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VOL. 56 NO.> K X^~ Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 10, 1975 Copyright 1975 by
Island— Wide Publication. Inc.
price 1 Si - $ 5 per year
Village Holds Line On Budget
Keeps Rate At $ 2.82
BICENTENNIAL EMBLEM winners show their designs to the judges of the Farmingdale contest,
sponsored by the Farmingdale Bicentennial Commission. The emblems will be used by the local
commission on letterheads, posters, etc., during the celebration of 200th birthday of the United States.
Winning $ 25 bonds for their designs were Debbie Hause, a Farmingdale High School student, and Fred
Labitzke, an industrial designer. From left are judges George Weisbrod and Ruth Slansky, Miss Hause,
Libitzke and Mayor John T. Hallahan. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Contest Leader List Growing
The number of frontrunners is
beginning to grow as the Master
and Miss Hardscrabble Contest
begins its fourth week with a total
of 33 contestants in the eight to
twelve year old age bracket.
Leading the boys for the
Master Hardscrabble title is
Robert Meagher with 590 votes,
followed by Nicholas
Anastasiadis with 339. None of
their other boys has as vet passed
School Bd. Candidate
i
Louis J. Avallone, a resident
of Farmingdale for the past five
years, has announced his can­didacy
for the office of Member
of The Board of Education to fill
the unexpired term created by
the resignation of Sheldon Bern­stein;
which term ends on June
30, 1976.
Avallone resides at 29 Colonial
Drive with his wife and two
children, ages 13 and 8. They are
presently enrolled in the local
schools, Weldon E. Howitt and
Woodward Parkway.
Avallone, a graduate of the
Stonier Graduate School of
Banking, is employed as a Vice
President of Nassau Trust
Company in charge of Branch
Operations. Formerly, he was
Vice President of the one billion
dollar Republic National Bank.
As Vice President he was
responsible for the operating
activities of their nineteen
branch system. Eighteen years of
experience in the banking field
have exposed him to the in­tricacies
and financial aspects of
the business world.
From 1963 to 1967 he was ac­tively
involved as a Com­mitteeman
with Brooklyn Cub
Scout Pack 19 and continued as a
Webelos Leader in Farmingdale
with Cub Scout Pack 606 upon
relocating here.
Avallone expressed his views
as follows:
" The ever increasing cost of
maintaining a high level of
quality education and the
tremendous tax strain placed on
us have highlighted our concern
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the 100 vote leader mark.
Tops among the girls for the
Miss Hardscrabble crown is
Mary Milone with 181 votes. She
is followed by Nancy Steenbuck
with 131 votes, sister Gloria
Steenbuck, 128 votes, Janet Cast,
106, and Kathy Moeller, 78.
There is still plenty of time for
new contestants to catch the
leaders in the race for the top
awards. Master and Miss Hard­scrabble
will each receive a $ 100
savings bond and their two
runner- ups will receive $ 50
bonds. The winners will also lead
the Hardscrabble Day Parade
down Main Street on May 24.
New contestants entering this
past week include Paul At-tanasio,
289 Van Cott Ave.,
Farmingdale; Tommy Angwin,
8, and Beth Angwin, 11, 105
Midwood Ave., Farmingdale;
and Jacqueline Mosca, 10, 6
Ridge Rd.( Farmingdale.
Contestants registered so far
are Janet Cast, 9V*,. a student at
Woodward Parkway School;
Richard Reimer, U, 28 Jerome
Drive; Nancy Steenbuck, 11, 91
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The Village of Farmingdale will be able to hold the
line on its tax rate for the next fiscal year in spite of
inflationary costs. The tax rate will remain $ 2.82 per
hundred of assessed valuation for village residents.
Mayor John T. Hallahan and
the trustees of the village made
known their budget plans
Monday night during the annual
reorganization meeting. A public
hearing on the full village budget
will be held Monday, April 14, at 8
during the reorganization
meeting included the naming of
Lilian Kawolski as deputy village
clerk. Fred Rathgaber will
replace Norman Krasnow as
Chairman of the Board of Fire
Commissioners and Hinze
Riedrich and George Kuck were
named new fire commissioners.
Edwin Henn was named the
new chairman of the Village
Planning Commission, taking the
place of Mildred DeMarco who
was named as the new chairman
of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Carl Dittmeier was appointed to
the vacancy on the planning
board.
Reappointed to the same posts
as last year were Willis B.
Carman, Jr. as Deputy Mayor
and the various standing com­mittees
of the Board of Trustees.
Serving on the committees are:
Finance: Mayor Hallahan,
chairman, Krasnow and Car­man.
Insurance: Krasnow,
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Charge Three
In Burglary
police in a burglary attempt on
an Eastern Parkway firm in
Farmingdale.
Early Saturday morning,
guard John Phenning saw lights
at the Wittaker Corporation's
Plastic Division at 361 Eastern
Parkway and called police.
Members of the 8th Precinct's
Anti- Crime Unit arrested Bendall
Harrison, 25,.- ff 173 Steal Place,
Amityville, i « iar the rear door,
and George Williams, 31, of 500
45th St. Copiague and Lathan
Smith, 31, of 41 Jackson St.,
Farmingdale, after a four mile
chase.
Near the rear door police
recovered three rolls of copper
print, used to print designs on
plastic. When melted down the
copper would be worth about 70
cents per pound. Each roll
weighed 300 pounds.
The three men were held on
bail and were to face District
Court Judge Henry Kalinowski
for a hearing yesterday
FUNDS TRANSFERRED: Presenting a $ 1,000 check to Farmingdale
Merchants Association's Frank Randazzo of Mediae's Mens Shop is
Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce Treasurer Murray Tuck of
Murray Tuck Insurance, Inc. as Chamber of Commerce President Sal
Magro of Magro's Pharmacy In farmingdale looks on.