The-Leader_1970-04-23

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35tE Year. No. I FBEEPORT. N. Y.. THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1970
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Inside Freeport
h V .1 o h n M a<.*k
Sini^ the Pebrui]^ 28th editorial of llie Lmtef» calling for an
attack on the drug problem by Freeport's citizens, much progress
has bean made In ttiia direction. The Freeport Police Department,
whi<A for many months has taken a strong lead in flghttog toip,
has put ^ t an intanattire pubUmtlon called "Pattoers." A i4-page
booklft in color, it llusfrates and d^cribes the widely-ised drugs,
discuss^ ^mptoms, presents some of the main reasons for drug use,
and includes much valuable data on methods of controlling the dis­tribution
and usage of narcotics.
The booklet, wWA Is being malted to 4JKra parents of Junior
and &niar High &hool students, was made po^ible by the eo(^ra-lion
of Wie Police D^artonent, the Fr^port Chamber of CwoanKce,
the William Clinton Story Post of the American Legion, and about
150 local business organizations. Mr. Al Falb of Kellys International
Truck Coip- paid the postage for the mailing, smd the Boy Scouts
assist«i with the mailing, sealing, and handling of tiie project. Tom
DeVln^nm aided in preparing the bcMiUet, the School Systen pro­vided
the mailing ligt, tte Chamber made avaJlahfe its mailing per­mit
. . . in short many willing hands made possible this expression
of community concern.
New Ciiiiiwei Gmam^ ToitmM.
On another front, the drug probton was betog attacked by Free-port
citizens. A volunteer group, with the full cooperation KX. Itoyor
Robert Sweeney and the Village Board, is now being formed. Headed
by Mrs. Grace Beers and Mr. Gew^ Nevard, the ne\^ group has
sug^ted the name "TlY-LriB C^immittee on Prevention ^ ftnig
Abime." nils committee will s ^ * to coox^iinate drug-ctmtrol iffi-livitira
at toe Fr^port level. It will strive, in toe words of one of
the oTganixers, for a "chain reaction" that will eventually involve
all concerned including youngsters not yet exposed to drugs, experi­menters,
addicts, p«i«ite, everybi^ right here in Fre^mrl. TOe
Village Board has appouated Tom DeVfaicenzo, Depu^ ViUage Clerk,
as liaison between the Committee and the BoKd,
The above are by no means ttie only activities in our VUlage
directed at drug use. The Freeport Inter-Agency Coordinating Com­mittee
for some time has had a committee on narcotics. The Nassau
Cotm^ Cotperalive Services Center, ta its new Quarters on Sunrise
Highway, plans to pwvkte a service for Ktmm wlw seek he^ wiOi
drug prabkms. It k to be hoped that all th^e, ai^ any other local
drug programs, will find ways to work together.
No Pat Answer
No community hM yet found a sure-ftre solution to their local
drug problem. Srarra of differenl approach^ are being trted all
acrcK® the land. For instance here on Long Island, 24 communities
have go-far formed Narcotic Guidance Councils under New York
State's Duryea Bill. These Councils are official bodies appointed by
the teal governm^te. They serve ^ administMtive bodies, direct­ing
the work of cltteen sub-committeea dealing with publicity, coun­seling,
m^mxA relations, adult tduraition, etc. Hie main dMei^ice
between the unfolding Freeport Plan and the Guidance Council
Plan is that ours is purely voluntary, growing out of the determina­tion
of the people to grapple with this awesome problem, while the
other 18 an Official program, coming from tt» government and per­colating
&jwn through the citi^nry. At any «ta, while ^dmm may
be diffi^mt views on tee proper approach, we « n all a g r ^ Uia*
Freeport faces its greatest challenge in this drug dUemma. We have
a long way to go, but it is to the credit of our citusens that so much
progp^ has been made, and so much determination expr^sed, iince
that date of rude awakening, Nov. 2S, 1969, the day of the itaig »ids
in Freqporl.
MaycNT Suggests Memoiial To Cecil HUey
Mayor Bobert Sweemey has rKOmmended to Ibe Vdlage Board
and ti» Park C<Mnml^tei that Siiv«M Street Park be renwaoei Tm
CecU H. Biley M^(U»-lal Park, in m«iory of Mr. Mey who dl«l on
April f th. Cecil R l ^ , a resident vS. Stevens Str^t, had been active
in community affairs and worb^ tirealessly to help the Northeast
area where he lived, and its residents.
Uflite To m^m M Smiior m»m
Bright lights wil «ton iltaitoate tiie ^laitaiffition Mte of the
new Sento- Citi^n Apartments m South IWn Street The l ^ t s
are being installed by the contractors as a safety measure, and to
discourage vandalism and piUerai^ as the w(Mrk progresses. Every
effcH* wfll be made to iMrect the M#it away fnm ite eyei of ndgh-bora
aiMi motorists. If My nel#lM»r or otter i ^ ^ f e ^ ftat ttie
pc»iti«iiiig of any of tl^se fl^iiybte is wmss^st^ he ^ o ^ d eon-tact
John WUUwns. Ibcecutive d o c t o r ot ttie Freepcut Hou^ig
Authority, MA 2S08| end the condition will be ctnrected.
Mayor Proposes
Memorial Park
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney sug-g^
led today that the new park
being constructed at Stevens
Street be named the Cecil H.
Riley Memorial Park, in honor
of fee Freeport civic leader who
died April 7,
"I am referring th» suggestion
to the Village Board and Ih"
Park Commission," Mayor Sween­ey
said, "I don't toleve we couid
h a ^ a more app^priate name
than tiial of Mr, Riley, who was
a r^ident of Stevens Street and
who gave so much of himself in
civic activities for his com­munity."
Mr. Ritey. 43, who was senior
investigator for the State Divi­sion
of Human Rights, lived at
114 Stevens Street for eight years.
A graduate of W«t Viri^^i
State &dlege and a Marine C<^
veteran, he senred as relocsttm
director for the Village of Free-port,
Republican Committee for
Freeport's 28th BS^tton District
and was the ftr^t pi^ldent of the
Neighborhood Civic League. Ite
leavM a wife and four children.
Little League Opens Season
With Parade Tliis Saturday
Promptly ai 10:30 a.m. this Saturday morning the Fre^pwrt
Little League Parade will step out from the Bayview Ave. School,
proceed easterly down Merrick Road to Ocean Ave. and thin south
to Randall Park where opening day ceremonies will be condtK^l
with all local dignitaries in attendance.
Parade Chaimnan Tuio Filardo, i • ——— —
a veteran showman, Ji^tj this
week announced that all forty-six
teanjs will proudly be in the line
of march along with village offi­cials,
Little League Officers plus
the high school and Fire Dept.
bands. Teams will assemble in
the Bayview Ave. School play­ground
at 9:30 a.m. prior to the
start of the parade. Hie Randall
Park ceremonim will te cowiuct-
K1 from a showmobile unit which
contains seating accomodations
and public address system.
Imm^iately following the
brief ceremoni^, the Freeport
Little League li?0 season will
officially be under way witti the
National League Major Team
game in Randall Park and the
Anwriean League Major ^ i t a
game in Northwest Park.
League President Bob Notheis
and Sponsor Chairman Bill Min-niek
also took time out to thaidK
all the sponsors who again ^M&
year participated and heated
make the program possible. Spon­sor
acknowledgement banners
will foe distributed within the
next few weeta.
Coynty Pistol Team
To Oppose West Pt.
Nassau County Police Commis­sioner
R'ancis B. L^oney has an­nounced
the Miffi^u County
Police Pistol Team will opi^se
the W^t Point Military Academy
Pistol Team in a match spon­sored
by county police at the
Di^artment's outdtmr range, Weir
Street, Hempstead, I p.m. on
May 2.
The two teams have competed
(or three consecutive years,
and last April the county team,
I8ii Long Island Police Pistol
Champs, spoiled the Army's un­defeated
record in a close mateh.
The contestonts will compete
in Individual: slow Are, timed
ftre, rapid Are, iOO «id 900 ag­gregate,
and the police "L"*
course; and a team matoh.
The public is invited.
22 FHS Seniors Accepted
Freeport High Schoors Guidance O^ariment announced tatay
that twenty-two seniora have been a<«(pted into the Project Op­portunity
Program at Nassau Community College.
Project C^portunity is a federally funded prop'am designed to
identify pitentlally able students who have had d^neul^ securing
college admittance. Elected stu­dents
attend special cl^s^ dur­ing
the summer months and seek
admission to college in the fall.
Essential tutorial and counseling
aid is provided.
Last year, seventeen students
were tentatively accept^, and
twelve of these were fully ma­triculated
as regular students in
the (all semion.
The following students have
been selected:
Julia Aquillera, William Carty,
Edward Drew, Jacqueline Ford.
Lenore Fowler, Cedrie Gardner,
Charles Casklns, Phyllis Herman,
Lyles Horsey, Tony Morton,
Louphenia Jackson, Citricia Mc­Allister.
Melvin Mazyck, Wilma
Moorer, Jennifer Ogburn, Harold
Pcttus, Dauglas ftjindexter,
Stephanie Porter. Lindsay Proitt,
Morris Toval, Kenneth Watts,
Jacqueline Williams. Steven Wil­liams.
"Gripe Night" Set
By Baldwin Hi PTA
The Baldwin Hl#i School PIA
will present\^'Karerits C ^^
Night," on Wednesday. April 29,
at 8:15 in the new cafeteria.
Parents will be given the op­portunity
to e x p r ^ any g r ^ -
anera related to the currieulinn,
recreation pro^om, i^Jen s t o^
halls, etc.
Members o( the administratiim
will be present to isqplain «ritt>
ing policies and to correct VEsi
misinformatitm.
Mrs. Harold Levine, Dbitekt
Director of Nassau, L. I. District
of PTA will «E»rve as modemtw*
All parents are ui^ed te in­tend.
11 Freeport High School Key Ouh
To Bond Peace Corps School"
Wlt^ the iKuM limited knowkd^ of arehltecture, wa& with a
p ^ t l e a l ^ negU^de amount of educatiwial ginning, a group of
Fi^piut High S&«rt boys are Aout to biMM tiiemselvw a ^hool.
The logical ai^umption is that there must be a catdi . . . and
there is. The Freeport Key Club, in cooperation with the U. S. Peace
Coipa, is raising %lfm wtal^
wW to used I© \gam. a mm
s^ool ta a w^&y ^iintry wmm-wtter
« bi the f i ^ vpc^ld.
The project, a massive amoimt
of work 'at the ^mf least, hai
Wimrnvk out of i^e W^ Club mm^
b^if teirej to io vltm^Mwg
ra^nte^ul w^ WBgM&s xmm^
Ing,. 4M ',e Ise^^^. 4Mi|si^%i,
Oie Key CliOi.has Jn '^ef^:jftkik
und0rta^m nmny i^Jecte such
m char% driims biil Oie Pea(«
Cmps ym^sm pre»»ite a new
challenge to the bogsrs simply be­cause
ol its enomiity, if nothing
dse.
The idob. Is hopuig to H^ive
tite main ra^iie ftf |b4 # ^ ve
irom a 4^e«'*^it jb b p i n g , ra
'. •. (GHitinued- <an f t t ^ fi>.< ^ •.
Grandparent^s Day
Planned At Archer
Qo May 1, the i^vher Sti9let
school will hol4 i\& first ibuifial
Gnndparents' De^. The F^A Ig
p^pwtog i n v i ^ m s w l ^ ^ i
te di^ribut^ to diUdrra mm
wmM like to incite llieir w^k*
parents to se6 thdr school Influx; 4
tion. The day o! May l8!t'-^w»^fi^'3^s^
teW because it |s a Wm^M^^B.
11^ ^able pirt^a»eni4-.^ifiK§M|
at tlntr 'graiAHfli^ hcnii. iilpfi^M
ttie ipeetend.
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In addititA, a s p e ^ iilvii
is being cac(esdedlto iu|'^'
d ^ a grpups i ^ i ^ t " '
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