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in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 19, 1977
Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Hardscrabble Fair Saturday
Full Day Of Fun- Entertainment
The fourth annual Hardscrabble Fair, after months of preparation, will be held
this Saturday, May 21, in the Village of Farmingdale. Last year an estimated
25,000 people visited or participated in the fair and this year's is expected to be
bigger and better than ever. The fair will officially open at 10 a. m., with the parade
down Main Street scheduled for 11 a. m.
Edward A, Lynch
Seeks Library Seat
DALEVIEW'S MAN OF THE YEAR Assemblyman Philip Healey
[ left] receives his plaque from Dr. William J. Squires, executive
director of Daleview Nursing. Home. The award was part of the
Recognition Day ceremonies celebrating National Nursing Home
Week. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
School Bd. Incumbents
lino
Edward A. Lynch of 5ft, Mill personnel
Road, South Farmingdale, has
announced to the Farmingdale
Post his intention of running for
the position of Trustee of the
Farmingdale Library. Lynch
was appointed to the Library
Board in April of this year, filling
the seat vacated by the
resignation of George Fain.
Lynch is married, with three
children in District # 22 schools;
he served in the U. S. Navy for
four years during the Vietnam
War; for the past four and a half
years. he has been employed by
Hofstra University as a student
At
cQor-administrator.
Hofstra he directs the
dination and operation of the
recreational and informational
services of the school's Student
Center. He is presently pursuing
a B. S. in Education at Hofstra.
He is an officer of a local civic
association and is affiliated with
the Farmingdale Hawks football
program.
MESSAGE FROM MR, LYNCH
" Since being appointed to the
Library Board in April," Lynch
stated, " I feel I have gained
valuable knowledge, as well as
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The deadline for filing for
candidates for the Farmingdale
Board of Education and Library
Board has passed and both school
board incumbents Raymond
Parcels and Stanley Martyna will
be unopposed in this year's
election.
The first public hearing of the
school district budget was held
last night, but since it was after
the Post's Tuesday noon
deadline, budget figures are not
available. Board President
Frank Ranieri told the Post,
however, that the board had
managed to hold the line and
there would be no school tax
increase in either the Town of
Oyster Bay or Babylon portions
of the school district.
The school district voters will
be offered a balanced budget for
the second year in a row at the
June election.
Raymond E. Parcels, Vice
president of the Farmingdale
Board of Education, has an­nounced
his candidacy for re­election.
Parcels is completing
his first term in office which
began with his election in 1974.
A thirteen year resident of
Farmingdale, Parcels resides at
89 Sunset Ave. with his wife Carol
and two school age children, one
attending Mill Lane Junior High
School and the other attending
Woodward Parkway elementary
school.
Along with his re- election
announcement, Mr. Parcels
issued the following statement:
" These past three years have
probably been the most difficult
period that our school district has
ever gone through, and for the
Board of Education it has been a
time of some very important
decisions the effect of which will
undoubtedly have an impact on
the district for many years to
come. In three short years our
enrollment has declined at an
accelerated pace, an elementary
school has closed, the worst
financial crunch in modern times
has hit us, we have gone through
a teachers' strike and last but not
least we had to search for a new
superintendant due to the
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THE OLDEST RESIDENT of Nassau County it also a resident of
Daleview Nursing Home. Eleanor Shepher, 107 years old, receives a
proclamation from Deputy Mayor Willis B. Carman, Jr. honoring her
longevity during Recognition Day ceremonies at Daleview Nursing
Home. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Opening ceremonies will be
conducted at the Town of Oyster
Bay's Showmobile in front of the
Main Street School following the
parade. Master and Miss Hard­scrabble,
eleven year old Robert
Schelhora and five year old
Susan Dorsey, will, lead the
parade from Northside School
down Main Street. Runner- ups in
the Master and Miss Hard­scrabble
contest are Richard
Kistulentz and Lucy Torres.
Main Street will be closed to
vehicle traffic from Richard
Street to Front Street and over
100 booths will occupy the Village
Green and various Main Street
locations. The Farmingdale
Merchants will be conducting
sidewalk sales offering all sorts
of bargains for Hardscrabble
shoppers. Of course, there will be
all kinds of food offered to tempt
the appetites of the public.
Local artists will also be
displaying their talents in an art
show between the Farmingdale
Post Office and the Main Street
School. Awards in various
categories of art will be
presented Saturday afternoon at
the main Street entertainment
center.
There will be all day en­tertainment
at two en­tertainment
centers. The Town of
Oyster Bay Showmobile will be
located in front of the Main Street
School and the Nassau County
Showmobile will be located at
Front and Main Streets, The
entertainment schedule for the
day is listed in the supplement in
this week's issue of the Post.
In the Master and Miss Hard­scrabble
contest, Susan Dorsey,
of 209 Radcliffe Ave. made a
strong finish to beat out last
week's contest leader Lucy
Torres of 10 Carmans Ct Robert
Schelhora of 115 Michel Ave. held
his lead over Ricky Kistulentz
through the final week's voting.
Each dollar actually spent in a
Farmingdale participating store
was worth one vote in the contest.
The Hardscrabble Fair
celebrates the origin of Far­mingdale,
dating back to 1695
when it was known as Hard­scrabble.
History records do not
show who renamed the area or
when Hardscrabble became
Farmingdale.