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VOL. 55 NO. 27 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 16, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc. prico 15< -$ 5per year
Budget Vote Wednesday
Only 7,742 Eligible
YOUTH COUNCIL HOLDS THE LINE - well nearly. Pictured above - Village of Farmingdale Clerk-
Treasurer, James McKenna examines 1974- 75 budget presented by President, Carl Dittmeier.
Recreation Director, Tony Tonachio and Youth Board Community Counselor, Mike Tartamella look on.
The twenty four year old council is comprised of numerous community organizations including all
Summer and Whiter Programs, Youth Board, Big Brother, Big Sister, Hot Line, Farmingdale Baseball
Leagues, Police Boys Club, Civil Air Patrol, Association for the Help of Retarded Children, A. A. U.
Swimming and the Cultural Arts Program. The estimated tax rate for Babylon Town has been set at
23.5, a one tenth of a cent drop from last year's actual rate.. In Oyster Bay the estimated rate is 17.4, up a
little over a penny from last year's actual rates. These figures are based on the amount of $ 162,444.00 to
be raised.
Substitutes Ask Refund
Of Teacher Union Dues
In a letter to the Post this week,
two regular substitute teachers
claim their union did not
represent their interest and want
their union dues refunded.
Anthony S. Bouza and Marvin
Wishinsky said they received
termination notices as regular
substitutes because of the job
security clause in the teachers
contract. In their letter to the
Post, the two teachers stated:
" Recently the union leadership
of the Farmingdale Classroom
Teacher's Association had good
reason to congratulate them­selves
on % hard won two year
teaching contract which con­tained
a guarantee of job security
for its present teaching staff.
Included in this unique twelfth
hour agreement was also a
provision lor the recall and
employment of all teachers
" exeessed" within the past two
years by the school board. Along
with a pay increase and in­numerable
additional benefits,
the • negotiated contract
represented an ideal settlement
of many " hot" issues between
board and union. The union
membership was highly pleased
with the contract and passed it
almost without exception.
" There was, however, one
segment of the Classroom
Teacher's Association that was
totally unrepresented in the
aforementioned agreement. We
received no benefit from the
negotiations yet our dollars went
toward its support. As a " silent
minority" of permanent sub­stitutes,
we were lead to believe
that wo> too were members in
good standing in the teachers
union. That we too were
represented in the latest
negotiations, that we too if
necessary would walk the picket
line if called to do, that we too in
turn had the active support of the
union leadership. This it seems
has not been the case. The facts
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Farmingdale voters will go to the polls next
Wednesday, May 22, at Weldon E. Howitt Jr. High
School to determine the future of fate of the school
district. But, there are only 7,742 eligible voters to make
the decision as opposed to over ten thousand last year.
Over 3,000 potential voters allowed their permanent
registration rights to expire by not voting in a school
New registrations or re-registrations
have swelled the
voter ranks by 745 in the two
registrations days this year to the
present figure.
The " future of fate" vote on the
school budget of $ 27,988,963 is not
so much that tremendous savings
could be achieved by its defeat,
but rather that the three board
members who voted against the
budget feel an apathy vote or
approval of the nearly $ 3 million
increase is a mandate to spend
for education.
Board President Robert
Campbell, Vice President Robert
Weis and Curriculum Chairman
Frank Hanieri are all opposed to
the budget and expressed the
feeling that if the taxpayers don't
care how high tfilTlaxes go, then
why should they continue to fight
for cutting costs.
Campbell and Ranieri oppose
not only the budget, but call for
the defeat of the two board
members seeking reelection who
voted to approve the budget and
the teachers contract: Joseph
Molloy and Frank Gelish. They
endorse the election of Raymond
Parcels and Stanley Martyna to
the Board of Education.
Weis, however, though
opposing the budget, is endorsing
Gelish for reelection and
remaining " neutral" on the
Molloy- Parcels race. Weis, who's
18 year old daughter, Susan, is
Gelish s campaign manager,
said that while they differ often
and argue over board matters
they remain friends. " While I
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election for two years.
Registration
Trailer Coming
The Commissioners of, the
Board of Elections, Isabel R.
Dodd and Marvin D. Cristenfeld
issued a reminder today that the
Nassau County Mobile
Registration Trailer will
continue the 1974 Registration
Campaign by making a two day
visit to Farmingdale on
Wednesday and Thursday May 22
and 23
The Trailer will be at Main
Street, opposite the Post Office,
near the Police Booth, from 3
p. m. to 9 p. m. on both days.
This is the 12th year that the
Mobile Trailer has toured the
County to provide a local public
service to the non- registered
citizens of Nassau County.
Spring Concert
uvA very special program is
planned for the 15th annual
Spring Concert. The St. Kilian
Boychoir, directed by Theodore
Grudzinski, will be featured with
the St. Kilian Chorale in " A Night
of Nostalgia," your old favorites
from past concerts will be per­formed.
Songs from " Fiddler on
the roof," " My Fair Lady," " The
Music Man."
Plan to attend Saturday, June
8, 8: 30 p. m. or Sunday, June 9,
7: 30 p. m. in the Cherry St.
aduitorium. Tickets are only
$ 2.00 adults and $ 1.00 for students
and senior citizens.
Main St. Closed For Fair Main Street, Farmingdale, will
become an open air walking mall
in the downtown area for Hard-scrabble
day, May 25, with the
two block area from Prospect
Street to 4he Railroad track
closed to vehicle traffic.
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
the village trustees passed a
resolution Monday night
requesting the Nassau County
Department of Public Works to
close off this portion of Main
Street to traffic from 10 a. m. to 6
p. m. This move is intended to
help the Farmingdale Merchants
with their " Sidewalk Sale,"
which is running in conjunction
with the Hardscrabble Fair.
A spokesman for the Nassau
Co. DPW told the Post that,
although the resolution had not
yet been received by them, such
requests are almost always
granted and it would be a very
rare occasion if such a request
from a village were turned down.
The Library announced that
Frederic De Feis, Producer-director
of the Arena Players
Repertory Theatre is bringing his
company to the Hardscrabble
Country Fair which will take
place on Saturday, May 25th at
the Village Green in Far­mingdale.
The Arena Players is now
situated in its own theatre on
Route 109 in East Farmingdale
and gives to the town of Far­mingdale
the distinction of being
the only town on Long Island to
house a fully professional, year-round,
repertory theatre. The
Arena Players fair display will
include company member " Doc"
Slevin in costume as Henry Vlfl
playing and singing songs of the
Elizabethan era, displays of
Arena Theatre past and present
productions and complete box
office and ticket information- In
addition, a one- act play selected
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