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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 58 NO. 10 Second Class Postage Paid
in Fantilngdule, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, January 20, 1977 Copyright 1 977 by
Island- Wide Publications, inc. price 1 Si - $ 5 per year
State Closes
Water Wells
A total of six wells were closed last week in this
Nassau - Suffolk border region by the state. Two were in
the South Farmingdale Water District and are con­sidered
the deepest water wells closed so far. The state
said tests showed the two South Farmingdale wells
contained the compound trichloroethylene, which is
suspected as a cancer causing agent.
The other four wells were closed a day earlier in
Suffolk County in East Farmingdale, North Amityville
and Amity ville.
Police Nab Two
In Top Hat Theft
RED CROSS HONORS were presented last Friday in Nassau County Red Cross headquarters, Mineola,
to two Farmingdale residents. Mrs. Florence S. Cohen [ left] director of youth programs, pins the
Sponsor- Teacher of the year award on Mrs. Joan Brodowski, director of activities at Dale view Nursing
Home, as the first non- teacher to win the honor. Frank ML Rasbury [ right] executive director of Red
Cross, presents the H. Howard Covey Award to Miss Peggi Farrington as the outstanding youth
volunteer of the year. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Brrrr... No End In Sight
Old man winter moved into
Farmingdale and its fellow Long
Island neighbors this past
weekend bringing another six
inches of snow and temperatures
below the. zero mark.
Monday morning provided the
coldest readings thus far with an
official minus one below zero that
produced a minus twenty below
zero with the wind chill factor.
Area service stations were
swamped with calls for cars that
would not start in the sub- zero
cold. Fahrenheit readings during
the day seldom ventured above
the twenty degree mark.
The first snow of the season
arrived in Farmingdale on
Christmas Day and two to three
dustings of snow each week since
has kept the ground obscured.
Some of, the side streets in the
South Farmingdale area have not
seen a clear road- bed since the
first flakes fell on Christmas
Day.
Tuesday morning was listed as
only plus three degrees, not quite
as cold. But the wind- chill factor
brought the temperature down to
a bone chilling 25 below zero on
the comparison charts.
Tuesday's readings broke a
record of 5 degrees set in 1893
for that day.
At press time there was no
relief in sight from the cold wave
and weathermen were predicting
another dusting of snow.
Two youflg men were arrested
by Eighth Precinct police early
Saturday morning and charged
with . first degree robbery for
taking a " top ha~ t" from a 17 year*
old Farmingdale youth at
knifepoint.
Police reported that the
unidentified youth was on the
corner of Main Street and
Melville Road at 11: 30 p. m.
Friday when the two men drove
up in a Ford and took his " top
hat" after pulling a knife on him.
ShorUy after 1 a. m. Saturday
Police Officer Robert Keteltes
arrested Brian Burke, 20, of
Plainview in the Driftwood
Lounge. Police Officer Carmine
Bianco arrested Edward Lisa, 23
of Bethpage on the corner of Old
Country Road and Pasadina Ave.
The " top hat, r was recovered.
The Nassau County Health
Department, which recom­mended
that the South Far­mingdale
wells be closed, said
tests showed traces of com­pounds
exceeding the suggested
maximums levels contained new
state guidelines. One well con­tained
260 micrograms of
trichloroethylene, a common
* cleaning^^ comjpound, per liter of
water, while the second, con­tained
50 micrograms.
The state guidelines, which
were only issued last week,
recommended 50 micrograms as
the acceptable limit for the
cleaning agent.
According to Robert Whalen,
state health commissioner, the
residents served by the wells
should have no cause for alarm,
since the closed wells provide
only a small portion of the area's
water supply.
The two South Farmingdale
wells are considered deep wells,
one is 650 feet deep and the other
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Eastern Star Has Installation
Bethpage Chapter # 661 Order
Of The Eastern Star, held it's
first Public Installation of Of­ficers
Thursday evening, Jan. 13,
at the Masonic Temple, 197
Fulton St., Farmingdale.
Officers Installed for the
coming year were: Worthy
Matron, Marie Beckman;
Worthy Patron, Robert Dock-weiler;
Assoc. Matron, Gertrude
Flesher; Assoc. Patron, Robert
Flesher; Secretary, Annie C.
Purdy; Treasurer, Carolyn
Minn; Conductress, Jane Pieper;
Assoc. Conductress, Patsy
Stravino; Trustees, Jack
Robinson and Miriam Dobson,
Chaplin, Grace Robinson;
Marshal, Helen Chandler; Asst.
Marshal, Viola Chandler;
Historian, Edna Gillespie;
Musician, Carolyn Logan;
Warden, Vera Hommel; Sentinal,
Rosemarie Lawson; Color
Bearer, Jane Safford; Adah,
Wilma Zanky; Ruth, Lorraine
Healey; Esther, Gladys
Colombo; Martha, June Bocina;
Electra, Marion Barclay.
The Installing Team consisted
of Patron Robert Messier;
Marshal's Alyce Messier and
Marion Forde; Chaplin, Ruth
Muller; Musician, Carl Ganz;
Secretary, Louise Dockweiler;
Regaler, Edna Gillespie.
Refreshments were served after
the Installation.
NEW OFFICERS of Bethpage Chapter 661, Order of the Eastern Star, were installed last Thursday
night at the Masonic Temple, 197 Conklln St., Farmingdale, in the first public ceremony in the chapter's
history. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]