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VOL. 5 NO. 43
Old Bethpage
Thursday, September 2,1971 10c par copy
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Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso in driver's
seat, wagonloadof youthful visitors at the county's Old
Bethpage Restoration Village enjoy an impromptu
spin around the village. Occasion was recent old-fashioned
barn raising exhibition. Caso treated
youngsters to horse and wagon ride after restoration
specialists had raised, from the ground up, a rare, 18th
century barn which was originally located in South
Setauket. It was donated to the village by Elmer
Hornberger of St. James.
SUNSHINE AT CLOUD CASINO-Nassau County
Comptroller Angelo Roncallo (second from right)
reviews the program for the International Summer
Ball of the Boys' Towns of Italy with Oyster Bay Town
Supervisor John Burke (right), Oyster Bay Town
Councilman Sal Mosca (left) of Bethpage, and Mrs.
Audrey Speno, widow of late State Seantor Edward J.
Speno. Roncallo was Dinner Chairman of the affair
which was recently held at the Cloud Casino, Roosevelt
Raceway, and was the most successful of any past
efforts.
Late Bulletin
Francis B. Looney, former Nassau County Police Commissioner
has been named by New York Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy
to become his aid and direct the Criminal Justice Bureau.
Looney a local resident retired from the Police Department last
January and he has served as a Narcotics Consultant since then to
Supervisor Ralph Caso.
Cleanup At
Shopping
Centers
Shopping centers throughout
the Oyster Bay Township have
been declared a prime target in a
townwide cleanup drive, ac­cording
to Town Councilman
Ralph Diamond, chairman of the
Town Board Committee on
Environmental Control.
"Many of the shopping centers •
in our community have-deteriorated
to the level of a land­fill
project because of the
negligence and carelessness of
the.propertyowners" Diamond
declared. "Such areas are not
only eyesores, but also, in many
instances, dangerous and un­sanitary,"
he added.
The announcement followed a
recent tour of inspection of
several shopping centers by
Diamond and Ed ward" J. Gay nor,
director of the Town's Building
and Zoning Department. Con­ferences
have been held with the
property owners involved and, in
most cases, full cooperation in a
cleanup campaign has been
promised, Diamond reported.
"For example, the owners of
the Birchwood Shopping Center
in Jericho, Messrs. Sosnow and
Schwartz, have implemented an
improvement program to
eliminate the objectionable
conditions we uncovered in a
recent inspection," Diamond
said. Major problems existed in
the areas of refuse disposal,
parking and traffic flow. In the
parking lot, parking lanes have
been marked, traffic flow lanes
have been defined, resurfacing is
underway and an • improved
lighting system is being installed.
Additional refuse containers will
placed behind the store area to
remedy sanitary conditions
there.
"Two other suggested im­provements
will require the
approval and cooperation of the
New York State Department of
Highways," Diamond noted.
These are the widening of the
entrance to the shopping center
and the planting of trees and
shrubbery along the street line
boundary. "I have already
contacted the State regarding
these items, and have the
assurance of the Birchwood
Shopping Center owners that they
will be glad to pay for these
improvements," Diamond ad­ded.
"In order for these new traffic
patterns to be effective, we must
have the cooperation of the
shoppers," Diamond pointed out,
"otherwise Birchwood Shopping
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Sue Ailing, 37 Jeanne Lane, Bethpage, spent August
3-25, at Overseas Training Camp in San Jose,
Costa Rica. This session was sponsored by Inter-
Varsity Christian Fellowship and the Latin America
Mission. The university students studied the problems
of cultural adjustment and the Biblical hasis of
missions. During Operation Involvement, they spent
ten days working with Costa Ricans in rural areas of
the country.
ART EXHIBITION: Mildred Landau, local artist,
straightens a picture at opening of exhibit of her
paintings at the Banker's Trust Co., Farmingdale. On
hand are Isabel Dodd, County Deputy Commissioner of
Elections who is also the GOP candidate for Oyster
Bay Town Clerk and Bob Davis, Assistant Vice
President of the bank.