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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER 21,1982
47th YEAR. No, 26
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PRICE 2 5 * PER oogy
Units
Happy Birthday, Ove^occupmcies Drow $25Q
Dear Freeportlll , ^ - . .
Fines For Each Viomion
IT WAS THE BEQINNINa back In tS62 and membera ol tha young
Freeport Historical Soelaty are hard at work renovating the old former
Dr. Evans' house at 350 South Main Street for use aa the Freeport °
Historical Museum. The Society celebrates Ha 2Qth anniversary this
month with a special dinner Sunday evening. October 24, at tha Church
of the Tranillguratlon In Freeport. According to some original notes,
these In the photograph are Frank Jacoby and Marianne Qiasel, In the
foreground: on the porch (I- to r.) Harold Levins, Bruce Jaooby, Sue
Levlna, Seymour Qrou and Qigl Kaland; and, at the upstaira window
(1. to r.), Rory Kaland, Judy Qiasel, Bea Bruner and Katharine Kaland.
FREEPOBT - Hie 90th birthday
c4 the Village of Fiteport's iacw-poratiop
will be celebrated with a
gala parade on Saturday,
morning. October 23.
Floats.^bandstand' marctuog
units, as well .as motorized
vehicles from the Freeport Fire
Department and antique cars
from Collcciors Cars, will be in
the parade, which will led by
Grand Marshal Mike Caniatore
on horseback. '^
The parade is scheduled to
Starr from Freeport High School
at 10 am and proceed eastbouod
along Merrick Eoad to the "Two
Cays" parting tot oa liberty
Avenue. The oUts wiOjsass'a'
reviewing stand set up in mmt of
17 West Merrick Road, on the
sooth side of the street, just west
of Main Street.
More than a dozen bands are
expected to mardi and play in the
parade, competing for prizes
offered by the sponsoring group,
the Freeport Chamber of Com­merce.
First, second and third
place prizes win be $1,000. $500
and siSO respectively.
The Long Island Mummers,
which will neither parade nor
compete with the other musical
groop<. will V pp htnA following
the paradeiTor a special birthday
concert for all Freeport residents
on the Freeport Mall.
Matching bands include the
Freeport High School Band.
- (Cont.on PagalS)
Arrests In Arson
Case Expected Soon
FBEEPOBT • Elevei^ persons were fined by Freeport Village Ccntt
Justice Ralph Franco last Thursday, October 14, after pleading guSty - -
to allowing their homes or apartments to be SScgtOy ovetoccnpied. The
fines, the maximum amount allowed under State Uw, were SJSO eadi
for the nine homeowners and two apartment dwellers.
Juiie Ward, owner and resident of 139 FraJeridi Avenue has been
allowing another family to share.
HERE COME THE MUMMEf^S and the world renowned Long Island
Mummers String Band will entertain loltowing the Freeport SQth Blrtt>-
day Parade. The Mummera will give a one-hour concert on the Free-port
Mall on Saturday morning, October 23. Dressed In their multi­colored,
leathered costumes, the Mummers will play such toe-tapping
tunes as "Alabama Jubilee," "Bill Bailey" and "Happy Days Are
Here Again."
Purse Snatched In Baldwin
BALDWIN - A jogging suited man allegedly robbed a Manhattan
woman elrly Friday evening, October 15, as she walked on Brtx>klyn
Avenue near Pine Street in Baldwin.
The woman told First Precinct Police that the man had approadied
her and grabbed her pockettfook. but she struggled to hold onto it.
As she fell to the gTtwnd. the
thief made off with the purse snd
iti contents. The incident is under
investigation by -first S<iuad
detectives.
Burglar Caaght
A 32-year-old Long Beach man
was arrested ' by Firrt Squad
•Detective Fuber and charged
with the burglary of a home on
School Street in Baldwin.
Milford B. Chaffer, of 70
Harmon Street, was arrested on
October 11, the day after he
(Cont. on Page 10)
. FREEPORT - The Nassau
County Fire Marshal's Office and
the County Arson Squad were
pursuing what they described as
"some good leads" this week and
hoped, they said, to have arrests
shortly in the fire that caused con­siderable
damage to a building at
Chureh and Pine Streets..
The blaze was called in at about
1:08 pm on Thursday, October 14,
and all Freeport units responded.
Three Baldwin Fire Department
units — the ladder, pumper and
emergency truck — also re­sponded
on mutual aid. '
The building, at 35 Church
Street, is adjacent to 1 little Pine
Street, which had been destroyed
by fire last year and is awaiting
condemnation. Both buildings are
said to be owned by Frapa Corp.
of Whitestone. New Ydrk.
The Chureh Street structure
was occupied, on the first floor,
by Pode Refrigeration but, one
(Cont. on Pag* 16)
the one-fanuly boose. Helen
Grant, of ^ Independence
Avenue, pled guilty to the same
circumstances, as did Maria
Franco (no relatiaoship to Judge
Franco) of-10 Church Satet,
Bessie Fox of 1 ID UOian Avenoe.
Daisy Dye- el. 16 Evans .Aveme:
and Jiian Duran of 35 Harding
Place. Their maximum S250 eacb
fines could be reduced to $125 by
Judge Franco it the illegal tenants
are removed within the time
period be. has spewed for each
case. These fines UStt depend-
-ing upon the draunstances.
ApeifMiiiCaeca
Shirley Richardson, a tenant at
the apartment boose at 25
Graffing FUce, and Sylvia
Kiinble. an apartment tenant at
107 Broadway, both admitted
allowihg women and their
families to share their apart­ments,
according to a viOage
' spokesperson. Their fines win
also be reduced to $125, if the
situation is corrected in times
- specified by Judge Franco.
A similar redaction will be
granted to Josefinr Vargas, of
15 East Avenue, who was fined
for renting one room in her one-family
house.
Timothy Gorry, of 22 Frankel
Avenue, received twosnmmonses
for a house he owns at 19 Frankd.
One summoos was for resting oat
two. separate apartments in the
one-famHy house and the other
was for. not obtainintt a rental
permit. The fine was ^ b on each
summons to be redaced to S12S
and 'S25. respectively,j it cor-recticKis
are made witmn tlie time "
spedfied.
Carol Layton, of 46 - Norton
Street, was fined $250 for renting
an apartment in her one-family
bouse to a couple and their three
chndKn. She also received a
$75 fine for instalBng a kitdien
sink in the basement apartment
without obtaining the necessary
permit.
Dennb Flaumesbanm. working
under the directioo of Village
Superintendent of Buildings
G. Ruiz deZarate, was the
investigator on an the cases.
A r r e ^ Increase
in B'way Area
. FREEPORT - Increased police
sctivity in the notheast Freeport/
Broadway area, following re­quests
of residents at a Village
-Board public meeting on Odeber
4, has apparently led to -more
arrests, wide clearing the streets
(Cont. on Paige 4)
BUILDING ABLAZE. The owner building at Church and Pine Streets
In Freeport broke out In a tire on Thursday afternoon, October 14,
at aljout 1 pm. Soon flames erupted from the second ficor windows
and smoke tilled the Freeport Mall and other n««rby streets. AM units
ot the Freeport Fire Department were called to the acane as were
several units of the Baldwin Fire Department. Several fireman f»ra
treated lor smoke Inhalation and one fireman waa Injured and taka- iv
Lydla E. Hall HosplUI. Fire Marshata Investigating the (Ire regard b ^t
suspicious. (See story, this page.)