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VOL. 34 NO. 4 Wednesday, January 21,1987 30i PER COPY
Tally-Ho Plans 75th Anniversary it Leadership Now - Reach Out"
To an overflowing crowd
of supporters, the Lynbrook
Independent Party announ-ced
their candidates for the
position of Trustee in the
Village Election, to be held
on Wednesday, March 18,
1987.
Tally-Ho Engine Company #3 of the Lynbrook Fire
Department, organized in March 1912, is celebrating this
year its 75th Anniversary of volunteer fire service to the
residents of the Village of Lynbrook. In the above photo,
two of the anniversary co-chairman Michael Chiaramonte,
right, and Danny Quaranto, second from left, go over some
of the anniversary plans with Tally-Ho Company officers,
ILT Robert Cribbin, center, and 2LT George Gunn. One of
the many highlights of Tatly-Ho*s celebration will be a huge
carnival in Gries Park August 27 to 30.
DomDeCailo
At a special meeting/ wine
and cheese party on Satur-day,
January 17, 1987,
Rock Rivalry Needs Your Help
As we completed our SOth
year and began our 51st, we
at East Rockaway High
School made a commitment
to improved performance.
This commitment is in ever-ything
we-do — academic as
well as extracurricular.
Rock Rivalry is an impor-tant
part of the school extra-curricular
program. Like
everyhting else, we would
like to see it's quality
improved so that it becomes
a true reflection of the abili-ties
of the students of East
Rockaway High School. To
that end, we seek the assist-ance
of our community.
In the past, there had been
a practice known as *Host
families.' This tradition
Trustee Grogan Chairs Village
Officials Police Committee
Mayor Dorothy Storm of
Freeport, President of the
Nassau County Village Offi-c
i a l s A s s o c i a t i o n , has
announced that Lynbrook
Village Trustee Stephen T.
Grogan has been named
Chairman of the Associa-t
i o n ' s "Village Police
Committee".
Mayor Storm in making
the appointment stated that
the purpose of the commit-tee,
which consists of village
mayors and trustees who
have their own police
departments, will be to
improve communications
between villages who have
their own police departments.
Trustee Grogan, who is
employed as a Federal Law
Enforcement Agent, and
was appointed because of
his law enforcement back-ground,
is the Village Board
Liaison to the Lynbrook
Police Departmfent.
According to Trustee
Grogan, he would like to
identify similar needs for
State Grants and advanced
equipment that could result
in tax dollar savings and
which could^improve police
services to villages having
their own departments. "We
all realize the importance of
our police services...this
c o m m i t t e e will work
together to improve and
enhance our respective
departments," said Trustee
Grogan.
encouraged a cooperative
effort between the school
and the home to provide a
structured environment for
the endless hours of prepa-ration
necessary for Rock
Rivalry. Recently, very few
homes have borne the
burden of all of the meetings
and activities. The pressures
upon those homes and fami-lies
have been unfair. There-fore,
we would like to spread
the responsibilities more
evenly t h r o u g h o u t the
community.
Any who are interested in
being host families are
encouraged to submit their
names on the form printed
on page 3. It is hoped that
the supply of families willing
to offer their homes and
their supervision will at least
equal the needs of this event.
Selected families will be not-ified
of an evening meeting
date at the school. At that
time they will be informed of
the rules governing Rock
Rivalry,, the limitations on
the home meetings, etc. If
you are not in a position to
be a host family, you can still
help. We also need individu-als
to assist with supervision
at the school during practice
sessions. Any time that you
-can give us will be greatly
appreciated. Remember the
purpose is to provide the
student body with the best
opportunity to excel and to
produce something they can
be proud of now and in the
future. Let's all join together
to produce a great 51st Rock
Rivalry.
Mayoral candidate. Bob
Delmond, introduced his
r u n n i n g mates Dom
DeCarlo and Bill Hendrick,
with an emotional filled and
inspiring speech. In his
i n t r o d u c t i o n , Delmond
stressed the excellent quali-fications
of his running
mates and overwhelming
dedication to the residents
of Lynbrook. He said "I am
confident that we are the
team who can improve the
quality of life in Lynbrook
as we move toward the "21 st
century." Delmond expressed
his pride in Lynbrook and
reiterated the need to unify
all individuals in the Village.
"We have such a great
source of energy and knowl-edge
in this wonderful
community and we must
utilize all who wish to keep
Lynbrook 'The Village That
Leads the Way.'."
Trustee candidate, Dom
DeCarlo, a lifetime resident
of Lynbrook, stated that this
opportunity is allowing him
to fulfill a long desire to
serve the residents of our
Village in this special way.
DeCarlo stated that being
born and raised in Lyn-brook
he has formed a spe-cial
attachment and feel for
the community that quali-fies
him to be the "Trustee of
the People." His many years
with the volunteer Fire
Department, Church and
Athletic organizations as
well as his over 30 years with
the L.I. Water Company,
which is based in Lynbrook,
gives him the unique quality
of being closer to the com-munity
than any other can-didate.
"1 may not speak as
flowerly as one of the others,
but in my heart I love this
village and I know the con-cerns
of it's people."
Desmond
,DeCajcIo stressed that
when elected, he is commit-ted
to insure that the ordi-nary
citizen will be heard
and have a voice in the run-
•ning of our Village.
Trustee Candidate, Bill
Henrick in his address,
expressed his concern with
the serious increase in crime
in Lynbrook. According to
Henrick, "Many Villagers
have expressed this concern
and have been upset when
reading the police blotters
published in the local news-papers."
He said "I moved to
Bill Hendrick
Lynbrook about ten years
ago and it is not the same
Village it was then. There
have been improvements
'but certain niceties have
been lost."
"Lynbrook is waiting for
effective leadership. Leaders
who are more than merely
competent but outstanding
in their areas of expertise.
Most importantly, this team
is able to communicate with
our friends, neighbors and
residents of Lynbrook with
sincerity, true concern for
their problems and an inter-est
in their ideas."
Hendrick stated "May-oral
Candidate Bob Del-mond,
trustee candidate
Dom DeCarlo and myself
are not interested in using
Lynbrook as a stepping
stone to higher political
aspirations. We are con-
(Continued on Page 12)
Turning Back The Clock
by Mildred Roemer
Standing at attention in
front of Rhame Avenue
School, are members of the
East Rockaway Police
Department back in the thir-ties.
In a political brochure,
dated November 1930, there
was quite an article in favor
of keeping them on instead
of merging with the Nassau
County Police. The histo-rian
will not comment on the
pros and cons, however,
being a sort of old timer,
methinks, well, who
cares what "methinks."
From the 1930 article it
was written: "The East
Rockaway Police Force is a
highly trained, efficent
organization. It's officers
are all local who are well
known. They know local
conditions and have the wel-fare
of the Village at heart.
They know what is required,
they know your child and see
that the children have full
protection going to and
f r om school....* IfEast
Rockaway were to join the
County force," the article
continued, "calls would
have to be transferred to
Valley Stream where the 4th
Precinct was then located. It
was also stated that there
was no guarantee as to how
many men would be allo-cated
to the "smaller"
Village.
We did not have the date
when the merger went
through.
There are not many men
in the photograph that have
been identified. One, the last
motorcycle policeman on
the right, was Andrew
Breyer who was severly
injured in an accident. There
was some confusion about
insurance at the time and it
has been said that this may
have led to the dismissal of
the local torce. Maybe one
of the Observer readers
write in the names?