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August 28, 1980

August 28, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, August 28, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 26 2108th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Treatment for school phobia
  • Sewanhaka District Schools open for 51st year
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • 4-H news
  • Birth announcement for Krista Paulino, born to Mr. and Mrs. Benny Paulino
  • Boy Scout news
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Town of Hempstead constructs horsefly traps for local beaches
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Newly elected Commissioner of Sanitation District 6
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Frank D’Agostino, Sanitation Commissioner; Assemblyman George Madison
  • Page 4:
    • Local businesses receive new litter baskets purchased by the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce
      • Pictured: Ed DiGioia, Executive Secretary; Edward Spegowski, Chamber President; Margaret Shotwell, Yarn Studio
  • Page 7:
    • Franklin General Hospital’s 14th annual Summer Scientific Work Study Program
      • Pictured: William Kowalewski, Franklin General Assistant Director; Susan Ascher and Samuel Golub, Work Study students; Arnold Aigen, Program Coordinator
  • Page 9:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 camping trip at the Ute Campsite, Onteora Scout Reservation
      • Pictured: Scouts Al Giardiello, Billy Hale, Chris Guiliano, Kevin O’Hearon, Joe Schwarzenberg, Anton Bruchhauser, John Kay, and Jeff Peskowitz
    • The Leader’s Tent at the Ute Campsite
      • Pictured: James Nuccio, Senior Patrol Leader
  • Page 11:
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club luncheon
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian; Terry Fein, Carey High School Student Secretary

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

August 21, 1980

August 21, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, August 21, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 25 2107th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Back to School
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Marriage announcement for Constance Bozzi and Stephen Beovich
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Boy Scout news
  • Engagement announcement for Virginia Reichert and Michael Dillon
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • On and Off Broadway by Marjorie Gunner
    • Shows covered: Talley’s Folly
  • Roosevelt Raceway $100,000 Challenge Cup Trot
  • New York Racing Association (NYRA) news
  • Old Timers Day at Shea Stadium to honor the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Birth announcement for Carlo Onelio Marra, born to Mr. and Mrs. Saverio Anthony Marra
  • Birth announcement for Bryan Stuart May, born to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mathew May

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 6:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 at Ute Campsite, Onteora Scout Reservation
      • Pictured: Leo O’Hearon, Scoutmaster; Scouts Dan McGuigan and Stephen Brough; Dick Colvin, Assistant Scoutmaster
    • Troop 93’s Viking Patrol at Ute Campsite
      • Pictured: Joe Schwarzenberg; Billy Hale; Stephen Brough; Chris Guiliano; Richard Colvin
  • Page 8:
    • Senator with Franklin Square community coordinator
      • Pictured: Joe Castor, community coordinator; Patricia Castor; Senator John R. Dunne
  • Page 10:
    • Senior art class at the Lido Beach Senior Citizen Complex
      • Pictured: Dan Rogers; Rose Reibstein; Peter King, Town Councilman; Daniel Fisher, Town Clerk
  • Page 14:
    • August 23rd and 24th proclaimed as Firefighter’s Weekend
      • Pictured: Amedeo DePoto, Malverne Fire Department Chief; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; James Fairben, ex-chief of the Floral Park Fire Department
  • Page 15:
    • Congressman presents Medal of Merit to NY Arrows All Star and Most Valuable Player of the Major Indoor Soccer League 1980
      • Pictured: Congressman John W. Wydler; Steve Zungul, NY Arrows
  • Page 18:
    • Immunization clinics
      • Pictured: Bryan Duggan; Daniel Fisher, Town Clerk; Joseph Mondello, Town Councilman; Keith Duggan; Carolyn Wurz, nurse; Michael Duggan
    • Republican Club’s Annual Picnic at the Lido Beach Mushrooms
      • Pictured: Mario Buzzerio, Vice President; Bob Gregory, Executive Leader; Charles Torsiello, President
  • Page 19:
    • Blood pressure check at a Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Sidney Peltyn, First Vice President; Clare Natel, R.N.

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

August 14, 1980

August 14, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, August 14, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 24 2106th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • “Cinderella” at the Hempstead Repertory Theater
  • Softball game between WABC “No-Stars” and Franklin General “Band-Aids” raises over $300 for Franklin General Hospital
  • Board sets tax rates
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Hadassah member Judith Wachtel in Jerusalem learns “Hebrew Without Tears”
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Civil War camp at Old Bethpage Village Restoration
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Cub Scouts news
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Richard III
  • McDonnell Douglas Corporation launches massive communications campaign

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • WABC “No-Stars” vs Franklin General “Band-Aids”
      • Pictured: Susie Lee, WABC Team Manager; Howard Hoffman, WABC air-personality and Team Captain; John Mastromarino, Valley Stream Deputy Mayor; Dr. Paul Feffer, Band-Aids Captain; Gary Walter, Band-Aids Manager
    • Franklin Square resident receives Merchant Marine Academy appointment
      • Pictured: Phillip O’Connell, Marchant Marine Academy appointee; Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Page 2:
    • Local principals at a Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; David A. Kreutz, Elmont Memorial High School Principal
  • Page 4:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Judith Wachtel, Hadassah member
  • Page 5:
    • Franklin General Hospital’s 1980 Dr. Harry Gibel Memorial Lecture
      • Pictured: Ira S. Rubenstein. M.D., Robert Ohebshalom, M.D.; Arnold Goldman, M.D., Franklin General’s Director of Pediatrics; Dr. Murray Feingold, guest lecturer
  • Page 7:
    • Civil War camp at Old Bethpage Village Restoration
      • Pictured: Costumed Union soldiers (unnamed)
    • Al D’Amato opens latest headquarters in North Valley Stream for Senate race
      • Pictured: Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Bruce Beaver, Franklin General Hospital’s Community Relations Director; Assemblyman George Madison
  • Page 8:
    • Complimentary hypertension screenings by Franklin General Hospital at Astoria Federal Bank in Franklin Square
      • Pictured: Eileen Ferguson, R.N.; James Jack [note: name listed incorrectly in this paper, corrected in August 21 paper]; Edward Spegowski, Branch Manager
  • Page 9:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 at the Conservation Shelter at Onteora Scout Reservation
      • Pictured: (Back row) Joe Schwarzenberg; Dan McGuigan; James Nuccio; Jeff Peskowtiz; (Middle row) Anton Bruchhauser; Kevin O’Hearon; Stephen Brough; Al Giardiello; (Front row) Chris Guiliano; Robert Capoziello; Douglas Girgenti; John Kay
    • Troop 93 scout makes pie for Cooking Merit Badge
      • Pictured: Anton Bruchhauser; John Kay and Al Giardiello, Cobra Patrol
  • Page 10:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Charles “Pete” Conrad
    • Children from Northern Ireland enjoy a “Day at the Beach” at Lido Beach
      • Pictured: Peter King, Town Councilman; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Children (unnamed)

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

August 7, 1980

August 7, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, August 7, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 23 2105th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Thomas Dixon Lovely elected President and CEO of Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association
  • 5th Precinct Police Report
  • Engagement announcement for Corinna M. Basso and Frank H. Jurs
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Macready!; Tintypes
    • Films covered: Honeysuckle Rose
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Nassau County’s Horticulture Unit’s nursery raises plants for Nassau County’s Department of Recreation and Parks
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Public Health Inspector Frank Hobelsberger retires
  • Boy Scout news

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Franklin General Hospital honors long term employees
      • Pictured: Nettie Atlas, Volunteer Department; Judge Alfred Samenga, Franklin General President; Donna Brennan, Laboratory Technician; Albert Dicher, Executive Director; Edgar H. Bachrach, M.D., Anesthesiology Department Director; Jerome J. Zuflacht, M.D., Surgery Department Director
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Thomas D. Lovely
    • Domestic violence laws
      • Pictured: Assemblyman Gerald Nadler; Karen Burstein, co-chairperson of the Governor’s Task Force on Domestic Violence; Governor Hugh Carey
  • Page 4:
    • Ridgewood Savings Bank’s Franklin Square Branch donation to The Church of St. James the Just
      • Pictured: Eugene Murphy, Ridgewood Savings Bank Branch Manager; Charles Foley, parishioner; Rev. Donald J. Trimboli, Rector
  • Page 7:
    • The Annual Ladies Member-Guest Tournament at the Fox Run Country Club
      • Pictured: Ruth Rubens, winning member; Anne Bernstein, event chairperson; Shirley Cohen, president of the Ladies Gold Association; Dorothy Bass, guest winner
    • Portrait:
      • Pictured: Frank Krause, Helbros Watches’ V.P. Special Markets
  • Page 8:
    • Conservatives endorse George Madison
      • Pictured: Herb Schimkus, 21st Assembly District Leader; Assemblyman George Madison; Bob Gregory, Republican Leader of Franklin Square
  • Page 9:
    • Leaders of the Nassau County Federation of Republican Women endorse Senate candidate Al D’Amato
      • Pictured: Jessica Rever, Corresponding Secretary; Al D’Amato, Senate candidate; Anne Porto, Chairperson of the Town of Hempstead Chapter of the Federation; Rita Spadafora
  • Page 10:
    • Ensign and former Franklin Square resident receives Line Officer Shoulder Boards
      • Pictured: Ensign Michael E. Liebmann; Captain L.R. Flach SC, USN, Commanding Officer of the Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia

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July 31, 1980

July 31, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, July 31, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 22 2104th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Judge Alfred Samenga elected president of Franklin General Hospital
  • Carey High School accreditation by the Association of Colleges and Schools for ten years (1980-1990)
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: The Man Who Came to Dinner
    • Films covered: Caddyshack
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Gospel songwriter Don Francisco to perform at Hofstra University
  • Boy Scout and Cub Scouts news

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Carey High School senior who scored 100 on multiple Regents Exams at the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Mr. Robert Koehler, Social Studies teacher at Carey High School; Robert Kovelman, Carey High School senior; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Judge Alfred Samenga
  • Page 3:
    • Girl Scout Troop 1045 cook-out in Hempstead Lake State Park
      • Pictured: Scouts Doreen Terryn, Janee Scott, and Tanya Panin
  • Page 4:
    • Installation of new member of the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary
      • Pictured: Ted Fabus, new Rotarian; Harry Pinkerton, District Governor
    • 25th Anniversary of Archer A. Assoc. Inc. insurance agency representing The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn.
      • Pictured: Ed Andavall; Donna Kallman; Salvatore Palmeri, Vice President; Margaret McCoy; Charles Torsiello, Secretary; Warren Hummel
  • Page 6:
    • AHRC Family Fun Days committee
      • Pictured: Angela Zubrovic, committee member; Mary Anne Murphy, committee chairman; Nan O’Hara, committee member
  • Page 7:
    • Franklin Square Lions Club “Lion of the Year”
      • Pictured: Dr. H. Russell, Lion of the Year; Dave Campfield, Past President
  • Page 9:
    • Musical guests at the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Paul Effman, Director of the Carey High School Concert Band, Stage Band, and Marching Band; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; Walter Fremer, Carey High School student and trumpet player
    • Cub Scout Religious Conclave
      • NOTE: Due to a mistake in the paper, the caption for this photo is on page 11
      • Pictured: Robert Dufour, Nassau Blazers Religious Committee; Cub Scouts from Elmont, West Hempstead, and Franklin Square (unnamed)
    • Retirement party for Astoria Federal Bank teller
      • Pictured: William Wepner, Vice President; Edward Spegowski, Asst. Treasurer; Joseph Tommolino; Louise Tommolino, retiring teller; Mary Ann Principe, Asst. Manager; Louis Abbatepaolo, Asst. Vice President
  • Page 11
    • Cub Scout Religious Conclave awards
      • NOTE: Due to a mistake in the paper, the caption for this photo is on page 9
      • Pictured: Rev. Hasely, Trinity Lutheran Church; Patrick Lockhart, Cub Scout, Pack 282; Scott Berkenblit, Pack 240
  • Page 12:
    • Lioness Club awards student who designed their Yearly Club Pin
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; Elaine Gonatas, Carey High School student; Joanne Ra, Lioness; Ronald Lopez, Carey High School art teacher
    • NOW Checking Accounts at Astoria Federal Bank
      • Pictured: Edward Spegowski, Manager and Asst. Treasurer; Mrs. Gladys Ellinport

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

July 24, 1980

July 24, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, July 24, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 21 2103rd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Treating fractures with electricity at Franklin General Hospital
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • On and Off Broadway by Marjorie Gunner
    • Shows covered: Fallen Angels; Miss Stanwyck is Still in Hiding; The Passion of Frankenstein
  • American Legion Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Girl Scouts news

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Swim Marathon for the American Cancer Society at Echo Park Pool in West Hempstead
      • Pictured: Swimmers Cheryl Williams and June Gardner; Rosemary Daly, American Cancer Society volunteer; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman
    • New Lions Club President
      • Pictured: Steve Shakerdge, new President; Dave Campfield, Past President
    • New electric bone growth stimulating procedure at Franklin General Hospital
      • Pictured: Zolly Silberman, M.D.; John Mallon, hospital patient; Harvey Fishman, M.D.
  • Page 6:
    • Franklin General Hospital opens new East Wing
      • Pictured: Jessie Gil, Admitting Director; Wanda Mangum, R.N., Head Nurse; Sue Dare, R.N.; Anna Chiarelli, hospital patient
  • Page 10:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Bruce Edwards, who will attend Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Page 11:
    • Girl Scouts deliver food to the Long Island Council of Churches Emergency Food Center in Hempstead
      • Pictured: Janee Scott and Tara Bedell, Troop 1045

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

July 17, 1980

July 17, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, July 17, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 20 2102nd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Sewanhaka board reelects Herbert Herbst
  • Over 2000 students in Sewanhaka Central High School District enroll in summer school
  • 75% of Carey High School graduating class to continue their education
  • Historic Franklin Square by Paul Van Wie
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Cub Scouts news
  • Birth announcement for twins Laura Rose Reiss and Bryan Edward Allan Reiss, born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reiss
  • Birth announcement for Audra Cheryl Stein, born to Vivian Stein and Lance Stein
  • The Muggawood Tree Within by Edwin Ritchie
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • America Lodge No. 2245: Order Sons of Italy in America by Virginia Johnson
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Billy Bishop Goes to War; Table Settings
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Ellen Farmer as Ensign Nellie Forbush in “South Pacific”
    • The Women’s Auxiliary of the Children’s Medical Fund champagne breakfast at the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center in honor of groundbreaking for the new hospital for children
      • Pictured: Rita Kingsley, Auxiliary President; Bari Richards; Beverly Rodman; Mary Ardezzone
    • Inauguration of the Elmont Civilian Patrol
      • Pictured: Richard McCabe; Mal Brunthedt; Anthony Camardo, Elmont Civilian Patron President; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Assemblyman George Madison; Judge Ralph Yachnin; Chris Camardo
  • Page 5:
    • Junior Girl Scouts of Troop 1257 at a luncheon
      • Pictured: Jennifer Jackson; Rita Iadanza; Crissy Messana; Donna Fillipi; Crissy Abbenda; Patricia Ketelson; Kelly Dwoskin; Julie McManus
  • Page 9:
    • Blacksmith to demonstrate ironworking at Sands Point
      • Pictured: Jonathan Nedbor, blacksmith
  • Page 11:
    • American Legion Post 1087 installation
      • Pictured: Newly elected Commander of Cathedral Post 1087 (unnamed); Jack Bland, County Commander

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

July 10, 1980

July 10, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, July 10, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 19 2101st Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • President Carter responds to the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce’s “Free the Hostages” campaign
  • William J. Parfitt, Superintendent of Schools of the Franklin Square Union Free School District, plans retirement at end of the 1980-81 school year
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Franklin Square School Board Reorganizational Meeting
  • Historic Franklin Square by Paul Van Wie
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Peggy A. Kerrigan
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: To Bury a Cousin; Look Back in Anger
    • Films covered: Fame
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Franklin Square Fire Department launches Fund Drive
      • Pictured: Fire truck
    • Carey High School student is Rotary District 725 exchange student to Bolivia
      • Pictured: Esther Joffee, Carey High School student; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: William J. Parfitt, Superintendent of Schools of the Franklin Square UFSD
  • Page 2:
    • Hempstead Town Councilman receives Elmont Elks Club “Citizen of the Year” Award
      • Pictured: Judge Ralph Yachnin; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Robert F. Lange, Exalted Ruler of the Elks Club; Michael J. Starito, Leading Knight
  • Page 4:
    • Youngsters ready to board busses to the Salvation Army Camp in New Jersey
      • Pictured: Mrs. Major Robert Vaughan; Michael Marchionne; Mr. Henry Bang, Chairman, Nassau County Advisory Board of the Salvation Army; Manuel Andujar; Wanda Swimson
  • Page 5:
    • Franklin Square Republican Club honors Dean of the Franklin Square Republican Committeemen’s Council
      • Pictured: Bob Gregory, Executive Leader; Paul Klemm, Dean of the Franklin Square Republican Committeemen’s Council; Elsie Klemm; Pam Klemm
  • Page 6:
    • Seniors donate to the Emergency Food Program for the Long Island Council of Churches
      • Pictured: Olga Boettger; Essie Jacobson, Supervisor of Nutrition for the Department of Services for the Aging; Jane Winegard, Coordinator of the Emergency Food Program for the Long Island Council of Churches; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Page 9:
    • Town Clerk fills out a license application for his new dog
      • Pictured: Daniel Fisher, Hempstead Town Clerk; Coleen Fisher; Gigi Fisher, the dog; Mrs. Catherine Morrison

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July 3, 1980

July 3, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, July 3, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 18 2100th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • College graduates
  • 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
  • Boy Scout news
  • Engagement announcement for Claudia Strauss and Alan Richard Gottesman
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library
  • Edward Tutak, Assistant Superintendent for Business of the Sewanhaka Crntral High School District, retires
  • Fourth of July, 1980 by Edwin Ritchie
  • 5th Precinct Police Report by P.O. James Fehling
  • Sewanhaka High news
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: The Woolgatherer
  • The Franklin Square Historical Society by Virginia Gerbe

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Winner of Senator’s “The Ought to Be a Law” contest
      • Pictured: Senator John Dunne; Fabian Gonell, contest winner; Marilyn Dreilinger, Washington Street School teacher
    • Free blood pressure tests at the Franklin Square branch of Astoria Federal Savings Bank
      • Pictured: Edward Spegowski, Branch Manager; Tony Realmuto, Vault Custodian
    • Congressman congratulates young man on appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point
      • Pictured: Anthony Walsh; Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Page 4:
    • Franklin Square Lioness Club donation to Polk Street School
      • Pictured: Mr. Henry Montagni, Polk Street School Principal; JoAnn Cortese, Lioness Club President
    • “Lioness of the Year” Award
      • Pictured: Marie Fauci, Lioness of the Year; Gino Cortese, Lion; JoAnn Cortese, Lioness Club President
    • Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department crew member and baby he helped deliver
      • Pictured: Carina Greggersen; Carl Gordon, Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department
  • Page 6:
    • Central Nassau Civic Association installation ceremonies
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Sidney Peltyn, President; Edyth Miller, Recording Secretary; Christine Condiano, Treasurer; Ralph Panico, Vice President
  • Page 7:
    • Elmont Retired Men’s Club installation ceremonies
      • Pictured: Judge Ralph Yachnin; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Emil Winkler, President; Dudley Fear, Vice President; Dominick Inzerillo, Recording Secretary; Frank Locasio, Corresponding Secretary; Harry Glick, Treasurer; Joseph Vescio, Sergeant-at-Arms
  • Page 9:
    • Cradle of Aviation Museum
      • Pictured: A restored Ryan Brougham monoplane
  • Page 10:
    • Hempstead-West Hempstead League of Mercy Hospital
      • Pictured: Mary Alexanderson, League member; Ginnie Diesenberg, incoming League President
    • West German musical band, the Renslager Blaskapelle, receives Citation
      • Pictured: John Plusehau, President of the Plattdeutsche Old Folks Home; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Karl Fahrlage, leader of the Renslager Blaskapelle; Henry Junge
  • Page 13:
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club installation ceremonies
      • Pictured: Harry Pinkerton, Incoming District 725 Governor; Victor Witz, President Elect; Anton Sinz, President
    • Carey High School Co-Valedictorians at a Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Kathryn Occhipinti, Valedictorian; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian; Ellen Weiss, Valedictorian
  • Page 16:
    • Insurance Doctor Team first place in the FSAA Girls Softball League
      • Pictured: Darlene Wildermuth, MVP; Ann Esposito, Coach; Jane Aliano, Manager; Insurance Doctor Team players (unnamed)

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

June 26, 1980

June 26, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, June 26, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 17 2099th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Local college graduates
  • Hall of Fame awards at Carey High School
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Boy Scout and Cub Scouts news
  • Birth announcement for Christine Marie Como, born to Barbara Como and Dr. John Como
  • Birth announcement for Matthew Rudolph Genovesi, born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Genovesi Jr.
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Local school news
    • Franklin Square schools; Alva T. Stanforth Jr. High School

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Senior citizens complete their internship with the Fifth Congressional District
      • Pictured: Mr. August Sagan; Mrs. Lottie Werner; Congressman John W. Wydler
    • Lions present check to Franklin Square Hospital
      • Pictured: Steve Shakerdge, Lion; Dave Campfield, Lion; Ted Latimer, Lion; Judge Alfred Samenga; Charlie Torsiello, Lion
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: May Jayne Damato, Carey High School Hall of Fame
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Evelyn O’Connor, Carey High School Hall of Fame
  • Page 2:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Miss Pamela A. Manfredo, State Finalist in the 1980 Miss United Teenager Pageant
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Gerard R. Albig, who received his appointment to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point
  • Page 4:
    • Eagle Scout Citations
      • Pictured: Andrew R. Gfrerer, Eagle Scout; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Kenneth Torosian, Eagle Scout
  • Page 6:
    • Teachers present a hooked rug map made by their students at Alva T. Stanforth Jr. High
      • Pictured: Mrs. Joanne Adamo; Mr. Raymond Dixon; Mr. Spartalis
  • Page 10:
    • West Hempstead resident and Franklin General Hospital volunteer receives Nassau County Police Department Holy Name Society’s Kevin B. Finn Memorial Award
      • Pictured: Assemblyman Raymond McGrath; Louis Forte, Holy Name Society President; Gary Walter, award winner; Marlene Walter

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

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