Observer_1985-05-15; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 25 Wednesday, May 15,1985 30c PER COPY
SENIOR CITIZEN MONTH. Mayor Geier presents a Cit-ation
to Lynbrook Senior Citizens Club President Norman
Keith and his wife proclaiming May as Senior Citizen
Month.
The Ship Wreck
by Mildred Roemer
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LHS Music Alumni To Present Recital
Many of those who
attended services in the tittle
Chapel on Main Street were
^ di^wn to the Village by their
fuve of the sea. Some had
small boats for Sunday sail-ing
and others went in for
shipbuilding. In a story in
the November 1882 "South
Shore Observer" 6th grader
Brian Stone studied the
microfilmed copy and gave
this report of Life Saving
Services and Coast Guard:
Quite recently the sloop
"Ida Rhame" while attempt-ing
to go out of East Rock-away
Inlet and tacking, went
ashore on the west-end side
of the inlet. The sea was
rough, and the sloop having
cargo aboard, bumped heav-ily',
and at the time, the see-thing
sea made a complete
breach over her, compelling
her crew to seek the rigging
for safety. The sloop
remained on the shore for 23
hours without assistance
having been offered or ren-dered
by Captain John H.
Abrams, Keeper of Station
#34 in whose district the
sloop had been wrecked.
Captain H.M. Johnson,
Keeper of Station #33, with
his crew-seeing no assist-ance
from station #34 was
offered—by their effort
alone, hauled the sloop off
the beach and relieved its
from its perilous situation.
Captain Johnson and his
crew have the warmest and
best thanks from Mr.
Samuel Rhame, the owner
of the sloop and who
declared this publically to
acknowledge their timely
and valuable services, par-ticularly
so, when the sloop
was outside of their district.
It was also Captain John-son's
crew that hauled the
"Annie Smith" of Freeport
off the bar last week though
the other crew soon
arrived."
There is no photo of the
"Ida Rhame" in the Grist
Mill Museum, but one of a
true "Mystery Ship, the
Sarah Boyd." According to
the late Captain Lou Pear-sail,
himself a keeper of a
Coast Guard Station, the
"Sarah Boyd" was the last,
and largest ship ever built in
East Rockaway. It was fin-ished
by a cooperation that
included Sam Rhame and
members of the Fenton fam-ily.
"It was never registered,"
exjjlained Captain Pear-sall,"
and on its maiden
voyage was lost at sea with
no trace of crew or ship, it
just vanished.
A large photo of the
"Sarah Boyd" hung in the
living room of Del Denton's
house on Denton Avenue.
Members of the Museum
committee were given per-mission
to make a copy of
the picture, and that is how
East Rockaway at least has a
visual reminder of the mys-tery
ship.
On Wednesday evening,
May 22, 1985, at 8:00 p.m.,
two alumni of Lynbrook
High Schoolwill return to
their "home town" and pres-ent
a joint recital at St.
James United Methodist
C h u r c h . Ms. Carolyn
Adams Malish, Class of
1959 and Mr. Brett Edler,
class of 1970 are uniting
their efforts in an evening of
music to honor the retire-ment
of George Breakwell,
as Director of Music of the
Lynbrook Public Schools.
Ms. Malish, soprano,
comes from Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and was for-merly
from the Dallas,
Texas area where she sang
with the Dallas Opera Com-pany.
During her 18 years in
Dallas, she sang operatic
roles with many of the area
colleges as well as selected
symphony orchestras. In
addition to her vocal talents,
she is equally at home with
the piano and organ and as a
composer has written
numerous works for mixed
choirs and children's voices.
She is currently the Director
of Music at St. Joseph's
C h u r c h in Rosemont,
Minnesota.
Mr. Edler, organist, who
graduated from Hartwick
College' and Yale is the
Diaconal Minister of Music
at the Ingomar Methodist
Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
He is a frequent recitalist in
the Pittsburgh area as well
as throughout the country.
His most recent local per-formance
was at St. Thomas
Church on fifth Avenue,
New York City on May 12,
1985. Ms. Malish and Mr.
Edler were both outstanding
music students at Lynbrook
High School and were stu-dents
of Mr. Breakwell,
whom they wish to honor.
Assisting in the program
will be Miss Theresa Becker,
Class of 1975 and Mr.
George Simmons, accom- exciting one and promises to
panist with the Lynbrook be one of the outstanding
Chorale. The program musical evenings of the cur-selected
by the artists is an rent year.
Republicans Sponsor Bus Trip
The East Rockaway
Republican Club will spon-sor
a bus trip to Atlantic
City, New Jersey on Wed-nesday,
June 5.
A luxury bus will leave the
parking field at Baisely
Avenue at 8:30 AM, bound
for the Tropicana Hotel in
the Las Vegas of the East
Coast. An initial cost of only
$18 will get you $10 in quar-ters,
a box lunch, a chance at
a $ 10 raffle, and a good time
for all.
Reservations must be
made before Friday, May
24. Checks should be made
out"to the East Rockaway
Republican Committee, and
sent to Post Office Box 22,
East Rockaway, New York
11518.
For more information
and reservations, please call
Emma Tolmach at 599-
1331, Brian Meyer at 599-
7696, or Phil Christ at 593-
2316. all are welcome to
attend.
Elks Host Hospitalized Veterans
LynhrookJoinsDevelopment
Consortium
Mayor Geier and the
Lynbiook Board of Trustees
announced their participa-tion
in the Nassau County
Community Development
Program, providing for
membership in the Nassau
County Consortium with
many neighboring Villages.
Membership in the Con-sortium
will entitle the
Incorporated Village of
Lynbrook to receive Com-munity
Development Block
Grant Funds which will be
applied to proposals to be
submitted by the Board of
Trustees to the Nassau
County Office of Housing
and I n t e r g o v e r n m e n t al
Affairs.
Proposals to be listed are
for illumination of Danger-ous
Areas; Greis Park
Rehabilitation (for handi-capped,
Senior Citizens, and
Youth); Dropped Curbs
through business district;
and Rehabilitation of Busi-ness
District.
Mayor Geier intends to
have these funds alleviate
some of the problem areas in
the Village of Lynbrook.
Lynbrook Lodge No.
I5r5 of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks
presented its annual Vet-erans
variety show Wednes-day
evening. May 1, to close
to two hundred hospitalized
veterans from five area V. A.
hospitals: Northport, St.
Albans, Bronx, Manhattan
and Fort Hamilton.
Over two hundred full
course roast beef dinners
were served for the veterans
and hospital staff, and the
Lodge hired two buses spe-cially
equipped to accom-modate
wheelchairs.
In the photo "The Singing
Men" are shown singing the
opening number of the
show, this year entitled
"Sentimental Journey."
Exalted Ruler Nick Vella is
seen at extreme right of
stage.
Lodge veterans chairmen
Michael Socsia and William
McKeon stated that this was
by far the best attended
show ever, after- five years
•entertaining the veterans.
They especially thanked
Past Exalted Ruler Daniel
Hueglin for making the
arrangements. Cooperation
on the part of hospital
administrators and staff was
exceptionally fine this year.
On hand also for this
year's presentation were
Southeast Veterans Chair-man
Bernard Lough, Past
State President John Quinn,
Jr., and District Deputy
Leonard Sternesky.
As a parting gift on the
way home after the show the
vets were given stationary
kits.