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Vol. 9 No. 46 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. U735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC.. Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, JfilV 6. 1972
9th Battalion Brightened Weekend in Farmingdale
U. ION
An End and a
Beginning for
School Board
Within the span of less than one
week, the Farmingdale school
district, cleared up the business
of the school year 1971 / 72 and
started the year 1972/ 73.
The meeting which wound up
the old year was held on Thur­sday.
Part of the business that
remained to be finished was the
reappointment of Dr. William
Kinzler as superintendent of
schools for another four years, at
the end of which he will have been
with the district a total of 29
years, 11 of them as superin­tendent.
The board also adopted the
1972 / 73 teachers salary schedule
over the opposition of trustee Roy
Spinetta. Continuation of the
informal school in the Senior
High School for selected 11 and 12
grade students was approved, as
was an increase in the senior
citizens tax exemption. This
exemption will now cover all
senior citizens whose income
does not exceed $ 6,000 ( previous
limit $ 5,000), and will become
effective next year.
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Brenker Seeks Party Chairmanship
Thomas Clarkson Brenker, 29, a Conservative
Party veteran of 10 years, a past chairman of the
Massapequa Conservative Club, and a former
vice- chairman of the Nassau Buckley for Senator
Committee, has announced that he will seek the
chairmanship of the Nassau County Conservative
Party.
In a letter addressed to 40 leaders of the Nassau
delegation, Brenker described the present con­dition
of the party as " desperate" and called upon
the leaders to assist him in re- building and re­directing
the course of the party.
" The Conservative Party in Nassau County has
slipped decisively backwards," Brenker said. " Its
strength and effectiveness since 1970 has sorely
diminished - not because of the cross-endorsement
ban - the result owing primarily to
those ' pretenders' who continue aimlessly to
pound the chest of piety while plundering the loins
of virtue.
" There is a fluidity on the political scene, a
regrouping going on as Americans search for
more effective approaches to government. Indeed
the Conservative Party could become a influencial
voice and a working instrument of the ' New
Politics' if it is willing to broaden its horizons and
cooperate in providing meaningful alternatives
for the poor, the elderly, the minorities, the
already overburdened taxpayer... for the many
abuses lor which there is no simple or immediate
solution.
" We cannot be right all of the time, only part of
the time, and good political sense dictates that we
support to public office men who agree with us 80
V or even 55 per cent of the time.
" I would sooner support a Republican President
with whom I may disagree only part of the time
than to deny him our party's endorsement to the
direct benefit of his liberal counterpart, a man, a
party, and a platform which is alien to everything
for which we stand.
" I would sooner support a man who voted for
abortion if I knew that he engineered anti- busing
legislation to safeguard millions of innocent
children who have become the victims of some
friendish social experiment.
" I would sooner support a man who was
genuinely interested in doing some public good
rather than some ' strawman' concocted to
essentially confuse the general voting public.
" Co>. i^ ryatives in this County must recognize
that as a minor p* rty our strength is measured not
in how many Republicans we have defeated, but in
what we have accomplished by helping to elect
men who draft the laws of this state and nation. It
has become quite apparent to me that the success
of the Conservative program is not to be found in
the Democratic Party."
Brenker has been closely identified with his
party's position on the county sales tax, busing,
open housing, regional planning, senior citizen
housing, the Rye- Oyster Bay Bridge proposal, and
Downzoning in the Town of Oyster Bay. He is a
past chairman of the Massapequa Conservative
Club, a former member of the TOB Conservative
Party Screening Committee, a 1969 campaign
manager, a vice- chairman of the Nassau County
Buckley for Senator Campaign Committee, and a
former advisor to the Nassau Young Americans
for Freedom.
15,000 at
Parade and
Tournament
Farmingdalers and fire
department fans within
the 9th Battalion had a
great weekend when the
45th annual parade and
drill was held in the
village. About 15,000
persons were at hand,
watching the parade and
fire works on Saturday,
while over 3,000 persons
watched the interesting
drill competition on
Sunday.
Shown left is the color
guard of the Farmingdale
Fire Department leading
off the parade on Main
Street. More pictures of
the parade and fire
departments drill appear
on the back page of this
issue.
Parade: Best Appearing Fire
Department: 1st place
Hicksville, 2nd place South
Farmingdale, 3rd place, Carle
Place. 1st place best appearing
Ladies Auxiliary Hicksville. 1st
place best appearing Fire
Department Band: West bury. 1st
place Commercial band: Com-manchee
Raiders for Far­mingdale
and best appearing
Junior Brigade: Farmingdale
Fire Department.
Tournament winners were as
follows:
Individual Ladder: 1st Prize
Westbury, 2nd Carle Place, 3rd.
Hicksville.
3 Man Ladder: 1st place
Westbury, 2nd place, Hicksville
and 3rd place Carle Place.
Running Ladder: 1st place
Westbury, 2nd place South
Farmingdale, 3rd place
Hicksville.
Dummy: 1st place Westbury
( Westbury set a new New York
State record in this event with a
run of 18.82 seconds.) 2nd place
Jericho, 3rd place Plainview.
Running Hose: 1st place
Westbury, 2nd Hicksville, 3rd
place Farmingdale
Efficiency: 1st place Westbury,
2nd Jericho, 3rd place Hicksville.
2 in 1: 1st place: South Far­mingdale,
2nd and 3rd place:
Farmingdale.
Bucket Brigade: 1st place
Hicksville, 2nd Carle Place, 3rd
Farmingdale.
Winner of 1st place Point
Trophy- Westbury, 2nd place
Hicksville and 3rd place Far­mingdale
with South Far­mingdale
finishing 4th place.
The special event of Ladies
Bucket Brigade was won by
Westbury Ladies with the Far­mingdale
Ladies finishing second
only three tenths of a second
behind.