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cd a* 00 00 O' w w as » H g 9 w □ '5 .. i THE FREEPORT BALDWIN L babcr ESTABLISHED I93S ASK COMMUNITY SERVICE Publisher Linda Toscano Editor: PaulLeucsen . Assistant Publisher: Ruth Brennan Assistant Editor: Site Morgari Baldwin Editor: Joan Delaney . Circulation: Joyce MacMonigle Adyertising: Mike Oilier Staff Writers- Clinton Matt David A. Vieser ' Publisbed Every Thurtdiy By L A M Publicatioiu; liie, 294 W. Merrick Rd., Freeport, N.Y. 11520 P.O.Box 312 F R 8-3133 PRICE: 25 c a n ts per copy, *9 a year, M 4 for two years by mail. Outside Nassau County > *110 year. Sarand d m poawst (Mid at FMport. N.V. (USPS 307-320) - CompoaHlon respontibilitY; Not liaMa beyond coat of space:' occupied by error. ' Alladtprtparsdbyourstaft,KtwwS.layoutsndadiior><lcant*nlrams<nth« sots property e< THE lEAPER and may nei b s rspfoduesd in w h d * ct In part vvithais writm parndsaion d L a Id Kibliationa. POSTMASTER Send sddrm chanpaa to THE leader P.O. Bex 312, Free port N.Y. 115200312 The community newspaper - the glue that helpt hold a community together, and the spur that keeps h moving forward J f Same CoWe atU Sfir!t .rteclr epaK' V l c t o i r y \ 'Faitlifui to the flag” (postcard - circa 1^18) Roundtibdut Fre^kwt J This town's Moses Newcomers'to Loii^ Island are always impressed by the rolling wooded hilk ^ong the parkways, a legacy of Robert Moses, who insisted on beauty when many were counting dollars and cents. ^ ' ..And new residents of the Town of Hempstead are simiiariy pleasantly surprised by the many beautiful p ^ s ^ d all the programs offered free or foror imnimalmitima^e fecL Much of that f i legacy we owe to a former parks comi&sioner, Gardiner S. McMuUaii, who was honored'Iast Friday by the Merrick Republican Committeerqen^ouhcil. ~ Unlike Robert Mpse^ Bill McMullan never left his naine on any of t h ^ o ^ parks. Around here, for example, we cherish l^ldw h Park, Coes Neck Park, Merrick Road P a rk,, Newrbridge Road Park, Seaman’s Neck Park and at the each. Point Lookout and Lido Beach. However, he left a tradition of caring that still shows. Starting out buying parkland wasn't an easy decision, as two former county executives who came to honor BUI ' McMuUan pointed ouL Both Ralph Caso and Frances Pur cell noted that the purchases were diflicult dedsions biit good ones. Otherwise, the land would have been bought by private developers and would be “gone forever” as accessible beach and.playing fields.. Some of the parkland w ^ on fill. The Merrick Road Parkk playing courts and golf course are on former landfill. As soon as the statek Department of Environmental Con servation gives its approval, Merrick’s Overlook Preserve and Sanctuary Committee hopes the Town can begin to extend its tradition of beautification to the top of what has jokingly been called “Mount Merrick.” From this one lonely hilltop, you can see off to the distance in every direction. To the west lie Freeport, Baldwin and the Manhattan skyline. Both the North and-South Shore’s communitim can be made out, especially the manyjslinds along the southern coast. This kind of looking post is espcciaUy^sOiTght after in a flatland. “Heaven Mountain” b thejutw jokingly given to the one small mountain or big^iSltdepending on your point of view) that exists in thejowand Sedodinavian country of Denmark. Tourists^cow from all around to trek up that walkway to jhMtip and look obt over the rountiyside and coasts. them a new penpective on life below. fparks Bill McMuUan shepherded from infancy pro- ^3e the example for the planned overlook preserve, which is still just a glimmer in the eyes of those local residents and pubhe lervaots who have seen the view— and want to share NEIGHBORLINESS is . slive'and well in Freeport A . • local mbtorisf was driving along Ra'hJall Avenue just west:of NoilhjMaiii S.treeti. when his'bid'BuickxMked . out.fbr.no obvions-Ttasoh\'’ ■ -except perhaps ,vapor::loclc' due to the extiemely hOniid ■. hot weather. As he was getT;; ting it out of the way of traf fic, a young wbmap offered .• to push the Buick. She r hopped back into' her ' VoUcsira^n, poationed ber .front bumper fo the rear of the other and got hint to the ; gas station on Merrick Road. It's a good thing he thanked her profusely at the start, because as the Buick tolled into the service sta tion, the Good Samaritan made a U-tuin, waved, and was on the way back to her ' own pursuits. winner at ^ e final night banquu ohM ay 18 during NtSA*s 1988. convention at the-Buena: Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Mr, MounttpisUe is the president' of Mountcastle's Liquor-Store. He has served the Small 'Busjaeu. on the board Of the Kiwanis Chib and Chamber of Com- . merce in Freeport. Adminstralioh Advisory ^afd^^for Region Two and THE MUMMERS will be performing at the Free port Chamber • of \Com merce Canoe Race at 1 p:m:, on Sunday, July 17.. It Happened... . Fromeemhmporary newapapara and atiNr sourees CUntan E. M a li:'.' pnapartV/«ajBH/ifor/a^ saaiB a B a a OM 5 or 10 cent movie ticketsf THE ALBERG FAMILY won tickets for two to tee a _ Broadway show opening in the faU. They were among, the winners in the .Grand ^ f l l e Drawing S rthe Arts Council. The winners were announced. at the recent Ethnic FestivaL JOHN A. MOUNTCAS- TLE of M o u n teastte’s Liquor Store in Freepoit was recently selected as the 1988 Heubleim Inc. Retailer of the Year frbni the state of New York. Every year,'the NaUonaT liquor j Stores Association (NLSA) solicits nominees from its state Mftliates to b e .. named Retailer of th^Year from that state. Heuoiein, Inc., a leading industry supp- Eer, is the sponsor of this prognm for the second con- lecntive year. Retailers are selertM'by each state affiliate bated on their all-round performance and involvement in industry and community activities during the preceding year. The Retailer of the Year plaque was prerented to each Please don't pick up your wallet' and look around for a bargain; first, read this column's title, ‘“It Happened Years Ago.” ATter wondering how Freeport theater owners managed to offer such bargain prices I talked with old-Umen and scanned weekly newspa{«TS printed shortly after the turn of the century. In those days “nickelodeons” charged a nickel or dime foradults orchildren. ' ■ ■ , Rose and Arthur Boylan tan an open-air place, the Japanese Garden, on Merrick Road between William E. Golder's drug store at Main Street, where the couple charged lOcemsforeach of two showings iri^tly. It was formerly the Orpheum. In the same enclosure, occasionally, a Medicine Show per formed, with audience participation on the stage. People sub jected themselves to a form of hypnosis. 'The medicineman sold soap that “really lathered” and a tonic that “cured anything,” aoeon ing to witnesses. ' ' . . ' . There were rimilarly roofless gathering in the Gdidome at Main Street and Newton Boulevard. Most unwelcome “custo- tnen\ were mosquitoes. With a teg of peanuts in one hand and a stick of slow-bunung punk in the other, customers warded off the s k i e r 's onslaught. UY believed that two men with surnames Nugent and Goldstein operated the showplace. “^Aunt Jennie” Reitmeyer^ one of the best known and ulii-^ mately most knowledgeable authority on pioneer movie buri- nesses, married Charles Reiimeyer, a Brooklyn paily Eagle newspaper man, in 1896. She and her teuband atliendte shows often at the Crystal Theater on BrooUyn-Awnue a short dis tance east of South Grove Street (new Guy Lombanlo Avenue). The Crystal 'Theater --fonnetlyTtnown as the Opera House —had been moved in l9M,from the south end of a triangle bounded by Church ^ irfM a in Stiteu and Olive Boulevard flater Sunrise Highway). Its large auditorium turned_ouuo be the ideal spot for FreeportY first indoor movie house. C. How ard Randall, proprietor, added comedy acts to hit program. Next: roofed thaatars draw crowds Congratulations to FHS Alumni for reunion of school'i rfiuticiana _D t . L Maynard Wettlaufer came all the way from TomY River in southern New Jerrey to conduct a 60.piece tend on Saturday afternoon, June 18 at Freeport High School audito- (coritinued on psgt 12) NOT ...Mow was thi daily - piopds Carouj cle, w( - present many ! those V bistorii The c ' expfes; itself a - whatei erty, tl intact, such I .that ih break ' parts'. Sim most s ; of the focus'e ties an - iscenO -^rou! amoDj more] Th< have! lomn affect thear sale' I whicb possil leypr carovi butal the pi the a . abou ~tise’'' neith have cific ateu ofibi ato) bum tioif alrea Thtti uble -'''iieari have at th 15.ni ■n the I whk cam] Be A ixed onJ ofa erer Bale
