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January 31, 1980

January 31, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, January 31, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 48 2078th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • “Vial of Life” program for senior citizens
  • Upcoming Sewanhaka Central High School District Music Festival
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Engagement announcement for Cheryl Ann Torsiello and Frank Joseph Adipietro
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • American Legion Auxiliary Franklin Square No. 1014 news
  • 4-H news
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Modigliani
  • Boy Scout, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts news
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Wydler’s Washington by Congressman John W. Wydler
  • Long Island Junior Soccer League inducts Peter C. Panse into the LIJSL Hall of Fame
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors explains tax assessment at Franklin Square Senior Center meeting
      • Pictured: Josephine Schwerer, President; William Cannistraci, Treasurer; Mary O’Brien, Second Vice President; Abe Seldin, Chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors; Sue Ann Celetano, Assistant Director of the Senior Center
    • Carey High School welcomes new exchange student from Chile
      • Pictured: Susan Heitmann; Mrs. Heitmann; Flavia Schappacasse, exchange student; Mrs. E. Thun, Chairperson of the Language Department
  • Page 2:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Cheryl Ann Torsiello
  • Page 8:
    • Franklin General Hospital’s Medical Explorer Post members review a presentation
      • Pictured: Mario Oliverio, Cythohistologist; Margie Nee; Suzanne Giglio

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

January 24, 1980

January 24, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, January 24, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 47 2077th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Senator John R. Dunne appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions
  • Local resident Randy Rowe receives wheelchair accessible van
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Local school news:
    • Valley Stream schools; Franklin Square schools
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Shows covered: Watch on the Rhine
  • Judge Alfred J. Lowe dies
  • Sewanhaka High School news
  • 4-H news
  • Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scout news
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • The Woman’s Club of Franklin Square by Flo Carway

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Randy Rowe with his new van, made possibly by generous donations to the Randy Rowe Fund
      • Pictured: Randy Rowe; Peter Meyer; Edward Spegowski, Fund Raising committee
    • Kiwanian receives certificate commemorating his 25th year with the club
      • Pictured: Bent Johnson, Immediate Past President; Melvin Slemmer, Past Lt. Governor of the South Central Division
  • Page 2:
    • Army recruiter presents at Kiwanis Club meeting
      • Pictured: Sergeant Tom F. Neidlinger, U.S. Army Field Recruiter; Tom Gangi, Kiwanis Club President
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Herbert Itgen, new Kiwanis Club member
  • Page 4:
    • Installation of new Lioness
      • Pictured: JoAnn Cortese, President; Dolores Engles, sponsor; Marilyn Gregory, new member; Bob Balalous, District Governor
    • Lioness Club delivers homemade gifts to residents of the A. Holly Patterson Nursing Home
      • Pictured: Claudette Schaffer, Lioness; Juanita Torsiello; Nursing home directors (unnamed); JoAnn Cortese, Lioness President; Martha Latimer; Nursing home residents (unnamed)
    • Lioness Club presents Christmas gifts to the residents of the Burrwood Home for the Blind
      • Pictured: Bob Balalous, District Governor; JoAnn Cortese, Lioness President
  • Page 5:
    • Nassau Lodges of the Order of Sons of Italy sponsor a gala for 200 adoptive youngsters and their foster families
      • Pictured: Joseph A. D’Elia, Nassau County Department of Social Services Commissioner; Judge Alfred Samenga, Unitals Lodge Venerable; Matthew G. Nizza. NYS Grand Lodge Grand Trustee; Salvatore Palmeri, America Lodge Venerable; Anne Palazatto, Anne Bambino Lodge Venerable; Joseph Montemorano, NYS Grand Lodge Grand Venerable First Assistant; Caroline Allacco, Aida Ladies Lodge Venerable
  • Page 6:
    • Sewanhaka High School’s January Students of the Month
      • Pictured: George Welker, Student of the Month; Robert Andrews, Sewanhaka High School Principal; Cecelia Hunt, Student of the Month
  • Page 9:
    • Plans being made for the upcoming birthday of T & F Italian Delicatessen proprietor
      • Pictured: Thomas Carlino, proprietor; Yola Carlino
    • Farewell party for Brazilian exchange student at Carey High School
      • Pictured: Albert Gerwitz, Chairman of the Guidance Department; Hicleia Teresinha Lima, exchange student; Mrs. Norma Albertini, Guidance Counselor

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

January 17, 1980

January 17, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, January 17, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 46 2076th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • James M. Wachtler Tribute Fund benefits Franklin General Hospital
  • Memory Lane by Virginia Gerbe
  • Birth announcement for Courtney Ann DiGioia, born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward DiGioia Jr.
  • 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
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Marriage announcement for Maureen Elizabeth Kiefer and Randall C. Frank
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Carey High School Honor Roll, Classes 1980-1985
  • G.O.P. Gossip: Franklin Square Republican Club, Inc. by Virginia Johnson
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • Chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors a guest speaker at Nassau Community College’s Real Property Law class
      • Pictured: George Leftoff, Esq., instructor; Abe Seldin, Chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors; Students (unnamed)
    • Kick-off of the “Vial of Life” program at the Elmont Senior Center
      • Pictured: (Sitting) Emil Winkler, Club President; Bea Stone, Director of the Elmont Senior Center; (Standing) Ethel Fentou, Director of the Elmont Senior Center; Ellen Carpenter, President of the Elmont Senior Center; Paula Zatlin, Field Representative for the Town’s Department of Services for the Aging; Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Barbara Quinn, Community Service Representative and Program Coordinator; Nicholas Giordanu, member of the St. Vincent De Paul Advisory Board; George Krillke, Financial Secretary of the St. Vincent De Paul Society Over 50 Club
    • Dedication ceremony for naming of Franklin General Hospital’s new Pathology Department Laboratory in honor of James Wachtler
      • Pictured: Sol Wachtler, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals; James M. Wachtler; Alfred F. Samenga, Judge of the County Court; Howard E. Levitt, Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Page 3:
    • Engagement photo
      • Pictured: William John Teitz; Lisa Marie Noeldechen
  • Page 4:
    • Commemoration of new Sons of Italy America Lodge No. 2245 meeting sign
      • Pictured: Joeseph Montemarano, NYS First Assistant Venerable; Salvatore Palmeri, America Lodge Venerable
  • Page 6:
    • Exchange students at Carey High School
      • Pictured: Hicleia Teresinha Lima; Flavia Schiappacasse

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

January 10, 1980

January 10, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, January 10, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 45 2075th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • Sewanhaka Central High School District receives mini-grant under the provisions of the Nutrition Education and Training Act
  • Girl Scout Cookie Sale
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Carey Corner by Evelyn O’Connor
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • Democratic Doings by Fred J. Hirsh
  • Engagement announcement for Kathleen Ellen De Werth and Eric George Wildermuth
  • Rotary Ramblings by William J. Wildermuth

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • First baby of 1980 born at Franklin General Hospital
      • Pictured: Mrs. William E. Knight, R.N., Maternity Department Head Nurse; Jody Ann McGinley; Lisa Ann McGinley
  • Page 6:
    • Portrait
      • Pictured: Kathleen De Werth

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

January 3, 1980

January 3, 1980 by Bill Youngfert

Title: Franklin Square Bulletin

Date: Thursday, January 3, 1980

Description: Vol. 40 No. 44 2074th Consecutive Issue

Price: Ten cents

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

Points of Interest:

  • The Woman’s Club of Franklin Square by Flo Carway
  • Cover to Cover: Franklin Square Public Library by Dorothy Gunzenhauser
  • Memory Lane by Virginia Gerbe
  • Franklin Square Lions Club by Dr. H. Russell
  • Your Peephole by Henry Emmeluth
  • Birth announcement for Tara Anne Dalton, born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Francis Dalton
  • Fire Box: Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department by Bob Bogseth
  • The Theatre District by David Spencer
    • Films covered: Going in Style; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Black Hole
  • Town Talk by Al D’Amato, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor
  • Boy Scout news
  • Theodore Roosevelt Rep. Club News by Jack Blackman

Photograph Subjects:

  • Page 1:
    • 22nd Annual Christmas-Chanukah Party for Senior Citizens
      • Pictured: Joseph Cairo Jr., Town Councilman; Rocky Marino, Elmont Kiwanis Club President; Dudley Fear, Vice President of the Elmont Retired Men’s Club; Robert Malloy, Superintendent of Schools in Elmont; Al Streitfeld, Party Chairman
  • Page 2:
    • Working on Christmas baskets for the Lions Club
      • Pictured: The manager of Pat’s Farm (unnamed); George Scheideler; John Pesca

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

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