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April 3, 1980

April 3, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, April 3, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 5 2087th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Women’s Council of Realtors elects Jean Slatkin as President
  • Pianist Linda Rogers to perform Colonial era music at Rock Hall in Lawrence
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Clothes for a Summer Hotel; The Elephant Man
    • Films covered: Gilda Live
  • “Native American Art Today” exhibit at the Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • The Woman’s Club of Franklin Square by Flo Carway
  • Birth announcement for twins Adam John Reese and Roger Kenneth Reese, born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Reese
  • Birth announcement for Melissa Lynn Sullivan, born to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Sullivan
  • Birth announcement for Anthony Michael Cengia, born to Mr. and Mrs. James Anthony Cengia
  • Foreign Language Week at Carey High School
  • Mrs. Deborah Hubbs, originally of Franklin Square, and Mr. George Hubbs, originally of Farmingdale, win “Keep America Beautiful” award
  • Sewanhaka High School news
  • Shoemaker’s shop from mid-1700s latest acquisition to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Report from Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scout news
  • Alva T. Stanforth Jr. High news
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Jean Slatkin, Realtor
    • Ivanhoe Chapter of Women’s American ORT honored
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Mrs. Marsha Regan, Ivanhoe Chapter President; Debbie Kessler; Ivanhoe Chapter members (unnamed)
    • Sons of Italy America Lodge sponsors Garage Sale
      • Pictured: Jo Migliore and Florence Di Gennaro, Garage Sale Chairmen
  • Page 5:
    • 5th Precinct “Cop of the Month” award
      • Pictured: P.O. Charles Jadge, Cop of the Month; Inspector William Cotton, Commanding Officer
  • Page 6:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Jacqueline Sherokow Carway
  • Page 7:
    • Franklin Square Senior Center’s Annual Seder
      • Pictured: Rabbi Romm; Senior Centers members (unnamed)
  • Page 11:
    • Sewanhaka 50th Anniversary Dinner Dance Committee
      • Pictured: (Back row) Mrs. Sally Fuerst; Mrs. Flora Dickerson; Mr. Donald Murray, Mayor of Steward Manor; Mrs. Doris Gerken; (Front row) Mr. Robert Andrews, Principal of Sewanhaka High School; Mrs. Mary DiPietro, Chairperson; Mr. John Fuerst, Treasurer
  • Page 12:
    • Kick-off reception for “Showcase 80” at the Cloud Casino at Roosevelt Raceway
      • Pictured: James D. Bennett, Hempstead Town Supervisor; Jack Rettaliata, Vice President of Grumman; William Hopkins, President of Roosevelt Raceway; C. William Gaylor, Executive Vice President of the Long Island Association of Commerce and Industry
  • Page 13:
    • Girl Scout Exhibit at the West Hempstead Library
      • Pictured: Exhibit items
  • Page 16:
    • 1980 Backgammon Olympics sponsored by the South Shore Services for the Handicapped
      • Pictured: Renee Baturin; South Shore Services for the Handicapped members (unnamed)
  • Page 19:
    • Elmont couple and members of the North Valley Stream Auxiliary present an electric typewriter to the Council of Nassau Cerebral Palsy Auxiliaries
      •  Pictured: Mr. and Mrs. James Caruso of Elmont; Angela Lee, Auxiliary Co-President; Midge Laverty, Executive Vice President of the Council of Nassau Cerebral Palsy Auxiliaries; Barbara Milano, Auxiliary Co-President

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

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