The-Helm_1970-12-10; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY 4
VOL. 10 NO. 29 Entered Second—Claas Matter
Poet Office, Lynbrook, N.Y. L Y 3 - 1 3 00 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, December 10,1970
In language as strong as any
used in Ae past, the Bishops of
all New York State dioceses have
labeled abortionists practi-tioners
of an unspeakable crime
who grow wealthier day by day
from the killing of the unborn
in the state*
In a joint pastoral statement
marking the coming of the Christ
Child delivered in every Catholic
pulpit in the State on Sunday, De-cember
6, the Bishops vigorously
condemned the growing "death
dealing trade" in abortions now
going in New York,
Each "child is fashioned in
God's image" they point out, yet
is it now legal to mount a "ruth-less
assault on human beings in
the first stages of life" now in
the state.
The Letter, delivered on the
second Sunday of Advent, a sea-son
which prepares Christians
for Christmas, was the occasion
for the statement of the Bishops
on abortion at this time.
They contrasted the prepara-tions
in home and family "look-ing
forward to Christmas and the
coming of the Christ Child" with
the preparations in clinics and
hospitals for the "unspeakable
acts of Abortion" which is pro-moted
by the abortion movement
that "belittles human life and
urges the destruction of unborn
children."
In the strongest language the
Bishops condemn the abortion-ists
who day by day "grow wealth-ier
from the killing of unborn
children," Statistics being gath-ered
throughout the state show
at present estimates close to
300,000 children are likely to
be aborted during the first year
under the new law. (A figure
equal to 70% of the population
of Vermont),
The Bishops charge that the
abortionists who now *'adver-tise
their monstrous commerce
beyond the 0)nfines of the state"
are making New York the "abor-tion
capitU of America" is also
siq)ported by these projected sta-tistics.
First estimates of abor-tions
from all around the state
show two out of three are per-formed
on non-residents...lead-ing
to a projection that 200,000
of the 300,000 abortions pre-dicted
for this year will be per-formed
on women from outside
the state.
The law, the laxest in the na-tion,
is called a "ruthless as-sault
on human beings" by the
Bishops since it makes it legal
to destroy the baby cradled
in his mother's womb" at any
time up to six months.
The Bishops remark that each
of these aborted children, "is
fashioned in God's image, and
as Christians we believe that
he is destined to be a son of
God."
Reminding Catholics that abor-tion
is an unspeakable crime,
^ey urge all their listeners,
"and through you all men of
good will" not to be deceived
by the civil law which permits
abortion. God's law says "THOU
SHALT NOT KILL" they point
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Personalities
Annette Ling
A Solemn Occasion • Both Lynbrook Mayor Frai»cis X,
and Auxiliary Pohcennan Theodore Warenycia, rights appear to be conn-pletely
engrossed in the swearing-in ceremony at Village nail. Mr. Waren-ycia
becomes the 23rd auxiliary patrolman in the Villageo This group
augments Lynbrook's own force of 50 under Chief Walter Waring who is
looking on here in the center.
Bishops Cites Horrors
of New Abortion Law
Miss Roseanne Sgritta is one
of the most interesting, dynamic
and dedicated young teachers to
join School District#20 Lynbrook
Senior High School as a member
of the English Dept.
Miss Sgritta is the beloved only
child of Louis and Cecilia Sgritta
of Brooklyn, who are justly proud
of their daughter. They are a very
close and affectionate family. Her
father Louis has 3 brothers and
3 sisters and her mother Cecilia
has 10 sisters and four brothers.
When the whole family get to-gether
they have a wonderful
time.
Miss Sgritta is a graduate of
Our Lady of Wisdom Academy
and St. John's University where
she graduated with a double ma-jor
in English and Philosophy in
1961, She was a member of Mai-verne
Junior High School until she
joined the teaching staff at Lyn-brook
High School three years
ago.
She is an attractive slim and
sturdy 5 ft, 3 in. Her favorite
color is red and she is one of^lie
few pfif^le I have ever inter ^^
viewed who favors rich, colorful,
vibrant hues and has definite
personality traits to match. It is
easy to determine why she works
so well with young people because
her wit, her remarkable vitality
and charm and complete sincerity
earns her their respect.
She is an omnivorous reader
and cannot think of any other
profession which would have
suited her better. She has dark
brown hair and brown eyes and a
most impish infectious grin. She
Roseanna Sgritta
has been all over the world on her
second biggest hobby, traveling,
and has visited every continent
except Africa and Australia.
She likes good food — all kinds
of food which she regards as an
adventure in itself, sampling the
culinary delicacies of Bangkok,
Thailand, Ja,pan, HongKong, For-mosa
and every part of Europe.
Light classical music and the
musical scores from current
^con^mporary theatre iappeal to
The most memorable moments
in her life to date have been her
private audience with Pope Paul
in the Vatican who spoke to her
personally for quite some time.
Roseanne became very inter-ested
in helping students develop
an interest in Drama when she and
her students in Malverne put on a
Shakespearean Festival and the
whole thing was such a great suc-cess.
Through her guidance and
with the kind help and enthusiasm
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out and "civil law can never
displace God's commandment."
Perhaps their most chilling
words came when they ask New
Yorkers to realize the "terrible
consequences of legalized abor-tion."
They point out:
1) the principle has been writ-ten
into law that a simple ma-jority
may set up standards un-der
which life is to be denied a
portion of the people.
2) under the present abortion
law the standard is that "im
to six months in the womb
a baby must be wanted by his
mother or he can be destroyed.
3) once it is permitted to set
standards which people must
meet if they are to remain alive,
what if a simple majority decides
that life is to be denied the de-fective,
the aged, the hi-corrigible?
Will we have a
destruction law for them too?
The Bishops note that law-makers
of another generation
once claimed the right to decree
the extinction of "innocent hu-man
beings for social and eu-genic
reasons. It happened under
the Nazi regime; who is to say
it cannot happen here?"
Citing the sanction of "im-mediate
excommunication for any
Catholic who deliberately pro-cures
an abortion or helps some-one
else to do so" as an example
of Che strong stand of the Catho-lic
Church, they urge all their
listeners to oppose and reject
abortion in every possible way.
New N.C. Police
Commissioner
A man who came up through
the ranks of the Nassau Police
Department was named today by
County Executive - elect Radph
G. Caso as the department's new
commissioner.
He is Asst. Chief Inspector
Louis J. Frank, 52, presently
serving as deputy chief of dis-trict
in command of all pre-cincts
within the county.
"This is one of my most im-portant
appointments," Caso
stated. "For the past month,
I have conducted an intensive
search for a man well
schooled in police protection
in our county, a man capable
of heading a force of 3,400 men,
1 have found him in Chief Louis
Frank."
Chief Frank started in the
department in October, 1946, as
a foot patrolman in the Fourth
Precinct, Woodmere. He had just
come out of the service where
he had served in the Pacific
theater as a captain in the Ar-my
Air Corps.
In 1951, he was recalled to
active duty for the Korean War
and served as base provost mar-shal
at Brize Norton, England.
His return to Nassau and the
police department marked the
launching of a career which saw
him promoted to sergeant in 1954;
lieutenant in 1957, captain in
1961, deputy inspector in 1962;
Chief Frank is a retired
lieutenant colonel in the US Air
Force Reserve. He is a mem-ber
of the International Associ-ation
of Chiefs of Police, the
New York State Chief's Associ-ation,
National Law Enforcement
Association and is a past presi-dent
of the Nassau Police Depart-ment's
Superior Officers Associ-ation.
He lives with his wife, Evelyn,
and daughter, Barbara 22, in
Oceanside. A married son, Rob-ert,
lives in Levittown. The
Franks have three grandchildren,
inspector in 1963 and assistant
chief inspector in 1966. During,
the time, he served in the Fourth
Precinct, the Highway Patrol
Bureau and the Office of Chief
of Staff.
Chief Frank has attended
Northwestern University's Traf-fice
Institute and went through
the police science course at the
State Agricultural and Technical
College at Farmingdale where he
originated and instructed that
school's first traffic engineering
course.
He also is a graduate of the
FBI National Academy and has
served as the only police officer
on the Advisory Committee on
Traffic Engineering to the New
York State Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles,