The-Helm_1970-10-08; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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YOU. 10 NO. 19 Entered as Second—ClaiB Matter
Post Office, Lynbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, Oeftitr 8, l8Tf
Buckley Visits Lynbrook, U.S.A. LynbrookBoardM^t^
«Meit to rlg^t: Former Lynbrook resident and Lynbrook High School graduate, Paul Nehrich, former
Trustee and Deputy Mayor of Manorhaven; James Buckley, candidate for the United States Senate
and Mayor Fr ancis X^ Becker of Lynbrook get tc^ther for a chat on Bucldey's visit to Lynbrook
at "YMh for Lent - Buckley" headquarters on Stauderman Ave., Lynbrook.
James L. Buckley, candidate
for the U.S. Senate and Norman
F, Lent, candidate for the 5th
Congressional D i s t r i c t were
greeted by a large and enthusi-astic
crowd in Lynbrook, this
past Saturday, Oct. 3, 1970 a j n .
They visited "Youth for Lent-
Buckley Headquarters on Staud-erman
Ave. in Lynbrook where
they were greeted by Mayor
Francis X, Becker of Lynbrook
and two official representatives
from the Lynbrook Republican
Party, Col, James Gambee and
Hon. Anthony Scuderi and Ed
Martin and his young associates
from Young Americans for Free-dom,
now "Youth for Lent &
BucWey."* The l a r g e crowd
swamped the motorcade and Mr.
Buckley made a brief but stirring
speech as did Mr, Lent.
Mr. Buckley in a short inter-view
given to this reporter in the
headquarters stated that he be-lieves
that he is getting great
support from both the Republican
and Democratic Parties and that
he hopes that everyone will work
for him and get out and talk to
their friends explaining his views
and hopes ior tliis area., -Qoth
Norman Lent and James l^ckley
were united in their view that a
change was necessary in Con-gress
and that President Nixon's
programs in both the House and
Senate be more fully supported,
Mr. Buckley in his talk to the
crowd outside made the statement
that "the radical left wing repre-sented
in Washington is repug-nant
to the ideals and feelings
of the people of this district, ^
that it would be changed in No-vember."
Both candidates also
called for strong enforcement of
the existing statutes to control
any of the militant, irresponsible
violence on our campuses. They
also endorse President Nixon's
program in Viet-nam and stated
that "Those congressman who
have tried to cut off funds for
our servicemen overseas are
doing a dis-service to the people
of this country,"
Norman Lent explained in a few
brief words with this writer that
Proclamation
EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK
In order to promote national goals of full employment and a strong
economy.
I, Francis X. Becker, Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Lyn-bro(^,
New York, proclaim the week of October 4th to be NATIONAL
EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK.
In so doing, I affirm President Richard M. Nixon's declaration of
NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK and Governor
Nelson A. Rockefeller's declaration of Employ the Handicapped Week
for New York State.
I, therefore, call upon the employers of the Village of Lynbrook to
provide employment opportunities for handicapped workers, I urge
our employers to remember that handicapped workers are good
workers and that ability, not disability is what counts on the job.
To advance these concepts, I, as Mayor of the Inc. Village of
Lynbrook proclaim the week of October 4th, 1970 to be known of-ficially
as EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED WEEK.
Francis X. Becker
Mayor
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the main difference between him-self
and Congressman Allard
Lowenstein was that he. Lent felt
that the people of the 5th Con-gressional
District had never
been fully represented by Con-gressman
Lowenstein in Wash-ington
in the U.S. Congress.
Both Ed Martin and James
Drohan, Leaders of the Youth for
Lent-Buckley spoke to both can-didates,
as did Mayor Francis X.
Becker of Lynbrook, Col. James
Gambee, a former Lynbrook Vil-lage
Trustee, and Major Louis
Blessor, retired U.S. Air Force
veteran and many other of the
large crowd gathered despite the
early hour and the Lynbrook
Police Force with Chief Walter
Waring did their usual excellent
job of controlling the crowds and
traffic because of the great num-ber
of young people and adults
gathered to welcome the Lent-
Buckley motorcade. They went
on to Baldwin with the cheers of
the Lynbrookites ringing in their
ears,
LyiAmk |
Residents |
Dedication for the |
new Village Hall is |
to be held on
Thursday,
October 29th.
Program will be |
published in a
future issue.
The first meeting of the Board
of Trustees in the new Village
Hall of Lynbrook was hek) on
Monday evening, Oct. 5, 1970
with Mayor Francis X. Becker
remarking on the historic event
and asking everyone present to
sign an attendance sheet.
Father Edward O. Moore of
Christ Episcopal Church gave
the Invocation which was fol-lowed
by the pledge of Allegi-ance
to the Flag of the United
States.
The Board, having already
studied them, the Minutes of
both Aug. 24th and Sept. 25th,
1970 were approved by a motion
and carried with Mayor Becker
remarking that at the next Board
Meeting, the Minutes would once
again be read promptly at 8:00
p,m,
Mr, Ed Larsen, Chairman of
the RecreaiioBUZonamission gave
the ^creation Dept. Pds^rt for
^pt« Baseball awaits to 225
children were given out by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees
at a Baseball Awards Dinner
held on Sept, 10th with a full
quota of Recreation Dept; per-sonnel
and coaches present as
weU as many parents. There
was a Swim-Splash Party with
47 youngsters paiticipating. On
Sept, 5th, Recreation Dept, spon-sored
a trip to Yankee Stadium
to see the N.Y. Yankees play.
There were four meetings held
for Senior Citizens with an at-tendance
of 311 and 74 of the
Senior Citizens attended Ceram-ic
Art Classes, There were five
picnic permits granted and a total
of 1845 in indoor attendance and
2,120 in outdoor attendance,
Mr, Roger Faut gave the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook Building Dept.
Report for Sept, revealing a total
of 5 alterations or additions at
an estimated construction cost
of $9,100, 1 new garage, 1 Sen-ior
Citizens Housing Project
Permit at an estimated cost of
over two million dollars and 3
aluminum sidings permits etc.
The Lynbrook Library Report
for Sept, was given by Mr, Rich-ard
Koch who report^ new books
purchased to the amount of 257,
new readers registered as 241
and the total number of books,
periodicals, and records etc. to
be 49,727. The Mobile Unit
of the Library at the Lynbrook
Railroad was a success and ran
from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
It was noted that there had been
a considerable drop in the num-ber
of books and periodicals in
the Library and Mr, Koch stated
that this had come about because
the new Lynbrook Librarian bad
with the aid of her associates,
been weeding out many books
which were old and outdated such
as-Science Books, twenty years
old etc, Mrs. Tillie Rashkin
wanted to know why the books
were not put on sale to the public
here in lynbrook and Mayor
Becker stated that perhaps a
small notice could be put into
the Lynbrook, U.S.A. Village Bul-letin
notifying the residents of the
sale of old and discontinued
books, etc,
Supt, Floyd Wilcox gave the
DepU of Public Works Report
for Sept, noting a total of 770,-
78 tons of refuse were collected,
with 575,06 tons of rubbish also
collected by his dept. with 380
Special Stops for large objects
residents wish to discard such as
refrigerators, T.V.s etc. The
Dept. replaced 73 signs around
the village with new ones. For-mer
Trustee Ben Rashkin wanted
to know if the Village had taken
under consideration his sugges-tion
for selling and supplying
plastic bags at a cost of about
per bag to remove leaves
and other refuse. Mayor Beck-er
replied that the Board and
the D.P,W, were considering the
matter with the D.P.W, having
available special leaf collectors
right now if we continue to have
a dry fall season. Deputy Mayor
Kurt Amdt praised Supt. of Pub-lic
Works Floyd Wilcox and his
men for their excellent in
moving;; the-i..viJlage office ineo
the new,Village Hall from Sun-rise
Highway saving the taxpay-ers
of Lynbrook a great deal of
money, Mr, Larsen commended
Mr, Wilcox for the new football
field at Greis Park installed
by the D,P.W. Mayor Becker
complimented Supu Wilcox for
the beautiful new parks put in by
the D.P.W, and all the extra
work that they have put in during
the past three months along with
their regular duties. Father
Moore thanked Mr, Wilcox for
his dept, removing the large
old tree on his church ground.
Mayor Becker stated that
starting with the next meeting
a few pages of the new Zoning
Ordinances will be read each
meeting until the whole new Or-dinance
is read and explained to
the residents.
The Board formally made a
motion to change the name of
Lyon Place, Lynbrook to Colum-bus
Drive in tribute to the many
fine Lynbrook residents of Italian
ancestry. Trustees Bill Buzzeo
and Lawrence Florio were the
first to second the motion. Cer-emonies
changing the name of the
street to Columbus Drive will be
held on Oct, 12th at 12:00 noon
with the Mayor and Trustees par-ticipating.
The Post Office has
given their approval and been
notified of the change in name.
The Board approved the ap-pointment
of Col. James Gambee
to chair the Board of Assessors.
Col, Gambee is a former Trustee
and Deputy Mayor of Lynbrook
and has a wide experience in the
real estate field. Due to an ill-ness
in his family he couEl not
be present, but the Board
approved his appointment and he
will be sworn into office at a
later date.
With the resignation of Attor-ney
Michael Wallace who is on
a one year round the world trip,
the Board approved the appoint-ment
of Attorney John Gilles
as Condemnation Attorney for the
Village of Lynbrook.
Oct. 24 th was officially pro-claimed
as United Nations Day'
in Lynbrook by proclamation of
Mayor Becker and approval of
the Board of Trustees.
Mayor Becker also officially
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