Herte, Bookmobile
Driver Passes
Away Suddenly
Groundbreaking for the new Village Hall Building of the Incorporated Village of Massapequa
Park will take place on Sunday, September 12, at
2:00 P.M. at the site of the new building on Front
Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
Many County, Town, State and local officials are
expected to attend, and all residents are invited to
participate.
Arthur E. Ifefte, X , of 51
Graham Street, South Farmingdale, passed away wurinVnly on
Wednesday, September 8. He i s
survived by his parents, Anthony and Margaret Herte; his s i s ters, Gertrude Collins, Evelyn
Kranz, and Emma Herte; Ids
brothers, Lawrence and FWlip
Herte. A requiem mass will be
held at S t Kalian's R. C. Church
on Saturday, September 18, followed by interment in St. Charles
cemetery, Pinelawn. The deceased was the driver for the
Farmingdale Library Bookmobile.
LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS COP HONORS IN HISTORICAL POSTER CONTEST
Over 150 persons attended the
awards presentation of the First
Annual Historical Poster contest,
co-sponsored by the Mid Island
Council of Girl Scouts and the
office of Oyster BayTownSupervisor Michael N. Petite, held
in Oyster Bay High School. The
program opened with presentation of colors and the pledge of
allegiance to the flag followed by
a welcome from Town Historian
William J. Colvin. Formal introductions were made by Mrs.
James Karcher, First Vice
President of the
Mid Island
Girl Scout Council. A brief address on the important historical
past of Oyster Bay Township
was made by Supervisor Michael
Petite, followed by the presentation of awards.
First place winner in the Cadet
Division of the contest was Carol
Costanza of 31 Spencer Drive,
Plainedge, who won her prize
for an oil painting on the subject of 'Indian Pottery and Foodstuffs." "She also won a special
Award of Merit for a water
color of the "Bethpage Friends
Meeting."
A water-color
of "Sally
Townsend's discovery of the 'Secret Message' in the Cupboard
of Raynbam Hall, Oyster Bay"
won second place in the cadet
division. For Linda Hoss of 3818
Cordwood Lane, Seaford. The
water color painting of "An
Indian Chief's Head" won thirdplace in the Cader Division, and
was painted by Gayle Waite of
3964 Berger Avenue, Bethpage.
In the Senior Division, there
were only two entries. However,
the judges felt that the excellence
of the two would have won them
first and second place even if
there had been additional entries.
First prize in the senior division
was awarded for a charcoal drawing of Raynbam Hall, Oyster Bay.
The teen-age artist was Valerie
Scheuermann of 1190 White Hall
Lane, Wantagh. She is member
of Troop 108.
Second prize in the senior
division was for a water-color
painting of a simulated parchment depicting "Wright, Mayo
and the Matinecock Indians" and
their treaty in 1683. It was entitled: "Wampum buys a place
in history."
Other entrants who received
Certificates of Merit were: Barbara Young of 19 Crestline Avenue, Bethpage for her charcoal
of an Indian Head; Carol Quirk
of 23 Hemlock Frive, Farmingdale for her water color of
Major Andre; Donna Nidds of 73
Locust Drive, Farmingdale for
her painting of the Thomas Powell
house in Farmingdale and her
sister, Susan Nidds for a painting
of the Quaker meeting house in
Bethpage.
Kathleen Conlon of 17 Norcross Avenue, Bethpage brought
honors for herself and her troop
for a water color of Arampas of
the Massapequas.
Rita Broyles of 6 Beverly Road,
Farmingdale also won a certificate of merit as did Christine
Warnis of 11 High Street,
Farmingdale.
All of these young women were
members of the Cadet division
and in various troops of the Mid
Island Council of Girl Scouts.
The Certificates of Merit from
Supervisor Petito read as follows: "For distinguished achievment in die First Annual Girl
Scout Historical Poster Contest.
Your poster reflected considerable artistic talent and a creative appreciation of die historical heritage of our Town.
Your art work will be on
display and will serve as a guide
to others who may follow a similar pursuit."
Suggested areas of interest for
those
entering die contest
included:
Portraits or People: Indians
and Chiefs of die Matinecock or
Massapequa
tribes:
early
Quakers or settlers; Sally Townsend; Col. Simcoe; Robert Townsend; Capt. JohnUnderhill; Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore;
Thomas Powell.
Plainedge Discusses Federal
Aid to Education Act
The Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was discussed in detail at the
Plainedge Board of Education meeting.
The administrative report pointed out the following:
The major importance of this
act is in the relationship to the
public and parochial schools in
the specific titles I, II and III,
and its relationship to existing
federal programs such as die
National Defense Education Act,
Economic Opportunity Act (33452) and Vocation Education Act
of 1963 (88-210).
Title 1 - The Disadvantaged.
The formula for eligibility under
Title I is based on the number of
impoverished children (age 5 17) in die school district, as determined by die 1960 federal census. Monies would be provided
to school districts if me family's
annual income is less than $2,001)
or receives aid to dependent children wim minimum qualifications
of at least 100 such children. This
money would provide enrichment
to Uie school program, curriculum
materials, provision of
doming and ottier services, and
school facilities. Based on die
federal census, Plainedge has
only 14 such children and there is
no plan at present to utilize Title
1 for die district.
TiUe II - Library Resources,
Text Books and Instructional
Materials.
Eligibility: Resident enrollment of all students in die public
and parochial schools of die
school district. This will involve
all students regardless of resident requirements in die St.
James
and
Maria R ina
parochial schools, in addition to
the students in our own public
schools. Allocation is $1.75 per
child, with certain costs for handling that may be charged by the
school district. The percentage
of distribution is as follows:
25% Text Books
50% Library Materials
25% A. V. Materials
Though die total money is not
large, the creative Uiinking and
arrangement of purchases should
be unique and beyond die scope of
what is presently being, provided
—e. g., projects may be developed for utilizing monies available under die $1.75, materials
for language labs, overhead projection materials, lOOyear micro
-filming of daily papers, film
library, etc. The school district
administration
has sent key
members to conferences regionally and locally, concerning the
implications of this act. Also, the
administration will soon have a
me ting with the two resident
parochial schools to determine
their wishes and requests for the
materials to be loaned to Uiem
under Title 11. Mechanics in how
to lend these materials may also
involve the public library, which
will necessitate meeting with Mr.
Preund, Director. Since all Oiesc
materials are on a charge-out
basis,
a system of "library
charge-out" will have to be instituted with proper records, etc.
Library expenditures will have
to be instituted with proper rec-
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, September 9 , 1965
ords, etc. Library expenditures
will not be permitted to fall below
school expenditures for die past
diree years.
Title in - Supplementary Centers of Service.
Proposals are now being surveyed among Mr. Levy in die T.
V. area, Mr. Schumacher in the
vocational services area and Mr.
Allopenna in Pupil Personnel.
In addition, Mr. Vincent and Mr.
Levy attended a meeting in die
Plainview Public School District
concerning a shared regional resource center on production of
video tapes and central library
processing. As this would develop
Plainedge would certainly want to
contribute and be a member of
uiis regional center concerning
these aspects. Direct grants are
available for curriculum innovations and projects that go beyond die normal school program.
All proposals must be approved
by State Education Department
before approval by Washington.
These educational centers must
involve cultural and educational
resources and should provide regional operations. One large area
which Plainedge has already applied for is in die shared services of educational communications. Enclosed is a very detailed proposal already submitted to die authorities under this
title. If funds are granted for this
educational center, it will be a
most far-reaching and complementary aspect to what Plainedge
has done in T.V. and educational
communications for the past seven years. Further meetings are
being developed to survey and determine odier proposals. In addition, die re is a large regional
meeting at die end of August concerning furdier information on
die distribution and amount of
funds available.
Landscapes and Scenes: Indian
villages; signing of Andros
Patent; Fort Neck Indian uprising, Massapequa. early farms or
villages; whaling or odier maritime scenes; revolutionary forts.
Historic Buildings or Monuments: Raynham Hall, Oyster
Bay, Powell Homestead, Farmingdale, Quaker meeting house;
Sagamore Hill; Young's HomeSagamore Hill; Young's Homestead, Oyster Bay; Capt. John
Underbill monument; Cemetery
at Grace Episcopal Chruch, Merritt Road; Powell Cemetery,
Bedipage.
Still Life; Indian or settlers
foodstuffs; wampum belts; Indian
weapons; weaponry of die settlers
or revolutionary period.
The judges of die historical
poster contest were: Leo Schattland, Member of die Board of
Directors of die Mid Island Council
of
girl Scouts; Mrs.
Meyner C. Hill, from the Board
of Trustees of The Oyster Bay
Historical Society; and Mrs. Caroline Bunting Klesh, Farmingdale
Village Historian; and William
Colvin, Oyster Bay Town Historian. Present at die judging
and assisting in die tabulation
were: Mrs. Andre Hubbard, Recording Secretary of die Farmingdale-Bedipage Historical Society and a member of die
Board of Trustees of die Society; and Mrs. Monte Beldon,
an artist who specializes in line
drawings of historical points of
interest.
The Senior Division plaque was
donated by die Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce; die Cadet Di-
vision's Plaque was donated by
Dorodiy Horton McGee (audior
of historical novels for teenagers); Mrs. Philip Niels on and
Mrs. Frank Dudgeon. The plaques
were made for ten years to come
wim only die first year's winner
and troop number engraved.
Other prizes which were presented were donated by die following; two sets of American
Heritage History by Mrs. Richard Derby; 13 copies of 'Bedipage Bygones" were donated by
die Farmingdale-Betiipage Historical Society. The booklet
was written by Alonzo and Iris
GIbbs andpublished by die Bedipage Chamber of Commerce. The
4^ibbs are members of die Farmingdale -Bethpage Historical Society, Alonzo Gibbs who is vice
President. The Gibbs also donated two copies of Alonzo Gibbs
historical novel for teenagers
about die Bedipage area in die
1600s entitled, "The Fields
Breadie Sweet"; Mrs. Miner
C. Hill donated a copy of die
book, "Sally Townsend, Patriot"
by die audior, Dorodiy Horton
McGee who also donated an autographed copy of "Famous Signers of die Declaration". Mrs.
Monte Beldon gave autographed
copies of her line drawing of
historical scenes of Long IslandToe posters will nam go "on
the road", with a tour of exhibitions beginning at Oyster Bay
Town Hall where they'll be on
display for three weeks to be
followed by exhibitions at public libraries uiroughout die Town
including die Farmingdale Public
Library.
Looking over die new Fehrenbach sign installed on Broadway in front of the Primary Headquarters in Massapequa are
reading from 1 to r P. Vincent Landi, a member of die Republican Primary Committee, and Venerable of die Columbus
Lodge, Sons of Italy, and Angelo Koncollo, Republican designee
for Town of Oyster Bay Council who has a battle on his hands
in die Primaries on Tuesday. Aldiough Roncallo is not being
directly opposed by insurgent Walter W. Cox of Massapequa
Park, die Uiree Republican candidates will be selected by die
three highest votes. The other two l*arty designees are Ralph
Marino of Fast Norwich and Frank Hynes of Farmingdale.
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