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FREEPOt MSacaiMi LIBRARY
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"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT BALDWIN MERRIGK
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ill Year, No. i r FHEEPOST. H. Y„ THtmSDAY; OTI.Y 30; 1984 »• PHICEt FIVE CINTS PER COPY
|NEWI&: VIEWS
EEWDIE VASIL
United Press IntemaUotml
NatUiijiiiV Press Syndicate
iURYEA ORCHID AWARD
>RESEIJTED TO I D KOTti
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HUGE CROWD HONORS
RETIRING CUNT WALLING
- Cham|> boBismaa Ed KoUi. "The Old Kan of Uie Sea." shown
;. cbocking Ms lines duilng taeeai MmmUion imls.
. The beautiful DURYEA ORCHID CORSAGE is awarded as a
floral token ofp ubllc recognition and appreciation of commendable
service to the community . . ' . This week we proudly salute ED
iCOTTI for his outstanding work in. bringing national attention to
Freeport's Fabulous Waterfront via the now widely-known "Around
Long Island Marathon" . . . Mr. Kotti and his associates have
devoted endless hours and untiring eKorts in making this annual
nautical event a huge success . . . Wo salute I d Kotti and every
one connected with this Freeport enterprise and proudly present
bur DITOYEA ORCHID AWAHD to Mrs. Ed "Vi" Kotti.
To Hold Workshop
On TV Writing
Writing for TV will be the
topic to be discussed at the last
oi tho summer workshops held at
ffie" South" Nassau - Unitarian
Church,. 228 South Ocean Ave­nue,
Freeport.
A't tiie rcquesv or Mrs. Margaret
Sutton, dir&tor of the ^ttrkshop
series, Mi', and Mrs. Hal Sluder.j
a Freepoet couple well-known to|
TV vlc;\vers, are Inviting others
In their Held lo.sbai-e escperienecs
with students fi'owi Mrs. Sutton's
creative writing closses and. the
interested public.
The meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
On Tuesday, August 4th.
If you arc interested in belter
TV programs, 'come and bring
your questions.
-FrwtKsrt^BoRrdhOf- Edr- -
TQ Meet On Wednesday;!
At the annusi reorganization
tneefing held on July 7 the regu­lar
meeting night of tho Prceport
Board of Education was changed
from the tliird Tuesday to the
third Wednesday of each month.
The July and Aug\ist meetings
were suspended,. Because the
third Wednesday ol September Is
n religious holiday the Septem­ber
meeting was changed to the
fourth , Wednesday, September
23i^. Tlierefore in the absence of
any special meetings-which may
bo called by the President, ithc
next, regular meeting of the
Board of Education will be Sep-tember
23rd following which the
regular meetings will be the
third Wednesday of each month.
Clinton H. Walling, retired Supt. df Electric Utilities who served
the Village ot Freeport for 45 years, was honored Saturday night
nt 8 heavils' attended testimonial dinner ot Jack Gorme's Outrigger
Bestaurant.
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney, tonstmastcr, mingled good humor
with speeches at the alfalr held -
in the, ^Merfront restaurant
opened recently at the new
boatel-molel, 445 Soutij Main St.
A certlflcato tor a color tolc-vision
sot was presented to the
honored guest by Village Treas­urer
Liconnrd priQ, SniWh in lio-halt
of ihosc present. Mr. Smith,
general chairman of the commii-
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CITIZENS PLAN PROJEQ
FOR JUVENILE DECENCY
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AIR FORCE BAND TO
GIVE CONCERT HERE
Good music and lots of It will ngnln bo tho order of the day
or rather tho evening, when the Zflth Air Division Band from Stewart
Air Force Base, Newburgh, N.Y,, returns once' again to F^'ceport
for on 8 p.m. Band Concert In Bondall Park on Thursday, August
13, This year's porformanee will mark the Second y««T lii: R sow,
'nHr-tKfe'Tsifti^ar-^iSTOer-sfes? ' -"' '"" "
port
This year's concert will bo
simiJai' io that of lasl year, witli
Ihc group pluying various concert
and classical pieced, march* mu­sic
and some selections from the
popular field.
The band is composed of thirty-five
outstanding juuslclnns from
across tlio U.S. Mainland and
Hawaii who arc musical goodwill
amlwssndors for the Air Foix-e.
The 2Bth Air Division Band lias
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AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE
ASSO. HONORS FREEPORT
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A group of prominent citizens, headed by Charles C. Mehr-mann.
Associate Police Justice of Freeport, hold its first meeting
on Monday to establish the Frteport Citizens' Committee for Ju-vepile
Decency. / .. /
' The mission of the.committee is to explore various possibUltles
ol establishing youth centers and
ollering programs in sports, arts,
iboiiting, fishing and other actlvl-
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'The group would also seek
ancUioda to eliminate or alleviate
suspected sources of juvenile
trouble and to further curb aiiy
akotoHc. beverage establish-mesrfs
from catering to minors.
In addition, after-hour youth
activities, street eorigregationa
and violations of .tte law will be
held under close scrutiny in an
endeavor to eliminarte any pos-
• siblB-parental-apathy- and 4o.jcaU
public attention U> outstanding
vicdations.
Capt I d Dixon of'Uie Free-port
Police Dept., a charter man-ber
of the committee and a vet­eran
in the fight against juvenile
delinqueiury, stated that less than
one per cent of Freeport's youth
are the dironic violators, but iheiri
actioi» can erroneously give a
bad reputation to the majority
cf Freeport's young people.
: The .committee plans to piiblic-ly
coniiiljroent ihose boys and
girk-wh0..pei3fft?TO, « o ^ ^
deeds, and by the same t^&ssti,'
turn the spotlight of publiciity and
.public shame on those few who
disregard tiie laws of society^
"One «t today's biggest prob­lems
is the lack of interest and
parents' apathy in too many
ciies," said Capt, Dixon.
The Freeport Citizens'-Commll-
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DRUG STORE NOTICE
Tbe CmmmPhamiaier. 6 Soutli
Mala St„ Wmipotlk will renudii
opm latt, wafil 10 p.iii. this Sun­day,
Aug- a, JUl oUios drua tHawi
wMch >re memben of ttw Wtm-iport
PhBmasf JUsocialiOB close
ai 2 P*in« OB SundiqfS. Tb« l«l«-
phom Bumibw ol. Hw CMUIOII
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fimport b u «anwd ft special award from lb« Amertctta Auto­mobile
Association lor Its oulslandtng p«d«itrlBn prottetton
program. The award was pr«t«ated to Muf or Robert Sweeney
(rlaht) in m ceremony at hU olflce at 48 H, Ocean Avenuo on
'ThHrnday, July Wth at Ws30 ».«. by John l«. Crosiley. vlee-preiident
of tho Automobile Club of New York. Tho Club l« the
affUiBte In thl» area of AAA. FreoporJ received a Special Citation
for Us outstanding pedestrian program aetivUios. Tliis is Iha 2511i
Amittal PadBfJrIan Satoly Appraisal i>ro8fami«f tbo AAA. Ho-porte
from 1,55? communitlas io all paxls Oliihe nailoit ware
ovaluatad by a panel of nBtional leadsn in Idtlhway and traiite
•D^teering,.motor vaUcIa adindtdslratioa, ai^rOBmeat educa.
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