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ill iiiililiiii “In My Opinion*’ Dear Editor: The current school situation has found many parents caught in the middle of what can best be described as a mudslinging personality conflict. I, for one, will not choose sides because you’re both wrong. ^ It’s not a fight this community needs, for that kind of fight leaves no spoils for its victors: We know how this is affecting our pocketbooks and how it is affecting our educational system, but how is ita^ecting our diild> ren? Education is more than read> ing, poor because they get free what we can hardly afford ourselves. Let us now be charitable and count our blessing. But for the Grace of God it could be us. You have heard many times that Freeport needs more State aid for education. This is true, It would cut taxes for the property owner. To all politicians I say. if you really ca« about the diUd* ren of Freeport help influence ‘ these men you-support to.lntro- • duce legislation to help us oil stop worrying where we are per centage wise and be proud that . the Freeport educational system strives to help each'child r ^ c h ‘ his learning potential. There is (Cont. on Page 7) Dg, writing and arithmetic. It Is elf-discipline, loyalty, resp<^ and a set of mox^ values that make you, no matter how intelli gent you-are, a good citizen of your community. It is also hones- f andi I haven’t seen too much of tya that lately. It should not be what this situation can do for-you; it’s what you can do to help the - situation. Put your cards on the table. stQp_playinff gnmrs-witix the future of our chUdien. Aus- ~tenty“is”nOtlhe'Md of the“worid. Fond Farewell . During World War II, McBride served in the U o it^ States Army and In 1953 he joined the Garden City Hre Department. He was promoted to Lieutenant in .1967. At the time of his. death he had served 23 years In Garden City and 31 years in Freeport. Among those present at Our Holy Redeemer for the Funeral Mass were the young Boy Scouts bf Troop 454 of which McBride had been a Committeeman. They joined the young men of the Free port F.D. Explorer Post, the members of the Freeport Fire Department Band (which Jim McBride enjoyed so very much) and the uniformed memben of both Rre Departments as . they solemnly walked up the aisles of (Cent, from Page I) the lives that “ Fireman Jim” bad touched,, because be cared... cared alraut people and was con cerned for them and for the dan gers of fire. “Fire hurts,’’ Fire man Jim told the listeners of WGBB for several years in spedal sp^t announcements in which be warned them of the dangers of fire and spoke of the fire preven- PROUD MOMENT. Ted Porker (r.) was Installed last w e ^ 'a e Pretl- Mr. Levine; but yoii can’t have 'your '(^ e and eat it too, Mr. Rand.- - , It used to be that the middle cl{^ just envied the ridi but now we find ourselves questioning the tne enuren to pay a last .tribute to McBride, ^m e beads were bowed, some look striJ^'aheadr’ but all . their eyes were wet, as they said gr^-bye to a man, whom Rev. Daniel Donovan eulogized as “a man for .(til seasons.” Thous^ds and thousands were McBride had been an Instnic--; tor for the Fire Department and the American red Cros and was vocal in the advantages of learn ing resuscitation methods. Freeport’s well-known symbol of volunteer firemen throughout Nassau County is survived by bis wife, ~Qaire; their children, -Barnes,' -Mygery—and- Thomasr dent of the KIwanIe Club of Freeport, by District Lt. Gov. Joe Ftlippone (!.)• Forker was joined ori the Board by Larry Randazzo, First V lc^ President:resident; Skipkip Nelson,elson, 8econd-Prestdenl;econd-President: Joeoe Canaleanale andnd Ceceece Budd,udd, P S N S J C a C B Treasurer and'Assistant Treasurer; Walt Schinzel, Secretary; Roger Roddy, Immediate Past President; and Slg Felle, At Rankin, Dr. George Isenberg, Bob Schade and Rev. Tim Peternana on tha Board of Directors. (A4-EADER photo) out &om Hungerford. & Qark toHose.Company No.S’shead* Funeral Home to'a waiting Hose' *quartets quartets in Nor^eastortheast Freeportreeport Co. No. 5 truck. There, with the in N F where it stopped several mo- his mother, Caroline McBride, of ' ♦ ' arvt a Sheehan. s ralnTmlngling with the t c a r s ^ ments.as the fire bcU .dolefitily the men of 'both Fire Depart-- i pca!e4< From there, they dtoye to -meaty,-it-rested-for-itsfinal-ride. 7 -^o^ardca-C ity-l^houso-and- Acedmpanied by a police escort, thento Wcstburyforth^burial. a truck .from the Garden City • It haS bMn' sug^sted 'that Departinent, and over'2 ‘ dozen • those'wishing to pay affinal tri cars of friends and family, the; bute’to the gallentry and corn- truck circled the McBride*house passion . o f. • “ Fireman on West 4th Street;and tben went ..McBride,-.send their donations to ■ -■ ' r... I.: . . - .... ........... I ____ __ ____ the American Cancer-.Sodety Services, both religious and fire deparfrnen^l, were held at Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church. 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This ’ increases th^rem ium dur-. Ing the years whe^ you ■expecry6ureamingTWln=7 I -I- crease. You can keep the full $100,000 protection and build more cash values for your .family and your own Call me for the facts today. Owetropolitaii ' ■' iM r a t e f i i t u i e B U M rofC lIm U t., K « r Ycilu KY. ; I ■: ! I . ' HABOLD CKHWES ' . 4200 SUNRISE HIGHWAY ■ MASSAEEQUA.N.Y. 11768 ; . PYRAMID 8 t 7 444 ; ' t would Uke,witlioirt6b!lga-'“'j— tion. more information on * the Metropolitan. PIanJaa= ___ t — tured above. ' • ! - I7 --V-- ■ ■i;* . I' I - i : i ■ - M * (Mai) to address above)
