The-Leader_1969-12-18

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Sith Year, No. 35 FREfcPORT. N. Y., THURSDAY, OfiCEMBEH 1», ISftS -** PWCEt FIVE. CKNTe PER COPT
Close Post Office
Dec. 25, Jan. I
The Fn'oport Post OfJicc will
have no window service and no
«, . , , , , „ , , , ... . carrier rtclivpry scrvict'-on Dec.
Tis a Scnson to be Jolly. All around the VilbRe p<»ple arc,25 ynd j^n 1 1970 In com-gelling
reacTy for the Holidays, buying gUls, trimming U«e?, relaxing | ^^nioratlim of ' Chri,"!tmn-i .ind
US' the oUt year ends. But there i;; no relnxinj; in our jtovemmenl. T)ie j ^^^ Yrar's Day
hundreds ot salnrie employees plus the hundreds of eitison volunteer^ • spfxtal delivery mnil will ho
who combine to form our local adnijnutrntion, carry on at full tempo
rcB,irdle.«i of the -ica.ion,
Inside'^Freeport-by
J o h n Mack
rtolivcrcd at received nnd the
lobby will bo open from 9 a.m.
lo S p.ni for the convenience of
bnxholder)!.
During Ihi.i past week, as an c.tannple, Fiecpnrl wa.f humming
w;tl» activity on many fronti. The Planning Board held n public moct-ing
on Urban Rcncwsl al Village Hall with ."> standir^R-room-only ; "
attendance, the llishway Dcp.irtnicnt was .busy npplng up the aiphall i k j l o c f . l | ! i | » A » A u / A r r I '
center strips in many of our streets and replacing them with permanent r • " ' " ' C n a i l T S r\yfaTO
concrete, the Recreation Department, was prcpaiina for issue a com- ' 1 / - - • R a r l D A U I IC
prehcn.'ilve schedule ot winter and sprinK activities, Ulc Housinj! 1 " • " " I ^ e Q L/eVIIS
Authority began negotiations to purcliasc the fiist group of homes in j nid you k'liow that durinj? this
its Itehabilitation Program, the Mayor appeared before the Chamber ! pxit football season, Vito's Bar-of
Commerce to present the new plnn for charging busincw firm.": for jber Shop awnrdcd two free hnlr
excess sanitation pick-ups, tlie Village Boacd wa;i moving to provide j cuts each week lo hoy.i who
y special Sanitation Inijpcctor to comb the Village nicthodicjUy for j made key plays during the game,
any violatloas of sanitary codes, Uie new Tenant-Owner Committee and Hunter Clothe*) awarded a
met to conjiider its first case, an (-vent'that resulted in some very
ffsvomble publicity in Newsday and tl»e -Lons Island Press for Iti
"innovBtivfi approach" to the national problem of soarlnR rents. This
is a rtiinuseiile sampling of what went on locally last week, mentioned
only to'indicate-thtit ctHwtruclivc action, even though unheralded and
uaHung. Is the prevalent pattern from Utc Board right on down to the
lowliest-Village job.- '
Address by Mayor Sweeney
To Chamber of Commerce
,:^C--.i;,ii-ii«i:.;•-:.J,,.'?to»» About jflW .- ;.^. ; '
Freejiotf* Fiaa«j« Instituttons are mea!(ured today by their ^'rel?-'
vance" to iheiheedsof society. We have a relevant'Police Deportnumt,
closely attuned lo 'the needs of Freeport. A mnrgiiwl naif on this
pair of pants uitd n ithlrt each
week to n boy or boys wtho gave
lop performances.
A ll^t of these awards with the
names of the playew who were
i.t?lectcd are as follows:
Hair'Cuts
Matteasich, J^/ Walkeri' .Tnra-
Wattia«P«tr()na£gio,-D. Walker,
jr. CulTcy, TaraboccWa, Diomond,
O'Meally, Nunnenkamp, Jack<
relevancy Is flic new Spanbh Course for -Frceport Police, to'enable j^^jl^^ **""'•"•'"•'''*'• O'Meally, B
poMcemeo to communicate better with our growing Spanish-Speak-ing
citisicniy.This year we saw a new Marine Patrol established,start­ing
off with a boat donated by Al Grovcr and ctjuippcd by other
wateriifont bua'uiessinen . . . .0 patrol that pioved highly successful in
deterring wateilvont tliefts and in aiding boatmen. A force of "Special
Police" has been uctiviatcd to j-ive regidar police more time for active ^^ Jucfeon Tarabocchia
patrol. Made up ot part-time, civic-minded men, the special force ho-s' jnckson ' Jawn ' ' Mattes^ich'
been veryjelpf^d m the recent summer montha. llic Detective Sqiuid i ;["^^f "" N „ ^ „ " " | „ , „„
under Detective-Lieutenant David Meehjji, and ataffed by Detectives """*"'y' i^iunninKimp.
Robert Gordon, Joseph Romeika, and Richard Comcrfoid. has been a
bright spot in the record of 1969. They did some fine work in the pains­taking
preparation for the narcotic roundup last month Tim Com-jnunlty
Relation;; Unit, with Patrolman Julius Pearse and Dot. Mee-han,
has functioned cfTcctivcly in preventive action, working in neigh­borhoods
with youth graupa- Many of th« police 6Ctivitlc.<, under the
second-generation Elar gtwduuce of Police Chief Anthony Elar, are
carried on silently, without lanfaie. Include your police in your
Hanukkah and Christmas prayers.
A. Modidl Bocreaiion. Pioswn: Frecporl is second to none in the
s^pe and effectiveness of its recreation program. This week the Hec-reatiwi
Department is issuing a new circular detailing the 1989-1970
V/iiiteraiSd Spring Prograins here in FVeepoi t If you want to" see a
comprehensive schedule Including bowling, ice bkating, basketball,
' yolleyball, judo, art, baton twirlinfi. fencing, guitar playing, gymiia.s-
,4;t!cs,jjuppeli;?, even crochetwig and good grooming, write Stan Brckne,
Superintendent of Recreation, and I'm iure he will obligfe. Incidentally,
Stanley Brekne has been nominutcd for a-Gold Medal Award by the
. Sports Foundation Inc. of N. Y, State. He is in with tough competition
gecause Freeport's population puts us in contention with large c't»esi^";^Jjjj"'j^j^™j ',',"^^, Bn'yview A v tw
includirii Sywtuse and, Binghamton. We asked Stan Bi-ekne if it was ... _.
. true, as some contend that "no while kids will gu to the Community
• 'Center at Henrj- Street." He ^ays: "Not so. They will go if it is pro-giammed
for the kind of activity they wont. The location is not nearly
asi.important as the program. Good example is Judo and Wrestling
for Junior High and up, and afternoon oil painting for spliUsession
aludents, surprisingly one of the things a lot of kids asked for." Next
week I hope to have some intormntion on the proposed new Com­munity
Center at Ilaaiie P.irk, plus other 19C9 capsule commeaits.
In Tlt0 Mail
I have receiyed several interesting letter*, all of which I. shall
arJ-wer as soon as po.ssible. I've room for bnly the foUowbig one tins
week To John -Umgden. 38 Claiirome JPlaoft Thanks for your kind
. p o m m > \ s i ' - i b o u f e s ^ « » i > i f f i f t = ^ ^ i ^ ^ interesting -question:
c'Lants haVe'HU.s wlfifrtS^^.ia^id^i^i^*! W k e t available, please
let ttus knovv an*" I ^mtn^^jll^S^iii^iSmi^''*^ ^ '^« column).
Incidentally, we now have thietHha'rtei^ members in the, roovenoeftt
to "Make E*ety I>«y El»3 Day In F r w p w r . . , John Langdon. Thomas
Rogers, and yours truly. Any olbei ioin«urst
lianu
O'Mcally,, Nuno^nHamp, Jack-
.inn, M.iitcsslch, Tarabcicchia, D.
Walker, Dinmohd, J. Cilffey.
ShixitB
Cuffey,
[»n.
Cub Scouts Plan
Christmas Party
The. December 23rd Pach Meet­ing
will be the Cub Scout Christ­mas
Parly and will feature re-fraihments
ond entertainrttent.
Urothers and Hlster of Cub
Scouts are invited and there will
be a grabbag for which alt chil­dren
should bring an inexpen­sive
gift.
On December 13th the Pack
visited the Morris Park L(A>g IR-land
Rail Road shops for a very
interesllrtfi torn of the Railroads
facilities. The January outing
will be to th" MarinncttcH prC'
Mayor Robwt J. 8w«w»Br addr^wad tht fmifott CItwtdwr ot '
Commaiti* hincfaaon laaMlng on Saaltailon.Pmbli^ and H«w 11 .
- Affocli Our Commui^tr. A Uvolr quMtion and amwor pMrtod -
foUowad. Today, DM. 18, th* Ladin AuxttUoy vrlU pnt\a»vt*t
ib« lundMOti inMSliiff wUh a aurprlio pUniMd by tht MnkMarrr
Chiictmat OlrU, Momw Bntm. Batty KMtly, Emily Qaxho and
Patrlda MacParlaad. Don't KOM It.
. TPfft .nmny year*, we in Freoport ctijoyeef 'tire Mnbfite'^d' dUi-"
tin£tifit%.«f 'bclhg one -of -the- very tew cotnmunittte^ in-, thei^toUzA'
metropoJitflrt.or«B \yhUjh pTOvidi>d.uftlim»terfaonltaUon(l^'g>lo|i-UpWEfS:^!Js:»';.,
to bustnesi arid industry without any spedalr'Chrtrg&i' iot volunneiAll' '
iifbund'ua,-from New York .City to Moutauk Point, cities,. towns, •
vUloges and spccinl districts u T"— •; ' -•
were—and still are—wiaklng Uhllts a day la ov.erloaclcd—and
charges to every busi-ncss nnd in-1 w« cart the excess to Oceansidc.
dUBlrial establishment tor all j Carting Vnore-and more em^".
refuse picked up—or,, in theul- month .to the Town site requires ,
tcmntive,- leaving each businey*-
man Tree to moke hi-J own ar­rangements
with ptlvatc carter,!
—while the municipality handles
only residential collections. Th»
clipping from the Wall Street
Journal of October 16. IflflO states,
amc/ng other things, that "Indus-tiial'
and commercial eslablluh-mentit
.ind large apartment
bouses usually are expected to,
make their own arrangemfcnfs for
refuse collection "and disposal."
We maintained our unique her-vice
for OS long as wc could—
because we. felt—and »tfU feel-r
that it is necessary and import-;
a'rtl for government,f_t« encourage
business and induatryr^-ond to
help create a .hej<Uhy, cllm^tt lof
bUiiness ond mdustry in Frce-pott,
- • " ..
Anybody who reads the news-papcra
knows what has been hap­pening
throughout the r-ountry
wilh .-•.mitUtJOrt pick-up and r°-
fuse ti. posal.
-In tl" pant t n yeur-i, the prob­lems
I. pick-up and inclrjcrntion
School on January 10th, , The
wnrld-famou-; Nicolo Murionettes
will present "Jack and Iho Bean­stalk"
and the evtlnt promises tOjjj_,vc: multiplied—wilh'more md
•^ be "v ery entert'a"*in i'n g. "T"h"e b•'b ow more throw away bottles, beer
will be sponsored by Freeport
Cancer Care,'^ ,
The next committee meeting of
Pacis 454 will be at 8:13 p.m. on
January 13Ui, 1970,
Xmas Party Held
The annual ChrLstmas dinner
parly, of the Frceport Business
Women was held-last Thursday in
the Ski Hm-sc Room of the South
Shore Savings Bank. The dinner
was international in. scope with
foods of many lands'Iwitured.
cans (fnd other non-biimBblc ma
tcriuLi—with the great increase In
the volume of trash protluced by
our affluent e^lucnt society-—Vy
the elimination of land-All iSpera-tions
and open pit buming*-by
mpre -stringent air pollution cwi-
Iroja causing ippr^ costly.'incin­eration.
more trucks, more men,, mora .
time and more moit>ey-^tiHd,\\vc '
have' already been told that wo
can expect an lncrca.i)e in>. tho
Town'a charges next year, .
Whfllover direction .we movo
In—tho conHlructlon Of- added in*-
clncration fnclUtlos—^r the, ax*-
pension of otv tnicUbg opwa'
tions to Oceanslde—will cost
money.. , , ,•
Recognizing tho probletn,' w*
ottempted two years ago tq «s- -
ttEblish a ii><>^?H schedule at-claj^
cs^fpr pldt-ups, based on the •
volume produced at eaoh pick-up
iMatlon.serviced by the SanUa-'-
tliMi Deportment, "nie method eri>- •
ploycid was patterned after •thor'
preponderance of systeffw utiJiasd
by nther municipalities. How- ,
over, the Courts threw out^ouc.-
ordinoncc oiid have ruled ' that
in addition to volume of garbage
we must consider irg..oup chargoa'
(lie assessed' value of the pfop-,
erty being setyed. In my opinion,
the Court's, decision made illogal
evwy ordinance iri effect on Long'
Islifnd. But that is. not pertinent
to tho problem: We now b?Ilev^
that we hav*' devised a "sysrten*
which meets the .Court's., criterja.
In arriving- at' this -solution, wa.
cbccfuliy corislderiBd • two baste
concepts: (1).the .charge* should,'
b« sm «nuitablo'forjeVeiyone ais-.
we could possibly' make, them
land <2) the-system had'to bocsp-',
able of feidg admiriwtewid Jnthft-
The problems' recently recited most.- pracU^^ajsmncr, without;;-';,
in the press are no l^sy urgent exceBSlve^^^jrflniStrsflaa^sft,, W-•
in Frceport than they fire else- other wo^^; If we h a ^ ^ ' w c i ^ .
where • on .. iohg Island aJod eveiy • Rplifl4 • oX, trajsh e» .it/ *i^
throughout the country. Our W- rived at' the l!ndnerfltor--oi' at
cincrator—on- three eight hour "' .(Continued on.pago'S) • ^
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