Two School Board Members N ® w Rules For Motor Fuel
Announce Candidacy; Sold At Service Stations
Reasons For Early Entry
In a joint statement, this week,
Josephine Jones and Bernard
Lang declared their intention to
run for relection to the School
District 22 Board of Education.
Mrs. Jones and Lang explained
their announcement at this
time as being designed to give
residents of the district an opportunity
to evaluate their performance
by attending the board
meetings prior to the election.
They added that candidates for
the important post of school board
trustee have an obligation to appear
before the public well in
advance of the election. " All
too often,*' they said, " candidates
appear at the eleventh hour
and then make statements and
promises betraying their ignorance
of school affairs. In most
cases when they are defeated they
disappear from sight as suddenly
as they appeared."
" It is our intention," Lang and
Mrs. Jones added, " to make
our position on all school district
problems as well known
as possible. We want the people
to see us in action. This will
enable the people to intelligently
decide whether we merit reelection
to the board."
Their statement concluded:
" As members of the school board
we face the necessity of economizing
and holding down taxes
day in and day out. This can be
verified by the voters by their
personal observation. Last minute
candidates who promise e-conomy
cannot be judged on
their performance or knowledge
of school finance. As incumbents
we can be so judged and
we welcome such judgment."
Bernard Lang is currently vice
president of the Farmingdale
board, chairman of the curriculum
committee, and chairman
of the professional staff negotiating
committee. He has been
a board member for nine years.
Mrs. Jones is chairman of the
committee for planning and supervision
of the addition to the
district's senior high school and
is chairman of the insurance
committee. She is completing
her third year on the school
board.
Petitioner For Gas Station Withdraws
Under Heavy Opposition
State Tax Commissioner Joseph
H. Murphy this week announced
that a new amendment
to the Sales Tax Regulations
sets up definite requirements in
advertising the price charged
to customers for motor fuel sold
at retail service stations through
metered pumps. It will become
effective January 1, 1968.
The new rules controlling advertising
motor fuel prices.
As of the effective date, every
retail service station operator
selling gasoline or diesel motor
fuel through metered pumps
which show the price of fuel sold
to a customer will be required
to adjust the pumps so that the
price shown is the total price
including New York State sales
tax and any local sales tax which
may be applicable.
In addition, service station operators
must display on or in the
immediate vicinity of each pump
an easily legible sign or placard,
The attorney for Joseph Cor-sentino
who had applied for a zone
change on the northeast corner
of Hicksville Road at Wyngate
Drive, Plainedge for the purpose
of erecting a gas station withdrew
his application this week.
A Town of Oyster Bay spokesman
said that the application received
heavy opposition from
residents in the area. One of the
petitions which had been submitted
to the Town Board contained
500 names, which had been
presented by Mrs. JulesTeckand
another presented by Donald Peterson
had 320 names.
School Board Trustees Domi-nick
Gagliardo and Mrs. Gerri
Palancia also appeared in opposition.
The application may be resubmitted
after a one year waiting
period.
Leaf Problem Causes Emergency
Councilman Angelo D. Roncallo
recommended that a leaf- burning
emergency be declared in the entire
area south of Boundary Avenue,
Massapequa, and the Town
Board set a plan into operation,
it was announced by Town Board
Majority Leader Relph J. Marino.
The Board adopted a resolution
authorizing Town Clerk William
B. O'Keefe to apply for
relaxation of the Nassau County
Health Board's air pollution
control regulation on two specific
days permitting residents to burn
leaves on those days.
Leaf burning days were proposed
on Saturday, December 9
and Saturday, December 16 or,
in the event of inclement weather,
the following day.
The problem was called to the
attention of the Town Board by
Highway Superintendent Norman
T. Wolf who stated that the
recent enactment prohibiting
leaf burning had imposed a gigantic
task of disposing of leaves
raked from all properties on to
Town of Oyster Bay highways,
He added that the leaves accumulations
have far exceeded the
ability to cope with this situation
with only the current e-quipment
and manpower within
the time limit expected by the
taxpayers."
Superintendent Wolf reported,
" our entire highway personnel,
with the exception of three
small construction crews and one
tree crew have been assigned to
leaf removal since the first week
of October and the end is not yet
in sight."
He said that leaf collection was
halted for the early season snow
storm on November 30 and was
resumed on Monday, December
4.
The Town Board resolution
urged suspension of the leaf burning
prohibition for the two specified
days because " such accumulations
of leaves have resulted
in the creation of conditions
which endanger the safety,
health and welfare of the inhabitants
of the community andthose
travelling in the area."
Legislators To Meet With
School Board Members
J. Lewis Ames, president of
The Massapequa Board of Education
and president of the Nassau-
Suffolk School Boards Association,
announced that members
of the New York State Legislature
will be meeting with representatives
of school boards from
Nassau and Suffolk Counties on
Saturday, December 9th at 10: 30
a. m. in the Syosset High School.
Delegations from Rockland and
Westchester County School Board
Associations and New York City
Board of Education as well as
legislators are expected to attend
the meeting. Long Island
Assemblymen will also be in attendance.
Ames pointed out that the
friendly and informal discussions
with the members of the legislature
prior to the session have
been held each year under the
auspices of the Nassau- Suffolk
School Boards Association. " We
believe that because of the
dynamic nature of education here
on Long Island and throughout
Library Provides Gift Giving Ideas
the metropolitan area, it is our
responsibility to keep our representatives
informed of the very
special needs of the pupils in
the school systems in this area.
Since we operate under the direct
authority of the State, we
must look to the State to help
meet these needs. It is up to the
legislature, with the encouragement
of our own legislators to
enact the laws which will meet
these needs." The legislative
meeting, which is not open to the
general public, is expected to last
until noon.
A list of 70 ideas for book-gift-
giving is available free of
charge at the Plainedge
Produced as a prelude to the
holiday season and suggesting
appropriate gift books for children,
young adults and adults ranging
in price from $ 1.45to$ 25.00,
the guide was compiled by the age
level consultants of the Nassau
Library System.
For children, titles are
grouped under " Picture Books
for the Youngest," " Stories
for Young Readers," " Good
Reading for the Middle Grades"
and " Explore the World Around
You." Adult selections range
from cooking to painting, golfing
to decorating and wine tasting
to restoring antique cars.
Library director Alfred L.
Freund said, " Although the booklet
was designed as a gift giving
guide, most of the books
included are available at the
library.
Resolution Would Dedicate Visitors Center
Grover said the resolution
would be considered by Congress
only if a bill already passed by
the House to create a visitors
center at the old Washington
Union Station passes the Senate
and is signed into law. Consideration
of the resolution would not
come until next year, the lawmaker
said.
as an information and service
area for more than 20,000,000
persons who visit Washington
each year.
James R. Grover Jr. this week
introduced a resolution which
would dedicate the planned
National Visitors Center in
Washington in honor of United
States fighting men In Viet Nam.
accessible to customers, which
shows separately the cost of the
gasoline or diesel fuel, the Federal
and State motor fuel taxes
and State and local sales taxes.
The total of these items must be
the amounts shown by the pump
meter.
All amounts on such signs or
placards will be the applicable
amounts per gallon and all numerals
on the signs or placards
must be of uniform size. The
amount shown as sales tax must
be the New York State sales
tax plus any local sales tax
which may be applicable.
If a service station operator
uses advertising signs to promote
the sale of motor fuel, the price
advertised must be the price
shown on the pump meter for the
particular grade being sold.
Copies of the new regulations
are being sent to every service
station operator and petroleum
industry distributor in the state.
Seek Teachers For Overseas
The, visitors center is planned
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, December 7, 1967
The Rev. Paul J. Dahm, has
been named assistant pastor of
Maria Regina R. C. Church Sea-ford.
He was formerly assistant
at St. Lawrence K. C. Church,
Sayville and succeeds Rev. John
M. Malier, who has been assigned
i<> St. Gertrude, Bayville.
Opportunities for teachers who
would like to work in schools
overseas are available again this
year through the Department of
Defense in cooperation with the
New York State Department Service.
The Overseas Department
Schools system, which is run by
the Defense Department and is
described as the largest geographic
school system in the
world, hires about 2,000 teachers
each year. These schools,
numbering 301, are located
wherever the children of servicemen
and of civilian employees
of the Department are found.
Elementary school populations
vary from 18 pupils in Todendorf,
Germany, to 3,550 pupils in
Wurtsmith, the Phillippines,
Secondary enrollments vary from
50 in Iwakuni, Japan, to over
1,600 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Applicants must have a Bachelor's
degree with 18 semester
hours of professional teacher
training, a teaching certificate
and two years of teaching experience.
The starting pay for a teacher
with a Bachelor's degree and
two years' experience is $ 5,800
per school year. Proportionately,
higher salaries are given for
advanced degrees. In addition
to the basic salary, housing is
provided free or a housing allowance
is paid. Transportation
to and from the overseas station
is also provided without
charge. An additional compensating
allowance is paid for some
areas.
Teachers interested in these
positions should call the New
York City Professional Placement
Center of the State Employment
Service and a brochure
describing the program and an
application will be sent.
Police To Resume
' Operation Crime Stop'
The Nassau County Police Department's
Operation Crime Stop
will again be on patrol this holiday
season, it was announced
by Police Commissioner Francis
B. Looney.
The plainclothes police, riding
in unmarked cars, are scheduled
to cruise for four police
division areas of Nassau until
January 2.
Under orders to be alert for
situations attractive to criminals,
" Crime Stop" patrols being
heavily armed and well- trained
police to the scene of crimes in ,
the shortest possible time.
Crime Stop patrols will make
periodic checks of banks and
businesses attractive to criminals.
Looney noted that many crimes
during the holiday season could
be prevented provided the public
becomes more wary. He warned
that shoppers not display large
sums of money or expensive
jewelry, and to guard their possessions
in crowds; motorists
to lock car doors while driving
and while parked, and not to leave
packages on car seats; homeowners
to be careful when
strangers seek admittance or
informations, and when fast -
talking salesmen offer " too -
good - to pass - up" bargains
and storeowners not to keep large
sums of money on hand, not to
cash checks for strangers, and
to check doors and windows on
closing.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Palmaccio ( left), of 52
McKinley Place, Massapequa, retired at Stewart Air Force Base,
New York, after more than 20 years of service.
Major General Melville B. Coburn, commanding general of the
1st Region of the Army Air Defense Command congratulates him
after presenting him with his third award of the Army Commendation
Medal. Palmaccio entered the Army in May 1942, as an
enlisted man and was commissioned a second lieutenant in March
of the following year after completing Army Officer Candidate
School. He received the Army Commendation Medal, the Bronze
Star Medal and the l\ irple Heart Medal.
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