The-Leader_1976-07-08

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41st YEAR No. 11
JFRgEPORT, NEW YORK, JULYS. 1976 PRICE: \5t PER COPY
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Paritclfidtes In OpSalU
Fireworks & Ce^remonles
FREEPORT - Fbatth of Jofy, 1976, and tlM son Aoae. ia tbe skies
above Wtshingtoia. B.Cw tho nation's capitoI; NHr. York (dty, where
tnilUons of people watdied one of the gieatest displi:^ dt interaatlonal
coopetstim and frieadsb^, taking place on jhi wa^'of the. Radson
RWer and New Yotk HariwnPfaQimlpl^.'whm the writing and sign-ins
of tbe Dedarttion of IndepeiHlence took place; «&)'thousands of
viUages and towns .both Uiget
and smaller tliaa Freeport; .long
Island; Here, in tUs^^illaiie <n'
OretAQfiOO inhabitants; at 2 pm;
in harmony with the'test cf th6
natian, .choicfa beUs^ fire si^ss,;
cat bonis and'odtet: oolse^ma]^
'devices. idgni|IItd th|it:20O yeits
Kelfer, Qjairman'of the Pestjval
^|vUiqn.,of t^-iPreeport BIcen-ie&
aija.'OQnunittee;' led those
iJi^Atobled in l^inlfiate of silent
pcpfesto that eadi could consider
U i ^ b&pes for the next 200 yoits
in^'Aminln't fliitaw a»d^^ V ^
JWKx^ilpfeKjMtlyjpCrt tf')Jtoly;>apJfaBt6t»^^ wel^ogieA
newwiaa^ai'lMai wMd^held "^"
tbit ^bmy- U6 ,'eiid<ql«d by^Uieit.
CraU)c»^. with; cettate: o i i ^ ^
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--OPERATldNf5AIL--l92B«rtf Frectportera partMpiaied In aa^enil'dlf-
. fereht ways. Members of.the l^raeport Spirit of TB BlcentehnlarCoriv-
- mittee, like many:other Vlllaga' residents, chartered:the Acme ll~
i.:^ppeir left) for a trip that took th«m as.far as Manhattan's Ijower Bay v
and SahdyiJKook.'^oft.-JKieNdvr Jersey coast, to view the Tali Ships and.
. naval vesseto (bottom photo) that participated in the blogest on>th»>^
' .vrater parade ever concelvad. In^ Hempstead Harbor Ptaki on tJong.
-:. Island's Nbrth ShOTe, Caryl Emra and Susan Paturzo (upper right)
: helped entertain thelalMemala crew'members of the British sailing
vessel, "Sir Winston Churchill,^' who were being honored last Friday,
- 83 they landed, with a special ceremony and lundwon. Caryl and
Susan, .members of Girl Scout Senior Troop 2453, we^e asked t&elng
sea,chanties and rock: inualeJ.to .their'own guitar aocompanl<
^ment.l • ' ' >' ^ *'~' (Special LEADER photos)
ti^l^. iitit asMttig'tiiese are Qfe,
libeity fnd.tfae ponrait.xif happi-
-ness," and that ta •'•ecore thne
ends, governments are instituted
aimpng men, deriving their jnst
powers from tlie consent of the
• governed.". -• - --;
Following': special services in
many of the houses of worship in .
the Vmage, ^90:pe(^e gathered
next, to Village Han; whose front
aicUCectnte is a replica, tlioagh'
. smaller in size,' of udependence
; Han, to' hear tiie reading of the
. Dedafation 'of' Independence l>y
16-year'old Gregory Groover, a
. Freeport.Higfa sSool student;
. The <«remonies indnded a read­ing
of the contenlls of a "Time
Capsule," to be buried near Vil-
Isge Hsn for 100 years, whidi was '•
planned and arranged for by the
^ Freeport High Scfadol student
^General Organization. Rhoda
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DAYTIWElJERSWONIESljutsiaaoT Freeport's Vinage
Hall, on the Fourth of July, gave residents an opportuni­ty
to paltlcipate with the rest of the natjon when at 2 pm
church bells, fire sirens and other^nblse-makers rang
throughout the country. More than 90 people watched
the f l^ presented and raised by the Color Guard of the
William Clinton Story Post §342 ^ght of picture) oithe
American Legion seconds before 2 pm, as Bob Raynor
0. in foreground) and Nancy Wlllets (beside him), played
tho trumpet and drums. (SpeciaJJ-EAOER photo)
NIGHTTIME CEREMONIES at Freeport Municipal
Stadium were watched by thousands as the Freeport
Fire Department's Band and Color Guard, led by Grand.
MarahaJI and former Freeport Fire DeifMrtment Chief
Bill Comlnos paraded briskly around the stadium track'.
The raising of both the American Flag and the Town of
Hempstead BicentennlalJBag_oft aerial ladders preceded
a displsy of fIremafk» which was followed by a fireworks
show. (Special LEADER photo)
' ^eyectl.' "Oieis- •..
"^ 4>C l^^iepoffT Ih'ookoial
. IbdtlHsMiap-taOvf «In|- '•'•„
jhi of t«^ patriotic irtnf^
.'.'.Xater. tnat day, uioosanda of
Freeporters'and bthei'slo^'Is-landers
-attetided, the I'lie^ott
Firet l)n>aitment's AnntialTire-manicl&
ow whidi dimaxed with
fireWorics, both ferial aiid stahd- -
ing. Along with the raising of the
flags on fjfi flretrodc ladders high
abovethecnmds.itndthesin^g-of
the National; Anthem. by the
throngs pres«it;tbe Bicentennial
was rtmemb<ired when members
of the Freeport Blcententdal Cam-mittee
joined the parade of fire .
trucks, apparatus,and firemen,
led by the (Jrtnd:Marshall..ex-
Fire-Chief Bin Oomhios. The
Spirit of '76.Cominitte8 appeared
asBetiyRossandtlie 13 original
'States.'- ^:"--
OPSAIL»76 •
An that weekend: long,. Free-
. porters took to tlieir own boats or
chattered others to go out past
the vinage's waters tp Join in the
welcome to the participants of
Operation SsQ '76. Be^nnhig
Friday, when the "Tafl Ships"
were proceeding down the Sooth
Shore coast line toward New York
. Hariior, Freeport's' many plea­sure
crafts slipped. out of the
canals to bid them welcome. On
Saturday even more went and on
Sunday others followed. { Some
• veterans of Freeport's waterfront
said there was not a boat left for
charter on the weekend as those
who did not own their, own plea­sure
or fishing craft banded to- -
gether, as members of the Free-port
Bicentennial Committee did,
to rent a means to pattidpate in
Operation SftU.
— On land and on thr-water,-on—
"tl«r-VlUaje^t}rcen and~iff-tbe^-
iuuses of worship tlirougiiout
Freeport, at backyard parties and
at Freeport Monidpal Stadium,
Freeporters celebrated the Fourth
of July, 1976, eadi in their own
way, some alooe,'others together
with ndghbors, relatives and
friends.-
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