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. NEW IN TOWN. Eric Hemphill, the village's new Community
Development Director was guest speaker at a recent luncheon meeting
.of the Freeport Chamber ol Commerce. Hemphill was welcomed by (I.
to r.) Roy.Cacciatore, Chamt>er Program Chairman and Nassau County
Commissioner of Industry and Commerce; Lionel Socolov, Chamber
vice-president; [Hemphill]; Jo Cona, Chamt>er treasurer; and Nat
Mizrahi, Chamber vice-president and Journal Ad Chairman.
H.S. Track Meet
. EAST MEADOW - Entries
have gone out to high schools
throughout the downstate New
rorfc area for the 1980 loag
Island Citibank Relays, the
largest indoor high school track
meet la America.
More that 5.000 school-age
athletes are expected to partici­pate
in the two-day event, set for
Monday and Tuesday. Febvuaty 4
and 5, at Nassau Coliseum in
Uniondale.
. The event is sponsored an­nually
by Citibank and the Nassau
County Department of Recreation
and Parks.
Tickets for the meet, which will
rtm both days 3-10 pm. will go on
sale in January at the Coliseum
box office and at participating
schools.
Sea Devils' -
(Cont. from Page 23)
Relay events, Katcy Dunkle,
Katey Fox, Maria Moreo and
Michele Magec swam to first
place in the 200-Yard Junior Girls
event. Ben Dunkle. Bob Ensis.
Butch McCarthy and Jim Mc­Carthy
took first place in the boys
event.
The Sea Devils also took two
seconds in relay events. In the
200-yard Senior Girls Free Relay,
Eileen Lawless, Judy Hashiggins,
Jackie Bade and Letieen MoIIoy
came in the number two spot.
Second place in the 200-yard
Senior Boys Free Relay was taken
. by Cormac MoUoy, Steve Quin-toaTodd
Holly and John Hall.
individual vnns, and their
times, of Sea Devils team mem­bers
were also recorded.
Heidi Epstein (with a time of.
24.3) took third place in the eight
and under girls 25-yard free
event. In the same event for boys.
Jim McCarthy took first (17.1)
. and Sean McCarthy third (20.3).
In the 50-yard free-style events
for nine and ten year olds, Katey
Dunkle took first place (34.2) and
=—Vcnioni«" McCarthy fourth placs
-(55.9) in the girb evenu. In the
boys event. Gary (}uinton took
second place with the time of.
47.1.
In the -100 yard free-style
events. JtU SpeCna (1:13.8) took a
' Cm i^ace and Midiele Magee
' (1:19J) for 11 and 12 year old
• sitls.
; .la the 11 aod 12 year <dd boyi
.. meets. Bob Ennis came in secooa
~-^tmS.4) tad Bob Sochan fifth
(I:34.».'nie i:^!^ year old inee6
:nir'Chire Uditenbetget take a
- fifit- CIH)6.2). ElkB Moreo a
vfontli (1:1B.^). and Jaaiac
-Sadna a fifth a:19J). la the
'""Ixijrs* 13-14 jctT bid meet, Daany
*- LMriess came ia fint (1:03.1) aad
' CDnnac MoDpy sixth (1:08.6)..The
*saa>e lOO-jtrd fire-styfc ctmtt
for" 15-17' year old girls gave
KGdiele Mono a Bat place wia
(1:01.6) aad Katky • Gtsaini;
:^^;iiiir*>Brfilp!«dt(I
age group, John Hall took a
second place win with a 1:00.4
time.
The younger competitors, eight
and under, in the 25-yard badt-stroke
events, resulted in Sue
Epstein with a fint place win
(24.6) in the girls event. In the
boys event. Ben Dunkle took a
first place (23.2). and Sean Mc­Carthy
fourth (33.0). /•
In the 50-yard backstroke
events, first place in the nine-and
ten year old girb event went to
Katey Fox (40.3): second place to
Vicky Vecchione (40.9). In the
boys events, Troy Holly took first
place (53.2) and Gary (Juinton
third place (59.7). In the 50-yard
backstroke events for 11-12 year
old giris, Cathy Moreo came first
(39.8); Maria Moreo," second
(42.6); and Cindy MoIloy, sixth
(1:03.6). In the boys event.
Kieran MoIIoy' took first (35.3)
and Bob Ennis fourth (47.6).
In the 100-yard backstroke
events. Claire lichtenberger
came in first (1:16.1) for 13-14
year old gtris.' and Blen Moreo
fifth (1:37.4). In the 13-14 yearold
boys event. Cormac Molloy took
second (1:30.4). The 15-17 year
old girls event saw Jackie Bade
with a first (1:17.4); Michelle
Moreo. a second (1:20); and-
Leucen Molloy fourth (1:24.1).
Steve (Linton came in third in the
15-17 year old boys event with a
time of 1:28.
Breaststroke events results for
Sea Devib gave Jim McCarthy a
first place (32,4) and Chad Holly,
a second (34.9) in the eight and
under boys 25-yard event. In the
nine and 10 year old events, both
50-yards, Molly Westring placed
first for the girls (49.8) and
Veronica McCarthy, third (57.8);
Mark Hamill placed second for
the boys (48-1) and Troy Holly
• third (48.7).
The 11-12 year old breaststroke -
events were also 50-yarders.
Cathy Moreo took a first — in the
girls race — with a time of 43.1.
Maria Mweo came in third (44.9).
In the boys event. Butch
McCarthy took seond (48.7).
In the 100-yard breaststroke
events, Judy Hashiggins took a
:--fourth iot.thc_girls.(1:40.4) and
. Janine Suchan. fifth (1:43^89). In
th^ 13-14 year old boys event.
Todd Holly came ia second
(I-JO). teueeh MoUov took tMid
place (1^7:6) for 15-17 year old
- girts.
In the fly events. Sue Epstein
took first place (23.7) foe eight
. aiHijuider gtris. a 25-yard event
- Same distance, for ^ I s dne-10
-' jearjjld, Katey-DoBkle came ia
finj tl6J) Md Vkky Vecdaooe
. seobnd (17:9); for boys. Mart
HaaiiD came ia first (26lS). la the
SC^^fard evCTts. Jin Stu^aa "came
ia fiixtp7.(9iBthe l l - l l year oid'
^ l i s meet; fOeraa MbOor, first
(34.1). 11-12 boys; Daaay Law­less,
second OSJ); 13-14 hoj%7
' Eileen Lawless, first (33.1) lad
Jackie Bade. Ciorth (37.«. 15-17
year old gjtis; MBA Mho Ball,
tlunl P5.2) .amd Steve'Qiditfoa,
. . fciiit!i(39i))int&eer^for 15-17
e4_3W:pld b i j y s , ^ ^ •«:-»•:•-j..T>,i._.
Crafts Month -
At Nature Mdseum
HEMPSTEAD - January b
"Nature Crafts Month" at the
Ta^apausha Museumjn Scaford.
For five Wednesdays, starting
January 2. the museum* wiU
present a series of classes for
adults emphasizing the use of
natural (Ejects in arts and crafts.-
Participants will learn how to
make art objects from algae,
wheat and from beachcombing
scraps and shells. Classes will run
from 10:30-11:30 am.
Registration at a fee of SIO will
be held on a first-come, first
served basb. weekdays 9 am-
4:45 pm at the museum, or by
calling 785-2802.
The Tackspausha Museum, a
facility of the. Nassau County
Department of Recreation and
Parks, b located on Washington
Avenue in Seaford. The program
is co-sponsored by the Friends of ^
the Nassau County Museum.
Embezzlement
(Cont. from Paget)
Range, from whom it leases time.
In turn, the PBA leases the site
from the village, Freeport Police
Department members belong to
both the PBA and the association,
but the association abo has a
great many civilian members. In
past years, its membership has
numbered as much as 500 with at
least 300 of those Freeport
residents.
The 38-year old Rhodes was
treasurer of the Freeport Re­volver
and Rifle Association from
July, 1976 until January. 1979
when he left the department..
A Freeport police, source told
THE LEADER thb week that
members <^ the PBA had un­covered
whft appeared to be
discrepancief in the accounts
and .had gone to the Dbtrict
Attorney. *
According to the Nassau Db­trict
Attorney Denb Dillon.
^Rhodes b charged with stealing
the SI..435 in club funds during
1978 and b alleged to have used
the funds to finance improve­ments
on hb then-Freep«rt home.
Rhodes surrendered to 'the
. Nassau O.A.'s office" Monday.
December 17. . - .
VEEB Offers Nursing Program
UNIONDALE • The VEEB
(Vocational Education and Ex­tension
Board) School of Practical
Nursing's Spring. 1980 program
b scheduled to start April 14.
Final testing b scheduled for
January 14.16,17. 28.29.30.31;
aad February 12, 13. 14. 25. 26.
27and28.
Tuition assbtance b available
for those who qualify. For fiirther
information call 292-9292. ex­tension
9. V
Christmas Past jCont. from Page 22)
Massachusetts Puritans in KJSP But it was not until late in th?
repealed their anti-holiday century, when the business and
decree, apparently won over by' pleasure of gift-giving began in
two reasons: the seasonal joy they earnest, that elaborate Chrbtmas
could sec their neighbors ex­periencing,
plus the protection
the U.S. Constitution gave to the
separation of church and state.
The Puritans, according to social
historian James H. Barnett. were
less inclined to oppose the sec­ular
celebration when it was no
longer a symbol of the political
and religious dominance of
the Church of England.
But some in the colony still
were not reconciled to the de-cbion.
Complained one Judge
Scwell: "I believe that the body
of the People Profane it; and
blessed be God^ no authority yet
to compel them to keep it." In
1856, though. Massachusetts
joined the growing list of states
giving legal recognition to G^.t-mas
Day — the first being Ala­bama
20 years earlier. j
By the mid-1800s. Christmas
spirit was. on the upswing
throughout the country. Dickens
"A dhrbtmas Carol.'* publbhed
in 1843. helped bridge local
regional differences in holiday
customs. Its themes of kindness
and generosity, according to
Chcrkasky. crossed many cult­ural
and regional boundaries,
thereby helping to universalize
the Christmas celebration.
In 1868. Dickens gave read­ings
of the tale in the United
States and. after one appearance,
he wrote: "They took it.so tre­mendously
last night that I was
stopped e^ery five miniites. One
poor girl burjt into a passion of
grief about Tiny Tim and had to
be taken out."
As it did in other areas of
American life, the Industrial Rev-olution
began to influence the
way Christmas was observed.
Christmas cards, for example,
could be produced and mailed
inexpensively,; ..gaining wide
popularity by 1875. And for better
or worse^'the first holiday adver
tising 3{}peared in the I830*s
celebrations became an annual
American experience. "Gifts at
first were given mainly to chil­dren,
servants and trades­people,"
Chcrkasky notes. "It"-
was a time for evening up ac­counts.
But that was all to
change."
"The folk-secular aspect of
Christmas was taking precedence
over its religious one." Barnett
says. "This was apparent in the
•increasing importance of SanU
Claus." Thomas Nast's dravk-ings
in "Harper's Weekly" portrayed
Santa for the first time as a jolly,
white-bearded character dressed
in fur.
The popularity of the Christmas
tree grew along with the change
in social customs and tech­nological
progress. After Queen
Victoria set up a Yulctide tree at
Windsor Castle, the style was set.
reaching the White House in
1865 during- Franklin Pierce's-
Presidencj-. .
Thomas Edison's lab came up
with a string of tree lights in 1882,
3 years after the incandescent
light breakthrough, and imm­ediately
this novel idea became
the rage among ihe wealthy.
Christmas tree parlies to show off
the expensive, lighted trees were
major social events.
Today, of course, the Christ­mas
season is the sum of many
traditions. "We're so encrusted
with a whole set of things to do.
compared to the time when the
season was really quilc simple."
says CTherkasky.
In "A Book uf Christmas."
British author William Samson
puts in this way: "Christmas from
whatever angle you look at it is
complex. When the English-speaking
countries sit do%vn at
•lunch-time to " a 'traditional
Christmas dinner.' they eat Aztec
bird beside an Alsatian tree,
followed by pudding spiced with
subtroprcal preserves.*'.'
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