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A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdate Area Since 1920
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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdate
VOL. 56 NO oTU Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdate, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 6, 1975 Copyright 1975 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc. price 15< t — $ 5 per year
A FITTING CROWN: Marjorie Pfoh of Farmingdate, tests the size of
the crown she is making for Mary Duggan, the four- year old Heart
Princess of Nassau, who will be crowned at the Farmingdate
Sweetheart Ball on February 22, at the Holiday Manor in Bethpage.
Heart Princess
To Be Crowned
Last year children watching
television were invited to join in
the games played on Romper
Room. As the children on the
screen ran around playing
Follow the Leader, little Mary
Duggan just sat in her New Hyde
Park home. Her mother watched
and felt the frustration.
Last Year when Big Bird led
the Sesame Street children in a
game of hopscotch, little Mary
watched and wished. Her mother
learned to fight back the tears.
This year the pretty four- year
old no longer sits and watches
other children at play. This year
little Mary runs around in front of
the television set joining in the
games that her friends on
Romper Room and Sesame
Street play. Now and then her
mother hears her call out, " Look,
Mommy, I can do it, too."
The tears that fill her mother's
eyes now are tears of joy. Mrs.
Mary Duggan now watches her
daughter play as she knows a
four- year old should play. This
new life and joy in the Duggan
household began last June, just
six weeks before Mary's fourth
birthday. Last June, Mary un­derwent
open heart surgery, her
second heart operation since iter
birth on July 16,1970.
This year Mary will reign as
$ 30 Million School
Budget Anticipated
In an almost casual and brief
announcement during Monday
night's Board of Education
meeting, Board President Robert
Weiss made public what until
now was only mentioned in
private executive sessions, a
thirty million dollar anticipated
school budget for the Far­mingdate
district.
The announcement came
during the public participation
portion of the monthly meeting.
In response to a question on the
amount of the school budget,
spurred by JjsJL week's Post
editorial, Weisspredictedthe $ 30
million budget figure. The
question was posed by Martin
Fine of North Massapequa.
Although all the figures have
not yet been submitted to the
board, they anticipate a ten
percent increase over last year's
$ 27,565,000 budget.
A rapid decline in the interest
rates paid by banks was noted by
the board, which could indicate a
loosening of the tight money
market. The school board
became aware of the change in
the money market through in­vesting
. th* new school tax
receipts received. Within a two
week period, the amount of in­terest
paid on invested tax
receipts dropped almost two
percent. Two weeks ago the
district invested in short term
bank notes bearing 9.3 percent
interest. Within two weeks the
interest rate for a second block
dropped to 7.3 percent, at the
same bank.
The board announced the
retirement of William Kopp,
principal of Parkway Oaks
Elementary School, effective
March 20. Kopp, who has been on
sick leave following a series of
[ Continued on page 12J
Children '& Day Drive
To Benefit Carousel
the Nassau Heart Princess. She
will be crowned on February 22,
at the Farmingdale Sweetheart
Ball and she will represent
another beautiful success story,
which is the very reason the
Nassau Heart Association exists.
" The funds raised in our
drive," said Marjorie Pfoh,
chairman of the Farmingdale
Heart Fund Drive," will be given
to the Nassau Heart Association
to help continue the great amount
of research being conducted to
fight heart defects."
Mrs. Pfoh noted that Mary's
story is one of the many that have
happy endings because of the
great amount of costly research
that is conducted every day in
search of the cause and cure of
heart diseases and defects.
" Mary is on her way to a full
life," Mrs. Pfoh said. " She has
grown about four inches since her
surgery and she is enjoying what
all four- year olds should be
allowed to enjoy."
But, according to Mrs. Pfoh,
there are still many people living
similar stories who may not be
able to enjoy such a happy en­ding.
" Heart disorders still
remain a challenge to medical
researchers and this work must
[ Continued on page 12]
The 12th annual Farmingdale
Children's Day door- to- door
collection by the youth of School
District # 22 will be conducted
Sunday, February 23, to aid the
newly established Carousel after
school program.
Each February Farmingdale
Children's Day, which is a
project of the Farmingdale
Women's Interfaith Council,
chooses, in conjunction with
National Brotherhood Week, a
local children's need as its
beneficiary. The Carousel
program, recently established by
the Farmingdale Youth Board,
has been selected because the
Children's Day Committee
agrees with Carousel's
philosophy that there is a definite
need for good low cost after
school care for children and most
especially for those of working
mothers. Carousel centers were
created to be operational for two
hours at the close of the full
school day in the child's own
school under the direction of a
professional educator. Additional
leadership will be provided by
volunteer secondary aged
students and senior citizens.
With its varied program of
games, art, films, cooking, trips
and optional homework tutoring
services, Carousel endeavors to
provide social and educational
experiences for district school
children in grades 1- 6 that will
encourage their personal
development.
The program's $ 5 registration
fee and daily charge of less than a
dollar is insufficent to meet all
expenses and replenish supplies.
The Women's Interfaith Council
believes the fledgling program
merits broad community sup­port.
In past years the Children's
Day collection purchased feeding
chairs for Suffolk State School
and made body braces and ap­pliances
available to Spina Bifida
victims.
Farmingdale Children's Day
efforts on behalf of Carousel is
being supported by area Boy
Scouts and Girl Scout units,
Farmingdale Public Library,
Farmingdale B'nai B'rith,
Farmingdale elementary and
secondary school groups, St.
Kilian R. C. Elementary School,
religious schools of the Far­mingdale
Jewish Center, St.
Lukes' Lutheran Chruch and St.
Thomas' Episcopal Church.
For additional information,
inquiries may be directed to
Carousel Counselor Benay
Bernstein ( 249- 2928 or 293- 3286) or
Children's Day coordinators,
Patricia Schriro ( 249- 5692) and
Betty Tomforde ( 293- 9340).
MADAM PRESIDENT: Carl Dittmeter. retiring president of the
Farmingdate Youth Council, presents the gavel of office to the new
president, Mrs. Lucille Meyer son. Dittmeter, assistant postmaster at
Farmingdate, served as president of Youth Council for the past three
years. He will continue as Commander of the Police Boys Club
Nautical Cadets, one of the Youth Council's activities.
[ Photo by Claire Studios]