The-Leader_1977-05-12

              FREEPORT
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NEWSPAPER
42nd YEAR No. 3 FREEPORT. J ^W YORK. MAY 12,1977 PRICE 15< PER COPY
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Storm Related
i^r^irVillase
FREEPORT - Two homes were
struck ,by, Jlghtnlng daring'
Friday's violent thundefstomi,
causing a firp In one of the two-homes
and damage estimated at
S3.000;
The fire occuned on Sports-
Sedfs On 17
FREEPORT . School district voters will jgo to the polls Tuesday.
-May 17, 16 cast their ballots on the district's proposed $19,061,693
1977-78 sdiool budget and for two member8"bf the Board of Education.
. The budget proposal will increase taxes ;.766< per $100 a^ssed
valuation. <EDnrOR*S NOTE: In a house assessed at S6,006, the tax
IN TH^NTEREST-<?p:.PpOMOTlNG INTERNATIONAL f-RIEND-SHIPi^
FJ*epoft Brownlef Troop #2199 presented the. ahpw ••Children
:.'. of the.WorW'.'.at Olblyn ^ooHedently. TheTrooBl* underthe leade r-j
.ajiip.qf Emily LJizTto ah^ HejenJ^oiier^Th^iBbaw chor^:
-. '.'^o^^yphed«l4tau(^^l>y;a'iql^^^ NewlVbHc&Ky'Ballcii,
:;,j>tCBft3ioft aorajjjnjWCTaffJ^^ muafc. .^JieTfopp eJap'Mihfliiiorld
.- friendship 8on6s;^AhJnlentaiion9lBuTfeTm9 |)irepved ahiTMrvetf by'
- l^utheBfpVtfnte molhat*: TritAp «ai fld w<t« tftJMwn ih rnpfw^*»^t' Ft'wApArt i^f
\ . thB^ju]Ietl6U,)i«e fidthOuoh/^rVD^ !^ idrgaoi^bie^Nassau^
Countll of Qlrl.So6uta.ln East Meadow." .•.':. v',^ --""•*/"•.-".
man Avenue, just south of Ray
Street. -Firemen braved heavy
whids ahdraiii as they resjpond-ed
to the original call.at East and.-
Ray. In-coining units. found an
attic ablaze-oh Sportsman, and,
quickly doused the flames before'
fiirther damage was done., No
injuries were rep<»ted.:
later.Friday evening, the de-fiOQid
TH611«V^^ l^bw Car LOW •~ ^^
-—FHEEPORT^^TtarViBsgfBoardlsfTifQse^^ June 13^8 pm, tor a
publicheaiiiig for an aipendment to the village ordinand; dealing with
. tow caisC^ While. »pn;vi()as Board meeting beard a memOTanduhx £^m
:Chief of Police Axrtlrany Elar regarding piactires of tow cxTtt
. at atxi^pnt scenes; thii.'week-tbe-iiustees (Sscossed licensingTees^'
operators.'..""- '• • -",-'"••'';'••":'."• ^ ;,''."";. .-1. • •,v**~- ••"• /•
- fVfflagc .Oeik Thomas. DeVtn-/
ocnzo, in a niefflorandum'ter-the :
Boaiid, recommended increasing
the liqensing fets. to .bring them
into-line, with those; of the Town
and ViDage of Hempstead! Pfe-
-sently the v-iHagie cliarges a}5S0-
^CtCAS* woffldreililt in an addl-tiohal.
tax of S45.96 annually or
approximately 88< per week.) The
total sdiool tax would be S16.052
per $100 • assessed valuation -
under- the ..proposed budget.
-The schc>61..Tlistrict has been-on
austerity this past ye'arYdUowtng.
,a record three'"no" votes In
1976; The austerity budget of
pSTtinenfVa^^tallfd to Investi- . 1976-77 bears a tax rate- -of
gate i possible fire:al2Srwludey*-^ $15.286r- per-- $100 assessed
StiMt.;Di>pr|atti}iingAat the;_ valuation,^i;::^ .•• . . "^
scene;;fiiOTenidltci^i^d'^u^'^,>T^^^ also decide,
fightehffighad tiTMtthaiay^hfo/ifo^'nvi^
oiiFi winao*:3if m^t^m^^^mm^^iif^^
-the-fi<^e<^-Mihtcti]b«]aIy, riic^rfe*—i*h :*^ iactrasr of .SOSt oyer
resulted (the resident was nof at: last year'* »6:07l estimated tax
hbnie during the stoitm). Damage; "^^.P^:^!^-^; j - . ' —."••:"- •'
was limited to the-window and: ' i. ,'- Five ^.•T^dMatf<T^; >,
iminediatc .• surtoimding v atti(^ .. ^'^^ ^ ° ^ ^ - ^ ! J ^ § ^°'
—— °^ -two seats on the Board M.Eaoca-iion.'
EdMonroe, Janenc Sucfaan.
ahdl^iillhe Wa^ilngton are run-ning
foe the leat preseutl> occu-piedby
Rev. S. Frank EmmanneU
who .fa hot- seeking 'reelection.
.area,; ..-
vAvenueiuid Adam Street. : - .
.^ The • Boards scheduled -a pub­lic
hearing for Monday, June 13,
&. pm,- to 'consider the estab­lishment
.of .a_pariing field be-
~^hihd Nationwide Safii-Brakes oii
fee for a year to an operator.no .West Sunrise Highway,
matter how many tow cars he has.- -
The Villageand Town of Hemp­stead
cha^e $150 for the original •
-license, $100-annuaIly-fof"Cadi
subsequent year and $50 for each
additional truck.. The Town of
Hempstead also charges $10 to
Permission was granted for the
installation of fiberglass gaso­line'taiiks
onjhe^southcastxomer-of
Nfetri^ Road and South Grove
Street. The Board noted that "the
installation had - already taken
place. (EprrOR'S NOTE: This
^tr?nsfer a license -from one truck .- was done fqllowingrep6rts"«srgas-
-- to another.
Mayor William White stated
that he preferred Freeport's
. method of not allowing the trans-fer
of licenses from one vehide to
another, but did believe that ^ve-
- should be consistent with othet^
.rannidpalities; - '
._-Slablizattai Task Force
Accepting the resignation of
- Martha DcSalro ffom the vil­lage's
Stablization Task Force
_ _"wTth regrets." White - ap­pointed
" Joanne Paradine of
Meadowbrook Court to fill the
. vancancy _^—
OtherMatlen
The lowest bidder-received the
award for the purchase, of street
-name sign materials and the
highest bidder for the sale of sur­plus
vehicles and equipment-
The VTR was ammended to
prmide a four-way stop sign at
the intersection of South Ocean
'oliae~fiuffes~leaking 'into- tele­phone
company: ducts in that
area). ' • ' • • .
The Board discussed whether
to repair the Recreation Center
bxis or to hire, buses for trips in­stead.
Trustee Dorothy Storm
noted that the owning of a village'
bus cuts down on the costs
of trips to the partidpants' who
are in many-instances senior citi­zens.
The question of obtaining a
properiy certified driver was
discussed.- The decision on
- whether to sell the bus w^as de­ferred
by "the Board "for six
months on a trial basis,:_ . .
The residents of Onslow Place
were given permission to hold a
block party on May 21, to ter­minate
no later than 11 pra. The
Board then adjourned into Ex-etJutive
Session to discuss per­sonnel
matters^
25 Arr>if» In;
.. " . . Ayflte/janrfSa/Jt/ers
FR^POBT - The Frceport
PoUce Department has been kept:.
busy:dnring the past two weeks,
making a high number of arrests:
on charges ranging frpm drunk-^
driving, to assaulting txilice ogi-'
ccTS."~Since the-Iast~ week of
April.'a total of 25 suspedts have •
had their names, entered on the
.Freeport police blotter,
._iThejvave-of-arrests^ began on~
April '25. when Freeport Patrol­man
Parker picked up J. Tomey ;
on the comer of Main Street and
• Newton Boulevard for menacing. -
"Oifihat same day ..two police o{ii-_._
--'cers responded to a theft of-ser-.'
vice call at 30 West Merrick Road.
The suspect, E. Bums, was •
seized one block away, but Bums
resisted- arrest and was sub­sequently
charged with assault­ing
Officer Giordano and. Sar­geant
O'SuHivan.
On the following day. Main and
Newtoirwas the scene of another
arrest as Patrohnan Greenwood
apprehended a juvenile for shop­lifting.
Officer Hendricks inadc a
collar the.next day, locking up
a suspect on a disorderiy conduct
call from Fredericks Avenue.
' Three arrests were made on
.April 23. That morning. L. Shan­non
was taken into, custody by
Sargeant Honkanm for harass­ment
on Commercial Street and
Rosedale Avenue. In the after­noon.
Officer Kilbride booked an
(Cent, on Page 3)
John Marshall ahd Jim ParoJa
are. candidates for the seat
of Joseph McAndrews, .who is
also not running agidn. .Siichan
and Parola are running, together,
sponsored by T.U.F.F.. Taxpay-ers
United For Freeport, a group ,
formed last November: Filarshall
- and Monroe • arc'- numin|[; as^
rttfefcin fendcftafed l^r W* Pwp^*-
^.Party':which wa^'-fornied'sicveral •
-weeks ago.' Washington iil' Hih-
• .':'.iiin|i^e.~. •''"-'• '/"•'.• -'':-.'S. '•'• •:
-^-i^Tm-jpiXi^ will -be oiien ^ from.
Ttn tovip ym on; vo8ng-day,-
ly, those: people registered to
• vote Jn" geheral electimis or spe".
-d*lly-«^lded ioTvbfeTn Uiis"
election Are'.TmBtled . to; vote.
Under" r -New Yorit .; State
Law.; the School District yM
use both Its own leglstralion
; list and the Nassaa Coi6ny-Bopd^
-""of-Election's list to determine
. (Coot, on Page 20)
{.OOWNG FOR MISS ISLAND. A Prodamatlon designating Sunday.
May 22, as "Miss Ung Island Scholarship Pageant Day" in the Vil­lage
Is prewsnted by Mayor William White to John Russell Lowell,
executive director of the event. Some 40 girts from Nassau. Suffolk
Kings and Queens Counties will meet with the Judges this Friday In the
seml-flnaJs. Serving as the judges are Pat Petemana. a former "Miss
Texas and-wUe of Reverend Timothy Peternana of the First Presby-terlan
Church; Freeport Chamber of Commerce President Norman
Schmeimg; Freeport Arjs Council President Halo Smiih; AtlanUd South
Civic Association President Kay Benda; and mystery writer Bill Brtt-t.""
- P ° ten finalists will appear before different judges on
May 22 at the Recreation Center where they will compete In fio-*m
talent, swimsult and personality events beginning at 8:30 pm The
^^^..'^ '!J"X"^ ^ ^"^"*^ "y purchasing tickets at the-door at 51 for
adults. 50« for students and senior dtlzens. The winner will go on to
ry for Miss New Yorlc State.", the next step towards "Min Amer-