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VOL. 57 NO. 25 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 6, 1976
Copyright 1976 by
Island- Wide Publications, Inc.
price 15$ - $ 5 per year
Teachers Will Strike
UnionAsks $ 1,3 Million
OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS to newly ordained priest Rev. William L. Willdigg are Rev. James '
Heart, class of * 74, and Rev. Donald R. Shane, pastor of St. Kilian's R. C. Church,* Farmingdale.
" Father Bill" said his first Farmingdale mass Sunday afternoon and was tendered a reception by the
parishioners in the school, cafeteria. After serving the, past 15 months as a deacon at St. Kilian's, he will
. now he reassigned to a parish near Garden City.
[ Post Photo by Bob Starrett]
36Contestants In Final Week
The Farmingdale Federation
of Teachers voted yesterday to
begin their strike today as
scheduled during their vote last
week. Negotiations broke down
late Tuesday night after the
union rejected the • Board of
Education's latest offer of a
$ 500,000 salary increase package.
Since the Public Employees
Relations Board fact finder's
report was received last Friday,
a state appointed PERB super-conciliator
has been attempting
to delay any strike action at least
until Monday because state law
gives both sides ten days to react'
to the results of the report.
At Monday night's Board of
Education Meeting, however, it
appeared that the two sides were
far from reaching an agreement,
Although the union has ap­parently
abandoned its insistence
on the renewal of the job security
clause, they are asking a $ 1.3
million package of salary in­creases
and fringe benefits. The
board has made an offer of
$ 375,000 which would amount to a
3 per cent salary increase.
> This figure offered by the board
represents savings cut from the
budget and which would still
The $ 500,000 offer would add
approximately 13 cents to the
existing tax rate.
The union has also presented
proposals guaranteeing em­ployment
of its members by the
creation of new programs and
services or the reinstitution of old
programs which had been cur­tailed
or eliminated at a time
when enrollment is sharply
dropping. The community had
expressed itself clearly on this
issue and the Board feels it
cannot bargain away, its com­mitment
to the public.
Much has been said and in­timated
on the issue of class size.
Class sizes planned for next year
are virtually identical to those
which exist this year. What the
Board cannot condone are
proposals which in effect would
be a further extension of job
guarantees. The Board wishes
the public to know that it supports
present class size averages.
Several proposals at issue
involve maintenance of
programs and services. The
Board has announced its in­tention
to phase out foreign
language from grade 5 in the
elementary schools. It has also
provide the taxpayers wiuYl zer< K undertaken steps to cut personnel
Two final contestants signed up
for the race for Master and Miss
Hardscrabble, bringing the total
number of contestants to 36 as the
last week of voting got underway.
The winners will be announced
in next week's Farmingdale Post.
The final collection of ballots
from the Farmingdale Library
will be made Monday morning
and the winners announced. The
last two contestants to join the
contest are Lisa Marie Avallone,
age 9, of 29 Colonial Drive; and
Roger More, age 4, of 310 Staples
Street.
The ballots have been piling up
during the past week, so no
leaders will be listed until all
ballot votes can be validated with
the issuing merchants. The
unofficial vote leader has topped
the 5,000 vote mark, so the
process of tabulating and
checking for verification is time
consuming.
Master and Miss Hardscrabble
and their runner- ups will lead the
Hardscrabble Day Parade at 11
a. m. Saturday, May 22, and will
receive their prizes on stage
during the opening ceremonies
immediately following the
parade in front of the Main Street
School.
The Main Street School will be
the main entertainment center,
with the Town of Oyster Bay
Showmobile parked on the front
lawn. A second entertainment
stage will be set up near Front
Street. Entertainment will be
provided all day at both
locations.
An art contest has been
scheduled as last year for all art
exhibitors. Four first prizes of $ 25
each will be awarded for oil
paintings watercolors, sculpture
and mixed media. Medals for
second and third place winners
will be awarded in each category.
All artists must be registered to
exhibit at the Fair in order to be
eligible for the judging and the
prizes. Registration fee is $ 5 and
winners will be announced the
day of the fair. Exhibitors who
wish to have their works judged,
may enter two pieces by bringing
them to the South Farmingdale
Branch Library on May 12,13, or
14. They may pick up their works
on May 15. The winners will be
exhibited at the European-
American Bank for one week,
May 31 through June 4.
• After Hardscrabble, the next
major Bicentennial event for the
Village of Farmingdale will be a
concert by the University of
California Marching Band to be
held July 11 at the University of
Farmingdale. Tickets for the
event will be sold by the Women's
Club of Farmingdale at their
booth during the Fair.
Man Bites Cop
Dog bites man, that's not news:
Man bites dog, that's news, or so
goes the old newspaper adage,
But, how about man bites cop?
That's what happened this week
in Farmingdale.
Police Officer S. Hoinacki of
the 8th precinct was called last
Friday night to the 7- 11 store on
Merritts Road on a report of a
man causing a disturbance.
Kenneth Warmuth, 19, who
refused to give police an address,
was being arrested for creating a
disturbance; he allegedly bit the
police officer on the hand.
tax increase during the coming
year. Any money added to the
teachers' contract tabove this
figure would be added to the
present tax rate. The board
considers the union demand as an
excessive burden on the com­munity
at this time.
in support areas, such as
elementary guidance and
psychology. Although a certain
number of positions are being
dropped in line with enrollment
declines, these services are being
maintained.
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Accardi Seeks Vacant
School Board Seat
Leonard A. Accardi of 5 Cornell
Place, Farmingdale, has filed his
petitions to run for election to the
Farmingdale Board of
Education. He will seek the seat
being vacated by Mrs. Lucille'
Goulding.
Accardi, a Certified Public
Accountant, is a graduate of St.
Francis College and a member
and past officer of Columbia
Lodge, Sons of Italy in America.
He has served as assistant editor
of the lodge's monthly
newspaper, " The Navigator"
and participated in many other
activities.
Accardi and his wife, Liz, have
two children, Andrew, 7, and
Tarabeth, 4.
In announcing his candidacy,
Accardi stated:
As a resident of Farmingdale
five years I've seen my tax bill
rise 75%. I've wondered where it
will end and what effect such
taxes will have on the community
in years to come. Where will
Farmingdale be in 5 years? in 10
years?
I've attended meetings during
which various problems have
been discussed. Everyone gets
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