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VOL. 34 NO. T3 Wednesday, April 1,1987 30e PER COPY
ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPOINTED. Town
of Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Joseph Mondello,
(second right), who serves as the Vice Chairman of the
Nassau County Board of Supervisors, congratulates Sinita
Walker on her appointment by the Board to the position of
Republican Commissioner of Elections for Nassau County.
Joining Presiding Supervisor Mondello are, from left to
righ. Supervisor Gregory Peterson of the Town of Hemp-stead,
Supervisor Joseph Colby of the Town of Oyster Bay,
Supervisor Bruce Nyman of the City of Long Beach, Super-visor
Vincent Suozzi of the City of Glen Cove, Nassau
County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta, and Supervisor John
Kiernan of the Town of North Hempstead.
Mondello Calls For Greater
State Aid To Municipalities
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Joseph N.
Mondello today called on
the governor and the New
York State Legislature to
continue the state's Revenue
Sharing Program and to
"enact an increase in the
level of per capital aid which
is so essential to the opera-tion
of local governments
throughout the state."
P r e s i d i n g Supervisor
Mondello, who made his
announcement at a meeting
of the New York State
Municipal Council, noted
that in light of the complete
e l i m i n a t i o n of federal
revenue sharing, "The con-tinuation
of State Revenue
Sharing and an increase in
per capita aid take on even
greater significance for
municipalities at every level
of local government." The
council is made up of repre-sentatives
of the New York
State Association of Coun-ties,
the Association of
Towns and the New York
Conference of Mayors.
Mr. Mondello noted that,
during the last fiscal year,
Hempstead Town received
$9.5 million in per capita aid
from New York State. The
money. Presiding Supervi-sor
Mondello pointed out,
"was used to continue the
high level of municipal ser-vices
enjoyed by Hempstead
Town residents while min-imizing
our reliance on the
property tax as a means of
funding such vital programs
as refuse collection, highway
maintenance, parks and
recreation, and senior citi-zen
services.
In addressing the council,
the presiding supervisor also
renewed Hempstead's call
for an increased Albany^role
in the development and
implementation of a state-wide
solid waste manage-ment
program.
(Continued on Page 4)
By Annette Ling
The 75th Anniversary of
Girl Scouts in the United
States was celebrated in
Lynbrook as Girl Scouts
from various Lynbrook
troops conducted the regu-lar
Lynbrook Board of
Trustee Meeting held on
March 16, 1987 Jacqueline
Gallagher made a most
forceful Mayor and Laura
Shafer and Gail Meagher
took the post of Trustees
Norman Dreyer and Trustee
Leo Lanning Nikki Roberts
and Heather Houghlin
played the roles of Trustee
Peter Ledwith and Steve
G r o g a n , They were
members of Troop 4007
Members of Troop 2420
took the parts of the various
departmental heads of Lyn-brook
as follows: Holly
Hueghlin, Alicia Conn,
Lynn Ltcursi, Michelle
Murjphy, Michelle Mauro,
Melissa Conn, Wendi
Weiner, Jessica Weincr,
Genevieve Marshall, Jen-nifer
Napoli, and Erin Don-
Ion. The Color Guard
members were: Kristi Kub-loth,
Gina Lepore, Laura
Barbieri, Louise McLeigh,
all from Troop 2163. The
Caller for the Pledge of
Allegiance was Nicolas
Acosta. Mayor Geier
warmly commended the
girls for their fine attention
and participation and they
were given special Citations.
He presented a Proclama-tion
to Margaret Ricioppo,
Girl Scout Night In
Lynbrook
Last Chance For
Alumni Dance
Come on Rocks! There is
still time to send in your res-ervations
for the East Rock-away
High School Alumni
Association's Spring Fund-raising
Cocktail Party on
Saturday, April 11, 1987,
from 8 p.m. to midnight at
the American Legion's
Colonial Room on Main
Street in East Rockaway.
This Spring 1987 Alumni
event has a "Fabulous Fif-ties"
theme which will be
evident in the room decor as
well as in the clothing worn
by those who dare to dress
the part (poodle skirts? peg
pants? motorcycle jackets?).
Whether or not you "wea-thered"
the era, "Chances
Are" you will have a wond-erful
time joining alumni
from all the decades as the
Rocks prove once again that
they know how to party.
The cost is $ 18.00 per per-son
and includes a hot buffet
and music to "Rock Around
the Clock". There will be a
cash bar and a raffle with
cash prizes.
It is hoped that the Com-mittee
of Class Representa-tives
for each of the fifty
graduating classes from East
Rockaway High School,
which is currently being put
together; will be completed
and announced at the April
11 affair. A surprise (or two)
is also being planned for the
evening.
Do not be left out. For-ward
your check or money
order, made payable to the
East Rockaway High
School Alumni Association
in the amount of $18.00 per
person to Paula De Pietro,
15 Denton Avenue, East
Rockaway, New York 11518
(599-8475).
the Leader of the Girl Scout
Volunteers and in recogni-tion
of the 75th Anniversary
of Girls Scouts.
Tartan Oil Company was
next on the agenda as they
had requested a Special
Exception to the Village
Code which states that a gas
station in a business zone is
not permitted Tartan Oil has
purchased a gas station on
Sunrise Highway and Earle
Avenue which had a pre-vious
Special Exception and
Tartan now wishes to also
erect a self-service and con-venience
store as part of the
operations at the site. The
location is 330 Sunrise
Highway east of Forest
Avenue and near Steibrook
Lumber Corporation. They
claimed that there would be
no food preparation at the
convenience store, the
pumping would be con-trolled
by an attendant, that
it would be a 24-hour
Amoco self-service station
with the installation of two
new gas pumps, and 18 foot
canopy, new paving, reno-vation
of the entire area,
proper landscaping .and no
repairs done on the site Oil
deliveries to the station
would be made during the
hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
with the trucks probably
leaving through the rear
which is Long Island Rail-road
property and they
would have to obtain per-mission
for this.
The subject of the method
of the trucks entering and
leaving the station was a
matter of toncern to the res-idents
and the idea that the
station with the convenience
store might become a hang-out
for teenagers, Tartan Oil
had representatives who
explaind the plans and all
details of the request for the
Special exception and the
main theme of their testim-ony
was that the proposed
new station would be an
example of the trend to
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Turning Back The Clock
by Mildred Roemer
When nibbling on fish on
the banks of the Talfor
Yacht Basin on Main
Street, East Rockaway, you
might wonder if any fish this
size had ever been caught in
these waters. The photo is of
Oliver T. Hewlett (All of the
Hewlett males had "Titus"
as their middle names.) who
caught this beauty as a
young man. At the time he
lived in the house now
owned by the Hewlett Point
Inn, still famous for fish.
Most historians write,
about and think of Col.
Richard T. Hewlett (an
ardent Tory) who had to llee
to Canada after the Revolu-tionary
War, but there were
many other Hewletts. One
lived where the post office
now stands and another
further on towards Atlantic
Avenue. The Davison home,
(since burned and now
replaced by Wendy's) was
next to Oliver's home. His
family had a great influence
on the Village, having a post
office, candy store, and
library in their home. Oliver
is reputed to have been fond
of one of the Davison girls.
Their romance did not get
much further than over the
fence talks (we hear) as Oliv-er's
two maiden sisters clung
to him. He did not marry
(and then not a Davison)
until after his sisters had
both passed away. After
Oliver died, ye old historian
remembers, with a stab of
pain, the outdoor auction
sale on the lawn of the home.
All of those beautiful, his-toric
things were sold!
Soon another apt helper
at turning back the clock,
John Bishop, High School
art teacher and "home-grown
historian; will be tak-ing
over this column from
time to time. John's students
completed the old E.R.
mural under his direction
that may be seen in the High
School.