The-Helm_1963-04-18; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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• Hewlett • East Rockaway * Lynbrook * Malverne
Vol. 2, No. 1 j \ I ) i ) l i ( ' i i t i o i i t o S l a i l a t S e c o n i l - C l a s s P o s t a ge
K ; i t e H I S I ' d K l i i i H ; a t i i b r o o k , N . Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963 10^ Per Copy
Only Time Will Tell...
Brooklyn at the time, their pedia-trician
recommended physical thera-py,
first from a visitinjf nurse and
:er at the Lonu Island ColU'^t'
Ispital. When Stephen was foiu"
years old, Mr. and NIrs. Connolly
arranj^ed for speech therapy at the
New York Hospital.
About two years ajfo, the Co7i-nolly
family moved to Lynbrook.
Stephen, who had poor balance,
poor coordination and speech diffi-culty,
was enrolled in the pre-school
class at the Cerebral Palsy Cen-ter
for five mornings a week. Ar-rangements
were made for him to
be given- phyjsituil thor«ipy and
.speech therapy at the Center.
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As Stephen has a normal I.Q.,
a great 'deal of thought wa.s given
to the best procedine for his edu-cation.
It was taken into considera-tion
that, allhouKh Ik; could do
almost anything a non-handicapped
child could do and had the men-tal
capacity to learn, it would take
him much longer to learn to write,
for example. Because of poor breatli
control, his speech was slow and
not as clear as that of other chil-dren
starting in first grade. This
would pose (luite a problem for
him. The additional effort in a regu-lar
school would probably presstire
and frustrate Stephen. Ff)r these
reasons, the recommendation of the
M«idieal Department of the Cerebral
Palsy Center was that Stephen be
enrolled in the Cerebral Palsy
School.
Stephen is doing very well in
Stephen Connolly, Lynbrook's C. P. Poster Boy, is like any other seven year old with the
same enthusiasms and desires of a boy of his age . . . but there is a difference. For several
weeks after birth, there was a question of whether or not Stephen would survive . . .
His parents first realized that his coordination was poor when he was a few months old.
It wasn't until he was fourteen months old that his handicap was diagnosed as Cerebral Palsy,
caused by lack of oxygen during the first hour of life after a prolonged and difficult delivery.
As the Connolly family lived in :
class. In additi(m to the usual cm-ricidum,
he receives physical and
speech therapy. The school teacher
and speech -therapist coordinate
tlieir efforts in their program for
S t e p h c> n ' s overall develoiiment.
Since attending school and being
with children on his own level. Ste-phen
has matured emotionally and
is doing well in the basic subjects
of reading, writing and arithmetic.
His walking has improxcd and he
expresses his ideas vocally as his
speech improves.
Ridcii Tricycle
J^'or recreation, Stephen rides a
tricycle well and is learning to ride
a two wheel bicycle. He does not
lack conu>unjoushii> as he has a
six year old sister and two broth-
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IF He Lived Next Door
...Would You Care?
On this page, you can read the story of Stephen Connolly,
one of our Lynbrook children who is the unfortunate victim of
cerebral palsy. If he lived next door to you, and M-as your neigh-bor,
would you care . . . and when an appeal is made to you for
contributions would you give . . . and give?
Illl,lll|i|,|,|,||i|,i|||,||i|liyi,|ll|,llji^ Mrs. Stanley R. Marsli, Lynbrook
chairman of the C.P. door-to-door
^ ^ I I I q q ^ B O O r d question of you . . .
^ in fact, of everyone living in a
^ ^ l ^ p U I ' Q y ^ g conimunity with a "Stephen Con-
• nolly" living next door. Many of tlic
E . R . B u s L i H G people who are solicited for funds
think that those who work for this
The East Rockaway Village worthy cause have cerebral palsied
Board at it's meeting last week ap- children of their own. This is not
proved the application of the Vet- jj^ _ 99 out of every 100
eran Bus Line Inc. to operate a workers have healthy children,
bus service between Hewlett Point y^^^ ji^jgj^^ "Why
Beach and the Long Island Rail- Jon't we have a Community Chest
road station at Davi.son Plaza. Lynbrook so that all the worthy
There was no opposition from drives are combined into one? Then
local residents at the public hear- we won't have our doorbells rung
ing, fiowever, the Hempstead Bus so often — then we ourselves, will
Line was against the issuance of not Ikj asked to go out on drives
approval because they held the so frequently?" Well, maybe that
franchise to operate on ^hun St. is the solution and maybe some
and Ocean Ave. day we will have one, but at the
After the Veteran Bus Line moment we don't. Today, the need
agreed to run "closed door" on the and costs are greater than ever,
streets that affected the Hempstead (Continued on Page 5)
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then- application.
The route served by the Veteran / M f C f / V 6 f f l G F k F C
Bus Line M'ill be north on Hewlett
Point Ave. to East Rockaway Blvd., Page 9
east to BaJ^ley Ave., north, to Mam |||||i||||ii|i||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||!||,|,|||,||p^
St., east to Ocean Ave., north to
the rail road station at Davison ^kc^c
Plaza and then return to Hewlett V - U ^W
Point Beach by the same route. Pas- T q D ^ n V ^ V o t A f
.sengers will not be picked up on ^ m ^ K S t t J W V U b l ;!
Main St. or Ocean Ave., but the
busses will be allowed to discharge
passengers at designated spots on Hempstead Town Supervisor
these two streets. Ralph G. Caso of Merrick has asked
Before going into operation, the Public Service Commission to
Veteran Bus Line niyst now receive ^he reciuest of the New York
the approval of the county's Dept. Service Division of the Utilities and
of Franchises and also obtain a Corp. for any increase in
certificate of convenience from the i^'^^es in the south shore communi-
Public Service Commission. utility presently serves
According to Mr. Howard Boiyce, with water,
president of the Veterans Bus Line, I" a telegram dispatched to PS
every effort will be made by the Commissioner Edward P. Larkin,
company to expedite these hearings ^aso said he "vehemently opposes
so that the bus line can start serv- this untoward action" by the Water
ing the residents of the commu- Company "in light of its recent short-m'ty
as soon as possible. comings in providing adeciuate water
service to its customers—a fact well
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliy concurred in b y the PSC
T I l l C I c c i l i : ^ l^y iH'tion in call-
I l l I H i d miaitional facilities for its
Calendar of P]vents .... Page 2 area by May 1, 19fi3."
Caso further indicated that Tie in-
Editorial Page 4 tends tn a.sk the Tow n Board to
Washington Report .... Page 4 a study "to determine the
teasibinty of the Town of Heni]v
Thought for the Week Page 5 stead condemni)ig the New York
, , 1 1 I- Water Servicei'facilities and placing Community Keyhole .. .Page 5 . ,. i -r tlus entire operation lUKler lown
Paul Harvey News Page 6 control."
"While I reali/{f this may be an
SpOlts 1 a g e 7 expensive propositi(m and perhaps a
The Family Purse Page 8 fi"""''''! impossibility, I still feel an
investigation should be started to
Shopping Tips Page 11 find out if it is at all practicable of
liHm accomplishment," Cast) concluded.
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