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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 55 NO. 25 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 2, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc. prico 154 - $ 5 per year
MTA Tax Bill
Passes Assembly
MEMORIAL STONE, honoring the Farmingdale men who died i-
^ tarea and Vietnam, is officially unveiled by Postmaster Willian
Pureed during a special dedication ceremony following Sunday*
Loyalty Day Parade. The memorial was arranged by Farmingdale':
Gold Star Mothers. Members of the State University at Farmingdah
Horticulture and Veterans Clubs landscaped the site in front of the
Post Office. [ Post Photo by Bob Starrettl
Howitt To Head
Hardscrabble Day
The preparations for Far-mingdale's
Hardscrabble
Country Fair to be held on
Saturday, May 25 are going full
speed ahead. Farmingdale
Public Library trustees an­nounced
that Weldon , E. Howitt
has consented to become the
Grand Marshall of the Fair.
Howitt will be leading the
procession which will start the
day's celebrations from the
Library at Main and Conklin
Streets to the Village Green.
Accompanying the Grand
Marshall will be, among others,
Gary Hammond, a young
member of the Bethpage
Historical Society, Norman and
Lujta Jones, Farmingdale
Historians, and Miss and Master
Hardscrabble Johanna Giaco and
Robert Peralta. Farmingdale's
mayor, The Honorable John
Hallahan, escorted by Orrin B.
Dow, director of Farmingdale
Public Library; village officials,
The Farmingdale School
District would recover the
substantial value of real property
tax revenue lost through the
State's condemnation of property
beginning in 1969 for the MTA's
use of Republic Airport under
legislation sponsored by
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey
( R-- Massapequa).
The measure, co- sponsored by
Assemblyman Stuart R. Levine
( R- Bethpage) was passed today
by the Assembly.
The State Board had originally
implemented a transitional
assessment formula for partial
reimbursement of the school
district's loss of property tax
revenue for only five years
beginning with the 1969- 70 school
Jacovsky vs Pins
For Library Seat
Irwirt Jacovsky has announced
that he Will run for re- election to
his seat on the Farmingdale
Library Board. Jacovsky's five
year term expires on June 30.
Voting for his seat on the library
board, as well as two seats on the
school board, will take place on
May 22, at Howitt Junior High
School.
In a statement to the Post,
Jacovsky said: " It is a real
pleasure to be running for this
office in a climate that lacks the
controversy, suspicion, fear, and
divisiveness that existed in this
community five years ago. At
( Continued on page 16)
William Pins has just an­nounced
his candidacy for
Farmingdale Library Trustee for
the 5 year term expiring June 30,
and presently occupied by Irwin
Jacovsky.
Pins, of 6 Meadow wood Lane,
South Farmingdale, is a resident
there for 14 years. He is married
with 3 children: Patricia, a
secretary for a Farmingdale
Electronics firm, Cynthia, a
student at Queen of the Rosary
Academy in Amityville, Eileen, a
student at Our Lady of Lourdes in
Massapequa Park. He is a Route-
Salesman with the Miller Baking
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year. Under Healey's bill the
1973- 74 transition assessment of
approximately$ 580,400 would be
frozen indefinietly until the
assessed valuation of other
property in this part of town
increased by that amount. ,
" In essence," said Healey,
" the State would pay ap­proximately
$ 150,000 per year for
as many years as is needed.
" I have had a series of con­ferences
with both the members
of the Senate Finance Committee
and the Governor's Office to
bring about this long sought
relief. This measure is in keeping
with the ' save- harmiess'' clause
which I initiated several years
ago to provide our school
districts with at least as much
operating aid in any one year
than was received in the previous
year.
" The Farmingdale School
District has benefited from this
' save- harmless' aid but the
transition freeze would help to
ease the burden of taxpayers who
would have had to bear the price
of covering the revenue loss of
almost a quarter of a million
dollars," concluded Healey.
The measure is sponsored in
the Senate by Senator Owen H.
Johnson ( Rr- Nassau).
trustees of the Library and
representatives of Farmingdale
community organizations will
also join the short parade.
Keeping everyone stepping
high and lively will be the
Dalerettes from Farmingdale
High School and a marching
band...
Want Memorial
Day Marchers
Invitations have been issued to
all organizations to participate in
Farmingdale's Memorial Day
Parade to be held Monday, May
27.
First Deputy Chief Joseph Sch­weitzer
of the Farmingdale Fire
Dept. has urged all groups and
organizations who would like to
participate to contact him at CH
9- 9820, whether or not they
received invitations.
NEW CD DIRECTOR: Anthony Ada mo is administered the oath of office as farmingdale's new
director of Civil Defense by Mayor John T. Hallahan during Monday night's village board meeting.
Adamo replaces Gene Leyendecker, who requested lobe relieved of duty. Watching the swearing
ceremony are village trustees Norman Krasnow, Owen Drugan. Rocco Posillico and Willis K. Carman,
Jr. [ Post photo by Bob Starrettl