1966-05-26

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Farmingdale, N. Y.
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Vol. 3 No. 40 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 26, 1966
Congressman Grover To Speak
MONDAYSERVICES PARADE
HONOR WAR DEAD Village Board To Hire Special Counsel
Farmingdale - Mayor Joseph
Zureck was authorized by un­animous
vote of the Farmingdale
Village Board on Monday night
to retain special counsel for the
purpose of examining data
regarding the Morris Karp fac­tory
and its operation and its
affect on village ordinances. The
lawyer will present his findings
to the Board of Trustees for the
purpose of determining any future
action.
The Mayor will contact the
Nassau County Village Officials
Association for th^ ir recommen­dations
for the lawyer to be hired.
The motion was made by Trustee
Willis B. Carman Jr. and Se­conded
by Trustee John Hal lahan."
Prior to this action, Village
Attorney Joseph Stern expressed
his feelings that his association
with Morris Karp through the
years might have some reflection
if the decision were unfavorable
to the village.
The Farmingdale Village
Board discussed an incident an
Friday night regarding over­turned
rubbish baskets on Main
Street in Farm'ngdale. The
Board will seek additional police
surveillance.
An application to build apart­ment
houses on the Souths ide
of Conklin Street, east of Se-cagoue
to Van Cott and West
to Oakview Avenue was tabled.
Bids for the sale of a Farm­ingdale
Fire Department pumper
were received in the amount of
$ 468 from the New Jersey Fire
Equipment Co. and $ 1901 from the
Long Island Fire Equipment Cor­poration.
The Board turned the
bids over to the Board of Fire
Com TPSsioners.
Hynes Calls For Recreation Forum
Town Councilman Frank J . Hy­nes
announced that plans are
going ahead for the sixth in a
series of town- wide recreation
forums in the Parkway Oaks E-lementary
School, Carman Road,
on Thursday night, June 2, at
8: 30 p. m.
The forum, to which commu­nity
leaders and residents of the
area will be welcomed, will be
co- chaired by Councilman Hynes
and Julian Liebman, chairman of
the Town's Citizens* Advisory
Committee on Youth, Recreation
and Community Activities.
Hearings to date, Councilman
Hynes said, have shown signifi­cant
support for the proposal
of Councilman Edward J. Poulos,
Town Board Majority Leader, to
provide Town funds for school
districts in co- operative year-round
recreation programs. He
noted that the needs of commu­nities
are different and the pur­pose
of the forums is to find
out what the people in the com­munity
think is most needed..
Town Recreation Director
James Arvanitis is arranging
invitations to Farmingdale
community leaders. Hynes add­ed
that interested persons in the
area are likewise invited to par­ticipate
in order to get the wid­est
range of thought in the prob­lem
of recreation for all age
grpups.
Yorker Group Returns
With Seven State Awards
Seven students from the Yorker
Historical group at Mill Lane
Junior High School brought back
awards in recognition for out­standing
work from the Buffalo
Yorker convention held last week.
The students were competing a-gainst
entries from both junior
and senior hgih schools in New
York State., according to Bette
Wright, advisor.
Jay Fleitman and Fred Scheus-sler
were presented with trophies
for essays involving original r e ­search,
which will be printed in
the " Yorker". James Hanney,
Margery Budoff and Stephen
Lavin received certificates of
merit for similar essays. Peter
Pavarini and Carolyn Pines were
given engraved plaques and sub­scriptions
to « * New York State
Folklore" for essays on folklore.
65 students from the Mill Lane
Historical Club attended the con­vention.
On the way the group
made a stop in Albany to tour
the museum in the State Education
Building.
The Mill Lane group also dis­played
a model exhibit of the
Quaker Meeting House in Far­mingdale.
The Mill l^ ane group won more
awards than any other single
group in the State of New York.
The annual Memorial Day ceremonies and parade,
sponsored by the Farmingdale Fire Department,
will be held on Monday, May 30 beginning with
the annual inspection by the Board of Fire Com­missioners
at 8: 15 a. m. at Fire Headquarters.
At 8: 30 p. m. there will be the placing of wreaths
on the Firemen's Memorial in front of Village
Hall and at 8: 45 a. m. the parade will s t a r t in
the Municipal Parking field # 4.
Congressman James R. Gover will be the guest
speaker. Ex- chief H. Riedrich will give the
introduction and act as Master of Ceremonies
and the Rev. Richard Kircher of St. Kilian's
R. C. Church will deliver the Invocation. A wel­coming
address will be delivered by Mayor Jo­seph
Zureck. The benediction will be given by
Pastor Kenneth Hoover of the Farmingdale Metho­dist
Church.
Both the Mill Lane Jr. High School band and
the Farmingdale Senior High School Band will
participate in the ceremonies.
Grand Marshall of the parade will be ex- Chief
S. Lowatsky. Marshall of the first division of the
parade will be ex- Chief E. Knoell; ex- Chief
G. Dillon J r . will be Marshall of the 2nd Division
and ex Chief S. Orobona will be Marshall of the
third Division.
Among the participants in the parade will be the
VFW band, the Falcons Drum and Bugle Corps,
the Weldon E. Howitt, Mill Lane and Farmingdale
High school bands; the Farmingdale PBC Nauti­cal
Cadets, the Farmingdale Library Bookmobile,
the Knights of Columbus Council, Kiwanis Club,
Lions Club, B'nai B'rith; the Farmingdale Midget
Football Association, the Boy Scouts, the Mid
Island Council of Girl Scouts and the fire de­partments.
The line of march will proceed south on Rose
Street, to Grant Avenue; east on Grant to William
Street; south on Williams Street to Fulton Street;
west on Fulton Street to Main Street; north on
Main Street to Main Street elementary school
where Memorial exercises will be conducted. The
parade will then proceed north on Main Street
to the cemeteries.
VFW Concludes Poppy Sale On Memorial Day
William J. Casey, candidate for Congress in the Republican June 28
Primary Election, cuts the ribbon for the new Casey headquarters
at 324 Broadway, Bethpage. Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Noce and James
McManus, Casey's Bethpage coordinators, hosted the grand opening
attended by over 100 supporters.
The annual Buddy Poppy Sale,
sponsored by the Croege Ben-kert
J r . Post 516 of the V. F. W.
will be concluded during the
parade on Memorial Day.
Poppy funds will be used for the
aid, relief and comfort of dis­abled
and needy veterans, their
dependents and their widows and
orphans; for assistance and en­tertainment
of needy veteran
patients at Northport Hospital;
maintenance of the V. F. W. Na­tional
Home for widows and or- Penses for military funerals of
phans of veterans at Fa ton Hap- deceased veterans and for ac­ids,
Michigan; rehabilitation, quisition, improvement and
welfare and service work, in- maintenance of burial plots and
eluding liaison service with the decoration of graves of veterans
Veterans Administration; ex- and servicemen.
Because of the Memorial Day weekend
early copy is requested for next week's
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