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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 No. 52 Si- cone! C l a s s Postage Paid
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IN THE SWING: A mobile telephone switching unit is lifted off a truck
and swung into position on the parking lot of the N. Y. Telephone
building in Farmingdale Tuesday afternoon. The units, trucked from
Oklahoma City, will handle calls from the Farmingdale area for the
next two years while new, equipment is being installed in the building.
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
One Killed, 3 Injured
In Three Car Crash
A Farmingdale man was listed
in critical condition following a
three vehicle collision Saturday
evening that took the life of a
young Bethpage man and injured
his fiance and a companion. It
took a police helicopter search of
Bethpage State Park to locate the
driver of the third vehicle, who
attempted to escape. •
The Farmingdale resident,
Gerhard Frobart, 40, of 39 Dowd
St., was listed in critical con­dition
at Mid- Island Hospital with
abdominal and chest injuries.
According to police, Frank
Pratt, 22jwas killed in the crash.
His fiance, Eileen Stames, 20, of
Hempstead and his friend, John
MacKay, 24, of Mohegan Lake,
N. Y. were admitted to Central
General Hospital, Plainview,
with injuries.
Police reported a pick- up
truck, driven by William Tintle,
31, of Wading River, was exiting
from the Seaford- Oyster Bay
Expressway and failed to
negotiate the turn into Powell
[ Continued on page Ml
Special Bicentennial
Activities Scheduled
In cooperation with the Far­mingdale
Bicentennial Com­mittee,
The Farmingdale Post
will publish a special bicen­tennial
edition with its regular
Thanksgiving issue.
The Post has pledged to
provide twenty thousand sample
copies of that week's paper to the
committee for free distribution to
every home in the Farmingdale
area. Nancy Gillies and George
Cook, cochairmen of the com­mittee,
have sent letters to all
local clubs and organisations,
Testimonial
A testimonial was given
November 1 to honor Past Grand
Knipht William Patak by Far­mingdale
Knights of Columbus in
appreciation for having served
two consecutive terms as Grand
Knight of Farmingdale Council.
Chairman George Engel
planned a gala evening with a hot
and cold buffet and a night filled •
with- music and dancing.
Sharing this special night with
Bill was his family and many
friends. Father Peter Gelsomino,
chaplin of the Council, paid
tribute to P. G. K. Patak for a job
well done.
urging them to place ad­vertisements
in the local paper to
help support the effort. The Post
carries free of charge the an­nouncements
of various club
functions which are considered*
paid advertising in many other
newspapers.
This edition, which will contain
a list- of scheduled— events in
celebration of the bicentennial
year as well as photos of Far-mingdale's
past, will be of in­terest
to all residents. Any club,
organization or business firm
interested in being included in the
bicentennial edition should
contact the Post at 249- 0131 as
soon as possible to reserve a
space.
Special Activities Chairman
Seb Albrecht held a meeting of
his committee this pasUweek.
William Drewes announced that
plans for the Nov. 22 concert at
Weldon Howitt Jr. High School
were complete. It will consist of
an evening of Barbershop Har­mony,
featuring the Plainview
Chorus. Tickets are on sale at
Norman's Stationery, Dale
Drugs, Ramo Pharmacy, South
Farmingdale Fire Dept., Village
Fire House and Sam's Bar­bershop.
Mrs. Nancy Gillies reported the
St Kilian Choir is working on
their " American Heritage
Concert" for February. Mrs.
Douglas Begeal is working on a
" Holiday Home Tour of Historic
Interest" and Nicholas Aleshin
has completed arrangements for
an " Eastern Europe" heritage
concert in March.
Mrs. Ed Henn's arrangements
for the Colonial Ball in May in­clude
courses in costume making
at the library as well as historical
notes of interest regarding our
forefathers' festivities. She has
arranged to have colonial dan­cers
demonstrate the dancing in
days gone by as well as a band to
provide music more familiar.
Steve Camp has- volunteered to
chair the July 11 performance of
" America on Parade" by the
University of Southern
California. Bringing this show to
Farmingdale involves housing
and feeding one hundred and
fifteen members. Dr. Charles
Laffin, president of the State
University at Farmingdale, has
consented to provide housing and
meals fOr the group at a nominal
cost.
ART SHOW WINNERS at the Farmingdale branch of First National City Bank pose with their principal
from East Memorial ScheoUStanley Saltiman, and Art teacher Mrs. Santa DeFina. The winners had
bank accounts opened in their names and the bank made their first deposit. From left are Sth graders
Christina Hopper [ 3rd], Laura Ross [ 2nd] and J a nine Brennan. Sixth grade winners are Genine Trama
[ 1st], Steven Guarino [ 2nd], and Dewayne Dickerson [ 3rd].
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]