The-Helm_1963-10-31; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

              Serving These Communities • Hewlett • East Rockaway • Lynbrook • Malverne
Vol. 3, No. 7 K i i t o i ' e i t ;is .Spcotid-Cl.TSS MMtter,
P o s t Office, l..viibrcw)k, N . Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963 LY 3-1300 10^ Per Copy
Town of Hempstead Cuts
General Town Tax Rate
The Town of Hempstead (last Tuesday) reduced its general
town ta.x rate from 41/4 cents to 2'/a cents pei' $100 of assessed
valuation. The new rate will apply in 1964.
With a population of more than — ~
800,000, Hempstead is the nation's
most populotis township.
The 44 per cent tax reduction was
provided for by the 1964 general
town budget, which was approved
by the Town Board this afternoon
following a public hearing. The
budget provides for total expendi-
^hires of $5,736,949 and estimated
( |niies and balances of $5,366,481.
Tne lower tax is suflicicnt to cover
the diflerential between these sums.
Palmer D. Farrington, Henipstt'ad
Town Presiding Supervisor, predict-ed
tliat tlie new tax rate could be
stabilized for the forseeable future.
'"i'his lower level of taxation was
achieved despite increased expendi-tures
of $616,902 provided for in the
1964 general town budget," he
slated.
l i e said this increase would be
api)lied primarily to new and ex-jxmded
town services, to be supplied
by such governmental mn'ts as the
town's new Conservation and Water-ways
Department, Housing Author-ity
and others.
l^'ikHe attributed the combination of
\%j7ver taxes and increased services
to higher revenues and "a continuing
series of studies and cost accounting
analyses that has led to added econo-mies
on the part of the departments."
Supervisor Farrington said the
town's fiscal planning had not been
geared only to 1964 but also to
"future years in which expanded
town services will continue to be de-manded
by the people."
" I t is our intention to continue
tliis kind of planning imtil the ma-jor
goals of this administration—in
terms of both capital improvements
and services—have been achieved,"
he concluded.
Malverne Merchants
Elect Officers
At a meeting of the Malverne
Merchants Association, Inc., the fol-lowing
officers and trustees were
elected unanimously:
Harold Bernstein, President; Je-rome
Brown, 1st Vice President; Wil-liam
Kohn, 2nd Vice President;
Michael Ambers, 3rd Vice President;
I'red W. Newman, Executive .Secre-tary;
Charles E. Ashdown, Treasur-er;
John J. Sutter, Jr., Attorney, and
Antoinette Rounds, Recording Sec-retary.
Trustees elected were: Joseph C.
Donohue, Maurice L. Liard, Pat J.
Carbone, Albert Siegel, Saul Bauer
iuid Richard Peterson.
Hugo J. Clark was appointed
Chairnian of Board of Trustees.
E.R. Vaiage Board
Awards Bid to
Hempstead Ford
The East R o c k a w a y Village
Board selected the bid submitted by
Hempstead Ford for the four door
sedan that will be used by the De-partment
of iPublic Works. Hemp-stead
Ford was the lowest of three
bids submitted. They were Rupp
Chevrolet, $2625.00; Ted Rowland
Ford, $2612.00; and Hempstead
Ford, $2477.40.
In other matters brought up at
the village board meeting last Mon-day
night, it was reported that Nas-sau
County Avill pay $400,000
towards the work needed on Mill
River, Atlantic and Jarvis Place. The
village would be required to pay
$7,812 which would be the engi-neer's
fee.
David Shamrock, CD director for
the village reported that East Rock-away
now has 11 shelters stocked
with 28 tons of food, 289 filled water
barrels, 167 sanitary kits, 41 medi-cal
kits and 11 transistor radios. It
•was pointed out that eventually,
there would be enough shelters to
house the 13,000 residents of the vil-lage.
board reserved decision on
the application submitted by Antonio
D'Amelio, 432 Ocean Ave., to con-vert
his dwelling into a two family
house, and also on the petition filed
by Fina Homes to build two family
homes on the corner of Columbia
and Atlantic Aves.
No Decision Yef
On V. P. Charge
The charge brought by defeated Village Party Candidate
Wafson E. Morgan against Mayor George H. Mangravite won't
be decided upon for another couple of weeks. Morgan, through
his attorney, Martin J. Weinstein, charged that Mangravite did
not meet a state requirement that a village mayor own property
in the community at the time of election.
(Helm-Review Photo by Cribbih)
A DONATION FOR BETHANY: The Rev. John R. McElderry, Minister of Bethany Congregational Church
receives a check from Calvin Champlin, president of the East Rockaway Lions Club, for use in building re-pairs.
Attending the presentation were left, Daniel R. Terry, District Governor, 20K2 and far right, zone
Cliairman Lawrence Arrons. The donation to Bethany Church, was another phase in the project started by the
East Rockaway Lions Club, to help their community.
Fire Hits
Academy of
Lynbrook
A fire of tmdetermined origin
broke out in the Academy of Lyn-brook
last Tuesday •twr^r.S'
extensive damage to the offices imd
second floor classrooms. The fire
was spotted about 10 p.m. by neigh-bors,
and was under control within
a matter of minutes after the arirval
of the Lynbrook Fire Department.
The estimated cost of damage was
not immediately known.
School resumed as usual Wednes-day
morning. Mr. George B. Donxis,
Headmaster and founder of the
school, praised the cooperation of
the 70 students and faculty in help-ing
to set up makeshift classrooms
in the auditorium and three usable
classrooms. "The spirit of the stu-dents
in wanting to help was re-markable,"
he said, "their reactions
to the emergency certainly was a
morale booster."
The rest of the classrooms were
affected by water and smoke dam-age,
and broken glass from the win-dows.
Mr. Donus estimated that re-pairs
and cleanup) could be com-pleted
in a few weeks. "Why, with
my faculty and student body I have
no worry, that school will go on,"
Donus stated, "bi fact," he said,
"just this morning I enrolled an-other
student."
The case was heard by Herbert
H. Smith, assistant attorney general
in charge of the general laws bu-reau
in a three-hour closed confer-ence
last Monday. Smith gave both
parties two weeks in which to file
with hini memorandums detailing
their positions. Smith will then in-coi-
porate the briefs into a report he
will submit to Atty. Gen. Louis J.
Lefkowitz, who will then deci^'^
wbetlicr fo' gb into
Mayor Mangravite's election.
It was Smith's opinion that it
would be a rare action if Lefkowitz
L'umched the court fight. He stated
that the procedure for action by the
attorney general had been establish-ed
to keep the courts clear of politic
cally motivated suits filed by "dis-gruntled
losers."
One of the matters in dispute was
w h e t h e r f)WTiership of property
through a corporation met the legal
reciuirement that the mayor be
"owner of record" of property within
the village. Smith would not give
specific details on the hearing,
stating that he had to review the
papers submitted to him by the at-torneys.
Anthony Scuderi, counsel for
Mayor Mangravite, expressed confi-denc-
e that the briefs filed on the
Mayor's behalf, would bring' a deci-sion
in their favor.
Frances B. Kelliher
Wife of East
Rockaway Trustee
Mrs. Frances B. Kelliher, wife of
East Rockaway Village Trustee Har-old
J. Kelliher died at her home, 10
Squirel Drive, Sunday, Oct. 27th.
A Solenm Requiem Mass M'ill be
offered at St. Raymond's R.C. Church
at 10 a.m. on Thmsday, Oct. 31.
She will be buried at St. Charles
Cemetery.
She is survived l)y her husband,
Harold; a daughter, Beth Kelliher
Piccin; three si.sters, Marie and Anita
Pitch, Kay 'J^oscano and a brother,
Michael LaForge, A.S.B., also two
grandchildren.
St. Raymond's Holds
College Week
The high school students of St.
Raymond's Parish in Lynbrook will
participate in Catholic College Week
activities, sponsored by the Diocese
of Rockville Centre on Sunday, Nov.
3rd.
Young men auticiiiating collcgo
entrance will meet with r(>prcs(>nta-tives
of various colleges at St. Agnes
Cathedral High. School from 2 to
4:30. High school girls will ine(>t
college representatives at Nh)ll()y
College at the same time.
College Week will pri"S(>nt to the
young people the entrance retpiire-ments
arid courses of study of each
college. Each year attendance at
College Week increases and plans
this year are for the largest group
of young people to date.