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VOL 36 NO. 45 Wednesday, November 29,1989 35c PER COPY
East Rockaway
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Mildred Roemer
Charles L. Phipps, his
wife Charlotte, and daughter
Alice lived in one of three
large, white frame houses on
Main Street near the present
site of the American Legion.
The former house, near
Rhame Avenue, belonged to
the Johnson family and next
to the Phipps home was one
of the Rhame dwellings.
Kate, Charlie's sister, mar-ried
a Johnson.
Charles' parents had
moved from Brooklyn
(didn't everybody!). His
father was a comptroller of
the State of New York
before Nassau County
separated from Queens. His
estate extended to what is
now Alice Court. He had
many animals and a carriage
house on Cammerer
Avenue. It is said that he was
driven to the station by his
coachman, Ernest Bishop,
each morning. Son Charles
also worked in Queens as
comptroller of the State
Water Department.
Charles L. Phipps
became an active worker for
the community and was a
faithful member of Bethany
Congregational Church.
One of his gifts to the
church, a grand piano, is still
in use there. His was a happy
life Until tragedy struck. His
daughter Alice contracted
diptheria, which his wife
Charles L. Phipps
C h a r l o t t e also caught.
Within a few days both had
perished. The funeral servi-ces
were held in the parlor
of the Main Street home.
Elizabeth Denton, of Den-ton
Avenue, sang at the
service.
"He was completely dev-astated,"
said Elizabeth.
People who remember
Mr. Phipps in the thirties,
saw a frail, stooped man
descending the steps of
Salute to LJ. Women
The Nassau County
Council, Boy Scouts of
America, honored Joan Git-telson.
President, Joan Git-tleson
Associates and Grace
Anton, Co-Publisher,
Anton Community News-papers
at their annual
"Salute to the Long Island
Woman" luncheon at the
Garden City Hotel. Both
women were presented with
the prestigious "Community
Service Award."
The keynote speaker was
Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew,
President, State University
of New York, Colleage at
Old Westbury. Bernadette
Castro, Executive Vice Pres-ident,
Castro Convertibles,
chaired the event, Thomas
Dixon Lovely, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
of Fidelity New York Bank
and Fred Meyer, Executive
Vice President of Fidelity,
served as Co-Chairmen.
More than 600 decision
makers from local busi-nesses,
health care organiza-tions
and academic institu-tions
attended the event.
Fred Meyer joined Thomas
Dixon Lovely in stating"
"The Salute to the Long
Island Woman' is a superb
forum for recognizing and
celebrating the valuable con-t
r i b u t i o n s women have
made to the success of
Scouting programs in Amer-ica.
Joan Gittelson and
Grace Anton, two highly
successful professionals in
the New York business com-munity,
are to be congrat-ulated
on receiving the
"Community Service
Award."
The Nassau County
Council, Boy Scouts of
America provides support
for more than 30,000 youths
and 7,000 volunteer leaders
in Nassau Council's Scout
programs. Emphasis is
placed on exploring and
handicapped programs, as
well as the time honored
traditional Scouting activi-ties
such as leadership devel-opment,
citizenship training
and character building.
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Village Board Report
Bethany Church on the arm
of a friend.
Kate Phipps Johnson,
whose husband had died,
lived on in the Phipps home
until after Charles' passing.
She had many fine old
dresses that she used to lend
for local affairs, such as the
50 Anniversary of the incor-poration
of the Village of
East Rockaway. Some of
these well-preserved dresses,
may be seen on mannequins
in the Grist Mill Museum.
Emma Tolmach
The regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Trus-tees
of the Incorporated Vil-lage
of East Rockaway was
held at the Village Hall, on
Monday, November 13,
1989, Lieutenant Metten,
Shield #185, reported on the
activities of the Police
Department for the month
of October 1989 as follows:
9 arrests (2 petit larceny, one
assault third degree, one
petit larceny/possession
stolen property, one petit
larcey/possession burglary
tools, 2 D.W.I., 1 jet ski war-rant
and failure to appear in
family court); 92 moving
summonses and 188 parking
summonses issued; no
A.B.C. refferrals; 18 acci-dents
reported with 6
injured; and no major
crimes. It was pointed out
that 8 of the 18 accidents
occurred on Atlantic
Avenue arid ijpquested that
area, as well as Main Street,
receive additional surveill-ance.
Chief Gipson reported on
the activities of the East
Rockaway Fire Department
as follows: 9 general alarms;
6 still alarms, 4 investiga-tions,
54 rescue calls, 2 mut-ual
aide rescues, 9 training
sessions, and I miscellane-ous
activity.
Lieutenant Gewanter
reported on Auxiliary Police
Unit 111 as follows: 211.15
man-hours served (4 man-hours
expended for court
duty; 5 man-hours expended
for St. Raymond's Bazaar;
17.30 man-hours for solidar-ity
parade at Temple, 18
man-hours for East Rocka-way
Firemen's Memorial;
51 man-hours for Halloween
patrol and 9 man-hours for
Fireman's funeral in
Elmont); traveled 272 miles;
and attended 4 rescue calls.
Kathy McNulty reported
on the huge success of Clean-u
p Day which was held on
November 4th. Approxi-mately
100 boy and girl
scouts participated and that
patches were given to them.
The Knights of Columbus
supplied refreshments and
that the newly formed East
Rockaway Trade Associa-tion
also participated. In
addition, she stated that
commercial establishments
who had improved their
premises had received
awards. With the assistance
of the East Rockaway Trade
Association, the Beautifica-tion
Committee is preparing
for the annual tree lighting
ceremonies to take place on
December 4th, at Legion
Place; that carolers will be
particiapting and that the
American Legion will be
serving refreshments.
Mrs. Keon of the Trade
Association said that they
had enjoyed participating in
the annual Clean-Up Day
and that ideas have been
made regarding next years
event. She stated that the
tree lighting along Main
Street from Baiseley Avenue
to Rhame Avenue is coming
along and they hope to have
them lit at the same time as
the tree at Legion Place and
that vendors will receive a
certificate for their partici-pation.
Mrs. Keon reported
that the Association's
attempt to have directional
signs on Sunrise Highway in
Lynbrook to indicate where
East Rockaway is, has been
denied. She stated that they
are still trying and had writ-ten
to Senator Skelos and
others and that the Mayor
had also written.
Sludge Disposal Meeting
Set For December 6
The East Rockaway
Environmental Action
Committee urges area resi-dents
to attend a public
meeting on evaluation of
interim sludge disposal alter-natives
for Nassau County
scheduled by the County on
Wednesday, December 6,
1989, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Hofstra University Student
Center Theater in Hemp-stead,
New York.
Citizens concerned about
the potential siting of a
Sludge Dewatering Facility
at Bay Park and the poten-tial
trucking of dewatered
sludge through the streets of
the basically residential sur-rounding
community should
make every effort to attent
this public hearing, advised
Committee Chairman
Richard J. Meagher.
The Public Notice of the
December 6 public meeting
at Hofstra states the meeting
is "to inform the public of
the interim (temporary)
County options to comply
with the USEPA mandate to
end ocean disposal of the
County municipal sludge
and to obtain public input
on the proposed alterna-tives,
The environmental
impacts as well as the advan-tages
and disadvantages of
each alternative will be dis-cussed,
No selection of an
alternative has been made at
this time.
The Public Notice issued
by Nassau County further
states: "The meeting will
consist of a technical pres-entation
followed by a
general question and answer
session. Nassau County
DPW representatives and
the County project consul-tants
will be available at the
meeting to discuss key issues
and to answer questions. All
meeting attendees' questions
will be heard."
Additionally, the Public
Notice states: "All com-ments,
written or oral, will
become part of a responsive-ness
summary to be used in
making County sludge man-agement
decisions."
Car-pooling for area res-idents
planning to attend the
December 6 evening meeting
at Hofstra has been sug-gested
and cars can gather
m the vicinity of the Village
Hall parking lot for a 6:<t5
p.m. departure time. Arran-gements
are being made for
at least one Village van to
help transport citizens to
Hofstra.
Committee Tours
Bay Park Plant
East Rockaway village
officials and representatives
of several local area organ-izations
joined members of
the newly-formed East
Rockaway Environmental
Action Committee
(EREAC) in a tour of the
Nassau County Wastewater
Treatment Plant in Bay Park
on Saturday, November 18,
1989.
The tour was arranged at
the request of Committee
Chairman Richard J.
Meagher as part of the
committee's initial informa-tion
gathering. Mayor Irving
Shaw, Village Trustee Kevin
McNulty, and Village Attor-ney
William J Kelleher, Jr,
joined Meagher and Com-mittee
members Murray
Eskenazi, Patricia Kearney,
James Miller, and Thurston
Millett for the 9:15 a.m.
plant visit. Also attending
wer'^ *>eter Tortorici, head of
the Bay Park Civic Associ-ation,
and Betty Mastriano,
(Continued on page 10)