Observer_1983-07-07; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. X V I . NO. 35 EAST ROCK A W A Y , NEW Y O R K 11518. T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 7, 1983 .15^ PER COPY
Attending the recent St. Anthony's Feast in Greis Veterans Memorial Park, Lynbrook were (l-r) Lyn-brook
Village Trustee Eugene Scarpato, Festival Director Leo Carucci, Nat Tedone, 5 th CD Congressman
Raymond McGrath, Judge Frank Gulotta, Town of Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Guiotta,
Honorary Patrons Mary and Michael LaRocca, Lynbrook Mayor William Geier, Commander Edmund
Njgri, and Vincent Petraro of East Rockaway.
RVC CELEBRATES WITH
FAIR, CONCERT AND
FIREWORKS
On Sunday, July 10th, the
Village of Rockville Centre has
planned a day-long celebration
t o mark the 90th Anniversary
of its incorporation as a Village.
The gala will begin with a
country fair scheduled from 1 to
6:30 p.m. A concert and fire-works
will follow the fair. All
events will take place in the
Village's Mill River Park com-plex.
The fair will include rides,
games, food, beverages and craft
items. Cotton candy, pony rides,
pizza, a space walk and ice
cream are just some of the after-noon's
attractions. Many RVC
organizations, clubs, churches
and synagogues are participating
and each will have a booth.
Other highlights include a baby
parade, a three mile run for fun,
and many family-fun competi-tions.
A 6:30 p.m., Village officials
will greet many dignitaries from
state, county, town and local
governments and distinguished
guests in brief ceremonies ack-nowledging
the 90th Anniver-sary
of Incorporation. On July
15, 1893, residents of the area
approved incorporation of Rock-ville
Centre as a Village by 60
votes. A total of 219 votes
were cast.
The concert will be given
from 7 to 9 p.m. by the Chest-nut
Brass Company, a vibrant
young group with a repertoire
ranging from traditional music
for brass instruments to jazz,
rag, popular songs and movie
themes.
The day will be topped off by
a fireworks display that will
begin immediately after the
concert. The day-long celebra-tion
promises to be a great time
for all. A rain-date has been
planned for July 17th.
JOEY CRAWFORD FUND
Joey Crawford was killed in a
fire on Saturday morning, June
25th.
Many in East Rockaway
knew and loved Joey so, to help
the family with the financial
obligation that occurred with
Joey's funeral and also his
father's funeral, we appealed to
the people of East Rockaway
and all of Joey's friends have
been helping us.
After the obligations are met,
with any monies left over, a
Football Scholarship in Joey's
name wUl be established at East
Rockaway High School.
If anyone would like to
donate to the fund, please to
send Jean or Ed Manone, 18
Alice Court, E.R. (599-0906)
or Dottie Clarelli, 13 Adams St.,
E.R. (599-6528).
We would like to sincerely
thank Mel Weitz, the Costellos,
Wissels, Akrongolds, Morrisons,
Kellys, LaChianas, Carrigans,
Celebertis, Chamroffs, Humes,
DeMasis, Eckhardts, Racioppis,
Goodspeeds, Perris, Clarellis,
Manones, Wilcoxs, Manupellis,
Carbones, Carires, Cameys,
Mahalichs, Buchholzs, Harris,
Perdicares, Frangellos, Lewis,"
Furciatas, Dewsa, Murphy s,
Hats, Mary White, Brennans,
and Slaters.
We will keep you posted
through the Observer on what is
happening. Joey will always be
here in East Rockaway.
(DOTTIE CLARELLI)
i M S P L A y
Y O U R FCAQ
Village Board Reports
East Rockaway Lynbrook
JULY
AT THE
GRIST MILL
Military uniforms and a
collection of articles that m i ^ t
have been found in grandma's
kitchen are features of the July
exhibits in the Grist Mill
Museum in East Rockaway.
Uniforms include a navy over-coat
worn in the Spanish Ameri-can
War by Del Denton and pre-sented
to the Museum by his
daughter, Charlotte Denton,
which will be shown along with
a full army uniform with other
accessories that belonged to
Capt. Rose of Lynbrook, also of
the Spanish American War. Two
Brooklyn uniforms are display-ed,
one from the 14th Regi-ment
(dubbed "red legs") and
the other from the 23rd Regi-ment
(now the 106th), a uni-form
adapted from the West
Point Greys and worn by the
National Guard during the Civil
War. There is also a boy's mili-tary
school uniform from the
1800's. Mary Gipson and Che
Bell arranged the exhibit.
Grandma's Kitchen, displayed
by Dolores Wissel, includes ten
unique items among the many
other interesting ones, that are
to be identified and indicated on
a form that wUl be given out.
There will be a prize awarded on
July 31st for all who recognized
the items.
Both of these exhibits will
only be on display during July.
Don't miss them. In August, it
is rumored that several exquisite
bridal gowns will be shown on
the manekins and a rare display
of antique railroad trains will be
in the upstairs case.
The Grist Mill Museum in
Memorial Park is open weekends
through Labor Day and prides
itself on being an active place,
"not dusty an dormant." See
for yourself.
(MILDRED ROEMER)
The June meeting of the
East Rockaway Village Board
saw the adoption of a new
schedule of prescribed parking
fines for the Village, which are
now in e f f e c t.
A Waverly Ave. resident
brought to the attention of the
Board a problem regarding the
sycamore trees within the Vil-lage
which a dying due to a
blight which is attacking them.
He indicated that he had con-tacted
Cooperative Extension
and urged certain precautions.
Mayor Theodore Reinhard
thanked him and said the infor-mation
would be incorported in
the next Village Newsletter.
A Waldo Ave. resident asked
if the Board could not author-ize
a 10* fence behind the
library as she was continuing to
have problems with the youth
congregating there. Trustee
Irivng Shaw and DPW Head
Gene Torborg will look into the
matter.
Trustee Irving Shaw thanked
NCPD Inspector Littel for pro-viding
extra patrols at the rail-raod
crossings at the request of
the Village, and also compli-mented
Supt. Torborg on his
prompt action in making the
extra curb cut at the Foodtown
Parking Field. He said he felt
that the traffic situation had im-proved
by this action. Trustee
Shaw also advised that he had
attended a meeting with the
County on proposed landfill
sites and said that neither Bay
Park or Pearsalls Hassock will be
considered.
Trustee Pauline Wipfler re-ported
on the Baseball AU-Star
games, both of which were
won by East Rockaway.
Trustee Murray Eskenazi re-ported
there have been several
meetings with the negotiating
committee concerning the Public
Works contract for 1983-85 and
an impasse has beenr reached
and a fact-finder assigned to
review those issues that remain
unsettled.
Youth Board Chairman Steve
Lander reported that Janet
Papandrea has resigned and
Gloria Dempsey had replaced
her. He noted that renovation
of the Storefront will be cur-tailed
to some degree since it
is expected that the lease will
not be renewed in March of
1984. He indicated that space
is needed to operate the Store-front
program properly. He
thanked Tom Kearney, John
Matthews, Frank Honerkamp
and Danny Warren for their help
in cleaning up the Storefront.
Next meeting July llth.
In addition to the Lynbrook
Week activities already reported
on in previous issues, regular
business conducted at the June
20th meeting of the Lynbrook
Village Board included the
following.
A discussion on the up-coming
75th anniversary parade
and drill of Hose Company, re-sulting
in vendor fees being
waived for the July 22-23-24
celebration in Greis Veterans
Memorial Park and the parade
OK'd for July 23rd at 6:30 p.m.
following the drill at 9 a.m.
The Lynbrook Fire Dept. was
granted permission to attend
various parades; Lynbrook Elks
was OK'd for a Carnival in their
parking field July 7-10; Mayor
William Geier was authorized to
sign the necessary application
for Senior Citizen State Aid; the
Police Chief and Deputy Asses-sor
were OK'd to attend semin-ars;
a resolution was adopted
rectifying a technical omission
in 1979 authorizing the Junior
. Fire Dept.; and a 2 year agree-ment
with the CSEA for DPW
personnel was approved granting
a 7.2% increase per annum.
There was a discussion on the
proposed transfer of all Village
Traffic Signals to Nassau
County, with the County accept-ing
all 23 signals, as is. The
county will pay for electric costs
and maintenance, and the
Village can still seek to put up
new lights,if deemed necessary.
This will save the Village
$14,000 annually and was ap-proved.
Mr. Joseph Burton, new
Lynbrook manager of Adams-
Russell, made a Cable TV Up-dae
report, and Mayor Geier
noted that he had been in con-tact
with the main office in
Massachusetts and was promised
action on many items.
In response to a petition,
parking restrictions on Grand
Ave. were approved, and a pre-viously
adopted resolution mak-ing
Freer St. 1-way was rescind-ed
after it was deemed not to be
working as planned.
A resident brought up the
problem of parking at Westwood
Railraod Station and the con-dition
of the streets and busi-nesses
in the West End area,
Next meeting July 18th.
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