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VOL. 6 No. 48 Thursday, October 5, 1972 10c per copy
Island Trees Student Among Nassau Press Association Scholars
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Anne Giblin
The Nassau County
Press Association, which
represents 51 weekly
newspapers, will award
four scholarships at their
annual Grass Roots Award
mnner7'"dance to be held
on Sunday, October 22 at
the Holiday Inn in Hemp­stead.
The students
receiving the scholarships;
Patricia McCarthy Kenneth Sankin
are Joanne Aarseth of
Malverne, Anne Giblin of
Westbury, Patricia Mc­Carthy
of Freeport and
Kenneth Sankin of
Levi ttown i r-v The scholar­ships
were awarded on the
basis of the best essays on
journalism submitted by
students in their senior
year of high school..
Thomas Cullem of the
Bethpage Tribune' was
Chairman of the
Scholarship Committee.
The Grass Roots Award
for 1972 will be presented
to the Honorable Francis
T. Purcell, Presiding
Supervisor of the Town of
Hempstead and A. Holly
Patterson will receive the
1971 Grass Roots Award.
The two awards will be
presented by the
Honorable Joseph M.
Margiotta, Assemblyman
trom trie I2tn AU>
N a s s a u County
Executive Ralph G. Caso
Will install the officers of
the Association for the new
year.
Joanne Aarseth
F l o r e n c e Cullem,
Publisher of the Bethpage
Tribune is on the Dinner
Committee and will be
installed as a Director of
has served Qi$s year as
vice - president. Reser­vations
for tickets may be
made by calling WE 8-
0626.
Bethpage Parent Group Aims
To Communicate With Kids
Medicine Show Highlights Country Fair
A group of concerned
Bethpage adults has put in
motion a renewed effort to
establish a successful
communications program
between the community's
youths and those over age
21. The aim of the new
program will be to
establish positive working
programs between adults
and teen - agers without
the prior handicap of
making such efforts drug -
involved.
The spokesman for the
group, Mrs. Gene Maz-zara,
interim president of
the group once known as
BAD.A. (Bethpage
Against Drug Abuse),
emphasized that while
some of those interested
may come from the canks
of BAD A, the reorganized
program calls for total
community involvement.
Stated Mrs. Mazzara: "We
want to remove any of the
past stigma from these
new programs and we are
' emphasizing the positive -
real communication, and
trying to minimize the
drug - connected activities
of the group. We want to
discourage from the outset
any attempts to make our
facilities and our
programs another teen
hangout."
It was revealed that the
new group, which has no
formal name at present, is
prepared to hire trained
personnel for counselling
and referral services in
both the drug and alcohol
areas.
The reorganization
meeting is set for Thur­sday,
October 12 at 8 P.M.
in the Faculty Room of the
Bethpage Senior High
School. An open invitation
to representatives from
other community groups
as well as the general
public is included in the
meeting announcement.
Concluded Mrs. Mazzara:
"You might say this is a
second ehanee* for Beth­page
to field a responsible
program in this area.
We're hoping for real
response and if it doesn't
come; we'll" "Shelve this
concept permanently."
Opening day at the Long Island
Fair, Friday, October 6, will
feature demonstrations in fish
net making, medicine man show,
a Punch and Judy type puppet
show and an old fashioned banjo
concert. The fair will be held at
the Old Bethpage village
restoration. -M
The net making demon-^
strations will take place
throughout the day at the
recently opened Conklin House
which was originally owned by a
fisherman. The medicine man
will be joined by an acrobat and
juggler and they will extoll the
virtues of patent medicine at
various village locations.
The banjo concert will be
performed by the Long Island
Banjo Soeiety at" 4 p.m. and
puppet shows will occur at 11:45
a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
According to Recreation and
Parks Commission Richard A.
Fitch, "Friday is an ideal day to
visit the fair. The displays of
foodstuffs, sewing and other
skills along with livestock and the
special events have been
scheduled on that day so that.
residents may have the op­portunity
to enjoy the .fair in a
relaxed atmosphere."
The Old Bethpage village
restoration is located off Round
Swamp Road in Old Bethpage.
Entrance fees of $1.50 for adults
and $.75 for children include
admission to the fair.
Professional comedian Buck Williams, who will
portray an old fashioned medicine man during the
Long Island Fair, displays one of the patent medicines
thought to cure everything from acne to lumbago in the
1850's.
Women's Club Sponsors
Security Program
October is "Cerebral
Palsy Campaign Month."
To join your local CP
Auxiliary, call 931-2452
or 731-7624 now!
On Oct. 2, the Woman's Club of
Bethpage initiated a new
community project 'Operation
Identification', a program
considered a deterrent to
potential house burglars, and an
aide in the recovery of stolen
property.
Thru the cooperation of the
Bethpage Public Library,
residents of Bethpage will be able
to avail themselves, free of
charge, of the opportunity to
mark their portable items of
value for ready identification by
law enforcement agencies.
Electric engravers, suitable for
use on plastic and metal sur­faces,
have been purchased by
the Woman's Club of Bethpage
and will be available on a loan
basis at the Circulation Desk of
the Bethpage Library during,
regular library hours.
Adult residents may borrow
these special engraving tools for
a 48 hour period to etch iden­tifying
numbers, telephone
number - social security number •
driver's license number, on tools,
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