1962-04-18

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Designated as
An Official
Newspaper by
The Incorporated
Village of
Farmingdale server
Farmingdale's / Host Compfefe Newspaper
Vol. 3 No. 20 Wednesday, April 18, 1962 Massapequa Park, L. I 2. id Class Postage paid at Massapequa Park 10<
The joyous Easter Sunday, April
22nd, will be observed in the local
churches with services and tradi­tional
music. During Holy Week,
there will be added services, par­ticularly
on Holy Thursday and
Good Friday.
EASTER SUNDAY:
In Church — 6: 45, 8: 30, 9: 45,
11: 00 ( Solemn High Mass), 12: 30.
School Hall — 6: 45, 8: 30, 9: 45,
11: 00, 12: 15.
Church Crypt — 8: 30,9: 45,11 KX>
and 12: 30.
Wesche Named
' Man of the Year /
Saint Killian R. C. Church St. Lukes' Lutheran Church
GOOD FRIDAY:
Confessions in the morning 9: 30
to 12: 00 Noon ( Church open for
visits to Repository)
Way of the Cross at 3: 00 P. M.
Confessions from 3: 00 to 6: 00
P. M.
Solemn Chanting of the Passion,
Solemn Adoration of the Cross and
Holy Communion at 8: 00 P. M. Eu-charistic
Fast same as above.
HOLY SATURDAY:
Fast day until midnight when
Lent ends.
Children's confessions will be
heard Saturday morning from 9 to
12 o'clock noon.
Adults' Confessions from 2: 00
to 6: 00 P. M. and again from 7; 00
to 9: 00 P. M. NOTE: Confessions
will stop PROMPTLY on the hour,
and will not be hard after 9: 00
P. M.
Easter Vigil Services will begin
at 10: 30 P. M. The Solemn Mass
( First Mass of Easter) will begin
at Midnight. If you attend the Mid­night
Mass, you fulfill your obli­gation
for Easter Sunday Mass.
Holy Communion will be distri­buted.
Eucharistic Fast same as
above.
State University
50th Anniversary
State University's Agricultural
and Technical Institute at Farm­ingdale,
N. Y. will officially open
If of C Boosters
The Knights of Columbus have
a full page ad appearing on page
7 of this issue of the Observer.
More than 75 Boosters have
contributed to the K. of C. booster
advertisement to remind the- pub-lic
to keep their business in
Farmingdale and also to hope for
the continued success of the
Knights of Columbus.
On Easter Day there will be
three church services with special
music provided by the three choirs
of the church under the direction
of Robert Wegehoft, the Minister
of Music. There are a total of 78
voices participating in the choirs.
The intermediate Choir, consisting
of students of Senior High School
age will lead the singing, also spe­cial
anthems, at the 8: 00 A. M.
Service of Holy Communion. The
Junior Choir, children of ages 8 to
12, will participate at the 9: 30
A. M. Service and the Senior Choir
will lead the singing of the congre­gation,
also special anthems, at
the 11: 00 A. M. Service. The Sunday
School children of both sessions
( 9: 25 A. M. and 10: 55 A. M.) will
bring in their special Lenten Offer­ing
for Lutheran World Action.
A Service oi Holy Communion
will be held on Holy Thursday, be­ginning
at 8: 30 P. M., also on Good
Friday at 9: 00 A. M. The Solemn
Litany will be sung before the
Altar, with Crucifix draped in
black on Good Friday at 8: 30 P. M.
( Continued on page 8)
its 50th Anniversary observance
with a two day Open House on Fri­day
and Saturday, May 4 and 5.
All of the college's classrooms,
laboratories and special student
exhibits will be open to the general
public.
Visitors will have the opportu­nity
to tour the college's agricul­tural
facilities including the barns
with bulls, cows, poultry, sheep
and hogs. For children, chances
are that the most popular exhibit
will be baby chicks hatching from
their shells.
Children will also enjoy a spe­cial
exhibit designed by Dental
Hygiene students which includes a
maze decorated with special dis­plays
concerning children's dental
health. In the college's Business
Department, secretary majors are
preparng an exhibit concerning
( Continued on page 16)
William " Billy" Wesche, Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale,
was presented with " The Man of the Year" plaque by Murray Tuck in behalf of
the Farmingdale Lions Club at a dinner held Friday night at the Casa Lou Res­taurant.
In May, 1917, he married, Re-gina,
and they settled in Farming-dale
in the house they still occupy
on Secatogue Avenue.
Billy was a member of the
Farmingdale Fire Dept. It was
the custom at that time for fellow
members of the Department to ser­enade
all newly married members
and there would be no let- up until
the groom made his appearance,
greeted the boys, and supplied
funds* for the purchase of a keg
of beer. A party would then fol­low
at die Fire House.
A day to be remembered was
the first Founders Day ce! ora­tion
in Octoutt I9i9. Billy was
program chairman. There was a
Rifle Match and a Tennis Match,
a Parade with floats and a Block
Party in the evening.
Between 1919 and 1929 Bill com­muted
to New York City. For a
time he sold life insurance.
In making the presentation, Mr.
Tuck said, " Mr. Wesche is one of
our most community spirited citi­zens,
who has contributed time and
effort for more than 45 years to
make Farmingdale the fine place it
is today". Mr. Tuck said that he
hoped that the placque would be
prominently displayed in Village
Hall.
It was learned through Mr.
Tuck's remarks the following
facts. Billy Wesche was born in
Brooklyn in 1893 and when his
family moved to Long Island at­tended
classes in the one room
schoolhouse in Sweet Hollow, Mel­ville.
During vacation months he as­sisted
the caretaker of his par­ents'
farm in Pinelawn. His job
was to weed the onion rows and
he still thinks those onion rows
were the longest onion rows in the
world.
He and his two sisters made
frequent shopping trips to To mpson
William A. Wesche
Brothers General Store in Farm­ingdale
in their pony cart.
( Continued on page 16)
Village's Proposed Utility Tax
farmingdale Little Telephone Co. Objects To
League Annual Parade
On Sunday, May 6, the Farming-dale
Little League will hold its An­nual
Opening Day Parade.
Starting from die parking area of
Weldon E. Howitt Jr. High School at
2: 00 P. M. the Little Leaguers,
tiieir guests and friends will march
south on Grant St. to Richards St.,
west to Main St., north on Main St.
to Front St„ east to Elizabeth St.,
south to Conklin St., west on
Conklin St. to die entrance of die
Jr. High School foodiall field.
The parade will conclude with a
brief ceremony opened by Mayor
Joseph Brune.
The Farmingdale Fire Dept.,
( Continu id on page 16)
The New York Telephone Com­pany
is opposed to die gross income
tax on utilities diat is being con­sidered
by the Farmingdale Village
Board.
" Telephone v service, an es­sential
household and business
service, is already saddled widi
an unfair tax load," New York
Telephone Company Manager
George F. Blaurock declared
today.
" Such a levy would amount to
anodier hidden tax on telephone
users, who are already paying
far more than their fair share of
taxes," he said. Adding to die
telephone user's burden would onl
aggravate diis inequity.
" On the surface it may appear
that die company alone would bear
a tax of diis sort," die manager
continued. " But diis would not be
die case. In die long run, a gross
income tax would land squarely on
die telephone user, since all die
taxes die company is required to
pay come from its customers."
He emphasized that die company
has no way of obtaining diis tax
money except dirough die charges
it makes for service.
( Continued on page 16)
As a special • ccasion during South Farmingdale Branch Library dedication week and
National Library Week, April 7 - 14, die Bookmobile visited Woodward Parkway School.
All the boys and girls in Mrs. Sophie Hencken's kindergarten class had learned to print
dieir names. ( This is die first . requirement for getting a library card.) At left,
above, Mrs. Mencken directs die youngsters in filling out application forms; at center,
die boys and girls picking out books on die Bookmobile; and at right, leaving the vehicle
with their selections in hand. All full- fledged, endiusi » stic book borrowers.