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PLAINEDGE
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VOL. 3 No. 29 Wednesday, JunFe a2r0m, i1n9g6d2a le's MoMsats sapCeqouma Ppalrekt, eL . I. Newspap2ned rC lnss Postage paid at Massapequa Park 10<:
Former Village Trustees Feted 4 0 3 To Grad uate
in District 22 Sun.
Apartment Permit 403 District # 22 Seniors expect to graduate this
coming Sunday at commencement exercises to beheld
Granted On Fulton St a* 4 P, m ' a* ^ e n e w Farmingdale Senior High School
gym. This will be the first program conducted in the
new building, located at Lincoln Street and Midwood
Avenues, South Farmingdale.
Mayor Joseph Bruno,( center), was beaming when he exended con­gratulations
to former Village Trustee Jack Delaney( left) and David
W. Aliee, at a testimonial dinner held last Wednesday evening at the
Lobsterman. Delaney and Allee received plaques for a combined
total of 32 years of service to the village in their former posts. Delaney
served for a total of 24 years.
Expect Record Vote
In District # 22 Sat.
A record total of 6,044 registered voters in District
# 22 will be eligible to vote this Saturday, June 23 on
a revised School Youth Council and the same Farming-dale
Public Library budget. All three budgets were
defeated on May 2nd. If the defeat is not reversed,
an austerity budget will be imposed by New York State
beginning July 1. The condition would also eliminate
any recreation program by the Farmingdale Youth
Council as well as the use of school grounds. The
effect of a ' no* vote on the Farmingdale Public Library
budget would be different inasmuch as the Board of
Trustees could adopt the previous year's budget, ac­cording
to State Law.
Also on the June 23 ballot is a
proposition to increase the trans­portation
distance for District 22
pupils to private and parochial
school facilities to 15 miles from
the District's perimeter.
The large registration was at­tributed
to the efforts of the PTA
to get out the vote last week.
1,443 additional voters were reg­istered
last Saturday, which is r e ­garded
as a ' favorable sign' for
passing of the budgets, by Public
Relations Chairman, A. Terry
Weathers of the Board of Educa-ion.
On May 2nd the budget went down
when 3388 votes were cast out of
a registration list of 5054 with
1929 voting no and 1295 voting yes.
" With the margin of defeat hav­ing
been 634 voters and with over
1,000 new votes eligible for Satur­day's
vote, 1 feel we have an ex­cellent
chance" Weathers stated.
" In addition the Board of Edu­cation
has made a good and rea­sonable
effort to give recognition
to the objections to the previous
budget in revising and cutting the
budget. Certainly no Board of Ed­ucation
has made more effort and
worked harder for equitable
financing of the cost of education
by the State of New York. I am
confident that the best action for
good education in the district is for
a voter to pull the yes lever, if a
taxpayer has any reservation about
any one item he should certainly
recommend changes for the year
ahead.
Original School Tax Reduced
21£ in Oyster Bay and 34£ in Baby­lon.
Net reductions in expenditures
amounting to $ 113,700 and addition­al
receipts of $ 60,000 reduce the
total amount to be raised by taxes
by $ 173,700. This results in a 2l£
reduction in the estimated 1962- 63
tax rate for school purposes in our
Oyster Bay section. The original
estimated rate of $ 6.60 has been
reduced to $ 6.39, leaving a net
increase of 30£ over the 1961- 62
rate of $ 6.09. This, by the way,
is the average annual increase of
Nassau County school districts
since 1950. In the Babylon section
of our district, the estimated 1962-
63 tax rate for schools has been
lowered by 34£ from $ 10.21 to
$ 9.87. Due to the complex method
of computing the proportionate
Babylon- Oyster Bay share of our
district tax, it works out that in
our Babylon section the 1962- 63
tax rate of $ 9.87 will be actually
3£ lower than the 1961- 62 rate of
$ 9.90.
Estimated receipts have been
increased $ 60,000. This has been
accomplished through two major
revisions. First, an increase in
adult education fees, amounting to
an estimated rise of $ 5,000 in this
area of miscellaneous income.
Second, additional review and more
up- to- date interpretation of the
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A Special Use Permit was grant­ed
last week by the Board of Trus­tees
of The Incorporated Village of
Farmingdale to Robert Eisenberg
to erect a 16 unit apartment dwell­ing,
provided that all of the re­quirements
of the Village multi-
Die resident ordinances is observ­ed.
The site is located on the south
side of Fulton just west of Main
streets on the former Steenbuck
property.
Covnci'f of PTA's
Endorse School Budget
At a special PTA Council meet­ing
held Monday night, the dele­gates
from the nine schools in
USFD # 22 voted unanimously to
support the proposed School bud­get.
Library budget and Youth
Council budget. The delegates also
approved a letter to be sent to all
registered voters urging them to
vote " YES" on June 23rd.
Mrs. William Magher, President
of the Council stated, " Schools and
good education cost money. If we
are to continue to provide quality
education, we must be willing to
pay for it. I am pleased that the
delegates to the Council have shown
meir confidence in the Board and
Administration by endorsing the
budget.
" The PTA in Farmingdale has
always worked diligently for school
expansion programs and school
budgets in the past, in accord
with the Objects of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mrs. Meagher stated.
Farmingdale Fire
Department Plans
Gala 4th Celebration
The Farmingdale Fire Depart­ment
will be host for the Incor­porated
Village of Farmingdale on
Wednesday, July 4, 1962 at an In­dependence
Day Parade, a program
of skits, and entertainment, by the
Farmingdale Fire Department
Band, and a Fireworks Display
which will be held in the Muni­cipal
parking field behind the fire
headquarters on Main Street,
Farmingdale.
The parade will start at 5: 30
p. m. and immediately following
the parade the Farmingdale Fire
Department Band, under the di­rection
of James Alduino, will p r e ­sent
a variety show and conceit.
Festivities will conclude later
in the evening with a spectacular
Fireworks Display.
Amusement rides and refresh­ment
booths will b e a v a i l a b le
throughout the festivities
In case of rain the program will
be held on Sunday, July 8th, with
the same times prevailing.
Mr. Weldon E. Howitt, former
Principal, will be a featured speak­er
at the 46th high school gradua­tion
program.
The commencement address will
be delivered by Dr. Marvin A. Rapp
Executive Dean and Vice President
of Nassau Community College,
Mineola.
Arnold E. Dratt will be the
Valedictorian and Janet Ruth Sie-genthaler
will be the Salutatorian.
Mrs. Rudolph DeHaan, President
of the Farmingdale Board of Ed­ucation
will present the Board of
Education plaque to the outstanding
graduate of 1962. The many oLfcer
community and school awards have
been announced and presented by
the High School Principal, Dr.
R. C. Burau, at the Senior Class
Day and Awards Assembly Pro­gram
held last Friday.
The class of 1962 will be pre­sented
by the Principal and the
District # 22 Superintendent of
Schools, Dr. Thomas W. Guilford.
Mrs. Rudolph De Haan, will pre­sent
the diplomas, assisted by the
Class President, Philip Van Nos-trand,
the Class Vice President,
Miss Patricia Reisen, Mr. Clinton
S. Spahr, Assistant Principal and
the principal, Dr. Richard Burau.
The Seniors have selected the
red rose as their class flower and
dieir class colors are turquoise
and white. There are 403 senior
students who are candidates for
graduation. Their names will be
published after the graduation ex­ercises
when all requirements for
graduation have been completed. In
addition, the kind of diploma or
diplomas earned by each student
will be listed. All graduates qual­ify
for a Fax iiiL. 0Jale Senior High
School diploma and in addition, stu­dents
who meet the New York State
requirements, qualify for various
kinds of New York Regents di­plomas.
Rabbi Abraham Simon, Pastor,
Farmingdale Jewish Center will of­ficiate
at the invocation and ben­ediction.
T0B Slates South F'dale Road Improvement
The Town Board has awarded
a contract for the improvement
of 10th Av. and Lincoln St. in
South Farmingdale.
The award was made to Giff-ord
Construction Co. of Garden
City and Huntington at its bid
price of $ 6,985. Legal procedures
are being cleared to permit im­mediate
start of construction.
Plans are to resurface the roads
between Woodward Parkway and
Crestwood Blvd. with a bituminous
macadam mix, compacted to make
a smooth travel surface. Linear
feet to be covered totals 1,400.
The resurfacing was recom­mended
by Highway Supt. Thomas
R. Pynchon in order to complete
an improvement program in the
area which included storm water
drainage appurtenances. Exist­ing
roadway widths will be main­tained
and where necessary broken
curbs and sidewalks will be re­placed.
The project was advocated
on the Town Board by Council­man
Marlorie R. Post.
The Farmingdale Kiwanis Club, at a combination Dinner Meeting
and Ladies Night at the Lobsterman Restaurant last week, installed
the officers of the newly formed " Kiwanettes", made up of wives of
Kiwanis members. The installation ceremonies were conducted by
Tony Kaiser, Lt. Gov., Long Island North Division, Kiwanis Inter­national.
Installed were: Elise Shircore, President; Tillie Cappadona, Vice-
President; Norma Strubel, Secretary and Betty Milford, Treasurer.
Installed as Board of Directors were: Jean Eyrich, Carolyn Minn
and Dorothy Anderson.
Following the installation, Farmingdale Kiwanis President Lew
Minn ( center) presented a gong and gaval to newly installed Kiwan-ette
President Elise Shircore, ( pictured). Tony Kaiser, Lt. Gov­ernor
of Kiwanis, looks on.