Observer_1989-11-08; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Nassau Firefighters Pipes & Drums
NASSAU FIREFIGHTERS PIPES AND DRUMS. Members of the Nassau County
Firefighters Emerald Society pipe band "Fir Na Tine (Men of Fire) Pipes and Drums'"
pose for their first photo after their first official uniformed i^rformance on Sunday
October 1, 1989 at the Nassau County Firefighters Memorial Service held at the
Firefighters Memorial at Eisenhower Park. The NCFES was formed by Lynbrook
Firefighters Len Llewelyn and Steven Grogan in 1986 and has nearly 1200 members
from the volunteer fire service in Nassau County, N.Y. The Fir Na Tine Pipes and
Drums is the first bagpipe band in the volunteer fire service in the United States.
Roads Leading to
Near Rockaway
Mildred Roemer
In the early days when the
old Grist Mill was built in
1688 the "roads" to Near
Rockaway (now East Rock-away)
were the waterways
and by ship. It was then an
important seaport. With
Freeport (Raynorsville) it
was the most important port
in New York until the Cus-toms
House for the city was
built. These ports were the
last two that actually
granted free entry to goods.
The two most important
roads in Near Rockaway
were Ocean Avenue and
Atlantic Avenue, just as they
are today. Ocean Avenue
was the main route from
Hempstead, site of the Brit-ish
colonies up to the Revo-lutionary
War. The road still
twist and turns. Farmers
brought their corn and grain
on it to be ground at the Old
Mill. It was a dirt road, later
converted to one of oyster
shells. Oysters were one of
the most important indus-tries
in the small village.
Their quality was so good
that many important hotels
in the city had them shipped
in. Diamond Jim Brady may
have dined on them.
Atlantic Avenue, stem-ming
from the Old Plank
Road that is now Merrick
Road, was the area for many
important parades. There
were parades on Memorial
Day and on Anniversary
Day. There were strange
sights too on the road. Grace
Humes, one of East Rock-away's
elderly ladies,
claimed that her father
called her to a window in
their home overlooking the
Avenue. There were many
elephants passing by! This
was not a circus that was
coming to town, as Grace
had hoped, but the huge
beasts were being paraded to
Long Beach, where they
were to assist in building the
boardwalk. These days,
antique cars or occasionally
horses are seen in the annual
Huckleberry Frolic parade
Local Government Wins NCBC Awards
The East Rockaway
School District and the
Village of East Rockaway
will receive the "Good
Government Award" at Nas-sau
Citizens Budget Com-mittee's
Fifth Annual
Awards Luncheon on Fri-day,
November 17, at the
Milleridge Inn Cottage in
Jericho. The Village will
receive the award with Merit
for its capital procedures;
the School District will
receive the award With
Merit for both its capital and
operating procedures. Resi-dents
of Efwt Rockaway are
invited to join in honoring
their government as it
receives the prestigious
award.
The "Good Government
Awards" were created to
recognize those jurisdictions
which manage the public
wealth most responsibly.
Local governments and
school districts participate
by submitting budgeting
materials and filling out a
questionnaire which was
developed by NCBC as a
step-by-step guide to help
localities evaluate and
improve their budgeting and
planning procedures. An
impressive number of juris-dictions
have reformed their
procedures since the survey
was instituted in 1985.
Copies of the survey report
are sent to NCBC members
and all local governments;
they are available to the
public at local libraries.
Further information
about the November 17th
luncheon may be obtained
by calling NCBC at 248-
9330.
Howard
Lathrop
Post No.
2307
coming up Atlantic Avenue
to Woods Avenue, when the
Frolic for the Grist Mill is
in full swing. The students
from Rhame and Centre
Avenue Schools are usually
playing "When The Saints
Come Marching In" as they
approach the grounds with
Karl Sanzenbach, music
teacher, directing them.
East Rockaway and Bay
Park may need some of
those "saints" to come
"marching in" on the pro-posed
enlargement of the
sewer plant in the park, and
also to protest the raising of
roads to accomodate the
"proposed" number of
"honey wagons" that will
carry them to the "pro-posed"
plant. At least twenty
wagons a day coming and
going would further clog the
traffic on the roads. Resi-dents
are protesting vigor-ously
the enlargement of the
plant and roads. Let's hope
just a few of those "saints"
come "marching in" to help
solve this serious situation.
The Howard Lathrop
Post No. 2307 Veterans of
Foreign Wars of Lynbrook
will hold a Memorial Service
in honor of all our Veterans
living and dead at 10:45
A.M. November 11, 1989.
The service will be at the
Doughboy Monument at
Ross Plaza Lynbrook. We
expect the Mayor and Trus-tees
of the Village plus the
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and
Girt Scouts to attend. The
Western Detachment of the
Marine Corps Veterans
Color Guard and Rifle
Squard will be present and
their Corps Veterans Color
Guard and Rifle Squard will
be present and their rifle
detail will fire the volley.
Taps will be played by our
little I'rumpeter's from Our
Lady of Peace School Band.
Our Veterans have paid the
high price to preserve the
freedom Americans enjoy
today aiid far too many of
our servicemen and women
never lived to enjoy the
freedom Americans enjoy
today and far too many of
our servicemen and women
never lived to enjoy the
freedom they fought and
died for. It is up to us the
living to remember their
love, their devotion and the
sacrifice they have made in
our behalf. Let's'see a good
turn out by the people of
Halloween Fun
Lynbrook this year on
November 11th Veterans
Day at the Doughboy
Monument.
THEY STAND IN THE
UNBROKEN LINE OF
PATRIOTS WHO HAVE
DARED TO DIE THAT
FREEDOM MIGHT LIVE
AND GROW AND
INCREASE ITS BLESS-INGS.
FREEDOM LIVES,
AND THROUGH IT,
THEY LIVE IN A WAY
THAT HUMBLES THE
UNDERTAKINGS OF
MOST MEN...
Jim Carroll
Americanism Chairmen
HALLOWEEN FUN. On Wednesday, October 25, 1989, the Lynbrook Senior Citizen
Club celebrated Halloween at Greis Park. Many of the Seniors dressed in costumes
and participated in a parade. Following the parade the Seniors had refreshments and
were entertabied by William Florio, a piano player from the Town of Hempstead. Pictured
are the Seniors in their costumes.