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34th Year. No. 52 FHEEPbET. N. Y., THUBSDAY, APRIL 18, 1970 PRICE: FIVE CENTS P l R COPY
SERVICfS
Rabbi ZIotowitx
Honored With
Life Tenure
Schmitt Elected Chief
Of Freeport Fire Dept.
Gustave "Gus" C. Schmitt polled 207 votes to become Freeport
Fire Department Fire Chief succeeding Irving Gray. Moving from
Second Deputy to First the department cast 2Q9 ballots for John
Capozzola.
In the only contest on the voting machine, Carl Wallman of
Hose Company No. 3 defeated
Freeport Chamber Dinner
Dance Huge Success
RABBI BERNABD ZLOTOWITZ
The Congregation of Union
Reform Temple of Freeport will
honor their spiritual leader Rab­bi
Bernard Zlotowltz at a special
service and dinner dance on April
18th in recognition of the Rabbi's
Life Tenure with the congrega­tion.
Rabbi Zlolowili resides in Free-port
with his wife and four chil­dren.
In the decade of his asso­ciation
with the Temple, he has
involved himself extensively not
only with spiritual aJfaurs but also
with a wide variety of community
projects concerned with the edu­cation
and welfare of all creeds.
In addition to the many services
he renders, he is Hillel Counselor
at C. W. Post College; Faculty
Member-In-Charge at Hebrew
Union College School of Educa­tion,
Long Island Extension; Lec­turer
in Bible and History;
Chairman of the Parent Educa­tion
Committee of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations.
The Rabbi has authored num­erous
articles and reviews of re­ligious
import in a number of
magazines. Last year he com­pleted
an important film script
on the "Jews of Prague" that re­ceived
wide acclaim and distri­bution.
This summer, Rabbi 2ao-towitz
wiM be in charge of lead­ing
the Archeological Seminar to
Israel in cooperation with the
Hebrew University.
In the short span of ten years,
Rabbi Blotowitz has nmde his
presence felt as a dynamic spirit­ual
leader and inspirational teach­er
throught the community.
Bill Casmaslna. Emergency No.
9. 200 to 115.
Elected to represent the depart*
t in BatalUon business, is jre-,
tiring Chief Irv Gray.
Other elected Company Offi­cers:
Engine Co. 1—Capt. Lou Prim-avera,
Jr., 1st Lt. J. Provenzano,
2nd Lt E. Barbeau, Jr.
Emergency No. 9—Capt., J.
Flanagan, 1st Lt. L. Felsa, 2nd
Lt A. Schmidt.
Truck Co.—Capt D. Mauers-berger,
1st Lt. H. Blinn, 2nd Lt.
Hose 1—Capt. J. Mitlhauer,
1st Lt D. Burke, 2nd Lt J.
Schimmel.
' Hose 2—Capt W. Walsh, 1st
Lt. J. Walsh, 2nd Lt K. Vollmer.
Hose 3—Capt. D. Cetin, 1st Lt
K. R. Lewis, 2nd Lt. E. Schmidt.
Hose 4—Capt. F. Esposito, 1st
Lt R. Terry, 2nd Lt. T. Kenny.
Hose 5—Capt J. Mendelson,
1st Lt R. Vanwicklen, 2nd Lt. R.
Hiem.
Fire PoUce—Capt. A. Ulip, 1st
Lt R. Jones, Sgt. K. Rush.
State Boft Ramp
Recreation Dept.
Holds Art Show
The Freeport Recreation De­partment
Workshop in the Arts
held an Art exhibition at the At­kinson
School on Saturday, March
21. Students of the Art Class
demonstrated their work with
collage, wire sculpture, posters
and assorted crafts. Superinten­dent
Stan Brekne, far right, ob­serves
a portion of the exhibit
with Recreation. Attendant Tim
Chambers, left, while Edith Bar­on
and Bill Donabue, Art In­structors
for the Freeport Rec­reation
Depaartment look on. The
following winners were an­nounced:
1st Place—Anne Husick, Col­lage.
2nd Place—Susan Dady, Wire
Sculpture.
3rd Place—Cathleen Donahue,
Vase with Yam ¥\OW^TS.
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Judge FMedmaa. MdMrt jH. Knap
The Long Island State Park
Commission has notified the
Freeport Village Board that the
boat laiinching ramp on Albany
Avenue, constructed by the State,
is being turned over to the Vil­lage.
This public facility was set
up completely by the State, with
the intention it would go to the
Village after twenty years. How­ever,
the Village Board and th»
Long Island State Park Commis­sion
were able to come to an
agreement to have the Village
take over immediately on comple­tion
of construction. This gives
Freeport two public boat launch­ing
ramps, the other being a Nas­sau
County facility at the West
end of the Village.
rters and friends of Freeport who attended its aimual
Installation Dinner Dance held at Carl Hoppl's Bialibu on Saturday,
April 11. Newly installed President Michael Kemp said the Dinner
Chairman, Roy Cacciatore and his committee "made this occasion the
most successful affair ever spon­sored
by the Chamber." The new­ly
installed officers by Police
Justice Hon. Edward Freedman
were:
President, Michael H. Kemp;
Isl Vice Pres., Judge Charles C.
Mehrmann; 2nd Vice Pres., War
ren Samet; 3rd Vice Pres,, John
Abbate; Treas., William Sabella:
Exec. Sec, J. Norman Leek.
The Hon. Ralph G. Caso ac­cepted
the first award presented
by the Chamber as "Freeport's
Citizen of the Year." The pre­sentation
was made by Toast-master,
Bernard Ames, who cited
Mr. Caso's record of long and
dedicated service in the beft in­terests
of the Freeport Com­munity.
Mayor Robert Sweeney also
extended the appreciation to the
Chamber for its continuing effort
to move Freeport ahead.
In the keynote address, New
York State Commissioner of
Commerce Neil Moylan cited the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
as one of the most dynamic and
farsightfid Chambers in the State
of New York.
Freeport Elks
Donates To UCPA
It was with pride and grati­tude
that Mrs. David Ginberg,
President, and Mrs. Harvey Gel-ler.
Executive Vice-President of
the Freeport Auxiliary of the
United CerebrAl Palsy Associa­tion
of Nassau County accepted
a donation presented to them by
Past Exalted Ruler i Benjamin
Reiner and Exalted Ruler William
J. Gavin of the Freeport Elks at
the Elks Annual Awards Presen­tation
held March 26 at the SIks
aub.
Mrs. Ginberg and Mrs. Geller
were honored to serve as repre­sentatives
for the United Cere­bral
Palsy Association of Nassau
County, and they accepted this
donation on bi^alf of more than
one thousand children and adfUiS
who use the services at the Cen­ter
for Living in Roosevelt.
Starlite Amateur Revue
To Honor Eddie Vasd
It's Starlite Amateur Revue time once again. Auditio&s are in
full swing for the two preliminary shows which will be held on
April 24 and May 1 in the auditorium of the Church of The Trans­figuration—
hosted by Freeport'a man about town, Ben Ciaravlno.
Admission to these performances is gratis. Winners will be selected
to compete In the big finale at
Freeport High School on Satur­day,
May 9 at 8 p.m. They will
be selected by a slate of judges
including Ed Harding, Lyman
Duryea, Lucianne Gesimondo,
Ursula Iskols and Paul Muro
The big show wlU be hosted by
WABC's Chuck Ijepnard, chair­man,
Adelaide Aims ^|i4. ^R:oth
Durldng. Infqpri t h ^ Gash^,|^rtaea,
and trophe^ai:\^incluc|lifi^
die Vasil tteini}rlal 7^<vfieyf .w^^^
be awarded to the winnfri^^T|p^
ets to that event aJre nbwaVBtt-able
and may be o>talned by.
contacting Mil. King at IV;i6rl$9S,".
Gregory Burge of Nor^ Bfe^*
rick was a winner last year iak,
wiU be seen on, the '^Ted • pdack
Original Amateur Hour CBS, C9i.
2 on May 10. ""*" ' •" '
Watch for further information
about this show that gives kids
something to do. It was inspired
by "Mr. Freeport," Mdie Vaall
and in his memory will be otfe of
the best thiiifa. ttiat has happened^
to Freeiidrtl
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