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Official Newspaper of East Hamplon Town and Village Incorporated S T A R ! A Community Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interests of Cast Hampton VOLUME LIV EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1938 NUMBER 3 CIVIC CLUB HEARS ROBT. E. WILSON TALK ON ‘CREDIT’ Merchants to Give Four Coupon Books Each Week Starting November 19 The members of the Civic Club enjoyed a turkey dinner at their regular meeting at the Oaks Inn yes terday. Following the dinner Robert E. Wilson of the Osborne Trust Com pany gave an informal talk on “Credit.” Mr. Wilson told the club that merchants had the same clas sification as a bank. Good merchan dise was the same as good invest ments and good customers were the same as depositors. A suggestion was made by Mr. Wilson that a credit clearing house be established in East Hampton for the use of the members. The members of the club were urged to decorate their stores for the coming Christmas season. Starting Saturday, November 19, there w ill be four $25 award books given each week. The time limit for a person to claim their award has been changed from Monday noon to Wednesday, at 5 P. M. The next meeting of the club will be held at the Oaks Inn on Monday, November 21, at 1 o’clock. Mothers’ Club Sponsors Dance for School Children The dance sponsored by the Mothers’ Club of East Hampton on Thursday evening, November 3, at Guild Hall was attended by over one hundred enthusiastic students of East Hampton High School. The affair, the first of a series to be held throughout the coming winter, more than proved the convictions of the Mothers’ Club, that given an op portunity, the young people of the village would respond eagerly to the chance to attend such affairs. Music was furnished by the High School Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Warren Whipple, mem ber of the local school faculty. The price of admission was held down to just enough to cover expenses, twenty-five cents being charged. During intermission of dancing, cider and doughnuts were served those attending. The officers of the club are Mrs. Frank Conklin, president; Mrs. Ty son Dominy, vice president; Mrs. Harvey Woodward, secretary; Mrs. Ralph Venegas, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Brown, corresponding sec retary. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baerst, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sherrill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGarva acted as chaperons. Today the Club w ill hold a meet ing to discuss plans for the future. It is expected that at the next dance, to be held during Thanksgiving va cation, young people who have been out of school for two or three years w ill also be invited. DIFFENE TO MANAGE TAVERN The Continental Tavern, Main Street, East Hampton, will be under the personal management of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Diffene for the w in ter season. Mr. and Mrs. Diffene have just concluded a successful season of catering at the East Hampton Golf and Country Club. This announce ment comes as a pleasant surprise to their many friends and patrons. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Danaroff, who managed the ,tavern this past | season, have gone south to spend the winter. * L. V. I. S. MEETS TO DISCUSS THE TREE PROBLEM Bill Board Committee Re ports Hurricane Aided Their Work The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W illiam Maloney on Huntting Lane. There were forty members present. The main subject of the meeting was the restoration of the village. A report from Mr. Coombs of the Long Island Landscaping Service was read to the members. This plan outlined the way for the re planting of the principal streets in East Hampton. This detailed report will be presented in next week’s Star. In brief, it calls for elm trees to be planted on Main Street, and maples on Newtown Lane. Mrs. Percy C. Schenck gave her report as chairman of the billboard committee. Mrs. Schenck told the club that to her committee the re cent hurricane was a decided bene fit, inasmuch as it did help to do away with the billboards on our main highways. Mrs. Schenck sug gested to the members that they read an article on this same topic published in the November issue of the Readers’ Digest. Mrs. A. Wallace Chauncey sug gested that the society sell pencils for the benefit of the tree fund. These pencils were to be sold for any amount the purchaser was w ill ing to pay and would have printed on them “Benefit of L. V. I. S. Tree Fund.” Mrs. Chauncey’s suggestion met with instant approval and she was appointed as head of the com mittee and asked to go ahead with the plan. An appeal for Memorial Trees was made by the committee. The com mittee will welcome donations for memorial trees to p .t out along the main streets of the town. A do nation would also be acceptable. Elsewhere in The Star w ill be found a report from the committee on the Memorial Trees. On this committee are Mrs. W. A. Lockwood, Mrs. W. Sterling Peters ajrtd Mrs. John W. Hand. M. E. CHURCH WOMEN'S CLUB The Women’s Club of the M. E. Church opened the season with elec tion of officers, followed by a Hal lowe'en party at the home of the president, Mrs. C. C. Rowe, on Mon day evening, October 31, with twenty-five members present. Three new members were wel comed into the Club. It was decided to have a turkey supper November 14, at 6:30 P. M., each member to bring a guest. Two Winners Draw Prizes In Merchants’ Award Two \Talk-of-theTown” awards were won last week in the draw ing held at Marley’s Store. The winners were Mrs. Joseph Bum- bley and Miss Georgia Parker. Starting at the drawing of No vember 19 there will be four prizes of $25 each week. This amount will continue up until Christmas. Persons holding the winning ticket now have to 5 P. M. Wednesday afternoons to claim their award. The drawing this coming week w ill be at J. Karl's on Newtown Lane at 7 P. M. Annual Red Cross Drive Starts Armistice Day Armistice Day is the opening day of the annual Red Cross Drive in the United States. This yearly drive is probably the biggest and most concerted of any. There is no need to tell people of East Hamp ton Town the good that this organi zation does. The work done during the recent hurricane is a good ex ample of the type of service rendered by this group. We all know of the work that has been done in Mon- tauk and appreciate its usefulness and benefits. The following is a list of the soli citors in East Hampton: Mrs. Leonard Edwards, Mrs. R u dolph Holmer. Miss F. B. Hatch, Mrs. N. H. Dayton, Mrs. Harrison Mul- ford, Miss Mary Lynch, Mrs. Jos. Perrottet. Miss Olive Butcher, Mrs. Robert Lynch, Mrs. Henry Rost, Mrs. James Mulford, Miss Lillian Worthington, Mrs. John Dayton, Mrs. Wm. Schaible. Miss Ruth Conk lin, Mrs. John Blackmore, Miss Margaret Collins, Mrs. Philip Cangi- olosi, Mrs. Jos. Henderson, Mrs. Arthur King, Mrs. Percy Schenck, Mrs. John Parks, Mrs. Charles Mapes, Mrs. Paul Nugent, Mrs. Eva Finckenor, Mrs. Royal Luther Jr., Mrs. Donald Gould, Mrs. E. P. Eaton, Sag Harbor; Mrs. Fred Conklin, Wainscott; Mrs. Perry Duryea, Montauk; Mrs. Nat Miller, Springs; Mrs. Edward Morford, Amagansett. We wish to thank all these soli citors for their willingness to help, and also Miss Grace Stephens for the help rendered the committee. Effa M. Lynch Mary A. Lynch Co-chairmen. Methodist Fellowship Week To Be Observed Nov. 13-20 FRED BLUMENTHAL HOST AT PIG ROAST Mrs. E. Zerweck of Kew Gardens, was the guest of honor at a din ner held recently at the Oaks Inn. The party, given by relatives of Mrs. Zerweck. journeyed far to enjoy the \Pig Roast.\ prepared under the skilful direction of Fred Blumenlhal. famous reslaurau- ieur. Those pictured above are. from left to right: Miss Josephine Fuhrmann of Palchogue. F. Carl Fuhrmann. Palchogue. Miss M il dred Fuhrmann. Palchogue: Mrs. Frank J. Fuhrmann. Palchogue: Fred Blumenlhal. Frank J. Fuhrmann. Palchogue; Mrs. E. Zerweck of Kew Gardens. Frank A- Fuhrmann. Palchogue; Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Fuhrmann of Kew Gardens. —Pholo by D. P. Erwin Plans have just been completed for the local observance of nation wide Methodist Fellowship Week, November 13 to 20. The Methodist Episcopal Church of East Hampton is joining with 25,000 other par ishes throughout the United States in a full program next week. Fellowship Week has the objec tive of “realizing that the church is a Christian Fellowship within the world-order, and that we need to intensify our experience of fellow ship with each other and with God.” Regular services this Sunday in augurate the week’s program, which is as follows: Tuesday, November 15: First meeting of Young Adults’ Epworth League, open to all of college age and older. Parsonage, 8 P. M. Thursday, November 17: Congre gational Friendship Supper. The Rev. George Y. Flint of Westhamp- ton Beach w ill speak on “Our Place in the Christian Order.” Bring the family and a covered dish. ChurcK Hall, 6:30 P. M. Friday, November 18: Congrega tional “Church-appreciation Party.” An evening of games, stunts, and dramatic presentation of the theme, “W hat our church is and does.” Church Parlor, 7:30 P. M. Saturday, November 19. Reorgani zation meeting of High School Ep worth League, for all of High School age. Church Hall, 8 P. M. Fellowship Sunday, November 20. Annual roll call and registration of attendance, with the slogan, “Every member and friend present or ac counted for.” The week w ill close with a dramatic and musical eve ning service on John Oxenham’s great poem, “Chaos— and the Way Out.” BENJAMIN WORTHINGTON Benjamin Worthington, son of the late Benjamin F. Worthington and Hannah Cook Worthington, died on Sunday of this week after a long illness. Mr. Worthington was bom at Amagansett, L. I., May 19th, 1863. He is survived by his widow, one son, Herbert E. Worthington, and one daughter, Anna Worthington, all of this village. Private funeral services were held at the Yardley Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, Rev. Earnest E. Eells of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. In terment took place in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. RE-ELECTED GOV. HERBERT H. LEHMAN JUAN T. TRIPPE AIDS SEARCH FOR EDWARDS BOAT Uses Plane in Effort to Lo cate Sunken Boat; A n other Attempt Soon Sunday afternoon, Juan T. Trippe, president of the Pan-American A ir ways and East Hampton summer resident, assisted in the search for the Samuel Edwards boat, lost with four men aboard during the late hurricane, which is believed to be sunk near the Old Fort on Gardiner’s Island. Efforts to locate the sunken craft earlier in the week met with little success. Capt. Herbert N. Edwards and John Howard made a very thorough search for the buoy which had been placed near the spot where Lewis Fiedler of Greenport raised an anchor, identified as belonging on the Edwards boat, last week. The buoy could not be found and as it was a lightweight lobster buoy, it was thought that the kelp and sea weed that was very thick kept it under the surface. Accompanying Mr. Trippe were David Howard, son of John Howard, and James Mullins, chauffeur for Mr. Trippe. They took off from Three Mile Harbor about 4 o’clock, but were unable to locate the boat because of the haze and clouds that hung over the water. They do, however, plan to try again as soon as possible. W ith the aid of the airplane it is very likely that on a clear day the boat will be located and the spot marked so that it can be raised. Capt. Herbert N. Edwards has of fered to try and raise it if it can be located. Samuel Edwards’ body was found on Block Island several days after the hurricane, but to date no trace of the three other men, Herbert Fields, Gilbert Edwards, and Viv ian Smith, who were on the boat at the time, has been found. EAST HAMPTON TOW N VOTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Governor Lehman, D ......................... 115 199 111 79 171 68 27 177 947 Dewey, R ............................ 301 295 245 108 335 202 63 372 1921 Lieut. Governor Poletti, D............................. 113 198 107 77 160 64 36 167 922 Bontecou, R ........................ 302 285 231 110 333 201 58 373 1893 Comptroller Tremaine, D ....................... 120 184 116 77 150 52 38 173 910 Rothstein, R ....................... 291 280 222 106 334 197 54 356 1840 Attorney General Bennett, D .......................... 119 183 114 78 153 52 36 167 902 McDermott, R ..................... 297 285 230 104 324 196 57 362 1855 Senator Full Term Wagner, D ........................... 113 216 114 79 155 71 34 162 944 O’Brien, R........................... 301 284 229 107 339 195 59 378 1892 Senator Unexpired Term Mead, D............................... 101 191 109 80 154 66 35 157 893 Corsi, R............................... 297 289 229 109 335 198 59 378 1894 Representative-at-large Merritt, D........................... 113 188 110 81 149 62 24 156 883 Rodgers, R .......................... 297 291 227 103 337 198 58 373 1884 O’Day, D ............................. 114 190 106 80 155 63 26 153 887 Scandrett, R. 293 287 225 106 333 197 58 375 1874 Justice of Supreme Court Riegelmann, D ................... 110 180 109 72 141 52 23 152 839 Riegelmann. R ................... 298 289 227 108 331 192 59 370 1872 Sweezey, D ......................... 111 179 106 73 140 50 36 151 846 Pette, R............................... 299 289 227 110 333 196 60 376 1890 Congressman Kiernan, D ......................... 111 176 105 75 144 54 21 152 838 Hall, R................................. 308 291 230 106 333 195 62 378 1903 Senator Taylor, D ............................. 113 177 108 75 139 54 23 149 838 Thompson, R ...................... 300 290 229 108 336 195 60 375 1893 Assemblyman Davidow, D......................... 104 174 107 75 140 51 21 150 822 Lupton, R ........................... 294 290 228 106 334 193 60 377 1882 Treasurer Vaughn, D .......................... 112 218 106 71 143 59 26 150 885 Peck, R ................................ 300 259 230 111 336 192 58 380 1866 Auditor Richardson, D ..................... 111 161 105 64 142 51 14 146 794 Pulver, R ............................. 299 311 233 117 338 199 69 380 1946 Public Welfare Neuss, D .............................. 115 179 108 74 143 66 21 165 871 Williams, R ......................... 297 283 229 110 331 196 59 368 1873 Coroner Manjoney, D ...................... 110 176 106 78 141 65 20 148 844 Heath, R .............................. 300 287 226 108 333 197 60 375 1886 REPUBLICAN VOTE SWEEPS SUFFOLK; 24,000 MAJORITY Governor Lehman Receives Plurality Vote in State of 67,000 Mrs. W illiam C. Dickerman Heads Group Giving Recital A committee under the chairman ship of Mrs. W illiam C. Dickerman is being assisted by a group of younger women in plans for the benefit recital by Kirsten Flagstad on the night of November 15, at Carnegie Hall. The recital is being sponsored by the New York Kindergarten As sociation to aid the maintenance of nursery and kindergarten schools in this city for under-privileged chil dren of pre-school age. The recital w ill be Mme. Flag stad’s first of this season’s activities. Invitations have already been sent out and the performance w ill un doubtedly be one of the highlights of the coming season. Variety Show and Minstrel To Be Given By Men’s Club The Men’s Club of the Methodist Church w ill give a minstrel and variety show tomorrow (Friday) night at the Methodist Church Hall at 8 o’clock. Among those who are taking part in the productions are Alfred Brown, Nathan Conklin, James Shott, Court- land Foster, Ernest Mansir, John Callahan, George Dyckman, Wilbur Miller, “Tip” Seerveld, Bert Cole man, Alex Shott, Ned Hall, and Charles R. Mansir. The variety show includes such acts as the \Dionne Quintuplets,” “Herculese Jr.,” \The Bonic Duo,” and others. The show w ill be sim ilar to the one staged last year, ex cept the minstrel will take the place of “The Womanless Wedding.” Governor Herbert Lehman was re elected at Tuesday’s election by a 67,000 vote majority, over his op ponent, Thomas E. Dewey, Republi can candidate. The closing of the polls Tuesday night was the climax of one of the hardest fought contests for the governorship in the history of the State of New York. Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti, Democrat, defeated his Re publican opponent, Frederic H. Bontecu, by the more substantial majority of 250,000. The Republicans swept Suffolk County with a 24,000 majority for Dewey. The entire county remained staunchly Republican. Amendment No. 3, pertaining to the elimination of grade crossings was carried by an overwhelming majority. Those elected to office in Suffolk County were: County Treasurer, John J. Peck, Republican; County Auditor, Clarence W. Pulver, Re publican; Commissioner of Public Welfare, Irving Williams, Republi can, and for Coroner, J. Mott Heath, Republican. East Hampton Town, with a total vote cast of 2868, gave Dewey a ma jority of 974. The vote in all of East Hampton’s eight election dis tricts was decidedly Republican. Taylor Vaughn, Democratic can didate for county treasurer received but 885 votes in East Hampton Town, against the 1886 cast for his opponent, John J. Peck, incumbent, who was elected in the county by a large majority. The fact that this was an off-year accounted for the scarcity of votes cast in the township. There were no local candidates running for office with the exception of Vaughn. E. H. GUN CLUB DINNER Much enthusiasm is being evi denced locally over the game dinner planned for the night of November 16, at the Oaks Inn by the Gun Club. Philip James Sends Tree Story from English Paper BEVERAGE CONTROL NOTICE Henry E. Bruckman, chairman of the State Liquor Authority, an nounced that applications for pack age store licenses for the sale of liquor and wine for off-premises consumption would be accepted by the Suffolk County Alcoholic Bev erage Control Board from November 14 to November 19, inclusive. One package store license w ill be is sued by the Liquor Authority to re place the package store license which existed in Montauk. Long [Island, but which was not renewed I by the licensee for the 1938-1939 li- I cense period which expires Sep- 'tember 30, 1939. The following item was sent to The Star by Philip James, who clip ped it from the Royston Crow of Cambridgeshire, England, about the elm trees in the Town of Melbourn, England: “From time immemorial elm trees haVe been one of the village’s most notable features, and the strong southwesterly gales of last week, and news of falling trees in many parts of the county led to many vil lagers being a little nervous when in the vicinity of elms. Among the many trees blown down in stormy weather there is always a high per centage of elms and it is because they fall so frequently that many people regard them as our most dan gerous trees. An authority writing in the London Evening News last week said that of the four main types growing here, the lofty, wide- spreading common small-leaved elm is the most likely to fall. This is of ten due to the fact that its roots do not strike deeply, but spread out not far below the surface. At times they support a tree over eighty feet high and twenty or thirty feet in girth. Where rain action tends to wash away loose surface soil, such shallow roots lose their grip and eventually cause the downfall of the whole tree. At other times wet rot will form within the massive limbs. To all outward appearances they look sound and solid, but the alter nate action of sun, heat and rain quickly spreads the decay, making therit hollow and liable to fall at any moment In country districts it is well known that rocks deserting their favorite elms is a sure sign of decay in the branches.” The Swiss surpass all in the use of milk, each person averages 232 quarts a year. Americans are sec ond with 153 quarts. OLD-TIME MONTAUK CATTLE DRIVES REMINISCED BY FORMER ‘COW-BOYS’ If a person had happened along “down Pantigo” Saturday, October 29, and had never heard of the an nual cattle drive they would have rubbed their eyes and shaken their heads at the sight. Seeing a large bunch of cattle being driven through the main streets and across the different lots and meadows by a group of cow boys would certainly surprise a per son not in the habit of seeing those sights. A stranger might think that he had been reading the wrong road map and instead of driving east he had been driving west. To a person living in the neigh borhood of East Hampton this sight shift. Soon after that men were hired to take care of the job of tending the cattle on a steady salary. In the 18th century three houses were built for the men that watched over the cattle. We all know of the old “First,” “Second\ and “Third” houses. It is probably a matter of opinion as which is the most impor tant, but it is more than probable that more persons have heard of the “Third” house than any other. There are a good many of us who have seen the present day “Drives\ and have enjoyed watching them. It is a special treat to the children who are privileged to see this semi annual performance. accompany the herd to pick up calves that fall by the way or get too tired to finish the trip. It takes about six hours to get the herd from the starting point to where they are going. This fall it took from 8:15 A. M. to 1:30 P. M. to make the trip. In order to compare the old with the new we have asked several people who are familiar with the way of the cattle drives were run in the days gone past to give us some short story or incident about “old drives,” and we are confident that our readers will enjoy them. The following interesting article was written by Samuel C. Hedges: “Driving the cattle on Montauk— what memories are stirred when mention is made of those early days before the changing agricultural conditions of the country made the raising of cattle, horses and sheep so unprofitable. LOCAL RIDERS TAKE PART IN CATTLE DRIVE Lefl lo right: Raymond A. Smilh Jr.. John Pasanik. George Schellinger Jr.. William Bell. Harold Govier, Phineas Dickinson 3rd, Frank Dickinson Jr.. Bud Mullane. Fanny Gardiner, Edward O'Rourke, Hugh Pugh. Jack Dickinson. is quite familiar and its significance : often overlooked. When we stop and think of the historical back ground of the cattle drive here in i East Hampton we have to go back i a long way. If we go back in our I town records we find that herding j was carried on at Montauk as early as 1661. It was considered every | man's job the same as jury duty to | io his share in looking after the j cattle, two days and two nights us- ! ually constituted a m an’s so-called j At the present-day cattle drives, cows, calves, steers, etc., that are to be taken to Montauk, are brought first to the farm of Irving Lester and his son Roy at Pantigo in East Hampton. If persons to the west of East Hampton are sending cows they often bring them in trucks to the Lester Farm so that the cattle can go with the rest of the herd. Then early on the morning of the drive local riders gather and start the trip. A wagon and team usually “Although it was never my priv- 1 ilege to have a part in the cattle 1 drives I can well remember as a boy th<- excitement that turning out the cattle on the first day of May meant to me. During my memory we never had large numbers to pasture but they must be ready to go on the ar rival Ol the drove from the west, as it was called, coming from as far as Quogue through Southampton and Bridgehampton and by the time f Continued on Page Eight 1
