The-Leader_1973-04-05

              FREEPORT BALDWIN MERRICK ROOSEYEt-.
37th YEAR, No 49 FREEPORT7NEW YORK, APRIL 5, 1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY X,
"HOME WITH HONOR". Congresimart Norman Lent was "front
and center" in the line-up of dignitaries who lad off tiie tribute to
returned Vietnam-era-veterans in New York City's parade last Satur­day,*
Also, pictured are (I- to r.) City Council President Sanford
Garelik, Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson, City Councilman
Thomas Cuite; Lent; and Nassau rAssemblymen Joseph Margiotta,
George Murphy and Philip Healey,
Vttlage Honors
P,0. W, April 14
. Our great Village of Freeport
will be given the opportunity -to
honor the return of Captairi Peter
Csrllafhan" with a mass
celebration on the Village Green,
south of-the Village Hall on North'
Ocean Avenue.
Plans to organize- the
celebration are rapidly taking
form. The organizations and
individual's contacted jiavc
responded with great en­thusiasm,
which is typical of
Ifreeport, jo take part in the
ceremonies of the celebration.
Paul Callaghanrthe Captain's
father announced that his son will
be in Freeport at noon April 14^
which is the time and date for the
celebration. ; -
. Captain Callaghan attended
Holy Redeemer School, Freeport
also^Brooklyn Prep, and <;om-pleted
his education ati Wheeling
College In-West Virginia.
He married Anabelle Foley of
Bellrnbre in Sept. 1971. They'have
a baby daughter, Coleen.
Captain Callaghan was shot
down and captured in Viet Nam
June 21, 1972, • _
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Chamber Honors
Agnes Lomlidge
GOING AROUND THE WORLD. Inncoming Mayor William White
(left) and out-going Mayor Robert W.^Sweeney {2nd right) receive
tickets for the April 14 prc»duction bf/'Around the World lii 90
Minutes," spdnsored hiy the Rptaiy C[uli of Freeport-The family-
.shovtf-wlllJbegiii:::atJ8:30pm-at-Freepbrt~
tickets available at thefetoxoffice, at Rocky's Service Station, 131
W. Merrick Road or-Atlantic Nurse!y,„25QzAtiantlczAvenuB.. Pro­ceeds
wilLgp to thrRoiary Vyaripiif jyouth awards including the an-'
nual F. Gordon EdvrardrSchoIacshipJkward;:Rbtary members showrT
are'(L-Rl Past President Walter MTranda, General Chairman Rocky
Gentiiella and President Walter Geercken. (Photo by Oscar) '
Htuniuie Society Election Dispute
would send out their proposed
slate to ail members Im­mediately
by first class while the
"unofficiar.'; slate would be sent
fourth class on the last day
prescribed in the by-laws.
Friar states, "In. order to win
thiseI«:tlori we must be sure that
our names are in nomination. We
donotcarehowihislsdone. If the
court will declare that we have
been f nominated; or , that . our
ripminatioh is complete upon the
Secretary sending out the notice
and then requiring the Secretary
to send out the notice, then we
'will be satisfied."
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No decision had been handed
down as THE LEADER went to
press. -
Wilbur Eriar, Chairman of the
Board of the Long Is|and Humane.
Society, Rider Place, Freeport
went to Mineola State Supreme
Court last Friday to seek an order
directing the Society's Presidenti
Sidney Weber and Board of
Directors . to provide equal
treatment for all candidates up
for election April 9. piye iseata on
\ the Etoard are to be filled Ui the
voting to be^ held at Hose Cb. 4.,
, In the |>eUtiojn,fiifed by Friar's
'attorneyi James; Leona:rd lof
Baldwin, it is contended that the
Board refused ip accept a slate of
candidates 'proposed by Friar
which Friar, states Is invalid
since the Board "does not have
thiat power: Friar states too, that
the Board told him tiiat they
Board Installed
Appointments Announced
The Ladi^ Auxiliary of the
Freeport Chambter of Commerce
-.is -Very proud M present their
_ award3o Agnes Lovelidge of
Atlantic'Ave. Agnes is married to
- Thomas Lovelidge, trustee of the
Village of Freeport, They have
lived IB years in our Village and
have seven sons and one grand­daughter.
Agnes is being
presented this award for her
volunteer work In the Church and
the community.
Among her many activities In
' the Church and thr VillagCj
Agnes worked with altar boys for
15 years, preparing for Christ­mas
and Easter celebrations 5
keeping eveiything In repiir and
supplies ready;* helped with
parish fund raising; the Friend-
,ship.. Ball; spent 18 years as
lecturer, treasurer, welfare and
publicity chairman arid vice
, regent of theCatholIc Daughters,
Court Stella Maris |822^ whose
purposes are exclusively
religious, charitablevjndjpf
course educational; as: Driving
the blind .to Church, raising funds
(Coiitlmied on P»ge 2)
Newly'elected Mayor "William
H, White,- Trustee Ralph P.
Franco, and Village Justice
Edwin J. Freedman were sworn
in by Nassau Coufity Supreme
Court Judge ,Paul~Kclly71it"^thc"
annua! Organization Meeting of•
Ujc,..Freeport'Village Board on
Monday night. Trustee elect H.
Berkeley Swezey was absent due '
Jo a commitment made lo his
firm prior lb the Election, which
caused him to be out-of-town. '
The new Village Board made
appointments to all expiring
Village positions, including those
of Department Heads, Com­missions,
^Boards and Com­mittees.
In the preliminary remarks
Mayor While expressed the hope
thai, "the clamor and con­troversy
of partisan politics is
behind us and that the verbal
violence has endedr'Heaaid the"
new administration, however,
will welcome construcliYe_
criticism from all quarters anid,
• in fact, "we will look for and seek
out- constructive suggestions
—fronrall-commnnliy^POTpririd"
(he comrnunlty at large."*
He said that the Village is
embarking on a new era .of
progress, pointing lo the fact that
construction has started.on the
first hundred units of .urban
renewal housing; the community
center is well on the way to
coiT^lelion, and there are many
Village programs -under
development lo aid Viliagc
progress. .
Trustee George Fairberg was
appointed Deputy Mayor, to act
in the absence of Mayor White.
^APPOINTMENTS
John T. Osborne was. reap­pointed
Deputy Village Clerk.
iJeonard D.B. Smith was again
named Village Assessor. James
Lyons was redesignated to act as
Dfgpi|ly, Treasurer, fData
Processing) and Marie Barbieri
was also redesignated asJDcpuly
.^-Treasurerr^-''"":^'" ••" r_—_i_-
Barry Dunn was; reappointed-
Deplity Assessor. Oakley Gentry,,
Jr. was named Village-Counsel -.
..for another year, and Michael
Sdlomori continues'as Associate
7yiUage CoujiseL Charles-
Mehrm'ann was reappointed
Village Justice. Raymond
Lavallee was again nameo Code
Enforcement Attorney to serve at
the pleasure of the Board, Jaddie
Stewart was reappointed
Director of the; Freeport Nar­cotics
Guidance Counsel, to serve
at the pleiasure of the Board. ,
Louis Bello was apin ap­pointed
Superintendent of
Buildinp, Henry Skellington was
reappointed Superintendent of
Sanitation and incineration.
Edward Voelker was again
named Superintendent of Water
Distribution. Stanley Brekhe v^as
riedesignated Superintendent of
Racreatlon, Ludovic Long was
again appointed Superintendent
of Electric;Ulinties.
Baldwin & Cornelius Co.
L^ continue-as Village Engineers,
Rudolph Joseph. Bernard Ross
and Benedetto Caruso were'
reappointed Police Surgeons.
Police Matrons are Mary l^ng,
Mary Boauford, Elizabeth
Campione and Carol Duffy.
Hale Smith was reappointed a
member of ihc Hoard of Ethics,
'RmilirTDeFillippo was appointed
a member of the Sower "and
SohHiilion Commission and
Kobcrl Herger was named
Chairman of the Sewer, and
Kanilnlion Commi«.slon. Henry
Dengel was again appointed a
member of the Water & LighL
Commission and Henry
Altcngarton was redesignated
Chairman of the Water & Light
Commission. Dorothy Storm was
appointed as a memlwr of the
Park Comm!.s.sion and Thomas
He was appointed Chairman of
the Park Commis.sion.
Again named Chairman of the-
Highwny Commission Is Norman
Schmcling and reappointed as a
member of the Highway Com­mission
is Steward Yanover, —"
:^_B|ibbi;-J'leuben.^Kalz was
reappointed and Harold Schade
and Il6v. Daniel Donovan were
appointed; members of the
-liommisaion on Human Rights"
. Charles Friedman was appointed
Chairman o| the Commission on
Ifuman flights,— ^.
rt^cn Brown was appointed a
memljer of the Cbmmlsslpnfor-^
Conservation of the Environment
"of Freeport, Peter Pried was'
named as Chairman of the
Commission. .'
Ilaoui Lucca was named
Chairman of the I*lanning Board.
Charles liandall was appointed a
member of the Planning Board.
Member.'! of the Electrical Board
are F'rank McKenna, George
Hubschmitt, Ludovic Long, !.^uis ?
Bcllo; William Hill and Peter
Meyer. Frank _ McKenna ^was
named as Chairman of. this
,Bpard. •
John Marshall was appointed
Chairman of the Examining
Board of Plumbers. Members of-the
Examining Board of Phim-ibers^
arc-Gil Krog and Robert
SNaeflesloyn .-CMoemmmh'^itrtae eo f. arthe c-IJroasfefplfhi—
-Pelljcia!, Paul Falcone and
Vincent Balfunas.Jcpeph Gallo
was reappointed Chairmanjof the
_„Traffic-Safety Committee.
The Bcautiflcation Committee '
consists of Martha DeSalvb,
Chairman, and members Nor­man
Cooper, Ramona Crook,
"Angle Cullln, Edel Maronc,
Estellc and Samuel Meyer, Pat
Mooney, Katherlne Parker,
Isabel Stark. Katherlne But-lerfleld,
Judy Condos, Mary
Claire, Nancy Lamb, Sui|an
Mannion, Judith Rellly, Mary
Stegncr, and Margaret Whitaker.
Charies Pig^dls svas reap­pointed.
Chalrma^n of the
Waterfront Committee. Other
members of .the Waterfront;
Committee are Franit Bradford,
Wesley Carman, Frank Esposlto,
AI Grover, Richard Hill, Al
Llndroth, Bennett Mlnton, Jr.,
Ryss; Redfleld, Robert Storm,
Joseph Van Blerck, Michael
•. "Walnz, joliri Russell, Otto Kunz
and Ronald Feuring,
Canale & Gerald! were again
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