Observer_1985-06-19; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 30 Wednesday, June 19,1985 30c PER COPY
Parry Named Superintendent
Robert Parry was named
the new Superintendent of
the East Rockaway School
District by the Board of
Education at its meeting on
Monday, June 17. The vote
on the measure was 4-1, with
President Richard Meagher,
Vice President John Van
Houten, Elaine Boll, and
Carol Burris voting in favor
of Mr. Parry's appointment,
and Jane Brezenoff voting
against.
In accepting the Board's
ai^pointment, Mr. Perry
stated his plecfge to '*con-tinue
to do my best for the
student of East Rockaway."
Mr, Parry has served as act-
VILLAGE LAUDS BETHANY'S HU^JDRED YEARS.
East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony J. Santino (2nd
from right) offered the congratulations of Mayor Reinhard
and the entire Village Board at the recent Dinner-Ehince
commemorating Bethany Congregational Church's 100th
Anniversary. Joining in the celebration with Trustee San-tino
are: (left to right) former Bethany Pastor, Rev. Richard
D. Leonard; current Pastor, Stephen Unger; and former
Pastors George Hardy and John McElderry.
Helicopter Rescue At Rhame
The daily routine at
Rhame Avenue Elementary
School was broken on Fri-day,
June 14 when a helicop-ter
landed in the playground
in an attempt to rescue a boy
who had accidentally shot
himself.
Jamie Schilling, 14 of
Local Midshipman Honored For Heroism
A U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy midshipmen cre-dited
with a valiant attempt
to save the life of a harbor
pilot aboard her ship last
year has received the 1985
Heroism Award of the New
York Women's Propeller
Club.
Midshipman Anne McKay
of East Rockaway, who will
graduate from the federal
academy on June 17,
accepted the award at a spe-cial
luncheon recently at the
Webb Naval Institute.
In 1984, McKay was
assigned to the SS GAL-VESTON
for sea training, a
normal segment of the
Academy's four-year cur-riculum.
The vessel was
about 30 minutes away from
docking at Anchoraagci
Alaska, when a harbor pilot
who had just boarded to
guide the ship into port was
stricken with a heart attack.
McKay, who was on the
bridge, determined that the
man displayed no pulse or
breathing. She immediately
began performing mouth-t
o - m o u t h r e s u s c i t a t i o n,
while coordinating the
cardio-pulmonary resuscita-tion
activities of assisting
crew members to help the
suffering pilot. McKay had
learned CPR while at the
Academy.
Her efforts helped keep
the man alive until the ship
reached dock where a para-medical
team from Anchor-age
took over. The vessel's
HEROISM AWARD. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
midshipman Anne McKay of East Rockaway (right)
receives the 198S Heroism Award of the New York Women's
Propeller Club from Mr. C.R. Bryant, president of the
Webb Naval Institute, where the awards luncheon was
recently held.
chief mate, in his report of
the incident, wrote, "He (the
harbor pilot) would not
have lived to the dock if it
had not been for the splen-did
cooperation of all hands,
especially this wonderful
woman Anne McKay....
There is no factor for cour-age,
but if there were, I
would rate her as exceptional."
The New York Women's
Propeller Club annually
presents its award to a seaf-arer
from the tri-state region
for outstanding heroic or
livesaving service aboard a
U.S.-flag merchant vessel.
The Academy is operated
by the Maritime Adminis-tration
of the U.S. Depart-ment
of Transportation.
Lynbrodk
Residents
Reject Library
Bohd Proposal
The residents of Lyn-brook
went xto the polls on
Wednesday, June 12, and
overwhelmingly rejected a
proposal to construct a new
library at a site on Merrick
Road.
The final vote was 1,222
Yes, representing 38.88% of
all votes cast, to 1,927 No,
representing 61.12% of the
votes.
Opponents to the pro-posed
plan cited a large cost
and poor location as the
major reason for the bond's
defeat.
Smith Street, East Rocka-way,
was allegedly playing
with a friend in the basement
of the Schilling home when
they discovered the gun and
examined it. Jamie shot
himself in the right temple
with his father's .45 Caliber
automatic pistol. A helicop-ter
landed on the grounds of
Rhame Avenue School and
transported to the Nassau
County Medical Center.
At time of this writing,
Jamie is in critical condition
at the Medical Center.
ing superintendent since the
s u d d e n r e s i g n a t i o n of
f o r m e r S u p e r i n t e n d e nt
Michael Maiden earlier this
year.
P r e s i d e n t R i c h a rd
Meagher stated that the
Board has undergone a six
month search for a new
superintendent, and had
applications from 104 can-didates
and conducted in-depth
interviews. "It is a
pleasure to announce that
we are appointing someone
from within the district,"
Meagher stated.
In other matters, Mr.
Parry announced that test-ing
at Rhames Ayenue
School showed that there is
a leak either in the top of the
oil tank there or in the pip-ing,
and various solutions to
the problem are being inves-tigated.
There is no leak at
Centre, according to the test
results announced Monday
evening. Mr. Parry added
that asbestos areas have
been identified for removal
and/or enclosure, and work
will take place on this prob-lem
during the summer
months.
Mr. Ralph Grandinetti,
principal of Rhame Avenue
School, announced that
Rhame had held a successful
Spring Concert, and raised,
more than $700 for the Afri-can
Relief Fund. A kinder-garten
orientation program
has taken place, and the
reults of the PEP tests show
that the students at Rhame
are well above the state ref-erence
point average. In
third grade .reading, 88%
were above the SRP, with
97% above in math; in 5th
grade writing. 90% were
above the SRP, while in 6th
grade math, 96% were above
the SRP and in reading,
100% were above the refer-ence
point at Rhame. Direc-tor
of Pupil Personnel
Robert Jacoby reported that
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Surprise Donation
George King, president to
the Savings of America
presented Mildred Roemer,
Chairman of the Grist Mill
Museum Committee, a
check for $500 at the Huc-kleberry
Frolic last Satur-day,
In accepting the check,
Mrs. Roemer stated that the
check was really a gift to all
of the people of East Rock-away
who will benefit from
the excellence maintenance
of the Museum as well as
new exhibits being planned
and updating the many old,
treasured ones. "Mr. King
said as newcomers to the
community, that was their
aim.
In a welcoming address to
the enthusiastic crowd that
attended, Mrs. Roemer
thanked all of the officials
who gave of their time to
celebrate with them, to the
visitors who supported the
event by purchasing food
and played games to support
the museum and mostly to
the organizations, churches
and individuals who had giv-ing
freely of their time to
man the booths over the past
years. "She also mentioned
that the Frolic" has always
been a "do it yourself pro-ject
for the Villagers with
commercialization not fea-tured.
"In concluding she
said that in 1988 the Old Mill
will celebrate it's 300th
birthday and that it might be
a great idea if all of the resi-dents,
shop keepers and all
could strive to help beautify
the Village by individual
care if their property.
"We don't want to go
back to oyster shell roads
and hard work without
present day conviences, but
many people will be cele-brating
the Tricentenial of
our Mill, the oldest building
in Nassau County, and we'd
like them to go away with a
delightful impression of our
mile square Village. Let's
make it GREAT in '88'!
Winners of the HUC-KLEBERRY
FROLIC raf-fles
were: M. Cunningham
of East Rockaway, the
Video Cassette Recorder, E.
Sherman of Lynbrook,
dinners at the Ship's Inn; M,
Improte of Hewlett, dinners
at Santinos, W. O'Hara of
East Rockaway dinners at
the East Point House, and
M. Abut of East Rockaway
the Cabbage Patch Doll.
Mrs. Mildred Roemer receives a check for $500 from George
King, branch manager of the Savings of America Bank.