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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 56 NO 7T Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, January 9, 1975 Copyright 1974 by
Island— Wide Publication, I n c . price 15< f - $ 5 per year
PLANNING A CONTEST to select an official emblem for the Village of Farmingdale's Bicentennial
Celebration are members of the village Bicentennial Committee, Ruth Slansky, Mayor John Hallahan,
Nancy Gillies, chairman; [ standing] George G. Cook, chairman; Robert Cunningham and Seb
Albrecht. The designs should depict Farmingdale's place in the nation's birthday in 1976. Prizes will be
awarded In three age groups, elementary, junior- senior high and adult. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett I
notes
ACI Dinnerlnstallation Advancement For Commerce
& Industry, Inc. formerly the
East Farmingdale Industrial
Association announced Donald J.
Strait, senior vice pres. of
Fairchild Republic Company will
be the keynote speaker at their
Annual Installation of Officers &
Directors Dinner- Dance to be
held on Friday evening January
24, at the Huntington Town
House.
Strait has been with Fairchild -
Republic since 1967. He is also a
Vice Pres. of the parent Cor­poration,
Fairchild Industries.
Prior to joining Fairchild
Republic, Strait was with the
State of New Jersey Department
of Defense. A Major General in
the New Jersey Air National
Guard, he served as the Assistant
Cbjef of Staff for Air and, as such,
was responsible to the Depart­ment's
Chief of Staff for all
tactical fighter, airlift and
supporting units of New Jersey
Air National Guard. He retired
from that post in July 1971.
During World War II Strait, of
Babylon, served with the 8th Air
Force in the European Theatre
and flew 122 combat missions
during which he was credited
with downing 13- 1/ 2 enemy
aircraft. After the war he served
in the New Jersey Air National
Guard and was recalled to active
duty during the Korean War &
Berlin & Cuban Crises.
Fairchild Republic Co. at this
time is engaged in the building of
the A- 10 Ground Support Fighter
Plane. In gaining this contract,
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Local Girls Invited
To Become Miss L. I.
The Farmingdale Post cor­dially
invites all eligible young
ladies to participate in the for­thcoming
Miss Long Island
Scholarship and Beauty Pageant
in affiliation with Miss Universe,
Inc.
This exciting event will take
place on March 17 In addition to
the Prizes that will be awarded,
Miss Long Island and her entire
Court will become Official
Contestants to the Miss New York
State Beauty Pageant, in af­filiation
with Miss Universe, Inc.
The State Pageant will again,
be televised in a 90 minute
Beauty Special by WNEW- T. V., a
Metro Media Channels
production.
To enter any young lady must
be 18 years of age by May 17,1975
and not over 28 years by the same
date. A citizen of the United
States and a resident of New
York State for at least six
months. In addition, she must
never have been married,
divorced or had a marriage
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Form Committee
To Study Hospital
For Farmingdale";
A new committee has been formed in Farmingdale to
look into the feasibility of a program to establish a
Farmingdale Community Hospital in either the old
Main Street School building or in another of the school
district's elementary school buildings, should another
become available in the near future.
Teen Claims
Lost Thumb
A Farmingdale High School
student claimed a thumb that
was found on a Massapequa lawn
New Year's Day and told police
he lost it December 12 when he
threw a rope lasso out of the
window of a moving car.
Police said Paul Dugre, 16, of
145 Washington St., Far­mingdale,
went to county police
headquarters last Thursday night
and reported that his thumb had
been torn off three weeks earlier.
He told police the incident oc­curred
while he was riding in the
back seat of a car driven by a
friend, Raymond Ceo of 15 Daniel
Dr., Farmingdale. Two other
youths, Pat Sturace and Billy
Schmidt were also in the car.
Sturace and Dugre who were in
the back seat were " fooling
around with a piece of rope" and
one of them made a noose. Dugre
threw the noose out of the car
while it was travelling at about 30
miles per hour, police said, and
the noose caught on the sideview
mirror of a parked car.
Dugre tried to drop the other
end of the rope, but. it wrapped
around his thumb. He felt a sharp
pain and then realized his thumb
was missing. Ceo drove him to
Mid- Island Hospital in Bethpage,
where he was admitted for
treatment and discharged the
following day.
Dugre reportedly told police he
thought the car was travelling on
North Richmond Avenue,
Massapequa, when the incident
occurred, but the thumb, with
about six inches of tendon at­tached,
was discovered on the
lawn of the home at 266
Jerusalem Ave. by a woman
walking her dog. Jerusalem Ave.
is two blocks south of N, Rich­mond.
The idea for a community
hospital was brought up several
weeks ago by Wharton B. Allen,
Sr. and became the subject of a
Post editorial, leading to the
formation of the study com­mittee.
Serving on this committee with
Wharton B. Allen, Sr., in­dustrialist,
as chairman will be
John E. Gillies, attorney; John O.
Wagner, banker and appraiser;
Wharton B. Allen, Jr., in­dustrialist
and insurance; Seb
Albrecht, C. P. A.; Joseph
DeMarco, architect; Fred
Rathgeber, lumber; Robert J.
Starrett, Farmingdale Post; and
William F. Lambui, L. I. Trust
Co.
Continued declining
enrollments in the Farmingdale
school district seem to indicate
that a second elementary school
will be phased out within the next
few years. Initial thinking at the
formation of the new community
hospital committee is that the
newer building and single floor
construction might be better
suited for a hospital facility. Both
Northside Elementary and East
Memorial Elementary Schools
have been discussed by the Board
of Education from time to time
for possible future closing.
Although strong opposition to
either school closing has been
registered by school personnel
and area residents of the affected
school.
Winning \ um5er*
Winning Tickets of
Merchants Ass'n. Drawing
of January 3rd
137124 $ 25 Gift Certificate
132924 $ 15 Gift Certificate
140187 $ 10 Gift Certificate
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