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FRBEPORT.NE^YORK. JANUARY t4.t9S2
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Winter Storni Ci^tes H i^
THEIR YEARS'OF SERVICE REWARDED. Formar VIII«o« of Fr»9<
port Trustee* Thomas Uvalfclge M and Henry Allengarten Pnd
from I.) received Cefrtiflnte* ol Appracttilon from (he Bovd of
Truiiees on their retirement from govanuneni Mrvle«. Allangarten
served as • Tnistae and Deputy Mayof for afgM y««ra aMf ehalmin'ol-iha
\Nater and LloSt Commiisloh lor 12. (.ovelldge was tTTruilaa for' 12"
years and a member ol ih'e Water and UgM Commission for three. Ha .
also served as treasurer of the Vntag*'* Utban Renewal/Community
DeveloptnenI Agency during his trusteeship. On hand for the cere-niony
were present Mayor WiMlam H. While (2nd Irom r.), who made
the presenlallonj and past Mayor Robert SwseoeyO.) -
fiafdw/if Schobfs AdveifIse
Two Prdpetiles for Sale
' -BALDWIN. Some 300 brochSres. advertising the avalUbility of the
Baldwin Junior High School/Prospect Elementary School pn^etties.
have been distributed by the Baldwin Scboot District.
• The brochures, mailed, sbonly before the Winter Holiday Recess,
invite proposals Tornhe '.'sale, lease ot other dispositioQ. of rthe
properUes '—••"••- — '
Doctor To Speak
ft King Tribute
FB£EFOST - A sdiolarsbip wili
be presented this Jane to a grad­uating
Freeport High Schodl Sen­ior,
the result of a tribute to Dr.'
Martin lother King. Jr., wfiich fa
sponsored annuaOy by the Coali­tion
For a Better Freeport. • '^
^Aocordbg to Coalition spokes-roan
Julie Fearse, proceed^ from
the a<Imissian to the eventi called
. a "Ttibote to BIadc~'Aciiieve-ment,"
w S l ^ used for the scjiol-arshijj,
Ute'iedpteoTDtahich-will
^ announced at the high school's
annual Awards Dinner, held tra<^
ditionally the Saturday evening
before graduation.
Hr. Gerald Whitehead Dean, a
. welT-knowa QoMaa doctor, teach-
Icy RoadsCause A flood ;
Of AccldenfSi Aided Calls
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FKEEPORt • One of the coldest spells in this c^^htiy ada't seem to
' stir up too much trouble in Freeport this past weeteiid, even (hoagh
other parts of tbe.coonty didn't quite, fate so wdl. At about 8 pm
Satnrday. evening, Janiiaiy 9, the temperstnre reading oo topjif t$>e
Soath.Sbotie. Federal Savings & Lo«n-A>soriattairbi»ildSg~on Wtitl'
Merrick' Road was six'degrees --
- - - - Public Works Ed Pirfer iSid; by
3:30 pnjSatnrday aftemooo^and;
. in wholi- or in part,
the' mailing list includes icaHors,
developers, agencies and organi-
~ rations, trade and business
schools, and coDeges juid univer­sities.
Brochures were also sent to
individuals and others who had
requested information .about
excess school properties within
the last few years.
School CHstrict ofHctals have"
also placed advertisements'in a
mdely dtstribttted real estate
miblication and in the'New York
Times._ • •
Residents who knc^ 'of any
organiiatioa, -agency'or; person
who may be .interested in the
properties in asked to call Janet
Neiman or Richard Hopstmc at
the School— District Office.
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Expl(Kion Kills Baldwin Housewife
BAIDWW-—A—M-year-old
Baldwin iKxisewife died this week
as a result of bums and woonds
-apparently received when an
cnergy.saving device in her fire­place
exploded.
As reported by the Nassau
County Pol'ice Department,
Annette Deppert was attempting
xo stoke her fireplace in her home
on Hastings Parirway, at aboat
I0-.50 pm Tuesday. January 12.
According to police and fire
department sources, the device
— which is ttported to have been
installed in 1978 — apparently
exploded and threw Mrs. Deppert
across the living room.
Hearing the noise, the other
members of the family »?ho weje
upstairs at the time qoiddy-rxs
dowt) and found Mrs. Deppeit.
and a small fin: which they were
able to extinguish.
"• Mrs'. Deppert had received
severe bums over her whole
body as well as deep lacerations,
which one sotirce descta>ed as
"shrapnel type." -^^ •
Baldwin ~ Fire Department
units, responding to the sceoe.
transportnl her to Sooth Hassan
Communhies Hospital where she
-was pitnqunced dead soon
afterward.
The exact cause of the explo­sion
is under invesrigatJon by
the Nassan Cbahly Mice Depart-inent
jmd the Hassan County Ftre
Maishal>o{Bce.
r _ '>y-
Dr. Gerald yy. Dean
er.'writer and civic leader, will be
guest speaker at the'Tiitinte,"
to be held Tbttrsday, •January 14,
at 8pm at Hreepott High School.
A graduate of Boys High School
and Brooklyn College,'Dean re­ceived
Masters' ttegtiees, from
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Village Budget,
Board's Salaiy
~ Raises A^pruvld
FREEPORT - The Village
Board of Trustees has approved '
Freepott't 1982-83 munidpal
budget of $15,476,710 — wMdl
carries a 79< per SlOO assessed
valuation tax increase for village
property owners. All fotir
liietaben of the Board in
attendance • (Deputy Mayor
Dorothy Stortn was absent) voted
for the budget, which iadaiet a
salary raise for the Mayor and the
four trustees.
The approval came at the
beginniog of the Board's regular
Monday evetting voting session
on January II. The o^ people
present in the ahdience were
department heads, and a reporter
(Coot, on Page t«)
(Farenheit),. and Sunday and
Monday brotigfat more'of the'
same. The wind cbill bctor.
however,, was 'minus 30-40
degrees.
The rest of the country showed
low leadings alsb.- Chicago^had a
iAj^ low of 26 below xnA and a
wind efain fMtor of mfams 81
degrees,-Eves ant suimy Florida
'- By Sunday.tdgbt. parts of lohg
Island were down to a low' M '
seven degrees, at MacArlhitr
Airport, zero degrees .fat the •
Hamptoi^, and five degrees at
LaGoardia.
h was alsb "snow Qurrjr" time,
but the wiiids made the fioities
^odk. somewhat toore important'
than their restilt as little anned-able
accomttlation remained. The
27 inches of vxm tepatted at
BoSalo made. Freepoct's soow
look tike a light dusting.
The snow, the ccod and the
wind, however, all cootiibnfed. to
ejtraotdinttfly haiardnot tliiving
conditions.
• In Freeport, PubBc Works
Department, crews were _oot
sanding, • Superintendent of
altfaoQgn'' 13 . acddeiits were
reported that day, lionerTwenr-apnarently
seriotis.
TIK day's first mishap on tite ..
roads occurred at 7:40 ain. with a~_
two car accident-at Davis and
'Queen Streets. 'Three more
accidents wiere reported between
llJO.am ai|d abod.a two^au-involvesKiit.^':
.Wot ^l^[eitVk':
Boad aadChinfi Street;-a tttreejr
OB—accident—at-^Henry and •
Sanzise.andatwoearaicddentat' ~
East -Merridt Boad and Henry
.Street. —' '• .
The only mjory reported was-the
result of a tluee car accident
at West Merridr Road and
Jnanita at about 3 pm. Between
tiiattinte'and 6:15pm, there were,
eight .more acdoettts: two at
Menidi Road wd Meadpwbtook
Parkway; and one eacb at Sunrise
and Brooksde, Jeffersoo and Guy.
Loiid>ardo Avenne, Sooth Bay-
' yiai Avenite and Casno Street,
Mtaiici and Brookside, Atlantic
a«a St. M a ^ Aventtes.' and
Sunrise Highway and Newton
Boulevard.
Accenting to Prefer, there were
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A .-LANDMARK" WILL BE RENOVATED. Freeport Homellnders
Dir^or Ramona Crooli (center) goes over the plans for the renovation
ol 215 North Ocean Avenue with tffe house's new owners. Dr. Kareem
Tannou^O-) and Ray Washecfca. Buill In 1930, the large two-family
house had been owned and occupied by Dotty Berkowlti, owner ol the
••Siarstream" of Woodclelt Canal, until her death two years ago.
WashecKa,.a long time resident ol North Long Beach Avenue, came to
the Village's free Homefinders Service looldng for suitable property to
purchase with Or. Tannous and the North Ocean landmark was lound
10 fill their needs. Dr. Tannous and his wife, Maria, txith obstetrician/
gynecologists, will use the lower two levels as their residence and
ollice while the upper floor will be rented lo.a young man, who grew up
inFreepon.andWl wife. ' - "