A Customer jots down a few impres¬ 
sions-and we pass them along to you 
“I do nol know quite why I am writing this, except that 
this happens to be one of those mean January days with a 
high wind blowing and the air penetratingly cold. My apart¬ 
ment is cozy and warm and it is possible that my present 
mood is largely due to an old favorite song of mine which has 
just come over the radio. The tune and the words have stirred 
old memories which will not be denied and seem to demand 
of me that I find expression for my thoughts in writing. 
‘‘First of all my mother and father lived the greater 
part of their lives in Brooklyn but a year or two after I was 
born my dad realized a long-cherished dream of his and 
moved to Nassau County on Long Island. I regard this as 
a most fortunate circumstance in my life because I grew up 
in the wide open spaces, with trees, lawns, wild vegetation 
and dogs as my companions. In the course of time, neces¬ 
sitated by the demands of progress, I saw gradual changes 
in my home town which, in many ways, had a tendency to 
destroy much of the beautiful country surrounding our home. 
This progress brought many families to Long Island from 
Brooklyn and New York City, for whom thousands of homes 
were erected. While all this building was going on I almost 
began to think that Long Island had lost its charm forever. 
However, I was wrong, because there came a time when 
those in authority saw the imperative need of saving Long 
Island for Long Islanders and all others whose love of nature 
still lived within them. 
“Probably the greatest civic improvement of our times 
is that of the development of Jones Beach. Here, thanks to 
