The-Leader_1976-12-23

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
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THE LEABER
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR No, 35 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. DECEMBER 23.1976. PRICE 15t PER COPY
Medallions Sou
Clergy Groun Plans Small Cab Company Asks
Membership Expansion
FREEPORT - At an organiza­tional
meeting held December 13,'
the newly formed clergy group in
Frceport voted to expand its
membership' to include laity,
according to Rev. James Wentz.
the newly elected chairperson.
•~ The group, which held an
exploratory meeting and drafted
tentative, by-laws on December 2, •
will be called the Qergy-liity
Coalition For Frceport i
The position of vice-chairman
is pending. Rev. Chester Ramsey
will be secretary.-treasurer pro- •
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''Our purpose has npt altered,"
ToHExpancMts^ervices"^
FREEF^RT - Tony Estella, proprietor of Tony'sTaxicab in Frceport.
came before the Village Board of Trustees Monday evening and asked
them to ajlow him to expand his services to his custofflers4>y increasing
the amount of equipment he has. Presently, he has one cab and would
like to add four more. The number of medallions in use in the village is
spelled out in a village ordinance.
IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.lthe Brownies of Troop aii^tfdfedr'a- y^''"^' "'^°-j' .™".l«."r: ?f J'jP ' dlsiflbuHia.tO ttia UuMtfta
specifying the number of medal­lions
and the need for increased
services. Hei pointed out that in
surrounding communities, such
as Baldwin and Roosevelt, the
number of cabs had recently been
increased "at the owner's re­quest.''
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22^^hTdg^.~.Vyhii^~CTpiaiTica^--^^tella told thr-BQMdJhat :if__
that Levy's letter had just been Cannon didn't need mote pquip-
Mayor William White ack
nowledgcd .that Estella had ap­plied
for more medallions and
that he had also received a letter
from Bernard Levy of Cannon
Taxi on the same matter^ Cannon
is- the.- largest • taxlcab. «)mpany
licensed in the village,. It has
-. : ted the Christmas tfee In the Children's Room of theTreeport Memorr
lal Ubrafy'Wt^[ their'owri-'handmada-wreaths and.Bellsi, The plris
;v wareaw^jnBgljij^l&A^liiJ^
...ahd^tjy. helping mother, Pat AdfabaugftV."Th9 Irbop.alSd donated a ,
holiday tiasket of suCh goodies as cHe^es,'Ollvesr bookies and coffee,
to theSlstersbf bur Hofyftedeeiiier School for, their Christmas Bdu-
,-- iHque. The basket, which was raffied'p.fl andwonl)'/ Terry Ventura, was
.' donated V^=1fie:s<*ool:ln'appre^ meeting place:they .
pfbvidelhielrtwp.!"''^^ v'^ '-i^^^^-'-^ ' ''-^^ '•',"'
:0ftif:ialTl967~ftlaiTi^i^
.FREEPORT; - A reiinion :pf;
Frceport High/School's .Class «r
1967 will be held iSaturday.; June,
25, .1977, at the Hempstead:
Holiday Inn; This reunion, spon­sored
bylthedassItself, has been'
organized by thfc Ffeeport Oass
of '67 Reunion Comrnittee.. \
Several weeks ago. many .1967
gradoates received letters Soma
Frceport based outfit. Class Re-unioaltd.^.-
iumomicing.jl class
reiinicin to be held in February at
. the I^day Inn. The officers of
the Class .of 1967.. who had al­ready,
organized a Reunion Com­mittee.'
immediately contacted
the commercial outfit, whose,
niailing address, 700 South Main
Street, and-telephone niiinbcr is,
the same, as Haibdur" Point
Racquet and Yacht -Qub Inc.
Class Reunion Ltd. has been. the
focus :of :oomplahits. in several
: other cominanities when they
atteinpted to brgank^Jugh sdiool
reunions _ - there. ' ; Complaints
. stemtning finm the cancellation of.
_ a Valley Stream higli school re­union:
touched off. federal mail
investigationJ.. > , ' - '-.":
After consultation with the offi­cers
of the.Freeport High School
.Class of-1967 and members; of
that comnuttee.' Edwin Heiberger
of Qass. Reunion Ltd.. agreed to
^ . (Cont. on Page 13)
South Nassau Uiiitarian Church in
Freeporl.' explained.;. "'We're a
grpup; sf jcitiE^<;ns'4ccpW jp^^
ed about.ihe fijture of Freeport,
and w«i. want to aid communica­tion
and. cooperation where possi­ble"
among all types, of groups,
those formed aid in formation!'
• Among those, present at the
first meeting were 'Rabbi Law­rence
Coltpn, of Union Reform
-lemplc-who-is als6Xhairman-Qi
'.the present Qergy 'Council;
Rev. S. Frank Emmanuel,; of
Bethel A'M.E. Zion Church, who.
' is also a member of the Freeporl
. Board of Education; Rev. E. Bur».:
• ton Davison, of the United Meth­odist
Church; Rev. Chester A.
Ramsey, retired; Rev! Charlotte
• Smith, of Mt. Sinai Church of
• God;andRev. Wentz. r ;
According • to . a ; Coalitioif
> spokesperson; % of the "clergy
• available :for membership" ' are
. members of the new group * al-
-- though he was unable to give a
- definite number. ;-
• At the present time, a member­ship
committee • is "actively in-
. volved." a Coalition member told
THE LEADER,.in seeking.lay
niembers. It was explained that
membership was .* 'by mvitation.'';
{Omt^on Page 10)
"and '• menf, or didn'(uae nil of its pros
they had not yet had an oppor-.
-hinity to. discuss its-contents.
•-;- Estella; "based - his- rifquesr on
the growth of the. Village smce
:'the passage of Uie ordinance
ent equijjment, it should"look to
its management 'not"the 'comp- .'
etitidft-.*'; Cannon's '' argument
has been that there fs not.enough
vi- (C6ht.onPag<;20> .""
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IN THE 8PJRIT OF THE SEASON tari fourth grade Colufflbus Avenuo
School •tudents recently visited the South Shore Nursing Home and
gave each of the residents a holiday gift they tiad made, an ecology box
filled with colorful natural materials^ such as shells,.tyeans and rocks.
The youngsters, who had Just completed a unit on Mental Health, by
their-School Principal Anthony Duhamel and Nurse^Teacher Pat
C/Isafullii who taught the unit on Mental Health classes..The ecology
boxes, in addition to demonstrating the pupils' Interest In others, was
evidence of what the /oungsters are learning In their year-long ecology
project.
The Staff and
Extends
ement
one
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