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til AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 11 NO. 13 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by HIBER PUBLISHING, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, November 15, 1973
Fire on Main Street Schools Take Steps to
Combat Energy Crisis
Farmingdale residents, students, and workers are beginning to find
the energy crisis closer to home as a result of various actions taken by
the village, schools, and libraries.
Tragedy was averted on Wednesday night, when Mrs. Doris O'Hara, nearly
overcome by dense smoke, was rescued from the roof of 300 Main Street by Bob
Williams of the adjacent Holiday Inn and an unidentified policeman. Mrs. O'Hara
.':<:: suffered from smokt inhalation and burns was rushed to Meadowbn> CA
ii vpital where her condition on Thursday was described as satisfactory.
The fire was reported at 12: 30 a. m. Wednesday night when it already had raged
out of control. Four companies responded: Farmingdale, East and South Far­mingdale
and Bethpage. They contained the fire to the building which burned out
up to the roof. The lower story was occupied by Paumonok Travel.
Playground Safety Topic at
Board of Education Meeting
A number of other problems and
committee reports were heard at the
meeting held by the Farmingdale Board
of Education on Monday, November 5.
One of them was the problem of
playground safety during the lunch hour.
At Woodward Parkway, parent volun­teers
are being organized to supplement
the supervision during some periods.
There were also some questions about
children leaving the elementary schools
to go home for lunch. The district policy
is that children can go home if parents
submit a note in the beginning of the
term.
Dr. William Kinzler, superintendent of
schools, announced that the high school
student newspaper and yearbook had
won a number of awards at the New York
State School Press Association con­vention
over the weekend. Among the
awards won by the yearbook were first
prize in art and photography and second
prize in all around best year book.
The resignation of Edwin Pillep, the
assistant principal at Mill Lane was
accepted. He has been with the district
for 15 years.
Early Deadline
Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday,
the deadline for next week's edition has
been advanced one day. This means that
copy for the community log for the week
of November 19 will have to be' in the
office at 115 Front Street, Massapequa
Park not later than Friday, November
IB. The same applies to the insertion for
classified and business and service
directory advertising. Newscopy for
publication in the Observer should reach
our office not later than Monday,
November 19.
On Wednesday, November 28, there
will be a special public curriculum
meeting on the health programs in the
district. The curriculum committee is
active in a number of areas including the
establishment of a subcommittee to
study the effects of tracking.
One item in last week's Observer
concerning the paper emergency
discussed at the Farmingdale Board of
Education meeting needs to be correc­ted.
The business manager has the power
to buy paper when available, even if
costs should exceed $ 1,500. It should have
been noted that, normally, education
laws specify that requests for bids have
to be sent out for any amounts exceeding
$ 1,500.
As their part in conserving energy the
Farmingdale public school system has
undertaken numerous measures, most of
which have been in operation since
October 15. According to Kenneth Pawns,
supervisor of buildings and grounds,
corridor lighting has been cut in half in
all schools throughout the day. Teachers
have been asked to turn off the row of
lights nearest the window and raise the
shades, thus eliminating about one- third
the electrical light in classrooms.
Staircase skylights have been turned
off as well as classroom lights while
rooms are not in use. Custodians will
light only the classroom they are
cleaning and, in the elementary school,
lights will be off in gyms and all- purpose
rooms while they are out of use.
In the secondary schools the industrial
arts departments have taken part in the
conservation. All equipment and
machines are to be off when not in use.
Decorative lights such as those in the
High School Commons have been
changed to use smaller bulbs. These
lights, and those in lobbies, are out at
night unless a special event warrants
their use.
The timers on exterior lights have been
readjusted so they will go on later than
usual in the evening and only the very
necessary security lights will be used.
Parking lot lighting has been shut down
at 11 p. m.
As far as limiting fuel consumption all
oil burners are being turned off during
the weekend daylight hours. Each night
after school they are turned off for a
minimum of five hours. The oil burners
have been reconditioned for maximum
efficiency.
So far, however, the school ther­mostats
read 72 degrees and have as yet,
not been lowered. According to Pawns,
lowering the school temperature during
school hours becomes much more
complicated involving not only teachers,
staff, and students, but also the parents
who send their youngsters to those
schools. The comfort of the students is in
question as well as the teacher's ability
to do their job under cooler conditions.
Therefore, a change in the thermostat
reading would have to come from the
school administration.
Although no programs have, as yet,
been curtailed, the possibility does exist
according to Assistant Superintendent
Charles Manzo. Manzo stated the school
superintendent is watching the situation
closely for any need in limiting after
school and evening activities.
Present measures by the public schools
are by their own directives The State has
formed a Task Force to assist the
educational institutions, but have not
issued any definite laws to them.
Both the village hall and the public
libraries have cut down on their heat by
several degrees. Any further action
concerning meetings and other evening
programs will be discussed at their
respective board meetings should the
need arise.
Village Clerk James McKenna has said
the village has taken no definitive action,
but will rather enforce any state direc­tives
for the community. Of particular
concern are the Christmas lights,
already installed in the village streets.
Any alterations in their lighting, if any, is
expected to be set at a board meeting.
Young Bike Rider Injured
On Woodward Parkway
A 12 year old youth suffered knee in­juries
when he was struck while riding
his bicycle. Greg Seti of Oakdale Avenue,
South Farmingdale, was northbound on
Woodward Parkway when a car hit him.
Dear Readers. Pay Promptly
The paper this newspaper is printed on is called newsprint. By now it is
generally known that newsprint is in short supply. And when anything is in short
supply, prices go up as sure as God makes little green apples.
As far as this newspaper is concerned, production cost have gone up three
times since October- twice for newsprint and once for typesetting and com­position.
The result is that the newspaper you hold in your hands now costs us
more to produce than you pay for it. On an annual subscription of $ 5.00 the price
of this newspaper is less than 10 cents, while it costs us close to 11 cents to print
and mail it.
We have no immediate plans to raise our subscription rates. We do have plans,
however, to batten down the hatches.
Battening down the hatches means that we can no longer afford the practice of
sending out several reminders to subscribers due to renew their subscription
and keep on sending them the paper in the meantime.
Starting next week, readers who have not responded to past notices of
payments due will no longer receive this newspaper. Readers whose sub­scriptions
are still valid will receive only one reminder besides the payment due
notice when it is their time to renew their subscription. After that, they too will
be taken off our mailing list.
We don't like to sound like ogres, but the present situation tends to make
generosity an unaffordable luxury.
The driver, moving west on Fifth
Avenue, was Kevin Kulik of Massapequa
Park. The youth did not require medical
aid at the scene.
According to a report from the 8th
Precinct, an East Farmingdale teen has
been arrested and charged with burglary
third degree in connection with an in­cident
which occurred the evening of
November 4. The 16 year old factory
worker was arrested two days later by
Detective Ryan of the Eighth Squad. The
burglary in question allegedly took place
at Rollingwood Hardware Company on
South Main Street, South Farmingdale.
According to police information, two
ottiers were involved with the burglary,
but are not yet apprehended.
Two burglaries have been reported, the
first at Belle- Asben on Eastern Parkway,
Farmingdale. The building was entered
through a side door between 6 p. m.,
November 6 and 9: 30a. m. November 7. A
calculator, typewriter and drill was
stolen.
A second business on South Main Street
was also burglarized. The incident took
place between last Thursday and Friday
at a beauty salon. The building was
entered through a rear door and an air
conditioner, currency, a wig and ac­cessories
were taken.