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Page 4 BELLMORE LIFE ESTABLISHED 1964 AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE Published every Wednesday by L & M Publications, Inc . 2104 Grand Avenue, Bellmore, L.l., N.Y. IIllO Telephone: TA 6-0333 Publishers: Faith and Johannes Laursen Editor: Dorcas Carlos Associate Editor: Trudi Cowan Composition reaponslblllty: Hot lloble beyond cost of spoc:e occupied by error. A community neu · spaper- the glu e that helps bold a commtmil) tog e th e r, a11d the spur that helps keep it mot ing foruard. About uBellmore Life\ Every community needs a newspaper devoted entirely to it and to its problems and prog- ress, especially an unincor- porated area like Bellmore and North Bellmore. Otherwise its identity is swallowed up in the vast spread of suburbia, and we have strangers living next door to strangers, unaware of what is going on in the next block, and, perhaps, not caring. The community newspaper helps retain and develop a sense of community pride and respon- sibility. It should keep the resi- dents informed of all matters pertaining to schools, real estate changes, and general news which affects their families, homes, and livelihood. It serves as a medium for the small merchant and independent businessman, to tell his neigh- bors about his merchandise or services. Its classified ad de- partment becomes the local \trading post\. It provides a method through which the local people can speak about local problems, and can help them attain their goals. It is truly the voice of the com- munity, and all segments of the community can express them- selves here, through the \letters to the editor'' column, or as publicity chairmen for their or- ganizations. This is the kind of community newspaper \Life\ has been pro- ducing for the Merricks. It is the kind many people in the Bell- mores have asked us to provide here. \Bellmore Life\ asks your cooperation, your support, and your partnership in producing a weekly community newspaper that is a real community service! • • • • • • • • • How YOU Can Help So many people have asked us in what way they can help getting \Bellmore Life\ on its feet in the difficult beginning. Well, we will be specific. We need sub- scribers. \Bellmore Life\ will mainly be sold through mail sub- scriptions. In order to obtain second class mailing privileges we have to document to the postal authorities that we have a sub- stantial list of paid subscribers. The subscription price is a very reasonable $2 for a whole year, a total of 52 issues, one every single week of the year. This is a real bargain, and yet experience shows that people do not always easily part with even $2 for a subscription. Some perhaps feel that for various reasons they should get it for free . This, we regret, is not possible. We are not insist- ing on the money justfor the sake of getting subscription revenue, although that is important too. But the whole second class mail- ing concept is based on the postal requirement of paid subscrip- tions. We know it 1s a normal ten- dency to want to wait and see. However, we urge you to fill out the coupon on page 16 and with- out delay mail it to our office with a check for $2. It should not be too much of a risk. After all, we are making a much great- er financial investment in starting this newspaper. We are pledging that it will be a good one. Those readers who know of \Merrick Life'' will know what standards we have set for \Bellmore Life\. These stan- dards have won for us well over 5,000 paid subscribers in the Merricks as certified by the ' Audit Bureau of Circulations. We hope to do as well in the Bell- mores. Wednesday,November 11, 1964 At Your Doorstep •••• ······-~~····~~··-·-···· '~ L'Ie \ LUeu Two of Bellmore's oldest churches are getting \The New Look.u The Presbyter- ian Church on Bellmore Ave- nue bas been having its steeple repaired, and the scaffolding is expected to be removed by Thanksgiving, so the community can get a 1'1111 view of the new white stucco facing on the churcJi, And St. Mark's Episcopal Church, farther along Bell- more Avenue, is being al- most completely remodeled, \The congregation didn't want the old church demol- ished,, Rev. Stowell tells us, \so they are just buUd- tng around it.\ By Christ- mas, they expect to have new African Honduras mahogany paneling on the walls, new amber and amethyst win- dows, and partial renovation of the Parish Hall, One thing that won't be changed, how- ever, ts the original flooring, Which they've just dis- covered 1s real Bird's-Eye Maple, • • \ The current display of U nlted Nations stamps 1n the Bellmore Post Office ts part of the collection of Thomas Cesta of North Bellmore. Mr. Cesta, who has been collecting stamps 1 •too long to mention\ specializes in United States, United Na- tions, Vatican, and Israel stamps, A member of the Masonic Stamp Club of New York, Mr. Cesta ts planning a new holiday display for the Post OffJce ol Cltrist- m as cancellations. * • .. Charles Davis, father of Mike Davis ol Bellmore's \Davis Shop\ may be making a new career tor himself these days. As a result or hts appearance recently in a well-known razor-blade (\Beep-beep\) television commercial, he has been considered by an airline company tor one of their commercials! Not only did hts original commercial bring 1n dozens of phone calls and letters from old friends and acquaintances, but now that the commercial Is being carried 1n the m1d- by Trudi Cowan west, people he hasn't heard from in 30 years, have writ- ten to say they saw him on TV in Calltornia. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mahn- ken of Dewey A venue re- turned yesterday from a Fall vacation trip to Europe, visiting family and friends 1n their native Germany, only to learn for the first Ume about last week's robbery of their Broad Street delica- tessen. Their considerate \caretaker shopkeepers\ didn't want to write to them about the burglary, \for fear of spolUng their happy holt- day.\ * • Strange, Isn't It, how many of us will spend all day Sat- urday working d111gently r aktng every lea! in the yard, ptllng them neatly for pick- up, then on Sunday, pack the famtly off on a ride upstate 1 •to see the Fall color and let the chlldren play in all the leaves tn the woods,\ • * • An extra touch of excite- ment was added to the usual- ly hectic Thursday afternoon shopping crowd last Thurs- day at shortly after noon, when a short circuit at the Big Apple Supermarket on Jerusalem Avenue caused a small lire 1n the produce department. One 7-year-old · wheeling her mother's shop- ping cart was overheard say- ing \Mommy I smell potatoes baking.\ Her moth- er's comment - \They are, h6ney, they are,h · The !Jre was quickly brought under control, and \Business As Usual'' prevailed, • • • Remarkable Katherine Ret!, President of Central High School District 1#3 Board of Education, proved herself even more remark- able when she went ahead wtth her quietly moving speech at the Brookside Jr, High School Dedication on Sunday, despite eighteen stitches 1n her right band, result of an accident wtth a glass Jar the evening be- fore the ceremony.
