1969-02-27

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V o l . 6 No. 26 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmtagdate. N. Y. 117M THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969
Dr. Wi. Follett Named Man- of- the Year
Dr. Wilfred Ellery Follett, of 46 Conklin St., Farmingdale,
was the recipient of the Man- of- the Year Award at the Annual
Inter- Service Club Brotherhood program held at the Weldon
E. Howitt Junior High School Auditorium last Sunday.
Dr. Follett was cited for long and distinguished service
to the community by former District Court Judge Willis B.
Carman.
A World War I Navy veteran, Dr. Follett, a graduate of the
University of Buffalo, was the first dentist to open an office
in Farmingdale.
He has been active in Red Cross, Boy Scout/ and Girl
Scout activities, and is a past president of the Farmingdale
Rotary Club, and the Nassau County Dental Society.
He is a Charter Director of the Sunrise Federal Savings
and Loan Association and served on the Executive Com­mittee
for many years.
The Farmingdale Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs spon­sored
the annual event.
Sp 4 D. L Nuzzi Awarded Bronze Star
Officers and members of Post
516, Veteran's of Foreign Wars,
Farmingdale, this week an­nounced
the award of the Bronze
Star Medal to one of its post
members,' Sp 4 Domenick L.
Nuzzi who is still serving in
Vietnam, and who resides at 59 S.
Crescent Drive, Farmingdale.
The citation read: Private
First Class Nuzzi distinguished
himself by valorous actions on
the night of 3 June 1968, wiJle
serving as a Light Vehicle Driver
with Battery A, 1st Battalion,
11th Artillery, 9th Infantry
Division, during an airmobile
extraction operation in the
Republic of Vietnam. When his
unit came under intense hostile
fire, Private Nuzzi courageously
remained exposed to the barrage
in an effort to remove equipment
from the danger area. When the
extraction craft was forced from
the area by the intense fire,
Private Nuzzi crawled 75 meters
to a position from which he could
better direct counter fire on the
Viet Cong positions. Private First
Class Nuzzi's personal bravery
and devotion to duty are in
keeping with the highest
traditions of the military service
and reflect great credit upon
himself, the 9th Infantry Division
and the United States Army.
Newman Club Transfers
Site Of Mass
Struck By Hit- Run Motorist
Thomas Looney, 16, of 4 Quaker
Meeting House Raod, was struck
by a hit and run motorist last
Thursday evening at 6: 20 p. m.
Locney was walking north on
Merritt Road when he was hit and
knocked into a snow bank.
The youngster was taken to
Mid- Island Hospital with no
serious injury reported.
His father is N ssau County
Police Commissioner Francis
Looney.
Award South Farmingdale
Drainage Contract
The Oyster Bay Town Board
has awarded a contract for the
construction of storm drains and
appurtenances on Tudor Road,
Garfield Avenue, McKinley Aven­ue,
Beverly Road and a portion
of Heisser Lane, South Farm­ingdale
Councilman Frank J.
Hynes aimattneed today.
The contract was awarded to
Ace Hoeffner Contracting Co.,
Inc. of AmityviUe for the low
bid of $ 217,206.85.
The Newman Club, a Catholic
student group, which had been
suspended from the State
University at Farmingdale for
having held a Mass on the campus
Sunday, February 15, in violation
of the State University
regulations that " religious
services on state college cam­puses
violate the United States
Constitution and the so- called
Blaine Amendment," celebrated
another Mass last Sunday,
this time at a gas station opposite
the college. About 35 students
were on hand, including students
from C. W. Post and Nassau
Community Colleges.
When asked what he thought of
the Mass being held off the
campus, Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
President of State University,
said, " This action shows visibly a
desire by the Newman Club not to
continue to violate the campus
regulations." He pointed out mat
" I've always tried to keep this
incident a campus matter and a
learning situation. The only in­fractions
the club has committed
are 1) Misuse of the college
campus in not holding a meeting
as requested but instead
celebrating a Mass which was a
violation of state and federal
regulations and 2) Failure of the
Club to abide by the advice given
by the club's Faculty Advisors as
to the college position on the
violation and its penalty.
The college's next move in this
incident will take place tomorrow
( Friday) at the Board Room
when the Faculty- Student
Committee on Discipline, headed
by Dean of Students, Berthold
Willenbrock, Farmingdale
resident, will review the incident
and determine what penalty is to
be levied against the Newman
Club.
State U. To Host Two
Cage Title Tourneys
State University at Far­mingdale,
will be host to two
inter- collegiate basketball
championships within the next
ten days.
Starting today ( Thursday) and
continuing through Saturday
night, eight of the top quintets
from 24 schools will compete in
the National Junior College
Athletic Association Region XV
championship. This makes the
first time in 18 years that Far­mingdale
will be the scene of the
championship.
On Saturday, March 8th, at the
Aggies' Roosevelt gymnasium,
the Region XV titleholder will
meet the winner of Region XIX,
composed of Maryland, Penn­sylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey
and West Virginia. From this
inter- regional play- off will come
the quintet eligible to seek the
National Junior College A. A.
crown at Hutchinson, Kansas on
March 17.
Admission for each session will
be $ 1.25. Reserved seats $ 2.00.
OFFER FREE TRAVEL FILM SERIES AT LIBRARY
Dr. W. Ellery Follett, ( second from right), is pictured receiving the Man-of-
the - Year Award from Willis B. Carman ( second left) at the annual
Brotherhood program held last Sunday. Town Councilman Frank Hynes ( 1)
and Mayor Joseph Zureck offer congratulations. I'okreaa Photo
The Spring Travel Film Series
will begin on Wednesday, March
5th, in the meeting room of the
Half Hollow Hills Community
Library. The first program will
feature The Kremlin, a fifty- four
minute tour of the center for
Soviet policy and historic symbol
of Russia's past.
The series, which consists oi a
variety of films dealing with
various countries throughout the
world, will feature the United
States every other week.
The program, shown each
Wednesday evening, will begin at
8: 00 P. M. and last for ap­proximately
90 minutes. Free
tickets for each program will be
available two weeks before the,
date of showing at the Circulation'
Desk of the library in Dix Hills
and may be reserved at the
library in Melville. Young people
under 16 years of age who are not
accompanied by a parent will be
seated only if space permits. A
complete film list is available at
either the Melville or Dix Hills
Libraries.
POLICE REPORT
Three medium- built negroes,
described as being in their mid
20V held up the Town and
Country gas station at Merritt
Road and Fulton Street and
escaped with $ 350 in United States
currency. The robbery took place
last Wednesday at 11: 45 p. m.
Eighth Precinct police are
investigating.