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41st YEAR No. 14 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JULY 29.1976 PRICE: 1S< PER COPY
Freeport Shares iegislafors Seek Dollars
In Federal Funding
BALDWIN -Th.c _yilJage,_of fw^StdWfraffcifidPrajgram
Freeport - received $100,599 in
Federal Revenue Sharing dis­bursements
this month. In re­leasing
the list of payments
made to tou-ns and". villages
within his district. Congressman
Norman Lent said, "People who
live in villages and towns pay
federal taxes . and deser\e, to
benefit from them.'* In the four
are—of-revenuc—sharingr-vil-lages;
in Jjcnt's district have
received more" "than 54 milHotf
while tbe-county-.and the three
towns have, received, more than
<90 million. —_:—'—^
FREEPORT-Just two weeks aftcrMayor William White announced
the formation of a new village Task Force on Stabilization and Affir­mative
Housing, two local state legislators have pledged to seek out
possible sources of outside funding for the program.
. • State Senator Norman J. Levy and! Assemblyman Armand D'Amato,
at the request of-the newly ap­pointed
Task Force, are assisting and give added impetus to the
the group in their efforts to seek work previously carried out by
funds. . dedicated volunteers."
When the Mayor announced At the
the formation of the Task Force,
he said its program is '.'intended
to strengthen the-various a,ctlvi-ties
in the Village whkh are dl-
July 12 Village Board
Meeting'. White had Appointed to
the Task Force Michael Kirwan,
Village Human Relations Direct­or;
Marian'Harvie; Human Rcla-mill
»aM> 111 Ma
revenue
TINY QUEEN,, TTireayKif oiaVJollBenXtoyje,'of iaurette Lane Ift Free-pott.
^el4'help donning her queenly n*ejffollbwlni> her selection as
'ITIny,MlJl_Elwinhowef."-.Thegregiv^^ mlw \wori the contest .for
, Qirls throgShlHi! age ot tnree, which was co-eponsoredioy thgllassau .
. CountyDeparfmenlof_.Recreaitlon.ahd" a Hlckaviile iphotbflraphy
studio. Last year's winner wasalsoaFreeporttot: "••.'
' PbUdr iSdyihgs ShbppUig D ^
This Thui^dcr^ Friday & S c ^ ^
ERfiEPpRT"Mefchants in the village's Central Business Disteict
-arereadying to riieet-the expected crowds of shoppers the annua]
Dollaf Days bring. ;The 48th Annual Dollar Savings Days — this year to
be heldThursday through Saturday, Jiily 29 thrugh 31 — will again be
' ' of the Freeport' Chamber of
Freeport*S7:total in
sharing of $1,633,787 is more
than r that -of. any other ,:^village
in - • the ~ Fourth-;-CbngreasionBr
District;^ = Rockvlll^ 'Centre'- was
second «-tth $60 n 2 S 7 . . " -'- •
'- The recent payment was the
fourth and finaf quarterly distri­bution
for fctleral fiscal year
1976. - The.- House, completed
action in June oh a 3Vt year,
extension of the Rfevenue Sharing
j;-4!<taaUJii"fctubliuliittilHH*Munwnii~^-alonXXlQxnt^
ty.. maintaining FreiepbH *s a .-rilynhe Moynlhan and .Warren
well balanced,ahdharmqtiiottsIy.'Qreenwop<t.^ Village'.'Code Eri-b]
4egrj^tHJ5Jj^J5s!SS?'^"^*'**'UU. fojwnent OffJce staff members;
jntneir statemenfranTTqunSn
their proposed assistance to th?.
Task Force. Levy aiid D'Amato
spoke of their own "continued ef-
. forts to assist the Village ofFrec-port
maintain its unique character
as one of the South Shore's most
attractive places to live and to do
PTt»gramTTwhJch-the-Senate-rts---bp5?^4-^lCoi^^ .the
sponsored by the' Retail Division
Commerce..--.-•-- . .•
Along with specially reduced
prices Qii many items.of.wearing
apparel, householdgoods. novel­ties,
etcl, thb year there will be
firee paridng. . .Meters in Ithe
streets and in theparidng fields of
thetentral Business District will
be covered as requested by the
men^hants and a ^ e d to by the
Freeport Board of Trustees.
.To accomodate the shoppers
during the sales days, most stores
, will remain open until 9 pm on
Thursday and Friday, and 6 pm
on Saturday.
expected to act on in the" near
future. "Whhom this rnoney,*'
Lent cxplaijied. "services would
have b«>en - cut or local taxes
raised to an unbearable level.'^
Uneventful Village
Bwrd iteming
FREEPORT - The weekly Mon­day
night open .voting sessions of '
the Village Board of Trustees at- •
- tract few residents during the
summer months. This past
week's 7:30 pm session was no
different and ujieventfiij_eycn-in-.
terms of the agenda.
The only verbal exchange be-twecTi
the Trustees occurred as
the Board was discussing a TC-quest
from Lea RpnaJ.'_who are
expanding their facilities in the
Mayor and the Viltige'Board of~
Trustees for the creation of the
Task Force, the state.legislators ;
stated.' "having worked with both,
Mayor White and the Freeport,
Association in thetr past com­munity
deyeloptnent and stabili­zation
efforts, we are pleased to
seethe creation of this group...Its
official status and the-coordina-'
tion it can provide win aiigment
(as liaison); Sara Hplly, Ellen Ex-'
tract. Manha DeSalyp aridHelen
Warren. The latter.four are citi­zen
niembers; the others all Vil­lage
employees. ^
It ;had[ been explained at the
time of its formation that the Task
Force would take action to attract
middle-tncomtfamHies to the-Vil--
iage by'advertising and promo­tion,
assistance - to interested
home - buyers froni, putside of
Freeport and the referral of Inqui­ries
to,any Freeport realtors who
are in agreement with the goals of
the program. The group would
maintain a liaison with neighbqr-hood.
civic grotips-and interestetd'
(Com. on Page t4i
. Fpllowing oit- the heels of the
successful Midnight-^Sales Day.
this year's Dollar Days is design­ed
to attract not only those Free-porters
. familiar with the local
stores, but those residing both in
and but of the Village who may be
shopping locally for the first time.
Oldtime Freeport shoppers and _ industrial Park, to use village-newcomers
alike wil! notice con­struction
in the parking lots in the
rears of some of the stores as
work proceeds on the soon-to4)e-a-
rcality Shopping Mall.
Heritage Train To Stop Here
JAMAICA - The Heritage
Train, a special Iwo^ar bicenten­nial
exhibit train-co-sponsorcd
the Long bland Rail Road and
Nassau County, will be-at the
Freeport station August 4
through Aligns! 15. '
One.of the two 1913 railroad
cars features "a pictorial display
-sho*4ffg-tht-«»mplex-architcc<ur—
al development of Nassau* Coun­ty,
contrasting the "yesterday"
(Cont. on Page 15)
owned land on Bufl'alo Avenue as,
a temporary parking lot. Trustee
Wayne Jordan questioned wheth­er
this would be allowable under
Village Code or would it require
a public hearing? Mayor William
White explained that the parking '
lot would not be of a permanent
nature and would in fact be an im­provement
of present conditions
on the lot. perhaps, eveacdecreas-.
ing vandalism. With what ap-
•peaied to l>e an unanimous vote;
the Board agreed tofct Lea Ronal
(Cont. on Page 13)
AT THE OPENING NIGHT performance of Perry Como's engaBement
at Westbiiry Mugic Theater, membeVs of the Freeport't Enrico Fermi
Lodge of The Sons of Italy applaud the star as Nassau County Executive
Ralph Caso-presentsjilm with &pfocIamafioo^T??e perlormtnce was a"
tjenefif sponsored by the Lodge. Pictured are (1- lo r,) Venerable
Pat Faico, Como, Caso, chairman Thomas DeFazio and tIcKet chairman
AlClrino. .^
July 29,30 & 31st - Freeport $$ $AVING$ DAY$!