1976-08-26

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yl Pra* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdak Area Since 1920 150
An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdak
VOL. 57 NO. 41 Second Class Postage Paid
in FarmingriaU', N. Y. 117.1? Thursday, August 26, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
Island— Wide Publications, Inc. price 1 Si - $ 5 per year
Back To School For Fewer Kids
Enrollment Continues
Predicted Decline
HAVING A BALL: A youngster receives a prize at the skill ball booth during this past weekend's
carnival, sponsored by Farmingdale's Knights of Columbus. The carnival- bazaar was held Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at the council home on Morton Street, East Farmingdale. Sunday afternoon's
soaring temperature kept the crowd very thin, but the cool of evening soon brought them back out of
hiding.
Firemen 9s Parade & Drill
Set For Saturday- Sunday
Farmingdale students will be
going back to school on Wed­nesday,
September 8, this year,
but there will be an estimated 584
fewer of them than there were at
the opening of school last year.
The Farmingdale School District
School Textbook
Pick- up Days
Designated
Textbooks will be distributed to
Farmingdale students attending
all non- public schools on Wed­nesday,
Thursday, and Friday,
September i- 3. Hours for
distribution will be from 9 a. m. to
3 p. m. at the Main Street School.
Students attending St. Kilian's,
Our Lady of Lourdes, and St.
James Schools will receive their
books in their own schools when
they return in September.
Realizing that several families
will be on vacation during this
time, a late pick- up date has been
established for Monday, Sep­tember
13, from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m.
at Main Street School.
Textbooks are distributed free
to all the students attending both
private and parochial schools
under provisions of the New York
State Textbook Law. The school
district provides textbooks to its
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is apparently continuing the
predicted decline in enrollment.
When the classes resume, a
total of 10,006 pupils are expected
to return to their studies. Last
September 10,590 students en­tered
district schools.
As anticipated, the largest drop
was in the kindergarten class
entering the school system for
the first time. Registered for the
kindergarten so far this year are
only 480 children. Last year 611
youngsters started school for the
first time, a difference of 131
students.
Considering that 950 high
school seniors graduated in June,
the size of the incoming kin­dergarten
class represents a
drop in enrollment of 470 pupils in
the district.
A decline in student enrollment
is being recorded on all levels
from senior high school, junior
high, down to elementary levels.
The decline is the highest in the
elementary level with a drop of
almost 400 students. The senior
high school is the least affected
anticipating a decline of only 60
students, while the two junior
high schools expect ap­proximately
140 fewer students
than last year.
This year will be the first year
of the two year phase- out of
Parkway Oaks Elementary
School. Parkway Oaks will
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The South Farmingdale Fire
Department will host the 9th
Battalion Firemen's Parade and
Old Fashioned Drill this
weekend. The parade will start
the festivities at 7 p. m. sharp
Saturday, while the drill com­petition
between the various fire
departments Will begin at 1 p. m.
Sunday.
Leading off the Saturday
parade will be the 1776 Spirit
Group, the V. F. W. Color Guard
and Chairman of the 9th Bat­talion
Clifford Davis. They will be
followed by the replica of the
U. S. S. Constitution built by the
Bethpage Fire Department,
Westbury's Antique fire truck
and Farmingdale's Water Witch
hand pumper.
Grand Marshall Richard G.
Klein will head the first division
of the parade, consisting of the
eight fire departments in the 9th
Battalion. The host department,
South Farmingdale will lead the
division with their band The
Comanehee Raiders. They will be
followed by Carle Place Fire Dept.
and the Long Island Mummers
Band; Farmingdale Fire Dept.
and Billy's Boys Band; Jericho
Fire Dept. and Our Lady of Good
Counsel Band; Westbury Fire
Dept. and St. Gerard of Majella
Band of Hollis; Hicksville Fire
Dept. and the Moonlighters;
Plainview Fire Dept. and Good
Shepherd Lutheran Fife and
Drum Corps; and Bethpage Fire
Dept. and Our Lady of Snows
Band.
Marshall William Willemsen
will head the second division
consisting of the East Far­mingdale
Fire Department,
North Massapequa Fire Dept.
and North Amity ville Fire Dept.
They will also be accompanied by
bands.
The parade will form at South
Main St and Midwood Ave. and
will march south on Main to
Carmans Road, turn on Carmans
Rd. and proceed south to the
Inter- County Shopping Center.
A band competition will follow
the parade in the field behind the
Woolworth's store in the shopping
center.
Beginning at 1 p. m. on Sunday,
August 29, the fire departments
will open their competiton in the
Old Fashioned Drill on the same
field behind the Inter- County
Shopping Center.
The drill teams will be com­peting
in nine events: three man
ladder, running ladder, dummy
carry, running hose, efficiency,
efficiency replacement, two- into-one,
buckets and woman's
buckets. A total of 51 trophies will
be awarded, including parade
and band competition.
Grandstand seating and
refreshments will be available to
the public during both the band
competition Saturday evening
and the drill Sunday afternoon.
GOP DINNER- DANCE: C. Raymond Radigan, Republican Executive
Leader of Farmingdale, purchases a ticket from Mrs. Deborah
Cavanagh for the annual dinner- dance of the Farmingdale Republican
Committee. The September 17 affair at the Narragansett Inn will
honor Assemblyman Joseph M. Margiotta, Chairman of the Nassau
County Republican Committee. Plans for the evening include en­tertainment
and dancing. Tickets are available through Republican
committeemen at $ 25 per person. More than 509 are expected to join hi
honoring Margiotta, who earlier this year announced that he would not
seek reelection to his seat in the State Assembly.