1966-03-17

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l^ m^ P^ t^ k h AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE. BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
Vol. 2 No. 30 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, March I / , 1966 ,
New Aerospace Center
Ready To Open
The Farmingdale area will soon be the home of a new one
million dollar aerospace research laboratory when the Poly­technic
Institute of Brooklyn dedicates the facility of Saturday,
April 30. The new structure is the fifth building erected on
the campus in Farmingdale since the opening of the Graduate
Center on Route 110 in 1961.
The dedication will be the main event in a three- day program
of activities that weekend at the Graduate Center. On Friday,
April 29, there will be a technical- educational conference on
aerospace. The dedication— along with Alumni Day— will be
held Saturday, April 30, while Sunday May 1, will be Open
House Day.
On Sunday May 1, visitors can tour the new aerospace r e -
seiurcti center and view exhibits ar^ aagt- d by Lidustricd iix- m^
and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Of the one million dollar cost of the new aerospace labor­atory,
NASA contributed $ 632,000. NASA and other govern­ment
officials, and industry executives, will be among those
participating in the dedication events.
The new building on the Farmingdale campus replaces re­search
facilities in Freeport. The largest single piece of
equipment, moved from Freeport in sections, is a 35- foot
diameter steel vacuum sphere. Acting as an " air dump,"
the sphere plays a vital part in wind tunnel experiments.
In addition to hypersonic and supersonic wind tunnels, the
new structure houses other equipment for high speed flight
dynamics, interplanetary communications and electrophysics.
At the Graduate Center as a whole, Polytechnic registers
nvoie ihi a 1200 students, the majority coming from industries
in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Carman, Hallahan Reelected
Willis B. Carman Jr. and John
T. Hallahan, incumbent trustees
of The Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale, were reelected to
office this past Tuesday for four
year terms.
The light vote showed 127 votes
for Hallahan and 125 for Carman.
Both trustees are members of
the Liberty Party and ran un­opposed.
B'd Assures Group of Hearing
Assurance of a date set for
a public hearing on the Hard-wick
property within 15 days was
given by the Board of Trustees of
The Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale to a group of resi­dents
who presented a petition
Monday night at Village Hall.
The petition of 103 signatures
was presented to Mayor Joseph
Zureck by George Cerveny of 5
Leonard Street, Farmingdale.
The petition outlined objections to
an application for the subdivision
application of Quaker Estates be­cause
it would " cause drainage
problems, school tax increases;
decrease values of neighboring
homes due to size of lots pro­posed;
and would create problems
of public safety". The petition
also asked the Board to reconsid­er
the zoning and to investigate
the circumstances of annexation
of the property.
The group asked that the no­tice
of public hearing be desig­nated
as ' the Hardwick estate'
to avoid any confusion.
Mayor Joseph Zureck said,
" We'd be happy to sit down with
you and give you an opportun­ity
to air your views and opin­ions
on the best use of the prop­erty
at an informal public hear­ing".
This meeting would be set
before the public hearing before
the entire board and the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
The Board also authorized the
Long Island Lighting Co. to pro­ceed
with the illumination pro­ject
on certain village streets.
The Board awarded a five year
contract to Monro Sanitation for
garbage collection.
Vofe Close On Four Year Term
James Arvanitis, of 19 Reese Place, Farmingdale
who took over his new duties as Director of
Recreation of the Town of Oyster Bay last week,
is talking things over with Town Councilman
A. Carl Grunewald who has been active in TOB
park and recreation projects. Arvanitis will pro­pose
planned programs at existing Town facilities,
including community parks, from May 30 through
Labor Day on a daily basis from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
and in the evenings for teenagers and adults.
The new director is the former Chairman of
Physical Education of the New York City schools
and served as parttime Director of Winter Rec­reation
activities for the Farmingdale Youth
Council.
The proposed four year term
for Congressman is going to be
a hotly debated issue if the re­sults
of the February balloting
in the Meadow Brook National
Bank Community Opinion Poll
are any indication. The overall
tabulation shows 49.7% for the
extended term 48.5% against it
and only 1.8% were undecided.
In South Farmingdale, accord­ing
to John McGrath, manager
of the Bank's local office, the
voting was 47.7% for the four
year term, 51.5% against it and
00.8% undecided.
In answer to the other ques­tions
asked, South Farmingdale
respondents voted 46.9% in favor
of having New York State buy
the New York City transit sys­tem
as it has the Long Island
Rail Road; 46.2% opposed it and
06.9% were undecided. There
were 69.6% who felt the Amer­ican
people were too dependent
on the various governmental a-gencies;
29.5% felt we were not
overly dependent and 00.9% were
undecided. And 50.7% thought
there should be a maximum age
for the holding of a driver's li­cense
while 48.4% thought there
should not be such a limitation
and 00.9% were undecided.
During the month of March,
the Poll questions are con -
cerned wim die November ref­erendum
on a New York State
lottery.
Workshop To Help Women
Start New Careers
" Gateway to Careers", a
workshop designed especially for
the woman who wishes to embark
on a new career but who is un­sure
of her potential and of the
avenues open to her, will be of­fered
this spring by the Evening
College of State University at
Farmingdale.
Women attending the workshop
will learn methods of self-evaluation,
individual direction
and also will participate in dis­cussions
centering on the many
ways in which new employment
can be realized.
Workshop sessions will be held
every Monday and Thursday from
10 a. m. until 1 p. m., with the
first meeting scheduled for Mon­day,
March 28. The ten- session
program will be conducted by
Mrs. Sylvia Kaplan, author and
personnel consultant.
Applications for the " Gateway
to Careers" workshop will be
accepted until Monday, March 21.
Additional information can be ob­tained
by either writing or call­ing
the Evening College, State
University at Farmingdale,
CHapel 9- 3250.