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VOL. 55 NO. 9 Second Class Postage Paid-in
Farmingdale, N. Y, 11735 Thursday, January 10. 1974 Copyright 197J by
Island- Wide Publication. Inc. price 15< - $ 5 per year
Fuel Oil Hike
Hits Budget
For Schools
Skyrocketing fuel oil prices, not anticipated at the
time the Farmingdale school budget was set last spring,
forced the Board of Education to " rob Peter to pay
Paul" during Monday night's meeting. The board
transferred $ 200,000 from other accounts to pay the
inflated costs of fuel oil and an anticipated hike in
OLD MAN WINTER wasn't fooled by the early arrival of Daylight Saving Time, he lay down a blanket
of ice as a reminder that no matter what the clock says, he is yet going to have his day. It was a harsh
reminder to some morning commuters as the freezing rain and sleet proved fatal to at least one Far­mingdale
resident and caused several other less serious accidents. 1 Post Photo]
Spellman Honored By Z- A
It's a strange road from
aeronautical mechanic to head of
one of the area's largest catering
services, but it's a road that
Warren Spellman of Far­mingdale
has navigated suc­cessfully.
In recognition of his
achievements, Spellman was
today named the Long Island
winner of the Albert Gallatin
Award for outstanding
businesspeople.
Spellman is the owner and
manager of Holiday Manor in
Bethpage, an operation that
employes more than 60 persons.
A member of the executive board
of the Better Business Bureau, he
helped that organization prepare
a brochure on " How to Plan a
Banquet."
The Albert Gallatin Award
program is sponsored by the
Zurich- American Insurance
Ctffcjoanies to recognize small to
mediuftvsjzed businesses and
businesspeople. The award is
named for a U. S. patriot of Swiss
origin who was a small
businessman and who served as
secretary of the treasury under
Presidents Jefferson and
Madison. Z- A is a Swiss- based
firm.
Though many of Spellman's
activities are business- oriented
( he is serving his seventh term as
president of the Long Island
Restaurant and Caterers
Association), he has been a
leader in citizen crime control.
He led a year- long boycott of the
French wine industry in an effort
to put pressure on French
authorities to stop the flow of
heroin from their ports to the
U. S. He now serves as president
of the Long Island Committee for
Crime Control.
As the Long Island winner,
Spellman receives a bronze
Albert Gallatin medallion and a
cash award to $ 500 for the charity
of his choice. He is now eligible
for regional and national com­petition;
the national prize is a
gold medallion as the top U. S.
businessperson and a $ 5,000
award to charity.
Spellman, the father of 14
children, nominated by
Universal Coverage Corp. of
Hicksville, and selected the Long
Island winner by a panel of
judges composed of Herbert
Mayo, Zurich- American
Woodbury branch manager;
Fred E. Merrell, executive vice
president of the Long Island
Association of Commerce and
Industry; and Edwin J. Lucie,
president of the Nassau County
chapter of the National
Association of Insurance Agents.
Daler Elected ATID
Internat'l President
electrical power.
Icy Roads
Kill Youth
Thursday morning's icy roads
caused a number of skidding
accidents and one fatality in the
Farmingdale area. A 19 year old
East Farmingdale sheet metal
worker was killed when his car
and a garbage truck skidded
together ort Round Swamp Road.
Police said Peter A.
Napadensky of 5 Park Circle,
East Farmingdale, was killed at
7: 40 a. m. when his car and the
garbage truck collided head- on.
Driver of the- truck, William
Campbell, 31, of Amityville, was
given a summons for driving
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K- 9 Puts Bite
On Burglar
A Suffolk County policeman
patroling in East Farmingdale
found suspicious tracks in the
new fallen snow. His keen eyes
and the keen nose of a canine
resulted in the arrest of an Islip
man inside a Farmingdale
factory.
The police officer followed the
tracks in the snow to a chain - link
fence and noticed they continued
on the other side towards Flair -
Fold Mfg. at 75 E. Carman's Rd.
The canine unit was sent to
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When rumblings of a fuel
shortage began, the schools in­stituted
economy measures to
save oil. This resulted in a 38%
savings in the amount of oil used
during October and November.
The increased cost per gallon of
the fuel, however, is playing
havoc with the budget figures.
During the 1972- 73 school year
$ 162,000 was earmarked for fuel
oil. This year's budget called fc
$ 186,000, but Monday night fe> T\
board had to add another $ 160^) 00 \
to that figure to make this year's I
heating costs total $ 346,000.
The light and power account in
the 1972- 73 budget was $ 152,000
compared with the anticipated
$ 174,000 for this year. Monday
night the board added another
$ 40,000 to this account to'meet
higher costs.
To raise the additional $ 200,000,
the school board took $ 50,000
from the capital improvements
fund; $ 30,000 from repairs and
buildings; $ 20,000 from teachers
salaries; $ 10,000 from the
payments for additional
preparations for teachers;
$ 40,000 from BOCES tuition; and
$ 50,000 from transportation.
In order to use the money to
heat the buildings these other
funds will have to suffer the loss.
Some capital improvements
planned for this year won't be
made. " We'll have to pray," a
district spokesman said, " that
we don't have a major repair,
such as a boiler going out."
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si
Leonard B. Austin, 21, son of
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Austin of 11
Pauline Drive, Farmingdale, was
elected International President
of ATID at its just completed 14th
Annual Convention held in
Atlantic City, New Jersey.
" ATID is the College- age
program of conservative Jews
throughout North America and
Israel; It is directed by the
United Synagogue of America,"
Austin explained.
Austin is a graduate of Far­mingdale
High School, Class of
1970, and is now corr- leting his
Senior Year at Georgetown
University, Washington, D. C.,
where he is majoring" in
Government. He hopes to go in
for careers in law and politics.
Among his priorities for ATID,
he included " enlarging our
membership, especially among
our Farmingdale Jewish Center
youth, providing more services to
college students on their cam­puses,
and improving the quality
of existing programs on local,
regional and national levels."
Rabbj Paul Teicher of the
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THIRSTY BEVERAGE Discount Center on Motor Ave., S. Far
mingdale, was gutted by fire early Friday morning. The blaze, yvhifh
started at about 5 a. m. collapsed the roof of the building. 1st Deputy
Chief James Crispino of S. F. K. D. surveys the damage after his
department fought the blaze for two hours in sub- freezing tem­peratures.
I Photo by K. J. ( ireeol