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DOLLAR'DAYS AlSUCCiS^. F t e e p o t t ' C i i i i l S i ^ J ^ i ^ i ^ ^ l S i i i ^ ^ p i f w i ^ ^
worth Co. told THE LEADER that last weok't thre^-da^ event "wasai flood if notbetter than last vear."
He stated that the several merchants ho had checked with ~ Barasch's, Spitzler's Women's Wear Shop,
Paul's Army and Nawy Store. B & N Stores, and his own store - all reported exceptionally flood sales.
Barasch's in particular had a line of people in front of the store m early as 7 am Thursday. B & N esti­mated
their Friday and Saturday sales volume to be double that of last year. Gerhwser attributed the
success of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce sponsored etfent to both "terrific values and no rain."
Complaints were received, he reports, on the lack of parking spaces. Not everyone was pleased either
with this year's new feature ~ sidewalk sates. Village Hall personnel report several calls complaining that
South Main Street 'looks like Detancey Street." (Photo by Alan Greenberg)
Police Program
Hiree separate accidents wittiin seven days involving
motorists and bicyclists has prompted the Freeport Folice
Department to reinstitute a bike safety program whidh
originated with the cooperation of Freeport attorney
4%flran Zablow. "It is apparent," Freeport Police Detective
Frank Meda^ia told THE LEADER, "that the need for
an educational program is more urgent now than it was
even 15 years ago. Be it for health reasons or just pleasure,
more and more people of every age are riding bikes in our
Village each day. We don*t have bike paths so they take to
our streets and it is apparent that many of them do not
know, or have forgotten, the 'rules of the road' as they
apply to the biker."
According to Medaglia, Police Chief Anthony Elar,
working vntti Zablow, has begun plans to start the safety
program in the fall, coordinating it with the Freeport
School Administration. He explained that in the stmUar
^ o p ^ n 15 years ago a course; ytras ^ t up at the vfurious
'Schoots'witii-tlie childfeIi^!]equlffdj,tp;:|^^
Is i ^ e d a license. Aledajlia poifited.,out that there. Js a
VHiage Ordinance covering Wcycling in Freeport and a
license is required under that law.
The popularity of biking is apparently creating quite a
headache all around with some 40 to 50 bikes stolen
each moutli In the village. Freeport's Bike Registration
Program is a great aid in recovering die stolen vehicles,
(ConUnued on I ^ 6)
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VUlage Board Meeting
The plight of the Freeport
welfare client trying to deal with
the Nassau CcMinty Department
of Social Services ofpl<» on South
Grove Street was first on the
agenda whefn the Freeport
Village Board convened in open
session Monday night
Mrs. Winifred Di^y, speaking
for a welfare rights group, stated
that althou^ the Board had met
with Social Service Com­missioner
James Miuart to try to
work out the problems, clients
were still facug frustrating and
time-consuming delays in their
(tealings with the <ffice
In backing up her statement,
Mrs. Duffy read a letter from a
welfare rectpieoit which told the
story of leaving her sick bed in
order to bnng a l^er from her
landlord to a casewmtar and was
made to wait along with soame 15
others at 8:30 in the monlng
vditte a Social Service employee
ignored them and read a
newspaper. Pinally pleading
illness ^ e was told she would
"have to wait your him." Mrs.
Duffy also r^wrted that at 3 pm.
August 7, 35 etients, nuu^ there
since morning, were stiH waiting
tO' be seen.
Eeplying to libs. Duffy. Mayor
Kobert Swe«]^<asfced tlrat she
acquire and doctmust as nuiny
dmilar instances of InMBcienQr
as pcKsslUe and turn the ,ln-formatJop
over to Village Hinhan
Rights Commissiona' Mi<tod
Kirwan. "AD tti^ btformatiflii we
p t t o f lw
and then well go to the County
Elxecutive's office if necessary."
Commentbig, Kirwan said he
would work doseiy with Mrs.
Duffy "and within a matter of
weeks we will have tangible
evidence."
The Atlantic South Civic
Association was well represented
and whQe thanking the Board for
the progress towards devating
the South Ocean Avaaue area,
went on to question the safety of
Power Plant #2 as m^anis air
and noise pollution and its
praxtmfl; to a residential area.
Alluding to certain statements of
the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency, the TASCA
representative said that the
group wanted to be guaranteed
the safety measures they
requested would be made witiiin
30 days. Mayor Sweeney
suggested that whatever
material the group had be turned
over to the Village's consulting
flrm. Burns and Roe, "but I will
not guarantee TASCA anything."
Asked by TASCA President
Jomer Rand why the Board
"hadn't even considered our
Selected Site Development Plan"
(an alternate to the approved
rezoning of North Main Street),
Mayor Sweeney stated "We did
consider it and we ounmented on
it. It contained two things that
have been talk^ against since
we first ccmsidered Main Street ~
(Continued on Page 9)
Bank Exec^ Lions' Head a Suicide
Frank M. Perlmutter, 28.
Assistant Secretary of the Long
Island Trust Company and
operations officer of the baift's 25
Soutti Main Street,' Freeport,
branch died of a selMnflicted
bull^ wound early last-Friday
morning in his Elnumt home.
Mr. Perimutter had recently
been elected t^resident itf the
Freeport Lions* Clubs after
serving as the club's treasurer
last year. Reached by THE
LEADER, Lions ImmedUate Past
President said, ""Frank
Perlmutter was a credit to
fWeniHri. ao oiAtmdiiis nv-timitmigt
in cemMmatltMi' »9M»m
The Freeport Lions Oub will
miss him sorely and we wish to
express our sympathy to his
family."
Commenting on the death of Us
colleague, Lmig Island Trust
Company Branch Manager
Gerald Soergel said, "AU of us
en|oyed woiting with Frank and
hewasagreatb^toallof lu. He
was an extremefy pcqiNilar man
with our dqn^tors and was very
well thought of by the
managemoit of tte Brandb. It
wiU be extremely difficidt to
replace him."
AnifB and three cUldren
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