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Thursday, October 10,1968
Dedicate Village Green
This Saturday
The Village Green, a new park adjoining Village Hall, will be
dedicated at ceremonies on Saturday, October 12 at 1: 30 p. m. by
Mayor Joseph Zureck and the Board of Trustees of The Incorporated
Village of Farmingdale. The purchase and development
was made possible largely through a grant of Federal funds.
Congressman James R. Grover J r . will be the principal speaker
at the dedication.
Prior to the acquisition of the land, the plot was the home-sites
of three long time residents of the village.
Chris Walker built a residence on the Main Street side 60
years ago. He lived there with his sister, Mrs. Frieda Harrington,
now a resident of Hallock Street. This old residence was once
used as a bakery; at another time a harness- making shop operated
by old Charley Budill, who served for a long time as the Police
Justice of the village.
The second house, which was located on 12 Rose Street was
built by the late Andrew Syris, who was the owner of the Farmingdale
Pickle Works. According to James McKenna, Village
Clerk, Andrew also operated a peanut vending wagon, selling
peanuts, walnuts, and hot dogs. The roasting machine used to
whistle loudly, according to McKenna. His usual spots were at
the Old Strand Theater, now Rob- Roys, and corner of Main and
Conklin where the foot traffic was generated and the old Nazareth
Trade School grounds when any athletic functions were held. He
also appeared there during the firework displays. McKenna reminisced
that about 1922 or 1923 the late Father Joseph had scheduled
a boxing exhibition featuring Jack Dempsey, which had been
cancelled.
The other house, which had been torn down to make way for
the Village Green was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ailred, who
had purchased this house 20 years ago from the parents of Fire
Commissioner August Becker.
Park benches, a drinking fountain and an area for ceremonial
purposes are offered on the tree studded plot. The area is landscaped
and offers brick walks.
The Village Green is the first formal park area acquired by
the Village of Farmingdale.
Fourteen Rotary Students Jowil Budget And Taxes Soar
To Be Feted This Weekend
Fourteen Rotary International
Exchange students will be feted
by Farmingdale this week in a
series of weekend programs.
Four students come from Austria,
four from Sweden, two from
Denmark and one each from
Chile, England, Mexico and
Bolivia. Three are attending the
Farmingdale Senior High School
and the others are spending a
year of study and living with
American families in other parts
of Long Island.
A reception will be held this
Friday, October 11 at 7: 30 p. m.
at the Fellowship Hall of the
Farmingdale Methodist Church,
Main Street and Grant Avenue.
The Farmingdale Rotary Committee
in charge of the International
Exchange Students will be
on hand to introduce the students
to members of the community.
Emyr Griffith is Chairman and
John McLennen, Principal of the
Farmingdale Senior High School
and Paul Erlanson, Secretary of
the Farmingdale Rotary Club are
also on the committee.
Prior to the reception on Friday,
the young people will attend
regular Friday classes with
members of the Student Council,
Immediately following the past
period, teachers will be invited
to the High School Library to
meet the Exchange students, with
refreshments served by the
Homemaking Department. Introductions
will be made by Mrs.
Rose Scardina, President of the
High School PTA.
On Saturday, October 12, the
exchange students will attend the
Homecoming Football Game and
the Inaugural Ball.
After several months of what
has been termed cooperative effort,
Supervisor Michael N.
Petito and the members of the
Oyster Bay Town Board announced
a proposed preliminary
1969 town General Fund budget
totalling $ 7,700,000. The figure
represents an increase of
$ 1,500,000 over 1968 and the
general town tax rate will go from
16. Id to 41.8c" per $ 100 of assessed
valuation. A public hearing
on the budget will be held
Tuesday morning, October 29,
at Town Hall.
Petito and the town board
pointed out that this was the first
year that the town, under provisions
of the Taylor law, was
mandated to negotiate a wage
and benefit package with town
employees. They attributed the
major portion of the increase to
the pact negotiated with the Civil
Service Employees Association.
All town employees will re-
College Offers Labor Relations Workshop
Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr.,
President of State University at
Farmingdale, announced that the
second Workshop on Labor Relations
in Public School Employment
will start at the Evening
College on Thursday night,
October 17. The program will
take place on 13 successive
Thursday nights, finishing on
January 30. Each Session will
last two hours from 7 to 9 p. m.
Professor Thomas l^ adoiisky
of the Social Science Department
a Farmingdale resident will
serve as Workshop Coordinator.
An instructor in Labor Economics,
Ladonsky, has had
practical experience in labor relations
in public employment as
1' resident of the local chapter of
the Civil Service Employees Association
at the State University.
The workshop is designed to
provide training and information
for school board members.
teacher organizations and public
school administrators involved
in collective negotiation. The
new Taylor Law will be analyzed
with emphasis to administration
of the contract, how to handle a
grievance, the work of die
mediator, how to prepare a case
for fact- finding and the structuring
of bargaining sessions. Par*
licipants will also have an opportunity
to engage in practice
sessions of simulated bargaining
situations.
ceive a $ 625 raise in addition
to their annual increment. Together
with new fringe benefits
won by the employees, the raises
will cost the town nearly$ 2 million
and will represent about 30( 5
of the overall tax increase.
The proposed preliminary town
budget for 1969 is said to contain
the first tax rate increase in
five years. A Town spokesman
said that Oyster Bay was
unique among towns in Nassau
County in managing to reduce
taxes in the period from 1965
to 1968. The 1965 and 1966
budgets held the line while in
both 1967 and 1968, the town
budget actually reduced taxes.
In a joint statement, Petito
and the six town councilmen said,
" In times of rising prices, increasing
demands for expanded
services and in the wake of a
costly employee wage settlement,
we feel we are presenting a very
tight budget which realistically
provides for the necessities of
1969. Our coordinated labors
resulted in $ 900,000 being
slashed from department heads'
requests for the general fund.
We now have the lowest possible
budget. Oyster Bay's phenomenal
growth has come about 15
years later than Nassau's two
western towns, and we are the
only town still experiencing rapid
growth and development." Petito
and the board stated. " Though
we have managed to hold the
line for several years, the ever-increasing
demands upon town
government, sound planning and
rising costs mandated this year's
increase."
The highway, budget will go
from $ 4,066,231 to $ 4,439,375.
The highway tax rate will increase
by 13.1( 5, from 44.2( 1 to
57.3( 5. The total rate for the
general town, highway and building/
zoning taxes, paid by all residents
in unincorporated areas,
will go from .656( 1 to $ 1,054, an
increase of .398( 5. Many essential
town services are provided by
special districts, and rates will
vary greatly from area to area,
depending upon the extent of services
and facilities provided to a
particular community. However,
town comptroller, Joseph Maced-onio
and town finance director
Richrd DiLeo estimated that, for
the average homeowner, the approximate
total increase for all
special district taxes will be between
30( 5 - 40( 1. Taken with the
general, highway and building
taxes, this would mean an overall
approximate increase of 75( 5
• 80( 5 per $ 100. For the average
homeowner, living in a house
assessed at $ 7,000, this will represent
an additional $ 50 - $ 55
on his annual tax bill.
Major factors given for the increase
in addition to employee
raises were: the continuing increase
in the cost of materials
and supplies; new park land being
purchased; expanded public
works i A) jects, such as the
$ 2,080,000 marina in Glenwood
Landing; greatly enlarged recreation
and youth services program;
personnel for new parks
and a ' costly State- mandated
Public Employees Relations
Board,' required under the Taylor
Law.
