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Vol. No. 4 No 34 Thursday, June 11,1970 10c per copy
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vASTROS
The Bethpage vote1 was e l i m i n a t e d and
907-931 in favor of the organizations such as 4-H
budget. In other contests,8* clubs and Little League
unoppose d/ t r u s t e e s are forbidden to use school
Kestutis K Miklaa,, An­thony
LoFaso, ahc| j Lee
Hilton garnered 1189,1392,
and 1280 j votes, respec­tively.
In a contest for a
f i v e - y e a r library
grounds.
Urging those who op­posed
the budget ,to
reconsider, Coyle added
that, if the budget is
passed, the Board would
trusteeship, Basil Karpiak ^pe able to devote its full
upset incumbent Victor attention to improving the
Hempstead Town assistant recreation director Gene
Connor (i) presents "most valuable player" trophy to
Joe Kohicki of Fallon's Astros, winning team in the
Class A Open of the LA International Slow-?itch
Softball tournament held in the town's Baldwin Park.
At right is Astros manager Whitey Williams. —
Miller, 824.700.
The , Library budget
received strong approval,
winning by 193 votesvout of
some 1800' east;
A l t h o u g h Bofird
president Joseph Dawson
could not be reached for
comment, vice-president
Hugh "Coyle reported that
the budget would probably
be resubmitted.
Coyle noted that it is the
young people who suffer
most from, an austerity
budget, since all sports are
quality of education in
Bethpage, since they have
recently concluded a two-year
contract with in:
structional and hon-instructional
staff.
The vice-president of the
Board promised that
bulletins and flyers would
be distributed through the
schools giving the new
registration and voting
dates. - .
Although Coyle could not
confirm, it, speculation
spread that the Board
might resubmit the same
budget to the taxpayers.
This is because the Board
had "found" some $100,000
two days before the vote,
and had been unable to
inform people that the tax-rate
increase would be cut
about $.20 as a result.
Both the school and
library budgets were
defeated in Island Trees,
m school board contests,
Robert E. Evans ousted
incumbent Donald Ferris,
while Mrs. Lillian Rosa
won rejection against
Mrs. Marilyn Remsen.
Also, Mrs. Dorothy
Morehouse beat Mrs. /
Marie Zeichner for the
library seat vacated by the
resignation of Nicholas
Rosa.
Figures on Island Trees
contests were not
available at press-time.
Old Bethpage Village
Opens June 28
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AT LAST-A year ago, Mrs. Joan Cable (center),
Chairman of the Bethpage-Plainedge-Town of Oyster
Bay Beautification Committee, said "The blight that
exists within our hamlet cannot be accepted" and
offered to paint the Bethpage Long Island Railroad
station herself. Eaton Goldthwaite, (left) the railroads
Manager of Community Relations, agreed about the
••blight" and with the State Legislature's appropriation
of $5 5 million to spruce up the railroad's stations and
cars Bethpage went to the top of the list. Mike Connors
(right), Bethpage LIRR agent, agrees that the blue
and gold color scheme-honoring Grumman's con­tribution
to the space program-is a great im­provement
over the old dirty pink and gray.
ANT I-ARSON SEMINAR
Nassau County Police Com­missioner
Francis B. Looney
today announced an Arson
Seminar will be sponsored by
county police on Thursday June
18
The seminar is scheduled for
10:00 A.M. at the Nassau County
Firemen's Training Center,
Winding Road, Old Bethpage,
New York. . . „
Nassau County Fire Marshall
Raymond W. Krispin, and Paul
Kowall, the Fire Training Cen­ter's
Chief Instructor, will speak
at the seminar.
The Old Bethpage village
restoration, Nassau County's
restored pre-Civil War farm
community, will open to the
public on Sunday, June 28,
County Executive Eugene H.
Nickerson announced today. The
opening follows seven years of
planning and development.
"Old Bethpage Village will
rank with the nation's finest
restored and re-created towns,"
Nickerson said. "It provides a
unique experience that brings the
past alive with the sounds and
sights of yesterday. A forgotten
way of life will be preserved-and
maintained for our children and
their children to come, so that
they may understand and ap­preciate
their heritage."
Eight units composed of IS
individual buildings, including an
inn, a general store, a
blacksmith's shop, and a church,
have been fully restored and will
be open to the public. A working
farm will provide an authentic re­creation
of the agricultural life of
the period. Another dozen
buildings in various stages of
restoration will open in the near
future. All functioning units will
be manned by guides dressed in
authentic period costumes.
The County will continue to
search out, move and restore
additional buildings of the pre-
Civil War era, according to
Nickerson.
Admission fees of 75 cents will
be charged for children under 15
and $1.50 for all others. Parking
will be free. The Village will be
open every day from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. excepting Christmas and
New Year's Day.
Visitors will first see a 20-
minute specially prepared
orientation film at the Reception
Center, the only modern struc­ture
in the Village.
The buildings are furnished
with antiques either donated by
th public or acquired through
funds raised by the Friends of the
Nassau County Historical
Museum, a non-profit group
interested in the Village.
The 209-acre tract on which the
Village is situated has been
acquired since 1962; The first
building to be moved to the site
was the Manetto Hills Methodist
Church in 1963; One building, the
Powell Homestead, remains
where it was originally built in
1840. The Powell family had
purchased the present areas of
Bethpage and Farmingdale from
the Indians in the 1690's.
The concept of the restored
J CORRECTIONS |
In last week's edition, the tax-rate
increase for Plainview-Old
Bethpage was incorrectly listed
as $1.08. The correct figure is
11.80.
Also, in this article "Bethpage
School Board Report," the
following people were
erroneously described as new
regular substitutes in the Beth­page
school district. They are, in
fact, probationary appointments:
Barbara Bleyman<Bloomin(daIe;
Patricia Ward, Pine Ave.; Linda
Konars, Sr. High.
Washington -- Congressman
James R. Grover Jr." of Babylon
announced the award this week of
a $23-million Navy contract to the
Grumman Aerospace Corp.
village was develped by Edward
J. Smits, director of the Nassau
County Historical Museum, and
Robert R. Gamble, deputy
commissioner for Recreation and
Parks of the Department of
Public Works.
Special preview showings for
invited guests will be held the
week beginning June 22, with
formal dedication ceremonies on
June 27, one day previous to the
public opening.
Old Bethpage viUage
restoration is reached via Round
Swamp Road, two-thirds of a
mile south of Exit 48 on the Island
Expressway.