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April 10, 1980

April 10, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, April 10, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 6 2088th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Nassau County firemen and police benefit hockey game
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Boy Scout news
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Report from Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • State Assembly Report from John A. Esposito
  • Sewanhaka Federation of Teachers protest proposed budget cuts
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Flag stolen from St. James the Just on Good Friday
  • America Lodge No. 2245: Order Sons of Italy in America by Virginia Johnson
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Horowitz and Mrs. Washington; I Ought to be in Pictures
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Birth announcement for Melissa Marie Francois, born to Donna Francois and Victor Francois

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Kiwanis officers present Certificate of Appreciation to wine store proprietor who presented a wine tasting program at a Kiwanis dinner meeting
      • Pictured:  Don Goldman, Kiwanis Vice President; Bob Biancaniello, proprietor of the International Wine Gallery of Garden City South; Tom Gangi, Kiwanis President
      Carey High School J.H.S. Wrestling Team Captains guests at a Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary meeting
      • Pictured: Matt Hawkins, Wresting Captain; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian; Jerry Lorenzo, Wrestling Captain
      Carey High School Senior Class President a guest at a Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and Rotarian; Anton Sinz, Rotary Club President; Michael Quarenquio, Carey Senior Class President
    • Congressman Wydler receives signatures supporting the establishment of Inauguration Day as a national holiday
      • Pictured: Mark Kerner, President of Elmont High School Student Council; Mr. John Gillen, Elmont High School; Dr. Richard Caliendo, Elmont High School Principal; Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Page 5:
    • Players in the Long Island Opera Company’s production of “The Elixir of Love”
      • Pictured: Rhonda Kay; Ed Watts
  • Page 8:
    • Flag stolen from St. James the Just Parish Hall
      • Pictured: St. James the Just Church
  • Page 9:
    • Franklin Square resident inducted into New York Telephone’s “President’s Club” for outstanding sales performance
      • Pictured: Fred Bothe, inductee; Delbert Staley, New York Telephone President

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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

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March 27, 1980

March 27, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 27, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 4 2086th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Energy grants for 12 governments and institutions serving the Fifth District
  • Franklin General names Judith Burtis Chairman of the 1980 Franklin General Hospital Ball
  • Senior citizen nutrition program to move from Monroe Street School to the Wesley United Methodist Church on Dogwood Ave.
  • Gift of Life committee commemorates Rotary International’s 75th Anniversary
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Homeowners travel to Albany to fight reassessment
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Company; Biography
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Local school news
    • Elmont Jr. High; Valley Stream schools
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Boy Scout news
  • Birth announcement for Timothy David O’Brien, born to Joanne O’Brien and David O’Brien
  • Girl Scouts news
  • 4-H news
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Officers prepare for Nassau County Police’s Open House Week
      • Pictured: George Lhotan, Police Officer; Hanibal the Police Horse; Ron Ferdinand, Mounted Officer
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Mrs. Judith Burtis, Chairman of the 1980 Franklin General Hospital Ball
    • Gift of Life Reception for the Rotary’s 75th Anniversary
      • Pictured: Emily Giblin; Wilson Giblin, Rotarian; Bill Wildermuth, Rotarian; Doris Wildermuth
  • Page 3:
    • Sons of Italy Lodge No. 2245 present a check for the benefit of the Franklin Square Senior Center’s nutrition program
      • Pictured: Salvatore Palmeri, Sons of Italy Outgoing Venerable; Herb Capitolo, Sons of Italy Incoming Venerable; Cecilia Nizza, Deputy Commissioner of the Town’s Department of Services for the Aging and Sons of Italy member; Josephine Schwerer, Senior Center President; Mary O’Brien, Chairman of the Center’s Nutrition Program; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman
  • Page 6:
    • Franklin Square volunteers at Franklin General Hospital sell Valentine’s Day goodies
      • Pictured: Martha Friedlander; Joyce Lanciotti; Evelyn Gricco
  • Page 9:
    • Assemblyman Madison appointed to the Assembly Codes Committee
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; James Emery, Assembly Republican Leader
  • Page 13:
    • Kiwanis Club prepares for the upcoming Kiwanis Family Ham and Eggs Breakfast
      • Pictured: Sal Nasta, Breakfast Chairman; Tom Gangi, Kiwanis Club President
  • Page 15:
    • New member of the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club
      • Pictured: Anton Sinz, Rotary Club President; Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal and new Rotarian; Bernard Greco, sponsor; Ray Mineo, Rotarian; Bernard Hein, Rotarian

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March 20, 1980

March 20, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 20, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 3 2085th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce begins “Free the Hostages” campaign
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Funny the Bunny coming to Astoria Federal Saving and Loan Association
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • 4-H news
  • Valley Stream school news
  • The Woman’s Club of Franklin Square by Flo Carway
  • Boy Scout and Cub Scouts news
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Carey High School Honor Roll, Classes 1980-1985
  • Regents scholarship winners
  • Franklin Square school news
  • Historic Franklin Square by Paul Van Wie
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions
    • Films covered: Being There
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Robert A. Zuflacht, new member of Franklin General Hospital’s Advisory Board
    • Local resident receives Civilian Commendation from the Nassau County Police Department
      • Pictured: William King, Deputy Chief of Operations; Walter Chmara, Civilian Commendation recipient; Ernest Baker, President of the P.B.C.; Captain Eugene Reilly, Commanding Officer of the P.B.C.
    • Citizens prepare to display the American Flag in protest of the Iran hostage crisis
      • Pictured: Edward Spegowski, Chamber of Commerce President; Ed DiGioia, Executive Secretary; Tony Realmuto, WWII veteran and Vault Custodian at Astoria Federal
  • Page 2:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Funny the Bunny
  • Page 3:
    • Lieutenant Governor Cuomo visits the 21st Assembly District Democratic Club
      • Pictured: Fred Hirsh, Club President; Mario Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor; Arnold Brown, Assembly District Leader
  • Page 6:
    • Carey High School graduate honored at NCC Scholarship Reception
      • Pictured: Joseph F. Carlino Sr.; Peter Brennan, Carey High School graduate; Patricia Bulzachelli; Ivan Jackson; Doris Shaffer, President of the NCC Federation of Teachers
  • Page 7:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 at Operation Igloo at Onteora
      • Pictured: Bob Bulzone; Joe Pantaleo; Billy Capoziello; Danny McGuigan
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 plays hockey at Workcoeman Scout Reservation
      • Pictured: Alfred Giardiello; Anton Bruchhauser; Joe Pantaleo; Billy Duggan; Steve Colvin
  • Page 9:
    • Nassau County Federation of Republican Women installation
      • Pictured: Honorable Joseph M. Margiotta; Erna March, new Vice-Chairman; Anne Porto, Chairman
    • Elmont Senior Center installation
      • Pictured: Margaret Dayvie, Vice President; Ethel Fenton, Senior Center Coordinator; Dr. Carol Lucas, Commissioner of the Hempstead Town Department of Services for the Aging; Florence Fugelsang, 2nd Vice President; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Ellen Carpenter, newly installed President; Anne Pusateri, Recording Secretary; Cornelius La Guardia, Treasurer; Mary Rosen, Corresponding Secretary; Vito Tomeo, Sergeant-at-Arms; Tillie Guidice
  • Page 10:
    • Future Business Leaders of America at Carey High School
      • Pictured: Tini Gambino, FBLA President; Mrs. Rooney, advisor; FBLA members (unnamed)
  • Page 12:
    • Franklin Square residents graduate from South Nassau Community Hospital’s “People Activated Toward Help”
      • Pictured: Dorothy Cash; Herman Koerner
  • Page 13:
    • Franklin Square youth honored for essay titled “New York City”
      • Pictured: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn; Thomas Quinn Jr., honoree; Senator John Dunne

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March 13, 1980

March 13, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 13, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 2 2084th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • St. Catherine’s Pastor Father S. Thomas Minogue blesses car donated to the Sienna Center by Ridgewood Savings Bank
  • Rabbi Yaakov G. Rosenberg to be scholar-in-residence at the Third Annual Kallah of the Jewish Community Center in West Hempstead
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Retirement party for Frank Paulino, employee at Sanitation District No. 6
  • Girl Scouts and Boy Scout news
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Sewanhaka High News
  • Holistic health lectures by Dr. Seymour F. Goldberg
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Carey High School to participate in Domestic Student Exchange Program
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Franklin Square conservatives congratulate Al D’Amato on his quest for the Republican Senatorial nomination
      • Pictured:  Committeeman Manfred E. Bolte; Al D’Amato, Town Supervisor; Herbert Schimkus, 21st Assembly District Leader
    • Blessing of new Sienna Center car, donated by Ridgewood Savings Bank
      • Pictured: Father S. Thomas Minogue; Eugene Murphy, Ridgewood Bank Manager; Sr. Jeanne Andre Brendel, Coordinator of the Sienna Center; Parishioners (unnamed)
    • Congress Wydler presents flag that flew over the House of Representatives to Franklin General Hospital
      • Pictured: Mr. Bruce Beaver, Community Relations Director of Franklin General Hospital; Irene Vigotty, R.N., Franklin General Nursing Supervisor; Congressman John W. Wydler
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Lt. Governor Mario Cuomo
  • Page 2:
    • Frank Paulino Sanitation District No. 6 Retirement Party
      • Pictured: Commissioner James Voight; Commissioner John Licari; Superintendent Peter Sluszka; Chairman Patrick O’Mally; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paulino; Commissioner Lawrence Casillo; Commissioner Frank D’Agostino
  • Page 3:
    • Junior Girl Scout Troop 1032 prepares skits
      • Pictured: Adrienne Green; Nicora Stroman; Doreen Brady; Pat Motchmann, Leader; Angela Moran
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 Leadership Training at Camp Wauwpex
      • Pictured: (Front) Anton Bruchhauser; Richard Colvin; (Rear) James Nuccio, Senior Patrol Leader; Frank Goropeuschek; Dick Colvin, Assistant Scoutmaster
  • Page 6:
    • “Homeowners Gathering” to inform residents about the possibility of full value reassessment
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; George Escalante, meeting chairman; Assemblyman John Esposito; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman
  • Page 7:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Dr. Seymour F. Goldberg, Chiropractic Kinesiologist
    • Winners of Elmont Library’s Storytelling Contest
      • Pictured: Anthony Verderosa, Assistant Vice President of Citibank; Pamela Schindler, winner; Josette Noto, winner
  • Page 10:
    • 83rd birthday celebration of the Parent Teacher Association
      • Pictured: Mrs. Lucia Dente, Chairperson; Mr. William Parfitt, District Principal; Mrs. Carmela Kessel, John Street School PTA President; Anita Kupietz, Elaine Harman, and Mary Cook, recipients of the H.F. Carey Award; Marie C. Delena, John Street School Principal
    • Local Justice receives citation for “Invaluable Contributions and Devotion to his Fellow Man” from Sons of Italy Unitals Lodge No. 2180
      • Pictured: Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Mrs. Samenga; Judge Alfred F. Samenga, citation recipient; Peter R. Zuzolo, Grand Venerable of the State of New York; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman

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March 6, 1980

March 6, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, March 6, 1980

Description: Vol. 41 No. 1 2083rd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • The Franklin Square-Munson Fire Department goes on record as not condoning solicitation of funds in the district conducted by the Eastern Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Local soprano Rhonda Kay to appear in several musical events
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • 4-H news
  • Girl Scouts news
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Senate OK’s bill to reveal “hidden costs” of state governments
  • Sewanhaka High News
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Boy Scout news
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Mister Lincoln; Whose Life is it, Anyway?; Johnny on the Spot

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • American Heart Association conducts CPR recertification exam for Franklin Square Kiwanis Club members
      • Pictured: Sid Rosenthal, Kiwanian
    • Local politicians discuss relocation and maintenance of the Senior Citizens Nutrition Program from Monroe Street School
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Assemblyman George Madison
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club to celebrate 25th Anniversary and Rotary International’s 75th Anniversary
      • Pictured: Ray Mineo, Event Chairman; Salvatore Palmeri, Event Chairman
    • Newborn twins show off Franklin General Hospital T-shirts
      • Pictured: Corinne Corde; Twins Christine Marie Corde and John Paul Corde
  • Page 3:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Rhonda Kay, soprano
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club meeting
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; Bernard E. Greco, Immediate Past President; William T. Rowe, Rotary District Governor
  • Page 4:
    • Junior Girl Scout Troop 1257 puts on skits based on Girl Scout Values
      • Pictured: Julie McManus; Rita Iandanza
  • Page 5:
    • Assemblyman participate in debate about full value reassessment
      • Pictured: Assemblyman John Esposito; Barbara King, Travis Civic Association of Elmont; Pat Friedman, Garden City South Community League; Assemblyman George Madison
    • Appointment of new Franklin Square Republican Committeeman
      • Pictured: Vinnie Trapani, Committeeman; Bob Gregory, Executive Leader
  • Page 6:
    • Hempstead Presiding Supervisor fights full value reassessment
      • Pictured: Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Paul Harenberg, Chairman of the State Assembly Taskforce on School Finance and Real Property Taxation
  • Page 7:
    • Hempstead Presiding Supervisor accepts check from Ridgewood Savings Bank to support summer concerts at Rath Park
      • Pictured: Kay Keenan, Bank Public Relations and Marketing Director; Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor; Eugene Murphy, Bank Branch Manager
  • Page 8:
    • Franklin Square Lioness Club donates money toward new Sienna Center car
      • Pictured: JoAnn Cortese, Lioness President; Sister Jeanne Andre Brendel, O.P. of St. Catherine of Sienna Parish
  • Page 9:
    • Boy Scout Troop 93 participate in Naturalization Ceremony in the Supreme Court in Mineola
      • Pictured: (Front) Justice Arthur Spatt; Douglas Girgenti; Steve Colvin; Anton Bruchhauser; Chris Guiliano; (Rear) James Nuccio; Joseph Pantaleo; Richard Colvin; Frank Goropeuschek; Justice Francis S. Altimari
  • Page 10:
    • West Hempstead High School’s National Art Honor Society paints a mural at Franklin General Hospital’s Annex Classroom
      • Pictured: Mary Ann Nielsen; Dale Niemy; Lisa Baxter; Anne Marie McCartney

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February 28, 1980

February 28, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, February 28, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 52 2082nd Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • The Woman’s Club of Franklin Square by Flo Carway
  • Engagement announcement for Allison-Beth Monroe and Henry R. Muench III
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Franklin Square Lions Club
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • 4-H news
  • Boy Scout, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts news
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Valley Stream school news

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • West Hempstead Generals Football Club 13th Annual Awards Dinner
      • Pictured:  Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Jack McTigue, Club President; Michael Foote, league member; Melissa Cartolano, cheerleader
    • “Your Ear and How It Works” program at the 5 Towns Senior Citizens Center
      • Pictured: Denise Yeaman, audiologist; Arthur Friedman; Lillian Godfrey; Dan Nessler
    • Franklin Square Republican Clun Valentine’s Day meeting
      • Pictured: Bob Gregory, Executive Leader; Senator John R. Dunne; Charles Torsiello, Club President
    • Drawing for handmade clock
      • Pictured: JoAnn Cortese, Lioness Club President; Carol Pacifico, Lioness Vice President; Frank Casino, clockmaker
    • Sell-out performance of the Sons of Italy’s Italo-American Variety Show
      • Pictured: Peter R. Zuzolo, Grand Venerable; Assemblyman George Madison; Joseph Delia, show producer
  • Page 8:
    • New member of the Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary Club
      • Pictured: Anton Sinz, Rotary Club President; Dr. R. D. Liverpool, new Rotarian; Dr. Anthony Amatrudo, sponsor
  • Page 10:
    • Brownie Troop 1045 visit Carvel Supermarket on Dogwood Ave.
      • Pictured: Kelly McCarthy; Ivy Gutwillig; Alison Calderin; Mrs. Rait, proprietor

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

February 21, 1980

February 21, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, February 21, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 51 2081st Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Rev. Greninger announces retirement from Ascension Lutheran Church
  • Nassau County seeks to eliminate unnecessary traffic devices
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Engagement announcement for Carol Jean Valley and Craig Hollis
  • Alva T. Stanforth Jr. High news
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Congressman Wydler announces funding for Adelphi coal-oil research
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Local school news
    • Sewanhaka High School; Franklin Square schools
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth
  • Birth announcement for Marci Nicole, born to Ann Gluckson Robert Gluckson
  • Boy Scout, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts news
  • Music in Review by Adriel Bettelheim
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Lions in Action by Dr. h. Russell
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Films covered: Just Tell Me What You Want
  • Elmont Memorial High School plans exciting week for exchange students
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Rev. Reed A. Greninger, Ascension Lutheran Church
    • Children from Poland who received open heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital return home
      • Pictured: Wanda Styn; Lukacz Styn; Marcemka Stebowska
  • Page 7:
    • NOTE: Due to a mistake in the paper, the first photo and caption are incorrect. The correct photos with correct captions are in the February 28 issue.
    • Owners of Tricky Business magic and illusion store on Hempstead Turnpike
      • Pictured: Mario Gonzalez; Lucy Gonzalez
  • Page 8:
    • Gardenia Park Civic Association meeting
      • Pictured: John Lima, President; Assemblyman George Madison, guest speaker
  • Page 9:
    • Warrant Officer from Franklin Square at Active Training Duty at the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona
      • Pictured: W.O. Lewis Loven, USMCR

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February 14, 1980

February 14, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, February 14, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 50 2080th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Proposal to tax Social Security benefits called unjust
  • County warns Albany on property tax shift
  • Cub Scouts news
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Boy Scout and Girl Scouts news
  • Birth announcement for Shane Andrew McElliott, born to Mr. and Mrs. Brian McElliott
  • Rotary Club news
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Sewanhaka High School news
  • Green Point Bank Savings promotes Terrence P. Cassidy and Martha A. Rickey to Assistant Secretary
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • America Lodge No. 2245: Order Sons of Italy in America by Virginia Johnson

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Smoke Quit Clinic at Franklin General Hospital
      • Pictured: Claire Bothe; Fred Bothe; Enid Shemper, Valley Stream Cancer Society Public Education Coordinator
    • Legislative meeting held by the Assembly Task Force on Real Property Tax Relief and Reform
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; Abe Seldin, Nassau Board of Assessors Chairman; Henry W. Dwyer, Deputy Nassau County Executive
  • Page 2:
    • G.O.P. awards Silver Anniversaries
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; Tom Dorschuck, George Leftoff, John Fiola, and Tony Realmuto, 25-year members; Bob Gregory, Executive Leader
  • Page 3:
    • Sewanhaka Power Squadron meeting
      • Pictured: George Berger; Joe Pau, Past Commander; Ernie Cordova, Lt. Commander
  • Page 5:
    • Franklin Square-Elmont Rotary meeting
      • Pictured: Christopher Eichner, Carey High School Principal; Herb Schimkus, Rotarian; Anton Sinz, Rotary President
  • Page 8:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Martha A. Rickey, Green Point Bank
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Terrence P. Cassidy, Green Point Bank

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

February 7, 1980

February 7, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, February 7, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 49 2079th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Staff and members of the Franklin Square Senior Center “adopt” two Navaho children through Children, Inc.
  • Sewanhaka BOE appoints Dr. George Goldstein as School Business Administrator for the Sewanhaka District
  • Report From Albany by Assemblyman George Madison
  • Birth announcement for Daniel Arthur Bozek, born to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Bozek
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Cub Scouts and Boy Scout news
  • Sewanhaka High School news
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • 4-H news
  • Girl Scouts news

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce Installation Ceremony
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Edward R. Spegowski, President; Jean Slatkin, Vice President; Arnold Christensen, Past President
    • New Maco Enterprises, Inc. outlet in Elmont
      • Pictured: Maco Enterprises storefront
  • Page 4:
    • Kiwanis Club presents Certificate of Commendation to nurse from Franklin General
      • Pictured: Donald Coleman, Program Chairman; Eileen Ferguson, R.N.; Tom Gangi, Club President
  • Page 8:
    • Franklin Square Republican Club installation of new officers
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; Charles Torsiello, President; Winnie Blumenstetter, Chairman of the Board; Bob Gregory, Executive
  • Page 11:
    • Annual Elmont Cardinals Award Dinner
      • Pictured: Assemblyman George Madison; Judy Cowie, Mother’s Club President; Michael Meyers, varsity team award winner; Elizabeth Daresta, cheerleading coordinator; Rene Bachand, award winning peanut cheerleader; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Ralph Costello, Director of the Elmont Cardinals; John Elarde, President of the Elmont Cardinals
  • Page 12:
    • Sons of Italy Lodge No. 2245 donates to Gift of Life program at Ft. Francis Hospital in Roslyn
      • Pictured: Jo Scandariato, Committeewoman; Sister Yvonne Petit, FMM; Matthew Nizza, Ex-Venerable; Sister Therese Landry, Executive Director; Salvatore Palmeri, Venerable

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

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