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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAL
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 11 NO. 9 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published bv THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. V. Thursday, October 18, 1973 ,15c
FUND RAISING CAR WASH: Thirty members of the United Synogogue Youth of the
Farmingdale Jewish Center participated in a car wash this past Sunday and raised
some $ 60 for the benefit of the Israeli Red Cross. Photo: Hank Schleichkorn
10,000 People Attend
State U. Anniversary
, First you add over 10,000 people of all
ages who want to enjoy a day surrounded
by academic and festive settings and
enhance it with an atmosphere of gaiety.
Then ask the alumni to add a pinch of
events like free pony and train rides, a
chicken barbecue, sporting demon­strations
and a float display. Supply a
dasli ol departmental exhibits, showing
Farmingdale's growth from the agrarian
institution to a highly involved technical
one, broadening its horizons to
aerospace. Put all this into a 380- acre
area and let the sun shine brightly down
and before your eyes you have a festive
campus, perhaps unparalleled by any
other State University.
The vast majority of the crowd, which
seemed to enjoy the variety of events
that went on simultaneously, could not
help but be impressed by the active
student participation on last Saturday,
October 13. The students helped inform
children a the Agriculture Department's
cattle show, giving them a closer look at
larm animals and what needs they help
lullill. For the more mature individual,
they made the exhibits centering on
technical education, a precise ex­planation
on man's relationship to
himsell and others in our complex and
changing world, time well spent.
In the words of Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
Jr., President of Farmingdale, " This day
lias special meaning-- not only is it our 54
annual Alumni Homecoming and Open
House, but we are celebrating our 25th
Anniversary of the State University of
New York. We planned everything for
your enjoyment and truly hope that this
special day is our lives will become
special in your life^ also."
11 the look on the faces of the 10,000
people who were at Farmingdale on
Saturday, October 13, is any indication,
Dr. Laliin's hope was truly fulfilled.
CHIEFS: James M. Farrell, left, retired Deputy Chief of Detectives for the Nassau
County Police Department, discusses Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W. Burke's
campaign for re- election following a recent announcement that Farrell had joined
" Citizens for Supervisor Burke", a group supporting Burke's third bid for the office he
now holds. Farrell, a Farmingdale resident, spent 44 years on the County police force.
Burke, a Republican, is a member of the Committee on Police of the Nassau County
Board of Supervisors.
Village Plans to Hire
Help in LILCO Fight
Not content with having filed at protest
at a recent Public Service Commission
hearing in Hempstead against plans of
the Long Island Lighting Company to
string high voltage power lines through
Farmingdale atop more than 90 ft. high
steel posts, the village board at its
meeting last Monday night agreed to
study the feasibility of hiring expert help
to carry its protests further yet.
With more than 1,000 petitions against
this LILCO plan collected in a village of
less than 2,000 residences, the village
board lelt justified to possibly commit
some of the village treasury's money for
the preparation of an environmental,
ecological and economical impact
statement prepared by an expert con­sultant
to bolster the village's request for
underground placement of these power
lines.
Another hearing on LILCO's ap­plication
is scheduled for the middle of
November. Although the village's
protest, delivered orally and in writing
by mayor John Hallahan at the Hemp­stead
FSC hearing, is now a matter of
olticial record, he and the village's
trustees agreed with a statement by
village attorney Joseph Stern that this
general opposition would have to be
1 olio wed up with detailed proof of
possible damages inflicted upon the
village and its residents if the tran­smission
line is constructed according to
LILCO's proposals.
Consequently, Joseph Stern was asked
to ascertain the cost of employing an
expert' consultant and the scope of his
impact study and to report back to the
village board.
Northsider Wins
Poster Contest
Stephanie Segretta, a 4th grade student
at the Northside School was awarded the
Grand Prize trophy for her Fire
Prevention poster by Village Mayor John
T. Hallahan at the Fire Prevention Week
open house held Friday evening at the
Village Fire Department fire
headquarters.
Stephanies poster was judged best
overall by a panel consisting of Fire
Chief William Kenney, Fire Com­missioner
August Becker and Village
Clerk James McKenna.
Other prize winners who also received
trophies were Jean Balogh, 6th grade
Northside School, Joann Post, 3rd grade
Northside School, Kenneth Orobona and
Eric Rollins, both 3rd grade St. Kilian's
School.
Children Collect for
Droughtstriken Africans
This year, Farmingdale youngsters
will once again join forces to collect
tunds for UNICEF on Wednesday, Oc­tober
31 in the now familiar " Trick or
Treat for UNICEF" fashion - carrying
orange and black cardboard containers.
Plans lor a coordinated community ef-lori
were completed at a meeting of the
member groups of the Farmingdale
Women's interfaith Council.
in view of the severe drought which has
allected six African countries, it was
decided to designate the monies collected
by the public, parochial, and religious
school children of the area to help the
people striken by this natural disaster.
Collection containers and UNICEF
identification stickers will be available to
all Farmingdale children at their
respective schools as well as from the
Farmingdale Public Library Branches.
A central collection point will be open on
Sunday, November 4, from 2- 4 p. m. in the
School building of St. Luke's Lutheran
Street Closings
For residents who make use of Heisser
Lane in South Farmingdale there is still
bad news from the Department of Public
Works. The section of this road from
Beverly Road to Fulton Street will be
closed for the week October 19- 26.
Those who use the Boundary Avenue
exit off Bethpage Turnpike will be happy
to note that it has been reopened
following construction in that area.
There should be no work on the parkway
itself since the large interceptor pipes
will be forced under the road without
tearing it up. According to a spokesman
from the Public Works Department it
will be about two years before residents
in this area will have the small lateral
lines placed in their streets.
Church where the collections may be
turned in.
On Saturday, October 27, at the South
Farmingdale Branch Library, UNICEF
lilms will be shown. The Women's In­terfaith
Council committee for this
Community UNICEF Collection was
represented by Francis Von Hasselin,
Council Chairman for 1972- 73, Mary
Kesden lor the Sisterhood of Far­mingdale
Jewish Center, Irma Thomas
tor St. Thomas a n d St. Martha's Guild at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Mary Ann
Wolling for United Methodist Women,
and Patricia Schiro and Betty Tomforde,
chairmen of the collection.
Local Teenagers
Derail Their Car
Two 19 year old Farmingdale boys
were injured when their car went out of
control late last Saturday evening.
Michael Sherman, driver, and Dominic
Mascolo, both of Wallend Avenue,
Farmingdale, were driving westbound on
Clark Avenue in Massapequa when their
car left the roadway.
The automobile struck a LILCO pole
and continued west on Clark before it
again left the road and entered onto
private property. Damage to the
property was approximately 15 feet of
lawn and 5 feet of curbing.
When it was all finished, Sherman had
lac t rations on his nose and mouth and
Mascolo sullered lacerations on his lace
and pains in the chest.
A shotgun was stolen from a home on
Lockwood Avenue, South Farmingdale.
tins past week according to police in
formation.