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35th Year^Noj^ 18 FREEPdRT, NY., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1970 PRICE- TFN r F N T S PFR TflPY
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The Village Clerk of Freeport,
John J.MacDonalcl, has rejected a
petition ;Obt«ilned in opposition to a
proposed salary Increase for the
Freeport Mayor and the Village
Trustees, MacDonald indicated
that the petition did not contain
enough signatures, determined by
a check in Mineola of the re­gistration
lists against the peti­tion
signatures^
The p o l i t l ' c a l opponents of
Mayor Robert J.Sweeney and the
administration had obtamed 1495
signatures on the petition, after
the VlUage Board voted to amend
the officials' salaries from the
1964 level, the last time the Free-port
officials received a raise.
The Mayor's salary Is presently
being raised from $5,000 to
$7,000 and the Village Trustees
from $2,500 to $3,500.
A previous proposition earlier
this year lor safirlesjofflQ^OM
for the Mayor and $5,000 for the
Trustees was defeated by the
Administration's political op­ponents,
when they obtained sig­natures
on a petition and the
VlEage Clerk conceded to the
Judge that there were enough valid
signatures.
The "Village officials then re­duced
til© amounts of the increase
and the political foes produced the
present petition. MacDonald said
that his examiners found that 254
of the 1495 signatures were not
registered voters, as requiredly
law. The minimum number need­ed
on the petition to hold off the
salary increase for a public
referendum would be 1440.
MacDonald also cited 38 addi­tional
irregularities. He said that
the Village Counsel's office is in
the process of substantiating all
of his findings for any court action
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FOUND
Jim and Mary Ellen Carey
celebrated their first wedding
anniversary on June 14th with a
trip to Block Island. With that
happy event fresh in mind, the
young couple made plans to r e ­turn
to the New England resort
isle for the Fourth ol July week­end.
On the afternoon of the Fourth,
Jim, 23, piloting a Cessna 150,
and his wife, 22, left Long Island.
By the time they reachSi Block
Island, dense fog had rolled In
and prevented them from land­ing.
They returned to East
Hampton, and tiiere too the
weaiJier kept them from touching
down. From Long Island ^diey
were diverted to Connecticut, but
their small craft ran out of fuel
and the plane crashed into Lraig
Island Sound at 6^0 that evening.
Mary Ellen's t»ody was recov­ered
the following day, but her
husband became &e objfect of a
month-long search. F r i e n d s,
relatives and nel^bors ofjim's,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
James Carey, Sr. who live at
121 Stirrup Lane, Levittown; and
Mary EUen's parents. Mr. and
Mrs: John Keenan of RockvIUe
Centre, all joined in the search.
A Mass of the Resurrection was
held for die young couple on
July Uth. with Mary EHen's
remains placed In a vault until
her husband could be found.
Jim's body was discoverai Sat­urday,
near East Haven, Con­necticut
by a party aboard a
private cruiser,
Mrs. Carey, S r „ Jim'smother,
said that many people were so
kind and spent many hours
searching for her son. Volun­teers,
mostly t e e n a g e d young­sters,
gatiiered^each morning at
the Carey home and then drove
out to Mattitudi, Ihey walked
the .beadies to Orient Point, and
among them was the victim's
grandfather, 1%
Mrs. Carey said, "Mr. Carey
and I would like to express our
thanks to all the people (who
searched for our son). Mr. and
Mrs. Keenan join us in this.
Our tragedy In the loss of two
loving, lovely and ideal young­sters
has been eased by the
tremendous outpouring of aid
from those they loved and those
who loved them. Even complete
strangers offered help. This is
an indication that here on our part
of the Island people still care...
and the youth, long hair, or
short: barefoot or Ihoed. have
m be evaluated by tfieir qual­ities,
and not by tkeir mode of
dress".
Jim attended Our Holy Re­deemer
School In Freeport, It
was here he formed friendships
that were to continue through<»it
his school years until liis <feath.
Fred Gaflney, 253 W. Seaman
Ave. and Robert Ralnaidi, 17
Halsey St. were amcKig the first
to offer aid. Tim FlSier, also
one of the four constant com­panions
was in Europe at tiie
time of the tragedy, so his young­er
brother, Peter, offered his
boat to the Carey's for the five
week search. Otfier young people
who gave up their boats for the
best part of the summer and also
joined hi the search were; Henry
Molle, 211 Ptae St. & Mark Mar­tin,
240 Whaley St. Other search­ers
from Freeport were Mr. John
Logan and his sons, J. M. &
Dennis; Tonv Hardtag, 211 Pine
St., David Skudin. 197 Meister
Blvd. 8c Richard Bolton, 228
Whaley. Mr. Richard Bolton, Sr.
volunteered to scuba dive and
enlisted the aid of four Grumman
associates, also scuba divers.
The Carey and Keenan families
wish to extend their appreciation
publicly to all of diesepeople and
the many others who volunteer^
their services and extended their
sympathies.
Guv Lpmbardo's.East Point House ot^the end of Grove Street; Freeport, Was demolished faiy fire in the
early morning hours of August iSth.The^^^
spotted'liy Ipbtfoiis from Ae iShTps inri Resteiirtirtt. t h e Free Gieparlmefit viras on the sobne By
12:15 A.M. and found an exceptionally hot fire raging in the old frame structure. Fire Chief CBpozzoii
used good judgement in avoiding possible injury to his men by keeping them ou&lde the structure
while getting the fire under control. The blaze continued all night while firemen battled to put it out, and
by morning the building appeartxi
to be a conpleie loss.
A small hot dog stand was lo­cated
ai this spot when longtime
Freeport resident Guy Lombardo
decided to buy the property lease
and develop a restaurant there
over two decades ago. The famous
Lombardo name, the Lombardo
music, large facilities, and fine
food soon made the East Point
House a major restaurant and
landmark on the South Shore.
Thousands of people dined and
danced there or tpok the boat out
to the Jones Beach theater. For
many years the Easi Point House
hosted the annual Chamber of
Commerce dinner-dance. Jlie
Around-Long Island Marathon
started and ended at this land­mark.
Political dinners, organ­izational
affairs, wedding re­ceptions
- aH broueht thousands
more to enjoy the salt air and sur­roundings.
The old place will be
missed but fond memories
remain. In line with Town of
Hempstead development of a
marina on the East Point, the
restaurant location was behig
considered for a new modern
estabJislmient, and would soon
have been demolished, li is rum­ored
that famed Resiauranicia
Carl Hoppl will build the pro­posed
million-dollar showplace,
utilizing this beautiful spot loihe
utmost. The new facility will
serve a thousand people at a time,
and win be a definite asset to the
marina and to the Village of
Freeport in general.
And while we admire the new,
few of us will ever forget the old
Guy Lombardo's East Point
House, where we attended so
many memorable events.
COALITION & PARENTS
MEET WITH BOARD
On Wednesday, August 12th, the Black Coalition
of Freeport and the Concerned Parents met with
the Board of Education to discuss mutual problems
of the schools and possible solutions.
Present wweerree Gus Messina,
Allan Jay and Jomar Rand rep­resenting
the Concerned Parents,
and Mrs. T. King, Mrs. Charles
Hayes, Bill Dixon, A Ean Calhoun,
Michael Winkler and ChrisSpro-wal
of the Black Coalldon-School
Board members present were
Levine, Moore, McAndrews,
Mendes and Yanover.
General accord was reached on
3 of the 4 points raised by the
Coalition.
1, Mr. Dixon maintained that
there are some teachers in the
school district who are conscious
of the problems In the schools and
who are not supported by the
School Board in their efforts to
solve these problems. The Board
has promised to support all their
teachers.
2. The Coalition asked that the ,
Board not support incompetent
teachers. Board President Le­vine
stated' that the Board does
not and will not support incompe -
tence and that the Acting Super­intendent
has approval and au­thorization
to report any Incom­petence
to the Board.
3. The Coalition has asked for
Black Assemblies, and since this
is an administration function, the
Board will bring this idea of As­sembly
planning to the admin­istrative
staff for a decision.
4. The appointment of William
McElroy as High School princi­pal
was explained to the Coali­tion,
which had questioned the
method of selection. The position
was adverdsed ouislde of ilic
community and the Acting Sup­erintendent
presented his choicr
to the School Board along with
the background of the five final­ists
chosen. The Coalition was
told that the Acting Superinten­dent's
choice of Mr. McLfroy
has the support and cotifldencf
of tile School Board.
On the issue of choosing a tiew
principal for the Junior Hlgfi
School, Board Pres. Levine
stated that AcUiig Supt. Cosiow
has reduced 100 appllcatlotis for
the position to 11 compeieru final
candidates.
Pres. Levine stated thai tfie
Blade Coalition musi fiave laiih
in and support the actions of the
School Board.
A tematlve agreement i<3 meei
again In the near future was
reached by the Concerned Par­ents
group and the Black CoaU -
tion.