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Vol. 4 No. 4 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, September 15, 1966
SCHOOL TAX LOWER
THAN EXPECTED ( Page 7)
St. Luke's Launch
Expansion Program
A major expansion program
plained by St. Luke's Lutheran
Church of Farmingdale will be­gin
with a fund drive slated for
Monday, September 19 with a
dinner at the Huntington Town
House. Plans call for a new Fel­lowship
Hall and a Parsonage.
According to Pastor Bernhardt
Bohrer, in 1956, St. Luke's be­gan
to plan for a physical ex­pansion
program. A master plan
for a new educational building,
a fellowship hall and a new church
was projected. The first part of
the expansion program was re­alized
in 1958 when the present
educational building was com­pleted.
The new FeUowship Hall would
be of approximately 10,800
square feet and would be utilized
to expand present church organ­ization
programs and to care for
a contemplated sports porgram.
The new hall will seat 450 per­sons
for dinner and 600 for pro­grams
and meetings.
William Gray will serve as
General Chairman and Walter
C. Finger as Assistant Gen­eral
Chairman; William Sander
as Special Gifts Chairman; Mrs.
Patricia Finger and Mrs. Har­riet
Scott as Dinner Chairmen;
Kenneth Gaynor as Publicity
Chairman; Carl Haugwitz as E-valuation
Chairman; Charles
Keith as Hospitality Chairman;
James Yoder as Transportation
Chairman and Mrs. Mildred Bon­ne
nberger as Clerical Chairman.
Village To Receive
Federal Park Grant
The Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale will receive a $ 67,-
586 Federal grant to aid in the
acquisition and development of a
little over 3/ 4 of an acre of land
for park and recreation purposes,
according to an announcement
made by Secretary Robert C.
Weaver of the U. S. Department
of Housing and urban Develop­ment.
According to a village spokes­man,
the property to be purchased
includes the Chris Walker prop­erty
adjoining Village Hall; the
" Andrew Syris and Allredproper­ties.
The Federal grant will cover 50
per cent of total estimated pro­ject
cost, plus $ 650 for reloca­tion
purposes. As required by
law, anyone displaced by acqui­sition
of such lands will be of-ferred
relocation in decent, safe,
and sanitary housing.
The land, locally knowj a » " The
Village Green,' * will be developed
with Federal assistance for park
and recreational uses including
landscaped green areas, sitting
areas, pathways, and senior cit­izens
rest and play areas. Fa­cilities
for table games such as
cards, chess, and checkers and
for horseshoe pitching will be
developed.
Federal grants under die Open-
Space Land Program are autho­rized
by the Housing Act of 1961,
as amended. The grants may not
exceed 50 percent of the cost of
acquiring ( a) undeveloped land in
an urban area, or ( b) developed
land in a built - up urban area and
converting it into open space.
Such lands must be retained as
open space and used only for re­creation,
conservation, historic
or scenic purposes.
To Improve Commuter Service
Recruit For Vietnam Posts
Commuters and weekend and
holiday passengers will get im­proved
train service on the Long
Island Rail Road starting this
week.
Schedules of two trains serv­ing
Ronkonkoma and Farming-dale
have been swapped to pro­vide
more convenient service in
the evenings. A train which for­merly
started its daily run at
Farmingdale at 7: 20 p. m. will
now originate in Ronkonkoma at
6: 33 p. m., with stops at Central
Is lip at 6: 44, Brentwood at 6: 52,
Pine- Aire at 6: 56, Deer Park
at 7: 06, Wyandanch at 7: 12 and
Farmingdale at 7: 20. It will ar­rive
in Jamaica at 7: 59 p. m.
New timetables are available
at the railroad stations.
A drive to recruit men and
women from this area for civil­ian
posts in Vietnam will get
under way later this month.
The United States Agency for
International Development an­nounced
it will dispatch a team
from Washington to enlist civil­ian
skills that are needed " to
help win the ' other war' in Viet­nam—
the war against hunger,
illiteracy, and disease."
According to a spokesman, re­cruitment
is being stepped up be­cause
a widening job gap is ham­pering
the civil action program
In Vietnam. He noted that 700
specialists, mostly professional
and technical personnel, are
needed now to fill current va­cancies
and to be trained as
future replacements.
He estimated that several thou­sand
applicants, including many
from the Nassau- Suffolk area,
will be interviewed during the
one- week recruitment period
beginning September 26. through
October 1. A temporary head­quarters
will be opened at 346
Broadway, Manhattan, where ap­plicants
may call collect ( 212)
264- 3838 for an appointment.
Economists, registered nurses,
agriculture specialists in agron­omy
and fisheries, home econ­omists,
refugee relief specialists
civil and construction engineers,
auditors, public administration
advisors, teacher education ad­visors,
health educators, public
safety advisors, provincial re­presentatives,
and secretaries.
Candidates must be United
States citizens at leastfiveyears,
it was pointed out. They must be
willing to be separated from their
families for at least 18 months,
and may be assigned to remote
areas of Vietnam.
Salaries will range from $ 5,-
000 to $ 20,000 a year, depending
on the position and qualifications
for the job.
Freedom of Enterprise Week, pioneered by
Kiwanis International, was observed by the Farm­ingdale
Kiwanis Club this past week. Left to right
are Councilman Frank J. Hynes, who presented
the Club with a proclamation signed by the Town
Board; Lewis Minn, Division Chairman, and Dave
Eysmann, Kiwanis Club President.
This test car for the Long Island Rail Road is powered by two 535- horse-power
airplane- type gas turbine engines. Engines are under the car, geared
directly to the wheels at each end. There is no " jet scream" or dust, and
no noticeable vibration and odor. Sound level is comparable with other
methods of rail- car propulsion.