Observer_1987-05-20; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Wednesday, May 20,1987
Turning
CLOCK
by John
East Rockaway's street
names can speak of its his-tory
with eloquence when
even the smallest bit of his-torical
data can be tied in.
some of our important fami-lies,
earlyu builders, politi-cians,
and even some land
developers have names pre-served
for daily, though
often unrecognized, use.
All of these and more will
be explored. The discovery
of an early auction catalog
has our attention focused on
Williamson Street and the
one short block called
Angle-Sea, or "Anglesey,"
Place.
Much of the land south of
Main Street and east of First
Avenue was packaged for
development around the
turn of the century. The
illustrated program includes
"200 choice lots and plots
in.. Angle-Sea, situated in
the heart of the village of
East Rockaway."
The auction was held
"on the spot,"May 30,1903.
We are also told that the vil-lage
was i n c o r p o r a t ed
and "..roads macadamized,
good hotels and boarding
Hermanson Field Dedicated
HERMANSON FIELD DEDICATED. Athletic Direc-tor
Harry Friesleben (third from right) was present on May 9
for sign-raising ceremonies at Hermanson Field at East
Rockaway High School. Also present were alumni (left to
right) Genie Kubat, John Brennan, Ed Carey, Richard
Meagher, Pat Friesleben plus coaches Joe Lores and Karl
De Masi.
Bishop
houses, fire department, and
the lowest taxes in New
York State.." The program
was printed with dealers,
investors, and speculators in
mind.
The agent also mentions
that "..proposed tunnels and
bridges..roads and trolley
lines will bring this village
within easy distance of New
York City..." It is important
to remember that with the
Brooklyn Bridge only a
scant 20 or so years, old,
Manhattan was still an
"island" to most people in
1903.
The a f t e r n o o n ' s enter-tainment
was Weiser's cele-b
r a t e d M i l i t a r y Band.
Though they were supposed
to "Enliven the occasion
with the latest popular
music.." one source tells us
that schoolboys couldn't res-ist
pitching bullfrogs into
the tuba between numbers.
The agency in charge of
the auction was none other
than one John N. Willima-son
of 220 Broadway, N.Y.
He didn't hesitate to name
two streets in his "Angle-
(Continued on Page 12)
A new sign identifying
Hermanson Field at East
Rockaway High School was
set in place on Saturday
morning. May 9, 1987, by
the East Rockaway High
School Alumni Association.
Harry Friesleben, Direc-tor
of Athletics and an
aiumnus himself, accepted
the new sign on behalf of the
high school and was joined
by two of his coaches, Karl
DeMasi (also an East Rock-away
alumnus) and Joe
Kiwanis Holds
Health Fair
The East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club held a com-munity
health fair on Satur-day,
May 2, 1987, in the St.
Raymond's School Cafete-ria,
located on Atlantic
Avenue in East Rockaway.
Several doctors, chiro-practors
and dentists were
on hand along with
members of the East Rock-away
Fire Department and
volunteers from South Nas-sau
Communities Hospital
to assist area residents in
monitoring their health
statistics.
The Fire Department
administered blood pressure
tests, and hospital volun-teers,
who were supervised
by Registered Nurse Robin
Grass, the coordinator of
the procedure, gave dia-betic,
eye and hearing tests.
Approximately 200 inter-ested
residents took advan-tage
of the free tests given at
the Kiwanis Health Fair.
The majority received blood
pressure and hearing tests,
while 28 individuals who
took the diabetic test and
were unaware that they had
diabetes discovered that
they in fact had the disease.
One person was found to
have extremely high blood
pressure and was advised to
see his family physician.
East Rockaway Mayor
Irving Shaw, himself a
Kiwanian, proclaimed May
2, 1987 as Kiwanis Day in
the Incorporated Village of
East Rockaway.
"I would like to thank
every Kiwanian who lent his
assistance for making our
Health Fair a tremendous
success," stated East Rock-away
Kiwanis Club Presi-dent
Denis Motherway. "By
reaching out to the residents
and providing free health
tests, the Kiwanis Club is
giving a valuable service to
its neighbors in East Rock-away.
And that's what
Kiwanis is all about "
Lores, a graduate of a
neighboring district.
Representing the Alumni
Association were Associa-tion
Vice President John
Brennan; Thomas Brennan,
builder of the sign; Ed
Carey; Andy Ferretti; Patri-cia
Gregory Friesleben;
Genie Kubat; and Associa-tion
President Richard
Meagher.
Meagher explained that
although the field had been
named for former science
teacher and football line
coach Richard Hermanson
in 1950, the original sign had
disappeared sometime dur-ing
the last 37 years, causing
new generations of students,
teachers, and coaches to be
unaware of the name of the
field.
One class from the past
dedicated their yearbook to
"Hermie" and tried to cap-ture
his essence in the fol-lowing
prose: "Amid test
tubes and chemicals, you
will find East Rockaway's
one and only 'Hermie', as his
friends, the students, call
him...Even with a knowl-edge
of five languages ~
French, German, English,
Russian, and Latvian ~ and
a head bursting with scientific
m a t t e r , our science prof is
never prosaic or 'bookish'.
To the student, he is the
humorous professor, never
too dignified to object to
shouted greetings as he
drives along in his Stutz, the
car of cars, with his everlast-ing
pipe between his lips.-
Laura Ellen Shafer, a
senior at Lynbrook High
School will receive her
GOLD AWARD from the
Girl Scouts of Nassau
Couj.ly on May 20, 1987 in
Garden City, N.Y.
The Gold Award is com-parable
to the Eagle Award
is the Boy Scouts.
Laura is a member of Girl
Scout older Girl Troop 4007
which meets at St. James
United Methodist Church in
Lynbrook. Her leaders are
Grace and David Shafer.
Julie Barnett of Rockville
Centre, also a member of the
Troop, is receiving her Gold
Award and a joint Recogni-tion
Ceremony is being held
for the two girls on Friday
evening, June 5, 1987 at 8:00
p.m. at the United Church in
Rockville Centre.
We congratulate these
girls on their achievement.
..For relaxation, this coffee-drinking
physicist enjoys
taking cars apart and read-ing
scientific literature...but
is not too engrossed in these
hobbies to neglect the world
of sports.
Football has fascinated
him since his school years in
Troy High School where he
was selected as an All-State
guard and tackle, and in St.
Lawrence University where
he was a varsity star. East
Rockaway players know he
has continued his devotion
to the game for...years as a
coach who is even obliging
enough to act as a human
tackling block or prospec-tive
football heroes.
And so to Hermie ~ witty,
lovable HBrmie - we dedi-cate
this yearbook of our
school days!"
Meagher noted that one
of the goals of the Alnmni
A s s o c i a t i o n was to
remember that which might
otherwise be forgotten:
"This sign keeps before us all
the name of one of our many
dedicated staff who should
never be f o r g o t t e n --
R i c h a r d H e r m a n s o n ."
M e a g h e r also t h a n k ed
Carolyn Schemmp, cur-rently
concluding her 51st
year as a district employee,
for having suggested the
need for a new sign to the
Alumni Association.
Local Student Wins Award
Several local students
have been designated as
winners in the 1987 Nassau
Association For The Help
Of Retarded Children's Pos-ter
Contest. The students
submitted their entries to
portray a variety of themes
including: "We Drew A Cir-cle
To Take Them In"; "I
Can Be A Good Neighb-or...
If You Will Let Me.";
and "The Retarded Make
Good Workers."
First Place in the competi-tion
has been awarded to
Craig Piazza, a resident of
Malverne, who attends
BOCES North Center
Commerical Arl Class in
Westbury.
Second Place honors
went to Vinny Tulley, a
Sewanhaka High School
student who lives in Elment.
Third Place honors were
shared by New Hyde Park
Memorial High School»stu-dent,
Georgina Homolka of
New Hyde Park and Stacey
Canty, a Hempstead resi-dent
and a student at L.I.
Lutheran High School who
also attends Commerical
Art classes at BOCES
County Center in Westbury.
There was a tie for Fourth
Place with Robert Cittadino
of East Rockaway and
Harry Algarra of Lynbrook
who attend the Westbury
BOCES County Center Art
classes.
ICANBEAGOODNEKiHBOOR.
WINNER Robert Cittadino, a resident of E. Rocka\
was designated I*ourth Place winner in the Nassau Associa-tion
For The Help Of Retarded Children's poster contest.
Robert attends art classes at BOCES County Center in
Westbury, and chose as his theme: "I Can Be A Good
Neighbor...If You Will Let Me."