Observer_1986-06-11; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 33 NO. 24 Wednesday, June 11,1986 '30c PE8 COPY
District Teacher Honored
ITALIAN NIGHT AT ST. RAYMOND'S. Hempstead
Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (3rd left)
enjoys the festivities at the Knights of Columbus 3rd Annual
Italian Night Festival, sponsored by St. Raymond's Church
and School, East Rockaway. Shown are (L-R): Tony San-tino.
East Rockaway Village Trustee; State Senator Dean
Skelos, Rockville Center; Supervisor Gulotta; Robert
Fabrizio, East Rockaway; Congressman Norman Lent, East
Rockaway.
Frolic
Update
By Mildred Roemer
certain to be a few snacks
left at the booths, or bring
along a sandwich, but don't
miss It! After the audience
has enjoyed all of the energy
of the sixties on stage, feet
may start tapping and there
will be a square dance coun-try
music hour sponsored by
the Cultural Arts Council.
Stay all day and you will
be assured of a full night's
sleep later!
The Huckleberry Frolic
program now being final-ized
by the Frolic and enter-tainment
committees, prom-ises
something exciting for
everyone. In the near future
you will be able to scan the
entire series ofeventsin your
Observer and use it for a
guide on June 21st in Mem-orial
Park.
The parade will begin at
10 a.m. at the Main Street
FMre House, with school
band director Karl San-
/enbach leading the grade
school bands. Mrs. New
York State, Vonabelle
Sherman ol East Rockaway,
will ride in state wearing her
queenly crown, while Yogi
the bear will strut alongside.
The parade will end in
Memorial Park where the
objective for the Frolic
stands - our Grist Mill
Museum. Booths for games
and food will be set up in the
park and continuous enter-tainment
will be offered. A
big change in the program
this year is that during the
usual "do-nothing" part of
past Frolics, at 6 p.m. a per-formance
will be given by
the "Spectacular Sixties,"
one ol four great groups of
Fast Rockaway High
School classes that appeared
in the recent Rock Rivalry
5()th anniversary program in
the H.S. If this might be
your dinner hour, there are
Miss Harriet Nixon, one
of East Rockaway's most
l o v e d and r e s p e c t ed
teachers, will be retiring
after a distinguished career at
both Rhame Avenue and
Centre Avenue Schools. In
tribute and recognition of
her years of dedicated teach-ing,
she was honored by par-ents
of both schools on
Thursday evening, June 5th,
at the Centre Avenue School
Concert. Mrs. Lenore Hick-ham
and Mr. Richard
Alhecht, the PTA Presi-dents,
were on hand to
thank her and wish her well.
They presented her with a
beautiful plaque and a bou-quet
of silk roses.
The inimitable Elaine
Morano, who had taught for
many years with Miss
Nixon, spoke of her out-standing
qualities as an edu-cator,
her sensitivity to her
students' needs, her sense of
humor, warmth and genuine
love of children. Then, much
to the delight of the large
audience, Mrs. Morano
introduced Pamela Highton
Castellano, one of Miss
Nixon's grown-up alumni,
to reminisce and share her
thoughts about one of her
favorite teachers. During
the musical part of the even-ing,
the children of the cho-rus
also spoke and sang their
special salute. Heather Hal-stend,
one of Miss Nixon's
3rd graders, seemed to
express everyone's senti-ments
when she said "A
teacher tfue - a teacher ever
~ Our love to you, forever."
Miss Nixon will also be
honored by The East Rock-
Anniversary Souvenirs
This year the Village of in Lynbrook? A consolation Judging Irom the fact that
away Teacher's Association
on June 20 and at a Lun-cheon
of the Centre Avenue
staff on July 26.
Lynbrook is 75 years old. To
mark this milestone in Lyn-brook's
history, the 75th
A n n i v e r s a r y Souvenir
Committee has made a var-iety
of commemorative sou-venirs
available for purchase
at the Celebration Head-q
u a r t e r s at 3 Atlantic
Avenue.
Included among these
commemorative souvenirs
are a limited number of
i n d i v i d u a l l y - n u m b e r ed
inscribed plates and mugs,
as well as decorative spoons.
The commemorative china
plates show the new and the
old Village Hall on one side,
, with a brief history inscribed
on the back. Each plate and
mug is individually num-bered
and therefore is
unique.
Please stop by the Cele-bration
Headquarters to see
these and other attractive
lasting mementos of Lyn-brook's
75th Anniversary.
Trivia Contest
Q: Where was the BIG
BEN Food Market located
Lynbrook Eik Activities
prize will be awarded to the
person who guesses closest
to the price of one pound of
Maxwell House coffee on
September 27, 1939, as
advertised by Big Ben Food
Market.
Answers should be mailed
to "75th Anniversary Tri-via,"
One Columbus Drive,
Lynbrook, N.Y. 1 1563. A
correct answer will win two
free movie passes, provided
by the Lynbrook Theater.
There will be one winner per
question. If morejhan one
correct answer is submitted,
the winner will be selected at
random from among the
correct answers received.
The names of persons sub-mitting
correct answers may
be printed, unless the entry
specifies that the name is to
be withheld.
Good Luck!
Trivia Contest Winner
Our most recent Lyn-brook
trivia question was:
Q: Where was Nieder-stein's
Restaurant located in
Lynbrook?
Congratulations are in
order for the Lynbrook Elks
Lodge #1515 Ritual Team
that came in second place in
the annual Elks Ritual
Competition. This competi-tion
is held during the New
York State Elks Convention
Lynbrook Elks
Host Police Night
POLICE NIGHT. From left to right, Lynbrook Elks
Exalted Ruler Lawrence Contratti congratulates Police
Officers Dennis Flaherty, James Clougher, and Inspector
Jorgensen.
which this year was held at
the Concord Hotel in the
Catskills. The "Allstar" Rit-ualist
was none other than
our own Larry Moyse Jr. to
all a well done.
Members of the Lodge
joined in the parade march
in the Memorial Day Parade
(Lynbrook), on May 26.
On Friday, June 6, the
Lodge will sponsor a '50's
dance with a D.J., food,
open bar, and contests will
be held. The sights and
sounds will predominate,
and take you back to the
good old days of the 1959's.
So all you Elks and guests
get your dancing shoes on
and come on down!
Thursday, May 29 was the
annual Police Night of Elks
#1515, honoring our local
policeman who so valiantly
give of themselves in pro-tecting
us from the criminal
element in our society.
Lynbrook. Elks Lodge
No. 1515 cordially invites
the public to attend its Flag
Day Ceremonies on Satu-day,
June 14, at 5 P.M. In
conjunction with the Village
of Lynbrook's 75th Anniv-ersay
celebration the cerem-onies
shall be held in front of
the Lynbrook Village Hall,
Peninsula Boulevard and
Merrick Road, Lynbrook.
Over twenty community
service organizations plan to
participate by sending their
Colour Guards for Massing
of Colours. Past Exalted
Ruler John Stack will pres-ent
the History of the Flag of
this great nation from incep-tion
to date.
Lynbrook's Mayor Wil-liam
P. Geier will be guest
speaker.
Assemblyman Gregory R.
Becker shall present New
York State Conspicuous
Service Crosses on behalf of
the Governor and State
Legislasture to a number of
worthy veterans from our
area.
It shall be a most beautiful
and patriotic service pres-ented
by an award-winning
Elk Lodge in the State of
New York. The Village has
invited Lynbrook Elks to
present this service for the
b e n e f i t of the entire
community.
Inclement weather would
force the ceremonies to be
held at the Lynbrook High
School, Union Avenue,
Lynbrook.
22 correct answers were
s u b m i t t e d , N i e d e r s t e i ns
must have been a very popu-lar
restaurant. Niedersteins
"Restaurant and Raths-keller"
was located on the
southwest corner of Ocean
Avenue and Sunrise High-way,
approximately where
the Sunrise Motor Inn now
stands. According to an
advertisement in the Sep-tember
27, 1939 issue of the
Nassau Daily Review Star, a
Sunday dinner at Nieder-steins
cost $1.
The winner of two Lyn-b
r o o k Movie T h e a t re
passes, selected at random
from among the correct
e n t r i e s , was Madeline
Smith, a Lynbrook resident.
Congratulations to Mrs.
Smith!
And good luck on our
next trivia question.
As part of Lynbrook's
75th Anniversary Celebra-tion,
a doubleheader benefit
Softball game will take place
on Tuesday, June 17th at
Greis Park.
The first game, which beg-ins
at 7:00 p.m., will be
played between the Lyn-brook
All-Stars and County
Sports, with the second
game starting at 8:15 p.m.,
pitting Jim Jensen's WCBS-TV
team against Mayor
Geier's All-Stars.
The beneficiary of this
year's games is Peter Henry,
a 5'/2 year-old Lynbrook res-ident
afflicted with leuke-mia.
Peter has had chemo-therapy
treatments and is
soon expected to undergo a
bone marrow transplant
operation. The treatment
for Peter has placed a great
financial burden on the
family.
Please attend the benefit
doubleheader June 17th.
There is no admission
charge, but donations will
be accepted and refresh-ments
will be sold. All pro-ceeds
will go the the Peter
Henry Fund to help defray
some of Peter's medical
expenses.
Anyone wishing to make
donations, but who is
unable to attend the softball
games, can mail a check,
payable to the "Peter Henry
Fund," to the Lynbrook Vil-lage
Hall, I Columbus
Drive, Lynbrook New York
11563