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Vol. 2 No. 4 Thursday, December 10, 1964 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y.
GOP Leader Allen Resigns
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Signs of Christmas: This is the Farmingdale downtown scene as it looked on
Tuesday evening. ( Photo by ciai ™ studio*)
Vincent Santiago ( 1), of 113 Intervale Avenue, South Farmingdale, received
the Cadet of the Year Award at ceremonies last Friday on the occasion of the
PBC Nautical Cadets Fifth Annual Parents Night at Parkway Oaks School.
Commanding Officer Carl A. Dittmeier ( center) and Regimental Captain
Charles Gemuendt offer their congratulations. Eighteen youngsters also
graduated from ' boots' to seamen recruits.
At Monday's meeting of the Farmingdale Re­publican
Club, Ellsworth " Doc" Allen announced
his resignation as Executive Committeeman.
Allen recommended that the committeemen con­sider
the nomination of Frank J. Hynes as his suc­cessor.
Hynes was elected unanimously.
The committeemen thanked Allen for his un­tiring
efforts and for his many years of hard work
within the Republican party. He was praised for
his ability to enhance the prestige of the Farming-dale
area in the County political arena. Allen
requested the committeemen to accept his resig­nation
because of the increasingly heavy require­ments
of the position. He indicated that he will
continue to work for the advancement of the prin-.
ciples of the Republican party.
Hynes, the Receiver of Taxes for the Town of
Oyster Bay, was elected to office in 1963. He
is a member of the Lions Club, the Emerald
Association and the Boy Scouts of America. He
and his wife Eileen and six children have been
residents of the Town of Oyster Bay since 1943
and have lived in Farmingdale for the past five
years.
Choirs To Sing At Main And Conklin
The Kiwanis Club of Farm-indale
announced that a program
of Christmas Caroling, which will
include local church choirs, will
take place on the corner of Main
and Conklin Streets.
On Thursday, December 17th
at 7 p. m., the St. Luke's Luth­eran
Church choir will partici­pate.
On Friday, December 18th
at 7 p. m., the Farmingdale Meth­odist
Church choir will be
present.
Tfie Weldon E. Howitt Aca-pella
Choir will sing on Monday,
December 21st at 7: 45 p. m.
Troops from die Mid- Island
Council of Girl Scouts will take
over the afternoon and evening
of Tuesday, December 22nd from
2 to 8 p. m.
Any organization who wishes
to participate may do so by cal­ling
Kiwanis Chairman, Lew Minn
at Fong's Restaurant, MY 4-
0398.
Village Board To Inspect Pt.
Washington Lighting Project
A pilot street lighting project
in Port Washington, erected by
die Long Island Lighting Co.,
will be inspected by the Board
of Trustees of The Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale on Mon­day,
December 21. The inspec­tion
will take the place of the
regular Board Meeting.
The pilot project is an exam­ple
of mercury vapor lamps in­stead
of the convenient incande­scent
lamps now in street light­ing
use in Farmingdale.
The Village Board is consider­ing
improving the system of res­idential
and business lighting in
the village. The mercury vapor
system is said to diffuse more
light with the use of the same
amount of watts.
Canned Food For Needy
Key Club Members Collect
A collection of cans of food
for the needy which will be dis­tributed
by die Nassau County
Department of Welfare, is being
initiated by die Key Club of
Farmingdale beginning this week.
The Key Club is composed of a
group of students at die Farming-dale
Senior High School and is
sponsored by the Farmingdale
Kiwanis Club.
The students plan to collect
die cans of food in die school
and diroughout die community.
Members of die club will be sta­tioned
around the Farmingdale
Senior High School before, die
homeroom period for collections
from now until die Christmas
vacation. After school the 56
members will collect cans in
their neighborhoods.
The Key Club members will
attempt to • brighten the Holiday
Season for those less fortunate
than themselves', according to
Leonard Gutterman, Secretary.
Other offices of die Key Club
are Andiony Sabino, President,
Rodney Dow, Vice President and
Steve DeVries, Treasurer.