The-Leader_1989-04-27

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Freeport Museum re-opens Sunday
with 'Antique Doii I.D. Day"
Richard Amant B«tty Monroe
Two.run unopposed for
Freeport Scliool Board
Runnins unopposed for tbite
year lennt on Pinpoit^ School
Boud t t t iaeaQbest Betty Mon­roe,
cnmnt Boud Vice Pnsideai'
leeking. ha third term,. tod
Richard Ameut, ('media com­pany
exectitiiic ittanist for the
sett of tttiring Board mcabcr
Jamet Parola.
—Volio('for the Board dection
and 1989-90 School bodfct iriB
talce place Wednesday, May 10,
from 12 noon to 9 p-m. Next
week'k Leader will have details on
district bodfcl figures.
Batty Monroe
Mtt. Moiuoe, a tesdcm of
Freeport for 13 years, was bom in
West Vir^nia and gnduated
with a Bachelor of Scieisce
Degree in Education from West
ViT^nia State College. She and
her husband Ed. who had
received a commission in the (/ni-led
States Army, traveled exten-aivtiy
while be was on active duty,
and Mrs. Monroe unghi school
in approxifflately ten states and
two foreign nations. The couple
have three cbildicis Fundi, as
Attoncy; Miiilyii, an Assodste
Director of Admhsioiii at M»s-san
Conunusity Cdlegn and Ed,
Jr.. an Insatahce Adtjoter.
MIS. Monroe chuged her
career filed and beyu employ­ment
at the Defense Contract
AdmiaistratioK Service man­agement
Area (DCASMA)
Iconttoeedoapsgiiei
Richard Ament
Mr. Ament, a 37 year old VS.
Navy veteran, has been a resident
of Freeport for more than 16
years and currently makes his
home on Branch Avenue. Edu­cated
at the New York Institute
of Technology, he is curtvnily an
Assisum Vice President for
operations of AmniAmcrtca, Inc.
an out-of-faome media company.
Mr. Ament and his wile Mary,
have three yoimg sons; Micfaad a
(contimied on paga 161
JFreeport School budget
hearing tonight
. , Because the State budget
impasse in Albany was
resolved only late last week,
the Freeport School District
budget for the coming year
bad iwt been finaHicd as The
Leader went to
Budget fignrc*
to be in ^iat* toni^t, bowav-er.
wh*n tha FrMpon School
District bold* it pi]i)lic hemring
on th» propoMd budgvt,
b«giDmng «t 8 p.m. in the
Atkinson School Ubrary- All
intsresUd Preeport«r« are
invited to Attend the bcxring.
which was postponed from
Aprd 13 because State aid
Mo-education -expcnditores
were still undecided at that
time. *
A faint of the opcoming bud­geting
process was gjven late
last wceic by Soperintendcct
of Schools Dr. Jobn Biervirth,
who UAd Th« Leader, "We got
quite a shock when we saw
the State figtzres."
Preeport received the sec­ond
lowest increase in the Di*-'
trict figures he was able to
peruse. Dr. Bierwirth said,
ad£ng. "We would have been
better ofT with the Begents or
Govimor's budgets, ft won't
be a disaster, but the Board
•haseomethinkingtodo'-
Freeport Is home to one of
^the moat unusual and access!*
ble Historical Museums on
Long Island. The Village's
very own museum, located at
350 S. Main Street, Just aouth
of the Recreation Center, is
ridi in Long ItUnd heritage.
Not a sterile, velvet-ropedf
hands^fT set^ng, this is a
museum that welcomes visi-tan
to sit in the quaint cfaairSr
leaf t r o u g h the old booVs,
and personally ,examine the
coQectioa of town map^ deeds,
and photographs of the "good
oldd^*."'
CSiildren enQ be enchanted
by the weoting dectrie trains
frem 90 years agOh the faicydes
that gr«at:gn&dfather rode,
and th« ddla played vrith by
girls bom' in aziodm centmy
Their parents wiU en5oy t l»
antique dotting photography
•qdpment, and showbuaneas
memorabilia from Freeport's
iUttstriouspasL
Increased Interest
Recently, there has been
increasiag interest and mem-bership
in the mosemn, along
with the addition of the
Freeport Old House Sfodety
roster, whoee daes-p^«rs are
Mititled to membenhip in the
Historical Society. Ihe Libraiy
Room has been enhanced with
more archival materials for
researchers. One such item is
a series of handwritten books
from the 1890s Uirough the
1910s which list the date each
house was finX cnmeeted to
the Vniage Water System.
The Freeport Museum will
be opening Sunday, April 30/
from 2 to 5 p ^ ^ and will be
open every Sunday through
December. 1989. Curator
Charles Qmmcrman can also
arrange spedal visits to the
museum at other times for
school groups, brownie troops,
special researchers, and oth­ers.
Antiquedons
opening Day will feature
the debut of the Museum's
antique doll collectJon in a
new display. As a special
event* vixEtors are encouraged
to bring their own old dolls to
the museum fcr identification
and dating. For anyone who
has wondered about that old
don in your attic, April 30 Is
the day to learn about the doll
and the Freeport Museum,
too. The display end ddH dis­covery
program U ly-Kather-ine
Kuckens, the recently
appointed assistant curator.
The Museum plans to have
future special opening days,
including zitXi mini-work­shops,
cultural heritage pro­grams,
and oth.er programs
highlighting Freeport inter­ests.
Curator Charles Zimmer­man
has labored long and
hard to create the muscum'a
coxy and welcoming atmo­sphere.
He is currently over­seeing
the Museum Restora­tion
Fund, whi<h wflLbelp pay
for much-needed repairs on
the. roof, porch, and founda­tion
of the fascinating old
house.
The Freeport Museum is
cored for t^ the Freeport His-torical
Society. AH of the wotk
is done by vi^unteers. and oil
of^the artifacts are the dona­tions
of generous Preeporters.
For examine, lome very inter­esting
documents of the I860s
recently found their way to
the museum after falling out
c4^ an cSd bureau drawer. Mr.
Zimmerman urges Free-porters
to contact him if they
have anything - documents,
photogn^hs, fiimiture - they
would hks to donate. - K.K.
RIDING AN ANTiaUE
carousal horsa at the ^e-paort
Htatoftcat Muaaum ts
4-ywr-old Johnny Kucfcsfts.
WAITINQ for company at
the Freeport Historlcel
Museum Is s difptay of
antique dofls.
Woman shot at
fAoxie Rigby Apts.
A Freeport woman known
for her anti*drug sentiments
was shot last Friday afternoon
by en unknown asxsilaot who
Gred two bullets throu^ her
kitdien window at the Moxie
Ri^y apartmenU on BafTalo
Avenue.
Roberta Whethers, 40,
called Freeport police herself
afler being struck in the r i ^ t
shoulder by one of the buJleU
and was transported to Nas­sau
County Medical CenUr
where she was Hsted in satis.
factory condition following
su/yery to remove the bullet.
De^te speculstion that the
shots, fired from a. rooftop
across from Mrs. Whethers"
apaartment, were meant as a
Warning from drug dealers
known to frequent the apart­ment
complex, Nassau County
police cautioned that the
(eoottf^Md on (u^ 16)