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..'r. ■ ;■ V •<:: •■ \ . V - ^ - v - . - ■■ “ '^ j FREEPORT T ikmnnJ -ROOSEVELT MERRICK ■■/ • ! I-'ra/ ff Jl‘' - = ^ ' r : ' - r : y L u O c E y u .j:/i£T l!SAt:07/,,^[l 'Y 1155-} \•LEABEK ■ -■ lifRKPORT’S orrmni NEWSPAPER 42nd YEAR No. 39 . • FREEPORt, NEW YORK, JANUARY 25, 1978 PR1GE1S4 E’ER COPY . ^i'JT ynuff SnoWi.*Wnd Sun^^ Village Departments And Clean-Up Efforts FREEPORT^ Long kland’s biggest winter storm of the decade Tefi this village under more than a foot.oLsnow. Although national and .Regional wealheyservlces\foretold the snow would*begi^somctime . after midnight Friday, January 20, and turn to rain b / 10 am th4t same morning, snott began to fallThursdaiLDight several hours earlier than predicted,'..aDd-:'thc warming __ , trend never'came. Instead school closings were announced, governmental office, industrial complexes and stores never ,• opened th^r doors and public and - tire .o private ,ransporta,ion brought. in or taken home by Freeport and Nassau - County policemen or Freeport firemen. Freeport fire .department vol* ^.jteefs were put bn standby-by SriuiV'-^'aieiiiiVsnoiEepIw^^^ • S^ahdlno\l(i^■^b“fO are Tanlq'Stewarf, J ^ n l n a Hajey, Katherine'Moreo; Lisa fira*.,.- ^ _^-^-;',^^n4^aley^'K^lsten■Conrior, Dean Phllpotts, Tony JackSori.-UyaMh Slmp8onj'Vonlque McQuee.n; 8lt* -A few hardy souls did venture JI!nB^i.^-t^r-fAVethaJonM, Kathy Fox,.pina Newman, Joy GlazeVrStaci Fortuna.Syd Daw<8on,M^ia - * • \ * 1 . ft — ' — M.J K » J . . H . ftl ..A. 2 .. ^ A * ftjiM 1 I n A A IW A FA V A — ^ t —t f h ^ —IU'E t a **-!’”. ! oU K * u u u t s a , r v o i M j v w a , . w i u a ifto n c M O iij w y j w i o ^ v i ,-wacav.i < u i a w .x a , w / w a.,..*, ww., , i . . . . . . . . , -.MdrWand.3andy BedelL;Not in picture are'Mvilyn Magiie, Marcelline Alvarez and Taiiyai^ater. The p r ^ ’urtlon^'under the direction of Maryjfall, was the culmination,of the Recreation Oeparmeht^B- fall d.rama^tivity for young p ^ p le. Registration for.thespring workshop will be held ihis'Saturday, • ■January.2a,Tiramto12noon,atthaFreeportRecreationCenter.ThefeelsS5. out however. In Freeport, the volunteer firemen, hospital work* ers, police force and some village G lSd. stayed m- by sE » Ibvamps, '. . . —Village Hall was opcned_at Us fegulanirae, 6.ara,-by caretaker Walter Fischer, who walked to .riiellall from Commercial Street. He was followed soot> after by Pal* , employees struggled to get to Napoli, who opened ihe switch; .. their posts and succeeded. ---------- hoard, early. Mrs. Napoli, not the They Got In . . usual switchboard. c u rator, had Public Work emp.loyees, whose called the Village Clerk at >.am job it is (and had. been the week ’ that morning, offering to man the ■“ before as well) to clear the streets board for the day because she and-rejnove the drifts of snow knew that the usualopcrator was • -urhich ^ u ld have pfevgpted even- • out ill. Mrs. Napoli s tay ^ on the - ^m^rgpnry v^hlcTes fajm reach* ' phoncs all, day, reassuring-rpsi* « - ing their destination, were called answenng ihcir qucsiions _________ th e villagcVt<oworkwmetimejUt.ermidnighhrand/ routing their calls for -inctdoe^noi require thejem c e s 74. 92% in ’74-75. 92%'in ’75-76./. 7()0^ miles of_ v i l l a g e - m a i n t ^ e ^ ^ e cm^^ work School B o a r d : A t t ^ a l ^ e S t a b l y Third O fficer U n n e c e s s a r y . FREEPORT-. - • According -to tanrchangeTn^ltendanci^/^^^^- - figures■ pre^nled lasit week b y : .Freeport. fe a d /K ^ y /jia d a- ■the Board of Eduction,, the* dis- • 91% attendance average in 1973- -•i' Road Program Sugg^ed E^ / : FREEPORT f a third iitco&acu.oRicer. In - ^ „ d 9 , « i „ : 7 6 ^ 7 ; ^ a'TJpecial .report given to th ^ ' - Brewing the data d o ^ . into—^ five year program. atcOTding to Centre. A tlydiaE. Hail Hospjla!, -borne walked ^lono distances -public; Board • President Jack : .rndividual Mhdols. Reillsr-bBi. the Fteepoif-Highway CoramU-, some members of that staff just^ iRrilly stated “the- artendanee of. servedlha, a ,,en> n E e .im lheJgs,.-.sio.^^ the . didn-.t go . hoine b u C ^ o r ted ; • do t l T a r ^ y S;^d V -S tu d e n t sr r e m a in e d - Stable four years at Atcher Street has . .Commission had request^ with through the -hight anit .th e — ^ ^ over a fourVetf pOTod.”* Later, . goneJup“ l%‘rT\tkinsoTi’’^yp-2%..‘'-iheT«llage' Board • of-Trustew following day;- ©there- 'were “/.r iCoi .l_...SuperiniendCTl-*Donald-tIostlow*''-feyyiew jupr^^ytfolumbus.jUp,-—rMonday^evening,'the'appoint^ -j, iwealcd Tihat isihce the - school‘^'rf^ Giblyp and ,Podd_hive 're - : rnmim^Vinn^uffpested an^nnual- yean-of !973-74» w faen^hre^'-jBainedj ^ sameV-while the High ''pTOgfani of-road wOTk,-Thetr five .• omcers “were;etpploy^U-i6*--fri?.:^brtioorti^.5ropi:^ 1 % ; . f . X : '.^ST 'i'year p l ^ , would Tun S4. n ^ ion ^ >'Tfie“quesiioiy^ r/^ddecLiJias/held ar~at^nstkhr/ pTOfTo-1%9 f f i ^ - * • third officer slioUld;be reinstated . .. . y r / / ' no such r o ^ woric.-the-CoiEP- ■ T r ^ ^ w ^ ! ja U ^ - :a r a .T ^ n r ^ a m b e r ’ *-T-://rCM’t B a i ^ . : r - t v - : - ^ N o n n i m . -I r of'Cgtnmerce:'m^ting.~at';wh!chr,:r^Thg-fet. ^oF ^figures ;Sehm elU ^ ^stat^/Ve: are^fcar- ■ Com. on Page 10) p j - : . ’ i-'y ‘ m i r ^:-‘^vUlage *merthyiB'di$c^sed:fhg-' ^ n ^ f i b r ^ u ^ tkms' f r u ^ of a regression.” He eipfcCs* : presence-of: y o u n g sre t^ V c i^ i .'auffiemre; the first of which* ^ rae/.-. cd c o n c ^ that*4he.s^ng -.\ 'presence. --------- - ------------ -- --------- -r — . - ---------------- * — : youngste oiO-Saroe day naving a e n s ts .. ? yon ' Board met in ezerative sessionjq_ -*W ^ MM » . ] ^ I .er=,'‘ . il;-. * } • t ■^3 iaiet,_-ai .MIS puDMC- sessiofT'oT lendent Costfeiw.for some statistic / Usfiddihgs. .’ > / / * ' ■'^piroof. - / . -r” .'While h eBcarilinylled iharther^b-oo—.^BCT^rdnrrillsuictlhaiH ^ f g g p “ - mamtydevelopment Aggycy. > ~ ______________________ ^ _________ • ivtsdinn n list o f riere.riiia.es tidn o f lateriiss-»-as^.5'&: l l s f ■ Jl5 atthM lore’s grand opening. 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