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Franklin Square Bulletin

Finding aid for issues of the Franklin Square Bulletin newspaper, covering the communities of Franklin Square, West Hempstead, Malverne, Valley Stream, Elmont, and Garden City South.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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