1970-12-03

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An Of ficlaf Newspaper ot The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 8 No. 15 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, December 3,1970
TEACHERS CHARGE &
MATERNITY BIAS Four Farmingdale teachers charged on Tuesday before the New
York State Human Rights Division that the District 22 School Board
was discrimatory against teachers, who become " pregnant".
The teachers said that the policies " made it difficult - at least
financially, professionally and psychologically for women faculty
members who want to become pregnant. " Unless I happen to con­ceive
in the right month, I could lose up to 19 months in the teaching
profession", according to Mrs. Linda Lamal, a 27 year old social
studies teacher at the Farmingdale High School. As a result, she said
she and her husband had postponed having a family.
Mrs. Lamal was one of four Farmingdale teachers who filed a
complaint. Also testifying was Mrs. Betty Bock, Mrs. Cyla Allison,
and Mrs. Carol Feldhaus.
According to a Board and administration spokesman, the " Board's
reason for the policy is that students are entitled to a continuous
education with the best qualified and available person in the
classroom for that continuous period of time. In cases of maternity,
the majority of women are absent a long period of time in order to
assure them of a long period of employment." Farmingdale's policies
governing pregnancy are pretty much the same as other school
districts in the state, it was learned.
The regulation, established 13 months ago, requires that teachers
take a maternity leave after their fourth month of pregnancy and set
a minimum period of six months after delivery before they may
return to the classroom.
Firm Awarded ' 4,076,900 Contract For Health Building
Governor Rockefeller has
announced that the State
University Construction Fund
has awarded Renel Construction,
Inc. of Westbury a $ 4,076,900
contract for the construction of a
Health and Physicial Education
Building at the State University
Agricultural and Technical
College at Farmingdale.
Brown, Daltas and Associates
and Handren, Sharp and
Associates of New York are the
architects on these project, which
is scheduled for completion by
February 16,1972. Located at the
southwest end of the campus, the
Health and Physical Education
Facility consists of a 35- foot clear
height field cage, a 25- foot clear
height pool with locker rooms,
squash courts, and additional
sports facilities. The structure is
a two- story, red brick building. A
lobby provides direct access to
the aministrative offices on the
second floor, and to all sports
facilities located on the first
floor.
The subcontractors designated
are, for plumbing, James Mc-
Cullagh Co., Inc.; for electrical
work, Budin Contracting Corp.;
for structural steel, Bethlehem
Fabricators, Inc.; steel joists,
Todd Steel, Inc.; swimming pool,
EL Wagner & Co., Inc.; heating,
ventilating and air conditioning,
John Grace & Co., Inc.
Current construction at Far­mingdale,
valued at $ 8,492,000, is
part of the State University's
multibillion dollar physical
development program directed
by the State University Con­struction
Fund, headed by Dr.
Anthony G. Adinolfi, general
manager.
Simon Cohen, Was Member Of State U. Board
Simon Cohen, 63, a leading
businessman, philanthropist,
educator and hospital ad­ministrator
passed " away last
Wednesday, in Mid- Island
Hospital, Bethpage, of which he
was Executive Director.
A humanitarian, the deceased
parlayed a public school
education and a Stuyvesant High
School diploma to become one of
the area's leading figures in the
industrial and real estate world.
In recent years, he served as a
member of the State University
of Farmingdale Board of
Trustees and among his many
contributions to the school were
the establishment of a scholar­ship
fund in the field of nursing
and the initiation of the Far­mingdale
College Foundation, a
corporation for assiting students
and faculty towards further
study.
Man Robbed, Beaten On Fulton Street
BEST OF LUCK: Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr., President of State
University at Farmingdale ( right), bids farewell to Mrs. Juniatta M.
Hechier, long- time resident of the town, during a retirement lun­cheon
at the College. Mrs. Hechier has served as Executive
Secretary the past 25 years to Farmingdale presidents, the last 10
with Dr. Laffin, and is leaving her home at 7 Oak Street with
husband Dick for a new way of life at Deltona, Florida.
Jeffrey Walker, 24, of
Hicksville, employed as a Nassau
County jailer was attacked and
robbed by three unknown male
negroes as he was walking on
Fulton Street just east of
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Dog Licenses
Now Available
Farmingdale Village Clerk
James McKenna announced that
village residents who own dogs
may now purchase dog licenses
for 1971 at Village Hall, 361 Main
Street.
License applications are
available during business hours.
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Williams Street.
The three attackers were on
foot when they hit Walker on the
head with a black jack, took his
gun, shield and wallet containing
$ 70.
Walker was treated for scalp
lacerations at Mid Island
Hospital.
Eighth precinct police are
investigating.
Chorale To Present
Amahl and The Night
The well- known children's
opera " Amahl and the Night
Visitors" by Menotti, will be
presented by the St. Kilian
Chorale in two performances on
Sunday, December 13, at 6: 00 and
8: 00 p. m., in the Conklin Street
Auditorium, Farmingdale.
The storv is about a poor
crippled boy into whose life
passes the Three Kings on their
way to visit the Christ- Child.
" Amahl" will be staged, with
orchestra, and Theodore
Grudzinski will direct the
Chorale. Tickets are priced at
$ 2.00 for adults, and $ 1.00 for
students.
Joan Cable Seeks Town Council Post
Joan M. Cable, civic leader of
Bethpage, has tossed her hat in
the ring for consideration as a
future Republican nominee as
Councilman on the Town of
Oyster Bay Town Board
Mrs. Cable is in the insurance
and real estate business at 17D
Seaman Avenue, Bethpage.