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VOL. 36 NO. 3 Wednesday, february 8,1989
Assistant Editor Named
Jeanne Hambel of East
Rockaway has been
appointed Assistant Editor
of the East Rockaway Lyn-brook
Observer, it was
announced by Publisher
Hank Bialick.
Mrs. Hambel, a 34 year
resident of East Rockaway,
will assume her position
effective immediately.
"The residents of East
Rockaway and Lynbrook
are fortunate indeed to have
a person with the character
and commitment of Jeanne
Hambel working for them at
the Observer? Hank Bialick
stated. am certain that
Mrs. Hambel will continue
the tradition of excellence
that our readers have come
to expect.
In her new position, Mrs.
Hambel will assist her son
(and boss now; let's not
forget that!) Editor John
Hambel.
"For the past five years,
my mother has helped me
put out a quality newspaper
each and every week," John
Hambel noted. "Now that
our readers have an oppor-tunity
to know her, shell get
the recognition she so richly
deserves.
"It's only fitting that a
family newspaper be a fam-ily
affair," Hank Bialick
concluded. "I know that
Observerreaders will greatly
benefit by the continued
contribution of the Hambel
clan."
Fashions in East Rockaway
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by Mildred Roemer
Mrs. Kate Phipps John-son
steps out of her home
on Main Street, East Rock-away
(now American Legion
Hall) to go into her carriage.
She is wearing a black and
white printed foulard dress,
trimmed with black velvet,^
ribbon. As she leaves she
meets Mrs. Davison, wear-ing
a plum colored file silk
gown also trimmed with
velvet., or did she have on
one of her other gowns from
her vast wardrobe? One, her
favorite, a tan taffeta, a two
piece affair.
Sorry, these are just past
history dreams conjured up
by members of the Grist Mill
Museum Committee's
"work team" as they stitch
and identify man of the*
costumes donated by local
families.
Many of these have been,
and will be shown in the
Museum this Spring. Along
with dainty attire such as
worn by Clara Johnson on
her wedding day, is Pinny
by Annette Ling
Lynbrook Village Board fi^rt
The Board of Trustees of
the Inc. Village of Lynbrook
meeting at Village Hall on
Monday, January 23, 1989
passed a formal $2.1 million
dollar bond issue for the
reconstruction and renova-tion
of the Lynbrook
Library. Fred Bentel will
present the actual plans to
the public at the next Board
Meeting to be held on Feb-ruary
6, 1989. Deputy
Mayor Norman Dreyer offi-ciated
at the Board Meeting
due to the illness of Mayor
Bill Geier and explained that
as a result of the residential
survey, the library was
named the first priority by
residents answering a ques-tionaire
about their opinion
of top priorities and projects
which should be undertaken
by the Board of Trustees.
Trustee Dreyer explained
that the ,old Long Island
watershed property, a nar-row
strip of land bordering
Greis Park and called "Wil-cox
Alley" had been deeded
to the village by the Nassau
County Board of Supervi-sors
and signed by County
Executive TTiomas Gulotta.
The County Executive asked
that the Board officially
accept the property and that
the formal acception cerem-ony
would be held at a date
to be determined. Dreyer
stated that "the village has
been negotiating for this
land for over two years."The
property will be used for
parking for the tenants of 8
Freer Street who have been
parking all over the York-shire
section of Lynbrook
causing protests from local
homeowners. Details will be
worked out in the near
future and should alleviate
parking problems in that
area of the village.
The Board approved a
bond issue of five years in
the amount of $170,000 to
use in the settlement of
Certiorari Suits against the
village which date back to
1978-79 with about six or
seven of them to be settled.
Michael Shindler, Lyn-brook
Commissioner of
Communications explained
that acting on a complete
evaluation of the ten pay
telephones on village prop-erty,
it was his recommen-dations
that Lynbrook stay
with A.T.&T. for the Oper-ator
assistance calls instead
of changing to any other new
long distance service as most
all of Lynbrook's phone
system is with A.T.& T.
which also provides repair of
the equipment.
The Board signed a for-mal
contract with Westbury
Paper Co. for the collection
and recycling of tin cans and
glass bottles. We will be
paying them $10 a ton for
collection and they do not
require that the tins and
bottles be separated for
collection. Blue plastic con-tainers
have been given out
to local homes, and that
brought out questions from
the floor as to how many
disposal cans were given out
per family or home. One for
a one family home and two
for a two-family home was
the idea set by the D.P.W.
and the village.
A Bid award of $72,900
was granted to G. Modaris
Co. upon the recommenda-tion
of the D.P.W. as to
specifications.
The date of February 23,
1989 was set as the bid date
to receive bids for repairing
the Greis Park parking field
used by Senior Citizens.
Two representatives from
the Building Department
were given Board permission
to attend Seminars which
were already in the budget.
Both Trustee Steve Gro-gan
and Trustee Natale gave
a brief talk at the close of
the meeting about a North-em
Ireland youngster's nar-row
escape from death (he
was booked for Flight 103
but changed to Aer-Lingus
at the last minute.
Natale told about Opera-tion
Pride in West-End
School on Drug prevention
and praised Officer Fred
Fusswinkle and read two let-ters
from students there
thanking the Board for the
program.
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Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated
Village of Lynbrook Feb. 6,1989
Pearsall's great naval over-coat,
a World War I uniform
by Andy Durso's uncle, a
white naval uniform
donated by Dr. Herbert
Mayer when he served in the
South Pacific in World War
2.
"Why are there so many
black things?" exclaimed
one of the younger members
on the committee.
"Years ago many people
lost children at an early age,
or a young husband or wife
would pass on from a now
curable disease. Everyone
went into deep "mourning,"
a young wife perhaps for the
rest of her life. There were
"Mourning Shops" in every
Village just as there are
wedding shops today. Black
veils were worn and black
edged handerchiefs used to
stem the tears." "How
depressing" the younger
member remarked," I'm glad
we no longer cling to that
tradition."
1. Minutes - January 23,
1989
2. Resignation - Building
Supt.
3. Proclamation - Building
Supt.
4. Proclamation - School
Crossing Guard
5. Proclamation - Boy Scout
Citizenship Day
6. Proclamation - Catholic
School Weeks
a. Our Lady of Peace
b. St. Raymonds
7. Request - Christ* Church
- Flea Market
8. Resolution - SEQRA -
Library
9. Resoslution - Bond
Financing - Library
10. Public Hearing - Special
Exception-135 Sunrise Hwy.
11. Resolution - Decision -
Special Exception-213
Hempstead Ave.
12. Resolution - SEQRA -
292 Hendricksbn Ave.
13. Set Date - Public Hear-ing
- 292 Hendrickson Ave.
14. Set Date - Bid - New
Police Dept. Cars
15. Authorization - Con-tract
Impound Yard
16. Discussion - Transfer of
Funds
a. Building Dept.
b. Police Dept.
c. Recreation
17. Discussion - Traffic
Control - Surrey Commons
18. Discussion - a. Assess-ment
Roll; b. Reschedule
Board Meeting.
19. Discussion - Village Tax
Arrears.
20. Authorization - Tax Lien
Sale
21. Authorization - Recrea-tion
Conference.
22. Bills.
23. Good & Welfare.
Robbery Victim Assisted
By Lynbrook PBA
A Lynbrook resident
became the recipient of an
unexpected Christmas pres-ent
from the Lynbrook
Police Benevolent
Association.
A Lynbrook woman, who
is a single parent and raising
three children, became a
en .Tie victim at the Green A
CI s Shopping Center in
Valley Stream, New York.
ENDORSEMENT. Lynbrook P.B.A. President Bill While walking from her car,
Diebold (left) Congratulates Good Government Party f^young thug made easy prey
Candidates Stephen Grogan and Eugene Natale on their her. She was forced to the
e n d o r s e m e n t by the PBA, while Vice President Brian Harvey ground, roughed up and
looks on. robbed of her purse which
contained all her cash,
•indentification, house and
car keys.
The Lynbrook Police
Crime Prevention Officer
was notified of this situation
and he, in turn contracted
the President of the Lyn-brook
P.B.A, Bill Deibold.
The next day, off-duty Lyn-brook
Police Officer and
Lynbrook P.B.A. member
Dan Gilmartin volunteered
his time and service instal-ling
new locks and dead bolts
on all the doors of the
robbery victim's residence
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