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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 10 NO. 27 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, February 22, 1973 # 15c
A New Store in Town
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Doug and Christine Korn of Farmingdale recently opened the
Aquarius Glass and Mirror, LTD., at 1005 Fulton Street ( seen
above). Complete glass service and mirror products, custom
framing and interior decorating are available. The new
establishment is authorized by all insurance companies for auto
glass replacements. Mr. Korn, formerly the manager, of a glass
lirm in Lindenhurst. has been a resident of Farmingdale for the
past nine years. Store hours are from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Monday
through Saturday, Below: This may look like twins but its really
Christine Korn making sure the mirror is spotless.
Children's Day Result: Little
Money - But Big Involvement
" My son wanted to collect
donations for the children without
fathers and mothers so I let him
go to a few houses on our street.
Not much money but he felt good
that he helped a little bit." This is
really what Children's Day in
Farmingdale was all about.
Despite the disappointingly low
amount of monetary returns,
coordinator Mrs. Patricia Schriro
felt that, " this isn't what is im­portant,
it's the involvement and
committment of each of those
youngsters who did go collecting
to help their friends and neigh­bors."
The funds collected on Sunday,
February 4 amount to almost $ 400
and it is hoped that when the cub
scout cannisters are returned
from the stores the Big Brothers-
Sisters Program will receive
close to $ 450. Mrs. Schriro ex­plained
that the Women's In-terfaith
Council put much
thought into their choice of the
beneficiary. It is their feeling that
perhaps the children could not
grasp the concept of the Big
Brother- Sister Program and they
needed the motivation and aid of
their elders.
Mrs. Schriro pointed out that
this program is not entirely
supported by the County or
Farmingdale Youth Board.
Those who volunteer are usually
students who would like to add to
their love and kindness with
special experiences for their
" little brothers and sisters," but
often do not have the monetary
necessities. Any one who wishes
can send money that they may
have given the children directly
to the office of the Big Brothers at
the Village Hall on Main Street,
Farmingdale.
The Farmingdale Children's
Day Committee expresses their
thanks to those many who con­tributed
their time and effort to
the 1973 collection. Their ap­preciation
and gratitude go to
youth volunteers from the
Farmingdale Youth Board and
Big Brothers and Sisters, from
the 4- H Clubs of Farmingdale,
from Cub Scout Packs 57,159, 359,
511, 514, 535, 538, and 601, also
Girl Scouts from Farmingdale
Neighborhood No. 7 and Park-wood
Neighborhood No. 9 of Mid-
Island Council.
Guests from the local PTA's
and - workers and counters from
the community churches were
very helpful.
School Board Appeals to State
Before Legislature in Albany
Photos: HankSchleichkorn
On behalf of the Farmingdale
School Board and its president
KobertS. Campbell, school board
member Terry Weathers
travelled to Albany last week and
addressed the joint budget
committee of the State
Legislature. It was reported to
the OBSERVER that the Far­mingdale
School District was the
only one to speak up directly to
the budget committee.
What follows is the complete
statement by the School board as
presented by Weathers:
" On behalf of our Farmingdale
School Districts approximately
46,000 residents and 12,100
enrolled pupils we thank you for
this opportunity to discuss with
you the financial needs of our
district.
" The fact is, our local property
taxpayers and our educational
programs will be hardpressed to
survive unless there is a prompt
and significant improvement in
the State's support of our school
costs.
" Six years ago state aid paid
51.7 percent of our total school
Farmingdale Fire
Claims One Life
An accidental fire on Sunset
Avenue, So. Farmingdale,
claimed the life of Carl Kaiser as
the result of severe burns to his
chest and stomach. The South
Farmingdale Fire Department
February 17 at 1: 05 p. m. an­swered
the call and Kaiser was
brought to Nassau County
Medical Center where he died the
evening of the following day. The
fire took place in a shed, Kaiser
used as a workshop. Little
damage occured to the shed
itself or the attached house.
budget. This year the state's
share is down to 41.1 percent,
despite an aid ratio in our district
of 59.5 percent. In four of these
six years ( and in three of the last
four) the per pupil operating aid
ceiling was not raised at all by
the Legislature.
" During this same period of
inflation and Taylor Law
collective bargaining our annual
school budget covering a
relatively stable weighted
average daily attendance rose
over ten million dollars, from just
under $ 14 million to slightly more
than $ 24 million. The state has
financed less than 30 percent of
this increase, the federal
government none of it, and the
local property taxpayer more
than 70 percent of it.
" The net effect of this has been
to increase our school tax levy
more in the last six years than in
all the previous history of our
district, from $ 6.3 million in 1966-
67 to over $ 13.5 million this
current year- a six year rise of
$ 7.2 million or 114percent.
" In order to pay for this steep
six- year rise in the local school
tax levy the owner of a home
assessed at $ 6,000 and worth
approximately $ 25,000 has seen
his annual school tax bill rise
from $ 408 to $ 857. This is four
times the state personal income
tax of our average homeowner
with a family of four in the ten to
twelve thousand a year income
bracket. The inequity and
disparity are compounded many
times in the case of our elderly
retirees and others living on
limited incomes.
" Although our operating ex­penditure
per pupil ranks thirty-ninth
on the list of Nassau's fifty-six
school district, our full value
tax rate of $ 34.29 is the fifth-
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Brotherhood Observance
Weldon E Howitt Junior High School will be place this Sunday
at 2: 00 p. m. when the annual Brotherhood observance program
will get underway in the auditorium. Sponsored by the three local
service clubs, Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis and directed by the
Rotary Club under the chairmanship of Councilman Gregory
Carmen, the program will be opened by a group of girl scouts
under the direction of Mrs. Blanche Cokes. Members of Boy Scout
Troop 514 will post the Colors.
Mayor John Hallahan will present an award to one of Far-mingdale's
most dedicated service groups which will be followed
by the Man of the Year Award, a Farmingdale resident who has
shared his life with those around him.
The climax of the program will be the appearance of the famous
Long Island Banjo Society, an organization formed in 1963. About
70 members of the society will be strumming the old banjos on
Sunday and leading the audience in a participation sing- along.
Another feature will be 100 members of the Elementary School
Choirs under the direction of Miss JoAnn Jackanieh.
A fitting addition to close such an impressive program will be
the distribution of helium filled balloons to the audience.
Reverend David Wilson of the Farmingdale Baptist Church will
give a short prayer and then the balloons will be released in mass
carrying their message of Brotherhood to some distant place