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Vol. 2, No. 7 I'hitcivil as Second-Class Matter,
l'«Kt OCrice. KynhrooU, N. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963 Per Copy
Students at Hospital Science Fair
East Rockaway High School students interested in health careers in-spect
the Circ-O-Lectric bed at the recent Science Fair held by South Nas-sau
Communiti^ Hospital. Electrically operated bed which costs $1,000,
is used for p^iiienFs 'sutfSring from paralysis, coma or bums who caii't be
turned by hand. A flip of the switch revolves the two-mattress bed, turns
the patient from back to stomach without apy movement on his part. After
the bed linen is changed; bed is revolved again to restore the patient back
to his original position. Students, left to right, are: Noel Rowland, Susan
Kerr and Janie Mitchell. Demonstrating the bed is Mrs. Ruth A. Powers,
in-service nursing education supervisor at South Nassau Commimities Hos-pital.
V,F.W. Awards Presented
At Joint Installation
The Howard Lathrop Post No. 2307, V.F.W. and its Aux-iliary
held their joint installation of officers on May 18th at their
clubhouse. George Serr was installed commander of the post and
Miss Frances Spinelli took the oath of office to serve as president
of the auxiliary.
Past Commander Fred Schwarz
was installing officer for the post.
J l ^ t a l l e d with Commander Serr
r ^ . e Max WiesentHal, senior vice
T%nmander; John DeSano, jr. vice
Commander; Charles Vollmer, quar-termaster;
Tliomas Brooks, chap-lain;
Albert Costelli, surj^eon; Rob-ert
Becker, judj^e advocate; Roljcrt
Woodward, secretary; Fred Schwarz,
corresponding secretary and three-year
trustee, R. Warren P'risina.
Past President Rutli Pliillips of
tlie Auxih'ary performed the duties
of installing tlie officers for the Aux-iliary.
Serving with Miss Spinelli
for the coming year will l)e Mrs.
George Serr, senior vice president;
Mrs. I'hoinas Legista, junior vice
])resident; Mrs. Robert Tipton, treas-urer;
Mrs. James Byington, con-lu,
ctress; Mrs. Maxwell Phillips,
aplain; Mrs. William Siemers,
.secretary; Mrs. Paul Tliieling, patri-otic
instructor; Mrs. Hionuis Sau-
.sone, guard; Mrs. C. Crandall, his-torian;
Mrs. C. Coe, flag bearer;
Mrs. M. Lesko, banner bearer; Mrs.
A. Spinelli, Mrs. 1). Spinelli, Mrs.
I. Thomson, Mrs. A. Capt)bianco, all
color bearers; and trustees Mrs. O.
Lan(»don, Mrs. J. Cassetta and Mrs.
F. Schwarz.
Presentations Made
During the evening several pre-
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Town Acquires Hewlett Point
Beach For Park Site
The Hewlett Point pool and beach has been ac(iuired by the lown of Hempstead as a
result of Supreme Court Condemnation action and will be open for use this Summer, accord-ing
to an announcement by Presiding Supervisor Palmer D. Farrington.
-- Farrington, who reported that final legal technicalities for the purchase of the site had
been completed, added that the Town's Department of Parks would now exert every effort to
put the beach and pool facilities into operating condition just as soon as possible. However, the
locker section, which requires major alterations, will not be available during 1963.
The Hewlett Point pool and beach
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sentations were made. Cmdr. Serr
gave orchid corsages to his wife and
to Auxiliary president Spinelli and
Sister Tipton, publicity and commu-nity
service chairman. Mrs. Tipton
was also presented a citation from
the V.F.W. for her participation in
the National Community Service
Contest. Highlight of the awards
program was the presentation of
a 3()-year pin to Mrs. Thomas San-sone
for continuous membership for
that many years.
Sistc.-r Ruth Pliillips, essay con-test
ch;iirman announced the win-ners
of the contest recently spon-sored
by the auxiliary for local
school children. Citations of merit
were awariled to Miss Susan Tip-ton,
first place winner; Alice Marlow,
second place and James Fehl, third
place.
Among the honored guests at the
installation were, Comrade WaltiT
Potacluik, representing the Ijyn-brook
American Legion; Postmaster
Al Hart; District Comt Judge Doug-las
Young; V F W District Inspector
Irving Adler; Ruth W^ierfel, Jr. Vict*
President of the Comity Council
Ladies Auxiliary; Legion Auxihary
President Marion Beeny and Aux-iliary
Jr. Unit President Theresa
Feminella.
10 Named To Who's Who
Among Student Leaders
Ten students from Lynbrook Senior High School have been
approved for membership in Who's Who Among Student Leaders
in High Schools of America.
They were selected on the basis
of scholarship, leadership in aca-demic
and extra-curricular activi-ties,
service to school and commu-nity,
and promise for future use-ful
nes.s. .
Named for membership are Fran-cine
Cournos, Barbara Lorraine
Downs, Steven A. Florin, Ilene S.
Klasson, Peter S. Levine, Robert A.
Lewis, Ronnie A. Littenberg, Mar-guerite
C. Mad.sen, Martin H. Red-ish
and Stuart A. Rosenthal.
Established in 1954, Who's Who
Among Student Leaders In High
Schools Of America is a nation-wide,
non-i)rofit organization designed to
give national honor and recognition
to deserving high school students
and to encourage them to develop
their talents by continuing their
education.
Each student is awarded a certifi-cate
with the Gold Seal of recogni-tion.
The student's name and biog-raphy
appears in the official pidili-cation
for the current year.
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Mayor's Accident Fund
Hits $ 9 , 0 0 0 Mark
Mayor George H. Mangravite,
ctiaii'man ot the "Mayor's Acci-dent
Fund," has announced that
over $9,000 has been donated as of
May 28. The drive will continue to
the end of May.
Local organizations who have
donated over five hundred dollars
include, Lynbrook Fire Depajt-ment.
Knights of Columbus, Elks
and Lions Clubs. An ailditional
$1,000 is expected to be derived
from the benefit performance of
-Elks-A-Poppin."
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Chairs Convention
Band Concert
The St. Raymond's School Band
will present its Annual Band Con-cert
on Friday evening, June 7 at
8 : 1 5 in the St. Raymond's School
auditorimn. The band members will
wear their new uniforms purchased
earli(>r this year.
The young people are imd(>r the
direction of Sister Maria Martin,
I . I I . M . and Mr. Paul Dahm. A
varied program of selections is i^lan-ned
for the pleasure of the audi-ence.
area was ac(iuired as part of the
Townvvide Park District and will
be operated on a self-sustaining
basis. Season memberships, at a
modest fee, will be available to ri^s-idents
of the unincorporated area
of the Town of Hempstead who
support the Townwide Park Dis-trict
through taxes, and at a higher
fee to residents of incorporated vil-lages
in the Town.
Activities
The Hewlett Point pool and
beach, which is at the southern end
of Hewlett Point Avenue, has a
1,()()() foot beach on Hewlett Bay,
a regvdation swimming pool, 100 l)y
4 0 feet, and a shallow Wading pool
for children.
There will also be basketball
courts, a playground area for chil-dren,
rest rooms, a refreshment
stand and parking facilities. Plans
will be made to provide swimming
instructions for the children dur-ing
the Summer, and a prograuj of
activities will be prepared by the
Town's Department of Parks.
Applications for membership to
the Hewlett Point pool and beach
will be available next month at the
site. Memberships vs'ill be liuuted
in order to avoid over-crowding the
beach area and the swimming pool,
and will be issued on a "first-come, _
first-served" basis.
Rates for 1963 membership arc
now being determined and will be
announced at a later date.
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In This Issue
Calendar of Events .... Page 2
Editorial Page 4
Washington Report .... Page 4
llonie Repair Page 5
Thought for the Week Page 5
Paul Harvey News Page 6
Sports Page 9
Mrs. Adah Purdy, President of the
JNassau JBusmess and Professional
Women's Club will be tTiaunian of
the 1963 Slate Convention, to be
held in NYC from May 30 to June
2. Eight hundred members of the
132 B.P.W. Clubs in New York
State are expected to attend. A resi-dent
of East Rockaway, Mrs. Pmdy
is associated with the Comnnmty
lUdations Dept. of the
Brook National Bank.
Meadow
Hook and Ladder Aux. Meets
'i'he regular meeting of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Lynbrook Rescue
Hook and Ladder Co. will be Fri-day,
June 7 at 8:15 in the Earle
ave. firehouse. ,
Summer Program
Planned For St.
Raymond's School
Edward Sl(>efe and Paul Morse
have ann()unc(>d they will conduct
an Educational Sununer Trip Pro-gram
for St. Raymond's School.
Roys and girls who are at i')res(Mit
in the 4th, .'Stli, 6th and 7th grades
at St. Rayniomrs an> eligible to par-ticipate
in thes(» trips.
Trips planut'd for the sumnu-r
are: Wednesday, July 10, Meulo
Park, N.J., 'Hiouias Edison's home
and lab; Weilnesday, July 24, Indian
Point, Atomic Energy Flaut and the
Mt. R(\icon Incline Railway;
Wediuvsday, August 14, Statue of
li i b e r t y and Governor's Island;
Wednesday, August 28, Yankee Sta-dium,
gauKi between Yankees and
Roston Red Sox.
Mr. Sleefe will be at St. Ray-mond's
on l'"'riday, June 7, to talk
to the shulents about the trips and
to distribute application forms.