1970-07-02

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An Offictaf Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 7 No. 45 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 1 1735 Thursday, July 2, 1970
VOTERS OK SCHOOL
BUT NIX LIBRARY BUDGET Given a second try, School District 22 voters passed a $ 21,614,981
budget last Saturday by a narrow 1,752 to 1,589 margin but the library
budget was again defeated, this time by a 1,403- 1933 count.
In a vote earlier this month when almost twice as many voters went
to the polls the school budget went down 3,466 to 2,505, while the
library appropriation was nixed 3,248 to 2,693.
A proposition to provide busing for grades 7 through 12 for only one
mile walking distance at additional cost of $ 145,744 was soundly
trounced 2,057 to 1,282. The present policy of one and one half miles
will be retained.
The school tax rate in the Town of OysterBay will be $ 11.91 while in
the Babylon Town sector the figure is estimated at $ 18.53.
Move To Replace Gorton On Library Board Stymied
Efforts of the Farmingdale Library Board which met at a special
meeting on Monday with the hope of naming a successor to con­troversial
board member Carl E. Gorton failedAThe board acted on
the premise _ x Gorton had moved his family to Merritt Island
Florida and was no longer a resident of the distri ; t.
The three current liberal library trustees were thwarted by a court
order to appoint a successor just before losing their board majority at
the July 7 meeting when a temporary court injunction instituted by
trustee Warren Altmann was upheld by the court. Altmann, who
usually votes the some way as Gorton on library matters, contended
that Gorton had not submitted his resignation or announced his non-residence.
Also that Gorton has had no reason to believe that his presence at a
board meeting would be required • . at any time before the
regularly scheduled meeting of Tuesday, July 7 at which time the
board will elect officers.
With defeated incumbent Dr. Albert Meyerstein to be replaced by
JosephCrocco# Altmann and Gorton look for a 3- 2 edge over trustees
Robert Callahan and Irwin Jacovsky.
After the library board had hired an investigator and sent a
telegram to Florida, Gorton replied that he is not missing but that he
moved his family there for their " health and safety' - and that he is
maintaining a residence in Farmingdale. The place of residence in
Farmingdale remains a mystery.
Gorton, a former John Birch Society member had recently
asked for a board discussion on the ouster of library director Orrin
B. Dow and his assistant Mrs. Hortensia Stoyan.
At the July 7 meeting, retiring president Robert Callahan sees a 2- 2
deadlock because Gorton could not vote on his own qualifications,
because of his self- interest in the outcome. In the event of a deadlock
Callahan said the issue would probably wind up in court or in Albany
before the state commissioner of education.
At Monday's meeting Altmann declined to vote on the payment of
$ 187.50 for the investigating firm because he had not seen the report.
When asked by a taxpayer what the board expects to do about the
defeated library budget, Callahan said that library director Orrin B.
Dow will have some suggestions and recommendations at next
Tuesday's meeting after his return from Detroit where he is
, receiving an award.
Pequa Symphony To
Appear At Bethpage Park
Chairman of the Board of Sunrise Federal Savings and Loan
Association, Arthur F. White, with a friendly assist from Vice
President Wallace Bethell on the left and President George Truppner
on the right, breaks ground for a new 2,200 square foot addition to be
added to the rear of the existing building on 312 Conklin Street. Upon
completion this fall, customers will be able to enter the premises
from the rear parking lot. Sunrise Federal has had its main office in
Farmingdale since 1934 and in its present location since 1952; During
this period the Association has grown in assets from $ 25,000 in 1934 to
over seventy million with branch offices in Plainview, North
Babylon, and Deer Park.
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Warren M. Doolittle announced
that the Massapequa Summer
Symphony Orchestra, through
the efforts of the Town of Oyster
Bay Department of Recreation
and Community Activities and
grant from- the Musical Per­formance
Trust Fund, will ap­pear
Wednesday, July 8, at the
Bethpage Community Park.
The ensemble is essentially
composed of personnel from the
Massapequa Symphony, a non­profit
organization whose pur­pose
has been to bring fine music
and outstanding guest artists to
Long Island.
Wesnesday's concert will run
the gamut of the musical world,
including show tupes by Lerner
and Lowe and Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Bizet's " Car­men",
Verdi's " II Trovatore"
and themes from movies.
Carl Olsen, a tenor is said to be
credited with more solo ap­pearances
a t the Hollywood Bowl
than any other artist, will sing
some of the songs he has sung in
leading tenor roles at Lincoln
Center.
Albert A. Rauscher, the con­ductor,
is currently orchestra
director at Massapequa High
School. He is the Assistant
Concertmaster and Assistant
Conductor of the Massapequa
Symphony Concertmaster and
Assistant Conductor of the
Massapequa Symphony and has
served as conductor and ad­judicator
at New York State
School Music Association
festivals and competitions.