The-Helm_1963-10-10; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Serving These Communities • Hewlett • East Rockaway • Lynbrook • Malverne • Valley Stream • Lakeview
Vol. 3, No. 4 Entere<l as Seconrt-C'Iaas Matter,
Post Offi(;e, Lynbrook. N. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963 100 Per Copy
INJURED IN COLLISION: Mrs. Ann Rita Clark,-62 Edmund St., Lyn-inroelc,
is being: strapped into a,: stretcher , by ^idvern^ Ptlv Don Hagen aipiB
Ffed Mantel prior jto. lber departure to South Nassau Communities Hospital.
Mia. Cluck was ^iured in » two car collision
She WW-treated at the hospital, for a broken Im^. Alfred Clark, her hus-basadi
was driving the car was not iiqured. The operator of the other
ear. Miss Barb^'CaUis, of Oeeansidc, was not hurt. (State Photo News
Swkeh
ief Ryer Hits Back
At Nasierowski Charges
Malverne Police Chief Vincent R. Ryer, in an exclusive state-ment
to tills pai^r, hit back at the charges made by School Board
Trastee Edward Nasierowski at a recent Malverne Rotary Club
luncheon. Nasierowski had stated "that the Malverne Police De-partment
didn't know what to do" when they were on duty at the
Under Place School during the UCAN picketing.
In his statement to the HELM-INDEPENDENT, Chief Ryer
said:
"On September 26th, 196.3, 'an
article containing statements made
by Mr. Edward Nasierowski appear-ed
in your newspaper, stating in
essence that the Malverne Police
Chief did not know what to do in
the recent racial crisis because of his
jkick of directive from the Malverne
M»yor. The author of this statement
is obviously lacking in his under-standing
of tlie relationship between
tlie Mayor and tlic Police Depart-njent
of Ahdverne. The policeman is
a specialist in law enforcement,
while the Mayor is not, and he is
not expected to be an expert in this
field. This is the reason he has a
Police (^liief.
"In this instance tlie Malverne
J\)lice Chief, the Mayor and the
lice Commissioncu- talked over the
probkim, and they decided that as
situations flevelopcd, the Chief,
knowing the law and having experi-ence
in this tyi:)e of situation, would
have to decide wliat was to be done
and when. J-iather tlian arrest the
demonstrators at Malverne schools
and thereby indicate that they were
criminals ju.st by taking part in a
deinojistration, the Chief decided to
talk to the principals involved, and
explain the contingencies of the situ-ation,
indicating that they would
have to be the ones to decide when
the demonstrators; reached a point of
disorderly conduct which was inter-fering
with the normal conduct of
schof)l affairs. Because of this meth-od
of attacking what could have be-come
an ugly problem, the Malverne
children attended school, there was
no real violence, and only seven
demonstrators were arrested.
"The Malverne vSchool Board ad-dressed
a letter (reprinted below) to
the Police Department, praising its
handling of the situation. Tt seems
rather paradoxical that Mr. Nasie-rowski
is a member of the s;mie
Scliool Board which sent the con-gratulatory
letter lo the Police De-
])artment in recognition of their
liandling of the problem."
Letter to the Chief
Dear Chief Ryor:
"The Boartl of Education has
ask(Ml me to express their apprecia-fContinxied
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Residents Back Mangravite
At Heated Board Meeting
The Lynbrook Village Board meeting last Monday night, turned into a demonstration of
support for the Mayor when angry residents shouted "go back to Brooklyn," "we elected him"
and "who cares" when Village Party Attorney Martin J. Weinstein demanded that Mayor George
H. Mangravite resign from his post. The Village Party has brought charges against Mangravite
that he unlawfully ran for office without, being a property owner, as required by state law for
candidates running for village elections.
Advisory Committee Meets,
Mayor Gives Suggestions
A closed participation in the government of Lynbrook by
the vUlage residents was declared the prinnfe purpose of the Citi-zens
Advisory Board to the Mayor and Board of Trustees which
was called together by Mayor George H. Mangravite for its first
joint meeting last Wednesday evening at Village Hall.
The six committees are headed by
former trustee William A. Colton
and composed of 25 Lynbrook resi-
««6tk)n of
the village in residence and bccu-patibn.
They heard Mangravite ex-plain
that the committees would aCt
as "an ear to the ground" in village
matters and express mcwre fully the
desire.s of villagers in matters of gov-ernment.
.
The mayor sugge.sted that as a
start the committees might study the
following:
• the possibility of having a
swimming pool—^or all residents or
just subscribers,
• the "opening up" of Atlantic
Ave. to a freer flow of traffic.
• a sign ordinance that woidd
result in a more attractive appear-ance
in the village, yet utilize this
means of advertising to the fidlest,
• remedies in the zoning laws,
• the possibilities of building new
• kiddie parks subsidized by
funds available from the state,
• more facilities for fire and po-lice
departments,
• acquiring an incinerator—pos-sibly
in conjunction with neighbor-ing
villages—to eliminate the ever-increasing
burden on the facilities
now jirovided by the Town of Hemp-stead,
and
• thorough study of proposed
Amendment No. 9 of the State Con-stitution
which would give more
home rule to incorporated villages.
"These arc areas," said the mayor,
"in wln'ch you can contribute a tre-men(
k)ns help to the village if you
so desire."
Mangravite explained that these
were merely suggestion and that
each committee could study what-ever
subjects it deemed necessary
"and \^'itlu•n its sphere of operation."
He reminded the group that their
duties were advisory, that they had
(Continued on page 8)
The East jBockaway Anti-Smut
Committee wHl meet in flie upstairs
meeting room at the East Rocfeaway
American Legion Hall on Tuesday
evening, Oct. 15th at 8 p.m.
The Committee is made up of rep-resentatives
of the following local
organizations: E.R. Civic Associa-tion,
Kiwanis Club, American Le-gion,
Veteran's of Foireign Wars,
Lionaides, (Police Boys Club and -
Catholic Youth Organization.
Storeowners are asked to volun-tarily
remove objectionable maga-zines
from display and sale to minors.
Mr. Pat Fullan is President of the
organization which has been active
since February of 1960.
Kick-Off Breakfast
The East Rockaway Boy Scout
Fund Drive will get under way at
a Kick-Off Breakfast on Saturday,
Pet. 12, at 8:30 p.m. at Bethany
Congregational Church.
Drive Chairman Rowland Schwen-ker
has invited all residents of East
Rockaway, who are willing to help
on the drive to attend the break-fast.
At the start of the regular busi-ness
meeting, Mayor Mangravite
stated that he was informed that
"some misguided individuals would
create a disturbance and intended to
abbrogate the legal governmental
function of the Board of Trustees."
He advised these individuals not to
interfere and obstruct the fimctions
of the board meeting. In refering
to the charges made against him by
the Village Party, he said that "all
I know about it is what the many
res^ents and I have read in the
»>e-w.spapers." "If there be anyone
with a grievance or complaint
again.st any member of this board
.. . . the courts of the land are open
and available to them . . . and such
is the legal remedy."
The Mayor continued and empha-sized
that the meeting would be con-ducted
and "let no one interfere or
obstruct this governmental function."
He added that after the regular
meeting persons wishing to address
^he board on the subject woidd be
heard.
Interrupts Meeting
When the meeting started, Wein-stein
tried to stop the proceedings
and was nded out of order by the
Mayor. After the regidar business
meeting where discussions were held
on the adoption of ordinances deal-ing
with awnings, clothes lines, and
laudromats, the floor \'C'as granted
to Weinstein.
(Continued on page 9)
'The Changing City'
"The Changing City Challenges
I'he Church" is the topic for a meet-ing
of tlie Evening Croup of the
Women's I'Vllowship of Olivet Bap-tist
Church, Valley Stream, Monday,
Oct. 14, 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Philip Arch-ard
of Valley Stream, vice i^resident
of the group, will report on her re-cent
visit to several city chiu'ches
and missions. Hostesses for the eve-ning
will be Mrs. Ceorge Crosby,
president, and Mrs. Edward Lydick,
spiritual life chairman, both of Val-ley
Stream.
Lynbrook Plans New
Playground Area
The Village of Lynbrook was noti-fied
on Wednesday morning that
New York City has issued a permit
to the village to use property on the
North side of Peninsula Blvd., be-tween
Remson and I-ynhrook Ave-nues
for playground purposes.
According to Tiiistee Benjamin
Rashkin. who has been working on
the project for the past five months,
the village will Install a pre-sehool
age children's playground on the
property. Swings, see-saws, slides
sand boxes, etc. will be put up on
the site. The area will he under the
jurisdiction of the I^ynbrook Recrea-tion
Commission. Work on the proj-ect
is expected in the near future.
Fire Prevention Week—Oct. 6-12