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Vol. 6 No. 40 Second Class Postage has been paid at rarmiagdale. N. Y. 11715 Thursday, June 5, 1969
TEN CANDIDATES SEEK
SCHOOL. LIBRARY POSTS 10,000 registered voters are eligible to go to the polls on Wednesday
to cast ballots on the school budget figure of $ 19,298,538, which was
adopted Monday night by the Board of Education.
According to Mrs. Lucile Goulding, Board President, the recent
teacher and professional staff salary settlement amounted to a 7
percent raise, which was ratified on Monday by the CTA. The
proposed budget amounts to $ 574,106 in raises for the professional
staff. The estimated tax in the Oyster Bay sector of the district would
be $ 10,931 per hundred which would be 1.693 more than the current tax
rate of 9.238.
Also up for voter approval is the Youth Council tax appropriation of
$ 114,102.50 which would carry an estimated tax rate of .122 in Oyster
Bay and .192 in the Babylon sector of the district.
The Farmingdale Public library tax appropriation up for approval
is $ 394,525, which would reflect an estimated tax rate in the Oyster
Bay sector of .421 and in Town of Babylon .664.
Voters will also cast their vote on five school and five library
candidates. Incumbent School Trustee Leroy Mollineaux is being
challenged by candidate Jerry Wolk, while incumbent Trustee
Thomas La van is in a three way race, with Carl E. Gorton and John
Lulek.
One Farmingdale Library Trustee post is being vied for by can­didates:
Irwin Jacovsky, Leonard P. Kafka, Robert J. Krapp, Harold
A. Levin and Billy Sadler.
See legal notice on page for voting information, and separate stories
and school board notes.
Pubiic Can Curb Unwanted Mailings
Postmaster Leo J. Morgan -
stated this week that mail
patrons can take steps to " curb
pandering advertisements."
The Pandering Advertisement
Statute gives individuals the
right to decide that an ad is
" erotically arousing or sexually
provacative."
Since the law went into effect in
April, 1968 many patrons have
exercised their rights. However,
there are many many more who
are not aware of this law and who
are annoyed and disturbed at
receiving such mail.
The Post Office Department
has prepared a pamphlet How
you can curb pandering ad­vertisements,
which is available
at the post office. In addition to
explaining how the law works the
pocket- size pamphlet contains a
form letter that can be used in
sending a complaint to the post
office.
The pamphlet also explains the
necessary steps that a patron
must take in submitting a
complaint.
Upon receipt of such request
and material, the post office will
direct the mailer to refrain from
mailing such material and to
remove the patron's name from
all mailing lists he owns, controls
or rents.
Resident Complains
About Stray Cats
The practise of letting out
unwanted cats and kittens in the
vicinity of William Street in the
Incorporated Village of far­mingdale
adjacent to the
municipal parkingfield, was
called to the attention of the
Farmingdale Observer this week
by Mrs. Eugene Goltz of 75
William Street.
She said that many of the cats
and small kittens were let out in
Village parking lots as well as in
the parking area of Weldon E.
Howitt and The Farmingdale
senior High School.
Mrs. Goltz suggested that
residents look into the use of
Suffolk County . Dog pound where
cats are put to sleep. free.
Five Library Candidates
Battle It Out At Forum
William Barnes, left, President of the Farmingdale Senior Citizens Club, and
Mrs. Mildred Landau, Director of the club, pose with Oyster Bay Town Coun­cilman
Frank J. Hynes after being honored by the Town Board as part of " Senior
Citizen Month" ceremonies. Barnes received a Certificate of Recognition and
Mrs. Landau was presented with a a plaque.
All five Farmingdale Public
Library Trustee candidates for
the five year post last filled by
Mrs. Khan Musa were present at
the candidates forum on Wed­nesday
night.
Irwin Jacovsky of 75 Linden
Street, Massapequa Park, who
has been a resident of District 22
for 13 years, said that the
reason for his candidacy was " to
conserve and maintain adequate
library services in our com­munity.
To prevent destructive
forces from gaining library
control and to continue the
fiscally conservative board
policy that has been a trademark
of our library board through the
years."
Jacovsky said, " When we
compare our library system with
the other three library systems in
Nassau County of comparable
population, ( between 50,000 and
60,000) residents, we have the
lowest budget by far; the lowest
tax rate; the smallest book
budget, and over the past seven
years the raise in our budget has
been less than any other library
district, it would indicate that our
money has not been squandered
and that our library has been run
very conservatively from a fiscal
stand point." Jacovsky is a
guidance teacher at Weldon E.
Howitt Junior High School.
Library trustee candidate
Leonard F. Kafka, of 18 Mill R-oad,
South Farmingdale, who is
employed by a steamship firm,
said that he was concerned with
the increase in costs of the
library budget and that the top
supervisory salaries are above
average which he charged
contributed to inefficiencies.
Robert J. Krapp of 94 Sunset
Avenue, Farmingdale, who is a
teacher in Plainview, said that he
was running for the library board
because the present board acts as
a rubber stamp for the director's
word. He said that this is an
excellent library, but trustees
shouldn't do that."
Candidate Billy D. Sadler, oi
124 Plitt Avenue, South Far
mingdale, said that he was
running for the library trustee
post because he was concerned
with the book selection policy. He
said that he did not approve of the
book list that the library selected
from. In answer to a question
about censorship of books, he
said he did not believe in cen-
( Ctmtiuutd OM P< tg § 12)