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2«th Year, N<i:;43 FRIEPORT, M. ¥ ^ tpjRSliAY, FBSBBUARY 8. 1962 PBICS FIVS CBHi;S PER COPY
An Atteitftpt
• Tlie United States has fought many wars to protect our
NATIONAL RIGHTS.
Our Constitution guarantees our Stale's Rights.
But what is there (o insure the continuance of our
LOCAL RIGHTS and LOCAL RULE?
• Nothingi .
Nothing except the people themselves—the citizens—
the voters; only they, by Iianding togelhcr and being Aigilaul,
cdn protect and keep the undeniable right of running their
coinimunily in accoridaiice with their individual desires and
needs,',..'. y
.ti_ LOCAL RULE is one of the most important factors
to; the'welfare of Freeport. It means that every section and
il4 problems can be and will be recognized and assisted in
its strive for betterment.
• People ban(l together to preserve an age-old elm tree,
a certain landmark, a tradition or that "hoine-town atmos­phere."
They should unite and fight against any enemy;, of Local,
llyle «gaj'dlcs8:oJ-iWbick<iKitipiB& 6^^
•'.'iovdep;rive"tKeia^M-.iliis';A»»eri^i^
eirtireJlssae. NO ;ON3Ei"^eAN-aERVE--Two., MASTERS;' ' •'; •
No one can be loyal to two competing obligations!
Therefore, how can a person sei-ve Freeporl and its
peejple and yet take orders from the various headquarters
ofNational political parties? , ..
What does a political tycoon in Mineola, Washington
(irEast-CupcakCj Missouri, know about the flood conditions
in South Freeport?
How can a national political parly dictate orders to
solve the neighborhood problems of our business area;
Stearns Park; the Waterfront; Bennington Park; the North­east
or tlie Southwest sections of Freeport?
; The IbcaUkmocratic Club has now entered Oie local
political picture' in Freeport by naming a candidate for
Police Judge. Next election there could be candidates for
ViJiagc Trusltts, tlien Mayor, then School Board . . . and
thfen. Dear Readei:s, kiss Freeport good-bye as far as its
individuality aa.c'oncerned.
If we lose Xocal Rule in our Home Town we lose the
" •" (Continued on Page 4)
Fr'port Merchdiits
To Me6f on Feb. 12
Jtoe Oerhauser, Co-chairman of
the Betail Dlvtslon of t t e Ohamber
of Oommerce aimounoed tha* there
wlH be a general nteeUng afall fYee-jmrt
merdhants on Bsfc. 12 at 12;S0
p.HL' at the Freeport Village Bin, H
cuss the plans and programs of the
Kewton Blvd.
The meetiRg Is being called to dis
Washington Birthday Sale and als
oSber saleg promotions.
liNtTY PARTY 4«0JVHN^S
i|AK £EN1P^^ 1 ^
I Reeord-Bre^teng Af+etidance
- ';¥otfs:.o0lFt<?at^N©m^ .
' I Sfving Wir^ner | to I Majority
] Nearly two hundred nieii,2ind w^ "Sfacht Club
to Idver-flowltfgici^WltylMt;. W e d n ^ thej,i<eeo«I-bi;eaklnB
attendance o | tfieSttaty Parttf Womlnating Convention'. \
I In the Interest of iH»tectttie.the wMies of^all. maty PaxW mcmbew,
thOT was.ao oHWil Nomlmia^ or S t e e ^ Instead,, it
w ^ decided ttjat a candidate for the dtlljje ol PoUoe Court iPadge In the
foiihconiing; March eleCUons would I* selected by. nomtoatloa* made
frow tlie ^ o r . of the .general-conVentton.- . . : ^^ " i . . .;
; \ There were opjy; two floor ;ii<iJi»lnatl<jns iaM% a*te JJret .nan» pro-?
po^d as a cariaidate was KTathan Zablow, a Dnlly P a j ^ Vlce-iPr)^i4ent.
He was nominated by Samuel Isclln' and seconded by JuUus Oerzof. •
i Tiw-second name-to be-'plac^ in. nopnlnatlon was that ol OaUey
Gentry, Jr., President of the Unity Rirty. The nominaMpn_was made
by'Drl Prank Drate and seconded by Matthew Kelly.
After a closed-ballot votei the results revealed that Oakley Gentry
•won the Unity Party nomination by a vote of opproxinately 3 to 1.
9 n Thursday night, Feb, 8, the Advisory Board-of the Unity Party will
"Court of Honor"
To Be Held by Boy
SooutiTrooi>,Ho.-273
• ,: !TShe;.'ir«i»b«sfs-'«rf' 3Boy 'BtxA^Ts^Oii 1
pia^entf and.li-iSttdS'^to attend tji ''
"Court Of Honor" 'and tlje""EagI
Award Presentatton" wtijch wiir U'
held 3*ldBy,.I%lf. 9 at 8 pjn. in tti |
itolsih ftjuse <a the Church of tli
Transfigutution. bnf Bottth Xxan'
Beach. Ave.^
The- Hon.'" ,ludgre~-Paul Kelly wil
make the Bagle Sa>ut Avmrd pre-sentsition.
George H. Maynes servies
as the Representative to the Nassau
Opuncil, BiSA. "•
Freeport Republican Club
Ceremonies Friday, Feb* 9
Joseph P. Carllno, Spealter of the New York State Assembly, will
install John J. MacDonald as ft-esident of. the Freeport B«puWlcan
Club in special ceremonlra scheduled tor this Friday evening, February
9th, at the Freeport E3ks Club.
Assisting Speaker Carllno will be PreepoW GOP Leader Peter Kelly.
• k highlight of the evening will be
the delivery of the principal address
at the ceremonies by Mr, CarUno.
^ A capacity crowd Is expected. Not
jnly will there be the Club's own
Members and oMier Freeportera at
ihe pu1»Uc ceremonies, tout an out-
I standing artay of dignitaries In p>v-anunent;
and ppUtlcs from' au over
Lawyers Com'ittee
For "Ed. Freedman
For Judge" Grows
Final plans to complete the «>r-gtfniisatlon
of "Freeport Lawyers'
Conunlttee for tlie Election of Hon.
Edwin J. Freedman as Police Jus­tice"
are iieing carried out by Alan
W. VoUmer, co-chairman during the
ahsMice of Charles P. Buckley, Jr.,
(Continued on Page 3)
"Eye on Albany"
On CBS-TV F0b. 8
. Ve\t. 2, 1962.
Tlie second program of the CBB
tisleVlslon series "Sye on Albany"
will-be televtaed February 8 from
10:40 to 11:00 pjn. over Channel
m. 2. . • . • •
' This series, according; to Assein-ly
Speaker-J<»eph P. Carllno,
"staduld tie of Interest to all idtl-aens
interested in- Hew York State's
legislative procedures."
hold a
Campaign. Committee for the election of Mr. Gentry.
Mr. Gentry maintains bis law office in Freeport,
DRUG STORE NOTICE
Pwltamatfa .JPhannaey, 75 West
SnnHsa nwt^PfttVor^f wiU vemaln
open lute, ntuil 10 PJn. tbls Sunday,
Feb. ui'AU otlier-^ni«r Mores vMeh
are memberB «f tbe'^E^reeport Piwt
HON JOSEPH CABLINO
t^o 'county is expected.*
>Ohalrman of .the, event la Poist-ptcaident,
Edw'RrA' R-.. • VdTnlh-, sjud '
ing is-'T^eTii-ing 'ft-e'siaenf^TRobert"
Shade.
Scheduled to b; installed with
President Mac3DonaM, wiio is also
Freeport's Village Clerk, are the fol­lowing
Club officers: First Vice
President, Robert Raynor; second
Vice President, Mildred Wendelboe;
Treasurer, Beitram C. Smith, Jr.;
(Continued on Page S)
Cow Meadow
Celling Set At
$1,400,000.00
Does Not Include Cost of J^ilty
Bulkheading or Improvements
There will be a prlcrceUhif on Cow Meadow when Freeport resldentB
vote on March 20 whether they want to buy it or not.
A vtllagfi expendilaire "not to exceed $1,MJ>,<}(»" for Bcqulaltion of
the site for park or recreational use will be mentioned in the question
on voting machines.
TWs-figure does not indnde All,
bulkheading or other possible imr
provements for the meadowland at
the foot of South Main St., south of
•Preeport'a limits.
The Village Board had a con­ference
Btonday, with Hugh Erwin,
Board of Mmcation President, tbl
learn the school officiate' attitude—
since Cow Meadow lies within School
District NO, S.
Mr. Erwin had called a special
meeting Sunday so that he could
bring a statement from his board.
Tlie 'school board, In a written
opinion, saidj'.tlie proposed referen-
"dum for' acquisition of the Cow
Meadow site by the Village of Free-
3. special, meeting to select a Campaign Manager and a GeneraT "macy AswcJaUon close a t 2 pm. on]port should be widely discussed and
Sundays. .The Friedman Fliannacy I studied by the peDple of the village'
telephone number is FB i-ftWl. ...\ and that "the final disposition of the
iss,ue is very properly a jnatter to Ije '
decideii by the electorate".'
In his talk with Mayor Eobert J.
Sweeney and the ViUage Trustees,
lilr. •Erwin said a newly organiised .•-
dozens' conunlttee on Cow Meadow <
has aslted the school authorities lor rr
facta on how a homes develop«^^nt kt
would-affect School. Rlstrict Jfpl,^. ,•
.ifefe revwled that "the educf^||ojri..r.';-
olhcialB are compiling these >act? r.. ;
promptly to make them avatlplfle .j
for consideration by voters in the f-.
March referendum. )•
Information already gathered on
the Cow-Meadow question wUl ,t«
given out sit a public meeting n(>jct ,,
Wednesday. Feb. 14, at 8:30 P.M..,jii :
the Bayvlew Ave. School AuditortHp. Uv
(Continued on Page 3) '" t,