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VOL. 10 NO. 37 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, May 3, 1973 15c1
LOYALTY APPLAUDED: Oyster Bay Supervisor John W. Burke reflects avid approval as the
Loyalty Parade marches down Main Street in Farmingdale. The parade marked the proclamation of
April 29 as Loyalty Day by the Village of Farmingdale. ( More pictures on p. 9)
Village Starts Parking Field
Work North of Railroad
Work is now underway on the
new village commuter parking
field. Mayor Hallahan and the
board of trustees have announced
that Superintendent of Public
Works Hugh Newman and his
construction crew have begun
work on the new facility.
The parking area is located on
the north side of the Farmingdale
Long Island Railroad Station.
When completed, the parking lot
will hold 100 cars, all reserved for
commuters who must have a
parking permit. For those who
use the meter spaces, there
soon will be parking space
added. This will be on the op­posite,
south side, end of the
station.
While the Village of Far­mingdale
has undertaken the
parking facility project, the
L. l. H. R. is moving on a second
one. Work is being done on the
railroad crossings at North Main
Illegal Entry Leads To Arrest
Before any merchandise could be stolen, two arrests were made at
Springfield Home Appliance early Saturday morning. According to
the police, Peter Martin and George Geffken made an illegal entry
through the store's front window and were arrested for burglary
third degree.
Martin is an 18 year old student and resides at 147 Conklin Street,
Farmingdale. Geffken, 25, lives at 57 Lambert Street and is em­ployed
as a house painter.
Sgt. Quinn of the Eighth Precinct made the double arrest at the
scene of the burglary, 318 Main Street, Farmingdale, 1: 15 a. m., April
28.
Street and at Secatoque Avenue,
both of the Farmingdale line.
Taxpayers have double cause
to rejoice. Not only will they reap
the benefits of the aforemen­tioned
Farmingdale Village
project, but at no increase in
taxes. The Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale will use the
January 1 to June 30 allotment of
its Department of the Treasury
Revenue Share which totals
$ 22,558.
General Maintenance of public
transportation will use $ 5,000, 35
per cent of which will go to
maintaining existing services
and 65 per cent to expanded
services. A total of $ 6,558 will be
spent for multi- purpose and
general government projects.
The remainder of the share,
$ 11,000, will be payment on a
village bond which paid for the
installation of the fire depart­ment's
Home Alert System.
109 Votes Decide
Defeat of Budget
The Farmingdale School budget was narrowly
defeated Wednesday night by a margin of 2,039 to 1,930.
There was a smaller turnout of voters this year: 4,116
votes ( 41 percent of registered voters) were cast in
contrast to 5,392 ( 50 percent) last year when the budget
was approved by a slim margin of 19 votes.
Alsodefeated was Proposition 2
authorizing the school board to
expend $ 29,000 for reconditioning
and maintaining twenty baseball
fields. Here the margin was
higher, with 2,359 voters saying
no and only 1,582 voters saying
yes. The library budget squeezed
through by a maioritv of 18 votes,
1,986 to 1,968. Resounding defeat,
( 2,737 to 1,182) however, was
handed the library proposition
calling for expanded service on
holidays and Sunday afternoons.
The Youth Council budget
coasted to an easy 2,454 to 1,493
approval.
In the candidates' races,
unopposed incumbent Robert S.
Campbell received the bigges?
vote ( 2,847), with one write- in
vote cast for his wife Pat. Lucille
Goulding ( 2,384) defeated
Raymond E. Parcels ( 1,428),
Joseph G. Molloy ( 2,247) won out
over Helen Spinetta ( 1,594) while
newcomer Sheldon Bernstein
scored an upset- win over Stanley
D. Martyna by a margin of 1,987
to 1,770. In the library race in­cumbent
George Fain out­distanced
Arthur Kajko 2,209 to
1,453.
The board of education will now
have to do what almost comes
naturally in Farmingdale: sit
down and think about the budget
again. The trustees will have to
do that for the sixth time in seven
years, because since 1967 the
budget was only approved once,
last year, at the first presen­tation.
The first meeting of the school
board was scheduled for Thur­sday
night ( May 3).
Traditionally, the school board
decides to re- submit the budget
with some changes for a second
vote. With the election of Joseph
Molloy who was sworn in Wed­nesday
night to immediately fill
the unexpired term of the late
Roy Spinetta, the board will be at
full strength with seven mem­bers.
Sheldon Bernstein, who also
won, will have to wait until July 1
before becoming a full- fledged
member although he will be able
• to attend all meetings of the
school board in the meantime.
In deliberating the fate of the
budget, the school board has
three choices: it can re- submit
the budget unchanged for a
second round of voting, it could
submit a revised budget or it
could go on austerity.
The relatively small turnout of
voters on Wednesday night as
well as the small margin of
defeat ( 109 votes > could persuade
the board that the budget might
be approved the second time
without any changes. Two years
ago, when the board apparently
decided on that course for these
reasons, the budget was defeated
a second time.
However, since school elections
usually take place in June, the
school board now has enough
time to re- examine its budget and
revise it in such a way that it
might become more palatable to
the voters when the budget is
submitted again.
The third choice, to go on
austerity, seems remote.
Traditionally, the school board
has been reluctant to take this
step in the past.
While waiting for the results of
the election last night at Weldon
E. Howitt Jr. High School, plans
were announced to hold a
testimonial dinner for outgoing
school board member Terry
Weathers. The testimonial will be
held on June 27 at the Four
Season Country Club in Wood
bury.
r Ballot Box Score
Yes No
School Budget
Baseball Proposition
Library Budget
Library Proposition
Youth Council Budget
School Board Race
Lucille R. Goulding
Raymond E. Parcels
Joseph G. Molloy
Helen Spinetta
Sheldon Bernstein
Stanley D. Martyna
Robert S. Campbell
Library Board Race.
George Fain
Arthur Kajko
1930
1582
1986
1182
2454
2039
2359
1968
2737
1493
2384
1428
2247
1594
1987
1770
2847
2209
1453