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Police InvestigateThefts , Render Aid

Three windows in the front ofthe Sycamore Ave. School inBohemia were smashed at 11p.m. last Friday. A car , possiblya blue '64 Pontiac , was seenleaving the school after thevandalism.

A car owned by RosemarieDuckman of 189 Thunder Dr.,Holbrook was broken into whileparked at the Ronkonkomarailroad station last Friday and atape deck , tapes, a top coat andhub caps were stolen.

An oil burner, a water pump,two medicine cabinets, and acirculator and motor were stolenfrom a house under constructionat 10 Sampson St., Sayville,Friday night.

A '67 Dodge Coronet owned byKenneth Jackson of 57 HansonPL, Sayville, was reported stolenfrom the driveway of his homeearly Saturday morning,

Hugh McCole of 226 LakelandAve., Sayville, reported his '70Plymouth Duster stolen early

Saturday morning .Between 150 and 155 shopping

carts were reported stolen fromWaldbaum's on Sunrise Highwayin Bohemia last Thursday af-ternoon. Two men were seenloading the carts Into a silvercolored trailer pulled by a redcab.

George O'Brien of 263 Cedarlane, Oakdale, reported his homebroken into last Thursday and aportable TV and a silver servingset stolen.

Carl Subrizi of 12 Montauk PI.,Oakdale, reported his Kawasakimotorcycle stolen from the rearof his hone the night of Apr. 18

About 100 feet of copper tubingwas reported stolen from a schoolconstruction site at Sunrise High-way and Johnson Ave . In Sayvilleon Apr. 20.

Two hydraulic jacks and a toolbox containing assorted handtools were reported stolen from aconstruction site at Benson Ave .

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Pearsall Voices OppositionTo Multi-Town Garbage Plan

A multi-town waste disposalconcept which was recently thesubject of a meeting of leadersfrom the four western SuffolkTowns was denounced this weekby Ishp Supervisor Clyde W.Pearsall , who notes that IshpTown land has been mentioned asthe site of the disposal areas forthe other towns as well as Islip.

In his "News from theSupervisor's Office" column, MrPearsall reports:

The town of Islip, more so thanthe other towns, had the energyand foresight to establish wastedisposal priorities as far back aseleven years ago, and has madeenormous investments ir. land

and capitol equipment in an-ticipation of satisfying thesepriorities.

To illustrate an excellentrecord of accomplish .lent , thefollowing examples are men-tioned:

A. 1. The town has anoperational liquid waste treat-ment plant , built in 1968 at a costof $700,000.

2. In January 1970, the townformally began operations with3.5 million dollar incineratorThis incinerator is now un-dergoing another $500,000. Inmodifications for the purpose ofproviding the people of this townwith many years of serviceable

equipment to satisfy the wastedisposal needs. Operationally , ithas been able to function com-fortably at 10 percent in excess ofits designed capacity continuously.

B. Regarding landfillcapabilities , the town of Islipenjoys the following potential:

1. There are approximately 52acres available at the Hauppaugeincinerator for the processing ofsolid putrescible waste.

2 The Soma Road site com-prises approximately forty acresto take care of rubbishrequirements.

3. The Noble Street site con-(Contmued on Page 151

Efforts to Oust SuperintendentConfirm^d^n Connetquot District

The request by the Board ofEducation of the ConnetquotSchool District for theresignation of SuperintendentGeorge W. Graham, for sometime rumored in the district , wasconfirmed Tuesday during anexecutive session meeting bet-ween the board and threerepresentatives of the com-munity

According to Howard Brodskyof Oakdale , one of the threepresent at that meeting, theboard confirmed the reports thatthey have asked Mr. Graham toresign. However, when asked forreasons for the request, the boardwould not give any specificreasons .

Mr. Graham has beenassociated with the district for 21years and was DistrictSuperintendent in the Oakdale -Bohemia School District. Whenthat district merged withRonkonkoma District 11 tobecome the Connetquot SchoolDistrict , he became DistrictPrincipal of the Consolidatedschool districts. Eighteen monthsago, the Connequot Board ofEducation awarded him a con-tract and promotion toSuperintendent of the district.

Board president BarneyStejskal refused comment on thematter yesterday whenquestioned by the Suffolk Countynws, staling he could not do soui til "authorized by the board"to discuss the matter with thepresi.

The Confirmation of therequest for Graham's resignationoccured during the final of threeExecutive Sessions which in-

terrupted the public meeting heldby the Connetquot Board ofEducation at the AdministrationBuilding ir Bohemia. More than75 people attended the meeting,most of whom had heard the"rumor " that the Board mightpossibly suspend Graham thatevening. Despite questions fromthe floor, the Board refused toreveal ' which items were on theagenda for the evening.

The first hours of the meetingproceeded routinely and coveredissues which included adiscussion of the availability of aparticularized agenda for thepublic , a discussion on Boardaction taken on a petition

presented by Mrs John Roll otOakdale and promotions andsalaries of civil service em-ployees

The question concerningavailability of a particularizedagenda was answered in thenegative by Board member LouisBoudam who said the exactnature of items before the Boardcould not be made public becauseof the cost to taxpayers ofmimeographed material.

At 10:20 p m , Mr. Stejskalannounced that the Board wouldretire for a brief ExecutiveSession, closed to the public, inorder to discuss final re-

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Kiwanis Scholarcakes

MEMBERS OF THE CREW-J ohn Sunderland, chief chef; MikeChiochiolo, pancake flopper, and Jim Yager , breakfast chairman ,display the equipment they I.ave all cleaned and ready for the"Pancakes for Scholarships" breakfast to be sponsored by theSayville Kiwanis Club on Sunday.

"Pancakes for Scholar-ships" and "all you can eat"are the mottos of the 1971Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast totake place this Sundaymorning, May 2nd, at SayvilleHigh School Cafeteria. Theforty-five members of thelocal Kiwanis Club are readyto cook for the biggest ofappetites. At 8 a.m. Sundaymorning, the first of 280pounds of pancake flour , 300pounds of sausage, butter,syrup, orange juice , milk, andcoffee will flow from thekitchen

One of the many communityneeds which Kiwams supportsis scholarships to localstudents Scholarships areawarded annually at Sayville,James Wilson Young, andConnetquot High Schools andat Dowling CollegeRecipients are students whoneed assistance and plan tofurther their education m atwo or four year college ortrade school. Awarcis usuallygo to students who are unableto acquire othsr financial aid

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Local Airman Drowns in Louisiana;Recently Returned fro m Vietnam Duty

Sgt. Bernard E Green, US. AirFoi ce, 22, West Sayville diedSunday accidently by drowningin Cotton Port, La

Sgt. Green was born in LaCross, Wis , and had lived in WestSayville for 15 years prior toentering the Air Force He hadbeen in the Air Force for two anda half years and had completed atour of 14 months in Vietnam Onreturnin g from Vietnam , Sgt.

Green had been _ W_ _ ty foftthepast several month1* at EnglishAir Force Base, which is nearAlexandria, La

Last Sunday, Sgt. Green andsome friends were swimming in ariver in Cotton Port , when hesuddenly disappeared in theriver. He had developed crampsand by the time his friendsreached him, he had drowned.

Sgt. Green is survived by h:„

parents , Mr. and Mrs BernardW. Green of W. Sayville , hisbrother , Ruben also of W.Sayville; and his maternalgrandmother , Mrs. BalbinaNavarro of Panama City,Panama.

Funeral services will be held inRaynor 's Chapel, Sayville ,Friday at 2 p.m., with the Rev.Charles Van Tassel officiating.Interment will be in Long IslandNational Cemetery , Pinelawn.

GETTING READY FOR GERANIUM DAY- Mrs. Joseph Paparelll of Patchogue and Mrs. WalterVernon of Bayport center, co- chairmen of Geranium Sale for the benefit of Brookhaven MemorialHospital , visit the Bayport Flower House where 2,500 geraniums are being readied for the days ofsale, May 22 and May 23. They are talking with Gisbert Auwaerter , proprietor, who Is showing thestage of growth of the plants that by Geranium Weekend will be vigorous and abloom with either redor pink flowers. Orders are being taken by the ladles for the disease- resistant potted plants that areof a particularly hardy strain for window box or other outdoor planting. Orders for the plants , sellingfor $1 may be placed _!so through the Gift Shop at the hospital. Plants will be ready pickup at thehospital on the two days of the sale.

GOOD DEEDS ARE DONE by left to right. Roberf Sconzo, Mark Schenk and Anthon) Sconzo ofSay ville three youngsters who are putting their muscle Into neighborly love. When the boys received75 cents one week for a car wash , they decided to open up for business and donate the profits to the

Cerebral Palsey Fund in the name of Miss Peggy LePeitri, a friend who is handicapped by CP. So farIhe boys have raised $22.00 and are still open for business.

District Budget VoteSet for Wednesda y

With less than a week before its proposed budget forthe 1971-72 school year faces voter reaction at the pollsnext Wednesday, the Bayport -- lue Point SchoolDistrict finds itself at an impasse in negotiationsbetween its teaching staff and the Board of Education.At a negotiations session held April 26, negotiators for both the

Board of Education and the Bayport-BIue Point EducationAssociation, representing teacher* in salary and fringe benefitnegotiations , mutually agreed that they are at impasse. Thefollowing statement was made jointly by the two groups :

"The Board and Teacher negotiators of the Bayport-BIue PointSchool District find themselves at a state of impasse for the 1971-72contract. The services of the Public Employment Relations Boardhave been requested. We are all optimistic that the services of thePublic Employment Relations Board will help us to resolve ourproblems."

The impasse- the failure to agree on matters of salary and otherissues-is the first, to be announced in this area, but educationalauthorities on all levels predict that the financial crisis now faced byeducation and taxpayers will cause this to be "the year of the im-passe" in many districts.

A spokesman for the Bayport-BIue Point District reports officialsare currently awaiting a decision by PERB as to whether it will senda mediator in an effort to resolve the stalemate, or go directly to thefact-finding step, which results in a study and recommendations bythe PERB representative.

Meanwhile , district residents will gather for the district annualmeeting at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, at the gymnasium of theJames Wilson Young High School, Bayport. Voting will be Held from2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, at the James Wilson Young HighSchool .

The total of the proposed 1971-V2 budget is $5,551,565, an increase of$453,977 over the previous budget. The anticipate tax rates for thebudget are as follows: The estimated true value of Bayport- BIuePoint for'next year will" be--$67,-863,839. This will produce an an-ticipated tax in Bayport of $17.82 per-SlOOof assessed valuation , anincrease of 87 cents over the previous rate; and $25.17 per $100 inBlue Point , and increase of $1 25 per $100 in the tax rate The dif-ferences in the tax rates between Bayport and Blue Point are theresult of the differences in the equalization-rates in effect in thetowns in which they lie. Blue' Point is in Brookhaven Town , whileBayport lies in Islip Town. While the votes differ , the taxation isequal.

It is important to note that the budget totals to be put before thepublic next Wednesday do not include any raises other than normalincrements for advancement on the salary scale. Increases bey ondthe normal increments will increase the total of the budget in thiscategory, and will result in an additional tax rate increase to cover.Many school districts have put off their annual voting day in order tocomplete negotiations before voting on their budgets, and to getfirmer pictures of state aid revenues they will receive.

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AMERICAN DAY AT MACARTHLR-The supervisor of three neighboring towns gather at a mapshowing the connecting flights now available from Islip MacArthur Airport as the result of the startof American Airline's flights to Chicago. The gathering of Islip Supervisor Clyde W. Pearsall ,Smithtown Supervisor Paul Fitzpatrick and Brookhaven Supervisor Charles Barraud took placeshortly before the ceremonies at MacArthur early Monday for the new American Airlines activit} atthe local facility .

Tea chers, Board Declare ImpasseIn Bayport -BIue Pt. Negotiations