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HEMPSTEAD EAST ROCKAWAY LYNBROOK MALVERNE
Vol. 13 No. 13 Sceond-Claaa Matter
P<Mit Offle*. Ljmbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, August 22,1973 lOi
Home Qiamps
On Sunday, August 5th, 1973, Tally Ho Engine Company #3 of the Lynbrook Fire Department, before
hundreds of spectators, once again became Home Champs. The days program consisted of eleven
events dealing with various firematic functions. Tallv Ho captured four first place trophies, three
second place trophies and two third place trophies, to win the tournament by the largest margin in its
history. Tally Ho was won four out of the last five Home Tournaments and the 1973 winning team is
pictured above,
Mr. & Mrs. An^gelo Monaco, Miss Lee Pagano Mr. & Mrs. Angelo
Aiello, of 5 Jean Court, Malverne, L.I., New York, are shown on the
deck of the Home Line's Flagship, "S.S. Oceanic/' just before sailing
from the Isle of Manhattan to the sunny Isle of Nassau in the tropical
Bahamas on a week's holiday cruise.
OPENING OF LYNBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Elementary and Middle Schools in District No. 20, Lynbrook, New
York, will be open on Wednesday, September 5, 1973, and will be in
session until 11:30 a.m., when students will be dismissed for the
remainder of the day. In Lynbrook Sr. High School the 11th and 12th
graders will attend from 8:15 a.m. to 10:10 a.m., and the 9th and 10th
graders from 10:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
Full day schedules will begin on Thursday, September 6th. The
following schedules will be in effect:
Elementary Schools
Kindergarten8:30a.m. -11:00a.m. 12:30p.m.-3:00p.m.
Grades l-38:30a.m. -ll:15a.m. 12:30p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Grades4-5 8:30a.m.-11:45a.m. 12:30 p.m. -3:00p.m.
To help Kindergarten children to become oriented and to make a
smooth transition from home to school, for the first two days,
September 5th and 6th, a staggered program will be observed.
Parents of Kindergarten pupils have been informed of this schedule.
Lynbrook North Middle School 8:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lynbrook South Middle School 8:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lynbrook Senior High School 11th and 12th grades, 7:30 a.m. - 12:43
p.m.; 9thand 10th grades, 10:33 a.m. - 3;46 p.m.
Residents new to the school district and wishing to register their
children may do so on August 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st.
The School District Directory will be mailed to every residence in
the district early in September.
Gentlemen:
I recently noted a letter to the
Editor which was signed by
"Malverne/Lynbrook Com-muters"
with respect to the
Westwood Station.
As you know, last year we
dedicated a new park and
fountain known as John Paul
Jones Park in memory of Dr.
Ralph E. Perry. Since that time, I
had occasion to visit the park
many times and have yet to see it
in the condition mentioned by the
above letter. Therefore, I would
think that the letter is directed to
that portion of the Westwood
Station on the north side of the
railroad which is not within the
jurisdiction of the Incorporated
Village of Lynbrook.
I am writing to you to correct
any misunderstanding with
respect to the aforesaid letter to
the Editor.
Sincerely,
Francis X. Becker
Mayor
Mobile Registration Unit
To Visit Lynbrook
A mobile registration unit,
under the supervision of the
Nassau County Board 'of Elec-tions,
is one the road visiting
various communities on various
dates. The purpose of this non-partisan
effort is to get as many
eligible voters as possible to
register or re-register on the
spot. The mobile unit will be in
your area at:
Lynbrook - Earle Ave. & St.
James Place On: Wednesday,
August 29 AND Thursday, August
:iO, 197:t Hours: 3 to 9 pm
Personalities
by Annette Ling
years ago. Actually, it must have
been close to three years they
were there when they finally
moved to Lynbrook and Hen-drickson
Ave. and now have
another place on Ocean Ave. for
power tool rental as well. They
also repair power tools. He and
Gene have formed an excellent
working partnership and have
proved that if you are willing to
work hard the American success
story is still possible. They,both
have beautiful homes in
Smithtown and go fishing and
boating nearly every spare
moment. They' not only work
hard, they relax well and this
augers well for the health of the
two friends, both delightful
people.
Ben is 5 ft. 11" tall and has dark
hair and eyes and as you can se-by
his picture, "Mama,Mia,
What a Look." It is a good thing
he is already a family man for a
good long time because he has
that certain charisma that
sometimes does not go with
extremely handsome men. Ben is
a charmer and a perfectly sin-cere
likable human being.
Otherwise there would be hordes
of young ladies chasing after him
desperately. He dresses well but
informally and likes blues and
browns. He has a power boat and
belongs to the Smithtown Power
Squadron.
Ben had a close brush with
death when he wais five with a
burst appendix after he ate a
cherry, pit and all" and penicillin
' was .ingt starting to be in use. The
doctor rushed him in his own car
to the hospital where after im-mediate
surgery he lay in a coma
for three days. Fortunately, God
spared him and he has felt that
the most rewarding thing in his
life is making good on his own
without previous business ex-perience
with his partner Gene.
They employ 12 men. He is
anxious to help build up the
Rotary Club of Lynbrook and the
Rotarians are planning a strong
program this year.
Ben likes to tinker with his
favorite 1948 Dodge which still
goes amazingly well because it
was well made and they really
built cars to last in those days.
His hobbies are hunting, fishing,
boating, swimming and all
manner of athletics. He par-ticularly
enjoys his wife's baked
goods such as her delicious cakes
and cookies and explained that
she loves house plants and in a
shor^ whib the porch may look
like 1 miniature jungle. (Of
course, I'm only kidding but
plants are interesting and the
experiments done with them to
music and lie detectors.)
One thing is sure and that is
that we do have a remarkable
young man in Ben LaRosa here in
Lynbrook along with his partner,
Gene Morfesi and they are an
inspiration to all of our young
people who are just not interested
in college and the type of cor-porate
life that goes with truly
big business.
Mr. Ben LaRosa, President of
the Rotary Club of Lynbrook is
one of the most interesting young
men I have ever interviewed. He
is a handsome likeable and
charming young man who is a
hard worker. He owes his success
to date to faith in the American
system of hard work and being
willing to labor long hours for the
things he has dreamed of all his
life. He is the sort of man who
gives of himself unstintingly, also
and is therefore a perfect Rotary
President.
Ben like so many many Lyn-brookites
was born in Brooklyn to
Mary and Anthony LaRosa who
are now residents of Ozone Park.
He has an older brother, Sal, a
resident of Ozone Park and a
younger brother, Frank, who
lives in Smithtown.
He grew up in Brooklyn and has
also lived in Ozone Park. He
attended public shool in Brooklyn
but has always had a desire to
work with his hands and tinker
with motors etc. He graduated
from East New York
• technological High School and
was married at the ripe young
age of 21 to his beloved wife,
Esther. She was the former
Esther Pillitteri of Flushing and
the couple have four children.
Barbara, age 13, is the oldest and
then there is Tommy, age 11, and
Robert, age 6, and baby
Christopher, age 7 months old.
Ben has worked from the age of
16 at all sorts of difficult jobs and
really went to work on a per-manent
basis at the age of 18
years. From the age of 18 to 23, he
learned just about all there was
to learn about repairing and
building power tools and after a
while began to dream of having
his own business. For a short
time, he was a Manager for the
Tool Company he worked for and
then along with his good friend
and partner, Gene Morfesi, he
went into partnership in a brand
new firm in Valley Stream a few