The-Leader_1978-11-16

              FREEPORT
BALDiWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
LIERARIAM
HASSAU CTY HISTORKTAL HUSE'JM
EISEHHOSER pABK
EAST UEADOH, M Y 11554
THE LEABMR FREEPORT'S
OFFIimi
NEWSPAPER - ->-'r
.43rd YEAR, No. 29- FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 16,1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
For Additional Paridng
Board To Discuss Special
Tax Assessment District
'FREEPORT - A public hearing will be held Monday night, December
11. to consider the establishment of a special assessment district for
expanded paridng for the Freeport Mall area. Mayor William White
told the Board of Trustees that all ptbperty owners of the area to be
included in the spedal^az district will be notified. The public hearing.
woald begin at 8 pm, at Village
SM^tit^fiUs^lSl&OMniOTbTOW of last ysar's spectacular performance, Santa
Claut ^r.) will be ajrWlngiri Uie yUlag^.^f Freeport Saturday.Npwrhber 18, for the Chamber of Com-:
dren-pleastng chl^9ct««;Saht«[^8'Freep(^ appearance is uaiially.hls first "booking". InUortheastem
Uhfted States, Before ai limited number of .ehsagements. Then bade to the North Pple to check on his
ta9rau)]dnsLe)veaand-i(»d.up)iia sleigh. In cass.of Inclement weather, Santa will arrive In Freeport
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FREEPORT-Santa dausSviD be among iffiV;^^
,annual,ToyIand Parade sdieduled for this Saturday,-November 18. The:
jolly reti-suited visitor to the.village will be accompanied <m his inarch
along Merrick Road bythenewly-crownedMrs. Merry .Christiaas of
1"9F7r8a n'aknied Mhaenr" Cdoisutrrtib; uBtionzgo "h,athned :C lown; 23ppy; Nathan's Famqus"-
puppets; and hundreds of cos-'
; turned villagers on floats and
in -inarching units, along with.
more -than a dozen baiids and
musical groups.
Sponsored by the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, the
• parade will kick off at 9J0 am
from Freeport High School: Led
by Grand Marshall Mike Carria-tore,
the line of marchwill ptor
ceed up Brookside Avenue to
Merrick Road and tiien turn east
Tlie buids.and niarrhing anhs
will parade down FrMport Man
from Merrick Road, makers ri^
.on- Newton .BouleVard. and dis-
.. band on Heniy Street; The heavy
equipment'. sad '.floats, which
'could experience - more .diffioilty
• -in maneureting among .the
'. -watching crowds on the B>fall, wiQ
arid . the Proud Rebels Color
Guard.;. .' .
'•.'-.••-•, i_-FbeTnKki
•:•,'•.>_.:".•-On Pai»de_
Residents and" visitors to'
Freeport lining the parade route
will again see the bright, shiney
Freeport-Fire Department trucks
and the company's Marching
Group. Joiniog them nill be
Freeport's Giri Scouts pulling
decorated wagons and distribut­ing
loUjpops, the ,Uinted States
Marine Colc^ Guard and the
JunicT Bine Jackets of America.
:: Various'village, organizations
have planned ll(»ts for Freeport's
annual festive parade. The Sondi
Atlantic Civic Association
rTASCA), - FTA . Coondl" the
Freeport Repoblkan Club, the
Freeport- E.O.C, "whh "Miss
amfinue dowii Merrick Eoad past - ,Y.O.U."^ Md ^liorCoim. ArAer
;tee Man, make a left oo Hemy; " ^ "" ^ - ^ - . •. -•- ^ -
•Strwrtand'disbaadthere." ' .'.. ™
- - Among - J^tfae 'mnsical nnits^
•'(MT«:ted to' pi»^- «« the
JFre^xtttHigJ^ S<&x* Band,-the.
' Fr««port Fire Department Band,
bands from Hempstead High and
• Long Beadi'. BB^ Sdibols,' the?
' Dodd Junior Higji Sdiool Band,-'
St. Ignatius Girls Cadet Corp of
Hicksvflle. the LampUghtets of
the Sacred Heart Academy" of
Island-Pari — who have played
for the President-of the United
. States —,St- Benedicts Fife aiid
Drum Corip of the Bronx, Freeport
"^E-O-C Drum and tBugle Corp,
street- School, FTA • ami, yfes
Carmen's Manna ate -ainuig-those
whb'wiO be in tbie pande^
with decorated:liiiits:;The'First ~
Presbyterian Chnrdi c^Freepbtt
win provide "Noah's Aik." :
. .'AkointheCneof mxn^.willbe.
servenl > floats planned by the
Ladies Auxiliary of .the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, tiiHridtng'
fbe one carrying Mrs. .Meriy"
Christinas. The Chamber itself,
win give onlookers-a lo(^ at Santa
Clans visiting the ••Land of Oz." -
• The youngsters of Cub Scout
Pack 138 win j<nn in the parade
• (Cbflt.onPage6)
H^. Students
Must pass Tests
To Graduate
^FREEPORT - Along with other
school districts in New York
State, Freeport has been in­formed
of revisions in the State
-Board of Regent's Basic Cbmpe-tency
Testing Program as it re­lates
to students receiving high
school diplomas. A key element in
the new Regents Competency
Testing Program is its relation­ship
to'the high school.Regents
• examinations. '• ' ' • '
Students who demonstrate
their proficiency in rea<Iing • and
writing by passing the Btegents
Comprehensive Examination in
English win NOT be required to
take Regents Competency Tests
in Reading and Writing.
- Similarly, stuidents who demon­strate
their'proficiency in Mathe­matics
t^ passing any Regents
exainination in Math, including
Business Mathematics, . win
^. NOT. be. required to take-the
: Regents- Competency test ,in
:•'-:-,; :;' {Cbnt-ooPage«0 .., •
Special^ptice
'• Due to the Thanks^
givfnia •• Holiday, ..alj.
artfcfes • and - press re-.
leases submitted to THE
-LEADER for theThurs^
day, November 23 Issue
must be fn our office no
later than noon Satur­day,
November 18.
HaU..1Vhite noted that at the
bearing the Board'would be able
to give the public as accurate as
possible figures oo'tbe costs of
acquiring and improving the
paridng lot area and the approxi-inate
tax rate to be assessed on
property owners;
At a - board - mating held
August 28," the Trustees had
socborized the-mayor to rign a
contract with'aa architiBct for a
s^ematk de^^vfor the 'prch
p6ce4 pamngluea iwd extension
of tlffi Man, T%'liid'iM&Mf tlui
the pii^poSalwouMmidnVle areas
-• Mall ^aad Ton' Newton 'Sbolevud..
-The special assessment'district'TT'
^e ares in whldi properties win
be taxed for the parking improve­ments
— is a wide ares which
extends eastward as far as
Alexander Avenue, northeriy to'
Freeport Plaza, southeriy to
Smith Street in some parts; and.
westerly to Guy Lombardo-
Avenue. An exact description of
the assessment district is part of
the legid notice printed in.tlus
week's issue of THE LEADER,
bej^nnlng on page 14. A map of
the suggested district is also on
file in the vmajie Oak's oCBce in
(he mnoicipal boHiUng at 46
Nortii Ocean Aveime.
EetaUets in tfaeMaU district
have long complained of iiisuffi-cdeot
parking for their customers,
noting tliat the parking fcjt betdnd
tlie Salvation Axinir Comnnnity -
.Center fiUs early in the day with
aotombbOes of teadiers at Dddd
Junior iOg^t S^ool and Is also
used by. tboae pttending programs
at^Saln^icip^Ai^XC"^'.
.•. CTBaiiciiiniM^[Set -
:; iAtlBc Ma6d*r;i^tl^AQ*^
bef I3tb : txMrd"'meeting,'the'
Triistees also sdieduled a public
hearing on an amendment that
would change the fees for licens­ing
dogs. Under the proposal, to
be discussed publidy Monday
-night, December 4, 8 pm, at
Village H^, the annual fee for
each, dog licensed -would be
'{acnised from S23S to S4.35 for
each iriale or spayed female dog;
and from $5.35 to SIO J5 for^ach
. (Contl on Page 16' [
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)N REMEMBERANCE OF ALL: VETERANS, Amefkan Leglonalres'
and members of the Freeport Bks placed wreaths Saturday jnornbig. :
Veterans Day, at the Freeport MefhorHfd Library. The twowreUlts were _
donated by the WiUiani Clinton Story Poet #342 of the,Ain«ric»i Legion
and the Freeport,Bla. Present at the ceremony, which foflowed the .
annual Veterans Oay'service'af Village Hall, were (I- to r.) front row:
Charies Jackson, chaJrmaii of-thedayV program for the Ainertean
Lejolon William ainton Story Post; Barbara Combs, Ladljes!Auxinary
bf the VFW; Ethel Peliiocia, president of the Ladies^-AmdHary, William
ainton Story Post; Post Commander Joe PeHlcda; Christopher Mc-
Duffie, Junior.Bluejadcets of America; Marty Slmm8,,mird-vice- ,
commander V/illlam cnnton Story Post 'jwid representaUve of the Free-port
Elks; Ed Marra. chaplain, Frefeport Bks; and fop row: Barry
Dunn, pMt commander; William Clinton Story Post and Captain of the
Color Guard: Charles rterbcrt; past-commander, Henry Morrison
Deldney Post American Legion'; Olivetto Stevenson, past president
Ladles Auxiliary Delohey post; and Walton McOuff le. past commander
William ainton Story Post.