The-Helm_1963-03-15; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Vol. 1, No. 6A LYNBROOK, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1963 100 Per Copy
lE. Rockaway To Have Museum
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22 Malverne
Students Join
Honor Society
Twenty-two Malverne Senior Higli
students were inducted into Na-tional
Honor Society dining an as-sembly
program, on Tuesday, March
5.
Six of the new members are from
the Class of 1963: Lee Abish, Caro-lyn
Chance, Carol D'Amicx?, Ronald
Hepburn, Stuart Ross, and Joel
Steinfeld. The other sixteen new
members were selected from the
present Junior Class and are as fol-lows:
Gail Benson, Judith Benson,
James Davis, Richard DiGeorgio,
Richard Frantz, Douglas Freundlich,
David Goldstein, ThoiBas Goode,
Mary Anti "Pers'oh, Lucille Pohley,
Alice Richmond, Ai-tliur Steinberg,
Robert Stratton, Peter Winkler,
Jonathan Woocher, and Judith Ziek.
John Gregory, president of the
Society, introduced the program, af-ter
which the Cardinal Objectives-
Scholarship, Leadership, Character,
and Service—were explained by
Stephen Leit, Linda Hunt, Erica
Bicker, and Jonathan Krown, respec-tively.
Robert Goodman, Ellen
Woliver, and John Gregory par-ticipated
in the various explanations
such as the Metliod of Selection,
The Emblem, and The Lighting of
the Torch, with Cathy Spats admin-istering
the National Honor Society
Oatli. Principal John K. Archer and
Superintendent Dr. Howard T. Her-ber
were present to award the cer-ificates
and to offer congratulations.
Mr. Paul T. Randall, faculty ad-visor
for tJlie Honor Society group
Old Grist Mill
To Be Renovated
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Sliown left is the Old Grist
Mill, built in 1688, which was re-wntly
donated to tlic village of East
Rockaway by Mr. Harry Danzinger
of Rockville Centre. The historic
mill was moved to its present site,
in the park by Village Hall on Feb-ruar>'
27th.
The Village of East Rockaway
plans to install a village museum
after the mill has been renovated
(see artist's concepton beneath
photo.) Plans are also currently be-ng
made whch wll provde a cultural
as well as recreational area in the
present park.
The mill was moved to its present
location imder the supervision of
Mr. Douglas Wilke, who donated
both his time and talents to the
project.
The restored mill will boast an
oyster shell road used in the period
tliat the mill was built, as well as a
mill pond in tlie immediate area of
the mill. The exterior finishing, in-cluding
the restoration of the origin-al
carriage shed and roof of hand-split
shingles is expected to bo com-pleted
by August. Bids on the foot-ing
and foundation will be opened
on Nhirch 2,5th. The HELM wel-comes
this new addition to East
Rockaway history and wishes all
concerned the best of luck with this
project.
directed the student si^eechies and
Mr. George Schoenberg furnished
the organ background music. kMlMuuf/ CALENDAR OF EVENTS Page 2
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Page 4
EDITORIAL Page 5
GIRL SCOUT WEEK Page 6
WHAT DO YOU THINK Page 7
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR Page 9
Vf W Ladies Auxiliary
Announces Winners
Mrs. Ruth Phillips, essay chair-man
for the Ladies Auxiliary to
Howurd-Lathrop Post No. 2307 of
the. Lynbrook Veterans of Foreign
Wars announced this week tliat the
15 finalists from the Lynbrook Senior
High School have been foiwarded
to Nassau County Council Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars to be judged along with the
other Nassau participants.
The Ladies Auxiliary ( tl Vet-erans
of Foreign Wavs non-sored
the National Tfii'ii Si liool
Writing Contest each x.ir I'nce
1935 and prizes are aw.;rii| ..n a
local, state and national level. Since
one of t!>e purposes of this contest
is to help students o1)tain furtlier
education, local and state awards
are given in the form of scholar-ships,
gifts such as books, or cash.
The local awards by the Howard-
Latlirop Auxiliary will be made at
the awards assembly in Lynbrcwk
Senior High School and will be as
follows:
First! $25.00 United States Sav-ings
Bond and bronze medal.
Second: $10.00 cash and bronze
medal.
Third: $5.00 cash and bronze
medal.
Tlie theme for this year's essay
was "What 1 Can Do For My
Country."
"i'lie Howard-Iiathrop Auxiliaiy
would like to express their apprecia-tion
to Mr. Jolm Norris, liead of the
English Department of Lynbrook
Senior High School, for ills coopera-tion
in tliis project. All finalists in
llie t'ssuy contest will receive cita-tions
at the Installation of Oflicers
of the Auxiliary in May.
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To Write?
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Women's Retreat
Tlu> women of St. llayuiond's
Chureh in IjVnbrook are planning
at this lime for a religious Retreat
to be held the wcH^kend of March
22 to M;u-ch 24. All of the women
of the Piuish are invited to attend.
The Retreat will be held at Our
Lady of Prouille Retreat House in
Amityville. Reser\'ations are being
made by Mrs. Lillian OT>onnell at
LY 9-8226.
School Transportation
All residents of Union Free School
District No. 20, the Lynbrook Pub-lic
Schools, who anticipate sending
their children to private or parochial
schools for the school year 1963-64,
and who wish to have transportation
provided within the limits of tlie
Speno law must submit a \\Titten
request for such transportation prior
to April 1, 1963.
To qualify for this transportation
A. A wi'itten request is made by
the parent to the school district
yearly prior to Ai)ril 1st for trans-portation
during the following
school year. (If you anticipate en-rollment
of your child in a private
or parochial school in September,
1963, a written n>quest for trans-portation
should be made at this
time.)
B. For elementary school trans-portation,
when the child lives at
least two miles from the private or
parochial school but not more than
ten mill vs.
C. For s(>c()ndary school trans-portation,
when the child lives at
least three miles from the private
or parochial school but not more
than ten miles.
If your child mc(^ts th(> above re-ciuirements,
pli'ase send in your re-quest
for transportation for tlie
school year 1963-64 i^rior to April
1, 1963. Refiuests arriving after April
1, 1963 will not be considered un-less
these requ(.>sts an; from new
resitlcnts. New residents should
mak(i application within thirty days
after moving to School District No.
2 0 .
Send all requests for transporta-tion
to:
Mr. Richaxd P. McLean
Assistant Superintendent of
Schools
District Administrative Offices
Burtis Street
Lynbrook New York