The-Helm_1964-03-26; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Hewlett East Rockaway Lynbrook Malverne Valley Stream Lakeview
Vol. 3, No. 28 Krili!ie<l iis Sfi fit\(l-t'InsK Mjitter,
Post Offlpe, l.yiihroolt. N. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964 LY 3-1300 10^2f Per Copy
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May the joy and promise of Easter
uplift your spirit and galdden
your heart,
THE HELM-INDEPENDENT REVIEW
School Board Sued
For "Segregation
Eiglit Negro parents filed suit Tuesday, Ma rch 24 in Federal District Court charging the
Malverne Board of Education with "deliberate ly and knowingly" maintaining a pattern of racial
segregation that unlawfully discriminates against their children.
The suit announced at a news
conlerence here by the Negro par-ents.
With them was their lawyer,
Leo Pfeffer, general counsel of the
American Jewish Congress. Mr. Pfef-fer
is serving without fee as attor-ney
for tlie parents.
Legal papers were filed at the
Federal Courthouse in BrookK'n this.
morning. The complaint accused
Union Free School District No. 12
of violating the children's constitu-tional
rights under the Fourteenth
Amendment by failing to end racial
discrimination and by seeking to per-petuate.
segregation in the Malverne
schools.
The parents asked for:
1) A judgment declai-ing the Mal-verne
school board's actions "uncon-stitutional
aiid void."
2) A permanent hijunctiqn rel
straining Malverne school officials
from continuing to enforce their
present policies and from assigning
N e g r o e s to racially segregated,
schools.
3) An order requiring the Mal-verne
board to submit a plan to end
racial segregation in the schools.
The suit nanied as defendants Dr.
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Statement From
Board Member
Nasierowski
After the press conference called
by the American Jewish Congress
last Tuesday mo.ming in Malverne,
when the annoimcement was made
that eight Negro parents filed suit in
the Federal District Court charging
the Malverne School Board with
racial segi-egatioii. School Board
Member Edward Nasierowski had
this to say:
"The liberal element iii Malverne
and Lynbrook, that has been vocif-erous
in their demiinds for integra-tion
and who were given the oppor-tunity
by the. School Boiwd of Mal-verne
to put into action the vohm-tary
integration " of their cihildren
with Negro children, as they had
been clamoring for, apparently were
embaiTassed when the question was
put to them. Their answer usual to
free thinkers and bigots, that when
faced vi'ith the reality of actually
having THEIH child walk to a dis-tant
school for the mere sake of in-tegration
and its nnproven benefits,
and not education, do what comes
naturally to a group like this — They
bring you to Court, The school dis-trict
apparently will entail substan-tial
legal fec^s to defend this action.
With budget re(juirenients increasing
every year, coupled with no in-creased
state aid, th(> heavy burden
put on Taxpayers should not bo in-creased
by unnecessary lawsuits."
Hampton Speakes
Mason Hampton, the attorney that
successfully fought the Allen Prince-ton
Plan through the New York
State Supreme Court for Taxpayers
and Parents had this to say when
contacted about the recent suit
brought by eight Negro parents.
"Had they been alert, they, the
Negro parent.s, would have taken
this action a year ago. This now in-volves
a federal question. We (TAP)
will corite.st this case where ever
tliey niay be removed (from State
to Federal Court)." "I feel," Hamp-ton
stated, "Tliey have waited too
long for this to be of any effect."
Emergency Operation
Mrs. Ruth Ressmeyer, wife of the
Rev. Henrj' F. Ressmeyer, pastor of
Grace Lutheran Church, Malverne,
underwent an emergency appendec-tomy
at South Nassau Communities
last Tuesday evening. Mi's. Ress-meyer,
who is also the kindergarten
teacher at the Grace Lutheran
Church School, is doing fine and on
the road to recovery.
Lynbrook Juniors Win First-Born Breakfast
By Explorer Edward PiU-zialle
Lviibrook High Scliool students held their 34th annual .skit
and class nite acti\ities on March 19 and 20. As predicted by
some officials the Junior class of tlie school came out on top.
The 19lh was skit nite and each
' class put on the best performance
they could. Seniors witli "Peter Pan,"
Juniors witli "Sinbad" and last but
not least, the Sop)is with "Alice in
Wonderland." Tlie results in order
'ere Seniors, Juniors and Sophs.
Sophomer skit is said to have
Iwen the best in ten years, but un-fortunately
not good enough to win.
Friday the 2()th was sport night.
The results of tliese events were:
BASKETBALL
Won Lost
- Boys— Juniors Seniors
(iirls — Juniors Sophs
RELAYS
Cirls — Juniors Seniors, Sophs
iioys — Jvuiiors Seniors, Sophs
VOLLEYBALL
Cirls — Seniors Juniors
Boys — Jimiors Seniors
BACK BOARDS
Jimiors Seniors, Sophs
As the results of the sport events
were announced, the school gym
shook with screams of joy and ex-citement.
Next year, it is predicted
thiit this years Sophomores (next
years Juniors) will win the traditional
class nite, so, "CJood Luck" Sophs
in '65.
A "Breakfast lor First Born" sons
is planned by the Hewlett-East
Rockaway Jewish Centre-Congrega-tion
Etz Chaiin, East Rockaway, fol-lowing
morning services on Passover
E\o" tiiis Friday at 0:45 a.m.
On the same day, tlie congrega-tion
will usher in the Passover festi-val
at evening services at 6 at the
temple. Families will gather for the
traditional Seder ritual and Passover
meal.
Passover servifies on Saturilay and
Sunday will start at 9 a.m. Rabbi
Morris M. Goldberg will preach at
10:45 a.m. His topic will be "Sig-nificance
of Passover," and on Sun-day
he will speak on "The Four
Sons." Evening services on both
days will be held at 6.
Orange Defeats Blue
At Girls Sport Night
By S. L. Bove
NIalverne's annual Cirls' Sport Night was liold in tlie school
g>'innasiuin on Tuesday evening, March 24, when the Orange and
Blue teams coinjicted once again. During the close, tense and ex-citing
games, both t(>ams w(!re tied often. At the end of the events,
each team had scored 24 points, when Orange was awarded the
{.'xtra points for Team Organization making them the winners.
Blue team, with Pat Piirccll as ^ ^
cantaiii, receix'cd tlie most jioints for
their skit, Their tlicm(> was tlu'
Knights of the Round Table. Miss
Piircell selectc>d Pat C.ucrrin for as-sistant
captain; A l i c e Richmond,
head of cheering; Diane I'liihr. head
of skit; Bets>' 'i'ieman, liead of art;
Lucille Pohley, head of costumes;
Maiy Ann I'erson, head of finance.s;
Roniii (iooilman, senior representa-tiv(?;
Karen (Goldsmith, junior rep-resentative;
J o a n n a Command(>r,
sophomore rt^presentative, and Mrs.
Ethel Pratt as faculty sponsor.
Orange, winning the songs and
cheers event chose Cowboys as their
theuu', Regina Adolphus, captain,
chose Alexis Seepo as her assistant
captain; Beth Cantor, head of cheer-ing;
Mavcia Wilson, lieiul oi skit;
Jane Starkweather, head of art; Ste-phanie
Hamilton, head ol costumes;
Rose (^aliendo, head of finiinces;
Calli>' Krowii, senior represciilativt?;
Linda Miidry, junior representative;
Debbie Brandon, sophomore repre-sentative;
and Miss Ellen Braimstein
as faculty sponsor.
-i'iiis was the =?9th Sport Night
comiietition, with Bkie team winning
a total of 17 times and Orange team
winning 11 times, and there has
been one tie. All Sportnight activi-ties
are under the guidance and di-rection
of Physical Education teach-er,
Mrs. Inez Buck and Miss Betty
Cevniiik.