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Town Begins Program For Handicapped
The Oyster Bay Town Recreation
Department's Group Activities
lYogram for the Handicapped
will start its third year
Monday, September 16th, () yster
Bay Town Board Majority Leader
Ralph J. Marino announced this
week.
Marino added that the program,
available free to any Oyster Bay
town resident between the ages
of six to 20 with such handicapping
conditions as mental retardation
( educable), brain injury,
physical handicaps or e-motional
disturbances, will be
held on Monday and Thursday
afternoons between 4 and
5: 30 p. m. until June.
He explained that applications
are available for those interested
in participating in the program
and may be obtained from the De- •
partment of Recreation, 7800
Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury or
call 921- 5875.
This year's week- day program
will be held at Oak Drive School
in Plainview and a south shore
school in the Massapequa or
Farmingdale area still to be determined.
The program includes
activities such as arts and crafts,
music, special organized games,
gym activities, bowling and trampoline.
Bowling sessions will be
^ held at Jericho Lanes, Woodbury.
m There will also be swimming
Classes held in Plainview at the
John F. Kennedy High School
swimming pool. On Friday evenings
from 7 to 10 p. m. a teenage
handicapped group will meet at
the Syosset - Woodbury Com--
munity center for additional activities
which will feature socializing
and dancing.
The Saturday morning program,
running from 10 a. m. till
noon, will highlight swimming at
the Kennedy High School; bowling
in Plainview and a combination
of the recreational activities held
during the week at the Oak Drive
School in Plainview.
Special field trips and movies
are planned in addition to the
recreation activities.
Although the program is free,
transportation must be supplied
by the parents to and from the
sites of the activities.
The program follows the six->
week program which was tried
for the first time this summer at
the Syosset - Woodbury Community
Park and the Marjorie
R. Post Community Park in Massapequa.
There were over 100
handicapped children enrolled in
the summer program which Included
such activities as swimming,
arts and crafts, music,
dancing and bowling. Field trips
to Tobay Beach; Sunken Meadow
State Park and Bronx Zoo were
also part of the summer program.
Town Approves More Pequa Lights
The Oyster Bay Town Board
approved the installation of additional
street lights in the Massapequa
area, Councilman Philip
B. Healey announced this week.
Eighty- six street lights on
streets bounded by North Drive,
East Drive and West Drive in the
North Massapequa area will be
installed. Seven street lights on
Killian Road, and 18 streetlights
on Block Boulevard, Massapequa,
will also be installed.
Explore Vietnam Policy At
Library Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 17th, at
8: 30 p. m. marks the opening of
the Farmingdale Public Library's
Fall Election Issue
Series. The first Issue explored
will be the What and Why of Vietnam
Professor Howard Ball of
Hof s t r a University's Political
Science Department will be the
speaker.
Books and pamphlets on this
Southeast Asian problem area
will be on display. The program
will be offered to the general
public in the South Farmingdale
Branch Library Auditorium.
GOP Club Opens Headquarters
William Schumacher, President
of the United Republican
Club of North Massapequa, announced
the opening of the new
office and campaign headquarters
on Wednesday September 18, at
8 p. m. at 1061 N. Broadway,
N. Massapequa. RepublicanCan-didates
for Local and State offices
will be present to extend a warm
welcome to one and all. Refreshments
will be served.
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RECREATIONAL AID FOR HANDICAPPED:- Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
Jr., President of State University at Farmingdale ( right) looks over
games to beusedby Dr0MortThompson, ( left), Chairman of the only
college Recreation Supervision Department on Long Island, and Ken
Rowland, North Massapequa ( center), who just joined the Aggies, in a
program to aid the disabled and handicapped. Presently President of
the Nassau County Recreation and Parks Society, Rowland was formerly
Assistant Superintendent for the County's recreation program.
Epp To Nominate Roth
For Village Trustee Vacancy
Peter Epp, Trustee of The Incorporated
Village of Massapequa
Park announced this week
that he will nominate William
Roth of 46 Tyrconnel Avenue
to fill the position of trustee
left vacant by the death of the
late Morris Kolker. The Board
will make the appointment at the
next Monday night meeting. Epp
said that Roth could step right
into the position and fulfill the
duties of trustee since he has
attended nearly every board
meeting for the past two years.
Roth has been serving as a
member of the Zoning Board of
Appeals since 1961.
Roth has been a resident of
Massapequa Park for 11 years.
He and his wife Helen have a son,
Michael, who is currently serving
in the Fourth Infantry Division
in Vietnam. Roth served with
the United States Navy Air
Corp and had four years of active
duty during the Korean war. Roth
earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Economics from Long
Island University. He is employed
as an underwriting supervisor
with a major life insurance
company.
The candidate is a member
of the Citizens Association of
Massapequa Park and is the
Chairman of the Park Citizens
Party. Last week Trustee Jerry
King proposed the appointment
of Henry Goldsmith of 102 Laurel
Drive, Massapequa Park. Goldsmith
has served on the school
board finance committee and is
chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias and past president of
the Greater Bar Harbour
Trustees Association. He is an
executive with J. C. Penney Co.
The name of Mattie Kolker
also been considered, the widow
of the late Morris Kolker.
Town Official Warns Resident
Of New Drinking Law
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Oyster Bay Town Councilman
A. Carl Grunewald, Chairman of
the town's committee on safety,
warned residents that a new law
has gone into effect making it
illegal for anybody to drink alcoholic
beverages in a moving
motor vehicle.
Grunewald explained that an a-mendment
to the State Vehicle and
Traffic Law, adopted at this
year's sessionof the State Legislature,
went into effect September
1 makes it illegal for either
the driver or passengers of a
moving motor vehicle to drink
alcoholic beverages.
Grunewald stressed this new
law is to increase safety on the
roads and suggested that town
residents be aware of the illegality
as well as the hazard of drinking
in an automobile that is in
motion.
Police Report Rash Of Burglaries
A series of burglaries hit the
Massapequas this week, according
to Seventh Precient police
records.
Daniel Torello, of 180 Ocean
Avenue, Massapequa, reported
the loss of currency arid jewelry.
Sidney Kirkbride, of 191 Ocean
Ave. and William Fusaro of 156
Ocean Avenue, Massapequa, also
reported burglaries.
The home of Carmine Paoli-celli,
of 74 Polo Road, Massapequa,
was also burglarized with
the loss of currency and jewelry.
Other burglarized residences
reported to police included the
home of Max Archer of 11 Lake
Court, Massapequa.
A radio and jewelry from the
home of Robert Punice, at 663
Parkside Blvd., Massapequa.
A record player was reported
missing from the residence of
Peggy Alischas at 35 Riverdale
Ave., Massapequa.
A gasoline station at 4126 Merrick
Road, Massapequa, was reported
to have been burglarized
An office building at 660 Broadway,
Massapequa, was ransacked
with currency, stamps
and a radio reported missing.
The home of John Calderon
of 35 Beach St, West Amity-ville
and a residence at 457
Clock's Boulevard, Amityville
also reported burglaries.
Symphony Guild Sets Fall Meeting
The Massapequa Symphony
Guild will hold its first fall
meeting on Monday, September
16th, at 8 p. m. at the Bar Harbour
Branch of the Massapequa
Library. All interested residents
are invited to attend.
The Massapequa Symphony
Guild is the fund raising organization
for the Massapequa
Symphony Society which offers
four classical concerts per season
to the community. In addition
it offers scholarships to
worthy music students to further
their musical education.
McCloskey To Be Honored of Cocktail Party
Poge ?
Assemblyman Francis P. Mc-
Closkey of the 9th A. D. will be
honored at a cocktail party Sunday,
September 15 between 4
and 7 p. m. at Ziegie's, Fireside
Room, 8 Alhambra Road, Massapequa.
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, September 12, 1968
Joseph Colby, Chairman of
' Frank's Friends', a committee
to reelect Assemblyman McClos-key,
said the party is to enable
residents to meet McCIoskey,
who has been in the assembly
for 14 years.
