The Observer 13 December 1961 Volume 3 Number 2

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Vol. 3 No. 2 Wednesday, December 13, 1961
Peg von Swaps Throttle for Organ
Massapequa park, L . I . New York Entered as second class matter at
the Massapequa Park Post Office. 10$
Fehrenbach Seeks
More School Aid
Jimmy Kiebler of 50 Pennsylvania Avenue Massa­pequa,
who spends most of the year piloting trains,
will swap his throttle for the twin organ keyboards
from December 18 through 30. Hefll be on hand in
the main LIRR concourse from 3 to 8 p. m.
Mostly, Jimmy plays Christmas States and Canada, expressing
carols and old- time favorites re­quested
by commuters who want to
indulge in a little barber- shop-style
harmony. But this year —
from 6 to 6: 40 p. m. Tuesday, De­cember
19 — Jimmy will have 34
youthful voices helping him along.
An Oriental touch will be added
this year to the annual Christmas
season appearance of the Long
bland Rail R a - f s musical *? ngin-r
at Pen Station.
The voices make up the World
Vision Korean Orphan Choir, which
j will sandwich a serenade to Long
Island commuters between an
afternoon videotape recording s e s ­sion
for the Ed Sullivan Show and
* . evening appearance at Garden
M M -' > f the Incarnation.
K g £ . r- nlds are on a
^ R^ toar^ » /^ fee United
through their voices the apprecia­tion
of South Korea for aid given
that war- torn country. Immediate­ly
after the Penn Station concert,
the choir will board the 6: 49 Long
Island train for Garden City.
Jimmy, who has become almost
as much a holiday fixture at Penn
Station as a Christmas tree in the
average home, has linedupa regu­lar
program of Christmas -. viusic.
But he fully expects to discard it
after the first five or ten minutes
as commuters' special requests
begin piling up.
Requests have become so much
a part of Jimmy's appearances that
it's not hi all unusual to find 100
or mortf commuters blithely ig­noring
( departure of trainSafter,
train v& iie they sing along with
him. ,
Cleanup', Keynote of MOIL
Village Board Meeting
A Bear On the
Loose- In Pequa?
If you lived In a bear hunting
region, it would not seem strange
to come across a bear. But to be
in the Crown Village Shopping
. Center last week and have someone
ask you, ' ' Have you seen a bear?",
is a little something else.
" Billy", a bear lives in a cage
at the new Crown Village Pet
Shop on Merrick Road. One night
last week, the owners closed up
shop and locked the door, as usual.
The next morning Honey Bear
was gone. His cage was empty.
There was some evidence that he
had been looking over the other
pets - kittens, rabbits, hamsters,
a snake, but only one or two
bags of food were overturned.
But, " Billy" was not to be found.
The owners then began the search.
Other merchants in the shopping
center were queried, but no bear.
Later that day, a de.' 1/ ery mar.
happened to look up ?\ a carton
which was placed high up on a
shelf. There was " Billy" fast
asleep. " Billy", has nocturnal
habits, it was later discovered-he
plays at night and sleeps all
day. He is a Kinkjou bear, a
native of South America. Accord­ing
to the owners, a Kinkjox makpa
? n -•: xi-?! « ? iu pu. Tiie^ ajre v^ ry
friendly. Tne most amazing thing
about this kind of bear is mat
they are so diiy. Biily weighs
only four pounds about the size
of a Teddy Bear - and he looks
just like one too.
A number of residents from Bar
Harbour and another group of
homeowners from the Wenwood
section of Massapequa Park at­tended
the public meeting of the
Incorporated Village of Massa­pequa
Park at Village Hall Front
Street last Monday night to seek
die help of the Board in correct­ing
what they termed " deplorable
conditions", in their areas.
The Bar Harbour residents were
disturbed about the " unsanitary
conditions" caused by an overflow
of cesspools from the Bar Har­bour
Shopping Center. Mayor Rob-e
n J. Andrews said that the cess-i*
problem had been corrected
lowing issuance of summonses.
The group also decried papers
. nd other refuse which accumulate
along the fence in the rear of
Bar Harbour Shopping Center.
ay suggested that the Village
Duld compel theCenter to adhere
their original architectural
.* « * ifi£ which included shrub­bery
to beautify the area.
The group also asked the Village
to look into the situation of the
broken fence, and the need for a
. continuous sidewalk at Harbor
11 ne and Nassau. The group also
oke of the hazardous condition
used by shrubbery at the corner
. iarbor Lane.
Among those who were present
^ vere: Dr. Anthony S. Valente of
> 3 Harbor Lane, Charles Jarow-
Ki of 67 Harbor Lane and Alex-iider
Paigen of 55 Harbor Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Plotkin of
117 Clover Drive were concerned
about the zoning of land east of
Westwood Drive. It was surmised
that they were worried over ru­mors
that the Bar Harbour Shop­ping
Center was thinking of build­ing
garden apartments. Mayor An­drews
showed them on the Village's
zoning map that the entire area was
zoned residential. Mayor Andrews
said that no application to build
garden apartments hadj> een made.
Mrs. Marian Panzer of Wenwood
registered a complaint about the
dumping of refuse in the Wenwood
area, as did other homeowners
present.
Later, the VUlage Board read a
report on the 4M Club building,
now owned by Garden- O- Rama of
Sunrise Highway from die Building
Inspector, Al Zimmer. Following
the fire two weeks ago, Zimmer in­spected
the building. In his report
he cited several hazardous con­ditions.
A number of ceiling beams
and roof beams were completely
burned out. The north wall of the
building is buckled and the west
wall at the nordi end is buckled
and the parapet wall was parity
demolished leaving a row of cement
block tilted on edge thereby making
a serious hazard. The front sides
and rear areas of the building were
filled with debris. The cesspool
is caved in. A number of holes are
open in the rear end of the build­ing.
Since the area is zoned res­idential
" A" the Building Inspector
recommended that the building be
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Up District 23
Teachers Salary Schedule
In Unprecedented Move
(^ see page 6)
Taxpayers in the Massapequa, Farmingdale and
Plainedge school districts will benefit from substan­tial
tax relief next year, by virtue of state aid, if the
bills pre- filled last week by Assemblyman Edwin J.
Fehrenbach of Bethpage are passed.
Hospital Inuttst °" e bm
Gaining Momentum
Momentum is growingin support
of a public hospital on die Thorn
estate in Massapequa despite die
Christmas activities, according to
Harold W. Tepfer, President of
die Chamber of Commerce of die
Massapequas.
Signatures are being added to
petitions available in most of the
stores in die Massapequa area and
are directed to The Board of Super­visors
of the County of Nassau and
die Town Board of die Town of
Oyster Bay.
The petition requests that the
parcel of land situated on die
Norrhwert ccrwbr of fc'errick t ind
Unqua roads, ( a plot of 42 acres
extending westerly along Merrick
Road and northerly up Unqua Road)
be acquired for erecting and main­taining
public hospital facility sim­ilar
to Meadowbrook Hospital. The
petition suggests that die new fa­cility
should be either a branch of
the M .' \ o- Au ...' Hospital, ox an
entirely new and independent insti­tution
uuriei County control and
maintenance.
Pequa Teacher Tarns
Music Author
Pro Art Music Publishers of
Westbury, have announced the pub­lication
of several music books
compiled and arranged by Igor
Hudadoff, Band Director at Massa­pequa's
Parkside Junior High
School. The publications will be
avaUable in February .
suggests a hike in the
foundation level on which state aid
is calculated from the present
$ 389.40 per pupil to $ 545. This
figure was arrived at by basing
the aid on die state- wide median
net current expenditure perpupU
as a foundation figure. AH school
budgets are available, ahead of
time and this figure can be deter­mined
each year in dds manner,
according to Assemblyman Feh­renbach.
According to A. Terry Weadiers
of Farmingdale, President of die
Nassau Suffolk School Boards As­sociation,
" This would cut local
school property taxes by about
25 percent,"
Fehrenbach commented, how­ever
thai i' tht Diefendcjrf Com­mittee
comes up with a shared-cost'
proposal, diis bill would go
by the boards.
In another bill w hie h F ehrenbac h
pre- filed last week, high- tax
school districts would receive 25
per cent additional state aid.
School districts which have tax
rates exceeding ? I0 p « . i £ 1006
would qualify.
The tiiird bill pre- iiUed in Al­bany
by Assemblyman Fehrenbach
would mean tfiat union free school
districts would receive the same
amount of state aid as now going to
central school districts having
4,000 or more students.
Fehrenbach said his measure
would mean additional State aid of
from $ 150,000 to $ 250,000 going
to such communities as Plainedge,
Farmingdale, Massapequa, and
Bethpage.
Under existing law central
school districts receive a bonus
of eight per cent for having 5,000
or more children in average daily
attendance. This policy was es­tablished
to encourage consolida­tion
of smaller school districts.
Fehrenbach pointed out that die
rapid growth of union free school
districts had made the existing
differential " archaic."
The Nassau County assembly­man
asserted tiiat " homeowners
in diese overburdened districts are
entitled to some relief in die form
of additional State aid."
Pequa Jubilee
The Massapequa merchants and
businesses are busy with their
Christmas jubilee promotion pro­gram.
The merchants have wonderful
surprises which include a trip to
Florida which will be awarded at
the Pequa Theatre on Friday, De­cember
22 at 9 p. m.
Two free Kiddie Matinees will
be offered at the Pequa Theatre on
Friday, December 22 at 2p. m. and
at 3" PJvi.
TOB Councilman Marjorie R. Post cuts die ribbon at the opening Santa Claus will h-ceremonies
and open house celebration of the Hempstead Bank's new pequa fro^^-^- WM 14.1
North Massapequa office at Hicksville Road and Duff Place. Looking on *••£ flk k ^ f l i ^ k
( from left to right) areRobert K. Niddrie, Director; Vlr -^* m* » IT Lsm* Am irWl^ M W sir*
Assistant Cashier and Manager; Bn » r fashions R> r Pre Teens, Juniors & Women
BAR HARBOUR SHOPPING CENTER
MERRICK RD. MASSAPEQUA PARK
LI 1- 0923
Open every night till Christmas
Board; Mrs. Post; Miss Eileen V. <
Robert E. Scheuing, Executive Vir
Vice- President.
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