For the sixth consecutive year, the Town of North Hempstead, under the leadership of Supervisor May Newburger and the Board of Trustees, held a Women's History Breakfast at which 20 names were added to the North Hempstead Women's Roll of Honor. The breakfast was held at Clinton G. Martin Park and after opening remarks by Mrs. Newburger, well-known actress Shirley Romaine gave brief readings from some of her favorite women writers. They were a varied group, ranging from Alice Walker to Edna St. Vincent Millay to Collette (done with a charming French accent) to Marge Piercey.

Mrs. Newburger then presented the awards. Named to the Roll of Honor from Manhasset were Betsy Chesebrough, Gloria Sullivan and Debi Honorof.

Mrs. Chesebrough was especially honored for her efforts to add to the beauty of the Plandome Road area of Manhasset. As chairperson and founder of the Adopt-a-Pole program, she has brought flowering plants to enhance our downtown area during the spring and summer months. As immediate past president of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce she also spearheaded the drive to remove unsightly trash containers and replace them with more attractive and more sturdy ones. Plans for the future include new or refurbished grates for the base of trees and adding park benches. In addition to her work for the Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Chesebrough has received the Junior League's highest honor, the Daisy Award. She has also been an active member of the Munsey Park Garden Club. She and her husband, Charlie, are the parents of three grown children. They own Thomas O'Connell Realty in Manhasset.

Debi Honorof, a resident of Plandome Manor, is president of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation, for which she has worked for several years. Before that she was a public relations consultant to other not-for-profit groups, all directed toward bettering the human condition. In earlier years Debi was a special education teacher in New York City. Mrs. Honorof is married to Judge Alan Honorof. They are the parents of two children.

Gloria Sullivan was unable to be present at the ceremony as she was in Europe. She was especially honored for her work as a volunteer and chairman of volunteers at St. Francis Hospital. She has logged the extraordinary number of 22,200 hours at the hospital. She is also a past president of the League of St. Francis and has received the Rockville Centre Diocese Caritas Award.