The-Helm_1970-01-15; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 9 NO. 33 PEonetet reOdm •e»e S, eLcyonnbdr-oColka,s NB. HYa. tter LY3 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Tkursday, January 15, 1970 10^
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PROTEST LIRR FARE HIKE — Only hours after the LIRR, requested a fare Increase, Nassau's 13-man
Republican legislative delegation in Albany went on record a ^ n s t the proposed hike at an emergency
meeting in Garden City with MTA Chairman William Ronan, top left. The entire delegation later con-ferred
with Governor Rockefeller and other state officials in their effort to avert a fare increase, (See
story).
Assemblyman Joseph M. Mar-giotta
(R-Uniondale) said today
that he was "extremely hopeful
that a fare raise can be averted
on the LIRR."
A ^kesman for the powerful
13-man Nassau Republican Leg-islative
delegation, Margiotta
made the optimistic statement
after the entire delegation met
for two hours this morning with
Governor Rockefeller, Assembly
Speaker Perry Duryea, Senate
Majority leader Earl Brydges,
and other State officials.
Margiotta said the group dis-cussed
the $8 million deficit
created by the freight business
handled by the railroad. "I don't
think than the commuting public
should be asked to pay to keep
the line's unprofitable freight
business alive," Margiotta said.
In addition to the freight
business, Margiotta said the Gov-ernor
and the legislators dis-cussed
in general the financial
plight of the LIRR, "There
seemed to be a general feeling
at the meeting that in the future,
the state will have to subsidize
mass transportation just as it
now finances road building and
social services,"Margiottasaid,
"The financial problems facing
the railroad are very serious,"
Margiotta declared, "The line
needs $23 million. All the
anguish, expressed in press re-leases
by some politicians who
are attempting to turn the
problem of the railroad into a
political football for their own
political ambition won't prevent
a fare raise."
"The railroad desperately
needs money to operate. But
Nassau's four Democratic As-semblymen
voted against fi-nancisJ
aid for the line in last
year's supplemental budget.
Members of the Nassau Re-publican
delegation voted for this
aid in the supplemental budget,
and we shall again attempt to
act responsible and find tbe
necessary money to prevent a
fare hike," Margiotta said.
Teachers from Noire Dame School, New Hyde Park, and Our Lady of Peace School, Lynbrook, get a
first hand view of a commemorative banner marking the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Town
of Hempstead. Holding the banner is Supervisor Francis T. Purcell. Assisting is Councilman George
Murphy, The teachers were on hand to receive banners for their schools.
Mr. James Patrick Byrne,
Principal of Malverne Senior
High School ofSchoolDistrict#12
which covers sections of Rock-ville
Centre, Malverne, Lake-view,
Lynbrook, and West Hemp-stead
is a very busy man who
seems to be extremely well suited
to his position.
He is a native born New York-er,
where he was born to Kath-leen
and Patrick Byrne in 1927,
He attended New York City
Public Schools, St, Francis Col-lege
majoring in History,
obtained his Master's Degree in
Secondary School Guidance from
Columbia University and is a can-didate
for his Doctor of Education
Degree at the present time.
His father worked for the New
York Telephone Company until
his retirement and he and his wife
live in Richmond Hill, Queens.
Mr. Byrne served in the United
States Marine Corps in World
War II and was in service from
1945 to 1948, He married the
former Therese Maher in 1949,
The couple have nine children,
Maureen, age 19, Thomas, age
17, "Hierese, age 16, James, age
14, Michael, age 11, Jennifer,
age 10, Patrick, age 8, Sean, age
7 and Terrence, age 17 months.
The family reside in Huntington,
where Mr. Byrne is a member
of the Boy Scout Council and a
member of the Advisory Council
of St. Elizabeth's R.C. Church.
This interview was conducted at
8:00 a.m. and he was already
deeply involved in his duties for
over an hour when we met in his
office. It is obvious that he is a
very dedicated educator and a
hard worker and Malverne Senior
High School is very dear to him.
Obviously, he has little time to
belong to other outside organiza-tions
because of his busy schedule
and work with his administrative
duties and family life.
Malverne High School has a
student body of over 1,000 and one
notices the new spirit in the
school, the good rapport among
all of the students, the faculty
and the entire community sur-rounding
it.
Mr. Byrne might be classed as
a Master Teacher himself, hav-ing
been one for over 17 years.
In his years with Malverne he
has served as Guidance Coun-selor
and Assistant Principal,
and has now succeeded former
Principal, Mr. John Archer. He
misses the classroom and the
actual daily contact with the stu-dents,
but is very happy in his
work as Principal. Malverne
Senior Higji School attained na-tional
prominence with the onset
of the Civil Rights movement in
the U,S, Right now, both black and
white students are studying black
American History and Swahili,
one of the main African dialects
or languages, Mr. Byrne stated
that both black and white students
are enrolled in Swahili language
class which is taught by a very
well qualified and attractive
young teacher from Kenya in
Africa, Malverne takes part in
the New York State Program
called Board of Cooperative Edu-cation
Services oi* Boces for
short wiUi many young students
learning different trades and spe-cial
skills which will fit them for
that particular occupation as well
as their regular curriculum. Mr,
Byrne feels that young people
are more concerned today with
social issues and are more
articulate about it than previous
ones due to the revolutionary
change in mass media communi-cation
news, T.V, etc. from all
over the world. Malverne High is
moving ahead with their cur-riculum
programs and are trying
out more sophisticated "team-teaching"
under the guidance of
various Master Teachers and are
looking into the possibilities of
the use of automated teaching
equipment.
Mr. Byrne is a handsome man
of 6 ft., 1 in. with the bluest of
blue eyes and dark brown hair
and a ready smile for all. His
hobbies are various types of
sports when he can find the time,
reading, bridge, and classical
music. He introduced us to the
President of the Student Council,
who is also Editor of the Student
Newspaper, and turned over tlie
microphone to him to allow him
to make certain special an-nouncements,
From the ready
smiles on the faces of the Student
Council President and two of his
fellow classmates at Mr. Byrne's
quips, he is both well-liked and
respected.
He praised his wife's great
abilities as an excellent home-maker
and cook and we came away
with an impression of a very nice
gentleman who truly likes his
work and is pleased with the
great progress Malverne Senior
High School has made in school
esprit de corps and pride in their
school among both students and
faculty members. A little bird
told us that Malverne High has
won most of the basketball games
this season and this fact among
many others points to the new
feeling apparent in Malverne High
School under the excellent
capable guidance of Mr. James
Byrne, a man who really cares
to put it lightly.