The-Helm_1972-04-13; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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VOL. U NO. 47 Entered • • Second-Class Matter
Post Office, Lynbrook, N.Y, LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, April 13, 1972 10^
' ' I r e l a n d B l e e d s ' '
Lynbrook Branch of South Nassau Unit:
Front Row-Left to right- Congressman Norman F. Lent, Honorary
President, Miss D. Thoma, Historian, Mrs. R. Thoma, Vice President
Public Relations, Mrs. L. Nigro, Chairman Memorial, Mrs. M. Cor-saro.
Vice President, Memorial, Mrs. E. Tucker, Vice President
Public Education and Mrs. F. Fitzpatrick, Treasurer.
Back Row-Left to right-Mr. Werner Amelingmeier Honorary Vice
presidstlt. Mrs. J. theriault. Secretary. Mi^s. W. Mount. Vice
President, Mrs. P. Carni and Mrs. H. Bubendey, Executive Vice
Pi-esidents and Mrs. J. Haggerty, President.
Helen Hicks Honored At Luncheon
VISITING THE SCENE - Lynbrook telephone operator Helen Hicks
chats with Nassau County detective Edward Carey at key site in in-ternational
police hunt for alleged kidnapper. Mrs. Hicks delayed
suspect as he made call to Canada from rear phone booth, located
along Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream. Meanwhile, Detective Carey
rushed to site and subsequently made arrest. Mrs. Hicks recently was
commended by phone company for her role in capture.
A Lynbrook toll operator has
received special commendation
from New York Telephone for her
part in the capture of an alleged
kidnapper.
Mrs. Helen Hicks, a 20-year
veteran of the company, received
her award at a recent luncheon
honoring her at the Arbor Inn,
Rockville Centre.
"We're extremely proud of the
way Mrs. Hicks responded in a
serious emergency," said Joseph
Walsh, Nassau general manager.
"Her commendation is well-deserved."
Mrs. Hicks was "on the board"
at the Lynbrook office the
evening of September 25 last year
v\Jien a male voice speaking from
a coin box asked her to put
through a call to Montreal.
When the caller hung up after
several minutes conversation,
Mrs. Hicks rang back to collect
overtime. Suddenly, another
voice broke in:
"Operator, this is Montreal
police. Do not release this line.
Your caller is wanted for ab-ducting
a child."
After the call was traced to a
Valley Stream location, Mrs.
Hicks returned to regular duty.
An hour and a half later, she
recognized the voice of the
alleged kidnapper as he again
asked to have a coin phone call
placed to the same number in
Montreal.
"My heart really began to
pound," she recalled. "I have two
kids myself and I was frightened
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Congressman Norman F. Lent,
Honorary Vice President of the
Cancer Society South Nassau
Unit met with a group of the
Lynbrook Branch Cancer Society
and assured them of his support
for full funding of the measure
that teefore the Office of
Management arid Budget who
has asked for a cut of $l00 million
of the $530 million that was to be
appropriated for Cancer
research.
Everyone is urged to write to
President Nixon requesting the
full amount of $530 million to be
used for the research program
for the year of 1972.
As the month of April has been
named Cancer Control month we
hope that everyone will support
the Cancer Society with their
fund raising and your own per-sonal
check ups with your doctor
or clinics that are available
especially for uterine cancer
(detected by the Pap test). The
Cancer Society's goal this year is
to elimmate this type of Cancer.
TO: The residents of
Lynbrook
To all of you who sup-ported
me in the re-cent
Special Election,
I wish to offer my sin-cere
and heartfelt
thanks.
C. William Gaylor
Village Justice
Tribute to Gil Hodges
Number 14 was called by the
Lord
He was kind, understanding.
Never bored
Loved by everyone His name
Gil,
Though He's gone beyond, he is
with us still
His men adored Him as did all
others.
He treated each one as though
they were brothers.
Baseball will miss Him for a
long long time,
His wife and His family will
forever Pine.
by
Marge Fulton
The American Legion
Clubhouse in Lynbrook was the
focal point of an exchange of
viewpoints by Irish and British
Consular Officials recently.
Robert G. Becker, President of
the Lynbrook Republican Club
coordinated the proceedings.
Approximately 175 persons
crowded the American Legion
Hall to witness the confrontation
between the two "Diplomats"
who were invited from New York
for the evening to express their
views regarding the highly
violable situation that now exists
in Northern Ireland. The current
Irish (Ulster) question was aired
by British Deputy Counsel
General Frederick Rainsford and
the Republic of Ireland Deputy
Counsel General Patrick
MacKernan.
There were no shouting mat-ches
or scuffles at the debate nor
were there any angry exchanges
between the Irish and British
Consular Officials. Some of the
people who attended the affair
felt cheated by the round - about
answers received to the many
questions put before the two
officials. Many people remarked
that the meeting proved nothing
of concrete importance. "We
don't get angry. Diplomats
always get along" said British
Counsel General, Rainsford.
Irish Counsel General
MacKernan said; "If you can't
talk to someone, you can't solve
problems." The viewpoints ex-pressed
by both men were
presented in a low-key manner -
two polite adversaries without a
firm position.
British Counsel General,
Rainsford was the first speaker
of the evening. He gave a short
history of the implantation of the
English and Scotch into what is
now known as Ulster.
by Francis E. Ulicny
The roots of the Ulster conflict
run deep. Chafing under Anglo-
Saxon domination throughout the
Middle Ages, the Catholic Celts of
Ireland joined forces in 1649 with
English and Scottish monarchists
who wanted to restore the Stuarts
to the English throne. Together,
these two groups seized control of
almost all of Ireland. With his
P u r i t a n Commonwealth
threatened, Oliver Cromwell, the
Lord Protector of England, set
out with 12,000 men to crush the
Irish rebels. Putting thousands of
Catholics to the sword, he
smashed the resistance in a
bloody battle at the garrison town
of Drogheda. Said Cromwell of
the Drogheda massacre: "This
was a righteous judgment of God
upon these barbarous wretches."
But even more important than
the savage Cromwellian conquest
of Ireland was its aftermath.
Pushing the Catholics into the
least productive areas of the
island, Cromwell and his suc-cessors
paid off their heavy war
debts by parceling out the r-est of
the land to thousands of their
English supporters. In time, this
full-scale occupation created
"the Ascendancy" ~ a Protestant
aristocracy that was to govern
the island for the next 250 years.
Rainsford also chose to be a
punster by saying that "The Irish
are like elephants - they are only
good on remembering what they
want to." Rainsford also said that
there must be "an end to hatred,
violence and foolishness."
Republic of Ireland Counsel
General MacKernan followed
Rainsford and said that the
"Indolence" of the British
Governments have turned Ulster
into an area of rich and poor. No
in-between. He also stated that
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Lynbrook's Village Clerk, Joseph M, Vitelli, who
has serve(d In that capacity since August, 1968,
is sworn in for another two years by Mayor
Francis X. Becker at the Village's recent Or-ganization
Night. Smiling his approval in the
left foreground is Trustee Kurt Arndto