Henry Eagon married Clarissa Theodora Grahner on June 26, 1926. He was born July 5. in Norway. She was born May 9, 1901 in New York. Clarissa attended Brown’s Business College and received certificates in stenography and typing. Her father Theodore owned a plumbing company on Conklin Street. Henry graduated from the New York State Institute of Applied Agriculture. He served in World War I in the 77th Division.
Eagon & Eagon Real Estate and Insurance was located at 320 Conklin Street.
Henry & Clarissa received their real estate licenses from New York State in 1927. They were granted a New York State License as a real estate brokerage firm on November 1, 1929. They began being authorized fire insurance agents in January of 1929. They were representatives of the Northwestern National Insurance Company beginning in March of 1930. She was the Chief Clerk of the War Department, Air Technical Service Command at Ranger Aircraft beginning in 1940. That office was closed in 1945.
They filed a certificate of partnership with Nassau County on May 14, 1940. It existed in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s
Henry& Clarissa were members of the American Legion, Talbonard Post #449.
Sources:
“Eagon-Grahner.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 30, 1926
Eagon Collection from Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society
Emil Gerngras was a longtime Farmingdale resident. When he died, he willed his plot of land to the Village of Farmingdale. This land, on Staples Street and Hudson Street, was turned into a park for children in 1971.
Louis Enricht was known to his neighbors as a quiet man. On April 16, 1906, he announced to reporters assembled on his lawn that he discovered a substitute for gasoline. He filled his empty gas tank with a pitcher of water and a green fluid. He cranked the engine and it started. The next day, we made the news. The price of gas was almost 30 cents a gallon.
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Columbia Dr. Thomas B. Freas state that no chemical could be added to water to make it combustible. Henry Ford met with Enricht and stated he would buy the formula if it passed the test. In November of 1917, he was given a court order preventing him from getting rid of the product and giving out any information about it. The order stated that he proposed to sell his secret formula to Germany. Enricht vehemently denied these charges.
Enricht moved to the United States from Germany. He collected money from people to construct a railroad which never got built. Next, a group of men invested in a formula to make artificial stone. When he delivered the product, the men claimed to have been fleeced.
Enricht and his green oil faded from the public eye. In 1917, he applied for a patent for making gasoline out of peat. Investors bought $42,000 worth of stork in the Enricht Peat Corporation. This led to his indictment of grand larceny and was sentenced five to nine years, of which he served only one.
Sources:
Junior Historical Society of Farmingdale. Farmingdale's Story: Farms to Flight. The Society, 1956
"Louis Enricht's Phoney Gasoline Looms Up Larger." Democrat & Chronicle. November 29, 1917
Erwin Erker was born in Huntington. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood in 1978. He earned his associate's degree from LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City in 1980. His next step was to enter and excel in the field of computers, his wife Ann said.
In 1983, Erker began work at Marsh & McLennan. Erker, 41, a vice president in the technology department of Marsh & McLennan, was last heard from on the morning of Sept. 11 when he phoned home to 'check in,' his wife, Ann, said.
Ann Erker called her husband her 'travel agent,' saying that he kept brochures from every place the two had traveled. 'Most of the vacations we went on were his ideas,' she said. 'He loved to travel.' He, with his wife and children resided in Farmingdale.
Source:
Marsh & McLennan Companies Memorial: Tributes, 12 Aug. 2011, memorial.mmc.com/E/erwin-erker.html
Esso Service Station was located on Secatogue Avenue. It opened in June 1948. In addition to mechanical services, the station offered car washing, polishing, and a complete line of auto accessories.
It was owned by Mike "Howard" Scherer, a long-time resident of Farmingdale. He served in the Navy for eight years and was Commander of the Talbonard post of the American Legion where his wife Betty served as President.
Source:
Farmingdale Post
Estelle's Dressy Dresses was founded in 1992 by Estelle Schlossberg. It is a family-owned and operated business for dresses and party attire. Since its founding, the store has become one of America's largest retailers for dressy dresses. It has also become one of the largest female-operated businesses in the metropolitan area.
Estelle Schlossberg originally operated out of a warehouse in Farmingdale and now has her own storefront in a 37,000 square foot retail location on Route 110 in Farmingdale.
Source:
Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce. Estelle's Dressy Dresses Information. Facebook, June 17, 2022, 10:11
AM, https://www.facebook.com/farmingdalenychamber/posts/pfbid0UfbUeChXa4FSL7c7aTjFi4NmMdVarneUwgbTAQaKaxGThsZeADyF8dQ8pd7d688nl. June 28, 2022.