The-Helm_1966-02-10; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Vol. 5, No. 22 at. T. Lynbrook, N. Y., Thursday, February 10, 1966 LY 3-1300 10^ Per Ccpy
MAYOR HONORED: Last Sunday the Lynbrook, Malverne and Valley
Stream Division of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies honored
Mayor George H. Mangravite of Lynbrook at its annual breakfast
at Congregation Beth David.
Over 150 people attended the affair at which special awards were
made to Max Cohen of the Malverne Jewish Center, Jack Lubov of
the Valley Stream Jewish Center and Rabbi Jehiel Orenstein of Beth
David.
The above photo shows Maxwell H. Phillips presenting a scroll
to Mayor Mangravite signifying the thanks and affection of the or-ganization
fof the thought and effort he has given to it.
FIREMAN INJURED WfflLE FIGHTING HOUSE FIRE: A fire last
week in East Rockaway caused considerable damage to a one family
house at 30 Judith Court. Firemen were hampered by freezing weather
and strong winds, with several firemen receiving minor injuries, but
not hospitalization. Photo shows fireman Paul Marchand (centeir)
being helped to an ambulance by brother firemen. He received leg
injuries and was taken to the hospital to be X-rayed.
ViefNamRelief OPPOSE EXPRESSWAY
At 958
Because of its interest to
all citizens, non-members are
cordially invited to attend the
next meeting of American Le-gion
Post #958 on Monday, Fe-bruary
14th at 8 p.m., when
Lt. Col. Thomas J. Horgan, US
MC, Executive Officer of the
Naval Air Station at Brooklyn
will be the guest speaker. Col,
Horgan will talk on the humane
phase of the Viet Nam war,
the "Marine Corps Civic Ac-tion
Program in Viet Nam".
This will be one of the few
times that non-members are wel-comed
at a regular meeting of
the Post.
Col. Horgan's talk coincides
with the current Appeal to Am-e
r i c a s Here and Everywhere
by the ER American Legion Post
#958:
There is a job for all of us
in South Viet nam, whether we
are citizens of East Rockaway -
or America.
We of the American Legion
hope we can shorten the war
and indirectly save the lives of
our sons - if we help these
brave Vietnamese people to help
themselves.
The people in the villages
are - in the main - in a dis-organized
state. The murder
of their leaders and their prof-essional
people, the destruction
of their institutions and the kid-napping
of their young men has
seen to that.
Many people are without food,
security, clothing and medicine.
Our National Commander L.
Eldon James has indicated that
"it would not do - to send sup-plies
from hundreds of points
in the U.S. What is needed is
money, properly channeled".
This money collected by Am-erican
Legion Posts throughout
the country will be sent to the
American Legion National Head-quarters.
The money will go
directly to official agencies sup-porting
civic action programs in
hamlets and villages in South
Vietnam.
None will be used for fund
raising expenses.
Let your patriotic consciense
be your guide.
Through sustained giving thr-oughout
the country - say at
least $1.00 or more - we hope
to make some contribution in
sustaining the morale of these
unfortunate people.
If you are a group of people,
send one check, but list the
names (not necessarily the a-mounts)
of each of those Ameri-cans
who give in the cause of
Freedom.
We want your name (NOT
to be used by us as a "sucker
list") to prove to our critics
that a preponderately large num-ber
of Americans are humane,
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Mayor George H. Mangravite
of Lynbrook has joined with four
other mayors of populous South
Shore Villages, forming a joint
committee to oppose the pro-posed
widening and elevation of
Sunrise Highway as recommend-ed
in the recent Long Island-
New England Bridge Study Com-mittee
report.
The top officials of the five
villages, in a letter to Governor
Rockefeller announcing their op-position
to the plan "as at pre-sent
available", explains the pur-pose
of their committee is to
protect their communities from
"the irreparable damage that
would be caused".
"The elevated and widened
highway would have a devastat-ing
effect not only on business
but on jUtie. .wliole life .of our
communities", the letter reads
in part. "The loss in real
estate value, uprooting of busi-ness
and partitioning our com-munities
would be an incalcu-able
blow to this entire South
Shore area".
It is understood from the
Bridge Study Committee's report
that the plans contemplate a 250
to 400-foot roadway with a 100-
foot wide elevated expressway in
the center.
"We are planning to make a
further, thorough study of the
detailed plans when they are
made available, and to utilize
the best talent obtainable to pre-sent
to you as quickly as pos-sible
our arguments against the
project", the letter explains.
"This expressway, we feel,
would counteract these efforts
(to attract commerce and indus-try
to the area) destroying many
established businesses and dis-couraging
new business from lo-cating
here", it continues.
The letter points out that the
protest is not "the usual one of
a few residents or business men
who would be inconvenienced by
a new roadway but of communi-ties
with well over 100,000 popu-lation".
Mayor Robert J. Sweeney of
-Freeport, one of the members
of the committee, has called
on Congressman Herbert H. Ten-zer
to set up a meeting as soon
as possible on this matter, since
the major part of the funds for
the project would come from the
federal government.
Assemblyman Robert Blake-man
of Valley-Stream has also
annpunced }iis opposition to the
Atlantic Expressway proposed
from the New York City line
easterly along Sunrise Hl^way.
Assemblyman Blakeman said
"Ihave gathered all of the avail-able
material and have studied
the same since the proposal was
first made public".
"To advocate an elevated str-ucture
through the heart of Val-ley
Stream, Lynbrook, Rockvllle
Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, Mer-rick,
Bellmore easterly to the
County line, is to create an
Incredible monstrosity", he said.
"The movement of traffic is
only one consideration in any
plan of arterial improvement.
To overlook the inevitable des-truction
of established residen-tial
and business a r e ^ renders
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EAGLE SCOUT: Troop 234 held its 26th Annual Charter Dinner last
week at Beth David,which was attended by the scouts and their parents.
The scouts were recognized for their advancement in rank during
the past year. The above photo shows Mrs. Goldie Greenstein pre-senting
her son, Edward, his Eagle Scout Award as Scoutmaster
Robert Mintzer and Edward's father, Sam Greenstein, look on,
Edward was the 53rd scout to receive the Eagle Scout Award in the
26 year history of Troop 234.