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Post Office, Lynbrook. N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, February 7,1973 10^
Personalities
Annette Ling
John R. Olson, the Exalted Ruler
of the Lynbrook Elks Club,
B.P.O.E. 1515 is one of those
dedicated and selfless people who
give so much of themselves to
their own organizations for many
years until it becomes sort of a
way of life.
John is a muscular 6 ft. 2 inc. in
height with blonde hair and alert
blue eyes and a very direct and
engaging personality. He was
born in Brooklyn to the late
Lillian and John Olsen and at-tended
public school in Staten
Island where his family had
moved and later, graduated from
Central High School in Valley
Stream. His family moved to
Valley Stream in 1936 so that
most of his happiest days have
been spent on Long Island. He
has one living brother, Edwin arid
a sister, Marie, now Mrs. Phillip
Martarello of Levittown. His
other brother, George is
deceased.
Upon graduation from high
school, he worked for a short time
until he joined the United States
Merchant Marine in World War II
on heavy Convoy duty in both the
Atlantic and Pacific. It is un-necessary
to say just how
hazardous this duty was and
about the danger of a torpedeo
from an Enemy Sub at any time
while the vital convoys were
shuttling supplies to our men in
both Theatres of War.
John has two daughters, Alice
Warren of Rockville Centre and
Marie Henderson of Oceanside.
He went to work for himself
shortly after the war but later
joined Hendrickson Brothers,
Inc. in Valley Stream and has
been with that firm for 22 years.
He first lived in Lynbrook on
Cherry Lane and later moved to
Oceanside and now resides in
Seaford. However, he has many
good friends in Lynbrook and
because of his many years
connection with his beloved Elks
is constantly engaged in actively
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Recently installed
Recently installed at a Sunday
morning service at Grace
Lutheran Church, 400 Hempstead
Avenue, Malv6rne, New York,
were the following duly elected
Trustees for 1973: Mr. William
Hempel, Jr., Mr. Adolph
Michaels, Mr. Donald Holquist,
and Mr. Edgar Blohm, all of
Lynbrook; Mr. William Haight
and Mr. Richard Vollmer, both of
Malverne; Mr. Walter Rowold of
Baldwin; Mrs. Joy Losgar of
Franklin Square: and Mrs.
Florence Heess of Valley Stream
The Principal of Grace Lutheran
School is Mr. Richard Rausch of
Hempstead; and the Pastors of
Grace Lutheran Church are The
Rev. John G. Carajanes and The
Rev. Thomas W. Eifert, both of
Malverne.
RETIRING: Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Francis T.
Purcell [left! presents citation to Frank E. Smith of I.ynbrook upon his
retirement after ten years of devoted service to the town. Smith was
an inspector in the Parks - Fn{<ineering Division and was honored at a
retirement dinner by his colleagues.
Margiotta
Brands As False
Salary Story
A story in the Sunday Edition of
the NEW YORK SUNDAY NEWS
which stated that Nassau
Republican Party Chairman
Joseph M. Margiotta was seeking
a $50,000-a-year increase in his
party salary today was branded
by Margiotta as "absolutely
false."
"Not only is the DAILY NEWS
story absolutely false but the
reporter failed to check with me
or my staff to ascertain the truth
of the story." Margiotta said.
"I'm shocked that a major
newspaper published a story
from an unnamed source without
first checking to determine the
truth of the story." the GOP chief
said.
"It's a very simple matter for a
newspaper to determine the
amount of salary that the
Republican Committee pays to
me or any staff member, as all
expenditures of the committee
must be filed by law with the
Secretary of State.
"The NEWS' story is so
ridiculous that it is embarassing
to me as the party chairman,"
Margiotta said. I have asked
THE NEWS to correct the
mistake."
"A $50,000-a-year raise would
make me better paid than the
National Republican Chairman.
I'm flattered that the NEWS
thought so highly of me that its
editors printed the story without
thinking twice about checking on
the amount of money involved in
the raise.
"I know that I would question a
person being given a $50,000
raise, especially if that individual
was a political leader who yearly
must raise political funds by
public donations," Margiotta
concluded.
Plans To Open
A Home For
Troubled Youth
Nassau County Executive
Ralph G. Caso announced today
that the county will stand firm on
plans to open a home for troubled
youths at the presently proposed
location in Hempstead.
Caso said that the home would
be opened at 29 Richardson Place
when arrangements can be made
by the county Probation
Department. "I believe that we
have not only a moral but a legal
obligation to pursue this wor-thwhile
program at this present
location," he said.
The county executive added
that, "All necessary safeguards
will be taken in the im-plementation
of the program so
that no undue hardships will be
caused." He said that he I'elt
certain that "once this program
is implemented, it will be shown
that the fears expressed by some
people in the community will not
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Three Men Injured
In Gas Explosion
The sad remains of what was once a Long Island Lighting Co. gas
regulating and metering station.
A series of explosions early this
morning demolished a Long
Island Lighting Co. gas
regulating and metering station
bordering the villages of Lyn-brook
and Rockville Centre in
Nassau.
At least three persons were
reported injured, nearby
businesses had windows shat-tered,
and hundreds of residents
were awakened from their sleep
by the force of the blasts.
The destruction of the gas
transmission station, situated at
the southeast corner of Merrick
Road and Ocean Ave., was ex-pected
to add fuel to the con-troversy
over high pressure gas
pipeline which has raged in the
villages.
The first report of trouble came
about 2:35 a.m. The Rockville
Centre Village Police, which took
the first call, summoned the
village Fire Department and
notified the Lynbrook Village
Police.
Lynbrook Village Police Sgt.
Peter Margraf, who as among
the first of those responding.
said, "Flames were roaring from
the rear of the building and we
could hear the hissing sound of
escaping gas but there was no
odor."
A minute or two later, a second
explosion erupted. "It ripped
away half the one-story buiMng
and shook nearby businesses,"
the Lynbrook police sergeant
said.
The windows of the Lynbrook
Lumber Co. yard on the other
side of Ocean Avenue were
shattered and the owners of
nearby business places were
summoned to open their doors so
that checks could be made for
any resulting gas breaks.
"Glass and other debris were
hurled into the road by the
blasts," said Sgt. Margraf.
At about 4:00 a.m. another
explosion ripped away the
remaining structure and roused
hundreds of sleeping residents of
the area.
"This one even shook up our
stationhouse," said Rockville
Centre Lt. Lewis Kern. "Our
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Thorp Asks For Local
Rent Control Powers
Assemblyman John S. Thorp,
Jr. has joined in the sponsorship
of a bill authorizing any village,
town or city in Nassau County to
establish rent control laws for
apartments not presently
covered by rent control. The
other sponsors of the measure
are Assemblymen Arthur J.
Kremer and Irwin Landes and
Senator Karen Burstein.
The bill allows "local option"
rent control for those Nassau
County localities that need
controls because of spiralling
rents and its introduction was
triggered by the termination of
Phase II of the wage and price
guidelines by President Nixon.
In a statement Assemblyman
Thorp said: "Phase II provided
lor rent controls. Under Phase III
all rent controls are removed and
a number of tenants have already
expressed to me their concern
about large rent increases that
will force them out of their
apartments. Senior citizens,
living on fixed incomes, are
particularly affected by this
situation.
"Prior to Phase I, in 1971,1 was
one of the sponsors of a series of
rent control bills for Nassau
County. Pressure from the real
estate lobby and opposition of
Governor Rockefeller killed the
bills. I believe that the
Republican leadership cannot
continue to ignore the problems
of Nassau County's 79,000
tenants," Thorp's statement
concluded.
The bill provides for local
governments, after public notice,
to hold public hearings and
following the hearings rent in-crease
limits can be adopted.
Enforcement of the rent limits
would be handled by the Hemp-stead
office of the State Division
of Housing and Community
Renewal.