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Vol. 4 No. 36 Thursday, June 2 5 , 1 9 70 10c par
Phofos-in-fhe-News I Budgets Get a Second Chance
FIREWORKS CRACKDOWN: Nassau County Police
Public Safety Detective William McEnaney of
Levittown, left, and Patrolman George Geyer of
Amity Yills^ display some of the^unfei _
seized by police: County police' haVe launched a
fireworks -safety campaign and are warning
storeowners and residents that sale, possession or
expolding of illegal fireworks are crimes punishable by
up to 90 days imprisonment or $500 or both.
BETHPAGE
The residents of Behtpage will vote for the defeated
school budget on Saturday, June 27; The budget which
was defeated on June 10 by a handful of votes (931 to
907) will be resubmitted at a figure of $10,700377 in­creasing
the current tax: rate of $10.04 to ap­proximately
$11.76 per $100 of assessed valuation.
Voting will be from noon to 10 p.m.
ISLAND TREES
The Board of Education will meet tonight to review
thebudgetfor resubmission to the voters. The Board is
expected to schedule a budget vote in early July.
PLAINEDGE
Although no specific dates or figures have been
decided on, the Plainedge Board of Education agreed
recently to resubmit a revised, lower budget than the
one defeated by almost 1,000 votes lasVw*ek-Tlnat
s - budget would h a v e hik^d the t a x rate $2:22 to a total of
$14.01 per $100 of a s s e s s e d valuation.
'reexamination of the proposed
budget, according to a library
source. The trustees have also
decided to postpone any reduc­tions
in library service, beyond
the Wednesday morning closing
imposed by last year's budget
defeat, until the results of the
The Board of Trustees of the
Plainedge Public Library
decided this week to resubmit the
recently defeated 1970/71 library
budget proposal without cuts.
This decision was made after
analyzing the results, of last
week's vote and a thorough
second vote are known.
In announcing the decision,
Alfred Freund, Library Director,
stated that two factors figured
prominently in the board's
deliberation. The first was the
fact that the library is presently
operating on a reduced budget
and a second year of austerity
would necessarily result in
severe curtailment of services
and hours. The second factor was
the closeness of the" vote, which
saw the library budget defeated
by only 96 votes out of an ap­proximate
4,000 cast.
"It is the feeling of the library
and the board," Freund said,
"that some residents who voted,
to turn down the library budget
were not fully aware of the im­plications
of such a rejection. If
this budget is not passed, the li­brary
will have over $40,000 less
than it absolutely needs to
provide full service in the coming
year. "Such a gap in funding," he
added, "cannot be overcome by
minor adjustments in staff, hours
or materials, but would dictate
severe cuts in service which
would be felt by all users of the
library."
The date of the new vote has not
as yet been set by the Board of
Education.
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LEARNING ALL THE TIME: Hempstead Town
Presiding Supervisor Ralph G. Caso (center) looks'on
as Milton Hill, director of the N. Y. State Health
Department, presents certificate award to James
Gildersleeve (r), sanitation superintendent of Oyster
Bay Town, after completing a 16-week incinerator
technology course for incinerator,operators held at
Hofstra University.
Bethpage Contest To Start
Expanded Tobay Lacrosse
New playing facilities provided
by the Town of Oyster Bay at
John J. Burns Park in
Massapequa will allpw the Townr
sponsored Summer Lacrosse
League to expand from "box?*
lacrosse (involving eight
players) to regulation lacrosse
, this season.
So reports Councilman Philip
B. Healey, who notes that
opening day is scheduled for
Mondav. June 29. with Bethpage
facing Plainview at 8 p.m. under
the lights. , and Farmingdale
taking on Massapequa in * an
earlier game.
The lacrosse league, which is
gaining spectator support every
year, has teams representing
eight Oyster Bay High Schools.
They are: Berner, Bethpage,
Farmingdale, Hicksville, Ken­nedy
(Plainview), Massapequa,
Plainview and Syosset.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, June* 29 Farmingdale vs. Massapequa at 6:45 p.m.
Monday, June 29,' Bethpage, vs. Plainview at 8 p.m.
(Continued on Page 8)
SWEET ADELINES: The Island Hills Chapter of Sweet Adelines, Inc., an international organization
of women who sing barbershop harmony, will open the Town of Oyster Bay's summer Performing
Arts season at the Plainvlew-OM Bethpage Community Park in mid July. The Island Hills group,
which has twice won regional honors (1967-1969) in Sweet Adelines, Inc. competitions, will share the
billing with Our Sunday Best, the Plainview Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and En­couragement
of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. Show time h 8:39 p.m. There is no
charge.