Observer_1988-07-06; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Tootsie on parade.
Gulotta Announces Conservation Program
Nassau County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta today
announced the start of a
f i v e - y e a r tree planting
beautification program for
public property in Nassau
County. Gulotta termed the
program an integral part of
the "Keep Nassau Green"
campaign designed to help
preserve the suburban quality
of life and improve the aes-thetic
appearance of the
County.
"It is important that we
take those steps necessary to
ensure the continuation of
the quality of life which has
attracted so many people to
our County over the years,"
Gulotta said. "This program
will insure that we will be
able to replace trees and
plantings wherever it may be
appropriate. We will all
benefit from the program in
that it will beautify pur
County while providing an
important element in our
water conservation program
to control the water runoff."
Under the program, a $2.5
million five-year allocation
will be appropriated t
$500,000 annually to per-form
the following:
* Planting of new trees
around storm water basins
and on public property,
* Planting of new trees
and/or vegetation on the
perimeter of recharge
basins.
* Plantingvof new trees on
newly improved County
roads.
* Replacement of dead
and/or missing plantings on
various County roads and
basins.
"The tree planting/beaut-ification
program improves
the various roads and basins
both environmentally and
aesthetically," Gulotta said.
"This program helps main-tain
the plant screens
around the basins and gen-erally
helps maintain the
suburban character of our
County. We anticipate that
in 1988 alone, some 5,000
trees will be planted in stra-tegic
areas across the
County."
"in addition, the tree
planting program will be
one aspect of our Keep Nas-sa'u
G r e e n c a m p a i gn
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"Tootsie," the pride and
joy of the East Rockaway
Fire Department, has been
retired from its spectacular
act at the Frolic, and is once
more on display in the Grist
Mill Museum on Woods
Avenue. The Showmobile is
back in the Town of Hemp-stead
and the booths stored
with the Auxiliary Police for
safekeeping until the next
Frolic in 1989.
But, 1988 is not yet over!
It is still our proud Anniver-sary
Year! The Museum is
open «ach week^d-.from 1
to 5 p.m. and the doors .will
be open for groups of vis-itors
during the week.
Appointments may be made
by callig either the Village
Hall, LY9-I21I or LY9-
4999. The month of July will
feature handwork by our
ancestors in the rotating
exhibits, as well as "Tootsie"
and the other permanent
exhibits.
The lirnited supply of
Anniversary plates may be
purchased at the Museum
It Isn't
Over Yet!
by Mildred Roemer
weekends or at the Village
Hall on Atlantic Avenue.
This year the Grist Mill
Committee has issued a pub-l
i c a t i o n e n t i t l e d "East
Rockaway's Grist Mill
Museum, 1688-1988." It is
an illustrated book showing
how the old Mill building
was moved from Ocean
Avenue to Main Street and
up to Atlantic Avenue,
where it was carefully res-tored.
The book also shows
a picture of the Mill today
and many of the current
V^xhibitft Names-antf-photos
of the founders are shown,
and also listed are present-day
and past chairmen of the
Grist Mill Committee as
well as of the Huckleberry
Frolic from 1970 to 1988.
Included is a prized photo of
ex-Mayor Winfred Berg and
1970 Huckleberry Chari-man
Doug McHugh and his
son planting a huckleberry
bush that had been donated
by Mrs. Simons of the
Church of the Nazarene.
102 Years Young
Friends of the Lynbrook Library
On June 13th, The
Friends of the Lynbrook
Public Library elected their
new slate of officers, which
are as follows: President,
Virginia Scarpato; Vice
President, Eileen McCord;
Recording Secretary, Reg-
EILEEN MCCORD and Virginia Scarpato present Lester
Forest with a plaque for his dedicated service to the Friends.
ina Wienenger; Correspond-ing
Secretary Elaine Mont-gomery;
Treasurer, Agnes
Willsen.
Past President Lester
Forest was presented with a
plaque in appreciation for
his dedicated service to the
Friends of the Library.
Forest was instrumental in
the organization of the
Friends and subsequently
presented programs such as
cultural bus trips and book
and author luncheons.
These programs were very
successful under Forest's
leadership. It is the desire of
the newly elected officers to
continue the work on the
solid foundation that Forest
has laid down over the past
nine years.
Myor Irving Shaw, Mar-ily
Keon of the East Rocka-way
Nursing Home, and
Joyce Newman, represent-ing
County Executive Tho-mas
S. Gulotta, congratu-late
Victoria Hendricks on
her 102nd birthday. Five
generations were present at
the celebration, including
her daughter, Edna Ragusa
(seated left.)
Letters of Congratulation
and Proclamations of
Honor were sent from
Mayor Shaw, Hempstead
Town Supervisor Joseph
Mondello, County Execu-tive
Gulotta and Presdient
and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
Fellow residents at East
Rockaway Nursing Home
sang Happy Birthday to
Mrs. Hendricks, and every-one
enjoyed cake and coffee.
Family members who
were present were daughter
Edna Ragusa of Oceanside,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hen-dricks,
111, grandson and
wife, John W. Hendircks,
IV, great-grandson, Patty
Tierney and her son Brian,
great grand-daughter and
great-great-grandson, all
from South Hadley, MA.
Mrs, Hendricks was born
on June 22, 1886 in East
Boston, MA, One of nine
children, she grew up on a
farm in Winthrop, MA. She
recalls that she was her
father's favorite—perhaps
because she enjoyed getting
up early to help him milk the
cows! She and her husband,
John, were married 54 years.
They had two children (their
son died in 1985). There are
6 grandchildren, 13 great-g
r a n d c h i l d r e n , and 12
great-great-grandchildren.