Bethpage-Tribune_1976-06-10

              BETHPAGE BETHPAGE PUBLIC O B M f
OLD BETHIKGE
also serving ISLAND TREES
PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 10 NO. 29 Thursday, June 10,1976 10 cents per copy
Babe Ruth Contract Signed
f fS OFFICIAL: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W. Burke, left,
looks on as the official contract for the Bethpage Baseball
Association's 1976 Babe Ruth Tournament is signed by the
Association's President, Curt Sloan, looking on (left to right) are:
Tournament Director, Connie Parnell, State Director of the Babe
Ruth League Inc., Paul Sayevich, State League Secretary, Walter
Healy, and Mrs. Judy Shotts, President of the Bethpage Ladies
Auxiliary.
St. James Has A New Priest
By Joanne L. Ciofato
_ Thomas J. Manning, as they
appeared in the parish bulletin of
May 16:
"There is nothing that gives me
more real satisfaction than to
announce that we have another
priest to offer to the service of the
LoreL In this day when there is
evidence of many Catholics
returning to the faith, it is great
comfort to know that St. James is
not remiss in contributing to the
need of more sacerdotal workers.
It seems only a very short while
ago that the writer first met
Father Mellone. At the time, he
was a student at St. Pius X
Preparatory School in Uniondale.
After graduation, he went to
Cathedral College in Douglaston
to get his college degree. Later he
applied and was accepted by the
Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
After the usual four years of
theology in the Capitol, the day of
days finally arrived. He was
ordained a priest.
Father Mellone is quiet and
studious - a good student who
always seemed to the writer to
know what he wanted and never
faltered. This is called stability.
It is a trait badly needed in one
who volunteers to serve God. The
greatest of these is that he
wanted to be a priest, and he
stuck to the task until it was
reaHzed. We need this type of
priest today more than ever.
Next Sunday the whole parish
will be praying for this young
man - praying that his priesthood
will be long and fruitful. God
bless him and make him an in­strument
of joy to many in the
salvific work to which he was
called, 'admultosannos.'"
Father Michael J. Mellone of
Island Trees, through the
Apostolic Tradition of the Laying
on of Hands, was ordained on
May 15, 1976 at St. Matthew's
Cathedral, Washington, D.C. A
concelebrated Mass for the
parishioners of St. James Parish
Seaford was held on Sunday, May
23, and was followed. by a
reception at which all
parishoners were invited.
Michael, who was born in 1950
in Hackensack, New Jersey,
moved to Levittown twenty-four
years ago where he lived with his
mother Mrs. Dorothy Cam-marata.
He attended elementary
school in Island Trees, the St.
Pius X. Preparatory Seminary
and then the Cathedral College of
the Immaculate Conception. He
did his graduate studies at the
Theological College of the
Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC. and is now a
priest for the Archdiocese of
Washington.
In paying tribute to Father
Michael we have the privilege of
quoting the comments of the
Pastor of St. James, Rev.
The Taxpayers Are Coming
By Ann Convoy
"The power to tax involves the
power to destroy."
Chief Justice John Marshall
For the past six months, since
December 1975, a dedicated band
of five ordinary citizens has been
making the rounds speaking to
local taxpayer groups in various
communities throughout Nassau
County. Their message has been
brief and to the point: we, the
taxpayers of this great country,
are being taxed into oblivion by
government bureaucrats at all
levels from the Federal govern­ment
right on down to the local
school district. We wish to
provide a platform from which
the beleaguered taxpayer may
"regain control of the government
he supports with his taxes.
Calling themselves the Tax­payers'
Union of Long Island
(T.U.L.I.), the group boasts of a
paid membership of more than
500 families in this county.
Determined to represent that
membership before govern­mental
bodies, TULI has already
amassed some impressive vic­tories,
including the "finding" of
a one million two hundred
thousand dollar surplus in the
Seaford school budget, enabling
that district to hold the line on
property tax increases this year,
and helping to defeat a one
percent increase in the Nassau
County sales tax. TULI has also
joined forces with State Senator
Owen Johnson who has sponsored
a bill in the State legislature
which would exempt all in-house
improvements from the current
reassessment which is presently
being conducted by the Nassau
County Board of Assessors.
John Scarpa, a C.P.A. and co-chairman-
treasurer of TULI,
expressed concern that unless
help or relief is given to the
taxpayer, he will be brought to
his knees, since the tax burden
bas reached confiscatory levels,
New Partner
and has eroded the fiscal in­tegrity
of government to the point
where bankruptcy is imminent.
He also slammed the politicians
and public officials who treat the
taxpayer with contempt, as well
as the judges who no longer
confine themselves to in­terpreting
the Constitution, but
now legislate by judicial decree.
Scarpa emphasized that it is the
duty of a citizen to accept fair
taxation to provide for the
legitimate needs of his com­munity.
Mario Colleluori, co-chairman
of TULI, recalled the cry of the
American Revolution 200 years
ago, "Taxation without
representation is tyranny."
Today, he claimed, we have
"Taxation with misrepresen­tation,"
with greedy bureaucrats
replacing King George. Citing the
plethora of taxes the average
citizen must pay, Colleluori
maintained that the taxpayer
must work from January 1 to
April 30, just to pay the taxes.
"This situation will make us all
victims of tax4nduced poverty,"
he said. In Nassau County, we
bear the heaviest burden in all
the nation, 25% higher than the
next highest state. In New York,
we spend 65% more than the
national average on education.
Colleluori hit hard at state
legislators who vote themselves
pay increases and lulu's while
their constituents are staggering
under the tax: burden. To further
emphasize the irresponsibility of
our elected leaders, Colleluori
pointed to the demise of Nassau
County's fiscal situation from
1972, when there was a $10 million
dollar surplus, to 1975 when the
county racked up a $17.8 million
deficit, all the while receiving
massive infusions of Federal
revenue-sharing funds.
He urged all taxpayers to join
his group to speak with one voice
which will be heard "in every
legislative hall from the villages
up to the congress"
The next public meeting of
T.U.L.I. will take place on
Tuesday, June 22, at Levittown
Hall. Admission is free and all
are invited to participate.
Budget Sole Defeat
In Plainedge Election
By Bruce Kalter
The Law Firm of Carman,
Callahan* & Carman, has an­nounced
that Anthony J. Sabino
will become a partner in the
Farmingdale Firm as of this
June.
Mr. Sabino, a former High
School Science teacher, has been
with the Law Firm for the last
three years. A lifelong resident of
Bethpage, Mr. Sabino, is active in
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The proposed Plainedge budget
was defeated Wednesday in an
election that was marked by a
high voter turnout.
All the other proposals were
passed, however, and the in­cumbent
school board and
library board members were re­elected.
Voting was especially heavy
after 4 p.m. One election worker
stationed at the registration
booth described the voter traffic
as "hysterical. We've been very
busy all night." The worker, who
wished to remain unnamed,
claimed the large turnout was
due to the propositions on the
ballot. "There was very small
printing and everyone was
reading them very carefully
before voting."
The budget and the proposition
involving the use of the closed
Picken School were the issues
which concerned voters most.
The budget fell by over 700 votes.
The Picken School proposition,
suggesting transforming the site
into a Senior Citizen housing
project, was voted through
overwhelmingly.
Other propositions that passed
involved the increased library
budget; the increase in the school
board size from five to seven
members; the use of a plurality
vote to elect school board can­didates;
and the placing of the
Flower Road site under the
jurisdiction of the Town of Oyster
Bay's highway system.
Dominiek F. Gagliardo was re­elected
to the Plainedge school
board, and Ruth Frankel was re­elected
to the library board. Both
were unopposed, incumbent
candidates.
Gagliardo said, "We're very
happy that Picken School (the
proposition) went through. It's a
vote of confidence from the
people." However, he was "very
disappointed" with the defeat of
the school budget. "We thought it
was fair, the lowest possible
budget we could offer,"
Gagliardo said. He said the
defeat "is going to present a
problem."
The school board was to meet
the following evening (Thursday)
to decide whether or not to put the
budget up for another vote.
Library board candidate
Frankel was out of the country,
but Joseph Eisner, director of the
library, said, "We're very happy
that the library budget passed."
About 50 residents of Plainedge
were on hand Wednesday night at
the Southedge School as the
ballots were compiled and
tabulated. There were groans as
the downfall of the proposed
budget was announced. The
voting was fairly close, however,
with 1,275 votes for the school
budget and 1,987 against. The
Picken School proposition passed
with a vote of 2,164 to 1,067. More
than 3,200 residents cast votes.
Plainedge District Clerk
Esther Rose commented, "A
very big turnout; that's all 1 can
say."