The-Leader_1976-02-26

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^40th YEAR. No. 44 • FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY ?6, 1976 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
iirAKifiiG,A. CHANjC&^from.f linliirai Chairwoman Adelaide Alms
- (secbtid'frorh'-tl) fOT: a triI3^fitwD^'fo^. two Weekl in Ensland, are
(l^•r.)-Fre8ppit~\^t^ge Trustee llt^^^
'White aiu3 Trustees Dorothy Stqrrn and.Wayne Jordan. The Freepprt
Bicentennial.Committee, laundiedlth* saie'of.the raffles' at -titeir
Preskiehtial-Birthday'Party Ball, held last Saturday, at the Freieport;
Recreaiioh Center. The^ raffia, .at. $1 each, are available at the Bi-
Boutiqtig'at Uie FultbU Sa»ings-8ank-ahd."thrmioh ahy.
The trip to England will be by Briti^ Airways-
(Photo fay
:. centenniaT
Committee member,
•.with arrangements by'fine.Frank Mosso Travel Age^.
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• FREEPORT — Over'700 people,'many in-costum« depicting
colonial days br historical personages, tmwiged into the'Freeport
Recreation Center last Satiirday ni^t'for the Freeport Bicentenial
CommittJE«'s presidential Birthday Party Ball. (See .centerfold
Jfor^^ctures).
^HiVith the ' assistance ;:vbf
Freepoirt's' Department • of
Recreation and Paries,, led by'
Superintendent Stanley Brelme'
and Recreation Center Manager,
John Jeffries, tables and-chairs
:to accommodate the hundreds
•who paid $5 a ticket, wete
arranged in the downstairs Idtiby
and upstairs lounge, in the three
shorfhouis between the time the
Colter closed for the day (5 pm)-
and the 8 pm start of.- the
.festivities. Decorations were
hungTrom the killings of both
floors and along'the ramp leading
froni one level to another^
With not enough tables ahd
"Chatrs^-at-the - Center-4o
twrnmodate the seH-out crowd,
the Department of Public Works
and the Parks Departm'ent
djoperated in bringing to the
Center those loaned by the many-churches
and groups' in the
Village, who helped make the
evening a "success, -
The highlight of the ball was a
.'^Grand March" of those who,
having come in cosbime, entered
the ctntest which was in three
categories. Judges ^Gladys
MapeStj)f thc'Daughters of the
American Revolution, Rev."-
Timothy Tetemana . and local
businessman SigFeOettf Atlantic .
Nursery and Garden Shqi, were
able to—with great dlSioilty. as
they later explained — choose
two winners hi each category.
T.iTliari Glaser, who has af­fectionately
been called Mrs.
Freeport Historyr waltzed away
with the hand-made-fed, white
aind blue afgban contributed by'.
Freeporter Gladys Hariow, as
first prize winner in the "most
.authentic colonial costume"
category. Liz kod Tom Jauck.Won
the second prize,; handsomely
^^"—dressed-as-a colonial couple.in
outfits made by Mrs, Jaiick.,.: -.
In tbesecaad category, prizes
were awarded for the porscm or
couple depicting a character in
American history. First prize
went to dhukie ProchHo and
Frances Coyne," WIM came as
Scarlett O'Hara and Ashley
Wilkes from the pages of "Gone
With The Wind." School Board
trustee Harold Levine, waving a
(Continued m Page 16)
BOSDT) Reserves
Ik»isionhi
J^FsffBlTikes
FREEPORT =^-An of - the
speakers, with the exception of _
Bernard .Levy who represented
Cannon Taxi, were opposed, at
-Mionday night's public hearing, to
the increase requested by the taxi
company. The hearing was wia
proposal to change the code of ^
' nai*ces-ideallng-^»ith—rates^
"and vzon«s -of--Freeportls.:cab.
comimnies! '. ,
' -The increase requested was 10<
in each zone; a 25< increafse-for
an additional adult passenger to
SO<t;' and another -ZSe increase,
after July,.!, J976rfor; each ad-
• dijUooar paBsenger;iAdult<age
~ wbiildbe.'considered anyme.over
JexC.- Ppevibuslyl >4bat^N age '.wa4 .-
.'coi|9ida«d to be $ver live years.
. On - behalf:' of theCouncU of
' Civlc'"^' -Associations, -Ken
Bagatelle, stated that unless taxi
sinvice.was improved and their
vehicles maintahied "better,"
the Association was tmanimously.
opposed to. siich a rate hike. He
also spoke against the practice'of
piggy-backing, which allows the
: driver to pick up^eve'ral fares on
the way to the destination-of the
original passenger, prolonging—
"Boraer • - •
ride, and increasing the total fare
for ^ t trip. Bagatelle suggested
that the amount - of ^ additional
passengers be limited if an in-'
creaisc Vi^as 'to be~granted. The
Association, Bagatelle said, was
also .against the practice -trf
charing .for additional
packages. •
Several speakers spoke of
being .ovei%harg.ed because they
did not )mow the rates, the age (rf
' ¥child considered a minor, or the
zone- Zone maps, rates, the
driver!s picture arid other per­tinent
information are not usually
'posted in, the passenger com-partmenti
residents complained,
the way they should be and are in
New York City. Mayor wmiam
White told Levy thafeveryeffbrt
must be made to let customers
know what they are being
charged^. "We (the board) would
like . this done as soon - as
possible," he said. Levy said it
- "would be done within_30 days and,
White said, enfOTcement would
be a police matter.
The Board jotBed the residents
- - in questioning-many-of-:
company's .policies, such ah
piggy backing, overcharghig by
what Levy himself called,
"dishonest" drivers, and zones.
One. resident, Mr. Estella,
piopoGed an alternate increase of
a4}at 10< per person according to
'"'zones and making the zones
smaQer. He submitted an altered
zone map to the Board who said
. they would take" it into- con-
(Continufid on Page 3)
Builfling Department <
Checking For Violations
FRE^iPORT—Explaining that an Intensive letter-writing campaign
has produced'a great deal of interest from prospective developers,,
retailers and homeowners, Freeport Mayor William White called-upon
the Village's Building Department to launch an intensive
clean-up drive.with a concentrated effort in the Villages North',
Main StreeVarea.
Superintendent of Buildings
Lou'BeQo'had already instructed .
.his men to do a walking tour of
"the villa"geV cehhral' business,
area several days' before, as a
result dTTils"own-experiences
walking down South Main Street
6o Washington's Blrthdayi for "a
UtUe abroU with my family."
Bello explained that he had been
"upset"- with prevailing con­ditions-
and dhrected. his depart*,
ment to concentrate in ibaX area,-
alohg >)irilh ChlrrchJStreet; Grtive
'St)reeti and. Atlantic AvfehOe near;
•Grbve^ Street -and-'Bayvlew
Avenue i.. "all the retail mer­chandising
areas." Froni' last
Thursday, Feb:i9, and extending
io Saturday, and Tuesday of this
week, between ,30 to 35 citations
woe given. ","-~ ' ." "
.. Bello's men started the same
campaig.tp on North Main Street
'Immediately'. following the
Mayor's directive; Area by area
ihspecdpn of all homes in the
concentrated deaning-up drive of
one area at a time."
•Last year, Bello explained,
some 600-letters went to
homeowners whose properties
were in-need -of--painting-, and ,
many repainted quickly. All
other violaticins fnuid, such as
Utter, were also cleaned up',
-Citatipns are similar to war-nbigs;
If not corrected summons
are then issued. If the violation Is
'^repeated ti-. second .timje,: a
-' summons • ^ould "• probably - be
-issu«r.immediately,. Bello told
•THE LEADER. The Department
of P»ublic Works cooperates In the"
cleannip campaign.by sendlng-out
extra trucks to clean up the
debris whien necessary.
Bello explained that all
dtationswHI be followed up. One
. ni^n will be assigned to : the
dpwnUnvn.area, to make follow
.up inspections .at least once a
week, to make sure that palhtihg
will, be done as soon' as''the~
lartcd--Jn-::Oflccmber.:--^^thf'Fiwmit>, an'^ that df'hrin
This is the second year in a row
such an overrall campaign has
been attempted. "There is no
community in New York State
that I know of, and certainly mm
in Nassau (bounty," Bello said,
'!tha.t has such a jprogram." In his
opinlob, "You cannot cftrrect
deterioration of bouses only by
complaints, but n^d a survey,
bouse by house, fdlowed -by. a
and .-litter Is cleared away Im­mediately.
Two men wiD.chieck
the North Main Street area dally,
for trash and garbage. '
: In mid-April, the- same con­centrated
effort win center on
Woodcleft Avenue, as the boats
coroe down from storage and are
launched In the waters.
((Johtinuecl on Page 7) ,
'•K
GETTING fiEAOYfor the Freeport High School Senior Variety
Show, to l>e held Thursday through Saturday, March 4-6. are mem-ben
of the can and their directors:' (back row, l-r) Jon'Goldstein,
Sue Brittain, Pat Granau and Rotiert Parola; (m'lddla row, l-r) Eric
Schubert, Cheryl Harrison and Hilary Cathcart; (front row, l-r)
Mclanis Veriiin, Kcrth Ulmer and Nancy Wlllets. Mining from the
picture are Jack Antila and Barbara Hashagen. Tickets for ^Vniers
Do We Go From Here," priced at $1.75 for students and $2.25 for
.adults, ara on sale at tiie High School o> from any senior. If (Mught
<8t the door, tickets will ba priced at $2£0. -