1973-01-04

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VOL. 10 NO. 20 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, January 4, 1973 15c
A New Store in Town
In this first installment of what is - hopefully - to become a long series of good news, the
OBSERVER introducing a new store in town: The Family Ice Cream Parlor. Whenever a
new business settles in Farmingdale in the future we will again try to inform our readers
about it. They, in turn, are welcome to contact us with any leads regarding store openings in
the community.
For the past eight years Bill Unger and Fred Southard have been involved in selling ice- cream.
Formerly working an ice cream wagon seven months a year, they decided recently to settle down on
an all- year round basis. Now the proprietors of the newly opened Family Ice Cream Parlour, 188B
Merntt Road, Farmingdale, Fred and Bill offer 18 varieties of Breyers bulk ice cream, Italian ices
and specialty deserts. Table service for all types of sodas, sundaes and treats are also available.
Asked why they settled in Farmingdale, Fred indicated that they searched for a suitable site for
some time. Farmingdale was chosen because Bill was a former resident and felt this area could use
the family parlour style shop. The shop is open daily from 12 to 10 p. m. and is located in the Merritt
Shopping center just across from Camp Monchatea.
Below: Fred Southard, one of the owners of the newly opened Family Ice Cream Parlour ( shown
above), prepares to make 12 year old Mike Magro of Scholl Drive a happy young man with a big ice
cream cone.
Photos: Hank Schleichkorn
Few Problems Cloud
Mayor's Crystal Ball
The new year has begun. What does it have in store
tor Farmingdale, or more precisely, the village of
Farmingdale? Since no State of the Village message
was issued by Farmingdale's chief executive, the
OBSERVER tried to find out on its own by questioning
mayor John T. Hallahan.
Having just received the first
check in the amount of $ 20,240.00
from the federal revenue sharing
program, mayor Hallahan felt
safe in predicting that 1973 would
be a year of stabilization and
consolidation for the village.
The village's total share of
Washington's largesse will be
slightly over $ 40,000.00, which
looks pretty big in relation to the
village's total budget of some
$ 900,000.00. With approx. $ 1,800 in
assessed valuation making up 1
cent in the tax rate, those
40,000.00 are the equivalent of 22
cents in ratable*.
The village board, as the
mayor indicated, is going to
count this tnnnpy only when ; t is
hi re. . liis M- i. jf at "; ano
of this month, when the second
halt of this money should arrive
in Farmingdale.
It certainly comes in handy for
one purpose, namely the con­templated
home alert system of
the Farmingdale Fire Depart­ment.
Needed for this project,
which would still the fire sirens
during nighttime, are $ 11,000.00
and there seems to be a con­sensus
among the board mem­bers
to apply part of Uncle Sam's
money to this undertaking.
But this leaves still some
$ 30,000.00 to go. Would this be
used to lower taxes? Hallahan
pointed out that the decision of
what to do with the money is a
matter for the whole board to
decide, on which he has only one
vote. For his part he would be
leaning toward reducing the
village's bonded indebtedness
which would not directly reduce
taxes but accomplish the goal of
fiscal stabilization.
As for other projects for the
new year the village board is,
according to Hallahan, keeping
the increase of parking facilities
right on the top of of the list of
priorities. This would assume
heightened importance in the
event of Fairchild's Republic
Division receiving the contract to
build the new A- X aircraft for the
Defense Department.
The contract, valued at $ 1
billion, would eventually increase
employment at Republic by an
estimated 4,500 people. With this
increase n employment would
come an increase in purchasing
power - and Farmingdale could
be the beneficiary of some
spillover of spendable dollars. Of
course, an increase in traffic
would also be the result of added
employment at Republic.
Thus mayor Hallahan sees the
new year presenting a mixed bag
of goodies to Farmingdale, with
the accent on the positive,
though.
This positive accent extends to
the political scene whose
calmness will not be even gently
disturbed by electioneering. The
mayor and all village trustees
are safe and sound in their seats
for 1973. No one is up for
reelection, affording everyone
the chance to tend to the village's
business in a calm and detached
manner.
Vandalism and Burglaries
Mar Long Holiday Weekend
Farmingdale police were kept
busy over the long holiday
weekend by a larger than usual
number of robberies and over 200
acts of petty vandalism
throughout the Eighth Precinct.
Among the places reportedly
vandalized was the Farmingdale
Assembly of God Church, on
Main Street and Intervale
Avenue. Pastor Irving Stevens
said windows in the front of the
building were smashed and lights
were torn down on New Year's
Day. Police were called to the
church at 3: 15 Monday afternoon.
The largest robbery occurred
on December 28 at 27 Frank
Avenue, South Farmingdale, a
residence. Burglars entered
through a bedroom window and
took cash, jewelry, a camera,
projector, and radio, totaling
$ 595.
Another house, at 10th Avenue,
South Purmiugdale, was also
robbed. The house was entered
through a front door, which was
found broken on December 29.
Cash, jewelry, and a camera was
taken, estimated to value over
$ 300.
Police also reported the arrest
of James O'Brien, 21, of 18
Zoranne Drive, Farmingdale, on
December 26. He was charged
with third degree burglary.
Police allege he broke into a
building at 150 Fulton Street,
Farmingdale, on December 17.
He was arrested by Eighth
Precinct Detective W.
Schoelerman and arraigned in
Mineola District Court.
A number of stores along Main
Street in Farmingdale reported
broken windows over the
weekend, including the Mid-
Island Department Store. The
store manager said windows had
been smashed so many times at
the store that it is impossible to
get insurance. " Its plain van­dalism,
that's all it is," he said.
" And darn expensive vandalism,
too."