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A Tribute (Cont. from Page I) parades and tournaments, which Jim aUended and loved so much. On July 4^ any year: Jim*# Freeport Fire Department Elected to membership to Hose Company No. 5 on AFfU 10. he was often greeted by admiring ----- .. ------- ucfpr*\* '■ ----------- — :.s—* ---------- M ------ .ftremen and families from all over .Long Island who mentioned how much they enjoyed' his radio messages. Jim loved music, espedally ' the inspirational march niusic less, but the undeniable fact was that Jim McBride was always there when Freeport needed hlml Freeport firemen from every company and every corner of the Village stiir can't quite believe ^that the day^ of “ Rreman Jim\ 1945, Jim McBride participated hi practically every fire depart' ,-ment function during his 31 y e w in the department. He took an active role in both company and department activities, Ingiding a - term as warden to theTreeport .played by the Freeport F m \areover. Fire Council and an extended Department Band. The band has- Chief Arthur W. Lewis feels the term as Treasurer to Hose Com- ' great friend and a great' department has lost \one of it# paiiyNo.S.' •su p { X ) tter in Jim's passing. ; - best friends and one of its hard* However, Jim really found Ms^ • “ Fireman-Jim** was quite a ' est workers. No one really knows ‘notch\ in the dqiartment fireman indeedl His .years of how to measure the tremendous when he became doscly invdved knowledge and experiesce in work Jtm did for the depart- both.Carden City iwid Freeport _ ment...thc rounUess number of ------’“*■*— i . . . - i~\.. t - undertook without ever . U / a .|1 ... I c* r film H@r@ It N ow uiiHtuituununmumuumimiumtnininunin^ By Vince Fortunate t a b o u t EASTEBN EUROPE The score seems to be even now.' Prcsidcnt Ford's comments about Soviet domination of Eastern Europe were truly not well thought out. Sometimes, one error makes a ball game. This might be the case for Jerry Ford in thesecond debate. thti Fn in ' be! It really wasn't a loaded question. Any .Republican, when asked about Soviet domination of Earteim Europe, should welcome the ques tion. Soviet domlnstion of E u tem E u r t ^ is not something new. It with the Freeport Fire Depart-, meat Public Relations/ ‘ Fire Safety Program, He had the gifted abUity to explain complex matters in simple, understand able terms. He clcariy demonstra ted the life-saving importance of maintaining a constant vigJI against the pails of fire.. Most important. Jim Had a enabled him to qulddy size up a jobs he fire or resene and make the ' being asked. .We'U miss him fabolnus rapport with Itids. There wasn't a student in the Preeport ' ' schools who didn't find \Rrc- I 'plan Jim’s\ safety lectures in teresting and effective. Jim's public relations duties -propriate response. It wasn't at ^ unusual to see Jim working atafireoriescuecaU .'.; • Jim seemed to - always \be there when needed.\ For in stance in January, 1972: As one of the department's original dis- patchers Jim manned the dis- p a t d ia's desk for-over eight boors during Freeport's \worst fire\ in recent years, at Merridr Road and Henry Street; He play- igral part in fighters Column,\ which appear- hundreds apparatus .aud In June, 1972: Jim manned the fire alarm phone at Freeport sorely.’ ■ ■ A- fellow Garden. City fireman with-Jim fot-years*and a close personal friend, Freeport ’ Fust Deputy Chief Richard Van Wick- len described Jim’s passing as a \tra^c loss the department and all its members.\ Junior ex-Chief \ WUiiam Cominos \woAcd very closely with Jim during my three years - as chief. I came to greatly admire and respect him. I don't think ee-quite~fe this.\ dates back to the Roosevelt years. Students of World War n see the colors oh the map of Europe as entirely differont had FDR allowed the American A m y to take ^ l i n and a c c ^ t the surrender of Germany at the war’s'end. te^ead, acting under Roosevelt’s orders, the honor was to be Zochov's rather than Elsenhower’s. From that point on. Including all the subsequent peace negotiations regarding Europe and the Far East (Korea, Karafuto, etc.), Soviet domination of Eastern Europe (and most of Asia) was a gift of the R o o ^ e lt administration to mother Res- sia. Anyone who doesn’t sec it that way secs Mickey Mouse as a cat. So, when the.big question hit. President Ford s ^ d , \No I don’t see it thsf way.\ That was his blunder. He ^ u l d have said, \Certainly Soviet dominadon of Eastern Europe is and has beeii a way' of life since the Roosevelt, Truman, Elsenhowa, Kennedy,- Johnson and Nixon years. Why pin the rap on ipet\ End of answer. 1 guess we all are guilty of thiid^g of the right thing to say after we’ve said the wrong ' thing. Round 2 - Carter. V ABOUT FREEPORT Rules are rules, I know. Sometimes it’s difficult for one to see when it’s time to break a rule and exercise good judgement or stick bard and fast to the rule and suffer the consequencesr^* . ha th< di< be Police Headquarters during and after a \mmi-tomado’’ ripped public service radio broadcasts on Radio SUtioa WGBH (‘‘Remcm- b a . fire hurts.\). Thus, although Jim was perhaps best known in through Freeport. He also went Freeport, be became Jquite an r.n Island-wide celebri^; .mgui, wsiimjg ui luc uso At the summer, firotnanic fsllralivewiresan'dtrees. —^Another vcj;y- dose-fiiend -of ------- Paul went to bed Saturxla’ Jim’s cx-Chief Frank Museo, said| be couldn’t quite believe, or accept Jim’s.d e a ^ . \He will be fondly remembered by aD.” .Fellow Hose 5 fireman and for- ly night feeling fine except fon a nagging ^IhebcginnSng igcf' •• cough. He thought it might be the beginni df a cold or even a mill case of the flu; Yet, there was no cause for aUnn. Everyone can deal with a cough. E x « p t fb^that, b e felt fine. D u m g the night, the cough worsened. It kept him from sleep and, ^ e r a few hours, became so bad • that is was constant. He just couldn’t'stop yyghing. By this time, it on l o ^ radio live . t ^ u g h the mer Chief Jotm Horton desenb- began to cause severe pains in his lungs b c c a u « he was breathing in of tte dangers of ^ ed Jim s p a s ^ g as a temble yet. seemingly, not getting s u ffici^t oxygen. After a I- OF ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THEE I SING 5 . 6 . I Z - c n J 1 5 - f ^ E B k { f ^ H / 0 - S c ^ \. £ - / £ E / i V i ^ s A r 8 5 } o ' , \ . ' y A l L i s E f i — . ---------------- GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY\ ' Make ctieekt payable, ui(S Malt to: FREEPORT COMMUNITY CHORALE P.O.B0X413 Fmport, NY. 11520 Pleaa tend ins tktets as per bskw. Add! D o o m • SUB, t a t e Ctibn S&iMt'6LSaL0nciudeaitarnped.tett-eddra^erTveiope.) . ' * loss...one which we’U feel for — — tocom ^ * ------- - --------- »u u c c p i y u i u }C i, s c c u u u ^ i ^ , u u i u c i u i J 5 s u i u v i ^ a i « u i c r a while, Pa») seamed to feel as thdugh he was No matter h ow- And so, Fireman Jim McBride is gone. But .his legrad and hi& accqmpiishmente will live on.' This \Man- For AH Seasons^\ as I aptly described by lie]ier] Dononovan^touched. m ii^ air he Sucked into his lungs, he was not oxygenating. Something was drastically wrong. This was not just an annoying edUgh any longer. Paul left his house and drove to the Freeport Police Station. Iinmed* he Father Dan »p^geU. It felt as though he was a dhter who bad gone 'haj'iutaily auiiftCed. lie begiui^ld ,^*jj^eiiate«~ifa'e p<tm \tixi dde'p A uv dimiflitocd. ' -l^th the crisis ovdr,;the next step was to g et Paul to a h i^ ita l to deteiT ^ e why this happened w sure' if w o ^ d n 't happen again.- a many in many respects. - - The'world could u se many more ■“Jim McBrides.’’ We vrill miss him: deariy an d ', dierish the moments spent with him. many lives during his lito time. The men of the Freeport forhavmgknownJim.a giantof was labored, offered to take him to a local hospital. Paul preferred a different hospital in Rockville Centre. It was his choice • Ms right. The . PoCce'officerkmffly his r^retsrSince Paiil was no Iragef in any'apparent danga,:the emergen^-sitnation had ended. If Paul : wanted to go to the RocJrWIle CeMre hospital, h e 'd have to get there - himself. O.K. That’s the role, o r so. Paul was told. So be did. En route, ' he began losing his capacity to oxygeoate'once ^agaiU and by the time he arrived at the hospital, he was a g i ^ gasping for air. In the emer- genqr room, the staff quickly and effidentiy diagnosed and treated the condition. It was some form o f c o n g e :^e brondiitis. His lungs had fil led with water. Paul was treated u d is fine. ^ mndi for Paul. The ' - problem is with the rules. We are an residents o f one county. If a r e s i- . ISLAND PARK - The Long Is- : dent of an mconxwited yfflage needs help in an enierRcncy or even a land C h apta of the Adoptive P ar- semi-emogency situation (after aD. the'police officer could not be sure ents Committee will meet Satur- uu*ilfty to b r ^ th c might not recur), the rules prohibiting vfl- day. October 16, 8:30 pm, at the lage police or rescue people from taUng a resident anywhere b u t to the Plainview Library. Dr. Rebecca’ one localhospital should be.wMved. Liswood, M.D., founder of the A good arguement would b e that, in an emergency, the victim or Marriage Counseling Service of ~ patient ahond be thankfril to g et to any port iii a storm. But sometimes, Jjreatcr New York, wiH discuss having had experience with the efficiency, concern (or lack of it) and \W hat You Should Know About attitudes of tbephysidans o n the staff of onehospHal, an emergency Sex,\ \TheThree Stages of Mar- . patierntwouldrather die on the streets than rim the risk of being MUed . riaoV’ and \How to Educate tiytheir neglectaudineptitade. Hcnce, someoTovisionshould be mide iroucaie aUowingaviHage.rerfde^crigfattotnm sportationtoahospitalofhis dioiccif itls notunreatonahtyfer. IntM scase, P u d ’s request to go to Rodwille Centre, an eight mintrte driw, wtLt not really that nnrea.gnn._ able* t ^ ^ a t the time, it was the rules, he was told. Paul accept- -7 -i- Liswood, Speaker At Parents Meeting Your Children About Sex.’ S0IIOR TOTAL ■ PERFORMAIICE ADULT dTlZEN STUDENT AMOUNT , - I - I I I I I I I I I I I I FW.-Hw.S SAt;-N«.6 FHI.-HW.12 MERmCK Thea'tie on Merrick RcL OneBIc^featbf MeKlawbrook Ptrlcwiy . Phon,MA3-1B22 Part 2 SOUNDER ed that. The day, Paul w as disch^ged. Oh his way home, he stop- - p ^ at the police-station to thank them once Again for their assistance. A fterall,hLlhoot been for each car b o n g etpiipped with oxygen, Paul may have been a goner, fto'could have d r e ^ e d o n dry land. JWhile thanking the desk s e ^ e a n t, Paul was told that he could have been transport^-to the Rockville Centre hospital. Wow, that’s not - what the officer had s ^ the morning before. Apparently, there had been a mistake. It was fortunate that all had worked out well, and Paul was still, grateful for their assistance, but evidently eith a the desk - sergeant or the patrolman was mistaken. A Ratification has to be made. Can a Freeport pbUre car take a case to a hospital outside of Freepport, or nuy be uotT That is tiie question. Every police officer should know the answer. Meanwhile, Freeport P.D., P a il thanks yon. Full Day Program For Jewish Women NAME_ ADDRESS- AH Ticket Donations are tax deductible CHINATOWN m c a f e T h a F i r m t l n ' Ju A i - C a n to o M a - A m a r ie a n F o o d , jb i P t ( T a k * O u t O rdw * O p e n 0«ihn U r itl*13U W . SU N R ISE HIGHWAY ^ ***FB E E P O R T F R 8 - 0 6 — MERRICK • A full day is plan ned for the Natiotial Q)undl of Jewish Women meeting Wednes day, October 20, at Temple Beth- Am, Kirk^tiod and Memck Avenues. At 10 am, Elizabeth Brody, President of the local League of Women voters will lead a rap ses sion on the upcoming elections. Following the regular meeting, at 12 noon, the program will fea- ture.a young Israeli couple who will entertain with folk songs from many lands. Edna and Is rael Rosen’s repetoire include songs in English, Greek, Italian, and Russian as well as Hebrew and Yiddish. Known as the Kol Golan Duo, this team has enter tained many groups. A petite londi will be served. [ I' -V-
