1962-08-01

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DESIGNATED AS AN OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER BY THE
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF
FARMINGDALE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22
PLAINEDGE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18
SERVING PLAINEDGE, BETH
PAGE AND THE GREATER
FARMINGDALE . AREA. FarmingdaU1* Most Complete Newspaper
Vol. 3 No. 35
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Wednesday, August 1/ 1962 Massapequa Park, L. I. 2nd Class Postage paid at Massapequa Park 10$
Top School Bus Service Promised
Firm Promises ' Best Service in New York State9
Forget 516
THEY'RE MAKING IT EASIER TO CALL SUFFOLK — Ray Bunce, a New York
Telephone Company switchman is making changes* in the company's central
office in Hempstead so Nassau County telephone customers no longer need area
code 516 to call Suffolk County. Similar changes have been made in central offices
throughout Nassau County. C. T. Smith, acting general manager of the company's
Nassau Area, inspects the job.
Republic Sales and Earnings
" Affected By Strike'
Republic Aviation Corporation
today reported consolidated sales
of $ 134,550,663 and net income of
$ 2,730,062, equal to $. 95 per share
on the capital stock, for the first
six months of 1962. In the same
period of 1961 sales were
$ 172,228,431 and net income
$ 5,187,283, equal to $ 1.79 per
share.
Mundy I. Peale, president,
pointed out to stockholders in the
regular six month statement that
the company's sales and earnings
had been markedly affected by the
11- week strike by the five unions
representing 9,000 production
workers. As a result, he said.
Republic had fallen behind in
deliveries of the F- 105D fighter-bomber.
Currently, the company's back­log
of orders amounts to $ 623
million with production of the
F- 105D, Peale said. The backlog
includes, in addition to the F- 105,
major subcontracts for the F- 110
fighter- bomber and contracts with
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration received during die
past three months.
He said the company had recently
received another contract for
plasma space engines, diis one
from die Air Force for use in
flight test programs. Since 1959
Republic has received more man
$ 1.5 million in contracts from
various government agencies for
work in this revolutionary area.
The Republic official pointed
out that the company planned
capital expenditures of $ 13 million
for new equipment and expanded
research facilities in support of
activity in the space area and in
advanced manned- aircraft pro-%
grams.
Kiwanis Challenge
With CO Test
The Kiwanis Club of Farming-dale
has issued a challenge to
the citizenry with what they call
a * CQ' program, ( see page 12).
The so- called " Citizenship Quo­tient"
test will allow one to
compare one's citizenship accom­plishments
with one's citizenship
potentials, according to the an­nouncement.
Just as IQ stands for
" Intelligence Quotient" so does
CQ stand for " Citizenship Quo­tient."
The test is simple, Kiwanis
states. All one has to do is to
compare his citizenship accom­plishments
with his citizenship
potential.
When an individual takes this
measurement, he will then be more
likely motivated to be a better
citizen than a man who does not.
All it takes is motivation.
CQ leaflets may be obtained at
the Farmingdale Public Library,
Farmingdale Post Office, The
First National Bank orThe Frank­lin
National Bank Office.
Arrest Six Youths -
Burglaries Solved
The apprehension and arrest o.
six 17 year old boys has closed
out the case of a score of burgla­ries
in the Farmingdale, Bethpage
and Plainedge areas recently, ac­cording
to a report by a detective
at die Eighdi Precinct of die Nassau
County Police Tuesday night. Two
were brought back from Philadel­phia
today. More arrests are pend-
" ing, according to die report.
The burglaries have primarily
included currency, liquor and wea­pons,
with most of die weapons
having been recovered, it was
earned.
Streets in Farmingdale, where
robberies have taken place, were
named as Walnut, Shelley Drive,
Hemlock and Thomas Powell
Boulevard. In Nordi Massapequa
on Nordi Virginia, Nordi Rudier-ford
and Tulane Drive.
Additional arrests have been
also made by die SevendiPrecenct
in Seaford.
Begin Work On Project
Thomas R. Pynchon, Town of
Oyster Bay Highway Superinten­dent,
announced diat die contractor
has been ordered to proceed diis
week with die improvement of
Carmans Road, Soutii Farming-dale.
Pynchon stated diat die im­provement
is one of die largest
In die Town program diis year
and he hoped that work can be
completed before die advent of
winter.
About 2,100 linear feet of pave­ment
from 30 to 56 feet wide
will be constructed, extending from
Sunrise Highway to near Westwood
Drive Soutii. The bid price of die
project is $ 1,44,277.
School District # 22 may expect ' the best school
bus transportation system in the State of New York",
this fall, according to a report made to the Board of
Education Monday night at a Special Meeting by Rudolph
Martorella, President of the Long Island Bus Company
Inc. The firm was awarded a three year contract as
the lowest qualified bidder this April.
The report came as good news by parents of alleged violations
- -- committees were formed last Feb­ruary
by citizens and by the
East Memorial PTA and a Trans­portation
Committee was formed
by die Board of Education, to probe
die cause of die school bus trans­portation
deficiencies. ( The OB­SERVER
carried detailed exposes
and editorial suggestions). The
Board of Education also alerted
botii die Nassau and Suffolk County
Police Departments to give tickets
to bus drivers for vehicular vio­lations.
A temporary emergency
solution was reached by die Board
on February 21 mat die District
would lease from two to six buses,
on a day to day basis and die
financial expenditure would
be turned over to die bus con­tractor
and or its surety com­pany.
This unprecedented move
was taken ' ' In view of die numer­ous
failures to satisfactorily
transport District pupils at spe­cified
times".
Following the ticketing of school
buses in neighboring District # 23
by the Nassau County Police, a
citizens bus committee was
formed to assist die Board of Ed­ucation
on possible solutions. The
Massapequa Board resolved to cut
out bus transportation for those
children who fell within District
# 23* s legal walking limits by ob­taining
police crossing guards for
dangerous intersections. This
action caused an uproar by many
parents, and die picketing of
schools. However, die voters failed
to pass a referendum on May 2
to expend additional sums for a
contract to supply sufficient buses
for a shorter distance. A petition
to die State Education Department
a group resulted in a decision
upholding die Board of Education'
to cut out school bus transpor­tation
for diose children living
within die legal walking distance,
but who in the past had been
transported, due to hazardous road
conditions.
Meanwhile, on March 31, a
record turnout of District # 22
voters approved a referendum to
increase a bus contract from one
to five years and turned down a
proposition for die purchase of
district - owned buses and the
construction for a garage.
This . July, It was learned diat
die same Star Bus Co. which had
last year supplied die bus trans­portation
in both Districts # 22
and # 23 had sold out, due in part
it was learned to die
' problems" in Massapequa and
Farmingdale.
( Editors Note) The contract was
awarded to die Long Island Bus
Co., as die lowest qualified bidder
at $ 6,975 per full time bus. The
contract was let, with die Board
of Education supplying die gaso­line,
which could be purchased
at die State Contract low price of
11 cents per gallon, saving the
Disd- ict about $ 12,000 per year,
according to Jack Zutt, School
Business Manager. A second bid
came in at $ 7,100 per bus from
die Brothers Coach Company.
as
to the Board since busing children
was one of die major problems dur­ing
the past school year. ( The Ob­server
was first to report viola­tions
and infractions of bus ve­hicles
supplied by anotiier firm
last year).
Among the good tidings was die
report that new buses would be used
in the district this coming year;
diat die new buses would have
extra safety equipment such as
safety padding on the seats extra
rub rails on die exterior and addi­tional
heaters; die buses would
be equipped widi radio communi­cations
equipment for greater ef­ficiency;
that diey would be housed
and serviced at a nearby garage,
built by die firm, in order to
better service die district; diat
the firm was already on die job,
with dispatchers checking out
routes and bus stops for safety
and efficiency and that a staff
safety consultant will be main­tained
who will be responsible
for driver performance.
28 new buses have already been
delivered it was learned. 15 more
would arrive by August 6; 12 more
on August 13 and die remainder
on August 20di. The first 25 buses
were being used to transport
youngsters to summer day camp
programs and diat when die next
batch arrived diey would be used
" in order to iron out any bugs"
and to complete the first 1000
mile checkup before the beginning
of die school year. President A.
Terry Weadiers commented diat
some - were being used for Farm­ingdale
Youdi Council trans­portation
this summer and die
service was most satisfactory.
This diought was also cor­roborated
by a member of the
Farmingdale Youdi Council who
spoke about die dependability and
die courtesy of die bus drivers.
Mr. Martorella reported diat
he was pleased diat most of the
bus driver positions hadbeenfilled
and that there were only a few
more positions open.
He reported mat the garage un­der
construction, would be com­pleted
shortly after Labor Day. He
said that he believed this garage
would be the ' finest school bus
garage in the State." He told
diis reporter later, " that mere
would be an open house when It
was completed and diat die fa­cilities
would be open to die gen­eral
public. He had also stated to
die Board diat an inspection of
school buses was always open and
available to die public.
It was learned diat die bus
routes were being planned with
alternates to serve the new St.
Killan's and Our Lady of Lourdes
Parochial schools if they were
completed, as anticipated, to
transport the children to Farm­ingdale
Public Schools, if they
were not.
This year, as a result of vehicle
violations, incidents such as
die rollaway bus at East Memorial
in January and delays in transpor­tation
service, due to buses be­coming
inoperative, and reports