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Vol. 3 No. 17 Wednesday, March 28, 1962 Massapequa Park, L. l. 2nd Class Postage paid at Massapequa Pork and
at additional mailing offices ( pending approval) 10c
Farmingdale PBC Nautical Cadets
Pictured above are ihe Farmingdale Police Boys Club Nauticai
Cadets Marching in the St. Patricks Parade in Huntington. They
Meet every Friday night from 6: 50 PM to 9: 30 PM at die Parkway
Oaks School on Carmans Road South of ti: e Southern State Parkway.
Boys Ten eo Eighteen are eligible to join. There are no charges or
dues. Men interested in joining are always welcomed and for any
information call CH 9- 6126.
Farmingdale Branch Li
Grand Opening Date Set
The week long series of events
in conjunction with the South Farm­ingdale
Branch Library Dedication
was announced yesterday by the
Library Board of Trustees. The
new Branch in the S. F. Shopping
Center on Merritt Road will be
dedicated on Sunday, April 8th,
at 3: 00 P. M.
Events of the week are as
follows: Saturday, April 7 - 1: 00
PM. - Art Exhibition by Artists
Croup of Farmingdale. Sunday,
April 8 - 3.- 00 PM. - Official
Dedication Ceremony. Monday,
April 9 - 8: 30 PM. - Film Festival
for Adults. THE ADVENTURES OF
* - Color - An unusual film of
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District # 22 to Vote on
Bus Transportation Saturday
A record turnout of voters is expected on the bus transportation referendum
Saturday, March 31st with 4,343 registered voters.
F'dale Fire Department
Second Benefit Concert
Pictured above is the Farmingdale Fire Department Band at its
benefit concert on June 3, 1961. Mr. Alduino, Conductor, takes a bow
wim the band after performing one of die concert pieces.
Concert conductor of die Farm­ingdale
Fire Department Band,
James Alduino, announced plans
for die Band's annual Benefit Con­cert
to be held on Friday, May
11, at 8: 15 pm in die auditorium
of die Main Street School in Farm­ingdale.
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In the last two day of registra­tion
l, 617reglstered. The previous
registration was 2,726.
The voting will take place in die
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School Auditorium from 10 AM,
to 9 PJvl.
Proposition 1 to be voted on is
whether or not the Board of Ed­ucation
will be authorized to con­tract
with any person or corpora­tion
for a period not exceeding
five years for the conveyance of
pupils residing in District # 22,
total cost not to exceed $ 2,500,000
to be collected in the time and
amount determined by die Board
of Education.
Proposition 2 which the voters
will consider is whether or not
the Board of Education is
audiorized to purchase for die
use of die School District at a
maximum cost of $ 7,000 each, not
to exceed 50 school buses of die
conventional type and at an
estimated maximum cost of
$ 10,000 each, not to exceed 5, die
transit type, each to have a capacity
of 60 students, the estimated
maximum cost of all items men­tioned
being $ 400,000.
Part 2 of this proposition: to
construct a school bus garage
for die maintenance of school buses
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State University Agricultural Technical Institute to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
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This is the first graduating class of die State University Agricultural and Technical
Institute in 1919. Albert A. Johnson was director at that time.
The Institute is celebrating its 50di Anniversary tills week.
bill, known as the Harte- Thompson
Act, provided for a State School of
Agriculture on Long Island and
appropriated $ 50,000 for such a
Fifty years ago diis week.
State University Agricultural and
Technical Institute at Framingdale
was established by the State
much annually in heating.)
The Legislature later provided
$ 90,000 for the purchase of farm
lands in Farmingdale and ap-
Legislatuic of New York. The college. ( The college spends that propriated funds for two educa
Most of the farm equipment, as pictured above, was horse drawn and die men were
dressed in government surplus clodiing. Pictured at die left in die rear, is that famous
Model T.
tional buildings a dormitory for
boys, a power plant, gas plant,
water supply system, dining room
furniture and fixtures, and a
cottage for the President of the
school.
It was not until 1916 that the
school was open to the first class
of 60 students. Today, the college
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