The-Helm_1967-08-24; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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A PULCHRITUDINOUS MISS- Congressman Herbert Tenzer wel-comes
Batya Kabiri, "Miss Israel" in the Miss Universe contest,
to the nation's capitol where she toured the White House and
Congressional offices. "Miss Israel", who is a soldier on leave
from the IsraeU Army, has been staying with relatives in Rock-ville
Centre and has visited family friends in Lynbrook and
Malverne.
Lynbrook Seeks Ban
On Apt. Houses
At the Lynbrook Village Board meeting Monday, Mayor Francis
X, Becker requested the Board of Trustees to direct that an
amendment to the zoning ordinance be drawn which would pre-clude
the further construction of apartment houses.
In his formal statement Becker discussed the many problems
that apartment houses have been responsible for including: traf-fic
and parking congestion, the overcrowding of land and the
undue concentration of population, as well as air pollution. He
pointed out that 1960 census figures revealed that the number
of people per square mile in Lynbrook was more than twice
as great as the Nassau County average.
There are more than 1,000 apartment units now existing with
rentals varying from low to luxury status. He stressed the ne-cessity
of maintaining Lynbrook's character as a residential
community.
Becker stated: "I am not opposed to apartment houses per
se. I recognize that they serve a most necessary and useful
purpose. However, I also recognize that limits must be deter-mined
with which multiple dwellings are compatible with the
predominant land uses. I have concluded, therefore, that after
fully considering all the facts at my disposal, that such a limit
has been attained."
Lynbrook's planning commission had already recommended
this zoning change. A public hearing was scheduled for Sept.
11, 1967 at the Village Hall on the amendment.
CORNERING BEAUTY FOR LYNBROOK- Lynbrook's Beautification Program turns its attention
to the North West Area of the village as Wallace Ross of Malverne, (third from right) Long Is-land
Lighting Co.'s public relations representative, explains the plans for landscaping the com-pany's
property between Whitehall and Hendrickson Avenues. Listening to the details are (left
to right), Floyd Wilcox, Lynbrook's Superintendent of Public Works; Peter Adamson, President
of the West Lynbrook Association; Lynbrook Mayor Francis X. Becker, Mr. Ross, Salvatore M;ir-tino,
Vice President of the West Lynbrook Association; and HELM columnist, Marilyn Sherman.
The project, the initial step in an anticipated esthetic overhauling for.the entire section, was sug-gested
by the West Lynbrook Association and made possible through the efforts of Lynbrook of-ficials
and LILCO. — —
Lent Fellowships Awarded
Seven South Shore women are
among 109 statewide winners of
Regents fellowships for gra-duate
study in nursing under a
new law authored by State Sena-tor
Norman F. Lent of Lyn-brook.
Established as oart of Sena-tor
Lent'shard-fought campaign
to alleviate the critical shortage
of nurses, the fellowships offer
a financial assist to registered
nurses preparingfor careers as
nursing teachers, supervisors,
and public health administra-tors.
The winners are Mary De-
Martino and Sally Anne Schuck-man,
both of Valley Stream,
Rosemarie E. Fraund ofOcean-side.
Sister Jonathon Lynch of
Rockville Centre, Patricia H.
Mac Donald and Maebelle M.
Williams, both of Freeport, and
Gladys M. Rice of East Meadow.
Full-time fellowships range
from $500 to $2500 a year, part-time
fellowships from $250 to
$1250 a year, depending on need.
Awards are based on evaluation
of academic records and per-sonal
qualifications.
As of last week, more than
fifth additional fellowships for
the Fall semester were still
available. Senator Lent urges
registered nurses who have
earned college degrees to apply
immediately to The State Edu-cation
Department, Regents
Examination and Scholarship
Center, Albany, New York
12224, and request information
on the Regents Fellowships for
Graduate Study in Nursing,
For those nurses who will
complete their college studies
in the school year 1968, the
deadline for application is Feb-ruary
1, 1968;
Battle Of Bands
"Battle of the Bands" - The
Lynbrook Recreation Commis-sion
is sponsoring the Second
Annual "Battle of the Bands"
contest on August 29th at 8:00
P.M. in Greis Park, Lynbrook.
The following are some of
the entrants to date: Noise, Inc.,
Way of Life, Sugar & Spice, The
Livin' End, With Love, The Im-pulse
and The Peasants.
1st, 2nd and 3rd place tro-phies
will be awarded with the
bands being judged in the fol-lowing
categories -- musician-ship
& arrangements, showman-
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Lynbrook Pushes
Beautification
Progress has been reported
by Mayor Becker on his beau-tification
efforts. Tree plant-ing
on the mall along Sunrise
Highway, has been accomplish-ed
through the efforts of Parks
Commissioner Bill Albern and
contributions from local resi-dents.
Nassau County has agreed
to allow the Village to plant
shrubbery in the mall area
on Merrick Road.
Becker stated that he was
continuing his talks with Nas-sau
County authorities which he
hopes will lead to the beauti-fication
of mall areas at Hemp-stead
Avenue and Merrick Road,
as well as the creation of a
park for passive recreation pur-poses
at Peninsula Boulevard •
and Rockaway Avenue.
The combined efforts of Lyn-brook
officials and the West
Lynbrook Civic Association
have resulted in the beautifi-cation
of the Long Island Light-ing
Company property at Hen-drickson
and Whitehall.
Becker stated his belief that
the Citizens Committee on
Beautification, soon to be form-ed,
will lead to many achieve-ments
along these Unes.