The-Leader_1975-12-25

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
NASSAU CTV HISTORICAL UUSEUU
' EISEHHOUER PARK .
EAST UEADOTI," N' Y ' U55A :\
FREEPORT'S
OFflElhL
NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR, No. 35 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 25, 1975 PRICE: IS^ PER COPY
ki(H:ai Views Changmg On O.T.B.
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X H R I S T M A S V P R E P A R A T I O N S are irrfuil swing'Jn many Freeport
homi^ At hey;,TiitKJthy-PetBrnanVf,resides family it gatt-,
-ered-lnffrontpf the; beautifully^ decbrated Chnrtmaf tree as THE,.
LEAOER paid ^a visit this week. Riev.-and Mrtl Patemana and their
Holiday Festivi^
At freeport Museum
FREEPORT —. The annual
winter "Open House" at the
Freeport Historical Museum will
be held Sunday, Dec. 28, 2-5 pm.
Tlie museum is located at 350
South Main Street..
The holiday ejdiibits^ which are
entirely different from past
years,., were, created by .The
Heritage Garden aub as a part of "
their participation in- Village-
-Bicentennial .activities._ The
decorations were,chosen to not
only-enhance therthonesTof-ther
museum's different rooms, but to
"emphasize the Peace desired in
this. Bicentennial-year as~an-
Inspiration for the future glory of
oar country."
-The large.frdnt room contains
the h'ving tree donated by the
Freepott;peauUilcation Coin^
mitteettfesiB4ry3lecoraled irt a"
-te4,-vwhite / and bhie theme in
:kecplngl. with :Vthe.- room's
-American' flag cmlecUonTTHis
exhibit includes ah authentic,
original la^star 1777 flag.
Tbejwblic is invited to join the
Society's end-6f-year festivity
and to take this last opportuni^
to see the 1975 exhibits beforeihe
ifnteeum clnsfa for the winter-
More Residents, M^rchqnH
Now Favor "Bef Farlours"
FREEPORT — In the past eight months, the general attitude
with regard to Off-Track Betting in the village appears to have
undergone a dramatic reversal. Considering the fact that last
spring the majority of i»o'ple interviewed were stron^y opposed
to O.T.B., that a local civic association publicly came out against
O.T.B., and that the Village Board was prevailed upon to write to
the 0.T3. adminlsbratxon with
the suggestion that they do not
consider Freeport for a betting
parlor... a poU taken last month,
exclusively for THE LEADER
indicates some .rather surprising'
statistics. _ " r ~^-."
The poll j taken by outsider
Independent individuals, sur­veyed
niore than twice as many
residents as non-resldeiils, and fi
majority of females as compared
with males,.;; as well as most'of
' the. merchants on South Main
-Street. "In brief, the survey
* 'showed that 43% of the residents.
:'.lntervieVS?ed . were: ia^favor; of
O.T.B. • in. Freeport, .38% -wei©
.(^posed.and 19% didn't care or
'didn't know.—""""""""^
The complete poll, with-the
questions asked, the response to
each question and a breakdown
by sex, age and residency will be
published in subsequent issues of
_3HE LEADER, in. a by-Ihied
report by the polltakers,
ready to come into Freeport and
all they are waiting.for is the
blessing.of our Village Fathers.
Freeport,let's not procrastinate"
while another chance at progress
passes iis by^*'"- •' ;""-'-"?-
"Retairrnercliants along Soufe"
Main Street are overwhelmingly
in • favor of -an "O.T.B. In
Freeport. Of 25 Interviewed in
THE, .LEADER'S poll, 88%
wanted to see O.T.B. come to
Freeport . ^ ^ , ; , ,
, Trustees Views;
Although the Village Board of
^iTruste^has not reactedpublidy
to the Oiamber's .request, the
varicwis Board members were
-willing to discuss their views wilh-
THE LEADER this wedt.
Mayor,: William .White ex­plained
that, although he had
initially not "cared much either
way," he now feels that if O.T.B.
would like- to -come Into, the
Village; he would be willing to
An :;chndren, Tim and Nicole, join THE LEADER and its staff in wishing important part of the~report—give It a chance. He basts Ufc
•ail its readers a Joyful Christmas and':Peace'in the New Year. (A
LEADER photo). - . .- v ' v =." -
H.S. Honor Socfety Inducts 33
months.
TTie buildings exteaioi- has been
decorated by the Freeport
Garden Club, with a wreath and
:everpBehs.
will be the attitode of ^the
residents, PTAers and rner-'
chants in Levittown- — tx>th
before and after the opening d a
betting parlor in that com'-
•munity.
change on the petitions from the
Chamber , of Commerce,
Scalamandre's letter and some of
the literature and statistics
supplied by the O.T.B. rffice. "If
the Chamber fgals O.T.B.-would
:*-•' FREKFORT — The Natlfflsal"
. Honor Society has elected 33
members of the Freeport High
Sdmql Class of 1976 to mem­bership
in its Freqwrt Chapter..
Awarded this reception on
Dec. 10 were: Susan Brown, Kim
Cardinale, Matthew Chazan,
. -Wayne Christian,' Doreen Cochol,
Roger. Costa, - - Durania -
;Economon, ' Scott ; Fariel,
Dimitrios James Gouzos, Janice
Haug, Ellisa Horowitz, Josephine
Jessup, Jacqueline Lanvar,
Nancy Lamb, Nancy Lindell and
>-Oiane lindroth.—'—' —-— —
Also: Annette Machin, Karen
McCrea, Robert Parola, JoAnn
Piper, AthanasiTO Pragius, Joel
Quirky—Moreen—-Randall-
Catherine . Began, ' Ellen
Rosenthal,- Eric Schubert,
Ronald Siegel, Sharon Sobel,
Patricia Suarei, Glenn Tucker,
Roy Tulier, Janice VonT)er Esch
and MicbeQe Welnstein,
"The students were elected in
- accordance with- the - Society's :
regulations which stipulate ^ t ,
in December each year, up to 10%
of the Senior Class may be
elected to the. Senior Honor
Society. • Those, elected are.
representative of the very best in-the
categories of character,'
leadership,-scholarship and
service. -
Earty peodllne
SPECIAL NOTICE
Beeaose New Yean Day
falls on Thortday this year,
THE LEAOER wQ] pnbllsh
(me:;day-- earito--for .that
Issue. Therefore all
material {or'pnbticatioQ in
the Jan. 1,197SIsrae, most
be in bar ofQce DO. later
than 12 noon Saturday,
.Dec. 27. :.-•.---—:._-,-
-In general,-<rfficlals -at-O.T-.B;—
reportoverwhelming acceptance
of their operation after it starts.
They also point out that while the
l^al age fpr tietting in New York
State is IB years of'age, Nassau
O.T.B. does not perrait betting by
anyone under 21 years old.'
"- Chamber of Commeree'a View
- - The Board of Directors of the
tYeeport Chamber of Commerce
have already spoken in favor of
O.T.B.'s setUinig in a Freeport
location and a recent newsletter
from the Chamber again men­tions
that inte'restr-Chamber-
President Fred Scalamandre
writes (see "Letters to the
Editxff"), "We hear G.T.B. is
be good for~tbe-Vlllage,^Whlte-said,
"andlf O.T.B. tWnks the -
Village would be good for O.T.B.,
I'd give them a shot"
The newest Village Trustee,
Wayne Jordan, also spoke in
favor of seeing an O.T.B. office in
the Village. "I'd like to give it a
try and see what happens,"
-Jordan said, "althoo^ I'm not
quite sure I am in favor of bet-'
ting." He told THE LEADER
that several sites had been
. spoken about: the LIRR station,
i North Main Street South Main
and Merrick Road.^'I want it to
be-somewhere where it would be
beneficial to the business com-fOonBnued
on PJage 16)
Staff and Management
o f HIE LEADER
s to one