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An Offictaf Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Scrvi, •
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Vol. 8 No. 23 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735. Thursday, January 28, 1971
No Mail Going to
Britain Is Accepted
An immediate embargo on
mail to Great Britian was
ordered by the U. S. Postal
Service.
The action was taken im-m
e d i a t e l y following
notification from the British
Postal Administration that an
all- out strike of British postal
workers is expected Wed­nesday.
The embargo does not apply
to mail addressed to
American military personnel
in the United Kingdom.
Ireland also is not affected.
The embargo applies to all
other mail from the U. S. -
surface or airmail - ad­dressed
to Great Britian,
including England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
The British Postal Ad­ministration
advised that the
strike is expected to continue
for an indefinite period and all
United Kingdom domestic and
international services will be
suspended. Mail already
enroute also may be delayed.
Help Offered to Break
The Cigarette Habit
Smoke Watchers of Fartningdale, which offers a " group
dynamics" program to help smokers break the cigarette habit, will
hold ^ a free introductory lecture on February 9th at St. Luke's
Lutheran Church, 145 Prospect Street, Farmingdale at 8 P. M.
Smoke Watchers of Far- intensive institutional research
mingdale is licensed by Smoke
Watchers International, a fast-growing
organization operating
from coast to coast. " At the free
lecture," says Carol Fox,
director of the local organization,
" we will show the smoker how we
( urn smokers into non- smokers
easily and forever."
" The techniques we use," she
adds, " are based on three fac­tors:
( 1) Group dynamics, in
which each member helps the
others, ( 2) Members are taught
to understand their habit why
they smoke, and ( 3) Members
are shown how to unlearn their
habit, over a period of time."
Staff members of Smoke
Watchers will conduct the lecture
and will answer questions about
the group's methods. " Most
people have a basic question
right off the bat," says the
director with a smile. " Does it
work?" Of course it works. Our
program is based on 14 years of
VFW Looking
For Addresses
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Corp. Geo. Benkert, Jr. Post 516
of Farmingdale, are still looking
for names and addresses of any
of our local men still serving in
Vietnam, according to their Post
Commander, Jack Monroe.
A personal visit is made to the
home of the servicemen by the
chairman of this committee,
Fred Wuerth. He presents the
family with a " Serving- In-
Vietnam" flag, and offers the
serviceman oversea's a free
membership in the V. F. W. The
Ladles Auxiliary to Post 516
sends the packages to these men.
Commander Monroe also
announces that men now serving
in Korea especially since Oct.
1966, are also eligible for the
V. F. W. as well as those serving in
West Berlin. The names of any
local men now serving in these
area's are also wanted, and will
also be handled by Chairman
Wuerth.
Anyone having such names or
information can get in touch with
Chairman Wuerth by calling CH
9- 9561 or by leaving the names
and addresses at the V. F. W. hall
at 635 S. Main Street, Far­mingdale.
Town Assails MTA's
" Veil of Secrecy"
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has now managed to
get the Town of Oyster Bay into the act, too. It all started with the
Authority's constructing a power substation in Massapequa Park
without warning and at least saying " excuse me". It continued with
the revelation that up to five more such substations are being
planned on the maine line including the Farmingdale area - an
allegation that the MTA has not confirmed nor denied. The MTA, as a
matter of fact, has kept all its plans to itself, getting Town of Oyster
Bay Supervisor John W. Burke to raise his hackles. In a letter to
taciturn MTA chief Dr. William J. Konan he demanded a lifting of
• that veil of secrecy that hides the MTA's future proposals for Long
Island and the Town of Oyster Bay.
costing millions of dollars."
The organization states that
there are more than 70 million
people in the United States who
smoke, and at least half think
they should give up the habit.
" The probiem." says the
director, " is that most people do
not know how to quit. They feel
they will grow nervous, or put on
weight, or have other ill ef­fects...
of ten they try to quit
smoking all at once - " cold
turkey" as it is called. But
American CANCER Society
statistics show that five out of
every six people who try to stop
smoking by themselves soon take
up the habit again."
On the other hand, she points
out that Smoke Watchers shows
the smoker how to stop, the easy
way, and stay stopped - without
any adverse effects. They
become true non - smokers ••
forever.
Persons interested in joining
the success of Smoke Watchers
members who have stopped
smoking are invited to attend the
organization's free lecture. For
further information call Smoke
Watchers at 541- 1750
JOBS Create Jobs
For Local People
The National Alliance of
Businessmen has announced that
its JOBS ' 70 program will provide
an opportunity for 16 more
disadvantaged poor people to be
hired and trained for jobs in the
Farmingdale area. The Regional
Manpower Administrator,
Clayton J. Cottrell, made the
award.
Cantor Brothers, Inc. of
Farmingdale, manufacturers of
paints and chemicals will hire
and train 16 people as IBM
systems handlers and blending
specialists. Matthew J. Miller,
General Manager, directs the
program.
The National Alliance of
Businessmen on Long Island is
directed by Edward T. Bolton
from headquarters in Jericho.
Bolton is on loan from the Long
Island Lighting Company. Mr.
Joseph Curry, District
Superintendent of the State
Employment Service, is
responsible for providing the job
applicants.
Burke said the Board and the
nationally- known planning firm
of Raymond, Parish & Pine, Inc.,
which has been hired to assist the
Town Board in developing a
Master Plan, had been running
into a stone wall in its attempts to
establish a rapport with the MTA.
" The Town, the Town Planning
Advisory Board and its con­sultant
have received nothing but
vague generalities and imprecise
information from the MTA",
Burke said. " We have con­sistently
been frustrated in our
attempts to establish a rapport
with the MTA for the purposes of
obtaining the clear and
responsive data necessary for
our planning efforts.
" The Town Board," Burke
said, " is fearful that this lack of
cooperation is extremely
damaging to the progress of the
Master Plan and may adversely
effect the 370,000 citizens who
reside in the Township. We
cannot allow this situation to
continue."
Burke said this was not the first
time Oyster Bay's elected of­ficials
had voiced concern about
the MTA. Late last year the
Supervisor and Town Councilmen
called for the MTA to hold in­formal
hearings with residents of
the Township in order to correct
the MTA's blatant abuse of power
in erecting a power substation in
Massapequa Park. At that time
Burke asked the MTA to " cease
Seats Still Available
For Trip to United Nations
There are still seats available
on the bus which will make a trip
to the United Nations on Thur­sday,
February 4th. This visit is
sponsored by the Farmingdale
Public Library, and the bus will
leave from the South Far­mingdale
Branch at 9 A. M.
The group will have the op­portunity
to hear a short talk by a
member of the South African
delegation to the UN in a room
specially reserved at the UN
building. A short question and
answer period will follow.
Space has also been reserved in
the delegate's dining room for
lunch. A guided tour is available
throughout the building, and it
will be hard to resist the temp­tation
of shopping in the UN gift
shops.
Of special interest is the UN
Post Office which issues its own
stamps, and which can be bought
and must be mailed only at the
UN building.
Everybody is invited to come
and sign up for the trip at the
South Farmingdale Branch of the
Public Library. The cost is $ 3.00
for transportation and $ 1.50 for
admission which includes the
guided tour.
Brotherhood
Meeting Set
Farmingdale Interfaith
Council of Women will present
the Interfaith Brotherhood
Meeting to be held at the United
Methodist Church, Tuesday,
February 9, 1971, at 8 p. m.
The clergy of Farmingdale will
be the guest panel to discuss
" Marriage", its rites, rituals,
realities, customs. Women's role
in marriage will be discussed by
the religious leaders.
SHOW AND TELL: Officer Paul Galgan is shown as he describes
the equipment carried by patrolmen of the Nassau County Police
Department to four Northside School students following a recent
" Show and Tell" assembly program. The youngsters are ( I. ro t.)
Joseph Molloy. Gail Cunningham, Priscilla Farago and Nancy
O'Sullivan.
and desist from any further
construction work" until such
meetings were held.
The letter, Burke explained,
cites a number of examples
reflecting the lack of cooperation
on the MTA's part.
Excerpts from the letter in­clude
the following :
" In view of the foregoing, and
consonant with our master
planning activity, we need to
know the future construction
plans, as well as the current
construction proposals, of the
M. T. A., as the same affects our
Town. Our consultant is, among
other things, specifically con­cerned
about any origin and
destination studies, as well as
any commuter traffic flow data
which may have been compiled.
Also of interest is the proposed
construction of railroad facilities
in the Town, including detailed
information as to the exact
location of all proposed sub­stations
and the use of railroad
property for commuter parking
purposes in the villages of Locust
Valley, Oyster Bay, Hicksville,
etc.
" Additionally, our planner is
also very interested » a ' frt&
regarding the extent to w . Ich
transit service will be provided to
Glen Cove and beyond to Oyster
Bay, as well as to the existence of
any M. T. A. plan respecting rail
facility modification in the
hamlet of Oyster Bay.
" Moreover, certain newspaper
articles have indicated that your
agency plans to construct a
building of some size in the
Hicksville area. We shall require
specific information respecting
such * construction since
Hicksville is one of the key
project areas in our long- range
Town planning. In passing, our
consultant would also appreciate
particulars regarding any
proposed M. T. A. use of the
property in the Repub. ic Airport
area.
" In sum, then, we call upon you
to correct what appears to be an
uncooperative attitude and to
arrange with us an early and
mutually convenient date to meet
and review these matters with
you and the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority."
Burke said he was hopeful that
Ronan would respond to the
Board's request and designate a
high official of the MTA to work
with the Town and its planner.
Reminder : Show
Time at Howitt
For all those that may have
forgotten or not seen last week's
notice this shall serve as a
reminder: It's showtime for the
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School Drama Club.
The presentation is " Fanny,
the Frivolous Flapper" on
Thursday, February 4 and
Friday, February 5, 1971, in the
school auditorium.
Close to 100 students are busily
involved in the production under
the direction of Mr. and Mrs.
Regis Bowman.
This production is being
sponsored by the W. E. Howitt Jr.
High School PTA. Tickets may be
obtained by calling My 4- 7341 or
from any member of the Drama
Club.