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37thyEAR^No^3)(r:-' 7 FREEPORT; NEW YORK. NOVEMBER J6,' 1972 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Freeport Drug
Arrests Drop
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:-t^;M«itiMrtsnte-^^ Mrs. M^rry Chrittmas
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pick fiwe belies to^appear at ttiefinidrtoclay^el^^
C%amlier-of<^wiriii«^^ Tciyfand Parade sponsored by
til^^amfaeron Nov. 25. The contestants ( L - i ^ are: CSebby K o r t r f ^ t , Connie BrIel (finalist), Judy Kum-ineff,;-
B<IS«nar^J#fCCTie$^(flnalist);'^,H^ (finsist), Susan f^tore, Mary Hollman, Frances Lang,
Moreen Kraeiner'ffirialistKlndJeanrffi Du'Pont (finalist.) (PhoUi by Oscar)
Yamiiis Memorial to be Dedicated
II has been announced that
Narcotics Arrets in the Village
of Freeport dropped allnost 50%
during the past year.
Remarking on this change,
Jaddie R. Stewart, Director of
the Freeport Narcotics Guidance
Council, noted that the drop in
drug-related arrests coincided
,wlth the first year of operation of
the Narcotics Guidance Council.
While he was not claiming a
direct correlation between the
drop In the arrest rate and the
Council's activities. Stewart did
point out that the intensive drug
prevention and Education v^c-livitles
carried out by the
Council, and by other agencies
like it in the Village during the
past year, definitely had to be
credited with, having some effects
on the ireductidii In the iiicldeiice
;!d|;^:jQr!y|gH?Al^^
ig'ine councii^;5a
duriipg, the. pssL year, were a
sei-ies of Drug Education
Seminars lasting from eight to 13
weeks each. Participating In the
seminars were adults and youth
representing various com­munities
within the Village.
Courses were also given at Our
Holy Redeemer Elementary
School: and literally thousands of
citizens were reached through
special presentations at Civic,
Church and Social Groups
throughout the Village.
With the cooperation of Chief
Elar of the Freeport Police
Department, a special four-week
course was given to a group of
S|MCtal Police by the Freeport
Narcotics Guidance Council. The
content of the course focused on
both understanding addiction as
well as diagnosing and
recogniiing symptoms.
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"Pertiapsi In part, the drop In
;tt»%,arrest' rate^ttiay !t)e said to
:t)d&ye.b^hfs!fecfed^;i.c)^ in
community' iBtUtiM)eii.>xeiBaiiding\
"At any irafe;::^llripaWra^c&rh
(%rned. have hailed the-reduction
in the arrest rate«nd are loofcfng
for an even greater drop in the
rate during the coming year."
Village-Wide Newspaper Drive
tn memory of Dr. Frank and
Mrs. Bea Varmus, the Freeport
Advisory Committee of the Yoiith
Service Project will dedicate the
Varmus Memorial Reading
Room at the Fannlly Community
Center. 17 Buffalo Avenue,
Freeport, on Sunday, November
19th, at 4 P J I .
The Reading Room, featuring
Black history and culture, will
also contain general reference
bocdcs. As a mini-branch library,
it is a reality due to the
tremendous cooperation of the
Freeport Public Library, the
Freeport Housing Authority, and
the many friends of the late
Frank and Bea Varmus.
The YouUi Service Project, a
special demonstration program
of the Family Service Association
of Nassau Coun^j?, is conducted
under contract with the Nassau
County Youth Board and the New
York State Division for Youth. In
1971.756 children and 397 families
were served. The Project offers
family counseling, social group
work, recreation, integrated
cooperative nursery school,
vocational guidance, family life
education, summer day camp,
•parent and community action
groups, and a Volunteer Tutoring
Program, a cooperative effort
with the Freeport. Public Schools..
FSA, with Its: headquarters a t
286 Old pDuntry Road,' Mineola, Is
a nonproflt^nonsectarian family
counseling agonic^ serving the
residents of Nassau County,
exclusiveof the Five Towns area.
FSA is a member agency of the
United Fund oS Long Island, the
Health and Welfare Council of
Nassau Cotmty, an4 the F^mplly
Service Association of Altieiica,
With Mrs. George Popkin as
President, other Freeporters
serving as members of the Ad­visory
Committee are: Mrs.
Laurette Baumann, Mrs. Olivia
Baker, Mrs. Betty Black, Mrs.
Ann Chao, Mrs. Edythe Clark,
Mrs. Muriel Cook, Mr. James
Crittenden. Mre. Doris Diamond.
Mrs. Theresa A. Dillon, Jr.. Mrs.
Rose Donner, Mrs. Terry
Ducharme, Rev. S. Frank
Emanuel, Mrs. Harriett Falb,
Mrs. Emma Foster, Mr. Roy R.
Gockley. Mrs. Marion Haley,
Mrs. Rhea Harris, Mrs, Nancy
Held, Rev. Chester Hodgson,
Mrs. Sara Holly, Mrs. Peggy
Hong, Mrs. Ruth Hughes, Mrs.
Doris Jones, Rabbi Reuben M.
Kalz, Mrs. Rosemary Klubinski,
Mrs. Marion Knoeller, Mrs. Rita
Kurtz, Mrs. Shirley Koss, Mrs.
Mimi Linden, Mrs. Katherine
Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth McGrath,
Mrs. Betty Miller, Mrs. Verdell
Morgan, Miss Margaret
O'Connor, Mr. William Oliver,
Rev Timothy C Petemana, Mrs
Betty Persico, Rev Chester
Ramsey, Mrs. Rosemary Schiff,
Mr, Alonzo Shockley. Mrs.
Marvay Sinkler, Mrs Alma
Smalls, Mrs. Janet Snyder, Mrs.
Dhalla Starks, Mrs. Belle
Sylvester, Mrs. Beatrice Van
Rees, Mrs. Harold WilHams,
Mrs. Barbara Young. Also ser­ving
are Mrs. Mary Enright and
Mrs. Rhoda Mehlinger both of
Baldwin, and Mrs. Martha Tiiove
of Roosevelt.
Free Diabetes^ Hearing Tests
The New York State Diabetes
Association, the Nassau County
Public Health Department, the
county's Medical Society, the
Freeport EOC, THE Freeport
Consumer Health Council, and
Doctors Hospital are cooperating
In bringing free screening for
diabetK to the residents of
Freeport at the hospital,
Saturday and Sunday, November
18 and 19 between 9 am and 4 pm.
Those wishing to be tested must
consume one of two sample
meals ,^an hour and 15 minutes
before coming to the hospital.
Infoml'ation on these m^Js is
outlined in a pamphlet btfing
distributed throughout the
Village and available at the EOC,
65 West Sunrise Highway. In­formation
can also be Obtained by
calUng 3ra-^79 that Saturday.
The EOC will provide Iran
sportation on Saturday for all
those requiring it.
On Friday, Nov. 17, the staff of
the AdelphI University Speech
and Hearing Centre will be
operating from a mobile unit at
the Freeport Fire Department at
15 Broadway from 10 am to 3 pm
for the purpose of giving free
hearing tests to all Freeporters.
No Mail
The Freeport Post Office will
have no window service and no
carrier delivery service on
THURSDAY, NO\^£»iIBER 23,
1972 (Thanksgiving Day), Special
delivery mall will be delivered as
receiv^ and the lobby will be
open from 0 AM to 3 PM for the
convenience of boxhdders.
The Freeport Board of
Trustees and the Freeport En­vironmental
Commission have
jointly announced that beginning
Thursday, Dec. 7, and every
Thursday thereafter, the Village
Sanitation Department will
provide curbside pickup of
newspapers for recycling. The
success of a similar pilot
program, restricted to the
southeast section of Village and
started in October, was the
determining factor in the
decision to involve all parts of
Freeport-
Village to
Get Better
WU Service
The Western Union office at 81
West Merrick Road, Freeport,
presently open from 9 am to9 pm,
will close its doors at 5 pm In two
or three months, Western Union
officials have announced, when a
centralized telegraph service
goes into effect In the Nassau-
Suffolk region. Officials note that
this is not a reduction in service
but will provide availability 24
hours a day and more ease for
customers.
When the new operation is
completed, those wishing to send
telegrams will be asked to call,
toll free, 538-6900 which will
connect them with the central
office in Morrestown, NJ. Cannon
Taxi, Freeport, has been ap­pointed
to handle money orders
for Western Union on a 24-hour
basis.
Both telegraph and money
order service will continue to be
available from the Western
Merrick Road office from 9 am to
5 pm.
Newspapers (but no glossy
material such as Sunday
newspaper magazine sections)
should be stacked and tied and
then placed at the curb no earlier
than 6 pm Wednesdays.
According to Superintendent of
Public Works Edwin Prefer who
is working with Emmanuel
Ochitai of the Environmental
Commission on the projecl, an all
out effort will be made to infurm
residents of the program in order
to insure its
THIEVES IN THE NIGHT.
Heartless dognappers removed
this three-month-old toy male
poodle from hit owners' yard
last Thursday evening. Unfortun­ately
the puppy needs constant
medication and speciai food to
live. There is a reward offered
with no questions asked for the
return of "Little Shortle." Any­one
knowing hit whereabouts or
seeing the puppy Is requested to
contact THE LEADER, WGBB.
the Free{^rt PoTica or call 623-
4487. PLEASE RETURN DOG
THERE IS A REWARD.
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