Bethpage-Tribune_1969-02-20

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Vol. 3 No. 17 Thursday, Febi ,j 20, 1969 10* per copy
Bethpage Bailiwick
By Muriel Taylor
TOBAY Beautification
Drive Official
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Last week, I wrote about my initial trip to
the Plainview Health Center, my reasons for
the* visit and personal impressions of the building.
On my second afternoon there, I had an ap­pointment
to meet with Miss Elizabeth Pearson
of the Nassau County Department of Health in
Mineola. Again the Plainview Center was as
quiet as it had been on the previous day. From
my discussion with Miss Pearson, I learned
that this particular installation has been re­stricted
to preventive measures, but that with
the passage of new State legislation recently,
there probably will be an expansion of services.
She suggested that there have been major prob­lems
of transportation and communication, but
that the Center is currently undergoing a state
of change and this is the reason for the current
"fragmented service." She mentioned that she
would be discussing future plans for the Center
later that afternoon and that County Executive
Nickerson was scheduled for a visit there the
following morning. Whatever the reasons for the
inactivity, and it was difficult to pinpoint any
one explanation, it is evident that the Center is
not fulfilling whatever promise it had in the
eyes of its creators.
Later, I spoke with two doetors who have
'each practiced medicine in this area for over
fifteen years. In answer to my questions about
the Plainview Clinic, their comments were: "Have
never been there; make it my business to. read
everything that comes to my desk, but have
never received any information regarding ser­vices;
to be perfectly honest, I know nothing
about it." The social worker from a local school
\ 'strict observed that she has been to the Center
there or four times a year to meet and work with
the nurses. She said she found them quite helpful
and hard-working people in situations of families
on welfare, out in the field and especially in the
summer when she. is not on the job. However,
she also' stated that the building itself was a
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Oyster Bay Town has started
a town-wide beautification pro­gram
with the appointment of a
Beautification Authority com­prised
of experts in their field
and 10 regional beautification
councils, Councilman Edmund A.
Ocker, Board Majority Leader,
announced today.
Ocker said the program,
initiated by Councilman Ralph
Diamond, is attempting to make
town beautification a 365-day-a-
year project.
At the kick-off meeting in which
the authority and the councils
were officially appointed, Dia­mond
said that if the experi­ment
here is successful it could
very well be a model of similar
programs throughout the entire
state.
Deputy Supervisor, George V.
CHHaire, who represented the
Supervisor, promised the Super­visor's
complete support of
"this wonderful program*'.
John J. Burns, State Com­missioner
of Local Government
and the Chairman of the Natural
Beauty Commission, praised the
idea as a "wonderful endeavor"
indicating that Oyster Bay Town
has been the model of excellence
of all the 931 towns in the
state. "I am pleased to see
the town take this step in an
atmosphere of complete co­operation,"
said Burns. "This
is a fulfillment of the governor's
dream to have all areas of the
state cooperate in a beautifica­tion
project."
Charles C. Morrison, State
Director of the Natural Beauty
Commission, pledged supportfof
the program saying, "we are
behind your 100%.
George Andrek, an Environ­mental
Planning Coordinator of
the Nassau Planning Com­mission,
who will be an.ex
officio member of the Oyster
Bay Town Beautification Author­ity,
praised this program and
Bay Town Councilman Ralph Diamond, (left), looks
over map of the town with Mrs. Joan Cable, Chair­man
of the Bethpage-Plainedge Regional Com­mittee;
Commissioner for Local Government John
J. Burns, (2nd right); and Councilman Edmund A.
Ocker, -Board Majority Leader. This action took
place at the town-wide beautification kick-off
meeting.
offered the Planning Commis-sions's
aid with environmental
information and data, a con­servation
master plan, expert
counsel in the preparation of
standards involving landscaping,
street furniture, signs and
assistance in developing stad-ards
in existing and proposed
gas stations.
Diamond indicated that the
regional committees could be
changed if needed. He urged
complete cooperation by the
regional committees Beautifica­tion
Authority and town residents
to insure success of this vital
program.
The members Of the Beau­tification
Authority and area
regional committees ar:
BETHPAGE-PLAINEDGE RE­GIONAL
COMMITTEE, Mrs.
Joan Cable - Chairman, 120Cen­tral
Avenue, Bethpage, Member
Board of Directors, Mid-Island
Council Girl Scouts, Community
representative Big Brother Pro­gram,
Advisory Committee, Dis­trict
21 Adult Education, Mem­ber
. Bethpage Civic Advisory
Council, Community representa­tive
for Senior Citizen Housing
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BethpageOutln
The Storm Again
By Leonard Kucha
The recent 15 inch snow storm
left the area of Bethpage out in
the cold again. A check of areas
in Plainview-Old Bethpage on
»the afternoon of February 10th
found that most areas had at
Jeast been plowed once while
most areas of Bethpage had not
• been touched. All areas lead­ing
to Grumman were cleared •
to enable these people to get
in to work.
I tried to get thru to the high
• way department at the request
of many of my neighbors but was
unable to do so. A call to Ed'
Ockers house revealed that the
head of the Town Board was
at the highway department. Mrs.
Ocker asked me what section of
Plainview Old Bethpage I lived in,
which might explain the whole
situation. People in Bethpage
d|d not have this trouble when
we had a member of the Town
-Board. Our streets,were plowed
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Another Nationwide GALLERY OF HOMES was
opened in Farmingdale L.I. this past week. Par­ticipating
in the cutting of the ribbon was 1. to r.
Michael J. Petro, representing Mr. Nickerson
of Nassau County; Assemblyman Martin Ginsberg;
and Norton A. Bloom of East Meadow.