![]() They also acquired the polo grounds known as the Central Park Hunt Club (that was the area where the airport is currently.) They opened their first plant in 1936, soon becoming Bethpage's (and Long Island's) largest business concern. Leroy Randle Grumman, Leon 'Jake' Swirbul, William 'Bill' Schwendler, Clint Towl, Ed Poor, and Joe Stamm purchased the farm land from the Looney family, Mary Moesch, the Neders, and the Kutsurs. It was at this time that the founders Messrs. ![]() ![]() In 1936, a local townsman successfully persuaded his friend Leroy Randle Grumman to relocate his expanding aircraft business from Farmingdale to Bethpage. Grumman got its start in Baldwin then to Farmingdale and eventually moved to Bethpage. ![]() Grumman was one of the leading aircraft producers for the U.S. ![]()
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