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% A Com m u n ity N e w s p a p e r •> D e v o ted to Best Interests o f X E a s t H a m p ton t * *;* Official Vi>w<nnni'r n f v Official N ew spa p er o f East Ham p ton T o w n and V illage £ Incorporated X VOLUME XLI EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1926 NUMBER 2G EAST HAMPTON NOW REQUIRES HIGH TENSION ELECTRIC SERVICE Growth in East Hampton Town, Both Residential and Business, and With Development at Montauk, De mands High Tension Electric Service; Company Se cures Right of Way Along Railroad Property Line. COAST GUARDS RESCUE MAN H a rry Schaus Upsets Canoe in Surf, off Southam p ton B e a c h ; N e a rly Drowns East H a m p ton requires high ten-* sion electric service. One can not realize the grow th East H am p ton is experien c in g w ith out taking a bird’s eye view o f the entire village. F ive and six new hom es have sprung up on sortie o f our streets over w inter, nam e ly on T o ilsom e lane, D a v ids lane, the ' D u n es, Sherrill road, O s b o r n e lane, N o rth M ain street, and the C o u n try road have three each. D u n e m e re, E g y p t, H ither and L ily Pond lanes have their quota. N e w fron t s are constantly appearing in the business zone. T o m e e t this grow th, the East H a m p ton E lectric L ight Com p a n y has a corps o f en g in e e r s w o r k ing out plans to supply electric service. N e w feed e r s are to be run fro m the cen tral station to the im p o r tant distri bu tin g centers and adequate sw itch ing devices installed to im p rove the underground service. Am a g a n e e tt and M o n tauk also have their requirem e n ts, which, to geth e r w ith the local dem a n d , will necessitate m o r e pow e r at the cen tral station. A corps o f m en are lay in g out and securing necessary rig h t s -of-w a y to bring the high ten sion lines from the w e s t into the , E a s t H am p ton P o w e r house and th e n c e east to A m a g a n s e tt and M ontauk. The rig h t-of-w a y w ill fo l low the L o n g Island R a ilroad p r o p e r ty line through the V illage o f East H a m p ton, east. A m a jor portion o f the grants have been obtained to A m a g a n s e tt and ifrom A m a g a n s e tt to M ontauk. G. N. R o b inson, in charge o f se curing rights o f w a y , states that he has m e t w ith v e r y g o o d success and has been cou r t e o u s ly treated by the m a jority o f owners. In speaking o f these im p rovem ents N. N. Tiffany, m a n a g er, stated; “ The property ow n e rs, w h o have c o operated with the com p a n y in help ing to b r in g on the n e c e s s a r y ser vice, which w ill so gtea t ly benefit the tow n , are to be congratulated upon their public spiritedness and it is fitting that an expression o f appre ciation be m a d e o f the d e b t the com m u n ity ow e s them .” FIRE DEPARTMENT HOUSE CLEANING Will Ask Village For New Hose Truck D A V I D H. M A C O M B E R David H. M a c o m b e r, Civil W a r veteran, died A p r il 28, at 11:30 o ’ c lock , at Southam p ton H o spital, w h ere he was taken a b o u t tw o weeks ago, as his health had been fa ilin g the past six m onths. Mr. M a c o m b e r m o v e d to East H a m p ton a b o u t nine years ago, with his son Frank T. M a c o m b e r , with w h o m he has m a d e his hom e during those years. H e was born in the year 1849, and w a s the son o f Mr. and Mrs. John H. M a c o m b e r o f Fall River, Mass. F o r years he m ade his hom e at S h e lter Island. H e was a fisherman b y trade. T h e deceased is survived b y one son, Frank T . M a c o m b e r . Mr. M a c o m b e r was a Civil W a r veteran and m e m b e r o f the G. A . R. In the year 1861 he enlisted in B a ttery E, 2nd Rhode Island Light A r tillery. In 1862 he w a s tra n s fer red to the U n ited States N a v y and served on the D e law a r e and K ineo. It w a s w h ile on the last ship that he was captured and held in A n d e r - sonville stockade fo r six m o n t h s .. The funeral was held last Saturday a f t e r n o o n , at 2 o ’ c lock , at the resi dence, Rev. W illiam G r a inger officiat ing. Edwin C. H a lsey Post, A m e r ican Legion, took active part in the ser vice, fu r n ishing pallbearers and fir ing squad. Interm e n t w a s at C e d a r Lawn Cem e tery. P L E A S E C O -O P E R A T E W h ile w e are all m a k ing active preparations to b e a u t ify our village fo r the busy m o n ths ahead, all sug gestions tow a r d this en d , are surely w e lcom e . H e r e is one that has been brought to the Ladies’ V illage Im provem e n t S o c iety and w e are pass ing it a lon g as helpful. Since ou r ocean breezes take such liberties w ith the n e c e s sary accum u lation o f rubbish aw a iting disposal, on the various business prem ises, it has been suggested that a \h in g e d co v e r ,” placed on w o o d e n b o x or boxes o f sufficient size to contain the debris, w o u ld check this nuisance. A Main street and N e w tow n lane fr e e from unsightly, w ind-scattered refu s e w o u ld m o s t certain ly be a real step tow a r d a cleaner and ever m o r e p e r fect East H am p ton. E. W . Snyder, Secretary, L. V . I. S. D O M IN Y IN S P ECTS H Y D R A N T S New Standpipe at W a t e r W o r k s a G r e a t A d d ition to W a t e r Press ure, It is Found Our crack fire departm e n t is house- cleaning and gettin g into sum m er trim . F e lix D o m iny, Fire C h ief, has spent m u ch o f his tim e fo r the past tw o w e e k s inspecting w a ter hydrants all over the village. W h e n the T u c k e r (n o w O llsw a n g ) house on B u e ll lane caught fire not lo n g ago, it was fou n d that the hydrant opposite had been frozen and w a s split op e n ; val uable tim e was lost ty in g it up with adhesive. “ Inspecting hydrants seem s to be n o b o d y ’ s jo b ,” said Mr. D o m iny, “ It certainly isn’t m in e ; but it’s to o bad ,to lock the d o o r a f t e r the horse is stolen, so I’ m around m a k ing sure that w e w ill g e t w a ter, not air, the n e x t tim e w e have a fire. “ Up in fro n t o f the Dr. Paxton place,” he continued, “ th e r e ’s a tree grow n hard up against the hydrant so w e can’ t use it; w e have recom m e n d ed a change. “ W e have asked fo r a fou r -in c h outlet hydrant in fro n t o f m y store in the business b lo c k ; there is now a tw o and on e -h a lf inch one there. That small one could be m o v e d to an outlying point w h e r e the need fo r pressure w o u ld not be so great. The best pressure in town is on N o rth M ain street, in fro n t o f the Bert Sim o n s place. T h a t’ s a fd ur-inch out let on a fou r -in c h m ain. In a test m ade the other day w a ter was throw n 361 fe e t from there. “ The new standpipe at the W a t e r W o r k s is a w o n d e r fu l thing fo r ad ditional pressure. “ W e are now g o in g to have a fifth fire com p a n y , you know , and with the consent o f the village board, 'who w e hope w ill include that in their budget, w ill look fo r a new piece o f apparatus. W e w a n t a new hose truck, togeth e r with hand-extinguishers. The truck should carry 1,000 fe e t o f hose instead o f 500, as h e r e t o fore. A t the recen t chim n e y fire on the W inthrop G a rdiner place w e had trou b le reach in g so fa r from the street; it didn’ t happen to be a seri ous fire, but m ight have been. W e w a n t to be able to run three lines o f hose at on c e instead o f tw o . W e ’ ve had the present apparatus ten years and it’s pretty w ell shot. This new truck (eith e r a R e o or A m e r ican- L a F r a n c e ) w o u ld be a great invest m e n t that the tow n w ould certainly apreciate the n e x t tim e the whistle blow s .” A R T E X H I B I T IO N W a lter L. Clark, president o f .the G rand C e n tral A r t G a lleries, 15 V a n d e r b ilt avenue, N e w Y o r k , issues an invitation, th r o u g h the Star, to the residents o f E a s t H a m p ton to view an exhibition o f paintings and sculpture by noted livin g Am e rican artists. T h e G rand Central A r t G a lleries are financed b y aproxim a tely 150 influential A m e r ican citizens and are under the direction o f six national ly know n business executives, •who are con tribu t in g their tim e and ex perien c e w ithout rem u n e r a tion. The G rand C e n tral A r t G a llery is an altruistic, non-profit-bearing organi zation, with the sole p u rpose o f as sisting the A m e rican scu lptor and p a inter into a b e tter position with the great A m e rican public, which does not know the m e r it o f its ar tists. P r o m p t and h e roic action on the part o f Captain W illiam S. Bennett and the efficient surfm e n o f the Southam p ton Coast G u a rd Station, L. E. Parsons, W . E. P o y n e r , W illiam B. de’R o m tra, O. W . K essen, H. E. B irch, E. W . G a s troll and F. M. H it chens, saved H a r r y Schaus from drow n ing in the ocean off here Sun day m o r n ing. H a r ry w e n t off in a canoe about 11:30 and when half a mile from shore and about op p o site the Stew a r t cottage the boat capsized. H e kept hold o f the canoe, and becom in g num b ed by the cold w a ter, shouted fo r help, his cries w e r e heard at the Coast G u ard sta tion, m o re than a m ile away. Charles B radley, w h o was at the beach, saw H a r r y ’ s perilou s position, drove his car rapidly to the station and in form ed Captain B e n n e tt. The coast guards g o t into quick action and hastened to the rescue. Surfm a n de’ R om tra w e n t to the point on the beach op posite w h e r e H a rry was and strip p in g off his clothes plunged into the cold w a ter and swam to the rescue o f the drow h in g m an, who had been in the w a ter fo r t y m inutes. H a rry says that he was ju s t abou t to let g o o f the canoe when the surfm a n reached him and helped him hold on to the boat. In the m eantim e Captain B e n n e tt and Surfm e n Parsons and E. W. G a s troll had secured a dory at the Southam p ton Bathing Station and put off to the rescue o f H a r ry and Surfm a n de’ R o m tra, and notw ith standing th e y had to use eighteen- fo o t oars and w e r e w ith o u t oar locks they m ade good tim e to w h ere the tw o m e n w e r e and soon had them in the d o r y . U p on reaching the beach, H a r ry fe ll exhausted and was hur ried to the Southam p ton H ospital, w h ere he quick ly revived and was able to be about again in the a fter noon. An hour a f t e r the rescue the capsized canoe d r ifted ashore.— Southam p ton Tim es. SPEAKING CONTEST NEXT SATURDAY Boys and Girls Will Com pete For Prizes F O U R B O Y S A N D N IN E GIRLS Judges W ill be Mr. M atthews, D is trict Superintendent, Principal Sabin and One O ther N e x t Saturday night, M a y 15, in the high school auditorium , will be held the annual East H a m p ton High S c h o o l public speaking contest. The contest js divided into tw o sections, girls and boys, prizes b e in g offered in both groups. The b o y s com p e ting will be as fo ll o w s : Charles F razee, Charles M ansir, Thom a s Gilm a rtin, A lexander Shott. The girls w h o are w o r k ing fo r the prizes in the con test are: B lanche Collins, A lice Bennett, K a therine Edw a rds, C h a rleen M c- G u n n igle, Sara D ickinson, M a rgaret G ilm artin, L y d ia W ild, A u g u s ta M c M ahon, H elena Tiffany. T h e ju d g e s will be Mr. M atthews, the district superintendent, Principal H. F. Sabine o f Southam p ton, and one oth e r who has n o t yet been chosen. A dance w ill be given a fter the contest. Y. W . H OLDS SO N G C O N T E S T Samson Toad Sfoofs All tlie Samsons are not humans. There Is tremendous pow er wrapped up in the spores o f a toadstool. In the tropics a growth o f fungus will In ■ few days smother a vllluge o r fill a gully. The other day la an English town newly laid paving stones meas u r e s 22 l>y 21 Inches and weighing more th«n SO ]>onuda, were lifted and pushed out o f |>luce hr n |ulch of toadstools.—Capper's W eekly. Boy Scouts Hold A Lively Meeting The regular m e e ting o f the B o y S c o u t s was held M o n d a y evening. M a y 3rd, at the H igh S c h o o l A u d itorium . Tw e n ty-seven o f the thirty- one scouts enrolled w e re present. T h e m e e ting opened with very vig orou s gam e s and relay races. The gam es w e re follow e d by a talk by the scoutm a ster, H a rold W . Holm es, in regard to ten d e r foot tests and the public m e e ting which is planned at the tim e the troop charter is re ceived fr<yn National H eadquarters. T h e patrols then separated into groups, under their leaders, and dis cussed individual program s fo r the public m eeting. Each patrol expects to put on a program o f its ow n and it is expected that prizes w ill be o f - 1 fered fo r the best one. O ther fe a tures o f the public m e e ting w ill be announced later. T h e m e e ting closed w ith a $cout ch e e r led by Thom as G ilm a rtin. T h e annual song contest, fo r a silver cup presented to the C o u n ty Y . W . C. A . by R ichard P o r ter o f P a tchogue, was held last Saturday, in the com m u n ity house at Bay Shore. Five girl reserve clubs, re presenting the villages o f A m ityville, B a y Shore, B lue Point, Sayville and Southold, took part. E a ch clu b sang so w e ll it was hard fo r the five ju d g e s , Mrs. Chas. Friem a n , jr., R ev. Joseph H. B ond, M a y n a rd Spahr, R a lp h B r o w n , and Mrs. Chas. W a lk er, to com e to a decision, but final ly the cup was awarded to Sayville, and, as they had captured it last year, by a ruling o f the county board o f directors the cup becom e s the perm a n e n t property o f this club. A m ityville stood second and was given honorable m e n tion. T h e r e w ere 125 girls present and a large audi ence greeted them . A f t e r luncheon the B a y Shore Girl Reserves gave a very pretty M a y pole dance. Sat urday being the first day o f May. Mrs. H erm a n H ilker, who is the cou n ty m u sical director, w r o te a little play entitled “ The Pageant o f M u s ic” and this was very b e a u t ifu l ly presented by the Sayville group T h e Y. W . C. A . o f Suffolk C o u n ty is to be congratulated upon the suc cess o f this educational and en ter tain in g m ethod o f gettin g the girls togeth e r and givin g them such a de ligh tfu l tim e . Cam era From Cigar B o x Joseph Niepce, one o f the Inventors o f modern photography, the associate o f Daguerre, Is said lo have construct ed his first camera from an old cigar box and the lens from his grandfa ther’s soiur m icroscope N o thing but the m int can make m o n e y w ithout advertising. D epen d s on W o r k m a n Not to oversee workmen Is to leave them your pur*** open — B. Frrnklln. In t e lligen c e and Love Lt may be that the limit o f Intelll gence Is reached nt sixteen. Most people fall In love after that.— Water- bury Democrat. TO ERECT SEVEN STORY BUILDING AT MONTAUK Work Started on Founda tion of Building OF F I R E -P R O O F C O N S T RU CTIO N Site W ill be N e a rt Form er Navy Buildings at F o r t P o n d ; W o r k T o Be Rushed A lon g W o r k was started today cn the fou n d a tion fo r an office building o f seven stories fo r the Carl G. Fisher corporation at M ontauk. This build ing will be an absolutely firt-p r o o f con c r e t e structure and will be first class in every respect. The lo cation o f the building will be near the site o f the old N a v y buildings near F o r t Pond bay. U n d o u b tedly the entire building w ill be occupied by Carl Fisher and his subsidiary organ izations. The R iding A cadem y , which is lo cated ju s t to the east o f the old M o n tauk Inn, is now about com p lete and is quite an attractive building. T h e ruins o f the old M ontauk Inn are being rapidly torn d o w n ; chim n eys that w ere le f t standing have been dynam ited and b e fo r e lon g the stones, rocks and debris will all be cleaned up. It is thought that this site, w h ich is undoubtedly one o f the finest on all o f M ontauk, will be used b y the developm e n t corporation as a tea garden site. W h ile only ten tative the plans fo r this tea-room and garden call fo r som e thing quite elab orate that w ill be in entire keeping w ith the developm e n t as a whole. The fou n d a tion o f the first M on tauk H o tel is now being d u g ; w ork started on this a fe w days ago and tractors, scrapers and diggers are busy gettin g the initial w o rk on the hotel started. This hotel will be a thoroughly fire-p r o o f building with 178 room s and w ill be as m odern as anything in the country. Schultz & W e a v e r o f N e w Y o r k , are the archi tects, w h o s e plans have already been accepted. Several houses f o r engineers w ere started near the tld A rm y & N a v y buildings. These houses w ill be single, onoc, fam ily hou^-teV F o r the tim e be ing five will be built, but it is expect ed that m o re will be erected upon their com p letion. “Save the Wild Blooms” Urged by Broadcasting F o r the first tim e radio is used in the nation-w ide battle to save the d o g w o o d and other w ild flowers. This first call o f the Spring season was sent out ov e r W C A P , by P. S. Ridsdale, editor o f N a ture M a g a z ine, o f W a shington. A sim ilar talk was sent out over K M A at Shenandoah, Iowa. Ridsdale pleaded with the m o t o r ing thousands to leave the wild flow ers alone fo r all to e n joy . He paid particular attention t o the beautiful dogw o o d , w h ich is one o f N a ture’s m o s t w o n d e r ful Spring o f ferin g s and the trailing arbutus, once so fam o u s in N ew E n g land. “ I t borders on the crim inal,” said R idsdale, “ to see autos loaded w ith this bloom stripped from trees. The d o g w o o d soon wilts and dies even b e f o r e the m aurauders can get it hom e and^into w a ter, to say nothing o f what happens to the tree. M any states have laws about picking wild flow e r s from roadside and w o o d land w ith o u t perm ission o f the ow n e r o f the land. Our wild flow e rs are torn out by the roots and m a n y varieties are alm o st gone. Please look and let alone so that others m a y Look too. Som e states have law s against this sort o f thing. “ W h e n e v e r a state selects a state flow e r that generally m eans the end o f it, fo r thousands at once w a n t to pick it. Colum b ine excursions in C o l orado have stripped sections o f that state o f this beautiful flower. “ Please leave the dogw o o d fo r all. The new spapers o f the cou n t r y co n d u c t educational cam p a igns on this e v e r y year and on b e h a lf o f the A m e r ican Nature A s sociation, I w a n t to thank them. I hope the school teachers will give this m es sage to their pupils and that the pupils carry it hom e.” T h e A m e r ican Nature A s sociation has fo r distribution a reprint o f ca r toon s and a free bulletin aim ed at those w h o destroy the beautiful things Nature gives to the w orld. Grimshaw Withdraws Objections to Will R Edward Grimshaw o f this vil lage, has withdraw n the objection s that he filed to the will o f his w ife, A d elaide V . Grim shaw, and the in strum ent has been adm itted to p r o bate. Mr. Grim shaw, who was not m e n tioned in the will, is understood to have received a substantial sum in settlem ent o f the case. N elson C. O s b o rne, execu tor, is bequeathed $ 1,000 b y the w ill, in paym ent fo r his services as executor, and the resi due o f the estate is divided betw een Carrie M c M o n a g le and H a r v e y M c- M onagle, daughter and son o f the testatrix. The estate is valued at about $40,000. Guest of Honor at Dinner and Meeting of Lions Club Wednesday Evening, at Maidstone Arms; Given Slight Token in Recognition of His Service to Rail road and Public of East Hampton. LARG a t h ™ S t t a STATION AGENT C. R. SMITH HONORED 300 K fii.rt.in e .i > , Schawl BY LIONS CLUB UPON RETIREMENT G irls at A u d itorium Last F riday Night On last F r iday night, about three hundred w a tched the successful rendering o f the operetta, “ The Love Pirates o f H a w a ii.” Though tbe lopal talent did not attract as m u ch at tention as som e o f the past basket ball gam es did, it was w ell worth seeing. W q are all fam iliar w ith the dainty voice o f B e r n ice Stevens and know o f what she is capable, but we w e re astonished at the tone and quality o f the voice o f K a therine E d wards. W e w ould be glad to hear m ore o f her in the fu tu r e . A great feature o f this operetta was the fa c t that the boys m ade their first real appearance in anything o f this sort. T h e y added t^ the fun a great deal because they w ere natur al in their acting and follow e d the cue given b y Charles F r a z e e who m ade his debut in the S e n ior play this year. Som e boys w e r e discovered to have voices w h ich w e did not know existed and fh e y deserve credit fo r using them so w ell to entertain us. The success o f this affair is due in great part to the en e r g y and hard w ork o f Miss H ilda W a g n e r, helped by Miss M ay W o o d w a r d . It is due to their efforts that w e spent such a pleasant evening at school. D I N N E R $1,000 P E R P L A T E LOCAL DAIRYMEN PASS GRADE TEST Six Dairys Can Now Put on Grade A Stamp L I T T L E B A C T E R I A SHOW N •Careful M others N eed Feel no A n xiety A b o u t Feeding Babies East Ham p ton Milk The co-operation and support o f the L o n g Island Real Estate Board, in the L o n g Island A s s o c iation ’ s pro gram to advertise L o n g Island, is to be m o r e than verbal. A c c o r d in g to plans ju s t announced, P r e s ident J. W ilson D a y ton has accepted the chairm anship o f a com m ittee to plan a dinner that will cost $ 1,000 a plate, the proceeds to be devoted entirely to the fu n d to advertise L o n g Is land. “BERT” EDWARDS SIGHTS WHALE Sixty-Foot Monster Blows Right Under His Bow A N I M A L A L L O W E D TO FEED Unusual to See Right W h a le H ere at This Tim e o f Y e a r ; P r o b a b ly Thought W in ter Still Here For the W e a k End Is meant by nrprhead *-i you start boyfi £ •* I* foi “ T h e r e she b low s !’ The old fam iliar call boom e d out from the deck o f the M a ry A . Ed w a rds, Captain “ B e r t” Edwards, m aster, as a fine six t y -foot right whale swam right under his bow off A m a g a n s e tt, Tuesday m orning. Captain Bert was tending his fish ing traps. He had ju s t cast anchor, when the sea beast w e n t right be tween the cable and the ship’s bow. A lon g cam e Captain E. J. Edwards fifteen m inutes later, in the Elizabeth Edwards. Captain E. J. said “ T h e re he lay, seventy-five rods east o f the traps, close to us. Guess he was look in g fo r his old frien d s and didn’ t see a n y ; he m u st have been disappointed when w e didn’t pay any attention to him. H e lay there feed in g , not afraid at all. A big fellow — sixty fe e t lon g and ten o r tw elve fe e t in diam eter. Gosh, I wished whales w e re w o rth catching again ‘ It is unusual to see a right whale here at this tim e o f year. T h e y are m o r e apt to be seen in w inter. P rob ably this old fe ll o w thought it was still w inter, the w a ter is so unus ually cold. The first o f M a y last year the tem p e rature o f the w a ter was fo r t y - n i n e ; this year it was fo r t y ; and on Tuesday the air was thirty- five, the w a ter thirty-nine. It is unusual to see a right whale here now a d a y s at any tim e o f year. T h e last one to be captured around these parts was killed abou t 1917 by F e lix D o m iny and Captain H. N. and E. J. Edwards. It was sighted off East H am p ton by the Edw a rds B rothers fishing steam ers. CaptaiO B e rt and o r tw e lv e - f e e t lon g put the dart into one man, in a little drive boat ten it, “ fastened to it” as the old w h a lers say. Felix D om iny and E. J. Edw a rds were also in pursuit, in one o f Cul v e r ’ s little bathing boats. Then they chased and killed the m o n s ter in the “ O cean V iew .1” It was tow e d into Prom ised Land and curious crow d s cam e from fa r and near to view it. B u t there is no m a rket fo r whale oil and w h a lebone now a d a ys. A ll the whalers g o t out o f it was the sport o f the chase. T h e old w h a ling gear— lance, dart, and gun— is rusting away now in m a n y an A m a g a n s e tt and East H am p ton barn. The Dom inys have a com p lete outfit, and so have the Ed wards fam ily. B u t they will probab ly never be used again. The only whale boat le f t in A m a g a n s e tt is n o w fa llin g to pieces in the lot op posite Captain Gabe E d w a r d s ’ home. That was Captain Joshua E d w a rds’ boat, from w h ich he killed his last w h a le at the age o f seventy-eight. Captain G abe is about the last sur viving m e m b e r in A m a g a n s e tt o f the older generation o f whalers that used to respond to the rally, “ W h ale O f f ! \ tim e a fter tim e during a winter. John Penny, Rem ington K ing, and Israel Quaw are East H a m p ton’s only rem a ining deep-sea w h a lers. Y o u n g e r j East H a m p ton dairym e n and two such establishm ents in A m a g a n s ett can now put the Grade A on their entire product, if they so desire. Tests ju s t m ade o f milk sam ples from six dairies— G ould B rothers’ Tyles- holm D a iry, Tillinghast’s, Sherrill’s, and H a rdscrabble Farm , in East H a m p ton, and S tony Hill Farm , and the Baker Brothers’ in A m a g a n s e tt, show their bacteria cou n t to be fa r below that necessary to put them in the G a rde A class. East H a m p ton can honestly boast c f the best m ilk supply in Suffolk C o u n ty, and a better grade could hardly be fou n d anyw h e re, New Y o r k e r s , w h o have had such trouble over the milk question this past w in ter, and w h o com p lain o f blue, w a ter ed milk, w ill be delighted on com ing to East H a m p ton to find our rich* cream -topped dairy product. W e have alw a y s had good m ilk; but this 'is the first tim e that the bacteria count has m ade the A grade unanim ous. W h a t does Grade A m e a n ? The average person will ask. Grade B milk can carry 250,000 bacteria to the cubic centim e ter. Grade A can carry 65,000. Certified m ilk can carry 10,000. These six dairies showed a bacter ia cdun.t o f from 800 to the cubic centim e ter, the purest, to 17,000, bringing them all w e ll into the A class, and m ost o f them into the Certified Class. Grade A milk com m a n d s, on ac count o f the extra precautions in handling, tw o cents a quart m o re than Grade B. But as year-round cus tom ers w o u ld not care to pay the extra price, the dealers will g o .'on putting it under the B label. The only difference is, that every big dairy does buy som e milk from farm e r s , whose product w o u ld com e in the B class, and som e o f this w o u ld be sold alon g with the dairy m a n ’s own m ilk; and the man on the road doesn’t know which is which. A t any ^rate, the carefu l super vision o f local dairies by doctors and milk experts shows that the m ost carefu l m other need feel no anxiety about feed in g raw East Ham p ton milk to her children. LE C T U R E S ON T E L E P H O N E Through the cou r tesy o f Mr. Di- m o n , local telephone representative in Southam p ton, the student body and the facu lty o f the high school listened, T h u r s d a y aftern o o n , to an interesting lecture given by A . P. Nielson o f the lecture bureau o f the N e w Y o r k T e lephone Com p any. The su b ject was \T e leph o n e C o u r tesy” as a business asset. Mr. N ielson em p h asized the value o f preparation and showed how in dispensable cou r tesy is to the suc cess o f young men and wom e n who are about to begin business careers. The lecture was received w ith a great deal o f interest by all who w e r e present and Mr. L y o n , principal o f the school, expressed his appre ciation to the telephone com p a n y ’s representative fo r sending Mr. N iel son to his school with a m essage from the business w orld. Catch Three Lads Headed For Montauk Three young lads, with packs on their backs, w e re found by South am p ton police w a n d e ring about the village streets last W e d n e s d a y . W h en questioned by Officer Peterson they said that their names w e r e Edward nd Joseph Cam a reski, brothers, eleven and fou r t e e n years, o f 1002 A Eighth Street, Queens, and T e r rance R iley, tw e lve years old o f 8730 Eighth Street, Richm ond Hill. They said that they left hom e M onday m o rning to g o to M o n tauk to get w o rk. One o f the boys had a hammer in his possession. The boys stopped M o n d a y night in Babylon and Tuesday night in Patch ogue, having ridden in trucks most o f the w a y here. The boys’ parents w e re notified and T e r r a n c e ’ s m other cam e to Southam p ton Thursday for her son, and the Cam areski b o y / father, who is a con t r a c tor in Queens, m o tored down here Friday and took the youthful runaw a y s hom e with him .— Southam p ton Tim es. Em il C losf, the fam o u s Swiss bell ringer, will be at the M. E. Church, M o n d a y evening, M ay 31, at fi generations never tire o f hearing Mr. | o ’ c lock , under the auspices o f the E p w orth L e a g u e . A d m ission, adults, 5 0 c ; children 35c. 26-2 P e n n y ’ s tales o f that picturesque in- ! d u stry. Charles R. Smith, local agent for the L o n g Island Railroad fo r over thirty years, was the guest o f honor W e d n e s d a y , the 5 th, at a dinner given by the Lions Club. R e c o g n izing the fa c t that Smith in his service w ith the railroad fo r so m a n y years was also serving the public o f East H am p ton, the Lions thought it fitting that he be invited to their regular dinner ahd m e e ting at the M a idstone Arm s. T h irty Lions attended the dinner, a f t e r which S. A. G r e g o r y addressed the m em b ers and Mr. Sm ith in part, as follow s : ------- O v e r thirty years a g o Mr. Smith cam e to East Ham p ton to serve with the L o n g Island Railroad, and in such capacity he has been m o re or less a public servant, al though serving the best interests o f his em p loyer. A n y one com in g in con t a c t with the public as Smith did and carrying out the instructions o f the railroad is bound to make a few enem ies fo r the tim e being. I well rem e m b e r m a n y tim es h a v in g hot argum ents with Smith, he fighting f o r his com p a n y and I fighting fo r the interests o f m y own com p a n y . I have alw a y s adm ired in Smith the fa c t that he fou g h t so hard fo r his em ployers and the fa c t that whether he o r I was right or w r o n g w e w e r e alw a y s the best o f friends a fter it was all over. A s a slight token fo r w h at you have done fo r the village, Mr. Smith, the Lions Club o f East Ham p ton w o u ld like to present you with this little g i f t .” A s a little rem em b rance o f his days spent with the railroad in East H am p ton, Smith was presented with a fountain pen and pencil set. In acknow ledging the rem a rks of Mr. G r e g o r y , Smith said in part, “ W o r k in g fo r the railroad and carry ing out their instructions is som e tim es a pretty hard jo b . If you do everything that they tell you to do you are bound to cause a little hard feelin g , in a small place. In working fo r the L o n g Island road I have tried to do my best at all times, both for the com p a n y and the people o f East H a m p ton, and I feel proud to say that in all m y years with the railroad I have never once been called on the carpet. Incidentally I m ight state that the Long Island is the best rail road on L o n g Island. Smith is well known fo r his talent in am ateur theatricals. H e has been prom inently identified with practi cally all o f the shows and minstrels held in East Ham p ton during the years he has been with us. In co n cluding his talk Smith gave a snappy little m o n o logue, tou c h in g on purely local topics. A s well as the Star re m e m b ers, his m o n o logue, in part, was as fo ll o w s : “ -------- In walking from the H u n tting one /day, a cop approached me and said, 'I f you do that again you ’ ll be pinched.’ I w o n dered what I had done that was against the law and inquired. I was rudely inform e d ‘ D o n ’ t you, knbw that you can ’t light a cigar here; y o u ’ re in the w r o n g zone.’ W a lking up to the Post Office I becam e scared and decided to throw the darn thing away. A n o ther officer grabbed my shoulder and said, 'S a y , that’s ugainst the law ; you can ’ t throw cigar butts on the sidewalk in this zon e .’ Dis gusted I started fo r the beach and lost an hour o f my tim e finding u place w h ere I could have a sm oke The annual Ladies’ N ight will be w ithout violating the zoning luws.” held by the Lions som e tim e in June. A f t e r look ing the follow in g com m it tee over it can be seep that this Big N ight will be better than ever: P e r cy Schenck, W . H. G reen, Ed ward T. H u n tting, Stephen M arley, J. Edward G a y, jr., A. E. Rattray and W e lby Boughton. Officers, fo r the com ing year were nom inated as follow s : Ralph C. Frood, president; Benjam in Barnes, secretary-treasurer; J. Edyvard Hunt ting, 1st vice president; F. B. Barnes, 2nd vice president; Kenneth Davis, 3rd vice president, and I. Y . Halsey, 4th vice president; Raym ond Smith, Lion Tam e r, and W. H. G reen, Tail Tw ibter. Election o f officers will be held at the next m eeting o f the club, on the first W e d n esday in June. Edward Osborn will leave for N iagara Falls on May 10 to attend the State Convention o f Lions, as re presentative o f the East Hampton Club. Pollow ing the m e e ting Mr. Smith was asked by the Star to give a few o f his rem lnisiences during his thirty year stay in East H am p ton, as local agent o f the L o n g Island Railroad. Mr. Sm ith’s rem arks w ere as follow s : “ I entered the services o f the Long Island Railroad in June, 1881. A t that tim e Austin Corbin, president o f the road, becam e the head o f a syndicate that built the L o n g Beach H o tel, the largest hotel in Am erica. It was one thousand fe e t lon g and had nine hundred and fifty bed room s . I was put in charge o f the station. I stayed there fo r tw o years, when I was prom o ted to the agency at W estham p ton. I stayed there fo r fo u r years, or until m y boss, who owned a dw e lling near the station, (C o n tinued four)
