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DAILY NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24. 1977 X07 Botanical Garden Summer Greens Teens, Who Big It nr1 ft i By VINCENT COSGROVE i Thirty trailblazing teenagers have kept busy this summer at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing by planting and pruning trees and shrubs, clearing weeds and cutting a new pa4h into the garden. The teenagers, who come from public and parochial high schools throughout Queens, are members of the Youth Conservation Corps, a federally funded project administered locally by the State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The program, which pays $2.30 an hour for 40 hours of work per week for eight weeks, gives the kids a feeling for the outdoors by engaging them in planting and pruning. Ralph Snodsmith. executive director of the 39-acre garden, described the program as "fantastic absolutely fantastic. The over-all benefits to the Queens Botanical Garden have been outstanding." The youngsters have been super- I vised by Theodore V. Seiler.

an indus trial arts teacher wiih the Bord of Education, and his assistants. Michael Hendrickson. and Joanne Onorato both 19. Starting on July 5. the kids hejan planting 85 black pine and 30 shoit needle pine trees, as well as preparing sections of the grounds for plants and flowers.

They also learned about the use of insecticides and pesticides, an 3 renovated part of a small. vandali7d city park adjacent to the garden oa Elder Ave. One of their biggest projects was building a 450 foot entrance path, ing from a gate at 135th St. and Ave. and winding down a grassy hill into the garden grounds.

Yesterday, as the kids shoveled gravel onto the last few feet of the new path, they seemed pleased and proud about what they had learned and accomplished in the program, ends Friday. Joel Haimowitz. a 16 year-old ari cultural student from John Bowne Hih School in Flushing, said: 'It's been a good learning experience and a gsd opportunity for me to work with youn people my own age and help the garden and the community." Elizabeth Lyons, 17, a senior at St Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, said that the program was a worthwhile learning experience, espe cially for someone who plans to study agriculture like she does. Supervisor Jeanne Onorato. who was graduated in May from the State University of New York at Cobleskill with a degree in agriculture and natu ral resources, also praised the program.

"It's a good way for a lot of city kid? to get experience in this kind of envi ronmental work. It's good for them she said, glancing at some kids wfoi were busy shoveling gravel. And it 1 builds a few muscles, too." News photo by Nick Sorrentino Youths dump and rake gravel in path at Queens Botanical Garden. OBITUARY handled by the Leon Kearns funeral home, 10333 Lefferts Richmond Hill. Burial will be in Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn.

ANTHONY DOMINI ANNI A mass for Anthony Dominianni, 43, of Richmond Hill, a travel agent, will be offered at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Mary Gate of Heaen Church, Richmond Hill. He died Sunday of a heart attack. Born in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, he lived in Canarsie and Ozone Park before moving to Richmond Hill six years ago.

He had been a travel agent for more than 20 years and was employed by the Serio and Scola Travel Agency in Maspelh. A Navy veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of Richmond Hill Loyal Order of Moose, the Amvets, St. Pius Knights of Columbus Council, Richmond Hill, the Sons of Italy, the Lions and the Bon Vivants. He is survived by his wife. Fanny; two daughters.

Andrea and Maria: his parents, Bruno and Antoinette; three brothers. Peter, Joseph and Bruno, and two sisters, Mary and Celeste. Burial will be in Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn. JACQUELINE MAGGIO A Mass for Jacqueline Maggio, 48, of Ozone Park, will be offered Friday at 9:45 a.m at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Richmond Hill. Mrs.

Maggio, who died yesterday after a long illness, was the wife of George Maggio an administrator for the Board of Education and president of the Civil Service Technical Guild, Chapter 14. Mrs. Maggio is also survived by two sons, George Jr. and Richard, and a daughter, Jeanne Fiore, of Ozone Park. Funeral arrangements are being Weddings Ingrid Mendrala Is Married to William 0W6 Mrs.

Kevin Tennie (left), the former Michelle Perz of Ridgewood. Mrs. John DelMaestro. the former Bernadine Cagnina of Richmond Hill. By MARY OTLAHERTY The marriage of Ingrid V.

Mendrala of Queens Village, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mendrala of Pensacola, to William J. Howe, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon Howe of Richmond Hill, was solemnized Saturday at a nuptial Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Queens. Village. The bride, who was attended by Susan Giusto as matron of honor, wore a full-length gown of white Qiana trimmed with Alencon lace. She attended Adelphi University in Garden City and is employed as an operations analyst with the American Express Co.

in Manhattan. The bridegroom is associated with W. B. Distributing Co. in New Hyde Park.

His brother, Steve Howe, was best man. The reception was held at Ripples on the Water in Whitestone. CAGNINA-DELMAESTRO Bernadine Cagnina, daughter of Benedict Cagni-na of Richmond Hill and the late Margaret Cagnina, exchanged marriage vows Aug. 14 with John DelMaestro. son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph DelMaestro of Brooklyn. A nuptial Mass was celebrated by the Rev. John G. Hauser in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in South Ozone Park.

The bride, who works as a secretary with the Dental Society of the State of New York in Manhattan, wore a full-length gown of white satapeau and was attended by Patricia Prandi as matron of honor. The bridegroom attended Pace University in Manhattan and is a member of the New York City Fire Department. His best man was Vincent Prandi. A reception was held at Oriental Manor in Brooklyn. PERZ-TENNIE Michelle Denise Perz, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Perz of Ridgewood and Port Richie, was married August 23 to Kevin C. Tennie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C.

Tennie Jr. of Ridgewood. Rev. Alan B. Chaves performed the ceremony in the First Presbyterian Church of East Williamsburgh in Ridgewood.

CRAWFORD-SCHUMACHER Cynthia Faith Crawford, daughter of Mr. ani Mrs. Daniel M. Crawford of Jackson Heights, was wed Saturday to Robert William Schumacher, son of Mr. and Mrs.

William Schumacher of Valley Stream. The Rev. Austin H. Armistead. pastor, performed the ceremony in the Community Unite-i Methodist Church in Jackson Heights.

The couple are both employed as chemists with the American Chicle Co. in Long Island City. Mrs. Schumacher, who wore a full-length gown of white satapeau trimmed with Venice lace, received a B.S. in nutrition in 1975 from Syracuse University in Syracuse.

N.Y. Her husband received a B.S. in chemistry in 1974 from State University of New York at Oneonta in Oneonta. N.Y. Barbara Weiner served as matron of hon-v.

Clifford Kornblee was best man. The reception j-; held at Dante's in Jackson Heights. RISI-MERRILL Monica Ann Risi. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph J. Risi of Jackson Heights and East Quoque. was married Saturday to Charles C. Merrill of Manhattan, son of the late Col. Edward C.

Merrill. U.S.A.F. and the late Barbara Yates Merrill. The Rev. John Gurrieri performed the ceremony in St.

Mary's Church in Long Island City. The bride, a registered nurse, was graduated in 1974 from Hunter College Bellevue School of Nursing in Manhattan. Last June, she was graduated from New York Law School in Manhattan. Her father is an attorney and law secretary to Queens Supreme Court Justice Mario J. Cariello.

The bridegroom, an evening administrator at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, was graduated from Amherst College in 1971 with a B.A. and is now a third-year law student at New York Law School. He is a direct descendant of William Pitt Fessenden who was senator from Maine and also secretary of the treasury under President Lincoln. Eileen Risi was maid of honor for her sister. Douglas A.

Bacon was best man. The bride, who is associated with the Irving Trust Co. in Manhattan, wore a long gown of white organza trimmed with lace and was attended by Janet Lang as matron of honor. The bridegroom, who is employed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. in Manhattan, is studying for a B.B.A.

at Baruch College in Manhattan and will graduate next January. His brother. Bruce R. Tennie. was best man.

The reception followed at Gottscheer Hall in Ridgewood. SEYFARTH-CALDRONE Denise Seyfarth, daughter of Mrs. Loretta Sey-farth of Ridgewood and Fred Seyfarth of Maspeth. was married to George Caldrone son of Mrs. Rose Caldrone of Ridgewood, in Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Ridgewood.

The bridegroom, a paratrooper, is a private first class with the 82d Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, S.C. The bride was attended by her sister-in-law. Betty Seyfarth. as matron of honor.

Michael Caldrone served as his brother's best man..