THE W ATCHM AN - NYS Historic Papersnyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96083587/1931-10-01… ·  ·...

Post on 30-Mar-2018

219 views 3 download

Transcript of THE W ATCHM AN - NYS Historic Papersnyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96083587/1931-10-01… ·  ·...

THENEWS W A T C H M A N

Of Xltc suiipisc Trail

VIEWS

ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR MATTITUC'.K, N. Y.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER I. 1931 SUBSCRIP I ION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

Sunday Wedding At S. H. Church

NEW MINISTER AT THESOUTHOLD M. E. CHURCH

A now minis*f*r hnj= tnkon up his_______ ? dutic! ai th f Southohl M. E. Church.

RECEPTION FOR 80 GUESTS ’ Hr is ihc Rev. .John MontKomery, AT HARjtiOR INN, MATTITUCK an»l he seems to be well fitted for the

______ duties of his calling;.MAHONEY__KLEIN SpnakinK of cliurchos and of paa-

______ tor- calls to mind th a t Uev. WilliamMiss Florence Kloin was married H. Lloyd, the beloved pastor of the

to -Mr. Charles Kra?icis Mahoney on Southold rr tsb y te r ia n Church, now Sunday a t 12 o’c lock, in the Secred | on a vacation trip to his old home H eart Church, rutchoRue. The Rev. in Wales, was a recent guest of for-

Hoffman Heads Southold Ticket

! School Plans Bid From Architects

John C. Brennan otliciated.The bride is the dauRhter of Dr.

and Mrs. Edward Klein, of Bay Ave- riue, and the bridesroom the son of Mr: and Mrs. Jam es Mahoney, of Cutchoguc.

Mias Ruth Klein, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Mr. Myron Dixon, a nephew of the groom, was best man. Dr. Edward Klein gave the bride away. The bride wore a dress of peach chiffon with ha t and shoes to match. The maid of honor was dressed in powder blue.

A reception fo r eighty guests was held a t the H arbor Inn. A fte r the ir tou r the couple w ill make th e ir home a t H arbor Inn fo r the w inter. Dr. H ubert Klein, of Queens, uncle of the bride, was an out of town guest. The ushers were F rank and John Klein.

nior Mayor Andrew J. C ritten, of Southwold, England. A friendly note from Mr. C ritten told of the pleas­ure tha t the people of Southwold had in his visit and stated th a t the ir only regre t was th a t the visit was, of ne­cessity altogether too short.

Brooks Nominated * In Southold Town

REPUBLICANS NOMINATETHE SLATE FOR ELECTION

Supervisor Charles T. Brooks, of E ast Marion, was renom inated a t the convention o f the Southold Town Republican committee in Community Hall, Southold. A rthur M. Tasker, of Greenport, called the m eeting to order, and George C. Terry o f South- old, was elected chairm an; F . L. .Cor­win, o f Greenport, secre tary ; Philip R. l^ ithill, o f M attituck, and WilliamC. Monsell, of Greenport, tellers.

In addition to Supervisor Brooks, the following nominations were m ade :

. Town Clerk, Joseph N. Hallock, Southold; Tax Receiver, David W. Cooper, M attituck; Supt. of High­ways, Harold D. Price, Peconic.• Justices of the Peace, fou r years: H erbert M. Hawkins, Southold; Wil­liam B. Reeve, Mattituck.

Assessors: S. B. Tabor, O rient; Irv ing Rogers, E ast M arion; EdwinD. Tuthill, G reenport; Daniel J . Hor­ton, Southold; John J . Fanning, New Suffolk; E rnest C. Tuthill, M attituck.

Town A uditors: Edward F. Dewey, O rien t; Charles M. B urt, G reenport; Jam es A. Torrey, Mattituck.

Constables: D. W ebster Young, O rien t; Joseph R. Smith, G reenport; F red E. Booth, Southold; Curtis W. Horton, New Suffolk; A ugust Arm- burst, Mattituck.

School D irector fo r fo u r years: F rank C. Barker, Mattitucki

Town Trustees: Present board en­dorsed as follows: Frederick Tabor, O rient; F. D. Schaumburg, Green­port; N athan Davis and S tu a r t Haw­kins, Cutchogue; Charles J. McNulty, Laurel.

Inspectors of Elections: D istrict 1, vacen t; D istrict 2, Daniel J. Vail and William D. Tuthill; District 3, W. H. Wiggins and E. L. B ennett; D istrict 4, Leroy Raynor and Frederick Roh- loff; D istrict 5, Henry Clark and Mrs. Lsadore H ar\'ey ; District 6, Norman Klipp and A lbert Herzog; D istrict 7,

Several SlightAccidents Occur

A TRUCK ROLLED OVER AND CAR HIT TREE AND SIDESW IPED

Edward Furch, driving one of the big trucks owned by the Meehan Trucking Corp., le ft the cem ent road and rolled over. The accident oc­curred near the railroad bridge on the State Road. I t was reported th a t the driver claimed he was crowded off. There were 200 sacks of 100 pounds each o f potatoes, which were removed to another truck. The ac­cident happened . about 10.30 Tues­day night.

Mecrem Evans, colored, and A r­th u r Stumps o f Greenport, a re re ­ported to have sideswiped each other n ea r Vail’s Garage in Peconic, Sun­day night. Only slight damage to both cars was reported.

Stanley SimchicK, of Cutchogue, completely wrecked his nice new D urant 6 roadster Tuesday, when i t is said he w ent to sleep while behind the wheel. The car was going west near Cutchogue, -when i t le f t the road, cracked a pole and tu rned com­pletely around. The car was com­pletely wrecked.

iSHOWER OF LINENFOR ROSE .MONAHAN

The cutest invitations were receiv­ed the first of last week announcing there would be a linen shower fo r Miss Rose Monahan, a t the home of the Misses Angelina and Elizabeth McCaffery, on Thursday evening, September 24th.

When Thursday evening came, twenty-five ladies assembled a t the McCafFery home to aw ait the coming of the honored guest. A t 8:30 Miss Monahan appeared, and was greatly shocked to find a room full, and a large umbrella, with g ifts hanging by white baby ribbon, to g ree t her.

When the shock was over, the g ifts untied and passed around, the ladies enjoyed a nice sociable evening, a f ­te r which refreshm ents w tre served in a room trim med very daintily with yellow and white. The linen*gifts were very beautiful.

FORMER SUPERVISOR NOMI­NATED BY TOWN DEMOCRATS

Jr)hn Hoffman, of G reenport, Sup­ervisor prior, to the election of Chaa. T. Brooks, Republican, of East Mar­ion, two years ago, was again select­ed to head the Southold Town ticket a t the Democratic convention held in Community Hall, Southold, S a t­urday.

J. F rank MacMillan, of M attituck, was selected as the candidate fo r Town Clerk; LeRoy Reeve, of Mat- tituck. Tax Receiver; Andrew J . Ga- gen, o f Southold, Supt. of Highways, and Philip Weckesser, of Southold, and William B. Reeve, of M attituck, Justices o f the Peace fo r four years.

Jam es P. Cantlon, o f Greenport, was elected chairman o f the meeting;5. Lester A lbertson, of Southold, sec­re tary , with LeRoy S. Reeve, o f Mat­tituck, and J. Leo Thompson, of Southold, as tellers.

The re s t of the ticket is as fol­lows : , .

Assessors: S. B. Tabor and Percy Douglass, o f O rient; I. M. Rogers and Louis H. Rackett, of E ast Mar­ion ; Edwin D. Tuthill and H. D. Shipman, o f G reenport; H. H orton and Samuel Bennett, o f Southold; John F . Fanning and Clark Tuthill, o f Cutchogue ; E. E. Tuthill and Geo. H. Riley, o f M attituck.

Town A uditors: E. F . Dewey, of O rien t; A rth u r Downs, o f M attituck; Michael Cassidy, o f Greenport. •

Constables: W. B. Young, o f Ori­en t; Joseph Smith, o f G reenport; John K archer, of O rien t; F rank Strasser, o f Southold; J . P. Tuthill and Edw ard Kane, of Cutchogue; Theodore J . Bond, of M attituck.

School D irector: R obert Judge, of Greenport.

Town Trustees, p resen t board'en<- dforsed as follows: F red Tabor, o f O rient; F . D. Schaumburg, o f Green­p o rt; N athan Davis and S tu a rt Haw­kins, o f Cutchogue, and Charles J . "McNulty, of Laurel.

Inspector of Elections: D istrict 1, J . M. Grifiin and R. C. 'Shanklin, o f F isher’s Island; D istrict 2, E. E. Luce and E. C. P e tty ; D istric t 3, L. H. R ackett and W. C. Brooks;

I D istrict 4, B. B. Rogers and Clar- ! ence Cchaumburg; D istrict 5, Amelia Bersinger and Mary D rum ; D istrict6, Emmons Deane and Philip N agle; D istrict 7, J . P. Cantlon and H arry Thornhill; D istrict 8, L. F . Coogan and F. M. S trasser; D istric t 9, Chas. Gagen and A. E. Overton; D istrict 10, W ard E. Cornell, and W. B. Hor­ton ; D istric t 11, Thomas M. Gage/i and F rank H. Case; D istrict 12, J . F. McNulty and Sidney Gildersleeve; D istrict 13, F. C. Tuthill.

RALLY DAY EXERCISESAT SUNDAY SCHOOL SOON

The I’ropbyl ’rinn Sunday School is making preparations for its annual Rally Day exorcises, which will be held on Sunday morning, Octobcr 11. A short Sunday school aervice will

Special meeting of the Board o f he held promptly a t 10 o’clock, fol- Education on September 15th, w a s lowed by the oxcrcisos in the church

ROUGH SPECIFICATION DRAFT GIVING GEN. REQUIREMENTS

Church WeddingAt Mattituck

called to order by President C. H. Wickham.

Members p resent: C. H. Wickham, E. S. Reeve, .Tames H. Rambo, H. R. Reeve and Principal J . I. Allart.

Bills to the am ount of $532.48, two bonds fo r the treasured to the a-

a t 10.30, with an interesting program furnished by the Sunday school.

A novel fea ture of the coming ra l­ly day is the bringing to the church donations of groceries, etc., fo r the Eastern Long Island Hospital, mak­ing i t a donation day as well as a

mount o f ?30,000 were accepted by | rally day. The details of this fea- thfi Board. I announced in this paper

I t was regularly moved, seconded " e x l week, so th a t all can partici- and carried th a t the clerk have th e jp a te .insurance policies fo r the annex -------------------------------buildings assigned to their respective building.. I t was moved th a t the insurance policies be prorated to the various insurance agents of Mattituck as soon as they become due. Motion seconded and carried.

Mr. A llart reported everything ready fo r the opening of school.

! A rough d ra f t o f building specifi-

Farmer CatchesPotato Thief

ALL FARMERS URGED TOPOST FIELDS W ITH REWARD

Fred Egert, a Manorville potato grower, recently sold some potatoes

' cations was drawn so th a t architects unexpectedly.i might compute the cubeage fo r esti- Edward Hoppee, an employee of mates upon the same type of con- Egert, was re tu rn ing home la te on str^ction and m aterials when esti- (the n ight of September 23rd, when mating upon the ir plans fo r a new*'^' school building.

The architects selected to compete were Mr. M. V. Liddell, Messrs. Cof­fin Coffin and Mr. August Gftlow.

J September 16, 1981.Gentlem en:

You have been selected by Board of Edu ation of School Dis-

he noticed a car parked in close prox­imity to one of the E gert potato fields and someone apparently load­ing w hat resembled sacks of potatoes 4nto the car. Hoppee proceeded to investigate, and succeeded in obtain­ing the license num ber of the car

the before i t hurriedly departed.This information was communi-

triq t No. 9, lo w n o f Southold, to cated to the Bay Shore office of the pir^pare plans fo r a competition. I S tate Police, and Trooper Robert

lt;^houl4 be understood by all a r- A nnett was assigned to investigate chitects -lEompeting th a t no charge the case. Trooper A nnett lost no v/iU' be made Cfor this work unless time in tracing ownership of the car awarded* the final contract. to John Fairchild of Nesconsett, who

The following is a list of the class- pleaded guilty before Justice o f the ; ^ )W s^equired: ! Peace .William L. Miller, o f W adingff lt tr -^ ^ o o lT Pupils River. Fairchild was fined $7.60 andEnglish ............................................ 35 was ordered to pay E gert $2.50 fo rBookkeeping and t y p i n g ............ 30 the- fou r bushels of potatoes taken.Languages ............: ........................ 35History ............................................ 35

General S c ie n c e ............................ 35E xtra Classroom .......................... 35Study Hall . . . : ................ 75 to 100Claiisrooms: Pupils

K indergarten ........................... 35, 2 F irst Grade .............................. 35'3 . Second G r a d e ............................ 3511 Third G r a d e .............................. 3511 Fourth G r a d e ............................ 35. 1 F ifth Grade .............................. 35

The stealing of produce from farm s must be stopped, says a report from the office of the Suffolk County •Farm Bureau. The Bureau is urging all farm ers to prosecute to the lim it anyone they catch stealing produce from th e ir farms. The Bureau has also organized a vigilance service, and is furnishing its members with posters which offer rew ards fo r the- conviction of thieves. Several hun­dred farm ers are co-operating, and

COUPLE WILL MAKE THEIR FUTURE HOME AT SOUTHOLD

The m arriage of Misa Jeanette Cooper, daughter of Mr. and .Mr»<. Joseph W . Cooper, of Mattituck; to Mr. Alvoh Goldsmith, of 'Southold, took place a t the Mattituck TVesby- terian Chu'rch Saturday aftei’noon, Sept. 2Gth, a t 4 o’clock. The cere­mony waa performed by Rev. Abram Conklin, pastor of the Southold Uni- veraalist Church.

i\fisa Josephine Cooper was her sister's maid of honor and the brides­maids were Miss Virginia Trull of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and Miss Lou­ise Taylor of Massena, N. Y. Mr. Harold Goldsmith, brother o f the groom, was best man, and the ushers were Mr. Carl Vail, Mr. H enry Dick­erson, Mr. W. Corey Albertson and Mr. Donald Robinson.

The bride’s gown was of white satin, and she carried white roses and gypsophila. The maid of honor wore a gown o f orchid satin, w ith a h a t of purple velvet, and carried pale yellow roses. The bridesmaids wore pale blue satin with hats o f blue velvet in a d A p er shade, and car­ried pink roses.

The church was decorated a t tra c ­tively w ith greens, hydrangeas, and autum n flowers. Immediately a f te r the ceremony a reception was held a t the home o f th e bride’s parents.

Mrs. Goldsmith is a g raduate of Cedar C rest College, and has been teaqhing French and Latin in East- hamptbn. Mr. Goldsmith, who is the son o f Mrs. Louise Goldsmith, is the owner o f a boat shop in Southold, and the couple will make the ir home in th a t village.

W HEN A SHORT DUCK SEASON DOESN’T MEAN LESS SHOOTING

1 Sixth Grade .............................. 35 have posted the ir farm s with the re-1 Seventh Grade .......................... 35 ward fo r conviction signs. I t looks

351 Eighth Grade .....................4 E x tra classrooms or high.

Making a to tal o f 22 classrooms Suffolk farm s this yeai*. with necessary accessories.

as though thieves would be taking quite a chance to go meddling around

MATTITUCKIANS ACTIVEIN THIS ELECTION

As a resu lt of the recen t Demo­cratic and Republican conventions, some of our M attituckians have al­ready began aggressive campaigns to ge t elected t6 office. J . F rank Mac­Millan, a w ar visteran, has been nom­inated by the Democrats fo r the of­fice of Town Clerk, and though pit-

R. B. Conkln and Mrs. E thel Adams; ted against the formidable Joseph N.District 8, Charles T. Gordon and R aym ond’Hommel; District 9, H. W. F isher and R. W. T erry ; D istrict 10, W. S. Bedell, sr. and Roland C. Hor­to n ; D istrict 11, Linneaus Allen and Miss Bdna F oster; D istrict 12, J . Wood Wickham and Ralph W. T ut­hill, j r . ; D istrict 13, Louis C. Young and H arry Aldrich.

TEAMS PLAY O FF TIEAT SOUTHOLD SATURDAY

Southold and Cutchogue are out to i-ettlc* one m a tte r on Saturday, and tha t is the question as to which village has the be tte r baseball team. The teams have met four tinu-a this season, and each team has won two ganyjs.

Saturday afternoon they play the rubber ut the Southold diamond. A

Hallock of Southold, the present in­cumbent, is confident of a big vote.

F or receiver of taxes, David Coop­er, a well liked farm er, is the Repub­lican nominee, while LeRoy Reeve, “S lats’f himself, popular and well known baseball player, is counting on scoring a home run fo r the Demo­crats.

Then fo r Justice of Peace, William B. Reeve (the B used to be thought to stand for Bullmooser) has sup­planted Justice Oscar B. Robinson as the Republican nominee, and has likewise received the endorsement of the Democrats. Mr. Reeve formerly held this office several years back, anil was a valued member of the Town Board. "L aw yer”, as he is known to everyone, has been out ^ active politics fo r some time, and in the present situation stands out as “ the mat! who came back”, and econ-good crowd will be on hand aad they

will see some real bull. Sec you umy is his watchword, there.

Mary Corwin Wins *Miss Suffolk’ Title

RIVERHEAD GIRL CROWNED AT CLOSE OF FAIR CONTEST

Miss Mary Corwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Corwin, of River- head, was crowned Miss Suffolk a t the close o f the Suffolk County F a ir S atu rday night, by Supervisor Den­nis G. Homan. Miss Corwin was also aw arded a diamond rin g and silver loving cup.

Mrs. William W. Conklin, s f Jam esport, was awarded the road­ster, in the contest held under the auspices of Riverhead Moose Lodge.

Twenty-two of Suffolk County’s popular young women competed in the contest. The first, second and th ird prizes were diamond rings and a silver loving cup to each winner, while the fourth, fifth and sixth win­ners each received a w rist watch and a loving cup.

The prize winners and the number o f votes each received follow:M ary Corwin, Riverhead . . . 61,520 Angeline DeChristofaro,

Riverhead ............................. 60,120Sophie Corwin, Riverhead . . 60,080 Mary Embro, Patchogue . . . 56,200 Eva Aviz Frivzolowski,

South J a m e s p o r t ................ 53,840M argaret Rouse, G reenport. . 49,768 Louise Raynor, East Quogue,

(consolation prize) ............ 18,960

Separate Auditorium seating 750 ATHLETIC TROPHY FOR pupils. I GREENPORT HIGH SCHOOL

Gymnasium with full size basket- _______ball court. I

In qooting sn estim ate, the Board . J « « -has drawn rough speclflcations so ‘ '“ ° r ‘th a t architects- estim ates will be hfcs- “ A thlehc Trophy,ed on approxim ately the same type ™ ^ t t e sclioolo f construction. (This does . o t m^anth a t theset'ions.)Basem ent:

are the final specificar the la tte r ’s absence.

This trophy is to be awaaded a t commencement to th a t s tuden t who,

Excavate under the whole build- t**® judgm ent of the students and ing so th a t no pipe trenches will be “ embers of the faculty,necessary, except as may be needed proven to be the most valuable to form a support fo r the concrete atW ete to the school. The cup re ­floor in certain rooms which shall the school, bu t the name have a sand fill to avoid heaving of s tudent and the year i t was frost. aw arded will be engraved upon it.

Excavate fo r a large room of ap-1 The voting rules follow: During proximately 3500 square feet, suit- the first week in Ju n e of each year, able fo r a play room with plenty of the presidents of the senior, junior, light. This can be marked storage, sophomore and freshm an classes shall Boiler space and storage space of each call a meeting of the ir respec- approximjitely 3600 square feet. |t iv e classes, a t which tim e they will

Concrete footings a re to be of am-1 vote upon candidates fo r the trophy, pie size with reinforcing. C on crete j The jvinner in these elections will with reinforcing in all exterior and E>ve the president o f the class one

vote.

As soon a f te r as possible the coach will call a meeting of the male mem­bers of the faculty together with the presidents of the several classes, a t which time each voter will w rite the nam e of the athlete whom he deems the most valuable fo r the school year, and the athlete receiving the most

inforced top. (Oil burner is under | num ber of votes shall be the winner, j

consideration.)Main School:

Gymnasium floor will be blocks- on-end over rough concrete on wood sleepers. Classroom floors composi­tion. Corridors and auditorium will be a composition floor in blocks.

(Continued to Page Six)

bearing partition walls.In tegral waterproofing in all floors

to prevent dampness. Exterior walls of excavated portions,* ie; Boiler- rooms, etc., will also be w aterproof­ed by an approved method.

Kalamein doors where needed.I f a coal bin is necessary, locate

outside of school building with re-

Many indeed are the gunners who are disappointed a t the curtailm ent of the duck shooting season this year. B ut it has been deemed best th a t such under the circumstances should be the case, and so th a t’s tha t. B ut Skeet shooters or clay pigeon shoot- jers (who may very likely also be duck shooters) can thumb the ir noses ^quite Igracefully a t the Biological Survey and keep righ t on shooting Skeet. Of course we don’t mean actually tha t. I t wouldn’t he fa i r to the Survey.

The point is th a t actual shooting 'for the fellow who likes to shoot can be found on the Skeet or pigeon field. I t will keep the disappointment down and give anyone who likes to swing a gun on moving ta rgets a heap of good sport. I t can give you all the shots from all the angles you’d ever dream of in a duck blind. And it .does give them t« you. I t ’s intended to.— A rew rite from The N ational Sportsman.

The Southold Grange is invited to Firem en’s Hall to be the ir guest a t the n ex t meeting, which will be on October 12th. The program will be furnished by the Southold Grange. R efreshm ent com mittee: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. W alter L. Robinsop, Mrs. G. O. Hal­lock, Mrs. W allace Tuthill, Mr. and Mrs. John McNulty, 'M r. and Mrs. Roy H. Reeve. Mr. Alonzo Robinson very generously trea ted the Grange to watermelon.

Mrs. Vera T erry Lupton announces the opening of her dancing classes on Saturday, October 10, in Community Hall, a t Southold.

High Tkle TableHIGH TIDE IN PECONIC BAY AT

MATTITUCK Daylight Saving Time

---- --- — ...and in addition to having his n a m e ' inscribed on the trophy, shall be p r e - ' seiited with a suitable certificate b y ' the school.

I t is understood tha t the several presidents of the classes m ust vote as instructed by the ir classes.

FridaySatutdaySundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday

October2345678

A.M.2:53 3:41 4:10 5:18 6:40 7:54 8 :55

P.M.3:164:004:385:457:008:099:11

For approximate Low W ater, add 6 hours te above table. F e r Leng Island Souad tides, sub tract 22 min­utes fr»m Bay tides.

. 1 ^