The-Helm_1970-11-05; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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LYNBROOK MALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. U NO. 23 Entered as Second-Class Matter
Post Office, Lynbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, November 5,1970 10<
Winners Village Hall Dedication
Governor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S. Senator Elect
James L. Buckley
by Annette Ling
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The beautiful new Village Hall of Lynbrook was dedicated in. colorful and moving ceremonies on Oct.
29, 1970. The Master of Ceremonies was Honorable Mario Pittoni, Justice of the Supreme Court.
After a short musical interlude, Monsignor Ronald Macdonald gave the Invocation.
Congressman A Hard K. Lowenstein presented the flag of the United States which had flown over
the Capitol building in Washington to the Village of Lynbrook. The flag was accepted by Honorable
Lawrence B. Florio, Trustee of Lynbrook. Congressman Lowenstein made a brief speech of con-gratulations
to the village on the beautiful building.
Senator Norman F, Lent pre-sented
the flag of New York
State which had flown over the
Capital at Albany. The flag
was accepted by Honorable Wil-liam
J. O'Brien, Trustee of Lyn-brook.
Miss Marjorie Swarthout and
Mr. August Ulm presented the
Flag of Lynbrook to Honorable
Trustee William E. Buzzeo,
Trustee of Lynbrook. Miss
Swarthout and Mr. Ulm were
Citizens of the Year in Lynbrook
and Miss Swarthout made a short
and gracious speech.
Mr. Joel Mines, Deputy Dis-trict
Commissioner of the Boy
Scouts of America presented a
lovely framed Replica of the Con-gressional
Charter from the Boy
Scouts of America to Mayor
Francis Becker along with a
framed presentation from the
Girl Scouts of America.
County Executive Elect
Ralph G. Caso
U.S. Congressman Elect
Norman F. Lent
A Color Detail from the A-merican
Legion Post #335 and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Howard Lathrop Post #2307 were
on hand for the raising of the
colors. Trumpeter Dan Wilson
sounded the "Call to the Colors."
The Pledge of Allegiance was
led by the Girl Scouts and the
Boy Scouts of America, Mr.
Frank Scafuri sang the National
Anthem along with the audience.
Father Edward O. Moore led the
assembled crowd in a prayer.
Honorable Kurt Arndt, Trustee
of Lynbrook gave a short address
called, "A Dream," in which
he enumerated the various prob-lems
in building the new Village
Hall and stated that the lovely
building on Columbus Drive was
the result of a dream coming to
actual f ruitation after a great deal
of difficulty.
Trustee William E. Buzzeo
made the Introduction of the spe-cial
Honored Guests among them
Congressman AUard K, Lowen-stein,
State Senator Norman Lent,
representatives from many ad-japent
nearby villages and towns
such as the Mayors of these
villages. There was a Special
address by Francis Purcell, rep-resenting
Ralph Caso, Presiding
' Supervisor of the Town of Hemp-stead,
Honorable John J. Bums
represented Governor Nelson R.
Rockefeller and made a few brief
remarks. It was a congratula-tory
address to the Village of
Lynbrook.
Hon, Francis X. Becker, Mayor
of the Village of Lynbrook dedi-cated
the building to the citizens
of Lynbrook in a moving address
and thanked those who had worked
so hard to help in makii^ the
new Village Hall a reality. He
threw the main switch and the
whole building became brilliantly
lit and invited the crowd to tour
the new building at the conclu-sion
of his address.
The new Village Hall is some-thing
new on the Long Island
Scene, being a sort of square
modern type building with white
pillars and steps leading up to the
upper levels and a portico com-pletely
surrounding the building.
The main meeting room or ro-tunda
chamber seats 108 com-fortably
and can easily hold over
200 people. The lighting and
acoustics are excellent and the
main dome on the top of the ro-tunda
is lit up at night and makes
it look like a small U.S. Capital
building. The Lynbrook Police
Dept. is housed on the lower level
and the lower level will also con-tain
a new Teen-age Recreation
Center furnished with a "juke
box," soft drink machines and
candy machines, etc.
The school Crossing Guards of
Lynbrook, the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Lynbrook Fire Dept., mem-bers
of the Lynbrook Fire Dept.,
the Chamber-Lyns, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce of Lyn-brook
and many organizations
such as contingents from the
V.F.W., the American Legion and
village employees who volun-tarily
remained to welcome the
hundreds of residents and guests,
who toured the new Village Hall,
The Boy Scouts and the Girl
Scouts did an excellent job dur-'
ing the ceremonies and after.
Police Chief Walter Waring and
members of the Lynbrook Police
Dept. did a remarkably fine job
as well .as the men of the Lyn-brook
D.P,W. The Dedication
Committee who worked so hard
for many months to perfect the
plans for the dedication headed
by Mr, Herbert Koehler with
Trustee Bill Buzzeo as Liason
from the Village Board of
Trustees deserve a hearty
congratulation on the cere-monies,
as well as all the unsung
people who helped to make it a
night to remember in Lynbrook
history. The Dedication Commit-tee
consisted of Maurice De-
Lucca, Howard Powell, Floyd
Wilcox, Walter Waring, Nickolas
Kalpakas, Lester Forest, Frank
Hillgardner, Frank F. Ktehr,
Thomas Cashel, Walter G,
Brooks, Daniel Carrano, Jerry
Sanetti, George Xydias, Benja-min
Rashkin, Michael Shindler,
Albert Montemarano and Annette
Ling.
The thanks of the residents of
Lynbrook go to the Lynbrook
Patrolmens' Benevolent Society
for furnishing free refreshments
during the tour of the facility and
to all the village employees who
so kindly explained and welcomed
their visitors.
SCHOOL CROSSING
GUARD APPLICANTS
The L5nibrook Police
Department is accepting
applications for position
as school crossing
guards. School crossing
guards work approxi-mately
twenty hours per
week school days.