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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 10 NO. 24 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, February 1, 1973 » 15c
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A New Store in Town
Located on the Southwest corner of Hempstead Turnpike at West
Gate Avenue, Farmingdale, the new Kentucky Fried Chicken is now
open to serve the area. Under the direction of manager Carlos Del
Valle of Bellport, the bright red and white building will be open daily
from 11 a. m. to 10 p. m. and Sunday 11 a. m. to 9 p. m. Del Valle is
supervising a staff of 15 to provide the take- out service, catering and
care of eight booths for eating the " finger lickin' good" chicken on
the premises.
Carlos Del Valle, manager of the Farmingdale Kentucky Fried
Chicken and Miss Susan Duggan of North Massapequa prepare for
customers in the new facility on Hempstead Turnpike ( seen above).
Photos: HankSchleichkorn
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Youngsters Prepare to Have
Best Coin Collection Ever
In their own effort to be a part of celebrating Farmingdale Children's Day,
youngsters of Farmingdale and the surrounding district will carry their
collection containers from door to door seeking contributions of small coins. This
is the ninth annual drive and its purpose is to aid a worthy children's agency. The
collection will take place on Sunday, February 4 in the early afternoon and the
proceeds this year will go to the Big Brother - Big Sister program of the Far­mingdale
Youth Board.
The small coins which have
been collected will be brought to
the central collection center in
the Youth Lounge of the Far­mingdale
Jewish Center ( en­trance
on Prospect St. and Cobb
Place) between the hours of 2: 00
and 4: 00 p. m. Should this time be
inconvenient, containers will be
accepted at any branch of the
Farmingdale Public Library
which includes the Bookmobile.
Farmingdale Children's Day
has been recognized widely
throughout the area for its
multifaceted goals primarily
concerned with improving the
health and welfare of children.
Children s Day involves local
religious and day schools and
youth organizations in practical
applications of each faith's
tenets, interaction of various
groups, understanding and
mutual respect and basic
democratic ideals.
Celebration of Farmingdale
Children's Day will begin on
Saturday, February 3, at the
South Farmingdale Library. A
program featuring an award
winning film, will be shown at
2: 30 p. m. " For the Love of Fred"
expresses the important themes
of brotherhood. Girls of local 4- H
Clubs will be ushers. Mrs. Cathy
Malaro of the Farmingdale Big
Brothers and Big Sisters
program will speak about the role
it plays in the lives of boys and
girls who are without their
mother or father and find com­panionship
and understanding
with the volunteers.
The Big Brother - Big Sister
program of the Farmingdale
Youth Board has been in
existence since 1960. Children
under sixteen are given the op­portunity
to develop a positive
relationship with an older in­dividual.
The volunteers who are
screened, trained, and super­vised
spend a few hours a week
with their Little Brother or Little
Sister. These youngsters are
referred to the program by the
school psychologists, counselors,
Compromise Seen for
School Tax Losses
The Farmingdale School
district and State legislators
representing the area have not
given up in their attempt to
restore loss in school taxes in
connection with MTA- owned and
tax- exempt property of the
former Republic airport property
on Route 110. When the MTA
purchased the property in 1969, it
cost the school district almost 1,5
million annually in assessed
valuation.
Dr. William Kinzler, Far-mingdale's
superintendent of
schools, met with Albany
legislators recently in order to
find a way to have the school
district compensated for those
taxes.
According to Assemblyman
Phil Healey, who represents the
southern part of Farmingdale,
there is hope for at least a
compromise. " The original
suggestion of State payments to
the district called for reim­bursements
over a period of 30
years " he said. " After meeting
with A. Stern, a finance expert
from the Governor's office on
Monday, we can perhaps come up
with a compromise formula."
It is expected that Healey will
introduce a new bill to the
legislature during the current
session. There will be number of
meetings to formulate the new
bill in order to avoid past
problems. A bill sponsored by
Sen. Ralph Marino and
Assemblyman John G. McCarthy
to reimburse the Farmingdale
school district fully for its tax
losses for 15 years was passed
last year by the legislature only
to run into a veto by the Governor
at the end of the term.
As soon as the compromise bill
is worked out ( there is talk that
the number of years for reim­bursement
may be reduced to
five years) Healey will submit
the new bill. Co- sponsors for the
measure will be other local
representatives such as
Assemblyman Stuart Levine and
Senator Owen Johnson.
and local churches and temples.
Special activities which aid to
form a more complete program
are made possible through
contributions such as Children's
Day.
Preparations for this year's
event have been made at the
Sunday schools of the Far­mingdale
United Methodist, St.
Luke's Lutheran, and St. Thomas
Episcopal churches. Students of
the Farmingdale Jewish Center
Hebrew School, St. Kilian Day
and School of Religion also have
been active.
Residents of the Farmingdale
area have already been alerted to
the fund drive through the efforts
of the Boy Scouts of the
Paumanok District, Girl Scouts
of the Main Street and Parkwood
neighborhoods of the Mid- Island
Council, and members of 4- H
Clubs. While the boys have
distributed cannisters throughout
a number of shopping centers and
village stores, the girls have
displayed art posters in store
windows of North Massapequa,
Farmingdale, and the Carman's
Road Shopping Center. The
posters emphasize the many
aspects of brotherhood as they
pertain to the girls everyday lives
and their groups programs.
When the collection containers,
most of which will be small milk
cartons with distinctive Far­mingdale
Children's Day
wrappers, are returned on
Sunday afternoon the children
will be met by Cadet Girl Scouts
acting as hostess guides. Adult
volunteers from many woman's
service groups will be on hand to
sort and count the thousands of
pennies, nickels, dimes, and
quarters brought in. Meanwhile,
the youngsters will be invited to
some group singing.
The informal sing- in of
brotherhood songs will be led by
Mrs. Barbara Andrews who will
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^' AAagic Shoes" Come To
School on Main Street
Town Councilman Gregory W. Carman is reminding Farmingdale
residents that the Teen Repertory Theatre will be giving two per­formances
of " The Magic Shoes" this Saturday, February 3, at 11
a. m. and 2 p. m. respectively, at the Main Street School, Far­mingdale.
This highly talented troupe, which opened its fourth season this
year, was formed seven years ago by the Cultural and Performing
Arts ( CAPA) Division of the Town Department of Recreation and
Community Services. Each fall, several Oyster Bay Town teens are
chosen at auditions and receive one- year scholarships entitling them
to attend a series of free workshops in acting and stage craft. In the
course of the year they tour the Town with three plays for children.
Productions of the play are presented with the cooperation of the
local P. T. A. group. A nominal admission charge goes to the support
of that organization. A