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Page 8 PHOENIX February 28,1974Report fro m Nevins Senior C enter:Valentine's DayStirs Over 65 SetBY DAVID ORMONTDoes romance fade into thin air at the age of 65? For an answer, you should have attended the Valentine Day Party held at the Colony South-Brooklyn Senior Citizen Center at 460 Atlantic Avenue on February 14.All the members were instructed to wear something red. The large room was appropriately decorated with hearts. The music for the occasion was furnished by Maurice Gross at the piano whose expertise caused most of the senior citizens to trip the light fantastic. Mr. Grosso%u2019s wife Mildred sand several songs. Albert Jetter performed on the banjo, as he has done at many other affairs. Silvio Costizza and Mr. Grosso combined in rendering several songs, the former being an expert saxophonist. Morris Siegelalso obliged by singing several songs. David Ormont wrote a special valentine poem, one that was hilariously funny. All in all, it was a gala affair planned and executed by Mrs. Pat Jenkins, the affable director.On Feb. 22nd, the monthly birthday party took place. Despite the threat of rain, almost 200 senior citizens were present. The %u201c February babies%u201d were duly honored. As usual, each birthdayite received a little gift from Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Shulamith Levine pinned an artifical flower on each one. In accordance with the custom, Mr. Ormont wrote a poem which all enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Grosso entertained the crowd with piano selections and songs.Mr. Jetter performed once more onhis faithful banjo. There was plenty of dancing since the men and women were wearing the proper shoes for the action.The feature of each monthly birthday party is the icecream and birthday cake distributed to all present. Among those who volunteered to serve were Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Samuel Elias, Mr. Clay Johnson, Mr. Pat Fuohy, Mrs. Levine, Mrs. Eve Coletti, Mr. James Gist, Mrs. Grace Amoroso, Mrs. Antoinette Giordano, and Mr. Robert Rosenberg.Each month we feature an important activity that take place at the center. In January, we headlined the Art Room and what happens there and in December we gave you a picture of the Sewing Room. This week we shall discuss the kitchen, which is the very heartSlope Democrat Files OilPrice Suit Against Shell OilCharles Monaghan, Democratic State Committeeman from Park Slope and his wife last week filed an anti-trust suit against the Shell Oil Company that could lead to a reduction in home-oil fuel prices throughout New York City.At the sam e tim e, another Monaghan suit %u2014 to end sex discrimination at Hunter College High School and open the school to male upupils %u2014 was successfully completed.Monaghan and his wife Jennifer filed their $15-million suit against Shell Oil as a result of revelations by the State Attorney General thatPlymouth Steak& Lobster House78 CLARK STREET(Opp. St. George Hotel)Brooklyn Heights%u2019 OnlyFresh Fish RestaurantLobster Flown in Daily from MaineSelect Your OwnFrom Our TankCall MA4-5263for ReservationsEstablished 19 J3Shell has helped secrete a million barrels (42 million gallons) of No. 2 home heating oil in New Jersey storage tanks, and had held the oil off the market until the development of the energy crisis.%u201c At that point, Shell sold the oil for 30 cents a gallon more than other oil it purchased at the same time,%u201d Monaghan said. %u201c We all know there is something really smell about the oil crisis. I think illegal methods like this are the way in which the oil companies have managed to double home fuel oil prices with a year.%u201dThe $15-million damages figure is based on 20 percent of the increase in Shell Oil profits between 1972 and 1973 ($14.4 million) plus triple damages for the illegal profits Shell realized on the sale of the secreted oil.In their suit, the Monaghans asked the Federal Court to use the damages collected to mandate a price reduction in all home heating oil throughout New York City.%u201c Shell%u2019s illegal action helped force prices up for every home heating oil user,%u201d Monaghan said.* W \\o'oTo H 't \TH IS v'e a r %u2022ThfN V IS IT A\\|L 5 0 UVLAKI14 7 /'A o k J T A & U L St.- e l * r f e t a f o u X ^%u201c So Shell should be forced to pay for reduction in everyone%u2019s bill.%u201dThe legal counsel in the suit is Samuel P. Spom of Park Slope.In the Hunter College High School suit, Monaghan was the only parent from Brooklyn involved. %u201c I was very pleased several years ago when young women broke the sex discrim ination barriers at Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant high schools,%u201d Monaghan said. %u201c I thought the similar barrier against young men at Hunter High was illegal and anachronistic.%u201dIn the first step of the suit, a group of parents obtained a Federal order to permit 24 boys to take the competitive examination for Hunter High, which is operated by Hunter College under the Board of Higher Education. The school runs from the 7th to 12th grades. The Monaghans%u2019 son, Anthony a pupil at Intermediate School 88 in Park Slope, was among the group that took the exam.Last Thursday, the Board of Higher Education said it would admit the boys who passed the test.SANE ResolutionThe Executive Committee of Brooklyn Heights SANE passed unanimously the following resolution at its February meeting, according to Yetta Bloom, Chairman. It said: %u201c Resolved that Brooklyn Heights SANE deplores the recent threat by Secretary of Defense Schlesinger of military action against oil-producing states in the Middle East.%u201d^%u2605%u2605%u2605%u2605%u2605%u2605%u2605%u2605nr *%u2605 *%u25a0 ***%u2605 *ieMKfiasA- 158 Montague St.* OPEN 7 DAYS &* NIGHTSJ Complete Meals***%u2605 ***%u2605 %u2605 **8 7 5 -6 0 4 6Those good lunch-time meals at the Nevins Senior CitizensCenter at Atlantic Ave. and Nevins S t are the result of the work ofhead cook Clay Johnson (Hernandez Photo)of the center. It is in charge of Clay Johnson, who has been a cook for 36 years. However, the rumor that Mr. Johnson cooked the meals for George Washington%u2019s soldiers at Valley Forge is definitely not true. Nor did he leave his job at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to prepare our daily lunches.About 150 senior citizens come to the center every weekday for lunch and they are never disappointed. The meal always begins with soup. Then comes the entree or main dish, which is always served with two vegetables. At the end of the meal there is always some dessert. Of course there is coffee or tea, and white, rye, whole wheat, or pumpernickel bread with plenty of butter. And all these meals are served daily at no charge to the members. They are invariably delicious.Mrs. Miriam Smart, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Sutherland, James Gist, assist Mr. Johnson in serving the meals. Some m em bers who volunteer are Mrs. Amoroso, Mrs.Giordano, Mrs. Helen Ferguson and they also cut the butter that goes with the bread. In addition, they clean the tables after the members finish their meals.At about 2:30 in the afternoon, juice is served to those in the main room. A new service has been inaugurated. Members can buy coffee at ten cents a cup and cake at fifteen cents a slice in the Serving Room where Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. Cora Rodgers and Mrs. Helen Tunstall are present to meet the demand. All the money is put aside for the benefit of the senior citizens who belong to this center.Eddie Smith, who had a stroke and was in the Long Island College Hospital, has been sent to the Five Towns Nursing Home in Woodm ere, Long Island. Vincenzo DePalma, who has been in that same hospital for the past five weeks because of a heart attack, expects to go home very soon. And that%u2019s our report for the month of February 1974. See you next month.Coach Jack Prenderville presents game ball to St FrancisCollege basketball star Dennis McDermott of Cobble Hill, whobroke the St Francis individual scoring record last week in agame against City College. In three years as a varsity player at theBrooklyn Heights college McDermott scored and surpassed theold record of 1503 points, and still has three more gamesremaining to add to his total. The star player has been rankedamong the top ten college players this season.almoii laserMid-Eastern and International CuisineOPEN 11:30a,m. to Midnight,7 Days a W eekServing Lunch and D in n e r 212-624-9267 218 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN, N.Y.