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Vol. 3 No. 38 Wednesday, August 22, 1962 Massapequa Park, L. I. 2nd Class Postage paid at Massapeiua Park 10$
Bd. Adopts ' Get Tough' Policy
Greets World Travelers
Seven adventurers of ' Operation Americas' brief Assemblyman Ed
Fehrenbach. The young men returned last week from a 30,000 mile,
independently sponsored, good will tour of Central and South America.
Pictured ( 1. to r. foreground) are Fraser Shaw of Bethpage, Colin
Reid of New Zealand, Bob Hinds of Gloversville, Walter Kutrieb of
Tarrytown, Don Twoney of Worcester, Mr. Fehrenbach, George Burrill
of Ticonderoga, and Tom Twoney of Worcester.
ft nser Shaw, H nine' * en year
old college student, who lives at
95 Maple Avenue, Bethpage, and
five companions left New York
one year ago, beginning a 30,000
mile trip which took diem through
sixteen Latin American countries.
They visited the colleges and uni­versities
of every country - living
with the students " on their own
level," Shaw said.
We tried to talk their language,
eat the same food, and - in general -
be one of them. All of us hope that
in some small way we have con­tributed
to better understanding
and mutual trust."
It took two years of planning
to get the trip underway. The
young men, all college students,
solitited funds and aid from organ­izations,
friends and industry.
Their first expenditure was the
purchase of an amphibious duck -
which they named El Pato Valiente.
This provided their transportation
on both land and sea. The thirty-four
foot craft needed extensive
repairs and with the help of friends
and various automotive firms, the
adventurers were ready to " set
sail" on August 1, of last year.
Tb^ troup preceded b~ ?. aiK ..
Panama on the tirst leg of uieir
journey. There, on one of their
first water sojourns, they were
shipwrecked. Beached for twelve
Says, they were finally rescued
by a United States LCM whose
- rew not only put the craft back
into commission but also aided
the expedition financially.
The El Pato Valiente proceded
with only slight mishaps impeding
progress. Such experiences as a
cliff- hanger in Equador ( the duck
slipped off the road and hung for
fifteen hours off the side of a
cliff) and the loss of a propeller,
did not discourage die gallant young
men.
The South American tour ended
in Brazil, where the boys were
able to convince officials of Varig
Airlines to fly them back to Los
Angeles free of charge. The El
Pato Valiente, meanwhile, was
shipped back ' to the states' by
steamship.
Shaw and his co- adventurers
crossed the country to New York
by land, making stops at various
Rotary Clubs - one of the largest
contributors to die financing of
die trip.
T0B Receives 18 Acre
Site from Grumman
An 18 acre site valued at ap­proximately
$ 720,000 will be given
to theTown of Oyster Bay by Grum­man
Aircraft Engineering Corpor­ation.
Grumman President F. Clin
ton Towl and Town Supervisor John
J. Burns jointly announced the do­nation
of the land which will be
developed as a community park for
residents of the Bethpage Park Dis­trict.
The property, centrally located
in the Park District, fronts on
Stewart Avenue south of Cherry
St. and is opposite the Bethpage
High School.
Supervisor Burns hailed the
action of the Grumman Board of
Directors as a wonderful thing for
tiie community and truly represen-
Governor Visits
Rotary Club
District Governor Domenic J.
Imbese visited the Farmlngdale
Rotary Club last Wednesday at
its regular luncheon meeting held
at St. Thomas Undercroft.
Governor Imbese called atten­tion
to the Rotary theme presented
by Nitisch C. Laharry, President
of Rotary International: " Kindle
the Spirit within - the power that
lights the path to service. " Devel­op
your power, Discover yourself,
Demonstrate Your Purpose: By
recognizing the essential oneness
of all mankind; By striving for a
union of hearts and minds; By
fanning the spark within into the
magic flame of a world fellow­ship
on a person- to- person basis".
A ' get tough* policy with the contractors and
architect Qn the three new school buildings in Dis­trict
# 22 was further reinforced this week by a new
resolution passed at the Special Board of Education
meeting held Monday night at Weldon E. Howitt.
The resolution was to the effect that School Board
Attorney Kendrick Smith was instructed to send a
letter to the firm of Architect Frederic Weidersum
Associates to inform the contractors . that the
School Board resolved that work defects must
be corrected 60 days prior to end of guarantee per­iod
or the Board will authorize other contractors
to come in and do the work to be charged to the
original contractors. The resolution also contained
the Board's request that an itemization of work to
be done be included.
It was also brought to light eering firm, of Frederic R.
at the school board meeting that Harris Inc. of New York City on
a report had been received last the Farmingdale Senior High
week from the consulting engin- ( Continued on Page 2)
New Farmingdale Landmark
SUNKIit
FEDERAL
SAVINGS
tative of the Corporation's spirit
" This generous gift by the Grum­man
Company to the Town and to
the people of the Bethpage Park
District represents a substantial
savings in acquisition costs. The
residents of the community have
expressed an overwhelming inter­est
in the development of a com­prehensive
park similar to that
opened this past May in the Plain-view-
Old Bethpage community, and
the Bethpage Park District would
have been required to expend sub­stantial
sums of money to acquire1
a large parcel of land. The donation
of this acreage by Grumman ad
•'• irably fills the need, and on be­half
of the Town Board and the
people of the Bethpage community.
A new landmark in Farmingdale was erected this week as a Community time and temperature sign at
Sunrise Federal Savings and Loan Association on Conklin Street. Counting the seconds as the switch went
on Friday night at 6 p. m. was Mayor Joseph Brune together with Sunrise Federal Board of Directors:
Norman Sullivan, John O. Wagner Jr., Arthur White, President and Executive Vice President William
Kemlein. Not pictured was Board Member Sebastian Albrecht who was inside die bank throwing the switch
on the mechanism.
The time control mechanism in the Double " TT" is governed by two synchronous control motors which
automatically correct the time every 60 seconds, guaranteeing correct time to the minute.
In case of power failure, every Double " TT' mechanism is equipped with a special carry- over unit which
will allow die clock to coninue to operate accurately for as long as 10 hours without out- side power. The
temperature automatically corrects itself upon restoration of power.
The temperature is electronically measured at the sign location by a device similar to those used by
the weather bureau. Wind or sun have no direct effect on the temperature readings.
The Double " TT" flashes 17,280 time and temperature readings every 24 hours. Or it alternately
flashes the time and temperature 12 tiroes every minute.
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