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VOL. 7 No. 38 Thursday, August 9, 1973
10 cents per copy
Illegal
Garbage Dumpers
RECORD-BREAKING COLLECTION-Raymond Urtnowski of
Bethpage was one of 35 donors of scrap aluminum who broke all
records for collection in Nassau in one day-2455 pounds of aluminum
headed for recycling. Reynolds Metals Company is sponsoring
recycling drive with a mobile unit scheduled to visit Mid-bland
Plaza again on Friday, August 10. All donors will be paid 10 cents a
pound for clean, used aluminum cans, snap tops and frozen dinner
8*1,125,000 For Park
Congressmen Angelo Roncallo
and Norman Lent have advised
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke that the Federal
government has approved a
grant of $1,125,000 to assist the
Town in its efforts to acquire the
12l-acre Bruce Estate m
Woodbury.
Burke, in expressing his delight
at news of the grant, Which is the
largest ever receivedl by the
Town from the Federal^govern-ment,
said, "the/pieces are
falling together now. The County
has moved ahead in its plans to
acquire StiUwell Woods, which
gives us a greenbelt in the center
of Oyster Bay Town."
Burke publicly announced his
intention to act to preserve the
Bruce Estate shortly before the
Town filed an application with
the Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, in
June of 1972.
The grant is for funds to match
the Town's cost in acquiring the
property which has been
estimated at $2,250,000. the
Bruce Estate (Ailsa Mellon
Bruce) borders on Jericho Tpke.
with Southwoods Road as its
easterly boundary. The property
of gently, rolling hills, is 40 per
cent wooded, contains two ponds
and has a large mansion that
remains in excellent condition.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke announced last
week, Friday, August 3,1973, that
the' Town has suspended a
dumping permit issued to
Jamaica Ash and Rubbish
Removal and warned a number
of other firms that the Town will
uot' tolerate any dumping in the
Old Bethpage landfill of any
wastes collected outside the
confines of the Town.
Burke said that Town per­sonnel,
including members of his"
staff, under the supervision of
David Mafrici, Director of the
Town's Division of En­vironmental
Control,-have been
conducting an examination of the
debris being dumped at the
landfill site iu recent weeks.
."•,.-.> "The- .eyicjeupe gathered
clearly indicates Jamaica Ash
has been a violator of the
regulations that go along with the
permit," Burke said. "We have
also uncovered evidence,
although to a lesser degree, that
five other firms may also have
dumped illegally." The other
firms are V & J, New Hyde Park;
A & M, Deer Park; Island Car­ting,
Smithtowu; , Associated
Waste Disposal, North Bellmore
and Mets Roll-Off, Old Bethpage.
town Clerk Ann Ocker issued a
letter of warning to these firms
and the other firms licensed to
utilize the Oyster Bay landfill
facility advising them that the
Town will deal harshly with
violators.
Burke said the information
ILLEGAL DUMPING: David Mafrici (right), Director of the Town
of. Oyster Bay Environmental Control Division, shows Town
Supervisor John W. Burke (left) a sample of garbage proving the
fact that several private carting companies have been dumping
illegally at the Town's landfill at Old Bethpage. Robert Andruzzi, of
Plain view, Director of Governmental Research, who helped track
down the source of the contraband garbage, looks on. As a result of
the findings, Burke directed Town Clerk Ann R. Ocker to suspend the
dumping permit for the Jamaica Ash and Rubbish Removal Com­pany.
He also issued stern warnings to other violators. To gather the
evidence, employees from Burke's office and the Division of En­vironmental
Control waded into the garbage at the landfill site after
the trucks dumped and sifted through the material.
gathered was obtained during
part of a broad study of landfill
practice and dumping
procedures, and reflects the
continuation of concern on the
part of the Burke administration
to economize on the use of the
limited amount of space
available to the Town for
sanitary landfill purposes.
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Bethpage Will Have Luxury Tennis Club
An ambitious program to build
and open some 30 to 50 luxury
tennis clubs on a national scale
within two years has been
launched by Tennis Time
Associates, with the first three
scheduled for October 1 openings
on New York's Long Island.
The three clubs now under
construction in Lynbrook, Beth­page
and West Amityville will set
the style for those to follow -
"plush and lush, with the very
best features available," ac­cording
to Milton Geller who,
with his brother Philip, are
principals of Tennis Time
Associates along with Great
Universal Development Co., Inc.
Each 5-to^7 court facility will cost
around $750,000 and "will be
programmed to | ; be new
tomorrow."
This programming, said
Geller, includes "controlled
surface" courts of Elastaturf
from Borden Chemical U> be
installed at each club by Royal
Athletic Surfacing Co., Inc.,
Westbury, N.Y. "This poured
synthetic surface assures quick
movement, good play and true
bounce. It's recommended by
ranking pros and amateurs alike
lor a championship-calibre court
meeting U.S.L.T.A. regulations.
"hi addition," he said, "the
finest glare-free lighting is being
installed to simulate actual
daylight year round," Each club
will be housed iu an all-masonry
building in contrast to the
modular approach.
Other features cited by Geller
are six full-time resident' pros for
each club, a lounge overlooking
the courts, clinics for youngsters,
a fully equipped pro-shop, and
importantly, in his view, the
encouragement of a genuine
social atmosphere-eventually to
include travel and such. A unique
plan is also being worked out for
inter-club competitions, Geller
reported, _ •"' -':".•'•'. ,'J1.' .' '._
The Geller Company has had
many years experience in the
real estate, construction -and
leisure industry fields, and
gained world-wide attention with
the sale of its Lincoln Square
Motor .Inn in New YorkCity to the
Peoples Republic of China in
March of 1972.
CONTROLLED SURFACE of Borden Chemical's Elastaturf is an
important feature of $750,000 tenuis clubs now under construction by
Tennis Time Associates aime at making them "new tomorrow." This
architects rendering of the club in Lynbrook, as the Long Island
community is called, shows the all-masonry construction, another
feature designed to make showcase facilities of the 30-50 clubs
projected over the next two years.