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VOL. 7 NO. 2 Thursday, November 23, 1972 10 cents par copy
Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso helps display
collection of emblems of some of the Explorer posts
sponsored in Nassau County. With him is Anton J.
Kaiser of Bethpage, vice president for Exploring
Division, Nassau Boy Scout Council, who met with
Caso to discuss possible sponsorship of more Explorer
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government. At present, the Nassau Police Depart­ment
sponsors 10 Explorer posts, the Parks Depart-ment
sponsors five, and the Nassau Medical'Center
sponsors one post. The latter post was represented by
Jordan Tannenbaum (left) and Tina Gross, both of
Levittown.
Diocesan Hardee's Gets Off to a Good Start
'Ombudsman' To
Aid Handicapped
The blind, the deaf, the man-tally
retarded and all han­dicapped
people in the Diocese of
Rockville Centre now have an
"ombudsman" in their corner.
The - "ombudsman" is a
committee, set up this past
month, of 19 professional people
devoted to the religious education
of these special people
throughout the diocese.
* Called (ho "Commitfee of
Special Education Personnel,"
this advocate-group for the
handicapped was brought
together by Sister Grace Har­ding,
diocesan coordinator of
special religious education, with
the support of the Rev. Frederick
F. Schaefer, diocesan director of
religious education.
"A lot of work has been done in
the diocese in the past. AWe have
special education programs now
in more than 70 parishes;
"But," said Sister Grace,
"little has been done to bring
professionals working with
special groups, like the mentally
retarded, the blind and the deaf,
together with religious education
people. And thus there has been
little in-depth research into the
work that's really going on. We
don't have a complete and total
picture of the scope of services
available to the handicapped in
our diocese."
Assemblyman Elect Stuart Levine of the 10th A.D.
congratulates Raymond Fur*e, manager of the new
Hardee's Hamburger store Which opened rprftntly in
Bethpage.
Photo by Jerry Augusta
An outstanding athlete from each of 60 Nassau County senior high
school football teams is being recognized and honored weekly by
NationalI Bank of North America at 34 of its 45 Nassau branches in
the bank's Outstanding Athlete Award Program. . '
Initated this year by the bank to encourage skill and sport­smanship
among high school athletes, the p r o g X ^ E
outstanding individual performances in weekly football competition
The Monday after a weekend game, the head football coach of each
team notifies his local NBNA branch of his selec ban«forth* week s
Outstanding Athlete Award. Following that, the local, branch
manager presents an engraved plaque to the winning gayer"
players in his community. Because there are more high schools in
Nassau than NBNA branches, some offices recognize two or three
^ a f i t t o n * toe' manager posts the names of local Outstanding
AthlerAward winners on high school football schedules displayed
prominently in the lobby of Ms branch. Players are eligible to
receive this award once during the regular season.
The program, an expression of National Bank of North Americais
conUnKinterest in toe youth of toe community, will run through
Z endI of the high school football season, togudjgjh^and
championship games. It is expected some 500 athletes will oe
S B a£d honored by toe bank throughout tte^^aam
Shown here with William Exposito manager of the Levittown
branch and^President of toe Chamber of Commerce is athlete
Jack Evers who plays for the Island Trees team.
Butterbean Corporation, the
owner of the franchise rights for
Ha r d e e s Hamburger
Restaurants on Long Island,
opened its fifth store recently on
the corner of Stewart Avenue and
Hempstead Turnpike in
Bethpage.
The company, which is one of
Long Island's fastest growing
restaurant chains, owes its
phenomenal success to its em-
_ phasis on cleanliness, product
SHARING <*ualityand fast service- But-
^ ~ terbean Corporation sets high
standards for its stores. All stores
must remain clean inside and out
and their aesthetic appeal make
them a credit to the community.
All products served are of toe
highest quality. All employees
;3rjJis^^sibi«Jto^toe*ule «SI you
wouldn't eat it, don't serve it!"
Hardee's features a full menu
of hamburger sandwiches cooked
over their unique charcoal grills
giving them that "backyard"
flavor. Items on the menu include
the Deluxe Huskee (a lA pound
hamburger with fresh lettuce,
cheese, mayonaise, pickle,
tomato and ketchup), the Huskee
Jr. (two hamburgers with fresh
lettuce, cheese and a special
Huskee sauce), hamburger,
cheeseburger, fish sandwich,
Sister Grace went on: "We felt
a greater service could be given
to all the handicapped in our
parishes if those of us in special
education get together to share
our experience and
professionalism." =rr=r=—s^
""-UrmajW goat or Ifie" special
committee will be "dto develop
an awareness of the needs of the
handicapped."
"To do this, one of our first
actions was to set up a speakers'
bureau. We'll go anywhere we're
invited to talk about the han­dicapped
and special religious
education to carry out our goal,"
Sister Grace emphasized.
THINK TANK
Decisions coming from a
'think-tank' meeting of the new
committee held earlier this
month included plans to hold a
diocesan-wide workshop in
Bebruary for teachers, parents,
and teenage catechists; to
publish a monthly news-letter for
special education personnel in
both Nassau and Suffolk Coun­ties;
and to run "special days"
for parents andnchildren.
. Sister Grace had toe highest
praise for teen-agers who faith­fully
devote much time in
'volunteer • work for the tuuv
dicapped.
"I'm sure there are now about
1,400 teen-agers in our diocese.
chili dog, french fries, apple
turnovers, thick shakes and a full
ine of hot and cold beverages.
On opening day, Wednesday,
October 18, the staff of 30
cashiers and grillmen and a
management team of 7 awaited
the first customers. Allen Bern­stein,
Corporate President, and
Ronald Kirshy, Director of
Operations, greeted the
customers as they flowed through
the doors on opening day. The
management team of Raymond
Furze of Bethpage, Thomas
Musker of Hauppauge and Sal
Maida of Selden supervised toe
preparation and sale of food and
beverages as thousands of
sandwiches and drinks were
served to people of all walks of
The customers were thrilled by
the taste of the food as they sat in
the lavishly decorated dining
room with facilities for 84 people.
Such comments as "delicious",
"beautiful"* "superb", "un­believable",
"spotless", "fast",
"perfect", "the best" and
"nothing like it" came from
mothers, fathers, children,
students, laborers and
businessmen when they were
asked for their opinion.
So, "come on down to Hardees"
and see for yourself!
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offering their time, help, and
firendship - with love and
patience - to handicapped
children. We couldn't run our
program without ' the teen­agers,"
she added.
The committee members in­clude
Sisters who have begun
parish special religious education
programs; representatives from
the Cleary School, and St. Ber­nard's
School, which serve the
, deaf and the blind; represen-tatives
from Maryhaven, a
residential school for exceptional
children; and from Catholic
Charities and the Suffolk State
School. •
Bethpage Colonials
On Wednesday evening,
November 22 the Bethpage
Colonial Fife and Drum Corp will
welcome Santa Claus at toe
traditional Thanksgiving Eve
Parade at New Rochelle and
officially open the Holiday
Season. The Corp will also per­form
on Saturday, November 25
at toe dedication of a Historical
Home at Oyster Bay.
The Colonials *• who have
traveled to the historical and
major areas in the United States
and have won many titles and
awards