' Long Island Indians; 9
Historical Society Program Topic
" Long Island Indians" will be
the topic of the program to be
presented by the well- known historian,
Robert R. Coles at the
meeting of the Farmingdale-
Bethpage Historical Society, to
be held this Sunday, March 3rd,
at 3 p. m., at the South Farming-dale
Branch Library.
Since early youth, Coles has
made an intensive study of Long
Island, including its history and
several branches of its natural
history. He owns one of the largest
private collections of books on
Long Island's history. A former
lecturer at the American Museum
of Natural History and former
head of the Hayden Planetarium,
he has conducted inservice
courses for teachers, adult education
courses, lectures at Columbia
University and the United
States Military Academy. The
public is invited to attend.
Gardening On The Island
By The Long Island Nurserymen's Association
Whether you raked up your
leaves last fall or left them on
the lawn as a mulch, a winter
such as die one we have just had
leaves an abundance of litter.
This is the month for cleaning up.
Spring clean- up serves two
purposes: It grooms the home
surroundings; and it prepares
the lawn and garden for the upcoming
new - growth season.
Raking, for example, not only
gathers up the litter; it scratches
the compacted surface of the lawn
so that air and water can penetrate.
Raking is a more strenuous
occupation than it would appear
to be, and there are three things
you can do to make it easier;
Choose the rake that will do the
job best; keep your garden cart
within easy reach as you work;
and map out one small area at a
time so you'll feel accomplished
whey you finish each small segment.
The rake that is easiest to use
is the one that feels best balanced
in your hands. Heft it to
be sure mat the handle is not so
long as to be unwieldy for your
height. Reach out with it to be sure
the handle is long enough. And
choose the type of tines you will
find most useful for the job at
hand. You will probably want a
' long- tined flexible steel type,
that will pick up debris readily,
dig into the dead grass, and still
not tear at the sod.. If you have
any doubts about what tool is
most suitable, ask your nurseryman's
advice.
The garden cart is the only
other tool you will need for the
initial clean- up job. It, too, makes
the job easier in more than one
way. Naturally, you will fill it with
debris that needs to be carted
somewhere also. But the change
of activity from raking to pushing
or pulling the cart and walking
across the lawn is a relaxing use
of a different set of muscles.
After all, gardening should be
enjoyable as well as home beautifying.
Before you begin your cleanup
campaign, decide where you
„ a r e going to put the debris. Some
— such as twigs and papers that
have blown away from captivity -
will need to be burned on a quiet,
windless day. Some of the fallen
branches would make good kindling
for your fireplace. If you
plan to use them this way, they
should be stacked where you can
cut them up into proper lengths
when you have time.
Still other debris, notably dead
plant materials, will be a useful
addition to the compost pilz. If
you don't have a compost pile,
now is a good time to start one.
But since it adds nothing to the
garden scene, a compost pile
needs screening or hiding behind
a building where, with the aid of
the proper chemicals and water,
it will decompose and become a
useful mulch and source of nutrition
in your flowerbeds.
In addition to twigs, papers,
and the miscellaneous litter that
the neighbor's dog ( never your
own) brings onto your lawn, there
will be dead grass. This is a perfectly
normal development of a
healthy lawn, but if it is not raked
up in the spring it will become
thatch, especially in a Merion
Kentucky bluegrass lawn. Thatch
smothers the plants and harbors
disease germs and undesirable
insects. So the raking should be
vigorous enough to separate the
dead grasses from the merely
dormant ones.
With a Merion lawn, you may
find that raking is not enough to
remove thatch. In that case, ask
your nurseryman to go overyour
lawn with his Verticut machine,
which removes thatch very effectively.
Once your raking is done, your
lawn is ready for a full beauty
treatment. This full treatment
includes aerating, a dusting with
chlordane if you nave crabgrass
that is troublesome, lime, and
fertilizer. These separate operations
can be begun as soon as
you have finished the raking, but
should be spaced a week or two
apart. Your nurseryman can do
the aerating with his motorized
machine, which takes out plugs
of soil and rearranges the soil
surface without compacting it.
A week or two after this has been
done, dust the entire lawn with 10
percent chlordane if you need it.
If you have no crabgrass problem,
this is the time to apply your
lime, following package directions
carefully. And a week or
two after liming, you must apply
your lawn fertilizer.
Fertilizing is the key to a good
lawn. Follow package directions
exactly. Don't use more or less
than directed. But when you have
measured out the appropriate
quantity for the entire lawn,
divide it into two parts. Fix your
spreader at the appropriate setting
for fertilizing, and apply
your lawn food in even rows all
going in the same direction —
north- south, or east- west. Then,
using the remaining half of the
fertilizer, spread it crosswise
in the other direction so that the
lawn is eavenly covered. When
you have finished the fertilizing,
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Seek Vetrans Exemption
From Police Tax
Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes
Solomon Newborn this week requested
that the Nassau veterans
be exempt from the police tax
be exempt from the police tax.
In alette to Assemblyman Joseph
M. Reilly, Newborn pointed
out that Suffolk County veterans
are presently exempt from the
police tax and suggested Reilly
introduce legislation granting the
same exemption to Nassau
veterans.
" I feel that Nassau County and
Oyster Bay Town veterans should
receive the same exemption that
has been granted our sister
county," said Newborn. " Otherwise
it appears that the exemption
from the Suffolk police tax would
be discriminatory."
Rose Packard Cited
For Angling Prowess
Fishing in the Metropolitan
Miami Fishing Tournament on a
recent vacation in Florida, Rose
Packard, 323 Bay Drive, Massa-pequa,
won angling recognition for
landing a 36 pound Barracuda.
She fished with Capt. Lacey on
the Top Luck out of the Castaway
Docks in North Miami Beach.
She will receive a Citation for her
outstanding catch.
PTA Offers Free
Xazy Eye' Tests
The Massapequa Council of
Parents and Teachers will offer
a free screening program to detect
Amblyopia sometimes referred
to as lazy- eye on Saturday,
March 23. The test for
defects of visual acuity will be
administered by P. T. A. volunteers
who have received special
training for the test.
All pre- school children of
School District 23 entering kindergarten
in September will have
the opportunity of being tested.
Parents interested in having
their children participate in the
program are asked to mail the
appointment fo^ m supplied in the
February issue of the School
District publication Insight to
their school P. T. A. unit. Deadline
for mailing the applications
is March 1.
Further information concerning
die screening program may
be obtained by contacting the
P. T. A. president of your school.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Massapequa Branch of the
American Red Cross will beheld
on Wednesday, March 6 at 9: 30
a. m,, at the home of Mrs. August
Backhaus, 57 Clark Street, Mas-sapequa.
you can pray for ideal weather
and wait for your lawn to need
mowing. If you start now, you can
be finished before April showers
take over your gardening chores
for the season.
Whenever you have a gardening
problem, large or small, take it
up with your local member of the
Long Island Nurserymen's Association.
Helping you solve your
problems is part of his service.
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THEY MADE THE GRADE - Three members of the Sheltered
Workshop at the Nassau Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center, Roosevelt,
receive congratulations from Robert G. Becker ( L) on their
" graduation" from the Workshop to competitive industry. All three
have been employed. They are ( foreground) Esther Colter, ( rear)
Edward Mandell, and ( r) Dennis Keenan, Massapequa.
Travel Consultant To Address
Park Homemakers Council
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The Massapequa Park Chapter
of the Nassau County Home-makers
Council will hold their
regular monthly meeting on
Thursday, March 7, at 12: 00 noon,
St. David's Lutheran Church.
The guest speaker for the meeting
will be Richard L. Bifulco,
a Travel Consultant for the Four
Seasons Travel Agency.
The classes for the month are
" Chair Caning" by Mrs. Joseph
Danielle; " Sewing Screen" by
Mrs. Walter Bruhnke and " Rock
Gardening" by Mrs. Henry Lloyd.
Also " The Versatile Egg" by
Mrs. K. Combs; " I Have Nothing
to Wear and Selecting Suitable
Clothes" by Mrs. Rocco Cali
and Mrs. Robert Wilson, " Far
East and It's Food" by Mrs. K.
Combs and Mrs. Joseph Ricco-bono.
Magourney Named To Town
Public Information Post
Town Councilman Ralph J. Marino,
board majority leader, announced
the appointment of James
Nagourney as public information
officer for the town board.
Nagourney, 26, for the past
four years was on the staff of
the Town of Hempstead's public
information office.
Marino also announced that
John C. Dowling has been named
special assistant to the commissioner
of the Department of
Public Works to aid in the administration
of the divisions,
bureaus and sections of that de-pa
rtment. Dowling served fourteen
years in various local government
agencies.
The Department of Public-
Works consists of: Beach Division,
Engineering Division,
Highway Division, Parks Division,
Sanitary Services Division;
and Drainage Bureau,
Public Lighting Bureau, Sign
Bureau.
" The Department of Public
Works is growing daily in its
importance and we felt that a
man of Dowling's extensive background
would facilitate the administration
of its expanding
projects," said Marino.
Marino also added that
Laurence E. Andrews, formerly
assistant to the public works
commissioner, is leaving town
government for a personal business
venture in Thailand and
Stanley A. Pakula is continuing
with the town board's special
projects.
South Oyster Bay Unit Organizes
The final Planning Committee
meeting to organize activities of
the newly formed South Oyster
Bay Unit of the AmericanCancer
Society, Nassau Division will be
held on Monday evening, March 11
at 8: 15 P. M. at Mid- Island Hospital,
it is announced by Dr.
Eugene Friedman, D. D. S., Acting
Unit Chairman.
The Unit will function in Beth-page,
Farmingdale, Hicksville,
Massapequa, Massapequa Park,
North Massapequa, Old Bethpage
and Plainview. Those wishing to
participate, may contact Dr. Eugene
Friedman at PY 8- 4148
or Mrs. Marjorie R. Post at
PY 8- 0717.
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