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Farmingdale's Complete Newspaper
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Vol. 2 No. 9 Thursday, January 14, 1965 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y.
Ketcham County Sheriff
Statehood Not For Long Island:
Bank Opinion Poll
New York State can claim
a loyal citizenry on Long Island
and in South Farmingdale ac­cording
to those voting in the
Meadow Brook National Bank
Community Poll last month.
Asked if statehood should be
considered for the Island, the
respondents answered with a de­cisive
" no." In South Farming-dale
52.3% voted against state­hood
while 46.7% were for it,
according to John McGrath, man­ager
of the Bank's South Farm­ingdale
Office.
In other questions, there was <
also opposition to the idea of
two vice presidents for the Uni­ted
States as a possible solution
to the problem of presidential
succession. Local results showed
37.4% in favor of the idea and
This is the way Farmingdale looked this week
after the largest snowfall of the winter. The pond
in the middle of the picture had not yet frozen
over. Local residents, for generations, have skated
on this pond at 33 Merritt Rd.
58.9% against it. There was also
strong feeling that there was
not sufficient opportunity to have
opinions registered on important
local issues with those in a
leadership position. In South
Farmingdale 42.9% were satis­fied
with the opportunities avail­able
to them while 55.1% were
not.
The rapidly growing traffic
on the Long Island waterways
during the boating season is ap­parently
causing considerable
concern. There was a strong
demand for the licensing of pow­er
boat operators with 75.7%
of the local voters supporting
such action.
Eighth Precinct
Police Blotter
A grand larceny case was re­ported
by the Eighth Precinct of
the Nassau County Police of a
theft of a two way auto radio at
Fulton and Main Streets, Farm­ingdale
which took place last
Wednesday. It seems that Mayday
Communications, a radio instal­ling
firm had set it down on the
sidewalk. The value was estimat­ed
at $ 200.
A burglary of a residence at
34 Miller Road, Farmingdale took
place last Friday. The amount
taken has not been determined.
There was also a burglary of a
residence at 1125 North Broad­way,
North Massapequa between
10 p. m. last Friday, January 8
and Saturday, January 9. The loss
included $ 77 in currency.
$ 500 worth of tools and tele­vision
tools were stolen from a
television truck at 574- B Stewart
Avenue, Bethpage last Thursday,
it was also reported.
Inspector James R. Ketcham of Farmingdale,
a member of the Nassau County Police Depart­ment,
has been appointed as Sheriff of Nassau
County. Inspector Ketcham will occupy the po­sition
left vacant by the death of Sheriff Thomas
M. Dugan.
Inspector Ketcham has been a member of the
Nassau County Police Department for 17 years.
He was appointed Patrolman in 1948 and achieved
the rank of full Inspector on January 1st of this
year. After attending Farmingdale High School,
Ketcham received a pre- law degree from Long
Island University and his L. L. B. from St.- John's
Law School in 1956. In addition to his duties
with the Police Department, Ketcham is a staff
instructor in criminal law and police science at
the State University in Farmingdale. He is a
member of the International Association of Chiefs
of Police.
A lifetime resident of Farmingdale, Ketcham is
married and the father of two children. The
Ketchams live at 955 Fulton Street, Farmingdale.
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Mayor Proclaims Big Brother Week
Whereas, a large number of
troubled boys do not have the
healthy, stimulating influence
of a father to help them grow,
because of death, divorce, ill­ness,
or imprisonment, and
Whereas, this deprivation can
cause serious problems for the
boys and for our community,
and
Whereas, there is dire need for
a service that can give each
such boy the individual support,
guidance, and counseling of a
male adult, and
Whereas,, Big Brother work is
dedicated to this aim with their
unique " One Man— One Boy"
concept of therapeutic friend­ship.
Therefore, do I, Joseph Zureck,
Mayor of Farmingdale, hereby
proclaim January 10 through 17,
1965 as Big Brother Week and
furthermore, do call upon the
citizens of Farmingdale to sup­port
the Big Brother movement.
Done under my hand and
seal this 8th day of Jan­uary,
1965 Mayor of
Farmingdale.
C. Bruce Pearsall, Town of Oyster Bay Republican
leader ( left), offered congratulations to Senator
Ed Speno upon the latter* s election to the post of
Nassau GOP Executive head on Wednesday at the
Garden City hotel. ( ja<* « en pokr « u Photo)
Nassau County Police Inspector James R. Ketcham of 955 Fulton St.
( center) was appointed as Sheriff of the Nassau County Jail to fill the'vacancy
created by the death of Thomas M. Dugan. Nassau County Executive Eugene
H. Nickerson, who announced the appointment, is on the right while Acting
Police Commissioner Francis Looney is pictured on the left.