The-Leader_1977-03-31

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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4istYEARN0.49 FREEPORTi NEW YORK, MARCH 31, 1977 PRICE IS* PER COPY
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FREEPORT - The village, its
police department and Police
Chief Anthony Elar. were in the
glaring eye of the daily and elec­tronic
media again last week as a
23-year old preeport woman filed
a sex disCTimination complaint
agiinst Elar with the State Hu­man
Rights Division. •
' Maty Aim Graupner, a resident
of Meister Boulevard, daimed
tliat shC' had: been " certified
• last month for the Civil Service
Some Department Heads
FREEPORT T Two weeks following the Freeport village elections,
on March 15, the Board of Trustees will hold their Annual Organiza­tion
^^ht. Mayor William WMte w^ then announce various appobt-r]
r4>(ftye(r4o-Bttfio«•d-IUlp!^-
VISIT0R8;FR0»^«§S^MX<y»*«fii«.«wh^ atudehts from Qer-many,
and their rK»t.funiili»i~ittand«d a weicomtno $'uppef Darty last
Sundayat the Presbyterian ChurdYrn nreepdrtrSaen with th»8fudents
(lop photo):are Sara Holly and Harold l«wthe«fth«Fre^$(vt School
BoardsWllllam'McElroyf Principal of i^rbeport High School (ttandino
on l6ft)::in^:lhe.Btudenb' athrisbri^Voifrairh Beiir(M^tad cmter).
The y6unaTip66pto";iatudente at.the:Freihorrrvon Stain- Qyihn«8l^^
In Roesrath (nefr.Cotogne) wUI beatayirtg on ttie Island unOI April 14.
On their itinerary^are'vlslts to VHIage Hall ahd the Racreetlon C^ter,
a tennis clinic at Freeport Tennis Club, a btis tour of New Yprk City,
a trip to Bethpaoa.Restoratioh and a Broadway, play. The visitors from
.Germany are Maroaret Aibred)t._Hans Bail, Vio[a BerQhaus.-Doria-
Vah Each, Armin Hadamer,: Sibylla Hansgaeler.^Hermah Klolber,
Jullane Kluter;SuaanneKbhlg, Elslen^Ogier, Carina Meyer, Ulrilca
Scherer, Danny SlmdnSrWolfoant Streidier, Erika Walter and MonlKa^
Welnaud.'Shown discussing the group'a plans (bottom photo,.!, to r.)
are McElroy, Bell, Holly, L^vlne and Harvey Nagler, who is In charge
of the arrangements In Freeport. T;—r z ^ - - - (L^DER photos)
ViikigeBMRl Okays Parking Field
list from which Freep(^ draws
its applicants for the local.police
forced As the only ViQagftlxesident
applying, ..Craupner. iidd,,. she
odld have been givenvxioi
pc8cfi(% Known as-the'^^preferged
ilfet.L* 'Alifioagh°Jhis practfce of^
.giving-residents of a mtidldpal-
; itx'prdlefted ite'tds is.often foi^.
. lowed, a vfllage spokesman said
. it is not always the case;.
•:.'. Two -non-Freeport^-residents.-
were given appointments to the
. local police department af the
time Oraupner applied; One had a .
test score, in the county competi--
five, tests: administered by the
-Civil Service]-Department,. of
• 89.5. The other's-score was 88..
• Gran^ier's score was 77.5 in the
test, whidj the tobk in 1974. _
In Hoveniber, 1976, whra the
vQlage had last canvassed the
.(Cont. on Page 16)
01'
Franco who was electedA'illage.Ji
matrons.. -.
The only bu^ess conducted by
the Board on Organization Night,
which will be held this coming-
, Monday, April 4, at 8 pm, in
Village Hall, is the appointment
ot department beads and lndl~
police surgeons and
ceremonies to which all village
residents ate invited.
The Department heads to be
appointed indude the Budget
Director,-Deputy Village Qerk,
lepartn Village Assessor, ueputy Treas-'
viduals to the village's boards,
commissions' and conunittees
«nd the. naming'. of the village
i,L:il:poiic< -rotgeonsj.
-police matrons,.public"wlditorfT":WoftirBifildlhg;'ElectHcnitiiP'
•"ftaurancc--agrotr^aid:^brobCT,'r-fiesii^^^ "
urer. Deputy Assessor, Village
Counsel, Asspdate. ' Village
- Counsd,. Acting;.Wlage- Justice
JandLth^Siiperinteiident fif PiihUc-depositories
and the ofiicial
newspaper-:;:-•;..- • ' ., .".''-
:Preceiing the actual business
of .Organization Night, Family
Court-Judge Patricia <3oilinsj-a-^-servatiornof^'
Freeport resident, will administer Commissions,
the oath of office to Franco, who
in turn will install newly redected
Mayor White and newly redected
Trustee Dorothv- Storm to tlieir
four year terms, and hewiyelect-ed
Alfred Sirlin to his four year
term on tlw Board of Trustees. .
Reverend nmothy-.Petemana
4he Pint Presbyterian Church
and Rabbi Reuben Katz of Con­gregation
B'nai Israel will also
participate in the installation
Chairmen, and! one .'member
eacht'will be appointed-to the
Sewer and Sanitation, Water and
Ught, Park, Highway and Con-tng^-
EflVironmeni
five members aAre ctoh abirem saenle catnedd
for the Commission on Human
Rdatidns.
The Zonhig Board of Appeals
win have appqtated to it one
member, to serve _a five-year
term. When White ^>point«i a
Board last year, he appoint^
each for a term'of a different
lengt^, between one and five
years;' As their seats were to
_ (Cont. on Page 16)
FREEPORTr The village Board of Trustees held two qmd^pubQc
. hearings.thisH^ Monday night. At their condnncm they had voted
ntiynimnntly \a tWrral fhf, estahlithment of > parfchlg fifM o n t h e north-
West comer of Lee Place and liberty^-Avenue to be used ty the ad­jacent
property owners, an automobile repair firm.
The Board also adopted a local
law, ittftsoant td-the.Ncw York
Envinmmental ,- ; Conservation
Law, which provides for environ-
"meirtal quality'reww of actions
whidi - may have a significant
_CnCCtpHthffniviriinrn^nt. -
Open Toting Senkn
The Board agreed with the
village fngtnffr's proposal to
widen Benson Place, south of
Sunrise Highway, by requiring
the installation of curbs and sde-
Lwalla for the street. The widen­ing
^.woold be accomplished by
. relocating the curbs agidnst the
-sidgwali iad elTiiiinftling—tiir
Oakley Gentry to check ..with the.
postal autiiorities and other k^o-lation
to drafi a.Iaw manditrng
house numbers.
The Board directed Comrnnnity
DevdopmcntDirector Jun Uunhe
to'pursue the possible acquisi­tion
of land for commuter parking
on the north side of Freeport
Fia^ between the Ra9road tracks
and buildings on Commercial
Street,
Jim Dunne was also given per­mission
to utilize funds allocated
under CDA for low-cost loans for
relubHitation assist a ncr in that
area, "buT'fEe'" Uoard beH
^fTTp nf,pmpCTfy ^yg^ecn tile two. • - thrir riglit to yant final anproval
The Board^^TSkRl ~ctmnsd for each application: _-, -
INSTALLATION GALA. The Offl-ceri
of the Freepon Chamber of
Commerce were instailed last
Saturday night at Salty Bay
Yacht Club. Norman Scftmeling
(r., bottom photo) was awonnn"
as President by. f/ayor William
While. George Morton Levy
(center, top photo) is pictured
accepting his ' award as the
Chamber's Man-of-the-Year. At
\h9 dlas, with Levy, are (I. tqj-.)
Assemblyman Armand D'Amalo,
Cong. Norman Lent, Father
Donovan, Sid Ueberman, Roy
Cacciatore, Schmefing, Dooald
Pantlna, Stale Senator Noanan
LeyyrRoyGertiauser, L'vlnfl Q™y
aodWhlta. —^ '•—'"