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VOL. 35 NO. 29 Wednesday, July 27,1988 35c PER COPY
Past Commander Honored
VFW HONORS BRIAN MEYER. Past Commander Brian Meyer of East Rockaway was
recently honored by the East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post for his three years
of service as Commander. Roger Russeil (right), the new Post Commander, presents the
Past Commander's Pin on Brian (center) while Post Treasurer Jim Ellenwood looks on.
IN APPRECIATON. East Rockaway Deputy Mayor Anthony Santino (left) stopped by
to congratulate Brian Meyer for his years of service to the VFW.
A "Lord Mayor" Visits The Museum
by Mildred Roeme
Quite unexpectedly a call
was received asking if the
Museum could be opened
for a "Lord High Mayor of
Australia" and his wife. This
seemed a bit strange, but
their party arrived, and it
was learned that the Lord
and his Lady were from
Malvern, Australia, and had
come to Long Island to see,
among other sites, their
namesake village, Malvernc.
Not having a Museum in
Malverne, it was thought
that the Grist Mill Museum
might be of interest.
The delightful couple
from "down under" were
suprised and pleased with
the many exhibits.
"The old man in the boat
upstairs, reminds me of the
boats used in Australia, and
they also have the jacking
lanterns in the bow," his
Lordship remarked. His
"Lady" was pleased with the
artistic arrangements of the
displays and especially the
manikins that made the cos-tumes
look so elegant. Stud-ying
the Indian exhibit the
couple said they had some
artifacts made by their abo-riginal
natives including
feather shoes made with
Peninsula Counseling Center:
Mothers Helping Mothers
There is one profession
that thousands of women
enter daily with absolutely
no prior training: Mother-hood.
It is perhaps the most
important job in our society,
and yet the only way to learn
it is by doing it. Worse still,
in recent decades, full-time
m o t h e r h o o d has been
looked upon with a degree
of scorn, ironically, by other
women. There is unexpected
loneliness and alienation.
An oasis in this jumble of
new feelings and situations
is the Peninsula Mothers'
Center in Lynbrook. The
members of the Peninsula
Mothers' Center understand
the ambivalence because
they all are experiencing this
m u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l j ob
themselves.
Psychologists and social
scientists believe that moth-ers
need to examine and
reflect upon their birth
experiences. The Peninsula
Mothers' Center was
founded on the philosophy
that all mothers have a
common bond, whether
they experience "natural"
childbirth, C-section or
adoption. The Center is the
place to come and discuss
issues related to all phases of
mothering without being
judged or given advice,
(New moms are given more
advice than they can handle,
most of it conflicting!)
When a mother becomes a
member of the Center, she
takes part in a discussion
group called "Transition to
Motherhood." The group,
which is led by two Center
members who have been
trained by a social worker,
includes topics from plan-ning
(or not planning) the
pregnancy to the homecom-ing
of the baby. After this
group, the women can go to
other discussion groups
such as "My Mother/My-self^"
"Interfaith Marriage,"
Family Dynamics," "Moth-ers
and Guilt," "Body
Image," et al. We try to offer
a evening group ge'ared to
the special needs of adoptive
mothers. We also have a
non-discussion group for
moms who want to read a
book or finish a crafts pro-ject
while their children are
in childcare. All groups meet'
once a week, for eight weeks,
for an hour-and-a-half.
WHAT ABOUT THE
CHILDREN?
At the Peninsula Moth-ers'
Center, the children are
just as special as the moth-ers.
While Mom is partici-pating
in her group, the
children have their own spe-cially
furnished rooms to
enjoy across the hall; one for
infants, the other for older
children, ages 2-6. The
rooms are immaculate and
are fully equipped. The
infants' room has cribs,
strollers, baby toys and one
loving childcare worker for
every three babies. The older
children have tables and
chairs, blocks, art projects,
music time, books and
games with wonderful,
energetic "teachers." The
child's welfare is paramount
so mom is free to get some
much-needed space to her-self,
comfortable in the
knowledge that her child is
being well cared for. We give
special attention to children
(and mothers!) with separa-tion
anxieties.
If you would like more
information please call 599-
7788. They will get back to
you as soon as possible.
No Sense Crying Over Spilt Milk
DAIRY
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A D I S T R i B U T O O r OM
M B m n m f i n e dairy products
blood and tied with thongs.
The Grist Mill Indians are
seen working on less strange
articles such as woven
snowshoes.
Upon leaving, the new
Anniversary booklet, "East
Rockaway's Grist Mill
Museum, 1688-1988" and
postcards were given as part-ing
gifts. They were inter-ested
to note the many pho-tos
showing how the
300-year old building was
moved to Memorial Park.
The booklet and Anniver-sary
plates are available for
purchase in the Museum,
and in the Village Halljdaily.-
by James Groark
Last Thursday morning,
July 21 around 10 a.m.,
motorists traveling on East
Rockaway Road, adjacent
to the Harbor Mall, had a
hard time telling if Harry in
the luncheonette was burn-ing
the corn muffins again or
if the Dellwood milk truck
was letting off all that white
"steam" as a result its refreg-irated
door being open and
it being such a muggy day. Ii
was neither. The driver of
the milk truck had just
pulled into the south park-ing
lot of the Mall when he
realized smoke was coming
from under the cab.
Within two minutes, two
fire trucks, an ambulance,
and a police car were on the
scene. Luckily for the driver
and the TRIUMPH
DAIRY COMPANY, the
East R o c k a w a y Fire
Department quickly doused
the fire that was emanating
between the cab and the
refrigerated truck. The big-gest
danger of course was
stopping it before it reached
the gas tank.
Buddy Torborg, and
theothei: volunteer firemen
who acted in their usual pro-fessional
manner deserve a
vote of thanks from the sto-reowners
& customers of the
Harbor Mall for handling a
situation that could easily
have turned sour.