Co-op City's official publication/ senrÎl'lg 15,382 member families
in the world's largest C"ooperativecommunity. Vol. ó No. 2ó
SPRING HOCKEY?-Youngsters improvise a new sport while enjoying their spring vacation. The goalie, equipped with baseball mask and catcher's mitt, tries to prevent the puck (hand ball) f:rom penetrating his imaginary goal. The sneaker-wearing hockey players on their cement rink prove one thing-spring is a wonderful season.
Little league Opens Today Opening day activities for the 1971 Little .League season at Co-op City begin today at 10 A.M. Festivities will start with a parade around Co-op City by the entire Little League in uniform. The parade will start at the Dollar Savings Bank and continue down Baychester A venue and Co-op City Boulevard, terminating at the Little League ball field, according to Ed Rivera, opening activities chairman. A major division double header will follow at Raffen across from City. In the first game, the Baychester Diner Cardinals will face the Amerigo Restaurant Mets. Zaro's Bake Shop Braves are pitted against the Avoxe Corporation Wagons in the second game. Attending the first day ceremonies are Bronx BorP reside nt Robert Abrams, Assemblyman Anthony J. Stella, Riverbay Corporation Vice President George Schechter, Co-op City Executive Manager Edward Aronov, Co-op City Educational Director Don Phillips, and Co-op City Community Relations Director Edward Marshall. This year, the Little League has 30 teams in five divisions-the farm, the minors, the Triple A, the majors, and the seniors. The president of the Little League is Robert Rothstein; the commissioner is Harry Corin, and the first vice president is Irwin Address.
Constitution On Monday's A.C. Agenda Monday's Advisory Council meeting will be devoted entirely to work on the constitution; no gallery speakers will be heard at this special meeting.
The legal committee has Player agents for each didrawn up a proposed con-: vision are: Phil Garfield, .stitution which .will be seniors; Bernard Gettleson, reviewed and discussed by majors and Triple A. Joe the Council. An attempt ·. . . . ' _ . will be made to complete Defazio, mmors : and Frank - wor k on th'is cons tit ti 1 u. ion. Caccíopoli, farm. ·
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Edward Aronov, Executive Manager of Co-op City, announced the appointment of two new high level supervisors as additions to the Co-op City management staff. Monday, 19th, Mrs. Gertrude Boddie will the staff as a manager, assigned to an area roughiy comcomprising one-third of the entire development. erintendent since Co-op City Mrs. Boddie comes to Co- opened, will remain here in op City with long experian advisory capacity while ence in housing manage. t . S . the new superintendent bemen . Sh e rs now a emor Manager assigned to the comes familiar with his job. Langston Hughes Houses of Mr. Ohler will offer his and technical the New York City Hous- knowledge ing Authority, situated in ability to Mr. Walton in Brooklyn, and has managed helping him work up a prevarious low and middle inventative maintenance procome housing projects for the Housing Authority. A gram. It is expected that Mr. graduate of Hunter College, Ohler will remain through · she has a Master's Degree the occupancy of Section 5. from Columbia University. Mr. Aronov stated, "I am Mr. Aronov also an- very pleased to make these nounced the appointment of appointments because I Walton of Miami, think that both Mrs. Boddie Florida, as Chief Mainten- and Mr. Walton will be valance Superintendent. Prior uable additions to our Manto this, Mr. Walton was agement team. As we apChief Engineer of the Diplo- proach the full completion mat Hotel properties in Flor- of Co-op City, we are strivida. He was in full charge of ing to obtain the best qualithe air conditioning and fied supervisors so that we maintenance work for all of can meet our obligations their hotels in and around to our Cooperators. While the Miami area. Mr. Walton we look for technically qualhas extensive experience in ified supervisors, we are construction and maintenalso very concerned to reance administration of resi- cruit people who understand dential property. He will also the nature of our cooperajoin the staff on April 19th. tive and who have a desire Harold Ohler, who has to give maximum service to been Chief Maintenance Sup- this Company."
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Co-op City's Environmental Action Committee win kick off Earth Week (April 18th-25th) with an Ecology Festival today and tomorrow from noon to 8 P.M. at Shopping Center No. 1. Highlighting the festival is an exhibit entitled "Car is Anti-City," which will be ' presented by the New York serve as a springboard to get City Department of Air Re- all cooperators interested in sources, in Auditorium A of and working for the goal the Community Center. In of making our community addition, booths will be set healthy, not only for us, but up on the Shopping Center so that our children and Mall by Zero Population grandchildren will have a Growth, the Environmental world to live in." .Action Coalition of New Other activities at the fesYork City, a Manhattantival sponsored by the EAC based group called Environare: a Poster Exhibit schedment I, Cub Scout Pack 553, uled for today at 3 P.M., a and the Adult Activities Photo Contest scheduled for Friendship Club - Senior tomorrow at 4 P.M., and a Citizens. Plant Contest scheduled for Today, Cassandra Camp- 8 P.M. tomorrow. At all of bell, home economist for the these contests, winners will Riverbay Consumers Sod- be declared and prizes will ety, will be giving demon- be awarded. strations on the use of noBronx Borough President phosphate or low phosphate Robert Abrams will have a detergents. proclamation on the "The purpose of the Ecol- City Ecology Festival issued ogy Festival," said Harry today. It is expected to exHertzberg, EAC chairman, press his concern for the well "is not just for us to give being of the environment, out literature. It should especially in Bronx County.
School Boa Open eeting Community School Board District 11 will hold an open meeting Monday to give the community an opportunity to be heard on the issue of busing in students from Districts 8 and 12. The meeting is scheduled for 8 P.M. at I. S. 144, 2545 Gunther Avenue. Dr. Harvey Scribner, chancellor of schools for New York City, instructed District 11 to accept 750 children (800 from District 8 and 450 from District 12), who will be bused into the district starting in the fall. District 11 is appealing the decision of the chancellor. Representatives of the Parents' Association, the Committee for Quality Edu-
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cation, the Black Caucus, and the Spanish American Society met during the week to evaluate the figures presented by the Community School Board regarding the ability of Educational Park Schools to absorb out-of-district children without involuntarily busing Co-op City and Boston Secor children. The groups plan to present their point of view at the Community Meeting Monday evening. It is hoped that members of the community will withhold judgment until the facts are clarified and the four community tions most directly involved in educational matters &l!'e heard from.