Bethpage-Tribune_1985-09-26

              BETHBiGE
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VOL. 20 NO. 25
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Sa/ute To The
The men and women of the New York Army National
Guard \vho volunteer their time to protect our country in
times of crisis, will be honored in a superlative show of
appreciation as "A Salute to Citizen Soldier's Day" gets
underway October 5, from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., at Eisen­hower
Park, East Meadow, Parking Field #6.
The extravaganza is being sponsored by the 242nd Signal
Battalion, New York Army National Guard, (NYARNG),
With Robert R. Rose, Commanding Officer.
Commanding Officer Rose and his committee led by
Colonel William Sims, Public Affairs Officer, 1st Brigade,
New York State Guard, has planned a dazzling honorarium
for these "Weekend Warriors."
A procession of colorguards, composed of members from
the military, police, civic and fraternal.organizations, will
open the ceremonies to a day augmented by an array of
colonial attired militiamen from the Delancy Brigade, some
on horseback, re-enacting a battle from the American Revo­lutionary
War.
The 1st Marine Battalion which is stationed in Garden
Ciiyvwill demonstrate modern military maneuvers and the
PcalgtJTipier Band^v^n^^e^nchant "^ "
uplifting sound.
Tiie festivities will be punctuated by a display of heavy
equipment including tanks, artillery and helicopters.
Theseselfless volunteers will also be honored by ashow of
support from civic and fraternal organizations including the
Knights of Columbus, the Jewish War Veterans, the Ameri­can
;Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Boy and
GirhScouts of Long Island.
Few people know that the militia or National Guard as it
ik known today, had its origins in the 1600's when New York
was known as New Amsterdam. At that time the militiamen
were called "Gentlemen at Arms." The famous and victor­ious
"Minutemen" were also part of the militia and, as
history tells us, were almost instrumental in the victory over
the,British during the American Revolutionary War.
Today Nve can count on better trained and better organ­ized
"militiamen", than those of our predecessors. Although
their uniforms look different, their motivation remains iden­tical.
To provide a citizen army, who, at a moments notice
will be available to assist in local, statewide or national
crisis. This honorarium is a thank-you to these men and
women.
Dutch Officials
To Visit Oyster 6ay
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Colby (right) discusses
plans for an upcoming visit by officials from the Dutch
province of Zeeland with Miss Dorothy H. McGee, Town
Historian and Chairman of the Town*s Bicentennial Histor­ical
Commislion, and John Gable, director of the Theodore
Roosevelt Association. The Dutch delegation, who will be
visiting on Monday, September 30|y
Public Budget
Meeting
County Executive
Francis T. Piircell will
throw open the doors
on Thursday, Oct. 3, to
invite the public to tell
him personally what
they think about the
1986 county budget. -
The public jjudget
meeting will be held in
two sessions — from 2
PM to 4 PM, and an
evening session from
7:30 PM to 9 PM. The
meetings will be held in
the board of supervi­sors
meeting room on
the fifth floor of the
X^ounty dEj^gciitiiVe:^
Building, 1 West St!;
Mineola.
"I tntend to listen,"
Purcell said. "I want to
hear what people have
to say about the budget
and about what they
think the county
should be doing in
1986."
Purcell said he
wanted to give the pub­lic
a chance to be heard
before he finalizes his
proposed 1986 budget
and submits it to the
board of supervisors.
By law, Purcell must
present his budget to
the board by Nov. 12.
The board must hold a
public hearing and
adopt a budget by Dec.
16.
Ifs Kickaff Time Again
Oyster Bay Town Councilinan Douglas J. Hines (second from left rear) joins
members of the Bethpage Association of Midget Football for their annual
Kick-off Parade. Also on hand were State Assembly Fred Parola (right),
director of cheerleaders Dee Agrilk). (left), cheedeader Melissa ;,MelejrKde3^-
player Chris Meeham and Association vice president Jim Gallagher.
Oyster Bay Town Councilman Kenneth S. Diamond (standing center) was on
hand to wish the Plainedge Football Association a winning season at opening
day ceremonies. All suitedup and ready to play are Keith Donohue (#42) and
Rob Dulberg of North Massapequa with Melissa Russo (left) and Gina Falco,.
both of North Massapequa, set to cheer him on. Also present for opening day
festivities were Plainedge Football president Frank Nocerino (left) of North
Massapequa and commissioner of coaches Dick Stephens of Farmingdale.
Ot'ficials of the Province of Zeeland, the ancestral home of
the Roosevehs in the Netherlands, accompanied'by officers
ot; the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Foundation,
and the Dutch Consul General, CJ.M. Kramers, will be
welcomed in Oyster Bay, Monday, Sept. 30, by Town of
Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Colby, other officials qf the
Town of Oyster Bay, and the Theodore Roosevelt
Association.
The Dutch delegation, led by Dr. Cornelius Boertien,
Queen's Commissioner of the Province of Zeeland, and
Hugo Scheltema, former Dutch Ambassador to the UN, is
in the United States to visit Hyde Park, home of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Oyster Bay, home of President
Theodore Roosevelt, in connection with, the establishment
of a "Roosevelt Study Center" in Middleburg, capital of
Zeeland.
The Dutch visitors will arrive in Oyster Bay by train from
New York City at about 10:30 AM on Sept. 30. They will be
met at the station by the HofStra University Dutch Burgher
Color Guard, a ROTC unit commanded by Major Michael
F. Maher^ and by Dr. John A. Gable, the Executive Director
of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, which is a national
historical society headquartered in Oyster Bay. Preceded by
the Hofstra Burgher Guard, dressed in the seventeenth-century
uniforms of the Dutch Colony of the New Nether­lands,
the visitors will proceed to the Derby-Hall Memorial
Bandstand in front of Town Hall, and be greeted by Super­visor
Joseph Colby and other Oyster Bay officials. The
45-piece Hofstra Wind Ensemble Band, directed by Profes­sor
Raymond Vun Kannon, will then play the Dutch and
U.S. national anthems. Supervisor Colby will read a proc­lamation
from TOB setting aside Sept. 30 as "Zeeland Day"
in Oyster Bay, and remarks will be delivered by Commis­sioner
Boertien and former Anibassador William J. vanden
Heuvel. President oj the FDR Four Freedoms Foundation.
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