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WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORutU WEEKLY
An Official Newspaper of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 9 No. 16 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, December 9, " 5971
s— It's That Time Again
CHRISTMAS TIME is coming closer and closer. The village
set the mood of the cheerful season by lifting the narking rules
on its main streets and dropping an appropriate hood over the
parking meters as seen above on Conklin Street. Even bikes
were attracted b. v the free parking sign, photos: Jack Pokress
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT was present at the International
Fair at St. Thomas Episcopal Church last Saturday sponsored
by the ( iirl Scouts of Farmingdale. The church facilities were
jam packed from 11: 00 to 4.00 in the afternoon by eager shop­pers.
The proceeds of the fair will be used to purchase equip­ment
for the girls. Shown above, Karen Conaty and Eva Roberts
of Troop 017 wait on interested customer Kristen Douglas from
Troop 444. Below, girl scout leader Flo Gaghan makes a sale
to Donna Hartmann, as Geri Luick looks on.
Excellent Returns of School
Opinionnaire by Residents
The Farmingdale School District had already received 2,500 returns on their
opinionaire as of last Monday, the day of the school board meeting. The
opinionaire for which the cost is about $ 800.00 was sent to the more than 12,600
homes in the district. With even more expected by the December 10 deadline this
is considered an excellent return. Trustee Tom Lavan pointed out that the 5,000
people represented by the returns so far, exceeded the number of those who turn
out for a budget vote.
Assistant Superintendents
Manso and Acinapuro will be
handling the data. Board
president Robert Campbell, in
answer to an inquiry from the
audience pointed out that the
opinionaire was not the only facet
but will be used in the curriculum
evaluation. The results will be
made public at a later time. The
reporter later learned informally
that the results have been
generally positive about the
school system.
Letters from the Farmingdale
Teachers Association sent home
with the school children were
criticized in correspondence to
the board and at the board
meeting The letter which some
of the teachers distnbi. fed
discussed problems in the
negotiations with the board. The
administration did not know
exactly how wide spread the
distribution was. Dr. Kinzler.
superintendent of schools, sent a
letter to every teacher stating
that this distribution was against
board policy and was not to be
done again Board president
Campbell would not answer a
question from the floor about
legal action if it was done again,
since the board attorney was not
present.
At the meeting the board ap­proved
the reappointment of
Henry Weinstein as Chief
Negotiator. The board also
Burglar " Visits"
Residence Twice
A criminal always returns to
the place of his crime. This old
theory of Sherlock Holmes et al
came true- and painfully so- for
the residents of 371 Briarwood
Road in North Massapequa. A
burglar entered the house on
December l between 8: 30 a. m.
and 4: 15 p. m. and took various
jewlry for a total value of $ 190-
He returned a second time, on
December 3, between 4: 00 p. m.
and 7: 00 p. m. and this time took
along a television set and a stereo
totalling $ 150.-
Also unsolved remains a
burglary on December 5 at 5
Meadowbrook Lane in South
Farmingdale, where a man's
jacket jewelry and cash was
stolen.
There was another robbery at
15 Rhonda Terrace in South
Farmingdale where ap­proximately
$ 200 - worth of
jewelry was stolen. Patrolman
Benson of the 8th precinct
arrested Autluniy Arico of
Copiaque for second degree
burglary. He was apprehended
only one block from the scene
wearing an ash blonde wig which
was stolen from the house at
Rhonda Terrace.
unanimously approved the
sponsorship of the district in a
Middle Atlantic States
Evaluation of the Farmingdale
Senior High School, in the 1972-
1973 school year.
Board president Campbell
commented on the State's
budgetary problems. He said that
if the state withheld aid the
district would have to borrow and
if there were cuts there were
going to be problems. He urged
residents to write to Rockefeller
and to their state legislators
against the cuts.
Marilyn Hametz
OBSERVER Poll for
New Parking Rules
For four weeks, the Far­mingdale
OBSERVER has
conducted a parking poll in an
attempt to shed more light on the
pros and cons of the parking
problem on Main Street. If our
poll were the only indication of
public opinion, the new parking
rule, providing for alternate side
of the street parking, would be a
shoo- in: 79 per cent qf all replies
were in favor.
Although there was no call for
comments, some of our readers
volunteered some additional
thoughts on the problem.
Mrs. George Archer of Clifford
Drive wrote: We are shopping
more in to now. It's safer also."
Mrs. M. Amon of Lenore Lane
wrote: " I would support no
parking at Main Street at any
time." G. Losio of l- 3rd Avenue:
" Parking on both sides is
dangerous." Mrs. L. Considine of
Rhonda Lane: " I always shop in
town and I never park on Main
Street." Mrs. Emily Brandt of
Amityville: " I do a lot of shop­ping
in Farmingdale and there is
no reason why shoppers must
clog the narrow street when the
parking lots are large and
available."
As we indicated before, our
parking poll is not the only in­dicator
of public opinion. There is
a formidable amount of
signatures being collected by the
Main Street merchants. They are
all against the new parking
regulations and for a return to the
old set- up of parking on both sides
of the street.
When the new parking rule was
put into effect on August l, it was
the understanding that the new
rule would be enforced for six
months. Around February l,
therefore, the village board will
have to come up with a more
permanent solution. We can not
say that we envy the board in this
instance. There will _ be bad
feelings no matter what the
decision may be.
Adult Education
To Start January 24
Registration dates for the
Farmingdale Adult Education
Program and course listings
were approved at the December 7
meeting of the Board of
Education. Registration will take
place on January 17, 18 and 19
from 7 to 9 p. m. at the Far­mingdale
Senior High School
cafeteria. The semester begins
January 24, 1972.
The adult program, officially
called the Farmingdale Con­tinuing
Education Program, is
self- supporting. Fees for most
courses are $ 16, with Driver
Education at $ 41, the High School
Equivalency Preparation $ 13 and
Social Dancing at $ 26 per couple.
Students are expected to pay for
all materials used in activity
courses.
Banquet for Nr. One
The heroes of November 26 will not be forgotten: On Thursday,
January 13, 1972, the Dad's Club and the Farmingdale community
will honor the Farmingdale High School Football team with a
banquet at the Huntington Town House, 124 East Jericho Turnpike.
Hunting on Station.
Guest of honor at the banquet in all likelihood will be pitcher Jack
I^ aMabt, Farmingdale HS class of 1953, who gained national
prominence when pitching lor the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968
World Series.
Ray Kiendle wiio is i. i charge of ticket sale for this affair ( tickets
are $ 10.- for adults and $ 5- for students) said in announcing the af­fair:
" I have lived in Farmingdale all my life and this is the biggest
thing ever to happen here in my lifetime. Our boys put Farmingdale
on the map not only by winning the Nassau county championship but
by becoming the best team inallof New York State."
Tickets are expected to go fast. They can be ordered from Ray
477 Main Street, Tel : 249 - 0337
694 3738.
Kiendle at the Specialty Print Shop. 4
or 249 4699 or from Bob White. Tel.: 6i