1969-03-27

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FARUINtDALE HJBLIC UBRARY
274 MAIN ST.
FARMINGDALE, N, Y* 11735
An Off cial Newspaper Of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale - S- rvIng Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
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Vol. 6 No. 30 Second Class Postage has been paid at Faraiagdale, N. T. 1171S Thursday, March 27, 1969
Village To Press For
Widening Main Street
No final decision was reached by the Farmingdale Village Board
who met informally with a group of merchants and taxpayers on
Monday evening regarding the possibility of alternate- side- of the
street parking on Main Street from Prospect to Front Streets. The
Village Board and those in attendance felt that an all- out- effort should
be made to press the county for the widening of Main Street.
Mayor Joseph Zureck explained that the Main Street traffic
congestion creates a safety problem and that the Board is mulling
over a possible solution on a trial basis.
Mrs. John E. Gillies, of 165 Prospect St. agreed that Main Street
was hazardous for shoppers and that the village should push for more
parking facilities. She pointed out that merchants parked in front of
their stores and eliminated considerable parking spaces for
customers.
Trustee Norman Krasnow said that if merchants and employees
would not mind walking two or three blocks, the Village could provide
a nearby parking facility.
Considerable discussion ensued over the parking spaces that are
purported to be used by a moving van firm, which loads and unloads
near the Anna bell a Restaurant at the rear of their place of business on
Main Street.
Mrs. Anna Senyk, of 150 Secatogue Ave., said that postal employees
were taking up valuable space on municipal parking lots. She sug­gested
that the owner of the post office building should provide some
space. If was learned that the post office employs 167 people.
Sam Bernstein, a Main Street merchant said that he and another
merchant would be glad to meet with members of the Village Board
and Planning Board, to put pressure on the County for the widening of
Main Street as well as possible interim solutions. Main Street was
considered for widening a few years ago, but the county has ceased
discussion ' due to monetary reasons'.
Mrs. Gillies said that the Women's Club would undertake worth­while
community projects such as this, in conjunction with a national
mail order firm, who would co- sponsor such a community im­provement
activity.
Back door deliveries to stores also came under discussion as a
means to cut down Main Street congestion.
Mrs Harold Von Hasseh, cf 34 Hill Ptoad, stated that ' it's only a
dream', but she would like to see the Main Street shopping area made
into a village mall, with the traffic flow diverted to other areas.
Others who spoke or asked questions included Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Rudd, of 229 Main Street, a Rose M. Purcell, of 16 Waland Ave.,
Josephine Jones of 111 Hillside Road and a representative of
FVosperity Cleaners.
The Board agreed to meet in the near future with members of the
merchants group and also to join with community organizations for
the widening of Main Street.
Gerngras Property Willed To Village
Mayor Joseph Zureck and the
Board of Trustees of the In­corporated
Village of Far­mingdale
were advised by
Village Attorney Joseph Stern
that the property and homestead
of the Gerngras family at 45
Staples Street, has been willed to
the Village of Farmingdale. The
three quarter acre site is located
in the southeast area of the
village and is at the corner of
Staples and Hudson Streets.
Plans for the use of the
property have not been initiated
but Mayor Zureck feels that the
property could be utilized for
village residents in the same
manner as the existing Village
Green and memorialized under
the family name.
Gerngras, a lifelong resident of
Farmingdale, was a teller for
over 20 years with * he former
Bank of Farmingdale, now the
Franklin National Bank. He was
also a member of the Royal Ar­canum
in Farmingdale, and a
member of the Farmingdale Fire
Department.
Panelists To Discuss
Recreation At Conference
Kdmund Karlc Oi Farmingdale, and his family, are enthusiastic exhibitors at the National Antique*
• Shows and the New York Flea Market, colorful Sunday outdoor market opening seasonal :>:> th SI and
6th Ave., New York, April 13, Karle, an engineer, heads a company founded by his mother, one of the
leading figures in her field The Farles show how antique exhibitors prepare for s|> eeial exhibits
around the country.
A distinguished array of
recreational figures will make up
panels at the second annual
Recreation Conference to be
sponsored by State University at
Farmingdale this Saturday at its
Roosevelt Hall Little Theatre.
More than 250 recreational
leaders and students are ex­pected
to attend the event
highlighted by papers presented
and discussions headed by out­standing
leaders in community
and therapeutic recreation,
voluntary agency recreation and
recreation education. The
conference will run from 9:: 5()
a. m. to 12: 30 p. m.
The Conference is directed
primarily to high school and
college students, with the theme
concerned with " Job Op­portunities"
and " Requirements
for Admission to two- year, four-year
and graduate curricula in
Recreation."
The panel on Job Opportunities
in Recreation will consist of
Francis Cosgrove, Assistant
Director of Recreation, Town of
Hempstead; Art Kuebler,
Hempstead, affiliated with the
New York State YMCA; Joseph
IVrillo, Personnel Section,
Central Islip Stale Hospital; and
Oscar Fralein, Director of
Recreation, Deer Hark Schools
and an expert on Industrial
Recreation
Comprising the panel on
College Recreation Curriculum
Requirements will be Dr. Edith
Ball, Professor of Recreation,
New York University; Professor
William Theobold, Brooklyn
College; and Professor Kenneth
Rowland, State U. at Far­mingdale.
In June, the first Farmingdale
Recreation Supervision class is
being graduated., There are 121
students taking the two- year
course which prepares students
for careers as recreation
technicians and to be leaders in
community recreation, the ai­med
forces, youth- serving
agencies, correctional in­stitutions,
industrial recreation
and with agencies serving the ill,
handicapped and aged.
School Budget
Hearing Monday
A School District 22 public
budget hearing will be held on
Monday, March 31 at 8: 30p. m. al
the Weldon E. Howitl Junior High
School Auditorium.
Mayor Joseph Zureck this week
issued a proclamation declaring
April as Cancer Control Month