Observer_1983-12-14; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 5 Wednesday, December 14,1983 25c PER COPY
Lynbrook Bus Crash
Injures 35
IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. Members of the Lynbrook
Rescue Squad riish an accident victim to a waiting ambu-lance
(Photo by John Cribbin).
MUTUAL AID NEEDED. The collision, involving 2
automobiles and a Metropolitan Suburban bus, required
the assistance of East Rockaway, Valley Stream & Rockville
Centre Fire Departments in addition to the l^ynbrook FD.
(Photo by John Cribbin).
On Wednesday evening,
December 7th at 8:47 PM,
the Lynbrook Police and
Fire Departments responded
to a serious 3 vehicle acci-dent
at the intersection of
Broadway and North
Franklin Avenue in Lyn-brook.
Police report that a
vehicle going eastbound on
No. Franklin failed to yield
the right of way as it entered
the intersection and was
struck broadside by a Met-ropolitan
Suburban bus
proceeding southbound on
Broadway. The bus swerved
and was struck by a third
vehicle going north on
Broadway.
The first police officers to
the scene found numerous
injured and immediately
requested the Lynbrook
Fire Department Rescue
Squad. The Rescue Squad,
using their Hurst Tool, was
forced to cut away the roof
of the first vehicle to free the
four that were trapped
inside. The Lynbrook FD
F l o o d l i g h t Unit also
responded to provide the
necessary light to help with
the extrication.
Because of the numerous
aided at the scene, a mutual
aid was put out to the East
Rockaway, Valley Stream
and Rockville Centre Fire
Departments and the Nas-sau
County Police Depart-ment
to assist Lynbrook FD
with the transportation of
the aided. Five persons were
critically injured, including
a pregnant woman, and 30
other people were taken to
Mercy & Franklin General
Hospitals. The driver of the
second car, identified at
Nathan Avereuch, 70, of
Lynbrook, was rushed to
South Nassau Community
Hospital.
Two of the injured are still
r e p o r t e d in serious
condition.
The accident brought
over 75 firemen and police
officers to the scene. The
Lynbrook and Nassau
County Police Departments
are still investigating the
accident.
Fund For
Father Tom
Father Tom Maloney
that's his name. He was with
the good people of East
Rockaway and Lynbrook
for five years. He was so
peace loving, he made us
want peace. He cared for
each one of us and taught us
to care for one another. He
walked our streets trying to
provide shelter for the aged,
mend broken homes, and
relieve the pain he saw in the
faces of those people he met.
He cried with us in our sor-row
and shared the joy of
our celebrations with his
smile. He left no doubt that
he had taken our burdens
and joys to the Lord.
This Christmas Father
Tom will not be with the
people of Lynbrook-East
Rockaway. He volunteered
to serve the people in the
foothills and valleys of the
Dominican Republic's
Sierra de Neiba. It is a com-munity
of land-scratch
farmers whose heritage is
simple poverty and suffer-ing.
The streets he walks
now are rocky footpaths
lined with donkeys, roosters
and wooden huts. The prob-lems
he encounters most
often are hunger, disease,
pain and despair. He lives
among these people now
showing them as he showed
us that he really cares.
T r a d i t i o n a l l y , Father
Tom always celebrated
Christmas Eve Mass in the
St. Raynr.ond's Gymnasium.
His homilies were simple but
touching. He would talk
about the adventures of
Charlie Brown or his own
adventures on a vacation
tour of the Holy Land but
when he concluded you
knew you were loved.
This Christmas Eve
Father Tom will offer Mass
in a wooden hut in the parish
of El Cercado. He will read
the Christmas story in the
midst of tremendous human
need and give the people of
this small village of 85
wooden huts the gift of hope
in the presence of Christ's
birth. I would not be at all
surprised in his homily he
talks about the good people
of Lynbrook-East Rocka-way,
St. Raymonds or even
Foodtown, for I know that
somehow someway he will
give to the people of El Cer-cado
the gift of our love for
all mankind. May the peace
of Christmas be with all of
you.
If you would like to bring
hop to the people of El Cer-cado
and help Father Tom
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Bond Defeated
Results:
YES 296 NO 1745
Village Board Reports
Lynbrook East Rockaway
Mayor William Geier and
the members of the Lyn-brook
Village Board met at
the Village Hall on Monday,
December 5,
Mayor Geier advised the
Board of . correspondence
from the office of Civil Pre-paredness
requesting desig-nation
of Village officials as
contacts in the event of a
disaster emergency. The
Board approved the desig-nations
of Mayor Geier as
first contact person, Deputy
Mayor Michael Krawchuk
as Alternate, Trustee Mau-rice
Ornstein as 2nd Alter-nate,
and Trustee Eugene
Scarpato as 3rd Alternate.
Mrs. Mehrtens of Scran-ton
Avenue spoke on behalf
of residents of Scranton
Avenue, who signed a peti-tion
requesting "No Park-ing"
signs on Scranton
Avenue between Union
Avenue and Thompson
Place. After a brief discus-sion,
the Mayor recom-
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The December meeting of
the East Rockaway Village
Board was held at 8 pm on
Monday, December 12 at
the Village Hall. The regular
meeting was preceded by the
lighting of the official Vil-lage
Christmas Tree outside
ofthe Village HaU. '
After hearing reports
f r o m v a r i o u s v i l l a ge
departments, such as the
Fire Department, Auxiliary
Police, Public Works, Build-ing
Department, Recrea-tion,
Library and the Justice
Court, Mayor Reinhard
presented a "Resolution of
Condolence" on behalf of
the Board of Trustees to
Mrs. Christine Brevetti,
whose husband, Joe.,
recently passed away. "Joe
was one of the extraordinary
figures in this community,"
stated the Mayor. "He lent
his expertise, grace and
intellect to the community,
and all came to know and
love him. He had a certain
magic about him." Many
community organizations,
including the Kiwanis,
American Legion, Fire
Department, Zoning Board
and East Rockaway Action
party sent representatives to
the meeting to pay their
respects and be on hand for
the presentation of the reso-lution
to Mrs. Brevetti.
The Board received a letter
from Herman Goldstein,
Project Director of the
Youth Service Center,
requesting that the Center
be allowed to sing Christmas
Carols at the bandstand in
Memorial Park on December
21 from 7 pm until 9 pm.
This request was approved,
and the Mayor urged all res-idents
to attend this activity
on the 21st. The Board also
approved Bethany Congre-gational
Church's request to
hold a Flea Market on
December 17 from 10 am
until 4 pm, and waived all
fees. Lastly, the Mayor pro-claimed
the week of January
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GRAND OPENING. Nemo's new store pfricially opened on December 10. There to
celebrate were (left to right) Carl Isaacson, Carol Isaacson, Hannah Isaacson (sitting).
Ben Isaacson, Shelia Brodar, (Jary Brodar, Presiding Supervisor Gulotta, Congress-man
McGrath, Phyllis Isaacson, and Marty Isaacson. Story on page 6.