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SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 10 No. 50 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, August 2, 1973 15c
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MAKING A PASS: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W. Burke ( second from right)
and Town Councilman Howard T. Hogan, Jr. ( third from left) watch with interest as
Joseph Terilli, a coach at C. W. Post College, shows Steve Pulaski ( second from left)
and Barry Peck ( right), both members of the Farmingdale Hawks Midget- Football
Team, how to pass a football. The event was the annual Midget Football Clinic spon­sored
by the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Division and hosted by the Farmingdale Hawks.
The clinic was held at the Ellsworth W. Allen Park on Heisser Lane. Also pictured is
Robert Maroney, President of the Hawks.
Tennis Instructions
At Five Town Parks
Tennis players on all levels- beginner,
intermediate and advanced- can now
learn the fine points of the game trom a
tennis pro by registering for the fall
tennis program.
The program, sponsored by the
Department of Recreation and Com­munity
Services, will offer classes one
day a week at five Town parks: Syosset-
Woodbury, Plainview- Old Bethpage,
Bethpage, Marjorie R. Post and Allen
Park ( Farmingdale). The classes will be
held from 9 AM to 3 PM with a lesson
beginning every hour. First class is the
week of August 13.
The course will run for 10 weeks. The
first lesson at each park will be as
follows:
SYOSSET- WOODBURY COM­MUNITY
PARK.- Monday, August 13.
PLAINVIEW- OLD BETHPAGE
COMMUNITY PARK: - Tuesday, August
14.
BETHPAGE COMMUNITY PARK:-
Wednesday, August 15.
MARJORIE R. POST COMMUNITY
PARK:- Thursday, August 16.
ELLSWORTH W. ALLEN PARK:-
Friday, August 17.
The cost of the 10- week course will be
$ 30.
Registration, which began July 2, will
continue until classes are filled, in order
to give those residents who have been
vacationing an opportunity to take ad­vantage
of the lessons. ( The program is
limited to residents of the park district
only.)
For further information, call Joan
McCarren at 921- 5875.
Named Post Office Accountant
Postmaster William J. Purcell announced the promotion of Carl A. Dittmeier to the
position of Post Office Accountant.
A long time resident of Farmingdale, Dittmeier started his post office career in
Farmingdale in February, 1956. He has held many positions in the Farmingdale Post
Office.
He resides with his wife Dottie on Nelson Street. He has been active in the PBC
program for many years and has been the Commander of the Nautical Cadets for the
past thirteen years. Carl is also the President of the Farmingdale Youth Board. He is
also active in the Rotary Club and other civic organizations. In addition he is an usher
at St. Kilians and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Baseball Swinger Strikes Out
A 39 year old Farmingdale man was arrested, according to police reports, for assault
second degree after striking Salvatore Rizzo, 205 N. Pine Street, Farmingdale, on the
head with a baseball bat. The incident occurred on Maple Street, Farmingdale,
Thursday evening, July 26. John Kent, 924 Fulton Street was arrested at the Eighth
Precinct Stationhouse.
Two local burglaries were reported recently, one of which took place at Metropolitan
Life Insurance, Fulton Street. A safe was broken into and although loss was unknown at
the time, malicous damage was done.
The second, on Monday, July 30, was at a Main Street residence. Alleged entry was
through a broken glass window, but no loss was known.
Farmingdale Street Closings
Anticipated street closings for the week of August 3 to 9 have been released by the
Department of Public Works. The Farmingdale interceptors are: Heisser from Beverly
to Fulton; Willard from Spooner Place to Graham; Spielman from Kent to Woodward;
Orchard from Oakwood Avenue to dead end and Junard from Juniper to dead end. All
closings are subject to change due to unforeseeable occurences.
Football Clinic Drew
640 to Allen Park
Tis the season to play baseball, unless
of course football is your thing. And for at
least 500 enthusiastic boys, of all ages,
Saturday, July 28, was the perfect day to
start preparing for the upcoming pigskin
season.
The noteworthy occasion was the Third
Annual Football Clinic of the Town of
Oyster Bay Parks Division sponsored by
the Farmingdale Midget Football
Association. The clinic, held at Ellsworth
W. Allen Park on Heisser Lane and Motor
Avenue, Farmingdale, was not a day
solely for the youngsters. There were
also 140 adults in attendance.
Those present, representing ten dif­ferent
Midget Football Associations
throughout Long Island, listened to a
variety of lectures from college and high
school coaches and local players.
Demonstrations included both strategy
and techniques in playing the game and
points of interest to all the aspiring young
receivers, passers and kickers.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John
Burke commended the Farmingdale
Hawks and all those who rendered
volunteer services making it a quite
successful and entertaining event.
Councilmen Saladino and Hogan at­tended
the clinic as did a number of of­ficials
from the Long Island Midget
Football Association, parent
organization to the local groups.
So as not to forget anyone, a happy and
attentive group of young girls shared in
the fun by learning the better methods of
cheerleading. Demonstrations were
given by the Farmingdale Hawks
cheerleading squads.
The football enthusiasts present were
provided with soda and various prizes'
were awarded. For those with an interest
in " the fastest game on'foot" the Town
reminds the public of a Lacrosse clinic
scheduled for Tuesday, August 21 at John
J. Burns Park, Massapequa.
Cancer Society
Had Success
In a show of support for a worthwhile
cause, at least 150 people attended the
Third Annual Cocktail Party sponsored
by the Farmingdale Branch of the
American Cancer Society. The affair,
termed very successful by its chairman,
Mrs. Mildred DeMarco, took place
Sunday, July 29, in the afternoon, at the
DeMarco Building on Fulton Street,
Farmingdale.
Dr. Cunanan, a member of the Board of
Directors of American Cancer Society,
was a guest at the event which provided
fine entertainment for a lovely day.
Donations and monies received from
the affair go to the local chapter and will
be shared for research and for the
clinics, one of which is in Melville under
the name of the Long Island Division of
ACS.
Mrs. DeMarco, who had been touring
the United States for a couple of months
with her husband, returned in time to sell
a good number of tickets and direct the
benefit party.
Lewis Yevoli Reheats
Landfill Controversy
The Plainview landfill acquisition, approved by Oyster Bay voters last
November, could become a political issue again during this year's town
election. Democratic Town Councilman Lewis Yevoli, who is opposing in­cumbent
Supervisor John Burke, has contacted State District Attorney Louis
J. Lefkowitz to investigate what he terms " the Republican Party's
manipulation of our township's bond issue referendum."
Yevoli charges that H. E. L. P. ( Homeowners and Environmentalists for the
Landfill- Park), a committee actively campaigning for the referendum, was
simply an instrument of the Republican Party. In his letter to Lefkowitz,
Yevoli points out that contributors to the association were almost all of them
employees of the town of Oyster Bay and that Supervisor Burke himself had
donated $ 100.
Yevoli writes: " During the course of the last election I, and several con­cerned
civic leaders, challenged the validity of the HELP group's non-partisanship,
only to have Supervisor Burke steadfastly deny that any
assistance was forthcoming from the town, himself, town employees or
members of the Republican Party. Not only were his statements blatantly
untrue, but it is now obvious that the Supervisor and his accomplices willfully
and knowingly engaged in fradulent practices to control the outcome of an
election by deceiving an unsuspecting electorate."
In response to these charges, Burke has called Yevoli's statement
" deceitful, defaming and irresponsible." He is challenging Yevoli to prove
having ever asked him about personal contribuitons to HELP. According to a
Town of Oyster Bay spokesman, the only question Burke was ever asked in
this connection was whether any town money had been spent in the campaign
to have the referendum accepted.
" Nobody ever asked Burke about his personal contribution to the fund," the
town spokesman continued. " He couldn't have answered that question in the
negative, because a statement had been filed with the Secretary of State
listing all the contributors to HELP, a statement easily accessible to
anybody."
As far as the contribution itself is concerned, the spokesman explained that
HELP was formed by Patricia Horton, a member of the Environmental
Control Commission and that she was acting as a concerned citizen in favor of
the Plainview site. " The Republicans never denied that they were pushing for
the Plainview site which they felt was the best choice to solve the pressing
problem of garbage disposal in the town," the spokesman continued. " Some of
them - including Supervisor Burke felt so strongly about the site that they put
their money where their mouth was. It's as simple as that."