The-Helm_1963-07-18; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Serving These Communities
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Vol. 2, No. 14 Kin<>nil US Se<-oiKl-(^lr«s8 MHttcr,
I'ost OtTW'e, I.ynlirook. N'. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963 10^ Per Copy
And The Winners Are.
Board Says Allen Violated Law
Files Formal Request
To Reopen Hearing
The Malverne School District 12, Board of Education, filed a foniial request Wednesdu}^
July 17 for reopening tlie decision of Dr. James E. Allen, Jr., Commissioner of Education, in re-gard
to his order to reorganize the elementary schools by September 1, 1963 to bring about a
greater degree of "racial balance." Since the order of the Commissioner was a judicial decision
a formal request for reopening was necessar)^
Delay
. Lyobsq^ May^if. JarQe^
new m the H E L M sponsored MeiTick RoaH Mercliah^S Promotioii as Fraiik
Mignano, Sr. of Mignano Pharmacy holds the box contaming hundreds of
entries. Winner of the $10 Gift Certificate was Miss Rita Lahr^ 10
Wright Ave., Lynbrook. The $7 certificate was won by Mrs. William
Schroeder, 33 Kenneth Place, Oceanside, who dropped her entry off at
Merrikleen. Mrs. V. Grieco, 34 Blossom Heath, Lynbrook is the winner of
a $5 certificate, who placed her coupon in the H E LM box while shopping
at Mignano's new Pharmacy and the last prize of another $5 gift certificate
was won by a Frank's Suijperette shopper, Nicholas Russo, 12 Summit Ave.,
Lynbrook. All certificates are redeemable at Jewelry by Greens in Lyn-brook.
(Helm photo by Cribbin)
E. Rockaway Board
Awards Contract
For Demolition
m The East Rockaway Villa^ic Bdarcl
'ccepled the bid from tlie U.E.M.
Constnictioi) Corporation of Liiidcii-hurst
for the demolition of llie
Cohen property located on Ocean
ave. at the Rail Road Station. The
})id for $1,460 was opened last Mon-day
night and was the lowest of five
siihniittetl. Other bidders \ver(> l\'ti'r
Peterson, $2,{)()(); Ace Hoeflner Con-stnu;
tion, $2,424; T.F. Construction,
$2,175 and Pellico Bros., $2,330.
The village plans to nse the pro])erty
for a parking field.
Only one bid was receiv(>d for the
pnrcliase of a two door hard top
,se(.lan, with white wall tires, for nse
by the Dejit. of Public Works. 'I'cd
Rowland Ford, submitted a bid of
$2,428 which was accepted by tlie
oarci.
Due to a technicality, the bids
for the construction of additional
wings on the historical Crist Mill,
were not opened and returned to
the bidders for resubnn'ssion. Addi-tional
information had to be added
to the specifications in reference to
tlie wage scale. I'his scale is sup-plied
by the Industrial (Commission-er
in Albany. It fluctuates, au<l the
new rate had just been received.
New bids for the wijig construction
will be opened at the July 24 board
meeting.
Lynbrook Baptist
Vacation Bible School
The Lynbrook Baptist Church
will hold their annual Vacation
Bible School this July 22nd through
August 1st, from 9 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. All boys and girls, ages 4 years
and up are invited to attend. Admis-sion
is free. The theme is "Travel-ing
God's Highway" and school
starts with a kickoff parade on July
2()th, 10:30 a.n). from the church,
marching through the adjacent
neighboihood.
The Missionary project will be
Camp Hope of Carmel, New York,
a camp for handicapped and retard-ed
childrc n. Prjzes will be ;iwarded
for perfect attendance and for the
winners of the "Travel Agent" con-test.
Roger Tetamore is the Director. A
staff of superintendents includes:
Mrs. Ilendrickson, Beginners; Mrs.
C h a 1 k (> r. Primaries; and Mrs.
CircNcrs, Juniors. Mrs. Margaret Dil-lon
is secretary.
Becker Blasts
on New
Lynbrook P.O. Congressman Frank J. Becker,
(R.-Lynbrook) last Thursday blasted
"bureaucracy and red tape in Wash-in'gtfm^
Hbrtt h ^ - t lilockecl his efforts
for the last four years to obtain ade-quate
and central postal facilities
for the Village of Lynbrook.
In explaining his stand, Congress-man
Becker said: "I have pushed
this as hard as I can . . . first it was
necessary to get the Regional Post
Office in New York to make a sur-vey.
This was done and it was
found that new and larger facilities
were needed. Then plans and de-signs
were prepared and approved."
"Later, it was necessary to get
Congressional approval," Becker ex-plained,
"to transfer the property
located at the Southeast comer of
Elder st. and Broadway, (that was
owned by the Federal Government
and controlled by the General Serv-ices
Administration) to the Post Of-fice
Department. This was accom-plished."
" B u t , " he .said, "for months
(Continued on page 4)
Rec. Commission
Abolishes Post
The Lynbrook Recreation Com-mission,
comprised of seven mem-bers
appointed by the Mayor, has
for the past year and a half studied
its recreation program with a view
towards effecting an economy in its
operation and at the same tlw<*^ro-vide
the residents of the Village a
complete recreational program.
As a result of this study, the Com-mission
has decided to abolish the
position of Superintendent of Recre-ation,
effective July 15, 1963. The
individual activities will be conduct-ed
by selected, competent personnel
imder the overall direction of the
Recreation ConuuLssion members.
Reelected to Post
Franklin J. Fitzpatrick, a member
of the Lynbrook Elks was reelected
secretary of the L3 million member
Elks at their convention held in San
Francisco last Monday. Ronald J.
Dunn, an attorney from Oneida,
N.Y. was elected Grand Exalted
Ruler.
Frank X. Altimari, Counsel, pre-pared
the formal request on the fol-lowing
grounds:
"The said decision and order was
made imder a misapprehension of
die facts and the law, in that
A. The said decision and order
is, and compliance therewith would
be, in violation of Section 3201 of
the Education Law and the funda-mental
policy of the State of New
York as laid down in the Educa-
Hon Caw, Sections 3201 a n d ' . " i.
Section 3201 of the Education
L aw reads as follows, "No person
shall be refused admission into or
be excluded from any public school
in the State of New York, on account
of race, creed, color, or national
origin."
B. The Commissioner of Educa-tion
was under a misapprehension of
fact in that the Board of Regents
had developed and declared an edu-cational
policy in the ai-ea of un-intentional
racial imbalance in
'schools, when in fact it had not done
SO; and in the absence of which the
Commissioner had no administratiN e
power to change the policy thereof
frequently determined by him in
such cases as matter of Bell and oth-ers
or to make any additional policy
or the order complained of herein;
C. The attendance areas cstab-
(Continued on Page 5)
In This Issue
('aleiidar of Events Page 3
Mary Barry Page 3
Editorial Page 4
Paul Harvey News .... Page 4
Legal Notices Page 7
HELLO LYNBROOK . . . Thirty-five American Field Service students from 20 foreign countrie-s wave
greetings on their arrival at the South Junior Higli School last Wednesday. Cue.sts of local families, the teen-age
good will ambassadors spent five days in the community. They had just completed their one year stay in
various parts of the country tuul were on their way to Washington, D.C. before their depaitiu'e for home. The
Lynbi^ook stop over gave Long Islanders a chance to meet the oversea visitors, and the students a chance to
meet and see other sections of America and its people. Other photos, stoiy on page 3. (State News photo)