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Vol. 2 No. 40 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, August 19, 1965
YOUTH COUNCIL EXPANDS
FALL RECREATION PROGRAM
New Plant Moves To Farmingdale
Regent- Sheffield. Ltd., an­nounced
this week that it will
move into its new plant in Far­mingdale,
on Monday August 23.
Jerome S. Hahn, president of
the cutlery firm, said that die
move from its present White-stone,
N. Y. facility marks die
first step in an expansion pro­gram,
" necessitated by die dra­matic
increase in demand for die
Regent- Sheffield product line of
cutlery in die United States."
Mr. Hahn pointed out diat the
firm's present production rate of
5000,000 units pet week will be
increased to 1,000,000 weekly
by die end of die year.
The new plant on Schmitt Blvd.
at Rt. 110 occupies 44,000 sq.
ft. on a five acre site. The new
one- story brick building is de­signed
to allow for furdier ex­pansion
beyond die original struc­ture
to 88; 000 sq. ft. The White-stone
plant at 152- 35 lOdi Ave­nue,
which as headquartered die
cutlery firm for die past four
years, is 22,000 sq. ft.
Hahn said diat die enlarged
headquarters/ plant in Farming-dale
will permit die company to
immediately increase its employ­ment
roll from 50 to 100persons.
Also, he added die company
planned to install two automated
conveyor lines which will keep
products moving dirough die as­sembly,
packaging, warehousing
and shipping stages in a con­tinuous
trans- building flow. In
addition, witiun six months a
production control console is to
be installed.
A second expansion project will
be completed within 90 days, Mr.
Hahn added. In Sheffield, Eng­land,
where Regent- Sheffield's
major manufacturing facility of
blades is located, die company
will open a Design and Tech­nical
Development Center. Re­gent-
Sheffield products, Mr. Hahn
pointed out, carry die master
craftsmanship of cutlers dating
back to 1839.
Architect for die new half-million
dollar Farmingdale plant
was E. E. Smitii. The general
contractor was Perez & Sons of
Plain view.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toole enjoy the traditional hot corn at Waldemar
Medical Research Foundation's Coney Island Bar- B- Q held on the
Foundation's grounds in Woodbury. Their grandson. Tommy, seems
to prefer watermelon.. Toole heads Frank Toole & Son Inc. 1100
Fulton St. Farmingdale.
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Winner of the second runner- up position in the Mrs. Long Island C
test, Marlene ( Mrs. Robert) Ganci of Farmingdale, receives con­gratulations
and a bouquet of tea roses from Meadow Brook National
Bank President Walter K. Van der Waag, on the stage of the New
York State Pavilion at the World's Fair. Mrs. Ganci was also pre­sented
with $ 250 in United States Savings Bonds. She and her raw-band,
assistant manager of the East Coast Attic and Basement Com­pany
in Mineola, have three children, Robert J r . , 14, Michael, 12,
and Louise, 4. The Bank sponsored the competition, a preliminary
to the 27Ui Annual Mrs. America Contest. Mrs. Ganci was one of
nine finalists competing for the title.
An ever expanding Recreation Program is being
offered by the Farmingdale Youth Council this
coming school year for youngsters between the
ages of eight to 18 years.
Director James Arvanitis and Assistant Direc­tor
Tony Tonachio have established Recreation Cen­ters
in most school buildings in School District
22. These Centers, in addition to other special
recreation programs will be supervised by certi­fied
teachers of physical education and recreation.
The following programs and activities will be of­fered
during the 1965- 66 Winter Recreation season:
Saturday Recreation Centers
will operate during die hours
of 9: 30 A. M. to 12: 30 P. M. be­ginning
Saturday, October 28th,
at die following schools: Main
Street School, Woodward Park­way
School, Parkway Oaks
School, East Memorial School,
Albany Avenue School, W. E. Ho-witt
Jr. High School, Mill Lane
Junior High School and Farming-dale
High School.
Activities offered at die rec­reation
centers include: Basket­ball,
Volleyball, Physical Fit­ness,
Baton Twirling, Special
Trips, Weight Training, Dance
Instruction, Table Tennis, Poc­ket
Billiards, Tumblin, Arts and
Crafts, Chess, Checkers, Quiet
Games and Games.
( The Farmingdale High School
Center will begin Saturday, De­cember
9di, 1965 and will op­erate
during die hours of 1: 30
P. M. to 4: 30 P. M.)
The Mill Lane Junior High
School will operate as a Recre­ation
Center for teenagers in
Grades 9 dirough 12 on Wednes­day
evenings during die hours
of 7: 30 P. M. to 10: 00 P. M.
Activities offered will include:
Basketball, Weight Training,
Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Vol­leyball,
Table Tennis, Pocket
Billiards, Quiet Games and Tum­bling.
This program will begin
on Wednesday, October 27di,
1965.
High School students in tiieir
junior and senior years inter­ested
in recreation and educa­tion
are being offered a Rec­reation
Leadership Course. Stu­dents
will meet on Monday eve­nings
during the hours of 7: 30
P. M. to 9: 00 P. M. for a Meth­ods
and Materials Course in
Recreation and Leadership. The
same students will be assigned
to Saturday Recreation Centers
for on- die- job training. Upon
c ompletion of die training course,
students will be eligible for sal­aried
summer positions with die
Youtii Council's summer pro -
gram. The Recreation Leader­ship
Program begins on Mon­day,
October l6di, at the Mill
Lane Junior High School.
Students in Grades 7, 8 and
9 will be invited to participate
on periodic dance programs at die
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School. Dances will be held on
Saturdays, ( dates to be an­nounced),
during die hours of
7: 30 P. M. to 10: 30 P. M. and
will include die latest dance hits,
prizes and special programs to
interest teenagers.
Recreation and swimming in­struction
will be offered to boys
and girls in grades 5 through
12 on Saturday mornings and
afternoons. Groups will be tak­en
by but to a neighboring in­door,
heated swimming pool and
die program will be self- sustain­ing.
American Red Cross test
certification will be made a-vailable
to participants who qual­ify.
Special trips to such places
as llayden Planetarium, Museum
of Natural History, Mineola The­ater,
West Point and otiier places
of interest will be continued on
Saturdays. Special information
including places and dares will
be forwarded to parents and stu­dents.
Tennis instruction under die
supervision of a Tennis Pro will
be offered during die montiis of
April, May and June at the Far­mingdale
High School tennis
courts for junior and senior high
school students. Beginner, in -
termediate and advance instruc­tion
will be offered.
Farmingdale Board Announces New Schedule
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The regular meetings of the
Farmingdale Board of Educa­tion,
U. F. S. D. # 22 starting Sep­tember
1965 will be held on the
first Monday of each month, ex­cept
if the first Monday of a
month falls on a holiday. If this
is the case then the meeting will
be held on the Tuesday next,
following the regular meeting
day. Meeting time will be at
8: 30 P. M. in the Weldon K. How­itt
Junior High School auditor­ium.
in accordance with the above,
the first meeting in September-will
be on Tuesday , September
7, 1965.