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VOL. 58 NO. 16
Second ( Mass Postage Paid
in KarminKtiuU', N. Y. 117.15 Thursday, March 3, 1977 Copyright 1 977 by
Island— Wide Publications. Inc. price 1 5$ - $ 5 per year
PRICE Faces
Fund Cuts
PRICE, a Farmingdale drug
counseling service, is facing a
financial crisis due to cuts in
state aid and will seek public
support to survive.
PRICE, which stands for
Prevention, Referral, , In­formation,
Counseling and
Education, will send out its staff
and about 70 members to conduct
a door- to- door membership and
contribution drive on March 12
and 13. They will ask for $ 2 and $ 5
patron memberships in hopes of
raising $ 1,500. This will be the
first step in an attempt to help the
program make up for an an­ticipated
20 percent cut in state
funds.
PRICE did not learn of its
problem early enough to seek
foundation or industry funding,
though it will try that later, ac­cording
to Executive Director
Steve Gelfand. The program
suffered a major cutback two
" years ago and now faces a
possible 20 percent cut in state
funds to its $ 62,500 budget.
Major reductions so far have
been to the recreation program
aimed at drug- use prevention,
but if funds are cut further, he
said, the whole program may die.
PRICE has its headquarters on
the second floor of the European-
American Bank building.
Deadline For
Transportation
State law requires that parents
who are planning to send children
to private or parochial schools in
September must file an ap­plication
for special tran­sportation
by April 1 with their
local school district. In the case
of parochial elementary schools
or diocesan high schools, tran­sportation
will only be provided
to the nearest available school of
a particular denomination, as
designated by the district.
Residents of Farmingdale
Union Free School District may
obtain applications by writing to
the Director of Transportation,
521 Conklin Street, Farmingdale,
New York or by calling 249- 7600,
Extension 211. It will not be
necessary to file individual
requests for St. Kilian, Our Lady
of Lourdes, St. James or Maria
Regina Elementary Schools.
Under the new dual enrollment
law, parents of students at
private or parochial high schools
who pain to have their child
participate in BOCES half- day
vocational programs must file a
special request with the district
by June 1. However, this
program involves complicated
transportation arrangements,
and the district requests that
these applications also be filed by
April 1 in order to allow the
necessary budgeting and plan­ning.
SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS MEETING: State Senator Owen H. Johnson [ left] recently invited fellow
legislators, Assemblymen Lewis Yevoli and Phil Hea ley to a presentation of the West Hills Sand &
Gravel Company's proposal to handle a large portion of Long Island's solid waste. Henry Behr, the
Company's president is on the right showing the legislators some specs for the treatment and recovery
system.
Train Kills Nine Year Old
A nine year old East Farm-ningdale
boy was killed early last
Thursday morning when he was
struck by a westbound train on a
trestle that spans the Southern
State Parkway. The youngster's
12 year old brother escaped a
similar fate by hanging over the
Mill Lane Goes
Wild For Birds
Students at Mill Lane Junior
High School went to the aid of
thousands of birds who were
starving to death along the South
Shore, because of the severe
winter. The ice and snow- covered
fields made it very difficult for
the birds, ducks and other
wildlife to obtain the food
necessary to sustain them
through the winter.
Guy Valentine, principal; Jack
Kiriluk, Industrial Arts chair­man;
and Mrs. Maryanne
Senecal, special class teacher;
organized groups of students to
collect and prepare stale bread,
crackers, and various other
items.
On Friday, February 11, Mr.
Kiriluk and Mrs. Senecal took a
group of their students to Jones
Beach, where they distributed
over 1800 pounds of food along
the shoreline. The many dead
birds and ducks observed made
the students aware of the life-saving
action they were par­ticipating
in.
edge of the trestle until the train
passed.
The two brothers, Michael
Konon Jr. 9, and Barry Konon, 12,
left their home at 3 Frati Road
early Thursday morning to
continue a search for a stolen
bicycle. The boys received the
bike for Christmas and it was
stolen Wednesday. They aban­doned
their search Wednesday
night and left to continue looking
for the missing bike Thursday
morning.
They paused while crossing the
railroad trestle at 7: 45 a. m. to
watch cars on the parkway
below. When they spotted the
train, which left the Babylon
station minutes before, nine year
old Michael tried to run down the
tracks to safety. He was struck a
glancing, blow by the train and
was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Barry ran to his home and told
his mother, Mrs. Lillian Tsout-sos,
what had happened.
The train's engineer, Cornelius
Kilcommons, was not aware of
the accident and an inspection of
the engine at Jamaica station,
showed there was no indication
that the train struck anyone.
Michael was a t4th grade
student at East Memorial School.
In addition to his mother and
brother, Barry, he is survived by
another brother, Allen, his
father, Michael; and step- father,
Randy Tsoutsos.
A funeral mass / was held
Friday morning at St. Kilian's
Church, Farmingdale, with in­terment
at Rockville Cemetery,
Ly/ ibrook.
Concert Soloist Returns
It seldom happens that an
artist has the opportunity to
return to The scene of his success
as a child protege, but just that
will occur when Orchestra Da
Camera presents the final con­cert
in its Farmingdale series
Saturday, March 26, at 8: 30 p. m.
in Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School.
The program will feature
Ronald Feldman as cello soloist
in Tchaikovsky's " Variations on
a Rococo Theme for Violoncello
and Orchestra." At the age of
fourteen, while a student in
AmityvUle, Feldman appeared
with the Orchestra Da Camera in
10 " in- school" concerts. At
nineteen he became a member of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and has since made solo ap­pearances
in New York, Boston,
Washington and Rhode Island.
The program will also include
" Pelleas and Melisande" by
Sibelius, Hale Smith's " Work for
Strings" and Tchaikovsky's
" Serenade for Strings" with
Herbert Grossman conducting.
Village Bd.
Mourns Death
Of Trustee
Farmingdale Mayor John T.
Hallahan opened Monday night's
meeting of the Village Board of
Trustees by reading a unanimous
resolution into the minutes to
honor deceased Trustee Owen W.
Drugan.
Services for Drugan, 49, a
trustee of the village since 1967,
who died of cancer last Tuesday
at Mid- Island Hospital, were held
Monday morning at St. Kilian's
R. C. Church, Farmingdale.
Interment was in Long Island
National Cemetery.
The formal resolution, read by
Mayor Hallahan, stated: " The
Mayor and the Board of Trustees
on behalf of all our citizens ex­press
our deepest sorrow to the
Owen Drugan Family upon the
passing of our late, greatly
respected Trustee Owen W.
Drugan. His Foresight and
dedication and community spirit
made us all richer for having
been with us. Our sincere con­dolences
go to the family in this
hour of bereavement."
Drugan resided at 30 Hill Road,
Farmingdale, and was a building
inspector for the Town of Oyster
Bay. He was a member of the
Knights of Columbus and an
usher at St. Kilian's church.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy; a son, Owen III of
Farmingdale; a daughter,
Denise Gil of Central Islip; one
grandchild; his mother, Adelaide
of Queens Village; and a sister,
Elizabeth Neu of Lindenhurst.
During their regular business
session, the trustees set public
hearings for March 28 on
proposed ordinances to establish
parking limits on Prospect
Street, place a stop sign on
Manetto Road and authorizing
Water changes.
The board must consider the
appointment of a new village
trustee to fill the vacancy left by
Drugan, but must wait for a
ruling from the state election
board. Drugan was reelected last
year to a four year term, expiring
in 1980.
Burglar Hits
McDonald's
A burglar took his hamburger
break after regular business
hours last week at McDonald's of
Farmingdale, 8th precinct police
reported.
The intruder entered the
building at 655 Fulton Street
through the roof, escaping with
$ 2,559 in cash.
The residence at 6 Laurelton
St., Famingdale, was entered on
February 27, The burglar took a
Winchester .22 cal. rifle and
assorted jewelry.
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