The-Helm_1963-08-22; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Hewlett "East Rockaway •Lynbrook •Malverne
Vol. 2, No. 19 Knteroil ns Sp('nn<1-( Mass Miitter,
Post, (MTioe, I,yiilirook. X. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963 10^ Per Copy
On Top of "Ole Mt. Marcy"
Tri Town Conservatives Batk
TAP and Neighborhood Schools
In a statement issued Monday, Aug. 19th, Kenneth Clarke,
Cliaimian of the Tri Town Conservative Chib said, "The Con-servative
Party stands 100% with the aims of TAP to presence the
neighborhood school system." .
He continued by proposing "that
the ofl^ce of Connnissioner of Echi-cation
be made an elective office"
and descril)ed the NAACP and
CORE as "the real racists who are
trying to sell us the bill of goods
that schools M'ith more than 50%
kVgro children are inherently in-ft^'
ior and can only be" improved by
balancing them with whites."
Mr. Clark concluded by staling
that in his opinion, "the assignment
of children to schools on the basis
of race is clearly unc(mstitutional."
TAP, at a rally in Malverne last
Sunday afternoon, attracted a crowd
of over 600 persons wlio cheered
when telegrams of support from sim-ilar
groiips in Ridgewood and Clcn-dale.
Queens were read. Dr. Charles
Rice, Vice Chairnlan of tlie Conser-vative
Pariy, spoke at tliat rally and
'I'AP has enthusiastically accepted
the support of ihe Conservative
Party.
In This Issue
Calendar of Events Page 2
Editorial Page 4
Paul Harvey News .... Page 4
Thouglit for the Week Page 4
Classified Page 7
L* I. Water Corp. Hosts
Foreign Engineers
In cooperation with the United
States Public Health Service and
International Cooperation Adminis-tration,
on August 14, the Long Is-land
Water" Corporation of L>TI-brook,
was host to Jose' Gontijo, En-gineer,
Technical Section of Water
Supply Service ' of Itabira, Minas
Cerais, Brazil and IDazie Sou/.a-
Okpofabri, Chief Water Engineer,
Covenmient of Eastern Nigeria.
\'isiting the United States where
they are studying the facilities and
operational methods of representa-tive
U.S. Water Supply Systeuis,
Messrs. C-ontijo and Souza-Okpo-fabri,
on their visit to Lynbrook
were greeted by John L. Farley,
Vice President and General Man-ager
of th(; Long Island Water Cor-jioration
after whicli they proceeded
on a tour of the corporation's vari-ous
puni])ing station j^lants and fa-cilities
in this area.
School Crossing
Guards Needed
The Village of Lynbrook is ao-ceiiting
applications for P o l i ce
Crossing Guards, Applicants must lie
under 40 years of age and residents
of Lynbrook. Working hours are
from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., I 1 a.m. to 1
p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on
School Days. Applications and addi-tional
information may be obtainexl
from the Lynbrook Police Depart-uieut,
Municipal Buikliiig, Lyubiook,
Malverne School Board Adopts
Modified "Princeton Plan "
In a sudden move that caught the community by surprise, the Malverne School Board,
meeting in emergency session last Friday night, adopted a modified version of the Princeton
Plan. The only board member voting against the plan was Edward Nasierowski who urged
the School Board to seek court action to have the Allen order appealed.
The statement issued by the Malverne School Board following the meeting reads:
After the decision of '
Members of Lynbrook Explorer Post 388 rest after the seven mile
climb to the top of Mt. Marcy. The trip, one of the many activities con-ducted
by the po.st, had the boys on a three day hiking and camping trip
to the Adirondacks. Shown above are front row, left to right. Bill Nardo
and Paul Bdrdiinet; second row^ ^ AHan
Nathan Board arid Charles Hoffman; back Vow, Paul Campinelli, Edwai'd
Parzalli arid Jiames Burzo. (Helm photo by Explorer Jay Vitelli)
receiving
Commissioner James E. Allen Jr. in
which he determined not to reopen
his order of June 17, 1963, the Board
of Education thoroughly and care-fully
studied all facts. The Board
also consulted various groups of ex-perts.
After these reviews the Board
has determined to put into effect
the School District 12 plan for im-proving
racial imbalance in the ele-mentary
schools effective with tlie
opening of the schools in Septem-ber.
This plan is an interpretation of
the order of the Commissioner
adapted and tailored to meet the
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See Rally Photos
Back Page
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Hempstead Town
Film Available
"Your Town," a documentary,
educational 16 mm. 72()-foot sound
production on safety color film, now
is available from the Town of Hemp-stead
for viewinjjf by schools as well
as groups, clubs and organizations.
Various services of the Town of
Heiripsteatl are depicted at actual
on-the-job sites with a scope includ-ing
the Sanitati(m, Tark, Highway
and Water Departments. A portion
of the film brings the viewer into
Rock Hall — the Town-owned mu-seum
at Lawrence — for a look at
some of its rooms teeming with
Americana. From a view of old land-marks
to an area of modern "Edu-
Cultnral" zoning — from fire fighting
to b(>autification -I- the 20-minute
movie abounds with information nar-rated
in a pleasing mannei.
Available at no cost, the film may
be obtained by writing to the office
of the Presiding Supervisor, Town
of Hempstead, 350 Front Street,
Hetupstead, New York, or by tele-
])honing IVanhoe 9-5()()(), extension
344. ilc([U(>sts will be satisfied on a
first-come, first-served Inisis.
Thanks Community
Dear Friends and NI^ighbors:
I wish to thank all who assisted
and contributed to the Mayor's Acci-dent
Fund.
Such a heart warming response
is deeply appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Loretta Koch
and Family
needs and conditions of the School
District.
"Special consideration has been
given to situations of extreme hard-ships
while at the same time carry-ing
out the principles and intentions
of the order of the CommissiQner of
Education.
"Pursuant to the request of the
Commissioner the Board' plans to
file with him the following general
outline for reducing racial imbal-ance:
"Grade 4 and Grade 5 pupils will
attend Wbodfield Road School, ex-cept
for ffne integrated An^is-^ tlif 'e!^^^
grade at Davison Avenue and Lind-ner
Place Schools. Kindergarten
pupils will remain in the neighbor-hood
schools. Pupils in Grade 1, 2
and 3 will attend either Lindner
Place or Davison Avenue School, ex-
"cept for one class of each grade at
Woodfield Road School.
"The purpose of the schools is to
serve the educational welfare of the
Proclamation
WHEREAS: the safety, health,
sanitation, and general well-being of
this community depends, to a great
degree, on the services provided
through our public works facilities;
and
WHEREAS: the quality, efficien-cy,
and effectiveness of these facili-ties,
as well as the planning, design,
and construction of future facilities,
is vitally dependent upon our pub-lic
works engineers, administrators,
and technicians, and
WHEREAS: the support of an un-derstanding
and informed citizenry
is vital to the planning and construc-tion
of public works programs and
systems such as water, sewer, streets,
liighways, and otlier types of facili-ties;
and
WHEREAS: retaining and at-tracting
(jualificd and decUcated per-sonnel
to stafi' public works d(>part-meuts
is materially innucuccd liy
the people's attitude and under-standing
of the importance of the
work i^erformed by such employees;
now therefore,
BE I'i' RESOIA'ED that 1, C(M)rge
H. Mangravite, Mayor of the Vil-lage
of Lyulirook, do hereby pro-claim
Sept. 8-14, 1963, as NA'l'ION-AL
PUBLIC WORKS WEEK and
call upon all citizens and civic or-ganizations
to ac<niaint thcms(>lves
with the problems involved in pro-viding
the public works facilities
anil services desired by the peopl(<;
and recognize the important role in
our safety, health and well-being
tlKit is played by the public works
oflicials in our coninuinity.
children. Therefore the Board urges
all organizations, groups and par-ents
to cooperate fully to put the
program into effective operation by
the September opening of the
schools."
Residents React
Residents reacted rapidly to the
Board's decision. On Saturday home.s
in this school district blossomed out
with signs reading "Sold Out" by
the School Board; House For Sale
if the Princeton Plan goes into ef-fect;
For Sale if the Neighborbood
School Concept is destroved.
TAP called for a rally on Sunday
and a crowd of over 600 showed up
to voice their protest over the action
taken by the Malverne School Board.
Charles Reardon, i^resident of the
2,000 member organization repeat-'
edly told the crowd that "The
Princeton Plan would not go into
effect in the Malverne School Dis-trict."
He read conmnmications
from TAP organizations in Ridge-wood-
Clendale and Maspeth sup-porting
the local TAP group. Rear-don
called for a huge motorcade to
travel to Albany on Saturday, Au-gust
24, where demonstrators will
picket the State Ediic4iti(m building
and the home of Commissioner
Allen. TAP groups from L.I. have
agreed to support the Malverne
motorcade.
Files Court Suit
Tn the meantime, NFason Hamp-ton,
attorney for TAP filed suit
against the Malv(>rne Village Board
and the School Board to restrain
them ITOUI appropriating funds for
the l^rinceton Plan. The suit against
the Village Board is to lilock the
expenditure of $20,000 in village
funds which he said Mayor Morton
Stein had authorized for installation
of traffic lights and signals in con-nection
with the Princ(>t()n Plan. A
similar siiit is planned against the
Scliool Board from appropriating
funds. Other suits planned for the
innu(H!iate future is one challenging
State luhication Connnissioni'r Allen
and the other a civil rights suit in
Brooklyn Federal Court.
IJC:AN Opposed
Eight intfgration groups and lo-cal
i lcrgyuicn rcprcseuti\l Ity UCAN
have asked (Commissioner AIUMI to
rcjcct the Malverne School Board
proposiil to iui|ilemeut a modified
version of the I'rinceton Plan. The
group called the board's plan
"evasive" and maintained that it was
calculated to tlisrupt the educational
program of tiie entire district. A
.spokesman for UCAN said the plan
was unacceptable because it failed
to cuujply wifli Allen',s original order.