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Officials ot New York State
<£ joined in extolling the accomplishments
of the State
Congress of Parents and
Teachers and proclaiming
Monday, February 4, as PTA
Day. Governor Malcolm Wilson's
proclamation cited the PTA's
dedication to the welfare of
children and youth through the
years since the state group was
^ formed shortly after the National
Congress in 1897. In the state
legislature, appropriate
resolutions were introduced by
Senator Norman Levy and
Assemblyman Norman Freg.
Representatives of the PTA
units from all districts converged
on Albany to witness the events.
Nassau County dispatched a bus
from Roosevelt Field. Included in
this group, were Mrs. John
Vandermosten, state president,
Mrs. Edward Ball, state
legislative chairman, and state
executive committee Mrs. Leon
Polin, Al Berke, and Mrs. Harold
Levine.
New York State PTA, like
others in the country, has consistently
maintained a high level
of interest and activity in the
measures introduced, considered,
and adopted by the
legislature as they pertain to the
health, welfare, and education of
children. A greater portion of the
time at the 73- 4 convention was
devoted to consideration of many
far reaching bills for support and
initiation at the state level. Some
include: camp boating safety
( requiring life jackets, and also
ropes and snubbing poles as
needed); establishment and
maintenance of bicycle paths;
posting of signs to mark
Children's Day
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Brace and Body Appliance Fund
has been established.
Since its inception in 1964?
Farmingdale Children's Day has
enjoyed cooperation from many
religious groups in Farmingdale
Village. In 1970, after the creation
of the Women's Interfaith Council
the program was incorporated
into its formal activities. The
Interfaith Council's membership
is drawn from the women's
groups of Farmingdale Jewish
Center, St; Kilian's, St. Luke's,
St. Thomas', and United
Methodist Churches.
Representatives of each of these
form the Executive Committee of
Farmingdale Children's Day.
Each year this committee
coordinates two events which
help give meaning and positive
expression to the values taught
children by their respective
religious institutions. In October
attention is drawn to the struggle
for basic health, nutrition and
educational standards for
children in distant countries;
then in February, children's
needs closer to home are
examined. This year after
careful consideration of the goals
and programs of the Spina Bifida
Association for Children was
considered to be most worthy of
support and encouragement.
The Children's Day committee
consists of Mary Kesden of
Sisterhood, Farmingdale Jewish
Center, Ann Johnson and
Veronica McCutchen of St.
Kilian's School, Rosemary Horan
of St. Kilian's Confraternity
classes, Virginia Kennedy of St.
Luke's, Irma Thomas of St.
Thomas', and Mary Ann Wolling
of United Methodist Churches.
The coordinators are Patricia
Schriro of Farmingdale Jewish
Center and Betty Toraforde of St.
Luke's Lutheran Church.
Collection materials will be
distributed to elementary school
children of the first through sixth
gradts aiid through the religious
schools of the participating
groups, and Will also be available
at the Farmingdale Public
Library branches.
suggested streets for cyclists
where no paths exist so as to
direct them to feasibly safe
streets and to alert motorists to
the use of these streets by
cyclists; amendments to the
vehicle and traffic laws requiring
special licensing requirements
for school bus drivers and the
provision of responsible adults,
other than bus drivers, on school
buses to maintain discipline and
act as crossing guards at each
discharge point; recommend that
every proposed school site have a
traffic survey taken to avoid
potentially hazardous situations.
Other legislative concerns are in
the areas of extended benefits
and recognition of handicapped
children's education benefits,
expending summer remedial
reading programs, having Red
Cross Life Saving certified
teachers, coaches and advisors
present at school sponsored
events where no school nurse is
available. These adopted
resolutions, along with others,
are now the action items for the
rest of the ' 74 legislative sessions
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increase has been necessary in
accordance with the fiscal
conditions of the times. Another
reason for the increase in total
payroll has been due to the
sewage projects till in process
within the District, and for the
next five years, causing many
extra man hours of monitoring
the projects by district servicemen,
thereby keeping the
disruptions of water service to
the consumer to a minimum.
Some breaks cannot be
prevented and water district men
are on the job to repair them.
Electricity costs in 1973 increased
considerably, partially
due to the increase in rate. Over
the past three years, there has
been a change of over $ 10,000. in
the budget for this item alone.
The same trend is true for most
materials purchased by the
District and services the District
uses.
The Commissioners wish to
emphasize that they believe the
South Farmingdale „ Water
District services have been excellent
and the costs very low
considering the several sewage
projects in process.
ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS? Sheldon Shane, [ left], Chairman of
the county's Environmental Management Council, discusses some of
Nassau's environmental problems with Claire Pepitone as she holds
her ten month old daughter, Jennifer, at the Farmingdale Public
Library recently. Library Director Orrin Dow looks on. Shane spoke to
a group of Farmingdale mothers of preschool age children, about the
council's activities.
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