The-Helm_1974-08-14; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Vol. 14 No. U 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 14,1974 iOe
Above, Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso presents Sharon Tauber, 4, of Syosset with official
proclamation designating Aug, 24 - Sept. 2 "Long Island Cerebral Palsy Fair Days." Looking on is
famed clown Emmett Kelly whose All-Star circus will be one of highlights of eight-day extravaganza at
Hofstra University Fair Grounds.
Nathan Hale
Re-Opens
Applications
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
those interested may stop in at
that time to receive an ap-plication
to be completed and
placed on file.
Mur-Lee's Qualify For
National Tournament
The Mur-lee's baseball club of
Lynbrook, perennial champions
of the local amateur baseball
circuit, has once again qualified
to participate in national com-petition.
Through their first place
status in both the Long Island
Conference and the highly
regarded Stan Musial League,
with a combined record of 35 wins
and but 9 losses, the Mur-lee's
initially qualified for the New
York Metro Tournament, which
was conducted during the past
two weeks at Eisenhower Park in
East Meadow. In the opening
game of this tournament on
Saturday July 27, the Mur-lees
defeated the Queens Alliance
Representative (Long Island
Americans) which had been
undefeated to that point (20 wins -
0 losses), by a score of 7 to 4,
Winning pitcher Dan Schirripa
struck out 9 and helped his own
cause with two hits and three
RBI's. The game was highlighted
by Keith Garvey's 3 run home run
and a triple by Bob Borowicz.
Dr. Davison To Participate
In Three Days of Cardiology
Edward T. Davison, M.D.
(Lynbrook), who in addition to
his private practice is Assistant
Professor of Clinical Medicine
for the State University of New
York at Stonybrook, will par-ticipate
in "Three Days of
Cardiology" at the American
Hotel, New York, on September
20-22, 1974. This intensive three-day
program, presented by the
AHA Council on Clinical Car-diology,
is an upj^to-date and
comprehensive review of basic
concepts, physiologic correlates,
and interpretations in a clinical
setting related to cardiac
diagnosis. Dr. Davison is on the
Board of Directors of the Nassau
Heart Association.
Regular season play continued
during the week and then on
Saturday August 3, Dan Schirripa
came back to defeat the Virgin-
Islander Bronx Athletics in the
second round 11 to 1 on a nifty 5
hitter while striking out 11. Dan
once again showed his prowess at
bat with 4 hits and 2 RBI's, while
Skip Borowicz and Bill Wise each
had 2 hits and 2 RBI's. In the
tournament finale on August 4
Sunday, the Mur-lees defeated
the Stafford Dukes 6 to 3 as ex
major leaguer Ron Klimkowski
picked up his ninth victory of the
campaign, striking out 8 apd giv-ing
up but 5 hits. Richard Loche
with a 3 run Home Run and Frank
Catalano's 2 run bases loaded
single sparked the attack. The
Mur-lees will now move into the
AABC North Atlantic Regional
Tournament at Waterbury,
Connecticut August 22 - 25, and if
successful there, will qualify for
the National World Series in
Battle Creek, Michigan during
the first week in September.
Thorp To Seek
Income Tax Cut
Assemblyman John S. Thorp,
Jr. has announced plans to seek
an income tax reduction for New
York State taxpayers by in-creasing
the personal income tax
exemption to $750. for each
taxpayer and all dependents. The
current state exemption is only
$650 while the exemption for
federal income tax purposes has
been $750. since 1972.
In a statement Assemblyman
Thorp said: "If re-elected in
November I will pre-file a bill
which will provide for an in-crease
in the state personal in-
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Personalities
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Chief Ralph Bien of the Lyn-brook
Fire Dept. is what you
might call a "Fireman's
fireman" because of his complete
dedication to the cause of
"firematics, fire prevention,
and the saving of human life.''
Ralph was born in Ozone Park
to the late Sophie and Frank Bien
and is Polish - American descent.
He has a sister, Jean, (Mrs.
Charles Koncciy, another sister,
Cecilia, (Mrs. Frank Maries and
Jean and her family are residents
of Richmond Hill, while Jean and
her family reside in Ozone Park.
He has another sister, Felicia
(Mrs. Richard Deveraux) from
Ozone Park and a brother. Rev.
r^ancis Bien from St. Cyril
Me^'iodious Church in Green-point,
Brooklyn, and another
brother i^aniel, a resident of Islip
Terrace.
He attended St. Stanislaus
parochial school in Ozone
Park and graduated from East
New York Vocational High
School, He joined the U.S. Army
in Sept., 1946 and found after
basic training that he was
assigned to a rather odd duty, on
a sort of Lend-Lease to the U.S.
Navy in the Aleutian Islands,
north of Alaska off the coast
there. He worked many times in
60° temperatures on a sub-marine
base and a power plant
because he is an ace electronics
engineer. One of his most
memorable experiences was
hedge-hopping the Aleutian
Island with the skilled pilots
trying to go from base to base
when three of their main engines
quit at 10,000 ft. snow covered
peaks and they came in on a "sort
of one wing and a prayer*and
God's help guiding the pilot over-shooting
the 3,000 ft. runway and
landing in the water where they
floated until rescued.
Ralph is a very modest, quiet
man, completely dependable and
very devoted to his wife and
family and his men in his Fire
Dept. arid determined to do the
best job he is capable of for the
department and the people of
Lynbrook.
He was honorably discharged
from service after his tour of duty
in 1939 and married the "love of
his life" the former Patricia
Wickoff on Aug. 30, 1959. Oddly,
enough, he was a Bingo Caller for
his church and saw her in a group
with her family and it was
evidently love at first sight ac-cording
to Ralph. It was at his
old church, St. Stanislaus and Pat
seems to be utterly devoted to her
husband and family and is a
lovely lady with lovely soft brown
eyes and a true wife and mother.
The couple have Linda, age 19,
a Senior at-Nassau Community
College, Lawrence, age 17, a
Senior at Lynbrook High, Laura,
age 16, also at Lynbrook High,
Nancy, age 12, a student at North
Middle School, and Kevin, age 10,
at Atlantic Ave. School. The
children are a striking mixture of
handsome blondes and brunettes.
Ralph is a muscular 5 ft. 8 in.
and loves to cook himself and is
an ardent Met fan. His wife
specializes in his favorite Polish
dishes such as Kielbasi and
stuffed cabbage. She is Irish, so
this shows true love allright. All
kidding aside, the wonderful
families and especially, the wives
of our Lynbrook firemen, deserve
great credit for the burnt meals,
odd, unearthly hours waiting for
their brave men to come home
and the daily disruption of
routine which they nobly take in
their stride. Bravo to a fine group
of ladies. They stand behind their
firemen and if it were not so, how
could we have a good fire
department.
Ralph is on duty 24 hours a day
via radio and still enjoys good
music and is an ardent Met fan.
The second most memorable
event of his life is when he ac-tually
was sworn in as Chief of
the Lynbrook Fire Dept. in what
was a dead-heat tie and in
the final run-off, Ralph won. He is
a former Capt. of Hook and
Ladder Co. of Earle Ave. He
joined the department in 1958 and
has been a Fire Warden and
utterly devoted to the cause of
firematics for many years.
Woodworking is one of his
favorite hobbies. In his opinion,
the Five Corners fire was the
worst he was ever involved in and
the most difficult to put out and
he will never forget the tragedy
of the deaths of the Levy family
when fire swopt out of control in
their home and they were killed
and the tragic deaths of the
Lynbrook firemen in the accident
on Peninsula Blvd. that also
took the life of a fine young school
crossing guard and mother. He is
a member of Our Lady of Peace
Holy Name Society and belongs
to the members of the Nassau
Chief Assoc., the Nassau County
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