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Vol. 58 No. 28 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, May 5,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
School Bd. To
CSEA PICKET LINE greeted members of the Farmingdale Board of Education in front of the high
school prior to the Monday night board meeting. CSEA represents the clerical and custodial employees
of the school* district.
Form Hardscrabble Fair Plans
There will be Fun and Games
in Farmingdale ... The 4th An­nual
Hardscrabble Fair will be
held on Saturday, May 21, on
Main Street in the Village of
Farmingdale. The Fair will open
at 10 a. m. and Main Street will be
closed to traffic from Richard to
Front Streets.
The kick- off parade will start
at Northside School at 11 a. m.
and proceed up Main Street led
by Miss & Master Hardscrabble
and the Grand Marshal, Man of
the Year, George C. Cook. The
formal opening will take place at
the Town of Oyster Bay
Snowmobile in front of the Main
Police Report
Two Burglaries
Eighth precinct police reported
two burglaries in the Far­mingdale
area this past week,
both to private residences.
The first on April 29 was during
daylight hours in an apartment at
700 Fulton Street. The burglar
entered through the front door of
the apartment and took $ 200 cash
and a camera with assorted
Street School, immediately
following the parade.
Various booths will occupy the
Village Green and adjacent
parking lots, along with rides and
games for the children. The
merchants along Main Street will
conduct sidewalk sales, local
artists will display their talents,
and entertainment will be sip-plied
at two locations by the
CAPA Chorale, the Hispanic
Society, St. Luke's Senior Choir,
Garry and the Runnaways, Boy
Scout Troop 511 Indian Dancers,
and several Folk Singing groups.
A complete program of the
Fair Activities will be available
in a special supplement in the
Farmingdale Post May 19. Rain
day for the Fair will be Saturday,
May 28.
St. Francis Hospital
Coming To Farmingdale
The second occurred the
following day, Attril 30, at 955
Fulton St., also during daytime
hours. The burglar entered the
residence through a rear door
and took a 19" Panasonic Color
Television set.
St. Francis Hospital of Roslyn
will come to the Farmingdale
residents May 12 as part of its
celebration of National Hospital
Week.
The well known Heart Center
has taken " A Total Kind of Care"
as its theme, demonstrating the
hospital's interest in caring for
the whole person - physically,
intellectually, emotionally and
spiritually. St. Francis will
provide medical information and
screening from two Health
Trailers parked at St. Kilian's
Church on Conklin Street bet­ween
10 and 2 p. m. Thursday.
Among the tests provided will
be blood pressure screening, oral
cancer examinations and breast
cancer exams. Medical in­formation
provided will Include
demonstrations on cardio­pulmonary
resuscitation, a diet
N. Y. State
Joins Other Districts
To Recoup Tax Losses
The Farmingdale Board of Education, meeting for
their regular May meeting Monday night, voted to join a
group of nine school districts in a lawsuit against the
State of New York to be reimbursed for taxable
property taken over by the state or state authorities.
for the heart and information on
the emergency treatment of
heart attacks. Sister Joan Kister,
F. M. M., executive director of the
hospital noted that the hospital
employees were happy to have
this opportunity to demonstrate
their appreciation to the
residents of Farmingdale and
especially the parishioners of St.
Kilian's for their wonderful
support of hospital programs
over the years.
Bike- A- Thon
The Nassau County Police Boys
Club will hold its second Bike- A-Thon
on Sunday, May 15, on the
campus of S. U. N. Y. at Old
Westbury.
Anyone wishing more in­formation,
may call the PBC
Headquarters at 222- 0860.
CP Tag Days
Start Sunday
A large group of local
teenagers will join hands with the
Cerebral Palsy Association of
Nassau County to raise junds for
the agency's Center for Living in
Roosevelt. Money raised from
the annual Mother's Pay
weekend fund drive - called
" Cerebral Palsy Tag Days" -
will enable the facility to carry on
its comprehensive program of
services to the region's cerebral
palsied youngsters and adults.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hackett of
Farmingdale have been named
adult supervisors for Far­mingdale.
They have enlisted
Jamie Keats to serve as area
Teen- Chairman. His respon­sibility
is to enlist the aid of
fellow high school students to
participate in the fund raising
endeavor.
Cerebral Palsy Tag Days is a
student run function coordinated
on a Countywide basis. During
the drive participants make
canister solicitations at bus
depots, train stations, and local
shopping areas.
According to Tag Day Chair­man
S. Alan Hirschorn of Roslyn,
" This County- wide youth event is
reflective of today's young
people's concern for their han­dicapped
peers." In conjunction
with the fund raising event, the
Cerebral Palsy Association also
carries on a major public
education campaign in schools
throughout the County.
Library Budget
Hearing Tuesday
The Farmingdale Public
Library Board of Trustees will
hold its regular monthly board
meeting on May 10, 1977 at 8: 30
P. M. at the South Farmingdale
Branch Library- At that time, the
Trustees have scheduled a public
budget hearing on the 1977- 78
budget.
The library tax appropriation
will be voted on by the electorate
on June 15.
The East Islip School District is
spearheading the group suit
against the state. Farmingdale
will contribute $ 3,500 to the legal
suit fund to join the joint action.
If the suit is successful, the
school district would be able to
recoup losses in tax due to the
MTA takeover of Republic Field.
The board also accepted, with
regret, the letter of retirement of
Acting- Superintendent of Schoo
Charles Manso. Manso, wh
served as assistant superin­tendent
to Dr. William A. Kin-zler,
became the acting
superintendent after Dr. Kinzler
moved to California last sum­mer.
Manso's retirement will be
effective July 1.
Charles L. Manso
Members of the Farmingdale
Civil Service Employees
Association again picketed in
front of Farmingdale High School
prior to the board meeting as
they did last month. They have
been working and negotiating
without a contract for the past
eight months.
The main point of contention
involves six holiday days that the
board claims are not in the
working contract, but were
granted by the superintendent of
schools. The number of holidays
in the present contract is also not
clear, but it is approximately 14
days. The number of actual
holidays per year is a matter of
contention, depending on the
school calendar. It ranges from a
claimed 14 1/ 2 to 23 days. The
board wants* CSEA members to
give up six of these " traditional"
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