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46th YEAR. No. 18 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, AUGUST 27,1981 PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
National Conference Coming Here
SUPER BOAT SHOW. Hempstead Tomn PresWlno Supervisor Ttiomaa
S. Gulotta (2nd I.) presents a Town of Hempstead Proclamation to
Robert Stetson (1.) co-director of the Greater New York Boat Show,
Jack Hammll (2nd r.), also co-director of the show; and Frank Flneo
(r.), vitaterlront director ol the Freeport Chamber of C5ommerce.
The citation, proclaims.September 10-13 as "Fifth Annual Greater
New York In-The-Water Boat Show Days" In-Hempstead Town.
Presiding Supervisor Gulotta noted that the "Greater New York Boat­ing
Association, a non-profit orgarrtzation, consisting of boating
dealers throughout the metropolitan area, have been significant In
the promoting of sales and the enjoyment of boating and water-related
sports on Long fsland fur the past five years." The "In-The-Water
Boat Show" will feature more than 250 power and sail txiats along with
accessories and a variety of marine-related exhibitors at the Hemp­stead
Town Guy Lombardo Marina in Freeport. The show, co-spon­sored
by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, is open to the public on
Thursday and Sunday, from 12 noon-S pm, and Friday and Saturday,
t1am-9pm. * '
Projected Enrollmenis Down in Both
Baldwin & Freeport Sctiool Districts
FREEPOKT/BALDWIN - Pubhc schools in both the Freeport and
Baldwin School Distrcits tradhibnally open the week of Labor Day
Monday, September 7, bat this year the students in the two districts
begin their first day of school on different days. Youngsters in the
Freeport School District go back to school on Tuesday, September 8,
a departure from the usual
Wednesday opening; Baldwin
public school students start
Wednesday, September 9.
The Freeport earlier date
ensures, school sources say,
an adequate number of emer­gency
snow days.
DccTcaaing EnnUmeots
Both school districts show
smaller projected enrollments
than their 1980-81 figures.
Baldwin school officials estimate
Neighbor Helps
Poirce Catch
Suspect
FREEPORT - Village police
officiauNcredit a neighbor for
their own]qiu<^ action in catching
and attesting an alleged burglar
at a Miller Avenue bouse this
week.
According to Freeport Police
Lt. Vincent Toner, tiie neighbor
called the police Monday
monung, August 2A, when she
saw as Dt^biown man first at
her neighbor's door and then
going to the rear of-the house.
No one was at borne at the time.
Answoing 'tiie call wttiiln
inntes, P.O. i Robert ^c****
observed an open rear door and
quietly entered tiie house.
Asisted by P.O. Hoosevelt
Hendricks and P.O. Christopher
Wilson, one of the department's
new. "rookies" on his first
day on patrol, Ross found a man
in an upstairs closet. Upon
arresting the'man, identified-by-poUce
as Richard Byrd, 30, of
Ro<seveh, Ross allegedly found
in his pockets jewelry belonging
to tiie residents of the house.
Byrd was arraigned and
diarged with Burglary Third
(Cont. on Page 13)
Oak Park Congress Meets
In Freeport This October
FREEPORT - The Fifth Annual Oak Park Exchange Congress^a'
national meeting of elected oBidals, business leaders and involved
citizens from racially diverse communities, this year will be held for the
first time on (be East Coast. The sessions, to be held in Freeport on
October i and 2, will revolve around goals and strategies to achieve-economic
development and main­tain
integration rather than revert
to minbnty resegregation.
Headquarters for the Congress
will be at-the-Freeport Recreation
Center.
. A registration fee of SlOO cov­ers
the. two days of sesiiatu and
woAshops, a box lunch on Thurs­day,
a cbanb^e u!\der the t ^ ts
at Waterfront Park oo Friday.
,»oddinner at the Salty Bay Yacht
Clnb on Thursday evening. Tours
of Freeport have also been
-planned for the visiting dele­gates,
including a l>oat trip and a
bus tour of the village's Home­stead
area. Some 3(X) delegates
are expected from around the
country and they will have an
opportunitv. if they choose, to
down their anticipated enroll­ments
by school. Columbus
Avenue School, school officials
say. expects 280 youngsters
in grades 1-4 and 390 in the
district-wide kindergarten
program. Archer Street School
projects an enrollment of 530;
Atkinson School, the district's
fifth and sixth grades center,
1.090; Dodd Junior High School,
which houses grades seven and
5,933-students will becnrolled- «'Bht=-1.12S.-and-the^ four-yeat
the district's public schools. Freeport High School, 2.400.
County Police
Charge Two
In Burglary
BALDWIN - Two cousins from
Baldwin were arrested eariy
Thursday morning, August 20,
and charged with the burglary of
a Jefferson Place, Baldwin,
residence..
According to the police report,
a neighbor had observed a light
on iii the house' at about 11 pm.
Knowing the fiouse's occupants
were supposed to,be away at
the time, the neighbor called the
police and. when two men left
the house, he followed them and
pointed them out to Nassau Coun­ty
Police Officer R, Caltabiano,
_&Dm-the.BrstPtecinct.
stay in Freeport homes during
the Congress.
Interested persons can also
attend tiie workshops and dis­cussion
groups. The fee for those
is S15 per day; no meals or tours
are included.
The - Congress originated in
Oak Park, Dlincns and has been
held in that community each
year with the exception of 1979,
when it was convened m Shaker
Heights, Ohio. The .Villa^je of
Freeport, wtuch had sent a dele­gation
to the Congress each
year, competed with four other
comnmiiities to be the site of the
1981 meeting.. It was selected
because of its story of local
government intervention to main­tain
integration.
.- . .CaamoToSpiMk -
Keynote speaker at Thursday
morning's opeidng session will
be New Yo^ State Lieutenant
Governor Mario Cuomo who, as
State Secretary of State with the
authority to Ucense real estate
brokers, became an active partici­pant
in-Freeport's fight to renmn'
integrated. Speaking at the din-ner
for delegates on October 1
wilL'be U.S.'Housing and Urban
Development Reg^bnoal' Director
Joseph Monticiolo. MolSiiiciolo's
HUD area covers NewYork, New
Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Vir­gin
blands. IVesident Ronald
Reagan is expected to send a
message to the Congress.
Experts from tluoughout the
(Cbnf. onPaQBl4)
m
This is a drop of 202 from last
year's enrollment of 6.135.
Freeport School District
projected enrollment figures
show a decrease of 330 students,
or 6,810 from list year's 7,140.
not including — in both cases —
the 300 young pre-kindergar-teners
expected at the Cleveland
Avenue Fte-K Center.
Freeport sduni sources break
Change In Tlmea
An important change in the
Baldwin School District will'
save district taxpayers about
$100,000. By changing the school
day^ir Baldwin Junior High
School, the district is able to
cut transportation costs. Students
at Baldwin Junior High School
(Cont. on Page 11)
Allegedly, the two youths — 16
year old John V. Smhh of Hast­ings
Street and Mchard D. Smith,
20, of Church Street, had bnken
into the bouse, damaged the
walls and furniture and took
money and a 20 gauge double-barreled
shotgun.
' Police report full recovery of
items. Both youths were arraign­ed
at First District Court in
Mineola.
SUPPORTGROUP INSTALLS OFFICERS. South NassaiTCommunltles
Hospital's Coma Recovery Association, a unique support group of
familiea and friends of people In coma. Installed its new officers at a
special ceremony at the hospital in Oceanslde. The group It believed
to be the only one of its kind on the entire east coast of the United
States. Installing officer was Hon. Leo McGinlty (extreme r.), Nassau
County Acting Supreme Court Judge. New officert areO. to r.),
Baldwinite Julie Bonfigllo, corresponding aacretary; Henrietta
O'Connor, second vk»-presklent: Audrey Ryan, representathre to the
International Coma Reoovery Institute: Doris C^watsky, also as a re­presentative;
Fk> Manginaro, first vice-prBsident; Suzanne Gatt,
recording aecreatry; Alfred Gut. treasurer; and~'Baldwlnlte Robert
Oeutsch. presldant.