The-Leader_1983-01-20

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ViUagecl
Freepon
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SctK»l District
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Baldwin
School Oisiricl
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JANUARYS. 1983 -
47th YEAR. No. 39
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ByGOP
Board Says No fncumbenfs To Run for
To Copt. Ben.
FREEPORT- C»pt. Ben's
Fisb Dads' can hare its c0-
premises IS-space patting field,
according to a dedsioa by the
Village Board of Trastees Moo-dJ7
cvenisg, Jtaiizj 17, bat its
TwoTV? Board Seafs
FBEEPOBT - a James (run) dart and Vmceitt Di Cestanio.wete'
_- - - . givenibeoDdToesdajeifeniBg, Januiiy-lBlb.loninforVillageBoard
appEaUoos for-the coostmctiija « Trustees as candidates of the Freepoct Repablican Party. Botb wen
and maintenance of frame stnic- "^ iocumbeels. Clait was Erst elected in March, 1979 as a candidate
of both the Repriblkan Patty and the Village Patty. Di Costanxo was
appointed'by Mayor William H.
a t o e . ln Angnst, 1982 to replace
Tnistee Timothy Petemana, who
had died in May.
The VnUge-I^uty's meeting to
odiniaale csnrfidates is sdiednled
tutes wete.,on the most'patt,
denied by ihe-board.
Only thtee m<
Village ~>Boaid voted on the
IQ-pi^ "Fuidiags of Fact,"
as drawn op by nOagr;-Counsel
Joe Edwatds, a jotr later laTisb^
bold their nbmln-
AN EXCHANGE OF AWARDS. As a result of the recent annual ccick-tail
bulfat. sponsored by the Freeport Exchange dub, > check has been
presented to the Freeport Exempt Ftreman'sAssadaUan (lop photo) to
aid In the restoration of the antique steam pumper, t'Jumbo." John
Abbaie 0-). chalmian at the event (or ^cchange.- and Dr. Peter Conte
(2nd I.), Exchange president, present the ctieck to Artie Grempel (c),
cl the Exempt Fireman. Jim Clark (I.), in Exchiuigite, a volunteer fire­man
and village t'rusteis. co<halred the event and acledlas liaison
between the two groups, aided by Harry Grilat6n.(2nd r.). Or. Conle
' was Joined during tite program (bottom (^to) by oM-llme Exchangltes
Christian Willig <2nd fromj.tand William Vogt (r.) and their wives.
The Willlgs and Vogls'were visiting back In Freeport from their retire­ment
homes In Ari^tna. Mr. Willig. who each.year presents Freeport
Exchange irith an expensive and beautiful pleceof hand-made jewelry
fcr iheir scholarship fund raffle, was presented with a special plaque.
Willig was formerly owner-of Willig Electric, Vogt was an.executive
wilh the teleplwne company In Freeport.
Baldwin Reorganizafion
Plan; No^J]ftigrd Votes
For SfofIIS Quo _
. lyJoanDtJanty.
BALDWIN -At least 700 Baldwin Sdwol District re^denU were at
the Baldwin Scbool Board meeting of Jannur^}, when'the Boatd of
Educatiba Voted not toadimt the reorgaiuxiSMplan ptoposed by the
SCORE coouaittee. Instead, the Board approved the motkn to tctain
the "status qoo." The iciected -ptoposal woold have dosed Steele
School, created a fiill day Under-garten
center and teasugned all
MUbom Scinol smdents, all
hand'icapped cfaildiiea fai the PHC'
Program, and, some BiooUde
.School stodents.'''The vote on J
Wednesday eveidng was nn-eipectcd,
since this was the first
public meeting for Boatd Ss-'
cutjioir-of tM plan and two.
addittooal nteetiags^ had been
scheduled for January 2S and 26.
SopeilntrnrtfTint PnbBc .Works
David Lowqoy'i memoraadsm on
them, the Board voted'to accept
the Bst of streets to be done tUs
briefly explain the financia]
reasons and impetns behbid the
need for' tfprgatuiatioo. -Then
Superintendent ot Sdioots RoT--
UndJoraspAe. He noted the —^^usoAAhiUif^ai.
. nideEnes for this ptoposed plan,
m coD^ding his tematks, how­ever,
he asked that, if the Board
felt that no matter how much ad-ditiood
information and dis
ty praised by Mayor.Wmiaa B I fof'Ttairsday -eTBBlii«..-.Jan»-.
findings denying most of Capt. '
BetL's idgptests.. Ttostee Vincent''
Di Costanzo,. an employee of
Capt. Ben's^ diil not- vote: iud
excosed UnoeU &om anyoC the
discussions of the issae, and
Ttastee Al Sitfin was not present.
There-bad been long, weO-.
attendedjnevioas ptd>1Jc faeaiingk
on Capt Ben's appGcatioas Ui ~
ett«t and maintain frame con-sttDctiaa
at its Wobdclefi Aveooe
site, wlndi is on the cast nde
of the street bac±u2 on Wood-deft
Canal, and fcAff-ptessses
parking on the west side' of.
Wooddeft Aveime, ia (Ott of an'
area called the "Nautical MaO,"
an open-luid-indoot flea matket
owned jointly by Oipf. Ben's
owner, Gerard Braces^ and the
(Cont. oh Page 16)
Decide On Streets
ForMIn 19^3
FREEPORT - It takes.aboat a
baif-a-nul&m doOats ytaily to
keeti tlsi^^&a:gJ!Troads.in good
confitioo,-. Mayor WilHaJit H.
-White noted daring the ViHage
.Board's open le^dative scssioo
beld Monday eveniiig, Jann-aiy
17. The Baud wa> meeting
with the members of th^ vilUgc's
Hi^nriiy Ci'iimiist'inn to'&coss
the 1983 -Street Improrement
Frogtam,
..,/^ler going over the'coomis-
Freeport QOP Executive lead- *
ei Ray Mikme erptessed plea-nite
that: the cpmnnttccmen's
vote had been Bninimnns. "I am
confident," he toU THE LEAD­ER,
'.'that Matdi 15th vrill bring
ns.victoiy at tbepcOs." Malooe
bu selected .former Executive
Leader Fred Hager tohead this
year's campugn cotomittee*.
nVSTEEOARK
AtOSG-WdERESmOfT
r-:A loog-tiffie te^dent of-the
viUageTZ} years, and a local b o ^
oessmao fcr 30 yean, jim-datk.
is seeHngi^. secood tetm as
. villagc trustee, a part-time,
thtee year post on the Village
BoanL Cl»k, wh»^ owner' and
'present ot Hongeifocd &• Claik,
loc: Fnnera) Home, is maiiied
and be and lus wife. Kay,' ba^e
~five daogbteis, all graduates of
Fteepott f&gh School, and four
grshdfhildren. -
_ A "recipient of a past ^'Fireman
of the.Year" award, dark is a-fctmer
Captun in the Fteepott
Fin Depaiiment, a past Warden
.of the Fteepott Fite Coaodl, and
past presdent cf the Freeport '
' Voiosteei and Exempt Fitenes's
Benevdeot Associatioa. He.b a "qoafified First Aid techmdan and
waschaitaancf committffs tliat
snanged far the'^^dtdiise of ;
r>mptat'» eiueigtJtj track and
ambolance.
Long actrre in many village,
otgan&atkes, Oaiic is a member.-
rf the Precpott Exchange Onb
and tbe'WBBam CSnton Story
Post of the Ameticaa L^M-.He.
is a yeaily little Leagoe sponsor
and a fonaer toendiCT o/the Free-port
Rotaiy Oab and the Free-portEtts.
. Oaik is also a member of tl>e
Ardibishop MoOoy . . i : o a a^
Ksi^its of Cofamibas, for wliicfa
he setred as a past Crank KingfaL
in Jhe past' as. an Advisory
Boatd member for the. Salvation
Atmy. a^ vVx-diainnan oC Out
Hdy Redeemer R.C, Church
Parish CboncQ and u past presi-activities
iodude a menber of the
Uibinxnd Rciy Name Societies, -
kctnrer. dscaladn majuger ct
the'jarisb newspaper, active :
vracker in the bazaar and Parish
Cbaiiperson of the High School
Biukskg Dtive of die Diocese.
At the beginning of the meet­ing.-.
School Boatd President
Lnrraine ' DcDer ' attempted to
Commisnoo cb^iman .laiiy
Tancver noted that some (t this
year's lecom me nditions, such as
Elm Place, Washisgtao Stteet
'and Vftgjma Aveirae, had been
! ^ ' ° I ' i ! ^ ' * ^ ? ^ i ' ! ? ' ' ^ . r J 2 " "fetcToreiwwfirnenaa this year— He" fa aJaFT-Tourth Dept* bishop MolV^-COondl.Krights
"automaticxlly." Sapt. l o v e r ' s member of the Cafdipal Metder of- Coiandns and the Soaih^ of
TRDSXEE W C0STAN3M
APPOOamiNAVjSUST
Vincent Di Costanxo, tltt Fiee-, _
port, R^xiblican's other candid­ate;'
lias biena-resideirfui the "
village since 1969 and lives in
a hOQse, Kis secood-ia-the_vi!-. ...
lage. which he booght thtoagb
Fteepott HomeSndets. -
. Mairicd since 1965, the Btook-lyn-
t>otn fotmei Fteepott little
League piesidest b th; father
of thtee sons — 14,13 and 4 —
an attending. Fteqioft - public _
schools. His -wife,' the fotmet '.
Kathleetn.Obeiist, is employed
as a generaldnty nurse at lydia
E. Hall Hospital In Fteepott. -
Di Costaiizo, who has a degtee
. in business admimstratiaa from
-Pace -Umvetsty, is ptesenth
emplayal I^Ca]^. Ben's Fish
' Muket ch^o, beadquatteted on
' Wooddeft Avenue in the vfflage.*
Etnplcged there for about a yeat,
'
be is u l e s manager of the whole­sale
testaorant ^vidoo:; .Piiot
to that he waa'sales manaKr for
BirSbacfa Wm.t Cable b the
Freeport lodsstiial faA, and for
15 yean befaie that, be was a '
Feoetal mxkmen's compensation
tepresentafive with a Brooklyn
law firm.
Beddes bis bar year iovoive-ineat'witb
FicQwrt little league
as coadi, manager, -vics-pied-dent4nd.
ptc^dent, Di Co^anzo
hafs })cta a voianteeT, leEj^ciu
instructor for two years at Onr^
Holy Rcdeemez Cliuicli,
P* CVt'trv h'f also been a
member of tbe Eniico •Fermi
lodge, .Sons of Italy; tbe Arch-'
apptove {be plan,
- (Cent.engage8).
they