1966-11-24

              Barmingdalo Publio Library
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] PUrmingclale, W. Y, Rb. lS
AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OK THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE. BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
Vol. 4 No. 14 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735' Thursdays November 24, 1966
VOTERS OK EXPANSION School District 22 voters approved a $ 4,500,000 high school
expansion program last Saturday by a vote of 2,752 to 2331,
Passage of the referendum will enable the Board of Education
to complete plans for adding21 classrooms, seven science rooms,
one art room, five business education rooms, one home economics
room, four music rooms, one gymnasium and two station swim­ming
pool as well as expanding the existing facilities of the
cafeteria, kitchen, library, health office, guidance and adminis­trative
offices, faculty room and student resource areas.
The two- story addition will increase the high school capacity to
3,500. Present enrollment is 2559 and is expected to reach 3,000
by 1969- 70 and 3,500 by 1975. School officials expect the work
to be completed by September 1969.
The State is expected to pay for half of the construction
cost from building aid programs, although voters had to approve
the total cost.
Percentagewise, Saturday's vote represented a 54.1 majority
in favor of the referendum. While this seemed like a close vote,
a school spokesman pointed out that in a Presidential election
a 54.1% vote would constitute a landslide.
It was also noted that 78.8 of the 6,568 registered voters
cast their ballots, which was a tribute to the hard work of the PTA
who formed a telephone brigade to get out the vote.
Working drawings will be prepared by the architectural firm
of Knappe and Johnson following detailed conferences with the
administration and Board of Education. Following this phase,
contractors bids will be solicited and then awarded.
On Saturday night, following the announcement of the returns,
St. Kilian Boy Choir
Concert Series Set
Mrs. Lucile Goulding, District 22 Board of Education President
told the Observer that she wished to convey her appreciation
to the taxpayers for their vote of confidence and her special
thanks to those who helped bring out the favorable vote.
Trustee A. Terry Weathers said, " It's a tribute to the voters
intelligence in District 22 for not being panicked by last week's
news of tax increases of county government,"
Trustee Vincent Simone who was chairman of the High School
Expansion Committee, expressed his gratitude at Monday's
Board meeting with particular emphasis on the fine work done
by Superintendent of Schools, Dr. William Kinzler ( See What
Happened at the School Board Meeting).
In reviewing historically building referendums in District 22
it was noted that the votes on all propositions within the last
ten years were fairly * close' votes. In March 1964 the W. G.
Howitt J. H. S. annex vote passed by only 197 votes with 3306
' Yes* to 3109 ' no' votes. The Albany Avenue school additions
by 3232 to 3118; Parkway Oaks additions by 3221 to 3119 and
Woodward Parkway additions by 3238 to 3104. Many of the propo­sitions
had to be put up to the voters more than once in order to
secure passage, a school official noted.
The Farmingdale Senior High School vote on May 18, 1957, had
been rejected by 2350 ' no' votes cast to 1775 affirmative votes.
It was rejected for the second time on June 26, 1957 by 1941 ' no'
votes to 1363 ' yes' votes. It was turned down again on July 2,
1958 with 1818 votes against to 1721 yes votes. It was finally
passed on November 15,1958 with 3635 affirmative votes to 1787
negative votes. The cost of the original building was.$ 5,475,000.
Garbage Pickup On Friday
The St. Kilian boychoir under
their new Conductor, Hermann
Furthmoser, formerly a leading
Kapellmeister of the Vienna Boys
Choir in Austria, will begin their
concert season in Huntington on
Saturday, December 3, at 8: 30
p. m. The program will be pre­sented
by the Huntington Men's
Chorus at the Huntington High
School.
The Boychoir recently gave a
preview of some of their Christ­mas
Program to the leaders of
Business and Industry at a Vic­tory
Luncheon of the Long Island
United Fund at the Garden City
Hotel.
The groups Christmas Sched­ule,
beginning with the December
3 appearance at Huntington, will
also include appearances in East
Meadow at St. Raphael's on De­cember
5, Levittown at St. Ber­nards,
on December 7; Plain-view
at St. Pius on December
12; In Farmingdale at St. Kilian's"-
Old Auditorium on December 19
and the group will appear at the
Annual New York City Christmas
Concerts at the Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Building, 50th and
Park Ave. at 12: 30 p. m. and the
New York Daily News Building
at 5: 00 p. m. on December 23.
The Christmas series will cul­minate
in the beautiful Special
Christmas Services at Midnight
Mass at the St. Kilian R. C.
Church in Farmingdale, and at
the 11: 00 A. M. Mass on Christ­mas
Day. The Christmas Con­certs
will consist of selections
from Benjamin Britten's " Cere­mony
of Carols, several selec­tions
of Callus, and traditional
Christmas Favorites. Also, the
Columbia Record Album of " An­dre
Kostelanetz Wishing You a
Merry Christmas", with the
Philharmonic, The St. Kilian
Boychoir, and Phyllis Curtin of
the Metropilitan Opera, is again
being distributed in music
stores.
Since there was no garbage
pickup on Thanksgiving Day, the
Thursday normal collection
within the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale will be made on
Friday.
In connection with the garbage
and refuse collection contract,
it has been brought to the atten­tion
of Mayor Joseph Zureck and
the Board of Trustees that many
taxpayers and residents of the
village are unaware of the serv­ice
being rendered by the Vil­lage
contractor, Monbro Sanita­tion
Service, Inc., in theremoval
of items considered as rubbish,
such as old refrigerators, wash­ing
machines, paint cans, old
mattresses, etc.
"~ Mayor Zureck and the Board
of Trustees advised that anyone
wishing to dispose of such items
call Monbro Service and tell them
of the items and quantity. The
caller will then receive instruc­tions
from Monbro Sanitation
Service as to when to place such
items out for collection. This
procedure is necessary so that
schedules of this extra collec­tion
can be made without inter­fering
with normal garbage pick­ups.
The telephone number for
Monbro Sanitation Service, Inc.,
is SU 5- 8141.
New Street Light Ordered
Councilman Frank J. Hynes
recommended and the Town
Board approved the installation of
several additional street light in
Bethpage and South Farmingdale.
Twelve new lights will be in­stalled
on Shubert Lane and 21
new lights on Parkview Circle in
Bethpage. Six new lights will be
installed in the park behind Wash­ington
Street, South Farmingdale.
St. Kilian Boychoir pictured in rehearsal with Andre Kostelanetz. The group
has a Christmas record under the maestro's direction.