The-Helm_1970-12-17; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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VOL. 10 NO. 30 Entered Second—Class Matter
Post Office, Lsmbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, December 17,1970 10^
Vamps Quick Action
VAMPS QUICK ACTION SAVES GARAGE - The prompt action of the Lynbrook
Fire Department saved serious damage to the garage at the rear of l4 Irwin
Court, December 9, 1970. The owner Lawrence Santos noticed flames coming
from the rear of the garage and summoned vamps. The extinguishment was
so Quick that a Volkswagen inside the garage was not seriously damaged. The
total damage was listed as $1200. The fire is being investigated by the Nassau
County Fire Marshal's Office. Pictured above is the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment
fighting the blaze.
Appreciation Day A Success Lent Appoints
FIRE AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT
APPRECIATION DAY
OBSERVED IN LYNBROOK
Tuesday, December 15, was
proclaimed by Mayor Francis X.
Becker of Lynbrook as an official
''Appreciation Day" for thework
done by the Volunteer Fire De-partment
under Chief Frank Hill-gardner
and Deputy Chiefs
"Duke" Mafucci, "Buddy"
Brooks and Pat Ricioppo, as well
as a day on which the 50-man
Lynbrook Police Department
under Chief Walter Waring would
be honored for its efforts.
As the Mayor requested, flags
were flown, car lights were lit
and at noon the whistles blew
signalling one moment of silence-an
ejqpression of appreciation for
what Mayor Becker termed "an
outstanding job at all times per-formed
by both Police and Fire
Departments."
The Appreciation Day resulted
from a request made by young
Edward Martin of 22 Lenox Ave-nue
who was representing Young
Americans for Freedom, an or-ganization
dedicated to the prin-ciples
upon which the country was
founded. He made the request
at the board meeting at Village
Hall on Monday, Dacember 7th
and in acting on the proposal to
declare December 15th "Ap-preciation
Day," Mayor Becker
said "It is extremely gratifying
at this time when it appears
that so many of our young peo-ple
are not interested in the
community that young men such
as Ed Martin come forward in
this way. It helps us all to feel
that we have the basis for fine
future leadership and I thank
you very much on behalf of the
Village.lt is my privilege to pro-claim
Tuesday, December 15tl\
as Fire and Police t)epartment
Appreciation Day."
LINK
A drug information center has
come to Lynbrook. The new or-ganization
is known as LINK.
Mr. Lester Forest is to head
the center, his advisors are Rev.
Howard Crist, Chairman Lyn-brook
Narcotic's Guidance and
John E. Imhof, Coordinator of
Drug Education, Lynbrook Pub-lic
Schools.
LINK is a small group, com-posed
of interested, active peo-ple
from every church, civic
organization, temples and the
community, and have been work-ing
very hard to make LINK
live.
LINK, will open at 2 Hemp-stead
Avenue, Lynbrook (five
Comers) at the beginning of the
year. It plans to work with youth
who have need; if adults
seek its services LINK will wel-come
them. This will not be
a treatment center nor will it
house addicts.
Personalities
Annette Ung
Major Louis W. Bleser
Louis W. Bleser, Major, U.S.
Air Force, Retired is one of the
most fascinating and beloved res-idents
of Lynbrook, U. S. A. He
first came here in 1913 and has
been a resident ever since and
contributed a very great deal in-deed
to the growth and history of
this community.
Major Bleser was the eldest
son of August and Anna 1 Bleser.
He was born in the old Green-point
section of Brooklyn, where
his Grandfather once owned "the
oldest house" in that area. The
house was a relic of the first
settlers in Greei^oint and was
located at Meeker Ave,, adjoin-ing
Newtown Creek. During the
two and one-half centuries it has
stood, it has been a good example
of the Dutch farmhouse of the
time of Peter Praa. The house,
built by Joost Durie (George Dur-yea),
a Huguenot from Holland
later came into the possession of
the Blackwell family (for whom
Blackwell's Island is named) and
finally became the property of
William Bleser, Louis's Grand-father,
When this house was
built, the Dutch living outside the
stockade were obliged to fortify
their homes, because the Indians
were decidedly hostile. Beneath
the porch in the wall were two
gun slits to be used in defending
the house against Indian attacks.
At this writing, the house is still
standing, but it certainly was a
colorful place for a youngster to
grow up in with ancient American
Colonial traditions.
Major Bleser had two
brothers, August, Jr. and William
F. and a sister, Mrs. Henry Beh-rens,
now a Baldwin resident.
Mr. Blesser, Sr. was in the
sculpting and monumental busi-ness
and the Lynbrook Village
Board commissioned him to build
the War Memorial of a World
War 1 soldier, Louis served as
the model for his father at the
age of 23 years and is still just
as handsome as he was in the
prime of his young manhood.
Louis was a World War 1 pilot
and Air Service Flying Instructor
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Edsell, Chief Aide
Norman F, Lent, 39 year old
Congressman-elect in the 5th
C,D., announced the appointment
of Ralph J. Edsell, Jr., 47 year
old Cedarhurst attorney, as his
top aide in Washington,
Edsell, an experienced politi-cal
figure, was associated with
Leonard W, Hall, former Re-publican
National Committee
Chairman under President Eis-enhower,
when Hall was a Nassau
County Congressman in 1950.
In 1953-54 Edsell served in the
Criminal Division of the Depart-ment
of Justice in Washington,
D.C. In 1955 he was appointed
Chief Counsel to Joseph F, Car-lino,
Republican of Long Beach,
then Majority Leadenfof the New
York State Assembly. Edsell
served in that capacity through-out
Carlino's tenure as Majority
Leader and Speaker of the As-sembly
until 1964, when he was
nominated as the Republican can-didate
for Congress in the 5th
C.D. He was defeated for that
office in the Goldwater "de-bacle,"
A Cornell Law School gradu-ate
and long-time Republican
committeeman who worked
closely with Lent in his success-ful
campaign, Edsell "looks for-ward
to getting back after a six
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BOARD OF ETHICS APPOINTMENT-Tom Allin,
right, is sv^orn in by Mayor Francis X. Becker
at open Village Meeting. He replaces the re-tiring
Leo Haskell v\^ho is nnoving out of state.
Observing the swearing - in ceremony is Deputy
Mayor Kurt Arndt (center).
Almost two years ago a Board of Ethics was formed by Mayor
Francis X, BecVer and its chairman became Mr. Leo Haskell of
93 Blossom Heath. Under his guidance, and through the work of
his Board which included Fr. Edward O, Moore, pastor of Christ
Episcopal Church, Mr. Monroe Leeds of 190 Scranton Avenue and
Mr. Herbert Leasure of 52 Madison Street, one of the strictest
codes of ethics was drawn and approved on June of this year,
Mr. Haskel is now retiring from his business - Attorney for the
N, Y, Life Insurance Co., where he was employed for many years,
and therefore submitted his resignation. Mayor Becker read the
resignation and the Board accepted it "With sincere regret,"
Mr. Allin who will now join the Board of Ethics will assume the
responsibility, along with his fellow members, of seeing that all
officers and employees of the Village of Lynbrook adhere to the
strict Code of Ethics. Among the provisions of the Code is a re-quirement
that a full disclosure of interest be made by all salaried
and unsalaried officers, agents and employees of the Village of
Lynbrook. Naturally, this requirement is designed to eliminate
possible conflicts of interest.