Thursday, October 1, 2026
A tricycle built for two?
My husband and I met when I was four and he was six when my family and I moved to 93 Smith Street. The moving man took my tricycle off the truck to keep me busy during the move-in. Meanwhile, my future husband, Bart, from 207 Sherman Street, came riding over on his trike to see who was moving in. (In the 1940s, hardly anyone ever moved from where they originally came from). “Come on over and play,” I invited. “I can’t, I’m not allowed to cross the street,” Bart responded, following his mom’s rules.
Subsequently we did get together then. But when I was 7, I knocked on his door and asked Mrs. Bezyack if I could be in her Brownie Troop at West End School. That same scout leader eventually became my mother-in-law.
Later, when we planned to marry, Bart was drafted during the Korean conflict. In those days every male in Lynbrook got drafted one month before his19th birthday, so we knew it was coming. We married in1953 — 58 years ago.
There’s a lot to tell about in those 58 years. We bought a house in Bay Park for $8,500, and raised our kids there. I would often run into some of my old teachers while shopping in Lynbrook. We loved staying in our hometowns, but, in 1974, Bart was transferred to Newport Beach California, through his employer MetLife ... but that’s another long story.
Maryanne Bezyack, Formerly Lynbrook and Bay Park
A true Lynbrook love story
Henry Voges and Eileen Babcock Voges were married on June 18, 1939 in St. Raymond’s Church in East Rockaway. They lived in Lynbrook, but there was not Catholic Church there at that time.
My parents were always called Mr. And Mrs. Lynbrook by their friends, said their daughter, Bonnie Popick. “Mom will be 90 in May, and my Dad has passed away in 2007. He survived World War II and came home from Japan in 1946 on Valentine’s Day, making “Sentimental Journey” their song.”
