'MAN OF THE YEAR' - Joseph Unanue , president of Goya Foods , Inc. is shown receiving the "Man of the
Year " Award of The Spanish Society of Suffolk County , Inc., from Robert Bailey, Patchogue Village
trustee and deputy mayor , and Assemblyman I. William Bianchi , during the society 's annual dinner
celebrated Saturday in the Knights of Columbus Hall of Patchogue. Also in the picture are Mrs. Isabel
Rodriguez , chairman of the board of the society and Mrs. Unanue.
N. Patchogue ballet school
awaits its day in court
Twenty-seven thousand dollars
and seven-and-a-half years after
they first began to defend
themselves , Lorna and Mario
Antomni will be back in court
once again next week to argue
why they should not be prevented
from operating a ballet school
from their hom e on Sunrise Highway
The latest case , brought on
behalf of the Town of Brookhaven
by Special Town Attorney C.
Francis Giaccone , charges that
the couple is violating zoning
ordinances
because
their
property, located near a major
thoroughfare , is being used for
commercial purposes
The
property is zoned residential
"This should cost us another
one or two thousand dollars ,"
said Lorna Antonini , yesterday
She said the latest court action
brought against the school , which
is also the home of a non-profit
ballet company, had almost
made her and her husband decide
to close their facility down
"We received the summons
Pro-GOP
and people were so upset that we
were going to drop the sponge
that we decided not to , " said Mrs.
Antonini , age 73 More than 650
signatures have been collected on
a petition prot esting the possible
closing of the school.
The Antonims bought their
property, located near Shore Drive
and Clio Place , from the Sisters
of Charity in 1956. In 1964, they
moved their ballet school from a
down town Patchogue location to
a practice room they had con structed in their home According
to Mrs. Antonini , the coupl e
believed that they had permission to use the property for a
non-conforming use . That "use" ,
if the town 's case is upheld , does
not include the ballet school or an
outdoor practice area .
The Antonims non -profit ballet
company , the G.A.J R. Family
Ballet , Ltd., is scheduled to
perform at Carnegie Hall on
Monday The company also
performs each summer in
England , Malta and Gibraltar.
On either Monday or Tuesday,
the couple will have to appear in
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Conservative-Republican
candidate for a trustee post m the
Village of Patchogue in March ,
defeated Fred Stoher for the post
of party treasurer
According to Leo, the results of
the Tuesday meeting at the Route
112 Lounge in North Patchogue ,
represent a victory for sections of
the party that favor crossendorsement agreements with
the Republicans. Some 120
elected committeemen attended
the evening meeting.
The defeated candidates in the
ra ce were supported by members
of the Committee to Elect
Brookhaven Conservatives , a
group that opposed the 1975 GOPConservative cross-endorsement
arrangement.
Last year , the committee
fielded its own slate of candidates
in the Conservative primary in an
effort to defeat Republicans who
were running on the Conservative
line as part of a crossendorsement agreement . The
committee 's candidates succeeded in wrestling four ballot
positions away from GOP candidates .
All the Conservative Party
all
the
candidates
and
Republican candidates , with the
exception of Brookhaven High-
way Superintendent Harold
Malkmes , who retained his crossendorsement , subsequently lost
the town elections.
Seth Morgan , a leader of the
Committee to Elect Brookhaven
Conservatives, said the results of
the town committeemen meeting
may be con tested.
Morgan , who is seeking GOP
support for his own bid to run
against
Democratic
Congressman
Otis
Pike ,
described the Tuesday election
result as "a victor y for proZeidler forces ." Zeidler is the
former
Republican
Town
Committee chairman
who
resigned in the wake of losses by
his party last year
"The party is moving forward
in a progressive manner ," said
Leo, "running our own candidates is a complete waste of
time. "
A Coram attorney who served
as town Conservative leader for
four-and-a-half years, Leo said he
plans to serve on town and county
law committees for the Conservative Party. He remains a
state committeeman.
USE ADVANCE WANT ADS TO
C L E A N YOUR ATTIC FOR
SPRING. 475-1000.
State Supreme Court to answer
the charges against them
Mrs Antonini said the last
incident between the couple and
the town occurred in 1970.
Allegations that the school did not
conform to local zonmg laws
were dropped at the time , she
said.
"When it was all worked out ,
why on earth didn 't they tell us
what to do?" said Mrs. Antonini ;
"we just want to be happy. "
The summons brought against
the Antoninis by Special Attorney
Giaccone lists the Town of
Brookhaven as the "plaintiff. "
"I have nothing to do with it; I
don 't know anything about it ,"
saidTownAttorney Walter Beck
appointed to head the town's
legal department in January .
Beck said the Antonini case was
one of several that Giaccone had
been assigned to handle in the
past.
Privately, one top town official
expressed the hope that the case
against the Antoninis would be
dismissed in court .
TREASURER-ELECT- Joseph
Janus , son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Janus of 60 Winges
Avenue , Patchogue , was recently
elected Treasurer of Phi Delta
Psi Fraternity at New Hampshire College, Manchester , N.H.,
for the 1976-77 academic year.
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majoring in the college's fourIT
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ROBERT WALDBAUER , former mayor of Patchogue, is shown
receiving a Special Award from Mrs. Isabel Rodriguez , chairman of
the board of The Spanish Society of Suffolk County, Inc., for his 24
years of public life ' s dedication to the Village of Patchogue, during the
society 's annual dinner.
Bellport briefs (continued fr om page 10)
F.D. LADIES AUXI LIARY
will
Teacher Organization
The
Brookhaven
Fire
sponsor a Family Sports Nigh t
at Department Ladies Auxiliary
t o m o r r o w a t 7:30 p.m
the school. The program will will hold their yard sale on May 1
include performances by the from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fire
Bellport High School wrestling department on Montauk Highteam , a gymnastic demon- way, Brookhaven . Many items
stration by the Hampton Avenue will be for sale
including
twirling cakes glassware, toys , books,
students ,
School
demonstration by Diane 's Devils clothing and many others.
and a juggling demonstration.
Anyone wishing to donate items
Following all the performances ,
refreshments will be served. All for the sale may do so by constudents of the school and their tacting Mrs. Nancy Carroll at
286-9065.
families are inviteu to cuiend
East Patchogue
evening aft er spending two weeks
in New Smyra Beach , Fla. Mrs
Tursi' s mother , Mrs. Nora
Caputo
of
Brooklyn , accompanied them. Spending the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Tursi
were their daughter and son-inlaw , Mr. and Mrs . Harlan
Schantz of Brooklyn.
Christine Fuoco , daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fuoco of Dun ton
Avenue , celebrated her eighth
birthday on Wednesday with a
family party.
Sandra Collier , daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Collier of
Melrose Parkway, participated
in the Eastern Seaboard Twirling
Association competition on
Sunday afternoon at the Brentwood High School. Sandra took
first place in the beginner
division , which made her eligible
to compete in the twirl-of fs
against all the first-place winners. Sandra was the winner of
the first place award in the
Beginner Championship competition.
Spending the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cicalese of
Munsell Road were Mrs.
Cicalese 's sister and husband ,
Mr and Mrs. James Tamburo of
Flushing On Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Cicalese entertained at a
dinner party in honor of Mr. and
Mrs . Tamburo who were
celebrating their first wedding
anniversary. Mrs. Stella Cicalese
of Jackwill Road and Rachel
Cicalese of Flushing were also
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dinner guests .
The Hagerman Senior Citizens
Club of '.he Town of Brookhaven
will hold its regular weekly
meeting today at the V.F.W. Hall
on Dunton Avenue from 11a.m . to
3 p.m.
Patchogue
The
East
Elementary School on Dunton
Avenue will be renamed on
Sunday as the Verne W. Critz
Elementary School in honor of
the late Verne W. Critz , its former principal. The program will
include mass at St. Joseph the
Worker R.C Church at 12:30
p.m., the dedication ceremony at
the school at 2 p.m. and refreshments at the Hagerman Fire
Department at 3:30 p m.
Rights
(continued from p age 4)
due by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 10,
according to District Principal
Arthur Becker . Potential candidates may pick up a petition at
the district office on Dunton
Avenue or may have a petition
sent to them by calling the
district office at 475-8260.
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