Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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f Our Town hm Buemi v! As we look down the streets of Farmingdale view- ing all of our modern stores, theaters, parks and hangouts”, it is hard to believe that Indians once inhabited this land. Although the origin of the name Hardscrabble is un- known, we do know that Ambrose George, a real es- tate man from Buffalo, changed it to Farmingdale in 1838. In the 1830’s George moved to Long Is- land, acquired several acres and named this area Farmingdale. Farmingdale became an incorporated village, one square mile in area, in 1904. Previously the town had been governed by the town of Oyster Bay. August 24, 1904 marks the date of the first Village Board meet- ing. These meetings were pertinent, as the decisions derived, directly affected the people of Farmingdale. Town Minutes: August 30, 1904 Street Commissioner or- dered to post signs at Vil- lage limits prohibiting au- tomobiles and motorcycles from driving faster than 8 m.p.h. December 1, 1904 Board approved sample of street lights and decided to order one dozen lights for $75.00. December 9, 1908 The regular meeting of the Village Board was cancelled due to the fact that none of the members were present. Farming was foremost among the industries of the nineteenth century. Many farmers belonged to the Farmingdale Farmers Club. These meetings were struc- turally run under the guid- ance of the club officers. This provided the farmers of the community an op- portunity to exchange farm- XKW VOItIt. from l(r -rnl -'.U'lifeil Survi-v» sKccomI» . - Ib 1 IKK Its .COMSTOCK tl.lXK. .V» Vr»7-» sirtTi. NK% ' VOMK — —- IIIT:». -— r unori n Ut. .b,Hrr r MIXGDALE TOWN OF OYSTER BAY queens c o. Moris to tJt e inc t l. C oA ing techniques with one an- other. Raising cattle was also a very prominent in- dustry due to the abun- dance of fertile grazing land. Towards the end of the 19th century many small in- dustries began to expand and prosper. The brick works, bottle works, picture frame works, as well as the pickle works were among the many. The twentieth century brought with it a new line of business — the florist. Sev- eral of these florists in- cluding Dinda’s, Manker’s and Schwartz Florists are still supplying Farmingdale and the surrounding area with beautiful floral arange- ments. As the number of private businesses increased, large scale industries also grew. Republic Aviation Corpo- ration provided the U.S. Air Force with a variety of plan- es and air equipment and supplied a large portion of the community with jobs. During the late 1950’s and the early 1960’s a large section of East Farmingdale abandoned the farming in- dustry and became industri- alized. Today this area is still referred to as the indus- trial section and provides many factory jobs for the people of Farmingdale. This is a special year for our town. As we celebrate our Seventy-fifth Anniver- sary this year, there will be concerts, public lectures and most importantly our fifth annual Hardscrabble Fair for all to participate in! 266

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f 3 6 T h YEAR f vOURMfMW) WlMWKff AO«MTJ Rose Nielsen Lizzival Inc. Boutique WHARTON B. ALLEN AGENCY, INC. 294 Main St. All Forms of Insurance Farmingdale Millinery Lingerie Accessories telephone 348 MAIN STREET Ladies Specialty Shop 516 249-6660 FARMINGDALE. N Y 1 1735 Chapel 9- 1520 Paumanok Travel 300 Main St. Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 MY4-4385 Compliments of Moby Drugs 226 Main St. Farmingdale Prompt delivery 249-0317 (516) 694 1145 WE BUY RECORD COLLECTIONS RECORD SHOP SPECIALIZING IN RECORDS - OLD NEW IF WE DON'T HAVE IT WE WILL ORDER IT HOURS: Mon-Thurs 10—7 Fri. Till 9-Sot 10-6 230 Mam Streat Farmingdale. N.Y. 11735 V. J V Jack Greene (516) 293-8750 J v Paintings Framing Photo Restoration Dinda’s Florist Ltd. 316 Main St. Farmingdale. N.Y. 11735 249-2131 Jewh by Debtre 275 Main St. Farmingdale N. Y. 11735 J v Paul Gatto Gallery, Inc. 286 Main St. Farmingdale. N.Y. 11735 (516) MY 4-0173 267 v