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Official Newspaper INCORPORATED VILLAGE East Rockaway SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILU6E Lynbrook SCHOOL DISTRICT \THE GOOD NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPER \ mm fMii^mx^ [LC^QjOjQ^OJGj blic Library l^/ktlantic 11518 EaU Rockaway, ^^ ^^ Sktce 1967 by Mailed Subscription Executive Offices: Seiffert Building, 2787 Long Beach Road, Oceanside, NY 11572| Post Office Box A, East Rockaway, NY 11518 (516) 764-2500 'YOUR VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY'? USPS 165080 VOL. 33 NO. 12 Wednesday, February 13,1985 30c PER COPY The Board of Education of the East Rockaway Pub- lic Schools at its February 5, 1985 meeting accepted the resignation of Michael A. Maiden as its Superintend- ent of Schools, which resig- nation took effect immediately.- Maiden Resigns The Board designated Robert Parry, the district's high school principal, as its acting superintendent, while the district concludes its search for a new Superin- tendent of Schools. Michael Maiden will con- Campaign Issues Dominate Board Meeting by Annette Ling In what appeared to be handle the job of Deputy LENT NOMINATES EAST ROCKAWAY MEN. Con- gressman Norman F. Lent (R-East Rockaway), second right, congratulates his military academy nominees from East Rockaway, who are, from left to right: Michael Glenis- ter. Naval Academy; Charles Gresalfi, Merchant Marine Academy; and Marc Acampora, West Point. Congressman Lent nominated forty candidates to the four military academies from over applicants in the FoiiHh Congres- sional District. Not shown but nominated to West Point is Vincent Spinnato, Jr., also of East Rockaway. the opening salvo of the 1985 Village election cam- paign contest between can- didates for the Good Government and Lynbrook Independent Parties, members of the Board of Trustee clashed with Mayor William Geier and passed m'^iia Jiui ming. Clara's daughter gave it to the Museum. Only repair needed was the chif- fon that tore.The date was 1906. Another E.R. bride was Ida Merritt Emert who lived in a frame house across from St. Raymond Church. Her wedding was in 1910 and she wore a traditional white gown with an 18-inch waist. Another handsome gown donated anonymously to the Museum was worn in 1930 and is of slipper satin trimmed with seed pearls and having a long train. by Mildred Roemer The yellowing slipper- satin and delicate lace on wedding gowns worn in the early nineteen hundreds and earlier may not seem as ele- gant as the bridal outfits shown in the Valentine's issue of the Observer. However, when members ol the Grist Mill Museum committee work on and touch these precious gowns, memories are brought to mind of the ways of wed- dings in the \olden days\ and of he ladies who wore them. These garments are stored in East Rockaway's Senior Citizen's Home on James Street. Most weddings were held in the bride's spacious home. The rooms were bedecked with flowers and a soprano usually sang \Oh Promise Me\ accompanied by a pump organ. The presiding clergyman was certain to stress the words \Love Honor and OBEY\ in the ceremony and many of these marriages lasted a lifetime. Not all brides wore the tradi- tional long trained white gown. Clara (Johnson Houtsch), of a prominent E.R. family was dressed in a lavender-grey taffeta, long- sleeved corseted dress with white chiffon at the throat and with rose ribbon trim- Father Lemieux function in office. The fireworks began when Mayor Geier announc- ed his intention of naming newly appointed Trustee Norman Dreyer as Lyn- brook's Deputy Mayor. Trustee Eugene Scarpato, who is running for reelection this March, stated that he believed that as a new Trus- tee, Mr. Dreyer would find it hard to assume the duties of the Mayor should the need arise. He stated his belief that the current \lame duck\ board is of little conse- quence, and for the sake of continuity. Trustee Maurice Ornstein should be named Deputy Mayor. Mayor Geier reminded Trustee Scarpato 4hat the appointment of the Deputy Mayor was the perogative of the Mayor, and that he . be- lieved that Trustee Scarpa- to's remarks \concerning the ability of Norm Dreyer to Nocturnal Adoration Communion Breakfast St. Raymond's Nocturnal Adoration Society will have a Communion Breakfast, Sunday, February 17th after the 9:00 A.M. Mass. This Mass will be dedicated to all deceased Noctumalists from our Society. The Commun- ion Breakfast will be held in St. Raymond's Cafeteria. The guest speaker will be Reverend Hector C. Lemieux, S.S.S. former National Director of all Nocturnal Adoration Socie- ties. Following the 9:00 A.M. Mass, both Reverend Andrew Miller, Spiritual Director for St. Raymond's Nocturnal Adoration tmue to serve as consultant to the district for the period through June 30, 1985. Maiden's tenure in office has been the object of con- troversy within the com- munity for some time. Fol- lowing the defeat of a proposed bond issue endorsed by the Superin- tendent and a sharp increase in school taxes' necessitated by a bureaucratic miscalcu- lation and an unforseen oil spill, a petition calling for Superintendent Maiden's removal from olffice^. signed by more than 650 commun- ity residents, was presented to the Board of Education. Several months ago, Mr. Maiden announced his intentions to leave the Dis- trict when his contract expired in June, 1985. Mayor borders on an affront.\ He reaffirmed his faith in Trustee Dreyer's ability to assume the office of Mayor should the need arise, and remarked that Trustee Scarpato's state- ment was \offensive to Norm Dreyer and the Vil- resolutions which seemingly lage of Lynbrook.\ Trustee curb the Mayor's ability to Scarpato answered that his remarks were offered as a suggestion and did not reflect on his evaluation of Trustee Dreyer. During the portion of the evening titled \Good and Welfare,\ Trustee Peter Ledwith in an unusual move offered two resolutions; the first required that any gen- eral mailing from the Mayor and Board of Trustees be made available for review by all members of the Board before mailing, and the second required Mayor Geier to give to each member of the board every communication that he receives as Mayor. The move was unusual in that resolutions are made under that portion of the evening devoted to resolutions. Mayor Geier claimed that he had received the proposed resolutions just 5 minutes prior to the Board meeting and that the Board had not had any time to evaluate even the legality of the pro- posed acts, much less the desireability os such acts. Mayor Geier stated that in his two years in office, he had provided an open and responsive administration and that the Board of Trus- tees always had ample input into all communications from Village Hall. When put to a vote, the resolutions passed by a vote of 3 to I, with Trustees Led- with, Scarpato and Ornstein voting in favor of the resolu- tion, Mayor Geier in opposi- tion, and Trustee Dreyer abstaining. Mayor Geier stated that he will consult the opinion of Village Attorney Jay Korth with regards to the legality of the two resolutions. Robert Barra from 95 Scranton Avenue, Lyn- brook was appointed the Deputy Village Clerk and the Board approved his appointment. The new fire truck was approved and accepted for service in the village after being carefully checked over by the D.P.W. and the Fire Dept. The Board approved the allocation of $7,000 for the Lynbrook Fire Prevention Bureau to aid in their excel- lent coverage of the com- mercial area of the village and heard from Michael Chiarmonte from the Bureau about aspect of their vital work in finding chemi- cals that might be cause for severe fires or other disaster in our area. The extra fund- (Continued on Page 9) Observer Bridal Contest Winners Society, and Father Lemieux will install all new Noctumalists into our Society. Everyone is invited to come! There is no charge; this is your opportunity to listen to a well known speaker. Come one, come all. As usual, our Commun- ion Breakfast will be a fam- ily affair. If you plan to come; please contact Fred Webster, Corresponding Secretary, at 599-4121 or drop him a line at 91 Jarvis Place, Lynbrook. Hope to see you at the Communion Breakfast. John and Leo Giambnino
