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VOL. 1 NO. 2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1966 10$ per copy
BETHPAGE FIREMEN DO IT AGAIN
It was a beautiful evening as the Bethpage Fire­men
paraded down {Stewart Avenue, over to Broad­way,
and back to the Firehouse. The display of old-time
fighting equipment was a sharp contrast to
the modern fire fighting equipment the 170-man
volunteer unit has in Bethpage today. Chief Francis
Pendl proudly led his :t Firemen before the ad­miring
spectators. Hundreds of children and adults
Jhronged through .the- Jirehouse and- enjoyed the -
exhibits as iwell as the free coffee and donuts.
Although it was reminiscent of a good old country
fair, the idea behind the FIREARMA was far
more serious. Demonstrations indicated how quick­ly
fires can be started and how easily great harm
can occur through careless use of electricity
and combustibles. Techniques in smothering fires
and mourth-to-mouth breathing were vividly de­monstrated.
The children were treated to Walt Disney's fire
and accident prevention cartoons. They really shook
the house with their shreiks of laughter but as one
fireman said, "they are learning about fire pre-
Fire Chief Frank Pendl who was in charge of the
Open House said "a lot of people worked hard to
put on this show and we owe them a big vote of
thanks." Bethpage can truly be proud of its fine
Fire Department.
Citizens Organize
'Watchdog' Committee
A "Watchdog" committee was
organized at the meeting of the
newly-formed Bethpage Citizens
Action Group on Tuesday evening.
Over 100 local residents met with
James WeirandJamesMac-
Donald leaders of the group. A
broad plan of community action
against multiple dwellings in
Bethpage was prepared. A
spokesman said, 'the average
person does not realize the situ­ation
and we intend to keep them
informed so this type of thing does
not go unnoticed."
The furore started as a result
of the approvarby the Board of
Supervisors of Oyster Bay for the
building of a 60-unit apartment
complex, at Nibbe Lane, behind the
Bethpage Library. The town
board had held a public hearing
on the garden apartment applica­tion
in June and since no protests
were lodged approval was
granted. Several weeks ago the
Bethpage Board of Education and >
several cjvic grojmg joined in a
protest and askeenme town boarV^
to set asideits decision to approve
the application to construct the
apartments. The Board of Edu­cation
opposed the zoning de­cision
on the grounds thartt did
not have sufficient time to pre­sent
its case and wanted an op­portunity
to study the effect on
added school costs which might
result in a possible increase of
student population as a result of
these apartments. .•'•••
Due to the pressure brought
by the School Board and a 5,000-
name petition presented to the
town board, a new hearing was
scheduled for Tuesday, October
18 at 10:00 a.m. at T«wn Hall.
The "Watchdog" committee
made an extensive review of all
the issues involved and a spokes­man
said "an exact program of
public' information to the Beth­page
community before the TOB
meeting on October 18 is to be
started. Area Captains have been
assigned to coordinate the dis­tribution
of literature and make
arrangements for the public par­ticipating
at the town board meet­ing
on the 18th. The C^izens
Action Group endorsed a massive
assault on-their elected repre­sentatives
through letters."
Lev it town Boy
Killed in Freak
Bethpage Accident
Sunday
ms killed^Suhday afternoon in a
freak accident in a Bethpage
plant which handles scrap ma­terials.
Police said that Kenneth
Schember Jr. and some friends
had entered the company's ware­house
through a door apparently
left open by an intruder. In some
manner, while the boys were
playing, two bales of rags fell on
Kenneth and crushed him. The
other boys ran out and got help,
but the young man, who lived at
16 Collector Lane, was dead when,
police arrived.
The .accident occurred at the
warehouse, of C. Flliberto &Sons
Inc., 195 Lauman Lane, Bethpage.
SRO Crowd At Bethpage Fireama
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