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VOL. 34 NO. 43 WendiBsday, November 4,1987 30e PER COPY
Republicans Sweep Into Office
Nassau County Executive
Tom Gulotta
Presiding Supervisor
Joe Mondello
Supervisor
Greg Peterson
Councilwoman
Angie Cull in
Councilman
Joe Cairo
Councilman
Pat Zagarino
Receiver of Taxes
Robert Livingston, Jr.
Town Clerk
Dan Fisher
Supreme Court Judge
Joseph Colby
Nassau County Judge
Ira Wexner
Nassau County District Judge Nassau County District Judge
Sandra Feuerstein Tom Adams
Homecoming On Tap Murderer's Row?
East Rockaway High
School alumni planning to
attend the Gala Alumni
Homecoming Party at the
Main Street Firehouse on
S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g,
November 7, are urged to
telephone Genie Kubat
(599-5627) to make their
reservations, even if they
plan to pay at the door.
"Please phone in your res-ervations,"
said Kubat, Res-ervations
Coordinator for
the Alumni association, "so
that we can make our final
food arrangements as accu-rately
as possible."
Homecoming festivities
on November 7 will begin
with the annual Homecom-ing
Football Game at I p.m.
scheduled for Hermanson
Field at East Rockaway
High School with all game
proceeds going to the Louis
Cosenza Memorial Fund.
The Rocks, with a current
record of three wins, one
loss, and one tie, will be
playing against Manhasset.
Next comes the Home-coming
Party at the reno-vated
Main Street Firehouse
in East Rockaway starting
at 5 p.m. and ending ??? D-J
Ed the Head will spin your
favorite platters, and a hot
buffet and an open bar (5-9
p.m.) is included in the $22
per person donation.
A raffle offers prizes of a
basket of cheer and dinner
for two at such fine local res-taurants
as the East Point
Inn, the New Porthole, and
the Union Avenue Cafe for
$1 per chance. In addition,
the winner of the 1987
"Alumnus of the Year"
Award will be announced
d u r i n g the e v e n i n g 's
festivities.
"Come home. Rocks,"
urged Homecoming chair-man
Ed Carey. "Catch the
spirit. Ifyoucameto Home-coming
last November, you
know the feeling. If you
missed last November, don't
miss out again!"
Donation checks for res-ervations
made payable to
the East Rockaway High
School Alumni Association
can be sent to Genie Kubat,
36 Birch Street, Lynbrook,
NY 11563(516-599-5627).
Lent Seeks
Academy Nominees
Congressman Norman F.
Lent (R-4th CD) today
announced that applications
•for a nomination to the Uni-ted
States military acade-mies
will be available to all
Fourth Congressional Dis-trict
High School Seniors
until November 15, 1987.
A request for nomination
must be submitted before
the November 15th dead-line.
Upon receipt of all
requested information, an
applicant will be scheduled
for a personal interview.
Candidates will be evaluated
on the basis of academic per-formance,
leadership abil-ity,
and service to the com-munity.
Nominees will be
notified of their nomination
by early 1988, and if
appointed, will enter the
Class of 1992 at the United
States military academy.
This process is open to
individuals at least 17 but
not yet 22 years of age on
July 1st of the year of
entrance to the academy.
Individuals who are inter-ested
in seeking a nomina-tion
should write Con-gressman
Lent at 2280
Grand Avenue, Suite 300,
Baldwin, New York 11510.
"Each year I am fortunate
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by Mildred Roemer
No, not in 1987 but in the
thirties this group of dedi-cated
men who might have
appeared in a Dick Tracy
movie (or perhaps as gangs-ters)
were ready to give sage
directions to our small Vil-lage.
Fedora hats, handker-chiefs
in breast pockets and
gold watch chains desig-nated
the well-dressed man
of the day. Mayor Irving
Shaw found and gave this
photo with others to the
Grist Mill Museum to swell
its present collection. From
left to right are George
Stolworthy, Arthur Schrat-weiser.
Mayor Edward Tal-for,
William Brockwehl and
Guy Thompson, Village
Clerk. If there are any cor-rections,
please write to the
Observer