1972-09-07

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Two- Family Homes Favored
By Motor Avenue Residents
Faced with the alternative of garden apartments or two- family homes at the
vacant land on Merrit Road and Motor Avenue, residents of that area in Far­mingdale
would rather have the latter. Their preference was determined by an
actual show of hands during the open hearing of the Planning Advisory Board of
the town of Oyster Bay held at Bethpage High School on Monday, August 28.
GARAGEMEN'S DINNER- DANCE: New York State Auto Body
Federation President Rick Marchitelli ( right) of Farmingdale,
dinner chairman of the 10th Annual Long Island Garagemen's
Association dinner- dance to be held September 15, at Colonie Hill,
Hauppauge, presents United States Transportation Secretary John
A. Volpe with an honorary LIGA membership in preparation fur his
appearance as the guest speaker at the upcoming affair. The LIGA
represents over 600 auto body and fender shops on Long Island.
Although the biggest portion of
the hearing concerned itself with'
the advisory board's recom­mendations
in Bethpage since
Bethpage residents had turned
out in big numbers to object to the
plan of 39 apartments at Stewart
and Central Avenues, Far-mingdalers
did get a chance to
air their views at the end of the
meeting when all other interest
groups had left.
Bob Palermo, one Far­mingdale
resident present at the
Bethpage meeting, told the
OBSERVER that he and the
other residents are not against
houses on Motor Avenue but that
they would prefer two- family
homes and would " igorously
oppose garden apartments.
More Students than Expected
The Farmingdale Elementary schools will have more students than originally
anticipated, according to Dr. William Kinzler, superintendent of schools. He
explained at the Farmingdale school board meeting on Tuesday evening that
enrollment during central registration was much higher than anticipated. This
was attributed to transfers from parochial schools which had announced tuition
increases and to a large number of move- ins. Exact figures will not be available
until it can be ascertained how many students have left the district.
Robert Campbell stated that it
had been a campaign issue and
that the public had made the
decision.
In discussing the rental of Main
The board approved the bus
drivers' salary schedule which
includes a 4.7 percent increase.
The schedule is just for the three
drivers who operate the district
station wagons and the van.
Transportation director Gerard
Donelli commented that it would
be more expensive to have ad­ditional
district owned and
operated vehicles than to con­tinue
to contract for them. He
pointed out that the $ 85.00 per
transported pupil in Farmingdale
was below the county average.
Dr. Philip Acinapuro assistant
superintendent, will look into
complaints of destroyed school
supplies and books discarded in
the dumper at Woodward Park­way
school. Board members said
that such incidents should not
occur and they had not been been
informed about this situation.
The issue of conflict of interest,
should the spouse of a board
member be a teacher, was
brought up. Board president
Street School to BOCES, Camp­bell
explained that the board
is extremely limited in finding
additional uses for the facility.
Renting Main Street School to
either another school district or
to the library are two possibilities
which are legally prohibited.
Marilyn Hametz
In the meantime, it was
learned that the town board of
Oyster Bay had extended the
special permit to the Humble Oil
and Refining Company for the
construction and maintenance of
a gasoline service and filling
station for another six months
until March 17,1973. It is this gas
station that residents on Merrit
Road and Motor Avenue would
very much like to prevent from
being built. Only councilman
Yevoli voted against the ex­tension
of that permit.
The closing of certain streets in
that area, such as Kent Street
between Motor and Lambert
Avenues, was discussed as well
when doubts were raised whether
street closings would solve the
problem of commercial traffic or
whether the problem would
simply be shifted to other streets.
Dr. Lawrence Ravich, chairman
of the advisory board, who had
received a thorough roasting
before by Bethpage residents,
complimented the Farmingdale
contingent on its rational and
objective contributions to the
Town's master plan at the end of
the hearing.
The Dolphin Green Civic
Association, in a letter to coun­cilman
Gregory Carman, has
taken issue with the master
plan's proposal of 75 units of
garden apartments or town
houses north of Hempstead
Turnpike and east of Dolphin
Drive. In its letter to Carman, the
civic association lists the
following priorities:
" Establishment of a park for
our youngsters. Due to traffic
hazards of Hempstead Turnpike,
our children are not within
walking distance of a park.
" Due to the safety hazards of
Hempstead Turnpike, we do not
recommend any type of housing.
" We are against multiple
dwellings which have no place in
a community where one- family
homes are, and whose occupants
are paying high taxes as well as a
premium to upkeep these homes.
" If we cannot obtain a park for
our children, we would be in
favor of a residential area of two-family
homes."
It is expected that the town
board will get the final recom­mendations
of the Planning
Advisory Board by the end of
September The town board will
review those recommendations
and then schedule its own pubh'c
hearing on the master plan.
Bigger Program
By Dad's Club
The Farmingdale Dad's Club, a
four year old organization of
fathers of high school athletes,
will carry out an expanded
program for the 1972- 73 season.
This was announced by Dad's
Club president Hugh Clinton of
Massepequa Park.
The Varsity Boys Leaders
Club, Girls Leaders Club, Senior
Class, Junior Class and
cheerleaders have begun a
campaign to sell ads and obtain
boosters for the 1972 High School
football program. When this
campaign is completed, just
prior to the start of the fall
semester, a new membership
drive will be undertaken.
The goal is to enlist the active
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r The Big Day Is Here: HAWKS Open Season A
The Farmingdale Hawks will open their 11th season
this Sunday with the traditional Opening Day Parade
along Main Street followed by their Opening Day Game
at Weldon E. Howitt against Syosset. These are just the
highlights of a very busy weekend for the Midget
Football Association which came into existence eleven
years ago with one team and which can now boast of 15
teams with 410 active players and 148 cheerleaders.
The village board of Farmingdale in expressing its
esteem " for the tremendous civic pride and character
building of our youth as exhibited by the Farmingdale
Midget Football Association" has declared Sunday,
September 10, as " Farmingdale Midget Football
Association Day" and urges all residents v\ join the
Hawks during the parade and the game.
Before the parade gets under way at 1: 00 p. m. at
Northside School, the parents of the Pop Warner Senior
team will set up the field at Weldon E. Howitt for the
exhibition game against Syosset. All teams, except the
Pop Warner Seniors, will assemble at 12: 45 p. m. in the
parking lot at Northside.
This year the Hawks will be marching with their own
American and Hawk flags. The ladies auxiliary will
display its brand new banner and the farm league
cheerleaders will wear their new colorful outfits, while
the clowns of the Hawks will be handing out gasfilled
balloons along the line of march.
The Hawks are a self- supporting organization. The
cost of running a complex program such as theirs
requires a lot of thought and work to raise the
necessary finances. One way to do it is the light bulb
sale which will be conducted by all Hawk players this
coming Saturday. The Hawks cover practically all
streets in the area and they would be happy if each
home would replenish its supply of light bulbs from
them. The sale starts at 10: 00 a. m. Other fund raising
affairs are quarterback tickets, the annual dance ( this
year on November 4) and the various cake and garage
sales held by the never tiring ladies auxiliary.
Although the Hawks did not field any championship
team last year, they did give their oppositions hard and
close contests. The most successful year in the history
of the Hawks was 1969, when the Seniors won the
Metropolitan championship while their cheerleaders
captured the Pop Warner Metropolitan championship.
The Peanuts gained the Eastern County championship
in 1968, while the cheerleaders of the Peanuts were
Division champions in 1971.
The Hawks will field 7 traveling teams and 8 farm
teams this year. Two new teams were added: the B-team
( 8 and 9 year olds) and a Senior team. Both will
travel and compete in the L. I. M. F. O. L. division.
According to Tom Ahrens, the publicity chairman of
the Hawks, his organization had little trouble finding
qualified coaches for all their teams. There are about
70 active men involved in the program which calls for a
weekly training program of eight hours. The farm
teams will play among each other Saturday afternoon
at Weldon E. Howitt. The traveling teams will face
opponents from other communities Sundays away or at
home at Howitt or at Heisser Lane Park.
The season calls for eight games and ends when the
Midgets will play the Norwood team on Thanksgiving
... unless one or the other team makes the cham­pionship
round. The Hawks certainly hope so.