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VOL 11 No. 3 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, September 6,1973 # 15c
Town Invites Residents to
Dedication of Park
Oyster Bay Supervisor John W. Burke and other members of town
government will be present when the Town dedicates its park in
Farmingdale to a former community leader and names the main
athletic field after a Nassau County patrolman, who gave his life in
the line of duty while on patrol in Farmingdale.
BLOCK PARTY: Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Farmingdale, center, present a bumper
sticker of Family Court Judge Carmelo C. Tese to Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W.
Burke, second from right, at a block party the Kellys sponsored in honor of Judge Tese.
Looking on are Ken Diamond, right, Republican candidate for Oyster Bay Councilman,
and, from left, Town Councilman Joseph J. Saladino, who is seeking reelection, and
John Lally.
School Board Relaxes
Maternity Leave Rules
Officially the Farmingdale School
District maternity leave policy is un­changed,
but there are signs that a
revision is coming.
The current policy has according to Dr.
William Kinzler, superintendent of
schools, been in effect about 15 years.
Under this policy a teacher is supposed to
begin maternity leave after the fourth
month of pregnancy and return six
months after delivery. If, however, the
six months period ends in the middle of a
school year she cannot return till the
following September. Under this policy, a
teacher can, depending on what month
her baby is due, be required to take a
maternity leave of almost two years.
At Tuesday evening's board meeting,
two exceptions to this policy were
unanimously approved. Two teachers,
Mrs. Faulette Aspesi of Howitt and Mrs.
Carol Marcone of Parkway Oaks, whose
babies were born last spring, less than
six months ago, are returning to their
classrooms this semester.
In a court case opposing the maternity
leave policy, the school board was
unanimously ruled against in the Ap­pellate
division. The attorney for the
board has requested permission to ap­peal
to the Court of Appeals. If granted a
decision will probably be made by late
October. There are also other cases in the
New York courts and the U. S. Supreme
court is expected to rule on Maternity
leave cases in its next term.
In another personnel action, the
resignation of George Turner, a guidance
counselor at Howitt, was accepted. He is
leaving Farmingdale to become director
of pupil personnel in the Wyandanch
district.
Trustee Robert Weiss, chairman of the
Finance Committee, explained that the
official tax rate had not yet been set since
the final tax assessment information for
the town of Babylon would not be
available until September 17. He said the
projected rate for Oyster Bay appears to
have been accurate.
The board authorized the signing of the
contracts for the Department
Chairmen and the Directors. Trustee
Frank Ranieri vote against the ap­provals.
He stated that since they were
administrators, their pay should not be
based on the teachers salary schedule.
As chairman of the curriculum com­mittee,
Ranieri commented on what he
thought the committee should look into.
Among the items were accountability,
how the budget was utilized, class size,
substitute teaching, drop outs, follow ups
on graduates, and how well students
were prepared for high school.
Milk prices at the schools will be raised
to 10 cents for a half pint container. The
contractor has not requested an increase
in the lunch cost and that price is
remaining the same at this time.
In discussing preparedness for the new
school year, Business manager J.
Richard Zutt commented that ditto and
mimeo paper will be a problem for some
time. The paper was purchased through
the Nassau County contract and because
of the bad paper market, deliveries have
not been made.
The board also approved a settlement
for $ 6,000 in a suit by a cleaning company
which dates back to 1969. At the time, the
board discontinued the contract after
three months without payment because
of inadequate service. After four years
many of the witnesses are no longer
available and the decision was made to
settle now and avoid more expenses
later.
The question of whether raising the
deductible from $ 10.00 to $ 25.00 would
cost members of the community more
than the amount saved by the school
board in the cost of the policy was
brought up again at this meeting. The
estimate is that approximately $ 9,000
more was collected by parents of injured
children under the $ 10.00 then would have
been under a $ 25.00 deductible last year
the added cost of a policy with $ 10.00
deductible rather than $ 25.00 for this year
is approximately $ 13,000.
Marilyn llametz
The 15- acre park located at Heisser
Lane and Motor Avenue will be officially
dedicated the Ellsworth W. Allen Park at
ceremonies to begin at Noon, Sunday,
September 9. At the ceremonies, an
athletic field will be named the Richard
B. Rose Memorial Field in honor of the
late Patrolman Richard B. Rose who was
killed on December 29, 1971, while at­tempting
to apprehend a fleeing robber.
The welcoming address will be by
former Councilman Frank J. Hynes who
had been instrumental in getting the park
developed for the residents of Far­mingdale.
After the invocation by
Reverend Albert Palmer of St. Thomas
Episcopal Church, Supervisor Burke will
speak, as well as Louis J. Frank, the
Drill Team Sets
State Record
The Farmingdale Fire Department
Drill Team set a New York State Record
in the two- in- one contest while taking a
fourth place overall in the 9th Battalion
Tournament held recently in Hicksville.
The record time was 8.86 seconds and
beat the old record by .03 seconds. They
will have a chance to defend the record at
the Freeport drill which will be held next
Sunday afternoon, September 9 at 1 p. m.
The Farmingdale drill team also took a
first place in the efficiency contest and a
third in both the bucket brigade and
running ladder.
The department's Junior Brigade also
won a first place as the best appearing
junior brigade in the parade and the band
won top prize as the best musical unit.
Maybe We're Smaller
But We're Here
If today's paper appears to be a little
smaller, blame it on the newsprint
shortage.
This shortage is the result of a strike in
Canadian paper mills, where most of the
newsprint is produced and another strike
of Canadian railroad workers, which
transport most the paper to the United
States.
While the strike at the paper mills is
still on, the railroad strike is now off.
Paper that was en route is now moving
again and should reach us in time to be
able to publish a newspaper next week.
Nassau County Police Commissioner.
The public is invited to attend.
At the end of the ceremonies,
presentations will be made to the Allen
and Rose families.
The dedication ceremonies will be
attended by the Farmingdale Hawks who
will play many of their games there. The
Hawks have combined their opening day
ceremonies with the dedication and will
proceed directly to Weldon E. Howitt
JHS for their first game of the season.
" Dedicating this park to ' Doc' Allen is
indeed fitting in light of the great ser­vices
he had performed for the Town in
general and for the community of Far­mingdale
in particular," Burke said.
Town Councilman Gregory Carman of
Farmingdale noted that the late Mr.
Allen was the type of citizen who became
very much involved in worthy com­munity
causes. " Doc was in charge of
many fund drives for the Boy Scouts, and
also served as a chairman of the Far­mingdale
Heart Drive. He had been cited
by the Nassau Cancer Crusade for his
work with that organization and was a
member of the Heart Fund County
Executive Board."
In addition he served as Postmaster for
Farmingdale before becoming a Com­missioner
and eventually chairman of
the Farmingdale Water District. He was
also a member of the Town Board of
Zoning Appeals.
Farmingdale U.
Increases Staff
In an endeavor to cope with the ever-expanding
and record- breaking
registration program at State University
at Farmingdale, Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
Jr., President of the college, announced
that two new Admissions Counsellors
have joined the staff for the 55th
Academic Year this Fall.
Ms. Barbara M. Burdman, Smithtown,
who has been serving as part- time Ad­missions
Counsellor since last January,
is now employed on a full- time basis.
The other newcomer to the Admissions
Counsellor Staff is John M. Reilly, of
North Massapequa. Previously, Mr.
Reilly was associated with the Office of
the Vice President for Students at Ball
State University in Indiana. He holds a
B. A. degree in History from State
University of New York at Pittsburgh.
Who's Missing a Dog?
There is a cute little dog with the Herndon family at 29 Beverly Road that
may be yours. It certainly is not the Herndon's, who are just taking care of it
since it appeared at the doorstoop of friends on Melville Road near Oakwood
Ave.
The dog is really still a puppy, unquestionably male, and predominantly
German shepherd. It is primarily the face, somewhat short and stubby, that
suggests some additional family lines. Its color is basically tan, with a black
face mask.
From its behavior and appearance it is obvious that the puppy had a caring
home before it got lost because it is very clean, well- behaved and friendly
Since the Herndon's have already one dog, this new addition to their
household is just one too many. The hope that this story will locate the puppy's
rightful owner, who may call them at 293- 7537; If not, there seems to be no
other solution than turning the dog over to the pound - unless someone else
wants to give it a new home and lots of love.