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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
Vol. 59 No. 7 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale. N. Y. 11735 Thursday, December 8,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post
price 15c - $ 5 per year
FHS Starts
Pot Probe
High School Principal John
McLennan has established a
professional Task Force to study
the new changes in the laws
concerning the use of marijuana
and its effects on the school.
According to McLennan a
misunderstanding of the new
laws, enacted in August, have led
students and parents to a more
tolerant attitude toward smoking
" pot". Despite efforts to warn
students . via small group
assemblies in September, the
overt use of marijuana has in­creased
on the school grounds.
Several students have been
suspended and at least two
arrested. This new tolerance is
apparent in the local theatres and
shopping centers where public
smoking is illegal but
widespread.
The Task Force, headed by
Ivan Krakowsky, chairman of
Social Studies, will finish a report
on the new laws and the
medical/ psychological aspects of
marijuana in about two weeks.
The report will be presented to
the School Board, School Ad­ministration,
PTA Units and
Student Leaders. McLennan said
he would ask the Board of
Education to make its policies
available to all parents and
students in the District. A special
edition of the High ^ School
Newspaper will publish the
report.
Robber^ Burglar
Hit Bar, Liquor
Stores In F'dale
A Farmingdale bar was robbed
this past week and two liquor
stores burglarized, according to
reports from the 8th precinct
police.
Mer's Pub at 545 Fulton Street
was robbed of $ 170 on November
30. The bartender told police the
lone bandit was a white male, 40
years old with a slim build and
neatly dressed in a blue sweater.
The report did not indicate
whether the robber carried a
weapon or how he made his
escape.
Early Sunday morning,
December 4, both Ted's Liquor
Store, 200 Fulton Street, and
Barton's Liquor Store, 511
Conklin Street, were hit by
" smash and run" burglars. The
front display windows of both
stores were broken and assorted
bottles of liquor stolen.
The private home at 100 Jef­ferson
Road was also burglarized
during the day on November 30.
The burglar entered through a
rear door and took a coin
collection and assorted jewelry.
BANK UNVEILS AVIATION MURAL: Shown at the recent unveiling of " Reaching for the Stars," a
panoramic mural Of aviation progress on Long Island, are [ 1. to r.] Elinor Smith Sullivan, pioneer
woman pilot whose portrait is included in the mural; Floyd N. York, president of The Roslyn Savings
Bank; and mural artist Frances Norris Streit. The 22 foot by 7 foot oil on canvas mural is mounted in
the Farmingdale office of Roslyn Savings Bank at 14 Conklin Street.
Roslyn Unveils Giant Mural
" Reaching for the Stars," a
panoramic mural of aviation
progress on Long Island, was
unveiled on Friday, December 2,
at the Farmingdale office of The
Meat Market
Open Again
The Farmingdale Meat
Market, closed by an early
morning fire October 5, re­opened
again yesterday at the
same location, 210 Main Street.
The market is completely new
with all new meat cases and
fbctures, but it's the same Far­mingdale
Meat Market that it
was before the fire. It has the
same friendly faces behind the
showcases that were there before
and the same quality meats in­side.
Neighboring merchants are
also happy to see the return of the
meat market. With 14 butchers
being kept busy serving the
shop's clientele, the market was
always one of the major shopping
attractions on the north end of the
business district.
After a two month suspension,
it's Grand Opening time, then
business as usual as it has been
for the past 30 years in Far­mingdale.
Roslyn Savings Bank.
Painted in oils on canvas by
artist Francis Norris Streit of
Merrick, the mural measures 22
feet wide by 7 feet high. Portraits
of 24 aviation pioneers associated
with the development of aviation
on Long Island are included and
some 35 air and'space craft are
depicted.
In unveiling the work, Floyd N.
York, president of Roslyn
Savings Bank, said that the of­ficers
and trustees of the bank
were pleased to have this op­portunity
to honor some of the
many Long Islanders who con­tributed
to the growth of aviation
throughout the world and to be
able to share this outstanding
artistic work with the people of
the area.
Among the aircraft shown in
colorful detail are Glen Curtiss'
1909 " Golden Flier," Lindbergh's
" Spirit of St. Louis," World War
II fighters built by Grumman and
Republic and, of course,
Grumman's Lunar Module and
Space Shuttle.
Painted in the artist's studio,
the work, including many hours
of exhaustive research, took 15
months to execute. Upon com­pletion
it was transferred to the
bank office at 14 Conklin St. and
permanently mounted.
Mrs. Streit previously painted
the historic Long Island mural
that adorns the walls of Roslyn's
Bellmore office. She holds a
B. F. A. degree from John Herron
Art Institute and an M. F. A. from
the State University of Iowa.
Town Bd. Bans
Public Drinking
The Oyster Bay Town Board in
a move to combat littering and
vandalism, banned the
possession of open containers of
alcoholic beverages on any public
street, sidewalk, park, or any
other public area in the Town.
'/ Alcohol abuse has become a
major problem with many of our
young people," Town Coun­cilman
Joseph J. Saladino ex­plained,
" which often leads to
littering, boisterous conduct and
vandalism. With its proper en-.
forcement, this new law will help
curb such anti- social behavior
and its expensive consequences."
The ordinance also bans open
containers of alcoholic beverages
in vehicles and charges all oc­cupants
of the vehicle with a
violation.
Violations are punishable by a
fine not exceeding $ 25 or 10 days
in jail or both for a first offense,
and up to a $ 50 fine or 15 days in
jail or both for subsequent of­fenses.
School Bd.
CSEA Sign
Agreement
The Farmingdale Board of
Education, meeting for their
regular December session
Monday night, ratified an
agreement with the Nassau
Educational Chapter of the Civil
Service Employees Association
that represents the district's
secretarial, custodial and
maintenance employees.
The agreement ends
negotiations which have been
continuing for over the past year
and a half and covers the 1976- 77
year retroactively, as well as the
1977- 78 year in progress.
Salary for all members of the
group shall be 4.23% plus
increment, for a total package of
5.6% paid retroactively for the
1976- 77 year. Members of the unit
had already received the
increment in 1976- 77.
Salary for 1977- 78 shall be 5.1%
increase, plus increment, for the
clerical staff and 4.1% increase,
plus increment, for the custodial
and maintenance staff. The
difference in salary for the
clerical staff is in recognition of
the increase in summer work
hours agreed to by the clerical
staff.
Summer hours for the clerical
staff have been reduced by a
three week period. The new
summer hours will go into effect
next summer.
In addition, holiday schedules
have been made firm at 19.2 days
per year for the clerical staff and
18.2 days for the custodial and
maintenance staff. In the past the
number of holidays has
fluctuated according to the school
calendar. In addition, the bulk of
vacation time will be taken in the
July 15 to August 22 period in the
summer.
The District agreed to pay 75
percent of the health insurance,
with the difference between the
1976- 77 payments and the new 75
percent portion coming from the
total salary package of 1977- 78.
The board also accepted the
resignation of J. Harlan Brown,
principal of Mill Lane Junior
High School, effective June 8,
1978. Brown, who listed personal
reasons for his retirement, has
been on leave of absence since
suffering a heart attack.
Tax Exemptions
In order to qualify for Veterans
and Old Age Exemptions for the
year 1978, applications must be in
the Village Clerk's office, 361
Main St., Farmingdale, before
December 31.
If you have any questions
please contact Mrs. Kowalski,
Deputy Clerk at 249- 0093.