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Copyright 1974 by Thursday. January 16, 1975 m^ SKVi^ ESA inc. price 15* - $ 5 per yeai
CHECKING THE SCORE lor the George Washington Concert, the Farmingdale Bicentennial Com-mittee's
first program for 1975, is St. Kilian Boychoir Director Theodore Grudzinski, Nancy Gillies, co-chairman,
Rev. Donald Shane, pastor of St. Kilian's, George Cook, Sr., co- chairman, and Mayor John
T. Hallahan. The Boychoir will perform American music, old and new, Friday. February 21, at 8 p. m.
in the Cherry St. Auditorium. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Heart Fund Prepares Drive
The annual fund- raising
campaign for the Nassau County
Heart Fund is gearing up in
Farmingdale for its month- long
drive which is expected to get off
the ground February 1, according
to Marjorie Pfoh of Farmingdale
who once again will head the
drive.
" We are just beginning to
organize the drive and there are
many details to be worked out,"
Mrs. Pfoh said. " However,
before we even begin to plan our
activities, we already know that
our greatest need, if we are to be
Youth Council
Election Set
The next regular meeting of the
Farmingdale Youth Council will
be held on Tuesday, January 21,
at 8: 30 p. m. at the Farmingdale
Village Hall.
Officers for 1975 will be elected
at mis time. Nominations for
office were presented at the
December meeting as follows:
President - Lucille Meyerson and
Frank Gelish; Vice Pres. - Helen
Weiss; Treasurer - Murray
Tuck; Secretary - Evelyn
Wright; 1st Trustee Elizabeth
Hawkes, 2nd Trustee - John
Lally. Carl Dittmeier, Council
President for the past S yrs. has
stepped down from the
presidency.
a success, will be volunteers to
carry our message to every
household in Farmingdale."
Mrs. Pfoh noted that in past
fund drives it was the organized
door- to- door work that proved
most effective in explaining the
needs of the Heart Fund. " I have
no doubt that this again will be
the backbone of the drive and it is
in the area of organizing and
carrying out the door- to- door
effort that we need the most
volunteers," she explained.
Because these volunteers do
the work at whatever free time
they have and not according to
some fixed schedule, Mrs. Pfoh
pointed out that most people are
able to work in this part of the
campaign. " If we can help people
realize that this work can mean
giving up less than an hour a day,
I'm sure we will have the large
number of volunteers needed."
Mrs. Pfoh said she would ap­preciate
Farmingdale residents
contacting her at this time to
enable her to structure a chart
that would break down the
greater Farmingdale area into
the numerous small sections that
will be covered by volunteers.
" We always plan to have the
volunteer work in the section
surrounding his or her home so
that it is as convenient as
possible," Mrs. Pfoh said.
Anyone willing to offer some help
can contact Mrs. Pfoh at CH 9-
3244.
In addition to the door- to- door
campaign Mrs. Pfoh will need
volunteers to help make the
annual Sweetheart Ball a suc­cess.
The buffet dinner and dance
is being planned for February 22
at the Holiday Manor in Beth-page.
It is at this affair that the
Nassau Heart Fund will crown its
1975 Sweetheart.
Another need of the fund drive
is the donation of gifts which can
be used as prizes in the fund
raising effort.
On Committer
Guy L. Valentine, assistant
principal at the Howitt Junior
High School, will again serve as a
member of the screening com­mittee
for the Twelfth Annual
Newsday Alicia Patterson
Memorial Scholarships.
As a member of the committee
of eight Long Island secondary
school administrators, Valentine
will be faced with the difficult
task of narrowing down the
thousands of applications to a
group of fifty semi- finalists.
Later that committee will choose
fourteen finalists, seven of each
sex. The final selection com­mittee,
consisting of the
presidents of four Long Island
colleges, will select the winners
of two scholarships.
Carey Message
Draws Fire
In Farmingdale
Three elected representatives of the Farmingdale
area have expressed their concern over the effects
Governor Carey's State of the State proposals will have
on the community and its taxpayers. State Senator
Owen H. Johnson, Assemblyman Philip Healey and
Mayor John T. Hallahan all share the same view, ad­ditional
state taxes, such as the ten cent per gallon
gasoline tax, and cutback in state aid to the local school
district and municipality would put taxpayers over a
barrel or in one.
v # —^ - Mayor Hallahan told the
5 l l i l f l V ^ I f f I f * '' ' * t^ l* 1 - tn I p y t - particularly
« ! " * * * • ' JLrlplf* concerned over proposed cuts in
state aid to municipalities and
1 J DiJLv school districts. The village of
D U S O l f l S Farmingdale, already playing its
cards close to the vest, could be
-|" fe| | forced into increasing village
| | 511111 tf* fl V taxes if the state withdraws any
M. M.€ M, M. M. M. M.\ s\ A. x\ . of its aid. He expressed par­ticular
concern for marginal
At the January School Board homeowners who could be forced
meeting a resolution was adopted into giving up their homes,
by the Board which will allow Assemblyman Healey, who
Farmingdale to participate in a represents all of the area south of
pNraosjseactu t od bisidtr jiocitns tlyo nwi tche rottahienr Ftauclktoend Stthreee tg, a spoalirnteic utlaarxly haikt- e
special transportation: The effort proposal.
is a joint venture with the Nassau
County BOCES and Nassau
" Some of the average working
men in Nassau who must use
County Association of School their aut0mobiles every day to
Business Officials. It is one of carry ihem to w o r k ^^ 5 ^
several recent attempts to cut dealt a n a s t y Wow Dy the new
costs of transportation of Governor," said Philip / B.
stuSduecnht sa o cno oLpoenrga tIisvlea nvde. n ture is Healey, 11th dist. Assemblymen.
authorized under the General
Municipal Law, which permits a
consortium of local school
districts to designate a " com­mittee"
representing all con­cerned
to draft appropriate bid
specifications and solicit bids
accordingly. A seven- member
committee has already been
formed for this purpose, and it
has designated Nassau BOCES as
the coordinating agency for the
project.
Gerard Donolli, director of
transportation, is a member of
that committee. The committee
will analyze the results of the bids
and make recommendations to
the participating boards of
education. If the boards find the
recommendations acceptable,
they may contract directly with
the successful bidder. Those
boards will also be responsible
for administering the contracts
they make.
It is currently planned that
transportation to six non- public
schools be bid-
" Despite the fact that he has
broken a widely publicized
campaign promise not to in­crease
taxes, he has made this
gas tax increase proposal either
through disdain for the suburban
taxpayer or through, the in­competent
counsel of City ad­visors
who can think not further
than the streets of New York.
" This coupled with the
proposed reduction in State aid to
localities constitutes another
increase to suburban
homeowners rather than giving
him the relief in taxes that is
needed at this time; Healey
concluded.
Senator Johnson expressed
deep concern regarding the
content of the Governor's State of
the State Message.
" Governor Carey's first State
of the State Message was far
more contradictory than I had
expected," noted Senator
Johnson.
" He indicated that he wants to
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