Bethpage-Tribune_1979-06-14

              BETHBAGE
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VOL. 13 NO. 32 Thursday, June 14,1979 10 cents per copy
Were Still Alive
Mark Twain once wrote to his local newspaper, in
response to an erroneous inclusion of his name in its
obituary column, "the reports of my death have been
highly exaggerated." And so it is with The Bethpage
Tribune.
To those of you who read in last week's paper that it
would be the last to be published will be happy to note
that a group of people have shown a desire to continue
the fine journalistic effort on the part of its founder,
Florence Cullem.
We expect to expand the coverage but not the scope
of the Trib. We're still more interested in local hap­penings
than in matters national and international,
dealt with adequately by the giant dailies, TV and
radio. We can, however, offer something you cannot
get in the monster-media ~ the kid next door; the
family on the next block; the doings at the church, the
school.
We can offer too, what they call on Madison Avenue,
in-depth readership," for our advertisers. For in­stance,
life of a local weekly newspaper is FOUR
HUNDRED PERCENT that of a daily; and, of course,
there is no comparison with the eye-catching quality of
an ad surrounded by local stories and pictures.
This is your newspaper - we want you to be a part of
it. Send us your news tidbits, or drop them into the new
home of the Trib, on the south side of the railroad
station, at 297 Broadway. And shop Bethpage - support
Bethpage businesses; and support Bethpage activities
of all kinds.
Frank Morrone, Publisher
Women's Group Cites
Year of Successes
A year of accomplishment by
the Women's Club of Bethpage
was announced this week to local
merchants and citizens who have
supported this public service
organization.
Among the successful ac­complishments
were:
1. Promoting the painting of the
Bethpage Railroad station;
2. Getting the wells pumped out.
in the Stewart Avenue Shopping
Center parking lot, which*
alleviated flooding in that area;
3. Successfully promoted a
town board resolution exempting
fire department halls from a
strict town ordinance concerning
public places of assembly, which
had made it impossible for local
fire departments to allow use of
their hall;
4. Initiated a CPR class in
Bethpage High School, given by
instructors from the Bethpage
Fire Department;
5. Furnished members to help
the League of Women Voters
count ballots on election night;
6. Gave food baskets and gifts
on Thanksgiving and Christmas;
7. Helped two families who
were fire victims this year;
8. Visited and took gifts to an
adopted nursing home resident;
9. Collected food coupons for
animals and sent them to the
Animal Life organization;
1). Took part in Nassau
County's Emergency Food
Drive; and
11. Marched in the Memorial
Day Parade in Bethpage.
The organization has agreed to
help the Rotary Club, where
needed, in the ceremony to
present Grumman's LEM
Module monument to Bethpage in
July.
Cash disbursements will be
given, during the coming year, to
the Village of Bethpage for wire
trash baskets to be placed on
Broadway; to the Winter
Olympics; to the Police Boys
Club; to "People," to the Guide
Dog Foundation; to the Pre­schoolers'
Workshop; to the
School Service Fund; and to the
Bethpage Volunteer Fire
Department.
A $300 scholarship award will
also be given to a Bethpage High
School student, plus a donation to
the school service fund.
In addition, two pool passes will
be given to two Bethpage
families.
The members consider the past
club year to have been successful
and thank all those responsible
for making the success possible.
Top Cop Retires Would Require
After 42 Years r
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Certain Streets
CHIEF HAROLD LOONEY
On June 15, 1979 after com­pleting
a forty-two year career in
Law Enforcement, forty of which
were in the Nassau County Police
Department, Chief of Patrol
Harold E. Looney the last of six
brothers who entered the Police
service in the thirties will retire.
Looney a lifelong resident of
Bethpage, graduated from
Hicksville High School in 1932'
with the distinct honor of being
inducted into the National Honor
Society. Eager to enhance his
academic skills, Chief Looney
entered St. John's College,
Brooklyn, from which he
graduated on June3,1939.
Shortly thereafter his law
enforcement career began with
his appointment to the New York
State Police in 1937. Here again
he excelled finishing second in his
class only surpassed by Michael
J. Murphy, former Police
Commissioner, New York City.
He entered Nassau County
Seek Aid of Teams
Softball teams across Long
Island are urged to "pitch in"
and help in the March of Dimes
fight against birth defects and
join the exciting 6th Annual John
K. Wichert Memorial Softball
Tournament. Sponsored by the
Long Island March of Dimes, in
conjunction with the Islip Sunday
Softball League, the tourney will
take place at the East Islip
Marina on Saturday, August 4th
and Sunday, August5th.
The event, a single elimination
Police Department on April 1,
1939 where he distinguished
himself in the uniform patrol
force having served in precincts
throughout the county and finally
as the Chief of Patrol where he
commands over 3,000 police
personnel. Early in" his career
Chief Looney was the recipient of
the Calderone Medal for Valor.
Looney has veen a member of
the Bethpage Fire Department
since 1935 having served as its
Chief in 1952 and 1953. He is also
former President of the Bethpage
Fire Department Volunteer and
Exempt Association.
He and his wife Edna, the
parents of Harold, James and
Carol Ann and six grandchildren,
plan to spend the winter months
in Florida while maintaining a
home in Bethpage.
A dinner in his honor will be
held on June 21, 1979 at the
Milleridge Cottage, Jericho, New
York.
for March of Dimes
tournament, is open to any and
all softball teams who compete
under ASA rules. As an entry fee
donation, participating teams are
required to sell $200 worth of
raffle tickets.
mnjoy some spirited com­petition
on the field and help
"strike out" our nation's No. 1
child health problem. Get your
team involved TODAY. To sign
up or for further information, call
Scott at (516) 433-7000.
Few think of snow in June, but
legislation introduced by
Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli
(D-lOth-Old Bethpage), passed
by the legislature and now on the
Governor's desk would help to
reduce the tempers of motorists
during future snow emergencies.
The bill would forbid motor
vehicles without snow tires or tire
chains to travel on designated
routes during snow emergencies.
The need for this legislation
was underscored at a meeting
convened by the Assemblyman at
the end of last year in Hauppauge
to which officials of the State
Department of Transportation
were summoned for the express
purpose of detailing their plans
for dealing with road conditions
during snow emergencies.
Assemblyman Yevoli stated at
that time, "We can no longer
tolerate the condition that existed
on the Long Island Expressway
and other state highways during
the snowstorms earlier this year.
Motorists must be assured of the
fact that snow routes are
properly marked, are accessible
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Local Lawyer
Succumbs at 62
..-Robert Glasser Sr., 62, an at­torney
in Bethpage for 30 years,
died Saturday at his home in
Lloyd Harbor.
Glasser, who had served for
several years as an Oyster Bay
town attorney in the late 1950s,
was a real estate and tax lawyer
until the time of his death.
He was a Nassau County
Republican committeeman and a
past president of the Kiwanis
Club of Nassau County.
Glasser was born in Brooklyn
on July 11, 1916. He was
graduated from Fordham
University and Fordham Law-
School before setting up a law
practice in Bethpage. Glasser
worked in the Pentagon during
World War II.
He is survived by his wife,
Rita; two sons, Robert Jr. of Cold
Spring Hills and Mark of Beth­page;
three daughters, Jean of
Great Neck, Dorothy of Miami
and Renee of Bethpage; two
brothers, Frank of Massapequa
and Tom of Troy; and three
siisters, Sister Mary Loretta. a
nun at Holy Family School in
Huntington, Alice Brennan of
Elmhurst and Madeline Koenig
of Highland, tod,
Services *:4S AM Wednesday
at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church, Huntington; burial at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Huntington.