1965-05-20

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TOWN TO BUY PARK LAND Councilman A. Carl Grunewald, Chairman of the Town
of Oyster Bay Board's Standing Committee on Parks and
Recreation, will introduce a resolution at the Board's regular
meeting next Tuesday proposing the purchase of a 16.48-
acre site in Farmingdale to be developed as a community
park, complete with swimming facilities.
The site of the proposed park is bounded on the south by
Motor Avenue, on the west by Heisser's Lane, on the north
by the land of the South Farmingdale Water District and on
the east by the former Liberty Aircraft property.
In announcing his intention to offer the resolution calling
for the purchase of this land, Councilman Grunewald estimated
the cost of the land and the construction of the park facilities
to be approximately $ 1,200,000.
" I have held several meetings in the community of Farm­ingdale
in the past several months with many groups, discussing
the need for a comprehensive park to serve the area. I believe
this facility will be a fine addition to our outstanding and
expanding park system, and upon receipt of Board approval
of my proposal, I will ask the Town Attorney to immediately
enter into negotiations with the owners of the property," Coun­cilman
Grunewald said.
" Based on experience in the development and construction
of other comprehensive parks across the Town, it is estimated
that the park, complete with swimming facilities, would be
ready for use in the spring of 1967," Grunewald added.
At the present time, community parks, complete with swim­ming
facilities, in use, or under construction, are located in
Plainview - Old Bethpage, Bethpage, Massapequa and Syosset-
Woodbury- Locust Grove.
The Town also maintains 11 beaches on the north and south
shores and 160 neighborhood parks. A community park is also
under construction in Hicksville.
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Firemen Ready Memorial Day Parade
There is still time remaining for organizations to register
who wish to participate in the Memorial Day parade and cere­monies
to be held in Farmingdale on Monday, May 31.
The event sponsored by the Farmingdale Fire Department,
will begin at 8: 30 a. m. with the placing of wreaths on the fire­men's
memorial in front of Village Hall. The parade will begin
at 8: 45 a. m., at the Muncipal Parking Field No. 4 in the rear
of Bohacks.
Civic and government officials will participate with the Honor­able
Howard T. Hogan Chief Justice Nassau County Supreme
Court as the principal speaker.
Organizations wishing to participate should contact Robert
Baldwin, 1st Deputy Chief, at Chapel 9- 2383 or by calling the fire
department headquarters at Chapel 9- 9820.
Klein Installed Fire Chief To Dedicate Bethpage Park- Pool
Richard Kletn was sworn in as
Chief of the South Farmingdale
Fire Department at the annull
installation dinner and dance held
last Saturday at the Freeport
Ya: ht Club.
Other officers sworn in were:
George Kerrigan, 2nd Assistant
Chief; Roger Dooley, 2nd Assist­ant
Chief; John Behand; and Char­les
Curkhardt, Treasurer.
Also sworn in were the follow­ing
company officers: Captain,
Eugene Moll'e; 1st. Lt. Gerald
Eich; 2nd Lt., Gus Petersen;
William Hansen, Vincent
Staweck, James Crispino, Char­les
Selock, Capt. Larry Smith,
Robert Steiner and Fire Police
Squad. Captain Joseph O* Geary
and Lt. Harry Greiner.
One of the first duties of
the new Chief Klein was to
present six plaques to members
in the Department who aided in
the rescue of a five year old
boy last December.
Chief Klein pledged to con­tinue
the high standards of the
department and to maintain the
low fire loss record, one of the
lowest in Nassau County.
The Hellcats, won the Junior Division of the Farmingdale Police
Boys Club bowling league. Pictured are: Tag Gricka, Marc Croes,
Jerry Alrmann, George Solony and Steve Wallerstein.
Not pictured were winners of the Bantons, the Lucky Strikes,
M. Davis, K. Bykash, E. Milch, and G. Jambor.
Bowling instructors were: Harry Leonard, William Turner, and
Farmingdale PBC President, Carl A. Dittmeier, Patrolman Walter
Scholl and Bowling Director Al Gricka.
Bethpage community organi­zations
and leaders will parti­cipate
in the gala dedication of
Oyster Bay Town's new Beth­page
Community Park, Satur­day,
May 22, at 1: 30 p. m., it was
announced by Councilman Louis
A. Sisia.
The first of the advanced park
complexes in the Town was the
Plainview- Old Bethpage Com­munity
Park on Washington Ave­nue,
Plainview, opened in 1962.
Dedications of community parks
now under construction will fol­low:
Syosset- Woodbury in June
and Massapequa in July, this
year.
Bethpage Community Park oc­cupies
an 18- acre site donated
to the Town by the Grumman Air­craft
Engineering Corporation on
Stewart Avenue, opposite the
high school. It is described as a
$ 2- 1/ 2 million installation, in­cluding
the $ 750,000 value of the
donated land and $ 1,314,943 ear­marked
for improvements now
being completed.
The park, according to Coun­cilman
Sisia, will serve the
Bethpage neighborhood area of
more than 22,000 population.
Fees will be used to pay off the
operating, maintenance and bon­ded
indebtedness costs of the
pool complex.
Facilities include a bandshell,
a seasonal skating- arena, ice in
winter and roller in the other
seasons; bathhouses, Olympic-sized
swimming pool, diving pool
and wading pools; games areas
with features for young and old.
During the dedicatory pro­gram,
Commander Ernest Eglin
of the Butehorn Post # 4987, Vet­erans
of Foreign Wars, will pre­sent
to the park a new Ameri­can
flag. The Post and Archie
McCord Post # 86 of the Ameri­can
Legion, of which Vincent
Busutill is Post Commander,
will stage the presentation of
colors ceremony. All veterans
organizations will participate in
the " Call to the Colors."
Scout Thomas McDonald of
Bethpage Troop 324 will lead in
the pledge of allegiance, flanked
by a color guard from Scout
Troop 604.
The Star Spangled Banner will
be played by the Bethpage High
School Band, directed by Carl
Hupperich. The Rev. Valentine
Stortz, Pastor of St. Martin of
Tours R. C. Church, will give the
invocation.
Councilman Sisia, who will be
master of ceremonies, will intro­duce
members of the Citizens
Advisory Committee and special
guests, including colleagues of
the Town Board and official
family. Members of the Board
include Supervisor Michael N.
Petitio, Chairman; Edward J.
Poulos. Board Maiority Leader;
Peter B. Allsopp, A. Carl Grune­wald,
Chairman of the Board's
Standing Committee on Parks &
Recreation; Edmund A. Ocker
and Mrs. Marjorie R. Post.
The Colonial Fife & Drum
Corps will play selections under
the direction of Frank Gross-mann.
Because the program falls
on the Jewish Sabbath, Rabbi Ken­neth
D. Poplack of the Bethpage
Jewish Community Center will be
recognized but not called upon
for participation.
Special guests will include E.
Clinton Towl, President of Grum­man,
which made a gift to the
Town of the park site; Commis­sioner
John J. Burns of the New
York State Office for Local Go­vernment
and Assemblyman Ed­win
J. Fehrenbach, leading resi­dent
of the park district.
The ceremony will close with
the benediction by the Rev. James
J. Taylor, Pastor of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, followed by a
public inspection of the park
facilities. The new park will open
for the season Memorial Day,
Sunday, May 30th at 9 a. m.
Testimonial Dinner For
Dr. T. W. Guilford
Retiring Superintendent of
Schools, Dr. Thomas W. Guilford
will be honored at a testimonial
banquet to be held on June 8 at
the Four Seasons.
Chairman of the event is Mrs.
Lucile Goulding, Trustee on the
Farmingdale Board of Education.
Dr. Guilford submitted his re­signation
several weeks ago due
to a doctor's order to live and
work in warmer climate. He has
accepted a post as Superintendent
of the Sarasota, Florida school
district.
Board of Education President,
G, Roger Cahaney will be the toast
master.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Goulding at LI 1-
5618 or Mrs. Mildred Clancy at
CH 9- 7600.