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VOL. 55 NO. 14 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 14, 1974
Copyright 1973 by
Island- Wide Publication, Inc. price 15< - $ 5 per year
Sewers Choking Water Disk
THE SNOW CAME DOWN Friday afternoon quickly producing a
blanket of white over Farmingdale. The snowfall, the heaviest in
recent years, was estimated at eight to ten inches. The above photo
was taken in Municipal parking field # 4, looking toward St. Kilian's
R. C. Church. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Children's Day For Spina Bifida
The tenth annual observance of
Farmingdale Children's Day, a.
brotherhood project whose focus
is upon answering emotional and
physical needs of children by
their contemporaries, will take
place Sunday, February 24, when
local school children will conduct
a door- to- door collection of small
coins which this year will benefit
the Children's Leg Brace and
Body Appliance fund of the
Nassau County Spina Bifida
Association.
Spina Bifida is the second
largest birth defect in the US
affecting four out of every
thousand births each year. As
little as ten years ago, few
children born with Spina Bifida
( open spine) would have lived.
The cause of this spinal defect is
still unknown and treatment
varies with each child. Surgery is
often necessary within hours
after birth to protect the
vulnerable spinal column.
The condition usually occurs at
the lower end of the spinal cord
and column so that the children's
control of their legs, feet, blad­der,
and bowels are affected in
varying degrees ranging from
mild weakness to complete
paralysis. The children often
undergo surgery two to three
times a year. As they grow, or­thopedic
measures along with
physical therapy and daily drills
are necessary to build and
maintain maximum muscular
effectiveness.
Spina Bifida children who wear
braces to walk need them con­stantly
changed. With growth
changes, this often occurs twice a
year at a cost of nearly a
thousand dollars a fitting; The
financial drain generated by
these medical measures, in
addition to other medical costs
brings a heavy burden upon the
parents of the gallant Spina
Bifida victims. To help meet
these expenses the Children's
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Teachers Hear Pulitzer Winner
Andrew Schmitt
The New York Slate United
Teachers recently co- sponsored
an educational conference which
was directed by Terry Rowan, si
teacher of English at Weldon E.
Howitt Junior High School, at
Hofstra University on Saturday,
February 2. Rowan is also an
officer of the Farmingdale
Federation of Teachers.
The conference was attended
by over 1,200 Long Island
teachers and had as guest
. speakers Pullitzer Prize winning
journalist Robert' Woodward,
Senator Lowell Weicker and
Senator Harrison Williams,
chairman of the Senate
Education Committee.
The afternoon was devoted to
workshops presented by teachers
which were structured to im­prove
the skills and teaching
performance of those who at­tended.
Several Farmingdale
Teachers, including Ms. Toba
Neer, Reading Specialist, Mr.
Maxwell Wheat, Ecological
Workshop, and Bill Lawrence,
Creative Drama in the
Classroom, were workshop
leaders.
During the morning con­vocation,
members of the Far­mingdale
High school Green
Room Players performed ex-,
cerpts from South Pacific which
will be performed shortly at the
Senior High School.
Conference participants were
entertained at noon by the Green
Room Players " World of Mime"
also from Farmingdale High
School.
Kenneth Deedy, president of
the Farmingdale Federation of
Teachers, represented the New
York State United Teachers on
the Steering Committee of the
Conference.
The South Farmingdale Water
District is checking on the new
County sewer system being in­stalled
in its territory and its not
from sewage, its financial. The
installation project is causing
havoc in the district's budget for
costs of replacing and repairing
broken water mains.
The Board of Water Com­missioners
of the South Far­mingdale
Water District held a
special meeting on February 4, at
7 p. m., at which time a resolution-was
passed to continue the.
minimum water rate for all 5/ 8
inch meters in the District at $ 12
annually for the first 30,000
gallons of water used; and for the
5/ 8 inch meters billed on a
quarterly basis at $ 3 each
quarterly period.
The billing rate remains ef­fective
with the billing of Section
" A" annual meter readings and
the April 1974 quarterly meter
readings. AH billings will be at 40
cents per thousand gallons, same
as the present minimum rate now
in effect. However the drop in
rate to 30 cents for use over the
minimum will be discontinued.
A considerable increase in the
cost of producing water has been
occurring. The Board has at­tempted
to be reasonable in the
annual payroll changes, but
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Police Seek
Youth's Killer
Suffolk County Police are
seeking three young men who
were in a foreign sports car in
connection with the shooting
death early Monday morning of
an 18 year old Farmingdale High
school graduate.
The body of 18 year old
Jonathan D. Ryan of 8 Cashew
Place, Massapequa Park, was
found in the parking lot of Ubies'
OTJ discotheque at 60 Sunrise
Highway, West Islip.
Ryan had been shot in the chest
with a small caliber weapon.
Police could give no motive for
the shooting.
Shortly after 1 a. m., a small
sports car was seen roaring away
from the parking lot. Police said
the occupants were white males
in their late teens or early
twenties. The car was described
as blue with a white roof and
could have been a Triumph,
according to police.
Ryan graduated from Far­mingdale
High School last year
and was in his first semester at
the State University Agricultural
and Technical College at Far­mingdale.
Requiem Mass will be offered
at ll: 15 a. m. today at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church,
Massapequa Park. Interment
will follow at St. Charles
Cemetery, Pinelawn.