Bethpage-Tribune_1973-05-31

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Thursday, May 3 1 , 1 9 73
News Briefs
Important Dates In Plainedge
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Search For A New Superintendent
Important upcoming
dates for residents of
School District No. 18, as
released by Vice-
President Don Ranter of
the Plainedge School
Board, are as follows:
May 31st is the district's
final budget hearing. A
public meeting will be held
at the High School at 8:30
P.M.
June 5th is
registration day.
voter
June 6th is "Meet Your
Candidates Night."
June 13th is election day.
Three propositions, in
addition to candidates for
the school board, will be
placed before the voters
Proposition I is the
district's $13.5 million
budget. Proposition II is
the district's $350,000
Renovation Bond Issue
Proposition III is the
district's $316,945 library
budget.
Av Austin Murphy famed Bonking Chimin
S. Murphy,
East River Savings Bank, has
been elected chairman of the
Advisory Council of the New
York Chapter of the American
Institute of Banking.
Dr. Murphy, a leading
economist and educator, suc­ceeds
Dr. Gabriel Hauge,
chairman of Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Co., in the post.
• East River's principal officer
was recently re-elected president
of the M.S.B. Fund, the savings
bank's mutual fund for employes,
officers and trustees.
The East River Savings Bank,
with assets in excess of $1 billion
is among the largest savings
banks in the nation.
Residents In A.A.U. Masters Swim Meet
Mr. and Mrs. James Forbes of
Bethpage returned this week
from a trip to Los Angeles,
California where they swam in
the A.A.U. Short Course National
Masters Swim Meet, May 19 and
20, held at Santa Monica High
School. Over 500 swimmers over
the age of 25 were in the meet.
Two swimmers from Plainview
were there, Mr. Charles Schlegel
and Mr. Sam Morris. Mr. Forbes
won two medals for coming in 6th
in the 100 yd. breast stroke and
the 100 yd. butterfly in his age
group. Mrs. Mary Forbes swam
in the 50 and 100 yd free style. One
man was 87 years old, a Mr. Ross '
from California and he swam the
100 yd breast stroke, they showed
him on T.V. that night on their
news broadcast. One man who
seemed to be one of the best was
an Hawaiin in the 34 yr age group
from the Waikiki Swim Club.
They • :,' took top honors. Mr.
Forbes and Mr. George Van-dormolen
were both on the
A.A.U. National Masters 10 best
times list for 7 events for 1972,
published in Swimmers World
Magazine.
Little League
Action
Bethpage Little league - NORTH
"Majors"
L.I.N.B. vs. Reliance
On May 24th, Jeff Babushkin
pitcher for L.I.N.B. had 13 strike
outs and allowed only one hit to
shut out Reliance 8-0. Joe
Pietroluongo had two doubles for
L.I.N,B.
The opposing pitchers were
Matty Neville and Chris Johnson.
Bill Axmacher hit a single for
Reliance.
Tigers vs. Troiano
Thursday, May 26th, the Tigers
defeated Troiano 11-3. Winning
pitcher for the Tigers Robert
Wischek, catcher Peter Mameli
For Troiano Billy Wilson started,
with Terry Pattigno and Vinny
Zarella coming in for relief, Billy
Penney was the catcher.
The Tigers Gary Tourangeou
and Bobby Flynn both hit triples
with men on base.
Leading hitters for Troiano was
Vinny Zarella with a triple and
Joe Faggione, Bobby Mattiace,
Billy Penney hitting doubles.
Good defensive plays by Peter
Capitelli and Lewis Giamanco
caught men out at the plate with
their throws to the catcher.
Troiano vs. Reliance
Reliance won today, May 26th
with a 6 to 3 victory over Troiano.
The pitching chores for Reliance
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by Richard Wood
Ninety-two persons have
responded to the
Plainedge School
District's advertisement
?6r ~ a new school
superintendent, said Dr.
Philip Pitruzzello of New
York University.
Speaking at a special
public meeting of the
Plainedge School Board
held May 24th, Dr.
Pitruzzello said that most
of the responses were in
the form of formal ap­plications.
Dr. Pitruzzello, Head of
the
El.'cVi*-«>!
ministration of the _.
of Education, New York
University, and Dr.
Williard S. Elsbree of
Teachers College,
Columbia University had
been invited by the board
to discuss their screening
procedures with the
district.
The Pitruzzello-Elsbree
team is a professional
screening committee
which the board recently
commissioned to perform
a "nation-wide" search for
"the best qualified and
most highly recom-mendable
candidates" for
the Superintendent's
position.
Dr. Pitruzzello said that
in addition to presenting
their procedures to the
community, both he and
Dr. Elsbree also wished to
receive input from the
community.
"It is our hope," said
Pitruzzello, "that we know
as much as we possibly
can about Plainedge."
In response to a
question, Pitruzzello said
that the committee had
been instructed to look for
a person of "unusual and
exceptional background..
. a person of integrity and
a high degree of in­telligence
. v- (one skil|edb
in enriching curriculum.. *
. (and one able to) com­municate
effectively with
the staff, community and
students."
"It is my impKsssiou,,"
added Pitruzzello, .'that
(the board) certainly
wants a good ad­ministrator...
(The board)
is looking for leader­ship...
They're not overly
concerned wittt j high
technical: skills in the
business area."
In response to another
question, Dr. Pitruzzello
stated that "we're a
screening, team, not a
selection team. The board
of education is the
selection team."
Many community
members were quick and
ready to provide the
community input the
committee was seeking.
d e ^ o f it
Harold Ewen, President
Federation of Teachers,
addressing Drs. Pitruz­zello
and Elsbree, said
that the Plainedge School
Board * had exhibited
"gross disdain for the
teachers and public."
"Your committee is a
screen," said Ewen, "for
what is actually going on
in the district....The board
has already made up its
mind and is using the
committee to make it all
sound judicious.... You
were called in to dignify
the situation."
Dr. Elsbree replied that
he felt the board was
acting in good faith.
Mrs. Esther Kamlet
reprimanded Mr. Ewen
and other speakers by
saying that "we shouldn't
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be airing our dirty linen in
public before these gen­tlemen."
Before the two-hour
meeting was over a great
many members of the 85-
member audience rose to
address the committee
and express their feelings,
attitudes and recom­mendations
concerning
the Plainedge community.
In response to numerous
questions from the
audience, Dr. Pitruzzello
reiterated the timetable
the committee would
utilize.
The committee has
established. June 8ti» a s u»e
d e a d l i n e for filing ap-j^
pm-would
be delivered to the
board approximately
three weeks after that
date. At that time the
board would begin
arranging interviews with
the "six or ; seven"
recommended candidates.
If this schedule is
adhered to by the school
board, its decision should
be made well after July
1st.
The audience greeted
that announcement with a
collective sigh of relief. It
means that a "new board"
will choose the district's
new superintendent, as the
terms of current board
members Bahnken,
Gagliardo, and Walsh all
expire on July 1st.
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SHOWING THE WAY: Oyster Bay Town Clerk Ann R. Ocker shows
one of the Town's informational leaflets to CounetiaMt&Salva^ore K.
Mose-A.^vwi**) and Tom Spina. President of the Bethpage
Republican Club. Mrs. Ocker was the guest speaker at the May
meeting of the club.