The-Leader_1981-07-23

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46th YEAR, No. 13 : FREEPORT; NEW YO^KTJULY 23.1981- PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
Emptf Homes Subject Of Complaint
Archaeological Citizens' Group Presents
Collection To g^^^ ^.^^^ Problem LM
Honor Morin
TICKET TO LUXURY. Mayor William H. While <2nd r.) helps the
Freeport .Chamber of Commerce display one of the tickets for Its
annua) Cadillac rallle. In order to raise tunda to continue Its work.
the Chamber is selling 150 chances to win a 19B2 Cadillac Coupe de .
Vine Other prizes to be awarded are a 19- color television, his and
her 10-speed bicycles and a trip to Atlantic City. The first P"fe «"?"er
can choose to take $12,000 cash or the car. The drawmg wl 1 be he d
Thursday aflernoon, November 19, at Salty Bay Yacht Club. With
White are (I. to r.) Larry Grebinar, co-chairman of (he Raffle Com-
. mittee: Chamber president Jo Cona: White; and Lionel Socolov a
member of the committee. Tickets are available from Chamber
directors or by calling the Chamber office, 378-7402.
Rec Center Revenues Rise
FREEPORT - By the end of
June of this year, the Freeport
Recreation Center had taken in
almost S35.000 more in revenues
than had been the case in
June-1980. In the current fiscal
• year, which began in March,
revenue is $250,131. as against
$216,513 in June, 1980. Antici
now "bubble" enclosed. The ice
skating season which previously
had run from the end of Novem­ber
to the end of February,
will now extend from October 3
to March 28. All charter time
has already been booked. •
All analysis of the Center
ill 1980-81 shows that over 3,500
FREEPORT - About three dozen men and-women, weariiig Citjiens
FREEPORT - In a tribute to Alliance buttons, attended the Village Board of Trustees meeting
His- 21 years with the Freeport Monday evening, July 20. and led by several spokepeisons of their
Memorial Library and his 50 Btoup — the North East Freeport Citizens Alliance — complained of
years in "the libriiy field, the vacant, often "dangerous" . . _,^
friends and associates of recently houses in thetr area of the vil- abandoned houses,
retired FML. Director Wilfred '^ge. Morin have set.up the Wilfred L. Accornpamed by at least
Morin- Book Collection in Archae-. "ne of their organizatton s
olbey at the Freeport library.' ff« ^ tnembers from its Long
Th6 collection hak been started ^ ^ . ^ K ™ , „ h",H t^'^^'?^3."^
.L:.!. »i,« 4..™ ^T CI sjvt , . t kt:A^ Park; the group had with them a
with ;^e;sMm of $1,500 set ai.de • ^-.^^ographed leaflet outlining
and--announcecLat a recent ^^,^•„ aimLds. •- *
rctinepjcnt. -jiarty for Monn,- . .
who- had reached^ the state's • ' Foremost was^ tbcix. request.
in*ndiitotytvtin:msntMgeror70.^ for -•qulc*. action - tlroetaWe
Morin. who bid been with- the, on what they called five of the
Frveport Memorial . Library worst' .and most, dangerous
since 1961. had originally come to abandoned houses-in our com:
Nassau County as a Public . raunity." The five listed, were
Library Supervisor for the New 148 Dehnhoff Avenue, 78 Inde-
- - - pendence Avenue, 74 East Milton
Stfeit. 26 Lillian Avenue,- and' a
store oh the corner of Broadway
and Columbus Avenue. -'
Another..- 57 hcmses were
referred to at the meeting and
listed on the two-sided paper.
The group also asked for an
action timetable'on these "haz­ardous
or potentially hazardous
;>ziu..}i.j III j u i i i . , « 7.^w. .^....w. ...
pated ihTeb rruevaet^nu. e1 9(o82r tihs e$ 5y0e0ar,0 e0n0d. ing. Health Wing plan holders were.
The number of annual Health
Wing«discount plans sold has
increased from 294 to 454 at the
same point this. year. Summer
plan holders humber 789 at the •
ciid of this June.. 186 more than
at thectid of June 1980. In total,
1,82-1 plans had been, sold a.t
the end of June and S.654 indi­viduals
had purchased Activity
Cards. Comparative figures for
June, 1980. are 1.567 plans
and 5,435 cards.
in releasing these figures.
Mayor William White pointed
out that the revenue picture
was oarticularly good in.light of
the "fact that it was only an
indicator of what promises to be
an outstanding summer season
for the Center. "In June, of
course, the outdoor pools were
»nly open on the weekends.
Ill July and August, with those
p(X>ls open six days a week, we
ha\c ever>- reason to believe we
will continue to break revenue
rcwrds."
Mavor White also remarked
that the 1981-82 fiscal year will
mark the first time the Center
will reali/c expected additional
revenue from the ice rink which is
iioii-Freeport residents. Those
users caine from 110 communities
ill. Nassau and Suffolk Counties
and from the New York City area.
More Section 8
. Funds For Village
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A
nearly 5200,000 federal housing
assistance grant has been
awarded to the Village of Free-port.
- In - announcing the grant.
Congressman Norman F. Lent
explained it was made by the
Department .of Housing and
Urban, Development (HUD)
through funds voted by the
Congress under Section 8 of the
federal Housing and Community
Development Act. This program
provides federal assisunce
to subsidize rents for the elderiy
and for families with limited
incomes.
The grant announced by Lent
this week will provide the Village
of Freeport with $197,160 for 40
more Section 8 program parti­cipants.
According to a village
(Coot, on Page 31
York Swte. Education Depart
ment. Just prior to accepting the
Freeport directorship, Morin
had served as a Public Library
Extension Specialist .with" -the '
U.S. Office of Education.
The son of non-English
speaking parents, N^orin also
spoke no English until he started .
school. It was from this context
:bat he welcomed to the, library
the Sons of Italy's Eririco Fermi
Collection on Italian Culture
and Civilization and the B'nai
B'rith Memorial Collection for
John F. Kennedy. Morin appre­ciated
that "the strength of the
United States consists of all
ethnic groups welding'a strong'
-country dedicated to the ideals
.and goals . of the: Founding'
Fathers." • • ' „ . .
In viewing the new collection,
set up in his honor, Mori.n fias
noted that "in the search for our"
roots ill thi .far -d'lsfant past,
we find.a new'w'falth.and new
meaning for today's.livmg..."
Ill his retirement, Morin
plans to continue membership
ill and work for thos? community .
organizations with which he has
long been associated: the Free-port
Exchange Oub, the Arts
Council, the Freeport Historical
Society, the Salvation Army
(on State. County and village
levels), the Friends of the
Freeport Memorial Library.
Toastmasters International, the
Freeport Mcadowbrook Camera
Club and Adelphi Univcrsit>-.
til additiort Morin is a Life
Member of the Reserve Officers
Association of the United States,
and a member of the New York
Academy of Sciences. the
American Schools of Oriental
Research, the American Institute
of Archaeologv. the Biblical
ArchacoloKical Society. the
(Coot, on Page 5)
Mayor WillUm
H. White
promised that he would immedi- '
ately look into the first five houses
and send the group's house,
chairperson. Michele Washing­ton,
a synopsis of their con­ditions,
what had been done up
to that titne bnd what could be
done.; - .. '^
•• i*«r wUt let- y«M»-;k«u»«rf.«»>OBt..
each one of the five," White
told Ms. Washington and her
group.."They.might not be able
to be demolished." • •• -'
Ms. Washingtb'ii asked' "that—•
the owners be contacted and
convinced to sell the property
and White assured ber that
the village had attempted to do
so in the past. "Some of them
don't care," he said.
One of the five fiousertad been
On the agenda of the Board's
legislative session earlier that
(Com. on Page 12)
STARTING A COLLECTION. At a party honoring Wilfred Mnrin (r).
upon his reliremenl as director ot the Freeport Memorial Library.
Uibtary Board president Jackie Klempner presented Morin with a
plaque marking the start of the Wilfred L. Morin Collection of Archae­ology
Friends and associates ot Morin have contributed $1,500 to
Ihe start of a fund which will be used to purchase books for the col­lection
to be housed at the Freeport Memorial Library. Morin s deep
interest in archaeology, which includes participation on several
digs.- will continue, and he will persooally choose the books for the
collection (See story )