,
On Monday afternoon. June 19,
-officials from the' Town of
-Hempstead and the Village, of
Freeport • were joined'by Lom-bardo's
old-friend and-"father''
This week's vote saw. .Archer
Street School area residents
voting 355 yes to 381 no. At-
AtkinsoQ., the vote was 304 yes,
244 no. Bayview Avenue School
area voters Voted 396 yes to 525
no.'At Qeveland Avenue School,,
-146 of those who voted were in
the yes column with only four
voting' no. Columbus Avenue-by
the voters represents continu­ed,
evidence of "their concern _
for.quality'education in Freeport.
We^will- continue to strive for
educational-excellence for each
student in our schools."<But in a
word, a ^Inroad-smiled, happy
Costlow said,"terrific,"'as the
final.'figures .were" added up.
School area voters brought in 411. Applause punctuated,1iis remark;
yes votes to 160 no votes; and at . as pareiits_and other^terestcd.
Giblyn,:294 voters said yes,.while
496 said jio:-^"... ..
iji a^repared statement-issued '
to thcTpre^s following the victory,-
Superintendetit ;pf Schools Don
.Costlow sald,''>"Tiie successful
•passage nf our wdget-pri
persons gathcred'.in the district
office where they heard the final
results.: . .:.-..•.
The $20,890,9981978-79 school
budget carries a ~.928< per SlOO
assessed valuation" tax fncrease
or a total school tax rate of
iOOrr-
- ; • U.
^ . —, ,.* ^HS Seniors:Groduate Sunday
FREEPORT- The Freeport High School Class of 1978* numbering
. approximately 548 seniors-, -will graduate Sunday, June 25, rain or
shine at 2 pm, at Freeport High School. ~ .-rJ.------'- •^- ' ^. .
Nina Schwartz is the class valedictorian^ with a weighted average of
"109.1; anS^Brian Aho, with a.weighted average of 107,1, has been'
namedsalutatorian. _-- . - ' • '. •
Dodd JHS GradnaUoti,
.-Graduation ^ n i Dodd Jiinior.
High School ' wfll take place.
Friday, Jiirie 23, 10 am, rain or;'
shine at Freeport High School..'
Approrimately • 650 •• eighth'
graders will be leaving Dodd after
. t . - i - - ^
President of the Freeport High
School Key Qub, Ms._Schwarf2 is
a member of the sclfdbFs chapter
of the National-Honor Society;
-She was also the statistician for.
the gymnastics team. This fall,
"Ffeeport's top ranking graduate
Will attend Wesleyan University ^two years of study
in Connecticut, -i; -.•"'—' J_'T- "
,_^_ j ^ o , who plans.to continue his
-.^^tudies at the State University of
l'-New York at Stony Brook, plans to
- '-'enter a premedi^ program. He
i_ ."is (he recipient of the 510,000 four
"years'Charles Johnson Memorial"
;, Scholarship, a grant-fiiom the.
'- trade^ onion to'which his-fatlier
'- belongs. -He also. received the
'."Baasch and Lbmb Honorary
^^^3den« Award iAd * New Xork
of Jones Beach, Robert Moses, in
a spoken and musical tribute to
the shoBtman Fbo died this past
Novembers.
"Guy Is All Smiles"-
^Jbroken. shoulder-kepl-Mrs.
Lombardo away from the cere­monies
but, in a liote whfcfi was
read to the (jlose to 300 people_
present, she wrot^, "Guy is all
smiles today!' because to him
(Cont.'onPageiO) -
Gcinal Cleanup, Ice Cream Trucks,
Condemnation, Issues of Meeting
FREEPORT - The village Board of Tnistees-were questioned about
several unrelated topics, at their Monday "^Fght. June 19. public
meeting. George Price — a resident of Oakdale, Long Island, and
member of the family which owns P;P. & T. on North Main Street —
asked the board to remove indefintely the condemnation proceedings
they" have instituted against an
' 'Awards WinJoexB
Freeport Jligh. School's annual-
Awards Night traditidfilQIy comes'
the night before gradiiadon and
the names of' most ;-.bf' the'
recipients are kept', a surprise^
until then^ Doidd's award winners
win- also be • snaouabei' tocv
late for this week's issue of-THE
LEADER.- Names of afl awards
New Postmaster
In Fr^pprt
empty lot the.family owns. Price
claims that the owner of the rest
of the property on the block,
which includes the lot and the old
Robert Hall building, has illegally
built a ramp on'the. Price property
—and jjlocked egress a^d ingress.
State Regents Scholarship.
winners will'be pitnUid lu uexl
"week's issiie of THE LEADER/- "
FREEPORT - The appCintment
of Major'M. Simmons as Post­master
of Freeport has...been
annoonccKl by Northeast Regional
Postmaster .'General Frank M.
.-SomniCTkw mp.
in stoipfdance"with the jnerit
_- selection' yprbciednres of' the
Postal Rt^gaiibtation Act of
The board took the matter
under advisement, with " the
. Maycn' - su^Vsting that Price
bring the jnatter .to the Board's
attention in. writing, with his
attorney corresponding with
village counsel. White and
Trustee Al Siriin explained to
Prui, that any civil case he might
have, against- the builder of the
wall and ramp would not involve
the village. /.Condemnation pro­ceedings
began. White, ex-.
2_ . (Cont.onPagel6j -
This Week bri ThePAirl
rf:":'- FREEPORT'-" Housing in"the:
;h.'.-ViIIage -win^be'the^snbjoct of.
:. r" discossionr "on. tins Sonday'i.
7 >^"5omcthinig Spedal Fran
Freeport,''- the. weekly 'radio
"" program aired at 11 pm on WGBB
-*-$-., r(-1C2h-4r0isAtiMne) . a. nd—G,e o•-r g-e —Lo'"v:e.-.
' fiii" To<*t gne of Frecport's first m *. Qoe
4>oJaest(
TytDagej^as they .'had-^ione prtf-'
^yiomsly. ", ". - -'
: • The diversity of housing avail-a*
le in Freeportwinbiernie.sub"--
ject of the second segment of the
"Tadio program as the show's
'reiportcr-travels "along vritb.'many
-iKm-iesidents -o«tr-the^recent
house Tour-^XMirored^by the
in'cooper-ation
with the Village govem-for.'
thej;;goittpi$t«aship- by.-.the
-NonhMH H»kg!^M«»js^e5r
^Selection -Boardivi'd ^p^ated
'.'by Postmaster Gojeial WuSiiffl
::-F. ^Bolger.^ ITieri^>pomtment Ji'-
not-.subject to*'Senate confirma-
•'tion. ; -- ' ;..' ' ^ \.-:
---:The Regional. .Management
Selection Boat^ns^coniprised -of:
' representatives ftpm the' Unit^
-.States Civil Service Commission.
-a INstrict Manager from another.
_P(Kta]K-Region and two ^Poxt-*
Eaasfers'seleded' by_the. .Postf
master General
it,fs*^e to purchase a home
under .that program fdjf $10.000..„ ment. . , _' .
They wiD explain to listeners'the Mary Westrmg. onie of the
difference for ihem" between eight homeowners who allowed
living in their new home jmg~'lBOT"lJouses to be used on the
jresidujgjn .^sn.^ apaitment_itCihc_JonrjoDJieinletvicwtdJ - ~JI-^
,__ The Freeport Post_Office; has-anmial.
postal "receipts of-
$1,684,101.- As .^Postinaster,^
Simmons -w3}-eam' S31.222. in-
-Salaiy and friagejjbenefits;. be:
;^wi!l be. asasted by a staff of ^
^CTpployees. - :''—~—--——-^
JUBIBUTE-VO -'^Ma^^lEEPO
past Monday, June 19, at the foot of .South. GravBLStraet wtiera the
Town Marina waa named In honor of the late twuiteadar and shovv
rhan.yutage Mayor William White, at the tectum; and Toarm^faaidlng
VSupf&ftor Al D'Amato, JooWhg at Wa program notes. lolnadl_n dMBigv
TWO tha=n*rtf of South Grove StreettoGuy-tJBmbardo Avenue. A
jsample.of tM^teW sUeet algn atanft to the tide of the afaga-
: ;--- ••.-.- --. • :--.-.-^..;.^—---(Ptiototiy'JodyDeSahroy"