Editorial
Sports Night
Farmingdale High School Varsity and junior
Varsity athletes will be honored this coming Tuesday
at a dinner at the high school. Three other
high schools in the area, Berner, Plainedge and
Massapequa will also do the same. The only
difference is that the later three will be sponsored
by the Dad's Clubs of these three schools. Unfortunately,
in Farmingdale there is no active
Dad's Club. The burden of planning and financing
this wonderful show of appreciation falls on the
shoulders of the high school athletic department.
Parents of the athletes honored are asked to buy
tickets for the occasion. This is as it should be.
We would like to think that there are enough
fathers of athletes who are sufficiently interested
in an event like this to get themselves organized
for this one big athletic night of the year.
The athletes who gave of their free time in
practicing and participating in their particular
sport always look forward to the day when they
will receive their letter or trophy for their
achievements.
District 22 dads who feel the way we do should
make contact with Athletic Director Don Snyder
at Chapel 9- 7600. We will be glad to help in anyway
we can.
Village Green
The Village Green project, which has gotten the
go ahead from the Federal government should
prove a boon to local residents. Not only will
several old and unsightly buildings along village
hall be torn down within the next several weeks,
but a three quarter acre area will be developed
which will be aesthetically pleasing.
Careful
Letters To
The
Dear Editor:
The outpouring of School District
22 registered voters in
the recent election indicates that,
given the right information, the
electorate will forego past apathy
and replace " rubber- stamp" Library
and School Board representatives.
The smearbund did
its darndest to keep the voters
mind off the main issues but
they had cried " wolf, wolf" too
often. Although the number who
came out to vote was phenomenal,
Long Island newspapers
appeared to have lost their postelection
enthusiasm for reporting
this most newsworthy happening.
This was a real " poor
peoples" uprising against an
ever- increasing tax burden, but
being a nonviolent one, it did not
gain the importance it should
have.
Francis A. Collins
Date Book
THURSDAY, MAY 30
Memorial Day
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
2: 30 p. m. " Living Rosary,"
Knights of Columbus, Farmingdale
Council, St. Rose
Convent, Melville.
MONDAY, JUNE 3
8: 30 p. m. Regular Meeting District
22 Board of Education
8: 30 p. m. Columbiettes installation
of new officers,
Knights of Columbus Hall,
Garity Place and Morton
Street, Farmingdale.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
6: 30 p. m. Sports Award Banquet,
Farmingdale Senior
High School
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
8: 30 p. m. Special Meeting District
# 22 for adoption of
budget figure.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
12 noon Luncheon in behalf o'c
the United Jewish Appeal,
Farmingdale Jewish Center.
7: 30 p. m. Sports Night, Plain-edge
High School cafeteria.
Our losses in Vietnam are tragic. Should we not
also stop to reflect on our senseless highway traffic
deaths? Over 50,000 men, women and children are
now killed annually on our highways. The grim fact
is worth noting that auto deaths are not discriminatory
. The color of death is red on white cement or
black tar, small comfort to the survivors, many of
whom are scarred or crippled for life.
The State Traffic Safety Council points out we may
expect an upsurge in traffic deaths over the long Memorial
Day Weekend. This newspaper underscores
the Council's warning to drive cautiously and carefully.
The death tolls in war or peace are fearful
enough without adding to the total this weekend.
Whatever the nature of your road trip may be, go
safely and in health. Drive home the same way.
Mystery envelops a new organization which appeared
on the Farmingdale scene last week. The
new organization is called TRAIN.
In other communities such as in Taunton, Massachusetts,
it was learned that TRAIN was a John
Birch Society front organization. The John Birch
Society public relations man in California is reported
to have said that two organizations are connected
with the Birch objectives, TACT ( Truth
About Civil Turmoil) and TRAIN ( To Restore American
Independence Now), which is " dedicated to
tell the public about the idiocies in our present
foreign policy as conducted under the control of
the United Nations."
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New Arrivals
A baby girl, Nancy Jane, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Funk of 23 Midwood Avenue,
Farmingdale, recently at Brunswick
Hospital.
A baby girl, Michelle Anita,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Galan of 178 Fulton Street, Farmingdale,
recently at Brunswick
Hospital.
A new organization dedicated to
the preservation of our exceptional
school system has been
formed. The name of the organization
is FACT, the acronymn
for the Farmingdale Action Committee
for Truth. The large
number of Farmingdale school
system graduates who have been
accepted for admission to colleges
throughout the country, and
those who have received state and
national scholarships, are indications
of the quality and excellence
of our school programs
and curriculum. The purpose of
FACT is to help the people of
Farmingdale maintain and improve
the excellent system developed
here, and to provide
service to the school board and
administration when called upon.
FACT intends to keepthe community
informed via a newsletter
of the true nature of events
affecting our community in general,
and our schools and library
in particular. At this time, when
the community is apparently divided
and upset, this new organization
can provide stability, and
help calm the turbulence that
now exists.
The fact that turbulence does
exist has a peculiarity of its
own. The ' ' Wyandanch Petition"
suggests five communities in
which to diffuse its students. Four
of those communities chose to
calmly wait until such time that
the state planned to take action
on that petition. In Farmingdale,
however, the matter was treated
as an imminent threat due to the
suspicion created by an anonymous
scandal sheet, DEBT, that
continually warned of impending
student busing with Wyandanch.
In addition to its flyer, DEBT
circulated petitions requesting
that the state consult the people
of Farmingdale before taking
action. Although the request
for consideration seems reasonable
enough, the real purpose of
the petition was to create hysteria.
As we see it, they were
remarkably successful
In one of their latest issues,
DEBT, sensitive to the charges
of anonymity, identified Mr. Ray
Parcels, a Farmingdale resident
as its editor. Subsequently he
was quoted by News day as stating
that busing was not an issue
in the last budget vote. We
Receives CPA License
Albert Monti of 25 Jefferson
Road, Farmingdale, has received
his license as a Certified Public
Accountant from the New York
State Education Department.
Jfatrmingftale ODiuetfnirr
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find this a remarkable statement
coming from Mr. Parcels since
he chose to include some mention
of Wyandanch in nearly every
issue of DEBT. He even alluded
to the fact that the $ 323,000 increase
in transportation costs
was in fact monies allocated
to bus our children into Wyandanch,
and vice versa. Wyandanch
and busing was an issue
because Mr. Parcels and his
associates chose to make it an
issue, and for no other reason.
Incidentally, we observe that
another newspaper, which continually
printed DEBT news releases
as news rather than propaganda,
has availed themselves
of Mr. Parcels services as a
library and school board reporter.
We hope its subscribers keep
this in mind when they look for
news coverage of school and
library board meetings since Mr.
Parcel's reporting continues to
be printed as news rather than
editorial comment. I guess you
can't teach an old publisher new
tricks, like the difference between
fact and opinion.
Apparently the Youth Council
is next on the Birch bandwagon.
Those of you who have attended
the last few school board meetings
have heard Mr. Ed Werner,
an avowed John Birch member,
request that control of the
Youth Council administration be
turned over to the voting public.
As part of their well- organized
plan, the Birchers first attacked
the library, then the schools,
and are now attempting to gain
a measure of control over the
Youth Council. In their passion
for reductions in spending, could
the Birchers hope to eliminate
the Youth Council, or reduce its
financial requirements by reducing
its activities. Or do they
hope to instill Birchism in our
youth?
Through Little League, Midget
Football, Summer Recreation,
Program, Cultural Arts, Swimming
Lessons and year - long
Saturday recreation programs
which have done so much to instill
creative, imaginative and
physical growth for our children,
the Youth Council leaders have
done an admirable job. Is this all
now to come under the destructive
eye of the John Birch Society
and their allies?
High School Honor Roll
Farmingdale High School students
who made the honor roll
for the fifth period are: Janet
Albers; Donna Altmann; Christine
Ammirati; Gary Appel; De-nise
Berry; Linda Berry; Dona
Blazek; Roslyn Bodofsky; Patricia
Bonafede; Rita Bofgs; Raymond
Borrine; Michael Boyce;
Ruth Brown; Margery Budoff;
Gary Burkhardt; Charles Cardil-lo;
Steven Carter; Janice Cas-tellano;
Robert Chanin; Linda
Citrano; Alan Cohen; Stephanie
Cohen; Ellen Collins; Catherine
Como; Linda Conaway; Frances
Crescimano; Andrea Criscuola;
Eugene Dahl; Ronald Dale; Karen
Dauler; Patricia Davis; Eric Dei-tel;
Bernadett Deliberti; Joseph
Depalo; Rosanna DeSanto; Albert
Dibernardo; Robert Doll; Janet
Donnelly; Kathryn Drewes;
Charles Drobny; Roberta Dur-mann;
Gail Eisenkraft; David El-baum;
Georgette Fitzpatrick; Jay
Fleitman; Diane Fontana; Gary
Friend; Robert Giacobbe; Alan
Glaseroff; Sharon Goodman; Linda
Goor; Barry Gottlieb; James
Goulding; Patricia Green; Patricia
Gregorovic; Patricia Grimes;
Scott Gutterman; Eileen Ham;
James Hanney; James Hatzfeld;
John Hay; Sherry HertzbergjDe-nise
Hoegg; Mark Housman;
Cheryl Jaisle; Alan Janos; Benjamin
Katzen; Barbara Kaufman;
Carol Kellerman; Dennis Kesden;
Anita Kirwan; Bruce Klutchko;
Ronald Kornfeld; Carol Kril-ovitch;
Caryl Launer; Phyllis
Launer; Salvatore Lecci; Mark
Lehman; Martin Leopold; Stephen
Levin; Caren Levins; Dawn
Licata; Catherine Lorello; Peter
Lund; Lars Lundeen; Adele Lulling;
Joanne Maccabe; Janet
Magenheim; Janet Maier; Anthony
Malanga; James Mancuso;
Susan Man/. ione; Richard Messi-ana;
Diane Metzger; Charlotte
Meyn; Peter Minkoff; Carol
Molnia; Donna Nidds; Blaise
Noto; Karen OBrien; Linda
Osiecki; Peter Pavarini; John
Pawlak; Fran Pelzman; Frances
Piccione; Gary Pickus; Carolyn
Pines; Ellen Podgor; Donna
Rader; Arlene Raff; Barry Rapo-port;
Linda Rappaport; Mark
Reiner; Lucille Rivin; Adrienne
Robb; Katherine Roscoe; Janet
Rose; Mark Rosenbaum; Stefan
Rosenberger; Janine Roth; Janet
Sahina; Christine Salita; Linda
Santoriello; John Scardina;
Stewart Scharfman; Clifford
Scheer; Robert Schepker; Barbara
Schlitt; Mark Schlofsky;
Merrie Schriro; Frederic
Merrie Schriro; Frederic
Schuessler; Terry Schwartz;
Valerie Shifley; Priscilla Sicu-ranza;
Marilyn Siegel; Deborah
Silverman; Judith Silverman;
Steven Skavroneck; Michal Slan-sky;
Jeffrey Smith; Paul Solen-ick;
Howard Solow; Rosemary
Sorensen; Daniel Spector; Gail
Spindler; WilliamStarkejChrist-ine
Steiner; Neil Strickman;
Karen Svendsen; Donna Swallow;
Jean Swan; Terrence Sweeney;
Robin Taradash; Steven Turner;
William Turner; Andrew Velcoff;
Carol Vigliatore; Chris Vogels-berg;
Gary Vogelsberg; Irene
Vousoulas; Victoria Wald;
Jonathon Warner; Helene
Wasserman; Richard Wilk;
Harvey Wolkoff; Steven Woodford;
James Wright; Deborah
Zeplin; Joanne Rom and Emidio
Crocepti.
Fgrmingdale OBSERVER, Thursday, May 30, 1968
