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Hardscrabble Special
i4 Pra* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 15C
An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO. 27 Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 22, 1975 Copyright 1975 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc.
price 1 54 - $ 5 par year
Hardscrabble Fair Saturday
Full Day Of Activities In
Downtown Farmingdale
The second annual Hardscrabble Fair this Saturday,
May 24, is expected to be even better and bigger this
year than it was during its inaugural presentation last
Memorial Day weekend. Last year over 5,000 people
were attracted to Farmingdale's Main Street and even
more are expected for this year's event.
This year's Hardscrabble edition of the Post, beginning on
page seven.
The Hardscrabble parade will
begin at 11 a. m. from Front
CAR MEETS POLE: Joseph Testagrossa, 29, of Wantagh suffered head injuries Sunday evening when
his ear collided head- on with a utility pole at the corner of Melville Road and Lincoln. He told police
another car pulled out of Lincoln in front of his car, causing him to swerve to avoid hitting it. He lost
control and hit the pole instead. [ Post photo by Boh Starrett]
Memorial Parade Monday
US. Congressman Jerome A.
Ambro; State Assemblymen
Philip Healey and Lewis Yevoli;
Town of Oysterbay Councilmen
Gregory Carman and Howard
Hogan, Jr. and Farmingdale
Mayor John Hallahan will be the
guest speakers at the Far­mingdale
Memorial Park ser­vices
on Monday.
Fire Chief Joseph Schweitzer
announced that the Memorial
Day services will start with a
parade led by the Grand Mar­shall,
Ex- Chief Richard Steen-buck
at 10 a. m. on Monday May
26. He said the parade will start
at the intersections of Bethpage
Road and Thomas Powell Blv'd.
It will proceed East to Main
Street and then South on Main
Street past the reviewing stand
and speakers platform that will
be set up on Prospect and Main
Streets next to the war
memorials at the post office. The
parade will continue on to Grant
Street where it will disband.
Immediately following the
parade, the Memorial^ Services
will be held at the reviewing
stand with the invocation by Rev.
Wesley D. Osborn of the First
Methodist Church of Far­mingdale.
Memorial wreaths will
be placed at the memorial stones
by the Gold Star Mothers, V. F. W.
Post 516 and American Legion
Posts 449 and 1803. Upon the
conclusion of the Memorial Day
addresses by the Honorable guest
speakers the benediction will be
given by Rector Albert H.
Palmer o( St. Thomas Episcopal
Church. I
The official parade line up will
include: 1. Police Escort; 2.
Grand Marshall Ex Chief
Richard Steenbuck; 3. Colors; 4.
Gold Stars Mothers; 5. Official
Cars.
1st Division - 1. Division
Marshall Ex Chief William
Kenney; 2. V. F. W. Post 516; 3.
V. F. W. Auxiliary; 4. Mill Lane
Junior High School Band; 5.
American Legion Post 449; 6.
Young Memorial Post 1803
American Legion; 7. American
Legion Auxiliary; 8. Daughters of
America; 9. Cub Scouts; 10. East
Farmingdale Fire Department
Band; 11. East Farmingdale Fire
Department and Ladies
Auxiliary; 12. East Farmingdale
Fire Department Apparatus.
2nd Division - 1. Division
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Fair will indeed be bigger,
with Main Street being closed
traffic from Richard
front Street ( two blocks
it last year) from 9 a. m.
9 p. m. Grant St. will also be
closed from Rose to Main. Over
s e v e n t y community
organizations and individuals
will be represented with over 140
booths of various types. Con­tinuous
entertainment will be
provided all day on three stages
at Main Street School, the Village
Green and near Front Street.
Special features will include
craft demonstrations, game
booths, an art show, handicrafts
of all descriptions, a variety of
foods and drinks, Sidewalk Sale
bargains by the merchants,
animals to pet, folk singing,
country music all day, square
dancing at night, dramatic en­tertainment
and an opportunity
to get to know what is happening
in Farmingdale.
A complete view of the events
of the day are included in a
special supplement in this week's
Street. It will be led by Master
arid Miss Hardscrabble Erie
Kuck and Tammy Angwin and
will feature 40 Model T Fords
carrying dignitaries and long
time residents of Farmingdale.
Official opening ceremonies at
the Village Green stage will
follow the parade, at which time
Master and Miss Hardscrabble
will receive their awards from
Post Editor Bob Starrett.
Bicycle riding will be
prohibited on the sections of Main
and Grant Streets that are closed
to traffic and within the fair
grounds. Parking bicycles on
sidewalks and other walkways is
prohibited. Bicycle parking is
suggested along St. Kilian's fence
adjacent to the village green
parking lot, the Main St. School
parking lot fences and Howitt
Junior High School parking lot
fences.
Rain date for the fair
Saturday, May 31.
is
Two File For School Board
Mrs. Elaine Korenge of 91 : i. mLi. _~~..:_„~„.-.. lire fonnre Rarrall
Hemlock Dr., Farmingdale,
officially filed her petitions and
will seek election to the Far­mingdale
Board of Education,
opposing Board Vice President
Frank Ranieri in his bid for
reelection.
" I am running for a position on
the School Board because I am
deeply concerned about the
Farmingdale Public Schools,"
Mrs. Korenge said, " I am the
mother of two school age children
and have become alarmed at the
current board policy of
dismantling vital programs.
Programs in remedial reading
and math are being dropped in
the mistaken hope of saving
money. I am also alarmed that
my opponent, the curriculum
chairman, has led the board in its
vote to abolish the mandate on
the senior social science
requirement. This requirement
permits students to choose such
courses as: American
Democracy, U. S. Government,
Sociology, etc."
" If elected, my first actions
will be:
1. to reopen negotiations with
the Teachers Union as has been
done with success in New York
City. I am opposed to the job
security clause.
2. Hold public hearings on all
proposed curriculum cuts and
school closings before a final
decision is made.
3. End all secret votes as well
as all misleading statements
concerning phantom budget
cuts."
" With jobs so hard to come by,
how can we expect our children
to compete if they are offered an
inferior education."
Mrs. Lenore Barrella an­nounced
her candidacy for Board
of Education Trustee. Mrs.
Barrella will campaign against
Board of Education President
Robert Weiss who's term of office
expires June 30
Twelve years a Farmingdale
resident and taxpayer, Mrs.
Barrella's three children have
attended the district's schools,
one currently at the elementary
level and another at the Senior
High. Active in PTA for almost
five years, she also participates
actively in Farmingdale Hawks,
Ladies Auxiliary, and Concerned
Parents. Mrs. Barrella's husband
is an independent food service
businessman on Long Island. The
family worships at St. James RC
Church.
Mrs. Barrella will campaign on
several positive notes; namely, a
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