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VOL. 3 NO. 27 Wednesday, June 6, 1962 Massapequa Park, L. L 2nd Class Postage paid at Massapaiua Park 10< f
Mayor Brune Cites Historical
Facts at / memorial Ceremonies
( Photo by Don Kuntz)
Some interesting facts about
Parmingdale were related by
Mayor Joseph Brune at the Mem­orial
Day ceremony last Wednes­day
in front of Main Street School-
Mayor Brune's remarks follow?
" When we look down the streets
of Farmingdale, it is hard to be­lieve
mat in the place of our modern
stores, new post office, village
. hall and homes, Indians once oc­cupied
this land.*'
" On January 9, 16% a deed was
executed for the purchase of this
' area for the sum of $ 140. And
this land was assigned to a gentle­man
named Thomas Powell. The
*" Old Powell House on Merritt Road
was built in 1700 and is truly a
i '- y.? r'; 3l site &. uiy.
i s" The first- map of Farmingdale
, . was drtwn up in 1835. Street
• s ' names were a problem. For in-
; stance, Main Street was known as
' Walt Powell's South Path'. Seca-togue
Avenue was named after one
of the thirteen indian tribes on
Long Island. But progress was on
the way.
" The first school was a private
Quaker school and the first one
room public school was started in
1147. Our first school district was
started in 1814. The growth and
movement of various school build­ings
over the years is phenom­enal.
But the community was ex­panding
and it kept progressing.
" In 1841 the L. I. R. R. extended
its line to Farmingdale and in 1899
' Mile- a- minute Murphy' made his­tory
by pedaling a bicycle on these
tracks at the fantastic rate of
60 m. p. h.
" Our first telephone was in­stalled
in 1899 and by 1905 we had
a switchboard and five telephones
in the area.
" In 1904 our village was incor­porated
and we became a self-governing
community and have re­mained
so ever since.
" The history of our fire dept.
goes back to the 1880' s and the
first fire company was organized
in 1886. There are too many old-timers
still around who can recall
much of the history of the dept.
for me . to go into detail but we
still have an old hand pumper
used many years ago, and it is
kept in operative condition. Com­pare,
if you will, this history
and equipment of those days with
die modern engines of today and
the well- schooled, well- trained
firemen who protect us.
" Industry has always played an
important part in our development.
Wim die exception of Republic and
Grumman, our industrial develop-mentJA'ajt^
uik by tS* * m* 21 « r type
of business and has more or less
reamined stable offering lasting
employment to our residents. To­day
the outskirts of the village are
attracting still more firms. We
must be aware of this movement
and design our planning of resi­dential
areas in keeping with the
times.
" Our village has an enviable
history and its growth has been
well- guided over the years. We
have grown, but we still have the
air of a small comfortable town.
Much of the area around us has
been built upon - land to the east
of us is now turning industrial -
so it is more important than ever
( Continued on Page 16)
T o Receive 50,000
More In State Aid
St. Kilian choir
To Present
Concert
The Third Annual Concert,
featuring the St. Kilian Boychoir
of Farmingdale, will be held on
the evenings of June 8th, 9th June
15th and 16th. The entire proceeds
of the Concert and Journal will be
used exclusively for the pro­motion,
travel expenses, music
expenses, etc. of the Boychoir.
The Boychoir has gained great
recognition throughout Long Island
and New York City. Music critics
have stated this group of boy
singers will attain nationwide
recognition. These youngsters
have appeared on television and
radio and have performed in
Concerts throueh- ojt Long Is1 and
auu N « w Yor*. The Bovcaeir
consists of © rain* 1-} young^ te.. a in­different
frsm any ether boys that
age. However one notable dif­ference
exists, these boys willingly
sacrifice baseball and other sports
for their music. Practice demands
8 to 10 hours weekly of their time,
with additional hours for special
concerts.
The training of the group is
under the superb direction of Arpad
Darazs who served his apprentice­ship
under Zoltan Kodaly of
F^ udapest. Mr. Darazs uses a
unique method of teaching—" sight
reading" consisting of hand
signals which produce these
fantastic results. Supervision
( Continued on Page 16)
The expected fireworks at the District # 22 Budget
Hearing held last Monday night at the new Farmingdale
Senior High School were minimized with the surprise
announcement that an additional $ 50,000 in State Aid
would be given to the school district.
Business Manager J ackZutt, who
made a trip to Albany last Friday
told the audience that the State
Education Department's Legal Di­vision
had Just completed their in-terprettlon
of the transportation
aid with the new Die! endorf foru—
mula, and stated that Farndngdlae
would actually receive a total of
$ 70,000 in State Aid, which pre*
viously had not been anticipated
due to the " vaugueness of this new
law". However, the net effect of
this " windfall" would be reduced
to ( 50,000, because of State Aid
losses in other areas". Up to this
time, these facts were not avail­able,
because the Transportation
aspac? of the new Diefendorf leg­islation
was the last to run through
the Legal Division for interpre­tation.
Proposed cuts made by the Board
of Education in the budget were as
follows: reduction in the number of
new teachers from 29 to 26; a cut
in the adult education instructional
supplies ( and the hiking Of the adult
education fees from $ 3.50 to $ 4.50
to make it virtually self- sustaining)
reduction in text book allocation
from $ 87,00 to $ 75,000; reduction
in allocation for instructional sup­plies
from $ 114 to $ 89,000; elimi­nation
of $ 25,700 in portal to portal
student insurance; elimination of
plate glass insurance; an elimina­tion
of $ 14,850 for the cafeteria
' by placing the service on a com­pletely
self- sustaining basis by
raising the price of lunches at an
estimated five cents each; new
library book allowance was re­duced
from $ 22,050 to $ 15,000.
These proposed cuts would bring
about a 17 cent reduction in the
Oyster Bay portion of the district
from the original $ 6.60 rate to
$ 6.43 under the new proposed bud­get.
Under the Babylon area of the
District, the rate would be $ 9.94
instead of $ 10.01.
About 100 were In the audience
and many asked questions center
ed around the need e. pA duties of a
• siyervisor; the elimination of the
adult education program; die need
for a dental hygenist; the need for
a school nurse; and the " high cost
of teacher salaries" in the budget,
( these salaries once voted upon
by the school board is a fixed cost
and can not be changed by the
voters); the " high cost of the teach­ers
retiremen fund which is borne
by the school district ( a mandated
cost by the State).
Library Director Orrin B. Dow
also answered questions on the
separate Farmingdale Public Li­brary
budget at the conclusion of
( Continued on Page 16)
Stepping Lively At Memorial Day Parade Girl Scouts Sport Uniforms
off 5 0 Years Aao
of the highlights of Farmingdale's Memorial Day]
by the Mill Lane Junior High School Band, fresh fro
York State Competition. The band was lead by T. Tempi
, Wednesday was the music provided
y of achieving an " A" rating in New
Also one of the eye catching marching units were the Farnuigur.' e
Girl Scouts, dressed in authentic old- fashioned Girl Scout uniform:
in celebration of their 50th anniversary.
( Photos by Robert Ross)
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