The-Helm_1971-09-16; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
V o l . 1 1 Mo. n LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, Soptember l e . W T I 10< Tally Ho 99
The Old The New
Protesters At Board Meeting
The Village of Malverne
remains divided even after 300
interested residents and dog
owners took part in a Protest
March and Demonstration to
have the recently passed
Amendment to the Dog Or-dinance
repealed just prior to the
Malverne Village Board Meeting
of last week.
The controversial dog Or-dinance
re<5ftiires dog owners to
pick up their pets droppings. The
Village Board passed the Or-dinance
on August 4,1971 and will
go into effect on October 1,1971. A
dog owner who fails to pick up his
dog's droppings will be subject to
a fine up to $250.00
The line of Protesters carrying
placards extended completely
around the Village Hall. Mr.
Bennett Desmoni, a member of
the "We Care Committee of
Malverne" termed the Protest
March and Demonstration highly
successful.
After marching for 45 minutes
the protesters entered the Village
Hall to attend the Village Board
Meeting. Over 400 persons filled
the meeting room and hallway
creating a hot and close at-mosphere.
The air conditioning
unit failed to work properly
causing many people to leave the
jammed packed meeting room.
To add to the situation, the public
address system failed to carry
the words of the Village Officials
to those present. The meeting
became a battle of lung power.
During the more than an hour of
questions from the floor residents
asked the Mayor what would have
to be done to repeal the law. He
replied: "We didn't pass the law
with the intention to repeal it. It
will remam on the books." A
question was raised as to what
was the overwhelming support
to enact the Dog Ordinance. The
Mayor stated that he and the
Board acted because of mail
received, 12 letters for the
proposed amendment and 2
against. Residents said: "You
have over three hundred people
here who are against this
amendment, this constitutes a
majority." The Mayor said: "I
do not care how many people you
have here. I do not intend to
repeal the law. The law is on the
books and will go into effect on
October 1, 1971." A girl shouted:
"This is America. This is a
constitutional democracy. We
have the right to challenge any
laws we do not like, and further
more you will never get my
vote." The Mayor answered by
saying, "I don't care." Other
questions raised; "How can this
law be enforced when the
previous law was never enforced.
This is a ridiculous ordinance."
After more than an hour of
debate and with the sound of
Mayor Thomas Driscoll's gavel
and brusque remarks, Mr. Her-man
Kaplan, a recognized
speaker on the floor, made a
motion to have the Village Board
reconsider the Dog Ordinance.
He was stopped by a motion by
Trustee David J. Cartenuto to
adjourn the meeting. The
meeting was ended with the
ordinance on the books. Mr.
Bernard Roth, a member of the
"We Care Committee," which
opposes the ordinance, an-nounced
that the committee will
continue its flght to have the law
repealed. The organization
claims it has petitions with
signatures of residents, including
non-dog owners, who do not like
the law.
Under its auspices, dog owners
sent pre-printed postcards, with
signatures, protesting the law to
Mayor Driscoll, who
acknowledged receipt of 300
postcards.
Chemical Bank
Opens New Branch
A gala week-long celebration will mark the
opening of Chemical Bank's newest Nassau County
branch, 700 Merrick Road at Horton Ave., Lyn-brook,
Friday, September 17. The bank may well
become known as Chemical's "Tally Ho" branch
since the new building stands on the site of Lyn-brook's
once famous Tally Ho Inn.
Built in 1909, after a fire destroyed the original
hotel, the Tally Ho was owned and operated by
Daniel D. Hanlon of Lynbrook. At the time of the
rebuilding of the hotel, Mr. Hanlon donated a parcel
of his land to the town of Lynbrook to be used
as a fire house. Tally Ho Engine #3 still stands
on that land now adjacent to the new Chemical
branch. Through the years, the Inn was known as
the Parakeet Hotel, George Mitchell's Inn and
eventually was torn down in 1960. The properties
were always owned however by Mr. Hanlon or his
son Cornelius G. Hanlon of 17 Saddle Rock Road,
Valley Stream.
Ironically, Mr. Hanlon, who was with the Nassau
County Engineering department for 27 years, will
be moving from Valley Stream to a new home in
Florida on the day the new Chemical branch
opens.
Mr. Hanlon's wife, Alfreda, was a former
teacher with the Lawrence School System, Cedar-hurst.
The Hanlon's will reside in Tropical Har-bor,
Lake Placid, Florida.
Though no Innkeeper, Chemical's Lynbrook
branch manager, Thomas L. Tanacredi of 100
Bismark Ave., Valley Stream, hopes to carry on
the tradition of a warm welcome and old fashioned
American Hospitality long familiar to the site.
A veteran of 20 years of banking experience with
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