1970-03-12

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POWELL HOUSE 1700 FMINBDALE OBSERVER
WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORDED WEEKLY
An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 7 No. 29 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, March 12, 1970
CARMAN. HALIAHAN UP FOR
RE - ELECTION TUESDAY The uncontested village election's to be held on
Tuesday, March 17 from 12 noon til 9 p. m. for two
trustees posts for four year Wms will feature in­cumbent
candidates John T. Hallahan and Willis B.
Carman, Jr., who are seeking re- election. Both have
served on the Board of the Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale for eight years.
John T. Hallahan, Assistant to
the Director of Public Relations
of the Bristol- Myers Company,
was born in Schenectady, New
York on April 17, 1922. He
received his A. B. degree from
Union College in 1946' and did
graduate work at the Syracuse
University Maxwell School of
Citizenship.
Hallahan, who served in the
United States Army during World
War II, began his business career
in 1941 with the American
Locomotive Company. In 1947, he
was with the New York State
Civil Service Commission as a
Public Administration Intern. In
1948, he became a member of the
faculty of the Long Island
Agricultural and Technical In
stitute at Farmingdale. In 1955;
he was on a one year sabbatical
from the University to act as
Administrative Assistant to the
U. S. Senator from New Jersey
and in 1959. he was a
Congressional Assistant in the
House of Representatives, serv­ing
with the House Committee
on Labor and Education.
Hallahan became associated
with the Bristol- Myers company
in 1960 as Assistant to the
Director of Public Relations
He is a member of the Public
Relations Society of America and
the American Academy of
Political Science. For the past
fifteen years, he has also been a
lecturer for the Grand Central
YMCA, New York City. He
served for five years as a
member of the Farmingdale
Zoning Board of Appeals.
Willis B. Carman Jr. has been a
resident of Farmingdale all of his
life. He was educated in the
Farmingdale School Systems,
and graduated from Hamilton
College, and Fordham Law
School. He now practices law and
is a member of the firm of Car­man,
Callahan, and Carman of
Farmingdale.
He has served the Village as a
member of the Village Planning
Board and has been an active
participant in community affairs'.
He is past President of the
Farmingdale Community Chest.
He has been Chairman for
Southeast Nassau County for
Cerebrai Palsy and an active
member of the Boy Scout Fund
raising program for many years.
He is now cubmaster of Pack 514.
A past president of the Far­mingdale
Republican Club he is a
member of the Farmingdale
Rotary Club and the Far­mingdale
Fire Department.
An active member of his
profession, Carman is a member
of the American Bar Association,
the New York State Bar
Association, the Nassau County
Lawyers Association, and
President of the Protestant
Lawyers Association of Nassau
County.
During the Korean Korean
War, he served in the Vnited
States Army in Korea.
Land Transaction Could Save $$
Councilman Edmund A. Ocker,
speaking for the Town Board,
announced that the Town of
Oyster Bay and the County of
Nassau have completed
negotiations on a complicated
land transaction that will save
the Town more than $ 110,000
while it purchases parking and
recreational land for the
residents of Bethpage.
Ocker, who initiated contact
with the County two years ago
and who has been the driving
force behind the negotiations,
said that the Town Board has
approved, by resolution on
Tuesday, March 3, authorization
for the Town Attorney to con­clude
the negotiations Ocker
began.
" The people of Bethpage will
realize immediate benefits from
this transaction," Ocker said.
" One of the properties involved in
the landswap is a tract south of
the Long Island Railroad tracks
just east of Stewart Avenue that
will permit an additional 70
parking spots adjacent to the
present Town parking field.
" In addition, there are three
plots of land being turned over to
the Town which can be utilized
for recreational purposes. These
sites, which fall within the con­fines
of Main ( Broadway) Street
( on the west), No. Herman
Avenue ( on the east), Sophia
Street ( on the north), and the old
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway ( on
the south) can be used for passive
recreation parks in the future."
" The total appraised value of
all properties being offered to the
Town is approximately $ 232,000,"
Ocker stated in explaining the
transaction.
Once Ocker put the package
together, the Town Board had to
move quickly because the Real
Estate Department of the County
planned to offer the various
parcels for sale to the general
nublic.
- In at least one Irish household March 17 will forever be Dennis
Patrick Kelly Day as well as St. Patrick's Day 1969, Dennis Patrick
( supported by mom) gets some help blowing out the candles on his
first birthday cake.
His father, Edward L. Kelly, is assistant manager at the East
Farmingdale office of Franklin National Hank. The other Kelly
children are dell to right) Kevin 3, Brendhan 2, and Edward Jr. (>.
AGGIES' WRESTLING CHAMPIONS: Coach Bob Hartmen, right, checks flight ( tickets before State
University at Farmingdale grapplers> winners of Region XV title, leave aboard* Northwest Orient
Airline for the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Champions at Worthington.
Minnesota. Front row, left to right: Bruce Biondi, George Dlugolonski, Jim Violante, Gary Chesbro
and Terry Phelan. Back row, left to right: Wayne Hoffman, Jerry Quist, Mark Meyerowitz and Jim
Ryan. The tournament was won by Muskegon ( Michigan) College