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Vol. 4 No. 7
S E R V I N G G R E A T E R F A R M I N G D A L E , B E T H P A G E & M E L V I L LE
Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, October 6, 1966
REVEAL DETAILS OF
SCHOOL EXPANSION Additional details were revealed this week re­garding
the proposed high school expansion
referendum pn Saturday, November 19. The
total cost is now estimated at $ 4,500,000, half
of which will be defrayed by State building aid.
Plans call not only for additional wings to house
1,300 additional pupils, but corrections will be
made in the basic flow of traffic through the new
wings so that all students would be able to move
from wing to wing without returning to the center
of the building as they do now.
An indoor swimming pool would be built which
would take care of two required new gym stations.
The all- weather pool facility would also be avail-
Need Volunteers
To Work With Youngsters
Men and women, age 18 and
over, are eligible as long as
they are interested in helping
a youngster in need. The work
is done under professional super­vision.
Interested persons may call
The Big Brothers of Farming-dale,
CH 9- 2928 or write Big
Brother of Farmingdale, c/ oThe
Farmingdale Youth Board, 361
Main Street, Farmingdale.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
of Farmingdale are in need of
volunteers to work with young­sters
who are missing one or
both of their parents.
Youngsters in need of friend­ship
or companionship are as­signed
a Big Brother or Big
Sister who will help them with
school work, provide recrea­tion
and wholesome activities,
which these youngsters may not
otherwise receive.
able to m e m b e r s of the community s i n c e it could
be cut off from the main building. 41 new c l a s s ­rooms
would be added to the e x i s t i n g 79.
Plans provide for the expansion of the existing
c a f e t e r i a , and l i b r a r y f a c i l i t i e s . It will not be
n e c e s s a r y to buld s e p a r a t e new f a c i l i t i e s.
The plans for the new additions were so d e ­signed
as to take away a minimum amount of
developed r e c r e a t i o n a l space. The tennis c o u r ts
a r e the only facility that would have to be moved.
Detailed explanation of the proposed plans will
be offered at PTA meetings to be held in October.
The original two- story c i r c u l a r s t r u c t u r e was
opened in 1961.
Residents Oppose Garden Apts;
Offer 5000 Signatures
Assemblyman Martin Gins­berg
appeared at the Oyster Bay
Town Board meeting on Tuesday
and presented the argument of
5,000 Bethpage residents on a pe-.
tition against the proposed Gar­den
apartments to be erected on
Nibbe Lane.
Upon petition of Raymond and
Jenny Amandola for a Special
Permit for a 60 unit apartment
house at Broadway and Nibbe
Lane, Bethpage, A June 28 hear­ing
was held. The Board had
received no indication of any op­position
and granted appli­cation
on September 13.
Supervisor Michael N. Petito
had been sent a letter by the
Bethpage Board of Education in
opposition.
Assemblyman Ginsberg asked
that hearing be reopened.
Ready Drive
Earing the week of October
16th to 23rd the Farmingdale
Fire Department of the Incor­porated
Village will launch its
Annual Subscription Drive. Bro­chures
will be distributed to all
businessmen and residents by
the volunteers.
During the week of October
16 to 23rd collections will be
made through the business dis­trict.
On Sunday, October 23rd,
the residential area will be vis­ited
during the afternoon. Apart­ment
residents will not be per­sonally
contacted, but will
receive a brochure and instruc­tions.
St. Kilians Chosen
For Pilot Project
St. Kilian' 3* School in Farming-dale
has been selected by the
Diocese of Rockville Centre as
a demonstration school, and pilot
projects are under way. A read­ing
consultant will spend time
with first and second graders
in the school. A large and im­portant
part in the entire read­ing-
improvement picture will be
played by the use of the audio-central
reading unit installed in
the Conklin Street Building.
The consultant will hold a con­ference
which will be attended
by all first and second- grade
teachers.
Dr. Charles W. Laffin Jr. ( right) President of the State Uni­versity
College at Farmingdale and a candidate for delegate
to the 1967 Constitutional Convention on the Democratic and
Liberal Party tickets is pictured confering with Howard J.
Samuels, ( left) Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Samuels praised the selection of leading educational, judicial,
industrial and labor figures as candidates.
Supreme Court Justice Howard T. Hoganof Farmingdale ( right)
and John J. Burns, State Commissioner of Local Government
( left), who are candidates on the Republican ticket for Con­stitutional
Convention delegates, participated in a panel dis­cussion
with Hempstead Town presiding supervisor Ralph G.
Caso at a recent public hearing.