The-Helm_1964-04-30; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Hewlett East Rockaway Lynbrook Malverne Valley Stream Lakeview
Vol. 3, No. 33 KnU'ied HS Secoiui-t Mass Matter,
Post Office, Lynbrook, N. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 LY 3-1300 lOfzf Per Copy
IMPOETANCE of weekly newspapers is emphasized by the Hon. John
J . Bums, State Commissioner of Local Government and Republican Candi-date
for County Executive. Mr. Bums visited the Nassau County Press
Association booth at the recent Business Equipment Exposition. Direci^ly
over Mr. Bums' left shoulder can be seen the Helm-Independent Review.
Postmasters Issue
New Regulations
Albert J. Hart, Joseph F. Carrigan and Gerard R. T. O'Grady,
XKJstmasters at Lynbrook, East Rockaway and Malverne, respec-tively,
have issued new regulations affecting postal services effec-tive
May 4.
All postmasters stated that the
new regulations were ordered in
Washington March 10 by Postmas-t
e r General John A. Gronouski to
save $12.7 million. They emphasized
that no essential major services are
affected under the orders. Tliere will
h e no change in home delivery or
speciiil delivery, letters and other
first-class mail will be handled with
\e same priority as ever.
' At all three post offices, there will
h e only one consolidated stamp and
' parcf^l post window open on Satur-day.
Services at this window shall
h e limited and include only parcel
post, registry, C.O.D., stamps and
UFSD 20 (Lyn.)
Election May 6
The Annual School District Elec-tion
for Union Free School District
No. 20, Lynbrook, New York, will
be held between the hours of 1 p.m.
and 10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6,
1964
Qualified registered voters of the
|;)istrict will elect three memhprs to
the School Board on this date. The
current terms of Mrs. Phyllis Direc-tor,
Mr. P^anklin Z. Gatland and Mr.
Watson E. Morgan expire on June
general deliveiy services. There \^'ill Each of the incumbent
be no service on Salurdavs for
money orders, incpiiry and cluiivis
scrvice, meter settings, l^ox rent col-lections,
or trust fund deposits.
A cin-tailuient of pared post ser-vice
will take effect at all three
post offices. In I.yii1)r()()k, tliere will
be normal deliveries on \h)ii(lay,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On
Tuesday there \\'ill be uo ])arc(']
post deliveries to ResidcMitial areas
orth of Sunrise Ilwy. except sjiecial
ti'( li\ery, air pared post and perish-al^
lcs. On Wednesday, there will be
no deliveries to the business area or
to that part of the residciitial area
soutli of Sunrise llwy., c\cei)t I'or
those i)arcels indicatfHl above.
In East Rockaway, there will be
no jnirce] post deliveries on Thurs-and
in Malverne, there will be none
on Tuesdays. However, special de-livery,
air parcel post and perish-ables
will contine to be delivered
six days a week.
Republican
Schools and
Rights Plan
The National Repid^lican Gitizens'
Committee's Critical Issues Council,
a 24-member group headed by Dr.
Milton Eisenhower, president of
Johns Hopkiiis University, this week
issued a statement proposing a large-scale
effort to improve the quality
of Negro neighborhood schools.
"Such an effort," they said, "would
be the most effective way to break
cidtural barriers and open individual
opportimities."
The panel rejected widespread
moving of pupils between schools as
a means of integration, stating, "The
human and financial cost involved
can be enormous and potentially de-structive
to the social benefits of
neighborhood schools."
The group endorsed the Civil
Rights Bill passed by the House of
Representatives and even suggested
that the Administration go further
to secure the rights of negroes.
The members found that laws
alone cannot produce meaningful
integration. Segregated housing,
which is not included in the bill
before the Senate, was termed a
basic problem. Tbey also favored
amending the riglits bill to force
segiegated school districts in the
South to file integration plaiis and
also, called for court orders to en-fort'e
them. A never-used provision
of the 14th Amendment i^ermitting
Congress to cut representation of
states denying negroes the vote was
reconnnended to be put into effect.
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members has filed for his or her re-spective
iiosition for another three
year term. No other petitions have
b(>en received. Therefore, all three
candidates will be rumiing for re-election,
luioppo. ed.
Th(! proposed school budget will
also be voted upon at the same time.
The entire Board of Education has
asked for coninumity support in ap-proving
the school district budget
so that the fine educational i)rogram
which has been characteristic of the
L\'nl)rook Public Schools can be
continued and iniprovcnl even fiu-th(>
r.
Residents from Election District
# 1 will vote in the North Junior
High School, Merrick Road, Lyn-brook.
All residents who live north
of Sunrise Highway vote in District
# 1 . Those from Election District
# 2 will vote in the Lynbrook Senior
High School, Union Avenue, Lyn-
(Contiiiued on page 11}
Budget Vote And
Hook vs Mitchell
In District 12
On May 5, the voters of School
District 12 will go to the polls to
elect a School Board Member and
to vote on the budget for the coming
) ear.
I ' h e candidates for the School
Board are Fred A. Hook, the incvuii-bent,
and Burbank Mitchell. Mr.
Hook has served on the Board since
1959 and was President for two
terms 1961-62 and 1962-63. Mr.
Mitchell is making his first try for
elcftion to the School Board. How-ever,
he is very active in conuuunity
affairs, being a member of the ex-ecutive
conunittee of UCAN and
vice-])residcnt ot' the l<akeview
NAACP.
The budget to be voted upon
carries an increase in the tax rate
fioni $5.69 to about $6.37. Most of
the increase in expenditures results
from changes in salary schedules for
professional and other employecis,
and the addition of two teachers and
one full time and one part luue clerk
ty the stall:,
New Parking Field No. 24
Will Be Opened Soon
Lynbrook will soon have anotlier public mimicipal parking
field with a capacity of about 150 cars—and the total cost of leas-ing
the land and constructing the field will be one dollar a year.
• ^ The field will be located on the
New York City "pipe line" property
between John Street and Nieman
Avenue, which the village has leased
from die City of New York for the
cost of $1 a year. Its construction
will ease traffic and parking prob-lems
on both residential streets and
the arterial highways in .tli.at im-mediate
area.
This lease agreement between our
village and the City of New York is
similar to the lease v.'e have had
with the City since 1951 for all of
the lands on the south side of Pein-sula
Blvd., starting from Hempstead
Ave. all the way to Remsen St.
These all day general public park-ing
fields along Peninsula Blvd.,
numbered 15,16,17,18 & 19 are
being used by the general public,
by all the business establi.shments
along the East end of Merrick Road
and by the employees of the New
York Telephone Co. on Washmgton
St. These fields accommodate 227
cars in total.
Through an understanding with
Liberty Miutual Insurance Co.,
whose building adjoins the site of
the new field presently being acti-vated,
the village will levy a special
assessment over the normal real es-tate
taxes against the company's pro-perty
to cover the entire cost of the
parking field's construction, includ-ing
paving, cinbs, landscaping and
fencuig. Thus, in effect, the field,
while open for use to the general
(Continued on Page 10)
Smith-Johnson
On Ballot in E.R.
Mr. Edmund D. Smith, cuiTently
a member of the East Rockaway
Board of Education, is a candidate
for rerclection at the Annual Meet-ing
on May 5di in the High School
auditorium. Mr. Smith has been a
member of the board of education
since 1949.
At present he is associated with
the real estate finn of Mafi^ici and
Cambee of Lynbrook, and is a re-tired
manager of the Travelers In-surance
Company.
Mr. Smith and his wife, Ethel,
have been residents of East Rock-away
since 1932. During this time
he has worked for many years with
the Parent-Teacher Association, Cub
Scouts, and Civil Defense. He en-joys
"do-it-yourself" work in his
home and garden at 4 Alexine Ave.
His son imd daughter, also residents
of Eiist Rockaway, are graduates of
East Rockaway High School. .
Mr. Smith is a member of the
Bethany Congregational Church and
has served on its b o i ^ of trustees,
for a number of years as chairman
of the board.
Mr. William V. Johnson of 66
Gargeld PI. is making his initial bid
for a place on the Board of Educa-tion.
He has been a resident of the
village for 15 years ,and is employ-ed
as Treasurer of American Inter-national
Marine Agency of New
(Continued on page 6)
MALVERNE ROTARY: Hugo Clark and John Ewald of the Malverno
Rotary Club flank Charles Davison, who spoke to the group at a luncheou
held at Maisoii Pepi. Mr. Davison spoke and exlubited pictures and relics
of