The-Helm_1973-03-21; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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L Y N B R O O K MALVERNE E A S T ROCXAWA
Vol. 12 No. 43 :!.nt«r«d aa Second-Class Matter
Post Office, Ljmbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, March 21, 1973 Wi
Lynbrook Chamber Winms Named Irishman of the Year
S|XHisi»iwl By (^iillMili*-
Elects New President Daiij^hlers of A i i i e i i ai
Thp following slate was olected
for offico by the Lynbrook
Chamber of Commerce, Inc. for
1973. Mr. Barry Van Name
.succeeds Wnrner Amelingmeier
as President.
President: Rarry Van Name
Vice-President: Lcroy VVeisman
Vice-President Abe Feinsilver
V i c e - P r e s i d e n t : Morton
Sc hum sky
Executive Secretary: Annette
Ling
Treasurer: Sarah Buck
Chamber Attorney: Stephen R.
Ostren
BOARD OFDIRKCTORS:
Werner Amelingmeier, Ai
Kessler, Paul Berger, Peter
Kostynick, Michael Bucella, Max
Leurpandeur, Gene Croasdale,
Murray Levitt, Brit Connors,
Herman McNeill, Joseph
Dioguardi, Margaret Napolitano,
Jesse Fisher, Fahmi Peress,
Mary Grassi, Charles Resnick,
Alan Hendrickson, Charles
Speight, William Kahan, Thomas
Whitehead.
P.S. Please give us a call at Ly 9-
3436 if vou can como.
Thorp Supports Community
Care For Mentally Retarded
Assemblyman John S. Thorp,
Jr. has pledged his support for
legislation which would phase out
"warehouse style" institutions
for the mentally retarded and
replace them with community
facilities.
Under the measure, the State
Department of Mental Hygiene
would be mandated to produce by
March 1, 1974, a comprehensive
plan for restructuring facilities to
care for the nearly 24,000 men-tally
retarded persons now in
State institutions. This plan,
Thorp said, would include cost
estimates for the changeover and
would be presented to the
Legislature for consideration in
the next session.
Assemblyman Thorp said the
phasing out of large institutions
would "humanize the care and
programs and would mean
substantial savings to taxpayers
as well." Community care
facilities cost about half as much
to run as the large state schools.
A hostel program for the men-tally
retarded costs about $4,000 a
year compared with the State's
institutional expenditure of
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Grand Opening Ceremony
Kihhon ('utting at the l.ynhrook Realty, I7fi Merrick Hd. at the tape I,
to H Mavj)r Francis X. Recker, llapp\ Real Fstate Rroker Andy
Siirace. and Jorrv Sanetti. Asst. Supt. lildg. Dept.
Each year Catholic Daughters
of America, Court St., Raymond
No. 673. SDonsors a poetry contest
in the tri-parish area of Our Lady
of Lourdes, Our Lady of Peace
and St. Raymond's. It is open to
both parochial and public school
students in the fourth to eighth
grade. Following are this year's
prize winners which have been
submitted for competition to the
State Court:
DIVISION I (4th to 6th Grades)
1st Prize: Lori Connolly, Grade 6,
St. Raymond's School
AMERICA
Long ago we settled on a land.
The land was beautiful, the land
was grand.
I love America, that is true
I love the flag of red, white and
blue.
I thank God for our world.
I thank Him for our flag unfurled.
I will always thank my Father
above.
Won't you thank the Lord vou
love?
2nd Prize: Dorothy Lyons, Grade
5, Our Lady of Peace School
1776
We went to Radio City
To see 1776
Ben Franklin was very witty
John Adams had many tricks.
Tom Jefferson wrote all the prose
John Hancock signed his name
Aren't you glad all the rest rose
And did exactly the same?
3rd Prize: Kathy Sullivan, Grade
6, St. Raymond's School
BOTH SIDES
The thief by his right hand
Didn't really understand
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Frank J. Becker
Scholarship
Announced
The Frank J. Becker
Educational Foundation will
again award a $500 scholarship to
a 1973 high school graduate who
is a Lynbrook resident. This
scholarship which has been
awarded annually since 1958 was
established in honor of the
Honorable Frank J. Becker who
represented this District in the
New York State Assembly and in
the United States Congress from
1945 until his retirement in 1964.
The award is based upon
scholarship-outside interests and
activities - and upon financial
need. Rules and applications
forms may be obtained through
the students" High School
Guidance Department; by
contracting the Chairman of the
selection committee, Harry W.
Bunting, 46 Vincent Place,
Lynbrook, or Robert J. Becker at
F'rank J. Becker Inc. 173 E]arle
Avenue, Lynbrook.
Applications will be accepted
up to the first Friday in April.
The final selection of the winner
and runner up will be announced
late in May or early June.
Harry IVIcfJovern | r | , of Hi Kdniiind Street, i.ynhnmk, was honored
diirin;; thr .Ancient Order of Hibernians celebration of St. Patrick's
Day by bein.U named "Irishman Oi The Year" at the organization's
anniiai dinner-dance held in Kast Rockaway last weekend.
Presenting Harry with the plaque that acc(tmpanied the title w;:s
Congressman Norman Lent 11.1. outgoing holder of the same title.
Over :$«0 people attended the affair, held at the Fast Rockaway
\merican Legion's Colonial Room.
Personalities
Annette Ling
Joseph Dioguardi, Assistant
Treasurer of the Chase
Manhattan Bank in Lynbrook is
an interesting man completely
devoted to his beloved wife and
family and totally dedicated to
his work which is banking.
Joe is such a normal, likeable
person it is easy to see why so
many people like him. He was
born in Brooklyn to Frank and
Minnie Dioguardi who moved
with their family to Ozone Park
when Joe was just 5 years old. He
attended Queens Public Schools
graduating from John Adams
High School and went directly
from school into banking.
He served in the United Slates
Army during the Korean War and
at the conclusion of his army
duties returned to the world of
banking. He had been working for
Chase Manhattan Bank in
Rockaway Park before the war
and returned to join the staff
there and has been in every phase
of banking from Teller, C'ashier
and on up. He has studied at The
American Institute of Banking
and has been very active in his
bank career as Manager until his
present post at 236 Hempstead
Ave., Lynbrook in what is often
referred to as the Little Five
Corners.
He was married to the former
Julia Mittendorf from Glendale
in 1955. Julia is one of those
delightful and attractive
vivacious brunettes who have
warm personalities and make
such charming wives and
mothers and retain their good
looks so well that they are an
inspiration to every other lady
who wishes to be trim and slim
and good-looking in the peak of
condition despite the hectic
schedule of daily duties. Julia is a
very lovely person and it is hard
to believe that she has teen-age
children. Mr. and Mrs. Dioguardi
live in Rosedale, Queens with
their .son, Joseph, Jr. age 17, a
student at Springfield High
School, daughter, Susan, age 15,
also a student there, and
Patricia, age 13, a Junior High
Student, and last of all, young
Frank, age 9, a third grade
student at St. Pius, the 10th
School.
Joe is 5 ft., »inc. with a slim but
muscular build, dark hair and the
warm brown expressive eyes of
the typical Latin-type and
I'eminds one a great deal of
Trustee Bill Buzzeo of Lynbrook
who has the same kindly look and
yet these are two gentlemen who
seldom miss much as they are
extremely observant and the
most wonderful thing of all is to
see ^he sudden friendly smile
which lights up their whole face.
Joe just like Bill is a loyal,
dependable sort of person with
much of the small hoy charm still
and that is why these two people
will never get older hut just
better like wine that has
mellowed for many years to
reach a certain bouquet. Joe is a
neat conservative dresser
favoring blues and greys and he
likes fishing or l)est of all
coaching a Little League
Baseball Team in which his son
plays. He did state ruefully that
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