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May 29, 1980

May 29, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, May 29, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 13 2095th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • New York Educators Association state convention honors Sewanhaka Federation of Teachers
  • Boy Scout news
  • American Legion Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Girl Scouts news
  • Report from Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth
  • Franklin Square Lions Club news
  • Local school news
    • Valley Stream schools; Elmont Public School; Sewanhaka High School

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • 5th Precinct Top Cops for April
      • Pictured: Officer Patrick McGrath; Inspector William Cotton; Officer Arthur Schaff
    • Assemblyman meets with 1979 Senior Citizen of the Year
      • Pictured: Rev. Howard Hill, 1979 Senior Citizen of the Year; Assemblyman George Madison
    • President of the Sewanhaka Federation of Teachers receives award at NYEA state convention
      • Pictured: Mrs. Blossom Lippman, President of the Sewanhaka Federation of Teachers; Miss Barbara Diebold, NYEA Vice President; Mr. Ed Robisch, NYEA President
    • Ridgewood Savings Bank presents a check to Hempstead Presiding Supervisor to support summer concerts at Rath Park
      • Pictured: Kay Keenan, Ridgewood Savings Bank Public Relations and Marketing Director; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Eugene Murphy, Ridgewood Savings Bank Branch Manager
  • Page 2:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93’s Beaver contingent at Lew Beach, NY
      • Pictured: (Top row) Leo O’Hearon; Artie Meyer; Dot O’Hearon; Ken Norkus; (Bottom row) Joan Hale; Doris Meyer; Marret Stollberger; Barbara Wirth; Millie Norkus; Joe Hale; Frank Stollberger
  • Page 4:
    • Ridgewood Savings Bank presentes a check to the American Legion to remodel their kitchen
      • Pictured: Commander Milton Von Gerichtsen; Robert Welch, Past County Commander; Eugene Murphy, Ridgewood Savings Bank Branch Manger
  • Page 7:
    • Crime resistance seminar at Ridgewood Savings Bank in Franklin Square
      • Pictured: Inspector William Cotton, Fifth Precinct Commander; Bill Cathers, Crime Resistance Unit Officer; Eugene Murphy, Ridgewood Savings Bank Branch Manager
  • Page 8:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Donna Lynn Denton, State Finalist in the Miss United Teenager Pageant
  • Page 9:
    • Local politicians discuss tax relief legislation
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; Assemblyman Raymond J. McGrath
  • Page 10:
    • Sewanhaka High School Spanish students win at Hofstra Poetry Contest
      • Pictured: John Schmidt, third place Level II Spanish; Susan DiVita, second place Level III Spanish; Joseph D’Agostino, second place Level IV Spanish; Ms. Camille Ursillo, Spanish teacher at Sewanhaka High
    • Campvention ’80 held at Eisenhower Park
      • Pictured: Larry Troy, Campvention co-chairman; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Charles Sciarini, Nassau Committee for Camping Inc. President; Dick Card, Campvension chairman

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

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