• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * ARMED FORCES * * • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * * *
Engineering Aid Construction-man
Ed Otton, USNt son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Otton of 9 Pine
Tree Drive, Farmingdale, arrived
at Camp Haskins near Da
Nang, Vietnam with United States
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
58.
* * *
Woman Marine Private Jeanne
M. Carroll, niece of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Tedesco of 302 Balchen
St., Massapequa Park, has completed
eight weeks of recruit
training at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parris Island,
S. C.
* * *
Fireman Apprentice Philip M.
Cara, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip M. Cara of 102 N, Suffolk
Ave., Massapequa, and Gunners
Mate Seaman Ernest L.
Weber, USNR, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest P. Weber of 641
Central Ave., Massapequa, are
serving aboard die light guided
missile cruiser USS Springfield
homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
* * *
Marine Private Fist Class
John J. McCann II, son of Mrs.
Muriel K„ McCann of 89 Broadway,
Massapequa Park, has completed
die Field Wi reman Course
at Marine Corps Base, Camp
Pendleton, California.
* * *
Airman Bruce D. Molter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Molter
of 25 Taylor Drive, 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 Pacific
Air Forces at Clark Air
Base, Philippines.
The airman is a graduate of
Farmingdale Senior High School.
* * *
Raymond R. Brunette Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R.
Brunette of 77 Hemlock Drive,
Farmingdale, has been promoted
to sergeant in the United States
Air Force.
Sergeant Brunette is a jet engine
mechanic at Griffiss Air
Force Base, New York. He is
a member of die Strategic Air
Command.
The sergeant is a 1965 graduate
of Farmingdale Senior High
School.
* * *
Aviation Storekeeper Third
Class Bruce J. Calhoun, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Calhoun
of 9 Leonard St., Farming-dale,
has returned to " Yankee
Station" off die coast of North
Vietnam following a one- week
rest and relaxation period in Su-bic
Bay, Republic of die Philippines.
* * *
Seaman Apprentice Robert L.
Schmitt, USNR, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Schmitt of 231
Massachusetts Ave., Massapequa
has completed his two
weeks of annual active duty for
training at die Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and
has returned to his local Naval
Reserve unit.
* * *
Electrician's Mate Third Class
Clinton Merz Jr., USN„ son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Merz of
409 Charles Ave., Massapequa
Park, has returned to " Yankee
Station" off die coast of North
Vietnam following a one- week
rest and relaxation period in
Subic Bay, Republic of die Philippines.
* * *
Marine Private First Class
John J. McCann II son of Mrs.
Muriel K. McCann of 89 Broadway,
Massapequa Park, has completed
die Field Wireman Course
at Marine Corps °, Camp
Pendleton, Califor>
Steven F. Baum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred J, Baum of 327
Sunset Blvd., Massapequa, has
been commissioned a second
lieutenant in die United States
Air Force upon graduation from
Officer Training School at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
lieutenant Baum, is being assigned
to Williams Air Force
Base, Arizona, for pilot training.
* * *
Airman First Class Clint J.
Carrano, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Carrano of 43 Hawthorne
St., Massapequa, is on duty at
Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.
Airman Carrano, a vehicle o-perator,
is a member of die
Pacific Air Forces.
Before his arrival in Vietnam,
he was assigned at Little Rock
College News
Linda Drucker, a recent recipient
of a Master of Fine Arts
degree from Pratt Institute, is
teaching art at Mill Lane Junior
High School, Farmingdale.
Edward A. Stettnerof 165 Koehl
Street, Massapequa Park, recently
received the degree of
Ph. D. in Politics from Princeton
University.
Stettner received a B. A. degree
from Princeton in 1964 and an
A. B. degree from Brown University
in 1962.
Air Force Base, Arkansas.
The airman Is a 1965 graduate
of St. John's Preparatory High
School, Brooklyn.
* * *
Sherry A. Baldwin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G, Baldwin
of 9 Sinclair St., Farmingdale,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the United States
Air Force upon graduation from
Officer Training School at Lack-
Some say:
a I don't
need God >>
Maybe you d o n ' t . . . if you
think of God as merely
some distant person, or
unknowable.
But, if you were to know
God as Mind, the source
of all ideas and intelligence,
or as Life, the
source of strength and
health . . . wouldn't it
make sense to know
Him better?
You can . ..
Practical ways of knowing
God are'discussed at the
Christian Science Sunday
School. Visit a class this
Sunday at
9- 30 AM, 11- 15 Sunday Morning
First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Massapequa
Merrick Rd. 6t Biltmore Blvd.
Massapequa
land Air Force Base, Texas.
Lieutenant Baldwin is being
assigned to Amarillo Air Force
Base Texas for training as a
personnel officer.
The lieutenant, a 1963 graduate
of Farmingdale Senior High
School, received her B. A, degree
in 1967 from St. Andrews Presbyterian
College, Laurinburg,
N. C.
Airman James F. Nagle, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Nagle
of 50 White Cove Walk, Massapequa
Park, has completed basic
training at Amarillo Air Force
Base Texas. He has been assigned
to the Air Force Techni-
-_ 1 Center at Lowry Air Force
Base, Colorado for specialized
schooling as an intelligence specialist.
Airman Nagle is a 1967 graduate
of Massapequa High School.
Ed Speno's
Capitol Letter
As the session in Albany moves
into the active phase, I find that
the interest of the people of die
Fourth Senatorial District in
terms of legislation and new programs,
is at a peak. The mail is
heavy and the desire that you
exercise, in terms of the issues
of die day, is meaningful and
important to all of us.
In this respect, I am going to
send out a weekly letter to you
under the above column head. You
won't always agree with the positions
taken or the legislation
offered. I hope, as do all the
legislators, that you continue to
make us aware of your views
through this newspaper or my office
in Albany.
This week in Albany, the Governor's
annual budget message
was the focal point of interest.
The difficult job of separating
that which is desirous from diat
which we are able to afford is
the job at band with respect to
legislative support.
Essential needs, including
local assistance to education and
mandated programs with an eye
toward balancing die budget, is
the focus of both houses.
I am hi agreement with many
parts of die Governor's program,
expecially with reference to the
education need of a raise in per
capita aid. However, I am opposed
to any raise which burdens
die consumer in a way that an
additional gasoline tax or liquor
tax would do.
Although the multi- faceted
budget requires much study and a
sharp pencil, I believe diat although
it was termed a budget
seeking minimum amounts to
meet essential needs, I believe
it must be cut further in order
that we bring desire and growth
within the purview of personal
possibility.
The basic questions here are
how much service should government
provide? How much should
we spend for these services? And
how much should we ask you to
pay for diem? These are the
questions diat must be answered.
See you next week.
ED SPENO
Teacher Union Wins Over Association
The Massapequa Board of Education
will hold at a Special
Meeting Thursday night ( January
25) to put in recognition form
the results of the election among
teachers to decide their official
bargaining agent. On Thursday
die election results showed 428
votes for the Massapequa Federation
of Teachers ( AFL- CIO)
and 366 for the Massapequa
Teachers Association witii two
teachers dissenting altogether.
The American Arbitration Association,
conducted the election.
The loss by the Teachers Association
was attributed to bring
an ' underdog*. according to
President Walter Martignoni. He
promised cooperation with die
union " if it strives for die betterment
of children and teachers."
Martignoni said diat die association
will decide widiin die
next few days whether to file an
official petition widi the State
Public Employees Relations
Board in Albany over die school
board's decision to bar distribution
at election campaign literature
in teachers' mailboxes.
According to School Board
President J. Lewis Ames, it was
die right of die board to decide
mat mailboxes for official business
only.
CHARLES E.
KROHN
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Form Committee To Assist
Earthquake Victims
Frank A. Lazio of 17 Lafayette
Place, Massapequa, and James
Romanelli, of James Funeral
Home, have volunteered to head a
committee for the ea rfiiquake disaster
victims in Sicily.
Lazio's mother and his late
fafiier, both came from the province
of Trapani, Sicily.
Anyone wishing to join in die
cause may call 799- 6733. doming,
food, or money, are being
sought.
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Monthly payments, discounts
dividends, auto loans
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Transportation available for
securing permit. No fee. Permit
class arranged.
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Massapequa 798- 6638
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Rehearsal for the senior play,
" Funny Girl" is off to a good
start. The chorus is well into
practicing the songs and dance
numbers and certain scenes have
already been " blocked", or, to
put it in non- theatrical terms,
" taken apart and rehearsed in
separate portions."
In the past, PJainedge High
School's longest running play was
" Bye Bye Birdie" which lasted
three days. " Funny Girt" just
might break the record.
Janie Slater will star as the
funny girl, Fanny Brice. She
even fits the part in real life,
for janie is always amusing her
friends with her uproarious sense
of humor. However, being funny
is serious business on stage.
Janice says rehearsal " is
hectic. Mr. Kirby really works
you to the bone. I mean, I havt'
a lot of fun at rehearsals, but
it's hard work."
" Funny Girl" will run March
1, 2, and probably the 8 a'ld 9.
Coincidentally, tike Humanities
Class recently saw a Broadway
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, January 25, 1968
play, " Exit the King," Eugene
Ionesco's latest fabrication on
the absurdity of life and the
inevitability of death.
The setting was plain, but appropriate:
three undecorated
thrones in a flimsy, crumbly
castle made of plastic walls.
King Berenger the main character;
changes from sparkling
youthfulness into decrepit old
age, in several stages before
your eyes, in a matter of ninety
minutes, the duration of the show.
It is a story of everyone's attempt
to foolishly, cowardly cling
to life when death's shroud begins
to envelop him.
The play begins in a totally
humorous vein, and is gradually
immersed into the blackest pool
of terror, apathy, and a feeling
of unavoidable doom.
After the show, reactions of
the students were mixed, as were
newspaper reviews of die play.
" Ixit the King" made its entrance
on January 9. Plainedge
students saw the second perform-ance.
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