Armed Forces College News
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Airman Dennis H. Layer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Layer
of 1 Oak St., Farmingdale, has
completed basic training at Ama-rillo
Air Force Base, Texas. He
has been assigned to the Air
Force Technical Training Center
at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
for specialized schooling
as an administrative specialist.
Airman Layer, a 1967 graduate
of Half Hollow Hills High School,
attended State University of New
York at Farmingdale.
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Army Private First Class
Richard J. Alimonte, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Alimonte,
171 N. Walnut St., N.
Massapequa, was assigned to the
2nd Armored Division at Fort
Hood, Texas.
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Airman Dennis M. Griffiths,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Griffiths of 10 Lenore Lane,
Farmingdale, has been graduated
from a United States Air Force
technical school at Sheppard Air
Force Base, Texas.
He was trained as an aircraft
mechanic and has been assigned
to a unit of the Military Airlift
Command at Dover Air Force
Base, Delaware.
The airman is a graduate of
Farmingdale Senior High School.
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William J. Byrne Jr., whose
parents and wife, Marion, live
at 64 Westwood Road, S. Massapequa,
was promoted to Army
first lieutenant in Vietnam, where
he is serving with the 86th Engineer
Battalion.
Lt. Byrne, a communications
officer in the battalion's Headquarters
Company, entered the
Army in September 1966 and was
stationed at Fort George G.
Meade, Maryland, before arriving
in Vietnam last March.
The 21- year- old lieutenant
graduated from A. G. Berner High
School, Massapequa, in 1964, and
attended Memphis State University.
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Army Private First Class Gary
E. Gentile, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dominick Gentile, 59 Martin
Road, North Bethpage, recently
arrived with his unit in Vietnam.
His unit, from the 5th Infantry
Division at Ft. Carson, Colorado,
is Company A, 1st Battalion
of the 11th Infantry.
A rifleman in the unit, Pvt.
Gentile entered the Army in November
1966 and completed basic
training at Ft. Jackson, S. C.
The 22- year- old private,
whose wife, Ronni, live at 30
Brookline Drive, North Massapequa,
N. Y., is a 1963 graduate
of Plainedge High School. He
attended Nassau Community College,
and was employed by K & K
Labs, Plainview, before he entered
the Army.
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Robert M. Unterstein, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Unterstein,
24 Harmony Drive,
Massapequa Park, a student at
Niagara University, is attending
Army Reserve Officers' Training
Corps summer camp at m-diantown
Gap Military Reservation,
Annville, Pa.
Cadet Unterstein is a member
of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
and a 1965 graduate of St. Pius
X Preparatory Seminary at Un-iondale,
New York.
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- Clifford G. Beatiy. m,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
G. Beatty, Jr., 37 E. Seneca
St., Massapequa, a student at
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.,
is attending Army Reserve Officers'
Training Corps summer
camp at Indiantown Gap Military
Reservation, Annville, Pa.
Upon successful completion of
summer camp and graduation
from college, he is eligible to
be commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Army.
Cadet Beatty is a member of
the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity,
and a 1965 graduate of A. G. Berner
High School.
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Charles DiTrani, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony DiTrani, 104
N. Manhattan Ave., Massapequa,
a student at Hofstra University,
is attending Army Reserve Officers'
Training Corps summer
camp. The course is being held
at Indiantown Gap Military
Reservation, Annville, Pa.
Upon successful cpmpletion of
summer camp and graduation
from college, he is eligible to
be commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Army.
Cadet DiTrani is a member of
Upsilon Gamma Alpha fraternity,
and a 1965 graduate of Massapequa
High School.
A proclamation naming the week of August 11th through the 17th
as " Willing Water Week" in the Town of Oyster Bay Is presented
by Supervisor Michael N. Petito ( right) to Harry Borley, Vice
Chairman of the Long Island Water Conference. Petito paid tribute
to the service local water districts provide to the residents of
the Town's various communities.
Broadlawn Manor Horsing Home
spital Affiliated
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husband of the former Miss Laura
Amatruda of 36 Radcliffe Ave.,
Farmingdale, has earned his
Combat Aircrewman designation
while serving with the First Marine
Aircraft Wing at Danang,
South Vietnam.
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Thomas W. Kavanagh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent H. Kavanagh,
28 Baldwin St., Farmingdale,
a student at St. Bona-venture
University, St. Bonaven-ture,
is attending Army Reserve
Officers' Training Corps summer
camp. The course began
at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation,
Annville, Pa.
Airman First Class John K.
Browne, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Browne of 40 Cherry
St., Massapequa, has been
graduated from an Air Force
technical school at Lowry Air
Force Base, Colorado.
He was trained as a photographic
laboratory specialist and
has been assigned to a unit of the
Air Training Command at Craig
Air Force Base, Alabama.
The airman is a graduate of
Massapequa High School.
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Airman Vivian Piotrowski,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Piptrowski of 5 Cheryl Road,
Massapequa, has been graduated
from a United States Air Force
technical school at Sheppard Air
Force Base, Texas.
She was trained as a medical
service specialist and has been
assigned to a unit of the Military
Airlift Command at Travis Air
Force Base, California.
The airman is a graduate of
Plainedge High School.
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Marine Corporal Stephen De
Florio, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen DeFlorio of 220 N. Iowa
Ave., North Massapequa, and
John P. Mcronough, of 79 Intervale
Avenue, Farmingdale
completed his first six weeks
training at Officer Candidate
School at the Marine Base, Quan-tico,
Virginia, as a member of
the Platoon Leaders Class program.
The program, designed especially
for college students, leads
to a commission as a second
lieutenant in the Marine Corps
Reserve upon completion of two
six- week or one ten week combined
training period at Quanti-co
and graduation from college.
Candidate McDonough is a junior
at University of Dayton, will
return to Quantico after commissioning
for a 21 week Basic Officer
Course prior to assignment
to one of the posts and stations
the Marine Corps maintains.
Village features
Puppet Show
A Puppet Show will be featured
at the Michael J. Brady Park at
Front Street and Lake Shore
Drive, Massapequa Park on
Monday, August 19 at 2: 15.
The program is sponsored by
the Nassau County Department
of Parks and Recreation.
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Miss Joan Baffa of 21 Lucille
Ct., Massapequa, is among students
entering The Berkeley
School, New York City, in its
summer class.
The school, which is now operating
on a quarter system, will
begin its next class on September
23.
Miss Baffa is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Baffa.
She is a 1968 graduate of Massapequa
High School.
Jeffrey M. Greenman, of 20
Maple Ave., Farmingdale, a mechanical
engineering student at
Stevens Institute of Technology
is working in the Summer College
Program of The Dow Chemical
Company.
He is one of 184 college students
and faculty members who
have been given project assignments
closely related to their
courses of study.
The program gives students an
opportunity to participate in
meaningful professional work and
to get a realistic view of working
in industry. It also helps him to
earn money to further his education.
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Hofstra University announced
the names of the following local
students who qualified for the
Dean's List. Elaine Brand, of
169 Syracuse Avenue, North Massapequa;
Jerome Broz, 330 Cart-wright
Boulevard, Massapequa
Park; Jeanne Durkin, 310 Lake-shore
Drive, Massapequa Park;
Joan Edgar, 113 Ontario Avenue;
Laura Epstein, 398 Briarwood
Road; Joan Flinkman, 51 Mar- 9
garet Road, Massapequa; Fran-coise
Gilbert, 213 Spruce Street,
Massapequa Park; Vincent Gug-lielmo,
33 West Gate Road, Marshall
Hubsher, 22 Comet Lane,
Massapequa; Iris Irwin, 117
Thornwood Road, Massapequa
Park; Lynn Kiernan, 2 Bellaire
Road; Arlene Martin, 34 Jackson
Place; Elizabeth McNeill, 315
Harrison Avenue; Marlene Miller,
9 Meadow Road; Margery
Pustell, 200 Commonwealth
Avenue, all of Massaoequa: Mar-jorie
Rieci, 1529 Lakeshore
Drive, Massapequa Park; Carole
Schaaf, 370 Seaford Avenue; Ellyn
Solodoff, 41 Hastings Road, Massapequa;
Barbara Star, 366 First
Avenue, Massapequa Park; Betty
Tepper, 324 Riviera Drive South,
Massapequa; Patricia Theo-philes,
233 N. Linden Street,
N. Massapequa; Lois Wasser-man,
15 Granda Place, Massapequa
Park and Patricia Weinrib,
321 Grover Avenue North, Massapequa.
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Hofstra University announced
the names of the following students
who made the honor roll:
Helmut Augart, Grobin Court;
Marie Bareille, 17 Poplar Avenue;
Stephanie Caraberis, 133
Yoakum Avenue; Sarah Gallick,
76 Jefferson Road; Eugene Maier,
39 Doub Street; David Rafferty,
20 Richard Street; Seymour Roth,
5 Lyons Avenue; Timothy Ryan,
490 Main Street, and Camille
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Names of Massapequans who
made the Honor list at Nassau
Community College were announced
this week and include:
George Bieling, William Box-berger;
Kenneth Carlson, Marianne
Coppola, John Dayney, Joanne
Detrinis, Patricia Dye, Alice
Epstein, Lenore Fried, Jeffrey
Greenhouse, Lynette Gur-sky,
John Greaney. Jerilyn Heal.
William Hein, Evelyn Kaplan,
Maureen Mallon, Carol McLaren,
John McLaren, Gayle Neilson,
William Painter, Patricia Ra-puano,
William Schwinn, Julie
Schmidt and Sheldon Safir.
From Massapequa Park:
Isley Biagini, Edith Corso,
Diane Duggan, Natalie Maik,
James Mule, and William
Schreck.
David Abdo, L'llian Dewaal,
Carolyn Dominick and Annette
Karabeika of North Massapequa.
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Names of Farmingdale students
who achieved the Dean's
List at Nassau Community College
were announced this week.
They include Linda Amerise,
Elizabeth Bower, Robert Boyd,
Marcine Giordano, George Johnson,
Linda Kennedy, Joseph Lar-kin
Gregory Mahoney, Lauren
Morah, Catherine Pasquale,
Denis Pennenga, Gail Ronner-man,
Donna Smith and Gerard
Waters, all of Farmingdale and
Charles Fischer of South Farmingdale.
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Elizabeth Bernadette Beckman
of 132 Charles Avenue, Massapequa
Park, successfully completed
the latest examination in
Dental Hygiene given by the New
York State Education Department.
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Robert Schwartz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Schwartz of 109
Queens Court, Massapequa Park,
is attending the seventh summer
Pre- College Workshop at the U-niverstiy
of Tampa which runs
through August 16.
Schwartz is a graduate of Massapequa
High School. He is one
of 214 students from 19 states,
Thailand and Costa Rica, enrolled
in the seven weeks of intensive
preparation for college work.
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Art T. Katsaros, of 428 Pacific
St., Massapequa Park, a chemical
engineering student at
Worcester Polytech Institute, is
working in the Summer College
Program of The Dow Chemical
Company.
Katsaros is working on an assignment
in Dow's Process Fundamental
Research Laboratory.
He is one of 184 college students
and faculty members who
have been given project assignments
closely related to their
courses of study.
The program gives students an
opportunity to participate in
meaningful professional work and
to get a realistic view of working
in industry. It also helps him earn
money to further his education.
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