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li L £> *J * - » - • ' i •« - < i • THE L.I. BtstoarCAL PIERRPOUT & CLINTOM BROOBLYN 2, H. Y. ' g* ^u >4 Pr/z* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 1920 i i ® armmadale f % An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale Vol.58 No.27 Second Class Postage Paid in Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 • Thursday, April 28,1977 Copyright 1977 by The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $5 per year ALL THAT REMAINS of the old Village of Farmingdale jail to the soHd steel door. The IS foot square brick building was razed Monday morning to make way for the addition to the village hall. [Post photo by Bob Starrett] \ Old Village Jail Razed The Farmingdale Village Jail, which was built in 1915 and had not been used as a jailhouse since the village joined the Nassau County Police in 1941, fell Monday to the wrecker's crane to make room for the new extension to the Village Hall. The 15 foot square three score brick building was cracked, crumbling and unused. After its use as a jail was outmoded, it became a storage building for the village and the Village Fire Department, housing the village's emergency generator and fire department equipment. When used as a jail the small brick building sat behind the old Village Hal) and had three cells, one of which was reserved for Sunoco Station Held-up Again The Sunoco Station at the corner of Fulton St. and Barnard Ave., Farmingdale, was held-up again by armed robbers last Thursday night. According to eighth precinct police, two unidentified white males entered the station at 8:40 p.m. April 21 armed with a gun. The pair took $150 in receipts from the attendent, Don Zager, 17, of Wantagh. The attendant could not provide a description of the vehicle used to escape. women but hardly ever used. Although the jail harbored murderers and other criminals in its lifetime, it was mostly an overnight haven for village drunks. When the present brick Village Hall was built to replace the old original structure, the new brick walls of the building were laid within a foot and a half of the existing brick jail. The renovations to the Far- Jamie Powers Merit Scholar Jamie L. Powers of Grant Avenue, Farmingdale, a student at Farmingdale Senior High School, has been offered a National Merit Scholarship sponsored by the Bache Cor- poration. The award brings singular and distinct recognition to Miss Powers, her family, and the Farmingdale School District as ranking among the top graduating seniors in the nation. Jamie will be attending Har- vard in the fall, majoring in economics with an outlook toward business. She also was the recipient of a State Regents scholarship this year, performed in the all-state orchestra at Rochester last year, and has [Continued on page 16] mingdale Village Hall, which will extend the present building 12 feet wider on the side and square the building with the adjacent firehouse, are part of a $530,300 federal grant from the Economic Development Authority to provide construction jobs Hardscrabble Deadline Near As the Hardscrabble month of May approaches, the deadline for fair booth registration is also near at hand. At the general meeting last Thursday night at the Farmingdale Village Hall it was noted that more in- dividuate had signed-up for booth space than last year, but the clubs and organizations, many of whom have already expressed a desire to participate, have not yet officially registered. The deadline for booth I •J.AI ¥ rfv *v A registration is April 30. Anyone in Jjll llC IjGHffllC the Farmingdale area wishing to D participate with a booth at the w ^ i f, fair should call Finance Com- r Q1* Q rl £* Vot mittee Chairman Fran Tropiano 1 dldUC UCl at 694-5921. Post Editor Bob Starrett and EVVM Ciiti/lmr Co-Chairman Rosemary Sch- W- Om kJ lilllXcl y weitzer officiated at the meeting J and noted that the booth space on the Village Green would, be limited this year because of the construction work that will be in progress on the Village Hall extension. When the available spaces on the \green\ are filled, additional booths will be located in nearby areas in the parking lot or on the street. Four hew contestants for the title of Master and Miss Hard- scrabble were recorded this week: Linda McCarty, 7, of 135 Crestwood Blvd.; Eugene Swift, 5, of 4 Lenore La.; Lucy Torres, 8, of 10 Carmans Ct.; and Ricky Kistulentz, 8, of 105 Yoakum Ave. Registration for contestants in the Master and Miss Hard- scrabble Contest also closes April 30. The official tabulation of votes [Continued on page 16] The Farmingdale Baseball League will officially open its season this Sunday, May 1, with a parade and game. The parade will start at Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School at 2:30 p.m. and end at Ellsworth Allen Park on Motor Ave. A short program, followed by the first game of the season played by the American League Eagles and the American League Federals, will signal the opening of the season. Local dignitaries participating in the parade and opening festivities will include County Executive Ralph Caso, Congressman Jerome Ambro, Assemblymen Philip Healey and Louis Yevoli, Town of Oyster Bay [Continued on page 16] LOYALTY DAY parade was rained out tor the second year in a row la Farmingdale, so those who would have marched gathered at the VFW Post Hall for the ceremonies that would have taken place at Ellsworth Allen Park. Checking the program are Oyster Bay Town Councilman Gregory Carman, Assemblyman Philip Healey. Commander Angelo Parla, Rev. Ralph J. Morgan of the United Methodist Church and Mayor John T. HaUahan. [Post photo by Bob Starrett]
