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March 6, 1980

March 6, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 6, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 1 2083rd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

Scope: Franklin Square, Elmont, West Hempstead, Garden City South

Points of Interest:

  • The Franklin Square-Munson Fire Department goes on record as not condoning solicitation of funds in the district conducted by the Eastern Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Local soprano Rhonda Kay to appear in several musical events
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • 4-H news
  • Girl Scouts news
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Senate OK’s bill to reveal “hidden costs” of state governments
  • Sewanhaka High News
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Boy Scout news
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Mister Lincoln; Whose Life is it, Anyway?; Johnny on the Spot

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • American Heart Association conducts CPR recertification exam for Franklin Square Kiwanis Club members
      • Pictured: Sid Rosenthal, Kiwanian
    • Local politicians discuss relocation and maintenance of the Senior Citizens Nutrition Program from Monroe Street School
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Assemblyman George Madison
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club to celebrate 25th Anniversary and Rotary International’s 75th Anniversary
      • Pictured: Ray Mineo, Event Chairman; Salvatore Palmeri, Event Chairman
    • Newborn twins show off Franklin General Hospital T-shirts
      • Pictured: Corinne Corde; Twins Christine Marie Corde and John Paul Corde
  • Page 3:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Rhonda Kay, soprano
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; Bernard E. Greco, Immediate Past President; William T. Rowe, Rotary District Governor
  • Page 4:
    • Junior Girl Scout Troop 1257 puts on skits based on Girl Scout Values
      • Pictured: Julie McManus; Rita Iandanza
  • Page 5:
    • Assemblyman participate in debate about full value reassessment
      • Pictured: Assemblyman John Esposito; Barbara King, Travis Civic Association of Elmont; Pat Friedman, Garden City South Community League; Assemblyman George Madison
    • Appointment of new Franklin Square Republican Committeeman
      • Pictured: Vinnie Trapani, Committeeman; Bob Gregory, Executive Leader
  • Page 6:
    • Hempstead Presiding Supervisor fights full value reassessment
      • Pictured: Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Paul Harenberg, Chairman of the State Assembly Taskforce on School Finance and Real Property Taxation
  • Page 7:
    • Hempstead Presiding Supervisor accepts check from Ridgewood Savings Bank to support summer concerts at Rath Park
      • Pictured: Kay Keenan, Bank Public Relations and Marketing Director; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Eugene Murphy, Bank Branch Manager
  • Page 8:
    • Franklin Square Lioness Club donates money toward new Sienna Center car
      • Pictured: JoAnn Cortese, Lioness President; Sister Jeanne Andre Brendel, O.P. of St. Catherine of Sienna Parish
  • Page 9:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 participate in Naturalization Ceremony in the Supreme Court in Mineola
      • Pictured: (Front) Justice Arthur Spatt; Douglas Girgenti; Steve Colvin; Anton Bruchhauser; Chris Guiliano; (Rear) James Nuccio; Joseph Pantaleo; Richard Colvin; Frank Goropeuschek; Justice Francis S. Altimari
  • Page 10:
    • West Hempstead High School’s National Art Honor Society paints a mural at Franklin General Hospital’s Annex Classroom
      • Pictured: Mary Ann Nielsen; Dale Niemy; Lisa Baxter; Anne Marie McCartney

Filed Under: Franklin Square Bulletin Tagged With: 1980, 1980s

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