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VOL. 36 NO. 5 Wednesday, February 22,1989 35c PER COPY
NEW LIBRARY FOR LYNBROOK. Deputy Mayor
Norman Dreyer and Trustees Steve Grogan, Eugene Natale
and Dominick DeCarlo look at the plans for the new
addition planned for the Lynbrook Library. Joining the
Village Trustees are members of the Library Board of
Trustees and the Friends of the Lynbrook Library who
unanimously supported the Village Board's decision on
February 6th to build an addition to renovate the old library.
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by Mildred Roeitier
The season to be jolly and
gift giving has long gone
with a few winter's blasts;
and, less welcome gifts of
sniffles, ^coughs, aches, and
pains have arrived.
Thoughts sometimes turn
(among old timers) to
friendly words, free pills,
and HOUSE CALLS.
Shortly after moving from
bustling, busy days in
Brooklyn to East Rocka-way,
ye historian noted that
"number 2" son seemed
glassy-eyed and had a fever.
In a panic, a neighbor was
called and the name of Dr.
Arthur D. Jaques was given.
Less than an hour after the
call was made, a dignified
gentleman with greying hair
and a clipped moustache was
at the door, carrying a small
black bag. He greeted the
young patient with a smile
and a cheerful, "Well, let's
see what we have here,
sonny,"
The diagnosis was "scarlet
fever." Ye historian had read
Louisa M, Alcott's book
"Little Women" many times
and knew that Beth, the
youngest sister, had died
after a siege with dreaded
scarlet fever.
"Don't worry, mother,"
the doctor said opening his
black bag and selecting one
of the many carefully
arranged bottles inside.
"Have him take two of these
every three hours, and keep
in touch with me." Then he
tacked a sign reading "QUA-A
Country
Doctor
RANTINED" on the front
door. Packing up his bag.
Dr. Jaques then left the
house and walked to the
curb where he had parked
his bicycle. It was summer
and he was off in a flash to
ease the pain of another
suffering patient.
Dr. Jaques had his office
and home on Atlantic Ave.
at the site of the present East
Rockaway Nursing Home.
He sang in the choir of
Bethany Church, where his
wife was active in the Wom-en's
League. His son, the late
Dr. Allan Jaques, taught
Sunday School and daugh-ter,
Margaret was confirmed
there. In 1948 Dr. Jaques
also headed The Board of
Health for Nassau County,
and was once selected as
"General Practitioner of
New York State" for that
year.
East Rockaway Village Board Report
by Emma Tolmach
The Board of Trustees of
the Village of East Rocka-way
met on February 14,
1989. The Mayor pointed
out that this day had been
proclaimed Boy Scout Citi-zen
Day and the Regular
Meeting would be repres-ented
by Scouts from
Troops 108 and 332 and
Packs 84, 85 and 363. The
following Scouts actively
participated in the scheduled
events of the evening:
Acting Mayor - Eric
Goldsmith
Acting Trustee Santino -
Dan Dengel
Acting Trustee Perry -
Joseph Carroll
Acting Trustee White -
Matthew Mickiweicz
Acting Trustee Formont -
Leon Feingold
Acting Village Attorney -
Seth Altman
Acting Village Clerk -
Peter Shields
Acting Superintendent
Public Works - Seth
I^appaport
Acting Superintendent
Building Dept. - Andrew
Pitagorsky
Acting Village Justice -
David Montelione
Acting Chief of Auxiliary
Police - Billy VanKuyk
Acting Chief of Fire Dept.
- Seth Wolfeld
Acting Chairman Library
Board - Matt Weeks
Acting Recreation Direc-tor
- Robert Meehan
Acting Beautification
Chairman - Jeremy
Bernstein
Acting Police Sergeant -
Matt Cohen
The Acting Police Ser-geant
read the report of
Police Activities for the
months of December 1988
and January 1989 as follows:
December 1988 - No arrests;
111 moving and 196 parking
summonses issued; 13 acci-dents
with 4 injured; 2 major
crimes reported (1 burglary
and I robbery). January
1989 - 7 arrests (one war-rant/
Suspended License, 3
D.W.I., 1 aggravated harass-ment,
1 shoplifting, 1 viola-tion
of order of protection;
141 moving and 151 parking
summonses issued; 22 acci-dents
with 9 injured; 3 major
crimes reported (2 burglaries
of residence and I burglary,
of business.
Acting Trustees White
and Perry reported normal
operation of the office. Act-ing
Trustee Formont
reported that as Liaison to
the Department of Public
Works he would like to
report that 239 tons of news-paper
(Phase 1 of the Recyl-ing
Program) has been col-lected
to date amounting to
a savings of over $7,0000,
Acting Trustee Santino
reported that he had been in
close contact with various
departments during Mayor'
Shaw's recent vacation and
that he had attended the
Blue and Gold Dinner. In
addition he reported that he
had been the swearing in
officer at the Bianco Dinner
for Mort Weitman who was
assuming his second term as
President of that
organization.
The Acting Chief of Fire
Department reported on the
activities of the Department
for the month of January
1989 as follows: 15 general
alarms, 4 still alarms, 38
rescue calls, 1 mutual aid
rescue and 6 training ses-sions
conducted. The Acting
Chief further reported deliv-ery
of the new Rescue/
Ambulance vehicle, the
squad is in training on said
vehicle and indicated that
the Department hoped to
have it in service around
February 18th. The Acting
Chief of Auxiliary Police
reported on the activities of
the Unit for the month of
January 1989 as follows:
74.30 man-hours expended
(4 for court duty); 314 miles
traveled; and attended 2
rescues.
The Acting Superintend-ent
of Public Works
reported on the activities of
the Department for the
month of January 1989 as
follows: 664 tons of garbage,
22 tons of rubbish and 33.24
tons of newspapers had been
collected; the door at the
Auxiliary Police headquar-ters
had been replaced and
window frames at Village
Hall had been refinished.
The Acting Library
Director read the report of
the Librarv indicatinp in
addition to the statistical
report for December 1988,
that free tax assistance is
available on Tuesdays and
Thursday mornings for
senior citizens and for
anyone on Saturdays; 90
children are enrolled in
enriching programs; the
bathrooms have been
retiled; improved lighting in
anticipated shortly and new
blinds have been ordered to
replace the existing 17 year
old curtains.
The Acting Chairman of
Beautification Committee
thanked those who partici-pated
in the tree lighting
ceremony at Legion Place,
reported on the tree planting
program, new garbage
receptacles throughout the
Village and the holiday
banners. He further indi-cated
that additional fund-ing
for the new tree planting
program would be available
shortly and thanked the
Board for their assistance in
making this possible.
The Acting Recreation
Chairman reported on the
winter activities as follows:
The girls sports clinic and
the Arts and Crafts program
is being held on Tuesday
evenings at Centre Avenue
School through March 28th;
the basketball league is
under way; the men's over
35 basketball program at
Marion Street school is held
on Wednesday evenings with
about 20 men participating;
the last Islander hockey
game for the se^on will be
February 18th; will be
attending a lacrosse game on
March 12th, the winter
camping trip is February
19th through 25th with
about 25 boys participating;
and the annual Easter Egg
Hunt will be held in Memor-ial
Park on Saturday March
25th.
The Board approved the
following: Request from
Bethany Congregation
Church requesting permis-sion
to hold a Flea Market
on Saturday, March 11th
and November 18, 1989
between the hours of 10 AM
and 4 PM.
Petition from resident in
the area of Rhame Avenue
School requesting that signs
be installed and the "pooper
(Continued on Page 8)
Weisenberg Wins Assembly Race
Harvey Weisenberg of
Long Beach won an impres-sive
victory in last week's
special election in the 20th
Assembly District, which
covers southwest Nassau
County. The special election
was called after Assembly-man
Arthur J. Kremer, who
held the seat for 25 years,
resigned for personal
reasons.
Weisenberg, a former
police officer and until his
victory, vice principal of the
Bowling Green School in the
East Meadow School Dis-trict,
defeated his Republi-can
opponent, Charges
Kovit, a deputy Hempstead
Town attorney, by a vote of
5,080 to 3,238. Eric Galati
the Right to Life candit^ite
received 125 votes.
[
John W. Matthews, Nfc"
sau Democratic County
Chairman, said "such a good
Democratic win as this is a
great way to begin the year.
We are looking forward to
more victories in 1989.
He pointed out that this
year there will be local
elections for County and
Town offices and that "it is
these County and Town
offices that have the most
direct influence on our daily
lives."
TICK" WITH THE LYNBROOK INDEPENDENT
~ Lynbrook Independent Party candidates Mary
Col way, Bruce Bregman and Bill Hendrick display bumper
stickers which they have been giving to residents as they
walk door-to-door in the village. The Independent Party
has given out thousands of Love Lynbrook" bumper
stickers to villagers who wish to proudly and openly say
"I Love You".