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PINNINQ A FLOWER op Slg Felle (2nd from I.), Freeport Chamber of
Commerce president Lionel Socolov.(l.) also presents him with a
plaquft of appraelatloh: FellBj of Atlantic Nursery and Garten '
wasiMmea recipient of the Chambafajurchld-ol-thB-Morith
3ila-n»uii» nil iwiiali nt_ihiivi»>iy>-;ttiy}_^ho fti|«iiiiffl« community.
D'Amato At Dinner
- 'FREEPORT -• At a meeting
held " Monday - evenmg, Janu-ary
J6, the. Freeport
Commerce offidally elected its
first woman president in its more
than 50 years of existence. Jo
Cona; owner of-Apache 11 and
pache nitnr Wooddeft-A venue,
•has been a director, treasurer
and third vice-president of the
local Chamber of Commerce.
FREEPORT - No surprises were in store at either of the two national
parties' local conventions last'week in-Freepont,—i - - ' -
: The first one.jin open convention ofFrieport Democratic Commit-.
teepersons heloThursday,"January 22, resulted in-the selection by
'acclamation of Eugene Devany as the Democrats' candidate for MayorL :L,
liSria T/'- .
Blanc.
Pinning the btosaom on Felle's^iapel is Jo Cooa,.president-elect of
the Chamber. Looking on Is Program Chairman Charles Mehrmann
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''Angeb^ liiyited J o Patrol
FieepM Neighborhood
FREEPORT - Members"of NEFCA, tht North East Freeport Civic
Association, met with lepresentattves of the Guirdiafi Angels Monday
.ight^Januatx_26,jud r^UKted that the vdunteer gr^p of youths
establish a pabrd in their section of Freeport. ~
ihe Uuardlin Angels had been invited to the meetijg by "NEFCA
leaders, who toWthe "Angels," • '
who appearea-uotnge-between-^theycame from long Island, al-
16 and 19 years ofage. of fears for though none of the half-dozen
their - personal safety, and of fepi««itaeves apparently came
burglaries and vand^m in the
area."
Tom Boccalino, co-chairperson
of NS^CA, characterized crime as
- "heavy np-heretr.and much of it
stems from here."
"This lareaL is worse than a
South Vietnam-war zone." said
• SheUy Williams7of NEFCA, an in­tegrated
groti^ .Of homeowners
and residents. She described how
her front dobthad been broken
twice, how laundry ts^ even stolen
from the clothes lines, and how-gtoQps
of youngsters scout homes
to. see where they have items
tv-prtb stealing. ,
The residents complained that
police responses to calls from the
—northeast ate not adequate. Some
said they have called police-head^
quarters and it takes 15 rings be­fore
anyone answers; others said
that typical police responses in­clude,
"we're shorthanded" or
"we'll get to it when we can.-".
"They deal with crime after the
fact," one resident complained,
saying that they need more crime
prevention.
Boccalino told the Guardian
Angels, "We are unknown unless
we yell...This is a neglected area
, ...stiort-on services and short on
conveniences."
The Angels, some of whom said
fronr Freeport, expressed their
surprise thit Freeport is' "that
bad", and said they would-start.
"undercover" patrols on. the
streets as soon as possible, after
• they>eceived an '.'O.K. from the
police and their leader," Curtis
"Sliwa, know as "The Rock."
Later, they said that they had
already received approvaCfrom
Sliwac or they would not be at the
_-jneetin8.- A iall to.Sliwa Tuesday
failed to elicit confimution, be­cause
a fenude representative of
the Guardian'-Angels explained
thatihe "office" was in confus­ion.
Sliwa's Bronx apartment had
been broken into the night before,
derogatory symbols and words
had been-sAieaTed 'on the walls,
she said, and files destroyed.
Freeport Police Chief Anthony '
Elar, however, said that he had '
spoken to Freeport PBA leaders
and it appeared that there' would
be "jiij trouble" with.the Guard­ian
Angels, if they patrolled and
stayed within the laws.
The Guardian Angels and Sliwa
attracted the attention of the
press in New York City, with their-red
beret trademark, as they
patrolled the city subways, their •
cars and platforms.
As one Guardian Angel ex-
(Cont.on Page 16)
JoCona
The Chamber Board of Direc­tors
also selected its aimual
"Citizen-of-the-Year," who will
be honored at the'annual In­stallation-
Dinner ' Dance to .-be
held March 28 at Sahy Bay Yacht
Club. This year's- honoree is
Senator Al D'Amato .
U.S. Senator Al D'Amato, the
first United States Senator from
Nassau County.
Mrs. Cona, wife of Wood-
• (Cont. on Page 6)
for Villagei^. Trustees,
and Marvin Cohen—for Village.
Justice. A party platform was
alsoltpproved. —- • -
The ^Freeport Republican-
Committeemen's ' Counril met
the next n^ht — Friday, Janu-
—ary 23 —•. and unanimously
"selected as their-slate in"-the~
March 17th election incumbent.
Mayor William H.rwhite, Village
Trustees Dorotny Sluiiu .and
^ r e d Sirlini and Villagr TnTtirft
Ralph Franco. White will be
seeking—his thffd foui^^year.
term. Storm her .third term and
Slrlin and Franco their'second
termsr
AsTHE LEADER went to press
Tuesday, night,-. January " 27,
the Village Party of Freeport
.was meeting and it~ was expected
that they too would choose the
sbite of White/Storm/Sirlin
and Franco as their, standard -'
bearers. - " . •
ihe candidates given Uie uud-by
their respective parties last
^week violl be joined on the ballot
by three who aimounced pre­viously
(THE LEADER, Jan. 22,
1981).
The "Nu Citizens Party,"
which formed several weeks
ago, had announced their slate
of Safvatore linborgio.for Mayor,
and Elizabeth Bowen ud
Marvin Iskols for Tnistee. Party-spokesman
George Cassis told
THE LEADER thU weet that they
would not be miming a candidate
for Village Justice.
In answer to a query from this'
newspaper. Cassis listed the
Nu, Citizeiis Party Committee
To "Elect linbrio. Bowman and
Iskols as** Thomas Imborgio,
Southside Avenue;,, WTilliam E.
Williams, Mybre • • Avenue;
George Wellej/Moody Avenue;
Henrietta Botsakos, Hillside
Avenue; and Constantine Cassis,
Brooklyn Avenue.
Dem Candidate Had
Run For Assembly
Devany, the , Democrats'
mayoralty candidate, is going
to the polls for the second time.
In the November. 1980 election
he ran unsuccessfully against
New York State' Assemblyman
Armand D'Amato. According to
figures released by the Demo­crats,
Devany garnered 5,158
vote? from Freeport in that
election.
The 29-year old Devany is
. a graduate of Hofstra University
and has a Masters Degree in
Public Administration frbtn Long
Island i/niver5ity..J|je_is a former
employee of-ihe Nassau -Counly::-
Human.Rights',Commissipn4 who
malii.t^ns an artistic and pro- -
fessionai interest in'stained glass
design.- A. Itfe^png . Nassau-
County resident, he has lived in
Freepiort for'the past'.five years 1
He, lus wite (,narlene,-and then—
Avenue. ,
_ ilia.. Schildkraut, bcmocratic^
candidate for one of the two
' trustee positions, is Chairman of
.Freeport High School's Sdcial
Studies > Department. . He. is
giadQate'of the" Utuveftity-^of
' Rochester and holds—a Masters
"de^ree-from Adelphi-University.-
He live in an apartment house
. on South Ocean Avenue.
Schildkraut is a member of the
Villagtf^of Freeport's -Historic
-landmarks—Preservation—Com­mittee
and former member of
the- village's - Tenant-Landlord. ..|
.Relations Committee that pre­ceded
adoption of The Rent
Stabilization Law. He al^o se.rved
oh the Village-wide Bicentennial
Committee.
Tfaetsecond trustee candidate, .
select61 by Freeport Democrats,
is Gloria.: LeBluc, who b a
"supervisor at the Motor-Vehicle
Bureau in Westbnry: She lives
on South Ocean Avenue with
her two diildren. Ms. LeBlanc .
has been active in the-Freeport
DenKxratic Qub and the League
of Women-Voters, Hempstead
South Chapter, as well as- the
American Civil JJberties Union,
Friends of the Freeport Memorial
Library, the Freeport Chapter
of the American Cancer Society,
and the Archaeology -Club of
Freeport. She graduated with^
honors in mathematics from
Notre Dame college of St. John's
University.
Marvin Cohen, a Freeport
resident for 17 years, is the'
Democratic_ Party's candidate
for' Vdlige Justice. He has
practiced law in New York Cil.v
for five years and is presently
Chairman of the Board of Congre­gation
B'nai Israel of Freeport.
He. his wife Elsie and their two
children. Rachel and Hugh,
live on Lena Avenue. Cohen.
(Cont. on Page 3)