1971-09-30

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An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
VOL. 9 N O . 6 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published bv THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 1 9 71
Teachers Lose Their Pay Hikes
Board Schedules Open Hearings
First they got it, then they lost it, then they got it again and now they have lost
it a second time. But there is still hope of getting it again. If that sounds confusing
then that is exactly the situation confronting the teachers of the Farmingdale
School District.
The raise is salary for the
teachers in the district was
agreed upon before that fateful
August 15, when President Nixon
ordered a general wage- price
freeze. That's when the increases
seemed to be lost the first time.
Then a ruling came down from
the State Education Department
that all those teachers who
received their salary increases
before August 15 ( such as
summer school teachers) were
exempt from the freeze as well as
all the other teachers of the
district. That's when all teachers
George Ward Elected as
Democratic Zone Leader
REUNION DANCE: The Farmingdale Jewish Center was host to
over 500 youths at a Reunion Dance held in their Social Hall, on Sept.
isth. Members of youth groups from Conservative Synagogues from
all over the New York Metropolitan region as far away as Monticello,
N. Y. came by charted buses to this annual event. From left to right
Standing: Bruce Reimer, Senior Youth Group Leader^ Judy Shore,
Chairman of Dance, Rabbi Paul Teicher Seated- Mrs. Pat Baron,
Mrs. Sheila Lidman, Chairman of Youth Committee.
School Lunch Program Still Shaky
Although the new school lunch program in the Farmingdale
Schools has not been interrupted so far, the situation is not back to
normal yet. The main bone of contention by the cafeteria em­ployees,
paydays without pay, was apparently solved bv the
Philadelphia firm which took over the lunch program at the
beginning of the new school year, As one employee stated to i? ie
OBSERVER: " the problems will not be solved until the new firm
gets settled down enough to gain the routine necessary to run the
operation.
Democratic Party com­mitteemen
elected George Ward,
19 Painview Rd. as Farmingdale
zone leader,, at a zone meeting
last week. The Farmingdale
committeemen and women, who
were elected in the recent
primary are: 63rd election
district; Barbara Melore, 31
Penn St. and Eleanor Krebs, 25
Cheryl Lane North; 64th ED.:
George Ward, 19 Painview Rd.
and Merton Rothman, 5 Quaker
Lane; 66th E. D.: Sanford Lenz,
95 Cedar Dr. and George
Yabroudy, 60 Jerome Dr.; 67th
E. D. Mildred DeMnrco: 170 Beth-page
Kd and Robe*,' Cailahaly., 115
Thomas Powell Blvd.; 68th E. D.:
Pearl Weinstein, 35 Hillside Rd.
and Lucille Rosen Schein, 246
Conklin St.; 69th E D : Paul
Toolan, 29 Cinque Dr.; 70th E. D.
Thomas Lavan, 35 Quaker Lane
and Ruth Slansky, 47 William St.;
74th E. D.: Francis Massina, 36
Hillside Rd.
The committeemen remind
local residents that registration
for the November election takes
place this week Thursday Sept. 30
from 12: 00 to 10: 00, Friday Oct. 1
from 12: 00 to 10: 00 and Saturday
October 2 from 7: 00 A. M. to 10: 00
P. M. Newly eligible voters and
those who have moved must
register to vote. Already
registered voters may enroll in a
political party or change their
party enrollment at this time too.
Those interested in local
Democratic Party activities or
wishing information about where
to register should contact their
committeeman or Mr. Ward at
MY 4- 4634.
got their increases. But now, it
turns out, that they lost it again,
since the U. S. Cost of Living
Council ruled that only those
teachers are entitled to the in­crease
who were actually
working during the summer.
The Farmingdale Teachers'
Association is trying to have this
ruling changed and has joined the
National Education Association
in federal suit filed in Washington
on behalf of all U. S. teachers.
Open Hearings
The Farmingdale Board of
Education will hold the first of a
series of hearings in regard to the
elementary schools, starting next
Tuesday, October 5, at the Main
Street School. The following
evening a similar meeting will be
held at the Northside School.
The Board is holding these
hearings in an attempt to get the
feelings of the public in regard to
the curriculum and services now
being offered in the schools of the
district.
Parents in each area will be
notified of the meetings by means
of 3 r^ nvnder going home
t h r o u g h the school c h i l d r e -^
Other me& P. nhs are planned for
Bast Memorial Schooi on
Tuesday, Octover 12, and for
Parkway Oaks School on Wed­nesday,
October 13.
Sunrise Mall: Great Promise for the Future
120 Million Dollar Sales Expected the First Year - No Definite Plans on Traffic Control
There is no question about it:
Sunrise Mall, Long Island's
newest and largest enclosed mall
regional shopping center, will
bring to this region an economic
boom that might possibly defy
any power of imagination at this
moment.
John Quinn, general manager
of the Sunrise Mall, to be located
on Sunrise Highway in
Massapequa, came to the
Massapequa Chamber of Com­merce
at Olsen's Motel on
Monday to bring across the
message of prosperity around the
corner in no uncertain terms. The
Sunrise Mall, landlord to four
major department stores,
Macy's, Gertz, Penneys and
Korvettes, and to 125 smaller
shops, anticipates more than one
hundred twenty million dollars of
the sales in the first year.
According to Ginn, this will
mean the additional six million
dollars in sales tax to County and
State, many millions of real
estate taxes which will benefit
schools and municipalities
without making any additional
demands on their services, and
over ten million dollars in annual
payroll which would flow into the
pockets of local residents who
work at the Mall.
" The Mall will be regional in
scope," Ginn said, " it will bring
esthetic benefits as well as
economic ones to the community.
The Mall will not only have great
impact on the area but also on the
business already established
here."
The General Manager pointed
out, however, that only those
established businessmen will
benefit by the Mall - created
additional payrolls and new
traffic opportunities who have
foresight and imagination to take
advantage of the new situation.
Although the benefits of the.
Sunrise Mall are clear, many
questions remain unanswered.
Ginn could not make a definite
statement about the anticipated
traffic congestion, when 20,000
cars are expected to visit the
Mall daily.
There will be highway
widenings, Ginn explained. This
TWELVE CHEEKS: The twelve cheerleaders of the Farmingdale Football Team have every
reason to be cheerful: their team did accomplish what Lions bus hoped by beating archrival Syosset
t,- o last Saturday. See page three for details. The cheerleaders are ( left to right) back row: Barbara
Magid, Darryl Summer*, t'apt. Diane Montgomery, Capt. Barbara Whitebook, Dale Mcata, Cathy
Del, alio. Front row: JoAnii De Simone, Karen Palmer, Barbara Gregory, Patty Moran. Barbara
Pokrasso and Ellen MelUer.
will certainly apply to Sunrsie
Highway and Carmans Road.
The old antipathy of residents
flared up again in connection
with Front Street. Here, Ginn
added, the Mall will strictly
comply with Town regulations
which recently were restated in
prohibiting Front Street to
become a road leading into the
Mall. Front Street will become a
one- way street, allowing only for
cars leaving the shopping center.
There was concern voiced by
some residents about a Nathan's
store being added to the Mall.
The fear here is that Nathan's
may stay open longer than the
rest of the Mall and thereby
turning into an undesireable
hangout for the young ones with
all its unpleasant side effects
such as speeding and drug
traffic. Here Ginn could not
elaborate, since discussions with
Nathan's had not led to any firm
commitment. " We certainly
would not want anything un­desireable
to take place on the
Mall," Town of Oyster Bay
Councilman Joe Saladino said
when questioned about this
possibility.
Besides Saladino, State
Assemblyman Philip Healey
attended the Chamber dinner. In
addressing the guests, Healey
voiced his optimism: " This Mall
will bring to the Massapequas the
activity it has been destined for."
Foundation construction for the
Mall is to begin on November 1
this year. The opening of the
shopping center is scheduled for
August 1973. Until then many of
the still open questions will have
been answered.