Bethpage-Tribune_1974-01-24

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PLAINVIEW PLA1NEDGE SEAFORD
Thursday, January 24, 1974
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By Hank McCann
their greetings are heard but They were reducing the wear and
Car Pooling In Nassau Bethpage School Board Report
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they aren't easily seen in the pre
dawn darkness
''H/ya. Phil" "Good morning,
Art." "Jump in arid let's go."
"Bah, good morning."
The car poolers at Christopher
Morley Park in North Hills are
like early-rising commuters
everywhere. Some are happy
Some dour. Some talkative.
Others silent.
Many are gloved, buttoned,
mufflered and shivering.
Their fellows are hatless,
.gloyeless with coats gaping open.
Its a work day and they come
to Morley Park on Searingtown
f*4d just north of the Long
Island Expressway from all
compass points. The park is a
staging area for auto commuters.
Cars roll in, doors thunk closed
and people are silhouetted
against the moving lights of the
expressway beyond.
—».fllhrw-car* come in, huddle,
and one car moves out. Three
heads bob inside as the driver
takes off for Manhattan or
another point in the business
"ju>gle." '
A blue and orange Nassau
police car circles the parking
area and checks in at the nearby
police booth.
|jght starts to break in the
East and now you can see the
people arrive and depart. A
trickle, not a flood, but there's
plenty of room... room for hun­dreds
of cars in Morley Park.
It is one of three car pool
staging areas designated by
Nassau County Executive Ralph
G. Caso for free use of all who will
park and share a rise to save on
gas in the energy crisis. The
other staging spots are in
Eisenhower Park in East
Meadow and at Mitchel Field
near the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
All are marked with
destination signs - for uptown
and downtown Manhattan,
Bronx, Brooklyn or other points.
Morley has been the most used
since the program of free parking
for commuters was introduced
Jan. 2. There were 27 vehicles
mere the other day when an
observer visited. Passenger cars,
pickups and stationwagons sat
between parking strips just in-
Side the entrance.
Riding the Southern and
Northern State Parkways, the
Meadowbrook Parkway apd
Expressway getting there, the
observer had rolled along with
lundreds of other motorists.
More than 90 per cent of the cars
on the road contained only the
driver.
John Q. Worker was headed for
his job in solo splendor...with his
own gas tank to fill, if he could.
'At Morley Park, however, the
situation was different. Cars
rolled out with two, three and
four riders, all saving on energy,
both physical and manufactured.
tear, too, on themselves and on
their three and four thousand
dollar chariots. ,
Phillip Marquez of Bayside
checked his watch and swiveled
his head as headlights lit the
entrance road.
"I usually meet three other
men here at this time," he said.
"We all work at the Tapley-
Rutter book manufacturing
company in Moonachie, N.J.
Only two are going with me this
morning."
Almost as he said it, William
Fortney of Garden City and
Arthur Seideh of Freepdrt
arrived.
"We alternate driving to the
plant," Marquez said. "It's about i
30 miles and takes about an hour
from here, going over the George
Washington Bridge. Our other
car-pooler lives in Great Neck.
It's convenient to gather at
Morley Park and we're grateful
for the chance. We were talking
about a car pool and the company
was urging it when we read about
this staging area in the paper. It's
great."
Fortney and Seidel agreed.
"It's a lot less cost for the in­dividual,"'
Fortney said. "And it
beats the solitary drive every
day."
"You can talk or just relax,"
Seidel commented. "It's easy for
us to get here. A short ride from
home, a quick turn off,the ex­pressway.
Hardly a quarter of a
mile. We get in the one car and off
we go in practically no time."
Barry Fahrer of Freeport sat
reading a paper in the halflight of
early morning as he waited for
his co-worker and co-rider to
appear.
"This is a swell idea," he said.
"We're surveyors and work out of
Whitestone. He comes; in from
Old Bethpage, we meet here and
alternate driving the rest of the
way. I figure I'm saving at least"a
third of the gas I'd use driving
alone ... and the money it costs,
too." '
Car pooling works the other
way as well.
Mrs. Leah Levitt of Great Neck
pulled in, in her red station-wagon.
"I'm meeting my car pool
partners," she said. "We go the
opposite way - east. Three
cheers, anyway, for this parking
place.
"We're teachers in a Plainedge
grade school. When we saw the
story about this park being
available for car pools, our
problem was solved. We alter­nate
driving from here now."
Her partners soon arrived,
anxious to get to school. Mrs.
Minerva~A)bert had been on itoe
road a long white; «*
"I live on 85th Street,
Manhattan, on the West Side,"
she said. "I've been driving 14
years by myself. Now I stop in
(Continued on Page 10)
The regular "monthly meeting
of the Bethpage Board of
Education was held on Thursday,
January 27, 1974. All board
members were present except for
Mr. Iannello. Six taxpayers at­tended.
The first order of business was
the approval of the minutes of the
meeting of December 20, 1973.
The Treasurer's report was
also accepted.
Board Communications
A letter was received from a
parent, who has attended a
recent wrestling match in the
high school and conveyed to the
board her dismay at the condition
of the scoreboard, stating, it's a
disgrace the equipment is in such
poor shape. The parent said she
had been told that Pepsi Cola had
offered, a scoreboard sometime
ago and she wondered why it had
not been accepted by the board.
Mr. Edward Lavin, Business
Manager, explained it was turned
down because it is illegal to
advertise on school property. The
board indicated they would look
into the matter.
A letter was received from Mr.
Leonard Fuchs of the Jewish War
Veterans, commending Mr. B.
Burton and the Senior High
School Chorus. He explained, he
had been a patient af Center
General Hospital and the chorus
had entertained the patients
delightfully.
The board received a letter
from the BOCES Council in­dicating
there was an opening on
one of their committees. Con­sidering
the Bethpage board had
shown an interest last year on'
serving on a committee, it was
suggested that the board send the
name of a representative to serve
on the committee. Mr. Iannello
was unanimously nominated with
an alternate to be named. Seven
special meetings are scheduled
for January, February and
March.
A parent sent a letter
requesting the board to recon­sider
the school calendar for the
long Lincoln - Washington week.
The parent indicated businesses
and other school districts will be
closed during this time and our
school district will remain open.
She continued, many parents
have planned vacations and are
forced to remove their children
from the classrooms resulting in
a loss of state aid. She also asked •
the board*to consider the fuel
shortage as a basis for their
reconsideration.
A letter was read from
Councilman S. Mosca, regarding
the development of the property
behind the library. Two parents
in the audience from the Powell
Avenue area, informed the Board
of petitions that had been cir­culated
in the area by neigh­borhood
children, who were
anxious to have the land
developed into a park area. They
questioned the board if the *
development of the land was still
under consideration or if there
were any plans in the discussion
area. Mr. LoFaso referred to a
lack of attendance at a public
meeting in November, to discuss
the development of the land. Also
there were a number of items
that the library board was in
disagreement with and the school
board had received a letter from
Mr. Pink was with 15 specific
objections. Board member, Mr.
Resnick also indicated there was
a very gray area concerning the
vacant parking lot across from
the library and the utilization of
that property in the future. The
board informed the parents that
they Would place the subject on
the agenda.
A letter to Mr. LoFaso was
read from Congressman N. Lent
as follows: Thank you tor your
letter of January 7 in opposition
to H.P. 8677. Public Employees
Labor Rleations Act. As you may
know, this. Bill has, been the
subject of limited bearing by the
Select Labor Subcommittee of
the House Committee on
Education and Labor.
(Continued on Page 7)
TOH Supervisor Pure^ll Cites "Housing Need Urgent"
Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Francis T. Purcell
has termed the need for more
senior citizens housing on Long
Island. "One of the most urgent
priorities we face."
Purcell made his remarks at a
meeting of the Joint Select
Committee on 'Problems of the
Aging held at the Town of.
Hempstead's Echo Park Facility
in West Hempstead. The meeting
was attended by over 150
representatives of Senior Citizen
groups within the town.
Purcell pointed out that While
Hempstead Town has led the way
in the field of public housing for
its older residents there still
remains much to be done.
"The Town of Hempstead has
ten low-income Senior Citizen
housing developments," Purcell
stated, "each providing a 5-day a
week program of all en­compassing
services in health,
education, recreation and
counseling for its residents and
older neighbors in the surroun-1
ding community."
"Despite this effort," Purcell
added, "we have just begun to
cope with the problems facing
senior citizens."
"Not only do we need public
housing for those senior citizens
living on marginal incomes,"
Purcell said, "but its time to
provide housing for our middle
income older residents as well."
"Its not fair that a couple
should scrimp and save all their
lives, pays their taxes, and better
SENIOR SEMINAR: Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor
Francis T. Purcell (right) chats with Kitty Ferlazo and Edna Van
Nattan both of Uniondale following a hearing by the Joint
Legislature Select Committee on Problems of the Aging held at Echo
Park in West Hempstead. Also attending the meeting was Seaford
Assemblyman George A. Murphy (left) and Floral Park Assem­blyman
George J. Farrell, Jr. (right) a member of the committee.
the town only to find later in life
they cannot afford to remain in.
the community that means so
much to them," Purcell con­cluded.
In explaining the need for more
low-and middle income housing
for senior citizens, Purcell noted
that Hempstead Town, is home for
more than 97,000 of New York
State's 3,000,000 citizens over the
age of sixty. t
"Many of these people,
Purcell said, "pay more than 60
percent of their monthly income
towards maintaining their
homes."
Purcell also applauded the
Select Committee of the
(Continued on Page 13)