The-Helm_1972-04-06; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 11 NO. 46
Entered a* Second—Claas Matter
Poat Office, Ljn^rook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, April 6, 1972 Wi
Village Boards Reorganize
Reports: Lynbrook pg. 3 Malveme pg. 5 E. Rockaway pg. 5
Mayor Becker Calls Upon Class
Officers for Clean-Up Assistance
The officers of the new Lynbrook Branch of the South Nassau Unit, American Cancer Society, with
Congressman Norman F. Lent^ionorary president, and Banker Werner Amelingmeier, honorary vice-president,
as they were sworn into office. Left to right are Mrs. Franklin Fitzpatrick, treasurer ; Mrs.
John Theriault, secretary; Mrs. Doreen Mount, vice-president; and Mrs. Mary Lou Haggerty,
president.
Mur-Lees of Lynbrook
The Mur-Lees of Lynbrook,
1971 Long Island Champions of
the Stan Musial Baseball League,
will launch their tryout and
spring training program for the
1972 baseball season on Saturday,
April 8, 1972 at Greis Park,
Lynbrook at 12:00 noon. All high
school, college and other in-terested
baseball player are
invited to attend and should
contact Manager Bob Baratta at
432-3229.
Six Students Prepare
For Physical Fitness
Six students of Lynbrook High
School are presently preparing to
represent their school in the
regional Annual Marine Corps
Youth Physical Fitness Meet to
be held 14 April 1972 at Kings
Point Merchant Marine
Academy.
The meet, co-sponsored by
local Marine recruiters and Post
Cereals of the General Foods
Corporation, consists of sit-ups;
push-ups; standing broad jump;
pull-ups; and a 300-yard shuttle
run.
Awards include team trophies
and medals as well as individual
awards for high scores. Winning
(Continued on page H)
Dear Officers:
Over the past several weeks,
many street signs and buildings
have been defaced by the
spraying of black paint of the
words, "Class of '74" and "Class
of '75." I am certain that this has
been done by those who have
given very little thought to the
difficulties of clean up.
Over the past few years, the
Village of Lynbrook has made
extraordinary efforts at con-siderable
expense in time and
<ffort in the process of
beaulification. I personally have
written to business people and
residents requesting their sup-port
in the clean up and painting
of their buildings in commerical
and residential areas.
As a result of this program and
with the combined efforts of the
Village Administration and the
residents, we have won the
highest award in beautification in
the State of New York. This has
been done against great odds and
I he normal apathy that many
people show in their community.
In most cases it has taken a year
to two years of letters and phone
calls to convince an owner to
repaint and beautify his building.
I would dare say that the Classes
of 74 and '75 have by their
destructive activities, set back
all of our efforts.
Would it be too much now for
mo to call upon you as the officer
of your class to lead your
members in a clean up and
repainting of building structures
and signs which have been
defaced. Any help which you
would desire from me or the
Citizen Advisory Committee on
Beautification is available to you
as it may be quite difficult, in
some cases, to do this work.
Sincerely,
s/ Francis X. Becker
Mayor
"Man of The Year"
The "Man of the Year"
reception for Senator James L.
Buckley which was to have taken
place on February 25 but was
cancelled due to a fire in the
Hotel Commodore has been re-scheduled
for Friday evening,
April 14.
The reception, which will still
be held in the Commodore Hotel,
will begin at 6:00. Numerous
public officials will be in at-tendance
to honor Senator
Buckley.
The event is being sponsored by
the New York State Young
Americans for Freedom. Tickets
are still available. Contact Ed
Martin - 593-7775 for ticket in-formation.
Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso (1) issues proclamation
designating the period April 3-9 as Nassau County College Veterans
Week heralding three-day convention of the N.Y. State Collegiate
Veterans Association to be held April 6-8 at Nassau Community
College. On receiving end are Douglas Kocher of Rockville Centre,
program chairman; Leo Marchese of Hempstead, vice president of
Nassau Community College Veterans Association, and Prof. A. J.
D'Arco of Farmingdale, college faculty advisor. Representatives of
student veteran groups throughout the country will take part m the
convention whose main purpose will be to bring about the unification
of all collegiate veterans groups into one national organization.
Feast Of Freedom
Jewish people the world over have observed
Passover. Once more Jews think of freedom and
its meaning, and the frustration of being unable
to grasp freedom once and for all and give it
to a world so desperately needing freedom for
all.
We seem to achieve freedom in each generation,
only to discover that somehow we have lost it,
and need find it anew. What is there about the
human spirit which cannot guarantee freedom for
future generations? Our very Passover traditions
involve this contradiction. The Matzoh we eat,
the unleavened bread, symbolizes the tension
between freedom and slavery. We eat Matzoh as
a symbol of freedom, yet matzoh is a reminder of
the '*bread of affliction.''
We rejoice on Passover, yet it is less than
30 years since the Nazi extermination of 6 mil-lion
Jews. Why must we be so torn alternately
between freedom and slavery? Where are we
heading? To the stars or to dust?
This is part of the emotional thoughts that con-cern
the Jew at the Festival of Freedom.