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T H E S T A R VOL. X X X III HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES TODAY EAST HAM PTON, N. Y., JUNE 21, 1918 NO. 31 Eighth Grade Exercises To- Night in Clinton Hall Junior Red Cross in School o f G reat Assistan c e to Local Chapter The East H am p ton H igh School closes to day a f t e r nine m onths o f steady hard w o r k on the part o f the faculty and pupils. W a r conditions have even had their effect on the school. Several organizations have been form e d this year by m e m b e rs o f the fa c u lty to m e e t these conditions. Some o f these new organizations are the Junior Red Cross and U p lift Sys tem, and the Ju n ior Red Cross A u x il iary, all o f which have proved very successful, both from a financial and moral point o f view. The Ju n ior Red Cross society con sists o f fo u r hundred m em b ers, girls from both the High S chool and the grades. The m e m b e rs o f this society o f both the H igh S c h o o l and eighth grade have m e t in the Red Cross rooms regularly once a w e e k since its organization, w o r k ing diligently making com p r e sses and other neces sary articles. A ll o f the grades in the school, even including the little tots, have helped in snipping and the picking o f oakum . The result o f the year’s w o r k is as fo ll o w s : Finished and ready fo r shipm ent, sixty refugi garm ent1;, fou r t e e n fractu r e pillows, and forty-five shawls fo r refugees. This represents a lot o f hard w o rk on thtf part o f the auxiliary. The Senior class presented $93.40, the proceeds o f their play, to the Junior Red Cross. The U p lift System is a savings bank plan established in the school at the beginning o f A p ril. The idea o f this savings plan is fo r the teach ers .in each room to con d u c t a reg ular savings bank independently. A f ter a deposit is m ade by a child he is given a bank book containing the am o u n t o f his deposit. The m o n e y is held by the teacher and at a cer tain tim e in each w e ek the m o n e y is collected from the several room s and taken to the bank fo r deposit. This plan has proved to be very practical, the children are greatly interested in the plan as it seem s m o re or less com p e tition arises. A f t e r they have saved to the am o u n t o f one dollar, they are allow e d to take the m o n e y and open an account in the bank. Up to date there have been one hun dred and forty - o n e T h r ift Bonds o f one dollar each issued. T h e total am o u n t o f deposits in the school bank is $186.88. Som e o f the bonds are used by the pupils to buy T h r ift Stam ps, 125 having been sold during the school year. A s has been the custom in the past few years, the graduating class has not held the regular graduating and class day exercises. Instead, the en tire class jou r n e y e d to W a shington last Easter vacation. This m eans o f celebrating their com p letion o f the course in the H igh S c h o o l seem s to be very popular am o n g the m em bers o f the graduating classes. In years past the classes have m ade the trip to the Capital as w e ll as holding the exercises, but as conditions are som e what unsettled, it was deem e d wise to econ o m ize as m u ch as possible, hevertheless the class seem s to be well satisfied with the decision. The members o f the graduating class are as fo ll o w s : Edith D a y ton, D o r o thy H orton, Essie Edw a rds, C h a rlotte Kelsey, A n n a b e lle H e d g e s , M a r jory Parsons, A d e line E d w a rds, C a roline Miller, M a r g u e rite G a y, Francis Gay and Louis V e tault. The teachers to return next year are: Win. M. W o o d , p r in c ipal; Mrs. Wade, first g r a d e ; Miss Ruth Davis, second gra d e ; Jeanette Leek, fourth grade; Miss R a chel H o lden, sixth A grade; Miss H a r r iett Rosen, fifth grade; Miss B rem e r H a tch, seventh grade. The board has already accepted seven applications fo r n e x t 'y e a r , as follow s : Mrs. D a n iel T u c k e r , first grade, graduate o f N e w Paltz N o r mal; Miss A g e la L u k ert, third grade, o f Cortland N o r m a l; Miss Catherine Miller, sixth grade, o f G eneso N o r m al; Miss W in ifred A n d rew s, eighth grade, o f O n e o n ta N o r m a l; Miss Am elia B r e w s ter, F r e n c h , Germ an and b iology, in H igh S c h o o l, graduate o f Syracuse, and Miss Ethel Gates, history, shorthand and typew riting, graduate o f Syracuse. T h e Board o f Education has voted to em p loy Miss Mary E ldredge as kindergarten teach er. providing the sam e arrangem e n ts are m ade another year. The eighth grade graduating exer cises will take place tonight at Clin ton Hall. An interesting program has been arranged, including m a n y musical num b e rs, recitations and pre sentations o f diplom a s to graduates. E v e ryone is w e lcom e to attend these exercises — B u y W . S . S .— Pledge you r s e lf to save to the ut most and to buy a definite am o u n t o f W ar Savings Stam p s each m onth. B A N G S A T H U N T I N G T O N John K endrick Bangs, author and lecturer, will have a reception given him in the beautiful outdoor theatre at Rosem a r y Farm , H u n tington, Long Island, on the estate o f R. R. Conk lin, on Sunday the 23rd o f June, at fo u r o ’ clock. Invitations are issued by the A m e r ican Com m ittee fo r Devestated France, and can be obtained on a p plication at the P u b licity Bureau o f National H eadquarters, 16 East 39th street, N e w York. Mr. Bangs has been the guest o f the French A r m y on his trip through the evacuated cou n t r y ; he has been to N o -M a n ’ s -L a n d ; into trenches and hospitals; he has served in canteens fo r the soldiers; and follow e d the r e f ugees in the evacuation from their hom e in the Aisne. H e will talk to a big audience on Sunday, the 23rd, and those really interested to hear the condition o f civilian as well as m ilitary life during this last drive o f the enem y, are ask ed to com e , although adm ission is by card only. N o tice by cable from French offi cials announces that all inhabitants, all live-stock, and supplies under, the supervision o f the Com m ittee fo r Devastated France in the A isne have been carried to safety and nothing has been lost during this advance A s the com m ittee has neVer under taken to rebuild houses, the on ly loss o f buildings is a com p lete destruction o f what the Hun did in 1914. The planting o f crops and frUit trees m ay have been partially de stroyed by the French troops' o c c u p y ing the evacuated villages, but food raising farm s , and the education o f the children continue uninterrupted. — B u y W . S. S .— L. I. IN F O R M A T I O N S E R V I C E There is a place in this state w h ere farm e r s who seek a n swers to problem s con c e r n in g crop piodu c t ion will have serious consideration given to their, questions, and a helpful answer if it is possible to give one. The oppor tunity is equally open to wom en who m a y w a n t help in household prob lems. This place is the state college o f agriculture at Ithaca. N o day goes by w ithout queries ad dressed to the college by the score: Can I raise broom corn on L o n g Is la n d ? ” “ H o w shall I get rid o f an ts?” “ I am sending sam ple o f a bad w e e d ; what is it, and how can I kill it ? ” T o get the answers to these and sim ilar questions one needs on ly to m a k e inquiry o f the state college o f agriculture, Ithaca. This does not m ean, the college says, that there is any one person connected with the institution w h o can answ er all the questions, or even that the com b ined experien-* • o f the m em b ers o f the col lege staff will alw a y s be able to give the right answer. Through ai: in f o r m a tion service, how e v e r, queries will be referred to the person in the insti tution best qualified to give a satis fa c t o r y M isw e r : In m a n y eases the college or experim e n t station already has publications givin g fu ll discus sions o f the points in question. — B u y W . S. S .— P L A N T S T O R A G E C R O P S IN JU N E June is the m onth to plant beets and carrots fo r w inter storage. Both are ro o t crops and m ay be stored readily. C a r r o t seed should be sow n in row s tw e lve to fifteen inches apart, coverin g them to a depth o f one-half inch. W h en tops are five to six inches high thin to stand tw o or three , row . Thinned carrots m ay be used on the table. W h e r e beets are sown it is best not to use any fresh stable m anure. This applies to carrots. W h e re it is used, be sure to apply it three or fo u r w eeks before sow ings are made. Space row s tw e lve to fou r teen inches apart. Sow seeds one inch apart and cov e r an inch. S o a k ing eeed over night previous to planting aids in germ ination. C o m p a c t soil over row a f t e r planting. Thin sam e as beets. second thinning m ay be given if roots appear too crow d e d . — Buy W . S. S .— P U M P K I N S W I T H S W E E T C O R N W h en the sw e e t corn is sow n , pum pkins m a y be planted between the hills. These should be space J so there w ill be from ten to tw e lve fe e t betw een the various hills o f pum p kins. It is a good plan to spade in som e w ell rotted m anure fo r each hill o f pum pkins. D o n ’ t expect any gar den to produce tw o crops, as sw eet corn and pum pkins, from the same land unless you have the plant food in the soil, warns the state college o f agriculture. — Buy W . S. S .— W h en you buy W a r Savings Stam p s you do not give y o u r m oney, you loan it at fo u r per cent, com pounded quarterly. Y o u help you r G o v e r n m e n t, tbut you help you r s e lf even m ore. — B u y W . S. S .— War Savings Stamps save lives. EAST HAMPTON BOYS IN SERVICE H a rry S. W e lby, Co. F, 10th Reg. Forest Eng. U. S. E. F., France. Capt. S. H. Sherrill, T r o o p I, 2nd Cavalry, Am. Expd. F o r c e , France Serg. P e r c y Foster, 479 A e r o Squad., Am. Expd. Force, France H ezzie Hulse, H eadquarters Co. Pioneers, 5th Reg. U. S. M. C. P e r c y K ing Co. B 2nd Balloon Squadron, P. O. N. Y. C. Priv. H a rry Parsons, 87th A e r o Squad., Am. Expd. Force, P. O. N. Y. John D. Bennett, F o r t Sam H ousten, Texas, Battery C, 3rd F. A. Charles Fithian, U. S. S. Finland, Postmaster N. Y. W a lter S. Strong, U. S. S. Nevada, c|o Postm aster N. Y. M ayne W illiam s, U. S. S. Carola, c|o Postmaster N. Y. John Turner, S. P. 117 U. S. S. Mohigan, B r o o k lyn N a v y Yard Jos. Silvey, Jr., N e w p o rt T r a ining Sta. Newport, R. I. Fred W . Payne, Co. L, 57th Infantry, Benbrook, Texas Paul Fithian, - 107th In f., Camp W adsworth, Spartanburgh Jos. Ciocchetti, U. S. S. Leviathian, Hoboken, N. J. The above list shows the names and addresses o f our boys now in the active service o f Uncle Sam. L O N G IS L A N D IN K L I N G S FARM ERETTES HELP LOCAL FARMERS It Is T h o u g h t These Girls W i ll Settle Labor P roblem The H am p ton Farm Unit, located at Bridgeham p toli, is now in fu ll sw ing. A t first vthere was m ore ofr less difference o f opinion in regard to the practicability o f such an or ganization. M any o f the farm e r s thought that such assistance as these girls w ould be able to render them would be useless. B u t now they have their crops in and they are aware o f the shortage o f labor, they are only too pleased to accept the services' o f these farm e rettes. Several o f these young ladies have been em p loyed on the W y a n d a n ch and H ardscrabble farm s this week, w e e d ing the differ ent crops. The proprietors o f these farm s tell us that they w ere sur prised at thfe w o r k these you n g w o men accom p lished. The w e e d s were not very thick, but it was necessary fo r the fields to be hoed over and they could n o t see w h y the w o rk a c com p lished was not ju s t as w ell done, and at a cheaper figure, as by men These girls receive tw o dollars a day fo r an eight hour day. There are now nearly tw e n ty girls stationed at the H a m p ton Farm Unit, and i f it is necessary and the farm e r s show that they w ill make the m ost o f this opportunity, this num b e r will be increased. The first call is farm w o rk fo r pro duction o f fo o d , farm e rs having the first opportunity to obtain this help. If a fter this call has been filled there a surplus o f help, the girls will be available fo r w o r k in flow e r gardens and the like. L ife at the Unit is on a regular schedule. Breakfast at six, at six- thirty each w o rker is supposed to be ready to start fo r the day's work. Supper is at 6:45 p. m., a f t e r which their evenings are free until 9:30, when they m u st retire. — B u y W . S. S .— The U. S. D e p a rtm ent o f A g r icu l ture urges hunters not to shoot pig eons in air, fo r they may be hom ing pigeons b^ing trained in m a n y sec tions by the Signal Corps o f the United States A r m y to carry mes sages across battlefields. Farmer* and other breeders w h o allow their birds a few hours o f liberty each day also are liable to loss from shooting. FARM BUREAU PICNIC D A Y State P o tato G row e r s to V isit L o n g Island Farm s Some tim e ago the executive com mittee o f the Suffolk C o u n ty Farm Bureau appointed a com m ittee con sisting o f H enry R. Talm a g e , chair man; H enry J. Reeve and G e o r g e H. Smith to make arrangem ents fo r the Suffolk C o u n ty Farm Bureau picnic and the sum m er m e e ting o f tho N. Y. State P o tato G row e r s ’ A s sociation. that tim e it was suggested that V ’ S'-au county should be asked to <■^ o p e r a t e - and m ake it a Long Island affair. A jo in t m e e ting o f this com m ittee was held with representatives from the Nassau C ounty Farm B u reau, E. V . Titus, president; E x Congressm an Cocks and Mr. Underhill m e e ting with our com m itte at Riverhead. A t that tim e there was extended discussion regarding the plans f o r such m eeting. It was decided to have a tw o and a half day trip through L o n g Island, August 8, 9, and 10, at which tim e farm e r s throughout N ew Y o r k State w h o wish to visit L o n g Island would have an opportunity to do so and the mem bers o f the N ew Y o r k State P o tato Grow'ers’ A s sociation hold their summer m eeting. It is expected that Thursday a f t e r noon, A u g u s t 8th, will be spent in m aking a trip through the Ham p tons, visiting the large potato fields and inspecting the potato and corn tests which have been started by the S u f folk C o u n ty Farm Bureau. Friday will be the Farm B u reau picn ic day. The m orning w ill be given to an autom obile trip through the north side potato sections form B a iting H o llow to Southold, m e e ting at F leet’s N eck fo r a picnic dinner. The aftern o o n will be devoted to speaking and a genuine get-togeth e r betw e en the up-state farm e rs and the L o n g Is land farm e r s . Nassau county will also participate in the trip through Suffolk county. Saturday the com p a n y o f up-state farm e rs, together w ith Suffolk cou n ty farm e r s will take the train to M ineola w h ere they will be m et by autom o b iles o f Nassau county and taken fo r an extended trip through that county, thus com p leting the tour. It is hoped that this will be one o f the largest gatherings ever held on L o n g Island. Fire caused by a lighted match de stroyed the wings o f three aeroplanes at the Bay Shore naval air station last Saturday night. Chemicals ex tinguished the blaze before m ore ser ious dam age resulted. The price o f the ferryage between G reenport and Shelter Island has been raised to fifteen cents each w a y fo r passengers. The W estham p ton C o u n try Club has passed a resolution disbarring enem y aliens from use o f the club house o r grounds, either as members or guests o f members. T w o aero squadrons o f 150 men each, the 261st and 350th, from the M ineola flying field, arrived at B a b y lon last Thursday. These squadrons have m ade their cam p on the Belm ont estate at North Babylon. The Union Ship and D ock Com pany, o f P o r t Jefferson, launched its second coal barge last Saturday a f ternoon. The third barge will be launched on the 4th o f July. D a y ton H e d g e s ’ hotel at Smith’s Point has been secured b y the Y . M. C. A. fo r use o f Camp U p ton sol diers as a canteen, fo r the soldiers w h o w ill be brought over from camp fo r a dip in the ocean. The old hang ars near the hotel are being converted into bath houses. A b o u t 1,500 troops w ill be allow ed at the beach at a time. A navy departm ent dirigible balloon 125 fe e t long, in charge o f two men from the R o ckaw a y station, dropped into the bay last M onday. Men from the Blue P o int Coast Guard station w e n t to the dirigible and convoyed the airship to the W e s t Sayville naval base. The cra ft had been out scout ing fo r Germ a n subm arines along the coast and was bound fo r R ockaw a y when the fu e l supply gave out. Ten special trains w ere run from Jam a ica to Camp U p ton on Sunday to con v e y visitors to and from the camp. It is estim ated that seventeen thous and went to the cam p by rail, and this num b er was probably m ore than doubled by those who w e n t there in autom obiles. J. Fred Flugrath and Benjam in B. W o o d , o f B a b y lon, and Samuel P. Hildreth, o f A m ityville, have been nam ed by Suprem e C o u r t Justice W a lter H. Jaycox as com m issioners to appraise land required fo r school purposes at S a g H a rbor. This pro ceeding concerns litigation over a portion o f the land on w h ich the Pier son H igh S chool is situated. The courts have decided that the school district had an illegal title to the property. — B u y W . S. S .— T O S A V E L I V E S T O C K BUCKLE Y O U R BELT A LITTLE TIGHTER Com m issioner o f A g r iculture Chas. S. W ilson has obtained figures to be subm itted in a report to the Council o f Farm s and M arkets which indicate that the value o f livestock lost by disease in 1917 was m ore than $6,- 000,000. Com m issioner W ilson stat ed that through its bureau o f animal industry the D epartm ent o f Farms and markets is endeavoring to low e r the annual loss in cattle, sheep and swine and horses from disease. He stated that co-operation o f owners is desired in order that m ore may be acom p lished in the departm e n t’s e f fo r t to reduce this loss. From reports obtained the loss from disease in cattle alone is estim ated at $4,339,746. A very small portion o f this loss is from exposure. The loss in cattle from disease is es tim ated at 19 in every 1000, while the loss from exposure is probably not m o r e than tw o or three per thous and. The report prepared gives the num b er o f cattle lost in 1917 through disease and exposure as 55,636. An average valuation o f $78 is placed on this num b e r, which covers calves and you n g cattle, in com p u ting the loss. It is also estim ated that 10,234 1 h o rses died in 1917 from disease, a ; f e w from exposure. The estim ate 1 is that seventeen out o f every thous and horses died from disease. At I an average o f $145, the loss wa> | $ 1 ,483,640. j In the case o f sw ine, hog cholera j takes a heavy toll. That in this j s tate 17,682 hogs died o f various J d iseases in 1917 is the estim ate. | F iguring at an average value o f $23- ! .60 each, the valuation w o u ld be \ $417,295.20. i The value o f sheep lost in 1917 j by disease is given at $192,825.60, the num b er being 14,000. O f every 1,000 sheep, tw e n ty-tw o died from disease and exposure. It is estim a ted that three o r fo u r o f each thousand die from exposure and its results. In cattle, horses, sheep and swine the total num b er lost is estim ated at 98,612. The loss o f cattle through tuberculosis and other diseases, in cluding intestinal troubles and pois oning, constituted the m a jor portion o f the total. C om m issioner W ilson pointed out that at this tim e there is special necessity o f reducing the loss o f cattle, sheep and swine. — B u y W . S. S. — Protect y o u r soldiers with y o u r NEXT COMES W. S. S. DRIVE W a g e Earners Urged to Invest $20 i Formi Thor r Drives Village W ill Be >ughly Canvassed President W ilson has issued a proc lam ation proclaim ing the week o f the tw e n ty-first as W a r Savings W eek. On the first o f the week the several com m ittees will com m ence the house to house canvass. A ll persons earn ing' their own living will be asked to pledge themselves to purchase tw e n ty dollars’, worth o f these W a r Savings Stamps between this date and Jan. 1st. I f you have already purchased, you will receive credit f o r the am ount purchased. A com p lete list o f those not pledging themselves will be kept by the canvassers ju s t as was done in the last Liberty loan. The real purpose o f this drive is to put the prescribed am ount o f stamps in every hom e and this will be necessary i f the am o u n t o f $97,796,200, which is New Y o r k State’s quota, is sold. There is one im p o rtant difference between this drive and previous drives, such as the last Liberty loan drive and the Red Cross drive, the canvassers will take no m o n ey, they will m erely ask the people fo r their pledges. The ob je c t o f the W a r Savings Stam p drive is that you pledge you r s e lf to save so much m o n ey in a given tim e, for which you will receive in return W . S. S. Y o u are not giving you r m o n ey away, the principle will be returned to you with interest. One ' o f our countrym en successful in amassing a great fortu n e once said the w a y to get rich was never to buy anything until you absolutely had to have it. W e have now com e to a point where all o f us, in order to give our coun try every possible assistance, must not buy things unless they are need ed to m aintain our health and effi ciency. E v e ry true A m e rican must do his bit along this line, as every tim e he refrains from buying som e thing that he could do w ithout, ju s t that m u ch m ore tim e and material will be available fo r governm e n t use in supplying the m any demands. It is everyone’s duty to purchase to his lim it these W . S. S. — Buy W . S. S .— H I C K S ’ SH IP Y A R D T O U R A short distance from the Chester ship yard is the Sun Ship-building Com p any, w h ere about 5000 men are em p loyed, w o r k ing on m ine sweepers and freighters. This yard' is a new one and is very com p lete in every de tail. Five concrete ways have al ready been 'constructed upon which vessels are laid down and they con tem p late the addition o f five more ways. T w o records have been made by this concern o f which they are ju s tly prou d ; one in laying the keel o f a new vessel ten m inutes a f t e r a ship had le f t the w a y ; and the other in installing boilers in an 11,000 ton ship within five hours a fter launch ing. This ship had steam up and was ready to sail eleven days later. There is a drive and a push about this yard which spells efficiency. W e w e re much impressed with the vari ous m ottoes painted at the head o f the the ways to stim u late w o rk on the ships. H ere are som e o f them : \I m u st be launched June 21st, 1918. The boys in France are cryin g fo r me. Push me overboard qu ick .\ “ This boat scheduled to be launched July 1st, 1918. L e t’s do it.” ‘‘ T h ese tw o boats scheduled to be launched M a y 25, 1918. Do your all to soak the K a iser.” “ Launch me Septem b er 8, 1918, and help make the w orld safe fo r dem o c r a c y .\ “ H u rry and launch me A u g u s t 25, 1918. France helped us, w h y not help F r a n c e .\ The officials o f the yard exp e c t to launch three boats from each way per annum . W h ile the yard is de pending to a large extent upon the housing com m ission fo r the care o f its m en, it has on its own account built som e 300 houses fo r its em ployees. This yard has a large ma chine shop but depends largely on fabricated material. From Chester we proceeded to Phil adelphia. N e a rly opposite W ilm ing ton is C a r n e y ’ s Point. Here the Du Pont Pow d e r Co. has erected a tre m endous plant, having a frontal nearly gev< ty thousa: these w o r l plosives. W e pas! ton Arm s 1 w h e re the; ■ I. e o f Six- cloyed ■ high e 6.000 rifles huge refin- -B u y W . S. S.— K h Day.*\
