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Vol. 58 No. 35 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 s Tliursday, June 23,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Quaker Meeting Fire Is Arson
Blaze Guts Building
hate Friday Night
The fire that gutted the Quaker Meeting House Friday
night was ruled arson by Fire Marshal James Holmes of
South Farmingdale.
The 87 year old frame building on Meeting House
Road, Farmingdale, had its vestibule destroyed and its
main church area severely damaged by the fire, which
started about 10: 45 p. m.
FARMINGDALE FIREMEN figit the blase in the 87 year old Quaker Meeting House on Meeting
House Road last Friday night. County Fire Marshals reported the fire was caused by arson.
[ Photo by Bob Starrett]
Village Election Tuesday
Farmingdale Village Trustee
Pat Romanelli will seek election
to his trustee seat of the village
board at a special election next
Tuesday, June 28, at Village Hall
from noon to 9 p. m.
The special election is to fill the
seat of Owen W. Drugan. The
elected trustee will serve until
April 1978 and the seat will again
be on the March ballot in the
regular Village Election.
St. Kilian's Priest
The State Board of Elections
ruled that the special election had
to be held. According to state
election law, if Trustee Drugan
had lived one day longer, no
election would have been
required. But, since the seat
became vacant more than 20
days prior to the date for the
regular village elections, the
special election must be held.
Election law also prevented the
election for the vacant seat to be
held at the prescribed time in
March, since there was too little
time prior to the election date to
schedule registration days,
candidates petitions, etc.
Voters who were eligible to
vote in the past General Election
in November are eligible to vote
in the special Village Election as
well as those who registered with
the village. All voters, however,
must be residents of the In­corporated
Village of Far­mingdale.
Zureck Dies
Joseph W. Zureck, 63, former
Mayor of the Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale, died
June 17, at Central General
Hospital, Plainview, after a long
illness.
Zureck recently retired from
the Grumman Aerospace Cor­poration
in Bethpage after
almost forty years of service. He
was extremely active in com­munity
affairs, having served as
the Mayor or Trustee for over
sixteen years. He helped form the
Farmingdale Little League and
organized the first Cerebral
Palsy Fund Drive. He was also
involved in the Boy Scouts, the St.
Kilian's Holy Name Society and
the Farmingdale Youth Council.
He is survived by bis wife,
Margaret, his daughter, JoAnn,
his sons, John, Roger and Joseph
Jr., three grandchildren, and his
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said the fire was
started in the church vestibule
with a Jflammable liquid, such as
gasoline. He said that neither a
container for the liquid nor signs
of anti- religious or anti- Quaker
activity was found. He said the
meeting house was a hangout
for school children.
The first meeting house was
built by the Quakers and
meetings were held in 1695. They
were the original settlers of the
Farmingdale area, then Hard-scrabble.
This was the third house of
worship built by the Bethpage
Meeting Of the Religious Society
of Friends to be destroyed by
fire.
According to Jean Hubbard,
clerk of the meeting, the previous
meeting house burned down
during the blizzard of 1888. The
first meeting house on the same
location was built In 1740 and was
destroyed by fire in 1820.
Mrs. Hubbard said that no
decision had been made yet
whether to rebuild the building.
She said there were 35 registered
members of the meeting, but that
only 10 or 12 were still active.
Assoc. School Supt. 3 Burglaries In Farniingdale
PRAeVv . FFrraanncciiss PP.. CCoosstteelllloo., " W
assistant pastor of St. Kilian's
R. C. Church, Farmingdale, has
been named Associate
Superintendent of Schools by
Bishop John R. McGann of the
Rockville Centre Catholic
Diocese.
Rev. Costello will assume his
new post July l and reside at
Maria Regina Diocesan High
School, Uniondale.
The announcement was made
by Bishop McGann June 20.
Eighth precinct police reported
three burglaries in the Far­niingdale
area during the past
week and several juveniles were
caught and charged in one of the
incidents.
The juveniles were turned over
to Family Court for the burglary
of Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School on June 15. Police said
they entered a side door of the
school and took assorted athletic
equipment. Their names were
withheld because they were
under 16 years old.
Mr. D's Service Station on
Hempstead Turnpike was en­tered
June 14 at approximately 5
a. m. through a front window. The
burglar took $ 65 in cash.
The American Legion Post
Home on Eastern Parkway was
entered on June 16 during the
night, An undetermined amount
of beer and loose coins were
taken.
FLAG DAY: The two- hundredth anniversary of the United States flag
was observed on Flag Day at Northslde Elementary School Far­mingdale,
In a program sponsored by Student Council. Daniel Cook
[ left] president. Is shown assisting Mr. John Monaco, advisor, as they
prepare to raise the flag. The flag Is held by Doreen Darcy [ center]
secretary, Patricia Rooney, vice- president, and David Cook [ right]
treasurer. The commemorative program, an annual tradition at
Northslde, noted the adoption of the " Stars and Stripes" by the Con­tinental
Congress on June 14,1777.
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