Observer_1986-10-01; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 33 NO. 40 Wednesday, October 1,1986 30^ PER COPY
NEW KIWANIAN. The East Rockaway Kiwanis Club just
increased its membership with the addition of John Celli
(center), former commander of the East Rockaway Ameri-can
Legion Post #958. Welcoming John into the fold are, left
to right: East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony Santino,
Bob "BE" Cisco, Dan Canley (kneeling), Lt. Governor Al
Essex, and President Denis Motherway.
Country
When the Grist Mill
stones were still grinding
corn and grain lor the resi-dents
of East Rockaway,
local doctors were traveling
with their little black bags,
driving by horse and buggy.
Much later when ye histo-rian
camc to this fair Village,
in the thirties, there were no
horse and buggies; but,
however,, bicycles were
often used for house visits.
One well-known physician
was Dr. Arthur D. Jacques,
who lived in a large brown
shingled house on the site
where the E.R. Nursing
Home is now located. vSome
may remember him, and
many remember his late son.
Dr. Allan Jaques.
Scarlet fever hit our
youngest son two days after
moving to East Rockaway.
Dr. Jacques (whom we had
met in Pennsylvania, where
he had a log cabin bungalow
on the Delaware River),
biked to see his young
patient, left a supply of pills
from his black bag, and
posted a "QUARANTINE"
sign on the front door! The
pills must have worked and
our two sons started in
Rhame Avenue School near
the end ol the term, only
coming down with whop-ping
cough soon after they
started. Al that time it was
"six weeks coming, six
weeks with you, and six
weeks for the cure" and
another "QUARANTINE"
sign was posted.
Merrick Road Improvements To Be Made
Assemblyman Gregory R.
Becker (R-C, Lynbrook)
today informed 21st Assem-bly
district residents that the
county will be rebuilding the
traffic signal system in Lyn-brook,
as part of its plans to
help ease traffic problems on
Merrick Road.
"This project will improve
the physical condition of the
traffic signals in Lynbrook,
and in addition, allow the
county to coordinate the
timing of t r a f f i c lights,
which should improve traf-fic
ilow in communities
a l o n g Merrick R o a d ,"
Becker said.
According to Becker, the
Nassau County Department
of Public Works is prepar-ing
a capital improvement
project for the reconstruc-tion
of the entire traffic sig-nal
system in Lynbrook.
When completed, the traf-fic
lights on Merrick Road
in Lynbrook and neighbor-ing
communities will be tied
in the county's traffic com-puter
in Mineola. The com-puter
would monitor traffic
patterns throughout the day
and improve the timing of
traffic lights along the route.
Becker explained that the
computerized system could
not be implemented on Mer-rick
Road until all traffic
lights were upgraded to
handle the system. How-ever,
until 1984 Lynbrook
owned and operated its own
system of traffic signals.
This prevented Nassau
County from incorporating
a computerized system in
the village, and it also
blocked the system from
being installed for traffic
lights on Merrick Road in
Valley Stream, Becker
noted.
According to the county,
planning and approvals
should be completed in
1987, and work could start
in the spring of 1988, Becker
said.
"This project should
improve traffic flow on
Merrick Road to the best
that can reasonably be
expected in this congested
area," Becker said.
"When completed. Valley
Stream, Lynbrook, Rock-ville
Centre and Baldwin
will be on-line in the inte-grated
system, which should
make for smoother travel on
Merrick Road within the
21st Assembly District."
Smorgasbord Deluxe
Skelos Opposes LI|.CO
Rate Increase
by Mildred Roemer
Neighbors must have
loved ihese foreigners from
Brooklyn! An old rowboat
was purchased for $5 (these
were depression times) and
between Dr. Jacques cough
syrups and the E.R. salt air,
both boys were cured. In
1948 Dr. Jacques was
awarded the title of "Gen-eral
Practitioner of the Year
in N.Y. State."
Another old-time doctor
who was a real hero for the
Village was Dr. Ogan who
lived on West Boulevard. At
that time proposals were
being made for construction
of the Bay Park Disposal
F^lant, it was learned that all
of the "effluents" was to be
dumped into Hewlett Bay!
There were protest meetings
with s p e a k e r s o f f e r i ng
drinks of the chemicalized
"effluent" to the audience.
There were no takers, nor
did the speakers sip any.
After some intense research.
Dr. Ogan found that the
chemicals to be used would
paralyze the clams. They
would then die and be
washed up on shore to
become a massive feast for
flies that would eat the dis-eased
clams and spread the
deadly polio germs. At that
time there was no known
cure for polio. Quickly the
planners changed the route
of the output pipes and the
"effluent" was to be piped
through Reynolds Channel
and out to sea, and our bay
was saved.
State Senator Dean Ske-los
(R.C.- Rockville Center)
announced his strong oppo-sition
to any rate increase
proposed by LILCO. After
learning that the utility is
preparing for a major rate
hike to be filed with the Pub-lic
Service Commission
within the next few months,
Skelos called upon the PSC
to block rate hikes for the
utility.
Noting poor service and
e x o r b i t a n t l y high rates.
Senator Skelos stated that
he would oppose any rate
i n c r e a s e r e q u e s t e d by
LILCO. "Approximately a
year ago. Hurricane Gloria
swept its way through Long
Island. Even though their
crews were called upon to
work 24 hours a day, their
management was unpre-pared
for such a crisis!
" L I I, C O c u s t o m e rs
already pay one of the high-est
utility rates in the coun-try",
Skelos said, "When do
the rate increases end and
when will the customers
start to sec a level of service
that merits the rates being
charged."
Earlier this year, Skelos
co-sponsored the Used &
usclul Law which prohibits
LICO from charging its cus-tomers
with the cost of
Shoreham if it cannot go on
line to produce electricity
for consumer use.
"We must break the cycle
of 'knee jerk' approval for
LILCO rate increases by the
Public Service Commis-sion",
concluded Skelos,
"Public utilities must be held
accountable to the people".
The First Annual "Smor-gasbord
Deluxe" of the Nas-sau
Democratic County
Committee will be held on
Thursday evening, October
16, at Oceanside Country
Club in Oceanside, Demo-cratic
County Chairman
M a r t i n L. M e l l m an
announced.
The Smorgasbord is a
departure from the usual
formal, sit-down dinner held
by the Democrats each
October. "This affair will be
short on speechmaking and
long on socializing and
e n t e r t a i n m e n t , " Mellman
said.
The entire 1986 Demo-cratic
Team headed by Gov-ernor
Mario M. Cuomo and
including the local candi-date
will be honored, A
number of statewide candi-dates
and political luminar-ies
are expected to attend.
Co-chairs for the fund
raising affair are Pearl
Weill, Vice President of the
Long Beach City Council
and Missy Pagliaro, Demo-cratic
Zone Leader of East
Rockaway.
(Continued on Page 5)
Come Home, Alumni
"Come home, alumni!" is
the call being sounded by the
newly-founded East Rock-away
High School Alumni
Association for "big doings"
scheduled for Saturday,
November 8, 1986.
First is the annual Home-coming
Football Game at 1
p.m. as the Rocks celebrate
their return to a refurbished
Hermanson Field at East
Rockaway High School
with all game proceeds
going to the Louis Cosenza
Memorial Fund.
Next is the Gala Alumni
Cocktail Party at the Amer-ican
Legion's Colonial
Room on Main Street from
5 p.m. to 10 p.m. A Dee-Jay
will spin platters from your
favorite decade, and a hot
buffet and one free drink is
included in the $15.00 per
person charge.
Most important is the
c h a n c e to renew old
acquaintances while you
support this fledgling effort
of your brand new Alumni
Association.
"Come home. Rocks,"
urged an Alumni Associa-tion
spokesman. "Be in at
the start of something big. If
you came to our Alumni
Celebration of Rock Rivalry
last April, you already know
the feeling. If you missed last
April, don't miss out again!"
Checks for reservations
made payable to the East
Rockaway High School
Alumni Association in the
amount of $ 15.00 per person
can be sent to Genie Kubat,
36 Birch Street, Lynbrook,
New York 11563 (516-
599-5627).
NEW EMBLEM FOR A PROUD ORGANIZATION!!
The emblem of the newly formed Nassau County Firefigh-ters
Emerald Society is displayed by President Len Llewel-lyn
of Lynbrook during recent gathering. Pointing t(. the
new emblem is State* Senator Dean Skelos, who was on h.^nd
with Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Tom Gulotta in offer-ing
congratulations to the new organization that is open to
the volunteer firefighters in Nassau County. Also joining in,
from left to right, are Bandmaster Paul Newman of Levit-town,
1st Vice President and Lynbrook Village Trustee Ste-phen
T. Grogan, and 2nd Vice President Gerard Black of
Seaford. The organization was officially formed in June
1986 by Len Llewellyn and Steve Grogan.