1966-06-23

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Vol. 3 No. 44 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, June 23, 1966
700 SENIORS READY
TO GRADUATE SUNDAY
Approximately 700 seniors will graduate this Sunday at
4 p. m. from the Farmingdale Senior High School in com­mencement
exercises to be held outdoors at the high school.
The occasion will mark the 50th annual commencement cer­emony.
65% of the graduates are planning to continue with various
types of post- high school training, according to John A. Mc­Lennan,
Principal.
Father Raphael Schoof, O. S. B., pastor of St. Kilian's R. C.
Church, will be present for the Invocation and Benediction..
The Salutatory will be delivered by Ann Jacoff, and the Val­edictory
will be delivered by Diana Podrid.
The members of the class of 1966 will be presented by
Dr. William A. Kinzler, Superintendent of Schools, assisted
by High School principal John A. McLennan. Joseph Kenney,
retiring member of the Board of Education, will present the
diplomas.
The High School Band, under the direction of Alfred Fiore,
will play.
Award $ 393,300
Contract For Athletic
Facility Improvement
A $ 393,300 contract was a-warded
to J. D. Posillico Inc.
of Farmingdale, for construction
of outdoor physical education fa­cilities
at the State University
Agricultural and Technical Col­lege
at Farmingdale.
Facilities to be built include an
all- weather surfaced running
track, 12 tennis courts, and paved
and unpaved general physical
education spaces. The area to
be developed is located to the
west and southwest of the exist­ing
campus, and all work is
scheduled to be completed in
November of this year.
The contract was awarded to
J. D. Posillico, Inc. of Farm­ingdale
by the State University
Construction Fund.
At the present time $ 4.1 mil­lion
worth of construction is un­der
way on the campus to com­plete
a Class- room Laboratory
Building and an Administration
Building, and to create parking
areas for the large number of
commuting students and a new
entranceway from Route 110 to
connect widi the campus loop
road.
The $ 18 million expansion of
the Agricultural and Technical
College at Farmingdale is part
of the $ 1,349 billion physical
development program for the
State University of New York. Di­recting
the program is the Con­struction
Fund, the public bene­fit
corporation established by the
1962 Legislature.
TOB Applauds Elderly
Tax Exemption
Engineer in a pressurized space suit aligns an unsupported cantilevered
structure at Fairchild Hiller's Republic Aviation Division, Farmingdale.
Republic is conducting a series of company- sponsored programs in the
study of the extra- vehicular engineering techniques necessary for the as­sembly
of large structures in space. Information derived from these pro­grams
is applicable to the erection of telescopes, solar arrays, antennae,
and similar structures.
Councilman Edmund A. Ocker,
acting Town Board Majority
Leader, hailed enactment of the
Barrett Bill permitting local gov­ernments
to partially exempt
qualified elderly home- owners
from real property taxes up to 5
per cent of the assessed
valuation.
Councilman Ocker said that
Town Tax Receiver Solomon
Newborn, as soon as he learned
of Governor Rockefeller signing
the bill into law,, announced that
he " will, with enthusiasm, pro­vide
aid and information for r e s i ­dents
of Oyster Bay Town con­cerned
with this forward- looking
social legislation"
Both Councilman Ocker and
Newborn announced that as much
information as possible will be
assembled by the Town con­cerning
the budgetary impact of
the new law, Including the prob­able
numbers of property owners
over 65 years of age, having
combined incomes of not over
$ 3,000. These are the limits
set by the statute.
" This provision to protect
shrinking incomes of elderly
property owners when they do
not exceed $ 3,000." said New
born" is a step foward in social-justice.
It will slow down the
dollar- shrinkage to the extent
of giving qualified people some
in- pocket money for necessities
or even personal comforts."
Newborn said that he will or­ganize
an information center in
his office to aid the elderly to
take advantage of the new legis­lation-
Town Attorney Bernard F. Mc­Caffrey
said he is preparing the
necessary local law to implement
the State legislation in the Town
of Oyster Bay.