Observer_1985-02-27; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Lynbrook
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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VOL. 33 NO. 14 Wednesday, February 27. 1985
'YOUR VOICE IN THE ^ ^ f ^ i ^ j L^
COMMUNITY" .
PER CQPY
Lynbrook PBA Entl&rses
Gragan and Lanning For Trustee
Stephen T. Grogan and
Leo "Bud" Lanning, Good
Government candidates for
the position of Trustee of the
Village of Lynbrook, have
received the endorsement of
the Lynbrook Police Benev-olent
Association.
The endorsement was
made at a Good Govern-ment
Party fundraising din-ner/
dance held at the Tally-
Ho Firehouse on Horton
Avenue in Lynbrook on
Saturday, February 23. The
crowd of over 250 people
cheered as PBA President
James Fotis announced the
news.
"The Lynbrook PBA is
pleased to endorse Steve
Grogan and Bud Lanning in
their race for Village Trus-tee,"
President Fotis stated.
"The Good Government
Party has been effective in
their two years in office and
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PBA ENDORSES GROGAN/LANNING FOR TRUS-TEE.
James Fotis, President of the Lynbrook Police Benev-olent
Association (second left) and Brian Blomquist, Vice
President of the jLynbrook PBA, (right), deliver their endor-sement
of the Good Government Party to candidates Ste-phen
Grogan (center) and Leo "Bud" Lanning (second
right), while Lynbrook Mayor William Geier looks on with
approval. Prei^ident Fotis cited Mayor Geier's strong record
of crime prevention as a major reason for the PBA's endor-sement,
and urged all residents to elect the Good Govern-ment
Party team on March 19.
0id ^'ua JM
by Mildred Roemer
Captain Rose had served
with an Ohio regiment from
1861 to 1865 and with the
C o n n e c t i c u t N a t i o n al
Guard from 1898 to 1899 in
Company F. His home had
been in Hartford, Connecti-cut,
for many years. His uni-form
is displayed on a hand-some
manikin seated in a
barber chair in Petretti's
Barber Shop display in the
museum.
Del Denton's daughters,
Charlotte and Elizabeth,
donated their father's Span-ish
American War overcoat
to the museum. They also
gave many other articles
that will be mentioned later.
William Woolsey of Lyn-brook
parted with a family
Spanish American War
jacket from the 13th Regi-ment
in Brooklyn. Mr.
Woolsey also gave a collec-tion
of photographs of the
burning of the old Sand
Hole Church in 1912. A
young boy, at the time, he
had just been given an
Autographed Kodak, so the
photos are well docu-mented.
The "Red Legs" of .
Brooklyn's 14th Regiment
were a famous fighting out-fit
going back many years.
Joseph Mason of Garden
City gave his uniform. There
is also a youthful manikin in
a boy's military uniform,
dating back to 1890, donor
unknown. In show cases
displaying Spanish Ameri-can
and Civil War articles is
a prized Civil War American
flag presented by Charles
Helmke of Oceanside,
whose grandfather carried
the flag in battle.
Captain Rose (we do not
have his first name) was a
Spanish American War
Veteran. After his death in
his sister's home on Vincent
Place, she turned over the
Captain's uniform and war
memorabila to Guy Thomp-son,
another Spanish Amer-ican
War veteran who was
then East Rockaway Village
Clerk. Eventually these trea-sures
were turned over to the
Grist Mill Museum.
Robert Parry
At a special meeting of the
East Rockaway Board of
Education, on February 5,
1985, Robert Parry was
designated Acting Superin-tendent
of District 19.
Robert Parry came to East
Rockaway as Dean of Stu-dents
in 1980. The following
year he was appointed High
School Principal and has
served in that capacity for
three and a half years.
Mr. Parry's teaching
career spanned 18 years in
the Valley Stream High
School District. In addition
to teaching Social Studies,
he also worked with stu-dents
as a coach and Student
Council advisor.
As an active leader in the
teachers' union, Mr. Parry
served as Chief Negotiator
for the teachers and clerical
staff of the four Valley
Stream districts. He began
his administrative career as
a Summer School adminis-trator
from 1977 to 1980.
Mr. Parry's certification
as a School District Admin-istrator
was granted after a 3
year Administrative/Super-visor
program at Queens
College, C.U.N.Y. His Mas-ter's
Degree in Education
was also awarded by Queens
College and his Bachelor's
Degree was earned at St.
John's University.
When asked to comment
on his appointment, Mr.
Parry responded, "I look
forward to the challenge of
serving the East Rockaway
School District as Acting
Superintendent during the
next five months."
Robert Parry lives with
his wife, Dolores, and child-ren,
Jennifer and Chris-topher,
in Bethpage.
ing Principal of the East
Rockaway High School.
Mr. Crowley will assume the
temporary vacancy created
by the Board's appointment
of Mr. Parry as Acting
Superintendent of Schools
following the resignation of
Michael Maiden on Febru-ary
5.
Mr. Crpwley came to East
Rockaway High iSchool in
1957 as a teacher of Social
Studies and English. Ed
Crowley served as Chair-man
of the Social Studies
Department for ten years
until he was appointed Dean
of Students in 1972. He was
appointed Assistant Princi-pal
in 1978, and for brief
periods served as Acting
Principal of East Rockaway
High School and Centre
Ave. Elementary School.
Mr. Crowley was edu-cated
at St. Augustine
D.H.S., St. John's Univer-sity
(B.A. in History), Long
Island University (M.S. in
Education), and Hofstra
University (State Certifica-tion
in Supervision and
Administration).
During his career in East
Rockaway, Ed Crowley
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the community may only
benefit by a Village Board
which solidly supports
Mayor William Geier. We
urge all citizens to elect Ste-phen
Grogan, Bud Lanning
and the entire Good
Government Party ticket on
Tuesday, March 19." ,
Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
Geier was pleased at the
a n n o u n c e m e n t . " T h is
represents a major step in
the election of Steve and
Bud as Lynbrook Village
Trustees," the Mayor noted.
"The endorsement of the
Lynbrook PBA proves that
my administration has been
noted for its tough stance on
crime. 1 need a Board that
will support me in my efforts
at making Lynbrook the
best community in which to
live on Long Island. I need
Steve Grogan and Bud Lan-ning
on the Board of
Trustees."
Lynbrook voters will go
to the polls on Tuesday,
March 19. The hours for
voting will be 7 am to 9 pm
at the following places: elec-tion
districts 28 and 29,
Clark Avenue School; dis-trict
30, Lynbrook North
Middle School; districts 31,
32 and 93, Davison Avenue
School; district 33, Hose
Company, located on Blake
Avenue; districts 34 and 41,
Vulcan Firehouse, located
on Denton Avenue; districts
35, 36 and 37, Village Hall;
districts. 38 and 39, Ameri-can
Legion Hall, located on
Union Avenue; and district
40, Rescue Hook and
Ladder Firehouse, located
on Earle Avenue.
Edward Crowley
During the Regular Meet-ing
of the East Rockaway
Board of Education, Mr. Ed
Crowley was appointed Act-
Lynbrook Village Board Report
by Annette Ling
The Village of Lynbrook
held its Grievance Day and
Board of Trustees Meeting
on Tuesday, February 19,
1985 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Assessment Review
Board was available during
all this period of time. After
Mayor Bill Geier and the
Board reviewed the various
taxation grievances and
objections to assessments on
property in the village of
Lynbrook, they adjourned
the Assessment Review
Board in order to get
through the Board of Trus-tees
Meeting.
Departmental reports
from the Fire Department,
the Library, the Recreation
Commission, the Building
Department, the D.P.W.,
the Sidewalk Inspector, the
Village Justice Court, the
Do^ Control Officer and the
Police Department, were all
formally approved and
accepted by the Board of
Trustees. Richard Flynn in
reporting on the activities of
t h e R e c r e a t i o n Center
explained that he had been
contacting young students
in the high school to come to
a meeting at Greis Veterans
Park to ascertain what type
of recreation programs
would be of interest to them.
The group is planning a ski
trip in March. Trustee
Eugene Scarpato mentioned
the increase in dog refuse
around the streets of Lyn-brook
because residents are
not cleaning up after their
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LYNftROOK INDEPENDENT PARTY CANDIDATES.
Recently Lynbrook Independent Party Candidates Eugene
E. Scarpato and Anthony J. Kenny visited the Catholic
Daughters of America, St. Raymond's Court, to express
their support of the organization. Committee woman
Rosemary Bresnan (left) is seen with Trustee Candidate
Gene Scarpato (Incumbent) and Tony Kenny (right), also
running for Trustee. The occasion was the group's annual
Valentine's Day Cocktail Party.