Bethpage-Tribune_1976-07-15

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VOL. 10 NO. 34 Thursday, July 15,1976 10 cents per copy
Military Honors
At West Point
For Airport Chief
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.- Life
has been abruptly snuffed out for
my friend Charles H. "Chuck"
Martin. He was the type of man
that John F. Kennedy had in
mind when he said "ask not what
your Country can do for you, but
ask what you can do for your
country."
Martin, 43, died of a heart
attack in his office at Stewart
Airport at approximately 11:30
A.M., Tuesday, July 13.
Martin had been manager of
airport operations at Stewart
since 1970. Last year he was also
appointed at MTA's other air­port,
Republic at Farmingdale.
A graduate of West Point, he
piloted B47* jets for the Strategic
Air Command (SAC) in Alaska,
the Far East, Europe and
Australia from 1955-1961.
He received an MA of science
degree from Texas A&M in 1965.
He was then sent to Vietnam
where he served as officer in
charge of constructions at Da
Nang Air Base. After completing
his first tour, Chuck Martin
returned to Vietnam for another
30 months as a combat pilot. He
flew 147 millions over North
Vietnarri and more than 1000
missions over South Vietnam.
He was a member of the
American Society Military
Engineers, the National Society
of Professional Engineers and
the American Society of Civil
Engineers.
A resident of Walkill, ChUck
Martin is survived by his wife,
Eleanor, and 19 year old son and
a 17 year old daughter.
Services will be Friday at
Toohey Brothers Funeral Home,
Newburgh followed by interment
with full Military Honors at the
United States Military Academy
at West Point.
I am only one among the
thousands who will pleasantly
and fondly remember "Chuck"
Martin the rest of my life.
C/Jan ^jC^i^Cta n
The Smile Behind The Service:
The Bridal Garden
By Shari Miller
WONDERFUL WEDDINGS begin at the Bridal Garden in Beth-page.
Jeanette Farias (left) and Fran Maresco welcomes brides-to-be
in their lovely shop.
Behind a store-front on
Broadway in Bethpage lies a
magic garden of happiness for
brides-to-be and their wedding
parties. A little over a year and a
half ago, Fran Maresco and
Jeanette Farias "brought class to
Bethpage," as one customer
remarked. Both women were
long-time town residents and had
worked together in another bridal
shop. They had wished for a store
Landfill Fight Moves North
of their own for quite a long time.
In January of 1975 their dreams
came true and The Bridal Garden
came to Bethpage.
This year marks Fran
Maresco's 25th wedding an­niversary
and her 24th year in
Bethpage. She has two
daughters, Suzanne and Chris,
and a son named Wayne.
Jeanette Farias has been a town
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At a meeting last Thursday
between leaders of local civic
associations, Assemblyman
Lewis Yevoli (D-Old Bethpage)
and environmental lawyers, the
decision was made to seek action
in Albany on the current battle
over the Plainview landfill site.
Petitions are currently being
circulated throughout the Town
of Oyster Bay which ask that all
action be stopped on the site; that
State DEC authorization for use
of six acres of the 65-acre area be
rescinded; that a public hearing
on the project be held; and that a
comprehensive environmental
impact statement be presented to
the people. The petitions will be
presented to Commissioner Berle
of the State Department of
Environmental Conservation and
Governor Hugh Carey next week.
Assemblytinan Yevoli, who has
been a key figure in the fight
against the landfill from the
start, will be going to Albany with
Edward Baron, President of the
Tuxedo Hills Civic Association, to
present what they hope will be a
May Construction
Tops $1.9 Million
The value of construction
permits issued by the Town of
Oyster Bay's building Division
during the month of May ex­ceeded
$1.9 million.
Among the permits let in May
were 25 for new one-family
dwellings valued at $954,489;
eight for commercial con­struction
valued at $347,197 and
52 for residential alterations and
additions valued at $214,310.
In addition, 27 permits for other
than residential alterations were
issued valued at $86,319 and 18
swimming pool permits with a
value of $45,232.
Local Student Wins
Scholastic Award
SUsan Abbott, 52 Voorhis Dr.,
Old Bethpage, was the winner of
a $1,750 Manufacturers Hanover
Trust college scholarship. The
scholarships are sponsored by
the Quarter Century Club, an
association of MHT employees
with 25 or more years of service
with the bank.
The scholarships are funded by
the Quarter Century Club,
donations from bank staffers,
and a matching contribution
from the bank. Susan's was one of
31 scholarships awarded this
year, bringing to almost 300 the
number of children receiving
scholarships since the program
was instituted u, i>*58.
Susan, the daughter of Frances
Abbott, of MHT's Master
Charge Department, will use the
scholarship to attend State
University of New York •> Buf-,
falo, majoring in Pre-Med.
By Shari Miller
few thousand signatures of
concerned citizens to state of­ficials.
Mr. Baron said that he is
fighting DEC approval based on
"incomplete and erroneous in­formation."
The original landfill
application was for burial of
incinerated ash. That is why the
referendum received the voters'
approval. We have only now
found out that raw compacted
garbage, with the dangers of
leakage, will be buried there."
He cited an original contention
that the landfill could be
operative for as long as thirty
years. "What was not stated,"
emphasized Mr. Baron, "was
that no plastic liner could be
guaranteed that long."
Mr. Baron voiced fears that the
town could continue to fill the
landfill with garbage for many
years only to find that their
groundwater was irreperably
polluted. "I made a commitment
to my community and to myself
and I intend to keep it," con­tinued
Mr. Baron. "We are
getting financial and moral
support form the community. I
am settling down for a strong
strategic battle." Mr. Baron's
lawyer will reach a decision this
week on what legal papers may
be served on the Town of Oyster
Bay.
Former Assemblyman Stuart
Levine, a Republican candidate
in this year's legislative race,
was contacted about this matter.
As a former ecology teacher, Mr.
Levine has always been con­cerned
with protecting the water
table. In his ecology class at
Plainview-Old Bethpage Junior
High School, the first of its kind in
the district, he taught of the
dangers involved in allowing
pollutants to enter a groundwater
supply. "I would have to urge
that all parties, particularly the
Town government, to investigate
the matter very carefully," said
Mr. Levine. "Once groundwater
is polluted, the process is almost
impossible to reverse. I think it is
very important that all fears
about the pollution of the water
supply be put to rest in­telligently."
The issue has also attracted the
attention of Gerard Twombly, the
Democratic-Liberal candidate
for Oyster Bay Town Coun­cilman.
Mr. Twombly said that
he is "in accord with the wishes
of the people. The town has done
nothing to placate their fears. No
environmental impact statement
or expert information has been
provided." He characterized the
Town Board's action to date as
"an example of the incumbent
administration's ambivalence
towards the people they
represent."
At this point, according to a
Town spokesman, over 3.5 million
dollars have been spent on the
landfill project. This includes
land acquisition, equipment,
engineering, fencing and bon­ding-
financing costs. Various
groups have visited the landfill
and observed that, amid the
controversy, Plainview's hole-in-the-
ground continues to grow.
Public Hearing Is Set
For Sales Tax Proposal
Nassau County's Board of
Supervisors recently announced
a public hearing date on the
proposal for a penny increase in
the county sales tax.
It will be held on Friday, July
16, at 11 a.m. in the Board's
hearing room on the fifth floor of
the County Executive Building, 1
West Street, Mineola.
The measure would raise the
county's sales and compensating
use tax from 3 percent to 4 per­cent
for a period of one year
beginning September 1.
Persons wishing to address the
Board on th# tax proposal are
urged to contact the Board's
offices^in the County Executive
Building prior to the hearing.
However, Presiding Supervisor
Francis T; Purcell said the Board
also will accept comments by
mail, and will listen to all those
who appear at the public session
to speak on the subject.
WINGS OF EAGLES: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Salvatore R.
Mosca presents a citation to newly inducted Eagle Scout Kit-hard
Kubu of Troop 118, Bethpage, as his proud parents took on.