The-Helm_1973-05-16; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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HEMPSTEAD EAST ROCKAWAY LYNBROOK MALVERNE
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Post Office, Ljmbrook. N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Wednesday, May 16,1973 m
Officers Installed
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS: Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Francis T. Purcell [left]
joins Malverne Mayor Tliomas L. Driscoll [center] as he pins fire chief's badge on Gregory S. Turrell,
new chief of the Malverne Fire Department. Also pictured are William Cresswell [2nd from right], first
deputy chief and David Weinstein, second deputy chief. Installation night ceremonies took place at the
Valley Stream Park Inn.
Testimonial Dinner
Left to right; Mr. Murray Levitt, Chamber Director and Past-President, Barry Van Name, newly in-stalled
President, Annette Ling, Executive Secretary Honorable Francis T. Purcell, Supervisor of the
Town of Hempstead and Toast master for the last gentleman in line, Mr. Werner Amelingmier, out-going
President in the Testimonial Dinner to Mr. Amelingmeir held at the Lynbrook Elk's Club,
Wednesday, May 9, 1973.
LYNBROOK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTORS: Front row: Mr. Joseph LaRocco, Brit
Connors, Charles Resnick, A1 Kessler, Michael Bucella, Herman McNeill. Rear Row; Charles Speight,
Joseph Dioguadi, Peter Kostynick, Werner Amelingmeier, in whose honor the Dinner was held as Past-
President, Jesse Fisher, William Kahan, and Jack Carpenter. Not shown are; Director Margaret
Napolitano, A1 Gallopini, and Alan Hendrickson.
Navy Names Ship In Honor
Of Lynbrook Naval Hero
The late Robert W. Moinester, Lieut, (j.g.) USNR,
killed during the Tet offensive in Hue, Vietnam,
received the nation's tribute this past Saturday morning
as the Navy launched a ship in his honor.
An ocean escort ship, the last in Danang. Leading men of the
a series of 27 ocean escorts built
for the US Navy in Avondale, La.,
slipped off the ways there as the
lieutenant's mother, Mrs. Robert
Moinester of 40 Huntington,
Avenue, Lynbrook, christened
the ship Moinester (DE 1097).
The lieutenant's commanding
officer at the time of his death,
Navy Captain Dempster M.
Jackson, now on the staff of the
Chief of Naval Operations in the
A n t i s u b m a r i n e Warfare
Program in Washington, was the
principal speaker at tlie laun-ching.
The lieutenant, born July 15,
1943 to Robert and Gertrude
Moinester in Brooklyn, joined the
Naval Reserve on July 21, 1965.
When he died he was Officer-in-
Charge, Hue Ramp, H?;^ Detach-ment,
Naval Support Activity in
Navy, Army and Marine Corps
whom he organized into a
platoon for house-to-house
clearing operations against
communist infiltrators in Hue, he
died heroically on February 1,
1968.
Moinester (DE 1097) is a Knox-class
escort ship designed to seek
out and destroy hostile sub-marine.
She is 438 feet long,
displaces 4,200 tons and can
achieve speeds in excess of 27
knots.
Knox-class escort ships are
armed with one 5-inch .54 cal. gun
and antisubmarine rockets and
torpedoes. Moinester will carry a
crew of 245 officers and men and
is designed with space and
weight i^sei valtOTis~mr~"ar
defense missile system.
Lynbrook Wins Court Action
Against Littering Resident
Upon receiving complaints
from residents of the Village
concerning illegal parking of a
commercial vehicle in a Class A
zone and storage of automobile
parts and junk on residential
property, Mayor Becker in-structed
the Lynbrook Police
Department to conduct a 24-hour
surveillance of the property at 18
Exeter Avenue owned by Mr.
Stuart Jarkow.
The surveillance was con-ducted
between April 25,1972 and
May 8,1972. A complaint was laid
before Judge C. William Gaylor
at the Village Justice Court by
the Lynbrook Police Department,
and the matter was set down for
trial on November 15,1972 before
The Honorable Lester Forest. At
the trial, Patrolman Kevin
Michaud gave extensive
testimony describing the illegally
parked tow truck in the Class A
zone and the extent of automobile
parts, tires, and other junk
strewn about the premises in the
residential area. The police
surveillance records describing
the same conditions were ad-mitted
into evidence. The defense
motions to dismiss were denied
and no evidence was offered by
the defense.
Judge Forest found the
defendant guilty and scheduled a
pre-sentencing hearing on
January 18,1973. After argument
by both counsel and submission
of briefs, on January 25, 1973 the
defendant was found guilty of
violations of the two Village
ordinances and was fined $1,000,
of which $600 was conditionally
discharged provided that the
defendant serve a probation for a
period of ninety days, during
which time he must maintain his
property neat and unlittered and
must keep commercial vehicles
away from the property.
It is imperative that the Village
ordinances be strictly complied
with if we are to maintain the
present beauty of our Village and
if the property values are to
continue to appreciate.
Therefore, the Mayor is con-tinuing
his campaign to assure
the protection of the property and
persons of the inhabitants of this
Village by insisting on such
compliances.
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Town Board
Meeting Canceled
Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Francis T. Purcell
announced today that the town
board will not meet on Tuesday,
May 29.
Purcell said the cancellation of
the board meeting was necessary
because of the proximity of the
Memorial Day Holiday.
The town board will resume its
regular schedule of public
hearings on Tuesday, June 2.
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Bike-a-Thon
Polish up your spokes, and
grease your bearings for the
Sunday, May 20th Bike-a-thon
against Muscular Dystrophy. The
route is 20 miles in length and is
circular in form, ending up back
in Merrick where it will all start
Almost six thousand ap-plications
have been given out to
date. Riders must be at least 13
years old and must be pre-registered.