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May 15, 1980

May 15, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, May 15, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 11 2093rd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Police warn of con men who conned $23,000 from a Valley Stream furniture store
  • Voters approve sale of the Monroe Street School
  • 1980 School Census
  • Members of music group Prism from Oral Roberts University to perform at Bethel Assembly of God
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
    • Ronald Reagan to speak at the Nassau County Republican Dinner
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • 5th Precinct Police Report
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Home
    • Films covered: The Nude Bomb
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • American Legion Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • 4-H news
  • Local school news:
    • Franklin Square schools; Sewanhaka High School; Valley Stream schools

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Eagle Scout Citation
      • Pictured: William Hoepfl, Eagle Scout; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman
    • Prism music ministry at local church
      • Pictured: Prism members (unnamed)
  • Page 5:
    • Democratic Senate candidate visits 21st Assembly District Democratic Club
      • Pictured: Arnold Brown, Assembly District Leader; Bess Myerson, Senate candidate; Fred Hirsh, Club President
  • Page 7:
    • Men who rescued victims of sewer gas at Elmont Road Park receive Medal of Valor
      • Pictured: Samuel J. Rozzi, Nassau County Police Commissioner; Richard Bedell, Ambulance Medical Technician of the Emergency Services Bureau; Hilton Williams, Fifth Precinct Police Officer
  • Page 8:
    • Discussion of bill to make Inauguration Day a legal public holiday
      • Pictured: John W. Wydler, Congressman; James Hanley, Chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee
  • Page 10:
    • Malverne Fire Department installation of Officers
      • Pictured: Stewart Morrow, Mayor of Malverne; James Farrell, Fire Chief; Greg Evans, First Assistant Chief; Amedeo de Poto, Second Assistant Chief; Herbert Buschman, Fire Commissioner
  • Page 11:
    • Two firefighters receive “Fireman of the Year” award
      • Pictured: Stu Conrad, outgoing Fire Chief; George Zimpelmann, award winner; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Sandy Marini, award winner; Ronnie Gales, new Fire Chief
  • Page 15:
    • Franklin Square Lioness installation
      • Pictured: Priscilla Labbe, past Lioness President; Mary Canja Lose, new Lioness; Claudette Schafer, Mary’s sponsor

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

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