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• ~ .. At; .fi $ • ~ .ilf 111 (, ~ li ..!. •)- ' ~ 1r • ' ... t ' • t .. \ I ... ~ I 0' '> • o \\ t' •t\ o _. • • .. • .. ~ • - ... .; .... , \'·. •· ~~----~==============================--~------------------------------------, i (/) c:: ~ ~ (') 0 c:: :::::J ~ z ~ Cl) Reflections of the past by Ruth Dougherlr James Morris Edwards {photo left) was born In Sayville In 1809, and engaged In seafaring until he was ~30..years-old, car- rying cargo from SayviUe to New York City markets. After the death of his father, and .his inheritance of land here, he abandoned this occupation to be a farmer. He moved the fami- ly house to the east, where It now stands on Edwards Street, at the comer of Collins Avenue. Edwa.rds married Deborah Anne Green (photo right), whose girlhood home stood on what is now Candee Avenue near Maple Street. She and James had seven children. These photos are among the earliest pertaining to local hiS.. tory and have been printed from daguerreotypes or \tin- types,\ which predated roll Rim asweknowlt 9 0 Real estate belonging to the late Francis W. Wheeler had been sold at auction at the Hotel Kensington. Captain Ockers had bought 269 feet fronting on Cleveland Avenue, William Bason and Son, three lots on Henry Street, and Mis. Emily Lynes, a daugh- ter of the deceased, 11 lots and a house and a bam. The summer class of the New York School of Art, which had been brought to Bayport by the director, Douglas John Connah, was so successful that it was decided to come out here each summer. Frank Murphy, governor of New Jersey, was visiting here at the home of Colonel and Mrs. R. G. Smith. A dozen local carpenters were at work upon an addition to Idle Hour. Bayport residents had subscribed $125 to start a brass bal\d here. 8 0 The Library Association, under the clulirmansbip of · Miss Ida F. Gillette, had given a bazaar in the Opera House and cleared about $500, with which sum the Sayville Libl'8ll' began.. The long looked-for and much fought- over trolley from Patchogue to Sa,ville had arrived at last and there was much rejoicing. One thousand eight hundred passengers were carried the first <Ja¥. Fritz Blaske, who had been living aboard the sloop Mettie Green tied up in Brown's River, had fallen from the boat and had drowned. He was 48 years old. Ground had been broken in West Sayville on Dr. Reo Den Goodrich's prop- ercy on Main Street for a new house. The building is now the Lake House. The Washingto·n Post said, \If the army men are willing to take a quiet tip, the only safe aeroplane is one that's already busted., 7 0 Arnold VanWyck, for 12 . years a resident of Holbrook, had been killed on a construction job in New York when a piece of heavy timber fen on him. Nearly three square miles at Montauk Point had been sought by the state of New York for use as a park Local people had been much excited to see a dirigible balloon flying over town. 6 0 The Sag Harbor Express ' . carried the following notice, signed by the Mayor: '\Due to complaints from sever- i f I , al mothers that the noonda3r test of the fire alarm whistle disturbs their infants' naps, the test wiD be blown • six p.m.\ The National Housing Act had been passed by Congress and the Oys- teunen•s Bank was announcing that it was ready to receive applications for loans under the act for home repairs 81ld alterations. 5 0 For the first time the Community House on the Gillette property had been opened for a public show when the SayviHe Garden Club held its annual amDrthere. The Sperry Gyroscope Company had laid the cornerstone of a $100,000 building at MacArthur Field, the first srep toward the ultimate civilian use of the field Private First Class Cltarles Hruby, 24, of Bohemia had been reported missing in action in the Pacific. He was the sec- '* 't ,t / }/<' .... . ~ -. • ... • ond man to volunteer from Bohemia. Captain James Connelly, for well over a year an Italian war prisoner, had been l'eleased and had returned to his home here. 40 Irving Weeks of Bayport and William Ganigan had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant on the Islip Town police force. Justice Martin v. Caliagy, 47, had died su~ at his home in Manhattan. He and his famiiJ had been summer resi· dents of Bayport for many years. No polio cases had been reported among ehildren who bad used the Salk vaccine. Parents were warned that anotller year at least must elapse before results would be conclusive. 3 0 .After being defeated twice, · the revised Connetquot ·budget was voted in by a vote of 1,402 to ~. thus saving the dis- YOUR AD COULD BE HEREI · • BUCKET TRUCK • STUMP GRINDING • BRUSH CHIPPING UC. 567-5772 INS. GET4 WEEKS FREEl. . r 10% Olf I . ~-- ~ \VItia 'Ddll Ad. BILL LANG .......... 11118·8888 ttict·fromgoing on an 811SteiU¥~ An $80,000 contract had been award- ed to Betran D. Tallamy and Associates by the New York State Depart:inent of Public Works to .study the feast,Uiw of a Long Island-New England bridge. 11le report was expected to be completed within 10 months. 20 Islip Supei'VIS. · or Peter F. , Cohalan had introduced a · proposal to convert land at the intersection· of Broadway Avenue and Montauk Highway, SQville into an. historic park. Many ()f lhe area's local landmarks, slated far demolition, were to be moved to the site and preserved · . Dr. Stanley Friedland. had been named as principal of BJI)'I)ort High SchooL He came from a sehoo• district in Baldwin. A rumor had been circuJating t1u1t the Town of Islip was closing down the Shoreha;m Beach Club in Sqvi.De, a popular summer club for local resi- dents. A letter from Town Attomey Francis G. Caldeira said his ollice. was seeking to close down a disco operat- ing in an adjacent section of the Shoreham building because it was operating without licenses and permits and had been the source of numerous complaints. • --------~--., &uffolk «:ountpt JittuS I a 1 Year @ s24· 00 .0 2 Years@ s38· 00 ·a 3 Years@ ss2·oo ·'Cl 1 Year @ 5 31- 00 (out of Suffolk County) I I I I I I I I enclose------for..-. --,year(s) I I I I I I State Z!P I 6uffollt ctountp ..Betui I PO Box 367, Sayville NY. 11782 I In Suffolk County,NV Phone: (516) 589~6200 I Fax: (516) 475-1565 . • ___________ .. 81 Sat died had] the~ Fam of\ Beth Mr wife, his·!! andl sonl Pate ofFJ A. 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