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_______ s m : - ' CONGRATULATIONS to Freeport on thefr 8Qfh Anniversary ' from BURM A’S FLORIST 70 S. GROVE ST. FREEPORT CALL FR - 8 ^ 7 9 or FR - 9^140 The . Indians .' who - originally occupied the area of Freeport were called the “ Meroke” - a Veiy peacerlovihg peq)le who slowly migrated: from west to east and y/ho had been forced out of the a r ^ wluch we call upper N^w York State J ) ^ u s e they wo^Id not fight the Iroquis 1 ^ans. HISTORICAL MUSEUMl Ai$o ciaeWiting' an anniversary, a 10th is ttie Freeport Historical Society which had as its nudeous ah en- thuslartfc group o f 50 who met in the High School library. Within two years, the group opened the Historical Museum on 350 S. Main Street to display an outstanding colieetion telling the story of the Village's past Open to the puUic from 2 to 5 pm each Thursday and Sunday, admission is free. Society members pay $3 in annual dues while students are charged $1. A dinner w ill be held this Sunday night at the Church o f the Transfiguration to celebrate the very long way the Society has come. Meaning o f Incorporation AL VOLLMER, Inc. GENERAL INSURANCE 74 North Main Street Freeport, N.Y MAyfair 3-7400 With dll the hullabaloo about incorporation and the fact that it o c c u ^ 70 years ago, when after all, Freeport is more than'300 years oM. many pet^le r a i^ t well ask, *What does in- ■coiporation really mean to me?” Short of going into a philosophical treatise which The big Riing, of course, is that we have self-government with our own locally-elected ofncials and elected and appointed bodies to carry out the m y ^ d execut ive and administrative duties of the municipality. We personally eled local people, acquainted with local conditions, and we can m i ^ t pass muster as a term goiq)totheMunicipaI Building at pai^r in civics, we try to any time - or meet them on the outline a few of the advantages which citizens of an incorporated village enjoy over those non- incorporat^. At the same time, U becomes apparent that the “Incorporation Committee” of 1892 was really far-sighted, fm* very few commuhities anywhere at that time were incorporated, and even today, there are not very many neighbors of ours on Ivong Island which are. L e t ua ''*B a b y ” y u u r Cur^ ■ | I Specialists in ORIENTAL RUG WASHING • W A U TO W A U CAP.PET« SlEANED ^ • REPAIRINS • RUGS STORED N IC H O I.S BUG C tE a N IW G V<5/T OUR CARPgf SHOWROOM I WITH COUPON ! 10% O F F 9 x 12 or larger Area Rugs B6 E. SU;'iRISE HIGHWAY FR 8*1212 FREEPORT I with this ad offer expires Congratulations Freeport on 80 Fantastic Years! ■ Arm t''\' p- I' fa # ' llA W. Merrick Rd., Frpt. Sooolov’s 13 W. Merrick Rd. The Dutch government granted a charter for settling Hempstead in the I640’s in return for one- tenth of its farm produce. The earliest kno^msetttenient, known as Port of the South Woods and then Washburn’s Neck, was the clearing o f land for a farm by Edward Raynor who built his family a log cabin in 1650 Freeport was then known as Raynortown, Soon after 1650 other settlers came and took advantage of the available resources. The land, heavily wooded with cedar, oak. hickory and maple, served to build log cabins and was used for furniture, tools, roads and firewood. A great attraction, too. was the abundance of fish and game and salt hay which could be used as fodder. In the 18th century, hundreds of trading vessels sailed throng Jones Inlet from the Atlantic Ocean into the calm waters of the bay. Since the larger ports, such as New York City were dosely street, or reach them by telephone ~ and have invaluable personal contact and co operation in “ running things.\ In a very real sense, we have eliminated -the- “ middleman. ” In many circles, the biggest advantage o f self- government in a village is that you have your own zoning and building codes, lliis is, of course, most importanL and it means that we are being protected by local officials who have a per sonal as well as a legal interest in seeing that things go right. And again it means that we have a very direct voice in shaping and enforcing these codes. Look at all our Village departments, commissions and committees. We lake care of our streets and highways, our sanitation, our lighting and water systems, our parks and recreation areas. We have our own Police Department and our own Fire Department, which, although all volunteer, has a unique commitment with the administration. watched and all cargoes had been heavily taxed fay the B ritish since colonial days, the captains of many ships sold their c a rgos in Raynortown to escape the tax. Soon the village was referred to as “ free port” and from thai phrase evolved the present name of Freeport, which was l^aUzed on August 22, 1 ^ . The ViUage of Freeport was incorporated in 1892. Take the r ( u rush out of Christmas! if O p e n Your 1973 INTEREST PAYING TO DAY! I irsl lUy y m c o l <lii< .1 |ij m Sdvembet 6ih (’Ians j v j it a h lc f'u SI to S20 k w t-fk Interest p^td Jt m jl i i n t v On .ill < . im p lr to d ( ‘ lu ll- I Lonq I Island Trust R fiis OCTO
