The-Helm_1972-01-13; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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V9l. 1 1 No. 34 Ettfered Second-Class Matter
Post Office. LvntM-ook. N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, January 13,1972 10<
Ramond Smillie Retires Personalities
bv Annette Ling
Raymond Smillie of East Rockaway^center/r'iBtiringas Attdcic Warning Offrcei-for
the Nassau C i v i l Defense Office, gets a double handshake f r om Police In-spector
Francis Tobin, l e f t , and Deputy Inspector Henry W i I s h e r e / a t a r e t i r e -
ment party given in S m i l l i e ' s honor. Inspectors Tobinand W i l s h e r e a r e Liaison
O f f i c e r s to tne C i v i l Defense A u x i l i a r y Police.
Robert G. Becker, younger son
of fpfmer Congressman Frank J.
Becker khd ' Mrs-. B^ker was
born in Lynbrook and has, made
great contributions to the bet-terment
of Long Island, com-munity
life ever since. He
graduated from Lynbrook Public
Schools, including Lynbrook High
School where he had a very
successful career in the field ot
athletics. Bob Becker is another
proof that a man's actual size has
nothing to do with his courage
and pluck. He was on the
wrestling team for 3 years and
was a member of Varsity
Football, President of the Hi-Y ,
President of the Varsity Club and
Vice-President of the Senior
Class.
Bob served in World War II in
the European Theatre mainly in
Germany where he attended
Cortland Teachers' College
majoring in Education. He later
taught at Hamburg Central High
School in upstate New York and
in the Valley Stream Public
School system until he went into
the family insurance business.
Bob is a very slim and fit 5 ft. 4
inc. in height with expressive
kindly and observant brown eyes.
He apparently goes through life
on the low key without ever being
iQud or ungentlemanly but has a
great speaking voice and can
get his points over remarkably
well and hold the attention of any
audience because he is not only
sincere in all that he says, but he
presents his speeches in a concise
and authoritive way that shows
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Beautification Contest
Spurred on by two successes in 1969 and 1970 when Lynbrook earned
Meritorious Achievement Awards (the highest in New York State), the
Village has again entered in hopes to emerge with the top prize in the
country.
An album containing countless pictures and newspaper clippings
has been submitted to represent the community, and Beautification
Committee Co-Chairladies Dot Hornung and Ann Mongelli have
submitted the following preamble and statement of purpose:
Jay F. Korth Installed
LYNBROOK, U.S.A. -
"THE VILLAGE THAT
LEADS THE WAY"
That's not just a slogan in
Lynbrook ~ It's a philosophy. In
concept and practice, everyone
involved with the Village, from
Mayor Francis X. Becker to the
23 Citizens' Advisory Com-mittees,
is actively working to
provide the leadership that
enables Lynbrook to achieve its
goal" to lead the way all the way.
One of the major leadership
achievements for Lynbrook has
been its program of
BEAUTIFICATION. We consider
beautification to be more than
just a clean-up job. Certainly,
painting and fixing and cleaning
and paving are all part of the
campaign, but there's more than
that ~ much more to actually
a c h i e v i n g b e a u t i f i c a t i on
leadership. There's community
spirit for one - a great number of
people working closely so that
when the first beautification
steps are taken, they lead to
others - so that each project is
not an end in itself, but merely a
stepping stone to the overall goal.
Let's look at the last five years:
* A BRAND NEW, CON-TEMPORARY
VILLAGE
HALL - modern in design,
utilitarian in construction, and
with careful planning and
judicious rentals of the old
building, the taxpayers will
actually be saving money in the
long run. Net result:
BEAUTIFICATION, WITH
PRACTICALITY, LEADING
TO FURTHER BEAUTIFICA-T
I O N --
* OLD BUILDINGS REPLACED
WITH NEW BUILDINGS - an
unused supermarket some 300
yards from the new Village
Hall suddenly became an at-tractive
piece of property. It
didn't take long for a Savings &
Loan Association to recognize
this, buy the parcel and submit
plans for a Branch Office and
Computer Center. Net result:
FURTHER
BEAUTIFICATION, NEW
TAX INCOME, LEADING TO
FURTHER
BEAUTIFICATION -
* OTHER BANKS LOOK TO
"THE NEW LYNBROOK" -
four other banks, including
three commercial branches
have opened or are under
construction right now. A
Savings Bank from New York
City has decided to put its
-Headquarters Building in
Lynbrook. Net result: FUR-
(('(Mitiiuu'd on page 8)
Congressman, Norman F . Lent, congratulating Jay F.. Korth,new president ot
the Lynbrook Republican Club. Wednesday evening, Jan. 5 , 1 9 7 2 . w a s instaMo-tion
of o f f i c e r s night; a large turnout at A m e r i c a n Legion Hall delighted o t t i c -
e r s . President, Joy F. Korth's acceptance speech exhorted club members to
work diligently to continue good government in Washington this election year.
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