1972-03-02

              Check the Community Log for Next Week's
Happenings - Pages CI 1- 8
u / c
• ***
, ^ '
FARM1N0D& , i i
i oil itiftTES Uc
WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORDED WEEKLY
An Official Newspaper of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
V o l . 9 NO. 2 8 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. H735 • Published by THE OBSERVER. INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, March 2,1972
Brotherhood Program
At Weldon E. Howitt
The Inter- Service Committee
of the Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions
Clubs of Farmingdale will
sponsor a special " Brotherhood
Week" observance program to be
held at Weldon E. Howitt Jr. High
School on Sunday, March 5 at 2
p. m. The Kiwanis Club of Far­mingdale
is host this year.
John W. Burke, Supervisor of
the Town of Oyster Bay, will give
the Brotherhood address.
The program will consist of a
patriotic display by the Girl
Scouts of District 7 under the
direction of Mrs. Robert Oakes
and the Presentation of the
Colors will be done by Boy Scout
Troop 514.
ENCOUNTER AT PRICE: Father Hartman and Lisa Lejoi continue their discussion on Christian
awakening at PRICE headquarters after the group discussion had come to a successful conclusion.
Father Hartman Visits PRICE
More Weekend Programs
" The world is rapidly
changing," the relaxed priest in
the maroon sportshirt was
saying. " Young people do not see
thinngs in the way their parents
did. Different things have shaped
their world and they respond
differently."
" Our parents obeyed without
question" a young girl added.
" We question and when we ob­ject,
we protest, we act on it."
" Religion is changing too" the
priest continued. " Years ago
when one wanted to pray, to find
God, he went to find Him in the
quiet of the church or the temple.
Today we look to find God in
other human beings; by com­municating
our feelings to one
another, in seeing goodness in
one another. It is a more positive
God, a loving God that we seek.
Some of the people here have met
God in this way and they have
come to share that experience
with you."
Father Thomas Hartman, a
priest from St. James R. C.
Church in Plainedge had been
invited to bring some of his young
friends from St. James to talk to
the people of P. R. I. C. E. ( the
Farmingdale- North Massapequa
Drug Prevention Program)
about the Christian Awakening
and about the Marriage En­counter,
two exciting new kinds
of experiences that are making
some remarkable changes in
people both inside and outside of
the Catholic Church.
Father Hartman explained that
the Christian Awakening is for
young people between the ages of
sixteen and twenty years. It takes
place from Thursday to Sunday.
The Marriage Encounter is for
married couples from Friday to
Sunday and is for marriages that
are good to help make them
better. The questions were honest
and probing, and the discussion
was thought- provoking.
P. R. I. C. E. is planning to have
programs every weekend at their
building at 585 Main Street,
Farmingdale. This Friday,
March 3rd, at 8: 30 p. m. Ron
Khare will discuss tran­scendental
meditation, a simple
technique for expanding the mind
while gaining deep rest, and
releasing stress. Transcendental
meditation is being explored as a
positive alternative to drug
abuse. Mr. Khare is a teacher of
meditation with the Student
International Meditation Society.
Last Monday some members of
the P. R. IC. E. executive board
began laying the groundwork for a
new program for the family of the
drug abuser. This program is
called Nar- Anon. It is a self- help
program for the family in crisis,
to help the parent who may be
paralyzed by fear and ridden
with guilt to overcome these
feelings and to cope with his life.
Nar- anon is based in California and
has been in existence for ten
years. There are no other Nar-anon
groups in the New York
area. It is very similar to Al-anon;
self- supporting and self-perpetuating.
r Local Taxes Topic of Open Forum ^
What plans does local government have in
regards to property taxes which are turning more
and more into a real problem for the individual
home owner? What can be done about the alar­ming
increase of drug addiction among the
younger generation? How would the Fleischmann
report affect the financing of schools and the
quality of education? How will welfare increases
influence living conditions? What can be done
about pollution of the environment?
These and related questions will be discussed at
the second open forum sponsored by the Dolphin
Green Civic Association of Farmingdale. The
forum will again take place in Guilford Hall of
Farmingdale Senior High School. The date is
Friday, March 3, starting time is 8: 30 p. m.
The Dlophin Green Civic Assocaition urges all
residents of Farmingdale to attend the meeting in
order to show the county, town and school officials
that they have a keen and concerned interest in all
problems facing the community and the residents
of Farmingdale.
Guest speakers on Friday night will be Joseph
H. Driscoll, Deputy Supervisor of Nassau County;
John Burke, Supervisor of the town of Oyster Bay,
Oyster Bay Councilman Lewis Yevoli; and Dr.
William Kinzler, superintendent of Farmingdale
Schools. Special guest that evening will be Dr.
Charles Lai tin, president of the State University of
Farmingdale.
The musical entertainment,
arranged by Mrs. Barbara An­drews
of the Methodist Church
and staging by Mr. Jack Stan-forth,
will consist of folk singing
by groups from the Methodist
Church, St. Luke's Lutheran
Church and by Chet Parks and
Russ Anders.
The highlight of the program
will be the presentation of the
Man of the Year award. This
award is presented to a member
of our community who has given
of himself for the betterment of
his fellow man.
In observance of Brotherhood
Week the Village of Farmingdale
has issued the following
proclamation:
Proclamation
In a day of tension in all areas of our human endeavors, it is most
worthwhile and necessary to pause, to reflect, and rechannel our
national energy to the cause of Brotherhood.
We have all seen how debasing and tragic the lack of brotherhood
truly can be. Therefore it is proper; it is mandatory that each of us
accept the challenge of practicing brotherhood, Know>" rt ivi) w* » ll
that this is the avenue of peace and tranquility; be it thr uupi a long
journey to China or a day to day relations in our own locality.
With this thought affixed in our minds, be it hereby
RESOLVED, we, the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale, do hereby proclaim this day, this month and
hopefully every month to be
Brotherhood Week
Unanimously approved on behalf of the people of Farmingdale, on
Sunday, March 5, 1972.
Signed John T. Hallahan, Mayor
Norman Krasnow, Trustee Owen W. Drugan, Trustee
Willis B. Carman, Jr. Trustee Rocco Posillico, Trustee
Attested: James J. McKenna, Clerk- Treas.
All Incumbents
To Run Unopposed
Quiet Election in Store for Farmingdale
The incumbents have been duly nominated,
challengers are nowhere in sight. March 21, the day of
the elections to the Farmingdale Village Board of
Trustees, promises to be a quiet Tuesday.
At a quiet caucus the ruling
Library Party selected as can­didates
for another four year
term in office mayor John T.
Hallahan, and trustees Owen W.
Drugan, Norman Krasnow, and
Rocco Posillico. Only one
member of the village board,
trustee Willis B. Carman, Jr. will
be spared the rigors of the up­coming
campaign in which the
incumbents will have no op­position.
John T. Hallahan was ap­pointed
by the Board of Trustees
to fill the unexpired term of
former Mayor Joseph Zureck,
who had resigned because of ill
health. Mayor Hallahan has
served the Village as trustee
since 1962. Prior to that time, he
served on the Board of Appeals
from 1957.
Having served as a trustee of
the village since 1961, Norman
Krasnow is seeking reelection for
another four year term. He is
presently deputy mayor under
Hallahan and is a former
member of the Planning Board.
He is chairman of the Board of
Fire Commissioners.
Also seeking reelection as a
trustee for a four year term is
Owen W. Drugan. He began his
village government career in 1961
as a member of the Planning
Board and became Chairman of
that Board in November of the
same year. He was elected for his
first term as a trustee in 1967. He
is chairman of the Street and
Parking Field Committee.
Trustee Rocco Posillico is
running to fill the unexpired term
of Hallahan. He has served on the
Planning Board and the Board of
Appeals. He was chief of the
Farmingdale Fire Department in
1962, and presently is a member
of the Board of Fire Com­missioners.