The-Helm_1974-08-07; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              f t t M P S T I M O tTflwi) EAST ROCKAWAY L¥NSIK)OK MALVERNE
Vol. 14 No. 10 E n t e r e d a s Second—Class Matter
P o s t Office, Lynbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, August 7,1974 100
East Rockaway Fire Chief John Baroni. left, presents a trophy to
Maiverne Fire Chief William Cresswell. The Malverne Fire Depart-ment
won Third Place marching in East Rockaway Fire Depart-ment's
Twentieth Annual Parade. Photo by Jim Bove
Malverne Board of Education
Plans Community Meeting
A series of four Community
Meetings, starting on Tuesday,
September 24th, will be held
throughout the School District for
the purpose of discussing the
future of elementary facilities,
according to Malverne Board
President, Robert Fraissinet.
The discussions will begin with
a general background statement
by the Board, but the main
purpose, Mr. Fraissinet explains,
is to provide an opportunity for
District residents to make
comments, offer opinions and
have questions answered.
In March of 1973, the Malverne
District voters turned down by a
wide margin a proposal to build a
new elementary school and rent
the Davison'Avenue and Linder
Place schools to help offset the
cost. (The Woodfield Road School
has been rented for several
years). Both last year and this
year, while the budget was
passed by the voters.
Propositions for elementary
school repair -- were defeated.
The Malverne Board has had
many complaints from con-cerned
parents of students, as
well as from administration and
faculty, that the aging buildings
are in serious need of paint,
plaster, electrical work, ac-coustical
renovation and general
major repair. "We understand
the problem," Mr. Fraissinet
states. "We want to gain public
opinion insights, and hopefully be
given some suggestions that will
eventually lead to solutions".
In addition to the September
24th meeting which will be held at
the Lindner Place Gymnasium,
other community meetings to
discuss the subject will be held on
October 1st at the Davison
Avenue Gymnasium, on October
8th, at the Lindner Place Gym-nasium
and on October 15th in the
Davison Avenue Gymnasium.
Nathan Hale Lynbrook Assessments Add
Re-Opens $313,362 To Tax Roll
Applications
Pictured aboard the S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America Cruises just
before sailing from New York are Ms. Sonia Polak and Ms. Joanne
Frankie of Malverne, N.Y. Ms Polak and Ms. Frankie are off on a
Nassau and Bermuda cruise.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of Nathan Hale
Housing Company, Inc. on July
17th, the Directors reviewed the
question of accepting ap-plications
for alcove and one -
bedroom apartments at the
Nathan Hale Senior Village, 30
Doxsey Place, Lynbrook, N.Y.
The Board was reviewing its
decision of May 30th, 1973, at
which time, due to the large
waiting list for apartments at
Nathan Hale, they had directed
the Housing Manager, Mr. Zarba,
to discontinue the acceptance of
all new applications.
In a statement issued today by
Robert G. Becker, President of
Nathan Hale Housing Co., Inc.,
Mr. Becker said "Although we
are re - opening the acceptance of
applications for apartments at
Nathan Hale Senior Village, it
still should be kept in mind that
there is a 3 year waiting list
currently on file and any new
applicants will be placed on the
list with the waiting period in
excess of 3 years." He further
went on to state that the Board of
Directors of Nathan Hale
Housing Co., Inc. wish they could
accomodate all those applicants
wishing to obtain space at Nathan
Hale, but, because of the limited
number of apartments (125) it is
not possible to accommodate the
large number of people looking
for accommodations in this fine
Senior Citizen Community.
Applications can be picked up at
the Manager's office at Nathan
Hale Senior Village, 30 Doxsey
Place, Lynbrook, Monday thru
Friday between 2 and 3 P.M. All
tho^e interested may stop in at
that time to receive an ap-plication
to be completed and
placed on file.
Guest On Town Talk
Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Francis T. Purcell
will have as his guest on Town
Talk, August 11, Miss Victoria
Panuska of North Valley Stream.
She is one of several women to be
admitted to the previously all
male Merchant Marine Academy
at Kings Point and is the first girl
from Long Island to wear the
khaki uniform of a cadet.,
Town Talk, the weekly public
affairs radio program of the
Town of Hempstead, can be
heard Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on
radio station WGBB, 1240 on the
AM dial and on radio station
WHLI, 1100 AM Sunday at 10:15
a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Board of Directors of Nathan
Hale Housing Co., Inc. are
pleased to announce that they are
re - opening acceptance of ap-plications
for the Nathan Hale
Senior Village, 30 Doxsey Place,
Lynbrook, N.Y. effective August
1st, 1974.
An increase of $313,362 in
assessed valuation of property in
the Lynbrook School District was
accepted as official by the
Nassau County Board of
Assessors.
Abe Seldin, chairman of the
board announced that the board
had approved the Nassau County
1974^75 School Tax Roll showing
an increase of assessments of
$25,160,885. Total assessed
valuation in Nassau for School
Tax purposes encounted to
$3,506,500,910.
"The .723 percent increase in
^assessments over last year is
reflective of the dramatic
reduction in building activity in
Nassau County and the entire
Metropolitan Area," stated
Seldm. "The number of building
permits issued show a significant
decrease in the coYistruction of
both new homes and businesses
and an over 60 percent decline in
permits for the refurbishing and
expanding of existing struc-tures."
In addition to new construction
and additions to existing
buildings, increases in the
assessment roll were attributed
to:
• Many properties were
rezoned for either commercial or
multiple dwelling development
by the new Town of Oyster Bay
Master Plan;
• Increases in assessment on
public utility properties including
New York Telephone equipment
such as communications towers,
switching stations etc.;
• A new ruling from the New
York State Board of Equalization
and Assessment permitted the
assessment of private telephone
equipment including swit-chboards,
computer terminals
and other telephonic and
telegraph equipment for the first
time.
Other factors affecting the roll
were a $1.30 million loss in
franchise assessments brought
about by the lowering of the
equalization rate by the New
York State Board of Equalization
and Assessment. Franchise
assessments are those levied
upon property and equipment of
public utilities such as the poles
and wires which utilize public
roads as right of ways and cross
public property.
The lowering of the
equalization rate is a constant
drain on our rolls," asserted
Seldin. "The State Board must be
convinced that the methods they
use to arrive at the rate are not
accurate as it relates to Nassau
County. This will be one of our
main goals for the coming year,"
continued Seldin.
Of the 62 school districts in
Nassau County 58 increase
their assessments and 4
decreased. Those districts with
the greatest increases are
Uniondale, $2.4 million;
Oceanside, $1.1 million; Great
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On Sunday morning the Lynbrook Fire Dept. received a call from Mrs.
John Patton asking if we might be able to rescue her 6 yr. old
daughter's, Jennifer, cat, Charlie McGirk, from a large tree at Russell
St. & Carol St. where it had been for 3 days. Upon talking to Mrs.
Patton, we were told that for the last three days she had requested
assistance from various County, Town & Village Dept. to get the cat
out of the tree but to no avail. With all avenues of help exhausted. Mrs.
Patton deceided to contact Chief Ralph Bien of the Lynbrook Fire
Dept. Chief Bien upon hearing of all the problems of Mrs. Patton,
dispatched the Hook & Ladder truck and within minutes the firemen
rescued the animal and Jennifer was reunited with her cat, Charlie
McGirk.
Fireman Danny Gilmartin H & L Co.; 1st Dept. Chief William Cosenza
in charge of iteration; Jennifer Patton, 6 yrs.; Jennifer receives her
cat [Charlie McGirk] from fireman Danny Gilmartin.