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VOL. 8 NO. 26 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735- Thursday, February 18, 1971
Hie Farmingdale B'nai B'rith has created its very own animal
puppet show with a Brotherhood theme called " The Lonely
Abalonian." It will be shown in all the elementary and parochial
schools of the Farmingdale school district during Brotherhood Week
for the second year in a row. Marilyn Landau ( 1.) and Joann Magnus
( r.) Co- Chairmen on this Anti- Defamation League project are seen
displaying the puppets to be used.
Traveling Puppet Show
Promotes Brotherhood
Once again thev Anti-
Defamation League of the
Farmingdale Chapter of B'nai
B'rith will be presenting a
Brotherhood Program during the
week of February 22 to February
26. It will be performed before the
third and fourth grade students in
the six elementary schools and
two parochial schools of Far­mingdale
plus the Mid- Island
Hebrew Day School located in
Bethpage.
The program, performed for
the first time last year, is called
" The Lonely Abalonian." It is an
animal puppet show using two
marrionettes and eight hand
puppets styled after the Moppet
Puppets shown on Sesame Street.
The women on the committee
have made all of these them­selves
and also recorded on tape
the seven songs that are to be
used as musical background. The
puppet stage was constructed by
Walter Landau, the husband of
one of the women. Joann Magnus
has been the overall creative
director and has guided the
eighteen women working on this
project.
Marilyn Landau, Co- Chairman,
has said, " In this Brotherhood
Program as in a previous one
called Dolls for Democracy that
we performed for many years,
we try to leave our young
audiences with the idea that
Brotherhood is not a feeling for
one week in February but for one
to be felt strongly every day of
the year."
If there is any group or
organization that is interested in
having this program presented
before them please contact
Joanne Magnus at 694- 9388 or
Marilyn Landau at 694- 1948.
Concert at St. Kilian
An unusual concert devoted
to the sacred and secular
music of a great composer,
Claudio Monteverdi, will be
presented in the St. Kilian
Conklin Street Auditorium,
Sunday, February 21, at 8: 00
p. m.
It will be performed by the
Long Island Consort, a newly
formed group of professional
singers and instrumentalists
of Long Island, conducted by
Theodore Grudzinski.
This unique program will
include Monteverdi's
" Laudate Dominum", " Salve
Regina", " Gloria", and other
works of the composer. Ad­mission
is $ 2.00 for adults and
$ 1.00 for students.
Plans Complete
Plans are now complete for the
Brotherhood Program sponsored
by the Inter- Service Committee
of the Kiwanis, Lions and
Rotarians. The event will take
place on Sunday, February 21 at 2
p. m. at Wei don E. Howitt Junior
High School.
Main speaker of the program
will be the Hon. Sol Wachtler,
New York State Supreme Court
judge. As part of the Brotherhood
Program a Man of the Year will
be honored with an award during
a colorful presentation.
The Farmingdale Public
Library is instituting a weekly
program of film showings. Every
Tuesday afternoon at 4 p. m.
starting February 23rd, a film
will be shown at the Community
Room of the South Farmingdale
Branch of the Library.
A varied fare of entertainment,
amusing and educational films
have been chosen by the audio
United Front Formed to
Fight Threat of Tax Loss
The storm is gathering - the storm of protest released
by the news that the Farmingdale school district
stands to lose $ 1 mil. in tax revenue as the result of the
takeover of Republic Airfield by the tax - exempt
Metropolitan Transit Authority ( MTA).
While the school district is" the
biggest loser three other public
bodies, the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale, the Far­mingdale
Library and the Far­mingdale
Youth Council will also
be affected. They, too, will see
their tax base reduced by the
same 10 per cent that the school
district will lose.
Spearheaded by Superin­tendent
of Schools Dr. William
Kinzler concerted counteraction
with the aim of securing
corrective legislation is now
commencing.
In what was probably the first
joint gathering trustees of the
four local tax collecting boards
met to devise the strategy of
defense, if not fiscal survival.
The Village of Farmingdale
was represented bv Mayor
Joseph Zureck. Youth Council
President Frank Gelish, Library
Board President Warren Alt-mann
and School Board
President Lucille Goulding were
on hand, representing their
respective agencies. Several
members of each board were also
present to hear Dr. William A.
Kinzler present the problem in
detail.
Each of the boards will write
to other boards across New York
State asking that they contact
their local legislators in support
of amending the property tax
law. A similar campaign will be
organized on the local level. Bills
have been introduced in the
Senate by Senator Ralph Marino
and jointly in the Assembly by
Assemblymen McCarthy, Gin­sberg,
Healey and Burns.
Kinzler's concern that the
takeovers would continue was
recorded by Mayor Zureck.
Zureck was worried " that they
would call for increased rail
facilities on the Long Island
Railroad right of way." This
would effect the incorporated
Village in one way or another. He
bemoaned the withholding of
information by the MTA.
A total takeover of the
Republic. Facility will cause a
million dollars a year tax loss to
the schools, according to figures
presented. Under the present
law, the district would receive
aid for a few years at a reducing
amount ( 100 ,85 ,70 , etc.).
The law was written this way
since most areas would profit by
an increased rate of growth in the
value of real property. However,
the Farmingdale area has little
or no roonv. ii^. rvhfvorKs, has
predioctensive background in park
Boaitena. nce. and rer. rjpation jund
history of the problem back to the
purchase of Republic by Fairchld
Hiller in 1966. Three years later,
Fairchild had its property tax
assessment reduced in court. The
Drug Information
The Farmingdale Public
Library is sponsoring an in­formational
meeting on the usage
of drugs and the problems it
presents. The program will take
place at the South Farmingdale
Branch of the Public Library on
Friday, February 19, from 10
A. M. to 11: 30 A. M.
Two films, " Marijuana: What
Can You Believe?" and
" Hooked" will be shown. This
presentation will be followed by a
short talk by Dr. Albert N.
Meyerstein, physician and
frequent contributor of articles
on medicine to the local press. A
question and answer period will
follow.
Library Institutes Program of Film Showings
visual librarian for the patrons.
The program will last ap­proximately
one hour and is
presented free of charge, by the
Public Library.
The library board urges all
teenagers and adults alike to find
the time to come to the library for
an hour's relaxation and
pleasure, this coming Tuesday
and every Tuesday, thereafter.
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: the month of February, 1971, marks the 37th an­niversary
of the Brotherhood movement, and
WHEREAS: Brotherhood Day in Farmingdale, Sunday,
February 21st, is an expression of our concern and friendship
towards our fellow man, and
WHEREAS: the Brotherhood movement sponsored by the
National Conference of Christians and Jews whose primary
objective and goal is cooperation and understanding amongst
Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, and
WHEREAS: They champion the American Idea that people of
various cultural and religious backgrounds can live together in
unity and without intolerance, and
WHEREAS: Members of these groups in this country have found
it possible to respect other people's traditions and religious
views without being in the least disloyal to their son, and
WHEREAS: The National Conference ofChristians and Jews has
sparked the recognition and practice of humanitarian prin­ciples
to which our country has long been dedicated,
Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: that I, Joseph W. Zureck, Mayor of Farmingdale,
do hereby proclaim Sunday, February 21st, as Brotherhood
Day, and urge each and every citizen, young and old alike, to
participate in the program to be presented at the Weldon E.
Howitt, Jr. High School.
Signed,
Joseph W. Zureck
Mayor
Metropolitan Transit Authority
took over the airport facility in
1969 and some private property
nearby in 1970. As a state agency,
the MTA is tax- exempt.
Green Room
Players Ready
The Next Show
The Green Room Players of
Farmingdale High School have
begun rehearsals for their spring
musical, which this year will be
" A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum," by Burt
Shevelove and Larry Gelbart,
with music by Stephen Sondheim.
Directed by Kenneth Ulric of the
hi; school faculty, " Forum" is a
hilikiously funny show, sure to
provide an enjoyable and en­tertaining
evening for all.
• Set in a theatre of Ancient
Su » , the play begins as
foundei; flayed by senior Joel
saying " The . THEATRE IS A
TEMPLE AND WE ARE HERE
TO WORSHIP THE GODS OF
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.
Tonight I am pleased to announce
a comedy!" Thus, given their
assignment for the evening, the
actors begin with a simple story
of a lovestruck boy, Hero,
( played by junior Stu Feldman)
which is complicated by the fact
that the girl, Philia, ( played by
senior Joanne Hozdara) is spoken
for . But the slave, Pseudolus,
( Played by Joel Henner) has
been promised his freedom for
obtaining the girl for his master,
and he is determined to do just
that. In so doing he manages to
create a situation so involved that
it almost defies description. But
it can be explained and un­wound...
and it will be... in the
High School auditorium on the
consecutive Fridays and
Saturdays of March 26 and 27 and
April 2 and 3 at 8: 30 p. m.
The cast, which, in addition to
those students already men­tioned,
includes seniors Jeff
Bernstein as Hysterium, Paul
Lishensky as Lycus, Barry
Palma as Miles, juniors Marian
Steiner as Domina, Paul Epstein
as Erronius, and sophomore
Andy Pasternack as Senex, has
been in rehearsal since January,.
Under the direction of musical
director Paul Erlanson, they are
mastering the score, which in­cludes
the familiar theme
" Comedy Tonight."
Backstage people have also
been hard at work. Construction
has begun on the set, which will
recreate a street in Ancient
Rome on the high school stage.
The costumes, which were
specifically designed for this
production, are being made by a
number of high school girls under
the supervision of Diane Am­brose.
Tickets, priced at $ 1.00 for
students and $ 2.00 for adults, may
be ordered by writing to Mr.
Ulric at the high school.
Arrangements can also be made
through the mail for community
groups to receive a discount for a
number of tickets.