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¥ AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE J
VOL. 10 NO. 48 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, July 19, 1973 alBc
Dangling Leg
His Undoing
At least two businesses on the in­tersection
of Merritt Road and Fulton
Street were visted by burglars this past
weekend. One of them, Waldbaum's, 93
Fulton Street, fared much better than
Town and Country Auto Center at 150
Fulton Street
According to police, a porter in
Waldbaum's supermarket heard a
ceiling tile drop and them saw a leg
hanging through the roof. His subsequent
excitement drove the alleged burglar
away. Police reported finding tools on the
roof of the building. This incident took
place at 2: 55 a. m. last Saturday.
The second, and more successful,
burglar entered Town and Country by
breaking the glass of a side door
sometime between the evening of July 14
and early the next morning. Property
lost included assorted tools and $ 650.
A 23 year old Farmingdale man was
arrested and charged with burglary third
degree for an incident which took place
on July 5. Raymond Scalabrino, 741 Main
Street, was arrested by Patrolman
Lucadamo of the Eighth Precinct Crime
Prevention Unit. The burglary in
question occured at a doctor's office on
North Jerusalem Road, Levittown.
A Melody Drive residence, South
Farmingdale, was the scene oi still
another burglary. The owners who left
the house unoccupied for almost a week
returned to find a television set, radio,
watch, and coins missing, with an
estimated value of $ 370.
Youth Council With
Expanded Activities
Do you like to be able to stand on your head for hours? Or to
meditate, contemplating your navel? Commonly held beliefs
associate such activity, or rather non- activity, with yoga, although
there is more to it than that. At any rate, if you are a high school
student in Farmingdale, you now have an opportunity to find out more
about it.
FANTASTICK: A scene from the
Fantastics whose cast includes
Farmingdale resident Patricia Noto is
now playing at the Studio Theatre
in Lindenhurst. Patricia Noto joined
Studio Theatre's semi- professioi al
company after completing seven plays in
high school as stage manager and
technician. Patty studied modern dance
lor more than two years and is con­sidering
a career in theatrical dancing
Shi- 1 plays the pari, of The Mule iri The
Fantastics# Performances are held
in the three- quarter round theatre
Fridays and Saturdays at 8: 45 p. m.
through July 28. For reservation, call
( 516) 249- 6348.
Yoga' a physical discipline which
strives to build up a strong flexible body
and create a healthy mental attitude
towards life, is being offered for the
first time for beginners by the Far­mingdale
Youth Council. These classes
consist of exercises coordinated with a
deep, relaxed breathing and done at a
slow pace.
The classes are open to any Far­mingdale
High Student who is registered
for the summer recreation program and
are held every Tuesday and Thursday
night from 8- 9 p. m. at the High School.
New participants are always welcome.
Each of the other Youth Council cen­ters
have held various special events.
Last week the playgrounds journeyed to
Shea Stadium to the the Mets vs.
Houston. Even though the Mets lost
everyone enjoyed the trip.
At the Main Street center a Bicycle
Parade and Contest Day was held. Prizes
and certificates were awaded to the boys
and girls who competed in various ac­tivities.
The first- place contest winners
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Handicapped Program
Is " Most Successful 53
Girl Scouts Go Abroad
After two years of planning, Far-mingdale's
Senior Troop 9, of Mid- Island
Council Scouts, will be departing on July
24 for their long awaited European trip.
Accompanying them will be Leaders
Helen Waranis and Helen Bergmann,
and Camp Coordinator Chris Manzer.
The initial plans for the trip stemmed
from the troop's deisre to do something
as Senior Scouts which could not be
undertaken by the girls as individuals.
Many fund raising projects were
initiated and carried out by the troop in
order to finance this trip.
Since many of the Scouts plan to work
with the handicapped, arrangements
have been made for the girls to tour
hospitals for the mentally and physical
disabled in both England and France.
While in England, the Scouts will visit
Loyalty Gets
Recognition
Just as one good turn deserves another,
so does loyalty and a sense of duty
deserve proper recognition. This is what
must have been on the minds of her
fellow workers and associates when they
honored Mrs. Dolorita T. Ball for her 16
years of work as an employee of the
village of Farmingdale.
What Mrs. Ball's colleagues did was to
arrange a retirement dinner party for
her at the Lamplighter Restaurant in
Huntington last Saturday evening.
She was presented with a proclamation
by Mayor John Hallahan, citing her
years of faithful service and with best
wishes for many happy years ahead.
Mrs. Ball and her husband, Cliff, who
also recently retired from his position
with Mutual of New York after more than
forty years of service, will be spending
much of their time in their new home in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Olave House, one of the four Girl Scout
World Centers.
Their complete itinerary gives them
ample time for touring France and
Switzerland before departing for home
from Luxembourg on August 15th.
The Scouts, all from the Farmingdale
area, who will be going on this long
awaited trip are: Janice Bergmann,
Denise Fink, Lisa Grippo, Lynn
Morgenlander, Linda Nervik, Patty
O'Grady, Paula Panagakos, JoAnn
Pavarini, Josephine Rosa, Cyndy Sutton,
Peggy Szybillo and Grace VanEwyk.
The program of occupational education
services to physically disabled students,
which recently completed its third
successive year at State University at
Farmingdale, continues to be an " out­standing
success," says Dr. Charles W
Laffin, Jr., president of the college.
In making public the Annual Report
for 1973, Dr. Laffin also disclosed that
" word has been reached that the State
Education Department, under the
Vocational Education Act, will be fun­ding
the cost of a full- time job placement
counsellor for our physically han­dicapped
graduates."
The President pointed out that " during
the past academic year, 130 disabled
students received some type of
educational services in the college made
possible through our Federal Vocational
Education grant received from the
Bureau of Two- Year Colleges and ad-
IN APPRECIATION: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W. Burke ( center) smiles
approvingly as Joseph Ceo ( left), head of the Farmingdale Teenage Republican Club,
presents an award to Frank Hynes in appreciation for his work with the Tars » Hynes is
the executive Republican Leader of Farmingdale and has devoted many hours to the
Republican youth group.
ditional funds provided by Farmingdale
University."
These services included guidance,
classroom education, tutorial services, a
taping program for the blind, special
reading service, emergency services,
special parking, psychological services,
dormitory services, and a program of
social- recreation for both off- campus and
resident students.
Dr. Laffin reports that " it is the intent
of the college to concentrate next year on
the problem of job placement for
disabled student graduates and to con­tinue
to develop broad services to sup­port
the occupational education needs of
disabled students.
He adds that " the State University at
Farmingdale with the assistance of the
Bureau of Two- Year Colleges hopes to
develop the methodology for a successful
job placement service for physically
disabled graduates during 1973- 74."
The handicapped students program
once again is headed by Dr. Morton
Thompson, Chairman of the Recreation
Supervision Department, who has served
as coordinator since the beginning of this
project.
Approximately 94 new disabled
students were counselled the past year.
Each student was referred to necessary
assistance programs and with a con­tinuous
follow- up procedure invoked.
School Drug Exams
Are Now Legal
Governor Rockefeller has signed into
law a bill authorizing school districts to
have students in grades 7 through 12
examined, if their parents give written
consent, to determine possible use of
dangerous drugs.
While the new statute provides for
confidentiality of the information ob­tained
through the tests involved, the
Governor said " it would be desirable for
the Education Department to examine
this measure carefully to determine if
further administrative regulations
should be promulgated to guard against
undesirable dissemination of this in­formation."