The-Helm_1972-02-24; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 11 NO. 40 Entered • • Second-Class Matter
Post Office, Ljmbrook, N,Y. LY 3 - 1 3 00 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, February 24,1972 10^
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Personalities
bv Annette Lin;;
Installation of new Officers of the Lynbrook Police Benevolent Association
at a dinner in their honor. Chief Walter Waring swearing in Robert Bassalin
new president and other Officers.
Left to riqht ore:
Chief Walter Waring; Trustee, Robert Buckman; Trustee, Robert Bosch;
Trustee, Frank Karg; Treasurer, Thonnas Merrill; Secretary,Martin French;
Vice President, Charles Carafano; President, Robert Bassalin.
Dr. Edward L. Heth of the
Atlantic Ave. Music Dept. has
been a member of the Lynbrook
Public School system for over 19
years and is a gentleman largely
responsible for the love of music
implanted in our younger
children for all that time. He has
had a very interesting and ex-cellent
artistic background which
fits him for his work to a
remarkable degree. Dr. Heth is a
fascinating and modest per-sonality.
He is a native of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, where he was born to
the late Leon and Ina Heth. His
father was an electrical engineer.
He attended school in Grand
Rapids and graduated from
Central High School there. He
played the French horn in the
school as a student who had true
talent and a great love of music.
He attended Alma College in
Alma, Michigan on a music
scholarship and graduated from
there with Summa Cum Laude
honors. He studied French, Latin
and German in school and
showed a natural aptitude for
language study.
From Alma College, he went to
Westminister Choir College in
Princeton, New Jersey, where he
had a Teaching Fellowship and
graduated from there with a
master's degree in Musicology.
He was invited by the president of
Polytechnic Institute of Puerto
Rico to found a music depart-ment
at the school and stayed
there 7 years where he
established a complete depart-ment
of music. While at the In-stitute,
he founded a Concert
Choir which was so excellent,
they toured many places in both
North and South America. The
members of the choir were bi-
Jingual and sang in English,
Spanish, Latin, and French. One
of the most interesting spots they
visited was Devil's Island, in
French Guiana, the infamous
French penal colony where
Dreyfus was imprisoned. They
toured the grisly exhibits and
were served lunch by elderly
former inmates of the prison who
had survived. They were later
taken on a trip by native Indian
dug-out canoe down the tropical
river which t-uns through Devil's
Island and say twenty ft. long
Anaconda snakes and alligators
snapping in the water. It was
possible to see why very few of
the prison inmates ever made a
successful escape, between the
perils of the jungle and the river
itself. Years later, Dr. Heth met
the French guide who had taken
them on the river trip in
Columbus Circle in New York
City.
The Concert Choir gave a
special performance for Dr. and
Mrs. Lin Yutang, the famous
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Abraham Bate Honored
At AAinyon Club Kiddush
by ANNETTE LING
Chief Walter Waring congratulating Robert
Bassalin, new President of the Lynbrook Police
Benevolent Association. Vice President Charles
Carafano looks on,
Lynbrook Baptist Church
To Hold 8 Day Conference
An «ight day fi®i®iary
Conference will be held in Lyn-brook
Baptist Church", Lynbrook,
L.I. beginning March 5 through
12. Missionaries -from Africa,
British Honduras, Trans World
Radio Station and Home Missions
will be represented. Programs
for all age groups are planned for
the entire Conference, Sunday
through Sunday.
Saturday night, March 11, at
7:30 p.m. a Youth Concert will be
staged in Howard T. Herber
Middle School, Malverne, with
the Resurrection Band from New
Jersey supplying the music.
The Conference will conclude
at 7:00 p.m. Sunday March 12
with the Cantata "The Greatest
Story Yet Untold" by Eugene L.
Clark.
The public is invited to attend
all of the Conference activities at
Lynbrook Baptist Church.
Mr. Abraham Bate of Bate's
Beverages and a long-time
resident of Lynbrook, U.S.A. was
honored by the Minyon Club of
Congregation Beth David and a
host of friends and family and
honored guests at a kiddush held
at the synagogue after morning
services this past Saturday, Feb.
19, 1972. He has been a devoted
member of Congregation Beth
David for 46 years and a member
of the Board of Trustees.
Honorable Francis X. Becker,
Mayor of Lynbrook, Mr. Robert
Becker, his brother and Town of
H e m p s t e a d W a s h i n g t on
representative. Honorable Frank
A. Gulotta, Justice of the Ap-pellate
Court of New York,
Lynbrook Village Attorney Jay
F. Korth, Captain and Lt. Karg of
the Lynbrook Police Dept.,
Honorable William Gaylor,
Lynbrook Justice of the Lynbrook
Court, and Mrs. Thelma Heitz-man,
Court Clerk of Lynbrook
and others were present to do
honor to their friend, Mr. Bate.
Rabbi Silver of Beth David
gave a very excellent sermon on
Brotherhood for Brotherhood
Week which is nationally honored
during this time of year and paid
tribute to Mr. Bate for his long
and devoted association with
ABRAHAM BATE
Congregation Beth David.
A very nice kiddush followed in
the beautifully decorated
ballroom of Beth David with all
guests and members enjoying a
delicious repast. Mr. Bate
received telegrams from many
famous people who could not
make the affair including a
congratulatory telegram from
Congressman Norman Lent. He
is very delighted with a warm
letter from his old friend, Chief
Walter Waring of Lynbrook
congratulating him upon his good
citizenship and years of par-ticipation
in the Lynbrook
Auxiliary Police Dept. as an
auxiliary policeman.
Mr. Bate was toasted by all of
his many friends at the kiddush
and received their best wishes for
a long and happy life. His firm
Bate's Beverages used to be
located on Merrick Rd. but is now'
in Rockville Centre under the
capable management of his son,
Mr. Sidney Bate.
Troop 139 Begins
Service Project
As a Service Project for the
Boy Scouts, Ira Gerson of Troop
ffl39 is collecting magazines and
paperback books for distribution
to our local hospitals: Franklin
General, St. Albans Naval
Hospital, Meadowbrook Hospital,
Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, and South Nassau
Community Hospital. ... Anyone
wishing to donate magazines or
paperback books to our local
hospitals can contact Ira Gerson
at 593-8746 and he will be glad to
pick them up at their con-venience.
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