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The LEADED
"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
Freeport's
Official
Newspaper
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FREEPORT
zip Code 11520
BALDWIN
Zip Code 11510
MERRICK
Zip C&dc 11566
ROOSEVELT
Zip Code 11STS
35th Year, No. 14 FREEPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY JULY 23, 1970 PRICE; FIVE CEHTS PER CXJPY
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Summer in Freeport
SMOOTH SAILING: Tlie
Freeport Recreation Departm^it
Sailing Program went Into action
tlis summer and yoong sailm^
can be seen weekdays. mdfng
their way from Waterfru Park
at the foot of S. Long Beach Ave.
Bill Beits, right above, snrfing
instructor for the Freeport
Recreation Department, tries his
hand at sailing while Tom Moore
Jr., who instructs sailing, ob­serves
from a close vantage
point. Future sailors, left, watch
Stan Br6kne, forward right.
Superintendent of Recreation and
Tom Moore Jr., prepare the
Goldfish for its first trip <rf the
1970 season. Program is iqicn to
boys and girls ages 12 and up In
two-week sessions. First week
instruction from 1 to 4 PM,
second week from 9 AM to noon.
For further informatioa. call FR
8-4900, est. 253.
MINI-PERFORMANCE; Betty
Healy, roving reporter of the
LEADER, interviews Guy
Lombardo and cast following a
"mini-segment" performance of
the "Sound of Music." being
presented this summer at Jones
Beach. Cast includes its star,
Constance Towers, center, and
the Trapp children. The per­formance
was sponsored by the
LIRR. lo announce their
"package tickets," which will
enable purchasers to leave early
to spend the day at the beach and
take in the show at night.
Photo b; Oscar Stupes
Funds for Open Land,
Urban Renewal Progress
Spotlip Village Action
Freeport has received approval for Federal funds in
the amount up to $104,000, matching fu|ids, to be used for
acquisition of a triangular parcel of property on the
north side of the railroad station across the way from
the main fii% headquarters.
The grant ojmes to the Village
under the Federal Open !^ace
Act. A resolution by the WUage
Board on Monday, July 13. wUl
enable the Village Counsel,
Oakley Gentry, to proceed with
c»nd«nnation, so that the court
will d^ermine a price for the
property. Planning Associates,
an architectural firm, is working
with the Freeport Park Depart­ment,
according to a village
spoteanan, to draw final plans
for use of the area. Property
acquired through the Open Space
Act illandates its use as A park'
area.
A non-conforming apartment
dwelling at 314 Smith Street has
been declared sub-standard and
ordered demolished by the
FVeeport Village Board. The
finding was made at a special
hearing on July 13, al which the
Village produced expert
testimony from a structural
engineer and architect. The
property owner. Theodore Iblfe,
informed the Village Board that
he will not o|qK^ the \Wage's
action in court, when the VUlage
Counsel appears to obtain the
necessary court order for
demolition.
In othor actifm: The Freeport
Village Board, acting as the
Urban Renewal Agency, set' a
date of July 27, 9:00 pm, for a
public hearing on the urban
renewal site. Wt bearing is
necessary in order to eadude one
property, the building con­structed
at the comer of M^rick
Road and Helen Avenue, before
all building activity was stofqied
in the urban renewal area.
(Commuetf on Page 3)
Pilot Program to Use
Volunteer Manpower
A pilot program aimed at expanding the role (rf citizen
volunteers on the community level will b ^ n (Ms
September in Freeport. Under a plan developed by the
Nassau County Office of Volunteer Services, vnA Voe
cooperation of the Freeport Memorial Library, a desk
will be placed in the library and serviced by vcdiuiteers
who wiU coordinate and disseminate aU available in­formation
on volunteer services and needs in the
Freeport area.
Mrs. Phi Fleer, coordinator of
the Nassau County Office of
Volunteer Services, said that
senior citizens, students,
housewives and business men
will be invited to donate a few
hours of their time each week to
the project.
The effect of the initial
program would be (o provide a
sort of direction service for
poisons willing to offer volunteer
service, as wdl as a recruitment
center for Freepcurt organizations
seeking volunteer workers.
l b get off the ground, Uie
program needs a nucleus of at
least ten persons wUliag to be
trained as oonsuitants who would
serve as volimteers manning the
library desk. Ilie program would
also need a complete roster of all
volimteer organizations in
Fwrnpon, along -with • a
daaiptloa of itlie ttrganliitioiils
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s.-'"^^-Vr'.',,:;'>^''t^ -•:..
programs and servioes md a list
of names and phone ntnnbers of
its officers.
Community leaders and Mayor
Robert J. Sweeney were invited
to a planning sessicm for the
project hdd Tuesday night, Jidy
21, at the FVe^KHt Memorial
library on Merrick Boad.
County Execitfive Eugene HL
Mckerson, who amioanced the
plan last fVlday. said that if il
proves suci^ssftii in Reeport, it
will be ^qpanded tbniqgbout the.
county in all aimmiwiftjlCT ghere
the libraries offer i^Boe iud
cooperation. •;'•''
Itie County EzecuUte • ex-j'.
pressed aipreciation to IRiliredl
Morfn, (HrcsclDr ^of the p^ra^^\;
and to the^boffl^ of tMoilies jBII;"f
their wiilli^ess to lamdi tte
pilot project in ^Rre^mt^^ ..-'.iJi-'
Eleven of the i^pnafmatdy 'S^.S
peiwna .^4n¥ited,^,-*ttitfaii^pi