The-Leader_1978-01-26

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NEWSPAPER
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42rid YEAR No. 39 . FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JANUARY 26, 1978 . PRICE 15« PER COPY
Village bepartm^nts And
mpmisrgin
Clean-Up Efforts
FREEPORT^ long island's biggest winter storm of the detade Teft
this village under more thana fopt.oLsnow. Although national arid
i-egioiial wealhe'irservices "foretold the snow would •begin_sometimc
after midnight Friday, January 20, and tiirn to rain by 10 am that same
morning, sno* began to fallThursdajLnlght several hours earlier than
predicted.'..and.j-thc warming
• ~\YbLfrH^FUC THESPIANS. Photographed Jnltie^
•ifiedWItTr^ri'd.Dcama^S^i'recent^W ,
-i "stahdlno*.'(l;W n) are Tanlq "Stewart,-Jeannlhe Haley, KathetinaMoreo; Lisa Braz.Noet-Konlcek,.;
lv~7^etinWaleyj;'Kristen"Connor, Dean Philpotts, Tony Jackson,-llyasah SImpsonrVonfquo McQueen; slt-
. 'j[InB:<i.^4eCr;) Aretha Jones, Kalhy Fox,.Dina Newman, Joy GlazeVrStaci Fortuna, Syd Dawson, Marta ,.
. -. M6reQ'arid.Sandy Bedell.iNot in picture are'Marilyn Maglie, Marcelline Alvarez and Tahya^atsr.
The prSa'uciion,' under the direction of Mary^all, was the culmination ql the Recreation DeparmeftfB-fall
drama activity for young people. Registration for the spring workshop will be held ihls'Saturday,
-• -Jahuary.28, Tlfam to 12 noort, at the Freeport Recreation Center. The fee Is $5.
trend' never "came. Instead • as
school closings were announced,
governmental office, industrial
complexes and stores never
opened their doors and public and
private transportation sepmed_t«-:
viiJusUly cease, the snow kept fall-
_ ^ •tng..Mosr^reei»rterSj like' many •
••'. .Utliei!> uii Loiig island, stayed in-'
' V«Joo««tiiedio shovdHheitway—Vi'l^'"^"
ourtm-uff still-filling flakes of 1^^^" » „ - i , •;
snow. ~ Village Hall was 5p«ned_af its
A few hardy souls did vinlure
out however. In Freeport, the
volunteer firemen, hospital work­ers,
police force and some village
employees struggled to get to
brought. in or taken home by ' •
Freeport and Nassau - County
policemen or Freeport firemen.
Freeport fire .department vol­unteers
were puT on standby- by
—Chief Richard Van.Wicklen from
5 JO am 'Ftiday*£uiitil midnight^—?
Aftof—ttft—air: tiic-' Crehouses
continued to be manned bysix to
regular-time, 6 Am,-is^ caretaker
Walter Fischer, who walked to
tfiellall from Commercial Sirect.
He^was followed sooiv after by Pat*
Napoli, who opened .the switch'
their posts and succeeded. aboard, early .Mrs. Napoli. not the
Sthdbl: BodrdrAft^nddnce Sfdbte;
^~ Third Officer Unnecessary :
;. FREEPORT-^ - • Accprding ao
- • Hgures" presented last week by'
•the Board of Education., the'dis--
jricl "doesjioi require the services
of a third atten'dance .officer. In '
a special -.report given to th^'
-public; • Board - President, Jack -
'^ Reilly stated "the attendance of.
••- ;,studentisj^has" rremained- stable
• dyer "a four-year pCTiod."-Later.
^^^Supcriniendent - 'Donald - 'Costlow -
^^Rcfad Program
Suggested 1^^
Highway Golnffllssioft
TlieyGotld
Public Work employees, whose
job it is (and had. been the week
before as well) to clear the streets
and'^r'emove the drifts of snow
reveialed Tihat .'sihce the-jchoor^~t%: Giblyp and .Ptt<l(lji^>'e "re
_^._.. year-Bf 1973-74^ t^en-^hree^-jq^inedjhe saifieV-whilethe High :
I ' : officeTS'were;ejpployejlr^«-fiie.-i_iichoortias.3roppi^ 1%..-"^-..^ .--rrr
. J__^ queiM^ of laten«s hasdecrraseflir'?.-; "Atteinfew :
- ? .1.1rfie-que«ioiff6f whether the-iaddeijihas^^ at a-rconsfahr.
-'•• .third officersTiotildibe reinstated 1' """'"' ' " '
t:an(changeHratten~dancc.". •• —
Freeport. reatrT?eIiIy.-'Jiad a-
91% attendance average in 1973- FREEPORT ^" The village's"
74. 92% in •74-75. 92%'in •75-76."_ 700 miles of^village-mainUined '
and 9 1 ^ inS7b-77ZI~,il • 1 ^ . _ ' roads and stredls" "are iflllieed of"
.- Breaking Jhe. data down .into-—a five year program, according to
.Individual schools.. Reilljrtr&b.A-' the FreeporT'Highway Commisr,
servedlhat ajtei^da'ncein.ihej^t--sioiir-iir.a m'eetin^i^w^ the
four years at .Atcheir'Street has ,.Coninussion had reque$tsd with
gone lip-l%'rT\tkihsoit^^«p:^%. •-^herAnllage' Board of- Trustees
toyyiew jup -2%'""l5olumbus.i up --^Monday^evening.- the'appointed
.. wTiich w(iu\A hayg prevent^ rvn\ • out ill^
^tn>'rg»-nry VPiliJyIys ftt)m rekch-usual
switchboard.operator, had
called the Village Qerk at T'-am
that morning, offering to man the
board for the day because she
knew that the usual operator was
Mrs'. Napoli stayed on the
phones all, day, reassuring- rf si-denis.
answering their questions
-'and . routing their calls, for
ing their destination, were called
to work sbmetime.after midriighf.. ._ ._ - . ,
One employee Walked-4o "work .assistance to the proper people.
from -his home-TH- Rockvate-- She^as jointdat village balUy
. 25 .other employees, Mnany of
- whome..\^aJked long .distances
Centre: AtLydia E. Hall Hospi|aW
some members of that staff just •
didn't go. hoine but worked:
through the -flight an.ct.the
following day:- others- "were
through high-snbw-drifis-to come-in
and do what they could. The-
"^ ; ~ (Com. on Page 10)
:90%.
Commission suggested an^nniial-program
of-road work,-Their five'
year'• plan.would run S4.millidn ,
br$800,d00.ajeari:,-l__ V/r.-^;''- :
rT^5ng^haf^fTi>-1969 fHire
_>._,.. ^.,-„.-. .-.,. '7~7wasno"suchroaJlwork.~the^uru- .
wji^^Ued-iiraifecenr^infsffiiber " -*T—^% .TlCa^^
o'f-Cormmer<«;mrtting.'at'whichr. r ^ f t r ; ^ ^bf-.^gure^
village'mer6harils'di$ciissed;the'-'T^n»S«r£^f;.q'uKtitW of a regression." He expfcisV.:'
miicb-ncsdi-
_ iraprovemeqts
ybnden!"tf:tf~'.iDuIldJmj.i>Myeir .it! 90fli Jay.J^ L'We mttat^iaommue-to-a;doptt^ji
tha roaitting'fttnat af ctilldren— "r iumiiiei'iiHil ^'aliliimtf ^ '\\r - arffBfal jirngram.;' he said.' "to
many .of whom* ihey-OTaintain'ed.r.^^ieard-odntra fi,
•^-^liglt^-^^ll^^ooald-beTiTOaceii^
: -vseofa'notbetiltendanceofiict^^ i ".-. -
:3" • On- JariiiarY' It. "t)ie".'"^Schoot ""- •'We'vcihad'^leiigtfiy"
avoid.san>e day naving a crisis.; ~
:" The ;Cmamlisluii_iiutiUl^^Mtf
V--.- much rf.the~itiad./4'<Ktitenc't^
pastlydir, was^ot «ndej;-their:/.^
_• .vr..- ..»..>^.T. . . . ,v,"- -^"""V—: "'-"''-iJ.':'~'"V'g"T ^i?""!^- ansnifps; butT witthh ' fC.oommtnmminnihtyy'y -
Board met in executive sessionjo. .su)iK_oiutniSk.and,wplve..foim4.-ii.|)gveJ<m^^
cot^idef=lb!Eana».etv--<)He-^eefc—^liat it tsh>."trne.x : ahtwereffr v..niierThe dii^iiuii jjf tlie'Cuin'
.latei,.,ariLs.^pubUc^sfasioii o| - R^iUW., UUiaj^m. OU .^UpatU^: ,„nnityJ)evelopment A g e n ^ ^
•'vJaBuaiy 18,
•: itsfiddings. T^
•" While ici^s:'" ectly slated.
endent Costkiw.for some jtatt
"TCa proof."
-^-IrfVl973.74*^:-said -CosUow.
-ilie Boaidiiupried thai-there-isiH>----^'^-T i«a-4•a licr•j•l isii•i ct; LhaiHtfirBt..-
demand foV a^ third' officer. By. attendance officers,' the^ropC?^
reading Z BsL of 'ptregntaett tidn of lateniess-was-gZIS, Last>
ritfi^ft^ Wmic. pointed'
tb-lfifrlheayyjtai. biirdoi whkfa
would be necessitat<:d byUaixeaJt-^' NEitfSTC
ing-4he-buagrt-6f the.'bonded-indebt^
ness ' -for 2ich- 'teork
but .he atkcdTraaturar Jtai.I^gas-ii—
r-::-,-cOTcrigg jhe^JH^Jio^^
Presidenl"Reafytestified thatthe-ntwas8.4%: - — ,'-.«• r ^,- . ._
-^ifewet-hasj^indergoiie no signtfi- - (Cont.onPage"6>l >(ComAm_Page iSj
FEATURES KEYSV^MD OfTHEB SECORfTY
DEVICES. Prpefiglgof Dial Vpdttnilth Inc., on Chureh Street, is iom
White; showfTnflOl gt Mayui "WIHfanrVVniM jSSlie « i » tRB-rerfTIbbon'
aithVdbre's grand'openlno/Famlly.frlenda'andniembisnipf the Free-
^en cniamt)ef .ofConiiiiercu WUIBWI Iwfini to officially welcome the new-
-storerWMteratonb^fnMFfeepoirfrwIdent^flWvwlWtbtfffnflOT
vHlage.frbmNewYofkCity,"..;•''• - ' - 1