1972-01-20

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FARMIH6SALE OBSEL.
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. 9 NO. 22 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, January 20, 1972
FARMINGDALE'S FINEST: The Rutgers Cup, symbol of football supremacy among Nassau
County high school football teams, is presented to members of the Farmingdale team by Oyster Bay
Town Supervisor John W. Burke, left, at a dinner honoring the team at Huntington Town House. Also
in the photograph are, from left to right. Dicran Kazanjian of the Rutgers Club of Long Island.
Farmingdale Coach Don Snyder, running back Fat Nicholson and quarterback Gary Levine. Far­mingdale
( 110) beat BernerUO) and Massapequa ( 17) in the balloting.
Knights of Columbus Reaffirm
Their Goals During Open House
Council 2204 of the Knights of
Columbus in Farmingdale held
an open house last Tuesday night
in its center on Morton Street. An
impressive program had been
arranged lor the members and
guests by Grand Knight Alex
Frisenda.
At the beginning the film
" Every Man is a Witness" was
shown which explained the
purpose and the aims of the K of
C. Fast Grand Knight George
Engel addressed the gathering
and briefly covered the history of
the organization from its humble
beginnings in 1882 in New Haven,
Conn, to its present strength. The
Farmingdale Council was
established in 192U.
• There was a real need for the
K of C in Farmingdale at that
time," Engel said, " Catholics
were not quite acceptable here.
Farmingdale even had a KKK
chapter then." Going into the
present goals of the organization,
Engel listed a militant opposition
Stage Is All Set for the
Dolphin Green Forum
The Dolphin Green Civic Association has lined up an impressive
number of politicos and representatives of the school system, as
well as local leaders, for its Open Forum which will take place
this Friday night, at 9: 00 p. m. at Guilford Hall of Farmingdale
Senior High School.
" It is now up to the people of Farmingdale to make this meeting
the success it deserves," said Frank Ranieri, president of the
Association. " We feel it is the responsibility of each and every
resident to come out and meet his or her representatives. The
people should know where their elected officials stand just as they
should have little doubt about the feelings of their constituents."
Heading the list at the Open Forum are Congressman James
Grover and State Assemblyman Philip Healey. They will address
the meeting and will then be prepared to answer any questions
from the audience. Also present at the meeting will be Town of
Oyster Bay councilmen Hailsted Christ, Joseph Saladino, Lewis
Yevoli and Salvatore Mosca.
The latest to accept invitations are Mrs. Beatrice Hamburger,
Principal of Main Street School; Mr. Thomas McAvoy, Assistant
Principal of Parkway Oaks School; Mr. Victor Merlo, President
of Association for the Help of Retarded Children in Farniingdale;
Mrs. Hubbard, Friends of the Meeting House; Mr. Robert Bendow
of American Legion; Mrs. Frank Dinda and Mrs. Leroy Stevens
of Women s Club ol Farmingdale.
to the abortion law, blood drives,
a deep involvement in the
community and extensive social
activities. " When I came here
many years ago, the Knights
were the only group who ex­tended
to me and my family a
friendly hand of welcome," he
said.
There were other speakers that
evening: Rudy Tannel, the
council's state deputy, stressed
the fact that the Knights are
really a family affair with room
for the wives in the Auxiliary and
for the children in the Colum-biettes,
the squires and the
squirettes.
Father Gelsomino, the coun­cil's
chaplain, gave an inspiring
speech about the organization.
Like the other speakers before he
stressed the need to get young
men involved with the Knights.
The members got a reassuring
insight into the make- up of the
younger generation when Far-mingdales
football co- captains
Pat Nicholson and Gary Levine
addressed them. The two out­standing
athletes of the suc­cessful
team spoke about their
experiences on and off the
gridiron. " By learning how to win
in football 1 hope I have also
learned something about how to
be a winner in life," Gary Levine
said. Some of the ingredients to
live a successful life are - ac­cording
to the Lions quarterback
the experience of all working
together for a common goal, the
pride one has in oneself by ac­complishing
something and the
self- discipline necessary to
achieve any goal."
First- Rate Feast
For Number One
A fantastic success: that's what Ray Kiendle Galls it.
He is the one who was in charge of the ticket sale for
the Football Banquet given to the victorious Far­mingdale
Football team and he ought to know. The
banquet took place last Thursday night at the Hun­tington
Town House and everybody had a marvellous
time. At least nobody has come forward up to now to
voice even the tiniest bit of criticism.
In the center of attention stood Town of Oyster Bay, State
the team. All of the players were
there to receive the awards and
accolades they so richly deser­ved.
High on the list of awards
were the Rutgers Cup, symbol of
football supremacy among
Nassau County's high school
teams and the trophy of the New
York State Sports Writers
Association naming the Far­mingdale
Lions the best high
school team in New York State.
There were other awards. Each
single player was presented with
a plaque with a team picture
commemorating the event. Still
to come is a blazer, also a
lonaMon of the banquet com­mittee.
The Jerry Philbin trophy
went to Elliot Warner, while
Jerome Williams received the
White Letter trophy which was
voted to him as the Most Valuable
Player by his teammates.
While the individual trophies
were presented, head coach Don
Snyder introduced each player
and added his compliments to the
presentation. Snyder himself was
honored by receiving a watch
from the committee.
Assemlymen Philip Healey and
Martin Ginsberg, Tobay coun­cilman
Joseph Saladino, Far­mingdale
mayor John T.
Hallahan and Dr. William Kin-zler,
superintendent of Far­mingdale
Schools.
Coach Robert Mulligan who
together with coach Irv Apgar
and Dad's Club representative
Hugh Clinton participated during
the awards ceremonies, was the
M. C. of the evening and he was
highly successful in keeping the
official part of the evening at a
fast, humerous and interesting
clip.
" Evr\ i if we had had more time
to prepare this banquet," Ray
Kiendle said, " we could not have
done a better job. R was just
perfect and I doubt whether it can
ever be topped again. R was a
deeply gratifying event for all. I
want to single out Dr. Kinzler for
whom the victory celebration
must have been doubly
satisfying. He was instrumental
in getting permission for the
ninth game which enabled
Farmingdale to become
Among the guests present were champion on the field rather than
John Burke, supervisor of the through appointment."
PRIZE WINNER: Observer photo editor. Jack Pokress. is award
winner at the n t h annual photo contest held by the Press Photo­graphers
Association of Long Island. He took third place honors in
the category of Sports Highlights with his prize winning shots of
former baseball greats at their annual Old Timers Day. Photos of
former greats of the Yankees was taken at Yankee Stadium and the
one of the National Leaguers was taken at Shea Stadium. Over 350
photos were entered, representing the work of over 50 Long Island
press photographers. This is the third consecutive year that Jack
Pokress. shown above with one of his prize winning pictures, has won
awards in the field of sports. Award winning pictures have appeared
in the Observer papers during the baseball season. Another first for
the Observer papers is their complete coverage of major league
sports.