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VOL. 35 NO. 22 Wednesday, June 8,1988 35c PER COPY
Jonathan Podlaski presents a plaque to Alice Maria
Bresnthan, President of the Board of Ed and Superin-tendent
of Schools. Bern Seiderman as Principal Nola
Bacci looks on.
Tall Tales Trivia
^ I. Where is "Pearsall's
-'./Hassock"?
2. What oldtimefs home
' was located on the site of the
present "Foodtown"?
3. Who owned the prop-erty
on which the Hewlett-
East Rockaway Jewish Cen-ter
is located?
4. What did Capt. Hig-gins,
Joe Carrigan and
Oliver Hewlett have in
common?
5. Who was "Dave Push"
and what was his real name?
6. When was East Rock-away
incorporated? Why
was this done?
7. Who was our first
Superintendent of Schools?
8. When was the St.
Raymond's School built?
9. What high school class
did actor Don Murray
graduate with?
10. Who rode a gold-plated
bicycle through
town?
TALL TALES
TRIVIA RULES
Return your an.swers to
the East Rockaway Library.
The number of the question
and your name should be
included on each entry.'
Answer as many questions
as you wish but only one
answer on each sheet of
paper. The correct answers
will be given on TAI.L
TALES NIGHT-Thursday,
June 16th (8:00 P.M.) at the
East Rockaway Public Library.
The answers to each ques-tion
will be pulled from
Hucklebery jars marked "1"
through "10". The first five
winners of each TAI.L
TALE question will receive
$2.00 in Huckleberry Script
which will be honored at any
Frolic; booth.
Members of the Grist Mill
Committee, Arnold White,
Eugene Torborg, Colonel
Richard Hewlett and John
Bishop are not eligible.
Remember, you can't win
if your not in it! See you on
TALL TALES NIGHT -
JUNE 16th at 8:00 P.M. at
the East Rockaway Library.
Meet Them
In "Person":
Sam Rhame,
Col. Hewlett
and Dave Push
by Mildred Roemer
All above mentioned and
their ladies will be seen in the
"Phantoms of the Grist
Mill," a lively historic play
being presented by the
Alumni Association of the
H.S. at 8 p.m. in the audito-rium.
Tickets may be
obtained at the door, but if
you wish to be certain of a
reserved seat, call Gail
Meagher, 599-9122.
The play will mark the
"kick-ofr for the 300th
Anniversary week celebra-ting
the building of the Old
Grist Mill building in 1688.
The week will include con-certs
in the park, a yarn-gathering
session in the
library, and then the final
BIG one, the 19th year of the
Huckleberry Frolic on Sat-urday,
June 18th. Watch for
programs that will be dis-tributed
all over the Vil-lages.
"This is East Rocka-way
Week, plan that
vacation later!
North Garden Dedicated
Principal Nola Bacci
offered her appreciation for
the "overwhelming support"
of Dr. Seiderman and
members of the Board for
the "beautiful garden at
West End." She said the
garden symbolized the
school where the flowers,
like the children, would get
the environment and nour-ishment
for healthy growth.
Ms. Bacci added acco-lades
for all performers,
Mrs. Candelaria, Mrs. Tai
and Mr. Kenneth Bartlett
for their work in preparing
the gardens and to Mr.
Cinque of Alma's Garden
Center for his "generous
d o n a t i o n of flowering
plants."
West End Elementary
School dedicated its North
Garden to Superintendent
of Schools Bern Seiderman
and the Lynbrook Board of
Education. In special
ceremonies on Grandpar-ents
and Friends' Day,
hundreds assembled to hear
young Jonathan Podlaski
make the presentation'.
Mrs. Sandra Candelaria,
planner anci coordinator of
GRIST MILL
t Bast Rockaway 300™
ANNIVERSARY
COIM SEE "Plnirtonis OF DIE Grist Mill
As of June 11 evening per-formances
of "Phantoms of
the Grist Mill" draws closer,
it is still possible to purchase
reserved seat tickets. Tickets
will be sold from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturday, June 11 in
the auditorium lobby at
East Rockaway High
School.
In addition, telephone
reservations for tickets will
be accepted through June 10
by Gail Meagher at 599-
9122. Remaining tickets will
be available for sale at the
door just prior to the 8 p.m.
performance on Saturday,
June 11, 1988, in the audito-rium
lobby at East Rocka-way
High School. Commun-ity
members planning to
attend, however are urged to
have purchased their tickets
beforehand, or at least to
have made their reservations
by telephone in advance, if
at all possible.
Tickets are $7.50 each
($6.00 for senior citizens, 60
and over, upon request),
with payment by check
made payable to the East
Rockaway High School
Alumni Association.
The cast of almost 30
alumni and other members
of the community are prac-ticing
up a storm for this
once-in-300-years produc-tion
that will kick off an
entire week of special anni-versary
events honoring the
Grist Mill culminating in the
Huckleberry Frolic on June
18.
The plot of "Phantoms of
the Grist Mill" centers on a
modern-day threat to the
future existence of the Grist
Mill as we know it, and how
Bt
the "phantoms" from our
past save the day by "freez-ing"
the villagers and having
them experience a vaguely
historical "dream" of the
past to make them appre-ciate
their heritage. See the
"Phantoms"!
the special program, deli-vered
greetings and student
Lauren Cordano, welcomed
everyone who came. A
choral reading followed by
Hobby Greenhouse members
P e t e r K e l l e r , Karen
Roberts, Christine Perrone,
Diana M'oore, Paul Keller,
Scott Keller, Patricia Pas-tor,
Erika Belinsky, Andrew
P e r r o n e and Lauren
Cordano.
"In a Garden" was a string
selection played by Sharon
Maloney, Dina Flowers,
Genevieve Marshall, Geisel-
Decall, Carol Maier and
Natalia Gadea. Genevieve
Marshall introduced "The
Oak and the Rose," by Shel
S i l v e r s t e i n , which was
recited by Frank Colletti,
and the voices of West End
children could be heard in
"Garden Song."
A recitation by Daniel
Midtlyng of "The Giving
Tree" was followed by the
band selection of "Coral
B e l l s . " Blending their
instruments in this melody,
were Terrence Taylor
David Miller, Kerry Dunn,
Larry Marra, Rebecca
Palazzolo, Erin Donlon and
Carol Maier.
A highlight of the fmale
was a vocale rendition of
"Climb Every Mountain,"
by Lynbrook High School
student Jessica Rechner,
accompanied by Mrs. Karen
Ajamian.
Engaged
This
Just
In.,..
FLASH: Just learned that
Chau ncey Howell, of
WABC-TV Channel 7. will
be coming to East Rocka-way
on June 8 to Film
members of the High School
Alumni cast of "Phantoms
of the Grist Mill". He will
feature shots in and around
the Grist Mill Museum. It
will be shown during the
Channel 7 news program
that night. The light, histori-cal
play with song and dance
will be presented in the High
School auditorium on June
II at 8 p.m. For ticket
information contact Mrs.
Gail Meagher, 599-9122.
Mr. and Mrs. John Della-ratta
of North Boulevard,
East Rockaway, are proud
to announce the engagement
of their son, Vincent to Miss
Maureen Simon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Simon, of Bergenfield, New
Jersey.
Vincent is a 1978 graduate
of East Rockaway High
school and is a 20 year resi-dent
of Bay Park.
The couple both work at
Katz Communications, Inc.
in Manhattan where Vin-cent
is an Assistant Art
Director and Maureen is an
Administrative Assistant.
A June 1989 wedding is
planned.