1966-11-17

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. SOUTH F'DALE PUBLIC LIBRARY
MERRITT ROAD
FARMEJGDALE, 11. Y.
AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OK THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
10* POWELL HOUSE — 17QO
SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE, BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
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Vol. 4 Noo 13 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, November 17, 1966
VOTE ON 4.5 MILLION
EXPANSION SATURDAY 6568 taxpayers will be eligible to vote on the School Dis­t
r i c t 22 Senior High School $ 4.5 million Expansion Referen­dum
on Saturday, November 19. Voting will take place in the
gymnasium of the Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School from
10: 00 a. m. to 10 p. m.
The passage of the referendum will allow for the building
of classrooms to accommodate 1,300 additional students who
a r e expected to enter the high school during the next few years.
Expansion plans also call for a swimming pool and include
modifications of the existing building. School officials state
tKfldt the plan, which is less expensive than building a separate
mgjh school, calls for the building program 10 be completed by
September, 1969.
Mortgage payments for the proposed plan will be 23$ per
$ 100 of assessed valuation for residents in Oyster Bay, and
37$ for residents of Babylon. The estimated operating expenses
will be about 07$ per $ 100 of assessed valuation. According to
reliable sources the mortgage payments will be reduced by a-bout
7 1/ 2$ for Oyster Bay, and 12$ for Babylon in 1970- 71,
when two existing mortgages are completely paid. ( Mortgages
for W. E. Howitt Junior High School and for the land acquisition
costs for the existing senior high school.) The total cost
Major and Minor League baseball champions were cited at Farmingdale
Baseball Awards night held on Tuesday at Woodward Parkway School, P i c ­tured
are President Bob Monroney, most valuable player of the minor league
Indians Alan Lewis, President of the Ladies Auxiliary Mrs. Dolores Di-
Martino, Principal Genevieve Douglas and Kim Reiser of the major league
Pyramids. ( Pokress photo)
in 1970- 71 will be 22 1/ 2$ for Oyster Bay and 36$ for Babylon.
Estimates show that the average Oyster Bay home owner whose
house is assessed at $ 5,000 will pay approximately $ 11.25
annually for both construction and operation. Babylon residents
whose homes are assessed at an average of $ 3,100 will pay
approximately $ 11.25 annually in 1970- 71.
The pool which is proposed in place of a second gymnasium
will be built at a net cost of $ 55,000 to the school district.
This comes to about 1/ 2$ on the tax r a t e.
The estimated cost for a new and separate high school
building would be considerably higher than the proposed plan
according to a board spokesman. The construction and opera­tion
expenses for a separate building would be higher because
of the need to purchase land at very high prices, and the in­creased
cost due to duplication of facilities, staff, and t r a n s ­portation.
A very basic problem concerning the construction
of a new building at a different site is the virtual non- avail­ability
of land in the district which is suitable in size and
location for a project of this size.
If the referendum receives voter approval, contracts will
be awarded during the summer of 1967, and construction
will begin in the Fall of 1967.
Morgan First F'dale
Vietnam Casualty
Sp 4/ c William Scott Morgan of 27 Meadowood
Lane, South Farmingdale, was the first Farming-dale
Vietnam casualty.
The 20 year old soldier was a 1964 graduate
of Farmingdale High School, and while serving in
the Dominican Republic requested a transfer to
Vietnam. About a year ago his request was ac­knowledged
and he had hoped to spend this
Christmas at home, ' after getting the job done*.
Farmingdale Senior High School Principal John
McLennan said that he knew ' Scotty* well. " Scotty
was a wonderful person in and out of school. He
was quiet and worked hard in school and equally
hard in extra curricular activities. We could
always count on him for work in drama and
musicals. He was reliable and always there help­ing
out. He was a dedicated, unselfish person.
He had a lot of fine ideas and plans for helping
people. He was previously wounded and could
have been sent home from Vietnam, but he chose
to stay. We are deeply sorry about his passing
and hope that Scotty didn't die in vain and that
there will be some meaningful message for other
young people."
The Corporal Benkert VFW Post held special
services on Tuesday at the Arthur J. White
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