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VOL. 34 NO. 18 Wednesday, May 6,1987 30^ PER COPY
After having been without
their own pastor for over
thirteen months, the con-gregation,
of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Lyn-brook,
at a Special Congre-gational
Meeting April 5th
took its first joyful step
towards a new ministry
whgn it unanimously voted
to extend the Call to the
Reverend Ralph Midtlyng
who, prior to the Meeting,
had preached and celebrated
communion to a crowded
church.
A social hour following
the Congregational Meeting
afforded everyone an oppor-tunity
to meet with Pastor
Midtlyng, his lovely wife
Linda and their three child-ren
Daniel 9, Joshua 8 and
Annamarie 7.
In a letter from Pastor
Midtlyng dated April 9th,
the Call was accepted and
Pastor Midtlyng will begin
his ministry at St. John's on
Monday, July 20th. Pastor
Midtlyng is 37 years old and
a g r a d u a t e of l.uther
Northwestern Seminaries
where he received his Master
of Divinity Degree. For the
past 5 years he has been an
Assistant Pastor working in
a team ministry at Lutheran
Church ol the Epiphany in
Hempstead and prior to
that, while in Seminary and
before, managed a 24-unit
apartment building in St.
Paul, Minnesota, worked as
an order filler at General
Foods and was a housepar-ent
for His Place Group
Home, both in Minneapolis.
Pastor Midtlyng also
worked for the N.Y. State
Department of Social Servi-ces
in the World Trade Cen-ter
and for Lutheran Com-munity
Servir(^ us therapy-c-oordinator
for the Kingsbri-dge
Boys Group Home in
the Bronx. In short, he has
worn many hats and has had
wide experience.
Repaying For
Observer Scholarship Winner
LIONS WELCOME ANOTHER NEW MEMBER.
Joseph Cappello (center), bank manager at Lynbrook office
of Savings of America, receives the hand of Lions fellowship
from the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Lion's Club's Interna-tional
Counselor Karl Niederstein (right) and club secretary
James Groark (left) following Cappello's induction during a
recent meeting at the Union Ave. Cafe. The 67-member club,
now in its 51st consecutive year of serving our two communi-ties,
is renewing its strength by signing up new Lions during
its Spring membership drive. (Photaby Lion Art Roemer).
New Pastor For St. Johns
East Rockaway / Lyn-brook
Observer Editor John
Hambel has announced that
Martin Dempsey of Tred-well
Avenue, Lynbrook has
been selected as the winner
of the New York Institute of
Technology-East Rocka-way/
Lynbrook Observer
Scholarship for 1987.
Martin, a senior at Lyn-brook
High School, is con-sidering
a career in architec-ture
and plans to make
extensive use of the four
year, $5,000 scholarship in
attaining this goal.
"The New York Institute
of Technology would like to
congratulate Mr. Dempsey
on having been selected as
the NYIT-East Rockaway/-
Lynbrook Observer Scho-larship
recipient," stated Dr.
Matthew Schure, President
of the Institute. "We look
forward to welcoming Mr.
Dempsey to the college and
will do our utmost to ensure
his success in his educational
undertaking. We would also
like to express our apprecia-tion
to the East Rockaway/-
Lynbrook Observer for
helping to broaden educa-tional
opportunities for the
young people of the com-munities
it serves."
Martin was chosen on the
basis of his academic abili-ties
and extra-curricular
activities. He played on the
football team for three
years, lacrosse for two years,
track for three years, and is
employed on a part-time
basis as a clerk in Beck-mann's
Deli in Lynbrook.
He has been an active partic-ipant
in classnight and
sportsnight at Lynbrook
High School.
"With the high cost of a
college education today, it is
a special pleasure to award
this $5,000 .scholarship to
NTIT," concluded Mr.
Hambel. "I know that Mar-tin
will be a great asset to the
College, and 1 wish him the
best of luck in his college
career."
Gold Link Award
Emma Tolmach, Chair-man
of the Board of Direc-tor
of LINK, the community
counseling center serving
Lynbrook, Malverne, East
Rockaway, and Valley
Stream announced that the
Link Board has conferred its
Geler Announces
Spring Cleanup
Mayor William P. Geier
has announced that Hen-drickson
Avenue will be
completely resurfaced by the
County of Nassau beginning
in July of this year.
Hendrickson Avenue, a
County road, extends from
the intersection of Horton
Avenue near the Valley
Stream line to the intersec-tion
of Franklin and Hemp-stead
Avenues near the
Malverne Village line.
Hendrickson Avenue is a
major thoroughfare through
the west end section of the
Village. The County with
the cooperation of the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook will com-p
l e t e ly resurface this
thoroughfare.
Mayor William P. Geier
and the Board of trustees
have expressed their con-cern
to county and state
leaders for monies to
improve the infrastructure
of the village roads.
This major project is a
result of the village and
county working hand and
hand to enhance the quality
of life for our residents.
Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
P. Gier has announced
that May 18 and 19 will be
"Clean Up Time" in the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook and spe-cial
bulk pickups will be
made by the Department of
Public Works to keep the
Village clean.
The program is sponsored
by the Lynbrook Chamber
of Commerce and supported
by the Mayor, Board of
Trustees and the Environ-mental
B e a u t i f i c a t i on
Committee.
The idea behind the pro-gram
is to offer additional
pickups by the Department
of Public Works so that res-idents
may utilize the wee-kend
of May 16th for spring
cleaning purposes. Horne-owners
are urged to clean
cellars, attics and garages,
and to fix up their property
after the long winter. Scrap
metal and refuse should be
placed at the curb before
8:00 AM for collections on
May 18 and 19.
"Now that the warmer
weather is with us, we
should make a special effort
to clean up our Village,"
stated Mayor Geier. "If we
all pitch in and work
together, our community
will have a fresher look as we
enter the summer season."
Residents should remember
the following points:
* Put leaves in containers
* Clean your attic, cellar
and garage to prevent fire
and accidents.
•Don't rake leaves onto
the road shoulder
* Now is a good time to
plant flowers and trim shrubs
The extra pickups by the
D e p a r t m e n t of Public
Works will enable residents
to get their property like
new," concluded Mayor
Geier. "Let's work together
a n d keep L y n b r o ok
beautiful."
annual "Gold Link Award"
on three outstanding educa-tors.
Those recipients are
Dr. James Tolle, Superin-tendent
of Schools of the
Malverne School District;
Dr. William O'Sullivan,
School Psychologist of the
Lynbrook School District;
and Ms. Carole Smitten,
Guidance Counselor of the
•Lynbrook School District.
The Gold Link Award is
given annually to those indi-viduals
that have consist-ently
demonstrated past and
continuing remarkable ser-vice
to children, youth, and
families within the Link ser-vice
area. Chairman Tolm-ach
stated that in it delibera-tions
the Link Board was
deeply impressed by the
leadership of Dr. Tolle not
only in making the Mal-verne
School District the
fine educational system that
it is but also in his efforts to
work with community lead-ers
in Malverne to improve
the Malverne community
itself,
Mr«^^|f,olniach further
stated iiM the Link Board
was equally influenced in its
citations by the fine and ded-icated
work of Dr. O'Sulli-van
and Ms. Smitten over
the years in Lynbrook. She
stated that their success sto-ries
with youngsters and
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Turning Back The Clock
By Mildred Roemer
Need some plumbing,
steam or hot water heat?
Well you might mosey down
to 64 Front Street, but you
would not find the firm
you're searching for there.
At the turn of the century,
W, R. Cook was the pro-prieter.
Proud of his shop,
he engaged Tom Protheroe,
photographer, of Rockville
Centre to take this photo.
His sleek horse may well
have been shoed by blacks-mith
Bedell on the same
street.
Recently wagon wheels,
duplicates of the ones on the
Cock's wagon, were donated
to the Grist Mill Museum by
Syd Remet of Centre
Avenue. Don't have a
wagon or horse but the team
of committee workers that
will be setting up exhibits
next month will find a place
for them.