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RULING ON MILK AGAIN DELAYED BY HEALTH UNIT Pasteurization Code May Be Abandoned as Result of -Meeting. Fd ' ced with a th reat of dissolution -if it persists ta Its efforts to enact an ordinance requiring pasteur ization ot all milk' fo: Suffolk County alter July 1st , the; Count y Board of Health has consented to a second postponement of the > act . It Was revealed on Monda y at a meeting of the Board of Super- visors \ . \ ! \ :¦ • • • • ¦ ' .; ' ¦ ¦ The supervisors and members of the health department will meet in a round table conference on Monda y, May 13 th , at which time present dif- ficulties are expected to be ironed out , according ' to Shelter Island Supervisor Everett b. Tuthill , chairman , of t he Board of- Supervisors , who hinted that the ruling: might- then be definitely abandoned by the health authorities. The : proposed rulin g, which would ban the sale of taw milk in the county, arst dame to the attention of the su- pervisor s tast . year and. was vigorously opposed by: members of the county board>wlth the result that the health authorities agreed to move ahead the date \ of: \ its enactment from Januar y l^tt Wr^fe •v\' ' Se»i^lv-^n^0iw*; ^;:Bb «pi- of •'Healw ^§^blin(* \ < l^ ' ' tti«K^. *iw proposed ' ¦ ;,; ' r jd ^^^ ;^ifitb : ' «S^' .on July 1st ^^^ i^iSS^^f ^t^r iti ^^ -a- . mus ancei ' \ Sever*! of the ' dealers and dairy farmers were represented at Monday ' s ; meeting of the siipervisors in the hope they might express their opposition to the proposed code. Supervisor . TuthUl explained that at a recent conference the health author- ities agreed to-forego , enactment of the new ruling pending the conference on May 13th. Babylon Superj jaw Frederic J; Wood stated that he . w|jpjresa«d to re-in- troduee ' vjSte resolUOTi ^to abolish the health departmeh k ' If^^ftfc taw was en- acted. Lost ypar rj(s . . motion failed to receive a second, hut Chairman Tut- Wll, remarked that such a , resolution ' ' - \Would , he seconded this time. \ Supervisor v John N. Brennan of S. Contin ued on , page eight Stay»«PHor qe» Curry On That . *raalj ,percentag e of members of the SayvlUe Rotar y Club who aro ob liged ' to keep their noses to the ghn dVone ,,. rtt . tycd hollowly around in the Hotel ; Kensington yesterday noon, while - their more fortunate ' brothers dUpbrted themselves at Sarato ga , where the distr ict convention Is being held;' ' ' . ' . - \¦ •- ' - ¦ • ' '•:: \• ' . ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; , Iri> -^the ' ftDsenw ° { President Bob Thomhill and- other officials, Bam Munsor i and Babe AraU took char ge of the prbg tam.io fficiatin g at a quit contest in whloh the Rotarlans ex- hibited the profundit y of their erudi- tion , or words to that effect. * Three carloads of local ' R otar l ans hid left earlier In the day to take the oawuia arid engage In other aotlyltles at the u p-State ejto. vL, V .. ^^ ... The News photographer took to his heels a tew seconds after the above picture was ' s napped in a heavily wooded sec- tion northeast of Bohemia on Sunday afternoon. The brash fire, which kept a hundred firemen busy (or four hours , reached its height at that point , the flames leaping nearly 50 feet into the air and racing before a sudden g nst of wind. Suffolk county News photo SUSPEND DOCHERTY PENDING A HEARI NG Isli p Town Officer Robert Doch- er ty of Sayville, has ' beon susmnrted from duty pending a hearing before t he police committee of the lown board , Chief Richard N. Tucker re- veale d this morning. Chief Tucker declined to comment on the reason XorDocherty ' s su spension other than to state it was due to \ irregularities in duty. \ FIREMEN BATTLE WEEK-END BLAZES Flames Sweep Thro u gh Ronkonkoma Section ; Backfires Are Hel p. Last week ' s warm weather , which hel ped to hasten the ' lo ng-delayed presence of spring, took its usual toll i n the matter of brush fires ^ in this vicini ty over the week-end. Acre after acre p f underbrush , dry after a rain- less week , were swe pt by flames , wit h most of t he - flres ^h ereabouts -taking place on Sundaytaftemoon and even- ing. Fire departments and police officials in t his section , as well as District Fore st Ranger Clarence E. Dare oi Selden , are scouting the possibility that some of the blazes may have been of an incendiar y nature. Mr. Dare sai d the fires, m ost of which were foun d to have started on road edges , ma y have been set by a firebug or by persons picking May pinks , who were careless with matches or cigarette butts. s Tho largest fire in this immediate vicinity . too k place on Sunday after- noon in on area south of Ronkonkoma an d in a section cast of Bohemia and west of Holbrook , but this particular blaze tnay have been caused by sparks from Long Island Railroad trains op- eratin g on the central branch. The flro is known to- have started near tho tracks and swept southward, fanned ' by a st iff brccsse. Sayville Firemen on Hand Volunteer firemen from Lake Ron- konkoma, Holbrook , Holtsville , Bohe- m ia, nhd Sayville turned out , as did a Conservation Department truck and apparatus and men provided by the Southslde Sportsmen ' s Club. The jol- untocra set several backfires along tho road west of Lakeland avenue and succeeded in saving several cottages threatened by the flames. Tho Say- ville firemen were on hand for two hour ' s and left only after the flames were • tinder , control , An , oven bigger flro was raging at Continued on rone three World Premiere of Republican Film Is Enjo yed Here Party Leaders Open Financial Drive at Town Board Session. i The selection of Jslip Township, a typical American coimmmlty, for the wo rld - premiere - - 6X4 the Republican cam paign film , \&«New Tomorrow, \ was duly celebrated, on Wednesday night at an extrabln|inary meeting of the Islip Town Bo4t^. v More jthan 200 persons jammed the - court room on the second floor of the Town Hall , heard add resses by prominent figures and enjoyed the excellent sound picture produced in behallptf the United - Re - publican Finance . . Committee. Members of thR; town board were seated at a long table at the front of . the court rooni'f?&en the festivities b egan and were . ' cfufed to order by Su- p ervisor Charles J^Durj 'ea. The entire board; conslsting^pf Justices of the Peace D. Ormbn^^Ritchle , Arthur G. Griffiths , John T^iSfjube and Moses W. Drake , was on hwfl d. . Afte r. m essagesdjjpf congratulatio ns were read -by T6vjip|Clerk Roy. . E. Par- dee from-John JC.IHamilton , ' national Republican , c hnlrij^in , and. '^ Edwln . F. JaecMe , New ' Tfbaf jj- Statev ' v . chai ' rman , Justice Ritchie offered a^resalution to J . . Conthiieo^l^a^^' iour ., COUNTY TREASURER .^, U^<' : ;!i68«wiHA. . iaiuc ^ ! , ; ' ' . - \ . }¦: - er tiaW $Hfei$« ^^ errTft VXehnuut. • If* aoeoeeds the late l# liii , ' ' 0»f'Welfc' -- ' ' 'i' '<J v , ' '(*c. -fii.; >*W' .'*t *'Ti* ny? ii ™E\ ™ ,v qJT>-; - * .i; (.( *! * » ; I ¦>! !/'-¦ , ' , ¦ v.- |.i » - , ?vV ' . -r. '>. v ' « ' . •;)¦ r,\ ' ;, . .; ¦ ' : ' .. * ¦ ' ¦ ¦;• . ¦ - , ' • ;: ' ¦ ' : '¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - • aV. 'V'Vj ' . . ¦ .:, - . ; \ . ¦ ¦' , ' 'T V. - ' . , ¦• • ' - ,. ' ¦ • : Tho regular monthly rheeUnj r o* tho, , South Shore nwl and'R wl OIuIj , will ' be held at NohowWs WwtjC t: «»y?«le , on W d«7 evenmr/ l^. l Oti 1» ; »M. \ announced yort i^-:» ^;Wntaia' ' v ; H.. .; '^^ wiiif ^'V' wmstyiu*^^ J* ; - ¦-• \ ¦ ¦ ' . . ' v^v- ;^' - ! ^^ Mik^vM^i^^imMmSi vtsn cum to vcart The final concert of the 1939-40 series presented by the Suffolk County Phil- harmonic Orchestra will take place In the Sayville High School auditorium on tho evening of Juno 12th. Accord- ing to Max Jacobs , conductor , the oc- casion will mark the orchestra ' s first anniversar y concert. The soloists will be Jeanne LeOlusc , violinis t , and Pa- tricia Yates, har pist. The musical organization will also present a concert at Lindenhurst High School on Tuesday evening, -May 31s t , with James Burke , cornet solotot , as the feature soloist, Philharmonic to Present Anniversary Concert Here The private ambulance service main- tained in Sayville and vicinity by R. M. Ha rry Isaacson , Say ville funeral di- rector , was discontinued this week with n n announcement by Mr . Isaacson that lie has sold his ambulance to the Suf- folk C ounty Department of Public Wel fare for use at the County Home , Yaphank. Residents of this village and sur- roundin g communities may obtain am- bul ance service nl the Southslde Hos- pital, Day Shore , or Mather Memorial Hospital at Port Jefferson , Mr. Isaac- son explained. The Patcho guo Flro Department-Communit y ambulance is for use in tho Patcho guo fire district only. Isaacson Ambulance Sold To County Welfare Dept. John R. McNnmoro. of Jodo avenuo in ' the Idle How section of Oakdtdo, narrow ly escaped death on Sunday night when tho oar In which ho was ridin g alone skidded off Shore drive , Idlo Hour, plunged throu gh n fence on the * dead-end roadway and hurt led Into a narrow eroek known as Grand canal. ' MbHimiard was dra gged to safety by Fran * Stokes, oh employed of nearb y* Snapper Inn , who heard . Il ls «ti»i;fof. help. 1 The ' -vic tim of tho unfonunjtW acc ident was ' driv ing . we st war d on shore drive eh , route to Snopper . Inn , and the car fej|t the road when <*;fallad , to mato a a ' hpip 'lon tfir n leading to »i iJrW B« , ov«f ! the canal. ¦ - _ - ¦ , .; * ,. ¦ - , '\ ' . Crl* W \elp Anawered - • •;, • • ,; . , - The V«hfol« plundod. , Utrou gh , the finoa with auch (oroo , that It landod lrt tha ^nnnV ,y»» h «« ftont . bumpor m- iA o«i the[f»r ; ' *inlt> f the creek , . and SSKK^^ w^^w! 8 \^' ** l^^m w-M^' *^^ 'feWifcto'li .^:. : 2!' : - ' u-: , v ,:.i • ' ¦ ' ( ' ; r»^' oar when Ills cries for help were heard by Henry Sonnepf, chef at tho Inn , who hod stepped outside for a breath of t a ir. Solwepf (Immediately sound 0 d an alarm. - , . • v , ; • Stokca , who arrived at the icetid first , peeled off his clothing and piung* ed . Into;tli ' e Icy water. He aiieoeeded ip draggin g McNamar o. from tl| f car f all r but iovoral inohea of which wa* under wntor by tlint tliho, and brought hlnr antfly to shore, • •• ¦ •• ¦ ¦ . ^ . ' < ' , ' ;X| tor alx hours ,, a wrecker from Orady/i ^ garage at W««t Sayville aue- veecM in rai sing the car. MoNamar ii wair<i)h hurt except for a lacerated lip an d-ahob k^. . . ¦ ¦«• ' ¦ ' • . - : . :. ' - . ' ' V \ • ' • ' v '^ Trap ped When Car Plunge s Into Creek , Driver Pulled to Safety jiy Rescuer ¦» UtORi.! Buui oriue\ »n». - yinveiuvatuiv uie ' ,tijli»i|i' ; Ml t hree ' , tftdlatdW > irom 1 ;B»l\ loy ' a ' . (uinhe ' r ' yar d, Sayville, sorao time on quMw oi«bt. ' ¦ ' ta lli» lV T6wh , ; \Ctecitfi M»\3t^' Roman an d Irving Week. «M wwklnjf oh tlw oa«e, ;¦ h ^ r <¦: ' a ; >\ »w ' ¦:¦ .A'^SV* !l ^¦ ' •^' • ' '• ; \- ' • ' - ' ¦; '¦¦^Vi: 1 ^ , {¦ §Mti itons Km '\IffoutM' , ¦ > ' ¦ ' • Members of •:¦ U» UTana jury , wnwii ooni pletedJ . dayberatUms on 0, nunjb et <i f cai«' ; eiriir '' t hl» .week, have 1 b een lratrue ^tt to oopUnue In aeaskm undet tU*' . . UWs- 0 1 , »h or der aubmltted hj D«tr let AtW«rnV>* a J - I*«\dar . or Toia*wr;;, *h« v oV d«f ' wo* tranuid . bj Suiit^e cWtr-Cruit loo I «mo R, sweaej wlmi &^$0»)<i)M i\ao» te ' tolal) ^•mOMl * tfmf o * Jo hnBoe In. .ve*t lta '&l' if»acto; began t«$»Hir: t f< te^tee '^j» r^ ( l ormer ' ; Ialli» ' : Si>}^. - W<iWff l , 9$:i mi*^W*W ¦¦lDhiwi aVf' , . '' , . ' .:V:?. :' . ' >- '' ¦ . :¦ ' .! . • . ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦;¦^ ¦ ¦¦ ' ' ¦ rtti ir»Mft»j« ' i\thy ¦¦• ;• >;¦ . , ;> ' . >*• ¦ * '^;m $^!<>* ^^ : It ^rSvVbeeT ow lbotod by thi Mn,uj ;t«fc«n; Vou-»hoiild l» patrloU WougiirS ii^t ff 'th^ : ' m^Mm^^ c mmM Grand Jury Continue s frobe Re q-jeated by Pyosecutor .d. ^ . _ , : ' . ' • ' '' . '' - f 1. j _«_i.t« Democrats Elect Plant as fea^er Succeeds Worzel as Islip Town Chieftain ; > Dennis is Co-Leader. T homas Plant oC Central Islip, who was an active supporter of former Su- preme Court 'Justice John R. Vunk in . the letter ' s s uccesful efforts to un- seat Charles H. Sullivan as chairm an of the Democratic county committee , wa s unanimousl y elected leader of Islip Township ' s Democratic forces last Saturday night at a meeting of coun- ty committmen In the Town Hall. Mr. Plant was chosen to succeed Harold W. Worzel of Holbrook , who explained to the convention Hint he had chosen to step aside as a candi- date for re-election due to the fact he plans to move from Suffolk Coun- t y with his family because of business reasons. Mr. Worzel la a civil engineer employed by the Board of Water Sup- ply of New York City. Nominated by Cohalon The new town leader was nominat ed by John P. Cohaian , Jr.. Sayville at- torne y, who Is a candidate for tho position now held by Deputy Attor- ney General Edward A. Dnvls of Bay Shore, former Islip chlcftan , who back- ed Sullivan In the recent stru ggle for the county leadership. Mr. Davis was present at Saturda y ' s meeting and continued on paga olnht BAYPOBT YOflfHS HELD IN THEFTS Two Youngsters , , 16 , ' Placed on Probation ; Admit Entering Home A series of youthful escapades , in- cl uding a number of minor thefts and the destruction of property, were un- covered at Bayport on Monda y nigh t With the arrest of Jack Qarhnrt , 16 years old, of snedecor avenue , and Lawrence Warner, also 10 y ears old, of Oakwood avenue , both of Bayport. A third youngster , whose name Is being withheld because of his age , was also taken into custody and is scheduled to appear in Children ' s Court at Patch- ogue today. The arrests were made by Islip Town Offic er Irvin g Weeks , wh o picked up Oarhart and the youngster whose name has been withheld after chasing them from the premises of the Schneider Bevera ge Company on Montauk high- way at Bayport . Late r Warner was taken into custody and questioned. The boys , Weeks reported , admitted break- ing Into the company ' s garage on Feb- ruary 20th and again on March 4th, takin g a dozen bottles of soft drinks, Broke Into Home They also confessed , accordin g' to police , to . enterin g the homo of Walter L. Horn on Connot quot avenue early In 1030 ' and in Februar y o;> this year. In 1030 they took several •bottles of glue Continued on page eigh t Shinnecock Inlet Fund Approved; May Dredge In Stony Brook Harbor. The County Board of- Supervisors on Monday voted to appropriate $7 , 500 fo r the erection of a structure at Yap- hank to house highway department e quipment and approved the expendi- ture of $12 , 000 as the county ' s share in a WPA project to construct a building for the equipment of the Suffolk Coun- t y Mosquito Extermination Commis- sion. The resolution providing for the lat- ter appropriation was Introduced by Supervisor J. Augustus Hlldreth of Southampton, who said that WPA offi- cial s at Northport have agreed to the mos quito equipment project. \ It will bring about $3 , 000 in savin gs over our or iginal estimate of a $15 , 000 building, \ he said. To Cost County $12,000 Christian T. Williamson , director of the mos quito commission , sai d that the Continued on page eight County to Erect New Building to House E quipmen t DURYEA , OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS ARE SUBPENAED M :s. Watkins Expected T o Be Chief Witness ; Jud ge Hill to Preside In a surprise move , Mrs . Gertrude Adams Watkin s of Riverhead , wh o was indicted with form er Supervisor War- ren F. Greenlialgh on charges of defrauding Islip Townshi p o f $8 , 000 in road oil deals , appeared before County Judge L . Barron Hill at Riverhead on Wedne sday morning and pleaded guilty to the indict ' ment. 1 • ' Mrs. Watkins ' change of plea on ly a few days before Greerihalgh' s trial , which is scheduled to begin In County Court next Monday, is seen as a pre- liminary move to her expected role ot State ' s witness in tlie fraud case next week. The date for the pronounce- men t of her sentence has been set for M ay 20th. M rs. Watkins was represented in court by former District Attorney George W. ' Hlldreth of Riverhead and Reginald C. Smith , a lso a county seat attorney. Her husband , Glen Watkins , was in the courtroom. She replied in the affirmative when ' the .court. aske d h er if she had. been Jnfprmed^ as to the significance \ of \ n^Qiltypfta. ¦ Mrs . Watkins, who _ ' gave , her age as 42 y ears and Her occupations as a sales- , woman , was : dressed entirely, in black and her face was cove red by a short veil. Islip Town officials , including Super- visor diaries H . Dur yea of Sdyville , have been subpenaed to appear as wi tnesses at the Creenhalgh trial, PRESIDING JUDG E I.. Ba rron Hill which has been sot for Monday morn- ing before Judge Hill. It is expected Mi nt most of the ' d ay will be spent In tho selection of a Jury. At a special term of County Court before Judge Hill at Patchoguo this ' mornin g, Q rcenhalgh' s attorney made a motion In the form of a request Tor ' a list of specific Items which tho for- ' mcr supervisor is charged with having personally approp riated under a grand larceny Indictment. The motion also ' asked for the exact datea on which tho alleged fra udulent claims were audited. ¦ At'the rcqucft t of Assis tan t Dis trict Attorney Harry Brenner , Judge Hill ' domed tho motion. Duryea Found Errors Supervisor Duryea , who was a just ice of the peace in Sayvlllo when the for- mer chairman of tho County Boar d of Supervisors was also chairman of the Islip Town Board, discovered the al- leged defalcations upon taking office C ontinued on page three , , WfpiAjy in 4;r i:i:\ II \ u, ai case pleads guilt y Supervisor Charles II. Duryea WILL TESTIFY Mrs. C arl Stagg Killed Instantly; Blu e Point C ollision Injures 5. Mrs. Madeline Stagg. 38 years old . oi Riverhead , wife of Carl Stagg. a for- mer commander of Riverhead Post of the American Legion and a prominent American Labor Party worker in Suf- folk County, was instantly killed short- ly after 5 o ' clock on Wednesday after- noon in an au tomobile collision at the in tersection of . the Fatchogue - port Jefferson -road and isb' ujh Haven a ve- nue . M edford. - Two other persons were injured, neither seriously. iVUS. OUl gti. UUl'UlUIIlg IU UJU Il' jJUJ I, of Brookhaven Town police, was a passenger in a car driven northward on the Patchogue-Port Jefferson road by Mrs. Addle C. Mueller . 50 years old, also of Riverhead. who was removed to Mather Memorial Hospital at Port Jef- ferson , where she was found to have sustained possible fractures of both knees , severa l fractured ribs and shock, The second car involved in . the col- lision was driven westward on South Haven avenue by Howard H. Hawes , 44 years old , of Yaphank , who sustained n lacerated scalp, possible fracture of the s kull and shock. He also was removed to Mather Memorial Hospital. Five Hurt at Blue Taint Five members of the Frank Lncon- tore family of 140 Waverly avenue Continued on page eight Crash at Medford Fat al to Woman Team Captures Five Of Seven Tests in Annual Competitio n Commercial students of the Sayville High School won a sweeping victory for the third year in succession last Saturday afternoon in the annual com- petition sponsored by the New York State Business Education Contest As- sociation in District Two of the state- wide organization. The district con- tests , representing the Suffolk County championship, were held In the local school for the iirst time. The Sayville students swept to five first place triumphs in a total of seven contests featured in team competition. In i ndividual competition . Say ville won six first places. A total of eigh t schools , Including Bay Shore , B ellport , E ast Hampton , Northport , Port Jefferson , South Huntington and Southold tra- veled here to participate. Win Trophies Permanently As a result of their remarkable showing, which duplicated victorious eff orts in 1938 and 1939 , the Sayville students won permanent possession of trophies in Economics , Shor thand II and Typing by virtue of their three Continued on pefge eight Commer ci al Stude n ts A g ain Armexf C owify Championship Jim Iterraebaf t, who plleJM Sayville Hlgh to a 4 to I trium ph , te shown In avdlRarant rata In the ithova .picture m he led off the Pur ple and Geld batting order In Ihe law half/or (he fint , frame. , Tho Hay Shore.oatoher to Soedeoer, -while hlatoiier tha nmplre U' noha other than . that former.New York Vankee.aUr, Jaek Warhop 01 -Wlp. IlerraehaH bounded ont to ihe lMI« ll•r% ;)^, ( vv;• ; ¦ •; , c^ ; : ^rv; • • l ' ¦ ' ' : > l , . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ . Suffolk Count y News photo 1 • ¦ ¦ ¦ \ . ; ''f. -X; ' , , , i . . . ; ; - l \ . ¦. / ': . ¦«; ¦' , :¦¦ \ \ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' • : , ¦ ¦ ' :- . ' • ' • ' ¦ .. . ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ • ¦ \ , ' .v ; : ' ' ; . ' A' - \ . 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