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AW AKIKS ( i\ l( » KK - The annual awards dinner of the Farmingdale Hawks attracted close to 1.200
young and old football fans. The locale was the Four Seasons Countrv Club in Woodburv { he date last
Sunday, and the chairman in charge of this highly successful event Tom Ahrens. Prominently
displayed on every chair was the Hawk Souvenir Journal, a monumental effort by the journal
committee chaired by Kay Giotto. Our picture shows the array of trophies that were handed out
later, as well as ( standing) the newly elected president of the Farmingdale Midget Football Assn..
Tom Baldwin, who also acted as master of ceremonies. Seated to his right is Farmingdale school
superintendent Dr. Kinzler, to his* Ieft the dinner's guest speaker John Dockery. cornerback of the
New York Jets, and Nassau County police commissioner Louis J. Frank. A detailed report on the
awards and theit incipient will appear in next week's issue of the OKSF. KYt- K
Amityville Looking for Greener
Pastures Beyond Its School Line
Residents of school districts 22 ( Massapequa) and 23 ( Farmingdale) think they have it bad ( and
they probably do), but they should be made aware of the fact th* t there are other school districts
which regard them with longing and even envy. The case in point is neighboring Amityville where the
Citizens Advisory Committee last week met to discuss the problems at hand.
What does a drowning man do?
He reaches even for straw to help
him keep afloat. Suggestions to
take advantage of allegedly
Village to Crack Down on
Garbage Rule Violators
The Board of Trustees of the
Village of Farmingdale, at their
last meeting Monday evening,
issued instructions to the Village
Clerk to follow- up on the en­forcement
of the proper
depositing of garbage.
Due to the unhealthy condition
created by indiscriminate con­tainers
and failure to tie cartons
which have been filled with
rubbish and papers by merchants
in the business area, the Board
has decreed the following
requirements of business area
merchants.
No garbage or containers ( total
of five units) shall be placed at
the curbside for collection before
6: 00 P. M All garbage shall be
placed in metal containers with
cover attached, cardboard
containers, when empty, shall be
br> u down and tied together, or
if 1 with papers or other
* l, each carton shall be
securely tied to facilitate han­dling.
In the event of impending
inclement weather, no cartons or
papers shall be put out for
collections.
Of particular concern to all
merchants or store keepers is the
regulation that no items of any
kind shall be placed at the curb-side
on a Saturday evening or
holiday evening. Everyone
should be familiar with the fact
that no collections are made on a
Sunday or holiday.
Violators of the above
requirements of General Or­dinance
No. 55. " Depositing and
Collection of Garbage and Other
Waste Materials,"' are subject to
a fine of $ 25.00 for each and every
offense, and the Nassau County
Police Department will be
authorized to issue a summons to
each and every place of business
found in violation.
underutilized school facilities in
Massapequa and Farmingdale
that were made at the public
meeting at Amityville's Junior
High School Cafeteria must be
understood in that context.
Mrs. Marie Caridy. chairman
of the Citizens Advisory Com­mittee,
confirmed that those
suggestions were made. She
herself took no stand on that
particular issue except for saying
that other school districts, un­fortunately,
do have empty
rooms in their schools.
• Our problem is not the need of
a new school." she said. " We
have no foreseeable growth in our
community. What we realy need
is an improvement of the
facilities we have. But even this
has been virtually impossible
because for the last six years our
school budget has been defeated
by the residents."
Farmingdale was noncommital
towards the idea of renting school
facilities to neighboring
Amityville. Pointing out that this
was the first time this suggestion
was ever even heard, a
spokesman for the district
doubted very much that such an
arrangement could be worked
out.
Village to Honor
Late Wm. Wesche
William Wesche's name, and his services to the people of Far­mingdale.
shall not be forgotten. By unanimous decision of the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Farmingdale, a bronze plaque will be
affixed to the walls of village hall to remind present and future
residents that William Wesche, who died on December 18 at the age
of 7!>. served Farmingdale as village clerk for 32 years.
This decision was made at the
first meeting of the Board of
Trustees in the new year, held
last Monday night. As village
attorney Joseph Stern pointed
out: " We all, as well as countless
other village officials before us,
ow'e much of our knowledge and
expertise in the affairs of Far­mingdale
to Bill Wesche. For
many of us he was teacher,
mentor and friend."
Other matters before the board
dealt with money and com­plaints,
which seemed to prove
once more that there is really
nothing new under the sun, not
even in village board meetings.
The complaints centered
around proposed plans of the Van
Cott Building Corp. to have a
rooming house facility operate on
850 Fulton Street and on traffic
conditions on Fulton and Scapies
Streets. Both complaints were
presented by the same group of
residents, for which Mrs.
Florence de Haan, the former
school board member, was the
spokeswoman.
In regard to the proposal to
convert a single family residence
into a roominghouse. the village
board reiterated its opposition to
the variance sought. But. as
mayor John Hallahan pointed
out. neither the granting nor the
denial of that variance is within
the province of the village board
but rather a matter for the
Zoning Board of Appeals, which
has jurisdiction.
To relieve the dangerous traffic
conditions at the intersection of
Fulton and Staples Streets the
addition of an arrow to the
existing taffic lights was
recommended. As recounted by
the residents, numerous ac­cidents
are caused because the
constant traffic flow on Fulton
Street makes turns very
dangerous, particularly left- hand
turns from Fulton into Staples
from the southbound lane of
Fulton. Mayor Hallahan pointed
out that the village's jurisdiction
is severely limited because
Fulton Street is a State highway.
The money matters referred to
were brought to the board by
Irving Like, an attorney for
Suburbia apartments, and by
Village Justice John £. Gillies.
Justice Gillies presented his
annual report on the activities of
the Village Traffic Court, which
resulted in collecting $ 11,090.50
for 5,146 processed parking
violations in 1971 ( one parking
ticket must have been cut- rate to
account for the 50 cents), and
$ 7,578.00 for 986 processed
moving traffic violations ( which
proves that violating traffic laws
while standing still is more
economical)
Some money may wind up with
the owners of Suburbia apart
ments. This would come about
because Suburbia apartments
contended that their tax
assessment was too high and took
the County of Nassau to court,
which levied the original
a s s e s s m e n t . S p e c i f i c a l ly
questioned was the 1967 tax levy.
In Nassau County Supreme
Court. Judge Hogan rendered a
decision in favor of Suburbia
apartments, which automatically
affected the assessment for the
years 1969, 1970. and 1971.
The village's involvement in
this matter results from the fact
that the county assessor's
evaluation is used as the base for
the village's assessment. The
attorney for Suburbia apart­ments
therefore is seeking a
refund from the village due to the
fact that a lower county
assessment should result in a
lower village assessment, if past
practice is adhered to. The
refund would amount to approx.
$ 6,000 total.
Main St School
Not For Library
By accepting the report of their
architectual firm and the
recommendation of its trustee.
Robert M. Callahan, the trustees
of the Farmingdale Library in
fact rejected the Main Street
School building for public library
use.
The architects. Gibbons.
Heidtmann & Salvador, un­dertook
an extensive study of the
structure and the grounds of the
school as it stands now and came
to the conclusion that without the
demoliton of the southern portion
of the school there would be no
adequate room for a library
building.
The report went on to say: " If
the southerly wing of the school,
which is the older, two- story and
basement wing, were to be
removed, an excellent site could
be obtained. Space for parking
would be available in back of the
school. . . It is our recom­mendation
that the possiblity of
this partial demolition be ex­plored."
Before making their decision
public, the library board met last
week with the Main Street School
Citizens Advisory Committee to
apprize it of the architect's study.
This committee had been ap­pointed
by the school board in
October 1971 to report on possible
future use of the building.
In rejecting the suggestion for
public library use of the Main
Street School building, both the
architect and the library board
felt that the matter of using land
from this school site for possible
library construction is one that
the library trustees should
pursue with the school board