The-Leader_1976-07-01

              Special Bicentennial Section^
In This Issue Z
ond Wofeifront Leoder
HASGAU CTY HISTORICAL UUbE'JU
• EISEHUOVJEH PARK
EAST UEAtOW, H Y 11551
FRiEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
WRRiCK ^^^6-^9'i'^
41st YEAR No. 10 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JULY 1,1976 PRICE: 15«t PER COPY
FREEPORT-AD houses of wor­ship
in theJVUlagie have been,
.requested to ring thelf bells at
; exactly -2 pm Sunday, July 4,
joining.the.restof the nation in
celebrating the signing of the
'Declaratiojt of Ihdepieiidence in
1776. The Frceport Bre'Depart?
ment wiU sound all sirens. Indi­viduals
are urged to join in by
^gsswgjHnag^BitiiutteJv .;• •
: FREEPORT-At a special meeting of the Freeport Board of Education
'held Monday night. June 28, the Board voted to submit it lower: tax
request to the public. Voting will be held Tuesday, July 15, at the
regularly.designatedsdiool.district polling places between the hours
of 1 and 10 pfflji^ Registration for those not already, registered to vote
in either, a school district or
r—HURRAHS FOR pREEPORTl Monday, June 28, was iFrBeporl Cfey at-
-^ Roosevelt Field, part of the Town of Hempstead's spepla) we^-tpng
celebrvtlbnof the Bicentennial.' Among those who manned Freepbrt's
two booths, depleting the Village's past,"present and future, were (top
photo, I. to r.)-Faye Rogers ihidden behind an Interested visitor),
Tracey Rotiinson. Adelaide Alms, Carol Feldmah and Elaine Slettner.
In the bottom picture/standing in front of WHLI's txxrth which broad­cast
from'the mall, are Dorothy Storm (1.). Village Trustee, and Jim
Dunne, Freeport's Director of Community Development. Interviews
were conducted over the air with Village residents and officials.
• RTB 0 ^ Fiiwori^^^
.. FRffiPpKr-Asafc /ad s a y jomthtf July celebration is again
.' /promised this year by the Freeport Ftre Department whose
-- . Firework Show is scheduled for Sunday night, July 4, (raindi^e, J t^ •
: 5). The celebration will be the start of a week-long program wiuch
'. win culminate the following weekend, whoi th^ Freeport department
win host the Nassau County Fire-. .
12 and $1.50 for reserved seats.
Lewis points out that the depart­ment's
show is one way of com­batting
tbe sale and dangerous
use of illegal fireworks. T^e ap­paratus
rides win hcffn at 6 pm,
and show-time is scheduled for
7pra7
?^e*re«»arSpirit of 76 Bicetir
' tenMat'Onnnilnee' ki 1:30 pm on
'thesteprofVitlageHall^'<sireplica .'
-of Indt^gdence Hall in^^faSadelr.:
.. phia:: iliie American 'flag; wiU be ^
'raised after which Freeport Hlgli.
.School itudetit; Grejgwty .Groover.
.will read excerpts from the Decla- •-:
ratfpn of Indejpendehcel - Follow-
- ing the ceremonies, the Time
Capsule. prepared by Freeport
- BSgJ^ Schools's GO win be buried
^ &"the^?inage'Gr^for.lOOyears.
' The'capsole.contents include cur»
. jcnt.Vu&ge"bibchtires, the July i-
• issue of l l i ^ LEADER, the High
- Scbbbr Yeartxwk, a'Prbclamation
;' from Mayxir .Williain Wlute," items'
; being .sold; by the' Biceatennial.
- Opmmittee, tfaeiaames of aU Com­mittee
.memben and typical items,
.ofdbtliiiig..-| .'_, ''
Committee; Director Robert
Raynor Invites all' residents to
attend the VjOlage Han.ceremo-.
Dies. "This is a very: special
Fourth of July and while we ve aU
had fun at such events as the BaU,
Fair and Parade, now is the time
to quietly reflect on the real
naeaningoftheBicenteiinial.""" .
general_ election win be held
^Tuesday, July 8, 4 pm to ?.pm,,
in the School . Adminisfration
Building, 235 North Ocean Ave.-
The sum to be' placed on the
faatiot. ^ i s yr
defeat the budget at the time he
was running, tpid THE LEADER
that he is opposed to ''this new
- budget as subtnitted.'' He stated
that "this newiotal is being sub-ttS£
mfvti\^ik-LK*mir<\wX'n(iM^jL^3^m\m Tvm
lessrthantheorigtaaDxsHbn^cd,L9»^l^«ne:b3r.IineSirea>d(jwnV It
figtirewhicHwas turne<)'Bown.^: eihbodies'.honeof the administra
,-v,., -i-;.-
:the district'sVoters'on Jiine 8.'. At>
thattime,out.of.4,854 .votes cast,
2 , ^ bf't^em voted .-against the
'proposal. 'ni'e..ori^aUy submit­ted
budget would have increased
taxes S1.82 per a hundred doUars
assessed, valuation. ^ Figures are
not yet available as to how;mucb
"the new figurtiivould save-tax-
• p a y e r s ^ ; . •' -• '.--:'.":.-,. ,• ~'-. '-
School- Board Trustee-Hect
Jack .Reiny,^ who'campaigned to
' ^ ^ ^ " • ' ^ • • • . : - " ^ ; ' '•
tive*cuts' that I advocSted :before
the defeat of the la[st budget."
Reilly had suggested cuts in ad-ininistTBtive
-positions, 'totalling
(with fringe benefits) more than
$500,000., ...
.Reilly went .on to. state this
week, ."When J look at where
these ciits (in tlTe newly proposed
budget);are beinjg made in pro­gram
funding and lower echelon
. . V. (Cont.o^^ ;
men's Association Parade and
.DriD-trcCTort
Fire Department'
Chief Arthur Lewis has invited
aU Freeporters to see their load
firefighters in action at the aimoal
JnlY4 show at Fregport Munidpal
•iiaSiutQ.~In juHHion to"the fire-'
works, there WIH be demonstra­tions
of driving ability, free fire
apparatus rides for aS diildren
regardless of age, water fights
and many other scheduled
events.
- Tickets are $1.25 for general
admission, 75C for children under
On Friday night, and again on
Saturday night, July 11 and~12.
the Freeport Fire Department wBl
host blo^ parties, beginning at 7
pm. in the parking lot behind the
Grove Theater. There wiU be
rides, games and, on Friday, a
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Zoning Board Hears
--£asuuL£ase_. _
FREEPORT-The application for
a variance to buOd a 60-nnit.(pIus
pen^ouse) condominium or
apartment dwelling on the site of
the Casino Apartments and Pool
property was heard at the June
23 meeting of the Freeport Zon­ing
Board of Appeals.
Fred and Joseph Scalamandre,
Freeport residents and builders,
had bought the property at a fore-
"b^ecieons urrecnrt-eihde ofarp liilvlieBde uinu fiotarv me ourueC
than four months and the Scala-mandres
have attempted to keep
it boarded up. A fite on June 19
destroyed a top floor apartment,
but ViDage sources statii that the
building is not 60% or more struc-
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JOINING THE MARCH for the March of Dimes, wheelchair patients
at Freeport's South Shore Nursing Home participated Monday In a
. WalK-a-Thon led by Jennifer Brower, the March of Dimes Poster
Qlrr(2nd from I., top photo). Assisted by.volunteers, many of VKhom'
were local GIri Scoutr, the patients "walked" one full measured mile
around the nursing home's grounds. The nursing facility's otdest
. resident, who will be 99 years old on July 4, was among the 63
participants. (LEADER PHOTOS)
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