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Page 2, May 24,1973, PHOENIX.SPEAKS AT MEETING: George M. Spanakos, Republican State Committeeman from the 52nd Assembly District, was guest speaker at the local chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers May 17, speaking on the effects of the new environment protection laws as they apply to construction and engineering.METHODIST GUILD ELECTS: At its annualmeeting and luncheon earlier this month, the Guild of Methodist Hospital elected Mrs. Payl Maghazeh president for the coming year. Other officers include: Mrs. Theodore Borman, vice president; Mrs. Donald Zarou, recording secretary; Margaret Freeman, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. R. W. Sochynsky, treasurer. Program at the annual meeting including a slide-lecture presentation by Mrs. Evelyn Ortner, titled %u201cA Non-Walking Tour of Park Slope.%u201dPACKER VOTES: William C. Stutt of Joralemon Street has been elected President of the Board of Trustees of Packer Collegiate Institute, succeeding John B. Madden of Columbia Heights. Others elected at the meeting include: John H. Watts, Clinton Street, treasurer; Mrs. George M. Billings, Plaza Street, trustee emerita; and Mrs. Amir Askari of Garden Place, president of the Packer Parent-Teacher Association, who succeeds Mrs. Paul B. Woodfin of Second Street as parent-trustee. Paul D. Kelly of Joralemon Street was named to the board in March.HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES AT CONFERENCE:Two Methodist Hospital executives, Vernon Stutzman and Don Rece, heads a group of administrators from the Park Slope institution attending the Fifth Middle Atlantic Health Congress in Atlantic City, N.J., May 22- 24.CHAMBER PICKS SPRUCK: Albert E. Spruck, vice president of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, will become president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on June 1, succeeding Leonard Nadel, who has held the office since 1971. Elected with Spruck as viceu,nrn %u2019 I Rnnolion ^irnr%u00bbfAr r\\fcommunity relations for the Port Authority; Russell F. Burch, executive vice president of Magnuson Products; 0. Carey, president of the N.Y. Dock Railway ; Halvan J. Lieteau, general manager of the Brooklyn IBM plant; M. C. O%u2019Brien Jr., vice president of the Lincoln Savings Bank; and Howard Smith, president of Virginia Dare Extract Co. Gordon W. Innes, vice president of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., was elected treasurer.Association Meeting May 29thPUBLISH SHERAR: %u201cShipping Out%u201d by Mariam G. Sherar of Brooklyn Heights, a professor of Sociology at Long Island University%u2019s Brooklyn Center, has been published and released by Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., of Cambridge, Md. Professor Sherar writes of her subject not only as a sociologist, but also as a wife of a merchant seaman with many years of personal experience in this occupation.STRANAHAN STUDENTS ON DISPLAY: Fourstudents at J.H.S. 142, will have their award-winning projects from the Eleventh Annual Industrial Arts Exhibition on display at the Kings Plafca Shopping Complex on Flatbush Ave. and Ave. U. from May 29 June 11. Their work is part of more than 700 projects by students from around the city on display.Spanakos SherarBrooklyn Councilman Thomas J. Cuite, Vice Chairman and Majority Leader of the City Council, in the center, shares a handshake with some of the junior girls from berkeley Institute of Brooklyn visiting City Hall. From the left, Louise Stratakis, Peggy Sawyer, Harrolyn Murphy, Donna DiPasquale, Ivy Causo, Valerie Troyansky, Patricia Hinds, Cuite, Yona Zeldi, Cora Meader, Susan Evans, Susan Reisler, Donna Romm, Carol Mann, Ruth Lucas, Nina Gerges and Barry Clark, a City Council sergeant at arms, who gave the girls a guided tour of the landmark building, completed in 1812-More LightThe members' poll by the Brooklyn Heights Association gave the organization high marks for its work in preserving the historic character of Brooklyn Heights. The Association's annual meeting is May 29 at the Bossert Hotel, Montague and Hicks Sts., starting at 8 p.m.WantA poll of its members on the eve jf the 1973 annual meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Association, reveals members believe that Brooklyn Heights needs more light and that the Association is doing a good job.The annual meeting of the Association, set for May 29 at the Bossert Hotel on Montague Street, will feature Deputy Mayor Edward Hamilton as guest speaker, and the election of new Governors. Meeting time is 8 p.m and%u2018the proceedings are open to the public.In a special pre-meeting report from Association President William Carlin, the results of a question concerning lighting in the Heights were disclosed, showing that a majority of the 721 responding favored increased lighting in the Heights.Of the respondents, 81 per cent were in favor of the installation of high intensity sodium lights on Montague between Clinton and Hicks. Sixty-four percent favored such installations elsewhere in the Heights. Opposing were 17 per cent, with 19 per cent expressing no opinion.Favored locations, and the number of times mentioned in the 721 questionnaires, were: %u201ceverywhere,%u201d 129; Henry Street, 92; Clark Street, 86; Hicks Street, 58, %u201c high crim e areas,%u201d 40; Joralemon Street, 30. Thirty-eight other locations were mentioned, but none more than 25 times, the report said.High intensity lights are now installed on Montague Street, Remsen Street and Joralemon Street between Court and Clinton.During the past few months, State Senator Carol Bellamy, Assemblyman Michael Pesce and City Councilman Fred Richmond have been active in urging the installation of high intensity lighting on Heights streets and the Association poll seems to back up the sentiment of members of the group in favor of those efforts.Another outgrowth of the questionnaire was a strong feeling on the part of Association members against the possibility of opening up the Esplanade to bicycle riding. Only 28 per cent were in favor, with 67 per cent opposed, and five per cent with no opinion.The survey, which is believed to be the first in the history of the membership produced an interesting profile of the organization%u2019s membership. Itshowed that of the members of the Association, 59 per cent are married, 27 per cent single, and 14 per cent other (divorced, widowed, etc.).Of those responding 30 per cent have one or more children under 18, most with one or two. Of those, 65 per cent send one or more children to private schools, 14 to public schools and 21 per cent to pre-schools.As for age, nearly half the members (45 per cent) are in their 30%u2019s and 40%u2019s. The largest single age category, 60%u2019s or above, accounted for 29 per cent of those responding. Nearly 60 per cent of the members have lived in the Heights for more than 10 years, but 43 per cent have belonged to the Association for four years or less. Nearly half of the members rent apartments, 29 per cent own a house, 18 per cent a coop.In rating the job done by the Association, the poll showed that 95 per cent rated the job done by the group%u2019s newsletter as good or very good. High marks were also recorded for the job done by the Association in preserving the historic environment of theHeights. Sixty-eight per cent said that a good or very good job was being done in %u201c maintaining Brooklyn Heights as a pleasant place to live. Sixty-two per cent gave the same rating for %u201cimproving Brooklyn Heights.%u201dA considerable sentiment was. shown for additional meetings of the Association during the year (currently there is only one). Forty-seven per cent indicated they would probably attend one additional meeting; 39 per cent said they might attend two additional meetings during the year.The questionnaire, which was sent to 1155, was returned by 721, an excellent 62 per cent, said the Association. %u201cIt demonstrates the membership is interested and concerned,%u201d said Bill Carlin. The results were tabulated by a computer.Carlin said, %u201c I believe the Association should poll the members whenever an important controversial question is before the community,%u201d and gave special thanks to Cindi Blakely and Lee Adler %u201c for their professional guidance on the project.%u201dBHA