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ELIZABETH ABDEN ^ft^f& jM A^JJK . - £ ^^ M \L J i*. JM. ^ B Visit EASTERN LONG ISLAND 'S LEADING DJiVG STORE far your Easter Gifts . . . Here are but a jew oj the many you will find: BLU E GRASS , EAU <fe TOILETTE $10.00 In Handsome , Large Modern Bottle BLUE GRASS - - - DUSTING POWDER .$3.00 NIGHT AND DAY Eau tie Toilette . $4.50 - §10.00 In French Cut-g lass Bottle NIGHT AND DAY PERFUME $12.50 BRIDE'S BOUQUET $22.50 - Sing le B«i. $5.50 In Five floral Perfumes . . . While Orrhiil , Jasmine , Gardenia , Orange Blossom , Lil y of the Valley. BARNARD'S DRUG CO. Your Prescription Store Corner Main Street and Peconic Avenue , Riverhead For Women and Misses who delight in beauty. Exquisite dainty garments... they are graceful and charming. HATS COATS SUITS DRESSES McCallum ' s SILK HOSE For Better Garments and Lower Prices Remember the Jean Dress Shop 26 EAST MAIN STREET KIVERHEAD , L. I. JACOB MEYER , Inc. \ \The Big Store of Eastern Long Island\ RIVERHEAD LONG ISLAND j^p^B^BBBW ¦ B *y^rW j '* ¦ ¦ ^^^^^^^^^ H by Prinizess Gmt YOUIM U OB » oi tbeae striking saw Cord-a-Mohi ctasualV and be xead? to step smartly but Into the iun at the first sign oi bursting buds. Foi Cord-a-Monr in thai soli, ileect strlpsd Jabria a«at*d for you by Prinixess... In some of the mest Intriguing of now Spring fashions. And colorsl lust nod them... eoralcdne , matie, copen , hedgerose. white , most green, toast , nugrsy, eggshell, ncrry and black. Sizes 14 to 46- -...$*)K.OO JACOB MEYEB, Inc. \ THE BIG STORE OF EASTER!- . ' LONG ISLAND \ RIVERHEAD LONG ISLAND ? The egg exhibit pre- pared b y the Suttoik County Farm Bureau and the Long Island Poultry Association and disp layed in several Pru- dential theatres during the past several weeks. The purpose of the ex- hibit is to tell the story of eggs as a healthful and nourishing food. ? 3, 000 Viewed E gg Exhibits Approximately 3 , 000 people learned more about the high food value of eggs and the line quality of locally produced eggs from the egg exhibits recently shown in the lobbies of several of the leading theatres throughout Suffolk County These exhibits were prepared by the Suffolk County Farm Bureau and the Long Island Poultry Asso- ciation in cooperation with the Prudential Theatre chain. The pur- pose of the exhibits was to tell the buying public about the high food value of eggs and to demonstrate that the production of fine eggs is a largo industry within the county. Inspector Jones of the State De- partment of Agriculture commend- ed the poultrymen of Suffolk Coun- ty on the fine quality of eggs dis- played. He mentioned that average run of good eggs purchaser! at the store would score from 75-85 points by the state score card. The eggs ex- hibited at these contests ranged from 37 to 99 '£. In the last contest held at Bay Shore , 17 out of 24 en- tries scored above 95 and ten of these were above 97 points. Commissioner of Agriculture Hol- ton V. Noyes voiced his approval of the exhibit and released Inspec- tors Jones and Watkins from his department to judge the eggs. Prof. K. Y. Smith of the Cornel! Poultry Department commended the poultrymen on their efforts to pro- duce a better product and to tell the public about it. He state d that I eggs were high in Vitamin D and the growth promoting Vitamin G. I and also contain a fine balance of I healthful proteins . Prof. Smith urges the use of more eggs. I A silve r cup was given Roberf Bedford of Central Islip for the highest score in the four contests The eggs shown by Mr. Bedford scored 392 'A points out of a possible perfect score of 400 points. Second place was taken by Thomas Watson of Nesconset with 390 points , and Fred Heuer of Sayville took third place with 390 points, while Henry L. Sommcr of Haunpauge took fourth place with 889'4 . A two way t exists for the hi ghest dozen eggs b^ewcen Ral ph' s ' Poultry Farm at Centereach and Fred Heucr of Sayville with a score of 99Mi out of a possible 100 points. Throwing the Spotligh t on Suffolk County Eggs 3 More Bandits Get Limit Term (Continued from Page 1) Rickleff and Fulton , Judge Hill de- clared that the speedy apprehen- sion of five members of the six-man gang of bank robbers was notice to the underworld that Suffolk County law enforcement agencies are able to cope with \big-time \ crime. \By this time you should know that we have as efficient police as can be found anywhere , \ com- mentted Judge Hill. 'The sheriff' s and district attorney ' s forces and other police agencies are on the job , and they have and will co- operate effectively with the city po- lice. \ Addressing Rickleff , who is con- sidered the leader of the gang, the court s«W , \The only thing that can be said in your favor is that you are pleading guilty and are saving the county the expense of a trial. You came from the city to the country where banks are less thoroughl y protected. If there had been resistance , somebody would have been killed. I am convinced you were prepared to kill. The shock and humiliation to which you subjected members of the bank' s staff can not easily be for- given. It is not so much the money you took as the manner in which you took it. In sentencing you , I am serving notice that criminals who came into this county to rob banks are going to be dealt with severely. \ Fulton Last Arrested Fulton , 39-year-old electrician of 163 South Oxford street , Brooklyn , who was captured without a strug- gle in Brooklyn Saturday by Mew York City detectives and state po- lice, refused the services of coun- sel. Gordon M. Lipetz appeared for the 41-year old Rickleff , a veteran in the bank robbing game , who was captured a few days after the crime in a furnished room at 39 West 74th street , Manhattan. Both Rickleff and Fulton ac- cepted their fate without loss of composure and the former laughed and joked with guards as he was led back to his cell in the county jail to await transfer to Sing Sing. Fulton was able to make, a some- what feeble wisecrack at his own expense. In taking his pedigree , Court Clerk George Kouwenhoven put the customary question : \Are you a citizen?\ \I was a citizen , \ said Fulton , re- ferring to the loss of his civil rights as a result of the felony convic- tion. The plea entered for leniency in behalf of Taylor , or rather in be- half of his father and his family, by Attorney Saxstien , Tuesday, was one of the most touching ever heard in the County Court. \This is the most difficult task I have ever had to perform , \ said Mr. Saxstien. \When I was a young lawyer , this defendant' s father , then sheriff of the county, be- friended me. This crime shocked the conscience of the countryside and I was horrified to learn that this def endant was involved. I re- fused at first to accept the defense in this case but the old sheriff came to my office and I could not refuse the man who had befriended me. This defendant comes from a good family; they are respected citizens in their communities . This defendant has four young children and one is about to be born. I request your honor to extend any possible leniency and mercy. I have very little sympathy for the de- fendant. I have all the sympathy in the world for his mother and father and family and for his wife Who is left practically a widow and his children who are left practically orphans. \ District Attorney Munder de- manded ths full penalty of the law. \No one has greater sympathy for his famil y than I , \ said the prosecutor. \I knew his father when he was sheriff and I was an assistant district attorney. But this defendant helped to plan this crime. He brought gunmen into this county and he should be pun- ished. \ Addressing Taylor , Judge Hill said: \This is not a pleasant duty for the court. It might be- some consolation for you in the future to think that possibly some young man , hav,ng r«.ad about your part in this crime and the sentence of this court , may realize that long years in prison is a lot to pay for a' few paltry dollars. The minimum sentence in your case is 10 years and the maximum is 20 years. I sentence you to serve not less than 10 not more than 20 years at hard labor in Sing Sing Prison. \ Taylor , apparently representing his part in the crime as having been that of an unwilling tool , de- nied that he had any part in con- ceiving the holdup when given per- mission to address the court. - \Your honor , I did not plan this crime and I want the people of Southold Town to know it , \ he said . The trio of bank robbers wore taken by train this (Thursday) morning to Sing Sing, guarded by Chief Otto Anrig of the Southold town police , Chief Deputy Sheriff Harry Prussner and Deputy Sheriffs Paul Bittner and Walter Seaman. Estimates of the amount of money saved the county by the spoedy disposition of the bank rpb^ bery cases run as high as $5 , 000. District Attorney Munder said yes- terday the saving was undoubtedly substantial. Charge A gent With Larceny (Continued from Page 1) The first nine counts of the ' .n- UlCllli eill HIO UU3CU UU fuiuill£. -i of an investigation reportedly initi- ated by the State Insurance Fund. It is alleged that in nine separate instances , Cooper-Smith was ad- vanced sums of money, ranging as high as $5 , 000 and amounting in all to $34 , 000 , which he claimed to have paid out for workmen ' s compensa- tion insurance to the State Insur- ance Fund or to private insurance companies. The records indicate that actually only $2 , 000 of the $34 , - 000 was pajd out for this purpose. Some contractors claim to have paid the insurance charges out of their own pockets , and apparently others were without proper insur- ance. Who Was the looser? The question which remains un- answered , as far as can be learned , is just who was the loser by the series of transactions. Sufficient work was apparently done to jus? tify a total insurance bill of many thousands of dol lars , so it would seem that if there were loser* they were the contractors or the work- men on the State Insurance Fund , or possibly the bank or all four. Tht eleven other counts of the indictment relate to various other transactions which Cooper-Smith i handled for the bank . 1 During the period the defendant /^ represented the hank , of whirl) (U H ^L late Erastus F. Post was then tJ/m ident , Cooper-Smith super^Cd - building and handled other transac- tions involving in all about $174 , 000 , it was stated yesterday at the office Of District Attorney Fred J. Munder , The indictment makes no claim of fraud against Cooper-Smith , but charges that the defendant com? milled the crime of grand larceny in that monies paid for a specific purpose were not spent for that purpose. AIRS. JULIA HILDRETH Mrs. Julia Hildreth , widow of the late James B. Hildreth , of Bridge^ Hampton , died at her home in Bridgehampton on Friday evening, April 1 , after a brief illness. The deceased , who was 78 years of age , is survived by . a son , Percy jf il- dreth , and a da ug hter, Mrs . George Hiscock and by five grandchildren, all of Bridgehampton. She was a loyal member of the local Methodist Church and ot the King ' s Daughters ' Circle , Funeral services were conducted from the Bridgehampton Method- ist Church Monday afternoon , the Rev. Waldo Burgess , officiating. In- terment was in the Edgewood Cemetery, Bridgehampton, Ask Posts On School Board (Continued from Pago 1) aid , Cecil B. Tooker , Dr. Lewis ColJjuar. , Jacob Harding, Jor;r>h F\ Walsh , James H . Roilly, John Dom- bek and Valentine Males. It will be recalled that last year Halsey Reeve was opposed for re- election by Albin Boblnskl. Mr . Reeve won by a vote of 70 to 66. Members of the board whose terms expire this year are Mrs. Amy L. Tooker and Dr. Laurence C. Scudder. Other propositions included in the call which is published as a legal notice elsewhere in this newspaper would empower the board to sell the old grandstand formerly used by the Suffolh County Agricultural Society and the old buildings on the site of the new school. (Continued from t' age >> foe of the Water Autho-ity, and Supervisor Dennis G. Honan , Riv- erhead Democrat , i? defeat the sur- vey project. At the same time , tliey expressed absolute faith in Macy ' s sincerity In advocating so far-reaching a program as well as appreciation of the work he has done , without compensation and self-interest of any kind , to forestall a water grab. Those who voted for the resolu- tion were: Supervisor John N. Brennan , Democrat , Smithtown; Edgar A. Sharp, Republican , Brookhaven; Warren F. Green- halgh , Republican. Islip, and E' red- eric Wood, Republican , Babylon. Those who voted against the resolution were: Supervisor S. Wentworth Horton , Republican , Southold: Perry B. Duryea. Repub- lican , East Hampton; J. Augustus Hildreth , Republican , Southamp- ton ; Everett C. Tuthill , Republican , Shelter Island; Dennis G. Homan , Democrat , Riverhead , and Arthur J . Kreutzer , Republican , Hunting- ton. Supervisor Brennan , the man whose vo ' .cs for the dissolution of the first water authority, formed back in 1934 by a Democratic board , defeated an attempt to sell water to New York , sponsored the resolu- tion providing for the proposed survey. \We have bef ore us a matter that has come down through the years , \ said Brennan. \It is impera- tive that we protect our under- ground water resources. Our fore- fathers never hesitated to take their lives in their hands to pro- tect their rights. This is simply a matter of preparedness. ({notes suae tngmeer \I have studied this water situa- tion from every angle , \ he con- tinued. \I have conferred with Rus- sell H. Suter , the executive en- gineer of the Water Power and Control Commission , and I know beyond a reasonable doubt that New York City wants our water. You all know I took a stand against the sale of water a tew years ago. I feel members of this board should waive any fears as to their personal political futures. History, you know , usually gives credit to men for acts of courage and fore- sight which may bring them only condemnation at first. \ The resolution was immediately seconded by Supervisor Sharp. \Our water supply is our greatest resource and asset , \ he declared. \We cannot sit idly by and allow some other county to take it away from us. The maximum amount must be set forth in the resolution , actually not more than one-third of the $250 , 000 may be spent. We should not forget that we have spent thousands upon thousands for highways ; I deem this of great- er importance to the people of Suffolk County. \ Supervisor Kreutzer opened fire by charging that the $250 , 000 ap- propriation would be illegal , inas- much as when the authority was created on March 29 , 1937 , the board appropriated $1 , 000 \to pro- vide funds to pay the preliminary survey expenses of said Suffolk County Water Authority, and to pay the cost of making a survey of the water resources of the County of Suffolk , and preparation of a map or plan for the development thereof , which sum is the maxi- mum to be expended for such pur- poses. \ Asks Chapter and Verse \Any step that involves the ex- penditure of $250 ,000 is an im- portant step, \ said Kreutzer . \If you were the directors of a large corporation you wouldn 't do such a thing until every director was given chapter and verse on the en- tire subject. There is no necessity for immediate action. I ask you , gentlemen , to withold action on this matter. \ Supervisor Brennan attributed the inadequate initial appropriation to \ shortsightedness on the part ol the board.\ He was confident , he added , that the courts would waive such a technicality. \I agree that $250 , 000 is a lai 'ge amount , \ said Brennan. \I would spend five times that amount to keep New York out. We must hav« I a plan. \ Nettled by Kreutzer ' s accusation that he was guilty of inconsistency, Brennan challenged trtio Hunting- j ton Supervisor to advance a plan of Ilia own making. \He has no plan; he would pre- fer us to do nothing, \ interposed Supervisor Grecnhalgh. Supervisor Homan than entered the debate , armed with a telegram from the Suffolk County Economic Council signed by Pierrepont E. Twilcholl , chairman , and with a legal opinion prepared \ on my re- quest and at my expense \ by the Riverhead law firm of Saxstien & Sehelnberg. He began by reading the tele- gram which threatened a taxpay- er ' s suit in the event the board ap- propriated the $250 , 000 and charged , on the basis of \ rumors in New York City, \ that \ center of press- ure for sale of our water comes from some men in our county pressing to thrust our water on county before Delaware water ar- rives. \ He then read the lengthy legal opinion which reviewed the whole history of the water situation and stated , among other things , that the expenditures made for the Ford , Bacon £ Davit report was not a proper expense and that by creating a water authority the Board of Supervisors stripped it- self of the powers given it by the Burr Act of 1M6. New York Will Get Water \We are worrying over something that will never happen in our time. \ said Homan. Somewhat in- consistently he added: \If New York needs our water and if the health welfare of its 7 ,000 ,000 peo- ple is at stake , New York will get our water. \ Brennan replied that Suter had informed him that if Suffolk had a plan of development , it would be a great aid in preventing New York from obtaining water here. \We should be in a position to deal out this surplus if forced to do so , \ declared Brennan , \ rather than let New York come out here and install its pumps. Let' s be prepared , wiii , lose or draw. \ Kreutzer and Homan joined in demanding a breakdown showing hbw the $250 , 000 would be spent Kreutzer wanted a \detailed pic- ture. \ Homan announced that he wished to withdraw his vote , rec- orded at a previous meeting, in favor of printing the Ford , Bacon & Davis report for public distribu- tion . Charles F. Delano , Amityville newspaper publisher , declared that I New York is interested only in j Suffolk' s surface water and not in II j the sub-surface suppl y. He sug- ! gested that the supervisors could i have a survey made of the surface . water \ at very moderate cost. \ He • would dissolve the authority and have the board set up a committee of its own members to make \the limited survey needed. \ Delano also read a communica- tion he had received from Macy, in which the latter answered ques- tions propounded by Delano in his newspaper , the Amityville Record , last week . Typical excerpts follow : \Suffolk County, to protect itself (Macy wrote) , must be ready to prove that no necessity exists to warrant New York City entering Suffolk County for water. This proof is equally necessary either to defeat an application by the city to the State Water Power and Con- trol Commission or to be sustained in an injunction pruceeding by the Authority should the city attempt to drive a well without formal ap- plication. \ Hits Misrepresentation Again: \No amount of misrepre- sentation can alter my record . It is as preposterous to suggest that I would be a party to voluntarily sell water to New York City as is the suggestion put forward recently I by Brooklyn interests who are , seeking water from this county to • the effect that it would be illegal . for the Board of Supervisors to ap- , propriate money to the Water Authority created by it. Again: \I believed the statute I could be employed to protect the i water underlying Suffolk County , and the authority was set up under my chairmanshi p in that belief. I am convinced that the use of that statute to the full would put Suf- folk County into possession of its underlying resources so that the threat for many years hanging over us in that respect would be forever eliminated. I can conceive of no greater service to Suffolk County than the bringing about of that happy eventuality. \ Marvin Shlebler , president of the Suffolk County Taxpayers ' Associa- tion , said the supervisors could not deal directly with the city ; that in the event the authority was dis- solved or nullified , the ci ty would negotiate directly with the state. He had been informed, he said , by a city water official that the city would ask permission to extend its infiltration gallery system to Islip. He believed that the urgency oi the situation justified the appropria- tion. Sheriff Jacob S. Dreyer empha- sized the all-important need for protective measures and urged , the board to give the proposal the most serious consideration. He remarked that he would like to see the wate r situation divorced entirely from politics. \I feel that without a water authority in this county, the Board of Supervisors would find them- selves unable to cope with the problem , \ he said. \A Huntington newspaper raised the issue that the purpose was to sell water to New York and the man who wrote that article should know that that issue is false. \ Sheriff Dreyer also pointed out that President Twitchell of the Economic Council was willing to spend $1 , 000 , 000 for mosquito ex-! termination work and declared that of the two projects , the water plan I is by far the most vital. I The resolution was put to a vote and when his name was called , (Supervisor Horton arose to exp lain I his position . Difference of Opinion \I yield to no man in my desire to protect our water supply, \ he said. \There is an honest difference of opinion here. I believe in the in- tegrity of the members of the authority but I have no faith in the authority act. I vote ' no ' . \ \The county could be definitely placed in the water business , \ said Supervisor Duryea , whon it came his turn to vote. \The law says that if we take this step the plan shall be made and shall be executed. \ Supervisor Wood , defiantly de- claring that \ we have millions for defense but not on? <*ent- for trib- ute , ' ' voted an emphatic ' yes. ' Supervisor Hildreth and Tuthill , who also feared that the proposi- tion would put the county perma- nently into the water business , voted against the resolution with- out comment. Supervisors Bronnan , Sharp and Greenhalgh were the others record- ed as favoring the resolution. A majority vote of 7 to 3 was re- quired to pass the resolution. Pouring From Cans The secret of pouring li quid from a can is to make two holes in the can instead of one , about an inch apart. The one hole is for the liquid to pour from , the other hole to lot tho air into the can. Six-Four Vote Beats Plan To Survey Water S upplies jonn Ducks famous restaurant will soon open for the new season in a new location a short distance west of the old place in Eastport. The same excellent dinners and pleasing service will be carried on in the new location , wnich will be under the management which has brought it a wide and enviable reputation for its cuisine. JOHN DUCKS TO OPEN IN NEW LOCATION Rroadleaf iowerinr alirabe, Bhoa i ad k aV I dron Muliamja , Mountain. Laaral, I ,fe 3 feet, IS for 11.84, 1M far l!4; >«al«aa CaleniluJacca Flame Azalea, t to 3 teat, 10 for $I.8t, JW far «M. Cariaelaa Hemlock , 2 to 3 feet , 19 far ll.i», 1M for 114. List tree. Place apriiw trttt now. WATAUGA EVEBGREBN CO. Johnaon Citjr . >•* ¦ > , PARK VIEW DAIRY IfAS NgW ICE CREAM Park Vletr * Dairy announces : its new French D*iry-Maid Ice Cream , as firre f>enoh ice cream as can be punchased anywhere in the world. Otto MaUbok ,. for sev«ral years af- filiated ; W ith Park View at it* Woodhull ' • avenue . plant will'be in charge, of the manufacture of the ice cream , which will be made with a brtnd new ice cream machine manufactured by the Matthewson Company of Quincy, Mass. The Park View plan will main- tain curb service and also free parking for the convenience of its customers. The wide choice of 14 flavors with which Mr. Hallock will: start his service will be aug- mented from time to time as the season progresses . Vortex cones and Carry-Out Sundaes are among the many specialties which will feature the Park View French Dairy-Maid ice cream. ¦ The public is cordially invited to come and inspect the plant and to watch the preparation of this new ice crea m which they will surely find to be at least as delicious as anything they Lave ever eaten. FIREMEN ENJOY CODFISH SUPPER A codfish supper was enjoyed by the members of the Rivcrlioiul Exempt Volunteer Firemen ' s Asso- ciation on Wednesday evening Phil Vollmuller, chef , was assislcii by a committee consisting ol Oliver Hubbard. George W. Hil- dreth, president of the association presided. Social Workers Meet At Isli p (Continued from Page 11 Long Island - Lighting Company; Dr. , \ Burdge Mac Lean , Deputy Health Commissioner of Suffolk County ; ' . ' ¦ Dr..- Marcus Schatner, Senior Assistant Physician , Central Islip State . Hospital ; Robert W. Boyd , Director New York State Employment'Service ; M. W. Beck- elman , Chairman Group Work Sec- tion ^ New York City Welfare Coun- cil , and Hugh R, Jackson , Assistant Secretary, State Charities Aid As- sociation; . Am«ng the Riverhead people who attended the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. M. M: Burr , of the Town Wel- fare Department; Miss Ruth Strat- ton and Gerard Bercier , of the N. Y. State Dept. of - Unemployment Insurance; Dr. E. C, Wells , of the Suffolk County Tuberculosis ' and Health Association; Miss Mildred Bolles , Town Nurse; Rev. Charles MacLean, and Miss Louise Ulrich , acting director of the Suffolk County Board of Child Welfare. About 500 people attended the con- ference.
