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In KarminH'li'l'-. N. Y. 117.*? THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1975 CopvrlttW U) 7 5 » > v
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Fr. Cook
Dies In
Minnesota
Rev. Maurus F. Cook, O. S. B.,
75, assistant pastor at St. Frances
de Chantal Church, Wantagh,
died September 17 of a heart
attack while visiting relatives in
Minnesota.
The Funeral Mass was offered
on Monday, Sept. 22 at St.
Frances de Chantal Church in
Wantagh where he served since
1974. A Mass of Transferral was
celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 21 at
St. Kilian's Church in Far­mingdale
where he had served
for 17 years prior to his ap­pointment
to St. Frances.
Chief celebrant for both Masses
was Abbot Fidelis J. Dunlap,
O. S. B. of St. Leo's Abbey, St. Leo,
Florida. Concelebrants at the
Funeral Mass were the Most Rev.
John R. McGann, D. D., Auxiliary
Bishop ahd Vicar General of the
Diocese of Rockville Center and
Episcopal Vicar for Suffolk
County; Msgr. Michael J.
McLaughlin, Pastor of St.
Frances de Chantal, Wantagh;
Rev. Gregory Traeger, O. S. B.,
Chaplain at Central General
Hospital, Plainview; Rev. Peter
Sweisgood, of the Long Island
Council on Alcoholism; Rev.
Donald R. Shane, Pastor of St.
Kilian's, Farmingdale; and Rev.
Edmond J. Trench, Secretary of
the diocesan finance office.
Father Sweisgood gave the
homily.
Father Cook was born in
Morton, Minn. He earned a B. A.
degree at St. Thomas College in
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Mrs. Oliveri
Head Diocese
Girl Scout
New chairwoman of the
Diocesan Committee for Girl
Scouting is Mrs. Leonard Oliveri
of Farmingdale, who has a
broard background in scouting
and other church- related ac­tivities
in the Rockville Centre
Diocese.
Mrs. Oliveri, who succeeded
Mrs. Frank Passarella of
Elmont, has been a Girl Scout
leader for the past 14 years. For
four years she has served as a
member of the Diocesan Com­mittee
for Girl Scouting, which is
supported by the Catholic Youth
Organization, a division of
Catholic Charities. Girl Scout
coordinator in her parish, St.
Kilian's, for many years, Mrs.
Oliveri is the recipient of the St.
Anne Medal, a national award
given to adults for exemplary
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ROW B STRATEGY: Looking over the program for last Thursday night's fund raising dinner for Town
of Oyster Bay Councilman Gregory W. Carman at the Holiday Manor in Bethpage are Senator Ralph
Marino, Oyster Bay Republican Chairman; Frank Hynes, Farmingdale Republican Chairman; Mayor
John T. Hallahan, master of ceremonies; Supervisor John W. Burke and Councilman Carman. Over 400
Farmingdale area residents attended the fund raiser. [ Post photo by Bob Sfarrett]
Launch Neighborhood Security
Nassau Police Commissioner
Louis J. Frank announced that
members of the county police
department began to canvass
South Farmingdale Monday Sept.
22, to ask householders to join the
police department's Neigh­borhood
Security Program.
" The residents of South Far­mingdale,
Frank said, " will be
visited by a patrolman who will
ask them to join the Neigh­borhood
Security Program.
Those who join will agree to help
each other protect their person
and property simply by calling
police when they see a crime
being committed or when they
see a suspicious condition."
Each resident who signs up for
the program will be issued an
identifying red and blue im­printed
card which may be
displayed in his front window.
The card carries the legend
" Neighborhood Security
Program" on the front, and the
telephone number of the Police
Emergency 911 covering the area
on the rear.
" We don't ask or want mem­bers
of the Neighborhood
Security Program to take en­forcement
action. That's our
job," Frank continued, " The
Neighborhood Security Program
achieves its goal when neighbors
become alert to the activities in
their neighborhood and call
police ( 911) immediately when
they see a crime being com­mitted
or when they observe or
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Village OKs
Cable TV
Franchise
The Mayor and Trustees of the
Village of Farmingdale voted at
their meeting Monday night to
grant the franchise for the in­stallation
of Cable Television in
the village to Communications
Development L. I. Corporation of
Jericho.
The unanimous adoption of a
resolution granting the franchise
will enable CDLIC to begin in­stallation
of the service as soon
as they clear the franchise
through the appropriate federal
and state agencies. Dan
Sweeney, attorney for CDLIC.
reported at last week's public
hearing that it would take eight to
ten weeks to clear the franchise
through state and federal
agencies before actual in­stallations
could begin.
The village also approved the
sale of a bond issue of $ 95,000 for
renovations to the firehouse at
9* 2 percent interest to the low
bidder on the issue, Banker's
Trust Company. The work in­cludes
the installation of central
air conditioning, which will be
cheaper to operate than the
present system of individual
space units, and the updating of
the building's electrical system
which is in violation of present
electrical codes.
In other action, the trustees
voted to give $ 1,000 to the Senior
Citizens of Farmingdale. The
funds will come from the federal
revenue sharing funds received
by the village.
The trustees announced that
I Continued on page 12] Jacovsky Named New
Mill Lane Assistant 5o a r d Hire8
The Board of Education has
announced that the existing
vacancy as assistant principal of
the Mill Lane Junior High School
will be filled by Irwin Jocovsky at
the regular meeting next month.
That meeting is scheduled for
Monday, October 6, at 8: 30 p. m.
at the Senior High School.
Jacovsky will fill the position
created by the resignation of
John Scuderi who left the district
this summer to take a position as
assistant principal of the Jericho
Senior High School.
Jacovsky has been with the
Farmingdale Schools since 1958.
After serving for two years as a
junior high school teacher of
English, he was promoted to
guidance counselor. He has
served in that position for sixteen
years. Jacovsky had prior
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New Teachers
In a recent executive session
the Board of Education accepted
recommendations to hire four
teachers and a part- time
psychologist. The psychologist
will be employed two days each
week and will serve as a partial
replacement coming about as a
result of the recent death of Dr.
Jack Kilberg.
Hie teachers who are hired will
all be used to staff four special
education classes formed this
year in the district. One is at the
junior high school level and three
are at the elementary level. The
district was unable to use the few
remaining teachers in the
" substitute Pool" because they
lacked certification for special
education and could not be
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