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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE, BETHPAGE & MELVILLE Bii_ J
Vol. 2 No. 35 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, July 15, 1965
NEGLIGENCE SUITS;
PROMPT BOARD ACTION
John Ray fleeted To Second Top YFW State Post
John R. Ray of Farmingdale
and a member of the Corp.
George Benkert Jr. Post No.
516 was elected to the office of
Junior Vice Commander on the
New York State VFW level.
Ray attended school in Farm­ingdale;
entered the U. S. Marine
Corps during World War II and
fought in Iwo Jima, China.
For 20 years he has been an
active member of the local post.
He served as Commander for
two years and as President of
the Building Association which
was instrumental in erecting the
new building. He also served as
Commander of the Nassau County
Council; President of me United
Veterans Organization. He is
also Fire Commissioner of the
South Farmingdale Fire District.
The members of the Post are
looking forward to when Ray will
become Department Commander
of the State of New York VFW
in the next two years.
Vanguards Sponsor Music
Under The Stars
The Vanguards Drum and
Bugle Corps of Farmingdale will
present their Second Annual
Marching and Maneuvering Con­test
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this Saturday evening, July 17th,
8: 00 p. m. , at the Farmingdale
Senior High School Field.
Seven groups from Long Is­land,
Brooklyn and the Bronx will
be competing for 1st, 2nd and
3rd place trophies.
Tickets may be purchased in
advance for $ 1.00. At the gate,
admission for adults will be
$ 1.25 and children ( under 12)
50tf.
For tickets or further in­formation,
contact Mrs. Milton
Rohdin, 57 Grant St., So. Farm­ingdale,
Chapel 9- 3249.
In case of rain, the contest
will take place the following
afternoon at 1: 00 p. m.
Receive Stewart Ave., Road Bids
Public Works Commissioner
Eugene F. Gibbons received five
bids for the improvement of Stew­art
Avenue from Central Avenue
to South Oyster Bay Road, Beth-page.
The apparent low bidder
was Hendrickson Brothers, Val­ley
Stream, with a bid of $ 1,097,-
018.
The two and one- half mile pro­ject
will increase the width of
Stewart Avenue to a uniform 64
feet and provide additional drain­age.
The increased capacity of
the road will enable it to serve
the area, which includes the
Grumman plant, more effectively.
John R. Ray
Nursery School
Holds Graduation
The Farmingdale Methodist
Church Day Nursery School held
its First annual Graduation Day
exercises.
The Nursery School has com­pleted
a pilot program for three
and four year olds, with Mrs.
George Campbell as lead teacher
and Mrs. George Estes and Mrs.
Ronald Harmon as helping teach­ers.
Children in the program were:
Philip Acinapuro, Lisa Bean,
Candice Campbell, Jill Davis,
Pamela Foxworthy, Beth Ann
Harmon, Clarence Johns, Carol
Ann Klassen, April Lee, James
Losee, Alan Morgillo, Karen
Morris, Jan Nelson, Susan Rieth-eimer,
Steven Rubino, Colin
Smith, and Donna Louis Wilson.
Negligence suits against the village and property
owners in the business district of Farmingdale
due to poor curb and sidewalk conditions prompted
the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale to action Monday night.
The Village Engineer was ordered to make an
inspection and to report the sidewalks and curb
situation which needs to be replaced on Main and
Conklin Streets.
Upon receipt of the report, the Village Clerk
will contact each property owner stating the
number of lineal feet of curbing or the square
feet of sidewalk which will have to be replaced
within a 30 day period. Failure to make the
repairs will result in the Village going ahead
with the repairs and assess the cost to the property
owner.
There are three civil suits now pending against
property owners and the village amounting to
$ 25,000 and $ 50,000 for negligence.
In other
Remember When?
Mam Street, Farmingdale, L. I., looking South.
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action by the Board
at Monday evening's public meet­ing,
the Superintendent of Public
Works was authorized to paint
a double white line on Powell
Place in addition to a solid line
at the stop sign located on the
northwest corner of Melville
Road and Powell Place. This
action was taken to forestall
furture accidents, the most re­cent
having taken place on Sun­day
afternoon.
A public reading of bids for
the installation of drainage facil­ities
on Maple Street as adver­tised
resulted in 12 bids sub­mitted,
with the range of high
and low bid being $ 37,925 by
Hendrickson Brothers, and
$ 24,315. by J. D. Poscillico,
Inc., of Farmingdale. The con­tract
was awarded to J. D. Pos-cillico,
Inc., as the low bidder.
Chester M. Burhans, Village
Treasurer since 1950, submitted
a letter of resignation, citing
the fact that pressure of his
present duties as Chief Account­ant
in the Office of the Comp­troller,
County of Nassau, pre­scribes
this action on his part.
He expressed his keen apprecia­tion
in having had the opportunity
to serve the residents of Farm­ingdale
as their Treasurer dur­ing
the terms of Mayors Hogan,
Russell, Weber, Brune and pre­sent
Mayor Zureck, as well as all
members of the Board of Trus­tees
during his long term, and r e ­commended
also because of the
growth pattern of this Village,
that the Treasurer's duties be in­corporated
within the scope of the
Village Clerk's duties and that
of his staff. Trustee Hallahan,
seconded by Trustee Wagner
moved that Chet's resignation be
regretfully accepted and that an
appropriate placque be struck
which would express this Board's
appreciation for the residents of
Farmingdale for his exemplary
image as Treasurer of diis Vil­lage.
The Board of Trustees have r e ­ceived
word from Mr. Lloyd Mae-der,
Chief Traffic Engineer of
the State Traffic Commission,
that as soon as he receives r e ­ports
on the feasibility study for
dual left turns from Conklin
Street onto Merritt Road that
he has requested from the New
York State Department of Pub­lic
Works and the Division of State
Police, he will so advise the
Board of the results of this
study. Another letter from Mr
Maeder advised the Board of
Trustees that a speed study of
vehicular traffic on State roads
within the Village requires that
they recommend the amendment
of present speed limit of 30 miles
per hour on Fulton Street, Route
24, as follows:
1. 40 m. p. h. between the
westerly Village line to Waverly
Place.
2. 30 m. p. h. between Wav­erly
Place and Secatogue Avenue.
3. 45 m. p. h. between Secato­gue
Avenue and the easterly Vil­lage
line.
In letter of December 19th,
1965, the State Traffic Commis­sion
had recommended that die
speed limit on Fulton Street,
Route 109 be increased from 30
m. p. h. within Village limits to
45 m. p. h., as being more real­istic.
At a subsequent meet­ing
with the Board members, it
was pointed out to the State Traf­fic
Commission representatives
that this Board objected to any
• speed increase because of the
wide span for pedestrian cros­sing,
the fact also that many
" School Bus" stops are locat­ed
on Fulton Street, and citing
the many complaints received by
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