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Page 14, May 3, 1973, PHOENIXW H A T %u2019SINSTORE:CobbleHillFashionsThe fashion is high, but the prices are low at Cobble Hill Fashions, 164 Court St. There is a particularly large selection of pants and blouses in junior sizes. Currently most of the pants in stock are bright solids, modishly styled with high waist bands and flared cuffs. All pants in the shop are a reasonable $11 Halters, turtlenecks, long and short sleeves in vibrant colors and imaginative prints fill racks and shelves of this friendly shop. Again, the prices are reasonable: shortBBLE HILL FASHION S> . U i n r a c i H . ] ; i j , w : m ; %u00bb < 3 %sleeved blouses, $6; long sleeved, $10.A young looking line of pants suits are also carried, all priced at $25. For older women there are dresses in misses and half sizes. There are also an assortment of long dresses for young and old alike.In addition to sportswear, Cobble Hill Fashions carries fun loving shoes in bright colors, many with platforms. There is also jewelry and for the less liberated, bras and lingerie.F ra n c o is D um a ine enoroThe sales people at Cobble Hill Fashions are friendly and helpful without being pushy. One can browse freely through the racks without a hassle. In addition, most of the clerks are bi-lingual; they chat comfortably in both Spanish and English.Cobble Hill Fashions expects to have Master Charge services for its customers in the next week. In the meantime, the store will cheerfully accept checks with proper identification.1IVIiLindsay, Contest Concur:Dress Up NeighborhoodsMayor John V. Lindsay has joined Mollie Parnis in announcing the Second Annual %u201cDress Up Your Neighborhood\sponsored by the well-known designer. The contest, open to any group, school, organization or business, will award approximately $40,000 in pr.ze money for the most creative projects to beautify a neighborhood.Mayor Lindsay said: %u201cLast year, playgrounds and parks were built, trees and (lowers planted, and new litter baskets installed in many communities. The sense of community pride generated by the contestants is a valuable step toward making the City a more livable place for every New Yorker.%u201dMs. Parnis said: %u201cAs a New Yorker, 1 really feel last year%u2019s contest was the most exciting undertaking in which I%u2019ve ever been involved. I hope even more groups enter the contest this year and make their neighborhoods better, more attractive places to live.%u201dEntries in the %u201cDress Up Your Neighborhood%u201d Contest will be evaluated on the basis imagination and creativity concept and on the success implementation. The judges will look for interesting and innovative ideas for neighborhood cleanliness and beautification, and on-going citizen involvement.All applications for the contest must be received by the City%u2019sEnvironmental Protection Administration, 2352 Municipal Building, before June 4. The prizes will be awarded this September in four categories. They are: Local residential: block and civic associations. 30 prizes of $800 each; Neighborhood and major commercial groups, 3 prizes of $400 each; School, college and youth groups, 8 prizes of $400 each; andResidential projects: Housing Authority, privately owned, and co-op apartment complexes, 4 prizes of $400 each.In addition, approximately 10 grand prizes of $1,000 will be awarded in December for the best continuing, long-term implementation of award-winning projects.All Parishioners Invited toCard Party and DanceofofofThe annual card party and dance sponsored by St. Charles Borromeo Church of Brooklyn Heights, a feature of the yearly social calendar which brings together past and present parishioners of all ages is set for May 22 in the main ballroom of the Bossert Hotel.Mrs. Walter Carberry is General Chairman of the party committee, and the Reverends Stanley E. Fischer and John Antoncic, are Executive chairmen. TheReverend Monsignor Charles E. Diviney, Vicar General of the Diocese of Brooklyn, is Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo.Others serving on the committee are: Miss Katharine Eagan, Secretary ; Mrs. SahidBesheer and Albin Javarone, Journal committee, and Mrs. Ann Gilmartin and Miss Helen Martin, Tickets. Honorary Chairman is Mrs. Ann Barkley Harget. William F. Goodrich is Publicity Chairman.Garden Courses SetSpring has sprung throughout Brooklyn and it%u2019s time for the urban gardener to learn how to maintain all those beautiful plants that have begun to grow and blossom. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is ready and is offering a course on %u201c Groundcovers and Mulches%u201d that will emphasize lowCREATIVITY...on every photographic and creative assignment...weUlook for and execute'Sthe extraordinary ...witli^extra emphasis on leavingthe ordinary toPierrepont LotFund Drive Oncost techniques.Charles Mazza of the Botanic Garden staff will conduct the course on Wed., May 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The fee is $8, $5for Garden members and registration in advance is required. Everyone is advised to bring a sandwich but tea and coffee will be served.To register, send the fee, your name, address and phone number to: Instruction Department,Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., 11225.The Pierrepont playground renovation project is gaining momentum, its organizers report, as the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee launches a community fund-raising drive during the first two weeks of May. %u201cIt is hoped that a substantial amount of the funds needed to transform the rather grim and limited existing facilities into an exciting, delightful and safe play area will be raised at this time,%u201d the Committee says. Following local fund-raising activity, approaches will be made to foundations and other outside sources.One of the major objectives of the renovation will be not only to develop a better, more creative atmosphere for the younger children, organizers hope, but also to provide a more challenging environment for older children. The contemplated playground will be able to more comfortably accommodate the numbers of children and parents who use it by virtue of better design and inBrooklyn BoosterContinued from Page 7%u201cSix states together have less population than the borough, but we haven%u2019t yet produced any high ranking national leaders.%u201d He adds the information that %u201c Phillip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence, remains our greatest historical figure.%u201dExpecting to retire from his prosperous insurance business in 1976 La Corte wants to speed up his efforts toward revitalizing the borough that %u201cgave me the opportunity to become a respectable civic leader and business man.%u201d He feels that this can be best accomplished by reviving the Brooklyn Hall of Fame, which last included among its winners Controller Abraham Beame, Assemblyman Vito Battista, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, State Senator William T. Conklin, City Council Majority Leader Thomas J. Cuite and Supreme Court Justice M. Henry Martuscello.La Corte is now looking towards a Brooklyn institute of higher learning, %u201cperhaps Long Island University,%u201d as the umbrella for this %u201cBrooklyn Nobel Prize or Academy Award%u201d which he hopes will generate civic and community pride, and vindicate the borough%u2019s stepchild image.Meetings have already been held at Borough Hall with the Brooklyn Civic Council discussing possible recipients. Awards will be given to borough elders and to 12 students (one from each of Brooklyn%u2019s colleges). %u201cThe time is ripe for Brooklyn%u2019s revival,%u201d the %u201cmover%u201d of Robert Moses declares. %u201cMaybe we can put it all together now.%u201dA p ril ScofflawsThe Parking Violations Bureau has withheld registrations from 14,529 parking scofflaws whose automobile registrations expire during the month of April, Director Alexander Y. McFerran announced today, including 3,957 from Brooklyn.LATE TAX RETURN?%u2014Remember, There is no penalty for latefiling if the government owes you money, &I you h a v e up to 3 v e a rc to claim a refund.1145 Henry St. THE TAX ADVISOR 624-7347,1CRANLYN MEATSP r im e M e a t s a P o u l t r yF is h - s. a W. C a n G o o d sB a r -B -Q C h i c k e nWe DeliverP h o n e M A 4 - 1 0 7 01 0 2 H ic k s S t r e e tcorporation of the surrounding areas presently fenced off.The following groups have already endorsed the concept of renovation: Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Administration of NYC, the Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Heights Board of Trade, Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, Downtown Brooklyn Development Association, First Presbyterian Church, Community Nursery School, Grace Church School, Junior League of Brooklyn, Local Planning Board No. 6, Music School of the First Presbyterian Church, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Saint Ann%u2019s Episcopal School, St. Charles Borromeo School, The Parks Council, YMCA%u2014 Central Branch of Brooklyn.Neighborhood volunteers will bedelivering letters of solicitation to each household in the Heights area during the next two weeks. They will return in a few days to pick up the envelopes. Donations are taxdeductible; checks shotild be made payable to %u201cThe Parks Council %u2014 BHPC.%u201d Donations can also be mailed to the Brookljm Heights Playground Committee, 1 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn 11201.Tutorial IsAnnouncedAssemblyman Michael Pesce has announced the beginning of a community tutorial program, called %u201cFirst Grade to College,%u201d to be run by members of the Ind e p e n d e n t N eighborhood Democrats under the guidance of Nicola Berardi, Ramon Regueira and Betsy Lebauer.The program has been devised to fill a gap left in a community whose residents are %u201csometimes forced into less than first class education due to economic conditions.%u201d It will attempt to offer part-time or full-time assistance to all persons interested in improving their education.interested people may get more information by coming to the Ind e p e n d e n t N eighborhood Democrats storefront, located at 286 Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231, or by calling Nicola Berardi at 875-2311.AppealingCommitteeAn appeal has gone out to Boerum Hill residents for help in organizing the community%u2019s eighth annual house tour, set for Sunday, May 20.Donation is sought of plants for a plant sale, set for the corner of Hoyt and Bergen Sts., in front of the Kings Pawn Tavern, Gardeners are asked to contact Beth Levin, 625-2227. Donation of food %u2014 hors d%u2019oeuvres, cakes, cookies, etc.%u2014 for a refreshment hour at the Kings Pawn, may be made by contacting Craig Foley 624-8489.Hosts and hostesses are needed to serve in houses on the tour for one and one-half hour shifts (pay is a free ticket for (he rest of the tour). If interested, contact Penny Foley, 624-8489.Party CelebratesSchool%u2019s Rirthd ov - - - tThe 90th anniversary of the School of Nursing of Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, will be celebrated May 12 with a luncheon at the Fort Hamilton Officers Club. All alumni are inv ited to attend, further information can be obtained from the School's Alumni Office, 349 Henry Street.