The-Leader_1978-06-15

              43rd YEAR N0.-7 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JUNE 15.1978
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ScKool Budget Vote Tuesday
Fire Fighters Resubmitied Budget
Exhibit On Mall /^-.^ . . ^ oofi^ l^^w^n^^
FREEPORT-Local fire fighters X^OmCS •T:XO i f l C r e U Se
from the freepprt F>re Depart-meht
Emergency Unit will be on
the Mall this Saturday..Junt 17,
demonstrating their skills in
Cardio-Pulmanaty Resuscitation
and other emergency- techniques".
The Mall merchants invite, all
parents to bring thejr children for -
a climb on the-truck. where tl»i5^
can .ling the belb and talk-wijh
the'iirem'en. ' • . . . - - • -
GuyTpml)afcio
^o "Be Honoured -
•HEMPSTEAD -:j:eremonies. ^
including . a'7TnuMca3~^salute.
- Tetvanringi^bL a'_ itreel~.and the
^dedication OTa~inaHnait .'the site.
~ of his- old East Point House
-Restaurant, will, highlight a
inemorial to Guy Lombardo' on
ondav. June 19. 2 ptn. at the
FREEPORT - School district residents will go to. the polls for the
second time thb year to vote on a $20,890,998 1978-1979 school
budget. Jhe resubmitted'budget is the same as that defeated on May
24 by a vote, of 1,544 to 1,440, a difference of 104 votes.' The Fre'epbrt
Board of Education, in a 3-1 split, approved resubmission earlier this
month. Trustees Sara Holly.
Harold Levine~ and Jim Parola
were in, favor of resubmission,
while Jack. Reilly. voted "no."
Trustee Ed". Monroe ^~»as not
present a/that board meeting.
The budget' proposal,""if"'ap­proved,
carries a .928 per $100
assessed valuation tax' increase
_or a total school tax . rate. of
$17.78Q..pcr_$,10O. For a home­owner,
whose jproperty is^assess-ed
at.$7,000 the btd_gct.-wdOW
.increase school^tMCsJby $64.96
petfyearbr $5.41 monthly* . ,
Austerity does not imply a zero
rate increase.. School sources
estimate that under Sn austerity
hiiflgrt, the increase would be
25.K per $100 of assessed- School.
WAVING HI3 BAT6N after "somejrears" away from Freeport High
ScHool,-Dr. J. Maynard.("Prol") Wetllaufer conducted alumni,ol the
Freeport High School band (years i936-j 966) tprG^O.M.a.O.'s third-
Veunlonconcert.Theei-plecelMihd played for'several ^^ an
audience of more than 700 people-in the high .school audifortum this
pasfSaturday night, in a. reunion that celebrated the 50th wedding
anniversaJi^f "Prof" and his vwlfe Peg. '
- - -. - . • . . ^ » . . ^ , • '
They Corner Back To Play
^ftrfrlijute FoV^fbf' And P^ff
foot of South' Grove--Street in
Freeport. • . . . valuation. Mandated • programs
- Joming-m-4h&Jribute wifidie—and-expejisesr^uch-as-incTeases
Hempstead - Towif—Presidmg ^^"^
Supervisor Al D'Amato, Freeport"
ViUage Mayor WiUiam White and ~
Robert Moses, a long-time friend
in social security benefits and the
ncwly-mandated unemployment
insurance foP-SclTOOl" districts
must- remain jn an austerity
budget. A legal ruling Ikst year,
also-mandatcd-the purchase of
supplies for the ~«ducation of
the students. An austerity
budget do^^ call for the removal
of certain extra-currtciilar activi­ties,
athletic- programs and re­stricts
transportatioti. .
Voting will take place 1-10 pm
i f 1fic feguIar""poUing" placesr
Bayview Avenue School, Archer
Street School. Atkinson Schoof.
Giblyn School. Geveland Avenue
School, and Columbus Avenue
Kesidents may vote W
registered for. . school* district •
fflffrtinncorfnrgcnCTal flprtions.
of the late . bandleader and"
producer. . ~
.The medley of Lombardo tunes,
made popular by .his Royal.
Canadians, will be played by
Bill Bumo's "All-Americans."
SucI) songs as "Boo-Hoo,"
"The Anniversary Waltz/*
"'^Seemf-Hke-^pid Times", .and
VFascuiation." will be performed.^
concluding with the.'traditfoiial'
Special Mass For Fr. Nee
FREEBOBT - More than'700 people turned out this past Saturday
night. June 10. at Freeport High School to hear and see 61 alumm" of """""a-fK ^ ^ ^'•^- ^^'i^'"
"the High whiiil band in their third reunionconcejL-since 1964. Con-•^''.*'!'.° ^f"^ • ^^^ ?.. ^''Z
'ducted by Dr.._J. Mayjiard Wcttlaufer — who had b^iTdfrcctor of ^^^J^' . * " S ^ - ^ - — - '•„
rmusic in the Freeport School District from 1936^1963 — Iheconcen was_^. " Amato and White vnu n^j^ing his
fd honor of."Pror and his wife.. - - . . - - - - - _--^»»«««,fh«^«"*™"'g of _S«a!h^,^tfiis month;
Peg's, golden'-wfcrfding "anniver- a"> ".°'' planned, but was done a5-.--ynJve
: FREEPORT -^ Parishioners, priesu jof Our Holy Redeemer
relatives and friends joined-wiUt parish . -7—. the •Rev.-.-^WIiiam.
the Rev. Kenneth Nee; pastor of~-Gomes; the Rev. Jain'es Hart,.
Our Holy. Redeemer Church, in the. Rev. Abraham Porunolil aiid
celebrating the 25th a'nniyersary the Rev. Santiago Herce. Also on
of his ordination of the priesthood the altar was! the Rev. Joseph
at .the one Vdock Mass, Sunday, - Cauiizaro, who is retired and
June 4, and at a reception in living at Our Holy Redeemer
Our Holy- Redeemer' School rectory. • '—— --—'-
/oIlowiriglhTMilSr' :--'--^—-r-Sister Geraldine —O'NMn..
Street, which "tuns iK"
a spontaneous surprise to'»Wett* ..front .of the Lombardo .Irorae
4aufer and the musicians played .__^. (Cbnt. on Page 15)
the piece- without- benefit of-"^---'•.
written music.. "">-,- —^—. O n Tll*» A | y
~ ^ t dne. point in the evening.";.-." ^ Vf." .' '^^ '
"Prof asked all FHSalumni to.
Ttsary. "More than-lhat,'the 61
aU»nnr,_Df whoin only^l-.-are
'professional - musicians and
J another.', eight - "active. ;.amia:
-'i^ienrs.'.' playeif a- stgnng 4nbute
. -tp a man who is given.credit for : rroi ^ asxca an rno-aiumni.io. FREEPORT—- A • st>ecial
: ^ } \ . o f the traditions that are . join t^jj^^m.usiciMs onIhe-stage...pother'sT)ay pro-am w^^ -
> ^ u * o * ? f « ^ ] " ''"^ Freeport -As they poured out of the. audi-: f^^^ ^ y ^ Sunday's ^'Sonie-
^THigh^chool Band.... ence, jibstalgia filled the-audi- jhingSpedal From Freeport."
Contelebfating the Mass with
,fathcr Nee were, the-Rev. John
Lynch, a classmate who" is also
tnarking his silver anniversary.
the Rev. Edward
tShuel liSvpanan, ishd ioacpeossatno ladtei;r eacntodr t tohfe
principal of Our .Holy Redeemer...
School,.who also celebrated her—_
silver jubilee this yearned.the^-
sin^ng and;" Lawrence Curry -;
was lector. Father Nec-'s mother
and his uncle brouRht the" gifts
(Coot, on Page 6)
The musicians, most of whom
rW€re-joitt64-feiL.iHflf^. iliaii ?0Q-torinm/'
as. former classmatcs__jmig jg^ j i p^^
)/iecfeil rjch pthtr. fwr many the" (\f,i\Q]Mj^ [ytir.
first time in decades._ In another iraBrycSijiie^arb and Sandy
monory-puller. those; on-stage. Dj^jiger are merchants otr the ..
.anns high at one pomt to show.were started by their father or
they^vere wearing their old FHS, father-in-law. -They'll discuss
Bandoraccltts. .'- . _ ^ ,-_;. their relationships with thSr
C.O.M.B.O., under the }^CZ" f^^^^-^ busihesi partners as
ship fif Bnh and irannr Raynor WMI ^^ ti-n l^t^n^rs hn^ ^y^
.-^^> more, people in a reoeption at the
'; .'- "Bks dub following the_56ncert.'
.came ir6te*i^fif ttway-tfr-OtnagF
--.-.Califbmia. HotMa and the mid-,
1 f.West;'Many ctf them no longer
-^^^"eyen: had their musical instru-
" fflients.' some of' which'- were
I'binowia by CTQ-.M.B.O.. the- , -j-^^^,:.-- i '- u — - — -
. sponsoring group, from Freeport -and a comiflmfcgr&raJxwt. eight South Main Street shopping area
: ' and Long Beich High Schools, 'omwr.- Band members and has changed from their parents' .
-Most of the "returnees" arrived .spouses." had-sponsored - two time to today's ncwly-<^>ened ."^
- i n town the day of the concert and previous an-alumni band r^pmon MaD.- -- :,••:
th>i"nT.ty i^hear^;^! time wa^< that" concerts, m 1964 and 1974. This, Mary AnnOstrofsky.a resident"-'
• Saturday aftrninnn_££xril_iQr_J<gygy,jyq^ou'0 oe'he tasi ai;^ ot ^Sooth -(jrove Street. ".WlIT:
otunnee sm, eedaclehy moufsi cVali ctoofrf erHinegrbwearst ' C.O.M.B.Q.. although he pro-"' reminisce, about her long-time
played through only once —
before the concert, in fact "Auld
-Lang-Synellwainottehearscd-aL
mised-a new organization would neighbor, the late Gay.Lornbardo :
be bom. also,consisting of Old-" for whom.both thc.streetjind the'
"BandMerabers.C.O.M.B.Q. pre- Town Marina at its end wjll^be
(Pnnt nnPagf'in • " renamed the foUowing day. ' " '.
.6fM3DJALrntQNPftj^TatJwr KetmeOyUae ja.)woraprwant with him
:ataiBi|Bptt<w>ce'letHatfefl ttwMthaiintvwaaryof hla ofdfnatloo ef the-priesthood:
The party," tveld this patstpunday. was jn Our HotyR»-
deerner School. Father Nee; ^stof 01 Our Holy Redeflmer, was Joined^
by.RabbI Reuben Katt.'gj); of'Congrfgation B'nal-ls/ael. and Mrs.
KKaattt z. '- -•^- , : , : ^ r . ^ . ' - - - - \ ' ' - _ - "