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VOL 36 NO. 43 Wednesday, November 15,1989 35c PER COPY
Museum Scrap Boole East Rockaway
Schools Achieve First
In Nassau County
FROM THE MUSEUM SCRAP BOOK. These rather
stem faced gentlemen (dont know how the lady was able
to crash the party) were on a sight seeing tour in 1910.
The bus, or car was from the Green Car Sight Seeing Service,
located on Broadway and 23 Street in the city. East
Ro^-awayites at the rear of the car include Sam Rhame
standing, and seated Israel Langdon and Edward T. Neu,
one of the first barbers in the Village before becoming judge.
He sold his shop to Petretti. The building still stands to
the rear of Sam Rhame's store, now a deli. The other gent
was Richard B. Combes. Any reader who might have some
old time East Rockaway photos, could call ye historian
at LY 9-4999 and the Ob^rver would be happy to print
them. Clear photos only. ' Mildred Roemer
Lynbrook Village Board Meeting
Annette Ling
One of the highlights of
the Lynbrook Board of
Trustees Meeting held at
Village Hall, Monday,
November 6, 1989 was the
contingent of Fire Depart-ment
personnel on hand to
take part in the appointment
of Walter Brooks as Fire
Commissioner of Lynbrook
and his fifty years of service
in the Fire Department serv-ing
the residents of Lyn-brook.
He was lauded by
Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer for his years of
devoted service up through
the ranks in Hose Company
to the position of Chief.
Deputy Mayor Dreyer pres-ented
him with a Proclama-tion
designating him Lyn-brook
Fire Commissioner.
Brooks thanked the Deputy
Mayor and Board and
thanked the members of
Hose Company of the l-yn-brook
Fire Department who
he stated, "have been with
him through the years."
The Junior Fire Depart-ment
Advisor Ronald Festa
and Officers of the Junior
Fire Department received a
special Proclamation honor-ing
them for their ten years
of service. Festa explained
that the Junior Fire Depart-ment
members had had 49
of their members join the
regular Lynbrook Fire
Department through the
years when they reached the
right age. Three Junior
Officers and former Lyn-brook
Trustee and Co-
Founder of the Junior Fire
Department Steve Grogan
were on hand as a Procla-mation
was presented to the
Juniors.
Officer William Diebold,
President of the Lynbrook
P.B.Aj^ presented prizes of
$50 U.S. Bonds to the
winners of an essay contest
sponsored by the P.B.A. on
the topic "What the Amer-ican
Flag Means To Me" to
the following winners: Kat-hleen
McGuckin, Sabrina
Ali, Cori Petro, Chris Paul-son,
(all from Our Lady of
Peace School) and from
West-End School, Jennifer
Dixon, Matthew Treiber,
and David Bishop. From
Davison Ave. School the
winners were: Veronica
Barbery, Chad Genco, and
Melodic Abrook. Veronica
Barbery was asked to read
her essay aloud and received
much applause for it.
Mr. Thomas Miccio was
sworn into office and
approved as a new member
of the Architectural Board
of Review. He lives on Stuart
Street and is a C.P.A.
The registration of Abra-ham
Alexander from the
Board of Plumbing Examin-ers
was accepted by the
Board.
The Free Rides on the fire
trucks of the Lynbrook Fire
Department^ a tradition of
the Holiday season was
approved by the Board. The
date was set for Saturday,
December 16,1989 with Fire
Department personnel and
Village employee children
getting rides from 12 to 1
p.m., and the general public
children from the Earle
Avenue Parking lot from 1
to 3 p.m.
Temple Emau-El received
Board permission to hold a
Ba/aar from December
16th, 17th, and 18th. The
Our Lady of Peace Parents'
Association received appro-val
for a Flea Market on
Saturday, November 25th
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer stated that after a
careful survey and study of
Yorkshire parking problems
the Board had decided that
a temporary remedy would
be approved to change all
present parking signs in the
Yorkshire area including
Peninsula Boulevard to
Scranton Avenue, Bixley
Heath to Scranton Avenue
including Peninsula from
Olive to Scranton Ave.
would be changed to 90
(Continued on PageS)
Superintendent Robert
Parry has announced receipt
of certificates of accredita-tion
for Centre Avenue,
Rhame Ave., and East
Rockaway High School
from Middle States Associ-ation
of Schools and Col-leges.
According to a spokes-men
at the Philadelphia
offices of the Middle States
Association, East Rockaway
is the first Nassau school
district to be awarded a
unified K-12 accreditation
based on a district-wide
evaluation.
Mr. Parry reported to
staff that **this is a significant
achievemMt and we extend
sincere thanks and congrat-ulations
to all of our staff
for the diligeiit efforts which
produced this award,"
Middle States accredita-tion
represents the judgment
of a respected, regional
group of experts that the
East Rockaway school dis-trict
mission goals and
objectives are being success-fully
achieved. They reach
this decision by reviewing a
self-evaluation completed by
staff and by visiting the
schools and classrooms for
an intensive 3-day observa-tion
period. The Middle
States Report includes a
series of commendations
and recommendations for
the future. Finally, the
school district presented its
Action Plan for the next 3-
5 years.
Board of Eduction Pres-ident
John Van Houten
expressed his pride and the
pride of the community:
"Our schools have improved
dramatically since we were
rejected as a candidate for
accreditation in 1983. We
have improved in the areas
of curriculum, policy super-vision
and coordination. In
addition, we have expanded
programs and services. I am
proud of the work of our
teachers and of the leader-ship
provided by the Deans,
the Principals, the PPS
Director and by our Super-intendent
Robert Parry."
Accreditation is given for
a period of ten years, with
a progress report due to the
Middle States offices by
May, 1993. As Superintend-ent
Parry stated, "Progress
toward excellence is a never-ending
road. This accredita-tion
is but a milestone on
that road. We need to see
it as both a mark of achieve-ment
and a challenge for
continuing improvement."
(Continued on Page 12)
Lynbrook Recreation Halloween
PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM. The Lynbrook Recreation Commission's Pre-School
Program celebrated Halloween during the week of October 30th. The children from
four sessions dressed up in their costu-ies and paraded through Greis Park. The children
also participated in a pumpkin hunt in the park. Pictured are the children from the
Monday and Wednesday morning classes.