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46th YEAR, No. 15 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, AUGUST 6,1981 PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
ii SuperWeek" Starts Thursday
Freeport Vamps FreeporfGlrds for
Come In First
Dollar Days, Canoe Races
and Sf. Rocco Festival
PADDLtNG ON WOODCLEFT CANAL, Bob and Evelyn Stetson of (he
Shelter Point Marina fool< advantage of the calm to enjoy canoeing
They'll be.loo busy.this Sunday, when, as'they have for the past .six
years. cios«uj^va ttteir Woodcleft Avenue'.marlna for basihess aerft
may be used aMhe start-finish line of the Chamber of Commerce's
Annual Great Canoe Races. Frank Fineo of the Schooner Restaurant
is chairman of this year's races which will run.from 9:30 am to approxi­mately
3pm.
PREPARING FOR THE PROCESSION Jim Forlunalo (I.), chairman of
the feast celebration ol Our Holy Redeemer's'annual St. Rocco Feast
and Bazaar, and Monsignor Saverio C. Mattel, pastor of OHR,.lool( at
statue of St. Rocco'that will t>e carried in a public procession following
the 5 pm Mass at the church on Saturday, August 6. The Mass and
procession officially dedicate the feast which opens for its first night
Friday. August 7, at? pm.on the ground of OHR School.
Baldwin Approves Coolidge Sale
bj Joan Delariey
BALDWIN • At the Julv 29 Baldwin Btiatd of Education meeting, it
»as unanimousl.v agreed to allow President of the Board. Dr. Arnold
Lurie. to enter into a contract with Ralph J. Chiaro to sell the Coolidge
SchiMiI propcrt.v for SI "5.000. on or aWiut July 2<'. WSl. The resolution
was approved ai the conclusion of ihc open meeting, but it had beer
discussed earlier at an executive
session with the Property Dis completed, but the plan proposed
FREEPORT - The Dead End
Kids of Freeport Ftre Depart­ment's
Truck Company No. 1 took
first place at the Town of blip's
Old Fashioned . Invitational
Tournament held in Central.
Islip this past Saturday, August 1.
Headquartered on Church
Street in Freeport, truck Com­pany's
total of 19 points jn the
Islip Tournament put them
ahead of second place New Hyde
Park's 15 points and Litiden-hurst's
12 points. '->
The Dead End Kids also took
several individual competitions;
coming in first in the three-man
ladder competition and
second oi both the Cart Hose'-and-
Efficiencir competitions.
A second Freeport team at the
Islip event. Engine Company,
also placed in the top five in two
of the individual events, finishing
fourth in the : Cart Hose and
fourth in the Efficiency Re­placement
competitions.
Resident, _
Compiains Of
Mall's Image
FREEPORT - Pescribing him­self
as having lived in the village
for only about eight months,
Gordon Otlow of Meister Boule-
, vard South spoke Monday even­ing,
August 3, at the Village
Board's twice-a-month public
meeting, about Freeport's image.
Orlow, who said he was in the
advertising field, told the Trust­ees
that in disciissions with
businessmen on the Mall he came
away with the belief that the "vil­lage
doesn't seem to be doing a
great deal about changing its
image."
People, said Orlow, feel the
Mall is "unsightly and danger-a
view Orlow called mostly
The village and its residents are preparing for a
weekend of events starting with the first of three
FREEPORT
"super-special"
consecutive Dollar Days in the .Central Business District; followed by
the St. Rocco Festival and Bazaar, which opens Friday, August 7, for
ten-fun-filled days; and culmltiating with tne annual Fabulous Canoe
Races on Sunday, August 9.
The Freeport Mall Merchants
have erected temporary electri­fied
signs and colorful pennants
on the Mall for their 53rd annual
Dollar Days. Local stores tradi­tionally
oner the .year's /'best
"bSffealiii" 'oh'the'se' days which'
this year extend from "Thursday;
through Saturday,'- August 6-8.
Customers are first seen on the
mall sometime before 8 am
Thursday, special Dollar Day
opening hour for Barasch's, out­fitters
of the village's children
since 1902.
Participating stores will be
offering special evening shopping
church grounds south on Soutii
Ocean Avenue and Pine Street to
Merrick Road, east on Merridc
Road to Guy Lombardo Avenue,
then north to Pitie Street and tbe
OHR school grounds..
• ''Rrsf in the Hneof marcJi'will be •
the Sons of Italy, followed by the
Knights of Columbus, the K. of
C. Tadies Auxiliary, Catholic
Daughters of the Americas, tht
OHR School Board, OHR Parish
Council, OHR School Auuliaiy,
Black Catholic Organization, Holy
Name Society, St. Vincent de
Paul Society, and St. Rocco
Society. Next will be the Rre
hours during the sale as they^~~Departmenr Band followed by
posal Committee.
At cording to Luric.
.itiails of ihc contrail
bv Chiaro indicates that ihe
all the building will be rcno\aicd
arc not (Cont. on Pagt 11)
ous,
untrue.
"Orlow called the abandoned,
boarded-up bui'.ding at one end
of the Mall, at Sunrise Highway
and Henry Street, an "eyesore,"
and described its position as
"marquee type."
In answering Orlow's remarks.
Mayor William H. Whiu noted
that "it is unfortunate that you
haven't been it. the village that
long to recognize that...we have
done something to change the
image." White disagreed that
a massive advertising campaign
could do something about it.
explaining that public relations
without paid advertising is "the
best kind we can get." The Mayor
(Cont. on Page 6)
remain open on Thursday and
Friday until 9pm.
Free parking is offered in
several adjacent municipal lots-and
those shoppers walking the
Mall are invited to try to win a
set of Encyclopedia Bntannica.
Good Food,
- Rides & Games •
At Festival
Our Holy Redeemer's big St.
Rocco Festival and Bazaar opens
at .7 pm, Friday, August 7, on the
§rounds of Our Holy • Redeemer
chool. Chairmen Peter and Mary
Lou Anglim promise good food,
exciting rides and many games of
skill and chance.
The Bazaar and Italian Festival
in honor of St. Rocco will continue
everjr evening through Aiigust 16,
opening Monday through . Fri­day
at 7 pm and Saturday and
Sunday at 6 pm.
Ceremonies of formal dedica­tion
of the feast will be held
Saturday, August 8, starting with
a Mass celebrated by Monsignor
Saverio C. Mattel, the church's
pastor, at 5 pm, in Our Holy
Redeemer Church on Ocean Ave­nue
and Pine Street.
Following the Mass, Civic
dignitaries and parish organiza­tions
will march in a pnxression,
with the Statue of St. Rocco
carried in the place of honor.
Fife & Drum Corps
To lead Procession
Jim Fortunate. chaim}an of the
feast, says the Yankee Tune-smiths
Fife and Drum Corps will
lead the procession from the
dignitaries and clergy. Fourth
Degree Knights of Columbus and
theSt.'RoccoSUtue.
Well-Loved Saint
St. Rocco is a saint well-loved
by the Italians. After the death of
his parents, when he was about
20, ne distributed his wealth to
the poor.. He traveled to Italy and
devoted his time, prayers and
service to the care of those who
had been stricken by the plague.
During the time of the bazaar,
money pinned' to the statue in
honor of the Saint will be contri­buted
to the St. Vincent de Paul
Society for its work in helping the
needy of th? community.
Many persons attending the
bazaar will plan to have their
supper there and then go on to
enjoy the rides and games, Mr.
and Mrs. Anglim predict. There
will be Italian and American food,
including sausage and peppers,
zeppole, cannoTi, hamourgers,
hot dogs, Italian ices and clams.
Rides at the bazaar include a
ferris wheel, swings, a kiddy ride
and scat ride.
There will also be niany games
of skill and chance and Vegas
games for the adults.
More Than 100 Have
Already Signed Up
For Annual Canoe Race
For the seventh consecutive
year, the Annual Great Canoe
Races, sponsored by the Free-port
Chamber of Commerce, will
be held in Freeport's waters. As
of Monday. August 3. more than
(Cont. on Page t6)