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Babylon Community Band Offers Concert Friday The Babylon Community Band will present its first concert of the Summer this Friday evening, June 28 , begi nni ng at 8:30 p.m. The series of out- door "Pops " concerts will be conducted by Fred Grossman , Director of Music in the Babylon Schools- Babylon Village sponsors this Summer entertainment with fi- nancial support , maintenance of Argyle Park and bandstand , and transportation of the band' s equipment. The Board of Educa- tion , District No. 1 , assists the project by permitting the group to use the school music equip- ment and allowing weekly rehear- sals in the high school. Members of the band range from adult musicians through college players to high school instrumentalists. The group re- hearses two hours each Thursday evening in preparation for the week' s concert. Scheduled for the program this week is "Bathscheba " by Singer , "The Blue Tail Fly" by Grund- man , **Tangof or Band*' by Osser , •The Syncopated Clock" by Anderson , "Danse Arabe " by Grieg, and selections from "South Pacific " arranged by Lang. - Marches to be heard are "The Golden Eagle " by Walters , "Charter Oak" by ©sterling, "The Liberty Bell" by Sousa , and "SXB . A. " by Hall. Fete Babylon Student s At Awards Dinner The Babylon Teachers' As- sociation held an awards dinner to honor the outstanding students of Baby lon High School last Thursday. William McCaslin, English teacher of the High School was the master of ceremonies. Dr. Norman Schaumberger , a professor at Bronx Community College and Columbia University was the speaker for the evening. Fifty eight students and their parents attended the dinner at LaGrange and received awards. Silver pins were presented to the students in eachgrade earning the highest average for the year , both in the talented class and the academic class. The students earning this honor were; Ar- thur Wardell and Helen Triculns , senior , class; David Crawford and Debbie Stanz , junior class; LuSby St. John and Nancy Stack , sophomore class , Matilda Goll- hoffer and Robert Like , fresh- man class; Kristin Maher and Jo Ann Titze, eighth grade; and Ann Ewald and Judy Pile, sev- enth grade. Certificates were presented to the winners of New York State Regents scholarships , the com- munity scholarships , and the Ro- tary Club scholarships. Eleven departmental awards were presented to the leading students in each department. Joseph Van Bourgondien and Christine Parkinson received a- wards for general all around service and citizenship to the Junior High School. Peter Pasch, Marie Myslivechek , and Frank Maya received the same award for the senior High School. The valedictorian , Arthur Wardell received a $50 bond , and the sahitatorian , Helena Canning re- ceived a $25 bond. Invited guests at the dinner included supervising principal Dr. Gerald -Anderson and mem- bers of the board of education and their spouses . Village Board Holds Last Meeting, Weed is Honored The Babylon Village Board met on Tuesday night in the last reg- ular session until the second Tuesday in September when it will again convene. Mayor Syd Askoff requested two resolutions , one calling for bids on the purchase of two new leaf collectors, the other calling for acceptance of bids for the purchase of maple and pine trees for next season planting. Both resolutions were adopted by the Board. Village Clerk Schuyler Weed was presented with a plaque from the Association of New York state officials commemorating 25 years of municipal service with the Village of Babylon. Trustee Peter Rasmussen an- nounced that pool memberships are at an all-time high. Applica- tions for swimming instruction are now being accepted. Evening use of the pool by civic groups has increased this year , with some dates still available. Trustee John T. Morris re- ported that repair to the board- walk on the main public dock is completed. These are the first major repairs since the board T walk was installed 200 years ago. Trustee Lane Foreman pre- sented the schedule for the village sponsored concerts at the pool and the band shell, and these were approved by the Board. Trustee Robert Wilbur report- ed that all village buildings are in good condition. Graduation Ceremonies Last Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. thegraduation exercise for 166 senior studentsof Babylon High School were held at the Coach Walter Williams field. Following the benediction , the Valedictorian y Arthur Wardell and theSalutatorianHelena Cann- ing addressed the assembly. Dr. Gerald Anderson then presented the prize awards which were awarded to the following students the Art Award, to Eileen Ward; Foreign Language award to Jean Mahlmanh , the Lisk Prizes in English to Brad Cooke and L pren Siegel ; the Mathematics'Award to Arj8nir-Wata * e!i , ~ the Music Awards to Loren Siegel and Stuart Lipkind ; the Industrial Arts Awards to James Jack; the Office Practice Course Honor Award to Kathy Hanse; the Honor Award in Secretarial course to Lorraine Ciccone; also , the Science Medal to Arthur Wardell; the Athletic Awards to Elsa Hirvela and William Godfrey; the American History Incentive Award to Dianne Hebrank and Patty Hulse; the Bernard Depace Scholarship award for Outstand- ing Baseball Ability of $100 to Thomas Yaimucci; Good Citizen- ship Medals presented by the D.AoR. to Janet Holsclaw and Arthur Wardell & James R. Grover CongressionalCitizenship Award to Marie Myslivescek.Mr . Cyrus Oyer presented a special award donated by the Babylon Lions Club. The award was made to. Barry Carl Robinson who , although 100 percent blind , has successfully adjusted to Babylon High School , not only academic- ally, but personally in being able to go through the school day un- escorted; motivated ' by a strong wiH to ' succeed and a cheerful pecsonalitythat will help him meet the challenges of life as they are encountered. The award was a check in the amount of $250. Following the awards, Mr. Charles Scharfe , President of the Board of Education , presented the diplomas to the graduates. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Bourgondien , Mr. Louis „ Wenger , and Mr. Henry Mahlmann , who is retiring this year all members of the Board of Education , and former pupils of Mr. Oyer then presented him with a plaque honoring him for his 32 years of service to the Babylon School System.The graduates , led by ^MarieMyslive- , seek , sang the Babylon High Alma Mater. Youth Council Plans Party The Babylon Youth Council , in cooperation with the Town of Babylon , will present the first in a series of pool party rock and roll dances Friday at the North Lindenhurst pool on Straight Path. ' The fun gets underway at 7 p.m. and everyone is Welcome There will be live music supplied by a "The Sfourning " Shadows " . Donation is 25£. Village Offers Tickets For Sooth Pacific The Village of Babylon is coop- erating with the LonglslandState Park Commission in making it convenient for local residents to purchase tickets for Guy Lombardo ' s presentation of the OTusical , "SOUTH PACIFIC" , opening June 27 at the Jones Beach Theatre. Mayor Syd Askoff announced that tickets are now- on " sale in Village w Clerk " Schuyfer L. Weed' s ^ office in the Municipal Building, corner of Main Street and Carll Avenue; Reservations may be made for any given eve- ning ' s performance of Rogers and Hammerstein ' s Pulitzer Prize winning musical. Performances of the show which stars Jerome Hines and Kathleen Nolan will begin at 8:30 pjn. each evening* June 27 through September 2. , FOND CHAIRMAN-Walter L. Olsen of Babylon has been nam 3d General Chairman for the New York Telephone Company ' s union- management Combined Fund Ap- peal conducted among employees working in New York City. The company ' s goal is $1 mil- lion. Recipient agencies are the Greater New York Fund and the Red Cross. Last year telephone employees contributed $850, 000. Mr. Olsen is Customer Relations Manager in the company ' s Public Relations Department. Early Copy -Please! Due to the July 4th holiday, THE BEACON will print ONE DAY EARLIER. This means that the copy deadline will be moved back one day. We will greatly ap- preciate the coopera- tion of advertisers and correspondents. WINNING CAUSE : Al Brown of the Babylon Lions Club presents a check for $1, 000 to Mrs . Edward M. Schmidt of Ralph Ave., Babylon, the winner in the recently concluded Lions Club benefit for Its Sight Conservation Fund . She had the winning ticket and chose cash instead of a vacation trip. — Jack Ritter Photo Bab y lon Vamps Make Annua l Fund Appea l The Babylon Fire Department is now conduct- ing its Annual Fund Drive , according to Chief Robert J. Slack. In his appeal the chief said: "Your Fire Department needs y our financial as- sistance to help meet expenses for the VOLUN- TEERS. Thes expenses include Firematic Ac- tivities , Annual Conferences , Welfare Benefits , and individual company expenses not cov- ered by your tax dollar. "All donations received from our Fund Drive are all ocated throughout the entire organization under departme ntal regulations . Make y ou r dona- tion payable to the Baby lon Fire Department.
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Babylon Community BandOffers Concert Friday
The Babylon Community Band will present itsfirst concert of the Summer this Friday evening,June 28, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The series of out-door "Pops" concerts will be conducted by FredGrossman, Director of Music in the BabylonSchools-
Babylon Village sponsors thisSummer entertainment with fi-nancial support, maintenance ofArgyle Park and bandstand, andtransportation of the band'sequipment. The Board of Educa-tion, District No. 1, assists theproject by permitting the groupto use the school music equip-ment and allowing weekly rehear-sals in the high school.
Members of the band rangefrom adult musicians throughcollege players to high schoolinstrumentalists. The group re-hearses two hours each Thursday
evening in preparation for theweek's concert.
Scheduled for the program thisweek is "Bathscheba" by Singer,"The Blue Tail Fly" by Grund-man, **Tangof or Band*' by Osser,•The Syncopated Clock" byAnderson, "Danse Arabe" byGrieg, and selections from"South Pacific" arranged byLang.
- Marches to be heard are "TheGolden Eagle" by Walters,"Charter Oak" by ©sterling,"The Liberty Bell" by Sousa,and "SXB.A." by Hall.
Fete Babylon StudentsAt Awards Dinner
The Babylon Teachers' As-sociation held an awards dinnerto honor the outstanding studentsof Babylon High School lastThursday. William McCaslin,English teacher of the High Schoolwas the master of ceremonies.Dr. Norman Schaumberger, aprofessor at Bronx CommunityCollege and Columbia Universitywas the speaker for the evening.
Fifty eight students and theirparents attended the dinner atLaGrange and received awards.
Silver pins were presented tothe students in eachgrade earningthe highest average for the year,both in the talented class andthe academic class. The studentsearning this honor were; Ar-thur Wardell and Helen Triculns,senior, class; David Crawfordand Debbie Stanz, junior class;LuSby St. John and Nancy Stack,sophomore class, Matilda Goll-hoffer and Robert Like, fresh-man class; Kristin Maher andJo Ann Titze, eighth grade; and
Ann Ewald and Judy Pile, sev-enth grade.
Certificates were presented tothe winners of New York StateRegents scholarships, the com-munity scholarships, and the Ro-tary Club scholarships.
Eleven departmental awardswere presented to the leadingstudents in each department.
Joseph Van Bourgondien andChristine Parkinson received a-wards for general all aroundservice and citizenship to theJunior High School. Peter Pasch,Marie Myslivechek, and FrankMaya received the same awardfor the senior High School. Thevaledictorian, Arthur Wardellreceived a $50 bond, and thesahitatorian, Helena Canning re-ceived a $25 bond.
Invited guests at the dinnerincluded supervising principalDr. Gerald -Anderson and mem-bers of the board of educationand their spouses.
Village Board Holds LastMeeting, Weed is Honored
The Babylon Village Board meton Tuesday night in the last reg-ular session until the secondTuesday in September when itwill again convene.
Mayor Syd Askoff requestedtwo resolutions, one calling forbids on the purchase of two newleaf collectors, the other callingfor acceptance of bids for thepurchase of maple and pine treesfor next season planting. Bothresolutions were adopted by theBoard.
Village Clerk Schuyler Weedwas presented with a plaque fromthe Association of New York stateofficials commemorating 25years of municipal service withthe Village of Babylon.
Trustee Peter Rasmussen an-nounced that pool membershipsare at an all-time high. Applica-tions for swimming instructionare now being accepted. Eveninguse of the pool by civic groupshas increased this year, with somedates still available.
Trustee John T. Morris re-ported that repair to the board-walk on the main public dock iscompleted. These are the firstmajor repairs since the boardTwalk was installed 200 years ago.
Trustee Lane Foreman pre-sented the schedule for the villagesponsored concerts at the pooland the band shell, and these wereapproved by the Board.
Trustee Robert Wilbur report-ed that all village buildings are ingood condition.
Graduation CeremoniesLast Sunday afternoon at 5
p.m. thegraduation exercise for166 senior studentsof BabylonHigh School were held at theCoach Walter Williams field.Following the benediction, theValedictorian y Arthur Wardelland theSalutatorianHelena Cann-ing addressed the assembly. Dr.Gerald Anderson then presentedthe prize awards which wereawarded to the following studentsthe Art Award, to Eileen Ward;Foreign Language award to JeanMahlmanh, the Lisk Prizes inEnglish to Brad Cooke and LprenSiegel; the Mathematics'Awardto Arj8nir-Wata*e!i,~ the MusicAwards to Loren Siegel andStuart Lipkind ; the Industrial
Arts Awards to James Jack; theOffice Practice Course HonorAward to Kathy Hanse; the HonorAward in Secretarial course toLorraine Ciccone; also, theScience Medal to Arthur Wardell;the Athletic Awards to ElsaHirvela and William Godfrey;the American History IncentiveAward to Dianne Hebrank andPatty Hulse; the Bernard DepaceScholarship award for Outstand-ing Baseball Ability of $100 toThomas Yaimucci; Good Citizen-ship Medals presented by the
D.AoR. to Janet Holsclaw andArthur Wardell & James R.Grover CongressionalCitizenshipAward to Marie Myslivescek.Mr.Cyrus Oyer presented a specialaward donated by the BabylonLions Club. The award was madeto. Barry Carl Robinson who,although 100 percent blind, hassuccessfully adjusted to BabylonHigh School, not only academic-ally, but personally in being ableto go through the school day un-escorted; motivated'by a strongwiH to ' succeed and a cheerfulpecsonalitythat will help him meetthe challenges of life as they areencountered. The award was acheck in the amount of $250.
Following the awards, Mr.Charles Scharfe, President of theBoard of Education, presented thediplomas to the graduates. Mrs.Elizabeth Van Bourgondien,Mr.Louis „Wenger, and Mr. HenryMahlmann, who is retiring thisyear all members of the Boardof Education, and former pupilsof Mr. Oyer then presentedhim with a plaque honoring himfor his 32 years of service tothe Babylon School System.Thegraduates, led by MarieMyslive-
, seek, sang the Babylon High AlmaMater.
Youth CouncilPlans Party
The Babylon Youth Council, incooperation with the Town ofBabylon, will present the firstin a series of pool party rock androll dances Friday at the NorthLindenhurst pool on StraightPath.' The fun gets underway at 7p.m. and everyone is WelcomeThere will be live music suppliedby a "The Sfourning "Shadows".Donation is 25£.
Village OffersTickets ForSooth Pacific
The Village of Babylon is coop-erating with the LonglslandStatePark Commission in making itconvenient for local residentsto purchase tickets for GuyLombardo's presentation of theOTusical, "SOUTH PACIFIC",opening June 27 at the JonesBeach Theatre.
Mayor Syd Askoff announcedthat tickets are now- on" salein Village w Clerk " Schuyfer L.Weed's
office in the Municipal
Building, corner of Main Streetand Carll Avenue; Reservationsmay be made for any given eve-ning's performance of Rogersand Hammerstein's PulitzerPrize winning musical.
Performances of the showwhich stars Jerome Hines andKathleen Nolan will begin at 8:30pjn. each evening* June 27through September 2.
, FOND CHAIRMAN-Walter L.Olsenof Babylon has been nam 3dGeneral Chairman for the NewYork Telephone Company's union-management Combined Fund Ap-peal conducted among employeesworking in New York City.The company's goal is $1 mil-lion. Recipient agencies are theGreater New York Fund and theRed Cross. Last year telephoneemployees contributed $850,000.Mr. Olsen is Customer RelationsManager in the company's PublicRelations Department.
Early Copy-Please!
Due to the July 4thholiday, THE BEACONwill print ONE DAYEARLIER. This meansthat the copy deadlinewill be moved back oneday.
We will greatly ap-preciate the coopera-tion of advertisers andcorrespondents.
WINNING CAUSE: Al Brown of the Babylon Lions Club presents a check for$1,000 to Mrs. Edward M. Schmidt of Ralph Ave., Babylon, the winner in therecently concluded Lions Club benefit for Its Sight Conservation Fund.She had the winning ticket and chose cash instead of a vacation trip.
— Jack Ritter Photo
Babylon Vamps MakeAnnual Fund Appeal
The Babylon Fire Department is now conduct-ing its Annual Fund Drive, according to ChiefRobert J. Slack. In his appeal the chief said:
"Your Fire Department needs your financial as-sistance to help meet expenses for the VOLUN-TEERS. Thes expenses include Firematic Ac-tivities, Annual Conferences, Welfare Benefits,and individual company expenses not cov-ered by your tax dollar.
"All donations received from our Fund Driveare allocated throughout the entire organizationunder departmental regulations. Make your dona-tion payable to the Babylon Fire Department.
