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y were :ned to leen F. s Drive r Hayes n this ion. n, call district, for the r. srimary special school ire. al- greater :al tax . educa- initiate ;ind of special .many listricts snted- I addi- \ 1 local school Id Ske- ,* Levy eluded, National am the w the 'reetjort initiate special rograms ly prb- aenefits I .their I tage!- dan) renters' xtBcdonyou itna-spxial less. You get linaiU^ orgey alcourages rdarteslite reSarrrB. /! Y, Inc. If Happened,,. Yean Ago.| From eoftiemporary newtpaperi ind'oiher sources CUntnn E.-MlU 8 ' Ft^e^cri Villisi MiJtorien HOTELS MADE FEEEPORT SHOREFRONT POPULAR IN 7900s At least seven big hotels, most of them near water front, were functioning at the turn of the century. Woodeleft Inn on Front Street, facing Woodcleft Canal, housed 300 guests; Crystal Lake House on Grove Street, overlooking Crystal Lake and fronting on South- side Avenue', had accommodations for 150; the Norwood towered above Casino Pool on Casino Street; and Grove Park Hotel, surrounded by beautiful trees on Rose Street, drew crowds to what has since become an apart ment house. Close to Freeport River, south of Atlantic' Avenue, stood Schneider’s and the oldest hotel of all, Scott’s, which had a history back to 1837. South Main Street was enlivened also through enterprise shown by John W. Whaley, whose hotel 'and fishigg station stood close to docks of his oyster business and coal yard on South Main Street. Our journey into the past would be incomplete with out a look at hotels in the center of town. On Main Street just south of the railroad tracks Freeport Hotel boasted an auditorium for entertainments or other occa sions. The Manhattan House, stood at about 40 South -Main -Street.—George' Rock Smith, proprietor of-the Benson House at 87 South Mmn Street, named it for his son, Benson, a prosperous teal estate developer. The old Central Hotel, dating back to pre-Civil War days, had already become a landmark on Merrick- Road at Main Street (southwest corner). Anothej-well .known hpstelry.brth e -3 0 th .ce n tu r y - b e - - - ^ - - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ y ^ ^ ^ A HISTORICAL CELEBRATION. Members u d frieadt of the Freeport HUiorical.Society gathered together Suadey eVening, April 36, for thetr 2Stb annivereiry eclebntioa *i Uoloa Reform Temple. The occuion eJ»o eew the Initellatloa of the prrsAisctloa*< ofReert (top, 1., 1. to r.): A u itU a t Curetor Bob Reynor, President Ed Yvnin, Cormpondme /. Memberehip Seeret&ry Loretta Solcao, Third Vise President Jeanne C. Raynor, Fi- ‘ nancial Secretary / Treasurer Vincent Segreto, Second Vic* President Isabelle Orach, and Curator Chartee Zimmerman. Also installed were the*new trustees of the organisation (top r. photo, t to r.): Dorothy Bryan, . Doris Hiekerson, Vf illiam Daube, £ d Martin, Clinton Meti, Fltihugh Jones and Leola Jones. Aekr^vledged for their continued preservation of historical homes in Freeport erer* (bottom photo, 1.) p r . and Mrs. David Westring and (bottom, r.) Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Luyckx. Program ^ a irm a n Bob Raynor (at 1. in both pho* ■ tos) presented the two couples with engraved s ^ e r trays. gan was Three Gables Hotel at the northeast corner of Merrick Road and Henry Street. 1968 (The Leader) VILLAGE OVER A CENTURY AGO Author of newspaper stories a quarter-century ago _about the village he loved, William E. Colder wrote an article, ‘Recollections of Freeport and Other Incidentals Relating Thereto* in . a notebook. Here -are some' excerpts; . T walked to Hempstead for a haircut in tny boyhood. But when the. railroad came in 1868 Freeport began to grow. By 1873 we had a bakery; meat market, drug-^ store, tin shop and more places of business generally.’ The bay was an unfailing source of income. Fishing, clamming and crabbing were followed successfully. (Cent, on P .|« 15) discovered that the district could refile for state aid from 1969-70 based now .oh certioraris received by property owners. *..,We were relatively poorer,* Bierwirth re marked, *so we should have received more money.* ■ The $650,000 ‘windfall* is being placed in the dis trict’s capital reserve fund to provide for those pro jects which were not an ticipated four years ago, RENOVAT!ON SALE ! [(SpeelU OrderMemhundUi NOT Included) | 9 Just In Tlnie For MOTHERS DAY - _ op Weddings * Graduation • All Gift-Giving Occasions when the program was initiated. Doing this, Bierwirth explained, will decrease the need ■ for . funding .such ' capital expenditures out of the regular expense budged of future years. Furthermore,., the state returns 60% of the costs of. capital expen- . 'ditures as operating aid in the subsequent year. . Also on the ballot on May I3th will be the Freeport Memorial -Li brary’s annual budget, which this year is $2;031,883. V In order to vote on May 13, a school district resi dent must be registered with the district cjr must |yluve beeii registered in the general election and voted since January. 1, 1984. Spwial school dis trict registration’ will be held on Monday, May 4, ■ 12 noon - 8 pm at Atkinson School, Colum bus Avenue School, Bayview Avenue &hool. Archer ’ Street School, Giblyn School ,and Cleve land School; and on Tues day and Wednesday, May 5-6, 3-6 pm, in the Ad ministration Building, 235 North Ocean Avenue. Book Discussion FREEPORT-i A discus sion of *1110 Good Mother,* by Sue Miller, will be featured on Satur day morning. May 16, a.t the Freeport Memorial Li brary; Librarian Patricia Maher will Jead the discussion, which will begin at 10:30 am. Art-Exhibit FREEPORT r • The paintings of Long Island artist Marie Cole will be on exhibit at the Foyer ’ Gallery' at South Nassau Unitarian Church, 228' South Oceaii ' Avenue, Freeport, through May 28. Gallery hours are 9 am - ’ 1 pm weekdays and .10:30 - am - 12 noon on Sundays. A reception for. the artist will be held Sunday, May 3, 12 noon - 4 pm. This is Marie Cole’s seventh one-woman show. She has also' received many awards and prizes, dating from 1960.to the -present and has had a 30 year'career as an accom- .plished demonstrator and teacher. • - . - Recently Mrs. Cole has been working, as a textile designer and many-of her designs have been printed for the-market 4. Oxv-oial , SAVE BIG ON [Our Complete Inventory of: • Diamond Rings • Wedding Rings ' • Gold Rings • Silver Rings SAIE ENDS MAY U , 1987 Mrs. Cole is represented Absentee ballots for the at Accents & linages in voting will be nulled to ;New York City; the KROM JEWELERS 30 West Merrick Rd., Freeport 868-7818 Wt Acoip< MASTmCARO VISA the homes of eligible vot-^ ' ers who File an application in the district clerk's of fice no later thaq. 5 pm Wednesday, May 6. Such applications may also be made in person at the clerk’s office, in the ad ministration building, 235 North Ocean Avenue, from 9 am-4 pm school days until Tuesday, May 12,at-5pm'. Phillips Gallery in Hous ton, Texas; and the Design Center in La Guna Beach, ' California. Her work is in ' the permanent collection of several corporations.
