1966-02-10

              South Farmingdale Public Library
M e r r i t t Road
Farmingdale, N. Y.
AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
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Vol. 2 No. 25 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 10, 1966
Ready Big Weekend
Scout Drive
The annual Farmingdale Boy Scout door- to-door
finance drive will take place this Saturday
and Sunday, February 12 and 13, according to
Joseph J. Ryan finance chairman.
Village hall will serve as headquarters for the
drive and weill be open on Saturday, February 12,
from 9: 30 a. m. to 6: 00 p. m., and on Sunday,
February 13, from 1: 00 p. m. to 6: 00 p. m.
District chairmen include Tom Cacace, Willis
Carman, Jr., Ed McGrath, Ed Sharrott, Curt
Purdy, John Hickey, Ted Marks, Ernie Bier,
Rod Wagner, Vincent Greco, Harry Lorch, Bill
Drewes, Bob Kennedy, Frank Marti, Sam Green­field,
John Brunessel, Walt Kueck and East Farm­ingdale,
Charles Haubrick.
Adult Scouters and friends of Scouting who wish
to participate in the finance drive should contact
Joseph Ryan at CH 9- 7527.
Group Draws Up Petition
For Public Hearing
Anne C. Hudson of 4 Tenth Avenue, South Farmingdale receives a plaque
and a savings bond for the best speech on * What Democracy Means To Me.'
in a Farmingdale Senior High School Contest sponsored by the Corporal
George Benkert Jr. Post. Commander William Huber ( right) and Wendell
Cultice, Assistant Principal of the Farmingdale Senior High School make the
presentation. Miss Hudson went on to win third place in Nassau County
competition. ( Pokress photo)
A group of residents of The
Incorporated Village of Farming-dale
adjoining the proposed de­velopment
of ' Quaker Estates'
have drawn up a petition to urge
the Mayor and the Board of
Trustees to hold a public hear­ing.
The group is contesting
the building on sites adjoining
their properties which, a spokes­man
contends, presents a severe
drainage problem along with
many other problems that will
affect the entire community'. The
petition also cited the problems of
additional school tax; the Croat­ia]
of hazard* for children due to
additional traffic by the proposed
opening up of a now closed
cul - d e - sac and residential
street.
According to Louis Hipp of 1
Leonard Street, Farmingdale,
The situation is critical and we
hope that the village will take
immediate action and hold a
public hearing so that the resi­dents
can voice their individual
problems." I think this matter
deserves the attention of all resi­dents
of Farmingdale as it is for
the betterment of our com­munity",
Hipp added.
Poll Supports Liberalization
Of Divorce Laws
By a vote of better than 4
to 1, respondents in the January
balloting of the Meadow Brook
National Bank Community
Opinion Poll supported the pro­posed
liberalization of the New
York State divorce laws. InSouth
Farmingdale, the vote was 81.8%
for liberalization; 16.3% against
it and 1.9% undecided according
to John McGrath, Manager of
the Bank's South Farmingdale of­fice.
In other questions, there were
decidedly mixed feelings as to
whether the crime of murder
should be made a federal offense;
a surprising denunciation of teen­age
morals and considerable
doubt one way or the other as
to the effect of war - oriented
toys on young minds.
Locally, 52.7% voted to have
murder made a federal offense
while 45.4% opposed it and 1.9%
were undecided. Teenage morals
were supported by 41.8% and
questioned by 56.3% while 1.9%
were undecided. And, 42.7% felt
that war - oriented toys were
harmful to children while 55.4%
didn't and 1.9% were undecided.
During the month of February,
questions are being asked re­garding
the possibility of the
purchase of the New York City
transit system by the State of New
York; the dependency of the A -
merican people on govern­mental
agencies; age limitation
to the licensing of automobile
drivers and the proposed ex­tension
of the congressional term
from two to four years.
Hynes Gives
Project Report
Town Councilman Frank J. Hy­nes
announced that four local
town road projects were comp­leted
last year including two in
Bethpage, one in West Farming-dale
and one in South Farming-dale.
A road paving job was com­pleted
in the Lincoln Boulevard
area of Bethpage and a storm
water drainage contract in the
Arthur Avenue section of Beth­page.
In West Farmingdale a
roadside sprucing up project was
completed in the West Chest­nut
Street area and in South
Farmingdale roadways were re­surfaced
in the Second to Tenth
Street area.
The Town Board approved a group dental insurance plan fir
employees with contributory and payroll deduction features through
the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Left to right are Super­visor
Michael N. Petito; Councilman Edward J. Poulos, board
majority leader and Leanore Pratt, of Bethpage, an employee la
the DcparL- neiit of Engineering, Building and Zoning.
Board Stops High School Ski Trips Page 6
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