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38th YEAR No. 23 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 4,1973 PRICE: 10<^ PER COPY
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Village loses
Dr« Dodd
TWOWrfBEL iij%w. cNrUHCBMBni. Evir ooncscineH wiin D^
lafatyj^e Freepoit' PolJw Dapartinwit new hw a Wke-rld
patrolimn. Pa:Urolnian Howard Hartman, left, i i shown ptting hit
new duty Bssignment from Stritant RoiMrt Regniar.-The patrolman
stops bike-riders violating safety nitei, luch as riding two on a bike,
failing to observe traffic signals, lack of lights and reflectors, and he
ilpiies warnings or takes more drastic measures when the situation
calls for them. Patrolman Hartman is currently on sick leave with
injuries tustaindd in a recent off-duty accident. A replacement, .
Patrolman Jad( Kilbride, issued the first summons.in the current
drive on Monday to a 44^ear-old male resident who was biking
northbound on Church Street on the wrong side of tiie street and
was almost hit by a car. . (Photo by Oscarl
VHIage Board Meeting
After a limited summer schedule, the Freeport Village Board re­turned
to Its every first and third Monday public meetings this week.
It was obvious, by the light turnout, that not much in the way of "new"
problems had cropf^ up during
the vacation months. Primat^
discussion was not the "norm"
i.e; raised streets, bulkheading,
etc., possibly because the Board
has been working on, those
problems during the summer.
The prime subject of the night
was the press.
Sy Kom r(»e as a "property
suggesting the Board take legal
action against that-^ daily for
"unfair and ' slanted stories."
Mayor William White, while
stating, "I personally agree-with
you" pointed out that he was sure
no libel case could be won "and
neither can this Board support a
boycott. It is a problem of many
Dr. Johni Doddl
The students of" the Freeport
School District arriving for
classes Monday morning found
the flags at half mast and later
through public address systems
were told that I>r. John W. Dodd,
the long-time school district
administrator in Freeport, had
died Saturday at the age of 80. An
avid football fan who rarely
missed a Freeport High School
ganie, he passed away at West
Point on his way to the Army-
California game.^
Superintendent of Schools
Donald Costlow, comrhenting on
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Famed Surgeon
• Expires *
owner*-tocoraplaittotMewsday-s—years-duration which previous
treatment of Freeport, - (Continued on Page^l?).
Funeral Home Owner Dies
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Mrs. Marion Fulton,jowner of^
the Chester A. Fulton and Son
Funeral Home of Freeport, died
FridayinFountain, Colo, where
she had been living since leaving
the Village four years ago. She
was the widow of Chester Qirtis
Fulton whose father founded the
home in 1904.
Mrs. Fulton had been an active
member of the Freeport com­munity.
South Nassau Com­munities
Hospital awarded her a
"Gold Key" for her many hours
of volunteer work. She was an
avid supporter of the Freeport
HistoricalSociely and gave many
hours of service to the Church of
The Transfiguration.
Survivors include her
Hauglilers, Marion Burke and
Marlene Merrick, three grand­children
and three great­grandchildren.
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Religious..; services and
Freeport Chapter No, 588 O.E.S.,
Armistice Court No. 135 Order of
Aniaranth, Nazareth Shrine No.
22 Order of White Shrine services
were held Tuesday at the home
with Rev. Marc Oliver of the
Church of the Transfiguration
and Rev. Harold Beliveau of All
Saint's Episcopal'. Church,
Baldwin, officiating. Burial was
at Greenfield Cemetery.
* Or. John Shell
John N. Shell, M.D., of
Freeport, Director of Surgery
EmeriUis at South Nassau
Communities Hospital; Ocean-side,
and founder of the Shell
Surgical Group, at 155 West
Merrick Road, died at thq
hospital Wednesday. (Sept. 27)
following a long, fight against
can^r. He was 72. .
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Political observers had best check the condition of Mayor William
While's facial skin between now and October 15. The man who will
choose the replacement for Trustee Berkely Sweztey says he
sometimes gets his-bcst-insplratibn-whilc shaving and he has set
himself 4he (''almost certain") deadline of the second public
Village Board meeting of this
month by which to make thai
decision, "Legally we ctfuld
function, as a four man Board
until the March election but that
would seem- like I was copping
out of a decision 1 don't really
relish at all." When the Mayor
stands before the mirror each
morning he is considering at least
twenty-one "volunteers" for the
post vacated when Swezcy.
elected this past March on the
Village Party ticket to a four year
term, had to relocate to Ohio, The
law mandates that the Village's
Mayor only shall pick the suc­cessor
to the vacated seiit until
the. normal election date, but
-While Indlcatedl hi^.would consult
with his entire Board,
Such inside information about
the head of Freeport's govern­ment,
and his "inspiration
points," came out of an hour and
a half press conference held last
Friday in the Mayor's offifcc. A
"first" for the Village ad-^
ministration to our knowledge,'
Freeporl's elected chief has
agreed to meet once a month with
representatives of the local
press. With the trusteeship,
uppermost in the minds of the
assembled reporlers, once out of*
the way the subject matter was
varied, with answers both "on"
and "off" the record.
Questioned as to the current
situation with the NY State Board
of Mental Hygiene's plan to set
up, through the Nassau
Association for the Help of
Retarded Children, a hostel oh"
Pine Street for eight adult mental
retardees, While said a meeting
had been held with a state
represcntaii^e,JKhite.saidiiiLfclt
some compromise had been
reached;—Howeverr-subsequent-correspondence
between the
Village and State, according to
the Mayor, has not confirmed thc-discussions.
He slated that he had
no argument with Mrs, Kaplan
(AHRC Executive Director), and
"you don't meet many women
who are: so whole heartedty
devoted to such a cause." White
reported his mailon the situation
had been "50-50" With the
majority of those pro-hostel for
Freeport coming from other
communities. He did dwell,
however, on onc letter from a
Freeport mother of a retarded
child in support of the hostel,
which created a quandry as io
how to reply - a problem he took
with him on a five day vacation.
Unable to reply, the Mayor
finally visited with the family for
A
an hour, "I can't say they came
a*?ouml to my way ofjhlnking but
I do think Ihey began Io Un-
(lersland it." He went on to say
Ihe Slate may well be planning
.some 10 hostels In Nassau
County. "We have to ask they
start somewhere else. There's no
guarantee now that all 10 won't
be In the Village.'! Aaked-abouL-the
Abbot Housc-faclllty already
In existence on South Ocean
Avenue he reported that sum­monses
had been issued with ii
court •case' coming up shortly.
"This ira different situation. The
state has not purchased the pro­perly.
It's, rented," ,
Asked 10 eommcntr on the new
State law which spells out the
powers of yillagc governments,
While said he approved of it as "It
gives us more power." Under the
old ruling we had to go to the
State Legislature for too many
things," He also^statcd, that
while not on attorney, it was his
understanding that the Village
could not pass any type of rent
stabilization law. "
As to the -status of the North
Main Street rezonlng, the Mayor
replied it was "quo," While
stating he had received the Ad
Hoc Committee's recbm-mcndation
for the northeast
portion that was left out of the
overall rezonlng, he felt further
studies should be done. Asked the
re8olution-o[-a-cilizen!»-aui
halt the rezonlng he reported an
injunction had been denied but
the matter was still in the courts.
As to whether or not a builder
could now go into the area, he
said they could.
On urban renewal, he reported
that It looked-as--thouf
.Liberty Park project would be
completed ahead of schedule. As
to-Benninglon Park, "I went
=dowfiElo=4Vashlngtpn and told
them they're going io look pretty
silly, after tearing down all those
buil(iinp, if they're not going to
give us Ihe funds to build."
Mayor White, stated that fees
for the Recreation Center had
more or less been agreed on and
the Ice skating rink would be open
for at least part of the winter
season. When it was brought out
th{tt the owner of a business
adjacent to the construction site
had complaints about the project,
in particular a pile of dirt on
which children play and gain
access to his roof, as well as
damage to his air conditioning
consensers from the soU blowing
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