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BAiDWiN NEWS
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» DERRICK ROAD
FREEP03T W T 11520 29 *
FRIEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MUtRICk
FREEPORT'S
officuii
NEWSPAPER
45th YEAR. No. 37 \ FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JANUARY 8,1^81 PRICE 120* PER COPY
Judg^Freedman—
Mourned By Jflany
FREEPORT - More than 45Q
people jammed .into a Rockville
~ Gentrc-Fuheral-HoinenhlrTssi"
Sunday afternoon, January 4, to
moum_logether and to pay__a,
tribute to Freeport-bom Ed^y.in J..
Village-Budget Meeting
Unveils One Hopeful -
FREEPORT - There-ttere less than 50 people present at this year's
A'SILVER ANNIVERSARY. Mayor .William ^Art^lte; (3rd. from r.)
presents a P/oclamatibn to members of the Freeport Lions Club In
honor of their S5th anniversary. Amortg the many activities of fheFree-"
rporttlonsarescholarshipTjrograiiisand the donatiotrof audiometers'
and Bralle typewriters to the Freeport school district. Local Lions will
. welcome Liot\s Internationa President William C*. Chandler-on Sun
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justice'. Freedman. whose com­passion
as a human, being and
brilliance as "an. attorney "was'
matched by hs-well-lcnown wit.
df.ed Friday. January 2. in Nassau
Hospital of a heart attack. • .
" The"'rows "or seats at ,-Uutter-man's
Funeral HoHle were filled*
and many people stood in the tear
of the rtxim to hear Rabbi R^beh
Katji'amreaiitcfr Hiiry^AltmiiS'bf"
~<;Ongregation—B'nai—Israel"^irr
Freeport ctiant the traditional
service. The 66-year old FreeA--
annual Budget Meeting, a comparatively ^mall turnout for an election
year. (The village mayor and two trustees, as well as Village Justice,
"uie up fur election ou March-t?v>-The- more^than-4(J;people-in-atten-dance,
included a large contingent from the Freeport Fire Department.
whose annua] contract was also
the subject- of
public meeting.
department heads, a few—ciyic
association sjiokespeople.' a
handful of what appeared to be
-just—interested citizens, - and
an advened
various village
property.
Hebert. however, insisted that
the citizens' shbiild know the
"whole thing...You may "be^able •
- to cut taxes rather than increase
taxes." he sMd. He added "that
dayrJamiafy-t8i-atr4hfr^i3triet'o Mid-WinterConleierjce <>t llm.Salty—man had been on ttie lemple's^
Bay-Yaoht Club, a first tor" Nassau "County. Photographed (T. tO"r.)~boa'rd. as'weini on'tlie'Board'of ~
are Lions tre"asurer Bob -Taylor, vice-president Charles Baldwin, "the Jewish yheological Seminary
president Paul Poschmann Sr... Mayor White. Pau!_Hoscnjrnann.jr_ anij active in Jewish Philan-r
a n d h i s s b n 7 P J u l . '•'••: "•- " :. I'.-'••-••:•'%---r^-:^-\- '••:-• • —-^ thropies and the United "JewSii-
Appeal.
"We loved him.^'^Rabbi Katz
- told-those-present, "because he
-Xcared attout us sincerely. The'
friends he inade spanned race,
color, creed and age, and he was.
-a warm human J)eufg. His_con---'
cem for betterin^-the "Ibt of the
poor, the unfortunate, the dis-
_erifranchisedrthe neglected and
•the •overlooked was -the touclT-stone
of hts life and his career."
Freedman had been practicing
law since "1938, when he.'wa^ ad--
mitted to the. bar. His first office
several who spoke as about - to -
announce candidates or support­ers
of caiididates.
^-.The one actual candidate'that
seemed to surface at the nieetingi
was George Hebert, of" GordoS
Place, who<^ld THE LEADER.
-afteMhe-me^ingr-that-he .was a
.candidate_ for villagft_ trilste.e.
Hebej:;t. who - apparently had
-^evec-before-^ught'.public. office
he had spoken to* at least .500
ritijens and that "we are up to
here .with ' taxes-.'^all typdS^of
taxes...tam ogvnst this budget,"
he concluded.
"'Increase EighK^enU
The- pro'posed budget for
-Program On Black Achievement
To Honor Dr. Martin Luther King
FREEPORT - In memory of Dt.-Martin Luther King, the Coalition
For a Better Freeport has planned a tribute to Black'. Achievement.
The'evening of entertiuiunent will be h^d Sunday. January 18. starting
at 6 pm. at Freeport High School.
The program will feature jazz anil 6lues guitarist Bo Diddley,
Jr.-; composer-pian'ist Hale Smith
1981-82 carries an 8t per $100
assessed valuation tax increase.
lata, total tax rate of $11.29.-:—
•_ In_hjs preliminary remarks
ja-4he:^lage7Tdescribed-himself , "t th'f: nns>t'nf tRgTpuMle.lieaTingT
as an independent business White noted that the 8* was less
a'Freeport resident; arid song-stylist
Dolores Waller, grand-niece
of the late Fa{?WaIler...
.There will also be perfonn-ances
by the Bethel A.M.E.
Cathedral Choir, The Church of
God" In Christ Little Zion Choir,
the" Freeport lligh Scboo[ Band
Bo Didd'ev. Jf
jn(t Chorus and the Di><ld Junior
Hmh' Schoiil Chorus. Sheron
N'cMTs™ and Patrice Simmons
djci-crs frifn the Dickersr.n Per
forming Arts Center io-Freeport
will also.be on the-program.
Dr., -^Julius Gafvey, noted,
surgeon and'a Freeport resident,,
and Jean EsquerreTpresident and
cff-founder. of the Long Island
Urban Lfeagile" will present
historical highlights.- -
The' keynote speaker will be
James E. Miller, coordinator of
Student Services at the Educa­tional
Opportunity Center, State
University of New York in
Farniingdale.
Donations are S5 for adults'and
52.50 for senior citizens and stu-
. dents with proper identification.
For tickets and inforrriation.
calT 379-5464 or-379-9257. ' '
Poetrj Contest
In connection with the pro­gram,
a poctrs' contest for young
p#oplc is being conducted. Piiems
must be on the theme, "1 HaVc A
Dream. ' and entrants must be
Freeport residents. 10-16 >ears
old. Achievement .Awards in
Poetry will be presented to the
winners in three age catec'Ties
2. IJ 14; and l51h"For in-lation.
call Mrs E Ho<iK>.
consultant.
Hebert's' main line of ques­tioning
about the 1981-82 budget
dealt with the revenues to be de-.
rived from any sale of the public
works building and, as he des­cribed
it, tbe ^(i]lage garage.
Hebert claimed-that thi ullage's
estimates of what the property is
worth is far lower (ban his ap-praisaJjs.
• K. ^
"I had it appraisedit\H^ett
charged and the figure^ heThen.
gave was more -than SI
The ftiture candidate
than one percent of the entire
$11.29 tax rate. "In these in­flationary
times, I think that b
quite remarkable," the Mayor
said, pointing out that this had
been done while the village ^had
been able to maint^o its level
of service. '
Hebert told the board that he
felt the budget could, be.-cut.
Claiming he had spent ICX) man- .
hoiirs going over the..budget,
Hebert said "we are going to cut
ionT'^^c budget. We will cut it after
relused *? are^ in office-if jthat is the
however, to showhis ?(pj]raisals~r'^s-" ^According to Hebi^,
to the board, to this newspaper, be had met with "village em-,
or to Superintendent of Public- ployecs...and they are the ones
Works Ed Prefe^, who later asked-- wlio tell me there is fat" m the
to see thein. o'r to make public- budget "I am for a 10% tax cut
the name of a possible buyer who"~'"' thoscL-departmentis where is
wopld purchase the property for fat," said Flebert
SI.5 million. 1»-
was in Freeport- For the past 21
years, he had been a partner in
ih<r*Mineo)a law firm of JFrecdmaii
and Weisbein. He sersfcd as
Milage justice in Freeport for
15 years A life-long Republican.
he had been denied his party.'s re-n.-'
minaiion in 1<) .md had un-success-
fulK run for re-election on
the Dcmivrratic ticket, the Free-
(Cont. en Page9t
Village Mayors" William • H.
White explained to Hebert-tliat
the 300,000 figure in-aiitici-pated
revenues was ah educated
guess based on several apprai- ".
sals...wha^xprofessionaIs felt the
property could be"sold for; what
it would cost to renovate the
vacant village Sewer Plant for
use for Public Words, and how
the village could pay for this -
work (from receipts of the sale
and a possible. Bond). White
also told Hebert that the Board
had decided "to sell the public
^wrrrks Sbilding rather than the
sewer plant because it was more
"saleable." and was worth more.
He pointed out that any sale of
village land had a Tong • time
benefit for village ta.xpa>ers in
that the land would return to ihe-tax
roles as income - producing
.White a^ain called for speci­fics.
"Will you give me one
erample," the M^yor said.
. "I will do it in th^ampaign.
answered Heb.ert.'
Apt. HonseOMUers
Oppos^dfidf- Miiyor
Gus CasMST who owns several'
apartme.nt/nouses in the village,
spoke saying he represented the
apartment house owners.. "We
do not require a full-time mayor
with a S42.000 salary." said
Cassis, charging that the expense
will be carried by home owners,
apartment house owners and
tenants-. ""The village is not big
enough for a full-time Mavor."
"We." Cassis said.* "have
g(ine through this budget and feel
there is a saving of S l ' i million. "
"Would you like to tell me
where?" asked' Mayor White
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