1972-04-13

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VOL. 9 No. 34 > ccond Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y T h u r s d a y , April 1 3 1 9 72
AGGIE PIONEER EDUCATOR HONORED: Prof. George G. Cook, long- time Farmingdale native
and retired Chairman of the State University at Farmingdale's Department of Food Technology, was
honored by the Eastern Frosted Foods Association at its 20th anniversary dinner at the Americana
Hotel recently. Prof. Cook received an illuminated scroll of appreciation " for his long career in
pioneering frozen food education." EFFA has helped one hundred college students complete their
education and in many cases find jobs within the fast - growing frozen food industry, according to
Sidney Schwartz, of Syosset, founder of the Association's Education Committee. Left to right: Mr.
Schwartz, Executive Vice President, L. Rapoport & Co., Syosset; Charles Rizzuto, President,
Southland Frozen Foods, Inc., Great Neck; Professor and Mrs. Cook; and Ned Maher, President,
H. C. Boerner, Co., Great Neck.
No Argument on Village Budget
New Parking Closer to Reality
There was an audience of four
residents at last Monday night's
village board meeting, which
later swelled to five, as Far­mingdale
village mayor John T.
Hallahan diligently and patiently
explained the proposed village
budget for 1972/ 73 and the
reasons for increasing the tax
rate by 2 cents per $ 100 assessed
valuation.
This increase amounts to less
than 1 per cent in contrast to last
year's budget, or $ 1.30 per year
on a house assessed at $ 6,500. Not
finding opposition to this budget
proposal, violent or otherwise,
the village board soon found itself
in a consensus to adopt the
budget as read.
With this, the mayor's and
trustee's attention turned to other
matters, such as a proposed
Spring Thing to be held on the
village green on May 6 ( or May 13
if it should rain on May 6) by the
Farmingdale Junior League, a
request by the Red & White Taxi
Co. 7 formerly Orange & White, to
discuss transportation service in
the village, and the apparent
agreement by the Long Island
Railroad to lease to the village
space for additional parking.
The area under discussion - a
discussion which is going on for
several years between the village
and the LIRR-- would be'the one
immediately north of the railroad
tracks at the Farmingdale
station, between the main line
and the siding adjacent to the
former Karp fertilizer facility.
This strip of land is already
being used by commuters and
what the railroad would do,
would be to take out the siding,
relocate the small building, and
lease everything to the village for
a token fee for the purpose of
creating additional commuter
parking. Previous estimates
show that some 100 cars could be
accommodated.
The village board indicated
that it would fence in the
property, have it graded and
surfaced, and divide the space
between long- term meter
parking and permit parking. All
of this could be accomplished
fairly quickly, and at no cost to
the taxpayers, if the LIRR is now
ready to proceed. Village at­torney
Joseph Stern and village
clerk James McKenna were
instructed to follow up on this
matter with all deliberate speed.
The Junior League's request
for permission to use the village
green on May 6 or May 13 for its
Spring Thing was approved, as
was the taxi company's request
for a meeting, at which
presumably a desire to increase
the fare will be expressed.
Lucille Goulding Vows Fight
To Unseat Yevoli in Primary
The decision by the Nassau
County Committee to designate
Lewis Yevoli as the party's
choice for the 10th state assembly
seal, will not be accepted by
Lucille Goulding of Farmingdale.
" I most certainly will enter the
primaries to give the people a
chance to express their wishes,"
she announced. " I will stage a
vigorous primary campaign."
Mrs. Goulding, a member of
the Farmingdale school board,
expressed her disappointment
about the party's choice. " There
were 38 committeemen from the
assembly present at the
designation meeting," she said,
" they gave Yevoli 7,700 votes
through the proxy method. I can
not believe that this is the true
voice of the people." Mrs.
Goulding received a total of 2,700
votes.
Also losing out at the
designation convention, held last
week at Franklin Square, was
' another Farmingdale candidate,
Leonard Austin. His bid to be
designated as candidate for the
11th assembly district fell short,
as the district committee
designated Joseph King as their
choice for assemblyman. Austin
could not be reached to find out
whether he would contest.
At least another Democratic
primary battle shapes up among
candidates for the 3rd
congressional district. Last
Tuesday in Huntington, the
• Democratic party nominated
Robert Mrazek of Huntington to
oppose GOP candidate Angelo
Roncallo in the Fall. Mrazek's
candidacy will be challenged by
physics professor Fred Cher-nomas
of Plainview who had said
all along that he would enter the
primaries.
Farmingdale Man Charged
With Murder of Friedman
After seven days of intensive investigation the police have caught
what they think is their man: 62 year old Frank Cirincione, of 2
Laurelton Street, Farmingdale, was arrested last night and charged
with the murder of Philip Friedman, a 24- year old rock promoter
whose body was found during the night of April 5 at Washington
Street in Farmingdale.
According to the police report, the suspect, divorced and unem­ployed,
shot Friedman after an argument over gambling debts owed
by Cirincione to Friedman. The investigation, carried out by 40
detectives, established that Cirincione was one of the last persons to
see Friedman alive. The amount owed by the defendant to Friedman
is not determined but it is believed to be under $ 1,000.
The defendant who allegedly eked out a living by playing the horses
had been missing since the murder. He was arrested when he
returned home Wednesday night by detectives Thomas Howell of the
8th precinct and Robert Wilson of the homicide squad.
Board and Teachers
On Collision Course
The Farmingdale Board of Education and the
Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Asociation are
heading for a showdown in their present contract
talks. " If we don't have a contract by the end of this
month we will go on strike," said Kenneth Deedy
president of the Teachers Association. The teachers
are alarmed about new staff dismissals and the
determination of the school board to suspend sab­batical
leaves.
Possible termination of employment in the Far­mingdale
Elementary Schools for up to 33 teachers,
some of whom have tenure, was explained and
discussed at the school board meeting Tuesday
evening.
Superintendent of schools,
William Kinzler, and Trustee
Robert Weiss, who presided in
the absence of Board President
Robert Campbell, explained that
the loss of 21 of these positions
was due to the phasing out of the
Main Street School. The other
twelve terminations are due to
teachers returning from leaves.
Usually teachers are hired on a
one year replacement basis when
leaves are granted, but this year
teachers who were displaced by
the partial closing of Main Street
School were utilized. Dr. Kinzler
pointed out that the partial
closing of Main Street School in
September 1971 had led to the
displacement of 31 teachers. By
December all 31 were utilized in
other positions due to
resignations, retirements and
the taking of leaves. The thirty-three
teachers involved this year
have been notified though the
terminations are not yet official,
and may not take effect as
happened this school year.
According to Bill Proefriedt, of
7 Cherry Street, who brought up
the whole question in public
participation, residents had been
told at the preliminary budget
hearing at East Memorial that
there would not be any layoffs.
This was denied by Trustee
Robert Weiss, Superintendent,
Dr. Kinzler stated that the
enrollment in elementary schools
has been dropping sharply and
average class sizes will not be
increased by the phasing out of
Main Street.
Seven of the 12 teachers
returning from leaves are
returning from Sabbaticals. New
Sabbaticals are not being granted
in an effort to curtail ex­penditures.
In answer to a question on
• rumors about a teacher's strike,
trustee Weiss said that he had
also heard them and hoped they
were only rumors. He confirmed
that there are many points
separating the two sides in
negotiations. Factfinding is
presently going on with a report
expected in two weeks.
The school calendar for 1972-
1973 under discussion by the
board is expected to include a
Vacation period in February,
according to Weiss. There is an
attempt being made to get a
uniform school calendar for all of
Nassau County. This is par­ticularly
important for such
programs as BOCES in which
students from more than one
district participate.
The board of education has had
a meeting with BOCES officials
since the submission of the report
by the Main Street School
Citizens committee. BOCES is
also looking into rental of other
schools and facilities and there
has not been any action taken.
The board set June 14 as the
date for the annual budget and
trustee vote. Registration will be
June 3 and 10. May 31 is the final
date for submission of
nominating petitions.
A curriculum meeting will be
held on Monday . evening April 24,
at the High School to discuss the
mini- school as well as other in­novations
in the Farmingdale
Schools. Marilyn Hametz