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VOL. 57 NO. M Second Class Postuge Paid
in FaminiwlaK-, N. Y, l\ 7. V5 Thursday, February 19, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
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Call First
Meeting For
Hardscrabble
A special meeting has been
called for next Tuesday night at
the Farmingdale Village Hall to
form a committee to operate the
1976 Hardscrabble Fair.
Hardscrabble, a name that
dates back to the origin of the
Farmingdale area in 1695, should
be the biggest and best in its two
year history in this bicentennial
year, but organizational
problems have arisen.
The Farmingdale Public
Library served as initiator and
sponsor for the Hardscrabble
Fair in 1974 and 1975. They cannot
continue this sponsorship for
1976. The years of voter defeat of
their budget requests* have
reduced personnel and forced the
assignment of staff to strictly
library activity.
In a letter sent to clubs and
organizations in the Farmingdale
area this past week, Nancy
Gillies, co- chairman of the
Farmingdale Bicentennial
Commission, and Orrin B. Dow,
library director, stated,. " We
want to gather interested
organizations and individuals for
a meeting to decide where we go
from here. If the community
wants it badly enough, the
Hardscrabble 1976 will become a
reality."
The planning meeting will be
held at the Village Hall at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, February 24, with all
clubs, organizations or interested
individuals invited to participate
and help organize the 1976
committee.
Children's Day
Collection
This Sunday
" As the twig is bent, so grows
the bough" teaches an old
proverb, and the Women's In-terfaith
Council celebrates
Farmingdale Children's Day
with this in mind on Sunday,
February 22, when it will sponsor
a small coins campaign for the
benefit of the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation's Medical Research
v Program.
Children helping children is the
theme, with a refreshing twist.
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OUR HERITAGE: John T. Hallahan. Farmingdale Village Mayor, left, and Sebastian Albrecht,
chairman of Special Events for Farmingdale Bicentennial, join Mrs. Nancy Gillies at her home to get a
preview of medallion which will be displayed at American Heritage Concert sponsored by Farmingdale
Bicentennial Committee of which Mrs. Gillies is co- chairman. The medallion of George Washington is
by Charles Calverley. The concert which will take place at 8 p. m. Friday, February 20. will feature ( he
St.' Kilian Boy choir and the men and women's chorus. It will be held in the St. Kilian School auditorium
on Cherry Street. Tickets are $ 2 adults and $ 1 children. [ Photo by Claire Studios]
Folk Concert
AtSt. Kilian fs Friday
File Deadline
For Village
Election Tues.
Tuesday, February 24, is
the final deadline for filing
petitions to run for office
in the Farmingdale
Village election on
Tuesday, March 16.
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
village trustees Owen W. Drugan
and Fred Rathgaber will seek
reelection to their respective
seats in the village. Rathgaber is
completing the unexpired term of
former trustee Norman
Krasnow, who resigned to
... hfirnmii vUJaffo cteriflroflgQFeav-
Mayor Hallahan and Trustee
Drugan are completing full
terms of office.
The three incumbents are
expected to seek reelection to
their respective seats on their
Liberty Party ballot. Village,
elections are independent of
national political party lines in
Farmingdale, so candidates run
Wr election on a local party
ticket. Both Republicans and
Democrats can run on the same
ticket in the local Village election,
as they have many times in past
elections.
Final day of registration for the
village election will be Saturday.
February 28 from noon to 9 p. m.
Absentee ballot applications will
be accepted until March 15.
Residents of the village who
might wish to become candidates
for election in opposition to the
present trustees, must file a
petition bearing at least one
hundred names prior to the
February 24 deadline.
American folk songs and hymn
tunes will delight everyone who
hears the American Heritage
Concert being sponsored bythe
Farmingdale Bicentennial
Committee, according to Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Fortunate, who are
chairing the event.
As an added feature, a famous
antique medallion of George
Washington wil be on display.
The concert is scheduled for
Friday, February 20, 8 p. m.,. in
St. Kilian's school auditorium on
Cherry Street. The music will be
presented by the St. Kilian
Boychoir and the combined
men's and women's chorus under
the direction of Theodore
Grudzinski.
The featured selection of the
evening will be " Ballad For
Americans" by John Latouche,
music by Earl Robinson. This
cantata, made famous by Paul
Robeson, is sung in popular style.
Bariton Pete Maravell will sing
the solo in this choral piece. In
keeping with the theme of the
concert, selected pieces written
by American composers such as
William Billings ( 18th century)
will be sung. Also on the program
will be a fine rendition of Battle
Hymn of the Republic. In
general, this Bicentennial con­cert
will be an enjoyable variety
of early period songs, Moravian
music and a special highlight of
real American folk songs sung by
the St. Kilian folk group.
The George- Washington
medallion is a 17" x22" plaster
profile done in 1877 by Charles
Calverley taken from Houdon's
bust. Calverley, who was born in
Albany, 1833, specialized in
medallions and busts, five of
which are in the American wing
of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Viewers of the sculpture
should take note of the lengthy
inscription upon it which reads,
" The bust from which I modeled
this medalien has carved upon it
the following inscription. s/ C.
Calverley. This bust is from the
living face of Waschington
( correct) by Houdon Oct. 1785.
Permission was granted to Clark
Mills in 1849 by Col. Washington
at Mount Vernon to take a copy ofr
the original Bust in Bronze.
s/ Clark Mills.
Tickets to the American
Heritage Concert on February 20
are $ 2 adults and $ 1 children.
Tickets and information can be
obtained at Farmingdale Village
Hall CH 9- 0093 or St. Kilian School
MY 4- 3610.
Main Street
School Bids
Due In April
Following up on last year's
authorization from voters, the
Farmingdale Board of Education
has announced that it will accept
bids for purchase of the Main
Street School in April. The move
was overwhelmingly approved
by taxpayers last June.
A minimum sale price of
$ 1,133,000 has been established by
the Board of Education. That
minimum sale price was
established after the Board had
received certified appraisals
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