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Vol. 3 No. 49 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. tf. 11735 Thursday, July 28, 1966
PETITION FOR PARKLET
IN BUSINESS AREA
A petition bearing nearly 300 signatures exorting The Board
of Trustees of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale to
purchase a triangular plot on the southwest corner of Main
street at Melville Road for a parklet was presented to the
Board on Monday night by John Meade of 101 Melville Road.
The land, which ha3 been zoned for busines « 3 since 1928 had
a recent ' for sale* sign on it.
Membars of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Farm­ingdale
Fire Department appeared before the Board to pro­test
the closing down of their new siren on Ridge Road. The
Board had acted upon the protests of neighbors who had coui-plaiwp-
1 a£> out siren noise. The horse power to run the siren,
had been increased from 2 to 10 at that location, as well
as at the Main Fire house, and at the others at Eastern Park­way
and at South Main Street.
It was resolved that the siren at Ridge Road location would
Review Youth Council Activities During Week
continue to shut down until an evaluation could be made of
the : ew siren at Village Hall. The Fire Commissioners
explained that they had purchased the equipment upon the
advice of an engineer to eliminate any blind spots in the
village.
Village Cterk, James McKenna read a letter from the
New York State Department of Public Works advising the
Board that a traffic survey was being made to determine
the feasibility of installing a traffic light at the juncture
of Central Avenue and Quaker Meeting House Road on the
edge of village in the northwestern section of the incorpor­ated
limits.
The Board of Trustees awarded the Potter Street drain­age
contract to the low bidder Vi- Nor corp at $ 5,920 . The
highest bid had come in at $ 10,725.
The Nassau County Parks and " Dream Dragon'*. Other shows
Recreation Department enter- axe teirig brought to the other
tained the children of the North- playgrounds and are arousing
side Playground last Tuesday great interest.
with a puppet show entitled The recreation centers and
playgrounds have arranged to go
to the Westbury Music Fan-next
week to see the " Thief of
Bagdad".
Linda LiCausi was awarded
a trophy by a bowling alley as
high scorer. Carol Holloway and
Betsy Lepera were judged to be
the " prettiest" in the Parade
o "' heels. Jeanne Ciuzio and Jim
Zipperlin were the most colorful.
Suzy Benedict and Fran Rein-hardt
were the most decorated.
The most patriotically decorated
were Ellen Kunz and Mike Molley.
Jean Lunt and Diane Llewlyn
were proclaimed the most ori­ginal.
Florgate romped over Merritt
in baseball. Merritt's boys are
not daunted and plan to make
a strong comeback in a return
game. The score was 17 to 3.
Donald Sico, Jeff Hodgkiss, Tom­my
Burns, Joe Burke, Jimmy
Burns, Richard Higgins, Edward
Nidds, David Lyoay, Rob Elling-house,
Ronald Solan, Charley
Tropiano, and Steve Ellinghouse
make up the team.
The Junior- Senior Life Sav­ing
Course will begin on Mon­day,
August 1st. A local resi­dent
has provided the use of a
private pool for the instructions
since the pool at Weldon E. Hew­itt
is not deep enough, according
to a Youth Council spokesman.
One session will be held at To-bay
Beach.
Four thousand seven hundred
and fifty children are enrolled.
The High School enrollment is at
a record 527. The mid- week
dances are attracting an average
of 300.
Daily classes at the swimming
pool begin at 9 a. m. and continue
until 4 p. m.
450 children attended a base­ball
game at Yankee Stadium,,
Another group has made two trips
to Sunken Meadow Beach. Adven-tureland
is a favorite excursion
for the younger groups. This
week a series of trips to the
Bronx Zoo have been arranged.
Grover Seeks Additional
Cemetery Facilities
Veteran Air Force pilot Lt. Colonel H. E. " Ed" Galyon, ( left) who flew
63 combat missions over North Vietnam as commander of a Republic F- 105
Thunderchief squadron, visited the company yesterday to discuss the plane's
performance. He is seen here with James Creamer of Republic. Galyon
described the F- 105 as an " outstanding machine" that is flying more
than 75% of the Air Force strike missions against targets in North Vietnam.
Colonel Galyon is commander of the 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron and
holds the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters,
Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, and several other awards.
Congressman James R. Grover
Jr. went to the top this week in
his campaign to secure additional
national cemetery facilities. The
Babylon Congressman asked
President Johnson to intercede
and reverse a federal policy
which has resulted in a phase
out of national cemetery oper­ations.
Grover revealed two years ago
that a government study, which
had been kept ' secret', recom­mended
a gradual elimination of
the federal cemetery system.
His efforts to secure a reversal
of the policy have been unavailing
so far. The lawmaker has esti­mated
that facilities at Long
Island National Cemetery in
Pinelawn would be exhausted by
1974 or earlier. Grover's cam­paign
has been supported by Long
Island and national veterans
groups and other organizations.
The text of the Congressman's
letter:
Dear Mr. President:
During the administration
prior to yours a special study
commission recommended that
the Federal Government phase
out its Nation Cemetery oper­ations
for reasons of expense and
inequitable distribution and ac­cess.
The great majority of Con­gressmen
disagree, I am sure,
with the policy and the reasons
upon which it is based, and feel
that the traditional honor and
privilege of interment in espec-
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