The-Leader_1979-10-11

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK nif LEABER FREEPORT'S
OFflCinL
NEWSPAPER
.44th.YEAR. No. 24 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER U. 1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
e Hires New C. D. Director
Board Picks Eric Hemph/ll
For Posf Vacated By Dunne
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK In the village of Freeport officially began
with a Freeport Fire Department Open House at fire headquarters on
Broadway. Former Chief John Horton G-). who was chairman of the
Open House, discusses the activities with Wade Hubscmitt of Hose S, a
member of his committee. Fire headquarters was the scene of films,
' displays and demonstrations on fire prevention and demonstrations of
firematics. • .. ;" ••^••.-,—-.~.^.—, . ^ _„, ..
Board Of Education To
Focus On Math Program
FREEPORT -The next regular monthly public meeting of the
Freeport B^ard of Education will focus on the District's mathematics
program. To be held Wednesday, October 17. 8:15 pm. at Giblyn
School on South Ocean Avenue, the meeting will feature a discussion
of last semester's math competency test results.
The scores, which were made
public several week ago, showed
Freeport with 32.5% of its 821
enrolled ninth graders failing the
sute-wide test. (See THE LEAD­ER.
Sept. 27.)
At the time Superintendent of
Schools Donald Costlow told THE
LEADER that if the scores of the
youngsters who first entered the
district in seventh,'eight or ninth
grades were not computed in with
the test results of. the other
students. .Frecport's percentage.
of filling sttidents wodld have
'htenl.l'.b%,'~~^ '~'
. Freepcfft's failing percentage
'was hi^er thin that sbbwfl'for _
New York • City (2015%) and McEIroy i n3 district director of
^ e e n s fg:^^~fa--Neiir-T3aF^-aiath'Joc7tfc«>rook"itt a pmei
Cty. however, it was aOi^jed tliat discussion.
- only a fifth of aH. high sdioot- The ineetiog is open to the
. fresbnun actnally took the test, irablic and there will be a qoes-
Cdstlbv noted that in Freeport" tioo and answer period.
the only ninth graders who did
not take the test were those in
Regents math classes and those
who were absent on test day.
Costlow also told THE LEA­DER
that parents of the students
who had failed the test had been
notified and remedial math pro­grams
started for them.
At next Wednesday's board
meeting. Costlow n-ill lead off a
discussion.of-the scores and the
districfsThiith program. He will
be joined by "Assistant" Superin­tendent
Jacob Tmgman. Freeport
"High School -prisdpal-William
Board Holds A
Special Session
FREEPORT - Sandwiched
between two Monday holida>-s —
Yom Kippur and Columbus Day
— the village board held an open
legislative session Thursday
night, October 4.
Among those items quickly
covered by the board was ihe
authority for the village treasurer
to prepare a bond resolution for
S50.000 to cover the cost of "TV
equipment" ncded for sewer
reair and maintenance work.
Village Counsel was directed to
prepare for a public hearing on
repairs to a structure at 1 Little
Pine Street. The owner. Mr. P.
Benevetano of Whitestonc.
N.Y.. had been previously noti­fied
that the building was in need
of repairs but had not answered.
Doradcan Experts. 156 Grand
-Avenue in Freeport. was awarded
the contract foHanhorial isenices
for the Public Works buildiri{».
They were the lowest bidder.
The Freeport Ftrc Department
will be allowed to erect banners
on Front and Wooddeft carrying
-the message, "Smoke Detectors
WUI Save Lives."
The Freeport Lions Oub. la
cooperation with the Oceanside
Lions Gub, was given permission
to hold a flea market at the
metropolitan Savings Bank
parking lot Sunday, November 4
(rain date November 11). Pro­ceeds
will go to charity. No food
service will be allowed.
Although no public meeting
was schedule^, Mayor William H.
White allow'ed Mr. Posner, a
businessman and property owner,
to address the board. Posner had
been erroneously notified that he
could speak at the meeting.
Posner objected to a late.charge
^asse^tedi on his Electrical Bin
heaiuseH had'nof been recetvi
by Freeport Bectric Utility. "It
--yas-|gst-ig-thg^iaail.''-Jcsagg-explained.
] ^ '•• .• ,_.
-:r- A smiiid checfc, whtdh~dii3.1ia('
indade the penalty, was returned
. to the prbpeiy owner. He protest*
Ned the fine .and said he .would
(Oont.onPiiB«15} ,".
FREEPORT • The village's new Director of Community Development
arrived in Freeport this week from Applcton. Wisconsin.
Ftfty^one year old Eric Hemphill was selected by the Board of
Trustees to fill the job held by James Dunne for the past seven years.
Dunne had resigned, as of August 23. to take an as^ixriate position with
Baldwin and Cornelius, the
village engineers.
Hemphill comes to Freeport
after six years in the Wisconsin
city of approximately 72,(XX) rcsi'
dents. In Applcton, he was Exec­utive
Director of the Applcton Re­development
Authority. Among
his functions was coordinating
and administering local public
and private efforts aimed at
preserving and Improving the-city's
commercial core. Simul­taneously
he served os director of
the city s Community Develop­ment
block grant proRram. and
Executive Director of the Project
76 Corporation; a'privatt^.-non
ning purptiics.
Among the prvijccts Hemphill
worked on in Applcton was a
fringe area Central Business
District program which involved
amstruction of more than 1(X)
new middlc-toupper middle
income private residential apart­ments.
He also assembled land
for a senior citiren amiplcx and
for federally aided low rent,
family type housing,
Hemphill's work In Applcton
involved citizen participation
processes and/ he met with
businessmen, local bankers and
lending institutions, dtlicns
profit organiration comprised of"—gfoup5r>*cnJcc—dobs and the
key leaders from local businetset ne»-s media,
and industries. This group raised Before going to Applcton,
private money to be used as Hemphill was Executive Director
'•teed nwney" for project plan- ((^l.onPagvlB)
CDmrhuni^ Q ^ Showboat November, 1979
-^^HHta LAOV'Of^xcfivtoirAima'Martin was poctegraptiid «flMrt
•htnettmi the Book of Golden Oeodt Award at • FrMport Exchang*
aub Installation Dinner. The lata Mre. Martin wUI ba honorad by Fraa-port
Exchanga ft their annual Scholanhfp Cocktail party Sunday,
Ottober 21 > Shown with Mra. Martin (above) ara past praaktant of
Freeport Exehanse John AbtMMa (I.) and tiMn-prasidant Bob Firanka. ~.
Aniui Martin To Be Honorad
FKEEPOBT • Behearuls are
now nndetway for-tbeTreefart.
~-f^m»^niiiitji fSiiMjV «. pimlimmii
of''9ioiiboat.','.Tlus^io!r holds
a ^ e d a l ; place in''Anetican.
theater bistacy since It is gener-.
any obnndered to mark the end of
tbe ojpeietta traditioD and the
emeieeoce of tfae first tme
Ainencan mo^cal comedy.
The Show's nm»c by Jerome
' Kem aiul Oscar Hammerstein,
-indodessacfi aO-time favorites as
"Old Man River," "Can't Help
Unia' Dat Man," "Bm." "Only
Make BeSew," "Yoo Are Love,"
and "life Upon The Wicked
Stage." The stroy, based on tfie
B l u Ferfoer oovd,. takes the
-sbqnrr people from the 1890's to ;
tlie i^O's, and from tbe'abow-'-
boat Cotton Blossotn. to the-'
Wodd'sPair andHcflywood. -
'Tfas . jrear's Fieeport-; OnO'
Dttnity Chorale ca^ of more than^
60. has come :fifein 22 dilXetcoy-comnmnities
from BrooUyn to
North Babykin, drawn by the.
Chorale's h ^ pradiiction
standanfs and more tlian 30 jaa
-bistDry of snccessfal shows.
Barbara Kirby,' wbo was the
leading lady m^bath "Ftnian's
Batnbov" and "TheMosicMan"
win play tlie part of Magnolia.-'
Newcomers to the Chorale' are '
-Micfaael Onins in the role of Cay*
lord Savenal and Sobfat Hansen
^and Julie. Freeporters sHth lead-ing
n4es are Emerson Jooes as:
Joe, Betty Taytor' as .Qneenie.
JacklHoOy as Frank and Gloria
.Mevard asRtrthy, The prodnctioo
is'directed by Gerald Kttby. .
"Sbtmbott" «riU be presented
Fridays and Satttrdays November
2J,9. and fO, S'JOpm, at Free-port
High Scfaooi. Jideta are $5
and S4 toe cfaildreo 12. AQ' seats
are reserved. For ticket In-fbrmatkjn
can 623-6307.
By Exchange
FREEPORT - The Aiuaal
Scholnstip CodtfaO Fulyof the'
Freeport'Exchange Qob wiU be '
held Sonday. October 21.5 pm. M
the Freeport Yacht ,CIub. TUs
year's- event wiU honor' the'
memory of one of Freeport's
great ladies, Anna B>fartin.
Since 1913. when Anna and her
basband William moved to Free-
K, Mnd until her death, Anna
tin contrlboted endless time
and effort to many oommomty
activities. She was- president of
many organizations iododing the
Lngiie of Women Voters,. the
ladles Atuaiaiy of both Mercy
and South Nassau Hospttals, the
Ddpfaian Sodety. the Athena
Cfab. ud ~ for aamr. yean —
the Fredwrt Comnrantty Concert
Atsoditwo.
AU of Anna Martin's friends,
who so deeply appreciated her
unseinsh efforts to bring cultore
and pleasure to this community,
can share in thb occasion. For
infomatkm, call John Abbate. FR
8-0047.