Board Idea Of Suburban League
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Ralph J. Marino, said the Town
Board would welcome the opportunity
to join the proposed New
York State Chapter of the
National Suburban League " to
help fight the cities' encroachment
on suburbia and safeguard
the suburbs' home rule."
In a letter to Hempstead Town
Presiding Supervisor Ralph G.
Caso, Marino wrote that he
recognizes the need to join together
with other New YorkState
officials of suburban municipalities
in forming a State chapter
" to act as a pressure block
against the invasion of suburbia."
He said he would attend the
April 6 meeting in Hempstead
Town Hall to discuss establishment
of a New York State Chapter
of the National Suburban
League.
Recently a New Jersey land
syndicate, objecting to the Southhampton
Town Board upzoning
30,000 acres " to plan its community
growth" went to federal
district court. This marked the
first time a federal court has
been asked to become involved
with matters usually handled by
state courts. A federal court
heretofore only ruled on constitutional
questions resulting
from a state court's action on
local matters.
Marino echoed Caso's sentiments
that the suburban municipalities
must raise a powerful
concerted voice that will be heard
by all governmental agencies and
media.
He said he agrees with the aims
of the National Suburban League:
To safeguard the integrity and
home rule of suburban municipalities
against all forms of
metropolitan encroachment. To
protect traditional sources of
revenue for suburban government.
To keep local government
close, responsive and meaningful
to its citizens. To provide
a collective voice for all suburban
citizens before State and
Federal government. To foster
inter- municipal cooperation. To
promote the exchange of information,
statistics and data among
suburban municipalities and to
encourage and perfect sound
zoning and planning.
Marino added that he recognized
the need to prevent the
invasion of big city interests
into our local, suburban communities
and welcomes the opportunity
to join a group that
would fight to preserve " the
suburbs."
He cited the attempts to weld
the suburbs to the city by the
recent proposal to open local
parks, financed by the local community,
to all residents and the
sentiment to merge city and
suburban school districts.
" It is quite evident that the
battle to retain our home rule
must be fought now," said
Marino. " I unequivocally support
joining a group that is dedicated
to the worthwhile cause of saving
our suburbs."
Ginsberg Needles Nickerson On I. D.
Cards For Handicapped
Assemblyman Martin Ginsberg
this week needled Nassau County
Executive Eugene H. Nickerson,
by stating that he congratulates
the County Executive for knowing
a good idea when it is presented
to him, even though he boldly
takes it over as his own without
acknowledging the true authorship.
Ginsberg explained that he r e cently
wrote to Nickerson and the
Board of Supervisors, suggesting
issuance of special vehicle identification
cards to physically
handicapped drivers, as well as
to parents of handicapped children.
He noted the lack of adequate
parking facilities for handicapped
drivers near their places
of employment of business, or
near r e c r e a t i o n facilities,
schools or doctor's offices tor
parents of handicapped children
who must be driven to these
places.
He told Nickerson and the Supervisors
the special vehicle
identification cards would permit
a handicapped driver to park in a
special area near his place of
business, or near schools, r e creation
areas or medical offices,
thus eliminating long, tiresome
and, in some cases, impossible
walks.
' 1 received a short reply from
Nickerson," said Ginsberg. " He
thanked me for my letter, said he
shared my concern about the
problems of the handicapped and
said he had asked Police Commissioner
Francis Looney to
make suggestions as to changes
needed in county, town and village
laws to permit issuance of
these special vehicle identification
c a r d s ."
Since Nickerson's reply had
been unclear, Ginsberg again
wrote to him on February 22,
asking clarification of several
issues. He told the County Executive
he needed to know what
legislative changes Nickerson
sought so that he could help expedite
the matter in Albany.
" I received no further reply,"
said Ginsberg, ' Unless you call
a reply the fact that party legislators
introduced a bill permitting
municipalities to issue special
parking permits for handicapped
persons."
Watch For Phony Antiques BBB Urges
The Long Island Better pair of plastic Chinese figurines
Business Bureau advised local to antique dealers on the South
antique dealers of a father and Shore. They are offering pairs
son team who have offered a of plastic Chinese fifeu. ines as
Everything's all topsy- turvy for Joanne Doller
( upside down), Melisa Semenov ( kneeling) and
Karen Strazzeri as the Berner High School girls
practice for the Fourth Annual Girls' Physical
Education demonstration to be held next Friday
evening, March 17, in the Berner Gym. Over
250 participants will show off their skills at
dance, stunts and tumbling in the popular annual
scholarship supporting event sponsored by the
Girls' Leaders Club. Tickets, at a dollar- each
are available in the Berner General Office.
Farminadale OBSERVER Thursday, March 9, 1967
" ivory" and asking $ 250 per
pair.
A dealer who had bought a pair
of the figurines for $ 110 brought
the matter to the attention of
the Long Island Better Business
Bureau. She said that the
couple had told her the figures
were antique ivory.
A laboratory analysis done at
the request of the Bureau to
determine whether the figures
were made of bone, or plastic
simulated ivory, disclosed that
they were made of a styrene
base plastic with inorganic filler.
Microscopic examination showed
that the dirt in the folds and
crevices was actually a wax
colored gray to give the appearance
of age. The base, which
looked like teak, consisted of a
composition of molded plastic.
The younger man claimed that
he was a music student,
introduced the older mm as his
father and offereda Pennsylvania
driver's license as identification.
Last week the salesmen turned
up again and offered the " pricel
e s s " antiques for $ 250 a pair
to another antique dealer.
According to a South Shore
dealer, the figurines have recently
been on sale at a large
Long Island discount store for
$ 19.95 each.
The Long Island Better Business
Bureau, urges antique dealers
to be suspicious of such
offers from strangers.
Ocker To Address
GOP Meeting
Town Councilman Edmund A.
Ocker, Town of Oyster Bay Councilman,
will discuss the town's
parks and beaches at the next
meeting of the Massapequa Republican
Club on Tuesday, March
14, at the clubhouse located at
85 Grand Avenue, Massapequa,
starting at 8: 30 p. m.
Massapequa Executive Committeemen
Edward A. Baker and
Angelo I). Roncallo will report
on the County and Town conventions.
On Employment
Opportunities At T0B
A series of lectures and seminars
have been scheduled over
the coming months by the Town
Committee on Employment Opportunities,
Supervisor Michael
N. Petito announced this week.
The opening session in the series,
aimes at increasing public knowledge
of federal, state and local
government programs, will be
held at the Town Hall Hearing
Room on Tuesday evening, March
14th, at 8: 30 p. m. The Chairman
of the Committee, Mrs. Virginia
Anderson of Massapequa Park,
said the first program is entitled
" Your Community And Its
Resources", aimed at informing
local residents of programs and
problems in the Township ^ at all
three levels of government.
Future programs already
scheduled include: Zoning and
Master Planning, to be held
April 19th at the Syosset Community
Park; Youth and its Problems,
slated for May 17th at
Levittown Hall in Hicksville and
Home Rule and the Suburban
Town Law, scheduled June 7th
at Plainview- Old Bethpage Junior
High School, Plainview. Other
topics to be covered in future
seminars include Business and
Industry, Education, Budgets and
Taxes, the proper use of Credit,
Senior Citizens Problems and
Recreation.
The programs will be held on a
once- a- month basis starting
March 14th and will be held in
various communities in the Town.
Expect Firm To Proceed
With Burns Park Design
The Oyster Bay Town is expected
to authorize a consulting
firm next week to proceed with
the detailed design phase for
the John J. Burns Park in Massapequa
which will pave the way
for the start of the first phase
in the park's development later
this year.
The board's approval will
pemit the planning consultant,
Edwin S. Voorhis and Son to
draw up the detailed design plan
for the first phase. The master
plan for the development of the
park has indicated the work will
be done in three phases.
Th initial phase, which is expected
to get underway later this
year, will include the development
of football and baseball
fields.
Plans for the park include play
areas, football, baseball, soft-ball
and little- league fields, tennis
courts, handball courts,
administration and maitenance
buildings, and general park areas.
Councilman Roncallo, Edmund
A. Ocker and Ralph J. Marino
filed application for State funds
with the Long Island State Park
Commission on November 10,
1966, immediately following
voter- approval of the Statewide
park referndum held last Election
Day, November 8.
Jeanine Colini ( 1), and Donna Rathstaat; both of Masspequa Park
are trying get over the idea about the North East Community Girl
Scout ' International Expo,' slated for this Saturday from noon
til 3 p. m. at the Berner cafeteria. Troops will man booths that will
depict countries of their choice.
Since the federal government
provides only one Congressman
per Congressional District, this
lawmaker finds himself fairly
busy with speaking engagements
in the Second CD. These appearances
come before various local
groups which are interested in
how their federal government
works and in the approach that
their Congressman is taking to
problems which concern them.
Occasionally, these appearances
involve local Scout troops.
These youngsters and the men
who work with them are particularly
concerned with the
course their nation is taking.
Many of them will be our leaders
in a few years.
1 was extremely interested in a
study conducted last month by
Rep. Clarence J, Brown of Ohio,
which showed that more than three
of every five Congressmen had
participated in Scouting and, as a
matter of fact, that many of them
are still active in Scouting
leadership.
Of the 522 male members of
both the House and Senate, 268
had been Scouts or Scout Leaders
or both, 91 had been Scouts and
Leaders, 60 had served only as
Leaders and 177 had been Boy
Scouts, 26 of these achieving
Eagle Scout designation. Some
old- time Babylon Scouts still r e call
with awe the knots that Grov-er
ties, not all of which came
out of the handbook.
It's obvious that Scouting has
much to offer a youngster. Particularly
here on Long Island,
where rapid construction has
wiped out much of the vacant land
which used to serve as recreation
space, Scouting fills an important
need. For many of our youngsters,
it's their only opportunity to test
themselves in hiking, woodcraft
and in various other skills.
The Long Island Scouting movement
needs money and it needs
the help of adults who can work
with boys of various ages. And
despite recent Supreme Court
rulings and some of the longhaired
youth demonstrations a-i
ound the nation, Boy Scouts still
pledge service to " God and Count
r y ."
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