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WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORDED WEEKLY
An Official Newspaper of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
V o l . 9 NO. 2 0 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, January 6, 1972
Lions Featured At
Football Banquet
They are not really lions, but they sure fought like
them on their way to become Nassau County cham­pions
and subsequently the number one team in New
York State. To mark this outstanding achievement, the
Dad's Club and the whole Farmingdale community
will honor the football team of the Farmingdale High
School during a banquet next Thursday, January 13, at
the Huntington Town House, 124 East Jericho Turn­pike,
Huntington Station.
OUR HEROES: Although they looked pretty confident in the picture above, taken at the start of last
football season, the Farmingdale Lions did not know for sure whether they would go all the way. Well,
they did. They became the number one High School team in the State. Now, it's the turn of the
residents of Farmingdale to show that they are the number one fans by turning up in full force at the
banquet honoring the Lions on Thursday, January 13. Shown above are left to right bottom row: Al
Steiner, Bob Brown, Rich Kramer, Jerry Cardullo, Brian Clinton, Pat Nicholson, Gary Levine, Bruce
Atlschuld, Rich Morgan, Bill Barrett, Jerome Williams. 2nd row: John Ryan, Gary Kiendle, Jim
Selock, Gary Innes, Bill Podlewski, Bill DeRuve, Rich Finn, Tony Diamge, Jim Teatum, Sal Am-brosio,
Steve Gray, Bob Nosworthy. 3rd row: Coach Snyder, Steve Haller, Mike Donovan, Joe
Diange, John Bates, Larry Hill, Tom Regan, Dave Primiano, Pete Sofia, Steve Procida, Coach
Apgar. 4th row: Larry Spinosa, Bob Mule, Lance McCoy, Eliot Warner, Don Lawlor, George
Caraberis. Ed Scott, Harry Mahlstead, Colin Murphy, Bob Finn, Coach Mulligan.
It is not every year that a
community like Farmingdale can
celebrate such success. It should
be a unique evening for all those
who have followed the local
football happenings - be it among
the oldtimers or the young fans.
And they are all expected at the
banquet next Thursday which
begins at 7: 30 p. m. Tickets are
still available from members of
the Football Banquet Committee.
They can be ordered by calling on
Ray Kiendle in the Specialty
Print Shop, 477 Main Street or by
calling him at 249 - 0337. They can
also be ordered by calling Bob
White, 694 - 3738.
The Lions will be the center of
attraction. Naturally, there will
be awards given out that evening,
although the committee is not
saying what will be coming to
whom. There are also some
rumors that other surprises may
be forthcoming that evening. The
facts are that a number of big
time colleges, such as Penn
State, have been talking to coach
Don Snyder.
Supervisor John Burke of
Oyster Bay, Farmingdale mayor
John T. Hallahan and other
representatives of local govern­ment
will be at hand to add their
congratulations to the winningest
Football team in the history of
Farmingdale.
We Have Made a Good Beginning
Town Supervisor Burke Assesses the Problems of Oyster Bay
• • •
I The administration of the Town of Oyster Bay, in particular that part which
won re- election last November, came together last Sunday at town hall for
installation ceremonies. So did quite a number of interested citizens which in
turn caused the meeting hall to overflow with people into the surrounding
corridors. Associate Justice, Marcus G. Christ, administered the oath of office
to supervisor John W. Burke, councilmen Warren M. Doolittle, Joseph J.
Saladino, Salvatore R. Mosca and receiver of taxes, who were all re- elected,
and to newly elected town clerk Isabel R. Dodd.
In his state of the town address, supervisor Burke - besides voicing his
general views on government - - did make a number of concrete proposals
dealing with current problems of environment and sojid waste disposal and
recycling. He also proposed a public referendum to determine which com­munities
in the town would be willing to take on the additional tax burden for
Following is supervisor Burke's address, only slightly abridged:
law, our schools, and our
economy are based on com­petition.
At its best, competition
assures not merely the lowest
price. It provides justice in our
courts, honesty in public office,
and reward for greatest merit.
Competetion is a stimulus to
achievement.
The fourth is the tradition of
justice, the idea that there is a
principle of fairness operative in
the universe, that right does
make might, and that right shall
prevail.
This is the tradition that hold
all men are created equal. gives
us humility, and modifies the
harshness of competition.
Closely allied to justice is the
final point, the traditon of op­timism:
the cheerful belief that
somehow it will all work out, that
no problem exists that cannot be
solved. If justice is the civilizing
factor in our traditions, optimism
is the saving grace which gives
hope to us all.
The tradition of optimism
makes the other four traditions
work, it nukes us look for the best,
and by searching, we find it. It
makes us confident that we can
overcome adversity, and is
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Two years ago, when first
sworn in, I suggested that
January 1, 1970 was a good day
for beginnings. We had crossed the
threshold of a new year, begun a
new decade and inaugurated a
new administration for the Town
of Oyster Bay.
Today, we are privileged to
continue; to perceive with
greater insight the true nature of
government. Increasingly, we
became aware of the vigilance
necessary to limit its role to that
of servant, not master, of the
constituency. The passing
decades shape that role.
This is the premier fact of the
20th century, and the source of
the most complex problem of
governance ever posed: How can
large masses of people govern
themselves effectively without
sacrificing services and without
loss of freedom?
The question has been asked
throughout recorded history, but
never on the scale of the present
problem, Never has the danger
been so clear and so present that
men may be deprived of their
freedom of choice, not by a
tyrant, but by a huge, intricate
system which, by its very bigness
and complexity, frustrates the
ability of each citizen to make the
decisions that affect his destiny.
This is the essential battle we
fight in and for local government.
We fight to preserve government
within reaching distance of the
people, and in this struggle there
are no easy victories, in the past
two years, we have begun to
make government more
responsive, to strengthen the very
fragile element of public con­fidence
in our Town of Oyster
Bay. but much work lies before
us.
Local government is an old
tradition and a good one, and we
realize that while there are old
ways that must be changed, there
are old values that must be
preserved. It seems to me there
are several traditions which
embody these values and which
also can help to provide efficient
government while maintaining
effective freedom.
The first of these is the
tradition of the frontier, our
history is one of growth, ex­pansion,
of pushing forward
toward far horizons. Thus, our
people, from the beginning, have
been imbued with the idea of
change. Even with the disap­pearance
of the continintal
frontier, we discovered new
challenges to take the place of the
challenges of carving out a life in
a new land. This willingness to
change, to adapt, to continue to
grow, is at the core of our
national cahracter.
The second is the tradition of
the machine, the double- edged
sword of American Technology
which gives us the highest
standard living in the world,
thrusts man into space, and
overcomes disease and famine.
While achieving great things
through our technology, we have
paid a certain price in damage to
our enviorment, and yet, this self­same
technology gives us the
tools and the means of repairing
and enhancing our environment
and our lives.
Third is the tradition of com­petition,
the essence of freedom,
the guarantor of our liberty, our
whole system of government, our
SUPERVISORS: Five of the six living men who have served as
Supervisors of the Town of Oyster Bay look at a plaque listing the
names of the 54 Supervisors the Town has had since 1693. The plaque
was donated by Harry Tappeu, seated, who served the longest term
( 1932- 1951) of office. Standing, from left to right, are Thomas Fyu-chon
( 1963), John Bums ( 1958- 63). Charles Ransom ( 1951- 53) and
John W. Burke who has been Supervisor since 1970. The plaque was
presented during installation ceremonies for Town officials held at
Town Hall on January 2. Lewis Waters, who held office from 1954 to
1957 was unable to attend.