praise For The plre Department
The Freeport volunteer fire department has received
many commendations for its fine work, from residents,
school officials and businessmen. Some typical comments
in letters are; "the excellent manner in which your
men conducted themselves,"... .''your prompt action was
the major factor in keeping our losses to a minimum,"
...."our building and business was saved from complete
destruction and chaos." Newly elected officers are
Chief John Sutherland, 1st Deputy Richard Mitthauer
and 2nd Deputy John Wai is.
Personal Safety For Women
Because women are frequently the victims of criminals,
the Freeport Police Department urges them to take the
following precautions;
A t Home; Notify the police immediately if strangers
ring the doorbell and ask vague questions;, if persons
without credentials ring the doorbell, seek employment,
or attempt to gain admittance to solicit or sell; if
strangers seek information about your family or neigh-bors
or their whereabouts; if you^receive a number of
phone calls and the caller hangs up when you answer;
if suspicious persons or cars are in your block.
In Your Car; While driving keep car doors locked.
When parked, close windows and lock the car. Park in
lighted areas. If your car breaks down at night pull
to the side of the road, lock yourself in and display
a white cloth or marker from the driver's window.
Whi 1 e Wa.Iking; Avoid deserted areas. Walk in the com-pany
of another person. If travelling by bus or train
arrange-to be~ met • by~s"6meon~e. If aTolie "and you have
cause for concern attempt to get to the nearest phone
and cal1 police.
(appointments, continued)
Fred C. Berge Company as Public Auditor, Al Vollmer
Inc. as Insurance Agent and broker to provide bonds;
MeadowBrook National Bank, Long Island Trust Company,
First National City Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank as
depositories of village funds,
The Leader as official newspaper to publish legal
notices; Long Island Kernel or Long Island Graphic
when the Board feels additional publication is war-ranted;
Leonard D.B. Smith as Budget Director for the
ensuing year.
Village News
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE TELEPHONE FReeport 8-4000 ROBERT J. SWEENEY. MAYOR
May, 1966
Kathy Killea is shown making her contribution in the
village's blood drive for U.S. servicemen wounded in
Vietnam. Waiting their turns are Joan Forman, left,,
and Barbara Davenport. The nurse is Mrs. E. Buck.
Holiday Sanitation Schedule
Due to the Memorial Day hoiiday there wil1 be no Wed-nesday
trash pick-up on June 1st. Garbage collections
for the holiday week will be: Tuesday & Thursday for
Merrick Road and north; Wednesday & Friday for south
of Merrick Road. - .
postpone Urban Renewal Vote1
A public referendum to decide whether or not the
village will go "into an urban renev/al project will be
postponed until the latter part of next year, Urban
Renewal Director Stanfey J. Roth reported. Originally
scheduled for late this year the vote will be delayed
because federal planning funds could not be made avail
able at the time expected.
TRUSTEES: HENRY M. ALTENGARTEN. FRANK W. SOMERS. GEORGE H. FAIRBERG. FRANCIS J. MUSSO
VILLAGE CLERK: JOHN J. MacDONALD — TREASURER: LEONARD D. B. SMITH
APPO NTHENTS
The annual organization meeting of the Village Board
of Trustees, when appointments are made for the year,
was held on the first Monday in April. The Board noted
that this date conflicted with the first evening of
the Passover Holy Days but it was not possible to post-pone
the meeting due to the strict requirements of the
Village Law of the State of New York. The Board decided
to ask state legislators to amend the law to allow
postponement of meetings in such cases. Appointments
made at the meeting are as follows:
Henry Altengarten as Deputy Mayor, John j. MacDonald
as Village Clerk, Wyatt Anthony as Deputy Village Clerk,
Marguerite Johnson as Second Deputy Village Clerk and
Registrar of Vital Statistics,
Leonard D.B. Smith as Village Treasurer and Village
Assessor, James Lyons as Deputy Treasurer and Deputy
Assessor, Marie Barbierl also as Deputy Treasurer,
Oakley Gentry Jr. as Village Counsel, Charles Mehrmann
as Acting Police Justice, William Noll as Superintendent
of Buildings, Harry Chuisano as Superintendent of High-ways,
John Marra as Superintendent of Sanitation, William
Crevoiserat as Superintendent of the Water Department,
Ludovic Long as Superintendent of Electric Utilities,
Baldwin and Cornelius Co. as Village Engineers,
Rudolph Joseph as Police Surgeon, Bernard Ross as
Police Surgeon, Benedetto Caruso as Assistant Police
Surgeon, Estelle Wattenmaker as Police Matron, Allene
Warzer as Police Matron,
Fabian Adler as member of the Sewer & Sanitation Com-mission,
Daniel McNamara Jr. as Counsel to the Sewer
& Sanitation Commission, Gustav Berkel as Chairman of
the Sewer & Sanitation Commission,
Arthur Muller as member of the Water & Light Commis-sion,
John Mendes as Chairman of the Water & Light
Commission, Milton Home as member of the Park Com-mission,
Mannie Messing as Chairman of the Park Commis-s
ion,
Rev. Eugene Strebel, Joseph Austin and John Williams
as members of the Commission on Human Rights, Edward
Yam in as Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights,
John Donovan as Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals;
. Richard Curran, J. Norman Leek, Nathan Berrnan and Perry
Fischer as members of the Zoning Board; Henry Spitzler
as Chairman of the Planning Board, Helen Meenan as mem-ber
of the Planning Board,
Anthony Montenigro as Chairman of the Electrical Board;
William Noll, Ludovic Long, John Stonitsch, Frank
McKenna, Bernard Buchwald and Peter Meyer as members of
the Electrical Board; Louis Bloom as Chairman of the
Examining Board of Plumbers; Otto Demuth and John
Marshall as members of the Examining Board; Milton
Danziger as Chairman of the Traffic Safety Committee;
Joseph Gallo and Francis Musso as members of the Traffic
Safety Committee,
Hildegarde Schubert as Chairman of the Beautification
Committee; Betty Schubert, Edel Marone, Sam Mitzner,
Robert Burns, Paul Boudreau and Joan Boudreau as mem-bers
of the Beautification Committee; Otto Kunz Jr. as
Chairman of the Waterfront Committee; Ed Kotti, Frank
Bradford, Edgar Richartz, Bob Perkins, Joseph Van
Blerck, Bennett Minton, Ralph Milne, Stanley Jayson,
Arthur Ross, Al Lindroth and Ed Warnecke as members of
the Waterfront Committee,
Roy Cacciatore as Chairman of the Citizens Committee
on Community Planning; Dr. Harold R. Schade, Peter
Cattano, Patricia Collins, Leal deRoza, John DiGrazia,
Harold Held, William E. Helland, Marge Johnson, Robert
Kinsey, Al Koedding, Sue Levine, Dan Mandel, John
Mendes, Asher Nickelsburg, Bernard Smith, Herbert Thau,
Christopher Warrell, Ingrid V/eng, John Williams, Leo
Young, Ruth F. Hughes and Milton Riedel as members of
the Citizens Committee;
Judge Edwin J. Freedman as Chairman of the Mayor's
Committee for Youth; Roy Gockley, Robert McNutt,
Seymour Gross, Detectives Robert Gordon and Joseph
Romeika, Richard Hannak, Capt. Robert Williams, Jacob
Stein, Roy Kurahara, Doris Jacoby, Bernard Lenahan,
Doris Pirodsky, Ellen Schoen, George Maynes, Rev.
Kenneth Nee, Jerome Haggerty, Albert Falb, Rod Van-divert,
Rev. Chester E. Hodgson, John Radin, Charles
C. Mehrmann, Gussie Valasiadis, Frank Torre, Joseph
Vito, Rev. Edward Levin and Tony Simon as members of
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