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42nd YEAR No. 11 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JULY 7,1977 PRICE 15* PER CX3Py
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Fire Destroys
Village Landmark Board ^ppro^esRequiBi^
For Two New RenovaHons FREEPORT - Fire demolished
another Grove Street lasdmaric
this wf5ck: The Spartan Masonic
lodge on South Grove Street, just.-
south of Sunrise Highway, was
the.victim of-a tiiree-alarm blaze"
early Tuesday morning, - a lltUe
^p^tteTa -t^P^torT-^fldEg ^^^ ^f ^he street. Both owners . ^ . . .
FREEPORT • Requests by two'propcrty owners on Woodcleft Aven­ue
to improve their buildings.for use as retail establishments was
approved at a special meeting of the Village-Board of Trustees last
Tlmrsday, June 30. The two sites, 42 and '46 Woodcleft Avenue,
directly across the street from it.
It was reported that more than
60% -of the_Mason's Building,
the third floor and toof of.whldi
(Cont.bnPageJl) _.
:Elcir.S^ks
FREEPORX- The.Village has
-reow^*l^^acr^iS^ffii9?»rcause-in
- Its .• tccent.. n^teucturihg ' of
"-the Freepott Police; Department,
whicli'nbulted in the eUmlbation
of the. posttion of .Police 'Oiief,
formerly held by Anthony Elar.
Elar.'" "Who" is rgmr- a-lieoteh'
would renovate their buildings in
a nautical, manner and'. are
considering cpmbinlng the two
backyards into one' parking area;
A mini-mall effect might also be
created by erecting a wall ad*
joining a garage at 46 Woodcelft
Avenue. Seats and shrubs would
be installed. •.: \ : ;
TheBoard, with no-dissenting;
•votes, Bgreedvtothe.'plans.'The
s4ots would-be Aifat
and plate glass windows.
The second piece of property,
,46 Woodcleft Avenue, i».owned
by Ruth Cade. An'approved non­conforming,
two-family dwelling,
its owner received permission to
convert the lower floor; into, a
store to be used as an art jgallery.
or for thesaleof hautica] items. .
, In bthpr _a^nda items, before
t£:z=atcz:zx>c:^rr<:z:n
ant in the Department,' through
:his attorney Rldiard Gaba, claims
that the vUIage's action violates -
his ~ constitutional and civil
service rights.,'
Mayor .William' White confirm­ed,
the vfflage's..receipt of the:
.legal paper.'Explahiing that he
could not comment fiuther be-flfff-
thr "'•^fr isjn litigationj^
Wliite did say that the ishow cause
order, was returnable later
in the month. ~
LtrEtorins been on vaaitioir
,»itor»*wpuW-be.bTaesi6iM^ xxecotive
or-'bladttppped. : and V suitably ...
screened. AH phuis wioUld have:
to be'approved the village Build­ing
pepartmeht and the building
renovitdlons must be. completed
•within 90 daysr Tlie-ownezs Jxith
Ijaldwm residenlsTTiadleitpriesT
ed a desire to secure quick appro­val
^rpm the Board so that work
might be completed before 4he
end of the suinmer season.
." Among- the improvements
to be nude, .which would total'
about. S15,000 . per . site, ' are
. mansard wood shingles on the
joof aiid siding and a nauti-
T«ii ddck tyt>6 ttittyway;—-^ r
' Mr. and Mrs. Bayer, owners of
42 Woodcleft, which is presentiy
session to duciiss a personnel
matter,:.theJ-Tnistees ajiproved
the'holding of a block party on
TaftHace (which was scheduled
•for July 3).
—Wllliam:^Qinton__Stpty Post ..
#34Z ot: the Americ4ft Leghm;—
based in Frceport, received per­mission
to pamt house numbers
on curbs as a fundraiser. An out-of-
Freeport.organization ha^ ori­ginally
sought the tame permis-
' sion several weeks ago,but the
: Board had tabled tliat request and
iuked local groups wishing to do ,.
so to communicate with them.
Baldwin OTB
since his reassigmnent. The re­structured
departinent is now
nndeV the command of a tbree-member
Board of Police Commis-lioners
ot whith Veteran police
officer and one-time acting-Chief
-David Meehan^ is Chairman. The
other two members of that Board,
also appointed by .White, are
Village Trustees DOTothy Storm
and Tom Lovelidge. -
occupied by Barbara's ceramics
and also contains one residential
dwelling on the first floor, re­quested
spedfic: • permission to.
turn tliat.apartment into a retail
esiaLllsliment as wejli They tttt-ed
that h would be used tot t^e
sale of nautical or similarly appro-
. priate items. The Bayers also plan
to;modernize"the interior of their
property, with a nautical decor
—HEMPSTEAD —TMassau
County's off-track betting corpo­ration
announced last week that
Nassau Downs-OTB has signed"
a lease-fof^ branch office in
•North Baldwin.
The Baldwin location, aJong
with two'other sites to be opened
in Mlneola and Ebnont,
will raise the total number of of-
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FIERY END TO INDEPENDENCE DAY. Barely two-and-a-half hours
after the completion of its Fourth of July fireworks, the Freeport Fire
~DeparfrnBhrTacs5"Brdltftitent, danperoua kJnd-of-con»aflratlon^ Early-
Tuesday morning. the'Spartan Masonic Lodge bursts Into flames,
resulting in the 102-year old building's ramplete destruction. Thirty-three
days after another huge fire, volunteer firemen return to the In­tersection
of South Grove Streef and Sunrise Highway, wearily baltllntf
throughout the night to prevent the conflagration from spreading.
-. Top: During its first phase, the blaze engulfs fhT8iruclur6"andrtse
to the roof, hurting sheets of flame Into the sky;-:———' •
Middle: At the Inferno's peak, the roof collapses, sending sparks
over the bordering buildings. To block a further Ignition, firemen sur­round
the Lodge and send up a wall of water, creating a.dense shroud
of light and smoke.
Bottom: By dawn the fire Is extinguished, ash and debris are strewn
flHotrt thfl etr6€t. ax>d after-more than a century of existence the Lodge
Reilly School
Board President
FREEPORT - As THE LEADER
went to press tliis week, the Free-port
Board ot Education held
their annual Organization Mect-ing.-
. .'
Jack Reilly,. who was elected
to-the-Board-for- his-first-term—•
in 1976, will;.serve as presi
dent for 1977-78. He was nomina
ted by rccentiy elected Trtistee
Ed Monroe. Sara EloUy, who had
been vice-president of the Board,
"wasTiominatedijy Harold
Monroe, Reilly and iiew Board
member Jim Parola voted for
Reilly in a 3-2 split.
Reiny next nominated
Parola to serve as vice-president,
while Levine again put HoUy's
name in nomination. Again.
with'the same gplit. the vote ran
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HOMESTEADERS MOVE IN, George.Lovelock C-) and his wife
Christine get some help from brother-in-law Eugene Schram as they
move Into their new house on Harrtson Avenue. Residents of Freeport.
since 1872, the Lovelocks are the seventh family to move into a,Home-ateadlng
house, which they will own after occupying It fore minimum
of five years. The house had been boarded-up fortha'past six years
. untlllhe villace through Its Xk>mmunlty Dayakipment Agency, under-awaits
its final demolition. (LEADER photos) . tobKcod^pieterenaoiiitauon." • • .,.••-"", '• • •«' -' ,
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