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An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 7 No. 36 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 30, 1970
LIBRARY, YOUTH COUNCIL
VOTESETFORWEDNESDAY
Community groups have been lining up in favor and against the
passage of the Farmingdale Public Library budget to be voted upon
on Wednesday, May 6 at Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School gym.
from 12 noon to 10 p. m.
The Farmingdale Council of PTA's is urging voters to vote ' yes' on
the Farmingdale Public Library budget and to approve proposition
two to restore a full schedule of services that have been curtailed due
to last year's library budget defeat. The library has been operating on
the same budget as the previous year.
A group called DEBT, this week passed out a flyer against the
budget.
In the twoway race for library trustee post, incumbent Trustee
Albert N. Meyerstein received the endorsement of FACT, Far­mingdale
Action Committee for Truth. They said in their unanimous
statement, " Dr. Meyerstein has served this community for 30 years.
His sincerity and dedication to Farmingdale have been proven."
Candidate Joseph S. Crocco has filed for the five year post now held
by Meyerstein.
The Friends of the Library have endorsed the budget as well as the
purchase of the South Farmingdale Library Branch.
196 new voters registered on Saturday to total 9,675 eligible voters
for the Wednesday vote. Now that people may register whether they
are property owners or not there is a potential of 27,000 voters. Prior
to the change in law, there had been a potential of 20,000.
Since 1967, the library budget has not been approved and the library
has been operating with curtailed services.
The building purchase will not affect the tax rate one way or
another. Paying off the bond will amount to the same as paying rent.
The Youth Council budget to be raised by taxation to be voted upon
on Wednesday is $ 137,205.80 carries an estimated tax rate of 14 cents in
Oyster Bay and 22 cents in the Town of Babylon sector of the district.
Firemen Ready Parade Memorial Day Plans
Deputy Chief Joseph Murphy of
the Farmingdale Fire Depart­ment
this week announced plans
for the Memorial Day Parade to
be held on Saturday May 30th.
Participating units will
assemble in the Parking Field
behind Fire Headquarters prior
to starting time at 10: 00 a. m. The
parade will proceed south on
Hose Street to Grant Avenue then
East on Grant to William Street,
youth on William Street to Fulton
Street, ( Route 109) West on
Fulton to M ai n Street and
north to the Main Street School
where the first Division will stop
at the monuments for services
while the following two divisions
will continue until the completion
of the short service at Main
Street monuments.
The movement of the parade
will then continue under the
leadership of the First Division to
Front Street going east on Front
to Elizabeth Street and east to
Conklin Street and south on
Cherry Street to Wesche Drive
and assemble in the Parking
Area for the Memorial Day ad­dress.
Deputy Chief Murphy this week
extended an invitation to any
organization who were inad­vertently
overlooked for
registration for participation in
the Parade to contact him at Fire
Headquarters at CH 9- 9820.
Parking Fi eld No. 4 is to be
kept clear except for par­ticipating
vehicles.
Corporal French Oxendine of 16 West Chestnut St. Farmingdale,
who won three Purple Hearts in Vietnam and Assemblyman Martin
Ginsberg are saluting the colors at the 50th anniversary Loyalty Day
parade in Farmingdale, which took place on Sunday. The parade was
sponsored by the Corporal George Benkert Jr. VFW Post No. 516.
PhotU by Jack I'okress
Jimmy Carman of 66 N. Main Street and his cousin, Christina Car­man
of Bethpage Koad, Farmingdale cleaned up a littered lot on the
corner of Melville Road and Main Street, Farmingdale on Saturday
on Earth Day plus three. Photo I> V David 9oknm