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VOL. 34 NO. 48 Wednesday, December 9,1987 30^ PER COPY
ERA Old Guard
75th ANNIVERSARY. Congressman Ray McGrath stops
at Lynbrook's Tally-Ho, Fire Engine Company #3 Dinner,
to extend his congratulations on the Company's 75th Anni-versary.
A formal dinner was held by Company #3, winding
up a year long series of celebrations to commemorate their
Diamond Anniversary. From left to right are Dinner
Chairman, James Grismer, Congressman McGrath, Cap-tain
Robert Cribbin, First Lt. George Gunn,and Second Lt.
Robert Shephard.
An end of an era has eome
to the East Roekaway
Aetion Party.
A l t e r 20 y e a r s oI
unbroken eontrol over
Party oliiees by founders ol
the ERA Party, insurgent
eandidates swept contested
elections lor Party President
and Vice President. William
Kelleher was elected Presi-dent
over incumbent Mur-ray
Eskina/i by a vote ol 140
to 100. while Maitin Evans
deleated incumbent Rita
Van Buren lor the post ol
Vice President. The vote was
138 to 101.
The first contested party
election in history brought
almost 250 members to the
Grant Avenue Fire House
on Monday, December 7th.
Many members who were
not in good standing paid
their 1987 dues in accor-dance
with Party by-laws
just for the opportunity to
vote.
Mr. Kelleher and Mr.
Evans campaigned on a
platform that criticized the
Drug Arrest
Alumni Association Report
by Richard Meagher
Attention was ItKUscd on
the future as the East Rock-away
High School Alumni
Association met on Wed-nesday.
December 2, in the
high ,school to plan for the
1988 membership drive, an
April 16 potential show
celebrating the 300th Anni-versary
of the East Roeka-way
Grist Mill, and a poten-tial
July 17 Alumni Bash at
Lido Beach.
Trustee Andy Ferretti
reported that the 1988
Membership Drive would
begin in earnest in January
with a special first class mail-ing
to all alumni for whom
current addresses are
known. A January newslet-ter
is also planned with cov-erage
of the Fall 1987
Homecoming, a listing (with
addresses) of class represen-tatives
identified to date,
m e m b e r s h i p i n f o r m a t i o n,
alumni shirt order informa-tion,
and news of upcoming
events.
A plot summary of the
potential April 16 Grist Mill
Show draft was presented by
Trustee Ed Power. An antic-ipated
blend of history,
comedy, drama, and music
and dance, the script is near-ing
completion with a cast
call expected in January. "It
should be a fun show,"
commented an alumna."
After spirited debate, a
July 17 date was chosen as
the tentative date for an
Alumni Beach Bash at Lido
Beach. Alumnus Joe Whit-ney
is serving as project
coordinator.
In other actions, the
Executive Board approved
the amended minutes of the
Novembr 4 meeting as pre-sented
by Recording Secre-tary
Janice Sanders; the
Treasurer's Report indicat-ing
a balance on hand as of
12/2/87 of $9,449.21 as
presented by Treasurer
Elaine Boll; and a Home-coming
Final Report indi-cating
a net profit of
$1,038.38 as presented by
the Homccoming Chair-man,
Trustee Ed Carey. A
hearty round of applause
was given in appreciation of
the fine job done by Trustee
Carey and his committee,
e s p e c i a l l y Reservations
Coordinator Genie Kubat.
Corresponding Secretary
Paula DePietro indicated
that class representatives
had been identified for 1949
(Donald Runacres) and
1984 (Andrew Hedges). She
'also recommended that a
special meeting of class
representatives be called to
acquaint them with their
roles and to seek to involve
them to a greater extent in
the Association. After dis-cussion,
it was decided to
devote part of the January 6
meeting to this important
task.
Trustee Betty Johnston
asked for confirmation on
her authority to proceed as
project coordinator for the
Alumni A s s o c i a t i o n 's
Summer Camp project,
which was given unanim-ously
by the Executive
Board.
Vice president John
Brennan reported that
alumni shirt revenue
totalled $321 for the month
of November and that he
was investigating the costs
of jackets. President
Richard J. Meagher asked
for alumni support for the
Career Night being planned
for current high school stu-dents
by the High School
PTA's Committee on Voca-tional
and Academic Excel-lence
on Thursday Evening.
February 4, 1988.
Alumni interested in par-ticipating
in any of these
activities are urged to attend
the next scheduled meeting
at 7:30 p.m. on January 6,
1988, in the Music Room at
the high school.
A Baldwin man was
arrested by a Lynbrook
Police Officer and charged
with transporting an illegal
substance used to dilute
cocaine.
Lawrence Shuster of
Cram^^r Street, Baldwin,
was stopped by Lynbrook
Police Ralph Bocchio after
he allegedly went through a
red light at the intersection
of Sunrise Highway and
Rocklyn Avenue on Wed-nesday,
December 3, 1987.
According to police, a
check of the vehicle revealed
12 metal cans which con-tained
a total of 300 kilo-grams
of procaine hydroch-loride,
which can be used to
dilute cocaine.
Mr. Shuster has been
charged with criminal use of
drug paraphernalia, posses-sion
of the substance with-out
being a licensed phar-macist.
as well fjs criminal
impersonation for allegedly
trying to give a false
identification.
Police officials reported
that Shuster explained that
he had paid $6,450 for the
procaine hydrochloride in
the state of New Jersey and
intended to drive it to
Mexico.
'*old guard" of the party for
allowing the same group of
people to maintain control
of the party year after year.
They cited the fact that Mr.
Eskina/i had been Party
President in the early 1970s,
elected Trustee, then Dep-uty
Mayor, and when forced
off the Board after serving
for 8 years, he became Party,
President again. Mr. Eski-na/.
i and Mrs. Van Buren
campaigned on a platform
that stressesd their expe-rience
in office and the many
Village and Party offices
each has held over the years.
In other voting, the fol-lowing
candidates were
. elected to the Board of
Directors: Robert Mc-;
Tague, Eugene Torborg,'
Kevin McNuhy, Michael
Mullin, Ted Reinhard, and
Everett Janes. All candi-dates
ran unopposed.
The newly elected officers
will be sworn into office at
the ERA Party's annual
January reception.
SANTA ARRIVES IN LYNBROOK. When the tempera-ture
drops and thewind picks up, you know it's that time of
year again. Santa Claus made a trip from the North Pole to
Lynbrook lastweek, andwith the help of the Village Board
and Chamber of Commerce, a lot of kids had a happier day.
Greeting Santa on his arrival are, from left to right, Murray
Levitt, Chamber of Commerce Director; Lynbrook Fire
Chief Peter Skeris, Trustee Stephen Grogan, Annette Ling,
Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Santa; Mayor
William Geier; Deputy Mayor Norman Dreyer; Trustee
Dominic DeCarlo; Police Sgt. Brian Blomquist, and Trustee
Bud Lanning.