1974-06-13

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Special Graduation Edition
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Revised Budget Saves
Taxpayers $ 300,000
Farmingdale's revised school budget received its first public hearing Monday
night with the Board of Education on the receiving end of complaints both for
additional cuts and against cuts already made in the defeated budget proposals.
As of Monday night the cuts already made to the budget totaled $ 218,725, another
$ 67,500 for the school lunch program subsidy being considered for elimination. The
cuts already made coupled with an increase of $ 20,000 in balance, would save the
taxpayers of Oyster Bay 25 1/ 2 cents on the tax rate increase and Babylon
residents 34 1/ 2 cents per hundred of valuation. Eliminating the school lunch
subsidy would decrease the proposed rate by another six and one half cents per
hundred. But, it will increase the daily lunch costs ten cents per meal
Graduation Sunday
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PRINCIPAL'S TROPHY, awarded to the high school's best athlete,
had two winners this year, Joseph Diange [ center] and Bob
Vogelsberg. Farmingdale High School Principal John McLennan
made the presentations Friday night at the Dad's Club's sports
awards banquet. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Grumman Scholarship
Awarded FHS Senior
for four years at an accredited
engineering college of his choice.
Young Wengler, whose dad
works at Grumman, will major in
physics at Swarthmore College.
Ranking 22 in a field of 1,050
students, he has been an honor
student throughout his four years
at Farmingdale. A member of
the Math Club and Current Af­fairs
Club, his interests also
include music - he plays the
violin, piano and guitar. He is
also very active in the Junior
Historical Society.
Grumman has been awarding
Engineering Scholarships since
1944. Including the 1974 awards,
some 320 grants have been given
over this 31- year period. Of the
ten annual scholarships, up to
seven are open to competition
among eligible high school
seniors living in Nassau and
Suffolk Counties. Dependents of
Grumman employees compete
for the balance. Each winner also
gets a summer job at Grumman,
Michael J. Wengler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Norbert Wengler of 30
Ninth Avenue, Farmingdale, has
won a 1974 Grumman
Engineering Scholarship worth
over $ 13,000. The award, one of
ten granted annually by
Grumman Corporation, will
provide the Farmingdale High
School senior with payment of
full tuition and laboratory fees
Michael J. Wengler I Continued on page 12]
John A. McLennan, principal of
Farmingdale High School, has
announced that the fifty- eighth
annual Commencement Exer­cises
will be held Sunday, June
16, at 11 a. m., on the school
grounds at the rear of the
building.
In the event of rain, the
ceremonies will be held at the
new gymnasium of the State
University in Farmingdale, off
Melville Road.
This year's, class numbers
about 1000 graduates, ap­proximately
71% of whom are
planning to continue with various
types of post- high school
training.
The Valedictorian of the class
is Jess David Am^ hin; the
Salutatorian, Regina Margaret
Rosenberger.
The member of the Class of
1974 will be presented by Dr.
William A. Kinzler, superin­tendent
of schools. Robert
Campbell, president of the Board
of Education, will present the
diplomas.
The High School Band will
play under the direction of Alfred
Fiore.
Jess Amchin, Richard
Wheeler, Vincent Alaimo, Donald
Albanese, John Albert, Frank
Albrecht, John Allen, Gary
Anderson, Kenneth R. Anderson,
Michael Anderson, Robert An­derson,
Russ Anello, James
Antonelli, Steven Antonick,
Mitchel Appel, Michael Arcari,
George Archer, Caspar Ardito,
David Arditti, Jeffrey Arezzo,
Richard Armour, Scott Arm­strong,
Raymond Arnone,
Charles Aronica, Richard Arpino
Regina Rosenberger, Jeanne
Nerlfi, Joanne Picone, Diane
Lecei, Lori Nuzzi, Julia Fanelli,
Vincenza Cigliano, Sally AAdahl,
Karen Abele, Jeanne Adissi,
Paula Ahrens, Laura Albert,
Lydia Aleshin, Yolanda
Almedina, Karen Altman, Carol
Altobelli, Michele Amereno,
Andrea Anelli, Rose Anile, Betty
Aracil, Donna Arlin, Mary- Ann
Arreola, Grace Baccarella,
Annette Barbaccia, Mildred
Baronowski, Patricia Bartlett,
James Avery, Robert Baier,
William Barbari, David Barber,
Richard Baron, Cristoph Bausch,
Kevin Bayen, Michael Beatrice,
William Beatty, William Becker,
Andrew Benedetto, Matthew
Bennett, Darryl Berger, Paul
Bernhardt, Gregory Bihary,
Daniel Bitz, Joseph Blanco,
Wayne Bodamer, William Bogue,
Robert Booth, James Boppe,
Andrew Borrelli, Brian
Borysewicz, Gary Borysewicz,
James Bowler
Karen Bartunek, Gabriela
Bauer, Holly Behrens, Lorraine
Belcastro, Nancy Belland,
Teresa Bergman, Valerie Berry,
Mary Anne Bertuglia, Donna
Bianco, Jo Ann Bianco, Sharon
Birney, Cynthia Biuso, Catherin
Blazeyewski, Ellen Blogg, Janet
( Continued on page 7)
These figures, as presented
Monday night, are purely
academic, however, since the
board held their final hearing last
night ( Wednesday) after the Post
was already printed and mailed.
The final decision of the board on
the total budget to be presented
to the voters on June 29 was set at
last night's meeting.
A separate proposition will also
be placed on the ballet for major
maintenance to the school
buildings in the amount of
$ 115,000. The proposition includes
roofing repairs estimated at
$ 50,000; replacing ceiling tile at
Parkway Oaks and Albany Aye.
Schools at an estimated $ 8,000;
Asphalt repairs at Mill Lane East
Memorial and Weldon E. Howitt
for $ 17,000; and the replacement
of defective heating and ven­tilating
systems in the high
school and Howitt Jr. High at an
estimated $ 40,000.
Board President Robert
Campbell, who opposed the
initial budget, said that he would
support the new budget if the cuts
reached the $ 300,000 mark. Two
other board members who op­posed
the first budget publicly
voiced their support of the new
budget. Robert Weis, vice
Continued on page 12]
CLOSE CALL: Two youngsters are comforted by South Farmingdale
Fire Dept. Rescue Co. foremen after their bike had brush with a car at
the corner of Motor Ave. and Heisser Lane last Friday. They were
taken to the hospital in the Fire Dept. ambulance for examination and
released. I Photo by R. J. Greco]