CAPSULE CAPTIONS
Administration attempting to acquire property from the City of New
York for additional parking on the north side of the elevated tracks
running easterly from Henry Street. This will afford 180 additional
commuter parking spaces for Freeport's residents at the new Rail-road
Station. .. Bid for construction of I960 Street Improvements,
Contract I awarded to Hendrickson Bros. , Inc. at their low bid price
of $1 1 1, 71 7. 70. Streets covered by this contract include South Long
Beach Ave. , Roosevelt Ave., St. Marks Avenue and Cedar Street...
Long Island builders stating Freeport has one of. the most active Build-ing
Departments in Nassau County. . .Supt. of Highways Harry Chuisano -
again appeals to the people of Freeport to tie their rubbish in bundles"
.to prevent the debris from cluttering the streets. The cooperation of
the public is heeded to 'Keep Freeport Clean"* ..Planning Board com'7
mencing detailed study of Village zoning. Comprehensive report will
be submitted to the Village Board upon completion of their investiga-tion.
... Attention Commuters! In order to help your administrati.on
plan parking facilities at the new railroad station that will best suit
you, fill put the questionnaire postcard being distributed :to. Village
residents this month arid return promptly. •'» .Bids to be. received Sep-
..tember 12th on Street Improve merits-,' Contract V. Streets included
'in this contract are Hudson Avenue and the: twelve streets from Jef-
.'fersfon Street, southerly. .. P. B. A. -to erect new indoor gun range on
Itheir property at Stadium. . .This year; Congregation B.'Nai Israel arid
the Union Reform Temple will be conducting High Holy Day services
in their newly constructed edifices. ..Kedenberg Racing Assoc. se-cures
renewal of present contract for two year period covering the
1961 and 1962 seasons of auto racing at the Freeport Municipal Sta-dium.
Some of the largest crowds in the Stadium's history have at-tended
this recent season, ..Freeport's "Finest1 losing two of its old-est
active members, Ptl. Elmer Lane and Ptl. JohnH. Raynor, whoare
both retiring after 25 years of service. . .Village Officials attending
Municipal Electric UtilitiesrAssoc. convention-September >?l'-Stli-,*«.it6th:
t- '
and 17th at Lake Placid Club and American Water Works Assoc. con-vention,.-
September 14th, 15th and 16th at the Saranac Inn»
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The
Friendly Village
WILLIAM-F. GLACKEN. MAYOR
TRUSTEES
THEODORE M. LANG
ARTHUR R. MULLER
ROBERT S. MCLELLAN
GEORGE H. FAIRBERG
FREEPORT
Your
Home Town
ROBERT L. DOXSEE.
CLERK
LEONARD D. B. SMITH.
TRCASURIR
KENNETH E. VOUGHT.
CouNatr.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
Vol. 1 0 - 9 September, I960
So. Main Street Looking South
This heavily travelled artery, a narrow winding street is now
being straightened, widened and paved at County Expense - thanks
to the County Officials recognition of your Village administration's
request.
PRESENTING. YOUR .COMMISSIONERS
Connecticut born Stewart M. Hub- .
bell, who is now serving his seventh
year on the Freeport Planning Board,
is a real New Englander as both his
mother's family and his father's fam-ily
had ancestors who fought in the
American Revolution.
Stewart came to Freeport in 1945
from Pittsburgh but he had been no
stranger to Long Island's south shore
as he had lived in Oceanside from 1929
until 1941. But it wars Bristol, Con-necticut
where Stewart grew up and
thenattended Dean Academy in Frank-lin,
Mass. A mechanical designer for
the National Can Company for many
year s he joined the U.S. Steel Corpo-ration
nine years ago and is the Con-struction
Coordinator for the Univer-sal
Atlas Cement Division of that firm.
Mrs. Hubbell, the former Rita
Armell of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and
Stewart met when she was visiting a
summer resort in Bristol, Connect-icut.
Poth of them agree'that despite
living in other areas of the east, they still prefer Freeport and both of
them hope the village will be able to maintain its present quiet, suburban
character.
Past president of the Northeast Civic Association, Stewart joined
the Planning Board in 1954 and has been active on it ever since. He
lists his hobbies as boating,fishing, and wood working.
Stewart is very proud of his two sons Frank and Paul, both of whom
worked their way through college by playing in name bands. Paul with
Ralph Flanagan and Skitch Henderson and Frank with Preacher Rollo
and his Dixieland group at Miami. Both play club dates on weekends
but both have abandoned the music business for serious careers--Frank,
who lives at the Hubbell home at 183 No. Columbus Avenue works for
Hazeltine Electroncis and Paul, who lives in Merrick teaches at
Deer Park Junior High School. Paul and his wife, Susan have a boy and
a girl.
Stewart points out that there are four generations of Hubbells in
the vicinity now as his father, Ernest, lives on Pine Street in Freeport.
Everyone knowing of the New England traditional traits of common
sense and dedication to liberty will be glad that this small piece of New
England has found itself a pleasant home in Freeport.
Stewart M. Hubbell
Commissioner - Planning Board
KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS
James J. Lyons of 29 Coolidge
Place, the superintendent of the Vill-a
ge I. Bi M. operation is an all Free-port
lad no matter how you look at it.
He moved to the Village from Brooklyn
when he was four years oldyvas grad-uated
from Holy Redeemer in 1936 and
then want on to Freeport High where
he was a member of the football team.
He then had to leave the Village
temporarily to take a Bachelor of Sci-ence
Degree in nearby Hof stfa College,
and during World War II he le ft tempo-
" ""rarily for a two and one half year'stirit
in the Army Air Corp. But his heart
was always in Freeport,in fact Jim met
Vera Piper in the Freeport Village of-fice,
a court ship followed and they were:
married in Freeport in ,1953.
Jim's Village career started
promptly after he was graduated from
Hofstra. He became a bookkeeper in
1950and, in 1959, was appointed Super- James J. Lyons
visor of the I. B. M. operations in the Supt. of Village I.B.M. Operation
Village. Proving that a satisfactory -
career in local municipal administration is possible for ambitious
young men; Jim prepared for the supervisory position by attending a
number of specialized schools and courses in electronic computing.
He attended the IBM Basic Machine Operators Course; the Functional
Wiring Principals Course; the Basic Wiring Course in 402-403 mach-ines
and the IBM Course at Endicott, New York.
Proud of the work the IBM unit does Jim is quick to explain how
such computers save a great deal of time and clerical expense for the
Village as wellas furnishing accurate records to guide the planners on
trends within the Village.
Jim is no stranger to municipal administrationas he is the son of
Harriet Lyons, well known to most Freeporters as the recently retired
lady who had served for many years as secretary to the Village Clerk.
Incidentally Jim lives within 2 blocks of the same house in which he
grew up in Freeport.
Vera and Jim are the proud parents of two little girls, Lorettawho
is 6 and Janet who is 5. If they want to keep up their record 100% it
will be their duty to make sure that these two little gals grow up and
marry Freeport boys, but, as Jim points out, this is something you
can't quite plan on and something even the fabulous IBM computers can't
quite work out for you.
