The-Helm_1963-09-26; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Serving These Communities • Hewlett • East Rockaway • Lynbrook • Malverne • Yalley Stream • Lakeview
Vol. 2, No. 24 lOiitoi'cil .'IS Scc(iii(l-('biss Mnttcr,
Post OITii'e. I.ynt.rook. X. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963 100 Per Copy
(State Photo Service)
RED CROSS BLOOD BANK: The Lynbrook Branch of the American Red Cross held a Blood Bank session
for employees of the New York Telephone Co. at their Lynbrook office last week. Shown at the session are left
to right; Vfrfe: Alinw HpH^I JSC of _ V.S.; Nurse's Aide Mrs. A.
DeNoie Defends Actions
Of Malverne School Board
Dr. Bayard DeNoie, President of the School Board, Di.strict No. 12, defended the actions of
the school board during the current crisis. Speaking at the Malverne Rotary Luncheon last Tues-day,
DeNoie emphasized that Commissioner James E. Allen, Jr. in his June decision ORDERED
the school board to adopt the Princeton Plan. "The commissioner in his directive never said an
alternate plan could be submitted," DeNoie declared, and "his order specifically told us to a-dopt
the Princeton Plan and submit our proposal by August 1st on how it would be done."
Outlininjj the boards actions since -
tlie Fischer Committee made its
study, DeNoie explained each inci-dent
and how the board acted. He
also explained that he did not want
to ffet in any verbal debate with any
group or person in the community,
which would only increase tension.
"However," he said " I and the board
toj^villing to work with anv respon-
1 firoup to help Rive all of our
b S c l r e n the best education possible."
Racial Imbalance
DeNoie pointed out that tbo rul-ins
implied that Racial Imbalance
existed in the Woodfield Road
School. "This the board agrees with,
however, the public is misconstruing
Racial Imbalance with Segregation."
"A segregated school is illegal under
the State Education Law," DeNoie
said, "and the school would also be
inferior." "Neither is true at the
Woodfield Road School," the school
board president declared, "and that
is why we did not accept Allen's
ruling and made the appeal."
In conclusion, DeNoie pointed out
tjii^^vhatever the Court decision is,
I lHt ' would be mixed reaction in
community. "We have to learn
to live in respect of one another,"
he said, "the court will not solve our
problems, we mn.st."
Nasierow.ski Speaks
In his talk to tlie Club, Trustee
Edward Nasierowski said that he
wanted to give his personal views.
He stated tliat when he first ran for
trustee, he was tmaware that he was
running against a Negro. "I was
.shown some literature with my oppo-nents
platform, and I just didn't go
along with what he stood for,"
Nasierowski said. The campaign
brought turmoil, threats and sadness
to my family, he stated.
Nasierowski pointed out that
many residents of Lakeview are not
in accord with the persons who de-clared
themselves leaders of the
conuinmity. He also critici/ed the
"(le facto s(>gregation" findings that
Negroes attending a neighborhood
school were not receiving the proper
education. "This is only a theory,"
he said, "and Dr. Clark of the Fisch-er
Committee could not even answer
my question," the trustee declared.
Praise Lynbrook Mayor
The Mayor of Lynbrook came in
for praise from Nasierowski M'hen he
compared the actions of the police
departments of Malverne and Lyn-brook
on the opening day of school.
Nasierowski stated that he was at
Lindner Place School where the
demonstrators were loudly singing,
chanting, and sitting across the steps
preventing people from entering the
building. "The Malverne Police Chief
evidently did not know what to do,"
Nasierowski said, "because he wasn't
given proper instructions by the
Mayor, wliereas in Lynbrook, the
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Clair Named Village Attorney
James E. Clair, a long time resident of the community and
a prominent local attorney was named Village Attorney for East
Rockaway at last Monday night's board meeting. Clair, will suc-ceed
W. Wesley Hill, who resigned the position effective October
1st The post pays $4,800 plus per year.
In his acceptance speech Clair said:
— "1 am proud to acc(>pt the Board's
Holquist Earns Grant
For Work on M.A.
Donald Hohpiist, a member of
the mathematics departiiKMit faculty
at Baldwin Harbor Junior High
School, luis been awarded a National
Science Foundation grant for a full-tuition
and fees fellowship to do
graduate study in mathematics at
Adelphi University.
I ' h e grant is to culminate in a
master's degree; it follows a Sum-mer
of study Mr. Hokiuist com-pleted
at the College of William and
Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,
also under a National Science Foun-dation
grant. A Lynbrook resident,
he has been teaching in Baldwin
schools for three years, since he
ended his service in the U.S. Navy.
Vulcan Auxiliary Meets
There will be a regular meeting
of the Ladies Auxiliary of Vulcan
Company of the Lynbrook F.D. in
the Denton Ave. Firehouse at 8:15
p.m. on Tljursday, Sept. 26.
EXCLUSIVE:
Reardon Hits Back
Defends T. A. P.
Charles Reardon, President of TAP, reacted sharply to the
attack made by Mayor Morton Stein of Malverne, against his
organization. The mayor at last week's Malverne Rotary Club
luncheon had criticized TAP in his speech on the crisis in School
District No. 12. In a stinging reply to the mayor's speech, Rear-don
at one point labeled Stein as a "sapient angel." Reardon's
exclusive statement to this newspaper is as follows:
"Mayor Stein's attack on evcr>'-
one in sight shows only that he is
a seriously disturbed man. I will not
defend the School Board, nor Mr.
Bejarano, nor Mr. Hook, nor Dr.
Delaney, nor Mr. Rotlistein, nor Dr.
DeNoie, nor all the other "wrong-oes"
in our community. Perhaps they
will speak for themselves and per-haps
they will be able to prove tliat
we do not have only one pxire and
sapient angel among us named
Mayor Stein, with all the rest of
us being either too stupid to do as
he tells us to do or too evil to carry
out his wise and benign instructions.
" I shall, however, speak for TAP
and its members.
" I t ill behooves a man, whose fi-nancial
history is what it is, to cast
aspersicms on the financial responsi-bility
of others. TAP is a duly in-corporated
organization. It will ren-der
financial reports at the proper
time in accordance with the laws of
our state and federal governments.
'Jlie members of its board of direc-tors
are well-known, upstanding citi-zens
of our district, each of whom
can exhibit a clean record in whicli
none of them, nor any enterprise
with which they have ever been
connected, has ever defaulted on its
obligations. The same can not be
said for all the members of the vil-lage
government of Malverne. Let
tlie record speak for itself.
"Mr. Howard Williams, a director
of 'i"AP, signed a complaint und(M'
oath. Mr. Williams has a record of
always telling the truth. If Mayor
Stein thinks he swore falsely let him
say so directly—and take the conse-
(juences. Or, if he dares, let him (h-rcvt
his village lawyers, at no e\-
])ense to him, to bring action against
Mr. Williams for ptM jurv. There arc
laws which can be used against per-jurers
and an honest man should use
them instead of trying to destroy
a citizen's reputation with vile in-nuendoes
and dirty indirect allusions.
Allen's Order
" In order i'or .\hiyor Stein to be
abl(> to proclaim just what everyone
should have done in the school con-troversy,
wouldn't it have been help-ful
to him to have taken the trouble
to read the Allen decision? He sa> s
Allen 'ord«>red the school board to
adopt the Princeton Plan or submit
an alternate plan.' But this is com-pletely
false. Commis.sioner Allen's
decision was final and conclusive.
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Malverne Educator
Named to Adelphi
Dr. Alfred M. Vogel, 77 Cedar
Rd., Malverne, has been named Di-rector
of the Adelphi University In-stitute
of Science and Mathematics,
Dr. Paul Dawson Eddy, president,
announced.
Dr. Vogel succeeds D f . ' f f f t ^ i i rd
A. Robinson who resigned the posi-tion
to devote full time to his re-sponsibilities
as professor and chair-man
of the Physics Department at
the University.
The Adelphi Institute of Science
and Mathematics was fomuled in
1959 to coordinate research, teach-ing
and community activities of the
biology, chemistry, mathematics and
physics departments.
Dr. Vogel also will continue as
professor and chairman of the chem-istry
department.
aiipointment as Village AttoriK^y. I
will do my best to try to fill Wcs
Hill's shoes, though this will b(> an
extremely difficult task. I have
known Wes Hill for many years and
he is ojie man who really exempli-fi(>
s my id(-a of a gentleman, athlete
and scholar. We know he is a giMitle-man,
and we know he is a schol.u',
I have many times in these years
worked with him—but I leave 'ath-lete'
to last, because I am sure it
will be a suriirise to you to know
that Wes was indeed a fine athlete
and was on the Track Team at Lyn-brook
High School."
Parish Dance
The Annual Parish Dance of St.
Raymond's Church in I^ynbrook will
be held on Saturday evening, Octo-ber
5 in the school hall. A large at-tendance
is expec-'ted as a new
Dodge automobile will be given
away. Members of the church are
preparing unusnal decorations, re-freshments
and setnired a fine dance
orchestra for the enjoyment of all.