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March 27, 1980

March 27, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 27, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 4 2086th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Energy grants for 12 governments and institutions serving the Fifth District
  • Franklin General names Judith Burtis Chairman of the 1980 Franklin General Hospital Ball
  • Senior citizen nutrition program to move from Monroe Street School to the Wesley United Methodist Church on Dogwood Ave.
  • Gift of Life committee commemorates Rotary International’s 75th Anniversary
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Homeowners travel to Albany to fight reassessment
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • 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
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Company; Biography
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Local school news
    • Elmont Jr. High; Valley Stream schools
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Boy Scout news
  • Birth announcement for Timothy David O’Brien, born to Joanne O’Brien and David O’Brien
  • Girl Scouts news
  • 4-H news
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Officers prepare for Nassau County Police’s Open House Week
      • Pictured: George Lhotan, Police Officer; Hanibal the Police Horse; Ron Ferdinand, Mounted Officer
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Mrs. Judith Burtis, Chairman of the 1980 Franklin General Hospital Ball
    • Gift of Life Reception for the Rotary’s 75th Anniversary
      • Pictured: Emily Giblin; Wilson Giblin, Rotarian; Bill Wildermuth, Rotarian; Doris Wildermuth
  • Page 3:
    • Sons of Italy Lodge No. 2245 present a check for the benefit of the Franklin Square Senior Center’s nutrition program
      • Pictured: Salvatore Palmeri, Sons of Italy Outgoing Venerable; Herb Capitolo, Sons of Italy Incoming Venerable; Cecilia Nizza, Deputy Commissioner of the Town’s Department of Services for the Aging and Sons of Italy member; Josephine Schwerer, Senior Center President; Mary O’Brien, Chairman of the Center’s Nutrition Program; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman
  • Page 6:
    • Franklin Square volunteers at Franklin General Hospital sell Valentine’s Day goodies
      • Pictured: Martha Friedlander; Joyce Lanciotti; Evelyn Gricco
  • Page 9:
    • Assemblyman Madison appointed to the Assembly Codes Committee
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; James Emery, Assembly Republican Leader
  • Page 13:
    • Kiwanis Club prepares for the upcoming Kiwanis Family Ham and Eggs Breakfast
      • Pictured: Sal Nasta, Breakfast Chairman; Tom Gangi, Kiwanis Club President
  • Page 15:
    • New member of the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club
      • Pictured: Anton Sinz, Rotary Club President; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and new Rotarian; Bernard Greco, sponsor; Ray Mineo, Rotarian; Bernard Hein, Rotarian

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

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