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ma 1 a P pei \C . p ba IB A2»4A ut 5 ~ + 2s Entered as seco d-cl of; , a . B o , ofise, Northport, A Y“ “ens?” Tilt?fll‘ofthihizr $IE:B;; Afiibnxxthegmlcd-Jg 11:1“ 1:32 éi 22:91\ Nb;- won- EA & \ 43 Vol. 39 _ No, 15 NORTHPORT, HUNTINGTON TWP., L.A., N.Y., JUNE 14, 1961 10 Cents - $4 Per Year, \Ezfidv‘ance ~ ~ - «-_- ae 2 cnn. C410 O Grover is Republican Choice to Oppose Flynn In Battle for Congress The Suffolk County Republican Commuttee designated Walter M. Ormsby and Assemblyman James R. Grover, Jr. as ats candidates for congress in the first and sec- ond congressional districts at a meeting of the full county com- mittee in Blue Foimt on Friday,. June %. Other members of \the best team ever to be endorsed\ are State Senator Elisha 'F. Barrett and Assemblyman Perry B. Dur- yea, Jr. and Prescott B. Hunting- torn who will all be seeking re- election. John McCarthy _ was named to run for the assembly po- sition being vacated by Mr. Grov- er. The designees for the county office are Comptroller Fred B. Hose and County Clerk Norman E. Kipp for re-election and Dis- trict Attorney Bernard C. Smith and Sbheritt Frank A. Gross to run for the positions they were appointed to last January. Police Commissioner Charles R. Thom Was designated as the candidate for the newly created office of chidrens court judge. His name will be forwarded _ to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller for an in- terim appointment to that posi- tion. County Republican - Chairman Arthur M. Gromarty told the audience of over six hundred peope that they had just com- pleted one of the most important steps in the functioning of a democracy, He called the desig- nating convention _ 'an integral part of the functioning of a dem- ocracy.' GOP Leader Cromarty said that the choices had been difficult \because the Republican Party has so many able and competent potential candidates.\ He contrasted the long. arduous discussion process used in selec- ting candidates with the methods of the Democrat party in New York City where the bosses sit down months betore the conven- tion - and decide who will go where, That process of boss poli- tics has no connection with dem- ocrary. I think that only through the process we have used can we foster and strengthen freedom. Charman Cromarty added that the Republicans have 'the win- ning combination - the combin- ation of top candidates and ded igated, hard working - commuttee- men - and that this combination woud carry the Republican party to sweeping victories in Novem- ber. Wulter M. Ormsby, 56. of Bayport, will run for congress in the nirst district which is com- prised of the towns - of Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, - River» head, Southampton. East Hamp- ton, Southold and Shelter Island. He has served as District Super- intendent of Suffolk _ County's Second Supervisory District for twenty-six years and Executive Officer, Board of Cooperative Educational Services for fourteen years, Mr. Ormsby is a member of the Suffolk County - Mental Health Board and of the Nassau- Suffolk Economic Development | Council. Assemblyman James R. Grover Jr. 43. of Babylon was chosen as the - congressional - candidate in the newly created second dis- trict. He has served in the as- sembly for the past six years and previously was president of the Babylon School Board. Senator Elisha T. Barrett 52. of Brightwaters, has a total of twenty-six years in the state le- gislature. He served in the as- sembly from 1936 to 1956 and has been in the senate since then. Mr. Barrett is chairman of the New York State Joint Legislative Commuttee on Interstate Cooper ation and chairman of the sen- ate's committee on highways and parlkways, Assemblyman Perry B. Duryea, Jr.. 40, of Montauk was first elected to represent the first as- sembly district in 1960. During that time he has served on the assembly commuttees on aviation, commerce and | navigation, con- servation, local finance and mili- tary - affairs, Assemblyman Prescott B. Hunt ington,. 56, of St. James has re- presented the second - assembly district for the past six years. He is a member of the committees on civil service, claims, excise, pub- lic education and social weltare and relef, Assemblyman Hunting- ton is a former Smithtown justice of the peace, John G. McCarthy, - 38, of Huntington Station, is the Repub- lican designee in the third assem- biy district which is comprsed of (Continued on Page Twelve) DIST, NO. 3 WOULD SELL ADM. BUILDING Vofers in Huntingtons Umeon Free School Distrut No. 3 will be asked :o go to the polis on July 10 to approve, the sale of the Districts administration build- ing at 209 Main St. to the Town of Huntogton as an annex to Town Hall and to authorise the construction of a new - binlding for administration and other edu- cational purposes on an already owned Spring Rd. site. Huntington - Town - Supervisor Robert J. Flynn was authorized by the Town Board in May to negotiate for the building as part of the Town Hall centrabzation program begun last year. Through sep. rite appraisals. - a talue of $50000 has been agreed - upon. The Town has asked the District for oceupamy as soon as possi- bie. The maximum cost of a new and more adequate building has been estimated at $185.000. This would be reduced by the net pro- ceeds of the $50,000 sale to the Town. The Board of Education is asking for authorization to pay the net cost out of unallocated funds so that there will be no in- crease in taxes. Earlier = this year a severe space shortage at the 209 Man St. building prompted the Board to employ an architect to prepare 1100 Petitioners in District 4 Protest Revised School Budget By ROBERT S. BOYD Tension mounts as resdents of UFSD \ wait impatiently for the final voting of the revised school budget on Monday, June 25. Some 1100 residents have signed their names to a petition opposing the new | budget and submitted it to the School Board on Monday, June 11. The text of this petition is as follows. \Whereas it is our belief and fear that the revised school bud- get as announced in the Northport Journal and the Northport Obser- ver of May 31 will jeopardize the quality of our community's edu- cational _- program - beyond - the point of necessity and good rea- son- Therefore, we, the undersigned residents of UFSD 4 petition the Board of Education of said dis trict to: 1. Reinstate without delay the program and facilities which are deleted in the revised budget; 2. Reinstate without delay the staff _ to carry out point #1 above:; and 3. Postpone the scheduled vote on the revised budget so that an acceptable plan can be worked out.\ A spokesman for the petitioners said that the proposed budgetary cuts, especially in the areas of curriculum, were much too dras- tic and that these did not prop- erly represent the wishes of the community. It was claimed that the negative budget vote on May 2nd didmot represent an intention on part of the voters to make reductions that would be harmful to the overall - educatonal pro- gram of the school district. The petitioners | requested ac- ton - in - accordame - with - the Board of Education by daw # 9530 of March 6. 1961. which states that a petition signed by 1/4 of the registered voters to date shall be deemed sufficient for - appropriate - action - by the Board. Co. Civil Service Program Change David Zaron, - Suffolk County Civil Service Commission Chief Examiner, annqgunced recently the temporary closing of the conun- uous - recruitment - program - for Typist, Clerk-Typists - and Sten- oygraphers effective June 27. The contmuous testing program has been so successful in immedi- ately placing qualified candidates in job vacancies in the County, towns, villages and school - dis- tricts. that for fiost jurisdict.ons, there are now - more candidates than vacant positions. Candidates who have passed al portions of these examinations by Juge 27, will be placed on eligi- ble lists for future vacancies. Untul now, Civil Service has been conducting examinations on Mondays in Riverhead and Wed- nesday afternpons in Brightwaters. The tests in Riverheaed will con- [Gontinuql.on Page Twelre).... - (Continued on Page Twelve) Public hearings on the revised budget, one which was held last night at the East Northport Junior High School and another sched- uled for - tonight at 8150 at the Northport Junior High School. were said to have been the pri- mary aim of the signed petition. An anonymous signer of ths peti- ~ tion stated that the Board ot Ed- ucation planned on seeing the voting of June 25th without any public hearings - On the other hand, the dates of these hearings were released to the public on June 7th, four days before the petition was issued to the Board of Education. Coverage of these hearings - will appear in - next week's Northport Observer, A resident of Northport, a tax- payer and a nother of a student in UFSD 4 1 1 this to say when asked her opinion: \The votng public of UFSD 4 has taken to crime again. They didnt learn their lesson the first ume they voted down - a school budget. therefore. they will have to be made aware of the enor- mity of their crime and punished accordingly, First. the budget must be re- vised. Dont remove the business manger, his assistant or the pub- heity _ man - whose total salaries would reduce the budget mcely in one sweep - NO - the public wouldn't feel their loss - rather - eliminate the cafeteria, - that will make them wance! 'The caf- eteria, 'the one operation in the school system that is firdutlcally selt-sustaining. _ Don t - chminate the - specialists, _ which although are mice to have around, are cer- tunly high up on the list to be clhminated without sacrifice to ac- tual learning. Dont increase the uze of the classes - keep at down to 18 or 20, - (which is what it actually - is no - matter what you hear to the contrary). Ask anyone who knows anything about teaching and they will tell you that a class of 30 to 35 is no “fifi; «fink. FINAL DINNER PLANS are discussed by {I to :) harder to teach than a class of 20. Then ehminate the bus ser- vice - this will also be felt by every mother with little ones - at home - who have to be dressed and taken along when the small children are escorted to school. Then make the public pay extra for the school books - this is in. addition to the terrifiu . tax we are already paying to make ed- ucation possible, will make every- one think long and hard before they turn down a budget. - The elimination of these three items are your punishment ~- cafeterias, busses and school books - if you vote in an austerity budget. It also means that all the raises you said \NO\ to when you turned down the budget WILL, BE APPROVED if you vote in an austerity budget - as it will he the original budget stripped only of those three items; cafe- teria. school books and transport» tation, Final Meeting of Town Trustees The Huntington - Board - of Trustees held their last meeting on Tuesday at the Town Hall in Huntington, - however, - a special meeting of the Board of Trustees will meet on Friday, June 22. Af- ter June 30, all the responsibilities of this Board will be carried out by the Town Board. The Board of Trustees is not being - com- pletely __ abolished, - but - rather merged with the duties of the Town Board, Norman * Olson, Huntington Town Cletk and - ex-member of the Board of Trustees, said that although Tuesday's meeting | was the last official meeting of the Board of Trustees, that the spe- cial meeting of the Board on June 22, - will bé held to settle last minute business before the Board is released of its duties on June 30, Bes Snohites s B Mrs. John Shedd, reservations: Mrs. Chatles Cor- craon, president of Hisorical Society;, Dr. - Rocco Setaro, arrangements and Mrs. Carifon Schwaner, | . dinner. w