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VOL. 32 NO. 47 APRIL 19 - APRIL 26, 1988 20 CENTS PER COPY
Local Men Are
Model Grumman
Retirees
Bethpage, April 12, 1988 Many
companies around the country have
become sophisticated in preparing their
employees to enjoy life after they retire.
But several men who retired from
Grumman about ten years ago were way
g,head of the behavioral experts.
Among this select group are Edwin
Polese of Hicksville, Fred Cilento and
John Guerra of Plainview, and Bob
Morace of Bethpage,
They're model retirees — Grumman
aircraft model retirees, that is. Along
with six other friends who retired about
1977, the quartet volunteers its time
every Tuesday at Grumman's Bethpage
complex to assemble and paint scale
models of Grumman aircraft and
trucks.
Some of the models are t-hen sold
through the Employee Services store,
but most of theni are used as j)romo-tional
items by the Marketing and Pub­lic
Affairs Departments.
The club's official name is the Model
Technology Group. Charles Chlanda,
80, of Great River, is the group's leader.
He started the club in 1980 when he was
president of the 5,000-member Grum­man
Retiree Club.
"We used to do 900 models a year,"
says Chlanda. "These days we do about
400 a year. At one time we were doing
models of all Grumman aircraft, but
nothing else. Now we do only the EA-
6B Prowler (the electronic countermea-sures
aircraft) and the A-6E Intruder
attack aircraft.
"But we also do models of the new
Jeep-like vehicle used by the U.S. Postal
Service," continues Chlanda. "Grum­man
is making about 100,000 of the
actual vehicles for the Postal Service,
many of which are already in service.
Grumman does the bodies.
"In addition," he says, "we're doing
models of the Kurbmaster, the delivery
vehicles used by several large compan­ies.
We still keep plenty busy."
The 1/24 scale models come in parts
from outside vendors. The retirees put
them together and add all the details,
including intricate painting and decal
work.
"I never worked in the shop when I
was employed at Grumman," says Bob
Morace of Bethpage. "1 started as a
packager. But in the last 10 years as a
retireee, the guys in the model group
taught me quite a lot. Now my specialty
is line drawing."
Edwin Polese of Hicksville proudly
displays his Retiree Model Technology
badge. "Coming to work here is like a
continuation of my 30 years as a
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THE COLES HOUSE IN GLEN COVE, BUILT IN 1859, will be moved to Old Bethpage Restoration in the late
spring. The house is in excellent condition and is a rare example of the Gothic revival style developed by the noted
architect Andrew Jackson Downing. The picture with the fence in front shows the house as it was originally. The
second oicture. with the white trim, shows the house today. The house retains its original porch and shutters.
Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta announced County acquisition of the Coles House, one of the most
architecturally and historically significant homes on Long Island.
The house and accompanying barn, now located on thtir original site at 7 The Place, Glen Cove, will be moved this
spring to Old Bethpage Village Restoration.
Coles House is a wooden, Gothic revival structure built in 1859, an excellent and rare example of the style developed
by noted architect Andrew Jackson Downing. Despite the building's age, it is remarkably well-preserved-having it's
original porch and shutters, a sloping gabled roof with curved barge board edging, interior Italianate trim accents, and
two chimneys topped with unusual terra cotta "pots."
For more than a century. Coles House has been occupied by members of that distinguished family. Isaac Coles, the
original owner, was a fifth generation descendant of Daniel Coles, a founder of Glen Cove.
Active in politics, Isaac helped to organize the newly created Republican Party and in 1862 became the area's first
Republican elected to the New York State Assembly.
In preparation lor the move, the house will be disassembled into three major segments.