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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR. EAST HAMPTON. N. Y.. DECEMBER 31. 1959 U—ONE The Sta . jlication fr JEANNETTE E. RATTRAY, I publi^m THE -# 5 a%??foSTAR hii Publisher E v erett T. Rattray, Editor welcomes letters for nn all responsible persons to express their view itters, but reserves s will be withheld a A I EDITO R IAL END OF A DECADE Mankind, looking back at the years from 1950 to 1960, may well feel that it has been living on the rim of a rumbling volcano. The decade, which started with the Korean .War, seems, in re trospect, a parade of ominous events. In 1952, the first hydrogen bomb was exploded. In 1953, Stalin died, and the world was torn between relief and fear of what Russia would do next. In 1956, the Russian rape o f Hungary and the Suez war made world war seem imminent. Civil war and revolution, in the East, in Africa, and in South America, pro vided constant background music. But the decade was not all anxiety. Advances in medicine, though- overshadowed by the more spectacular missile race, have improved man’s lot considerably in last ten years. ‘But, all in all, the world can only hope that the next decade will be better. STILL SPRY AT 75 ■. The At midnight tonight, the S tar will enter its 75th y< paper's real birthday was on Dec. 26, for the first issue was distributed on Dec. 26, 1885. Seventy-five years is a respectable age, for a newspaper or a man, and the public should excuse the pride which those who work for the S tar may express this year. Next fall, i f all goes well, the S tar ' s birthday will be cele brated'with a special issue. Incidentally, the S tar would like to discover the East Hampton resident who most closely matches itself in age. George H. Burling, “editor and proprietor,” wrote in that first issue: “ We-to-day present to the people of Easthampton the first issue of the EASTHAMPTON STAR, a weekly paper devoted to the welfare o f the town in which it is located, and promise to do our best to conduct the paper in such a manner as to merit the approval of the people and make it a creditable institution of the town. . . We also propose making it a permanent institution and hope our people will take sufficient interest in the enterprise to extend to it a fair support in the way o f subscriptions and ad vertising, and by informing us of any items of news occuring in their neighborhood. . . The STAR will have no connection with any party or clique, and will only advocate such men and measures as we honestly believe will prove beneficial to the community.” Over the years, the management of the S tar has done its best to live up to the standards set in Mr. Burling’s first editorial, and will continue to do so. “ Our people” have supplied the support he asked, and still do. This 75th anniversary is more than a birth day; it marks a union o f 75 years, the union of readers and adver tisers with a newspaper. OPERATION CHRISTMAS TREE Now is the time for East Hampton householders to join in Operation Christmas Tree, and help save our eroded beaches. Each evergreen donated to the Town and Village Highway De partments will help save three feet of waterfront; by joining the campaign now, a serious fire hazard will be removed from your home. Underwriters say that there is no really effective way of fireproofing a pitch-filled evergreen, and the longer the tree is indoors the worse the hazard is. If you live in East Hampton Village, place the tree at the roadside, and the Highway Depart ment will take it to the beach, Residents in Town territory should take the trees to the various dumps, for pickup by Town trucks. Those trees will be used to anchor dunes along the ocean, one of the oldest and most effective of erosion control measures. The method has been used since the days o f the first settlers; it proved its worth spectacularly after the 1938 hurricane, particularly in the western part of Southampton Town. Don’t delay; return those trees to nature now, perhaps pre vent a disastrous fire, and help save our beaches. What’s New in New York By DOROTHY QUICK I—:—:—:—:—:—:—:—:—x — As the New Year is fast approach- well known to us, “ ing I want to wish all my readers love thy neighbor a a Happy New'Year. and in connec- text is only a k those comfort- dulled sensitivity to life and come contact with some of the cold s of life. “Awake, awake, put rength. . . Shake your- Twenty-five Years Ago . . From The Star, Dec. 27, 1934 the final list Last Monday afternoon, Dan Les- Ooll anc* Bit; ;r, local Chevrolet dealer, closed cli- James B -■rtained1 his entire staff at dinner Ihe boys' co 1934 i Rowe's Pharmacy e Contest was post- i rower won the boy's mtest, while the first rent to Jane Hadder. _ The other 14 gifls winning dolls The wedding o f Miss Helen Smith, were Rose Mary Bennel1. J“ne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hoaers. Rose Nasca, Dotty Sher- Victor Amann of New man- Mary Loulse Barns’ PeBSy York, the sou of Mr, and Mrs. J. Tu‘ Up. Judl Albert Amann of Vernon, N. Y., ,cr' clara Coleman, Jane Bennett, ■11 take place at 4 o'clock on the Lila Rose Rodriguez, Agnes Mille. tcrnoon of Saturday. Jan. \ and Ma,y ° rclla Baerst and Ruth Co1 ill'be followed by a small recep- lms- The four winners in the Boy.- >n for members of the two fam- con!es' following James Brewei es and a few close friends. were Frederick Daniels, tenni _ racket; Henry Schulte Jr., boy scou Harry Steele Jr., footbi • high school, according to ?port of Miss Gladys Fink, i in charge of the work. Of imbcr, nearly one half, 1,543, erved free. Raymond Bauer, baseball glove From January until Dec. 15, Tc Welfare Officer Elmer E. Smith re ports that a large quantity of oral surplus food has been dis uted in the- township. The food has The Christmas dance given at throughout the lownship, and ha: .juild Hall by the members of the been used to aid needy families. iJommunity Basketball League of _ Ihis village, was a great success, The Town Board has received : with many young people ffom deed from the Amagansett Goll Southampton and neighboring vil- -]ub to \Quan Hill,\ north of th< •ages attending. The Christmas c|ubhouse. By leveling the hill th< jasket, which was drawn at mid- highway department will be able light, was won by Chester W. (0 eliminate a dangerous cur Browne, of The Star, who is en- this point. The deed gives the loying the holidays in Pass Christ- approximately 38 feet of addi an, Miss. • highway space. : in East Hamp- Benson Jones, Okahoma, is 'ho is employed pending a three Fifty Years Ago 1909 The New Year snarling, clanging, unsympathe alarm clock. Back go the nice wai covers and that first ficrce conti cold floor, t ;plon t of a fresh n froi the dus Is of t: juted to the which a Jerusalem and appropriate at the begin- ing of a new year. Wake up! Rouse your conscience om its slumber, this is a call from le new year to us. The human mscicnce is an extremely pliable istrument, easily worn smooth. The symptoms of a sleeping con- human suffering throughout the world, dimmed awareness of/ re sponsibilities in such areas as juvenile delinquency and poor housing for migrant help in many areas of our country. Wake up! 1960 calls us to wake up pur minds. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Chi once said, ‘'Reading Christians growing Christians.\ When was last time you stretched your i by reading a worthwhile bool broadened your outlook by allow ing a new idea to circulate in your mind? Wake up! Wake up youi A living thing dies if it is and never receives nourishr some kind. A great many souls daily starve to death because they are allowed to remain asleep. Few of us would think of bodies food only once Sunday, but the spiritual needs of many have shriveled up from lack ; Looking T h e m O v e r Sunday Afternoon, Dec.27 are settled for the winter in Flordia; is is the day for a second look so are the Theodore Rowlands, the he Christmas, cards. Opening Charles Burnetts, and the Fred so hurriedly as they come in Millers. lg the last weeks or two before _ 25, it is impossible to take in he news from friends far and or to appreciate the beauty le cards themselves. It seems ie that the 1959 cards are far beautiful than usual in color and design; and more serious in lat is truly quickened fed daily on prayer, Bible readings and devotions. A quickened conscience—an alert mind—a soul that is alive—these are the things which God needs of his men in 1960 and every year, \Awake awake, put on your strength . . . shake yourself from the dust and arise.\ REV. DALE CLARE First Methodist Chui East Hampton Letters to the Editor From The Star, Jan. 7, 1910 W. T. Bell and John Bell have In a recent freight train wreck purchased the grocery business of t is reported that several cars con- G. A. Howard, on Main Street, and ■igned to certain breakfast food will begin business Monday mom- •oncerns were loaded with peanut ing next under the name of Bell shells from the peanut- butt< RABBITS 233 Broadway Pleasantville, N. Y. Dec. 19, 1959 East Hampton Star Dear Mrs. Rattray, The editorial “Rabbit, Go Horn in the East Hampton Star remindi me of the dedication of a book which I read some time ago. I think it would amuse anyone who had ever been pestered by rabbits his garden. It tickled my fancy and I think you might enjoy it, too. The title of the book is \Pioneer ing With Wild Flowers,\ by George D. Aiken, and it is dedicated: To Peter Rabbit In the hope that flattery will complish what traps and guns have 'failed to do. and that the little rascal will let our plan's alone from this time on. The Christmas-card photographs are always welcomed. There's al ways a family one from Mr. and Mrs. Dave Edwardes; their four children are climbing a giant snow man, this year. . . Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lester, their daughter, and the family cat, all beribboned for ' Christmas, are pictured in their The Rev. and Mrs. George Nichol- home in West Acton, Mass. . . Miss in of Rutgers Church in New York, Elizabeth R. Brown stands by her formerly of the Amagansett Pres- gorgeous wisteria bush on her front byterian Church, do not forget our lawn, on Dayton Lane. . . Mr. and vn. Their Christmas letter begins: Mrs. Philip James, whose home is 'Christmas is a time of remem- now in Dougleston. L. I. are pictured brance of our good friends. That with their children, Vivien and means for us the bridging of three Philip Dylan James, and Rudy the continents and the spanning of kitten. . . Mr. and Mrs. Charles many years. A congregation is a Squires of Patchogue send a picture family, so we have members of of their little daughter Debbie our family in Glasgow and Paisley, (Debbie's. grandparents are Mr. and Cape Town and Dunoon and Long Mrs. Stanlea). . . The Aymar Em- Island and now New York. . .\ burys' card has a lovely color pic- The letter goes on to describe ture of their East Hampton gar- Christmas in New York; then den. . . Mrs. Basil Bass of New York Christmas in Cape Town with its and Amagansett and her son Dick sizzling weather at that season; send a UNICEF (United Nations and: \For the traditional outdoor Children's Fund) card, with a color Christmas we hand it to Long Island picture of the Amagansett East and lovely East Hampton. Every- house in rose-time; they are saying thing was there—the right amount goodbye to 1'Grand-parents Carson of snow, the bright days and the after an Amagansett vacation. . exquisite beauty of the streets lined The A. Wallace Chaunceys sent an with Christmas trees dazzling with interior of \Our Place” on Apaquo- colored lights.” gue Road, where they arc entertain- The Nicholsons have grandchil- ing a large family house party over dren in Scotland, and: \Our hearts the holiday. . . Mr. and Mrs. I. W. are in the Highlands for another Magovem send a photograph of reason this Christmas. We have a their tiny white poodle \Chou Chou” 150 year old cottage and a rood of hanging from a doorknob in a leop- land in one of the glens of Argyll, ard-skin handbag with Christmas at Glendaruel—‘the glen of two red bells on him. . . floods.' Land hunger is a deep ap- The Charles Jucketts chose a petite; it s nice to say my land, photograph of ducRs on the snowy even though it wouldn t grow Nature Trail down David .enough to feed a single sheep. But work of Mrs. Juckett; and Chief of it has a quietness and a peace. The police Francis Leddy ^ one Qf Weekly Scotman (Edinburgh s news- his pjctures 0f the same spot paper) recently published' a full- The WiIliam Bai» j r;s sent lheir page photograph of this cottage and trjpiets big boys now in bow ties above it was written 'Peace of reading' ^ big pictur, 'book „ r] Autumn in lone Glendaruel. and and Mrs Richard Doran of Fort below, 'Here, m our picture, is the Lauderdalei Fla. (Mrs Doran ^ the -.i.. 'he former Donna Ringer of the EHHS le faculty) sent a family picture; their i five and in i, Todd Ring- year and a half old. . the south. Now the Chi- Federation of Labor has a- dopted resolutions calling upon the j National Pure 'Food Commission to s investigate if peanut shells constitute ;he basic element in the manufac ture of certain breakfast foods. c e eight hour day went into t on Saturday last in East Hampton, effecting nearly all the mechanical trades. ring the recent high tides at c Mile Harbor, the west shore considerably damaged. And thou shalt s thyself.\ The lown in Aramaic and over e Tablets of the Law and a brochure sent out as a Christmas in the center the Star of David, greeting by Montes of Gurney's Inn. Below is the scroll of the Torah It is about the Golden Rule as it and the Menorah or Seven-branch- appears in all religions, and there ed Candlestick, couldn't be better advice for us to The teachings of Zarathustra follow, for the golden rule holds (Zoroastrianism) originating the essence of all true religions sja now has more followers in India and if we lived up to it the world where they are known as Pa would be a far better place. This version is shown in the P< This little booklet is beautifully language and the most familiar and instructively illustrated. The illu- symbol the Vase of Fi strations are decorations embodying center of the border, for these peo- The buildings designs and symbols of each of the pie venerated fire and blazing sun. corner Main and Spring Streets, religions as I shall describe in de- Here is their expression of the Sag Harbor, owned by tail later. ' Golden Rule. \Whatever is dis- Harbor Savings Banl The first, Hinduism, also known agreeable to yourself, do not do auction on Wednesday and $524.25 as Brahmanism, is the religion of unto others.\ • |was the total amount realized. The more than three hundred million Our own religion is represented j house and bakery brought StyJS.OO. people of India, and probably twen- by the verse from St. Mat'.l ty million more in Pakistan, Ceylon, from the Sermon on the Burma, Siam and South' Africa. ‘Therefore all things whatsoever ye j and one member absent, the Suf- About ten thousand Hindus live in would that men should do to you. folk Supervisors Monday night vot- the United States. It is the oldest do ye even so to them.” cd to let the contract for the hand- of living religions and its scriptures Above the quotation are the cross, | 'ome new steel and stone jail at are believed to have been accumul- the Delta and Trefoil, symbolizing Riverhead to the Van Dorn Iron ated as early as 1,000 B.C. the Holy Trinity end the Orb of Works, of Cleveland, Ohio. Super- Their version of the Golden Rule the World, surmounted by the visor Crane, of Smithtown, was the is given in Sanscrit. The sacred cross symbolizing the universal only man who voted against the word AUM is incorporated in the triumph of the Gospel. Below I.H.S..'contract as prepared. He said: “It’s lower border of the page and the the Latin abbreviation for Jesus and,too much moYiey to spend for a jail spiritual symbol of the lotus bud on the right is the Chi Rho. the in Suffolk County.” The bid of the is used as decoration. The Golden name Christus in Greek. Between successful bidder was $209,278. On Rule ti.ken from their sacred writ- these is the Alpha and Omega, op of this the architect, William litopadesa is this: \Good Christ the beginning and end of all. j J .Beardsley of Poughkeepsie, who people procccd while considering Buddhism is followed by about designed the new Sing Sing prison. c i™ i rea .na w «*■ ;• * • 5 V^ \ ” “ mostly in Asia although the founder i ® ! the oldest mono- Qj religion came from India. * t, The Golden There are about 165,0000 living in 0 of the local builders, G. A. | ?dge and E. M. Gay, laid off . Raymond, the new president nion University, has started a ■ment that will probably in- t English speaking people the 1 over. He proposes a national to erect at Union a suitable orial to John Howard Payne, uthor of \Home. Sweet Home.” idea is to erect an imposing vay to the campus at Union. “mux\ was a steel drill which Indians' used for making wam- There has been an abundant ice from .clamshells; they used op and nearly all the private ice wampum both for money and oraa- >uses have been filled with a good ment. Before the white men came jalitv of seven inch ice. they drilled holes m the shells with wooden point. BONAC NETWORK NavCommTraCen Box No. 3 Imperial Beach, Calif. Dec. 22, 1959 Editor East Hampton Star, East Hampton. N. Y. Madam Editor, This letter is written as a public tribute to one of East Hampton’s solid citizens, Ralph Venegas Sr. for his efforts in keeping many East Hamptonites in touch with friends and relatives via amateur Most every Saturday and Sunday at noon East Hampton time. Ralph keeps schedules with ama With c ing agau that what is fcx'ct for others i: tor themselves.\ theistic religion, L Rule of the Torah (the essence of the five books of Moses) i Continued o U -2 ill have cost the mnty nearly, if not quite $250,000, ■ $125,000 more than was first de- gned to spend. afternoon sun. drinking thousand pleasures of the country, daughter siou^ forgetting that burdensome time ex- kinderBarten; their ists. For him it is enough simply er is now a year a _ = ^ ^ to watch the shadows lengthen. But, T,;e Edward Tillinghast Jr's sent a if he would really find his dream, picture of u^cir small son Skipper it lies in Glendaruel, at the head and ,hejr dog The W. Edward of Loch Ridden, Argyll. Don t all Boug|,ton Jr’s sent a family picture, rush to visit us until we get the themselves and three sons, kitchen added, the bathroom built, and the water laid on.” ‘'Meantime, it is America which Mr. and Mrs. James Ricks of Os- absorbs us.” Mrs. Nicholson h'as now sining, N. Y. (Mrs. Ricks is the form- lectured in 30 out of the total 50 er Charlotte Hall of East Hampton) states; this week she goes to Pitts- send one of her drawings as they burgh. The English Speaking Union always do; the children, John and of the U.S.A. says lhat she is one Franeie, are swinging from a tall of their best ambassadors, and to- winter tree. . . Mr. and Mrs. Fran- day when race relations are of such cisco Gonzalez, Beverly and Bill vital importance, that is something. Burton send a color photograph of The Nicholsons' daughter Elizabeth what (I think) is that rare blossom, is s'.ill working at the United Na- the night-blooming cereus. . . The tions. Russell Bennetts, now in Miami — after spending the fall in their new Mr. and Mrs. John Yellott, former cottage on Gardiner's Bay. send immer residents here, are back in something I’ve never seen before; hoenix, Ariz. after a round the a big card for themselves and an •orld trip ;they enjoyed especially identical miniature folded inside idia and Japan. Mrs. Yellott (Bar- for their two young sons. Jeb and bara Leslie Jordan) is out and about Russie. . . Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Rob- afler two weeks’ hospitaliza- bin of Montauk send a pretty card after their return. She wrote which I think Sylvia Robbin must their Indian Christmas cards have designed (she is an artist) not arrived and they bought showing the Montauk peninsula in Tucson, and found to their complete with deer, Indians, and ■ise the cards were made in swans; the land in white, ponds and East Hampton! (Angel Cove). ocean in black dotted with snow- — flakes; the Light sheds its beams Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Greene, once on land and sea; there are sea- of East Hampton, sent a picture of gulls, a fish, and a fishing boat. . their Little Run Farm in Williatns- The James Perkins of Amagansett town, W. Va., in the snow; that is use a drawing of their Hampton •tear Parkersburg, where Dr. Greene Gallery in Amagansett for their practices. . . Major Melvin N. Hulse card; a man is driving a team pull- wrote his card from Germany, where ing an old fashioned snowplow a- he is with the 9th Cavalry, 24th long the sidewalk. . . The Dickson Infantry Division. . . Mrs. Helen Potters sent a tiny angel on a gold Kinsler Warring • wrote from Falls background from Tucson. Ariz. . . Church, Va. She is the daughter Mr, and Mrs. David Cory’s card of the Rev. and Mrs. Francis Kins- bore a Norweigian flag with the ler of Korea, formerly of East greeting \God Jul!\ (Merry Christ- Hampton; they are now on a year's mas) and wishes from the whole leave, spending the winter in Prince- large family plus Johan, an AFS on, N. J. . . The Glenn Kissels, exchange student from Bergen, formerly of Montauk and now of Norway who is with them this Pocono Manor, Pa., do not forget year. . . The Clifford McCalls' card East Hampton. . . showed wild geese flying over beach Harry and Mary Barnes Welby grass glittering with snow; the geese >f Taft, Cal., formerly of this village, going southward as I suppose the llways write at Christmas. They McCalls have done, by now. . . Mr. lave a new granddaughter—in the and Mrs. Greydon Rhodes, now of ‘amily of their son Robert. Their Darien,' Conn., ke<p up with East ither son. Charles, teaches at Trinity Hampton and friends here. . . The 7ollege and lives in Newtington, Rev. David Mulford, now pastor of \Tonn. . . Mr. and Mrs. Burke Hedges the United - Fourth Presbyterian if Havana and East Hampton write Church in Albany, sends with his 'rom Florida. . . Mr. and Mrs. Chari- card the program of his first Christ ’s North (Judith Hamlin, once of mas service there. . . Mr. and Mrs. 'Jew York and East Hampton) write Thomas Doyle wrote from Los from their home in Wendover, Angeles, Cal., where they will stay 3ucks, England. . • Mr. and Mrs. until spring; they drove out there. . Peter Ventrella Jr. are living in Coming closer to home, our young Norwalk, Conn. Mrs. Ventrella is neighbor Damon -Farber painted a the former Miss Louise Orlando Christmas card for his family’s who taught music in our school greetings, following in the foot- and sang so beautifully; she was steps of his artist father. ~ married in the fall and is leading neighbors !a very active life in Connecticut, expressed their Christmas scnti- Ibut misses East Hampton and says ments by bringing us some fudge I the Star brings her close to us. . . they had made. j Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chorley of _ 'Hopewell. N. J., formerly of New Thc chri5lmas card, arc « , beau- !York, Williamsburg, Va. and Ama- t-ful. now ,heyVe had a Kcond scanning, they will go up between livingroom book- small Reutcrshans spent Christmas i .... ....... i liamsburg; they are recently back ^ ‘“b^ks 'il I from Europe and sent a card bought in Tolejlo. . . The William T. Whites Continued o
