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Vol. 8 No. 22 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, January 21, 1971
Yevoli Is Running for
Tobay Supervisor
The first crack in the united political front against the Con­servative
Party has opened: Councilman Lewis Yevoli who although
a Democrat owes his elction more to the Conservatives than his own
party has announced his candidacy for the post of Town of Oyster
Bay Supervisor and his intention to energetically solict the en­dorsement
of the Conservative Party.
This action flies in the face of
Democratic County Chairman
Marvin Cristenfeld's earnest
desire to have a formal
agreement with the Republican
Party banning solicitation or
acceptance of offered Con­servative
endorsements.
Yevoli has no illusions about
his now being highly unpopular in
Mr. Cristenfeld's office. He took
this step, he told the OB­SERVER,
in full knowledge of
such repercussions because he
feels that Mr. Cristenfeld's way
of running the party is doing
serious harm to the organization.
Yevoli's willingness to form an
alliance with the Conservative
Party will no doubt put pressure
on incumbent GOP Tobay
Supervisor John Burke to also
look for help to the Con­servatives.
Interesting in this
respect is what the OBSERVER
has learned: That the Con­servative
Party is not totally sold
on Mr. Yevoli and would not
reject a consideration of Burke as
their candidate.
Whether or not Burke will be in
a position to accept such an en­dorsement
or even solicit it
remains to be seen. He told the
OBSERVER that he will respect
the decision of the Nassau County
Republican Committee in regard
to acceptance or rejection of
third party endorsements - a
decision that contrary to
published reports has yet to be
made by the full county com­mittee.
While the executive
committee may be of one mind on
this question a ratification by the
full committee membership only
would make it official and bin­ding,
according to Mr. Burke.
And so begins a political year
that promises more than the
usual amount of musical chair
games and excitement.
Library Board to
Fill Vacancy
The Farmingdale Library Board is now planning to
fill the vacancy on the board created by former trustee
Carl Gortons move to Florida by appointment. This is
the upshot of the board's executive meeting held last
Tuesday evening.
BAD SCENE is maybe not
strong enough a charac­terization
for such
carelessness and disregard
for a clean environment as
well as someone else's
property. This abandoned
shopping cart properly an­noyed
our young photographer
Hank Schleichkorn who
herewith presents it as a
shining example of a bad
scene. Hank, by the way, was
the alert lensman who two
weeks ago shot the picture of
the Aggies basketball team in
their unsuccessful! attempt to
win some points from Johnson
College.
A request to State Education
Commissioner Nyquist for
clarification of the issue created
by Gortons move without formal
resignation brought the answer
from the Commissioner's legal
counsel that various alternatives
are open to the Library Board --
appointment, special election,
regualr election or inaction.
Appointment is now the first
choice of the board. To that end
all residents interested in serving
the remaining term of Carl
G . rton on the rarmingdale
Library Board are asked to
submit statements to that effect
to the Board of Trustees of the
Farmingdale Public Library,
Main Street, Farmingdale. The
applications should be ac­companied
by a short resume.
Deadline for acceptance of
applications is Friday, January
29. Along with already known
applicants these candidates will
be considered by the board at
another executive meeting on
February 2.
Depending on the outcome of
this session names then may be
submitted at the next public
meeting schduled for February 9.
It's Show Time
It's showtime for the W. E.
Howitt Jr. High School Drama
Club. The presentation is
" Fanny, the Frivolous Flapper"
on Thursday, Febiuary 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.
Music for Farmingdale Needs Support
For something like 15 years Farmingdale had its own thing going,
musically speaking. Music for Farmingdale it is called and its one
and only aim was to bring good music to Farmingdale. It may soon be
bringing no more - for Music for Farmingdale is in dire straits.
Financially, that is. Not spiritually. Not by a long shot.
In the past Music for Far­mingdale
working with the Or­chestra
Da Camera has brought
good music of first rate quality to
our area, mostly in a series of
three performances. Like
everything else this has cost
money. Not too much - for even
now, with inflation running
rampant, the 1971 Spring Concert
Series of three performances
carries a subscription price of
only $ 10.00 for adults and $ 5.00 for
students. $ 10.00 ( or $ 5.00) for all
three concerts - less than what
will have to be spent for just one
performance in the city if car or
rail fare is added to it. Besides
the incovenience of having to
make a trip that becomes ever
more repulsive.
In order to put on such a series
of three performances Music for
Farmingdale must sell roughly
500 subscriptions. Considering
the latest LILCO estimate of
almost 80,000 people living in the
Greater Farmingdale area this
does not seem too great a num­ber.
This year it is, though. While in
the past up to 3,000 subscriptions
have been sold and no building in
Farmingdale could be found to
accomodate all those music
lovers this year the picture is
much less inspiring. As a matter
of fact, bleak would be a better
word for it since just about half of
the 500 subscriptions necessary to
break even have been sold so far.
And no more than two weeks
remain to sell those missing 250
tickets.
Quite naturally the Music for
Farmingdale committee headed
by Nancy Carman and with
George Schiro, Jean Harrington,
Darlene Henn, Hanne Manker
and Joseph Stern as its members
is concerned.
As matters stand now Music for
Farmingdale has to sell approx.
250 subscriptions in the next two
weeks to make this year's Spring
Concert Series possible. If this
can not be accomplished then
Music for Farmingdale will have
had an impressive past - but no
future.
This spring's performances are
scheduled for February 20,
March 20 and May 1, all at the
auditorium of Weldon E. Howitt
Junior High.
The first offer, on February 20,
is Puccini's short opera Gianni
Schicci with a cast from the
Metropolitan Opera Assn. studio.
The orchestra appearing is the
Orchestra Da Camera which will
also provide the program's
second half with Handel's Water
Music and the intermezzo. The
Comedians by Kohalevsky.
The program of March 20
provides a look at The Roots of
American Jazz with the jazz
ensemble of the Orchestra Da
Camera. Here the musical
history of American jazz will be
traced from its origins, Afro-
American rhythms through the
period of the blues and Dixieland
right up to today.
The third performance of the
series, on May 1, will see the 21
piece string section of the Or­chestra
Da Camera taking over
the program with among other
presentations the Serenade for
Strings by Tchaikovsky.
Whether or not this is the last
gasp of Music for Farmingdale ~
or, as matter of fact, whether or
not this series is becoming a
reality at all - will depend now
solely on the public.
Subscriptions can be ordered,
with a check enclosed for $ 10.00
per adult and $ 5.00 per student
from George Schiro, 121 Prospect
Street, Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735.
The committee's leading lady
Nancy Carman and its executive
director Flori Lorr will also
accept subscription orders - even
over the telephone, with Nancy
Carman's number being 293- 5346
and Flori Lorr's 694- 4195.
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The Jazz Ensemble of the Orchestra Da Camera that will present The Roots of American Jazz as a Music for Farmingdale production.