1962-09-19

              server Farmingdale's / Host Complete Newspaper
Vol. 3 No. 42 Wednesday, September 19, 1962 / 2nd Class Postage paid at Massape^ ua Park. I0<:'
No Hike in SJ'dale Water Rates
No Increased water rates or
taxes are going to be necessary
in 1963 or the forseeable future.
It was learned this week.
During 1961 the District pumped
over one billion gallons of water
for the consumers. During 1962
the pumpage is running the heav­iest
ever in the District and will
approach or go over 1,250,000,000
gallons. This has meant heavy
pumping up to a little better than
eleven million gallons in one 24-
hour period. The daily average
has kept high throughout the sum­mer
due to dry weather and much
sprinkling.
Presently the Commissioners
are working to expand facilities
to develop a reserve margin for
water usage to cover any break­down
of facilities that could occur
occasionally. A new well is being
planned for this year and next year
to be ready for use in 1963. The
engineering firm for the District
also has indicated that another well
may be necessary in 1964.
The change in 1962 water rate
to the South Farmingdale Water
District as the year has progress­ed
has amounted to approximately
15% of the last year's billings. The
advance minimum charge for the
minimum user to the million- gal­lon
users' charges all have shown
this reduction to the benefit of the
consumers in the amount of an
estimated $ 55,000.00 for 1962. The
rates now in effect are: Minimum
( advance) $ 9.00 for 30,000gallons;
the next 370.000 gallons also cost
30# per M; then the next 600,000
gallons cost 20£ per M; and finally
usage over a million gallons cost
15£ per M ( the normal wholesale
rate).
The low rate for heavy users
( over 1,000,000 gallons a year)
has had had favorable drillings.
This includes the several schools
in the Water District.
The District has grown from
less than 600 water services to
over 11,500 metered services at
the present time. The assessed
valuation of the area has grown
from $ 6,049,000 in 1950 to more
than $ 67,000,000 in 1962. The tax
rate has decreased from 36£ per
$ 100 in 1950 to the present 15f
rate in 1962. The rate hasn't been
determined for 1963 but no in­crease
is expected.
Pictured is the South Farmingdale Water District office building on
Langdon Road as it appears after the recent extension. In the back­ground,
can be seen a portion of the water tank. The tank represents
1,000,000 of the 3,200,000 gallon water storage capacity in the District.
To the left of the building, new parking facilities will be made available
shortly.
B'nai B'rith Book Drive
Attracts Outside Donors
The book drive, sponsored by
the Farmingdale Lodge of B'nai
B'rith in behalf of the residents
of the A. Holly Patterson Home
for the Aged and Infirm in Union-dale,
will move into high gear
this Sunday with a door- to- door
solicitation.
Although Farmingdale residents
have been dropping off book don
• arions at the local drop off points,
the response to the book drive
from outside residents has been
even greater according to
Sy Greenberg, B'nai B'rith Presi­dent.
" Due to radio coverage
on metropolitan, New York hus­band
and wife programs, we have
received in the mail books from
as far away as New Haven, Con­necticut,
New Jersey, the Bronx,
Manhattan, Great Neck and Hut-ington.
The Farmingdale Lodge of
B'nai B'rith has received cooper­ation
of all Farmingdale churches
and clergy. According to Presi­dent
Greenberg. Farmingdale drop
off points are at: Dory Phar­macy,
123 Fulton Street, the
Farmingdale Public Library on
Main Street or the South Farm­ingdale
Branch or on the Book­mobile,
the Long Island Trust Co.,
918 South Main Street, the Farm­ingdale
Baptist Church, on Car­man's
Road, St. Luke's Lutheran
Church, 145 Prospect Street, St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, 290
Conklin Avenue, St. KMan's R. C.
Church, and at the Farmingdale
Jewish Center on Cobb Place.
Books will also be picked up at
Farmingdale residents' homes on
Sunday. A call to MYrtle 4- 3194
will be helpful, according to Presi­dent
Greenburg.
Board Clears Firm
In Bus Accident
For Village Residents
In case of FIRE or an EMERGENCY, please call CHAPEL 9- 0070
or dial your operator.' If you dial the operator, be sure to mention
the INC. VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE.
Wattk for Water
This Coming Uesday
As part of a State- wide re-rating
program, The New York
Fire Insurance Rating Organiza­tion
has advised the Inc. Village
of Farmingdale that a complete
inspection of the village will take
place on Tuesday, September 25th
from the hours of 9: 00A. M. to4: 00
P. M.
During the inspection, it will be
necessary that fire flow tests be
witnessed at a number of locations
throughout the water system. The
tests involve flowing abour 500
gallons per minute from individual
hydrants, and several hydrants
may be used at any one location.
Such large flows of water through
the distribution system can stir
up accumulated sediment or rust.
If Kirrh i<! present * l? tb » svstem.
A. L, •> the appearance of discolored
water will of course, be very
objectionable to users and may
cause damage particularly to
clothing in auto natic washing ma­chines
or to v rious industrial or
commercial processes which are
dependent upon clear water.
Mayor Brune urges that the res­idents
of the Inc. Village and the
residents of the northeast and
northwest sections of Farming-dale
who are supplied through the
Village system, take particular
notice of this date, Tuesday, Sep­tember
25th, from the hours of
9: 00 A. M. to 4: 00 P. M.. and take
necessary precautions ' to provide
themselves with sufficient clear
water to take care of cooking
needs or other requirements.
It is expected mat this con­dition
will disappear within a short
period of time, after the tests
are completed.
\ At Appointment
Made by Board
Mrs. Marjorie R. Carman of
Farmingdale has been unanimously
elected as Chairman of the newly
formed Insurance Advisory Com­mittee
of the District # 22 Board of
Education. The committee was
established by the Board of Educa­tion
under Insurance Chairman
Trustee George Schriro. Each
Board member was permitted to
nominate two insurance experts
to the IAC.
Mr. Edwin Hauser was elected
Vice Chairman. Both Mrs. Carman
and Mr. Hauser were appointments
by Trustee Leroy Mollineaux.
Other committee appointments
include: Wharton B. Allen and
Norman Krasnow, appointed by
Board President A. Terry Weath­ers;
Albert Eisner and Lewis R.
Osborg, appointed by Trustee G.
Roger Cahaney; Murray Tuck and
Harold Goerlich, appointed by
Chairman Schriro; and Robert
" Kessler, appointed by Trustee
Bernard Lang; and William
Cannady, appointed by Trustee
Joseph Kenneu.
Preliminary recommendations
have been made to the Board about
A. Terry Weathers, President of the District # 22
Board of Education stated that the Long Island Bus
Co., the district's school bus contractor was not
responsible for the school bus accident which happened
on Friday morning en route to Queen of the Rosary
Academy in Amityville. The tire was purchased in
May 1962, it was learned.
The bus, which was carrying 47
students struck a pole on South
Main Street, just south of Motor
Avenue when a tire blew. 22 girls
were taken to Mid Island and
Meadowbrook Hospital for exam­ination;
Two were hospitalized,
and the report at press time was
mat Eileen Cavanough of 30 Sulli­van
Road, Farmingdale sustained
a possible brain concussion, and
that Betty Reilly of 28 Columbia
Street, Farmingdale returned
home and is under doctors care
for hematoma of the left side of
die face and fractured front t* » ** th.
ine Dus driver, Josepn Clrolla,
who has been driving school buses
Grweawald tfrveafs
Park District la Ottiaa
Carl Gruenwald, Councilman of
the Town of Oyster Bay and Re­publican
Candidate for relection
to this post spoke at the Farm­ingdale
Republican Campaign
headquarters last Monday evening.
Councilman Gruenwalkd told this
reporter that the Town Board is
investigating properties in Farm­ingdale
for a possible purchase
for a community pool and parking
district.
The Grummund gift of land for
the Bethpage park and pool district
will include residents as far south
as the railroad crossing on Merritt
road in Bethpage, but not residents
of the Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale.
Gruenwalkd spoke of the
importance of land banking since
land was fast disappearing as well
as his interst in industrial develop­ment
for tax aid.
changes in insurance policies. At
the Board of Education meeting
held Monday night. Trustee Schriro
introduced a resolution to bring
about one of the recommendations
— namely a change in die boiler
Insurance. However, upon motion
by Trustee Lang, it was decided
that the existing insurance policy
be reinstated for another year until
further studies could be made.
Trustee Schriro had recommended
that another policy be taken out on
an interim basis to result in what
he had been told would have been
a $ 1000 savings to the district.
On the matter of the District
no longer maintaining portal to
portal student accident insurance,
a memo had been prepared to bring
this to parents attention and that
private insurance could be had.
However, School Board Attorney
Kendrick Smith stated for the
record that according to 1709 of
the State Education law, any attempt
by a private insurance company
through public schools is uncon­stitutional
and he would have to
object unless there was a Consti-tulonal
amendment.
for 13 years, is still hospitalized
and is suffering from a fractured
knee cap.
Many of the youngsters who rode
the school bus, expressed concern
to The Observer that the bus driver
know mat they do not blame him and
want him back as their bus driver.
It was also learned that the bus
driver made die girls sit down
even though three to a seat of 39
inches were required, which prob­ably
resulted in curtailment of
serious injury, according to Mr.
George Forbes, District Trans­portation
officer.
RiidnSrjli Warfor ella, lu^ d ;>! riic
L. L Bus Co. said that die fine
behavior of die girls should be
commended as well as die wonder -
full response by die police and
fire department, neighbors and
onlookers.
Mr. Forbes pointed out at die
Farmingdale Board of Education
meeting mat the State is not real­istic
in mandating mat students
of junior high and high school age
sit three to a seat. Some relief
is needed in die State Aid formula
in terms of die loading of second­ary
students. 40 to a bus would
be more realistic, according to
Mr. Forbes.
One parent of a student injured
in die bus, spoke out at die Board
meeting in favor of the widening
of Soudi Main Street. It was
learned mat die driver had just a
few inches on Main Street to go
off die road to die shoulder.
Mr. Weather's statement made
at die Board meeting is as follows:
" The bus accident of Friday,
September 14 is a matter of die
most serious concern to our school
district. We deeply regret mat
anyone was injured and we cer­tainly
hope mat none of die injuries
will be of a lasting or too serious
nature.'
" The Board of Education met in
special session Friday evening,
September 14, and heard reports
concerning die accident from die
district transportation officer ( Mr.
Forbes), the Long Island Bus Co.
( Mr. Mortorella), and die school
physician ( Dr. Meyersteln). In
addition, a general review of our
district bus operation was made
to further confirm, as had been
done dirough several transporta­tion
reports in die week prior to
die opening of school, diat all
necessary transportation regula­tions
were being properly observed
bodi from the standpoint of bus
operation and maintenance.'
" Mr. Forbes' complete report
makes it clear diat we are indebted
to many persons for dieir swift
and excellent cooperation at die
time and en die scene of die
ac ident. This is especially true
of die East Farmingdale and Soum
Farmingdale Emergency First Aid
crews, die Nassau County Police
and die Long Island Lighting
Company."