The-Leader_1981-12-10

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Olllelal
Newspaper
Village of
Freeport
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Freeport
School District
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School District I g j 46th YEAR. No. 33
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Merchants Positive On Biisiness
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Still Is Good In Freeporf
h „ ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^'"'** merchants are expressing optimism about this
holiday shopping season, despite recent stories in various daily news­papers
»hatrefailers on Long Islawd are feelinR the pinch of t<X-s
economy. "We're geared for the season." said Bill BtyS. OWM? of
F ~ - l t V/n'^""\"'*" *''°P ""^ ' • « ^^° *" Freeport since 1902.
wnnM?°? Mai merchants seemed confident that the 1981 season
would be better than last year. »="""
In cotjtrast to a" photograph of - l^*!,'!l¥*'' VUlage Mayor William
The Minr showing only one "• White and at least two of the
pedestrian, which was published ^l^se trustees have publicly
recently in a daily paper, Bryck "•''.they opposed, Freeport
said, "there are people on The ? e « * " ^ >«* (o the possible
Man shopping. This past week- °eveIopment of the closed
end, to i«ct. was veiy good and . " " ? \ • "*«* ^^ } ^ burinesa-action
by the Naaaao • Coaiity'
TWE>JTY-FIVE YEARS OF STRIKES AND SPARES were celebrated when the Freeport Community
Junior Bowling Program held a silver anniversary party. Members of the program txiwled against
participants of the Freeport Recreation Department's Senior Citizens Eagles Bowling League at
special exhibit games Sunday, December 6, at Baldwin Pro Bowl. The games were followed by a
buffet dinner at the Rec Center.when all participants (shown In pictures above) were presented with
trophies. The Community Junior Bowling Program was sponsored this year by Its original, sponsor,
the Freeport Elks Club, end the Freeport Recreation Department and Baldwin Pro Bow). (See story,
beginning elsewhere on this page.)
-BeldwiffvPBCAsks3oard
For School Space
' by Joan Delaney
BALDWIN - Ralnh Viiale. Stuart Lerman. Frank Nolan. Joe Rappa
and police liaison Dick Saffrath of the Police Boys Gub (PBC) met with
the members of the Baldwin Board of Education on Wedneidiy.
December 2. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the PBC's
rental of school property.
Previously, the PBC had written to the Board requesting the rental of
Prospect School for one to three
years at a renttl fee of $1 per vandalism would make a shon-year.
Nolan described this letter term renul unrealistic,
asanattempf toget a "foot in the School Board president E.
door," noting that the costly Arnold Lurie pointtd out that the
renovatJons which the school heating at Prospect School was
requires because of extensive (Cont. on Page7)
Bowling Program
Celebrates 25
FREEPORT • A special series
of bowling matches and a
luncheon commemorated the
Freeport Community Bowling
Program's 2Sth anniversary. Held
on Sunday. December 6. the
bowling took place at Baldwin Pro
Bowl, where the community
program had been bowling all
season. The luncheon that
follc^ived was at the Freeport
Recreation Center,
Baldwin Pro Bowl, the Freeport
(Cont. on Page9)
Several merchants complained
that the New York Times photo­graph
must have been taken at
8 o dock fai the morning. E y^
on bitter cold and rainy days, s^d
one store owner, there are
shoppers walking on the Mall. '
Chet Barkan, of Amee's a
camera store also situated on The,
Mall, called his business "fine"
-and "way ahead of last year's."
Barkan noted that there are
people coming into the store from
as far away as Massapequa and
as near as several blocks away. .
"We advertise," he said, "our
prices are competitive and we
merchandise." Balkan said that
his customers tell him they'd
rather shop locally than go to the
big malls.
Long-time Freeport merchant
Walter Green, who is closing his
landmark store "Carol Green's"
only because he has decided to
retire, also finds business good
with shoppers buying for them­selves
and for holidav
Green and Wai
former owner of andther
time women's apparel
which closed recently, both
a rifsirf in retire after vea:
Board of Supervisors.
Becently. a itoty that FUene's
of Boston will open three of their
discount-type stores on Long
Island was met with local spectila-tion
that one location might be the
going-out-of-business "Two
Guys" site at the east end of the
Village.
FUene's, a department store
chain owned by Federated
Department States, runs what is
considered by many to be the
best bargain 'store in the
business. The'tr discount opera­tion
now has five suburban
branches in the Massachusetts
area, and the expansion plan calls
for three sites in Nassau/Suffolk
and one in Queens.
\ ITilene's expaiuion plans come
al a'time whelj Korvette's has
closed its discount stores and
"Two Guys" is closing down
their Long Island and upstate
ew Yorit operations. A 4 S will
e opening a branch in one
ormer Korvette's site and Gerti
has taken others.
business, not the economy or the
condition of business, as the
reason for closing their stores.
Mall merchants, in fact,
continue to look positively at the
Mall's future. Interim results of a
questionnaire run for the Mall
merchants in THE LEADER,
asked Freeport readers for their
opinions on re-opening the
Mall to vehicular traffic. A
majority of those who answered
favored the suggestion, but even
many of those who oppose the
idea, prefer local shopping.
Besides the suggestion of
re-opening the Mall to traffic, an
- late—as—last—week.
representative of Vonudo, Inc..
the parent company of "Two
Guys," would only say that
negotiations were underway for
their Freeport store, but would
give no indication with whom or
what.
A call to Ftlene's main office in
Boston this Tuesday was equalU
fruitless. Until negotiations ' r
the sites are completed. .
Filene's source told Thi
LEADER, there could be no
comment as to where the new
stores would be.