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September 4, 1980

September 4, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, September 4, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 27 2109th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Sewanhaka School Board Report
  • Carey Corner by Kim Reitano
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Boy Scout, Girl Scouts, and Cub Scouts news
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Nassau County District Attorney establishes an Environmental Crimes Unit
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Nassau County Executive rips car emissions testing program

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Local politicians campaign at beaches and campgrounds in Point Lookout
      • Pictured: Assemblyman Raymond McGrath; Assemblyman George Madison; Beachgoers (unnamed)
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Don Goldman, Chamber of Commerce member
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club’s “Youth Exchange Program”
      • Pictured: Bernard Greco, “YEP” Chairman; Sidney Peltyn, Acting Club President; Joakim Lewin, Swedish exchange student
  • Page 6:
    • St. Anne’s Guild Bridge Marathon chairmen
      • Pictured: Mrs. Dorothy Schlageter and Mrs. Virginia Schwantner, Past Co-Chairmen; Mrs. Dorothy Alford and Mrs. Eileen Fairgrieve, Co-Chairmen
  • Page 7:
    • Proclaiming of September as “National Boating Month”
      • Pictured: William F. Heins, Hempstead Town Commissioner of Industry and Commerce; George Trias, Hempstead Town Chairman of the Local Development Corporation and the Industrial Development Agency; Robert Mazzi, Director of the “Boat Show and Nautical Festival”; James Kenny, Seaford Marina; James D. Bennett, Hempstead Town Supervisor

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

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