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VOL. 8 NO. 30 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdalc, N. Y. 1173S> Friday, March 19, 1971
Spelling Bee
To be Held at
Aggie School
Forty- nine boys and girls of
letters— honor students from
more than 200 Nassau and Suffolk
public and parochial schools- are
all set to compete at the State
University at Farmingdale on
Wednesday ( March 24) for the
1971 L. I. Championship of the
National Spelling Bee.
The big Bee. sponsored by THE
NEWS, will be held in Roosevelt
Hall Little Theatre for the fourth
successive year on the campus of
this historic college, founded 59
years ago. Starting time is 10
A. M.
The finalists qualified by
winning their schools' cham­pionships
and regional
spelldowns from the city line out
to Southampton and Riverhead.
To the victor will go the honor of
representing Long Island at the
National Bee Finals June 7- 11 in
Washington. DC. where the
champion and one parent will be
guests of THE NEWS.
Admission will be free and no
tickets will be required. The
Little Theatre, a modern 400- seat
facility on the college campus,
was the site of the 1970 Bee
Finals. The winner then was
Margery Lampson, an eighth
grader from Bay Shore's Middle
School.
Among those participating for
Long Island honors will be 12-
year- old Robert Incorvaia,
Farmingdale East Memorial;
Philip Cutajar, 11, Schwarting
School, North Massapequa,
Randy Bergman, 11, Pride of Lee
Road School, Wantagh; Ethan
Kent, 11, St. Marks Avenue
School, Belhmre; James Conboy,
12, Hicksville Jr. High, Carol
Barboni, 12, McCleary Jr. High,
East Meadow, and 13- year- old
Judith Ornstein, Jonas Salk Jr.
High. Levittown.
Officials for this all- important
event will be Dr. Edwin Ore,
North Massapequa, English
Dept., State University at Far­mingdale,
who is serving as
moderator for the fourth year in a
row; Sister Mary of the Angels,
Supervisor of Education for the
Diocese of Rockville Centre;
Stanley Abrams, Assistant
Superintendent of the Middle
Country Central School District,
and Dr. John Rinehart,
Superintendent of the Plainedge
Schools system.
Boy's Choir With
Pro Arte Symphony
On Sunday, March 21, at
8: 00 p. m.. the St. Kilian Boy's
Choir, directed by Theodore
Grudzinski, will perform at C.
W. Post College Auditorium,
Northern Boulevard, Brook
ville, with the Pro Arte
Symphony, in Stravinsky's
" Persiphone". Accompanying
the Choir will be tenor Ken­neth
Kiegel of the New York
City Opera. Joanne Sayers
will narrate. The concert will
be conducted by Dr. Kleazar
DeCarvalho.
The program will also in­clude
Wyke's '• Resonances"
and Strauss' " Death and
Transfiguration". Tickets are
on sale at the Hofstra
Playhouse. 560- 3283 and the
Student Center at C. W. Post
College, 299- 2611.
Rescue Bills Are
Moving in Albany
Letter Writing Campaign Must be Continued
The chickens are not yet coming to roost - but they
seem to be hatching. Which is another way of saying
that the campaign to eliminate or at Least reduce the
harmful effects of the take- over of Republic airfield by
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is
producing some initial - and hopeful ~ results.
To recap: The take- over of
Republic Airfield would result in
an eventual loss of tax revenue of
about $ 1 million which is now
collected by the Farmingdale
school district and from which
also the Farmingdale Library
AN INVITING CLEAN- UP TARGET is this piece of land on Fulton
Street at the Nassau- Suffolk line west of route 110, where a sign
unsuccessfully proclaims " No Dumping" and the threat of a $ 250.00
fine is not taken seriously. Photo: Henry Schleichkorn
One MoreTobay Supervisor Hopeful
Syosset Lawyer John J. Broderick Seeks Democratic Endorsement
Now there are two -- two Democratic candidates for the right to run
for Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor against John Burke, incumbent
Republican office holder. Number one was Tobay councilman Lewis
Yevoli ( I) C), number two is since last Friday a lawyer from
Syosset, John J. Broderick. All of this based on the presumption that
John Burke will be a candidate for re- election.
The line that has formed on the
left is sure to grow as time goes
on and the September primary
date, when the chaff will be
sorted from the wheat, edges
closer. After all. if is only March
HUM .
What makes the juggling for
position on the Democratic side
so interesting is the fact that
Lewis Yevoli at this moment
stands little chance to get the
Democratic party's blessing. He
violated the ban, yet to be ratified
by the full county committee, to
accept or even solicit the en­dorsement
of the Conservative
party. Yevoli though left no doubt
that he wants Conservative en­dorsement
regardless of
Democratic county chairman
Cristenfeld's displeasure.
Broderick. on the other hand,
considers himself a moderate
Democrat and is aiming at the
official designation as candidate
for Tobay supervisor, foregoing
Conservative endorsement in
exchange for the Democratic
organization's blessing.
The final word, of course, will
be spoken by the registered
Democratic voters on primary
day should both Yevoli and
Broderick - as well as those that,
too, would like to have a crack at
John Burke - persist in their
candidacies.
Eleven First Places
Won by Swimmers
Of the Youth Council
The Farmingdale Youth
Council A. A. U. Swimming Team
won eleven first place ribbons in
a thirteen event swim meet
against St. Raymonds C. Y. O. of
East Rockaway. The meet was
held at the Farmingdale High
School pool on Saturday, March
13th.
This meet is one in a series of
informal non » A. A. U. meets in
which all of the youngsters get
the opportunity to compete
The first place winners for
Farmingdale were:
Jeff Van Nostrand, Sue Mc
Cann, Mark Pellegrini), Marie
Zachmann, John French, Carol
LatharUBi Philip Albright, Mary
Jean Esposito, Grant Albright,
Nancy Sullivan and Pam Luce.
Mike Lynch and Lisa Salte took
first places for St Raymonds.
In announcing his so far un­blessed
candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for
Supervisor Broderick said:
" My fifteen years in govern­ment,
particularly the five years
spent in \\, c ombudsman's ofhee,
have qualified me to seek this
post. In that office I worked very
closely with Town officials of all
three Towns in Nassau County; I
have tried to help solve Super­visor's
problems by working with
them personally. I am very
familiar with this aspect of the
Supervisor's functions. My
convictions as to policy and
programs have been molded by
these years of experience in
ascertaining their success or
failure.
" I consider myself a moderate
Democrat and I will seek support
from every wing of the party. If
substantial support is given to me
at the Convention, I will run in the
primary."
Regarding the present town
government, Broderick stated:
" The Republican party's
control of Oyster Bay has
proviurd government by special
interest, with little or no vision,
planning or efficiency. If elected,
I will decide zoning matters on
what is best for the community,
not the local Republican powers.
If elected, I will install a modern
management system to keep
track of exactly how much is
accomplished by each depart­ment.
If I am chosen, I will do my
utmost to motivate Town em­ployees
to do a better job by pay
incentives and, possibly, pay
penalties."
Promotions At Civil Air Patrol
Recent activity in Far-mingdale's
unit of Civil Air
Patrol has resulted in several
promotions, new assignments
and acceptance of new members,
it has been announced by Major
Irving Friedman, Squadron
Commander
Three cadet officers were
moved up in rank having com­pleted
a series of training phases.
They are Cadet Lt. Robert Howell
now Cadet Captain; Cadet
Lieutenant Eugene Kempey now
Cadet Captain; Cadet Captain
Mitchell Bonagura now Cadet
Major. Bonagura becomes the
first member of the squadron to
ever reach the position of Cadet
Major.
New members accepted in the
unit include Louis Panebianco,
Clement Catts and Gil Her­nandez.
Nassau Composite Squadron
Five, Civil Air Patrol, invites
girls and boys between the ages
of 13 through 17, interested in
aviation and aerospace to seek
membership in the local unit.
Meetings are held Thursday
evenings, 7: 30 to 10 at Howitt
Junior High School, Far­mingdale.
Promotions: Left to right: Cadet Lt. Christine Uriechuck, Cadet
Commander Of Uu- local unit of Civil Air Patrol watches C Sgt
Abbey Gross change insignia for newly promoted C (' apt. Eugene
Kempey with an assist from C Sgt. Gerald Purcell.
and the Farmingdale Youth
Council benefit financially.
According to law this tax
revenue would be reduced in
seven annual stages with the
result that at the end of the
seventh year the MTA has a big
piece of tax- free property and the
residents of the Farmingdale
school district have a pleasant
memory of the good old days
when Republic Airfield brought
in about $ 1 mill, yearly in taxer.
Spearheaded by Superin­tendent
of Schools Dr. William
Kinzler a movement of public
protest and indignation was
iniated, its aim being a change in
the applicable laws. To'this end
State Senator Ralph Marino
introduced his bill in Albany ( S
455A) and Assemblyman John G.
McCarthy in concert with
Assemblymen Ginsberg, Healey
and Burns provided the
Legislature's lower house with a
companion measure ( A 2731 A).
And this is where the good news
of the hatching process comes in:
The Marino bill has moved out of
the Senate Committee on
Taxation and on to the Senate
Committee on Finance. And the
McCarthy bill proceeded from
the Assembly Committee on
Local Government to the Com­mittee
on Ways and Means.
Superintendent of Schools
William A. Kinzler labeled this
movement in both houses as " an
excellent omen - providing, of
course, that we keep the pressure
on."
Kinzler was referring to the
massive letter- writing campaign
now underway in the area. The
campaign has been supported by
this newspaper as well as the
local Library, Village and Youth
Council Boards, staff members
from all levels of the schools, the
PTA, Classroom Teachers
Association and Civil Service
Employees Association. Senior
Citizens, the East Farmingdale
Industrial Association and
several civic associations have
kept up their efforts in support of
the bill.
Senator Douglas Hudson,
Chairman of the Senate Com­mittee
on Taxation, who had the
bill in his committee until last
week, recently wrote to Gregory
W. Carman, an attorney at 280
Main Street, Farmingdale. in
response to his letter. In it,
Hudson said, ".. you may be
assured of my support at the time
it reaches the floor of the
Senate."
Kinzler had great praise for all
of the efforts which had been
made by local legislators in
helping to get the bills out of
committees. " Now we are at the
point of looking at the financial
implications of the measure and
hopefully we can see our way
through these committees - but
the letter writing must' be kept
up."