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Vol. 2, No. 6 Kiiterecl as Kecond-Class Mutter,
Post Office, bynhrook, N. V. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, M A Y 23, 1963 10^ Per Copy
A Handshake for the Congressman
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Congressman franjt J, Becker, left, receives congratulations from
Florida Congressman WiHiam Cramer and Lynbrook GOP Club President
Anthony Scuderi at the testimpnial held in Becker's .hagos. Jlwndreds of
lErij^ds pafd tribute to Congrestsman Becker a^ the Lynbrook Republican
Club s Dinner-Dance held last Thui«day m'ght. {He)m phosto by Cribbin)
Vamps Name Smith
"Fireman of The Year"
George J. Smith, Captain of Lynbrook's Rescue Hook and
Ladder Company No. 1 was named "Fireman of the Year" by the
Nassau County Fireman's Association at their meeting- held at
Nortli Merrick Fire Headquarters last week. Smith was cited for
his heroic rescue of two persons trapped in a burning apartment
last January 6.
In command of the hook and lad-der
company, Smith ordered the
arrial ladder raised to the second'
floor of the flaming apartment arid '
led a group of firemen to the trap-
I>ed victims, Mr. and Mrs. V. I^riglit of 271 Merrick Road. After
ding in seeing the victims safely
lowered to the gtound, Smith col-lapsed
and was taken home suffer- •
ing from smoke poisoning.
Captain Smith, known better as
"Mickey" in the Fire Department
has been a volimteer fireman for
nine years and is sei-ving his first
full term as Captain of Rescue Hook
and Ladder Company. He was elect-ed
in 1962 to fulfill an unexpired
term and was recently elected to a
full term. He hves at 7 Grace Ave.,
Lynbrook. His wife Inez, is pres-ident
of the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment
Ladies Auxiliary,
The actual awarding of Captain
Smith's citation will take place
June 19, at the Nassau County Fire-iien's
Association Dinner-Dance to
be held at Carl Hoppl's, Baldwin.
Guests of Republic
Cub Pack 203. BSA, of Lynbrook
have received a special invitation
for a guided tour of Republic Avia-tion,
The cubs and their parents
will visit the plant on Memorial
Day for a special tour where they
will see the supersonic F-105 and
other jets being built on the assem-bly
line.
Malverne American
Legian Post Visits
Veterans^ Graves
A most solemn and important
Post function will take place on
Sunday, May 26th, when contin-gents
from the Malverne American
Legion Post # 4 4 will visit the vari-ous
cemeteries in which its departed
comrades are buried. Commander
Charles S. DeCregorio will head the
group.
With appropriate ceremonies and
prayers, the respects of the Post and
all its members will be paid to their
deceased veterans. The graves are
located in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau
and Suffolk Counties.
The contingents will leave the
Post clubhouse at about 10 a.m.,
rain or shine and take off in groups
for the various cemeteries.
Commander DeCregorio urges as
many members as possible to par-ticipate
in this very significant Post
fiuiction. "The more members who
turn out, the more cemeterics can
be covered with greater thorough-ness,"
he stated. "They served us.
Let us now, in some small measure,
respect them and their memories,"
Commander DeCregorio declared.
Parades, Services To Mark
Memorial Day Observance
Parades and services will mark the observance of Memorial Day in the Tri Town Area.
Veteran organizations in Lynbrook, East Rockaway and Malverne have made extensive plans
to pay tribute to their departed comrades. Principal speakers at the services are Colonel George
Schatz, deputy commander, 2nd Command, New York Guard for Malverne; State Senator Nor-man
F. Lent, for East Rockaway and Supreme Court Justice Mario Pittoni for Lynbrook.
Memorial services in Malverne
will be held at 10 a.m. at Reiss Me-morial
Park, Malverne American
Legion Post 44 and the Frank J.
Ruddock Post, V FW are in charge
of the servces and parade. After the
Memorial Services,, the parade will
get underway with .Legion Com-mander
Charles DeCregorio as
Grand Marshall,
The parade route will be, west on
Church St. to Utterby rd.; east on
Utterby to Linmouth rd.; south on
south on Linmouth to Wicks lane;
west on Wicks to Hempstead aye.;
north on Hempstead to Norwood;
west on Norwood to Linder place.
East Rwkaway
John C. Rieder, chairman of Me-morial
Day for East Rockaway has
announced that their parade will
start at 10 a.m. at Grant and Main
St., with Legion Cmdr, Gerard Mc-
Nulty as Grand Marshall. Following
the parade, services will be held at
the East Rockaway Memorial Park.
Parade route will be east on Main
to Ocean ave.; north on Ocean to
Center ave.; west on Center to At-lantic;
south on Adantic to Woods
and the Memorial Park.
Lynbrook
George B. Moseman, Jr., Com-mander
of the Lt. Herlighy Post,
CWV, will be the Grand Marshall
for the Lynbrook Parade. The pa-rade
will start at 10 a.m. from in
front of the American Legion Post,
services will follow at the Dough-boy
Monument.
The parade will proceed south on
Union to Scranton; west on Scran-ton
to Broadway; north on Broad-way
to Stauderman; east on Staudcr-man
to Atlantic; north on Atlantic
to Merrick rd.; west on Merrick to
Curtis place; Curtis to Arthur ave.;
Arthur to Davison; east on Davison
to Hempstead; south on Hempstead
to Merrick; west on Merrick to
Lyons place and the Doughboy
Monument.
Residents and places of !)usiness
ave lU'ged to fly your nation's flag
on Memorial Day.
Homes Needed in District 19
For South American Students
The newly formed chapter of the Foreign Exchange Com-mittee
in Easit Rockaway is searching for families in the com-munity
that would act as host to a foreign student from South
America. TThese students will be visiting East Rockaway for
three months during the 1963-64 school year.
The program, according to Mrs.
Herbert Diamond, publicity chair-man
for the committee, calls for an
exchange of students between East
Rockaway and South American
countries. East Rockaway will send
several of their ciirrent 11th grade
students "south of tbe W d e r " this
summer. In order to ^o this, the
committee must agree to furnish
homes for an equal number of
South American students during the
coming school year.
Famihes in School District 19,
who would like to participate in
this project and offer their hospi-tality
to a South American student
may contact Mr, Harvey Olian, the
Home Selection Chairman at LY 9-
7589 for further information.
"A Letter"
Mayor Gewge H, Mangravite, has
announced that letters have gone
out. to ail. jresid«at»- of the - village
explaining the purpose and mean-?
ing of the "Mayor's Accident Fund."
This fund has been established as
a tribute to the four Lynbrookites
who lost their lives on April 30tb
while in the performance of their
official duties.
Residents are urged to respond
to the letter as this vvHlll be the only
official appeal that will be made for
the fund by the conunittee.
Two Pedestrians
Injured Crossing
Sunrise Hwy.
In two separate accidents last Fri-day
afternoon, two pedestrians were
struck by automobiles as they at-tempted
to cross Sunrise Hgwy. be-tween
Atlantic Ave. and Broadway.
The accidents occurred within an
hour and a half of each other.
At 3:30 p.m., according to Lyn-brook
police, Anna Maturin, 67, of
10 Cambridge St., Malverne, was
crossing the highway from north to
south, when she collided with a car
driven by Joel Williams, 44, of 133
Harris Ave., Hewlett. Williams was
westbound and the accident oc-curred
about 150 feet east of Broad-way.
Mrs. Maturin was taken to
Mercy Hospital in serious condition
with head injuries.
At 5 p.m., Mac Strauss, 55, of 339
CheiTy Pi., East Meadow, attempt-ed
to cross Sunrise from south to
north at a place described by po-lice
as 138 feet west of Atlantic
Ave. He collided with a car driven
by Edward Short, 21, of 75 Geraixl
Ave. V^est, Malverne, and sustahi-ed
head injuries and a fracture of
the left thigh. Strauss was also re-moved
to Mercy Hospital in seri-ous
condition.
Neither driver was charged by
police with driving violations.
Luncheon and Bridge
The Lynbrook, East Rockaway,
Malverne Juniors of Mercy Hospi-tal
are sponsoring a luncheon and
bridge at the Rockville Links on
Saturday, June 1 at 12 noon.
A $4 contribution will entitle the
donor to a London Broil lunch and
an afternoon of fun, playing bridge,
canasta, scrabble and a chance at
winning one of the many fabulous
sweepstake prizes.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Louis Curcio tit VA 5-
8274; Mrs. George Cevasco, LY 9-
4939 or Mrs. Robert Wittich, LY 3-
2552.
In This Issue
Calendar pf Events .... Page 2
Home, Repair Page 2
Editorial Page 4
Washington Report .... Page 4
Thought for the Week Page 5
Paul Harvey News Page 6
Home Repair Page 8
Sports Page 9
Rackets Bureau Chief Guest
Speaker at GOP Meeting
Norman Levy, Chief of the Rack-ets
Bureau of the Nassau County
District Attorney's Office will ad-dress
the East Rockaway Republican
Club at their meeting on Thursday,
May 23. The club meetings are held
in the Main st. firehouse at 8:30
p.m. Mr. Levy will talk on the vari-ous
rackets perpetrated on the homo
owner every day,