Observer_1985-03-20; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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East Rockaway
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Lynbrook
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VOL. 33 NO. 17 Wednesday, March
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Years ago christenings
were held for the precious
newcomers in the parents
home, just as weddings and
funerals took place there. It
was a joyous occasion with
godparents and relatives
traveling from afar to hep
gifts and blessings" upon the
baby. The infant was always
dressed in a long, handmade
gown, sometimes going
back for several generations.
Many hours of hand tuck-ing,
embroidery work, and
lace inserts went into its
making.
The Museum is happy to
have received several of
these dresses and other baby
garments that are on display
from time to time. There is
an embroidered outing flan-nel
cap and coat to go over
the dress, donated by the
Schratweiser family. The
infant who had worn it died
shortly after. Mrs. Helen
Barnaby, formerly of East
Rockaway, gave a three-foot
long, handkerchief
linen gown and petticoat.
The gown is usually seen in
the Family Exhibit in the
museum, with the baby doll
tucked into a handmade crib
loaned by the Diamond fam-ily
of Squirrel Drive. The
coat and cap is on the doll
seated in a 1912 high chair
HONORING TWO RiETlRING TRUSTEES. Hempstead
Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (center)
attends the East Rockaway Action Party Dinner/Dance
honoring Trustees Murray Eskenazi (3rd left) and Pauline
Wipfler (3rd right) off East Rockaway. The Presiding Super-visor
presents both honorees with citations marking the
occasion which was held at the Main Street Firehouse in East
Rockaway. Shown (left to right) are: State Senato* Dean
Skelos; East Rockaway .Mayor Theodofe Reinhard; Trustee
Murray Eskenazi; SupervisoT Glotta; Trustee Pauline
Wipfler; Village Trustees Anthony Santino and Irving
Shaw.
Christenings
in the
Observer Exciusiv|;|
VillageiElection Results
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Trustee
Arnold White 354
George Perry 368
Justice
James Rooney 360
Trustee
Stephen T. Grogan 2174
Leo "Bud" Lanning 2159
Eugene E. Scarpato 2100
Anthony J. Kenny 1925
Justice
John R. O'Connor 2372
Lester Forest 1821
Lynbrook Schooi Board Report
by Mildred Roemer
donated by a Mr." Helmke of
Oceanside.
Few babies in those days
uttered their first cries in a
hospital. Midwives deli-vered
them in their homes.
Living on Munson Place,
East Rockaway, was a Mrs.
Wund, a midwife who
worked locally and in the
city. Her photo and record
book (required by law) are
in the Museum. Also a mar-ble
sign with her name and
trade cut upon it was hung
on her door. Her husband,
who worked for a piano fac-tory
and was later a marble
cutter, paid 50 cents a month
in union dues. His stamp
book is also exhibited with
the collection.
If you're age 60 or over,
and think that the library is
just a place to read books,
Lynbrook Library has
something for you that will
have you packing your suit-case
and heading off for an
educational adventure.
It's the ELDERHOSTEL
Catalog: 125-plus pages of
challenging programs for
older adults which take
place on the campuses of
colleges, universities and
other institutions of learning
all over the United States,
The members of the Lyn-brook
Board of Education
held their March meeting on
Wednesday, March 6 at 8
pm in the Cafeteria of the
Lynbrook High School.
Board President Charles
Spector commended Mr.
Giordano for the fine
accomplishments of the
w r e s t l i n g team, and
expressed his congratula-tions
to the Adult Education
Department for the booklet
that was just mailed to Lyn-brook
residents.
The Forensic Society gave
an exhibition of the talents
of some of its members, with
demonstrations of "Oratori-cal
Declamation," "Oral
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n , " and
"Extemporaneous Speak-ing."
It was also announced
that Lynbrook had been
chosen 1984-85 New York
State Southern Regional
At The Library
Canada and in more than a
dozen countries around the
world. The catalog is located
on the mezzanine.
ELDERHOSTEL is a
n o n - p r o f i t , educational
organization that consists of
a network of over 700 inde-pendent
campuses. Partici-pating
institutions design
and host ELDERHOSTEL
programs of 1 or more
weeks in length, during
which the hostelers live in
dormitories, eat in the
cafeterias, have access to the
Winners" with a forensics
program that has had over
300 students over the years.
President Spector con-gratulated
the three Lyn-b
r o o k High School
National Merit Scholarship
Finalists, Andrew Rossman,
Michael Safir and Kenneth
Hirsch, and stated that it
was an "honor of the highest
o r d e r in academic
achievement."
The Board accepted with
regret the retirement ofMr.
John Branciforte as Assist-ant
Superintendent for Busi-ness,
who has been replaced
by Mr. William Metkiff.
The Board also appointed
Karen Karafiol as part-time
teacher of business educa-tion,
and accepted the resig-nations
of Gary Rugg as
guidance counselor and
Edward Sylvia as teacher in
the Lynbrook Public School
host institution's academic,
cultural and recreational
facilities, and take up to 3
c h a l l e n g i n g non-credit
courses on a wide variety of
liberal arts-and-science sub-jects
taught by the institu-tion's
faculty. The cost of
enrolling in an ELDER-HOSTEL
program is quite
modest, and to be eligible
for ELDERHOSTEL, you
need only be age 60 or over,
or be the spouse or compan-ion
of someone who is.
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System.
During the privilege of the
floor, several residents com-plained
about the Under-ground
newspaper that has
been circulating around
Lynbrook High School.
Specifically, complaints
were lodged against several
high school students who
interviewed students at
Lynbrook South Middle
School and use these inter-views
and photos in one of
their issues. Superintendent
Seiderman and President
Spector assured the Board
that the paper was not sanc-t
i o n e d by the School
Administration and had
been advised by counsel that
the students were protected by
First Amendment rights
regarding this matter.
The next meeting of the
Lynbrook Board of Educa-tion
will be held on Wednes-day,
April 10.
YOUNG WRESTLERS EXHIBIT THEIR TAI.ENT.
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta
(rear, 2nd left) attends the Lynbrook Youth Athletic Associ-ation's
Eighth Annual Wrestling Jamboree held at the West
End Gymnasium in Lynbrook. Pictured (left to right) are
(rear) Assemblyman Gregory Becker; Supervisor Gulotta;
Lynbrook Village Trustee Eugene Scarpato; State Senator
Dean Skelos; Lynbrook Mayor William Geier, and director
of events Bob Becker, (front) Frank Mariello, Chris Wren,
and Dan Provoncha, all of Lynbrook.