1977-11-10

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THE L. I. HISTORICAL
PIERRPOI1T & ' CLUTIOl*
DROOBWM Z% N. Y,
A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 / ffS^
An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 59 No. 3 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, November 10,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
No Surprises In County Election
GOP Sweeps Ticket
For Town Council
Tuesday's General Election provided no surprises as
all the projected winners in Nassau County and the
Town, of Oyster Bay won easily. Republican candidates,
with the exception of district attorney, swept the ballot.
Although final figures were not available at press
time, the projected winners held comfortable leads.
TOP STUDENT: Laura Cassano a senior at Farmingdale H. S., is congratulated by Nassau County
Executive Ralph G. Caso on winning a 20th Anniversary Paragon Oil Student Incentive Award ( Cer­tificate
of Merit and U. S. Savings Bond] for being adjudged the outstanding student of her school for the
first three years of study. The awards, sponsored by Texaco Inc., honored the top student of each of the
127 Nassau and Suffolk high schools, at ceremonies on the campus at SUN Y in Farmingdale. Looking
on I at left] is Joseph E. Bruzzi of Texaco Inc. [ Graphic News Photos] 4
Three Give Points Of View
F a r m i n g d a l e ' s Big
Brother/ Big Sister program
recently celebrated its 17th an­niversary
and is still growing.
Because of this growth, more
volunteers are needed to be " big"
for someone " little" on the
waiting list.
To provide potential volunteers
with an insight and a feeling for
the program, three views are
expressed. A mother, a little
brother and a big brother tell how
this Youth Board sponsored
program has touched their lives.
The Mother
With Daddy gone, who can I
dream about?
I'm sure that comes pretty
close to how my 12 year old son
felt before getting his Big
Brother. At his age, the need for
the comfort and safety of his
father, and his father's image is
very strong. Now that he has Al
he can dream again ... fan­tasizing
about all the great times
they will share. His Big Brother
is a larger - than - life super hero,
capable of grand and ad­venturous
things. He will tran­sform
the life of this boy into
something exciting.
Perhaps, my son would not
admit to this description; he
probably isn't aware that he feels
this way - exactly. But he cer­tainly
would agree that his life is
better now because of his " cool"
Big Brother. -
The " Little Brother"
To me, Big Brothers is knowing
people still care about other
people. Especially young people
who need help and guidance
because of various reasons. Even
just sitting around talking,
having a Big Brother is
something special and it makes
you feel special because someone
is devoting their time and many
times, money, to you. Whether
it's school work or work on a
hobby, it's a great feeling to know
your Big Brother is only a
telephone call away if you need
help. This is a situation I've had
time and time again and
everytime he was there. I've
spent six years in Big Brothers so
I know too what it's like to be on
the waiting list, but I'll admit, it's
been well worth the wait.
The " Big Brother"
About three years ago, I was
looking for something to do.
Something that would allow me to
be of help to someone; something
that would, hopefully, make
things just a little bit better than
what they might be; something
that would allow me to share
myself, my time, my ex­periences,
and my happiness.
It was at this time that I
became aware of " Big Brothers"
and of their urgent need for
concerned people who wanted to
make a commitment by
volunteering for the program.
After thinking it over, and
remembering all of the happiness
I had gotten from working with,
kids as a senior youth group
advisor, I decided that if they
would have me, I would join the
program.
After three or four interviews, I
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Red Cross
Youth Cited
Several Farmingdale young
people were honored at the Red
Cross Youth Recognition Night
held recently.
Linda Hantzschel was a
volunteer at both Mid- Island
Hospital and the Daleview
Nursing Home, Dianne Nenstiel
served at Mid- Island Hospital,
and Donna E. Lang and Debbie
Stange both were Daleview
volunteers.
Mrs. Sally Russell, chairman of
volunteers of the Nassau County
Chapter and Florence S. Cohen,
director of the youth program
capped and pinned these young
people who, along with some 400
other high school and college age
students, have given from 50 to
524 hours during the year.
Guests at the ceremony in­cluded
Joan Brodowski, ac­tivities
director of the Daleview
Nursing Home in Farmingdale,
Frances Hall, director of ad­missions
at Parkview Nursing
Home, Massapequa, and Gladys
Hanfling, director of patient
relations of Franklin General
Hospital, Valley Stream. Red
Cross Youth volunteers serve in
these institutions as well as in 47
others throughout Nassau
County.
Besides learning responsibility
and the joys of serving others, the
experience of working in various
situations with a variety of people
has proven to be valuable in
career planning for many.
During the past years, many
young doctors, nurses and
technicians were inspired by
their Red Cross volunteer ex­periences
to pursue medical
careers and working in libraries,
day care centers and other in­stitutions
played a major role in
determining futures for many
present day librarians, teachers,
lawyers and business people.
Anyone interested in learning
more about Red Cross Youth
opportunities is invited to call the
Service at 747- 3500, Ext. 27.
Unofficial figures in the Town
of Oyster Bay gave Francis T.
Purcell a large margin over
Irwin J. Landes 43,585 to 34,341 in
the County Executive race. In­cumbent
County Executive
Ralph G. Caso ran a distant third.
District Attorney Dennis E.
D i l l o n <. T>- C- L/> easily
reelection to his second term
over Republican candidate
Gregory P. Peterson. Incumbent
County Comptroller M. Hallsted
Christ defeated Assemblyman
Lewis J. Yevoli.
The incumbent Republican
team in the Town of Oyster Bay
scored easy victories over their
Democratic opponents. Super­visor
Joseph Colby outpolled
William R. LaMarca 51,264 to
31,313. Councilman Joseph J.
Saladino won over Michael D.
Polansky 45,290 to 33,177.
Councilman Kenneth S. Diamond
defeated Judith A. Jacobs 48,223
to 33,574 and Councilman Howard
T. Hogan, Jr. won over Laura J.
Valente 39,093 to 31,396.
Figures were not available for
the Town Clerk race between Ann
R. Ocker ( R- C) and Edward C.
Marczewski ( D) and David A.
Schoenfeld ( L) Mrs. Ocker,
however, was projected as the
winner.
In the judgeship races, Angelo
D. Roncallo, Howard E. Levitt,
James A. Cowan, Lester E.
Gerard and John J. Jones won
seats on the Supreme Court.
Republican Paul S. Lawrence
and Democrat Marie G. San-tagata
were the projected win­ners
for the two County Court
Judgeships. Thomas E. Ryan, Jr.
( R- C) won the 4th District Court
Judgeship over his Democratic
opponent Louis Montelione..
New Bus Number
Effective Monday, November
21, the Metropolitan Suburban
Bus Authority's Bus Information
Center will begin using its new
phone number, 222- 1000.
As part of this modernization,
an Automatic Call Director
system will be installed at the
MSBA Bus Information Center.
This ACD system, as it is called,
will allow the Bus Information
Agents to handle more calls
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