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ORIENT POINT ORIENT EAST MARION OREENPORT ARSHAMOMOQUE BIXEDON SOUTHOLD REYDON SHORES OOOSE BAY ESTATES CEDAR BEACH INDIAN RECK PECONIC } images and Communities C^'^«^ed By This Newspaper ffa H ile f HOME NEWH p AW R o p THE NORTH PORK - LORO C irc u lttio n OIR c m — RICHEST AGRICULTURAL SECTION Mattltuck, L. 1. JAMESPORT SOUTH JAMESPORT LAUREL SOUND AVENtJE MATTITUCK MARRATOOKA PARK NEW SUFFOLK KIMOGENOR POINT OREGON FLEET’S NECK NASSAU POINT CUTCHOOUE Villages and Communities Covered By This Newspaper Willkk Ghren Record Maaority By Suff oik County Voters Record Vote Sweeps Repnblican 1 Southold Town Adopts 1941 Budget With No hcrease h Expenditures Record Vote Sweeps Republican County Candidates Into Office Total Vote 96,464 A* Wffllkie Polk 29,406 Plurality - The Republican Party swept to greater heights in Suffolk Coianty in Tuesday’s Presidential election. Wendell L. W illkie led the ticket w ith a smashing plurality of 29,406 over President Roosevelt, who has been elected for a third term . The county and legislative slate were elected by greater mai«»rities than ever before. An outpouring of over 96,000 voters participated in the record breaking election which ex ceeded by 11,000 votes the total poll ed in 1936 and 15,000 more than the gubernatorial election in 1938. The Republican victory returned to office Representative Leonard W. Hall, State Senator George L. Thompson, Assemblymen Edmund R. Lupton and Elisha T. B a rrett and gave a good maj<)iity to the G. O. P. candidates for judicial offices. Represm tattve Bruce Barton, run ning for Ui SJ Senatpr, was given a plurality at 5»,S34 over his Demo cratic opponent, Jam es M. Mead, in cumbent.' Barton polled a total of 61,118 votes against Mead’s 32,582. • The county ticket from Sheriff Dreyer down carried every township over jQhn J. Levy of Babylon, who also had independent party support. atKaittr-P ttgiy* a o ^ - s n t a L to. SpBTO. D istrict Attorney Fred J. M und*r was returned to office bjr the hand some m argin of 27,000, oUmlnatteg like in fhe caw of Levy the fhltd party M p p n t complete tabtdatioa of w h idi hiad n o t been made. FoAner County Treasurer EUia T. T e tty w n iw e p t into his old post over Dapu ^ ' l ^ easurer McLaughlin *’^***oSfw d h « rd T. O ilm artin ]Body*of Oyster Bed WAchman Found Washed Ashore At S. 1. The body of William Grainger, 49, of Sag Harbor, form erly of New Suffolk, an oyster bed watchman cruising between Cedar Island and North Haven, who was reported missing last Saturday, was foijnd washed ashore at Masshamic Point, Shelter Island, on Monday morning. Grainger started on his w ater pa trol a t 8:30 a. m. last Saturday aboard his 40 ft. cabin cruiser “Gavie II.” On the following afternoon the boat was found on the beach off Shelter Island but there was no sigi^ of the missing man. • An extensive search was started by the Coast Guard under the com mand of Ralph McCurdie. The body was found by John Cosgrove of Sag Harbor, a close friend of the dead m an’s family. Coroner J. M ott Heath of G reen- port ordered an autoposy which was performed by Dr. Frank Hplmburg of Sag Harbor and his verdict was that Grainger died of a heart at' tack and fell overboard. He leaves a wife and five children, the yoiuigest of which is e i^ te e n months old. A Message To Cw Readers we have, after careful consideration ____ilor alid the Mattituck Watchman into precaution to ^ o tect the local ties of each Motivated by the old adage “in union thtf« it and forethought, decided to combine the Long Irii one publicauSn. In taking this step we have uaad e v ^ p ^ u t t o n to ^ o tect tne paper and we feel that the subscribert of both th t ‘^ V d e r and the Watchman wiU be receiving a better weekly publication. The subscribers of the Mattituck W atchman ViU be receiving the benefit of the special features and news coverage of the Traveler whtt* tlM M b scribm of wiU be able to foUow the special features and ntvn Mories « > n t^ed m ^ a tclm M , aU^^^ the price of one subscription. In other w o r d s , tbe W Island ^ a v e ler - M a t t i t w k ^ will be a complete newspaper containing the special f^turM of the Traveler and W a tch m ^ the locals of Southold and Mattituck, and the personal of the various communities covered by these two publications. > W e will continue to give full coverage to th( the county news which is of interest and impor' attem pt to give you a weekly summary of the a special features contained in the Traveler and th«v ,al and North Fork news and likewise to residents of Southold Town. W e will [ events from Mattituck to Greenport. The will be continued. by S8.I Teum of Ism W iiiflD n succeeds to the posittoB v«eiM i by W elfare Com missioner Irving Williams. His m ar gin over his 'Democratic opponenti Chester A. W tney, who also was a last-m inute nemihee was 33,000. ■nie prindpal fight had been waged agaimrt D istrict Attorney M under and jSlheriff Dreyer. John P. Cohalan, Jr., Mr. Munder’s op ponent had American Labor P a rty endorsement, w hile Levy benefited in a negligible way from his inde pendent nomination. He lost his home town of Babylon by slightly more ttian 1,000 votes, despite the tremendous effort th a t was made there. In ^m ilar fa^dilon the candidacy of Cohalan w ith Democratic and Labes Party support fell far short of making noticeable inroads on District Attorney M under’s strength. M o tor M e c h o n ic's CoMffM S tarts N o v e m b e r IS f b The First Aid courses given at Southold as a part of the course of study of the American WonMm’s Hospital Reserve Corps are nearing completion and the weekly D rill now has an attendance o | 26. The Motor Mechanic’s Course (in preparation for Ambulance Driving) begins Monday, November 18th, at 7:30 sharp in the Dodge Show Rooms, Greenport under the direc tion of Mr. John Morell. Dr. W illard, National Director, re cently told the Southold members that the enrollm ent in Queens and Nassau County has exceeded all e x pectations. It most certainly indi cates that the women of the United States do not propose to be caught napping if ever we are faced with an emergency. It is not late to form additional classes should there be a demand. AppUcation blanks may be secured or information may be had by tele phoning Miss Kay Salmon, Southold 3810. The hospitable doors of the Old House at Cutchogue closed for m e w inter months, awaiting how ever. coming of Spring when they again wUl rvopen, f i e ^ o r i i i i a a i T i Given 60 Day JaU Sentence; ISO Fine Victor Makis, 28 y ears old, of Cut chogue, who several montiis ago drove a borrowed car off Route 25 at Peconic, wredcing the car and ^niinngarlng children who had been playing on the lawn, and then evad ed town officers for several hours, was fined $50 and sentenced to serve days in the C o u n ^ Jail at Riv- erhead Monday. The sentence was one of several imposed by Judge L. Barron HiU in the County C o u rt Makis, who had given the offi cers of the Uw trouble on previous occasions, was indicted by the grand jury on the charge , of driving a mo- tor vehicle while intoxicated as a second offender. He pleaded guilty to the indictm ent on October 7. Judge HiU handed out a severe penalty to George Corbett Jr., a 26 year-old Bay Shore man, who had been convicted by a Jury in County Court of felonious assault Corbett m ust serve from five to ten years in Sirig Sing, having been sentenced as a second offender. Corbett attem pt ed to attack Mrs. Frances Walla at IsUp one night in January of 1938; Mrs. W alla beat him off and later identified the man after he had been arrested on a traffic charge by state troopers, Corbett is said to have m ade a complete confession. Six months in the County Jail, less time already served, was also the sentence imposed on Hans Crews, 30 years old, of Riverhead, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of rape in the second degree. Other sentences passed on Monday follow: Charles K urka, 40 years old, Islip, guilty of third degree forgery, two years* probation; John P. Earle, 21 years old. W est Babylon, tto d degree burglary and second degree grand larceny, restitution and two years’ probation; Theodore Thomp« son, 29 years old, Copiague, petty larceny, six months in the County Jail. This complete newspaper covering the N«fth f ork. Long Island’s richest agricultural section, will not only be of greater interest to the re f e r s h u t it wU serve m a medium to aU our advertisers, both local and natbnal. Their iteeaaage will now reach thous ands of readers who are prospective buyer* for th j|r products. Our office a t Mattituck, located on Route aJW x t to the insurance office of Roy Reeve, will be maintained for the convenience of the buaiilee men and nnrcbants of that co m m ^ tj^ Matters pertaining to advertising, job- p r in ti^ . and copy for The Long Island Traveler -.M attituck W atchman will be bSUUd a t that <Acc «s well as a t the^office in Southold. Almon G. Rasqliin, Fonnar DenMscratic County Leader, Dies |T| g |a fick C Hawkins. OwBMT and Editor. Annual Firemen’s Dinner To Held Next Tuesday Night The Annual Dinner and Floor Show of the North Fork Firem en’s Association w ill be held at M itchell’s Restaurant, Greenport, on Tuesday. November 12th, at 7 p. m. One of the finest arrays of Broadway talent ever to be 4 >resented on the North Fork have been engaged for the oc casion. Tickets are limited and may be obtained from the secretary of your fire company. The charge for the dinner and show is $1.50 per per son. The committee in charge of ar rangements includes John J. Sher wood and Norman Klipp of Green port, Max Newbold of Southold, Eg bert Brown of East Marion, Phillip Weiller of Orient, A lbert Smith of Shelter Island, StevwKaelin of Cut chogue. Fred OfflBWa of M attituck and Joseph Walsh of Riverhead. C»ven M inorite in T o m Voting \ , S D r. R a d a m a c h a r to A d d ress C u stor InsH H ita Dr. Everett S. Rademacher, of New Haven, Connecticut, a summer resident of Nassau Point, will be the speaker at Custer Institute at their next meeting on November Wth, Dr. Rademacher will address the meet ing on the relationship of astronomy and psychiatry, w ith a historical backiproiuid of these two subjects. He will p resent wood cuts and prints to illustrate his m aterial. __ O. RasQiln, aged SB, Utdted States internal Revenue OoUector tar the First District of New Tuck, who had lieen prominent In Buffolk poi- iUcs for many years. ^ suddMily of a heart disease a ttadt a t 3:90 A. 1C. lionday in the Hotel Hauiy Pwklna. Riverhead, where he made his home with his family (hiring the wtatar months. Mr. Rasqubi suffered pain during the night and telephoned Dr. Half Luce of Roverhead, hut by the time Dr. Luce arrived a t the hotel a diort time later. Mr. RM iuin was dead. Mr. Rasviin was appointed Internal Revenue coUector by President Roose velt in 1934, a t which time he resigned as Democratic leader of S u f f o l k county. Before his appointment in 1984, he had served as transfer tax attorney for Nassau and Suffolk counties for several years. He was bom in Flusbing, where his father was a municipal court Justice. • (Continued on Page 8) Eastern Suffolk Concert Assoc. To Open Season Nov. 12 The 1940-41 season of the Eastern Suffolk Concert Association opens a t the Roanoke Avenue High School in Riverhead on Tuesday, November 12, at 8.15 P. M.. w ith the presentation of Jacques Cartier, famous dancer- dram a tist who will put on “The Grand Monarch.” a gay, exciting story of the amazing life and loves of Louis XIV of France. It is a fu sion of the dance, the spoken drama and music, which the newspapers have called “a breathtaking new art- form for the theatre.” It is a mag nificent program of 12 brilliant and amusing episodes, w ith sumptuous costumes and an authentic musical background. The Bay Shore association has an nounced its program for the season, which is as follows: Nov. 14, John Tyers, baritone; Jan. 0. The Henry Hadley String Trio; Mar. 5, Henri etta Schumann, pianist Dates for the season at Fatdiogue have not yet been determined, but members of the Eastern Suffolk As- socUtion w ill enjoy leeiproci^ w ith both Patcho|ue and Bay Shore . TMHin i mrnakH ShM».S«i- N c M T U lU t Southold Town gave ‘all candi dates on the IlepiM leen ticket large m ajorities on Tuesday to help elect idl county officials and ^ v e na tional and state tidM la a record vote for ttw county. AU iiU rteen elMition districts in th e Town showed .a sub- stantfal m a J e r i^ . for thevfiapiridi- Can slate. WendeU W illkie led the * entire ticket in the Itown w ith votes and a m ajority over President Booa- evelt of 1040. AU of- tb a ottw r can didates received pluralittas in the neighborhood of 1500 votes. The following is a tabulated vote of twelve of the thirteen election districts of Southold Town, w ith Dis trict 1 '.(Fisher’s Island) being missing. I^ese are not official fig ures from toe County Board of El ections. but were tabulated from the record sheets of the various districts and we believe them to be fairly cor re c t F O R P R E t l D g N T EthdlL. Cotton Leaves Eastern L L Hosi^tal $ 1 ^ Three O reeivort instltattona will re- «tlve b e v ise U ^ $1,000 each from the estate of I th e l L. Cotton of th a t vU- lege. aoeocding to the provtslons of the w in'filed for probate with S u m tate SiGfaard W . H a i«ins a t Riveiiiead. The fUed with fhe testament, states ^ the value ofJlM estate is “over 15,000” in personal and \ p m |S ,00r in real property. U w instituttons remembeied so gen erously are. ttte. Greenport Preabyteri- •n Chtnrch, the Sastem Long Island Hospital Association and the Hoyd Memorial Library. The wlU contains no instructions as to what uses the legacies are to be put. e x c ^ that the bequest to fhe hosidtal Is to be added to its endowment. The sum of $500 is set aside, fhe money to be deposifed in the Southold Meetings Announced To Elect Farm Program Officers Ferris G. Talmage of East Hamp ton. Chairman of the County A gri- Cownryatt w CoQunittee, Willkie *Roosevelt Rooasvelt (R) (D) (A L) 2 .... 284 75 6 3 .... 150 51 7 4 .... 302 135 13 5 .... 309 102 10 6 .... 312 198 23 7 .... 354 247 26 8 .... 257 118 12 9 .... 426 112 13 10 .... 260 182 9 11 .... 332 204 19 12 .... 333 128 13 13 .... 402 220 27 U. g. SINATOR Barton •Mead Mead (R) (D) ( A t ) 2 .... 280 79 6 3 .... 148 58 5 4 .... 290 120 10 5 .... 298 97 10 6 .... 304 191 20 7 .... 888 248 84 a 248 110 11 9 .... 408 185 18 10 .... 259 170 7 11 .... 889 190 18 18 .... 814 188 14 18 .... 80S 817 88 Savings Bank, and the income from this fund is to be used to maintain the Charles Cotton plot in Sterling Cemetery, Oreenport. Hattie May Dinneen, sister, of Rye, N. Y., and Bfhel Dtameen Qeraghty, niece, also of Rye, are given the test atrix’s residential pr<q;ierty on fhe south side of nr<mf street OreeiVOTt, together with all furnishings not other wise disposed of in the wiU; the niece is also given all Jewelry. The WiU provides $600 bequests for the following nieces: Harriet Oott(m, Port Jefferson; Alice D. Gould and Ruth D. Brown, both of Brooklyn. Ka therine W. Reeve, Greenport, de scribed as a friend, is given $1,000 and an. antique piano, with the request that the piano ultimately be given to some museum. Harry H. Reeve, friend, Greenport, is given $1,000 and two old clocks, a banjo and a grandfather clodE. The residuary estate is to be divided into three equal shares, with one part gttog to Hattie May Dinneen, the sis ter, and one to Bthel Dinneen Oer- aghfy. the niece. Income from fhe third share U left for life to William m P e fs •> A. Ootton, toother, of Brooklyn, with the principal ulflnuiteiy going to Har- iet Ootton, niece. The Suffolk County Trust Company of Riverhead and Mr. Reeve, who is a Well-known Oremporf attorney, are anxtlnfed trustees to ad minister this tru s t The will names as executors the nleoe, Ith e l Oeraghty, and Lawyer Mabel s. Wells of Southold. sUter of (Continued on Page • ) haa announced ^ t five meetings w ill be held to elect officers of the Suffolk Cbunty A gricultural Con servation Association for 1041 and to explain the provisions of the 1841 A gricultural Conservation Program. A t each of these meetings, farm ers interested in the program are given an opportunity to elect the men that they w ant to represent them in their local Community Committees and in the election of the County Com- m ittM . Mr. Talmage states th a t he expects that the provisions of the 1941 A gricultural Conservation Pro gram w ill be complete and ready to be announced at these meetings. Mr. Horace D. Wells. County Ad m inistrative Assistant, who is in charge of the Conservation Office at Riverhead. w ill attend each of the meetings and be prepared to answer questions concerning the program. Arrangements are being mad« to show the March of Time moving pic ture entitled “Uncle Sam.” the Farm er, a t the meetings, a ll of which WiU s tart at 7:30 P. M. The foUowing is a schedule of the meetings:— Nov. 22 — Greenlawn Community HaU Nov. 25 — Southold Grange HaU Nov. 26 — Bridgehampton Com m unity HaU Nov. 27, — Court House, River head Nov. 29—Coram Community HaU Chief Anrig Holds Man Wanted By South Carolina Police Theodore Arrington, 30, alias James Brown of Zebulon, North Carolina, said to be wanted in that state on a charge of assault w ith an intent to kiU w ith a deadly weapon, was arrested last Saturday by Chief Otto Anrig of the Southold Town PoUce. According to the story, Arrington or Brown was wanted by Sheriff N. S. Turner of Raleigh, North CaroUna and had requested Chief Anrig to pick up the man if he could be found. Turner informed Anrig that he understood that the wanted man was working on a farm in Orient. Anrig, after searching for sever al days picked up Arrington on the outskirts of Greenport and the man was arraigned before Justice of the Peace H arry Terry of O rient who sentenced him to the county JaU at Riverhead on a vagrancy charge. He wiU be hold untU the authorities from North CaroUna arrive and take charge of the prisoner. Town’s Only Bonded Indebtedness $15,000; No Short Term Bonds FoUowing fhe Annual Hearing on the Budget which was held at the last meeting of the Southold Town Board, the Budget for the year, 1940-41 was adopted substantially the same, so far as Town expenditures go, as the Bud get for the past year. Last year’s Highway tax was $.31, and this year the figure is exactly the same. The general State, County and Town tax last year, owing to unusual County demands for the repayment of bonds, was at the high figure of $1,595. ’This year the general tax has dropped to $1,355, a substantial reductton. In dis tricts where this reduction has not been overcome by untisually high dis trict expense, property owners will see a considerable reduction in their tax bills. The Town’s Budget shows the Town to be In exceUent financial condition. There are no short-term borrowings to be repaid. The only bm d ed indebt edness against the Town is $15,000 re maining of fhe large bond issue which the Town had to assume years ago when Route 25 was inquroved by the State through Souttudd Town. The Issue, whkSh was for $60,000, has been retired a t the rate of one $5,000 bond per year. Wew Tiowna have ceme the paat lears^ wHh unusual tn «Mi Rate, $1J55, Town emense. This item amounto to $•7,720. and hMfludes the following items: Bli^way machin- enr, $19.900., Snow Removal and Mis- eeuaneoua Highway expense. $23,800.. (Continued on Page 8 ) . Fall Session Of Pilot Training To Begin Nov. 15th The fau sessimi of the ground school of the non-ooUege phase of Civilian Pilot Training which was announced some time ago by the RivShead Rotary Club, win begin on SMday evening. November 15 a t 7:30 P. M. AU candi dates wlio have met fhe necessary entrance requhemente are asked to re port a t the Suffolk Airport a t that time. The Rotary committee in charge of this work h ad hoped to begin this ses sion a t an earlier date but a delay was necessitated due to certain changes being made in the course of study, textbooks, and admission requirements. Permission to go ahead with the work was received from the OivU Aero nautics Adminlstratton Just a few days ago. Registration for this session wiU close on November 14th. Further information concerning this course can be obtained from any mem ber of the Riverhead Rotary Club Com mittee which is composed of Harry B. Ward, Chairman; George W. HU- dreth, Leone Oorwln, and Germond Cochran. The quota for the faU session is rapidly being filled and immediate action WiU be necessary for any per son who wishes to be accepted. Mattituck Grange IlM ls O fficers Mrs. Mary Armbrusf was elected master of Mattituck Orange at the annual business meeting Monday eve ning in Mechanics’ Hall. Other offi cers for the conting year were named as follows: Overseer, Mrs. Irene Jackson; lecturer, MTs. George Riley; assistant lecturer. Miss Hannah HaUock; stew ard, Charles E. Hallock, assistant stew ard, Stewart Horton; chaplatai. George Aldrkih; secretary. Miss Cora Jackson; terasurer, Oenrge L. Penny, Jt,; gate keeper, Shiriey Cox; Ceies. Mrs. George Bergen; Flora. Mrs. George L. Penny. Jr.; Pomona. Mrs. Catherine PhlUips; lady assistant steward. lArs. Haieid Hallock; trustee, Charles P. Hallock. B i^ th Deputy nrank Bayre and Mrs. Sayre of Bridgehampton wera gueste at the meeting.