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ROOSEVELT
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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
-43rd YEAR No. 5 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JUNE 1; 1978 PRICE 15< PER COPY
et Gets
Village's Past And
Future On Radio
. FREEPORT - The Village's
past and present will be subject of
.the Sunday, June 3, "Soniethinig
Special from Freeport,". show
over WGBB (12:40AM) at 1! pm.
-Village historian Ointon Metz
will discuss the early days when
Freeport was a fanning and
fishing center. The '/future" part
of the program will focus on the
youth* of the -community with
tBartTara Wall, :selected by the
Freeport Exphangc' Qub as
."Student of the-Year;" her fellow
, Freeport High School student
Jonathan ^agter, a siaTrMathlcte
headed i?r Yale; and Coach Joe
. Bessel. who-will •,discnss_t^c
• training or Odis-Saunders, NeW-York
State Crdss Country Cham­pion..
, : • -..•.. ••. . -
Pastor Celebrates
25th Anniversary
FREEPORT - The Rev. Ken­neth
T. Nee, pastor of,Our Hojy.
Redeemer Church, vrill-celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
ordination to.the prieslKdoffanhe
one o'crgCfc^tass.Stindjy. June 47
Vofe Set For June 50.
No Changes In Total
FREEPORT- The Board ^of Education has voted to resubmif the'
recently defeated proposed school tjudget on Tuesday, June 20. At a
special meeting held this Wednesday night, as THE LEADER went to
press, we learned that.the board voted 3-1 to give the voters another
opportunity to'gnprove the 1978-79 biidjget. ^ack Reilly opposed the re­submission
motion, while Sara Holly, Harold Levine and Jim Parola
voted in favor. Ed Monroe was absent due to a business delay.
The 520,890.998 figure means a , ..'
.928-gejy 00 assessed valuation
"" Uxlncfease or a "school tax rate
of SI7.780 per $100 assessed,
-.valuation. For'-a homeowner,
whose, property-is assessed at
..,57,000 the budget if passed would.
^ rifefejtse'his school tax by $64,96 •
"^ per year or $5.41 a month. :" ""~'
' Austerity does ' not ' signify
.-"no Jinctease'^L-Jn school-.taxes;:
"--Mindated programs , . cannot"
'legally be eliminated ifrom the..
' budget nor. according to a legal
—ruling, last.year.^ the purchase of
neccsSir)' "supplies for the school
youngsters. Such increases, as;
in social security^eriefitsand the
newly jnandated unemployinent
insurance __ for, ^school— dislrict
employees? will remain jn the
budget.' An. austerity budget
does jymovc certain extras
currictilar .activities, athletic
progrinuu anfi .xpstricis tram-i;
portation of students:* ". •
. The budget was defeated' by"
104;voles out of-2^984..cast oir-
May24. ,..-
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; FIBE.DEftiRTMENT CEREMONIES. Ttfe.ahnual Freeport Plre De^
^parUTient Inspection and Drill took place last Sunday, May 28; IrTfrOQir*
-^Of^e^eadquartersr Equipment was i.tspected (top photo) tpy'a team'
^oijlrelieparltnent perv)nnel.(rom.ottiet: areas who act^as ludges. '
Then the men lined up for-inspection (center photo) by their fotjr
;' Ctiiefs. led by Chief Walter "Spike" Monestere, and the village Board
• R I V . KenrirthT. Nee.
-. AfterTThe-Mass -the Parish
Council is sponsoring a reception
>-for Father-Nee, from 2-4 pm, in
of.Tfustwa in thelKroIeaLaa Fire"Commlsaionera".The Freeport Fire"-^^^^?°o^aaditbriura." ^J
Department Band (Bollom photo) played taps lor those FroBpoftfirei'-...: Brian Flaherty, first vice-chair'
iiiiBn who^had died during the past yeai-.ihcJudinrf 19-year old Jerry -^^JO*^ orthe-Parish Council. $nA
•paMck'-Cotignola, for whore-^Manfl4e-4>arit-was-^Bnametf-4tv^-aflet chainnan of the-affairr-^uyt-^-^H-taifrpninnyffillnwing
fhn nnniial Innpftctinn (i FAnPRPHOrnfi)---parishioners, friends and weO-f---
: wishers areiavited to anend.
faifcPedytedTe firman's; Mem
^FREEPORT- The village.'s'ylturtgrr fiiTe"departmeal-fteia4l»eiy:aH—
ttaaTinipection'and driO-this.pa;^ Sanday, May28..biit this year.there -
was a ^dtffefencer FoDqwii^ the' ssiiat ptogranr,' a cercQicmyr.was held
detficating the park; acn>ss frbib'fire headquarters as Jerry P. Cotig-'
nbiaMemorial Park. . r^r*?. '."-'-• " r •'•:-.'•'^\_ /
"' Cbtingnola, a 19 year bid yolantdir fireman and sdti of deceased-exr
Chief Pat Cotjgnola,-losthis life as^th^d^^mission.d»ir-- :in- fT^-°' ^^"'g "f-^d _.C ^o n' g^n ~o-l.a 's_.c o.-i rt'n : . -ing a fire this past wmter ai
Shane's on Freeport Mall/ He was
the first member of the Freeport
department to have been killed
fighting a fire. - '_
—Deputy Mayor-Dorothy Stonn'
htitieBila the. lillAge.Jmliig ilic JUfl^S,
Ltitf LCtemuay Aiid alsu tiuteU tlie
-installs OtJiceiS; -
FREEPORT - A luncheon
will be sierved and the incoming
slatFof ofiicers wiS be installed
for ..' the. Freeport-RbdseveH
Chapter of Hadasiah on Monday.
. -ine..^ event -wui- t>egm
12J0 pm, ai,...yhlun Refwm
ENTHRALLED BY THE ART of glassbknirtng. youngstera and adults
watch the making of. "crystal fantasies;" by artisan jScott BrIckeJ.
The denienatratlon.waB luat ons of. many aohedylod sventt during the
-pyninq w««w r»f,^f:Htnn nf TTi-^rFrewnoft Mall. The Retail Dtvlslon of
recent deaths of two-Bethpage
volunteer firemeti. . " - _ -
The park, formeriy -known as
- -. —(CotitroirPn4)- "—-;—-
-Temi^, 475 'North. Brbokside
Avenue, Freeport. ' • /
Pauline ' ,Edelstcm, vjce-r~
-'tCont.onP^) "' '
the Freeport Ctiamber of Commerce and the Mall merchants are plan-nino
numerowiotho'acthritles for the'warm weather,months. This
coming Saturday; June 3^ a Mlni-«oat Show will tie held on the Mall as
part of National, Safe Boating Week- (Ottter Mall evjwrt, photos on
page 16.) ' "'.'-•'' ' . • . /