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Serving Bethpage - Plainview - Island Trees — Plainedge — Seaford
Vol. 3 No. 38 Thursday, July 10, 1969
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For several days in mid-July, according to present
plans, the eyes of the entire world will be on a strange-looking
machine with a folksy nickname, that was built
right here in Bethpage. Grumman's "LEM" (Lunar
Excursion Module) is a two-stage vehicle that will
enable two of three astronauts, from a lunar-orbiting
mother ship, to land on the Moon's surface and return.
During the month of July a scale model of LEM will
be on display at the Bethpage Public Library along
with other interesting materials''tela ting .to the Apollo
project. The exhibit will look into the future with a"
fascinating series of drawings projecting new ap­plications
of the LEM concept, such as a LEM Taxi, a
LEM shelter, and a LEM Truck. Sample packets of
astronaut food will also be seen.
Library hours during July are Monday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Bethpage Tot
Taps Winners
Qne of the highlights of The
Green Point Savings Bank's
grand opening in Levittown was
the drawing for grand prize of a
magnificent color TV set: At the
/nd of a special three-day cele­bration,
two-year-old Johnna Gill
of Bethpage was chosen to pick
the winning name from among
thousands of registration slips
that had been deposited at the
new office.
Holding her so she could reach
the huge drum is Frank W.
Greaker, manager of the Levit­town
office, and Executive Vice
President Edward C. Anderberg
(r) had the pleasure of notifying
Roland Radin of East Rocka-
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Town Gets Park Bargain
It isn't quite the bargain
Manhattan Island was when it
sold for only $24, but the Oyster
Bay Town Board is still delighted
with one of the bargain purchases
it made last year.
Town Board Majority Leader
Edmund A. Ocker, Chairman of
the Town Board's Standing Com­mittee
on Recreation and Parks,
said the Board has authorized
$42,000 in bonds and capital notes
to improve a lVfe-acre site on
Iowa Avenue, Plainedge, which
the Town purchased from New
York State last year for only $l.
"We thought it was a bargain
then," said Ocker, who dis­covered
the State had available
property through a newspaper
clipping, "and now we are even
more sure of it."
Ocker's action when he read
the article was an immediate trip
to Albany to see if the Town of
Oyster Bay could not purchase
some of the sites the State was
considering selling to private
individuals.
As a result of Ocker's efforts,
the Town was able to pick up
three sites estimated to be worth
over $400,000 and covering nine
acres for a net cost of $3. The
three sites will be utilized for
park and playground purposes.
The Iowa Avenue piece is the
smallest and the first to be de­veloped.
Present plans call for a
ballfield and fencing.
Ocker said he and Councilman
Frank J . Hvnes have been work-
PARK POSSIBILITIES: Gerard Trotta of
Hicksville, Superintendent of Parks for the Town of
Oyster Bay, discusses improvement possibilities at a
planned recreation area on Iowa Avenue in Plainedge
with two members of the Tobay Town Board. Joining
Trotta are Board Majority Leader Edmund A. Ocker
(center) and Councilman Frank J. Hynes. The Town
Board recently passed a resolution calling for the
authorization of $42,000 to improve the site. Immediate
plans call for a ballfield and appropriate fencing.
ing closely with Gerard Trotta,
Superintendent of Parks for
Oyster Bay Town, to see that the
land is utilized to service the local
residents.
The two other sites are a 3.1-
acre piece in Plainedge and a 3.5-
acre site in Syosset.
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way that he was the big winner.
Radin is in the process of
moving to Levittown and was de-.
lighted with the new TY to go in
hiis new home.
The Levittown celebration is,
still going on with bonus free gifts
being offered for new savings ac­counts,
but during tlje first 3
opening days many visitors were
winners in the Treasure Chest
Contest, receiving a variety of
household gifts. Winners were:
Robert Warshouer, Edward
Lee, Barbara Manz, William
Flak and Dante D'Elia, all of
Bethpage, and Dr. Derman of
Plainedge.
ATTENDING GRADUATION CEREMONIES:-Simon Cohen, executive director
of Mid Island Hospital in Bethpage, who is a trustee of the State University at
Farmingdale, talks with (left to right): Dr. Charles WiLaffin, Jr., President of
the college; Perry Duryea, Jr., State Assembly Speaker; and to his right Mor­timer
J. Gleeson, Chairman of the college's Board of Trustees, at the 50th an­niversary
Commencement exercises.