The-Leader_1973-05-03

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38th YEAR, No. 1 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MAY 3,1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Approved
Phase n of the Dodd School building project was (lassed
by the vdters April 26 by 322 votes, 1341 fcir and 1019
against. It was a light turnout with only 2.360 ballots cost.
Freeport residents registered to vole total 7, 280, , ^
Commenting on the siiccessfu! vote, Superintendent of
Schools Donald L, Costlow said, "The sujcccssful vote on
April 26.to constnict a new chissrooiti wing on the site of
-the SO-ycar-old Dqdd Junior High Sehool is a clear demon-tstratibn'of
the coinnninity's support for education. When,
this-structiire opens on the Iiecls {jf the Dfiniplct ion of the
new Gym-Cafetcria-Library-Music jying^nowuiider coiT-^
struction, Freeport will have a new junior high school facil­ity
of which it can be proud and in which it can pursue our
goal of Educational Excellence." ., "
Breakdown by voting location was: Arclicr Street SchcM»l,
300 Yes, 312 No; Atkinson School, 237 Yes, 140 Ncr, Bay-view
Avenue School, 312 Yes, 273 No; Cleveland Ayeiiuc
"School, 64 Yes, 4 No; Columbus Avenue-School, 172 Ye3;\
70 No; and Oiblyn School 256 Yes and 220 No.
BREAKIIVIG GROOND, Nissaii County- Executive; Ralph Cf so^^eMren?".,?. Fr^nk EnianuBl of the
Nonprofit tnterfafth Clergy Hciiisinfl Enterprises/lnc. (NICHE), Freeport Mayor WillrBm White and S.
William Green, Regional Administrator for the uls. Department of Housing and Urban Development
iHUOy join in the ground breaking ceremoniBS for the Liberty Park Apartments held last Wcdnosday,
April 25. Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Francis Purcetl, former Mayor Robert Sweeney and num-
^erous other dignitaries participated in the long-awaited event. (Photo by Oscar)
'Accidents InjureyThree_.
Ch^omid Broken For
Woodward School
T
Freeport was the scene, last
Sunday . of dedication and
ground-breaking ceremonies for
the new $2,250,000 structure for
the Community Mental Health
Center of The Luther E. Wood­ward
School for Emotionally
Disturbed Children. The Center
will have the responsibility for
mentally ill children, and. young
-adultsj^in the Southern Tier of
Nassau County and, as an af­filiate
of the Comprehensive*
-Community—Mental—Health
Center at Nassau County Medical.
Center, will provide substantially
improved mental health services
to the'community.
The cerenionies were led by
Morton M. PoUak; Pr^ident of
the School's Board of Directors,,
with Sylvan S. Purman, Assistant j
Conimissloner, New York' State .
Department of Mental Hygiene,
representing New York Governor^
Rockefeller and Nassau County
Executive Ralph G. CaSo par­ticipating
in the ground-
-breaking.
l/7^he new building, located at 191
'^^est Merrick Road in Freeport,
is being built with a combination
Rand Aiinoimces Candidacy
fl
As-we'weiit to. press, Jomer
Rand called to announce that on
the fourth anniversary of the
founding of the Concerned
Parents of Freeport, an
organization behind which Rand
was a driving fdrce, he had
decided to run for the one seat up
for election in the June School
Board voting. The seat has been
held for-the past three years by
S.L, (Larry) Yanover who with
"John Mendes represehts the
conservative element of the five-man
Board.
Rand, who lost by 700 vot€fs to
Joseph McAhdrews in the Board
elections two years ago and was
unofficial campaign manager in
Chris Sprowal's unsucces^ul bid
to become. the Village's first
black trustee in March, told THE
LEADER his platform would
dwell oh the need for county and.
state funds to meet' the -spedil-educalional
nee(Js of the poor and
disiSidvantaged youngsters
dwelling in Illegal housing in
Freeport.
Reached by THE LEADER,
Yanover stated he had not yet
' reached the decision to rerun for
his seat. Pointing out- that "the
Board was currently preparing
the School Budget and in the
midst of salary negotiations, he
stated that J "If I see
daylight, .^sonie trend that hpn-educational
items will be- cut
down for the benefit of the tax­payer,
I will run again. If not I
may decide to devote the time I
spend on'school affairs to other
areas of public service."'
Others rumored tp be con­sidering
running are last year's
unsuifcessful candidate Charles
Ra'ndall.PTA President Ellen
Extract and Harry Harrison, an
"^Oceanslde teacher~"'^>:v
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o( Federal, Slate, Community
and, friends-of-the-school funds.
So far, the voluntary con­tributions
have totaled almost
$450,000 with the ultimate goal of
$750,000. Involved in grant funds
are the National Institute of
Mental Hpalth and the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation, both
of the Federal Department-iof
Health Education and Welfare;
the NeW-York..State-Departniejil
of Mental Hygiene; the New-Yor
.State Department of Education,
Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation; and the New
York State Housing Finance
Agency providing loan funds.
The concept-^-ofi: the Com­prehensive
Community .Menla
Health Center was designed to
provide services that would treat
the mentally ill in the local
community as contrasted with
the former practices' of sending
the patient put of the area to State
Mental Hospitals. The coor­dination
and continuity of care,
plus accessible and immediately-available
services are the basic
; purpose of this new thrust for the
care or mental; illness./
jWrs. Gertrude K. Bernian,
Executive Director of the $chpol
and a member of President
Nixon's Committee on the Em-r
ployment of the - Handicapped,
stated '.•Today marks, the
culmination of the years of
planning and cooperation bet­ween
the professionals in the field
of mental health and dedicated
community meml)ers to provide
an alternate. In the conimunity,
' (OSnttnued on Pa^e 3)
Three-year-old Paul GonzaJcz
of 137~:Grand Avenue, - was
transported by the Freeport Fire
Department Emergency Com­pany,
Monclay to Doctors
Hospital- for treatment of a head
contusion after being hit by a
vehicle,
Paul D'Agostino of 2(» South
Bay view Avenue, was driving a
school station wagon, owned by
Solar Transportation, eastbound
on Grand Avenue When the child
came running out from, the north
side of the street some 25 feet east
of Rosedale Avenue. The
Freeport Police report states
some 20 feet of skid marks were.
visible.
In another accident Thomas
FranhJIn. 50; of West Hempsleod
and Juan Palala,.32, of 289 South
Bayview Avenue, were taken to
Doctors Hospital with a head
injury and chest pains respec­tively.
Both cars were lowed,
away.
The accident occurred .shortly
after lb pm Sunday at the in-terseclioh
of Atlantic Avenue and
South Grove Street, Franklin was
southbound on Grove and Palala
eastbound on Atlantic- when the'
collision occurred. It is not known
at present whether either car-jumped
the traffic signal.
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'Lottery check to Bloiiom arid Edwfin iStevens, 16-year residents of
•] SfMitfi Ocean Avenue. MrivStevens purchases two lottery tickets eadi
week atMountcartle'sand on Feb. 8 picked the winning ticket vifhicb
Will finance a winter cruise and go towards enlarging thtirjanilly
room. Mr. Stevens is a serpant on the New York Cfty Police force
and himself purchased a winning $50 ticket several months ago. The
Stevens diildren are Neil, 17, Sharl, 16, and Alan,. 11. (LEADER
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