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An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale
VOL. 55 NO. 50 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, October 24, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
Island- Wide Publication, Inc. price 1 54 - $ 5 per year
School Board Checks ' 340,000
Kiwanis Sets
Ragamuffin
Parade Sat.
President George Cserhalmi
has announced that the Kiwanis
Club of Farmingdale will once
again sponsor a Ragamuffin Day
for the children of Farmingdale
this Saturday. The festivities will
be kicked off with a parade led by
a marching band down Main St.
All participants will gather at
the Northside school by 2 p. m.
and march down Main St., to the
playground of the Main Street
School. There judges will judge
the children in three categories;
best costume, funniest and most
original. All in attendance will
receive a bag of Halloween
candy.
Trick Or Treat
For UNICEF
On Halloween, the world will
grow a little smaller, thanks to
hundreds of children right here in
Farmingdale. Through UNICEF
Halloween programs, they'll join
/ millions of youngsters
throughout the U. S. as they help
share their good fortune with
needy neighbors as far away as
Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Under the auspices of Far­mingdale
Women's Interfaith
Council children in Farmingdale
will " Trick or Treat for
UNICEF" on Thurs., Oct. 31:
Containers are to be returned on
Sunday, Nov. 3 to St. Luke's
Lutheran Church between 2. and *
p. m.
" Through UNICEF, we and our
children can lend a helping hand
across oceans and continents to
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Weekly Winners
Winning tickets of Merchants
Association Drawing of October
18th.
098990 - 125 Gift Certificate
099075 - $ 15 Gift Certificate
079124 - $ 10 Gift Certificate
099034 - $ 10 Gift Certificate
047520 - $ 10 Gift Certificate
099346 - $ 10 Gift Certificate
100948 - $ 5 Gift Certificate
097409 - $ 5 Gift Certificate
092917 - $ 5 Gift Certificate
101281 - $ 5 Gift Certificate
Do not throw losing tickets
away. They are eligible for
master drawing to be held at an
announced date in December.
The next drawing will be held
at J & J Shoes, 322 Main Street,
Farmingdale, at 8: 30 PM on
Friday, October 25th.
SIDEWALK SERVICE: Mrs. SheMon Porte it shown using the new Self Service Unit at the Far-mingdale
Post Office, which is located on the outside of the building. This unit will provide 24 hour daily
service to the postal customers. They can purchase a wider variety of stamps. They may also be able to
purchase books of stamps and to mail small parcels when the office lobby is closed. Looking on are
Technician Edward Cavanagh, Assistant Postmaster Carl Dittmeier, and Postmaster William J.
Purcell.
" Business As Usual" At
European American Bank
Although the signs are still
changing, European- American
Bank became a familiar name to
Long Island residents overnight -
iiterally.
The night was October 7- 8 when
European- American, a New York
State- chartered bank for more
than 53 years, acquired Franklin
National's 102 banking branches.
" Business as usual" is the key
phrase at the new European-
American banking branches,
with customers assured that their
deposits are protected, that their
FNB checks will be honored, and
that there are no changes in their
Master Charge cards, loan and
mortgage payments, safe deposit
boxes, or savings accounts.
Even the faces at the branches
are the same, with FNB em­ployees
continuing their duties
and serving customers. The only
changes are in the name and in
the top management.
Was ' Wholesale' Bank
In announcing the acquisition
of FNB branches, European-
American Chairman Harry Ek-blom,
a former Port Washington
resident, explained that in the
U. S. European- American was a
" wholesale" bank, with total
resources among shareholder
banks in excess of $ 96 billion, and
that the addition of the FNB
' retail" banking branches would
complement the U. S. operation
and bring its world- wide system
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Pulls Cash
From Budget
During its executive sessions
last week the Farmingdale
School Board approved a finance
committee recommendation that
$ 340,000 of the current operating
budget be placed into a reserve
fund. The sum of money which
Comes from virtually all codes in
the present budget is another one
of a series of moves aimed at
economy.
Realizing the burden an
outright restriction on the use of
funds would place on school
operations the Board agreed that
up to 50% of the monies could be
released at the Superintendent's
discretion. If it is necessary to
use any part of the additional
50%, the Superintendent will seek
- authorization from the Board for
the additional expenditures.
There were no personnel codes
involved in the $ 340,000 sum.
Authorization was also given to
purchase a form of liability in­surance
which would close any
unknown gap in the general
liability coverage purchased by
the district. This special liability
insurance is known as a direc­tor's,
errors, and omissions
policy and was recommended by
the district's insurance con­sultant,
attorney, and business
manager.
In another insurance matter,
approval was given to purchase
certain fire resistant storage
cabinets for each of the school
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THE GREEN ROOM PLAYERS' production of Moliere's " The Would Be Gentleman" features the
Grand Mufti [ Adam Osterfeldl and his Turks [ L. to R. l: Lisa Felt, Ellen Graber, Josephine Marcellino,
Stephanie Radow. Linda Kopher and Jody Aronowitz. This Friday and Saturday nights at the High
School: Oct. 25 and Oct, 26.