The-Leader_1977-11-10

              FREEPORT
BALI^WIN
ROOSEVELT
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FREEPORT'S
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IMIWSPAPlR
42nd YEAR No. 28 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 10,1977 PRICE 15< PER COPY
IMr. Freeport^
Mourns Guy Lpmbardo,
Freeport's Favortfe Sorr^ ^
. FREEPORT • The world Is incmmtag the passing of the creator of
'rthesweetest musU: this side of.heaviai." While to millions. Guy
tbmbafad was "Mr.'New Year's Eve," »thousands of residents of
-thU^wateifn>nt4^age4i(Mvas«^Meadrseighboc-and««)9dcitizen.--^—
Last Saturday iJ^t, November. muriftyr. Guy tombardo. :as a
5.. Guy Lombardo died in Hous- civic-minded person; Lombardo,
ton.Texas at the age of 75. He. who loved, children; Lombardo.
left behind him a legacy of love .the^pecdboat racer. ' : >
ramLgoodjadlUn-lbis! community - l>uV rtoly Kedcemer
of 40,000 peopltf and in the world..
Whenever one Freepbrt turned'.'
to another theise last^ feVt. days,
since news of the death of the.
fuped band ieader.'musician and .
^'QH03S^>iQbBUNS,'PfllHCraSC^
.ijeversl hundred yo(inoaierawho:pai1Jcipated
-: port Recreattoh'Oepaftment Sl'ihe-T^ec Center..Pictured ajjove are Winners of.prizes io''.the most
—orlglnaf«»tum6s; Winriersjf JhaJjaUaaflflO-Wgra ContflsYwer^ Paul Anderson.- Eileen BeirrJn, Paula
-•Oanrfidua.Timmy.Oarrbl.'Dawn Dbfifw, LiMleDlfliTiaeniRobert t^iitiethTffuiijffJetfyiiTBTfimiiei,-
.Marj[a'Gomez.;Oebra Jack,'Krist«tn Kotlanz.' DBrnlan/LM(ia,/Joanne Mattesslch; karen-McQulUan;.
.Nacy.MllTs, Bonnie MItthauer, Ellen. MiDTTO^
r': EllenninoiJen'piferSchwekend)ek,TaniQ'St6war1.BndD^ . " *- '. - ;..:.'
Pdrenifs^nd SchbbI Gioiard
Win Austerity
FREEPORT f Five raohths after defeats. In accoKJance .with rul-thei^
FreeportcSchool."District's - ingspf the State Education'Com-
1976-.77 austerity budget ended,'. missiorier. then Ewald Nyquist,.
one of its lingering controversies - .the District, billed parents for in-has
frnally;been^ resloved. "By a steiictidnal materials. Each eleiin-dedsion
reached in. October, but'
• made;public last Thursday,'Noiv-
. eniber 3. the New Yorit'State.Sup^
; remetourt upheld ,the.cpntpnti.On,-
of the District and many of its par­ents
that it is unconstimtional for
parents to be charged for supplies
when schools are operating under
austerity. -Accwding". to - Justice;
John PennoK^, the cost, of class­room
rriaterials can be induded in
austerity budgets.' '• .
The question of who.most pay.
was first raised in September oif
1976; when"'Frcepbrt was forced
to.operate under an austerity bud­get
following three school Vudgct
entary student was charged $13;
each secondary student, $27*
Upon receipt of the bilW,- pro­test
was touched off.For several-days
during the latter half ol Sep-' -
tember,.30 parents staged ;a sit-in
demonstration,, planting them--
.sdves in the ante-room outside
' Sdperintendent Donald O>stlow's
"officeand"refusing to move-The
, protesters demanded a,complete
Inventory of the supplies on hand
-and a room-by-ro6m check'of the^
, • storage dosets in each schiJpl,.^,
: ' , ,(Cont. on Page 5) . . . . . 1 ..
In Freeport, billon Vftn^
GOP Sweeps All Other Seats
FREEPORT- The Republican Party showed its strength again this
year in the viHag^of Frecpott as Fran Piicen bested bis three oppon­ents
in the G>anty Etecntive race, Proiectcd fisures county-wide, as
THE LEADER went to press aboot 11 pm Tuesday ni^t. showed the
-^T^K^K^-Pnrr,-»-- -AlfoaseUo*'^ CouDcil) won tavor: wiui .-
" K S ^ ^ S r S S f - a i t d ?S-=^"^=P^S^ '^•^" '^'='"«^ ^'^ invocation,
S d S S ( ^ S ^ l S e ' ^ ^ i r D e m o c r a t i c . o p p o n e n t s , Na£iSir---Chru^n of t^^^
can candidates for Hempstead
Veterans^ D ^ Event
FREEPORT„-The Honorable
.^^Patrida-Qollms, Family: Court
.'Judge and a village resident, will
- be the guest speaker at this yearts
Veteran's Day p;^gram.."" ' ''/
• -The ceremonies, to be held Fri­day.
November. II.-will fonnally .
' begiri^'at,i0:50am when'the call to
:• post colors is Issued J- ' . f.
• - The annual program has been
organized by-the William dinton
Stoty Post #342 of the American
Legion. In urging community •
, wide partidpation of the observ­ance
of Veterans Da^,. Post Com-mander
Joseph PeBio^ explain­ed
that this year, marks the fifty-
J ninth anniversary of the signing'
of the Armistice which ended
. WortdWarl.
Commander Pellida's greeting
to those assembled will be fpnow-
! eil by the Pledge of Allci^ance to
thenag. . • -
: The Freeport High ~ School
Chorus will be present to sing the
' "Star Spangled Banner" and two
-Other selections.-while the Free-port
High School buglers will play
tajjs, which Vk-ill be foIlov,ed by a
moment of silence.. Rev. James
R. C.
Church lb Freeport has seats for
J, 100 people; many-hiore than
thai were expected for the .reli­gious
iservices Wednesday morn­ing
(after this issue goes to press)
as family and close friends would
be joined by, represe'htatives of"
;.the.inuslc-wqfld",-silch' as Jules.
Stynej ttie.boating world memi"-
•: bcrs". •' of rthe-^-President's. -Cup
-'RcgattA-Board;:of-Directors who
:were' to fly in from Washington,
• p.C.; sHow business; doctors en's
nurses .from ^Methodist Hospital
in Houston and the' mahy,"roany
'j>eople whose lives'J^pn^&rido'had
touched,iii his 63.years as an
Jnternationally "known-' band-
•'ieader.'' " .'/•"•'""^"''•.•""•- •"''
"MriNewYBar'aEvf"
" ' • -T' Qiiy LombanJo;
prodiicer was^. announced, there
were, stories—warm "and'friie"
stories-rof Guy Lombardo, as a
35 year resident' of this 'com-
"ihere.alft't.going to-be no-
New Year's tio more." Freeporter
Johnny Pappas told a television
crew thb past Sunday. Pappas Js
,owrief of Ther Texas Ranger,: a
long-tinie-Church. Street .eatery.
frequented by.Lombardo.' In fact,
village .mayor-.Wilfiam. .White
clearly remembers one afternoon
when Lombardo walked into the
vUCont.^6nPage
IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S WAR VETERANS, 0-) presents a procla­mation,
deslgnatlnfl Frlay, November 11, as Veterans Day In the Vil-laflepf.
Freeporti toJcwephPelllccla. Commander.oHhe yvilllam Clin-,
ton Strry Post #342 of the American-Lefllon. Residents are "invited to
(Cont on Page 16) . - gremis WahMcDuffie, P.C. attendjils year's observance at Villajje Hall beginning at 11 am
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