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s o c Ul ffl o s o o 3 THE LVUttH ESTABUSHEO1935 AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE . ■ ■■ ' Published evcsy Thursday by the Eyeepbri U-adcr. Inc.' 18 E. Sunrise Hwy., Freeport. N.Y. 11520; P.O. Bor312 ' Telephone: FR 8-3133 . -j PRICE; 25 cenia per copy, 88.50 a year, SI 2.50 for two years by mall. Outside Nassau County - $10 a year. Sannd cm I p « « t^ paid at Fraaport, Naw York (USPSSOT-an) Composition responsibility: Not liable beyond cost pf space occupied by error. Publisher; ■ Managing Editor: Advertising: Circulation: Production; ■ fra Keller ' rttioda Keller ■ Ira Keller . Mary Walker Kathy Qoldsteln _ _ Beth Mapes ~ Jeanne Raynor Lucille Sallr. Jill Goldstein. Photography: Evan Keller ■ Cartoons: ■ Gloria Smith Staff Writers; Joan Delaney Clinton Mete, Carol Davison Dave'Vleser, Marlon Harvie ROUND-ABOUT With Rhoda Editorial Welconie to the delegates of the FiftV Annual Oak Park Exchange Congress who are meeting at the Freeport Recreation Center, on Hiursday and F ri^y, October l-2.~ This is the first time the Congress is being held on the east coast and we hope that the delegates, who come from as far west as Wisconsin, as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Georgiy have an op portunity to see what an east coast water front suburban/urban area is like. The communities that are part of the Congress are those that are proud of their racial diversity and are working \hard to maiptain it, i.e. stabilize, a word we here in Freeport know because we have our village Stabilization Committee. Perhaps, because of the location of this year’s Congress, more Long Islanders will be able to attend, if not for the whole session (which includes two days of workshops, a banquet and two lunches) then just for the daytime discussions, at a small cost of $1? each day. There is much we can learn from each other. We can team from Kalamazoo, Michigan and Teaneck, New Jersey. New Rochelle and Rockville Centre can team from Elmofit; Baldwin and Freeport from each other. In knowledge, there is under standing; with understanding, there comes a solution. We urge our local readers, if they can, to stop by the Freeport Recreation Center either Thursday or Friday. Local organizations — PTAs, school boards, civic and religious ' groups — might find it rewarding to send members to the workshops. The SIS would be well spent. One Of The Characferisflcf, . all these local municipalities (towns, villages, small cities) appear to share is the virtue of prideTtTtheir immunity. That is why these people, their groups and govern ments work at, as they themselves put it,’ constantly trying to improve the quality of life. Some time back we reprinted a poem written by a sixth grade Atkinson School class. Called “To Freeport,” it was first printed in Newsday. With thanks to Mrs. Kaston's 1978 sixth graders and to Newsday; here is that ^ n s e of pride as our youngsters feel it; a I a a Freeport is smelling salt water, going fishing. tneeting friends in a park and playing, watching boat shows and races, going to a great rec center to swim and skate, cheering your team, looking at pets in our mall, and sometimes even buying one, eating fish from our docks and hot dogs from Nathan's, _ reading in a great library, viewing a spectrum of people who make our town colorful, visiting our historical museum, country and city life, rain. snow, sun and sometimes flooding, but still the best town on the East Coast, . THIS IS A VERY E X C I ^ f r WEEK ...We plan to spend most gf Thursday a ^ Friday (Oct. I and 2) listening in to the..workshop discussions at the OAK PARK EXCHANGE CONGRESS, which is holding its annual meeting here in Freeport. Delegates from as far ' west as Wisconsin, as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Georgia wUl be convening at the FREEPORT RECREATION CENTER to discuss how'tVrnaintain stabile integrated communities. We are anxious to learn of some of their tools, particularly legislative onesl The daytime sessions arc open to local residents at a cost of $15 (that’s a daily registration fee) a day and we suggest that if yoii can, you should try to take in one day. WE’UL SNEAK OUT ON THURSDAY, at lubchtirne however, to attend-a lunch-time meeting of the-FREEPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE because they will be honoring'one of our very special friends, BOB RAYNOR, director of the FREEPORT BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE and archivist for the FREEPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Bob is the push, force, shove, drive, etc. behind much of the h'lstoricaliy-oriented events that go on in Freeport and, even though we had a great committee in 1976, the credit for the successful parade, the great Fair (opened, by the way, by our very o«m GUY IXIMBARDO), and the' SRO (if you found room to stand) PRESIDENTS’ BIRTH DAY BALL, much of that credit goes to BOB RAYNOR personally... . Now, he’s derided that Freeport must also end the five year Bicenten nial Celebration with a gala event, so on Saturday, October 17 we will have the YORKTOWN VICTORY BALL. It’s certainly a time to cele brate; after all — even though my ancestors weren’t here yet — it was the rictory that created this nation^ Tickets are $12.50 per person and it includes the same great \big band” live music of the first Bicentennial Ball, a fabulous buffet, catered by MIKE OCERA, and his food is always plentiful and delicious, fun, fellowship and an opportunity to win up to $250 for the charity and organization of your choice by- creating a centerpiece for your table with a theme from A'merican History. For ticket information, stop in at MUSSO's on Atlantic A'venue, BASASCH’s on the Mall, Or call THE LEADER, 378-3133. IT’S GETTING TO BE THAT TIME AGAIN...and the FREEPORT REPUBLICANS have opened their 1981 Campaign Headquarters on West Merrick Road, across from the IMPERIAL DINER...They had a crowded and successful \grand opening” with candidates TOM GULOTTA, PETER KING and DANNY FISHER stressingTSTirapor- tance of getting out the vote and STATE SENATOR NORMAN LEVY lending his own strong brand of enthusiasm. __ IN THE SERVICE...Navy Seaman RICHARD BRUNIE, son of Richard and Dorothea Bmnie of Grant - Street, is presently partici pating in \Operation Ocean Adventure 81,” while a crew member aboard the oiler AUSS Canisteo. This eight-phase NATO Exercise involves more than 120.000 personnel, 250 ships and 1,000 aircraft from 14 different countries. A 1979 Freeport H.S. graduate, Brunie is homeported in Norfolk. Va...Marine Pvt. ALBERT BROWN, son of Helen Morgan of Grand Avenue, recently participated in desert warfare training in twenty-Nine Palms, California. The two-week training was part of his annual military requirement as a Marine Reservist of F Company, out of New Rochelle, N.Y...and Marine Pfc. DEBORAH KUHNO, daughter of Lothar and Ursulta Kuhno of Wallace Street has completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot; Parris Island, S.C.., NEWS ABOUT FREEPORTERS.,.Here at home, two Freeporters have been nominated to the 1981 McDonald’s All-American High School Band by their F.H.S. band director. Trombonist MELVIN THOMPSON, of Independence Avenue, and AMY ADLER, a Piccolo ■player of South Bayview Avenue, have an opportunity to be chosen for the All-American Band. From the thousands of nominations received (each high school can nominate tw-o) 104 students, (two from each state and the District of Columbia, plus one each from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico) are selected to represent their states in the All-American unit. The 1981 All-Americans will perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, at half-time at the November 28th Army-Navy game in Philadelphia and in the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California...GREG AVILES of Freeport w-as awarded the Matthew O Connell Memorial Aw-ard for the Best Male Novice at the Seventh Annual Burke Invitational Wheelchair Athletic Meet at The Burke Rehabilitation Center in White Plains. Gregg won three gold medals in javelin, discus and shot put and a bronze medal in the slalom. Patronize LEADER L Advertisers memor Mercy .The: events 8 pm. ( of Quill of pre- Octobe Syossei to five getting ages of parent! being a and 3*6 Octobe; take pt Library . We Issues ( the Eii< dum wj Voting Ouestic vote is i KNO the Dis take thi in safe, fluencii BAL Cardio] tCPR) Shore Road i days. ' and ] I. The 1
