The-Leader_1976-06-03

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Waterfront Leader
In This Issue . . .
EAST I'EADOW, u Y 11554
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVEIT
MERRICK
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41st. YEAR No. 6 FREEPORT. NEW YORK JUNE3.1976 PRICE: 15(t PER. COPY
Gala Bicentennial
Weekend Planned
"l¥BE^DfiT"^-nPIiS~ime now
beinig formed' iip fta Freeport's
Budgef Proposal, Board
faBlcei
and 13, which inchide.a two-tf^
Old Fufaiooed yiQage Fab, a
Ptosde fisatniing coIiMcFal- cbs-tbmes.
,m>Triifag Tudts,.. baads
and floats, and k Block Puty^ .'
:._•' The atoma otgoodiood should
permeate aiotmd the eronnds of
One Freraort Elks Ctab, Metridc
"Soad and Bergen Place., duxing
tiwTafar which wBtt bb field ^fann
V 1 0 : 3 0^ to 6 pm oai»atutday and
JOB ba Sonday/
Weekend. Jane FREEPOKl-Kesidenfa oi the t-^teepott School District will go t»? the
polls Tuesday, Jiuie B, to cast their biJlots on a proposed sdiool budget
of $18,594,000 and for one seat on the Board of Eduqatkm sow occu­pied
by Gloria Neyard. Jade Reilly is opposing the incumbent, Nevard,
presently Vfee-Presideot of the Boards The budget request of the Free-port
Memorial library is also on
the ballot.
• The school budget reflects a tax
increase of $1.8222 per SlOO as- ,
sessed valoatibn or a total tax rate
of SI6.018 per.SlOO.Tlie actual;
dollar increase is $1,335,486 over
the ^evkms year's budget (See
>ER£dltoti«l.p«ge4>
Greek' finds,- Jamaidiian meit' (EreepwtMeii
-patties, ; Ciil><La~ dUhes... clam • Poige* teqttestb in O^e sum vf „
' ^ «det;-li6t'do8*i^lMml«iiBetvxii5^ tax rate of,
sdMandiyXpigsS^
Tljcer. I'tlig^ta trifl aliso' baw^^ ' « ^ ' - •* '•*'
general'elections, may vote in
the school district elections vrith-out
.any ^further re^^stratton.
Those penons currently register­ed
to vote in sdiool district elec­tions,
of course, remain able to
• cast their voter Under tl\ls hew
law.jthe.. district wgy ose both
tts own voter registration U^ anZT
Trtdo vaHdly, of booths to see in-..
'chiding.,':iffiose' dennnstrating
..Ccddnial'crafls and odiers being
set iq> br local organizations suc^
."titiiefte^iwt Historidd Society,
{>)reeport Meroorial l i b n^
'Hesft Women of .Presort, £x*
,tion.:c« ah Iflcteaie of .0iS6t^ over
lasty^'s tax rate, •v^.,; •. •-:-
ReiUy; is seeking to unseat
Nevard who Is asking the voters
of the District to! return her for a
secondthree-yesr torn.
A change in. New York State
Election .Law provides, for. the
-^jfisHimr^W't-yftaMhat any^
the l^asstu. Couniy.- Buaid uf
Elections' Hst to' detemlQe. ell-..
• The Scfaod District'^ 1^ ixdling
places,\which,will be.open'fiom
1 to lOpm, are the sixidementary
sdiools; Colnmbns Avenue, At­kinson
School; Bayvkw Avenue,
Archer Street, Giblyn and Qeve-land
Avenoe Sdiools. Vodn^ln-
^nnnatim can _b«i jjgUlnctl-4qM:
i4GN0flifia TME WAR DCAO, AMpwt't vvterM* m l <Atm rmt-datita
piulldpalad In tM afDfMtit M«nK)rW Day ParKl* and C*ra^^
this past Monday, T!M Firs 0*partrnant and school district bands
weira in Ihs Una of march irfhtch tsrmlnatsd alVUIage Qreen whare the
ffdditlbnai taps w&v played Qxittom photo) and the Gold Star Mothers
honored.- . ' - - . : . . . (LEADER photos)
Parks, Rec Center Maihtenahce
Transferred To Public Works
Aisodationf. - 0BT,7 v Econondci.
Opportanlty Cooocil, • Dangfiters
of-the. America&Jtayolotion and
Womed Involved in Freeport. ..
;. Entertainment win be .schedul­ed
throughbut both' afternoons.
Doris NidLerson, Chairwoman of
Bicentennial Committee's^ Fes-,
tival Divisicni, has announced that ..
the group wiD present a. series of
tableuu with eadi portraying an
interesting event in Freeport's
.history. &enes from the water-
.front, farming, .jsdiools," the
sommer colony, eariy.. aviation,
etc. will be featored. the little
Thea^ Groop of the Freeport
Arts Cooncfl win stage a "Biceor
• tenaial spoof'while the Freeport
Comnmnity OKnalewil] present
Americana music ix^ufingudeo-tioits
from their opconilOA pro-
.Aictira of "Of Thee I S^g?',
.. Satnday evening at seven.wS
seeihekidcoff of tm: Bicentenniat*
Parade starting at Brobkdde
Avenue and trxreling down Mer-
, n ± Road and then nocth'oo
Ocean Avenue to. ViII«8e.Han.
Marching or tiding'on &ats wiQ
be Giri Scoots, Bof Scoots, the
Bayview Avenue PTA, the Bicen­tennial
Committee, the Freeport
Qumber of Cosunexce taifies
"Anxinarr and Waterfront Dhri-ssQ,
the United Metiiodist
Church, the (^atdici Oar Ho^ I
son otherwise uptalified^ vote,..-calI{B^"tiie School District Oerk's
todwho is.registisred'fo vote in' office, 623-2100, ext 206.
BankHoIdiip
-FREEPORT - The Sooth Mafai,
Streeif office of the Long Island
Trust Company was held up,
Tuesday morning, by a lone'
bandit, presumed to be in his
mid-20's. The bank reported a
loss of $2,350.
Nassau County police- report
that' the approximately 5'6"
man simulated a gun in his podcet
and passed a note to a ,teikr
printed on apaper bag to pot the
money in the bag and return to
him. No one else knew about the
inddenf until the transfer was"
effected. Bank sources stress that
the safety of their patrons and
employees is of prime importance ;
totnem.
The robbery, whldi took place
a few minutes before. 11 am, is
being investigated by the Nassao*
- Coooiy FoBce Department
FHEEPORT-The Vniage Board of Trustees met in open voting ses-
_agfl this past Tuesday. Jnae 1. in place of^their usual Monday nigjit _
meetingdue to the MemomTDay H^di^^ThgrTipproyedra^ls^^
: -^Bist order of business, the maintenance and upkeep oTall maxadpaSf^ fic?iHnT< Committee, j od a float
owned gjounds under the Department of Public WorksTTheTft areas- --launched by the students of Free-iridndetheRecreatkmCenter.
afl .„.., .rx,:...,.^..^ " port ffigh School who are in
parts, the himSi^irSf£Simi7tn~^V^riS'73. after whlc3rthey were "^^ "^
OEPfCCWliJSTOftlCAirEVEHTS hfffiwrt'a-hlsfery.'iheiiflrt-taga
Committee of the Fraeport Bicantannial CommUtaeJua p{annad«r^
fire houses, the raSroad cmbank-menis
and the grounds around
Village HaD. Under Snperifl-tecdent
Edward Prefer, tiie De­partment
of Public Works had the
responsibility of maintaining tlie
paJ±s etc; from April, 1972, to
transferred to the Department of.
Recreation and Parks.
This present change, the Vil­lage
has stated, wiD aSa pt^a
efficiency insofar as existing
supervisory personnel will J>e otil-
(ContonPagel6)
charge of the pande. Bands will
indudethose of the FrccportTire
Department, Freeport High
School,- Old Betfipage Village
Restoration Brass Band, tbe^ Old
Betfapage Colonials, and the
(ConLonPagelS)
series of 12 tablaamrwhich will b« pertormadat Intervals during the
Freflport Bicemannlal Fair. To he held Saturday and Sunday, Jura 12
-iM 13, onTha flroijfMJj of ma Frwpoft BwjciueroHrFairwnnjrrsr-along
with many booths, various entertainments' including the htstorl-caj
tableaux, concerts by the Freeport Community Qiorale and a spe­cial
show by the Uttio Theater Group, of JhajEreaporl Arts Council.
Shown~&bove are Ruih'NicJcitibn, who will twntn some of the tab­leaux,
with Marty Fox, who yiW portray Prof. John- Rankin, one of ttie
first teachen in the flrat school tniilt In Freeport In 1820,
(AUEADERphoto) . . . . -»...!