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An Official Newspaper of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, BethDage and Melville
Vol. 9 NO. 13 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, N o v e m b e r 18, 1971
PRICE Dance
Attracts 400
P. R. I. C. E. recently sponsored
a dance at the Woodward Park­way
School in Farmingdale for
the teens. About 400 youths at­tended
and took part in the games
that also were part of the
evening. The highlight was an old
time horror film and the party-dance
was declared a smashing
success.
Last Sunday. P. R. I. C. E. also
held an Art Auction at the Far­mingdale
Jewish Center, which
was run by the Marlin Art Guild.
Although the turnout was small, a
large number of paintings were
sold. There was also a raffle for a
painting donated by Marlin and
this was won by Sarra Zeplin of
Farmingdale, who was very
happy about the whole thing.
Also, last week, Mrs. Dorothy
Anderson held a coffee hour at
her home with about 10 of her
neighbors. The speakers from
P. R. I. C. E. explained the aims
and purposes of the organization
and urged the ladies that at­tended
to support the goals by
working through their own in­d
i v i d u a l organizations.
P. R. I. C. E. believes that all the
community groups should work
together for the common good of
all. They also wish to have more
of these small informal coffee
hours as a way to reach the
residents of the town. Anyone
interested in having a speaker in
your home, mav call Franca -
249- 7812.
P. R. I. C. E. is the organization
in the Farmingdale- North
Massapequa area formed to
combat drug abuse. This group
has opened a Youth Center at 585
Main Street, Farmingdale, which
is open every evening except
Sunday from 7: 00 to 10: 00 P. M. -
afternoons from 1: 00 to 5: 00 P. M.
. P. R. I. C. E. is offering a
variety of services to the com­munity
in addition to the youth
activities at the center. The
Administrative director, Art
Jacoby. is currently working with
the director of Health Education
of the Farmingdale High School,
Mr. M. Tartamella, to coordinate
and expand the preventive drug
education programs within the
schools.
Besides the educational ser­vices.
P. R. I. C. E. offers a variety
of counseling services for both
adults and young people. For
parents who have youngsters
involved with drugs, there are
parent groups that meet
regularly under the guidance of a
trained group leader. These
groups explore ways of coping
with the problem and alternative
courses of action open to them.
There are also groups for the
youth - both for those involved
with drugs and for those who
aren't.
The office of the OB­SERVER
newspapers, 115
Front Street. Massapequa
Park, will be closed next
Friday, November 26, the day
after Thanksgiving. Due to the
holiday, the papers will come
out on Wednesday evening, 24
hours sooner than usual. For
this reason, the deadline for
editorial and advertisement
copy had to be advanced one
day to Tuesday, November 23.
MUTE ELOQTI \< I The scoreboard tells the story. Plainview High lost to its visitors 6 - 31. The
visitors were of course the Lions from Farmingdale High and the event recorded here was last
Saturday's football game, which decided the championship of the North Shore divisions I and II.
The Lion Roared Again - And Is
Now Aiming at Championship
By Robert Mule and Bruce Altschuld
Frustration releases itself in many forms. This Saturday two
Plainview Gull players took out their frustration by hitting Jerome
Williams with a karate chop late in the fourth quarter, resulting in a
fight which marred the day. The Gulls had a right to be frustrated, as
the Farmingdale Lions defeated them by a score of 31- 6. Not only was
the Plainview running game held to minus 19 yards rushing, but their
defense allowed the Lions an astounding 344 yards in total offense.
Plainview's agony started P » ay, however, he handed off to
when they were unable to move
the ball after recovering a
fumble. They decided to punt the
ball. Unfortunately they chose
Jerome Williams to punt to.
Plainview, the North Shore
Division II champ quickly
learned why North Shore I teams
call Williams the " Jet." He raced
down the right sideline following
a wall of blockers 52 yards into
the endzone.
Earlier in the game, when he
was on offense, Jerome fumbled
the ball. He must have felt that
his one touchdown wasn't enough
to make up for the error. So in the
second quarter, playing safety,
he picked off a Keckeisen pass
and returned the interception 33
yards for the TD. Just prior to
this score the Lions' offense
picked up a quick score as Gary
Levine threw a pass to Bill
DeRuve and the flanker
nicknamed " Good Move" raced
into the endzone to complete a 43
yard touchdown pass play. By
halftime the Farmingdale Lions
were thus leading the Plainview
Gulls by a score of 18- 0.
Late in the third quarter it
seemed that the Lions might be in
trouble. A punt gave them
possession only on their two yard
line. Levine kept the ball twice
for a first down. On the third
Jim Tea torn, who broke four
tackles and ran the ball past
midfield. Nine plays later the
Lions finished the 98 yard drive,
as Pat Nicholson scored on a one
yard plunge.
Plainview got its only score in
the fourth quarter, as Keckeisen
passed 68 yards to Sheehan for
the TD. This in itself was a minor
victory for Plainview, since they
registered only the fourth down
against the tough Daler defense.
This one score seemed to fire
up the Lions once more. It took
them only five plays to drive for
their sixth and final TD of the
afternoon. Set up by a good run
by Teatom, and a good catch by
Rich Finn, the march was capped
off by Levine's quarterback
keeper.
Up until now all that was
mentioned was the offense. But
as most Lion fans know, the hub
of the wheel known as the " Green
Machine" is its defense.
Last week the stars on defense
were the Lions' two defensive
tackles Don Lawlor and Eliot
Warner. In practice this past
week, Donald got the word from
the coaches. Plainview scouts
were reported to have said that
they were going to run him over.
No one did, though, as he led the
team in tackles with seven.
Plainview found it so futile
running off his left side, that they
decided to try the right side of
their line. Unfortunately, directly
across from their right offensive
linemen was Eliot Warner, who
made four solo tackles and
chased the Gull Quarterback
from his pass pocket, forcing him
to rush his passes on several
occasions.
The defense as a team was
overpowering and as it limited
the Gulls to just four first downs,
compared to the fourteen the
Lions collected. On at least two
occasions there were seven
tacklers clawing at a Plainview
ball carrier. This style of team
tackling has been a trademark of
the Farmingdale defense.
The offense had its stars, also.
Teatom carried only four times,
but gained 85 yards, while
Nicholson, called by the New
York Times a bread and butter
runner, carried 15 times for 76
yards. Jerome Williams carried
eight times for 36 yards. The
offensive line obviously did its job
once again. Gary Levine com­pleted
5 of 11 passes for 108 yards.
68 of those yarJs wot to Bill
DeRuve on three catches.
The Dalers, by virtue of this
past weeks actions, are now rated
number one in Nassau. The New
York State Sports Writers
Association rates the Lions even
number one in the state. This
coming Saturday they put these
rankings on . the line against the
Green Dragons of Westbury
for the championship of the North
Shore of Nassau County and a
chance to play the South Shore
champ for the County title.
Readers' Poll
Favors New
Parking Rule
Almost to a man, Main
Street merchants believe
that the new alternate side
parking rule hurts
business. If this is so, then
the first results of the
OBSERVER Parking Poll
will not do much to clear
the air - because 72 per
cent of those who sent in
their coupon are in favor of
the new parking rules.
If it is assumed that those
favoring the new parking rules
express their satisfaction by
shopping on Main Street, then the
merchants may be wrong in their
assessment. If, however, the
participants in the OBSERVER
Parking Poll are favoring the
new rules only because it permits
them to zip now faster through
Main Street on their way to the
next shopping center, then, of
course the new regulations are of
no benefit to local business.
Indications are, however, that
the replies received by the OB­SERVER
came from readers
shopping locally. And some, like
Mr. and Mrs. M. Amon of 24
Lenore Lane would want to go
even further, saying " We would
support no parking on Main
Street at any time."
Even some of the people who
presumably constitute what is
called " lunch hour trade" in­dicate
their satisfaction with the
new parking rule, as witnessed
by the favorable reply sent in by
R. Fehmel of Bell & Howell Co. at
200 Smith Street.
The OBSERVER Parking Poll
will continue for two more weeks.
All readers who have not yet
responded are urged to send in
their coupon, which this week will
be found on page 9.
And if they would indicate
whether or not they are regular
shoppers in Main Street, the
picture will be that much clearer.
Farmingdale Students
Perform in Festival
Eleven String students from
the Farmingdale Public Schools
will participate in the Annual
Long Island String Festival
which is being held in
Massapequa High School on
Sunday November 21. Rehearsals
have been slated for Saturday
mornings on November 13 and 20.
Matthew Abrams was selected to
represent Howitt Jr. High School.
Four students were chosen from
the Woodward Parkway School
Orchestra: Marie Hennessy,
Monique Calabro, Anthony
Novarro and Jeff Herchenrader
Parkway Oaks School placed six
students in the Festival Or­chestra:
Michael Weiss.
Kathleen Theal, Rita Coghill,
Trudi Ericson, Brian Seman and
Eric Ruben.