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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 58 NO. 12 Second Class Postage Paid
In FarminRdale,. N. Y. 1173? Thursday, February 3, 1977 Copyright 1977 by )
Island- Wide Publications, Inc. price 1 54 - $ 5 per year
Call First
Hardscrabble
Meeting Wed.
A general meeting for all in­dividuals
. and organizations in­terested
in participating in this
year's Hardscrabble Fair will be
held next Wednesday night,
February 9, in the Farmingdale
Village Hall at 8 p. m. ,
This year's Hardscrabble Fair
will be held on Saturday, May 21,
with the following weekend, May
28, set as the rain date. The
meeting will begin the formation
of the Hardscrabble Committee
under the Co- Chairmanship of
Rosemary Schweitzer and Post
Editor Bob Starrett, who chaired
last year's celebration.
Sub- committees will be formed
to plan the various facets of the
overall fair. Clubs interested in
participating the day of the fair
should be represented on the
planning committee for the. event
to insure its success.
The meeting is open to any
local resident interested in
serving on the planning com­mittees
for Hardscrabble.
Hardscrabble is the original
name of the Farmingdale area,
dating back to 1685. The Hard­scrabble
Fair is the celebration
of the birth of the Farmingdale
community.
County Waives
68° Minimum
A waiver of the 68 degrees,
minimum temperature
requirement for all apartments
and rented rooms in Nassau
County, was declared by Dr. John
J. Dowlihg, Commissioner,
Nassau County Department of
Health.
Because of the energy crisis
declared by the Governor of New
York, and in accordance with
County Executive Ralph G.
Caso's urgent request for energy
conservation, the minimum
required temperatures have been
lowered to 65 degrees fahrenheit
from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. and 62
degrees from 10 p. m. to 6 a. m.
This exemption is only for the
period of the energy crisis.
Crafts & Skills
P. R. I. C. E., Farmingdale's
community organization, is
looking for people to teach crafts
and skills to the youngsters in the
program. If you would like to
volunteer a few nights a week to
teach leathercjraft, woodcraft,
pottery, or any special skill,
talent or musical instrument,
P. R. I. C. E. would be happy, to
supply both materials and
youngsters.
If you are unsure about the
special skill you can offer or if
you want further information,
call Danny at 293- 3480 and he will
assist you.
Rubella Outbreak
Concerns District
HOWITT POSTER CHILD: Yvonne Merle has been designated as the
poster child for Howitt's fund drive for retarded children. She is shown
above with Robert E. Hess, principal. HowiU'sluMJjriye wi » run the
entire month of February. [ Phote By HicWsbJ*^^
Zom Posts % 00O
Reward For Info
The family of Margaret G. Zom
of Islip has offered a $ 5,000.
reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of her
killer.
Mrs. Zorn's son, Joseph, an­nounced
the reward offer today,
saying it had come, after con­sul
tation with his bedridden
father and other members of the
family.
Mrs. Zorn was shot to death
and robbed of $ 16,000 on Monday,
November 22,1976 and was found
in her car on Prospect Street near
the Bankers Trust Company in
Farmingdale. She had been
assisting in running the family
business, Zorn's Poultry Farm in
Bethpage.
Joseph, acting as spokesman
for the family said, " I know the
information the police need is out
there and I am asking on behalf
of my father and the police for
someone to come forward with
it.'
" My mother lived here for 35
years," Zom said, " and had
hundreds of friends in Nassau
and Suffolk counties. I'm sure
that with all her friends and the
thousands of people who dealt
with my parents at the farm,
there must be someone who can
shed some light on her slaying."
He continued, " The reward
offer was made after consultation
with my father who feels as I do.
The police have been working
tirelessly to break this case and
we ask whoever has the needed
knowledge to cooperate with
them in their investigation."
Anyone having information is
requested to call the Nassau
County Police Department at
Pioneer 6- 1111. All calls will be
kept confidential.
An outbreak of German
measles ( rubella) in Far­mingdale
Senior High School is
causing, the school district
' concern and may result in an all-out
immunization program.
Dr. Ingeborg A. Tuttle,
director of school health, was
meeting with Health Dept. of­ficials
in Mineola until after the
Post's deadline on Tuesday.
State law now requires that
proof of immunization against
rubella be shown by all children
up to the age of puberty at the
Gas Station
Robbed Twice
The Farmingdale Sunoco at 511
Fulton Street was robbed twice
last week, once by a burglar and
the last: time by two men armed
with a pistol*
The armed robbery occurred
shortly before 11 o'clock last
Thursday night. Police said two
black males entered the station
and asked for change from the
attendant. As he was making
change, one of the men pulled out
a revolver and announced a
" stick- up."
They forced the attendant into
the back bay of the station and
relieved him of the cash in his
pockets, then opened the cash
box. They escaped " in unknown
fashion" with $ 673.
The same station was entered
by a burglar the night of January
23- 24 and the station's safe was
removed. The safe, police said,
contained an unknown amount of
cash and credit card receipts.
Police also reported the arrest
of a South Farmingdale youth for
a home burglary in December.
Rory Shea of 94 Midwood Ave.
was arrested at 5: 15 p. m.
Thjdrsday, Jan. 27, and charged
with the Dec. 12 burglary of the
home at 215 Birch/ Ave. An
unidentified juvenile was also
arrested.
Healey Pushing
Solar Energy
Margaret G. Zero
" Solar energy needs support
from the state legislature and the
governor if we expect any
progress this year," according to
Assemblyman Philip Healey of
Massapequa at an interview in
Mineola. Healey was on hand to
announce the introduction of
legislation to allow tax relief to
homeowners who harness energy
from the sun.
Accompanied by Richard
Rocchio, director of the Nassau
County Bureau of Energy
Resources, Assemblyman
Healey sponsored a demon­stration
in which a solar panel
took in outside cold air at 29
degrees and discharged it at 119
degrees fahrenheit without
moving parts.
" This type of system could be
in many of our homes today if the
economics were improved," said
Healey. " A bill introduced by
Senator Ralph Marino ( Oyster
Bay) and myself would eliminate
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time they enter, school. A survey
has shown that most of the
elementary age students have
either been immunized or have
had the disease, which grants its
own immunity to a second dose.
This, however, is not true of the
older junior high and high school
aged students. Many older
students have not received im­munity
either through having the
disease earlier or an im­munization
program.
For most children and adults,
rubella or German Measles, is a
mild disease. It would not
warrant the attention how being
given if it were not for its terrible
effects on the unborn baby when
a mother contracts the disease
early in her pregnancy. .
In a letter to district parents
Dr. Tuttle stated, " We can
foresee that many more students
wity get. the disease and
preventive action has to be taken.
Students who were exposed and
not immune present a real threat
to women in early pregnancy
because of the terribly crippling
effects German measles can
have on the unborn baby." She
suggests that any pregnant
women who might have been in
close contact with an exposed
student consult her physician
immediately.
Dr. Tuttle's letter to parents
also states, " The Nassau County
Health Department recommends
that you contact your family
physician to discuss your child's
immunity. Have the doctor up­date
your child's regular measles
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Not Guilty
Of Rape
A North Massapequa youth
arrested last August 2 and
charged with first degree rape
was found not guilty at the
conclusion of his trial January 14.
The jury of seven men and five
women returned the verdict of
" Not Guilty" for Albano Baston,
19, of 894 N. Broaadway, in a trial
before Judge Alphonse LePera.
Baston testified before the
court in his own behalf. The
complainant, a 28 year old
housewife from South Far­mingdale,
also testified.
The young housewife told
police last August 1 that she was
walking on Crestwood Blvd. near
Farmingdale High School at 9
p. m. when she was accosted by a
youth who forced her to submit to
him at gunpoint. Baston was
arrested the following day.
Baston was represented by the
law firm of Maccaro, Newmark,
Lamb, Dowling & Marchisio of
Garden City.