1974-03-21

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VOL. 55 NO. 19 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y, 11735 Thursday, March 21, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
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500 Attend
School Budget
Hearing
Farmingdale taxpayers
overflowed Guilford Hall in
Farmingdale High School last
Thursday night, forcing the
regular budget hearing to be
transferred to the school's main
auditorium. Most of the ex-timated
500 were opposed to the
elimination of the two assistant
principalships in the district.
In a show of hands on the
question, an estimated 80 percent
were against eliminating the two
assistant principals.
School Board vice president
Robert Weis conducted the
session and opening the meeting
by announcing that in the 1974- 75
school year none of the district's
schools would be phased out or
closed, nor would there by any
redistricting within the various'*
el lentary school districts.
e said the board is seeking in­put
from the taxpayers of the
district on the budget questions
and that the board welcomes the
public's feelings on the various
proposals.
No budget figures could be
given as yet Weis said, since the
state aid figures are not known.
Increases in the cost of fuel, light
and power as well as other budget
items will so far bring a $ 1,345,000
interest in this coming year's
proposed budget. This does not,
include new figures for the
teachers' salary contract still
under negotiation.
Subtractions from the budget,
including $ 53,000 for the
elimination of two assistant
principals in the district, ten and
one half teachers on the
elementary level and seven on
thf. secondary level, will product
a $ 406,100 decrease. This would
leave an increase in the budget of
$ 938,000.
Each $ 100,000 increase
represents ten cents on the tax
rate, Weis said.
As far as the teachers' contract
negotiations are concerned, Weis
said, each one percent salary
increase will represent $ 175,000
added to the budget.
Mrs. Rosemary MacNamee,
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Spring Jamboree
Friday, March 29
The Farmingdale Republican
Committee will hold their annual
Spring Jamboree Friday, March
29,9 p. m. to 1 a. m. at the Holiday
Manor, Bethpage.
The club's annual fund raiser
will feature Warren Spellmans
usual warm hospitality, buffet,
unlimited cocktails, dancing and
entertainment.
Tickets at $ 15 per person are
available by contacting Marge
Pfoh at CH 9- 8803 or CH 9- 3244.
CASO VISITS ROTARY: Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso,
guest speaker at regular luncheon meeting of the Farmingdale Rotary
Club, is welcomed by Salvatore J. Nicosia fleftl, president, and Willis
Carman, Jr. [ right 1, program chairman.
Mayoi* Appoints
Bi- CentenmlGp.
Write- ins Bring
Large Village
Voter Turnout
All three Incumbent candidates in the Farmingdale
village election on Tuesday swept easily to victory,
although a last minute write- in campaign for one
council seat caused a brief scare. The ensuing Monday
afternoon telephone campaign produced 438 voters at
the polls, double the number for a normal village
election.
Farmingdale Village Mayor
John T. Hallahan officially ap­pointed
the village's Bi­centennial
Committee to for­mulate
plans for the two hun­dredth
anniversary of the
founding of our country. Named
as co- chairmen of the committee
were George Cook, Sr. and Mr.
John Gillies.
Mayor Hallahan made the
official announcement at a
meeting in the Village Hall
Saturday morning. The co-chairmen
invited their com­mittee
chairmen to the meeting
and announced the appointments
to the various committees to
begin making plans for the
commemoration, leading up to
July 4, 1976 when the United
States is officially two hundred
years old.
Every service club, fraternal
organization, church group, etc.,
in the Farmingdale area will be
invited to elect and send one
member to serve on the com­mittee.
These members will
make up the committees under
the chairmen appointed.
Appointed by the co- chairmen
were Ruth Slansky and Jean
Hubbard, publicity; Robert
Cunningham, finance; Connie
Kinzler, commemorative book;
John McLennan, community
participation; Sarah Howitt and
Weldon E. Howitt, Hardserapple
oara house; Frank Dinda,
merchants participation; Dr.
Benjamin Giminaro, historical
trail; Bert Willenbach, lecture
series; Sebastian Albrecht,
special events.
The Bi- Centennial Committee
will have the use of an office in
the Village Hall. The group will
meet officially on Saturday, June
1, lor a progress report.
Operation HELP
Ready To Begin
Anton J. Kaiser, coordinator of
" Operation HELP" ( Help Enrich
Lives Personally), the Kiwanis -
sponsored program designed to
enrich the lives of Farmingdale's
over - 65 homebound residents,
has announced th£ group's
readiness to begin delivery of
HELP'S services on April.
Three committees of volun­teers
have been formed - each
including Kiwanians ( members
of the local Kiwanis club),
Kiwanettes ( members of the
women's service club composed
mainly of Kiwanis members'
wives) and Key Clubbers
( members of the Kiwanis -
sponsored Farmingdale High
School youth service club) -- and
are now in the final stages of their
ten Save
Heart Victim
Village of Farmingdale
Firemen, using their new cardiac
alert system and paramedic
training, saved the life of a 65
year old housekeeper at St.
Kilian's Rectory last Saturday
evening.
The firemen, led by Capt. H.
Pieloch and assisted by George
Kuck and Bill Merrins, found
Mrs. Marguetta Friedberger
unconscious and not breathing
when they arrived at the scene.
They immediately started mouth
to mouth resuscitation and closed
cardiac heart massage while
attaching the victim to their
cardiac telemetry equipment.
The equipment indicated Mrs.
Friedberger's heart was in
fibrillation. Upon orders from the
doctor at the hospital, they
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John Gillies received 409 votes
in his uncontested bid for village
justice. Willis B. Carman, Jr.
garnered 338 votes and Kocco
Posillico 388 votes for the two
council seats. All • three in­cumbents
are members of. the
village's Liberty Party.
Mildren DeMarco, chairman of
the village planning board and
also a member of the Liberty
Party, received 44 write- in votes
for Carman's trustee seat and 12
on the Posillico line..
Mayor John T. Hallahan.
contacted by the Post Tuesday
night, said ' i t ' s just one of those
things that sometime happen.''
Mrs. DeMarco told the Post she
received a phone call on Monday
asking if it would be alright to
write in her name for a trustee
seat. " 1 said ' sure why not' it
might create a little action in the
village," Mrs. DeMarco stated,
" People wanted a little op­position
just to fire up some
action in the village, so I said,
well, go ahead."
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preparation and training.
" Initially our three project
committees will offer specific
services to those in School
District 22 who are both over 65
and unable for any reason to get
around or do the many things that
must or should be done as part of
a normal satisfying life," ex­plained
Kaiser.
" Michael Arcari, Key Club
president, Jeannette Dixon,
Kiwanette president, and Ernest
Thompson, past Kiwanis
president are co - chairing the
large Helper Project Committee
which will offer practical help
such as door - to - door local auto
service, youth escorts, errands
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FARMINGDALE LIBRARY RECEIVES BOOKS as Anna H.
Chuisano, manager of Farmingdale office of Roslyn Savings Bank,
presents " Mutual Savings Banks ... the Evolution of a Financial In­termediary"
to Orrin B. Dow, Library Director. Book is said to be the
only up- to- date survey of the role of savings banks in a modern system
of financial institutions.