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in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, July 17, 1975 Copyright 1975 by
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MTA Tax Bill Awaits Governor
Could Bring $ 500,000
Aid To School District
TAKING A BREATHER: South Farmingdale Fireman gets an oxygen treatment to clear the smoke
from his lungs while fighting a house fire late Friday night. The John Dunn home on Midwood Avenue
was gutted by flames. Three teenage members of the family left the house shortly before 10 p. m. to go
to the nearby deli. They returned to find the home engulfed in flames. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Dad's Aim Is $ 60,000
There was an impressive
turnout for the Farmingdale High
School Dads' Club fund drive
meeting Monday night. The third
in a series of regular Monday
night meetings was held at the
North Massapequa Community
Center to formalize methods for
raising an estimated $ 60,000 to
reinstate the sports and extra­curricular
school activities that
have been cut by the austerity
budget.
Committee Chairman Dave
Williams welcomed the
assembled residents, including a
large contingent of students from
the high school and community
leaders Deputy Mayor Willis B.
Carman, Jr., Village Clerk
James McKenna, Deputy Clerk
Norman Krasnow, the Rev.
Albert Palmer, Pastor of St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, and
Assistant Supt. of Schools Dr.
Philip Acinapuro. Williams then
outlined the planned fund- raising
campaigns.
A committee headed by Bette
Watkins will be conducting a
contest throughout the summer.
The winner will receive a 1975
Chevrolet. Persons interested in
giving Bette a hand can call 249-
3188.
A country auction will be held
at the Howitt Jr. High School
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The Farmingdale School District would receive up to
$ 500,000 under new legislative concept to cover the lost
revenue resulting from the MTA's takeover of Republic
Airport. The actual amount received by the school
district will be determined by use of a complicated
formula used by the Dept. of Equalization and
Assessment.
The measure was sponsored in
the Senate by Senator Owen H.
Johnson ( R- West Babylon) and
in the Assembly by Assem­blyman
Arthur J. Kremer CD-Long
Beach) and co- sponsored
by Assemblymen Philip B.
Healey ( R- C- Massapequa) and
Lewis J. Yevoli ( D-() ld Beth-page).
Assemblyman Healey said that
the bill, passed by both houses of
the Legislature and currently
awaiting gubernatorial action, is
a concept he has been working to
achieve for the past several
years. Healey said that the
measure would prevent the loss
of assessed valuation on Republic
Airport by holding the district
harm less' at the level of the
assessment rolls at the time of
the acquisition. This would be
implemented until such time as
revenue- producing property
offsets the loss.
" Under the existing Real
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Crash Fatal
For 16 Yr. Old
v Funeral services were held
Monday at St. Kilian's R. C.
Church for a 16 year old Far­mingdale
girl, fatally injured in a
headon collision on Boundary
Avenue Thursday night.
Dorothy Perri, a student at
Farmingdale Senior High School
, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mario Perri, 140 Plitt Ave., died
at Mid- Island Hospital following'
a 8: 05 p. m. crash Thursday in
which four others were injured.
According to 8th precinct
police, a car containing four
youths and driven by Charles
Falcone. 20, of 1 Elm Drive,
Farmingdale. skidded on the
rain- soaked street and collided
head- on with a second car driven
by Janet E. Ferro, 18. also of
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Town Wins Toll Fight
" We have, indeed, won a
victory for our residents," Oyster
Bay Town Supervisor John W.
Burke said Tuesday in an­nouncing
a settlement with the
State, which has agreed to drop
the additional $ 1 ' vehicular use
fee* it planned to collect at the
Jones Beach toll booths.
Notjng that the State is still
considering instituting a $ 1 en­trance
fee at the Jones Beach
parking lot facilities, Burke said,
" at least we have assured our
residence that they will not be
unjustly charged the 100 per cent
increase just to get to Town
facilities."
While stating that he still felt
this was not the time for the State
to pass a greater economic
burden onto its citizens, Burke
said, " at least this additional fee
will not be unjustly imposed on
our residents who will not be
using the State beaches."
Burke pointed out that, in his
opinion, the State Administration
should have avoided placing a
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CHECKING THEIR NEEDS to see how much money has to be raised to provide a sports and extra
curricula? activities schedule during an austerity " budget are Heft to right] Athletic Director Don
Snyder, Fund Raising Committee Chairman Dave Williams and Dad's Club President Jim Keats. They
will attempt to raise $ tt0, ooo for a full program. I Post photo by Bob Starrett i
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