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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE, MELVILLE 15*
A MEMBER OF THE OBSERVER/ TRIBUNE GROUP OF NEWSPAPERS
Vol. 9 No. 41 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale. N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER. INC.. Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y., Thursday, J u n e 1 1 9 72
School Board Candidate Ranieri
Lists His Views on Education
Frank Ranieri, who is running
for the seat on the Farmingdale
school board vacated by the
retirement of Thomas Lavan has
issued the following statement
listing his views in the field of
education:
" Being a parent of three
school- aged girls, I will work
hard to support the education
that your children, along with
mine, will need in order to be
successful in college, vocational
training or employment - as they
choose. If I am elected, I will
work for and support the
following:
" LOCAL CONTROL:. We must
evaluate very carefully all new
ideas related to changes in school
financing in order to avoid local
control being totally eliminated.
" PROGRAMS: Eliminate no
programs unless reviewed by the
Board of Education and
residents. At the same time, we
must, in these changing times
add programs which will benefit
the future of our children. The
board of education should also
make reviews of programs with
the residents every few years.
" ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND
VD: I would sponsor and support
parent and young adult programs
that will alert us not only to evils
and dangers of alcoholism,
drugs, and venerial diseases, but
that would also alert us to the
symptoms of these afflictions.
Also, I would sponsor, through
the school, a referral service
for parents and children.
Justice Wachtler to
Speak in Farmingdale
Sol Wachtler, Justice of the
Supreme Court, 10th Judicial
District, will deliver the principal
address at the 53rd Com­mencement
Exercises of State
University at Farmingdale,
Tuesday, June 6, starting at 10
a. m. at the parking area in front
of Allard Field House*
In making this announcement,
Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr.,
President of the college, also
disclosed that Judge Wachtler,
Great Neck, will receive the
college's highest citation, the
Commission of Honor, " in
recognition of unselfish per­formances
on the behalf of
others." This coveted award will
be presented by the Hon. Mor­timer
Gleeson, Chairman of the
college's Board of Trustees,
before a graduating class of more
than 1,600 and an expected at­tendance
of 6,000. Dr. Laffin
described " the important role
that the 42- year- old Supreme
Court Justice has played as a
public- spirited citizen, always
deeply involved in community
affairs."
The theme of Judge Wachtler's
address will be " Can America
Survive?" He will stress the
importance of the college
graduates getting involved in
political and public affairs.
" COMMUNICATION: It is
most important that open and
frank lines of communication be
maintained and expanded bet­ween
the school administration,
our teachers, and the parents. I
will continually work to see to it
that all inquiries are answered
forthrightly and promptly. In
order to achieve a greater in­formed
community, I sponsored
open forum meetings with
Congressman Grover, Assem­blyman
Healey, Town Supervisor
Burke, the Farmingdale School
administration and the Far­mingdale
library officials.
" PROPERTY TAX: Increase
state funding to reduce property
tax on one condition: that local
control still exists. The Taxpayer
should receive as much in­formation
as possible about the
budget and school system.
Assemblyman Healey informed
us at a meeting, which I spon­sored,
of the state fiscal crisis;
and he said that everyone -
particularly school districts - had
to tighten their belts and hold the
line. Assemblyman Healey also
informed us that the equalization
rate was frozen this year, which
saved the district $ 320,000
through our community efforts. I
would help the senior citizen by
looking for ways to reduce their
taxes for their survival. They are
entitled to retire with dignity.
" If I am elected to the school
board, I hope to continue to gain
knowledge, and thereby con­tribute
ideas that will make for
responsible decisions on
curriculum and financing of our
education system. The existence
of our school district depends on
an involved and informed tax­payer
with a responsible and
responsive school board in order
to give our youngsters the best
education possible.
Candidate Mrs. Proefriedt
Gets Salary Information
According to school board
candidate Louise Proefriedt, the
Farmingdale administration
reversed its position on providing
her with information concerning
administrator's salaries. The
administration had previously
stated to Mrs. Proefriedt that
such a request must be made to
the school board. The figures
were turned over to Mrs.
Proefriedt on Tuesday, without
making application to the school
board.
Mrs. Proefriedt stated: " The
figures show that there was a
total of 101 people in our school
district who were making over
$ 18,000 last year. The Superin­tendent
of Schools' salary for
next year will be- well over $ 40,000
with several other members of
the central administrative staff
receiving $ 30,000 and above. The
majority of those earning over
$ 18,000 last year were non-teaching
personnel. These
salaries will, of course, be even
higher next year. It seems to me
that those members of the board
Mlfl. Louise Proefriedt
who considered the elimination of
various programs and the
reduction of teaching staff in
such vital areas as English and
Foreign languages might have
first considered the possibility of
freezing or granting only
minimal raises to some of these
higher level positions."
Tragedy on Monday:
Four Traffic Dead
The Memorial Day weekend
regularity makes headlines in
traffic fatalities. Two happened
in the Massapequa - Farmingdale
area on Monday and accounted
for four of the 14 traffic fatalities
recorded for Long Island that
weekend.
William Lundrigah, 14, of
North Massapequa was struck by
a car as he ran across ' Southern
State Parkway just east of the
Bethpage State Park exit at
about 8: 25 p. m.
The boy was pronounced dead
on the scene. The eastbound car,
in a futile effort to avoid the boy,
went out of control and struck a
tree on the parkway. Two oc­cupants
of the car were killed.
Rescue squads of the South
Farmingdale, Farmingdale and
North Massapequa Fire
Departments worked for two
hours on the scene in a successful
effort to rescue the other four
passengers from the badly
mangled car.
Four year- old Frank Bochic-chio
of East Farmingdale
became the fourth traffic victim
of the area over the weekend
when he ran out from behind a
parked car on Cedar Avenue and
was struck by a car. He died of
his injuries in Mid- Island
Hospital on Monday.
What A Day!
Farmingdale's Memorial Day Parade,
traditionally one the biggest and best attended in
the County, came across in excellent fashion last
Monday. The weather cooperated with bright
sunshine and a deep blue sky and it really was a
day to remember. Shown above are just a few of the
marching groups that took part in the parade. The
top picture shows the color guard of VfW Post 5IB,
the middle picture shows a delegation of girl scouts
and the bottom picture shows the Rebels of
Massapequa, proudly displaying their confederate
flags.
All photos: Jack Pokress y