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Vol. 58 No. 38 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 14,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Tick Fever
Strikes Two
In Area
The first two cases of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever believed
to have been contracted in
Nassau County in 1977 were
reported this week, said Dr.
Thomas Abruzzo, epidemiologist
for the Nassau County Depart­ment
of Health.
The two patients, a 12 year old
Bethpage girl and an 18 year old
Farmingdale girl, are under
treatment and recovering from
the disease.
The Bethpage girl had a tick
removed in mid- June and
developed a fever, headache and
rash in six days. The Far­mingdale
girl had picnicked in
Bethpage State Park in mid-
June. Two weeks later when an
imbedded tick was removed, she
had already, experienced f# ver
and headache for five days, and
rash for two days.
Only a small percentage of
ticks carry the Rickettsia ( the
family of disease organisms
which includes the agent which
causes Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever). In addition not all people
who are bitten by ticks harboring
the Rickettsia contract the
disease. The tick must be at­tached
for a long time with ex­tensive
salivary interchange at
. the wound.
During the next few weeks the
ticks will be taking their final
meal before preparing for
reproduction. Nassau County
residents are urged to exercise
special caution. Anyone who
develops fever or illness
following a tick bite should im-
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Sewers Close
Main Street
Sewer construction will require
closing a portion of Main Street,
Farmingdale, for approximately
two months starting July 18,
Public Works Commissioner H.
John Plock, Jr. announced today.
Detours will be provided on
that portion of Main Street
between Sunset Avenue and
Maynard Drive with southbound
traffic using Sunset Avenue,
Juniper Street and Junard Drive.
Northbound traffic will use
Maynard Drive, Nancy Drive,
Arch Avenue and Linden Avenue
during the first phase with
Maynard, Nancy, Arch, Oak
Street, Maple Avenue and
Marion Street being used during
the second phase.
In order to facilitate the flow of
traffic, parking will be banned
along the right side of the detour
routes, Plock said.
FOR SERVICES RENDERED: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph
Colby [ left] presents a certificate of recognition to Neils B. Hansen in
honor of Us many contributions to the furtherance of the arts on Long
Island. The preeenta tionwas made during the a wards c eremony f or
the Suburban Art League/ TOB co- sponsored art show of which
Hansen was the chairman. Hansen is a resident of Farmingdale.
New Pop -' Shoppie
Slated A t Co: Line
Bohack Closes
In Village
Bohack's, the last remaining supermarket in the -
downtown Farmingdale shopping district, will close as
soon as all of its present shelf stock has been liquidated.
Bob Goepfert, manager of the local market told the Post
that the store's final closing will take place by the end of
this week.
Blood Drive
Aids Victim
Of Leukemia
Pop Shoppes of America In­corporated
will add to its more
than 600 outlets in north america
when it opens its newest locally
owned discount soft drink store at
918 So. Main Street, So. Far­mingdale,
on July 20. A grand
opening special brings back the
" soft old days" by offering soda
pop at a nickle a bottle.
The Pop Shoppes concept
which makes top quality soft
drinks in more than 26 flavors
available to the public by the case
at less than half the price of
national brands has attracted the
attention of the soda loving public
as well as environmentalists
across the United States and
Canada. The soda loving public,
of course, is attracted by a wide
variety of naturally sweetened
and sugar free flavors which are
equal or superior to national
brands at discount prices. The
environmentalists are attracted
by the fact that Pop Shoppes
markets its beverages in
returnable deposit bottles and
cases, which save raw materials,
eliminate littering and sub­stantially
reduce the cost of
operation.
A 10 ounce reusable glass Pop
Shoppes Container costs .13 1/ 2
cents as opposed to .08 1/ 2 for a
one use disposable soft drink can.
Tjie .13 1/ 2 container will
probably get as much as 30
usages. The red plastic cases
stacked high in the Pop Shoppes
display area are also part of the
recycling system and protect the
full and empty bottles from
chipping as well as providing
convenient carry home con­tainers.
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Pol Law Misleading
In debating the decrimin­alization
of small amounts
of marijuana bill, State
Senator Owen H. Johnson em­phasized
the fact that young
people are going to be misled by
the change in law.
" For efcample, the 7/ 8' s of an
ounce of marijuana which is
decriminalized under this bill
only applies to personal
possession. Kids will be in­terpreting
the change incorrectly
- not knowing that it will still be a
criminal offense to display or
smoke a ' joint' in public places.
A special blood drive is being
conducted to provide much
needed whole blood for a 21 year
old Farmingdale youth, suffering
from Leukemia.
Edward Cameron, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Cameron of 29
Matthew Street, only recently
discovered he had the disease, a
form of blood cancer. A lifelong
resident of Farmingdale, Ed­ward
graduated from Far­mingdale
High School in 1975,
after attending Mill Lane June
High School and the Parkway
Oaks School.
Neighbors and friends of the
Cameron family organized the
blood drive and have arranged
for a blood bank unit to be
stationed at Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, Carmans Road, on July
26, from 4 to 8: 30 p. m. Anyone
interested in donating blood is
urged to contact Mrs. Dorothy
Gienau at MY 4- 0130 for further
information.
The Farmingdale store is not
the only Bohack's closing. The
entire supermarket chain, which
has been operating under chapter
eleven of bankruptcy law for the
past three years, will cease to
exist. All of the markets began a
25 percent discount liquidation
sale on Monday.
Goepfert said all Bohack
employees will be out of work
when the store'finally Closes this
week. All the part time help was
already layed- off as of last
Saturday. Only the full time
employees remain, many of them
with 20 years or. more with the
company, and they face the same
fate this weekend. The Bohack
Company has been attempting to
place as many of their regular
personnel as they can with other
supermarket chains.
Bohack's will not remove all
the fixtures from the store as
Hills did when they closed their
Farmingdale store. The store
will be up for sale as it is, ready
for business. Goepfert said that
anyone taking over the market
could be back in business in one
week, all they would have to do is
restock the shelves. Associated
Foods reportedly have shown
interest in the Farmingdale
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Gospel Sing, Picnic Set
Such public use could result in a
$ 500 fine and three months in jail -
- a misdemeanor conviction and a
criminal record. Selling any
amount of marijuana to a minor
likewise would mean they could
face up to seven years in prison.
Our young people who are into
marijuana use will,' in all
likelihood, sell the ' joints' to their
peers in order to afford the
drug," Senator Johnson warned.
The bill, which was already
signed into law, goes into effect
next month. It reduces the
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Farmingdale Baptist Church
announces elaborate plans to host
the first " Annual Long Island
New York Summer Fifth Sunday
All Day Shaped Note Gospel
Music Singing and Dinner- on- the
Ground." This singing, is
scheduled for July 31.
The church is located at 610
Carmans Road, Farmingdale.
Festivities will begin promptly at
11 a. m. and conclude at ap­proximately
4: 30 p. m.
Although shaped note singing is
generally associated with the
South, interestingly enough,
shaped notes were " invented" by
two northerners ( Little and
Smith, Philadelphia, 1798) and
gained momentum by way of a
New York publishing firm. They
will thus be bringing the tradition
" back home."
The " Dinner- on- the- Ground"
( or Covered- dish luncheon) will
be spread on large picnic tables
set up on the church lawn.
Participants are encouraged to
sample delicacies lovingly
prepared by outstanding cooks -
each trying to outdo the other!
Technical adviser and Master-of-
Ceremonies for the occasion
will be Stanley Brobston.
Brobston has recently
documented a History of Gospel
Music as his Ph. D. dissertation
for New York University.
Unless the weather is predicted
to be very warm, everyone is
requested to dress " old
fashioned." This might include
long dresses for women and
string ties for men. Pastor
Darwin Bacon is looking through
old attic trunks searching for a
Parson's suit!
Guests are more than welcome.