The-Helm_1966-01-06; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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OOo*. Umhntk, N. T. Lynbrook, N. Y., Thursday, January 6, 1966 LY 3-1300 10^ Per Copy
HAPPY DAYS: Postman Joseph G. Clancy is shown punching the time clock on the way to retirement
after 29 1/2 years of service with the Lynbrook Post Office. Mr. Clancy only took time out from his
job for military service from August 1942 to December 1945. Looking on are Lynbrook Postmaster
A1 Hart (left) and his assistant William Stolworthy.
District 12 To Vote
The Board of Education has
called for a Special Election to
be held in the Senior High School
gymnasium on Tuesday, January
25, 1966, from 11:15 AM to 10 PM.
At this election four propositions
will be as follows:
(1) Vote upon the question of
authorizing the Board of Educa-tion
to provide transportation for
kindergarten children who are
required to travel more than .6
(six tenths) of a mile but not
more than 10 miles to the kin-dergarten
which they legally at-tend.
The estimated cost of this
^ p r o p o s i t i o n for the remainder of
' the school year is $7,400. State
aid at 90% of cost is available
only for pupils traveling more
than 1 1/2 miles.
(2) Vote upon the question of
authorizing the Board of Educa-tion
to provide transportation for
pupils attending grades 1 through
5 and who travel more than .6
(six-tenths) of a mile but not more
than 10 miles to the elementary
schools which they legally attend.
The estimated cost of this prop-osition
for the remainder of this
school year Is $17,400. State aid
at 90% of the cost Is available
only for pupils traveling more
than 11/2 miles.
(3) Vote upon the purchase of
two relocatable classroom units,
one to be placed adjacent to the
Lindner Place School building and
the other adjacent to the Davison
Avenue School building each at an
estimated maximum cost of $25-
000, the total maximum cost of
this proposition not to exceed
$50,000. These buildings would be
used for kindergarten classes.
State aid Is currently available
at 45% of the cost of the pur-chase
of these units.
(4) Vote upon a proposition to
reconstruct and add to the Wood-field
Road School building, the
Davison Avenue School building,
and the Lindner Place School
building for a total cost not to
exceed $658,372.00. This propo-sal
Includes the provision of
lunchroom facilities at each of
the three elementary schools and
brings these school buildings to
current fire and safety standards.
At Davison Avenue School one
klnder9arten room would be In-creased
In size. At the Wood-field
Road School the addition wo-uld
Include an all purpose room
used for a lunchroom and gyma-slum,
a library and an Instrumen-tal
music room. State aid Is cur-rently
available at 45% of the cost
of this expenditure for school
building reconstruction.
Gibbons Answers THE HELM
On December 23rd we sent a letter to Commissioner Eugene
F. Gibbons of the Nassau County Department of Public Works
listing the questions asked In THE HELM on that same date re-garding
the widening of East Rockaway Road. The reply has
reached us and we herewith print the letter In Its entirety. Ex-planations
or comments from THE HELM will be made In paren-theses.
This Is In reply to your let-ter
of December 23, 1965 re-questing
Information on the pro-posed
widening of East Rockaway
Road. I appreciate your Interest
In the matter.
Since January, 1963, the De-partment
of Public Works has
received one letter concerning
the flow of traffic on East Rock-away
Road. Fourteen letters have
been received during the same
period regarding the hazard of
the curve at Meadowvlew Avenue.
None of these letters were from
residents near the curve. E l ^t
of the fourteen letters were wri-tten
after the fatal accident on
October 10, 1965. Two letters of
complaint about the surface of
the road in wet weather have
been received In the past three
years.
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Kiwanis Aids
Orphanage
In a recent letter from the
Dong San Won Orphanage, Kl-wanlans
of Lynbrook were thank-ed
for their generous Care Pack-ages
sent the orphanage during
the Christmas holiday. Allan
Gold, Chairman of the Interna-tional
Relations committee pre-sented
a letter of gratitude to
Lynbrook Klwanls President An-drew
G, Jerry, who stated that
the club will undergo a cloth-ing
collection drive for the be-nefit
of this orphanage which
supports 150 boys and girls ran-ging
In ages from 3 to 16 years.
Chairman of Support of chur-ches
and Synogogues Committee,
Anthony Scuderl has announced
that plans are underway to re-place
the Houses of Worship
Directory situated In the Long
Island Railroad station of Lyn-brook.
The Lynbrook Klwanls at pre-sent
Is now undergoing an Inten-sive
membership drive and meets
every Thursday evening at the
Caselnova Restaurant. The local
service club sponsors the Key
Club of Lynbrook H l ^ School
which Is ranked as one of the
outstanding Key Clubs In the
State of New York,
DOMINICAN CROSS PRESENTED TO CHRIST CHURCH: At a time
when relations between the United States and the Dominican Re-public
are deteriorating, some Americans and Dominicans are
developing stronger ties with each other. This Is the primary con-clusion
to be drawn from an event at Christ Church, Lynbrook, on
the Sunday after Christmas. An eight foot high cross of polished
green ebony was formally received and dedicated by the members
of Christ Church. The cross, made by the members of Todos los
Santos (All Saints), La Romana, and sent to the members of Christ
Church is intended to symbolize the relationship between the two
congregations that has existed for over five years.
Beginning with an exchange of visits between the Rev. William
Wlpfler, Vlcare of Todos los Santos, and the Rev. Christopher Web-ber
Rector of Christ Church, the relationship has grown through
newsletters and other visits and exchange of gifts. Each year at
Christmas the Church School of Christ Church has made a special
offering for the Parish Day School of Todos los Santos. This year
the ajd* has been returned with interest and the handsome new cross
will be mounted on the wall of the Christ Church Parish Hall as a
permanent reminder of the common faith and growing friendship
between the people so badly divided In many other ways.
Pictured above, Rev. Christopher Webber shows the cross to
Mrs. Muriel Hltchborn, Cathy and John Hltchborn and Mr. John Wels.