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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
THE LEADER V
FREEPORT'S
OFFICIRl
NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR, No. 19 • FREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 7. 1978 PRICE 15« PER COPY
Locoi EOC Finances Questioned
Director Resigns
As Loans Discovered
FREEPORT - The ex-director of liKal Economic Opportunity Council
(EOC) came under fire last week when the head of ihe Couniv's
Economic Opportunity Commission told the daily press that intere'st-free
loans had been granted to employees of the antipoverty center.
Douglas Smallwood. the local agency's director and a cesi(fent of
Hempstead, resigned before the charges becanie public. Gene Gilliam,
also a Hempstead resident, has
MORE VICTORIES for the Freeport Recreation Department's swim team. The Sea Devils.- Members
of the team hold their newest trophy.up high after Wmnng a third place in the Nassau County Division
III championship meet and tielrig for second place in the county-wide dual meet. Sea Devil Coach
Dennis Eberhardt is In ihftVear., ^ ^ . . ,
since been named acting director
of the Agency. - ; ..
John Kearse, executive direc­tor
of the county commission,
reportedly has given records to
Dutrict Attorney Denis Dillon's
ofTicc showing that Smallwood
had signed checks made out to'
himself and other einployees of
the agency over^ the last few
.years. 4)etails ,,pf Jhese' trans-
•'actibns-f- names and amounts -^
Vare now'panbf a'Grand Jiiijr
-.investigation and as such'are
ccinsidered sealed and not. public
information. •
Freeport EOC receives about
$500,000 • j.n_ federal *,funds.
.Reportedly, the local agency
collects about. S20.000 annually
from fund-raising.drives though
questions to-employees .— who
wished to remain unnamed —
and.a persual of back issues of
local newspapers did not reveal
any such fund-raising efforts
during the last five years. It is
this nuiney that reportedly was
used for the loan puiposes..
The village of Freeport. how­ever,
also budgets and gives
S20.000 annually to the local
agency. This money docs not go
through the 1 county 'commlssioii
• and anRecounting of tthasi'never
been made to the village.' Mayor .
William White told THE LEAD­ER
that this praqice had been in
force at least as long as he was
Mayor. Neither EOC. nor the
Freeport Ans Council, he. said,
were audited by the village.
The Ans Council is also a recipi­ent
of village funding. White
also noted that although he had
appointed a trustee to sit on the
local agency's board, they had
tiot always received notifications
of meetings and. in iid. he had
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This Vlirage Feafured
On TV Channel 21
FREEPORT - This village of more thaii 40,000 inhabitants — report­ed
to be the largest village in New York State — will be featured on
WLIW/Channel 2rs "Oose-up: Freeport." this, coming Tuesday.
September 12.. through Friday. September 15. The three part program
explores the different aspects of Freeport for those not familiar with it,-
The-series has b«en put
together by a Channel 21 crew,
headed by Joan May. and the
village's piiblicity department.
Channel 21 camera's .v>!i^gaeen in
various areas of the village during
the last two weeks. A graphic
depiction of the-village's recent
accomplishments appears on the
-from—cover of- tbe--Chantiet-::3i—Village
program tuites.
.Among those whpwere filmed
was Freeport Historical Society'
President Lillian Glaser'. who will
be shown at the Society's South
Main , Street Museum. Glaser
speaks of her. org'anization's
successful attempts - to preserve'
artifacts of the eariy days of the
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' FREEPORT - Quick WTJrk by a village police officer and supportive
-'.. investigation by the Nassau Coiimy Fire Marshal's office has restilted
^: Jnihcdnrging^ a-21-ieaujlU Jieeputt iiuu wUlt'iljinl demt usaa^
_ ."following a fire at Archcr'Street Sdiool; The fire .was'confuted to oee'-
Brig 'Unicorn'
Visits Freeport
HlCKS\aLl£ ,- The- brig
"Unicom" ^ill arrive in Freeport '
Wednesday night. September 13,_
as part-of the Long Island Nauti- '_
cal Festival. Coiticiding with the
Second Annual Greater New York
Boat Sh9w. the authentic, hand­crafted
brig will drop anchor in
Ihe waters near the Town ' of 7
Hempstead's Guy Lombardo '
Marina and remain until 7 am
Saturday. September 16. This is
her first stop on Nassau Goiinty's -
South Shore. At the end of the
oth-she-win^pend-two-^aays;^
in .long Beach and fottr in East".
Rockaway. but Freeporters and.
residents of this area will find this V
their easiest opportunity to view •;
the square-sail twtvinaster;"
board her and learn more about -.
the nautical, heritage of this .
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land, who was present both at the' '
school 'fire 'on Stmday night,.
September 3. and a fire IS min­utes
later in'an-abandoned car
in the parking.: lot behind the
-Freeport Elks " Club on West
Merrick Road, is credited with
bringing Herman Dunn, of 128
South Grove Street, into police
headquarters for .qtiestioning.
The school fire, which was con­trolled
quickly by the fteeport :
Fire Department, staned about
9 pm Sunday- night. When
Rblland received the call of the
second fire and went to that
scene, a witness told him of a
young man who had run from the
back lot sajdng there was a
fire there. Armed with that de­scription.
Rolland found Dunn at
the scene and the youth, on ques­tioning,
reportedly told the police
officer that he had also b ^ at
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The tail ship, which starred iii
- the-BieentennJal's OpSail cele-braticm
and-has.-hari roles.Jn.
-' motioa pictures and television"'— •
most recently in the TV pro-
- auction, of "Roots" — vrUl take
its visitors back in time. They wOI
be able to toocfa its woodwork,
see its sails flap, examine the
brightwork, feel the rope' rig^ng
and experience the vessel's
motion in the wateiT y :. ,
Owned by the Utnoorn Mari­time
Institute o£ Tampa. Florida,
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A VISITOR TO OUR\VATERS. The UniconiV iioating ambassador
of the eight week long Long island Nauticaf Fesii^, wdrdibp anctior
In Freeport's-walers at 7 pm Wednesday,'September .13. She will.
remain within the complex of thaTown<if Hernpstead's Buy Lombardo'.
Marina, at the foot of Sooth drove Street, until 7 ani Saturday, Septefflr
ber 16. The Unkorh'M -isit coincides with ihe opening of the Second
Annual Greater New Yorlc Boat Show which will be at .the-Marina .
September 14-17.-An Auttientic, hand-crafted, brig, the two-nusted
sailing ship carries 17 qi»re sails over (ts 136 foot length. She parlid-pat'ed
in OpSail. has appeared In numerous' nniotion pictures and was
most recently seen In the TV«pic; "Roots." -' •!'-«^ «-.
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