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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 58 No. 26 Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 21,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
Village Must Hold Special Election
Scheduled June 28
FEDERAL DOLLARS AT WORK to the Village of Farmingdale have thus far produced a new blacktop
surface on the parking lot north of the LIRR station. The federal grant is part of a program to create
jobs in the construction trades on Long Island. Additional federally funded projects will begin in the
village this week. -. • , _ . _ %
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Purtill Heads Village FD
Austin Purtill of 77 Sullivan
Road was sworn in as Chief of the
Inc. Village of Farmingdale Fire
Department at the Board of Fire
Commissioners meeting last
Friday evening.
Chief Purtill succeeded Ex-
Chief Arthur Henderickson who
reported that the Fire Depart­ment
answered 781 alarms
during his one year term as
Chief. Of these calls, 558 were
rescue calls. Board Chairman,
Rocco Posillico congratulated
Ex- Chief Henderickson for a job
well done.
Also installed were: Fred
Gerhard 1st . Deputy Chief;
William Merrins 2nd Deputy
Chief and officers of the following
companies.
Water Witch & Engine Co. No. 1
Pizza Burglar
Takes Television
Ye Old Pizza Place, 718 S. Main
Street, Farmingdale, was en­tered
by an unknown burglar the
night of April 12, according to 8th
precinct police.
The after hours visitor entered
through the side door and took a
ten inch black & white television
set.
Mike Kelly Captain, Wm. Pullaro
1st Lieutenant; Dan Turner, 2nd
Lieutenant; Scott Gorman, Chief
Chauffeur; Joe Schweitzer,
Treasurer; John Beierling,
Financial Secretary; and Walter
Scally, Recording Secretary.
Hook Ladder & Hose Co. No. 1:
Kevin Blais, Captain; Dan
Schnitzler, 1st Lieutenant;
George Kuck, 2nd Lieutenant;
Ken Tortoso, Chief Chauffeur;
Gene Shernian, Secretary; and
Hardscrabble
Meeting Set
A general meeting for all
Hardscrabble participants
wiU be held tonight, April 21,
at 8 p. m. at the Farmingdale
Village HaU.
All clubs and organizations
in the Farmingdale area as
well as individuals who plan
to have a booth on fair day
are urged to attend.
Reservations and booth fees
will be collected during the
meeting. Rules and
guidelines for this year's
Hardscrabble Fair on May
21 will be available at the
meeting.
Russell Carpenter Sr., Financial
SPC TG 13 rv
Rescue Squad: Bob Perinetti,
Captain; Jerry Ahern, 1st
Lieutenant; Ray Ryan, 2nd
Lieutenant; Don Hasselback,
Chief Chauffeur; and Al
Newbeck, Secretary.
Fire Police Squad: Fred Boyd
Sr., Captain; Richard Fitz-patrick,
1st Lieut.; Heinz
Riedrich, 2nd Lieut.; Al Maher,
Ghief Chauffeur; and August
Becker, Secretary.
Field Office
For Complaints
Public Works Commissioner H.
John Plock, Jr. announced that a
County field office has been set
up at Lambert Avenue and
Vanderwater Street to receive
complaints and resolve problems
concerning sewer construction
under contract 1002- 3- F- 3. Frank
Stibritz, resident engineer, will
be in charge of the office. The
telephone number is 694- 0937.
The contract is bordered on the
east by the Suffolk line, on the
south by the Southern State Park­way,
on the north by the Long
Island Railroad and on the west
[ Continued on page 12]
The Village of Farmingdale
will have to hold a special elec­tion
to fill the trustee seat
vacated by the death of Owen W.
Drugan, according to the ruling
of the State Board of Elections.
The election has been scheduled
for June 28 at Village Hall from
noon to 9 p. m.
Loyalty Day
Parade Sunday
The Corp. George Benkert Jr.
Post 516, Veterans of Foreign
Wars will be holding their 22nd
Annual Loyalty Day Program
and Parade Sunday, April 24.
Opening ceremonies will begin at
,1 p. m. at, Allen Memorial Park on
Motor Avenue and Heisser Lane
Farmingdale.
Following the ceremonies there
will be a Parade which will
proceed from Allen Memorial
Park on Motor Ave. East to Main
Street, then North on Main Street
to Conklin Street, and East on
Conklin Street to Cherry Street.
Expected guest speakers and
dignitaries at the ceremonies will
be Senator Owen Johnson,
Assemblyman Philip Healey,
Supervisor, Joseph Colby,
Councilman Gregory Carman,
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
Robert Morgan, Commander
Nassau County V. F. W.
Any groups wishing to par­ticipate
or be represented in the
Parade, please contact Gene A.
Theuret at 694- 7116.
Contest List
Swells To 33
Ten new contestants have
signed- up for the race to see who
will become Master and Miss
Sardscrabble. This, brings the
tal number of youngsters in the
contest to 33 thus far.
New contestents entered this
week include David Nalbach, 7,
35 Oakview Ave; Dion LoNigro,
12,600 Conklin St.; Roger Moore,
5, 310 Staples St.; Sabrina
DeLuca, 5, 60 Crescent Dr. So.;
Brian, 4, Joseph, 5, and Vito
Scutero, 7, 244 N. Wisconsin
Ave.; Tara Flood, 7,120 Lambert
Ave.; Tracey Conrod, 9, 154
Prospect St.; and Patricia
Peterson, 951 Fulton St.
Parents may still register their
children in the contest just by
calling the Post at 249- 0131 and
sending in a picture to be
published for the contest.
While awaiting the decision of .
the State Board of Elections, the
village trustees appointed Pat
Romanelli to serve as trustee for
whatever interim period ruled by
the state. The trustee elected at
the special election will serve
until April 1978. The seat will
again be on the March ballot.
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 village
elections, a special election must,
be held. The election law also
prevented the election to be held
at the prescribed time in March,
since there was too little time
prior to the election day to
schedule registration days,
petitions, etc.
Petition forms for prospective
candidates are available at the
Village hall. Petitions must be
signed by 5 percent of the voters
in the previous election or no less
than 100 registered voters in the
village. Both candidates and
voters must be residents of the
Village of Farmingdale. Voters
who were registered for the past
General Election in November
are eligible to vote in the village
election without additional
registration. Registration dates
will be announced as soon as they
are set.
At a special meeting of the
Board of Trustees, contracts
were awarded to low bidders on
the Federal Economic
Development Administration
grant for the installation of new
curbs, storm drains and
renovations td the^ Village Hall.
Deer Park Concrete Cor­poration
was the low bidder at
$ 31,805 for curb construction. The
contract for storm drains was
awarded to L& L Excavating
Corp. in the amount of $ 198,010.
Frendolph Construction Corp.
was named general contractor
[ Continued on page 12]
Man Wounded
Cleaning Rifle
A North Massapequa man
accidently shot himself last
Thursday morning while
cleaning his rifle.
Eighth precinct police said
Wayne Ducalo, 24, of 212 N. Idaho
Ave. was cleaning a .22 cal. rifle
at 8: 33 a. m. on April 14 when it
discharged. The bullet struck
him in the abdomen and he was
taken to Mid- Island Hospital,
Bethpage, in the police am­bulance,
where he was listed in
serious condition.