Bethpage-Tribune_1972-12-07

              BETHB^GE
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PLAINVIEW
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HAINEDGE SEAKDRD
Vol. 7 No. 4
Thursday, December 7,1972
Photos in The News D'AMATO: Family Day Care
Big Savings To Taxpayers
lore than half a day care centers. D'Amatn M „ _, L :;
10 cents per copy
held at the Beau Sejour, Beihpage Monday e v e n Sl
cimgratuiatuig ma^m..
Frank. Leahy, Ass't. .r - - — „ _ « , ^
School; Anthony LoFaso, School Board Member; Mr.
Miller and Dr. Roper Larson, Superintendent of Beth-page
Schools. Miller, who resides at 81 Maple Avenue,
Bethpage, has been in t he teaching profession since
1932. l i e held the title of Supervising Principal of the
Bethpage School District from 1940 to 1939. He has held
the position of Principal of the Bloomingdale School
A savings of more man nan
million dollars to taxpayers and a
reduction of welfare rolls have
resulted from Nassau County's
escalation of family day care
programs, Hempstead Town
Supervisor Alfonse M. D'Amato
has reported.
D'Amato, Chairman of the
Nassau. Board of Supervisors
Health and Welfare Committee,
.said the program has permitted
hundreds of adults who are on or
would be on welfare to become
gainfully employed.
Family day care differs from
day care centers in that it utilizes
mothers and private homes. A
woman may take in as many as
six preschool children and care
for them during working hours to
free their parents for em­ployment,
day care is less than
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centers, D'Amato
pointed out. While day care
centers do a fine job with,
professional staffing, the more'
economical family day care
program saved the county a total
of $586,000 last year alone,
D'Amato said.
In July 1971, when D'Amato
called for a step-up in the family
day care program, only 50 homes
were being utilized and 75
children cared for. Today those
numbers stand at 141 homes and
403 children.
Nearly all the parents of the 403
youngsters are either employed
or in job-training programs today.
Close to 20 per cent of the parents
earn enough to be removed from
welfare rolls. Others have had
their allotments reduced in ac­cordance
with a formula that
permits a worker to retain 30'oer
ciwt o£..bis,jnM»»ttUy.-w*ges plus
$30 iri monthly expense*-. The
balance of his wages is then
.deducted from his
welfare allotment.
monthly
w » u . v. a u u u l l C l l l.
"We are especially pleased by
the progress we've made in this
program", D'Amato said, "since
it has so dramatically snapped
;the welfare syndrome for so^
many families, Not only arc the
parents productive members of
society, but also the children will
not be reared in an atmosphere of
dependence."
D'Amato emphasized his
regard for the group day care
centers, in spite of their greater
costs. Group centers provide
professional help for youngsters
who need it and offer other
facilities not available at private
homes, he said.
Currently, 388 children are
cared for at group centers,
freeing 257 other parents for
employment ppportunitte».
>x cnud as opposed to *5U~as w «n mommy expenses, ine eiupioympnt-opparniwiirowv
eldman Brothers Offer Free i*«rfc£ti^
Nassau County Executive rely on buses said that the firm bad made the
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Friends of Victor Miller enjoying festivities at party
held in his honor. The hospi Uity of the Beau Sejour
was warmly received since both Ed Wilson and Paul
Wilson are old and dear friends of the Millers. The
reception brought many "old-timers" together to
honor Victor Miller.
Photos by Jerry Augusta
G*
Ralph G. Caso today accepted an
offer from the Feldman brothers,
owners of the Crescent office
complex in Levittown, to open
their 4,000-space parking field to
Nassau County commuters af­fected
by the Long Island
Railroad, strike, The field,
located at 3601 Hempstead
Turnpike - just west of Wantagh
Avenue, will be available Mon­day
moring and throughout the
strike for the formation of car
pools.
"This is a fine gesture by
public-spirited businessmen who
want to help their neighbors
under very difficult cir­cumstances,"
Caso said. "I want
M,ibj&k,Jjjg, geWmans on behalf
of all our county* computers"a1W
express my admiration for their
public concern and courtesy."
The Feldmans made their offer
in telegrams to Caso and Tran­sportation
Commissioner An­drew
Schiavone. Schiavone today
joined the county executive in
thanking the Feldmans for their
county spirit.
"These 4,000 additional parking
spaces will help alleviate the
hardships that our commuters
are facing," Schiavone said. "I
want to stress that commuters
should avoid' trying to drive
singly into New York City. As
much as possible, they should
T0B Reorganizes
Town Depts.
The Town Board today
(Tuesday, December 5) adopted
a series of local laws that will
permit the reorganization of
several Town government
departments to improve ef­ficiency
and economies in their
operation.
Provision was also made-fw
the establishment of a new
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ray wi u n a . or forming car
pools at Christopher Morley and
Eisenhower parks and in the
Crescent parking field."
Speaking for the Crescent
management, Sidney Feldman
had offer because "we felt that in an
emergency like this we should do
whatever we could to help our
fellow citizens. We're glad to be
able to help."
Christmas cards have a special meaning for all Long
Island residents this year because of a program
initiated by the Friends of the Nassau County Museum.
The non-profit Friends organization, which assists with
county museum programs including those at the Old
Bethpage village Restoration, is making available to
all residents a card which features a water color scene
of the historic Manetto Hill Church (photo) at Old
Bethpage. The cards are priced at $6.25 per box of 25
and are available at the Old Bethpage village Gift
Shop, located off Round Swamp Road, as well as at the
gift shops in the Historical Museum at Eisenhower
Park, East Meadow; Tackapausba Museum and
Preserve on Washington Avenue in Seaford and the
Gar vies Point Museum and Preserve on Barry Drive in"
Glen Cove. The cards are the first in a series featuring
local historic sites which will be provided by the
Friends. Additional information can be obtained by
calling the organization at (516) 364-1050. *