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tL.t...l$~.._ ...,r..._._....c.o;•\\' m sroroao BaLfllORt • V0 ) VOL. I NO. 1 BELLMORE, N.Y. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1964 In Your Mailbox: Bulk Rate U.S. POSTAGE PAID Bellmore, 11. Y. Permit No . 412 COMPLIMENTARY COPY A New Weekly Newspaper About The Bellmores 100 Vamps Battle Fire In Store On Sunrise Highway Over 100 members of the Bell- more Fire Department waged a four-hour ba[tle Sunday morning against a fire which completely destroyed the Meadowbrook Furniture building on Sunrise Highway betw~ Bed!ord and Bellmore Avenues. Five or six of the volunteers were overcome by smoke and one fireman, Tony Allen was removed to Meadowbrook Hos- pital where he was treated tor smoke inhalation. Chlet Ernest J. Schneider, Jr. of the Bellmore Fire Department reported that all seven pieces or Department equipment and the three fir companies responded t the r 11 wtJi,.h t-'>mo ho t 1 :liO A, M. Sunday. 1 he men worked until 2:30 P.M. to con- trol the blaze. The Wantagh Fire Department was called 1n for assistance, and the North Bellmore Fire Depart- ment stood by at the Bellmore headquarters to cover tor the men in case of another call . The building is owned by Jer- ome Bossen of 2140 Bellmore Avenue, owner of Meadowbrook Lumber Company. Mr. Bossert told \Bellmore Life\ that the buUding was a complete loss, and the damage considerable. The furniture company is O\llilCd by WUUam Ronnerman and Sons of Sayvllle. The three Bellmore Fire Com- panies, all of which sent men to fight the blaze are Advance !look, Ladder and Engine, Wal- ter Valentine, Captain ; Hose Company No. 1, Joseph Rutko- ski, Captain and Engine Company No. 2, Austin Wallace, Captain . Deputy Chiefs of the Depart- ment are Albert Green and Don- ald Miellte. Ulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll What's Inside IH THIS ISSUE: There is lots to read about what makes Bellmore o lively community . Just some of the news you'll find about Bellmore today: Off To Albany ........ Page 3 H• Loves ALL Kids ... Page 5 On Stage ............... Page 8 What Are The Bellmares? ......... Page 14 Improving Wat•r Servic• .......... Pog• 2 Joint PTA.s Mnt .... Pag• 3 Our Gift To You ..... Pog• 3 Antiques On Vl•w ... Page 12 Ullllllllllllllhllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll o:--; THE SCEC'\E ••• The Uellmorc Fire Department and \llellmor·e Life's\ Photographer. Ooth were at the right spot at the right timt! when fu·e Sunday nwrnmg destroyed rhe Mc·ad(JY.lirook Fllllllllll c ~tore on Sunrise Highway, 1 hese photographs were made as Bellmore Firemen battled for almost four hours to bring the blaze under control. (Phoro by BERTOLI!'\!) Big Battle Saturday Bellmore's Mepham Bucs Take On Calhoun Colts by Les Corwin \/l£ '1/mfJre l.ifc's\ \ltfJI>nm lli g/1 \c hrlfJI '\fH;rls C'''\ Sfmmlenl It happens every fall---Army meets Navy, Harvard faces Yale, Minnesota tangles with Michigan and MEPHAM faces 9ALHOUN. The t\',O local squads will renew their rivalry this Saturday afternoon at l:OO P.M. at the Mepham High School field. A crowd of well over 3000 local residents is expected on hand to witness the annual clash of these two arch-rivals . Thus tar in the rivalry's three year history, the B uc s oC Mepham High have been able to salvage two out ot the three victories. No one can possibly forget last year's thrlllin g Colt victory where after sco reless fir s t hal! they erupted for thirteen points and went on to trounce the Pi- rates 13·7. Mepham will be out there Sa t- urday trying to avenge last year's defeat while the Cal houn C olts wtll be trying to even up the series . No matter what happens, you can be assured ot an after- noon of thrills and excitement, When these two Central High School District Three Schools meet, anything is bound to happen! Bucs Are 1-6 The Bucs go into Saturday's ball game with a 1-6 record. However, this is no indication of their great potential and depth. It must be remembered that they play in the toughest league on Long Island and possibly the roughest in the entire Metropol- (Continued on page 9) MEN OF MEPHAM who'll be pined against Calhoun in Sarurday's [radi[ional battle include Tom Kizis, Pat Minu[ello, Stan joye, and Tim Balunis. (Photo by HlRSHON STUDIO) Establish Office In Business Center A new weekly news- paper - to be published every Wednesday - is born with this issue of \Bellmore Life\. The new weekly is an outgrowth of a ''Life in the Bellmores\-section which ''Merrick Life'' has been carrying for the last several weeks. It will be published by L & M Publications, Inc., as is \Merrick Life'', hut the two will be separate publica- tion::;, with some per- \... l ~ 'rl·i .,. r bo h newspapers The new paper will be generally pa tternc:u niter \Mer- rick Life\. The name \Bellmore Life\ was ehoscn he- cause it is short but the newspaper will cover all of the Bellmores in equal measure, whether North or South. Come Say Hello: \Dell more Life\ has leased office space in the K- Building on the corner of Grand A venue and Bedford Avenue in Bellmore. fhe entrance is at 2704 Grand A venue, opposite the Franklin National Bank. Our readers are in- vi ted to drop in to take out their subscription, bring their free clas- sified ad, tell us about news in the community or just to say hello. Our telephone !\umber is TA 6-0333. The tele.: phone company has promised to connect the telephone some time tomorrow, Thursday. Until then. please use FR 8-5320. See today's editorial, page 4.
