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armm An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 58 No. 40 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 28,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
MSBA Mall Bus
Gets Cool Views
From Village Bd
A representative of the Metropolitan Suburban Bus
Authority appeared before the Mayor and Board of
Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale
during their meeting Monday night and outlined a plan
to expand and improve bus service in the area by ex­tending
one of the existing routes from Farmingdale to
the Sunrise Mall.
Mayor John T. Hallahan explained to MSBA
representative Morton Silverman that he and the village
trustees did not welcome the news with enthusiasm and
open arms because village stores were already feeling
the loss of business due to local shoppers traveling to the
mall.
N. Y. ISLANDERS STAR Jude Drouin visited the Farmingdale Youth Council's summer program at
Woodward Parkway School Monday afternoon, thrilling the crowd of youngsters with films of the
Stanley Cup Ice Hockey playoffs. He is shown here signing sutographs for a group of local youngsters in
front of the school. # [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Town Posts Job List In Libraries
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Joseph Colby has called on his
Division of Commerce, Industry
and Labor to continuously update
the list he released last week of
businesses within the Town which
have positions of employment
open.
" Many residents utilized the
list of available jobs that was
posted at the Town Clerk's offices
in Town Hall and at the annexes
in Hicksville and Massapequa,"
Colby reported. " In view of the
sincere interest in obtaining
work, I have requested that the
Division of Commerce, Industry
and Labor immediately act to
initiate a program of updating
this listing."
Colby also noted that in ad-
Cat Band Records
The University of California
Marching Band, which made
musical history during the 1976
Bicentennial Celebration, is
presenting •' Spirit of America" in
an extraordinary record
collection.
The show that entertained
thousands across the country
during the summer of 1976 is now
available in a three- record set.
Here is all the music and song,
excitement and laughter, as
presented by this wonderfully
talented group of young people.
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dition to . making the lists
available at the Town Clerk's
offices, he has had the list mailed
to libraries throughout the Town.
" Some, library directors, who
read news stories about the Town
making the list available, have
requested that the Town also
send the list to them for posting,"
Colby explained. " In response,
we prepared a partially updated
version of the original list and
have sent copies to all the library
districts within our Town."
Colby said the list at Town
facilities and those mailed to the
libraries will automatically be
given the revisions as they are
prepared by the Division of
Commerce, Industry and Labor.
Florist, Dies
Frank S. Dinda, proprietor of
Dinda Florists in Farmingdale,
passed away Sunday morning,
July 24.
He is survived by his wife,
Frances, a daughter, Elizabeth
Churchill, and two sons, Stephen
and James Dinda. Also survived
by six grandchildren.
He was a member of St. Kilian
Holy Name Society, Royal Ar­canum
and Farmingdale Rotary
Club.
He reposed at the Arthur F.
White Funeral Home, 315 Conklin
St., Farmingdale. Mass of
Christian Burial was held at St.
Kilian R. C. Church Wednesday at
9: 30 a. m. with interment in St.
Charles Cemetery, Pinelawn.
Silverman said that the
MSBA's desire is to expand
service along desirable routes to
centers of public interest. The
mall is one of those centers where
the public would want to go. Since
the Bus Authority is a state in­stitution,
part of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, it does
not need permission from the
village or anyone else to establish
the routes.
Silverman told the board that
the authority would cooperate
with the. board in the placing of
bus stops and would locate them
anywhere the village designated,
but they planned to go ahead with
the new ' service starting
Tuesday, Sept. 6, the day after
Labor Day.
The change would expand the
present N- 72B bus from Hemp­stead
to Republic in East Far­mingdale.
All of the side routes
now taken by the. N- 72B would be
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Woman Bus driver On Farmingdale Route
A woman with a small suitcase
boarded a Babylon bound bus in
Farmingdale recently. As she
dropped her 50 cents into the fare
box, she glanced at the driver and
exclaimed, " Oh, a woman bus
driver! Isn't that nice!"
According to Sarah Banks, the
Metropolitan Suburban Bus
Authority's first woman bus
driver, that has been the typical
passenger reaction.
" Everybody has been just
wonderful," said Mrs. Banks, a
Wyandanch resident who
recently completed MSBA's
extensive Driver Training Course
and who is now a regular driver
on the N72 Hempstead-
Farmingdale- Babylon route.
" Passengers have been
congratulating me and wishing
me luck," she continued. " My
supervisors have been very kind
and my fellow drivers have ac­cepted
me and even tease me just
like they tease each other."
t o qualify as a MSBA bus
driver, Mrs. Banks successfully
completed 24 hours of classroom
training concerning all aspects of
bus operation. She and MSBA's
other driver trainees then had
three days of intensive behind-the-
wheel instruction.
Because Mrs. Banks formerly
drove a school bus and already
possessed a Class II drivers
license, she was able to begin her
behind- the- wheel training
without having to take a Class II
driver's examination.
For 13 straight days, she went
out with Training Drivers on
their regular runs. Each day,
Mrs. Banks would ride and drive
with a different driver on a dif­ferent
route.
According to Dan Tynan,
MSBA's Supervisor of Safety and
Training, this part of the Student
Driver Training Program not
only serves to familiarize the
students with various bus routes,
it also allows the students to have
their first experience in regular
passenger operation under the
watchful eye of a Training
Driver.
" Mrs. Banks was an out­standing
student," said Mr.
Tynan. " Since she had driven
school buses, she knew how to
drive a big vehicle. But more
importantly than that, she was
extremely safety- conscious, alert
in class, and took instructions
very well.
" Both the Driver Instructor
and the Training Drivers, with
whom she went out on regular
runs, had the highest praise for
her ability and competence as a
bus driver. I know that she will be
a definite asset to the MSBA
system."
For her part, Mrs. Banks
stated that she found the MSBA
Driver Training Program both
interesting and informative.
" Even though I drove school
buses for the Wyandanch School
District for eight years," said
Mrs. Banks, " the course
refreshed my memory in several
areas. Mr. Tynan also placed
great emphasis on safety con­sciousness
and the development
of safe- driving skills. Transit
buses are longer and wider than
school buses, so I found the on-the-
road training very valuable.
All in all, I found the Driver
Training Program very
educational and an excellent
preparation for driving public
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