1976-05-27

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A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920
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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 57 NO. 28 Second Class Postage Paid
in FarimngduU-, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 27, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
Island— Wide Publications, price 1 5$ - $ 5 per year
Memorial Day
Parade Mon.
MASTER AND MISS HARDSCRABBLE Robert Methven [ right] and Cindy Heckman, along with
runner- up Timothy Dorsey [ left] prepare for their buggy ride at the head of the Hardscrabble Day
parade. Miss Hardscrabble's runner- up, Carolanne Kuntz, was unable to attend.
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Fair Draws Huge Crowd
Crowds of people, almost
impossible to estimate in num­bers,
jammed the streets and
Village Green last Saturday for
Farmingdale's third annual
Hardscrabble Fair. An estimate
of well over 20,000 could be
considered conservative.
According to reports from the
organizations and individuals
who set up booths to raise funds,
it was the most successful fair
ever. There were mixed reac­tions,
however, from merchants
conducting their sidewalk sales
as to individual successes and
failures in comparison to past
years.
Unfortunately, due to the wind,
the TWA balloon and the Hard­scrabble
Fair Committee's 30
foot blimp were not able to fly
over the village as planned. A
wind speed in excess of five miles
per hour prevents balloon flight.
The fair opened at 10 a. m. with
all booths ready to meet the surge
of the anticipated crowds. Some
had underanticipated, however,
and were sold out by early af­ternoon
and had attempted to
restock their booths to last the
remainder of the day.
The parade, lacking music
because of the recent teachers
strike, started at 11 a. m. led by
Grand * Marshall James
McKenna, Farmingdale's " Ma/ i
of the » Year" for 1976. Master and
Miss Hardscrabble, Robert
Methven and Cindy Heckman,
along with runner- up Timothy
Dorsey, followed in a pony cart.
Officials in the line of march
included Mayor John T.
Hallahan, Supervisor John W.
Burke, Councilman Gregory W.
Carman, Councilman Howard T.
Hogan, Jr., Judge Warren
Doolittle, Assemblyman Philip
Healey, Village Bicentennial
Committee Co- chairman George
Cook and Hardscrabble Chair-
[ Continued on page 7 J
Memorial Day Services Set
The Long Island National
C e m e t e r y Memorial
Organization announced plans
for the Memorial Day Weekend
at the Long Island National
Cemetery in East Farmingdale.
On Saturday May 29, starting
at 8 a. m. all veteran
organizations, their auxiliaries
and Junior Units, Boy and Girl
Scouts and Sea Cadets will
decorate all gravesites at the
National Cemetery with the
American Flag in preparation for
Memorial Day.
On Sunday, May 30 at 2 p. m. all
the veteran organizations will
hold their 40th annual memorial
services at the National
Cemetery. Chairman of the
program is Herb Bayer of the
Marine Corp League. This year
the main address will be given by
Richard A. Stratton, Capt. U. S. N.
and a former P. W. in Hanoi, N.
Vietnam.
A special dedication of the 13
Medal Of Honor winners interred
at this National Cemetery, will be
made by Supt. Donald L.
Garrison.
Immediately following the
services there will be a " massing
of colors" of all organizations
participating in the ceremonies.
Farmingdale's Memorial Day
Parade, sponsored by the Far­mingdale
Volunteer Fire
Department, will be held Monday
May 31, at 10 a. m. State Senator
Owen. H. Johnson will be the
principal speaker at the
Memorial Services following the
parade.
Other honored guests on the
reviewing stand will be
Congressman Jerome Ambro,
Town of Oyster Bay Councilman
Gregory W. Carman and Howard
T. Hogan, Jr., Farmingdale
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
Judge Howard T. Hogan, Sr. Rev.
Village Plans
Skateboard
Ordinance
The Village of Farmingdale
has scheduled a public hearing
for June 14 to consider a local law
to ban the use of skate boards in
any public place or on streets in
the incorporated village.
The law being considered
would prohibit the use of
skateboards on any public street,
sidewalk, park or parking lot. It
calls for police to take possession
of skateboards used illegally and
turn them over to the village to be
destroyed.
Persons violating the
provisions of the law would face a
fine of up to $ 50 for any offense.
T; he skateboard law was
prompted by the use of the boards
on the village streets, par-,
ticularly in hazardous area. The
village trustees have received
complaints from motorists en­countering
skateboarders in the
streets, particularly on hills.
The village has also awarded
the new contract for garbage
collection to their present con­tractor
Monbro Sanitation as the
low bidder. Bids ranged from
Monbro's $ 144,000 for a single
year and ( 126,000 for a multi- year
contract to a high of $ 150,000 per
year.,
The village had been paying on
its last contract an average of
$ 84,000 per year for garbage pick­up
service.
Albert H. Palmer, paster of St.
Thomas' Episcopal Church will
deliver the invocation and Rev.
Frank Costello of St. Kilian's
R. C. Church the Benediction.
; The- parade will form at 9: 30
a. m. on Thomas Powell
Boulevard between Bethpage
Road and Yoakum Avenue. Led
by Grand Marshall Ex- Chief
Joseph Schweitzer, a color guard
and the Gold Star Mothers, the
parade will proceed east to Main
Street, then south on Main Street,
disbanding at Grant Street to
participate in the Memorial
services.
The line of march will include:
1st Division
1. Division Marshall Ex Chief
Richard Steenbuck
2. V. F. W. Post 516
3. V. F. W. Auxilary
4. American Legion Post 449
5. Young Memorial Post
American Legion 1803
6. American Legion Auxiliary
7. Daughters of America
8. Cub Scouts
9. Farmingdale Senior High
School Band
10. East Farmingdale Fire
Department and Ladies
Auxiliary
11. East Farmingdale Fire
Department Apparatus
2nd Division
1. Division Marshall Ex Chief
William Kenney
2. Farmingdale P. B. C. Nautical
Cadets
3. Farmingdale Lions Club
4. Mid Island Council Girl Scouts
5. Girl Scouts of America
6. Boy Scouts of America
7. Farmingdale 4- H Sunrise
Council
8. Spanish Club of Farmingdale
9. Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School Band
10. South Farmingdale Fire
Department
11. South Farmingdale Fire
3rdD eDpiavritsmioenn t Apparatus
1. Division Marshall Ex Chief
Carl Schlingloff ••
2. Long Island Appaloosa Club
3. Farmingdale Hawks
4. Bethpage Lodge 975 Masons
5. Knights of Columbus
6. Jetras Twirling Group
7. Mill Lane Junior High School
Band
8. Farmingdale Fire Department
9. Farmingdale Fire Department
Apparatus