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An Off cial Newspaper Of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale - Swing Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 6 No. 35 Second Class Postage has been paid at rarmlagdale. N. Y. llTis Thursday, May 1, 1969
LIBRARY BOARD DECIDES
TO GO IT ALONE The Farmingdale Library Board passed a resolution on Tuesday at
a special board meeting to hold its own budget vote and trustee
election on May 24 instead of the June 11 date set by the school board.
The resolution is published in the weekly OBSERVER.
Library Board President Robert Callahan said that the course of
action was taken because ' we wanted to establish that we are able to
decide when to hold the election.' The Board acted on the advice of
Attorney Frederic Block, of the law firm of Baranello, Block and
Namm, who stated that the Port Jefferson Station and other libraries
had taken similar steps to prove their independence ' as a separate
corporate body with its own by- laws and rules.' Block went on to say
that ' there is a growing tendency for school boards to defer their
annual meetings and voting dates because of the complexities of state
aid to schools, a problem that does not affect libraries.' ' The problems
of the two boards are incompatible,' he said. There is nothing in the
law that compels the library board to submit a budget each year,
except in the case of the need for additional money, he stated.
Callahan stated that a heavy summer library program calls for an
earlier vote because of budgetary considerations, as compared to
school activities beginning in September.
Trustees Carl Gorton and Warren Altmann challenged Block's
Mayor Issues Poppy Proclamation
opinion as conflicting with that of library and school board attorney
Kendrick C. Smith. They also contended that the school boards action
in refusing the library boards request for a date change was proper
because it was ' impractical, confusing and costly' to hold two
separate voting dates. Library Director Orrin B. Dow took exception
to the charge.
Gorton then went on to question the wisdom of spending over $ 300
for legal fees as costly and unnecessary.
Block pointed out that neither board holds supremacy over the
other, as attested by the fact that the school board cannot alter a
library budget. ' Only the voter has that power,' he said.
When the eligibility of new voters was challenged, Board President
Robert Callahan said that no registration would be held, and that any
qualified voter living in the school district would be eligible to vote.
The library budget of $ 394,525 to be raised by taxation calls ( or an
estimated tax rate of 41 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation, up about
four cents.
In another action, the Board approved the appointment of Mrs.
Joan Hafter as a Junior Librarian at $ 8,978 a year. Trustee Altmann's
motion to table the request because ' of budgetary considerations,'
was defeated. Trustee Gorton also objected because ' he would first
like to meet with all professional librarians before hiring.'
Annual Spring Concerts Begin In School
Joseph Zureck, Mayor of the
Incorporated Village of Far­mingdale
issued a proclamation
this week officially recognizing
the sale of Buddy Poppies by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars during
the month of May.
Mayor Zureck pointed out that
the poppies are assembled by
disabled veterans and that the
proceeds from this fund- raising
campaign are used exclusively
for the benefit of needy veterans.
" 1 urge all patriotic citizens to
wear a Buddy Poppy as evidence
of our gratitude to the men who
have risked their lives in defense
of the freedom which we continue
to enjoy as American citizens".
Zureck concluded.
The Music Departments of the
Farmingdale Secondary Schools
will present their Annual Spring
Concerts this month.
Mill Lane Junior High School
will present a program on
Tuesday evening, May 6.
Howitt Junior High School will
present their performances in
two parts this year. The first on
Tuesday, May 13 and the second
concert on Wednesday, May 14.
Farmingdale High School will
offer a performance on Thur­sday,
May 15.
On Friday and Saturday, May
lfi and 17, Farmingdale Music
students will be contesting for
individual Solo and Ensemble
ratings at the Annual New York
State School Music Association
Spring Contest to be held at
Locust Valley High School.
The following weekend, the
High School Band and Orchestra
and the Howitt String Orchestra
will be entering competition at
North Shore High School in Glen
Head.
Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr., ( left) College president, congratu­lates
several members of the Afro- American Society for their
cultural show performed during the Fiftieth Annual Open House
last weekend. Part of the 41,000 who viewed the Exhibits and enjoyed the fes- tivities of the College weekend.