The-Leader_1976-10-14

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EXSEflHOViER PARK
EAST MEADOW,,N Y 11554
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR No. 25 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 14,1976 PRICE 15t PER COPY
A Fond Farewell Board Answers Show Cause
To "Flrej|LaiUlm:LQ_^_g^^ -
FREEPORT - Hundreds of
"civilians" of all ages and fire>
men turned oat Friday night to
say. their final; goodbyes to
"Fireman Jim" M(^de. James
C. McBride, a Freeport vdanteer
fireman and a. member of the
Garden City Hre Departi&ent,
APfPRCCtATJVE OF THE Oin^ANDtNO BITBnAtMHM^
. FREEPORT - Following service of a show cause order, ta whi^ ttey
were named one of five defendants, the Freeport Sdiool District
rescinded their original directive for payment by parents of school
children f n their "cotisumable supplies." .
At a special meethig of the Freeport Board of Education, the Board
voted 4-0, with Jack ReiDy ab­staining,
to tetum' the fees tion regardless of the ability of
died last Tta'esdy-nlghtVCktober—alr«»dy-cdlectedr-I*st-Wediies-:—the-pi^ent^o-pay. They meuUoiK
5, after a long Hmess. He was 49 day night's meeting, ahhou^ not ed the show cause order and
yearsold. - publimed - or announced, was
McBride, who sradnated from' attended by a toom&l of parents
Freepott ffigh Sohool._ had 4)een . and taxpayers..
Frceport's sdtods ire on an
austerity, budget fUknring three
•bndgirt diefeiitai thb year of OTh»
bocn ia KCneoIa; In 1945} st;tilie
age of 18i be became • flM^bet of.
ii HUMMl pn>claih«ti(»t pirbdaihilna Nqvwnber 5 throuflh-l? u fTwpcfrt
Conifhtmay ©JOftoi'Bn*: IfTif cawiJfr^wioiifriJroduct^
tlon ol Jerry Kirtiy, ji|Fr««pqrtHlsh Sctwoi Novemfai^r S^f, 1?itfid.1S. <^
TkAets tt«3JWiuid$ia(l^f0r^ihkl^W«n^^^ tS- '
talndd from Ellen RoaenbefiB,623r2l88.'Tha smiUng Chorat« mambtri-aro
0,.t6 r.) standing: John Holly, Ellen Kelly, Cohrtle BrW and Bettr
tayiflnsMiedz-Membeiihfp Chairman"Ellah RosenljenB, Mayor
VVhlteind.PubllcityChainnanDorotliyGordon. : :.'J—;
din New Ho^el iocqtidii Hbre
FREEPORT - Mayor. William White explained this wedc thattbe
YiOage'of Freeport is wuting to go to trial to prevent the Assodatka
.for the Help of Retarded Children from using a Cedar Streetboose
as a hostel for mentaDy retarded women.
Claiming'that tlie settlement in Freeport of anpther-nqn-tax pro-udng
hostel would, be an "un-suggested
that a court suit could
prove that impelling parents to
fay a fee was in \dolati<m of tha
4th Aniendment of the Coth
stitutloioi ». •
JttjJtt-
£air economic buren. on oar tax-
• payers,". YFhite also gave a sec­ond
reason: for attempting to
prevent.: the - Nassau County
organlzai^on from moving eight'
mentally retarded females and
a couple who win serve as house-,,
mother and fother into.the two-story,
one.family dwelling fadng
.Eandall Part. The'reSdence,"
whidi-nsed to be owned by a den­tist
and is surrounded by similar
homes, is not zoned for,s nxMning -
"•house. , '
White took exception to
published remarks; made . by
AHRC spokespersons in a daOy
newspaper that . the . Village
had shown them only nmdown
. and decrepit dwellings for ,the
hostel. At least three or.four
were rooming houses and apart­ment
houses within a few blocks .
from the site they have dioscn.
White explained, adding that
they are "very nice" and would
have the advantage of possess-
- ing a non-confbnmng use. He'
said the hostel would have to go
'~ into proper zoning. "They argued'
feat it is Eke a family," White
said, "but the average family
doesn't consist of ten people."
Frecjxart already is" the site
of an AHRC Shelter Workshop
and an AHRC hostel far mentally
retarded males located on Fine
Street. The Industrial . Park
located workslKJp would have
probably generated ,390,000
anhuaUy in taxes, according to
White, if it was being used as
the rest of the property in that
area. . .
Ptnnting out that AHRC plan­ned
' 35 hostels county-wide,
> White su^^ed that Freeport
jiad'the.first»-now_ other areas,
should also be. the site of such
facilities. He mentioned the
remarkable results that are
achieved' in such facilities and
said the one presently in fteeport
liad proven to generate no
problems. His two. concerns,
be stated, were the location of
the proposed new hostel, in an
area not zoned for that use, and
the removal from the village's
tax roles of more property, adSng
to the burden on the taxpayers.
Caso Asks For
Popular Support
- FREEPORT - Asking his audi­ence
to "translate the fact that
you support my action by letting
tlie supervisors know," County
Executive Ralph Caso came to
lunch in Freeport last week and
explained his side of the current
negotiations with the County
Police Department.
(Cant-on Page 12)
'•FirMnanJim"Meeirid«.
Hose Company' No. 5 and he
served therd as: secretary and
treasurer and was made honorary
captain.-
(ContJonPageS)
A Tribute To
"Fireman Jim"
mitted budget proposals;
.In a king i^6iati<m.«iil}nUtted
%. Boikia Meiiiber ^Jpe McAtvl-view
diat it\waa.their responti-bility
tojde&nnine.whld^iieffliiti
the bud^'qualify, as/ordinaty :
contingent' expenses - and tliat-
State Education Lai<r-had given
tiie'm the authotity to charge fees.:
to parents - for thute -iteini
nece^saty for the instiuction for
the students which must be pur
diased 'from spedalized firms.
Noting that only 12% of the:
parents billed had sent In their
fees (and the. Board action oc--
curred two days before the final,
day for fee coOection) and that a
* 'greater econoink _ obligation"
could result from collection pro­ceedings
to obtain the remainder
of the fees, the Board coiicluided
that by diarging those parents
who paid tliis year, and again
next year, to' make up any deficit
incoited, would result in double-taxation.
The Trustees told the audience
jtliat they did not believe that any
student should be denied materi­als
nrtrtnrj to his or her edoca-otdeted
tfie oule^d {en'Se"ie> ~
turned and charged the.adminis*
tfative'iatafr wWj'.the:
•'sib|lity to .'(ee^aate - eadi pn>>
'pdsea ptiridiase of any edacaaoo>
al at^Iy, to fainue that Hit
uftbessaty'for^'^^dp -the ~pre-
-servatibn.dfsdiooi.property, the
heahk and safety of the ^ d r ea
or the. maintenance of the dduoi-tidnal
program, liiose roppllet
whkh meet the .criteria will be
deemed by the Board to be proper .
contingent expenses and will;be .
purchased as needed;.-u
Meanwhile the Board pledged
that no supplies will'b^bbuflpiit :
that would not b^ used during wis
school year and that all inventor*
. ies currently on hand'would be.
dividSi 'amongst the t varioua
: schools and distilbatc^ according:
id the needs of the educa^bnu.
programs. The Board :^ also
suggested that parents and child­ren
win be "invited, but not
compelled," to'assist in providing
materials which are eaiHy ac*
quired and which the sduxd
cannot justify buying as a quaB-fied
cogdngency expense^
(Cent on Page 12)
Ay Dave Wi..
Frwtport Fin Departmtnt
Hot» Company No. fi
Shoc±.. .sorrow.. .disbelief...
These are just a few of tlie emo­tions
expressed by friends and'
fellow fe-emen of the late Jim
McBride, who died this past
Tuesday, October 5, at the age '
of 49.:
"Fireman Jim," as he was
known to countless thousands of
Freeporters and Long: Islanders
leaves behind a void that no one
man will ever be able to fill.
Wherever Jim was, whomever he
was with, be made an exceptional
impression...because he was an
exceptional man I
While. Jim. win be missed in
' many corners of the Village and
many Long Island communities,
he wiH be most sorety missed by-the
men and prganizatian bejield
the most admiration for...the
(Cost. <» Page 6) •
A SAO JOURNEY pest Hoee Company No. 6% haedquartar* on
Stevarn Street was taken last Saturday moming by a Company truck
t>eanng "Fireman Jim" McBride to hla final resting place In a West-tnjry
cemetery. Preceded by a flower laben truck from the'Qarder.
City Rra Department and a police escort, tnd followed by aeveral
dozen can bearing . family, friends . and fallow-nreflghlefa,
the truck stopped at headquarter! where a firebell tolled toiemnly
that rainy moCnIng. (A LEADER photo)