The-Leader_1975-12-11

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FREEPORT
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40th YEAR, No. 33 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 11, 1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
Taxis Are New If fy
Father, Son win Will RepoiiObservaftons
Scooting Awar s jopp/lce ByRarf/o Hook-up
. .-TOP SCOUTS. Presenting a tpecid trophy to Assistant Scoutmaster
-RaymomI Rowan-<r.) U Rev.. Eugene Strebel of FreeportV Christ
- Lutheran -Church.'^ Rowan-and his son .Donald. 0.), were hbhqred
this past Sunday at the'Churdr services When they received special
. Lutheran scouting awards;. Donald, one of the rountry's young-
• est Eagle.^Soouts, was presented with the Pro Deo st.Patria emblem
_ and Raymond'Rowan received'the'LiaiTib Award. Both Rowan
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1 FREEPORT —• A Preeport
'. father and son received' the
•] highest awards .that could be
: b«towedby theLutheran Church
• y for activities connected with Boy
'i " Scouting."At- special ceremonies
-T ': conducted last Sunday, at
1 Freeport's Christ .Lutheran
-4-^X^urch, Eagle-Scout-Donald
- i Rowan received the; Pro Deo et
-: Patria Award and his father,
•': Assistant Scoutmaster Raymond •
',v Rowan, was presented with the
Lamb Award: Both Rowans are
with Boy-Scout Troop *38.
" The Lamb Award, presented by :
the- Lutheran '• Council .in the i
United States, is given to a sdect
number of individuals each year, -
y^ are recognized'ais leaders of ,
th; in ^Uierah congregations
FREEPORT -On Friday,-December 5, Freeport became the first
village in Nassau County to'institute a program that will use local
taxi. cab drivers as auxiliary "eyes" of its police department.
Sponsored in cooperation with'the First National City Bank, which
has had a Freeport branch for the past 15 years, the Freeport
bank started in New York City in
1973. That program "now Involves
4,000 cabs, and 7,000 drivers
throughout the five .boroughs.
Under the Freeport program,
the drivers, of; Cannon Taxi
Company's fleet of 17 cars, which
cruise all parts of the Village 24 •
hours a day,' will use their cab
radios to alert their dispatcher
when spotting a crime , in
in New YorFCity, according to
a spokesman for the City Police
Department, the Patrol has been
highly successful, with, some
3,000 calls received last year.
Deputy Mayor Ralph Franco,
who coordinated • the project •
l)etween the bank, taxi company
and the police department, stated
that those.vaiage-owned vehicles
already equipped with radios will
also shortly be. inciorpoHited into
, , the, cnmDptiitJltJfr'^'itt^^ ihe-i>rQgram>He explained that..
t i c u l a r i e m p h S T t S ^ ^ c ^ ^ ^ ^-:[he program wto initiated 'W
" use the police call box, which will
eti
FREEPORT - ITie Village Board of Trustees has voted to hold a
public hearing 6h; January 5;T97rto"considar the Village budget"
for the fiscal year 197&-77; 'The meeting, at Village HaD, will
begin.at 8 pm. At Monday right's public voting session, the Board
. also set the same ni^t for a public hearing to cc^idef the contact
prop<»ed between the Villaige and : :.' ''• -;,.
Ihe Freeport Fire Department .; .- - -'. '.
Tor fire protection within thej In other; matters before the
village limits. Copies of the" Board, the policy of holding
Scouting.-Only:70 were bestdwed.
tWf year khd Rowan was oneidf.',
three New York 'JBt.aters;' to
receive .one.- He was the first:
mj^ber of his Pariish tq^r^lve -
this bward.- - v .;" -
.. Th« ProlDeo el Patria eniblem,
-iawarded^to/Dociald-Rowahj is 7
presented to Lutheran boys -who
, are .Scouts and Ebcplorers .and '.
have (ioropleted the Pro' Deo: et;
• Patria progr-am. The Latin-phrase;
means "For God and
Country." To'receive' the
award, the Scout must be an'
•Village .budget, will be made
available for public perusal at
Village ;Hall prior to the public
.hearing date. "
' ' I n d u s t r i a l Park Zoning
The Board "voted to a^pt a
uniform' "Industrial B" zoning,
for the Industrial Park area, by
rezoning those parcels zoned
differenOy. This will facilitate
commercial development of
. Triiutilized properties. - '
vacation days over from one year,
to the next was discussed with the
Board expressing concern over,
the numbers of employees in
some departments - who ask
permission to do this. The Board.
also voted to reinsure for 1976 the ^
antique 1905 Knott Sfear Pump of
the FrMport Exempt Firemen's
Association, so that-it may be
used for Bicentennial events and
parades. -' I - "
Apt. Tenqht Forms Council
FREEPORT- — Apartment
house tenants in Freeport Mve"'
—been _reo|iying mimeographed
flyers announcing the formation
of a Freeport Tenants Council,
- since sometime in' November.
The leaflet, and the Councfl, is
the product of Freepoirter John
Marshall, who is himself an
apartment house dweller. A .
Freeport resident for 20 years
before his marriage, Marshall
and his wif e live in an apartmoit
house, on Smith Street, which he
says is "a beautiful building"^
with a "good landlord."
A graduate^ of St. John's
University Law School, and a
recent admission to the Bar,
Marshall, who.works for a.North
Main Street law firm, plans to
remain in Freeport as an
eventual homeowner.
The Dyer tells the apartment
house taiant to call Marshall —
and lists his phone number (373-
3817 J if there is lack of heat; hot
water of problems with insect^
active meml)er of the Lutheran
Church, complete a. series' of
religious projects and serve the
chmt:h in various ways. Elaflier
this year, when 15 year old'
Donald made Eagle. Scout, he
was repbrt«i to be one of the
youngest in the-country to
achieve that.status.
Ray Rowan has been involved In.
Troop 36, both £b; Scoutmaster-
' and Assistant Scoutmaster, ^Ince:
he moved to Freeport,' In
scouting since the age of 12, he
participated as an adult leader
from th'e time he returned home
from overseas duty in the Marine
•Corps during World War: H.-
be installed- at' Cannon's .South
Main Street facility, to Inform the
.desk officer at Freeport Police
Headquarters..
At : a series of, orientation
meetings, a film.and materials
provided byTFirst National.City
-banki-explained.to the cab
drivers, how to iqiiickly relay
pertinent .information; pinpoint
locations and'describe suspects
and . vehicles. ; -Cannon's
Presidenti Martin Goldfeder,
explained that hh men have been
supplying the police with such
information all along as-it came .
to their attention. AH par­ticipating
veWcles will carry a
red, white and blue emblem-supplied
by the bank.Which states
"Civilian- Radio Taxi Patrol.
Direct Contact With Your^llce
Dept. Sponsored by First
because. Preeport. .has', been
inundated with" crime,' btlt
-because it-Is a good pro-am....
We, have \ an excellent. police
departments and they are happy
to have this assist." . „.
• Freeport police Detective Julie"
Pearce .explained-to the cab
drivers, at the first orientation
meeting, that'they should try to
avoid direct i physical In­volvement.
^"ITie mere fact that
you stop and look at something of
a suspicious nature,"' he said,
'"can deter a crime." He par-tlcularly
cited the ateds uf
Broadway between Harding and
Columbus and the sites around
local supermarkets as targets for
potential p'ursesnatchers and
muggers,:
. Franco praised the First
National City Bank branch
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ajid ndghbojs and if ramplainU _ Amon^ his ' many ac
to the landlord have met with no
satisfaction. The tenant is urged .
to try to solve Ms problem by
caUingithe proper authority," in "
the C!ounty or Town, but if no
other avenues remain open, the
leaflet goes on, call the.Freeport
Tenants Coaaai.
Although tlie leaflet states that
attorn^ and law students are
avaDable free of charge to ex­plain
bow to sue the landlord in
. small claims court, subletting,
how to stop rent increases, and
bow to obtain village assistance,
and states that the Council "can
help you get yotnrsecurity deposit
returned" when you move,
B4arshall says "he gives no l^al
opinions nor would he appear in
court for anytenant. _
In an interview witif THE
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complishments"was the founding
of Bcqr Scout Troop 185 at the
Ottilie Orphan Home in Jamaica.
There he spent many hours
helping the boys with a wide
variety of problems, taking them
on trips 'and securing' uidforms;
for tnem,- He then became
Scoutmaster of Troop 106, Middle ..
Village, building Camp Hawkins
in Setauket
; In Elmhurst, Rcgo Park,
Jamaica, Queens Village and
Hollia, Ray Rowan worked with
Soxit troops and the many letters
read during the Award ceremony
described the-eztra liours and
attention he put in to accomplish
a variety of Scouting successes.
Under his leadership. Troop 36
received many awanis for best
campside at Camp Wauwepex
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SHOWING THE UNIFORMS to be worn by young volunteers at
Lydia E. Halt Hospital are U. to r.J Walter Miranda, Past President of
the Freeport Rotary Club and member'of the Hospital's Community .
Advisory Board; Harvey Toback, Rotary President; Marge Smie-lewski.
Assistant Director of Volunteer Services at the Hospital;
and Pat Fadell, Director of Volunteer Services. The candy-striper
aprons and cadet lab coats,' bearing the Rotary emblem, will be
purchased with funds raised by the-Freeport-Rotary-atpartof thelr-invotvement
with community service. ( LEADER photo)