Observer_1989-03-22; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 36 NO. 9 Wednesday, March 22. 1989 35c PER COPY
. by Mildred Roemer
Moving
Day
MOVING THE MILL t m
Years ago some residents
of East Rockaway may have
felt that the street they lived
on was becoming too "com-mercial."
To solve the prob-lem,
they jacked up their
homes and moved them to
a quieter location. The Den-ton
homestead still standing
on Denton Avenue was once
next to what is now the
Westminister Bank on Main
Street. The "Baker" home
originally on Main Street,
was moved to Althouse
Avenue where it now faces
the construction site of the
"new" Rhame Avenue
School.
Above is a photo of the
1688 Haviland Grist Mill
that stood on the bank of
Mill. River near the intersec-tion
of Ocean and Atlantic
Avenues. It was due to be
demolished when it was no
longer in use, but through
the efforts of the Village and
the E.R. Historical Society
it was saved and now is our
fine Museum. Many photos
of its being moved to our
Village Park, and of exhibits
housed inside its doors may
be had by purchasing the
EAST ROCKAWAY
MUSEUM, 1688-1988 boo-klet
in the Village Hall. $2.50
a copy.
Just last weekend there
was news about one of the
Vanderbuilt Motor Park-way's
Toll House, located in
Garden City. Also in Garden
city, the minister's home, or
"manse" associated with the
Episcopal Cathedral was
moved from its location near
the Cathedral to an area near
the Garden City Hotel.
One might wonder what
connection the Garden City
moves had in common with
the East Rockaway
Museum, it happens that the
same architect, a "native"
THE WINNERS OF THE
VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK ELECTIONS
LYNBROOK INDEPENDENT
PARTY CANDIDATES
BRUCE BREGMAN, VILLAGE JUSTICE
MARY COLWAY, TRUSTEE
WIUIAM HENDRICK, TRUSTEE
CONGRATULATIONS
All Star Basketball
son, had a part in all three.
Douglas Wilke attended
Rhame Avenue School,
graduated frdm E.R. High
School, and received his
degree in architecture from
Columbia University. One
of ye historian's sons, Dou-glas
worked through the
Village and Historical
Society to become involved
with the moving of the 1688
Davison Mill and the careful
restoration of the Musuem.
He is an architect in Glen
Head and a specialist in solar
energy.
Doug was especially inter-ested
in the Toll House, as
he remembered tales of his
grandfather racing up (no
speed limit set) his red "Win-ton
Six" way out to Lake
Ronkonkoma in 1912. The
toll then was $1.50. The
millionaire Vanderbilt who
was intrigued with speeding,
held a Vanderbilt Cup race
in 1906 over public roads but
there were so many fatal
accidents on the old dirt
roads, that he financed the
paved speedway from
Queens to the Lake, cover-ing
some 48 miles.
On Thursday, March 9,
1989, the annual All-Star
Basketball Games were held
between the Lynbrook
Recreation Department and
the East Rockaway Recrea-tion
Department.
The Lynbrook team won
the Small-Fry Division
game when Michael McMa-hon
sunk afoul shot to break
a 40-40 tie at the buzzer.
Lynbrook also won a very
close and evenly matched
Midget Division game by
coming from behind in the
fourth quarter. The final
score was Lynbrook 57- East
Rockaway 51.
MIDGET DIVISION ALL STARS Kneeling I. to r. -
Danny Berry, David Curcio, John Gunther, Riciiie Vislocliy,
Mike Siano, Lamar Parlier, Louis Santorella, Ed Wenner-holm.
Back row -1. to r. - Recreation Director Dick Flynn,
Coach Walter M cKnlght, Chris Peters, Chuck Tyree, Keith
Barkus, Matt Cunha, Chris Salogub, Coach Rich Reichert,
Coach Lou Gandolfo, Recreation Chairperson Pat
Rupprecht, and Recreation Leader Janice GrafTagnino.
Lynbrook Village
Board Meeting
SMALL FRY ALL STARS 1. to r. - Matt Tyree, Dave
Kurman, Chris Turitto, Patrick Kelleher, James Burt,
Vincent Mugno, Darren Paccione. Back row - 1. to r. -
Recreation Director Dick Flynn, Trustee Stephen Grogan,
Trustee Eugene Natale, Jerry Prudente, Coach Phil
Kolasinski, Stephen Kolasinski, Recreation Chairperson
Pat Rupprecht, Trustee Norman Dreyer, Mayor William
Geier,TrusteeDominick DeCarlo, Mike McMahon, Coach
Ray Mugno, Phil Umowski, Don Matzen, Janice
Gri^a^ino.
Annette Ling
It was Girl Scout Night at
Lynbrook Village Hall
where the girls from the
ELM Association of Girl
Scouts from Lynbrook
Troops took over the roles
of the Mayor, Trustees, and
heads of departments to
learn something of how local
village government is con-ducted.
At the Board of
Trustees Meeting held on
Monday evening, March 6,
1989 the Scouts did a com-mendable
job with their
actual village counter parts
standing by their side giving
them tips on what to ask.
Maureen Mauro was
Mayor Geier, Linda
Albergo, Trustee Norman
Dreyer, Juneen Belknap,
Trustee Steve Grogan. Kerry
Faustman as Trustee
Dominick DeCarlo,
Michelle Murphy, Trustee
Eugene Natale, the Village
Clerk was Meghan
McLaughlin. Police Chief,
Megan Morehan, Fire
Chief, Melissa Hallickm,
Recreation Director, Erin
Seglar, the Librarian was
Gayle Smith, D.P.W. Supt.
was Gina Lepore and the
Building Supt. was Louise
McLeish, Village Court Jus-tice,
Alyson Pearsall. Village
Attorney, Debra Dudash,
Animal Warden, Meaghan
McLaughlin and Color
Guard, Nicole Stoffieri,
Rebecca Parrish, Sophie
Parrish, Jessica Bacchi. The
girls were given Certificates
of Commendation from
Mayor Geier, who praised
their fine performance in
reading the departmental
reports and asking pertinent
questions.
Out of nine Bids received
by the village for repaving
two parking fields at Greis
Veterans Memorial Park in
a second round of Bids, the
Lynbrook Board of Trustees
accepted Galvin Bros, from
Great Neck, N.Y. at a bid
of $153,839. The first round
of Bids resulted in the lowest
bid of $173,775. One of the
highest Bids was $208,226.
The accepted Bid will mean
a savings of $20,000 to the
village.
VILLAGE HALL OPEN
ON SAT. APRIL 1,1989
Village Hall will be open.
Saturday, April 1, 1989 to
give residents and business
district commuters an
opportunity to obtain park-ing
permits. The Board of
Trustees authorized the
opening of Village Hall from
9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
RECREATION STATE
AID
Recreation Director Dick
Flynn stated that the village
will receive $15,786.40 from
a New York State Aid Grant
for Recreational purposes
which has been applied for.
This is an annual grant that
Lynbrook files for that pur-pose
but the size of the
award remains the same
because of the fact that it is
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Red Cross Proclamation
March has been pro-claimed
Red Cross Month
by President George Bush.
The presidential Proclama-tion
is a tradition since 1943.
President Bush's action
marks his first official act as
Honorary Chairman of the
American Red Cross, a title
held by every sitting presi-dent
since Theodore
Roosevelt.
In the proclamation. Bush
urged all Americans to sup-port
the work of the Red
Cross, calling atter^' jn to
the organization's nearly
3,000 Chapters across the
United States. In addition,
the president praised more
than three million young
people for their support to
Red Cross blood drives and
community activities.
"The strength of the Red
Cross can be seen everyday^
everywhere, through the
work of people who believe
that a successful life must
include serving others. It is
through their commitment
that a bright Red Cross on
a white banner continues to
mean hope, dignity and
compassion to thousands of
people in need both here at
home and around the
world", President Bush
stated in the proclamation.
For over seventy years
your Nassau County Chap-ter
of the American Red
Cross has been serving your
community with disaster
assitance, service to military
families, health services,
safety services, transporta-tion
services, and many
others. For further informa-tion
contact your Nassau
County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, 264
Old County Road, Mineola,
N.Y. 11501 or call 747-3500.