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VOL.33 NO. 6
GULOTTA TAKESOATH OF OFFICE. Hempstead Pre-siding
Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta takes the official oath
of office during induction ceremonies held at Town Hall in
Hempstead on January 7th. Gulotta was sworn into ofHce
by his father, Frank Gulotta (right) a former Nassau County
District Attorney. Also present for the ceremony were
Gulotta's family: his sons T.J. and Chris, and daughter
Elizabeth, and his proud wife, Betsy (holding bible).
Gulotta and
Sworn In On January 7th
The induction of the
Town of H ^ p s t e a d 's
elected and appointed offi-cials
was held at Town Hall,
Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavil-lion
on Tuesday, January
7th, 1986.
The induction ceremony
began with Town Council-man
Joseph G. Cairo, Jr.
leading the audience in the
P l e d g e of Allegiance.
According to law. Presiding
Supervisor Thomas Gulotta
convened the Board for a
formal meeting and several
r e s o l u t i o n s r e g a r d i ng
appointments were intro-duced
by Town Clerk Dan
Fisher. A motion to proceed
with the induction was then
approved.
The Rev. Monsignor
Edward Melton, Adminis-trator
of St. Agnes Cathed-ral
in Rockville Centre, gave
the invocation. Senior
Councilman Eugene Weis-bein
was the master of
ceremonies and introduced
County Executive Fran
Purcell, Controller Peter
King, Congressman Nor-man
Lent, and other guests.
Hon. Judge Leo McGinety,
a former Town Councilman
f r om Baldwin, inducted
Town Clerk Dan Fisher, Jr.
Dan's father held the bible.
Receiver of Taxes, Robert
Livingston, Jr. presented a
bouquet of roses to Mrs.
Fisher. Judge McGinety
then inducted Councilman
Martin B. Bernstein, Eugene
L. Weisbein, amd Richard
V. Guardino, Jr. Each
•Councilman made short
remarks regarding their
efforts on behalf of the
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Town of Hempstead. The
highlight of Mr. Bernstein's
talk was his resolve to close
the Oceanside landfill and
make Oceanside and vicinity
secure areas for the resi-dents.
Councilman Cairo
presented flowers to Mrs.
Weisbein.
The Honorable James
Niehoff, also a former Town
Councilman, and an Assoi-ciate
Justice, Appellate Div-ision,
2nd Department,
inducted Supervisor Jim
Bennett. Councilman Gre-gory
P. Peterson presented
flowers to Mrs. Bennett.
Hon. Frank A. Gulotta,
former Presiding Justice,
Appellate Division of the
New York State Supreme
Court, was again given the
honor of inducting his son.
Presiding Supervisor Tom
Gullota. Councilman Joe
Mondello, in presenting
flowers to Betsy Gullota,
remarked that it should have
been gold bullion instead.
A prayer was offered by
the Rev. Dr. Arthur L.
Mackey, pastor of Mt. Sinai
Baptist Church of Roosevelt
and President of Nassau
Council of Black Clergy.
County Executive Francis
Purcell praised the excel-lence
of the Town of Hemp-stead
Board in his brief
remarks and projected a
banner year for 1986. He
i n t r o d u c e d C o u n c i l m an
J o s e p h Mondello who
spoke in his capacity of
Chairman of the Nassau
County Republican Com-mittee
and as Chairman of
the Town of Hempstead
(Continued on Page 7)
Here come the Rocks!
During the last week,
another 24 alumni signed on
to help out on a special one-hight
celebration of 50 Years
of Rock Rivalry on Satur-day,
April 12,1986, at 8 p.m.
in the East Rockaway High
School Auditorium.
They include: Rose Dunn
Connell, Class of 1939;
Doreen Payne Stenzel,
Class of 1939; Bob Wilson,
Class of 1939; Frances
Kasold Healy, Class of 1941;
Loretta Conklin Keene,
Class of 1941; John V.
Nehemias, Class of 1942;
and Paul S. Riker, Class of
1946.
Also: Dave Abut, Class of
1950; Ken Klose, Class of
1953; Pat Abut, Class of
1954; Ann Klose, Class of
1956; Marge Mosscrop,
Class of 1956; Ruth Wid-man
lannone. Class of 1958;
Mickey Dessart, Class of
1959; Ellen Fox Cook, Class
of 1960; Lorraine Dessart,
Class of 1961; Audrey Knox
Berg, Class of 1963; Joseph
Kane, Class of 1965; Joyce
Redd in Kane, Class of 1966;
and L«nore Kiley Hickam,
Class of 1967.
Also: Tom Cangelosi,
Class of 1977; Jay C. Rieder,
Class of 1977; Janet Weiss,
Class of 1979; Gloria San-chez,
Class of 1980; and
Peter Rapanaro, Class of
1981.
"We need more partici-
ERA
Cocktail
Party
The East Rockaway
Action Party invites all resi-dents
of East Rockaway to
a t t e n d its Annual Gala
Cocktail Party, to be held on
Sunday, January 19, 1986
from 3 pm to 7 pm.
As in years past, the party
will be held in the Grant
Avenue Firehouse. There
will be plenty of food and
lots of good company, and
this will be an excellent
chance to meet your neigh-bbrs
and friends.
The E.R.A. Party would
also like to remind everyone
that you may now send in
your reservations for its
Annual Dinner Dance, to be
held on Saturday, February
15 at the East Rockaway
Yacht Club. There will be an
open bar, dinner, dancing,
and much more, and the
price is only $25 per [lerson.
For reservations, call 599-
3460, 599-0457, or 593-8390.
pants," said Alumni Com-mittee
Member Richard
Meagher, Class of 1956."
"We want to hear now from
alumni who are willing to
pitch in and help."
The next planning meet-ing
is scheduled for Mon-day,
January 20, 1986, at
7:30 P.M. at the Main Street
Firehouse, and all alumni
and other supporters are
encouraged to attend. Spe-cific
numbers to be per-formed
from the various
decades are expected to be
identified at this meeting,
Edmund Power, Class of
1975, who will be directing
the over-all performance,
stressed the need for com-pleting
an over-all script as
soon as possible at a recent
planning session. The meet-ing
also resulted in a deci-sion
to ask the current
classes at East Rockaway
High School if they would
sell refreshments in the gym
after the performance on
April 12. "People will want a
chance to socialize after hav-ing
so many memories awa-kened,"
said Committee
member Pat Abut, Class of
1954.
Anniversary Celebration
Takes Shape
The Lynbrook 75th
Anniversary Committee
held a Chairmen's meeting
recently and announced that
the Committee has begun to
move ahead with plans for
the Village's 75th "birthday"
Celebration.
Plans for the Celebration
include a gala ball, home-town
parade, picnic and fair
(capped by a fireworks dis-play),
an open house at
Greis Park, a softball game
against Jim Jensen's All-
Stars, a children's fun run,
and a 6.2 mile roadrace.
A new Village seal is also
being selected from resi-dents'
entries, and an official
75th Anniversary Com-memorative
Journal is being
asembled.
Committee Co-Chairman
Gerry Matzen stated that
she is "exti-emely pleased
with the progress that has
been made, knd by the capa-bility
and efforts of the Sub-committee
Chairmen and
individual Subcommittee
members."
Anyone wishing to assist
with the 75th Anniversary
Celebration, or who is inter-ested
in being represented in
the Commemorative Jour-nal,
should contact Co-
Chairmen Don or Gerry
Matzen at 599-8300 or
887-4396.
Alumni who had pre-viously
signed on to help
honor the 50th Anniversary
of Rock Rivalry include:,
Cany Mosscrop, Class of
1980; Greg Tarmin, Class of
1979; John Hambel, Class of
1978; Julie Crystal, Class of
1974; Maura Boiler Varone,
Class of 1973; and Paula
DePietro, Class of 1970.
Also Christine Cerami,
Class of 1969; Audrey Weis
Salvemini, Class of 1969;
John Van Houten, Class of
1962; Joanne Fox Penna,
Class of 1961; Lucille
DeNave, Class of 1961;
Grace O'Hara Vonnoh,
Class of 1957; Elaine Boll,
Class of 1956; Gerry Von-noh,
Class of 1955; Donald
Jensen, Class of 1943;
Dorothy Maxwell Hughes,
Class of 1942; Andy Durso,
Class of 1941; Kitty Cle-mente
Noon, Class of 1941;
Peg Wilson, Class of 1939;
and Kay O'Regan, Class of
1938.
"We're looking to get at
least 100 participants on
stage," said Meagher, "and
an audience of 600. The 50th
A n n i v e r s a r y of Rock.
Rivalry deserves no less."
Alumni interested in par-t
i c i p a t i n g can c o n t a ct
Richard J. Meagher, 85
Vincent Pace, Lynbrook,
New York 11563 (599-9122)
or any other of the alumni
above. Early ticket requests
can also be sent to the above
address. Tickets are $5.00
(checks made payable) to
E.R.H.S. P.T.A.).
Lynbrook Continues To Beautify
The 4H Club of Lynbrook
has joined in to help the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook with its
committment to continually
beautify the Village.
, The 4H recently received
a.donation of spring bulbs
from the new "Simple Plea-sures
at Sunrise" store
located at 225 Sunrise
Highway. The 4H in turn
planted the bulbs at Village
pocket parks and at the Sun-rise
Highway welcome to
Lynbrook sign.
Since 1983 the Village of
Lynbrook has placed special
emphasis on beautification.
Over 175 new trees have
been planted by the Village,
on village streets, since 1983
while our parks and Village
Hall gardens have been re-planted.
The State of New
York has named Lynbrook
a "Tree City" because of its
continual tree planting
programs.
BEAUTIFICATION. Mayor P. Geier, fourth from left, and
Deputy Mayor/Trustee Norman L. Dreyer, third from left,
join the 4H Club as they plant bulbs at a Village Park
donated by Simple Pleasures at Sunrise. Assisting in the
planting are, from left to right standing, Nick Cinque of
Simple Pleasures, 4H Leader Marily Scordato, Deputy
Mayor Dreyer, Mayor Geier, Mary Kate Lynch, Susan
Brignati, Jennifer Sanders, 4H Leader Ethel Markey, Jen-nifer
Swerthing. Doing all the work is Elizabeth Scordato,
left and Ellen Yolk. (Photo by John Cribbin)