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S T A R VOL. XXXIV NO. 2 EDWIN HALSEY DIES IN SERVICE Letter from Captain Tells Sad News IN F L U E N Z A CA U S E O F DEATH Priv. H a lsey W a s a M em b er of Capt. B a rbor's L. I. R e g im e n t and One of F ir s t Local Boys to Enlist A very sad piece o f new s w a s re ceived this week by Mr. and Mrs. F ran k H a lsey, from C apt. Greene, o f th e com p a n y to which th e ir son Edwin w a s attach e d . The le t t e r told of th e death of th e ir son, who had been “ o v e r th e r e ” since last July. The cause o f Edw in’s death w a s not m entioned in C apt. G r e e n e ’s letter, b u t only tw o days b e fore M rs. H a l sey received a le t t e r from h e r son tellin g h e r th a t he had been ill with influenza b u t a t th e tim e o f w riting was feeling m u ch b e t t e r an d th e re w a s no cause fo r w o rry. T h e new s cam e as a g r e a t shock to th is h e a r t broken fam ily as E d w in’s nam e has n o t app e a red in th e casu a lty lists no r had they received an y in f o r m a tion from W a s h ington. C a p tain G reene’s le t t e r was th e first know l edge th e y had of th e i r son’s death. Edwin was one o f th e first E a s t H a m p ton boys to go into th e service. He enlisted in G a p t. B a rb o r’s regi m e n t when th e call w a s m a d e fo r volunteers. H o w e v er, this com p a n y did n o t long hold to g e th e r , and the Long Island boys w e re soon sep a r ated. Edw in th e n becam e a p riv a te in th e F o u rth R e g im e n t, stationed ' a t C am p W a d s w o rth, S p a rtanburg. It w a s while a t this cam p th a t he was tak e n ill w ith pneum o n ia and it was several w eeks b e f o re he could rejo in his com p a n y . Since his en listm e n t P riv. H a ls e y w a s attach e d to six d ifferen t com panies in the F o u rth R e g im e n t. On J u l y 14 th he was tra n s f e r r e d to C am p U p ton, w h e re he m a d e p rep a r a tio n fo r his d e p a r tu r e overseas. His m o ther an d fa th e r m o tored up to th e cam p to bid him farew e ll and th e follow ing day he sailed fo r E n g land. U p o n his arriv a l in England he w a s placed in a cam p u n til his tim e cam e to go to th e fro n t in F rance. His p a r e n ts have no definite idea of th e division he w a s in o r of th e kind o f w o rk he was doing, but th e y believe he had been attac h e d to an aero m a c h ine gun com p a n y . W h ile a t th e fro n t Edw in saw an d took p a r t in th e active fighting an d has w r itten som e v e r y in tere s tin g letters to his p a r e n ts an d friends. T h e loss of this young life (E d w in w a s only tw e n ty-five) seem s doubly sad in th a t he had been in the service since o u r en t r y into th e w a r, and now th a t th e w a r is practically ended he should have to sacrifice his life. E d w in w a s a y o u n g m an o f jovial d is p o s ition, alw a y s good n a tu r e d and read y to lend a helping hand. His loss will be deeply fe l t by a large g ro u p o f frien d s . F o r several years he w a s em p loyed in th e g a r a g e o f his b ro th e r , I. Y. H a ls e y , w h e re he gave e n t i r e satisfactio n to his em p loyer an d w a s considered by m en o f his trad o to be an expert. H e w a s a re g u la r a t t e n d a n t o f the tw o orders to which he belonged, th e Odd Fellow s an d th e J. 0 . U. A. M., alw a y s read y to do his fu l l p a r t an d ca r r y o u t th e pledges o f those o rders. T h e sym p a thy o f th e whole com m u n ity is exten d e d to th e bereaved fam ily o f this u p r ig h t young m an who so w illingly answ e red his coun try ’s call. LIEUT. COLEMAN KILLED IN FRANCE Son of M rs. John C o le m an W a s in the A v iation Service C A R IB IS FLO A T E D T h e steel fre i g h t e r C a rib, which w e n t ashore off P o in t L o o k o u t on T h u rsd a y , w a s pulled in to deep w a te r S u n d a y afte r n o o n an d proceeded u n d e r h e r own steam to th e p o r t of New Y o rk. F a v o rable tid e , sm o o th sea an d th e efforts o f t h r e e pow e rful w recking tu g s eased h e r off w ithout an y dam a g e to h e r hull. Since F ri day th e baym e n fro m F ree p o r t and neig h b o rin g villages have been sal v a g ing larg e q u a n tities o f baled cork w h ich w a s throw n overb o a rd to lig h ten ship. The bales w e igh about 250 pounds an d a r e said to be w o rth ab o u t $2. F rom a Louisville, Ky., p a p e r we tak e th e follow ing account o f the death of Lieut. R o b e rt Colem an, son o f M rs. Jo h n C o lem an. M rs. Cole m an has been a sum m e r resid e n t of E a s t H a m p ton fo r a num b e r of years and L ieut. Colem an w a s well known h e r e , not only am o n g th e sum m e r residents, b u t by th e village people as w e ll: L ieut. R o b e rt H e n ry Colem an, aged tw enty-five, th e youngest son of M rs. John Colem an, died in F rance while in service w ith th e A v iation Corps, according to w o rd received by his m o ther, who is spending som e tim e in Louisville w ith h e r sisters, Misses M a ttie and Lucie N o rton, and bfrother, G e o rge W . N o rton. The new s cam e to M rs. C o lem an in a let te r from a frie n d of Lieut. Colem an, who had been told o f th e death of th e young av iato r . No official n o ti fication from th e W a r D e p a rtm e n t of th e young m a n ’s death has been re ceived. L ieut. C o le m an sailed fo r F rance late in S e p tem b e r. He has one b ro th e r , L ieut. Jo h n Colem an, over seas w ith th e 84th Division, an d an o th e r b ro th e r , W illiam Colem an, who is a t Cam p T a y lor, a candidate officer a t th e C e n tral A r tillery T r a in ing School. M rs. W a lter S y m ington C lark, a sister, and an o th e r b ro th e r , N o rton Colem an also survive him. L ieu ten a n t C o le m an w a s a g r a d u a t e of Y a le and a young m an o f a m o s t attra c t i v e p e r s o n a lity. He had en tered business in B a ltim o re, w h e re his m o ther had m a d e h e r hom e since th e d e a th of h e r husband. M r. Cole m an was one of Louisville’s cap ital ists and was an o rg a n izer o f the Hom e Telephone Com p a n y . The fam ily m a d e th e i r hom e in Louisville a t th e co r n e r o f F o u rth and K e n tucky streets. SHE KEPT THEM ON THE JOB M ILITA R Y T R A IN IN G FOR BOYS E v e r y boy in N e w Y o rk S ta te, six teen , seventeen or eighteen y e a rs of age, is sum m o n e d to enroll fo r m ili ta r y train i n g u n d e r th e S ta t e Mili ta r y law , in o r d e r th a t he m ay legal ly atten d school or be em p loyed, by a proclam a tion issued Nov. 19 by G o v e rnor C h a rles S. W h itm a n . A t th e sam e tim e th e S ta t e M ilitary T rain in g Com m ission, consisting of B rig a d ier Gen. G e o rge A. Dyer, ch a irm a n ; Dr. G e o rge J. F ish e r phys ical se c r e t a r y In tern a tio n a l Y o u n g M en’s C h ristian A s s o c iation, an d Dr. Thom a s E. F in e g a n , d e p u ty S tate C o m m issioner o f E d u c a tio n , m a d e public p relim in a r y plans fo r th e en ro llm e n t, w h ich will be conducted D e c e m b e r 3 by th e school teach e r s o f th e s t a t e a t all public schoolhouses. T h e in fo rm a tio n w h ich w ill be ob tain e d from th e en r o llm e n t blank will give t h e B u reau of T e c h n ical M ilitary T r a in in g of th e M ilitary T rain in g Com m ission all th e d a ta necessary fo r th e extension o f th e technical m ilitary drill an d w o rk in p a r ts of th e S ta t e n o t now covered by tra i n in g u n its, w h e re fu r t h e r a r r a n g e m e n ts fo r drill s p a c e can be m ade. The en r o llm e n t blank will also fu r nish th e B u reau o f V o c a tional T r a i n ing th e in fo rm a tio n it needs in o r d e r to pass upon th e m ilitary tra i n ing equivalency o f w o rk in which boys o f th e s e ages are engaged th ro u g h o u t th e state. This d a ta is needed in o rd e r th a t th e m ilitary train i n g com m ission m a y com p ly w ith th a t section of th e m ilitary train in g law which provides t h a t th e trao in in g req u ir e d o f th e boys m a y be m e t in p a r t by vocational tra i n i n g or ex perien c e which will specifically p r e p a r e th e boys fo r service u s e f u l to th e sta t e in th e m a in ten a n c e o f de fense, th e prom o tion o f public safe ty , th e developm e n t o f th e s t a t e ’s resources, an d th e con s tru c tio n and m a in ten a n c e of public im p rovem ents. FOR C OUNTY JA I L PH Y S IC IA N SH1NNECOCK H O S P ITA L SH IP T h e excursion steam e r Shinnecock. w h ich fo r m e r ly plied betw e e n local p o r ts an d New Y o rk, in th e service o f th e Long Island R a ilroad, has been con v e rted in to a hospital ship fo r th e U n ited S ta t e s A rm y M edical D e p a r tm e n t. T h e boat is now com p letely fit ted o u t w ith o p e r a tin g room s and accom m o d a tions fo r w o u n d e d sol d iers an d can c a r r y 1.500 m en who are in th e convalescent stag e and 300 w h o se cases a r e serious. One m o rning fifty-seven w o u n d e d from th e c r u ise r M e lita, a fo r m e r C a n a dian Pacific R a ilroad Co. lin e r, w e re tra n s f e r r e d to th e fo r m e r excursion b o a t.— G reen p o rt Tim es. U n d e r th e Civil S e rvice rules a com p e titive exam ination will be held in th e n e a r fu t u r e fo r th e position m e n tioned above. Open only to m ale physicians licensed to practice in New Y o rk S ta t e , who are citizens o f the U n ited S tates, over tw e n ty -o n e years of ag e an d fo r a t least th r e e m o n ths im m e d iately preced in g th e d a te of th e exam ination, resid e n ts o f Suffolk county. S a lary $300 p e r annum . C a n d id a tes will not be req u ir e d to ap p e a r a t an y place fo r w r itten ex a m in a tio n , b u t will be ra te d on experience an d personal qualifica tio n s , as shown by th e i r sw o rn s t a t e m e n ts an d by th e answ e rs to in q u ir ies w h ich m a y be m a d e by th e Com m ission o f th e i r fo r m e r em p loyers an d o th e r s acq u a in ted w ith th e i r ex p e r ien c e an d qualifications. A n oral in terv iew m a y also be req u ir e d . P roduce from th e N o rth Side fa r m s is being shipped into th e city m a r k e ts in large qu a n tities. L a s t w e e k over fo u r carloads o f cauli flower from S o u thold an d th r e e c a r loads of celery from th e H a lyoke fa r m a t O r ien t w e re shipped. Hezzie Hulse III in France With Spanish Influenza M rs. W ines H u ls e has ju s t receiv ed a le t t e r from h e r son, Hezzie, th e first since la s t A u g u s t. D u ring th a t tim e H e zzie has seen an d p a r ticip a ted in som e fierce fighting. A t p resen t he is in a fro n t hospital w ith influ enza, b u t expects soon to be back w ith his com p a n y again. Follow ing is M r. H u lse’s le t t e r : Oct. 24th, 1918 D e a r M o ther:— J u s t a few lines lettin g you know th a t I have received som e letters from you and C a rrie a few days ago an d w a s so glad to h e a r th a t you w e re all w e ll, and little G e r tr u d e ’s p ictu res w e re too sw e e t f o r anything. Am so r r y to h e a r th a t Royce was d r a f ted , b u t don’t th in k he will see m u ch fighting; I hope n o t anyw ay. I am in a hospital again, w ith influ enza, b u t will soon be o u t again. I had ju s t com e o u t o f th e lines %w h e re we have been fo r th e l a s t tw o m o n ths and I can tell you we have done some fighting, an d no one knows it any b e t t e r th a n th e G e rm a n s , let m e tell you. They don’t like th e M arines, “ Devil dogs,” th e y call us. And not only th e M a rines b u t t h e whole A rm y over h e r e are th e gam e s t m en you ev e r saw. I have seen m en sh o t up so you could h a r d ly recognize them b u t still going ahead. I certainly am lucky; nev e r g o t a scratch , b u t I can tell you I have had them come so close it w a s no fu n . T h e y w e re killed all aro u n d m e, one m a c h ine b u llet w e n t th ro u g h m y helm e t, a n o th e r th ro u g h th e heel of m y shoe. I t ’s fu n n y b u t you n e v e r th in k an y th in g ab o u t it u n til th e fight is all over then you say to y o u r s e lf “well, F r i tz y d id n ’t g e t m e th a t tim e . A pal o f m ine an d m y s e lf w e re m a k ing som e coffee when alo n g cam e a big boche shell ab o u t th e size o f a flour b a r rel an d exploded ab o u t tw e n ty fe e t beyond o u r heads. It knocked m e cold fo r a few seconds and when I cam e aro u n d they w e re carry in g m y pal aw a y on a stretc h e r . He died th a t night. W ell m o th e r, as I w r ite th is I think o f you ail and th e r e is n e v e r a n ig h t n o r a day th a t I do n o t think o f you, and I certain ly hope to see W IR E L E S S TE L E P H O N E T h e developm e n t and p e r fectio n of th e w ireless telephone is no lo n g e r a secret. A f te r eig h t y e a r s o f w o rk a Y a n k e e w izard, w ith som e aid, has m a d e it possible fo r airp lan e s to hold vocal com m u n ication w h ile flying, as w e ll as com m u n ication w ith th e earth . Its value in w a r w a s so g r e a t th a t ex t r a p recau tio n s w e re taken a g a in s t its g e t t i n g out. G e rm a n av iato r s had a slight inkling o f som e advanced m e thod o f com m u n ication, b u t did n o t know ex a c tly w h a t it was. L ieut. E llsw o rth A d a m s , now o f th e A v iation C o rps a t M ineola, has been identified w ith this w o rk th e past fo u r o f five m o n ths. this th in g th rough. Som e tim e s I g e t d is c o u raged, b u t th e n I th in k o f hom e and sm ile. W ell in tw o m o re w e eks I can p u t on m y th i r d service strip e and th e r e is a ru m o r th a t we are to g e t th e red shoulder braid. T h a t is a p r e tt y high honor, th e r e is only one h igher, an d th a t is the red, w h ite and blue. I have been looking over every new bunch of m en to see som eone from hom e, b u t fail to find anyone. I would like to sit rig h t down and w r ite a book ab o u t w h a t I have been th ro u g h and w h a t I have seen. I th in k you w o u ld en jo y read in g it. W ell m o th e r, eighteen m o n ths isn’t v e r y long b u t it looks like so m a n y years. I t is a hard pull b u t I think I will m a k e it. T h e re is n o thing like having good fa it h . W h e n I was com ing to th e hospital we passed th ro u g h a certain place w h e re th e M a rines first m a d e th e ir g r e a t stan d an d licked th e D u tchm e n good and proper. I guess you read ab o u t it in th e papers. A t an y ra t e it looks m o re peaceful now than it did when I w a s up th e r e in Ju ly . M y leg is all rig h t now and you w o u ld never know th a t it w a s broken. I w o u ld certain ly like to see fa t h er. * * * T e ll him th a t I am asking ab o u t him. I have been g e t t i n g th e S ta r p r e t ty reg u larly again an d I see w h e re som e of th e boys have been w r itin g hom e, an d th e ir le t t e r s have been in th e S tar. T h e r e is one thing th a t I can say— I have been th ro u g h it all and have been over th e top so m a n y tim e s th a t it seem s like an every day occurrence, an d have helped to brin g in as m a n y as five h u n d red or m o re a t a tim e . I have a G e rm a n w a tch given to m e as a so u v e n ir an d it’s a beauty. One of th e prisoners t h a t I w a s t a k in g to th e re a r had been in th e S ta tes and had a siste r in P it t s b u r g , and he told m e he w a s glad th e A m e ricans got him instead o f th e F rench. T h e r e is n o t m u ch m o re th a t I can w r ite now b u t will w r ite again soon. Give m y reg a r d s to all m y frien d s and w r ite soon. I w ill close now. • • F rom Hez. A G R E A T VICTO R Y WON A g r e a t v ictory has been w o n , and those w h o helped to win it have a rig h t to rem e m b e r th a t by this and every o th e r v ictory fo r th e L iberty L o a n s , th e y accen tu a ted each vic to r y o f th e A m e rican troops abroad, an d accelerated th e day of arm istice. W e give below th e q u o tas an d to tal am o u n t raised in this an d neigh b o ring Suffolk C o u n ty tow n s : Q u o ta Total E a s t H a m p ton $153,200 $368,500 B ridgeham p ton 64,600 117,600 S a g H a r b o r 163,400 201,500 S o u tham p ton 306,500 425,000 G r e e n p o r t 200,900 248,000 R iverhead 727,200 902,900 CURRENT LONG ISLAND INKLINGS In terestin g News Item s G a thered from H e re and There. A new Polish parish hall is being com p leted in Southam p ton. Col. Gavin T y n d a ll, of B ridge ham p ton, who w a s sen t hom e from F rance to train a regim e n t, is now in Oklahom a , w h e re he has charge of an artillery school. A com m u n ication has been re ceived from th e S tate C o m p troller's office, statin g th a t the arm o r y tax due from Suffolk county fo r the tw e lve m o n ths beginning Ju l y 1, 1918, was $19,900. H u n tin g to n has som e thing con- considered to be decidedly unique, a b a lance of $54,000 in th e highw ay fu n d ; a balance so big t h a t th e tow n will need to raise by tax fo r next y e a r only $20,000. By a G o v e rnm e n t o rd e r all yard m en in shipyards, com m encing Nov. 11th, can w o rk no m o re th a n eight hours, which stops all over tim e and S u n d a y w o rk, b u t all yard m en are to receive an increase in pay com m e n c ing Nov. 11th, an d back pay from O c t. 1, a t sam e r a t e as increase. W o rd w a s received this w e ek th a t R. E. W a tson, of A m ityville, was killed in action in F ran c e on Octo b e r 12. His m o ther lives on C a r m a n ’s road. H e w a s one of th e first to go into th e arm y fro m Am ityville. A m o v e m e n t is on fo o t to s t a r t a m o n u m e n t fu n d to im m o rtalize the Sag H a rb o r m e n who took p a r t in th e g r e a t w o rld w a r. It is to be hoped th a t every village on th e is land will tak e steps to p e r p e tu a te the m e m o ry o f its heroes. S tanley Babcock, aged th ir ty - f o u r y e a rs, son o f S h a m g a r Babcock, who w a s fo r e m a n o f th e Sag H a rb o r Ex press fo r m a n y y e a rs, died a t the hom e o f his p a r e n t s in E lm h u rst recen tly . H e had been ill fo r a year or so w ith pulm o n a ry tro u b le. The rem a ins w e re buried a t S a g H a rbor. T h e Babylon F ir e D e p a rtm e n t ob jec ts strongly to th e indiscrim inate blow ing of th e fire siren , believing it will be in ju rio u s an d d e trim e n tal to th e service. T h e y had no ob jec tion lo th e blow ing o f 'h e siren which announced the ending of th e world w a r, b u t th e board of w a rdens stre n uously o b jects to th e sounding of th e alarm on o th e r occasions. A com m itte of the tow n board has u n d e r consideration an application from th e B a y les S h ipyard C o m p a n y of P o r t Jefferson, fo r perm ission to use th e trac k s of th e Suffolk T rac tio n C o m p a n y fo r h a u lin g freig h t from P o r t Jefferson statio n to th e harb o r, and fo r fran c h ise to ru n an extension line from th e end of the trolley track s to th e ir plants. The big catam a ran o y s ter dredge invented by A. N. Lybeck an d built by th e late Lew is O y s ter Co. a t a cost of cost of $6,000 an d tried out a t Sayville w ithout success is now being broken up fo r old m e tal and tim b e r a f t e r lying unused on the shore fo r five years. W h e n last h e a rd from M r. Lybeck w a s ru n n in g a po u ltry ran c h in M ichigan. F ire o f unknow n origin destroyed th e tw o larg e buildings on C lin ton stree t , fo r m e rly occupied by the M o riches L u m b e r Co., T u e s d a y even in g o f last week. One of th e build ings w a s leased by A u s tin N icols & Co., o f B rooklyn, fo r a w a rehouse and it contained a larg e q u a n tity of g roceries an d canned goods fo r th e ir Cam p U p ton trad e . The o th e r build ing w a s used by th e M o riches Lum ber & C o al Co. fo r th e ir g rain and feed business. T h e to tal estim a ted loss is $35,000, p a r tly covered by in surance. New express ra te s involving av e r age increases o f ab o u t ten p e r cent., applied m a inly on sh o r t hauls will be in itiated sh o rtly by th e Am erican R ailw ay E x p ress Co., w ith th e ap proval of G e n e ral McAdoo, to raise $24,000,000 added revenue, h a lf of w h ich will go to th e express com p a n y to m e e t the contem p lated w a g e ad vances an d th e o th e r h a lf to th e ra il ro a d s fo r tran s p o r tin g express m a t ter. The In t e r s ta t e C o m m e rce Com m ission approved th e m e thods of ap plying high rate s , proposed by the express com p a n y . BURNED TO D E A T H . C h a rles R. Lyon, fifty-six years old, a w e ll know n law y e r o f G reen p o rt, w h ile try i n g to extinguish a fire w h ich starte d in his bedroom sh o rtly a f t e r m idnight, S u n d a y , was suffocated by sm o k e and n e v e r re g a ined consciousness. A b o u t an h o u r b e f o re he le f t th e residence o f his sisters which iB on th e sam e street. He wa3 alone in his house, his fam ily being o u t o f tow n . T h e only fa c ts know n concerning Lyon is th a t C en tra l received a phone from him , sta t ing th a t his house was on fire. The o p e r a to r im m e d iately aroused the law y e r's sisters. S tr u g g lin g through th e dense sm o k e th a t had filled the house, M iss M a ry Lyon reached the bedroom an d fo u n d h e r b r o th e r ly ing on th e bed unconscious. A ll e f fo r ts to save his life w e re in vain. QUOTA RAISED IN LATE DRIVE U n ited- W a r . W o rk. Drive Nets $10,387.66 EA S T HAM P T O N V ILAGE $8,960 T h o rough O rganization an d Support of E n t i r e Populace R esponsible For Good Showing W ith th e earn e s t w o rk of the com m ittee and the generosity o f th e local people we are able to re p o rt this week th a t E a s t H a m p ton has gone over th e top again. This tim e it is th e U n ited W a r W o rk cam paign. The g rand to tal of $10,- 387.66 was raised d u ring th e eleven days of the drive. W h en it was p u t up to th e com m ittee th a t the quota fo r E a s t H a m p ton village was$ 7,50Q, the m e m b e rs im m e d iately w e n t to w o rk to devise m eans fo r obtaining this am o u n t. The A d v e rtising com m ittee com m enced operations a t once, and th e general com m ittee w a s dividetW into several sm a ller com m ittees so th a t persons in all p a r ts of th e vil lage would be su re to have an oppor tu n ity to give tow a rd this w o rthy cause. As in th e L iberty Loan drives, a house to house an d personal canvass was m ade. These com m ittees m e t w ith very good success, and in m any cases pledges w e re m a d e fo r even larg e r am o u n ts than th e givers could afford. N e a rly every vrganization in the village pledged som e thing tow a rd th e cause Two bodies w o rthy of es pecial m e n tion are th e V ictory Boys and th e V ictory G irls, th e boys’ club pledging $200, and th e g irls’ club $114.50. W h en the m a t t e r of m ak ing an individual donation w a s p ro posed to th e school children th e in tere s t and w illingness shown by them w a s m a rvelous. O f course it w a s understood th a t several of the children would n o t be able to pay th e ir pledge at this tim e . To g e t around this difficulty two clubs, one fo r boys and one fo r girls, w e re o r ganize, d. E a c h pupil in the High School pledged five dollars, and they will have un til M arch 1st to pay it. Several o f th e boys and girls are doing odd jobs to earn th e am o u n t. O th e r clubs which generously con trib u ted to the fund w e re the N u a l- pha Club, $25; th e B. B. Club and th e D ram a tic Club, $20 each. The to tal am o u n t raised in the village, in cash and pledges, is $8,960. A m o u n ts raised in th e o th e r vil lages of th e ' tow n are as follow s : A m a g a n s e tt, $833.75; S p rings, $331- .60; W a inscott, $125.25, and Mon- tau k , $13-1.05, m a k ing a grand to tal o f $10,387.66. C h a irm a n E. T. D a y ton wishes to express his th a n k s to his com m ittee an d to th e tow n ship as a whole fo r th e g e n e rous an d h e a r t y response m a d e to th e drive. The quota fo r Suffolk county was $210,000. Though the rep o rts are y e t incom p lete Suffolk has provided $221, 787.48. This is a m o st g e n e r ous response, when* we realize th a t m o st of th e sum m e r population had re tu r n e d to th e city and m ade th e ir g if ts th e r e , an d th a t these included m any o f th e larg e r g ifts. Som e of them , how e v e r, very considerately m ade a portion o f th e ir g if ts here, w h e re th e y live a portion o f th e year. M ISS SKIDM ORE SECR E T A R Y Miss H a r r i e t Skidm o re, of R iver- head, has been appointed by Con gressm a n H icks, of this d istrict, as his secretary , a position held until re c e n tly by J. H u y ler Ellison, of F r e e p o r t, who resigned to accep t a com m ission as captain in th e Q u a r te r m a s te r ’s Corps. M iss Skidm o re, who is the daugh te r o f M rs. M ary Skidm o re, of R iver- head, h a s had extensive experience in office w o rk, having served fo r a num b e r of y e a rs as sten o g rap h e r in th e law office of P e rcy L. Housel in R iverhead. She w e n t to W a shington ab o u t a m o n th ago to accep t a posi tion in th e Q u a r term a s te r ’s Corps, resig n in g th e la t t e r to becom e C o n gressm a n H icks’ secretary . K E E P YOUR CARDS W h ile th e d r a f t reg u latio n s p r a c tically have been suspended by P ro vost M arshal G e n e ral C row d e r since th e am istice was signed, re g istra n ts o f th e n in e teen to th irty -six and eighteen y e a r old gro u p s are w a rned a g a in s t destro y in g th e ir blue cards indicative of th e ir reg istratio n . The reg u latio n s provide th a t these cards m u st be carried a t all tim e s , an d of ficials in charge o f th e d r a f t said vio lato r s w e re am e n a b le to fine or im- ■ p risonm e n t. U n til co n tr a r y orders are issued re g istra n t s a r e advised to keep th e ir en r o llm e n t card*. It is rep o rted from M o n tauk th a t codfish are biting, and fisherm e n are going o v e r th e i r g e a r p rep a rin g fo r th e season's fishing. EAST HAM P T O N, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1918.
