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VOL^ KNO. 33 Second Class Postage Paid
In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, Jon* 27, 1974 Copyright 1974 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc. price I5tf - $ 5 per year
Second Budget Vote Saturday
Trustees Urge Voters
To Avoid Austerity
CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTION, exactly like the ones presented to the graduating sixth graders, is
presented to Theodore Watt, assistant principal of East Memorial School, hy Principal Stanley Saltz-man.
Watt is leaving the Farmingdale School District after 18 years of service to become principal of
the Hampton Bays Elementary School. The presentation took place during Thursday night's
graduation ceremonies.
f Post photo by Boh Starrett 1
Summer Youth Council
Program Opens July 1
The Farmingdale Youth
Council will begin its 24th sum­mer
of a supervised recreation
program on July 1. Registration
will be bekl on Thursday, June 27,
from 1 to 4 p. m. and on Friday,
June 28 from 9 a. m. - 12 noon.
Programs will be conducted for
the Elementary age youngsters
at Woodward Pkwy. School;
Albany Ave. School; Parkway
Oaks School; Northside School;
East Memorial School; Main St.
School; Mill Lane Jr. High
School; Merritt Rd. Park;
Valridge - Pinehurst Park; and
Florgate Park.
Kindergarten thru 4th Grade
will attend the morning sessions
from 9 a. m. - 12 noon and 5th thru
8th graders will attend in the
afternoons from 1 to 4. ( Grades
are as of 1973- 74 school year).
. Additional programs for Jr.
High youngsters will be held in
the evenings from 6: 90 to 9 p. m.
at Howitt Jr. H. S. and Mill Lane
Jr. H. S.
The Senior High program will
be from 1 to 4 p. m. every af­ternoon
and every evening from
8: 39 to 9 p. m. at the senior high
school.
Swimming Instruction will be
provided at the Howitt Pool for
youngsters in Grades K- 4 and for
youngsters in Grades 5- 8 at the
Senior High Pool. Registration as
outlined must be completed at
one of the Recreation Centers
before sign- ups at either Pool will
be permitted.
The Rec. center programs will
run for 6 weeks thru August 9.
The Swimming Instruction
program will run for 8 weeks thru
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Early Deadline
For July 4th
Since next Thursday is
Independence Day, July 4,
the Farmingdale Post will he
publishing early so our
readers will receive their
papers before the long,
holiday weekend.
The Post will go to press on
Monday next week, so all
news and advertising copy
Must be in our offices at 51
lleisser Lane no later than
Friday. All news copy must
fee typewritten to be ac­cepted
for publication.
August 23.
In addition to the regular
[ Continued on page 12] .
All seven members of the Farmingdale Board* of
Education, plus the two newly elected members who
will take office in July, have endorsed the revised school
budget and have urged the voters of the district to
support it at the polls this Saturday to avoid forcing the
district on austerity. The polls will be open at Weldon E.
Howitt Junior High School from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Village Cited
By Auto Club
A special citation in
recognition of a safety record of
no pedestrian deaths for four
years has been awarded by. the
American Automobile
Association to The Village of
Farmingdale.
The award was presented by
Arnold R. Fisher, New York
State Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, and Gilbert B. Phillips,
president of the Automobile Club
of New York, at a luncheon
ceremony held in New York City
on Wednesday, June 19, at the
Statler Hilton Hotel.
Accepting the award was
Mayor John T. Hallahan.
The luncheon honored
representatives from 62 award-winning
communities in the
State's 14 southernmost counties,
[ Continued on page 12]
The three board members who
opposed the initial budget which
was defeated in May, President
Robert Campbell, Vice President
Robert Weis and Frank Ranieri,
are how supporting the revised
budget. Trustees elect Raymond
Parcels and Stanley Martyna,
who defeated incumbent
members ' Joseph Molloy and
Frank Gelish in the May election,
also added their support to the
revised budget.
This endorsement by the
conservative members of the
board is not so much an approval
of the accompanying tax in­crease,
as it is a desire to avoid
austerity. They view an austerity
budget as detremental to the
program and harmful to the
students.
At last Saturday's registration,
416 new voters became • eligible?
to cast their ballots in the budget
election this week, bringing the
total number of eligible voters in
the district to 8,332.
The revised budget being of­fered
to the voters of the district
( Continued on page 12]
SUPERIOR POSTMEN: Carrier George Tempia f Center 1 and Clerk Harry Zegel I Left I are shown
being congratulated by Postmaster William J. Purcell. These two Farmingdale Postal employers are
recipients of Superior Accomplishment Awards given by the t'. S. Postal Service. Another employee.
Clerk Edward Cavanagh also won an award, but was on special detail at the time of the presentation.
I Post photo hy Htm Starrett i