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Farmingdale s / Host Complete Newspaper
Vol. 3 No. 16 Wednesday, March 2 1 , 1962 Massapequa Park, L . I. 2nd Class Postage paid at Massapequa Park and
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Farmingdale Han In
St. Patrick's Parade
Mr. Thomas Kelly, 76,
of 31 Avenue I, Farming-dale,
was one of those
who took part in the St.
Patrick- s Day Parade,
Saturday in New York.
Mr. Kelly paraded with the
County Carlou Society of which he
is a member and carried a shil-lehagh
which he and his wife
brought back with them when they
took a trip to Ireland In 1952.
In k> 0ii, he joined Clan- Na- Gael
and has paraded in the annual
parade, almost every year since.
Born in Millon, Ireland, Mr.
Kelly emigrated to the United
States in his teens and married
die former Helen McPartlin in
! 909. In 1918, they m oved to Farm­ingdale
and he was employed by
die State Institute for three mondis
as a gardener. They returned to
New York City where Mr. Kelly
was employed by the New York
City Transit Authority for 37
years, a member of the C. I. O.
retiring in 1955 They Kelly's
then returned to Farmingdale.
Mr. Kelly is a descendent of
Milesius, King of Spain, Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly had 8 children, one
living. Mrs. Mary Kadileen Glas-scott.
She and her husband and
family live with her parents. The
Kelly's have [ our grandchildren
and four Jireat- Krandchildren;.
Although he paraded 40 blocks
on Saturday, Mr, Kelly . said he
wasn't too tired and hopes to be*
in more St. Patrick's Day Parades.
Mental Health Tea
Sponsored By Junior League
Judge Howard T. Hogan and Mrs. Orrin Dow will be among the guests
at the Mental Health Tea.
Mrs. Orrin Dow, Mental HealUi
Chairman of the Junior League of
the Women's Club of Farmingdale,
announced that final preparations
are now completed for the Mental
Health Tea to be held at the home
of Mrs. Robert Filaski on Sunday,
March 25th.
Mrs. Walter Finger, Invitation
Chairman, completed the mailing
of almost one hundred invitations
to interested and active people
in the community, as well as town,
county, and state officials.
The tea will give an opportunity
to the guests to hear a panel of
Junior Leaguers moderated by
Mrs. Donald Waite, of the Wo­men's
Club, discuss Mental Health.
The panel consists of Mrs. John
Stanford), Mrs. Fred Rathgeber,
Mrs. John Bierling, Mrs. John
Monaghan and Mrs. Dow. It is
the hope of the Committee to
stimulate interest in the need for
understanding Mental Health in
our community. Re: earth, in­cluding
interviews of qualified per­sons
on Mental I lealth, have been
made by the panel members.
Mrs. Douglas liegeal, Tea
Chairman, has the cooperation of
the thirty members
Hon. Judge Howard T. Hogan
in a statement to Mrs. Dow said,
" It is gratifying to learn that
several of the residents of our
community are stimulating inter­est
in this youth group."
Post Office
Moving Into
New Location]
Postmaster Leo Morgans
jwishes to advise patrons of the)
[ Farmingdale Post Office that(
[ commerncing Monday, March*
126th, business will be conduct-led
at the new location at the)
[ corner of Main and Prospect^
i Street.
The official dedication of thej
i newly constructed Post Office
[ will take place sometime in;
' May.
Demolay Order
Guests of F& A. IH.
Jessee Merritt Chapter, Carder
of Demolay were the guests of
dieir sponsors Bethpage Lodge
F & A. M. # 975 on Friday night,
March 16th, at die Masonic Temple
on North Main Street.
The sponsors paid tribute to die
boys and the boys in turn honored
dieir sponsors by dramatizing a
portion of the Demolay Degree.
Comical pantomine acts were
put on by the boys and refresh­ments
were served.
Dist 22 Traveling
Distance To Be
Voted Upon
District # 22 School Board mem­ber
Joseph Kenney moved diat tiv.
riding distance of ten miles be
extended to 15 miles for those
attending private or parochial
schools outside the District and
that the distance be counted from
the periferal area of the District
and not the home of the student.
He further stated that the sum
not to exceed $ 25,000 also be in­cluded
and that this motion be
placed on the voting machines for
the people to decide at the annual
meeting to be held May 2nd from
12 noon to 10 P. M.
Board member Edward McNally
seconded the motion. It was pas­sed
6 to 1 with Board President
Florence DeHaan casting the de-senting
vote.
It was pointed out that it costs
\ he District a total of $ 900 to ed­ucate
one child and that the Dis­trict
would in effect be saving
. money, by paying for District
transportation enabling these stu­dents
to attend a private or paro­chial
school outside the district.
Keep Off the Street"
A recent survey by the Suffolk
County Police Department showed
that many students of the Mill
Lane Jr. High School in Farming-dale
were walking in the road
on their way to school.
This fact was particularly true
on Daniel Drive directly in front
of Mill Lane, according to Charles
* L. Manso, Principal.
Children should cross with the
guard or at lights, stay on the
sidewalks and obey the traffic
rules," he added.
Carman, Hallahan
New Village Trustee's
How They Voted
Willis B. Carman Jr. led the
Liberty Party ticket with a vote
count of 638 and his running mate
John T. Hallahan garnered 614
to win the two year posts as
Trustees of The Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale.
The defeated candidates were:
Joseph Mo lino, who received 233
Bethpage
Loses By
Despite the fact that District # 18
voters piled up a 66.35% YES vote
in last Saturday's referendum for
2100 additional classroom seat
construction, the necessary 2/ 3
majority was short by 39 votes or
less than 1/ 3 of 1%. A sevendi
referendum will probably be up
before the Plainedge voters within
the next 30 days.
Last Minute Bulletin
At Tuesday night's Executive
Board of Education meeting, there
was considerable discussion about
submitting the same referendum to
the voters as soon as possible, it
was learned. The decision will
come to a Conclusionat the open
Board of Education meeting to be.
held on Thursday, March 29th at
the Plainedge High School. .
votes and William Hantusch who
tallied 260.
" We, the newly elected Trustees
of the Village of Farmingdale,
would like to express our thanks
and appreciation for die confidence
shown by electing us to serve as
your representatives In the
Village,"
- Plainedge
1/ 3 of 1%
The total count showed2729 YES
and 1384 NO votes and left a pall
over the gathering who waited a-round
the Soudiedge School for of­ficial
tabulations following the 10
P. M. closing of the polls Saturday
night.
Endorsements by die Plainedge
Classroom Teachers Association,
die Plainedge Federation of Teach­ers,
PACE, UTAandalldiePTA's,
as well as the lack of any apparent
organized opposition led die
gathering to be hopeful that this
time the space shortage would be
alleviated and another referendum
not necessary.
The announcement of die close­ness
of the vote stunned School
Superintendent Dr. John Rinehai
and led Board President Henry
Weinstein said that he is going
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Fred Hackett Runs Camp In Adirondack
Fred Hackett, who has long been
active in local youth recreation and
school committees, announced
today that he is undertaking die
managing directorship of Camp
Riverdale, an Adirondack wilder­ness
camp on Long Lake in
Hamilton County, New York. This*
camp was founded by Mr. Hackett's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Frank S.
Hackett, in 1912, five years after
diey founded Riverdale Country
School. Camp Riverdale has
operated continuously since then as
a wilderness camp where boys
from the ages of seven to seventeen
gain real outdoor camping ex­perience
with modern equipment
and a mature, experience staff.
The camp is located at the North
end of Long Lake, ten miles by
boat from the nearest public road
and it is in the heart of the
mountains. Many of the boys enjo}
mountain climbing trips both over
the well traveled Adirondack trails
and up several mountains forwhk:
there are no trails.
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