The-Leader_1979-05-24

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44th YEAR, No. 4 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 24.-4979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
School BWlgef Passes Easily
Residents Ask
For Village Actioiv
PARADE PLANNERS, p.. l o r . ) Ben CJairawlno.^lebwd Weet. Bam
Gerber, Charlea Jackson, Joe Peltloda. Walt McDuffy and Ed Licence
discuss arrangements for Freeport'a Memdrlail Oay Observance and
Parade which will be held Wednesday, May 30. At 10 am the parade
will start from Frieeport High Sctiool. Marchers will proceed south on
Brookslda Avenue to Merrick Road, then east to the Freeport Memorial
Library where memorial services honoring the American War Dead will
beheld.-- - . ;
Viltege To OBsenre Memorial Day
FREEPORT - "We are gang to
do something ourselves," one
resident of West First Street told
the village board at the Monday
night. May 21st public meeting.
More than three dozen of them
had come down to ask the board
for help in a situation which had
already been chtonided in the
weekly and daily press and on tel-evisicn.
Their neighbors, one
speaker explained, had remained
at their homes. to stand guard
against what thiey said was in­creasing
harrassment, intimi­dation,
violence and vandalism on
-their street which they^dalmed.
eiaiinated £rom one house, i 19.
Speaker—after, speaker de-
•crioed conditions, dahning that
up to 60 youths at one time con­gregated
in the streets until 3-4
o'clock In the morning, drinking,
maUng noise and disturbing any
posslbuity of sleep.
"...And. no one seems to be
' able to do anything about it," one
reddent said, after describing a
Ellen Kelly, Library
Budget Also In
FREEPORT - Rain, accompanied in ttie evening hours by thunder
and lightening, did not deter Freeport residents from approving a
schiHil budget on its first submission. Yes voters oupoilcd no voters by
4^S voles Wednesday, May 23, to approve a 98^ school tax increase.
Voters also approved a library budget which will raise the tax rate
by 7< per SlUU tax valuation.
-of- 4acU.
FREEPORT - The official Memorial Day observance in the village of
Freeport will take place Wednesday, May 30, as the annual parade
begins at 10 am from Freeport High School. Four divinons of marchers
and vehicles will be paying a tribute to the men and women of thb
country, and in particular this community, who gave their lives in its
service.
The parade route leads south
on South Brookside Avenue to
Merrick Road and then east to the
Freeport Memorial " Library,
where a formal program will be .
afield.-The parade, as in previous
years, is under the auspices of the
WiTBam njnton StoTV Rost #342
of the American Legion. This
-year,_the plannlng'of thie program
has_also .faidadttl the Freeport
"Men>ortafii6iriry.^=p^;r_^z-^:
1 At: the nbiaiyr^^tfte-i-reepiirt
• Wue Hamfteavt wiB-beJny^ved'
tn~r-Fi«-Department Service,
' inunedlate^^KXeding the rest of
" the pipgraiii, wKdi is chaired by
l<gkwtttiwLl~garJCT_;_Jacksoo.'
: Faitic^tatitig intbe program are
Joseph T. PdBccii, Commander
•'of tfaelFost;' Fred Hager,>Fred-
Manz. and Wallace Goest. FasC
OMmnanders: - and Charles
Herbert; , Past ^^- Comrnaindrr,
HduT Mocrisoo
. 1785.
Both the Gold Star Mothers and
members of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will be
present.-Musicjwill be supplied
by-the FreepornUgh—ScT
Band, .the Dodd—Janior High
School Band and the Freeport
Fire t>ypa'rtment BandTThe Fire
Department . will also nave
apparatus in. the line of mardi.
Legionnaires win be marching, as*
wal~Ms • Little Leagsers.-'ther
Apadie.n twirlera; Gtri Scouts
and Brownie Units, Junior Naval
Reserve. Junior-Blue Jackets and
Boy^ Scouts . aa^- Cub Scouts.
' RepreseniSives of the Catholie~
^Daughters of America, O.E.S.,
Order of Elks. Sons of. Italy,,
Knights of Cdambus, the Junior
senes
dents which caused property
damage and physical damage to
hispersoo.
Tne speakers asked for village
action. Mayor William White
noted . that previous attempts
"had not been too successful."
Michael Kirwan. the village's
Director of Human Relations, tia4
attempted to work in the area and
the polii«, White said, have tried
to respond and issue summons
! arrests but, he daimed.
it irdJfSuIrfa>«l«aj3J4e°% the
culprits.
tt^H^ntc«tngf«tedthe Mayor
The Freeport school Board had
previously %-otcd to submit the
district's budget only once this
year.
•Ellen Kelly, running un­opposed
in her first tiy for a
sch(X)| board seat, polled 1.958
votes — more than the 1,818
votes cast fur the school budget
-and the i.868>otej-fonhe1lbrar)f
budget. Kelly will take the seat^
presently occupied by Jack Reilly.
who chose- not to run for re­election.
The school budget vote cast
was 1.818 yes and 1.363 no. the
clearest and loudest approval for
its passage came as usual from
the Oeveland Avenue School
polling place .where 107 votes
tLrn» fur thf hiirfECt and only two
against its passage. At Archer
Street Schiwi, there were 375
yes votes; 305 no votes. Atkinson
Schixil voters • registered 324
votes for the school budget;
2111 against it. At Bayvlcw
Avenue School, the vote was 367
yes and 398 .no, Giblyn School
was the only other district to
bring in more votes In the nega­tive
mlumn: 3338 votes no to
309 yes votes. At Columbus Ave-
-liue School, the vote was 336
in favor of the schcxil budget;
109 against it.
The library budget passed
by 760 votes; 1.868 yes and 1,108
no.
Following the tolly of the votes.
Superintendent of Schools Don­ald
Costlow stated, "The suc­cessful
passage of our budget
pt\ip»>5aV by the voters rcpre- •
' scnts continued evidence of their
concern for quality education in
Freeport. Wc will continue to
strive for educational excellence
for each student in our schools,"
The next public meeting of the
sch(H)l board is scheduled for
June 20. The annual reorganixa-tion
meeting will be held in July.
More Funds
For Section 8
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
village of Freebort' has been
awarded an additional 5231,000
for its rental assistance program,
by the Departnient of Housing
and Urban Development. The
funds come under Section 8 of the
federal housing program.
According to Congressman
(Cont.onPageia)
KnighU bf Colnmbos, Northwest
Ovie -"-~ Association," • American
Cancer Care, Freeport R^wbB-FbsfT'can
dob. Cancer Care. American
'-•-::! .-Red-Cross, - Artors 'Cabaret
Rar.Timoithy~Petenian«,€f the Tlietter and Athena Qub will bit
-Fffst—Presbyterian' rhnrch^ <<4rfa^ division*. : -^— •."•-^
J-teepoci. will fl^lyeiMlie W T ^ - ^ ^ -:——-:-^
vocaidoo: the I^enefiction wiObe .
given by^Eer, fanes^HattcCOoiLiJ
r Redeemer Chorcifc^
HoHdiy.SicMuje
.„ indode tbe^; FREEPORT^-Inmbsenranceof
Gold Star Mcrthrii ^T 'f'« ' ' if»«~»t«i rUj—w^^Anj-^Afj,
naaity. : " '.-Max^D—all village oCBces wiO be
U- Commandr.Danief Walsh.' idostd. The^ Recreadoo Center.
Copmianding Officer of the Free- however, winrem«aoiicn;z^-
portNavai Reserve. wBI'SdiveP^—Beadenta oo Atlantic Avenne
the adtbess and the Freeport
High School Band win play for the
"occasion-;--J -x , •
* / Many cornmunity organixitipns
win be represented in the parade. •
TJroE
qtiuhterr. at 4 pm^ahd go mtth
-^fn^-GBy^^-tenbardo—Avenxie -to
-priint Street.-^ It ^ win-then pro-'
_oeed west "to Wooddeft Avenoe.
sooth <«i WooScIdtlolRicfaauad
and sooth wiU not recdve trash
and garbage pidmp on May 30.
Their garbage will be collected
Saturday. Jofe Z. arid their tiufa
.WedocaJay. Jane.6.^. «i;-»;, ,^
Street, west to South Cteean
Avenue, north to Fnnl. east to
. _Giiy jUimbardti. north to. Merrick
Ri«d. east to Main Street, south
ttr- Atlantic Avenue, west on
Atlantic Avenue to Cay Lorobartio
At-enue~ ana sootn badi
..Marina..
^rtJdpants In the fortheoming Guy Lombardo/Haitar CtaMie, • poanr.
:bot} neton pm pMenid^^^tctat, mtnb»n pfth* raot eommHtMinaka^
plant for tha Jiina 2nd*avant. Pttotographad at ona oTttiair waafcfy
meetings ware <j; to r.) Charfat Pigadis of Lafca'a YacM Salaa, rapra-lanuhfl
tfti yiwpui aunruv ut cunmmruft Wtaifiiam Dirtaiaw;
Robert Notlna< Jr, Eastern Repratantathra of Halter Marina, ttia raca'i
major tpooaor, Fraaport Mayor wnilam H. Whita: Franit Dalman of
the Fraaport Tuna Oub. which is supplying cheek point and turn point
bMts; and Bob Smith, RaoirChilrnUut of Iha South Bay Parformanca
association, the nlca't organizing group. While tha ITO-mila course of
the race takes It along much of Nassau County's aouth shore, race
l»i the hnj»i4,i..jHii>« ItMlf, >• I f H •• tha pfv^lng ^tt:» f y ^fi^ pyt^p^^fp
».v.i».,» koatSrJrthe.Gpypifnbardo Marina hara in fraaport. - . . . . ..
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