Editorial Letters To The Editor
Bills are being prefiled in the State legislature.
This year the struggle for State Aid for education
continues. No one has said it better than former
District 22 Board of Education member John E.
Gillies. In a recent letter to Trustee A. Terry
Weathers he says:
For the past 15 years we who have resided in
Nassau and Suffolk Counties have witnessed a
phenomenal growth in our community's population
accompanied by a similar phenomenal increase
in our educational commitments. The citizens of
Nassau and Suffolk Counties have met this commitment
to its children by providing them with
schools and staffs perhaps the equal of any in our
country. This9 however, has been accomplished at
great cost. , to its citizenry and every indication
is that such cost must increase in the future. Mandated
annual increases in our school budgets coupled
with the necessity of providing ever expanded and
sophistocated educational experiences to our young
students dictates the expenditure of ever increasing
sums.
This commitment has been met in large part by
a system of taxation as old as the country itself,
namely, " the local property tax," The theory of
such tax is that a community is responsible for
the education of its young and must provide the
funds commensurate with the local concept of what
form and degree such educational needs are to be
met. The soundness of the " local property tax" is
not the subject of these remarks, but what is vital
and compels consideration is the obvious conclusion
that the locality which has experienced extraordinary
growth and has met its education commitment
cannot long continue to meet the economic burden
to which it has voluntarily exposed itself.
For 14 years we have observed each session of
our State legislature react to this problem by attempting
and sometimes succeeding in increasing
the State's share of this economic burden. Dedicated
local school boards and interested citizens
have year after year stormed the portals of the legislative
houses only to return either with promises
or legislation, the effect of which is temporary
economic relief and is merely postponing the inevitable.
Our elected representatives must realize
that the obligation to educate our children so that
they might be prepared to meet the stresses and
demands of our new society is not the primary concern
of each political subdivision or community,
but is the problem of each citizen as such total
citizenry is represented by the State.
The day I trust is not far removed when the social
welfare problems of our day, whether they relate
to employment, poverty housing or education, will
be treated as the individual problems of all and not
only of those affected. This concern of our neighbor
whether he be next door or 100 miles removed, is
nothing more than putting into effect the Judea-
Christian philosophy which should govern our lives.
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Seldom do voters have such a clear cut decision
as in Tuesday's South Farmingdale Water District
election as to who is the most qualified candidate.
Ellsworth ' Doc* Allen is being opposed by a newcomer
who does not have a knowledge of the water
district. ' Doc' has helped the district grow in facilities
yet has lowered the tax rate. He is a person
of unquestioned integrity. Voters should make sure
they give * Doc' a vote of confidence on Tuesday,
December 5.
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We endorse incumbents Al Gutheil and Robert
Steiner for election as Farmingdale Fire District
Commissioners.
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Editor:
This week I received a letter
from my son informing me that
Charles O'Neil is a candidate for
the office of Fire Commissioner
of the Farmingdale Fire District.
This news did not surprise me because
of my awareness of Mr. O'
Neil's interest and knowledge of
fire fighting and fire administration
therefore I think it would be
very remiss on my part if I did
not give the voters a brief resume
of some of his qualifications for
that important office as I know
them. Knowing the interest your
newspaper has taken in the past
relative to these elections I
thought there could just be a
possibility that you would pass
this information on to the voters
of the Farmingdale Fire District
through your newspaper.
Before I retired to private
life and became a resident of the
State of New Hampshire I was a
chief officer in the New York Fire
Department. I now look back and
can recollect the many visits that
O'Neil macte to my office with one
purpose in mind and that was to
obtain information and gain knowledge
as to how things were done
and accomplished in the New York
Fire Department. I do know he
was a member of the Levittown
Fire Department and after moving
to Farmingdale he became a
member of the South Farmingdale
Fire Department, After a few
years of service he became an
assistant chief andthenelectedto
the highest office possible and
Datebook
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
8: 30 p. m. Vietnam Assistance
Committee of Farmingdale Inc.
Birthday celebration program,
A father and his adopted Vietnamese
children, Albany Avenue
School.
8: 30 p. m. Annual Christmas
Party, Farmingdale Columb-iettes,
Knights of Columbus
Hall.
8: 30 p. m. Gift Fair, Plainedge
Auxiliary of United Cere
bral Palsy Association, South-edge
Jr. High School, Magnolia
Drive, Massapequa.
8: 30 p. m. Regular meeting District
22 Board of Education,
Weldon E. Howitt
TUESDAY DECEMBER 5
4 to 10 p. m. South Farmingdale
Water District and Farming-dale
Fire District elections,
South Farmingdale Fire House
Albany Avenue, Fire House
8: 30 p. m. East Farmingdale Civic
Association meeting, East
Memorial School
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
12: 30 p. m. Christmas Luncheon,
Women's Club of Farmingdale,
St. Lukes Lutheran Church,
Farmingdale
College News
Walter Albert Dobson, of 374
Secatogue Avenue, Farmingdale,
a Junior at Tennessee Wesleyan
College, participated in the Collegiate
Section of the Academy
of Science meeting held recently
at Tennessee Tech at Cooke-ville,
Tennessee.
Robert Tischler of Farming-dale
was named to the Dean's
List at Nassau Community College,
Stewart Avenue, Garden
City.
Yule Party
There will be a regular meeting
of the Farmingdale Columbi-ettes,
followed by the annual
Christmas . Party, on Monday evening
December 4, at 8: 30 p. m.,
at the Council Home.
New Arrivals
A baby girl, Hannah Mary, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Donovan of 15 Ridge Road, Farmingdale
at Brunswick Hospital.
that was Chief of the Farmingdale
Fire Department.
As a chief officer and Fire administrator
I do not think his
knowledge and dedication can
easily be surpassed and I believe
he is the type that is worthy of
emulation.
In closing I will say that people
should recognize that if we are
to achieve a measure of success
to prevent fires and a loss of life
and property you should have a
man who can bring about success
and interest in Fire Department
and community relationship and I
think that man is Charles O'Neil.
Gustave A. Olsen
R. F. D. 1
Whitefield,
New Hampshire
she passed away the following
afternoon, at 3: 30 p. m.
Gentlemen and Officers of the
Nassau County Police Department
we commend you and thank
you again for your efforts on
our behalf.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Zimmer
for Mr. Wm. Houston
Dear Sir:
The family of the late Mrs.
Dorothy Mae Houston is very
grateful to the Nassau County
Police Department for their
humanitarian efforts and promptness
after receiving a call from
us for assistance in an
emergency.
I called four doctors at approximately
10: 30 p. m., on Monday,
November 20, and was unable
to get a doctor to attend
my wife's mother in her hour
of need. Therefore, I called the
7th Precinct of the Police Department.
The Officers and the ambulance
driver helped her in every way
possible before taking her to
the Mid- Island Hospital where
Dear Caroline:
I want to thank you very much
for the cooperation and encouragement
which you and your
newspaper have given me during
my three years in office. The results
which you were able to
achieve with just a few sheets of
type mentioning a new procedure
or new regulation was sometimes
frightening. Certainly anyone who
occupies this office must quickly
become respectful of the power of
weekly newspapers such as
yours.
I look forward to again being
able to serve the public with your
cooperation at some time in the
future.
Franklin H. Ornstein
County Clerk
Dear Caroline and Frank:
Thank you for the fair cove rage
in your newspaper given to all
sides. The free American press
is indeed impressive.
Leland Badler
recent candidate for
Town Councilman
Republic Receives
Highest Air Force Award
Air Force Craftsmanship Award,
highest honor attainable under the
Air Force's Industrial Zero Defects
program, was presented today
to Fairchild Hiller's Republic
Aviation Division here.
Republic is the first prime
aircraft manufacturer in the
country to receive the award.
Brig. General William S.
Chairsell, assistant for Southeast
Asia, Air Force Systems
Command, presented the award
to Charles Collis, senior vice
president and general manager.
Some 4,000 employees witnessed
the ceremony and heard General
Chairsell praise efforts for error-
free performance.
The Craftsmanship Award r e c ognizes
sustained outstanding a-chievements
in production reliability,
produce quality, error-free
workmanship and cost reduction
over a year- long period.
At ] Republic, the Zero Defects
program is conducted under the
name of Project ACE, which
stands for Accent on Craftsmanship
and Efficiency. It is credited
with cost reduction savings of
$ 511,300 resulting from improved
performance and error-cause
removal recommendations.
More than 50 per cent of
the 977 error- cause removal
recommendations. More than 50
per cent of the 977 error- cause
removal recommendations made
by employees have been adopted
by the company.
The citation noted that success
of the nation's increasingly sophisticated
defense systems depend
on the quality of their design
and production. It pointed
out that over 99 per cent of
Republic's employees are voluntarily
participating in the effort
for error- free operations and
that 492 have received recognition
awards for their suggestions.
The Craftsmanship Award
ceremonies were held in the
final assembly area of Republic's
manufacturing facility here.
Prominently displayed were the
two U. S. Air Force fighter aircraft
carrying the brunt of the
air war over North Vietnam --
the F- 105 Thunderchief, built by
Republic, and the F- 4 Phantom,
for which Republic builds the tail
sections.
Currently, the division is engaged
with a German company
in designing an advanced V/ STOL
tactical fighter for the 1970s.
The US/ FRG V/ STOL is a joint
development program of the
United States and the Federal
Republic of Germany.
People, Places
& Politics I
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Larry Walker of the Farmingdale Baptist Church has been
elected this week President of the Metropolitan New York Baptist
Ministers Conference. The election took place in Queens and takes
in greater New York and parts of New Jersey. The youthful minister
will be going to Trinidad in the West Indies in February on a
Baptist Mission trip.
Walker also serves as the assistant moderator of the Metropolitan
New York Baptist Association and Chairman of Evangelism
and Director of the Radio and TV Ministry of the conference.
Walker can be heard every third Sunday as host of the teenage
panel show, " In Good Faith."
Rubin R. Dobin, formerly of Massapequa Rotary Club received
commendation from the Secretary General of the United Nations
for a Rotary International World Service program of sending
books to Jerusalem. Dobin met with Arab and Israeli members of
Rotary Clubs in Israel recently to coordinate the project.
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, November 30, 1967
Farmingdale Public Library-The Observer 1967
