The-Leader_1973-12-13

              FRIEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
38th YEAR No. 33 FREEP0RT,NEW YORK, DECEMBER 13, 1973 PRlCEt IS^ PER COPY
A TESTIMONIAL in photo « l e f t Rev. faster p. Ho^ of the
f-reepbrt; United Methodist Church receives plaque from Rabbi
Reuben katz of CpnsreBatlonB'Nai Israel (right) for hit years, of
service as President of die I nterfaitii Clergy Council of Freajport.
Occasion was testimohial dinner held last Sunday |see news story).
In photo at right the dergyntan expresses his thanks to the audience.
Dinner diairman Seymour Gross is at extreme rig^t,
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delivered by. old friends and
fellow clergy. ;
Dinner Chairman/ Seymour
Gross, 1^ off ttie ottsen tmiehing
and emotfonal remarks with his
"tribute to a great and humble
Christian (who)... hai touched aU
of our lives and enricKal our
community,'* Both he and Eabbi .
Reuben M. Katz, of Congregation .
B'nai Israel, saluted Rev.
Hodgson's support of the
Freeport Jewish community and
the people of Israel, They were
joined by, among others, Father
Kenneth Nee of the Church of our
Holy Redeerher, who stated tliat
Rev. Hodgson^ has fulfilled and
satisfied the needs of those whQ_
he serves and leads in Freeport
and Roosevelt. "Any one who has •.
met Chester Hodgson," Father
Nee • remarked, "has been
touched and has been touched in
, their hearts,*-*.
Many of Rev. Hodgson's ac­complishments
weie briefly
mentioned bV the speakers.
Rabbi Katz s'pojce of. the
EmergenQT - Pood Distribution
Committee, „ Rev. Hodgson's
successful attemjpts at uniting the
clerfor of Freeport and Roosevelt,.
the special • services at-, the
Methodist Church for Spanish
Bpeakhig residents. "The world,"
—he-said, "is divided into two
' {groups:'0inl6^grqup that does all
%fudenf$ To
Aiddress Board
The next public meeting of the
Freeport Board of Education will
be on Wednesday, Deceml)er 19
at 8:15 pm in the Library of the
Atkinson School and West
Seaman Avenue.
At the meeting, five Freeport
High Schbol students will make
reports on special projects in the
School system, Joan CiriUo and
Donald Wall will report on the
progress of the Independent
Study Course In Village
Government; Terry Pelton will
explain Freeport's Volunteer
Tutoring Program; , Mark
Donheiser will discuss his role as
a Biology Lab Assis^nt; and the
Math Computer Program will be
discussed by Mark Goldstein.
Parties Pfck
Officers
Over. 200 Freeporteis of all faiths overflowed the large auditorium
at Coi^gaftioii B'nai Israer last. Suhday^^W
to^ ReVi Chester E. Hodgson, outgoing President of the Interfaith
Qergy Council of Freeport. TTie gathering was privileged to hear
speechtehbhoringRey. Hodgson,. ^ _. -
spiritual leader <rf the Freeport . Church in New York City, who
United- Methodist Church, stated that he knew him longer
than'anyohe else in the room,
spoke of his earlier days in New
Jersey. "His life," he said, "has
b^n one in wUch he has pricked
the corisciousness of the com­munity
no matter where he has
been... He has known what the
oppr^stti feel; .he knows what it
Is to be bruised by no| being
free." Another old friend who
joined iji^the tributes, Mr. John |
Scudder, came ta Freeport to tell
of Chester Hodgson as he knew
him: "He sees each person," Mr.
Scudder declared, "as an im­portant
individual. He passes
nobody by on the road of life."
Local Tributes
Honorary co-chairmen of the
dinner [were Msgr. Eugene J.
Crawford, of the Church of our
Holy Redeemer, who was unable
to be present due to recent
surgery, and Mayor William H.
Whi6e, who greeted the assem­blage
with the hope tiiat the
diimer was not a retirement
dinner but "that the Reverend
will continue his work in the
Village."
Rev. Hodgson was present with
a t)Ook^,'a-feUowship to Israel and
a Plaque .which stated "A.
Gratefiu' Community expresses
its affection and gratitude to Rev.
CheaiBP. E; Hodgson... \for_bi8 _
hears idf. service and leadership,,
marked i s they were with vision
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lets theni: Chester Hodgson is in j r l ^ S . ^ T ^ S .? '
thefinitgroup..;Thi8nightlaa. derstandtag and love...
. community expression of love."
l.:pld.friendsSpeak'.: ^
, Many oi-Uie peopte'Jn: the'
audience had ibeen unaware of
the early life and activHJieB of the'
Keverend.Twb of the
were deliveried t ^ ^d
RievMJcKlgsoii/ Re
«reagUe;of.theChris\
r : Musical Interttides
c'Rev.. Hodgson, an ac­complished
musidan, delivered
ids remarks^both in speech form,
and'in sonug. He spdte/of the
tenslops «dtbin a perwm between
the desire of moving ahead and
the..desire,-; of Jiolding back.
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Suburban, AcHon Pdrties
Look For One Candidate
THE LEADER was informed Monday night by Suburban Parly
campaign manager John Mendes that his group wdiiW'be meeting
with representatives-of the Action Parly within the'Wfcek with "the
goal of selecting a-Trustee
Robert Sweeney was re-elected
President of the Village Party by
some 70 to TO members meeting
last Thursday night.
Norman Schmelfng was eWted
Executive Vice Preeident; Larry
Camaidai Executive Secretary;
and Treasurer, Joe Badalucca.
Vice Presidents are Robert
Burger, Mark Domowne, Henry
McCleary, Tom Re, Charles
Mahoney andi Gus Hoppe.
The election of the slate was
unconUESted with no nominaUons
from the floor. The group plans to
meet in convention at tlie end of
January to select their candidate
for the Village Trusteeship race
in March.,
The Suburban Party, which
was Hbdm when a faction of the
Village Party lost control of Uiat ,
group last November, also
selected new leaders. Peter
Cattano Sr. was elected
President. The Party's mayoral
candidate la^t March, Ed Yar-min,
was elated Executive Vice
President. Treasurer is Lou
Bloorh and Recording Secretary
Kay Benda. Vice Presidents
elected were John Mendes,
Michael Orabella, Geraline
Boone, Alan Bernhardt, Kent
Tompson, Tom Landers, Harry
Chuisano and Chris Kroppl Legal
counsels are John Donavan,
Rfchard Curran, George Maisieh"
and Ed Yamin,' John Mendes was
chosen as campaign manager
and is charged with coalition
talks with the ActionParty.
New Directors
For Assbtiation
._'_Mrs. JEUen.Extract, President
of the, newly fornied Freeport
Association ahndiuiced.this week
the election of sevei} new persons
to the Board pf; Directors; The
freeport .Association was
" recently (Hrganized by a broadly
based, group:, of. Freeport
r^idents .foTo,the" purpose of
promo^ng the acUvitles and
accomplishments - oi. this 'com-rnuhiiyv-'
asrwell as to inxivide a
home finding service f^ fomilles
. seeUng a new h(»ne,
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candidate acceptable tto both
parties."
The coalition movement :
follows some eight sessions
previously held between com­mittees
formed upon the ap­proval
of the general mem­bership
of the two parties. Any
confmon candidate selected,
Mendes pointed out, would be
subject ta the approval of that
membership.
The seat up for election In
March is currently held by the
Village Party's Dorothy Storm
who was appointed by Mayor
William White in October to fill
the vacancy created when her
party's Berkieley Swezey was
moved by his firm to.OWo. Under
Village law Mrs. Stonii Holds the
seat until March, 1974. The
winner of that race will fulfill
Swezey's terijn,Vsrjjlch expires in
March, 1877. Mendes confirmed
that ttie groups had several
women on their list of possible,
candidate to offset Mrs. Storm's
asset of being the iVIllage's first
female trustee.
• Party Splits
The Suburban Party was
formed last November by former
Village Party members'angered
by the rozoning of North Main
Street, which was approved by
Village Board memlfers electw
under the group's previous anti-apartment
platforms. At the
election of Village Party officials
In November 1972, their slate lost
to that proposed' by then out'
going Mayor Robert Sweenjgy,
who himself was elected Party
President;
The Action Party was formed
shortly after by those, who in
their campaign literature, stated
they offered the only "choice" to
voters, pointing out the, prior'
close allegiance to the Village
Party by members of the
Suburban Party,
D6IT1S Act, Too
The Freeport Democratic
Organi?a|lop has; p^e^Joualy
stated thatthey prt^me to hold a
convention in January^ to select
their village Trustee candidate;
They also stated "coalition is not
beyond the realm of possibility,"
It has been reported elsewhere
that the Non-Partisan Coor­dinating
Committer, a northeast
group, also plans to nominate a
candidate.
DECORATING FOR THE NQLIDAYS.Mrf. Tina Patttrliio/M^
advisor to Girl Scout SiwiidrTrcwp 2453 stands WmMiB the hird
workers who spant last Sunday afternoon decorating Frwport's
railroad station for die hoildaysrtLEADER Photo by Alan Graenberg)
New Director For PRIDE
The Board of* Directors of
Operation PRIDE (The Freeport
Citizens' Committee on Drug
Abuse, Inc.) has announced the
appointment of Glen Jackson as
the Executive^ Director of
PRIDE. He is the former dhrector
of the drug program ' (The
Aquarian Effort) at Stateh Island
Community College, Director of
Samaritan Halfway Society, a
residential tre^^tmenl facility in
New York City, and a consultant
on drug.abuse to the New York
City SchobUr.
Operation PRIDE is funded by
the Nassau County Department
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