Observer_1987-07-01; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Wednesday, July 1,1987 3 ( k PER COPY
PROCLAMATION. Lynbrooii Mayor William P. Geier
(left) presents a Proclamation to Mr. Charles Speacht of the
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in recognition of Lib-erty
MutuaPs 75th Anniversary. The insurance company,
which has been doing business in Lynbrook for the past 38
years, employs more than 550 local residents. Mayor Geier
praised Liberty Mutual for its many positive contributions
to the community. -
Raw sewage has wahsed
ashore at East Atlantic
Beach promptrng town offi-cials
to close the public
bathing beach located there,
Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Joseph N. Mon-dello
has announced. Mon-dello
noted that employees
of the Department of Parks
and Recreation discovered
the raw sewage along the
shoreline of the East Atlan-tic
Beach Town Park
around 2 p.m. on June 23rd,
and the beach was imme-diately
closed.
"The public should clearly
understand that bathing or
swimming in water which
has been contaminated by
raw sewage is extremely
hazardous. Until the appro-poriate
tests can be made, all
residents should refrain
from entering the ocean
anyvvhere along the south
by Annette Ling
Lynbrook Week Awards
Night at Village Hall was
well attended sind Mayor
Bill Geier and the Board of
Trustees unveiled the new
Lynbrook Village Flag,
which he explained was
designed by Jay Strolli and
manufactured by Dave
Goodman. He explained
that it was the result of a
collective effort during the
7th Anniversary and stated,
"It's something we can be
proud of and I'm sure it will
ily with dignity and presence
over our Village Hall." He
thanked both Stolli and
Goodman and introduced
them from the floor.
Police Chief Frank Kehr
was honored as the 1987
Man of the Year and pres-ented
with a Citation from
the village and he received
an ovation from residents
and everyone present.
Mayor Geier praised the
Chief's great dedication and
his offer of a helping hand
whenever it was needed. The
Chief stated that he was at a
loss for words and thanked
both the Mayor and Board,
his wife, and members of the
p o l i c e who were in
attendance.
Mrs, Barbara Mauro,
from Washington Avenue,
Lynbrook. was the recipient
of the 1987 Woman of the
Year Award for her out-standing
record of commun-ity
service especially in the
Girl Scouts for many years.
Her family including her
husband, who was on the
staff of the Lynbrook
D.P.W. were all on hand to
witness her "special day."
The Beautification Com-mittee
presents Awards to
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ben-venuto,
Stuart Street, Mrs.
Freids Dejak, Lewis Place,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mas-cato.
Grove Street, and Mrs.
Lotty Schammroth, Char-ing
Cross. Perry Funeral
Home. Union Avenue, Lyn-brook
received the Com-mercial
Beautification
Award. Mayor Geier told
the audience, "We do this to
urge other people the incen-tive
and strive to make their
property look nice as the
property the committee
selected."
Trustee Stephen Grogan
explained that funds raised
by donations at the Lyn-brook
Week Softball Game
between Jim Jensen's All-
Stars and Lynbrook's All-
Stars would be for the
benefit of 32 year old Susan
Mueller, formerly a member
of Talley-Ho Company of
the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment
who has become
totally blind and has heavy
medical bills. She is being
trained to walk with a cane
and will need other help. He
explained her cheerful and
courageous spirit and the
hope that the public would
respond and send checks to
the Lynbrook Village Hall
care of the "Susan Mueller
Fund" and attend the game
as well. Gerry Mat/en stated
that their would be hot dogs
shore," Supervisor Mon-dello
said.
P r e s i d i n g Supervisor
Mondello noted the follow-ing
steps that were being
taken in response to this
threat to the public health:
* The Nassau County
Board of Health has been
alerted and has been asked
to test the area to determine
the possible health conse-quences
of coming in con-tact
with the contaminated
water.
* The Town's Depart-ment
of Conservation and
Waterways is monitoring all
town waterways on a hourly
basis to determine the scope
and extent of the contam-ination.
* The Nassau County
Police Department has been
informed of the situation
and is supplying a police
helicopter so that town offi-cials
may view the extent of
the spill from the air.
* All private beach
clubs in the Town of Hemp-stead
have ben alerted of the
situation and have asked to
closely monitor all public
bathing areas.
* Similar notice has
been given to officials at
Nassau Beach, a county
facility, and Jones Beach
State Park.
* The Town of Hemp-stead
Bay Constable has
been ordered to send boats
into the sewage spill in an
attempt to trace its source.
* Presiding Supervisor
Mondello noted that similar
instances of raw sewage
washing ashore in Hemp-stead
Town have been trace-able
to sewage dumped in an
area known as the New York
bight. The labels on the
material washing on shore
today indicate that the sew-age
originated in New York
City.
* Mondello has ordered
the Town Attorney's office
to conduct an official inves-tigation
with an eye toward
taking legal action against
those responsible for the
spill.
* "1 urge every town res-ident,
and parents in partic-ular,
to refrain from bathing
in our ocean and bay
beaches until further notice.
Town government is doing
everything possible to
determine the nature and
extent of contamination. All
of the resources of town
government have been
committed to effecting a
clean-up of the contami-nated
area as expeditiously
as possible."
and drinks for sale at the
game with all profits to go to
Susan's fund.
The Executive Secretary
of the Lynbrook Chamber
of Commerce gave Mayor
Bill Geier the large box of
coupons of Lucky Shoppers
so that he could select the
winners of the U,S. Bonds
donated and sponsored by
the Chamber, The following
people were winners: First
Prize, a $100 U,S, Bond,
Arthur Tucci, Norton Road,
Valley Stream; 2nd prize, a
$100 U,S, Bond, Terry
MacDougal, Scranton
Avenue; 3rd prize, a $50
U,S, Bond, Josephine Mar-tino,
Earle Avenue, Lyn-brook;
4th prize, Stacy Git-tleman,
Denton Avenue,
Lynbrook; a 5th prize, $50
U.S. Bond, Marion Benci-venga.
Blossom Heath; 6th
prize, a $50 Bond, Brian
Krupp, Valley Stream; 7th
prize, Emerson Stero
Cassette Recorder, 8th
prize, a $50 U.S. Bond, Rose
Inzinna, Melrose Avenue,
Lynbrook, was the 9th prize,
and the 10th prize was an
AM—FM Radio won by
Marion V. Morelli, Denton
Avenue, 11th prize, a VCR
m o vl e won by Jim
Woessner, Wood Street and
12th prize, a Compact Hair
Dryer won by Robyn Mayer
Waverly Avenue. East
Rockaway. Following the
meeting there were refresh-ments
in the outer hall at
which time those present
could socialize and meet the
Mayor and Board of
Trustees,
Now that "Frolic Fever"
is over and the proceeds are
coming in nicely, it's time to
look inside of the museum
and various displays.
Since Memorial Day
there has been a "Pioneer
Days" special exhibit in the
"fashion" area on the grand
lloor. It features an 1860
handmade quilt by Anne,
pioneer, woman as her fam-ily
crossed the country in a
"prairie schooner." These
women, often torn from
good homes in the East,
often took off odd ends of
scarp material from their
sewing baskets along with
embroidery silk, so that they
could while away the lonely
hours by piecing them
together in a quiU. Anne
must have been quite well
off as her quih is composed
of rich velvets and silks
embroidered together, and
with flowers, birds, and any
design that entered her mind
stitched on the pieces. The
exhibit...which includes an
old wagon wheel, trunk, and
an autoharp and a manifin
wearing a pioneer-style
dress...was put together by
Museum committee people.
Che Bell and Mary Gipson,
Upstairs in the special show-by
Mildred Roemer
case is a display of old- chack.
fashioned cooking utensils Come visit! Our Anniver-arranged
by Paula Yasens- sary plates are still on sale.
ELKS FLAG DAY SERVICE WELL-ATTENDED. Lyn-brook
Elks Lodge No. 1515 thanks the public for attending
its Flag Day Service In such large numbers, it is heartening
to know that this annual patriotic expression is appreciated.
The guest speaker was Marine Staff Sergeant Sylvia
Gethicker, who spoke on the changing role of women in
today's armed forces. She was presented with a plaque in
token of the lodge's gratitude. From left to right are: Exalted
Ruler William McKeon, Sergeant Gethicker, and Past
Exalted Ruler Daniel Hueglin.