1962-07-04

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NEWSPAPER BY THE '
INCORPORATED VILLAGEOF
FARMINGDALE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22f
PLAINEDGE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18
SERVING PLAINEDGE, BETH-)
PAGE AND THE GREATER
FARMINGDALE AREA. server
Vol. 3 ! No. 31 Wednesday, JuFlya r4m, i1n9g62d ale s MoMsasts apeCquoa mPaprkl, e Lt. e I. Newspa2npde Crla ss Postage paid at Massapeiua Park 10$
25 Years of Service Pilot Bus Service
To Jones Beach
Receiving Award Pins, last week
for 25 years service as civil ser­vice
employees at the State Uni­versity's
Agricultural and Tech­nical
Institute were Maurice Cit-rano,
Miss Elizabeth Magee and
Birdsall Post, all of Farmingdale.
Charles Jordon, ( left), made the
presentation at me Chapter's trad­itional
picnic held at Belmont Park.
Riled Residents Storm
Regis Prayer Decision
The recent Supreme Court decision outlawing the
Regents Prayer from the public schools, continued
to rile some local residents who flooded Washington
with mail.
Numerous telephone calls, tele­grams
and letters have been re­ceived
in Washington D. C. in
die office of Congressman Otis
G. Pike ( D), asking him to in­troduce
or support legislation to
change the decision. Last week,
at press time, Pike's opinion of
die Supreme Court decision, had
not been learned, but as a re­sult
of listening to Pike's Sunday
radio broadcast, die following re­marks
were made by die Congress­man
who represents this area at
die present time.
To paraphrase Pike, " The Su­preme
Court rendered a monumen­tal
decision. I am not happy my­self
over die decision, yet die
last dung to do is to attack die
motives of the Supreme Court.
It is proper to state disagreement.
But I swore an oath to uphold
the Constitution and inherently, I
also swore to believe in the se­paration
of powers between the
executive, the legislative and the
judicial branches of government,
and I believe in these checks and
balances. 1 too believe in the se­paration
of church and state, and
although I may disagree with
the Court's interpretation, the de­cision
perhaps won't have a dismal
affect on die country's morals,
Pike pointed out that we should
examine carefully what the Court's
actually said and what it did not
say. " The Court did not say that
die prayer favored one religion
over an another, nor did it say
tiiat it was compulsory. There was
no issue of compulsion. The heart
of the case was that the Regents
Prayer was composed by a govern­mental
agency to encourage re­ligion
which was in violation of the
first and fourteenth amendments.
Neltiier the fact diat die Prayer
may be denominationally neutral,
can free it from die law. The his­tory
of government established re­ligions
showed the inevitable re­sult
of incurring hatred rather tiian
encouraging religion. The men who
wrote the Constitution were re­ligious
men, who were fleeing from
an established religion- diey were
men who had faitii in the power
of prayer, but the Constitution
safeguard of separating church and
state was written at that time to
quiet die fears of people who had
experienced a government estab­lished
religion.
Pike said of the decision, ' It
is neither sacriligious or anti-religious
to leave religious gui­dance
to the people themselves
or to die people tiiey look to
but might serve to strengthen the for, religious guidance.
home and church in encouraging
religious beliefs.
Pike added that parents are often
too content to leave too much of
the upbringing of their children
to the teachers in school. He also
said that it wold be a long time
before all the ramifications, the
bitterness and controversy as a
result of this decision are over,
but he suggests that each of us
exam our hearts and consciences
and to avoid bitterness and that
our own motives will be stronger.
' I pray that this may be so', he
concluded.
Local residents expressed tiieir
interest in a decision last week
by the Hicksville Board of Edu­cation,
to circumvent the Su­preme
Court decision by adopting
the fourth stanza of " The Star
Spangled Banner," die National
Anthem as the school's suggested
prayer. It reads:
" Blest widi victory and peace,
may die heav'n rescued land,
Praise die Power that hath made
and preserved us a nation, Then
conquer we must, when our cause
it is just, And this be our motto,
" In God is our trust' ".
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School Boards Hold
Reorganizational Meet
The annual reorganizational
meetings of die Boards of Edu­cation
of districts # 18, # 22 and # 23
were scheduled to take place short­ly
after THE OBSERVER went to
press rids past Tuesday evening.
At these meetings, President and
die Vice President of the Board
are elected by a vote of the* Board
members; Committee Chair­men
are then appointed for die
coming year by die newly elected
President; and by resolution the
Board then appoints a Clerk, Trea­surer
and School Board Attorney.
. The Board also designates its of­ficial
bank depository or de­positories
and official newspapers
wherein the Legal Notices of die
school district are to be published.
The regular board meeting dates
are also estabUshed.
In District # 18, it appears that
Board President Henry Weinstein
will be reelected; J. Lewis Ames
will probably be reelected in Dis­trict
# 23: while in District # 22,
it appears that there
will be a close contest for Presi­dency
between Bernard Lang and.
Joseph Kenney.
( The complete results will be
published in botii editions of next
week's Observer;}
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East Daler Vamps To
Hold Statewide Meet
The East Farmingdale Fire De­partment
will sponsor die New
York State Championship Drum
and Bugle Corps Competition tiiis
Saturday at die Weldon E. Howitt
Jr. HS Athletic Field.
The competition, which is sched­uled
for 2: 00 PM is expected to
attract a field of 26 entries.
Last year die East Farmingdale
vamps won the New York State
Championship, the Nassau- Suffolk
Championship and die Nordieast-ern
Championship.
f'dale Community
Outdoor Concerts
The Farmingdale Summer Com­munity
Concert Band will give a
series of three concerts at the
band shell of die Weldon E. Ho-,
witt Junior High School grounds
on Tuesday evenings, July 10th,
July 24di, and August 7tii. The
concerts will feature die music in
die band repertoire, well- know.
soloists and a Community Sin:..
People who can perform on band
instruments are welcome ; o join
die group which rehearses Mon­day
nights, starting July 2nd at
die Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School. All interested perform­ers
should call CHapel 9- 7600.
Have You Subscribed
To The OBSERVER yet?
Do It Today
Bus service to Jones Beach, sponsored by the
Farmingdale Youth Council on a self- supporting basis
will began with ' pilot runs' on Tuesday, July 10th.
at the cost of 50 cents round trip. The bus will go
directly to the East Bath House. Youngsters, who are
residents of the district and who have registered with
the Farmingdale Youth Council and who are under*
seventh grade must be accompanied by an adult.
This bus ride will leave from the Weldon E. Howitt
Jr. High School parking area at 8: 30 a. m. and will
return from Jones Beach at 12 noon. Youngsters
from seventh grade up may leave for Jones Beach
at the Farmingdale Senior High School parking area
at 12: 30 p. m. and return at 4 p. m. on the same day.
The bus service will be
Scheduled on special days until
there is proof tiiat sufficient
demand exists for this; service.
Ed Morris, Director of the
Nassau County Department of
Transportation and Franchises
told TftE OBSERVER " Trans­portation
for teenagers to
recreational sites was one of the
most important needs in Nassau
County." The Director had granted
a franchise last week to the
Jerusalem Avenue Bus Lines
Inc. to offer bus service to Jones
Beach on a daily basis from
Massapequa Park, Massapequa
and Seaford and in addition, a
franchise to die Star Bus Lines
( under new management) for a
Jones Beach to begin next Monday
special run from Mid- Island Plaza,
Hicksville, Central Avenue and
Hicksville Road, Bedipage, Hemp­stead
Turnpike and Hickville Road,
and Jerusalem Avenue and
Hicksville Road Massapequa.
In answer to a question about
Farmingdale residents needing,
Jones Beach bus service, Morris
suggested that if there were suf­ficient
demand that the fare might
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be deducted from die ride to Mid-
Island Plaza Hicksville for Jones
Beach run of the Star Bus company,
or that Farmingdale residents
could reach the Jerusalem Avenue
Une in Massapequa. If there is
sufficient demand in the future,
perhaps bus service can be
provided for Farmingdale" the
director added.
2,642 la Program
2,642 youngsters registered last
Thursday and Friday in die Farm­ingdale
Youth Council program.
Youngsters may still register any
. day next week at the playground
nearest their home. The locations
• are: Northside, Woodward Park­way,
East Memorial, Parkway
Oaks, Albany Avenue, Mill Lane,
Florgate, Pinehurst, Farmingdale
Senior High School and the Farm­ingdale
pool ( behind Weldon E.
Howitt).
Registration i s still open for all
activities except swimming in the
morning. A free swimming period
will now be available Mondays,
through Fridays from 4- 7 p. m. and
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Winners
Pictured are three Farmingdale Senior High School students who
were awarded prizes for tiieir winning entries in the Fifth Annual High
School Design Contest sponsored by the Long Island Chapter of the
American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers. Reading fruva
( 1 to r) are Stanley Borowiec, 5 Maplewood Avenue; John Autio, 18
Maynard Drive and George Hegedus, 30 Iriquois Place.
The High School Design Contest requires the submission of drawings
of a tool design for a production part and awards are based on the
caliber of the design and adherence to standard mechanical drawine
practice.