Freeport High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Freeport, NY)

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MARTIN M. MANSPERGER PRINCIPAL Freeport, as you know, is situated along the water front, and you can see some mighty picturesque sights down there along the canals. In the summer, you can see the fishing boats going and coming all day long in a continual stream. Freeport is noted all over the eastern seaboard for the opportunity it offers for the ardent sports- man or tired business man who finds great diversion and relaxation in spending ga quiet day out in the great open air. Aside from the many pleasure cruises, there is also a great variety of commercial fishing boats, daily leaving the docks of Freeport during the fishing season, and returning with an abundant supply of the many different kinds of fish that so delight the palates of the Long Island residents. Freeport also IO helps to supply Long Island with all sorts of shell fish. The many fishing shacks and seafood grills along the shore are well known to summer visitors as well as native Freeporters. And over on the other side of the village there's Sterns Park, and the Freeport Oaks, where some of the loveliest homes on Long Island can be seen. In the business section along Main Street and Merrick Road are many, many stores, where you could buy anything at all you'd like--and people come from villages all over the county to trade in the Freeport shopping center. Freeport is ideally located for any num- ber of things. It is only 24 miles from New York City, where one may easily go in an hour to seek higher for lowerj class enter-

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DR. JOHN W. DODD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS HEADED by a man who has been honored by the State Teachers' Association in being elected its president. This superintendent, DR. JOHN W. DODD, is highly responsible for the annual town-Wide Community Christmas program. He signifies the spark that lights the flame that stands for all the work the Board does. Dr. Dodd is also interested in many civic organizations other than just being head of the school system. He is very active in service clubs and fraternal organ- izations. These men take care of the running of the school, but there have to be directors more closely related to the students. Mr. Martin M. Mansperger is Principal of the high school. Along with many of his duties, MR. MANSPERGER is sponsor of Freeport's chapter of the National Honor Society. MISS RUTH E. COCHRAN, and MR. CECIL M. MAHOOD are Vice-principals. They have somewhat similar duties, both being advisers for Girls' Week and Boys' Week, respectively. Miss Cochran is dean of girls and sponsor of the junior National Honor Society. Mr. Mahood is dean of boys and one of the advisers of the G. O. Coun- cil. Perhaps the two men most closely re- lated to the students are MR. C. O. TREMPER, and MR. FRANK PIERSON, the guidance counsellors of the Junior and Senior high schools. With such fine people as these at the head of the school system, there's no wonder that Freeport's so proud of its educational opportunities. 9

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R CECIL M MAHOOD MISS RUTH IE. COCHRAN R FRANK PIERSON MR. C. O. TREMPER VICE-PRINCIPALS AND GUIDANCE tainment. It is near to many state parks, where one may have picnics, or go canoeing, or float model sail boats. There are plenty of golf courses, conveniently located, for anyone who desires that kind of activity. Only six miles away is jones Beach where thousands of people spend hours every sum- mer day sun-bathing on the beach, or swimming in the surf, the bay, or the heated pool. And for winter sport enthusiasts, Bethpage State Park, only fifteen miles away, offers ample provisions for skiing, skating, and sledding. Right in our stadium, midget auto racing and semi-pro football and baseball games are held every year- and the high school gymnasium is often used for semi-pro basketball games. Two airplane factories, about twelve miles away, offer work for a great many young men, looking for a start in some field. Mitchel Field, a well-known army air field, is only five or six miles away. Thousands of men and their families live there. All the roads in Freeport are fine for traveling to the village for shopping, or going to the first-class Post Oflice, or the well-equipped Public Library. In addition to the high school, we have five grade schools, and our churches, twelve different denominations. And we have a power plant, two water towers, a municipal stadium, a bronze factory and ibrvc theaters. Yes, it's a very nice place, this town of ours-Freeport. II