Bethpage-Tribune_1969-08-07

              Vol. 3 No. 42
Serving Bethpage - Plain view - Island Trees - Plainedge - Seaford
Thursday, August 7, 1969
Journalists Laud Margiotta
The Nassau County Press
Association has selected
Assemblyman Joseph M.
Margiotta to receive its "Grass
Roots Award" for 1969.
The organization, representing
51 weekly newspapers in Nassau,
voted its award to Margiotta
because of his continued efforts
in behalf of the residents of
Nassau County, according to
Murray Rosen, president of the
association.
"This is the fifth consecutive
year that the association of
weekly newspapers has paid
tribute to a member of the
community for outstanding
service to the publice," Rosen
said.
"Last year's salute was
awarded to Ralph G. Caso,
Hempstead Town Presiding
-Supervisor," he added.
Margiotta, who is assem­blyman
from the 12th A.D. and
Nassau County Republican
Leader, will be presented with a
plaque by the Nassau County
Press Association at a dinner
dance to be held on Sunday,
October 5, in the Garden City
Hotel.
The dinner committee, ap­pointed
to make suitable
arrangements, is headed by Fred
Simon, publisher of the
Blmonitor. Assisting him as co-chairmen
are Florence Cullem,
publisher of the BETHPAGE
TRIBUNE and Martin Weiss,
publisher of the Westbury Times
Joseph M. Margiotta
publisher of the Bellmore-
Merrick Home News; Irene
Harris, publisher of the Nassau
Star; Glory Amsterdam,
publisher of the Wantagh-Seaford
Citizen* and Florence Sch-wartzberg,
publisher of the South
Shore Record;
Also serving are Thomas
Adler, publisher of the Long
Island Independent; Nicholas
Napoli, publisher of the Baldwin
Citizen; Joseph Merendino,
publisher of the Farmingdale
Post and South East Enterprise;
Charles Warner, publisher of the
East Rockaway Observer;
Also on the committee are Thomas DiVincenzo, publisher of
Sheila Noeth, publisher of the Kernel Publications and Murray
Beacon Newspapers and the Rosen, publisher of the Long
Syosset Tribune; Kay Daley, Island Examiner.
Library Cuts Services
To Lower Expenses
In an effort on the part of the
trustees to cut expenditures as a
result of the recent budget defeat,
the Plainedge Public Library will
be closed on Saturday for the
remainder of the summer and on
Wednesday until 1 p.m. until
further notice.
Saturday service will be
suspended from August 9 through
August 30 and will resume on
September 6. The cut in Wed­nesday
morning service will
become effective August 13.
These actions were votedv
unanimously by the trustees at
their regular meeting last
Thursday evening. Other cuts
were made in staff and program
expenditures and it was an­nounced
that further cuts may be
made at a later dale, if
necessary.
Al the same meeting, the
Prize-Winners
Show Exhibit
Throughout August the Beth­page
Public Library will have an
exhibit showing how the Manetto
Hills Methodist Church was
restored by Nassau County for
the Old Bethpage Village
Restoration, a re-creation of a
typical Long Island village of the
post-Civil War period.
The exhibit was done by four
members of the Thomas Powell
Yorkers, the Bethpage High
School History Club. Yorkers are
members of a statewide program
for junior historians, and are
sponsored by the New York State
Historical Association.
Each May there is a statewide
convention at which clubs may
submit .projects for judging. At
this year's the Thomas Powell
Yorkers submitted their first
project and placed fourth out of
about thirty projects entered.
The plaque won is also on display
at the library.
' The project's planning was
started in March of 1968, and the
actual building took five months.
In addition to the plaque, one of
the members, Terence Hunt, won
a Certificate of Merit in the
Governor's Trophy Contest, an
historical essay contest.
The Thomas Powell Yorkers
are presently involved in an
architectural survey of Beth­page,
and are working on a short
history of Bethpage for use in the
schools and public library.
Anyone who lives in a house built
before 1915, or who has pictures
of Bethpage dating from before
1921 is asked to contact Terence
Hunt or Mrs. Ann Maggi, 79
Sycamore Ave., Bethpage. "We
are also interest in interviewing
anyone who has lived in the Beth­page
area fifty years or more",
said Hunt. , , ,. ,
turstees also decided fo form a
"Friends of the Library" group,
and designated a board member
to undertake fund-raising efforts.
The purpose of the "Friends"
organization will be to bring
persons interested in the library
together, to bring public attention
to the library; to stimulate its
use; to encourage gifts; and to
cooperate with the library in
developing library services for
Plainedge.
Persons interested in joining
the "Friends" are invited to leave
their names at thejibrary cir­culation
desk or to call PE 5-4133.
In other actions, Jerome H.
Brown was elected chairman of
the board and Mrs. Ruth Frankel
was elected secretary and
treasurer for the coining year.
The chairmanship was changed
from a rotating basis to a one-
Marine Private First Class
Richard G. Carlson, son of Mrs.
Charles Carlson of 14 S. Peach
St.. is now serving in Bravo
Company, 3rd Battalion, First
Marine Division in DaNang
Vietnam.
• year term at the June meeting of
the trustees.
, Brown, the new chairman, and
Mrs. Frankel are ' charter
trustees who .have worked to
develop library service in
Plainedge for many years. Both
were associated with the
Plainedge F»ee .Community
Library, a volunteer service
which preceded the establish­ment
of the public library in 1963.
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Photos In
The News
MR. AND'MRS; CONTEST: Oyster Huy Town
Councilman Frank J. Hynes congratulates the winners
of the "Little Mr. and Mrs. Community Park" contest
held by the Town of Oyster Bay Department of
Recreation and Community Activities at Bethpage
Community. Park. The young man dressed as a
spaceman, Jimmy Manning, age 5, won in the Boy's
category and Susan Rded, (standing left) age 4,
captured first prize among the Girl's as Miss Moon
Flag. The runners up are Ilene Schenker, age 5, and
Joe Bonsignore, age 5, who came as Uncle Sam.
"UNITED FOR LONG ISLAND": is the theme for this
year's fifth annual United Fund of Long Island
Campaign.
Pictured at the announcement
of the goal of $3,225,000 are
Campaign Chariman Lawrence
A. Lentol (1.), Vice President,
Franklin National Bank; and
United Fund, of Long Island
President, Fred C. Eggerstedt,
Jr.
Eggerstedt, who is Senior Vice
President and Treasurer of the
Long Island Lighting Company,
was Campaign Chairman for the
1968 appeal, which saw UFLI
raise $3,000,711.
In case you missed the report on the Bethpage
School Board meeting, rest assured that you're eyes
are not deceiving you. Feature writer Mrs. Muriel
Taylor had covered the meeting, but her article was
lost during production and so did not appear in last
week's paper. Our apologies to Mrs. Taylor and the
School Board, and her many readers. (See Page 4).