Bethpage-Tribune_1966-11-10

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VOL. 1 NO. 6 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1966 10$ per copy
Schedule Hearings
On Tax Exemptions
Public.hearings will be held in
the Levittown and Island Trees
School Districts during the iast
week in November on tax ex­emptions
for home owners 65
years of age and older.
The hearing" for residents of
School District 5 will take place
at Levittown Memorial High
School on Monday night, Novem­ber
28th.
The hearing for residents of
School District 26 will take place
at Island Trees High School on
Tuesday night, November 29th.
The sessions were called this
week by the respective Boards of
Education to determine whether
assessments on homes owned by
persons 65 or over should be re­duced.
To qualify, if the tax ex­emptions
are approved, a home
owner would have to fill the age
qualification, have lived in the
home for five years or more,
have no children of school age
living in the house and have a
gross annual income of less than
$3,000.
Taxpayers may appear at the
hearings to express approval or
disapproval of the exemptions.
Each School District makes its
own decision. When and if an
exemption is approved, a resi­dent
must then request the proper
form from the Department of As­sessment,
Nassau County Office
Building, 240 Old Country Road,
Mineola.
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Local Schools
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The Orchestra Da Camera,
now in residence at Hofstra Uni­versity,
is adding 20 concerts
to its 1966-67 schedule, as the
result of a federal pilot project
allocation. ^Altogether, the 30-
piece orchestra will present 110
morning concerts in 35 Nassau
and Suffolk school districts.
Flori Lorr, executive di­rector
of the orchestra, said
the federal allocation of approx­imately
$20,000 will go to 10
Nassau school districts under
terms of Title HI of the 1965
Elementary and Secondary Ed­ucation
Act. The North Bell-more
School District is the legal
agency.
School districts in the federal
project are: Norm Bellmore,
Bellmore, North Merrick,
Merrick, Island Trees, Roose­velt,
Freeport, Seaford, Wantagh
and Central High School District
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LEAGUES The Town Department of Rec­reation
will institute ice hockey
leagues that will compete through
the spring, Councilman Edward J.
Poulos, Town Board Majority
Leader, announced today.
"This is the first Long Island
township to develop such an im­portant
program for youngsters
that will include coach and play­er
clinics inducted by the mem­bers
of the Long Island Ducks
and New York Rangers", Poulos
added.
Registration will open on Fri­day,
November 11, from 10 A;M.
to Noon at die skating rinks in
Syosset-Woodbury, Bethpage,
andMarjoriryR. Post Massapequa
Community Parks. The leagues
will be divided into three divi­sions:
ages 10-12; 13-15; and
16-18. All youngsters registered
must, know how to ice-skate al­though
they are not required to be
experts. Poulos said that after
registration, November 11, the
youngsters will be permitted to
ice-skate free until Noon.
"This program represents a
major new contribution to Oyster
Bay Town's recreation", said
Poulos. "Director of Recreation,
James C. Arvanitis a former
amateur hockey player, andother
citizens who have played and
have a strong interest in hockey,
will coordinate the program,
schedules and competition."
Tryouts and assignments of
players to teams will be held
Saturday, November 19,between
10 A.M. and Noon at die parks
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LETS GIVE EDUCATION A BOOST -
Oyster Bay Supervisor Michael N. Petito, (left)
joins with Plainview-Old Bethpage School Superin­tendent
Robert Savitt in changing the name of
Manetto Hill Road to 'Scholarship Drive in con­nection
with the District's annual Scholarship Day
on November Uth. The District is raising funds
to aid needy students desiring to attend college.
year are sponsored
by the school districts, the State
Council on the Arts and the Re­cording
Industries Trust Funds.
When the Orchestra was founded
in 1957, three such concerts
were given. Last year the Or­chestra
performed at 77
in-school concerts.
The Orchestra Da Camera
forms the nucleus of the 70-
piece Pro Arte Symphony Or­chestra,
now in its second year
at Hofstra. The larger orchestra
is presenting a series of four
pairs of concerts mis season
at the Hofstra Playhouse. Tickets
for the next performances on
January 7 and 8 are available
at the Playhouse box office,
IVanhoe 9-7755.
Music*
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Music!
Presiding Supervisor Ralph G.
Caso has announced that the Town
of Hempstead is organizing a
Town-wide band and choral
society in order to give residents
an opportunity to participate in
musical organizations.
"The basic requirement is a
sincere interest in music and in
the development of a fine musical
organization," said Presiding
Supervisor Caso. "All town resi­dents
are urged to audition. Ex­perience
and training are not the
most important factors in the
selection of those who will par­ticipate
in the groups."
Groups selected will perform,
separately and together, at
various town parks and functions.
Auditions will take place at
Levittown Hall, Levittown Park­way,
Monday through Wednesday,
Dec. 26-28, from2 p.m. to5p.m.,
and on Thursday, Dec. 29 from
2 p.m. to 5 and from 7 p.m. to
11.
Applications and additional in­formation
may be obtained by
writing to Town of Hempstead,
Recreation Section, 350 Front
Street, Hempstead, N.Y., or by
calling IVanhoe 9-5000, Ext. 388.
A Breakfast Fashion Show to raise funds for
Nursing scholarships is being planned . ^ y ^ e ^
Meadowbrook Hospital Auxiliary i n t n e IflcRae
Auditorium of the county institution at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, November 15. Gowns and fashions will
be supplied by B. Altman & Co., Manhasset,
and modelled by the women members of the
aux.illa.xry a»«i:M<»Budto«w*»^0^
the affair are Mrs. Elizabeth Szc^urowski, director
of nursing, of Bethpage, Mrs. Maurice Laiserin,
chairman of affair- of Westbury# and Mrs. Lee
Ward, auxiliary president, of Great Neck. Donations
are $1.00. .
Edward Dransite of 34 East Park, Old Bethpage,
tries the new Touch-Tone phone with the help
of New York Telephone installer Dick Nash during
a demonstration of telephone equipment at the old
Bethpage Grade School. The installer, a member
Of the company* s Farmihgdale pfage, showed
more than 250 pupils of the school various types
of telephones, special safety gear and the in­stallation
tools used to connect homes with the
nationwide communications network. The installer
also described the work of telephone men and
women in Nassau who make it possible for the
county's residents to place more than four mil­lion
calls a day.