1975-07-03

              A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 ®
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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 N O . ^ ^ 3f Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 3, 1975 Copyright 197 5 by
Island- Wide Publication, Inc. price 15* - $ 5 per year
Dads Launch
Austerity
Fund Drive
The Farmingdale High School
. Dads' Club has initiated a
campaign to raise money to
continue those extra- curricular
activities and inter- scholastic
sports programs which were cut
by the austerity school budget. To
do this, the Dads' Club requires
the active participation of all
school and community
organizations and interested
individuals.
Initial strategy meetings have
already been held, attended by
members of the Dads' Club,
senior class PTA, Concerned
Parents, Student Activity
Council, Varsity Leaders Club,
Farmingdale Hawks, the school
board, school administrators, the
athletic department, leading
merchants, active individuals
and leading townspeople. Plans
and committees are being for­mulated
this week and persons
and organizations interested in
participating can call any of the
below- fisted numbers for facts
and information.
Without a concerted com­munity
effort, thev' 75- 76 school
year will be not only one of
austerity, but one that eliminates
the possibilities of athletic
scholarships.
Help is vitally needed. Call
now!
Al Rehwinkle 249- 6496, Chris
Deissler 249- 6244, Bette Watkins
249- 3188, Jim Graziano 249- 7965,
Gloria Wohlars 249- 7659, Ronnie
Keats 694- 0486, Dave Williams
( Chairman) 249- 8327, and Jim
Keats ( Ex- officio) 694- 0486.
Two Charged
With Assault Firemen Plan
Long Island's St. Kilian
Boychoir of Farmingdale, moved
on to the world scene with its
admission to the International
Federation of Boychoirs. The
choir's director, Theodore
Grudzinski, got the word of his
group's acceptance from John B.
Two Farmingdale youths have
been arrested and charged with a
Monday night knife attack on a
South Farmingdale resident.
Eighth precinct police reported
Michael Kennedy, 20, of 154
Fallwood Pkwy, and John M.
Shea, 17, 94 Midwood Ave., were
arrested and charged with
assault 2nd degree and
possession of a . dangerous
weapon.
The victim, Kenneth Torroey of
56 Sunset Ave., _ Farmingdale,
suffered lacerations of the
forehead and left ear. He was
taken to Mid- Island Hospital at 11
p. m. by the South Farmingdale
Fire Dept. Ambulance, where he
received 32 stitches to'close his
wounds.
Kennedy was charged with
. possession of a gravity knife and
Shea a switchblade.
Games, Contests
Before Fireworks
Farmingdale's three Fire
Departments will get together
Friday, July 4, in the parking lot
next to the Village Green for an
evening of old time fun and
Sames prior to the fireworks
isplay.
Starting at 6 p. m. the firemen
and their ladies will engage in
competition in tug of war, ladies
bucket brigade and a water ball
contest. Other events will also be
scheduled, including a demon­stration
of the 1858 hand pumper.
The Farmingdale Fire Dept.
drill team will sell hot dogs, soda
and beer. The fireworks display
will begin at 9: 30 p. m. The public
is invitee to come out and enjoy
the fun. Rain date is Saturday,
July 5.
0TB Has
2nd Look
At Site
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke and Councilman
Gregory Carman told the Post
they have gained time and
possibly more in their battle to
persuade the Nassau Off- Track
Betting Corp. from opening a
betting parlor on Hempstead
Turnpike and East Gate Road in
Farmingdale.
" After several discussions with
the OTB officials, they have
agreed to take another look at the
planned site in light of the traffic
conditions Councilman Carman
and I have presented to them,"
Burke said. " We have told them
that we agree with residents who
have demonstrated that the
opening of a betting parlor would
create greater traffic hazards
than already exist in that area
and would probably bring these
dangers more deeply into what is
purely a residential area south of
the site."
Carman pointed out that the
OTB officials also promised they
would not go ahead and sign the
lease at the location until they
have conducted this re­examination
of the location.
" They have assured the
Supervisor and myself that they
will come back to us and inform
us and the community of their
opinion after the review. If, after
the review, they still want to
move into the proposed location,
they will not sign the lease
without first offering us and the
residents a voice in the matter,"
Carman stated.
While acknowledging that the
delay in the lease signing and the
promise of re- examination was a
gain in the battle to prevent OTB
from moving into the site, Burke
cautioned, " a victory is far from
at hand. At this point I feel we
have gained some time and have
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Weiss- Ranieri
Free Concert A Delight Reelected At
Reorganization
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE in providing years of entertainment as well as for their efforts in
celebration of the nation's bicentennial through their concert cooperation with the Farmingdale
Bicentennial Committee, the St. Kilian Boyschoir was honored by a village proclamation Monday
night. Receiving the proclamation from Mayor John T. Hallahan are Father Donald Shane, pastor of
St. Kilian'sR. C. Church, and Theodore Grudzinski, Boyschoir director.
i [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Boychoir Goes International
Shallenberger, the Federation's
president.
This makes the St. Kilian
Boychoir one of the 100 selected
for Federation admission out of
8,000 such groups in North and
South America. Selections were
made by the Federation's board
of governors at the Federation's
head- quarters in Paris* France.
In making the presentation,
Shallenberger described boy
singing as an " act of giving and
sharing" and as a discipline
which carries over into the choir
boy's entire character and
, personality. He said the training
and performance of a boy under a
qualified director leads the boy to
a pursuit of excellence in many
other endeavors outside the choir
room.
He described boy singing as an
excellent opportunity for a child
tc be a " pro," pointing out that
the public clamors for boychoir
concerts. The boy voice, he
claimed, produces a brilliant
sound which cannot be produced
by any other singer - whether
man or woman or tiny girl -
largely because of the muscular
support which is available in a
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It was a festive foot- tapping as
well as a splendid musical
evening at the " pops" concert
last Friday when the Far­mingdale
Village Board of
Trustees and the Village
Bicentennial Committee
presented a free concert by the
Orchestra Da Camera. Guests
were ushered t% their seats by
Girl Scouts, Mrsi Blanche Oaks
presiding, and the program
began with an impressive color
guard presentation by uie Corp.
George Beckert Jr. Post # 516.
Conductor Herbert Grossman's
good humored comments and
anecdotes greatly amused the
enthusiastic audience and set a
happy rapport between audience
and orchestra, the latter a
beautiful blend of professionals
who have for the past 16 years
established their reputation for
excellent performances. Their
string section has been singled
out by music critics as out-
Standing and Friday's per­formance
attested to the vir-
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The Farmingdale Board of
Education held its annual
reorganizational meeting
Tuesday night, reelecting Robert
I. Weiss president and Frank
Ranier vice president of the
board.
The newly elected member of
the board, Louis J. Avallone, was
administered the oath of office
and officially took his seat on the
board, replacing Sheldon Bern­stein,
who resigned in February.