The-Helm_1966-08-11; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Vol. 5, No. 48 H J t i t f i ed HB Sm o i id <'lii«8 .Matter.
P o s t O f f l i e , T . y n l i r o c k . N T Lynbrook, New York, Thursday, August 11, 1966 LY 3-1300 10<;i Per Copy
PATROLMAN VINCENT MORRIS, new Malverne Policeman, is
shown being congratulated by Malverne Police-eommissioner Mal-colm
Rice shortly after receiving his badge and taking the oatli of
office. Looking on are Chief of Police Vincent R. Ryer, left, and
Captain Walter Kerzner, right. (State Photo)
Meadow Brook Bank Poll
More than 60% of those per-sons
voting in Meadow Brook Na-tional
Bank's Community Opinion
Poll during July were in favor
of a proposal which would re-quire
two years of government
service (either in a military or
non-military capacity) for all
young Americans reaching the
age of 18. The idea was opposed
by 37.4% and 2.4% were unde-cided,
according to results re-
^ leased by the bank.
Locally, all three villages
went along with the majority; in
East Rockaway 61.3% expressed
approval; Lynbrook, 58.9% and
Malverne 51.8%.
In general, voting in the Poll
throughout Meadow Brook's 66
offices on Long Island and in
New York City showed similar
results on all other questions
polled. Local views on these qu-estions
went this way: In East
Rockaway 68.1% believed that re-cent
Supreme Court rulings pro-tecting
individuals' rights would
affect our courts' ability to se-cure
convictions; Lynbrook voted
the same way by 56.2%; and Mal-verne
residents said so by 70.2%;
extension of free public educa-ff
tion beyond the 12th grade was
favored in East Rockaway, Lyn-brook
and Malverne by 52.2%,
57.1% and 62.2%, respectively,
and all three villages approved
the idea of a public protector to
represent the individual in the
examination of possible abuses of
authority in governmental agen-cies.
Questions for the month of
August now being polled are: (1)
Do you believe that the growing
use of electronic listening de-vices
and other modern detecting
methods are endangering the in-dividual's
right to privacy? (2)
Do you believe that the Planned
Parenthood Program is an effec-tive
step towards reducing pov-erty?
(3) Would you approve local
legislation granting elderly citi-zens
in your community a 50%
reduction in real property taxes?
(4) It has now been proposed
that the term of a United States
Congressman be extended from
two to three years. Are you in
favor of this proposal?
•• -SI
Y
On Sunday, August 14, the Rev.
Paul F. Abel, Executive Secre-tary
of the Board of Missions of
the N.Y. Conference of The Me-thodist
Church, will supply the
pulpit at St. James Methodist
Church in Lynbrook, at the 9:30
a.m. Worship Service. Mr. Abel,
who was the pastor of St. James
for two years, is now responsible
for the promotion of mission em-phasis
in a territory embracing
nearly 600 Methodist churches
located in the New York State
counties south of Albany and the
western half of the State of Con-necticut.
All members and fr-iends
of St. James are welcome.
Pastor Abel's sermon topic will
be "We Catch The Vision."
The House That Roth Built By Russ Havourd
CAMP CASEY, Korea
"The house that Ruth built" rose
on the mighty Babe's booming
bat. Don "Skip" Roth of Lynbrook
is building one here with his head.
He's not a holler guy, a Dur-ocher
or Veeck. To watch Don
motivate his loose, gangling six-foot
plus frame around a dugout,
you'd think he stepped out of
Sleepy Hollow into a baseball
uniform and got lost. That's wh-ere
the impression ends. He'll
sit on the bench frowning like an
underclassman cramming for ex-ams
or absent-mindedly tug at
his jersey. The whole time his
eyes are glued to the diamond
and behind them churns a mind
shrewd enough to outfox the pro-verbial
fox.
The "house" is Stewart Field
here> home of the 7th Inf. Div.
Bayonets. Don is the head coach
and a growing legend in Korea's
Interservice International Base-ball
League. He's making a mo-untain
out of that old mole hill.
Since Don first paraded the
Bayonets into Stewart Field last
season they have won 30 of 41
home games. Toss in an Eighth
U.S. Army crown in 1965 and a
good bite on the league pennant
this season and the place becomes
a personal shrine.
Don says his approach to the
game stems from college days at
Wake Forest where he pitched
successfully before taking the
assistant varsity coaching slot.
The head coach there practiced
Paul Richards' techniques to the
letter ... Don went out and read
Richards' book from cover to
cover.
"Play the percentages and if
you have any talent at all on the
club, you'll have a winning sea-son,"
he explained.
On occasion Don diverts from
the hard and fast rules of per-centages
when the percentages go
against the percentages. Contra-diction?
Maybe, but if it is, it's
the type that makes a champion
from just another winning team.
Another point he stresses is
getting through to the players.
"You have to get the guys to
think the game all the time. Be-fore,
during and after each game.
They have to talk it, work it, to
play better. In practice there has
to be spirit, that's what gets a
team up for a game or s e r i e s ,"
he added.
There are other views around
the circuit as to what makes Don
make the Bayonets go. Some say
he knows the game cold and can
put it across. Others claim he
has that intangible knack of lea-dership
to handle a sometimes
unruly group of athletes of dif-ferent
ages and maturity. What-ever
it Is, Don must have plenty
to spare - he earned the Korea
Stars & Stripes "Coach of the
Year" award in '65 and again this
season. The head coach of an op-posing
team once said, "I'd like
to work for that man anytime."
But to those of us who keep
the pulse from the sidelines or
press box, Don has more than just
knowledge and leadership ability.
He'll stand in the third base
coaching box talking a runner off
second ... "Aww-right, aww-ri-ght...
hold it...GET BACK! Aww-right..."
or maybe he'll put the
razz on a slugging star for sw-inging
up on a pitch. Call it fi-ness
or a sensitive touch, what
he does, he usually does right
by all concerned.
When Stewart Field was com-missioned
a small monument in
straight away center field dedi-cated
it to a war hero. It was
just a ball park tlien. Don has
brought home one championship
banner and may soon add two
more to the flagpole there. Some-where
in that fenced in plot of
clay and grass after this season
there should be a quiet, modest
inscription simply stating
"THE HOUSE THAT ROTH
BUILT."
Bargain Fee
For Surfers
Reporting as highly success-ful
the Town of Hempstead's ex-perimental
surfing program at
Lido Beach Park, Presiding Su-pervisor
Ralph G. Caso moved
today to reduce admission rates
for the rest of the season. In-stead
of a $1 admission fee, per
person, the rate for unlimited
use of the beach for surfing is
$5 until the season closes on
Sept. 11.
Those who wish may continue
on a $1 a day basis. The beach
off Lido Blvd., used exclusively
by surfboard enthusiasts, is man-ned
by six lifeguards and is open
for use daily from 9 a,m. to
6 p.m. and week-ends and holi-days
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
When the program was initi-ated
on a test basis, this summer,
Caso said, "If our young people
enjoy a recreational activity, we
must attempt to provide it under
the best possible conditions."