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Page 2 %u2014PHOENIX January 31,1974mT W ak eN e w sLOCAL AUTHOR HONORED - Paula Fox, Clinton St. resident and author of %u2018%u2018The Slave Dancer%u201d (Bradbury Press) has received the John Newbery Medal from the Children's Services Division of the ALA for one of the %u201c most distinguished books for children published in the U. S. in 1973.%u201d Ms. Fox, who was born in Brooklyn \intricate life situation in which children often find themselves,\NAMED ART SCHOOL DIRECTOR - George McClancy, Asst. Prof, of Art at York College, has been appointed director of the Brooklyn Museum Art School, replacing Jolyn Hofsted. In addition to his post at York, McClancy has held positions as Asst. Prof, of Philosophy at LaSalle College in Philadelphia and Rosemont College. He was a lecturer in Art History at St. Mary%u2019s College in South Bend, Ind. and a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Notre Dame. As a working artist, McClancy has had numerous one-man exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada.NAMED TO GARDEN GROUP %u2014 Mrs. Franklin B. Tuttle, Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, announces the appointment of four new members of the Governing Committee. They are: Rollin Bush of Brooklyn Heights, Vice-President of the First National City Bank; Mrs. Hattie Carthan, President of the Magnolia Tree Earth Center of BedfordStuyvesant, Inc.; Mrs. Miles M. Kastendieck of Brooklyn Heights, Past President of the Women%u2019s Auxiliary of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; and Dr. Charles Plotz, Director of Continuing Education at the Downstate Medical Center.JOINS HOSPITAL BOARD %u2014 Walter E. Beer Jr., Brooklyn Heights resident and partner in the Manhattan law firm of Lankenau, Kovner, Bickford, Abrons & Beer has been elected to the Board of Regents of Long Island College Hospital, Cobble Hill. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Beer is now a member of the board of the Association for Crippled Children and Adults of N.Y. State and a director of the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation.ELECTED FEDERATION PRESIDENT %u2014 Mrs. Jules Poulin, Lincoln PI., Park Slope, was elected president of the Florence Nightingale Federation of Methodist Hospital at the organization's annual meeting Jan. 14. Other officers picked at the meeting were: Mrs. Ethel Stack, 1st VicePresident; Mrs. Charles H. Winsor, 2nd Vice President; Mrs. Harold S. Earing, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Michael Andrews, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Lewis Marks, Treasurer; and Mrs. Harry E. Geib, Assistant Treasurer. Also designated at the meeting were the following committee chairpersons: Organization and Membership, Mrs.iv iiu id c i m tu ic v v a , n u g i oiTi a n d D cvutiO nS , m i 3.Ethel Stack; Hospitality, Mrs. Alex Best; Public Relations, Mrs. Katherine Meyer; Nominating, Mrs. Vernon Stutzman; United Hospital Fund, Mrs. Grace Stevenson; Ways and Means for FundRaising, Mrs. Arnold Sealander, and Art Director, Michael Andrews.Court St. RepavingPostponed BecauseOf Bid WithdrawalBY LYNNE GRIFOThe long-awaited rehabilitationof the roadway and sidewalks ofCourt St. that was to begin thisMarch has been put off because thecontractor, Frank Mascali Construction Co., Inc. has withdrawnhis bid.This fact was made public byJohn Deraval, public relationsman for the Transportation Administration, acting as spokesmanfor administrator Michael J.Lazar, on the same day thisreporter had received a detaileddescription from him of the ambitious beautification project thatwas to begin on March 15 and to becompleted 180 working days later.Deraval notified the PHOENIXlate Tues. that he had just beenadvised %u201cby the engineers%u201d thatindeed, the work was not to start inMarch as he had explained thatmorning, but rather that the entireprocess of bidding and awardingthe contract would have to be gonethrough again and possibly, theproject plans altered.Boerum Historic Vote DueResidents of Boerum Hill havebeen advised that a decision onofficial designation of part of theircommunity as an Historic Districtwill be rendered at a Board ofEstimate hearing on Thursday,February 7, Borough PresidentSebastian Leone announced latelast week.Following his standardprocedure, for proposed Brooklyndesignation the BP has writtenproperty owners in the area underconsideration as an HistoricDistrict and enclosed literatureoutlining the procedure of theLandmarks Preservation Commission, which rule on suchdesignations, and a map of the site.%u201cInasmuch,%u201d Leone wrote, %u201casthe last public hearing on thismatter before the LandmarksPreservation Commission tookplace well over three years ago, Iwant to be sure that the presentowners of property in the BoerumHill Historic District know how theLandmarks Preservation Lawworks. I am enclosing a digestwhich explains it.%u201dThe area designated is boundedby Pacific, Nevins, Wyckoff andHoyt Streets and also includeshouses on State St. between Smithand Hoyt Sts.%u201cI think final approval by theBoard of Estimate of this longawaited historic designation willbe very much to the advantage ofBoerum Hill,%u201d Leone continued.%u201cInasmuch as this is a matter ofcommunity concern, however, I dowant to give you the opportunity tomake your feelings known, if youfeel otherwise.%u201cIf, after reading the enclosedmaterial prepared by the Landmarks Preservation Commission you do not agree that the historicdesignation is desirable, I willappreciate it if you will notify myoffice before Noon on Thursday,February 7.%u201cIf you do not have any objection, it will not be necessary tocall or to write, buy by all meansfeel free to come to the publichearing on Thursday, to expressyour own particular viewpoint.%u201dAs Deraval had earlier describedthe plan, the entire 38 foot wideroadway from Remsen St. toHamilton Ave. was to be torn upand replaced with a new six inchconcrete base and a three inchasphalt cover.Sidewalks and curbs along theentire length were also to bereplace. Most of the curbs were tobe steelfaced. At intersections thecurbs were to have been cut downto form pedestrian ramps to aid theyoung and elderly and persons inwheelchairs.In the Cobble Hill historicdistrict, the contractor was toreplace all blue stone sidewalkswith the same, from Degraw St. toAtlantic Ave. on the west side ofCourt St. Granite curbs were to beinstalled in that area.Twenty-six new trees were to beplanted %u2014 eighteen plane trees andeight Bradford Callowry Pears.Traffic signals along Court St.were to be modernized as part ofthe plan.To facilitate traffic flow,roadwork was to be carried on onlybetween certain hours of the day ornight and only half of the streetwas to be closed to traffic at anytime during rehabilitation.Now that the Mascali Companyhas exercised its option not tofollow through on the $792,220contract it was awarded, it isuncertain when work will actuallybegin. %u201cWe hope to have anothercontractor by the sum m er,%u201dDeraval commented.Heights LeadersAppreciate 84th,Want More CopsBY CORRINE COLEMANResidents and merchants inBrooklyn Heights called for additional police patrol at a meetingon crime prevention last weekwhich was organized byDem ocratic Leader JamesMangano, City Councilman FredRichmond and CouncilmanThomas Cuite.Unanimous in their appreciationof the work of the 84th precinct,whose representatives CaptainWilliam Tracey and CommunityRelations Officer Edward Murphyand Deputy Inspector SeymourPine were present at the meeting,the community members said theybelieved however that additionaluniformed police, plainclothesmen, and auxiliary staff arenecessary for adequate coverageof the area.Though precinct reports show adecrease during 1973 in suchcrim es as robbery, assault,burglary, and grand larceny,Brooklyn Heights has obviouslybeen aroused over last year%u2019sunprecedented 11 homicides, threeof which took place at the Hotel St.George on Clark St.The continuing problems at thehotels, particularly the security ofthe elderly who reside in the St.George and Pierrepont, recentrobberies in the newly occupiedCadman Towers com plex anddifficulties in staffing the minipolice station on Montague St.,were some of the concerns voicedat the Borough Hall meeting.The group, asking for additionsto the 34 person auxiliary force, feltthat the need to report to the GoldSt. precinct headquarters hasdissuaded potential volunteersfrom joining. The felt that the rollswould be increased if check-ins atthe mini-station were allowed.Believing that the sight of auniformed Doliceman is thestrongest deterrent to the potentialcriminal, the group reiterated itsrequests for additional %u201ccops onthe beat%u201d though it was noted that43 percent of the precinct arrestswere made by plainclothesmenwho constitute 10 percent of the84th%u2019s staff.Other problems cited by thecommunity people present werethe need for additional crossingguards as well as walkie-talkiesand police whistles for blockassociations and security groups.Mangano posed the need for anadditional mini-station at the HotelSt. George, which he felt should beset-up once staffing problems atthe Montague St. station aresolved.Winding up the meeting whichwas planned as one of a series ofpolice-community speak-outs,Captain Tracey assured the groupof his continued availability andinterest and promised to do hisutmost in pushing for an increasedstaff.Dist. 15 Progresses On SuperAt the Community School Boardmeeting January 23, held at thedistrict office at 360 Smith Street, astatus report regarding theselection of the CommunitySuperintendent was heard. Thereport indicated that threemeetings were held in the districtoffice where a total of eighteencandidates for the position wereinterviewed.The Board has also asked thatparents of the community submitup to five reccommendations fortheir personal choices so that theywould have a true meter of thecommunity feelings. To submitsuggestions for candidates contactthe Board at 360 Smith Street.In other action, the Boardgranted tenure to 12 personnel ofDistrict 15, including Toby Litt,Assistant Principal of P.S. 38 at 450Pacific Street, Marcia Shorten, ateacher at J.H.S. 51 at 350 5thAvenue and Cynthis Holten, ato a fh p r a t P S RR at 330 S m ith Street.The question of the assignmentof an assistnat principal to J.H.S.142, Carroll Garden, which waslaid over from the last meeting hasbeen held over for another monthdue to financial reasons.The next meeting of the Boardwill be on Feb. 20.