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VOL. 33 NO. 27 Wednesday, July 2,1986 3(H PER COPY
Dear Clubs, Churches,
Organizations, Entertainers
and Visitors,
East Rockaway must be
doing something right or the
"people upstairs" must
believe that our 1688 Grist
Mill Museum should keep
on growing and improving
for we were given one of the
most beautiful days of the
year for our Huckleberry
Frolic. Oh yes, it seemed at
times as though "Murphy's
Law" ("anything that can go
w r o n g d o e s " ) hovered
around the corner, but John
D. Krull and his workers
plugged away to make
E.R.'s day another BIG
ONE!
So many times that you
must be tired of hearing it,
ye olde h i s t o r i a n has
claimed that without YOU,
our Museum might just be
an interesting, old, dusty
building with a handfull of
exhibits scattered about. It
takes cold, hard cash to
bring to reality our dreams
of a first rate Museum on
our shores—and we're get-ting
there! As our activities
were going on outdoors Bea
Heenan, our secretary,
stayed in the Davison office
greeting guests as she has
done for many years at the
Frolics.
"This is the first time in
years," she remarked, "that
we had so many deeply
interested adult visitors
drop in on us." Too bad we
didn't have a tape recorder
to preserve their comments.
Of course we KNOW the
children who come in often
on weekends or with school
groups, realize what an
interesting and educational
place the Mill is.
Thanks to the OBSERVER
and its home-grown editor,
John Hambel. I have had
the privilege of sending this
note to all of you—postage
free! We have already
started plans for the 1987
Frolic with a new format of
changes. After all, old "huc-kleberries"
sometimes need
a bit of repolishing! See you
then and THANKS to all!
NOTE: Just in are the
winners of the 4-H Club
stuffed animal winners.
They are: Michael Graco-belli,
Joan Yadanza, Frank
McQuade, Mary Gipson
and Carol Forte. Other
winners of Frolic prizes can
be found in this week's
" K e e p i n g In T o u c h"
column.
Two Lynbrook Schools
Honored For Excellence
FROLICKING IN EAST ROCKAWAY. Hempstead
Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (2nd left,
front) joins in the fun and festivities at the 17th Annual
Huckleberry Frolic and Parade sponsored by the Incorpo-rated
Village of East Rockaway. Shown are (1.-R, front
row): State Senator Dean Skelos, Rockville Centre;
Supervisor Gulotta; Vonabell Sherman, "Mrs. New York,"
East Rockaway; Mary Gibson, East Rockaway; Malverne
Mayor, Lou Cocchi. Left to right, back rows: Matthew
Sherman, son of Vonabell Sherman, East Rockaway; Brian
Meyer, East Rockaway; East Rockaway Mayor, Ted
Reinhard; Lynbrook Mayor, William Geier; John Krull,
Malverne; Phil Christ, President Cape Cod Homeowners
Associatioil; East Rockaway Village Trustees Irving Shaw
and Anthony Santino. . , . . _ ,
An Open
Letter
to Ail
Frolickers
By Mildred Roemer
The Marion Street Ele-mentary
School and the
West End E l e m e n t a ry
School, both of the Lyn-brook
School District, have
been recognized by Educa-tion
Secretary William Ben-nett
as two of the best ele-mentary
schools in New
York State.
Both schools were cited
by the federal government
for excellence in organiza-tion,
curriculum, atmos-phere,
special programs,
school/community rela-tions,
and student achieve-ment.
They were two of only
four schools from Long
Island to receive such recog-nition,
and represent two of
the top 20 schools in the
State of New York.
The new recognition pro-gram
is part of Education
iSecretary Bennett's effort to
focus national attention on
the early years of a child's
education.
The joyful news was
Alumni Association Formed
A new community organ-ization
was born at 7:50 p.m.
on Tuesday, June 24, 1986,
in the Main Street firehouse:
the East Rockaway High
School Alumni Association.
Assisting at the birth were
some sixty East Rockaway
High School alumni who,
according to an alumnui
s o k e s m a n , s p a n n e d th
decades but were united in
both a deep affection for
their old school and a will-ingness
to work together for
community improvement.
Elected to lead the Asso-ciation
for 1986-1987 were
the following officers: Pre-siding,
Richard Meagher;
Vice President, John Bren-nan;
Recording Secretary,
Janice Sanders; Corres-ponding
Secretary, Paula
De Pietro; and Treasurer,
Elaine Boll.
The Executive Board for
1986-1987 will consist of the
five officers. Newsletter Edi-tor
John Hambel, and the
following trustees: Peg Wil-son,
Kitty Noon, Betty
Johnston, Andy Ferretti,
Pat Abut, Terry Clifford,
Barbara Schumer, Bob
Jacobsen, Ed Carey, Ken
Hettler, and Ed Power.
Two committees were
formed, one headed by Ed
Carey to plan a fall "kick-o
f f event and one on mem-bership
headed by Andy
Ferretti.
Ideas for future alumni
events included a faculty tri-bute/
roast; a masquerade
party; a Gong Show (Didn't
we just have one?" asked one
alumnus.); A Las Vegas
Night; and a night at the
races ("The Marx brothers
already did that," observed
another alumnus).
A meeting of the Execu-tive
Committee has been
scheduled for Thursday,
August 21, 1986, at 7:30
p.m. at the Main Street
Firehouse. All alumni are
invited to attend.
C O N S T I T U T I O N S /
BY-LAWS
1. The name of this organ-ization
is the East Rocka-way
High School Alumni
Association.
2. The goals of the East
Rockaway High School
Almuni Association are to
remember what otherwise
might be forgotten, to
reconnect what has been
severed, to recognize those
who have achieved, to cele-b
r a t e what has been
accomplished, to improve
what is, and to help shape
. what is to come. We care;
therefore, we are.
The Association will
assist the school district in
all ways possible and will do
everything it can to encour-age
the students to strive for
educational excellence. In
.addition, the Association
will assist in the develop-ment
of interest in and con-tinuing
support for the East
Rockaway Union Free
School District in all
alumni.
3. The eligible member-ship
will consist of all alum-ni/
ae of East Rockaway
High School. The active
membership will consist of
those eligible who elect to
join on an annual basis and
to pay the annual member-ship
dues established by the
Association.
4. The annual member-ship
dues charge is hereby
established at the rate of
$5.00 per year, effective with
the membership year begin-ning
September 1, 1986 and
ending August 31,1987. The
rate is subject to change in
f u t u r e years upon the
recommendation of the
communicated to Principal
Alfred Solomon of Marion
Street School by Congress-man
Raymond J. McGrath
(R-Valley Stream) last Fri-day,
only one hour after the
children had been dismissed
for summer vacation. "If
they had called just one hour
e a r l i e r , " Mr. Solomon
stated, "it would have been a
nice way to share a cumula-tion
of a year's work with
them all."
The selection process
began in early October,
1985, when school princi-pals
sent applications to the
state selection committees.
A review panel chose final-ists
for the federal selection
committee, and during the
school year, teams of vis-itors
observed the schools'
daily procedures and inter-viewed
parents, teachers and
administrators.
The top 270 schools from
the fifty states received this
national recognition.
Executive Board and the rat-ification
of the membership.
5. There will be five offic-ers
of the Association: Pres-i
d e n t , Vice President
(President-Elect), Record-ing
Secretary, Correspond-ing
Secretary, and Treasur-
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D'Amato Joins Lynbrook Elks
In a special initiation
ceremony held on Sunday,
June 22, Lynbrook Lodge
No. 1515 of the Benevolent
and Pf^otective Order of Elks
brought ten new Brothers
membership, one of them
being United States Alfonso
D'Amtato..
The Senator expresed
interest in membership after
being a guest of the New
York Elks Association at
its annual Convention in
1985. Impressed with the
programs of Elkiom, Sena-tor
D'Amato ought to make
a personal commitment to
the Order's charitable and
philantrhropic programs.
After the ceremony the
Senator, speaking on behalf
of all ten new Brothers,
stressed the vital nature of
the Elk's Drug Awareness
Program in combating what
has become a threat to the
very fabric of American
society today.
Past State President Peter
T. Affatato presented the
new Brothers with their be installed in July as the
membership pins. Brother Grand Exalted Ruler of all
Affatato of Hicksville will 1,600.000 Elks nationwide.
F r om left ro right are Senator Alfonse D*
Amato, Exalted Ruler Lawrence ContrattI, William £.
Stanton.