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An Official Newspaper for the Village pj[ Farmingdale
VOL. 57 NO. 11 Second CIB. WH Postage Paid
in F* rmihgtlu k'. N. V. 11735 Thursday, January 29, 1$ 76 ' Copyright 1976. by. "''.,'•'
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School
State Aid Cuts Could
Force $ 3 Plus Hike
If early projections on the Farmingdale school district
budget become reality, the taxpayers in District 22 arc
in for a ^ hopping increase of $ 3 per hundred or higher.
That could happen if Governor Carey sticks to his an­nounced
slash in aid to education.
According to local sources, the Farmingdale school
district stands to lose $ 1.8 million in state aid alone if the
law is not changed. The provisions of high tax relief,
save harmless, equalization rates and the l. 25 weighted
funding for secondary students used in previous years
for / determining the amount of & ate aid received by the
school district could all be eliminated under the state
cuts.
March for Life
Biraws Thousands
HOWITT'S BICENTENNIAL QUEENS: Maureen Cunningham [ center] has
Hewitt student body as their Bicentennial Queens. Other finalists are [ L to It] Marlene Wagner, Linda
Sperling, Karen Weiner, Diane Arteca [ 1st runner up], Joyce Stavert, Donna Visalli [ 2nd. runner up],
Christine Alfino, Jeanne Coppola [ 3rd runner up] and boreen Thelemann. [ Photo by Hickish]
Bicentennial Costume Ball
Features Cdlonpal Dress Only
The Bicentennial Costume Ball
Cbnumtteefmet at the home~ of
Mrs. Darlene Henn, chairman, to
finalize arrangements for the
Bicentennial Costume Ball,
which will be held on May 8, at
the Farmingdale Jewish Center.
The famous Bill Millner Band
will play, early' American, and
modern music from 9 to L
Price for thei tickets^ will be
$ 7- 5( h per person or $ 15.00 per
couple. Tickets will be printed
and -^ available for purchase^ in
about two weeks M/ the'Village
Hall, from Darlene Henn, 694-
3829, Stephen Bongiorno, 694-
3187, SteVeh Cahip, 694* 0076, or
anyother^^ Members of the
committee. Tables may be had
for groups of ten/
The committee agreed that all
attendants must appear in
Bicentennial dress. There will be
no exception to this requirement.
Since most - people do not
possess a costume for the oc­casion,
the Committee has
arranged for ; a. - Costume
Workshop, under the guidance
and direction of Mrs. Lee Pecora.
The first- Workshop meeting
will' be held at the South Far­mingdale
Library on Wednesday,
March 17 and 24 from 10 am to 12.
noon and 8 to 10 pm.
The second Workshop will be
held at Main Street Branch of the
Library on Wednesday, April 7
and 14 from 10 am to 12 noon. The
charge for each Workshop in­struction
will be $ 2. per person.
Please call Mrs. Barbara
Douglas at 293- 7448 for further
information, concerning the
Costume Workshop.
Open Roslyn Annex
A new drive- in, walk- up annex
will be opened by the Far- /
mingdale office of The Roslyn
Savings - Bank on Monday,
February 2 with a community-wide
sweepstakes drawing. . .
The red brick; colonial style
annex; designed to harmonize
with the main bank building,
features two walk- up windows
and three drive- in stations. It will
be open for deposits and with­drawals
from 8: 30 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Monday through Friday and to 1
p. m. on Saturdays.
' In order that everyone in thcu.
service area of the Farmingdale
office may have a chance at a
valuable / pirize^ the^ Roslyn
Savings Bank is having Lucky R
sweepstakes folders delivered to
homes in Farmingdale, Old Beth-page,
Bethpage, Massapeqiia and
parts of Plainedge on Sunday,
February 1 and Sunday,
February 8. To find out if they are
winners, the recipients just have
to take their, folders with the
Lucky R numbers to the hew
facility and see if it is among the
winners posted there. If they do
not have winning numbers, they
can still register for the loser's
sweepstakes. Among the 10Q
prizes are color tv sets, tape
recorders, tennis racquets,
calculators. Loser's; have a
chance on $ 200, $ 300 and $ 500
shopping J^ effe£ lii••"• • ••••• •'-•• v « --=/^
The / Roslyn Savings Bank,
which is celebrating its 100th
birthday this year, has offices in
Roslyn, jVest Hempstead and
Bellmore as well a s Farmingdale
and plans to open a new office in
Woodbury this summer.
Despite low temperatures, an
enthusiastic group left Far­mingdale
January 22 at 5 a. m. to
join over 65,000 other pro- life
people in a March For Life in
Washington, D. C. to call attention
to the need for a Human Life
Amendment to overturn the 1973
Supreme Court decision jj on
abortion. . -.
The crowd assembled on the
Ellipse near the Washington >
Monument for talks by pro- life
leaders, then at noon they
proceeded down. . Pennsylvania
Avenue for the mile vwalk to the
Capitol. When the beginning
group of marchers had com­pletely
circled the Capitol*
thousands were still coming down
Pennsylvania Avenue. Among
the speakers for. the remaining
part of the prograrr/ were Sen.
James Buckley, N. Y., with the
Bicentennial note that we " are
endowed ... with the unalienable
right to life." Ellen McCormack,
of Long Island, Democratic
presidential candidate called for
perseverance in the Right to Life
movement. A group of Cong.
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Parking Permits
Norman Krasnow, Far­mingdale
village administrator,
announced this week that all
village parking lot permits expire
on January 31 and must be,
renewed at theJWllage7 Hall ior;
the coming year.
••[ The permits to allow commuter
parking in tlje- inunicipal lot at
the(£ jarmingaale railroad station
costs'$ 2 per year ror village
residents and $ 12,: per year for
nonresidents.
An additional $ 1.1 million could
be added to the budget figure for
mandatory increases such as
social security, automatic
teacher salary increments/ fuel
costs, etc. This would give the
local taxpayers a total ' of $ 2.9
million in additional funds to
raise.
These figures alone would
mean a small homeowner with a
house assessed at $ 6,000 would be
paying an additional $ 180 per
year..
The Board of Education is now
entering, into negotiations with
the teachers union, since their
two year contract expires this
year. Additional salary increases
and benefits won by the union in
thejnjBW contract Would have to
be added to the present- figures,
unless the board implements
additional cuts to ythe- budget
figures.
The present board has already
indicated" that its goal is for a
zero tax increase this year for
' district ^. taxpayers/ They in­dicated
theyvare seeking ways of
accomplishing this, including the
closing of a school if. necessary.
The board will advertise, for
bids on the Main Street School in
a February public meeting and
hope to receive at least three
quarters of a million dollars for
the property. The property has
been assessed at between 3/ 4 and
$ 1.1 million. These funds, if the
building : is sold, could help
reduce the anticipated increase.'
Two of our local state
legislators, Sen. Owen H.
Johnson j and Assernblyman
Philip Heaieyvr are " ah'eady
pledged to fighting the cuts in aid
to education. - Healey, the author
of the save harmless provision,
will fight to continue it and other
formulas that provide aid to low
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