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Old Bethpage Village Gift
Shop Ready For Christmas
A New Twist In Plainedge
Educating The Parents - For A Change
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Pretty Chris Werner of„Ptajnyifiwi iUppfcay8 some of the unique
••Antiques ta But-n" crtndles which aire currently available as the'
Friendsi'of the Nassau County Museum Gift Shop, located at the Old
Bethpage village restoration: Behind the 22 - year - old gift shop
manager's assistant are other sale items,, including antique glass
and tree decorations. The shop is open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM and
is operated by the non - profit Friends organization.
A holiday gift - land of at­tractively
- priced antiques and
Early American reproductions
fills the Friends of the Nassau
County Museum's Gift Shop at
the Old Bethpage village
restoration.
The shop, operated by the non -
profit Friends organization, has
become a favorite and off - the -
beaten -path spot for holiday gift
shoppers and includes a wide -
range JI items, everything from
authentic antiques to
reproduction pottery, glassware,
quilts and cookie cutters.
Of special interest this season
is an unusual selection of colorful
and decorative candles. Called
"Antiques to Burn," these hand -
crafted Kinzie. Candles recreate
antique pattern glass pieces of all
descriptions and sizes and are
priced from $1 to $7.75.
For those seeking the real
tiring, the shop has a large stock
of originai antique pattern and
pressed glass dating from 1860 to
1890. Obtained from a large
antique glass collection, the
pieces include a small, snow -
flake design pitcher for $12 and a
small, footed bowl in panel thistle
design for $22. One - of - a - kind
dishes, goblets and relish dishes
are also available and are priced
from $6.50 and up.
Visitors to the Gift Shop, which
is (located within the village's
Reception Center off Round
Swamp Road, near Exit 39 of the
Northern State Parkway and
Exit 48 of the Long Island Ex­pressway,
will find a pleasing
,and colorful Christmas display
featuring a hand - made star -
pattern quilt of red, blue, green,
yellow and white color. A full line
of quilts, from $75 and up, is also
available at the shop, which is
open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM.
Antique collectors will find a
wide - selection of items to choose
from in the shop's Country Store
section, where dolls, cooking
utensils, toys, prints, tools and
other collectables await Santa's
delivery. A selection of reference
books on collecting isi also on
hand, and would add to the
completion of any home library.
The reproduction section of the
shop includes Imperial Glass
Early American crystal pieces
including water pitchers, cake
plates, relish dishes and serving
plates, priced from $3.75 to $8.
Caramel slag pieces, such as
sugar and creamer sets,
miniature pitchers and bon bort
baskets range from $2.f>0 to $6.50,
while blue - designed Yorktown
Stoneware Pottery, including
jugs, salt boxes and crocks are
priced from $3 and up* The shop
also features a wide - assortment
of colorful Kanawa Glass pieces
at $2 each.
Springerle cookie (holds are,
sure to please the bailers in the
home, and are available from
$2.25 to $8.50. Early] American
reproduction cookie cutters and
molds, depicting jphristmas
trees, deer and oth^r holiday
designs, can be purchased for as
little as fifty - cents ejach.
Special Old Bethpage village
restoration Christmjjas cards,
featuring a view of the Manetto
Hill Methodist Churcj?, are also
available at the shop in a choice
of greetings and are priced at
$6.25 for a box of twenty - five.
BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Itunfed 1827
OBSERVING l U t U l l i
THE
by
Richard Wood
The role of the modern
parent in the educational
process was discussed at
the November 28th
meeting of the Plainedge
Board of Education.
One of the larger
audiences of the 1973-74
school year heard six
enthusiastic Plainedge
school principals discuss
the significance of the
parental role in primary
and secondary education.
' 'The role of the parent is
most influential," said
Mrs; Eleanor Newark,
principal of Plainedge's
Eastpiain School.
It is most important,
said Mrs. Newark, that the
parent "get the child to
explore,, probe and
compare . . . . parents can
help their cn i l d r e n bv
capitalizing on ex­periences
through en­couragement
of perception
and expression."
Dr. Gerald Greenberg,
principal of Plainedge's
Northedge School, asked
the rhetorical question:
"Why should I (the
parent) become involved
in the education of my
child, don't we pay
teachers for that sort of
thing?"
«!—AJIS wiring.. ~-his. ,,owft
question, Dr. Greenberg
said "there has to exist a
marriage between the
home and the school, a
kind of reciprocal
feeling."
Mr. Roy Schoenberg,
principal of the John H.
West School, concentrated
on the function and im­portance
of iiomework.
"The purpose of
homework," said Mr.
Schoenberg, "is to rein­force
skills, to foster in­dependent
study, to
provide a background for
classroom learning, and to
create a sense of
responsibility."
He- emphasized the
quality of time spent with
children over the quantity,
of such time. "Five
genuine niinutes spent
with a child," said
Schoenberg, ~w*s—worths
much more than many
u n i n s p i r i n g , empty
hours/'
Mr. Albert L.ind, prin­cipal
of the Southedge
Junior High School, added
mat the "parental role i s a
supportive one . . . . a
parent tries to understand.
arid work with the child."
Mr. Lind emphasized the
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° }H0VEMBER, J973
Library News Reviewed
See Pages 6 and 7
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Herman Slavin- Deceased
On Thursday, November
29, 1973 Mr. Herman
Slavin, President of the
Bethpage Board of
Education, met with an
untimely and sudden death
due to a heart attack.
It would take pages to
detail the numerou.s
organizations a~nd ac­tivities
that Mr. Slavin was
directly involved with over
the years. But more
m e a n i n g f u l than
organizations and ac­tivities
was what Mr.
Slavin brought into them ~
an intelligence, an in­tegrity
and honest
dedication, to change that
which was mediocre to
that which was meaningful
and constructive. Herman
Slavin was a man who was
not a conformist but rather
a free spirit constantly
challenging the structure
to improve and strengthen
it. Many did not agree with
him, but all had to respect
his high ideate.
The Bethpage com­munity
has lost a vital
stabilizer, a man who
lived, "with honor in this
world and was in reality
what he appeared to be".
yNP*"
Mr. Slavin has spent the
last 2V2 years as a highly
controversial figure on the
Board of Education.
Strong in his convictions,
Mr. Slavin pursued a
course that would benefit
the entire community
rather than small
segments of the com­munity.
Mr. Slavin's life
reflected that "the most
glorious moments in ones
life are not the so-called
days of success but rather
those days when out of
dejection and despair you
feel rise in you a challenge'
to life and the promise of
future accomplishments".
Mr. Slavin is survived by
his wife Mary, two sons
Gary and Charles and a
brother Benjamin.
The Herman Slavin
Memorial Continuing
Scholarship Fund is now
being established. Anyone
wishing to make a
donation in Mr. Slavin's
memory may send it to
Mrs. Elizabeth Regan,
Bethpage High School
Administration Building,
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