The-Leader_1976-11-25

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FRIEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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THE f B•••••!••
LEADEn
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR Ko. 31 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 25.1976 PRICE 1S« PER CX)PY
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f H ^ ^ g ^ i ^ For Arts CouricH ' •• ' ' *•,..:.*.•
THEY'LL RING OLTT THEOLO. FrMpoilen will welcofne the Wew
Year In toflalherat-lhe f^raeport BlcehtenhlsJ Conitntttee'a gala New
Year'8'Eva Party to ba Held oh both levels ot thb JRacreatton Center.
FREEPORT - Hale Smith, a
Freeport resident and President.
of the Freeport Arts Council, wiU^
perforfn a spedal fund raising^
concert' Saturday. December 11,
8:30 jjm, in the Freeport High
School Auditorium. "An Evening
of -Improvisation • with Hale
Smith" .will' benefit the Arts
Council and.enable it to continue
offering concerts and other pKH
granjs as it Has during the past
seasons. •- '. ^ '
• A composer, pianist and edu~
cator, Smith is.an Associate Pro­fessor
QrMusic;at the University
of Connecticut. His'-works ,have
FREEPORT - Animals in Freeport have something to be thankful for
this Thanksgiving, because four articulate dog and cat lovers came
before the Village.Board of Trustees, Monday evening, to argue
agunst a proptosed ordinance to limit the number of dogs and cats
allowed in a private dwelling. •
The law had been suggested to the Board several weeks ago by the
Viliagc Qcrk who explained that
Mayor William White receives" hia ticket? froni <l. to r.) Party Ctiair-woman
Elaine Stelt|ierand;TlclcatCQirimHtaemenibere Ellen Extract
juvd Sara Holly IhdWlHg-wn.Ch^K Tickets for the evwit,- which.wni
iTJn frtim 91«hio.;i vn^wlftiMBt'^aO per 0QljpiB:»T81;«rB.<jMftlnabl^.by:« :
•cai|lnoMA3.'f3aoHK8*0^«fffU»^?^iwwJ^^
"to iSbo coupjee and tables": of ten rtiay bt f«i<»N*d:' SoaeJj^, scbuffef' -
supper, achampaaneloaiBiat mianlflhi;brealifa8land eet uplwlll be
provided.-.Danclho Will'bo to the 17-plece-"Reeda a^d Braw Band"
Which plays In the Doniey-Miiler style arid also provHed thai miwte for
thi Comrplttfte's; February ball.., : " . . : ; ; ;' .
T W tbcal OtfislKllled In Accident
Two Fnseport girls-wcrejilled bL aDtutomobae acdderit eatOy
Monday motoing wheia their car collided with i stolen cat drivch by a
lS.yearf<jld, police said. Marie uajadi,ll,.of Hampton Place.wasj«t>:-
TOunccd dead ai the scene. Deborah PadeiTO, of Hanison Ave; was
proiioanced dead on arrival at Lydia E. Hall JScapital at l:55«m.
, police said that a 19694:iainacc. .. -: ;
.Miss.W<^„who" was io be 21-
this Sunday, is survived by l^r-parents
Tames and Nancy, and k
sister,Nancy Evans^Shc and Miss
Lalbacb werelxrth 1974 graduates
of Freeport High School and were
isvt^ed .in Jtfae Senior; Class
Variety Show. They were describ­ed
by Williaro McElrqy. principal -
of Freeport High Sdiool. as
"qirief and unassuming students.
They were good cffizens." Both
enjoyed swimming. Miss Poole
was a cashier and a dental assis­tant.
Miss La&adi was employed
- (Cbnt.onPagell) -
it had been adopted in some
•other municipalities. It would
have limited the number of dogs
'andcats in any one hotislng unit
(home or apartment}, oFlU"
: grounds, to a combined fotal of
four.
Mrs. Alfan"o.-of Sooth Ocean
registered to a" Flatbosh address
was allegedly stoleafirom.a Hew-,.''
lettgasstatidn at appripzifflately-8,
, pmSunday. Three juveniles, 15, -
15 s«d 13-ycars-old, and Gcorips .
Giannetti. .17, .Woodmrae. were ;
travielUng east iii the Caxllllac on
Sunrist Highway. '
- The Laibach car, a 1971 Knto,.
was northbound on Hraiy Street
' and was stra<± broadside by the
stolen car at li27 am. P(«ce re­ports
did not indicate if either car
ranalight. The Laibadi car spun,
skidded and Mt a BgW pole. The
stolen tar span and landed facing
in the opposite direction.
Two boys in.the Cadiflac left
the acddent, running up Bergen
"^Elace. They were later apprehen­ded
by Police OflRcer Al Arm-sbeimer.
Two other beys nfi
along the railroad tracks and were
; can^t in RockvOIe Centre by
Freeport Police Officer Carmine
Napolitano.
The jnvetiile driver was charg­ed
with unautfaottzed use of a ve­hicle
and leaving the scene of an
acddcnL The others were
- charged with unauthorized use.
The three jTraths are being refer­red
to family court and were re­leased
to their parents, police
said. Giannetti was arraigned
Tuesday momiug in Mineola. .
Gianaetd, who was in the bade
seat, suffered a laceration of the
dan while the others were nn-barxaed.
None of the boys were
taken to the hospital, police said.
History Books Sold
At Five Outlets
FREEPORT - Copies of Village
Historian Qinton Metz's book.
"Freeport As It Was," are now
available from fhe outlets in
the Village, according to the Free-port
Bicentennial Committee
which will benefit from its sale.
The photo-fnied history depicts
life in the Village over three
centuries. Over 300 copies have
already been sold and rnail orders
have been received from all over
the country from ei-residcnts-
The books may be purchased
at Freeport Memorial Ubrary;
the Village Clerk's office ia
Village Hall; Colonial Book Store,
(Owt. on Page 12)
Hale Smith
been . played' by the New York
Philharmonic, the American
Symphony, the Qeveland Sym­phony
and other major ^rdiestras
m the United States arid Europe.
In addition, he has been an editor
and consultant for ihajor music
publishing houses.
Tickets for" the concert, priced
at $3 each, can be obtained by
mailing a" check or money, order,
along with a stamped, self-addressed
envelope, to P.O. Box
.90, Freeport.
School District
To Vote On
Federal FundingJ
FREEPORT • registered school
district voters w^ vote, this
.coming Tuesday, -to authorize
an expenditure of $7,500 thzt
would allow the district to apply
for 5400,000 in federal fiinds.-
The November 30 vote, by paper
ballot, will be at only school;
Bayview A venoe, from 3 to 9 pm.
The 5400,000, if received, would
be used to renovate 25 classrooms
in Cofambus Avenue School.
Ui2dcr the. Public Works
Employment Act of 1976, the
Federal govctmneni has already
carmattcd $2 billkm to be
awarded to local governments for
pujjects that could stiiaalate the
(Cont. on Page 7)
Avenue, spoke against the pror
posed law. which, she jadd, d^d
not tvx the "issues; --"Stating
that: s a»^: believefl &e- two
TproSlcms. t^oT^oaiaTwufies 'fc^
; deal with were that of a business
•'ppcritfon in a residence (kennels).•"
"and the harboring of a nuisance.
-.'Alfano sUggesteef that the Board.
"pass laws dealing -specificalfy '
•with tiiem. Village uerk Tom
DeVincenzo .gave- examples
: of problems of ••aEitatloa and
. noise, bat Alfoni told him that
the ordinance should be written
in terms of a public nulsMoe,
. .*'nQt the number of animals." •
Preeixjrt's dog and cat owners'
'rights were defended by Alfano.
tvho told the Board that she felt
- the proposed law is "a violation .
of the rights of privacy of people
in their own bouses wm paiy
taxes.". When the Mayor asked
heT,'"suppose someone has 25
dogs all running around his back­yard,"
Al&nb" answered, "the
issue would" be that of a public
nuisancc.The Issue b not - an
arbitrary number but that people
should have to control their ani-rnals,"
DeVincenzo told her that
police claim that the anti-ndse
drdinance is a very difficult one
to enforce, tinless. a poUcenun is
kept at the prernlse*,continually,
because ytm .csnobt take a dog
away from its owner for barking.
" Another animal lover, admit-.
ting that she is the Owner of five
Animals, refused to give he|:name
when she addressed the Board.
"I intend to stay in Freeport
and 1 intend to keep my animals,"
she told the Board, explaining
that, if they passed the law, she
did not want them (o know who
she is and come and fine her.
The unidentified speaker told
the Board • that, even though
some people allow their children
to run around other peoples'
yards,' the amount of children
they can have is not legislated.
Ethel Duryea, who at 75 years
of age lives on Grand Avenue and
is the owner of three dogs, five
cats and a parrot (the bird would
not have ullen under the pro­posed
legislation), told At Bond
they coald "send me to jail"
if they passed-tiie law. "Why-make,
new laws," she asked
the Board, "when you don't
enforce the_ ones ' you have?*'
"T^iatHf:T50iT}i5r-5liB-thlnkrTr-dog
In every room of the house
, Is good protection against robbery
..anA. •y.ari4«ny.ni..-..l>H,rag«^ :.si>ofc«s.
out against the^rd^ancei
Several DtHers'iothe'^aiidlence.
asked>p^clfii;'questlcins about the
laj£u\cludlna'(he. status of ^hnnl-.
ing &>gs'.ano th"c>posslbuty of a
"gtindfather dause" which
would;' exempt dogs /already
present In a bouse. Village
Counsel Oakley Oentcy explained
that, • unlike a pre^!ijdsting joojji-.
dition i£a zoning case, dogs and
cats harbored before the passage
of the law could not be exempt.
With Trustee Wayiie Jcwdaa
motioning that tiib anlm^ legis­lation
not be jnos^, and Trustee
Dorothy .Stotni seconding him,
the proposed ordinance was de­feated
unanimoasly. "^
OAexDogLaw
The Board also held a public
hearing on a law w}ilch would
• aimend the Village's Code of
(hdinanoes to; allow the . pay­ment
for redetnptwn of a seized
dog to. be increased from SS to
510. A state law jjreviously held
• the village's fee to $5 although .
the Town of Hempstead charges
Freeport S9 to pick up dogs. A
new state law.allows the ViUage
to charge the larger amouct
which covers, the Town charge,
plus clerical costs of the Village.
- North Bfaln Street
The Board voted, to designate
Mayor White to sign a purchase
contract for the old Finast
snpennarket on the northeast
- comer of Cirand and North. Main
Street The village had already
arranged resale oif this property
to Gmiz Paliy of Ehnont which
will open a retail dairy on the site.
The 5250.000 price tiie Village
vrfU pay will be ' funded
from Community Development
monies. Gouz will pay the Village
a 525,000 down payment and the
Village will hold a ten year
mortgage, with a 9% interest
rate, 03 the rest (See THE
LEADER, 11/18/76. pg. 1).
OtherMatters
During the 7t30 pm open voting
session, the Board also ratified
the Mayor's action in signing a
contract with StorA En^eers
which sktiuld hire them to do the
street improvemcat work . if
(Cent, on Page 6)