The-Helm_1964-05-07; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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Vol. 3, No. 34 jimored us Secoml-l ;1;i8h 'Mutter,
Post Office. Lynlirook. N. Y. LYNBROOK, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 LY 3-1300 10<z? Per Copy
^ R. Approves Budget
\'()tcrs in the East Roekaway Sehool District Tuesday night
approved the proposed budget tor the 1964-1965 school year and
re-elected Edmund D. Smith to the Board of Education.
Tho biulf^et was passed with 303
vytcs for and 159 votes against.
Smith won wilh a vote of 346 a-f^
ainst William V. Johnson's 173.
Board of Education President Harry
Bunting said "We are very grateful
for the larjije tuni-out and the inter-est
shrtwn, and for the confidence
that the voters put in the School
Board and in the budget."
])r. .William K. Louis, Superin-tendent
of Schools, Sixid he was de-
Hghtetl' 'that the Uudg^^t went
through and Teacher's Association
President Joseph Del Giomo called
the evening a "vietory for educa-tion."
John Saunders
School Bd. Member
Employ A Teenager
Can you rend(>r a service to your
couiniunity and employ a teenager
this summer?
The Lynbrook High School Par-ent
Teacher Assoctiation is attempt-ing
to organize a snnimer employ-ment
bureau, and has available stu-deijts
who are able and anxious to
work.
I f you believe, as we do, that idle-ness
does not lead to good citizen-ship,
and if yOu can provide a job —
either business, industrial, or pri-vate
— please call Lynbrook High
School, LYnbrook 3-6300.
John Saunders
Mr. John Saunders, member of
Ihe Lynbrook Boanl of Education,
ilied at his home Sunday night of a
heart attack. He was 53 years old
and was Chairman of the Depart-ment
of Education at the Am(>rican
.\hiseu)n of Natural History, wliere
he worked for 36 years. '
Besides serving on the Lynbrook
School Board, Mr, Saunders was
very active in the St. Raymond's
Home and School Associatitm and
khis wife Agnes, a Cornell grad-he
particiixitcvl in many of the
activities of this university.
His whole life has been spent in
helping children to learn. At the
museum, he increased educational
opportunities for theui and just the
day befor(t he died, lie was at the
4-H Camp in Hiverhead, L. L in-structiiig
these, youngesters.
He is survived by his wife, Agnes,
and four children, Nancy, Paul,
Mary and Jolin, Jr.
LB.J.ToVisitLI.
President Lyndon B. Johnson will
visit Nassau County on Saturday,
Niay 9th, to make a personal inspec-tion
of the properties granted and
acquired from the Federal Govern-ment
at Mitchell Field. The Wliite
House said that he will arrive at 12
noon, at which time a luncheon is
being arranged in his honor at the
Cloud Casino, Roosevelt Raceway,
to which business and civic leaders
will be invited. At 2 p.m. the Presi-dent
will proceed to Mitchel Field
where dedication ceremonies will
take place at the site of the proposed
John F. Kennedy Civic, Cultural and
Educational Center. The President
will also inspect the grants of land
given to the Nassau Community Col-lege,
the Diocese of Rockville Cen-tre,
Mitchel College, the Hebrew
Academy and the Episcopal Diocese
of Long Island.
Appropriate ceremonies ar(> b(>ing
arranged at Mitchel Field at ^^'hich
the President will speak, the public
will be invited. Parking space will
be provided for scho<jl buses and
general public.
Two Week Mission
At St. Raymond's
Beginning Sunday, May 17lh, a
two week Mission will be pnuiched
at St. Raymond's Church in East
]U)ckaway by th(! Oblate Fathers
Thomas Morin (). M. 1. anil Thomas
Walsh O. M. L
The first week the married and the
single women and high school age
age girls xyill be invited to attend.
The Second week, begiiming (m
Sunday Nhiy 24th, the men and boys
will be invited.
Services will be held f^ach evening
at 8 p.m. in the. Church. A large at-tendance
is expected for the Mission
and many will also be able to attend
Masses at the Church. Monsignor
William Walsh is Pastor at St. Ray-mond's
Church.
Students
Bock
Gotland
Nearly 400 students in Malverne
Senior High Stthool have filed a state-ment
whic4i has been forward<^d to
tliifc Board of Education of Malverne
School District 12 in which they ex-pressed
. their confidence in Mr.
Franklin Gatland and their resent-ment
tovyard the implications of re-ceipt
statements about hini. The
staGfflient of the students is as fol-lows:
' " W e the undersigned, students at
Malverne Senior High School, Dis-trict
No. 12, have known Mr. Frank-lin
Gatland for 'a number of years
and have in piany instances been
assigned to his -^asi^jj or have par-ticipated
in activities which he has
coached. In no cases have we knovm
Mr. Gatland to abuse his authority
as a teacher or as a coach. We resent
the implications contained in rec<mt
statements lodged against him that
he has l>efm gnilty of abusing Mal-verne
Senior High School students
of any race."
This was signed by 383 students
in Malvenie Senior High School. It
was explained that in normal opera-tion
of schools no one teacher would
have contacrt with more than 80%
of the student body of any high
school.
This expression of confidence on
tlie part of the students follows simi-lar
action taken by the Board of Ed-ucation
last week, when they issued
a statement exonerating Mr. Gatland.
Hook ond School Budget
Get Molverne OK
The voters in the Malverne School District Tuesday approv-ed
the budget for the coming year by a vote of 1390 to 1178.
^ ' ! member of the
E.R.-Lyn.-RVC Day
At World's Fair
Friday, May 8, 1961 has been d(>s-ignated
as East Roekaway, Lyn-brook,
Rockville Center Day at the
New York State Pavilion of the New
York World's Fair.
In connection with honoring these
communities on May 8th various
school groups will provide entertain-ment
for the fair visitors in the New
York State Pavilion from 10 a.m. un-til
8 p.m.
Raymond Harrington and Harold
L. Studvyell of East Roekaway have
acted as co-chairmen in arranging
for the program to be presented on
tliat day. They were assisted by Mr.
Ben Perlrnan of Rockville Center,
Mr. Richard McLaine, Assistant Su-perintendent
of Schools in Lynbrook
and Mr. Michael Pizzino and Charles
Berwind of East Roekaway. The
various groups who are participating
in the program for the day are invi-ted
to attend the fair on that day
as guests of the World Fair and the
schedule of performances is set forth
below.
Following is the schedule for the
day:
• a.m.
10:00 Centre Avenue School Band
11:15 Rhame Avenue School Cho-rus
12:00 Rockville Centre, South Side
Senior High School Band
In voting for a
School Board, Fred Hook was elec-ted
over Burbank Mitchell by 1885
to 920^'
It is interesting to note that a total
of 2805 votes were cast in the voting
for the School Board member and
only 2568 on the budget. Since the
budget was passed by only 212 votes
and there was a difference in the
voting of 237 votes, it is conceivable
that the budget coidd have been de-feated
if all persons voting for the
candidates had also voted on the
budget.
After the count became official
Mr. Hook stated, "I am pleased and
happy that my supporters came to
my aid and expres,sed their confi-dence
in me. I am also gratified that
the budget was passetl."
School Board President, Dr. B. G.
DeNoie said of the budget, "I anx
relieved and delighted that it passed.
The close vote shows that the bud-get
is a gootl one and the voters ga\ e
it a lot of thought and were acutely
conscious of the needs of the Dis-trict.
1 am very grateful to the peo-pie."
p . m .
12:45
1:00
1:45
"The Singt^rs" East Rock-away
High Sdiool
L y n b r o o k Senior High
School Concert Band
L y n b r o o k Senior High
School Chorus
(Continued on Page 10)
Lyn. PtI. Hinck
Apprehends
Car Thief
On Friday morning May 1, 1964
at about 4:55 a.m. Ptl. Henry Hinck
on radio motor patrol observed a
suspicious looking youth operating
a car east on Sunrise Highway near
Ocean Avenue. He stopped the ve-hicle
and the operator was unable
to prove ownership of the vehicl(^
and adnutted he had stolen the vehi-cle.
Investigation r(»v<'aled the vehicle
had been stolen from the Embassy
Seat Cover parking lot, Sunrise High-way,
Lynbrook and had not betni
reported stolen.
The operator of the vijhicle
Donald O'Connell 20 yrs. of age of
Howard Beach, Queens was placed
under arrest. It was also learned
that subject had been involved in an
auto accident earlier in Valley
Stream and had been taken to Frank-lin
Gencfral Ho.spital, Valley Stream
and had left the hospital, apparently
walking to Lynbrook where he stole
the car.
FRANCIS T. PURCELL OF MALVERNE, former Mayor and Past
Pi-esitlent of Nassau County Village Officials Association presents his Re-publican
designating petitions, 2,801, for member of the New York Statu
Assembly, to Margaret M. McStoker, Secretary to Boai-d of Elections,
Mr. Piircell will actively canipaign in the entire district and urges all
intere.sted groups to contact his eomnuttee to (UTOiige speaking dates.