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VV. KINGSLAND SIACT IG.O.P. ' s Choice Eastern Suffolk Concert Group to Start Membership Drive on Monday With the Eastern Suffolk Concert Association membership campaign fully organize d , the intensive drive for one week is to be launched at a dinner of the officials and team captains at the Hotel Henry Per- kins in Riverhead on Monday eve- ning, Oct. 2 , at 7 o ' clock. Several patrons of the Associa- tion have provided memberships for students in the public schools , and all school children are eligible to compete. The contest is in the form of a musical quiz , the 25 questions of which were published in the Review la3t week. The winners will be awarded memberships in the As- sociation for the current season ' s attractions. All answers mujt be in the hands of the committee on or before noon , Tuesday, Oct. 3. The series of concerts or other attractions which will be booked oy the Association can be enjoyed on Association dates only by members. The membership drive will be car- ried on from Monday, Oct. 7 , after which no memberships will be sold. No tickets will be sold at the door on the night of the concert , so if you wish to enjoy something worth- while take a membership next week. Membership-costs $3 for adults and $1.50 for children. The concerts are planned three in a series , but if a very large membership results in this campaign there may be four or five concerts. All the money gained through the membership drive is directed entirely to buying the artists the committee selects , is the Eastern Suffolk Concert Asso- ciation is a non-profit organization. A similar organization has just been founded in Patchogue , and the executives have announced that , in the event of a successful member- ship campaign , those holding tick- ets for the Riverhead group of con- certs will be able to use these for the Patchogue series , with no extra charge , and vice versa. The recip- rocal plan will enable members of either organization to see and hear six splendid concerts this season. Campaign headquarters will be established on Monday in Gn/Ung ' s Hardware Store. Mrs. Howard Hovey will be there every day next week from 10-Jf ind 1-5. The phone number is 2585. Supervisors Shift Relief to Town Rule 6-4 Vote Returns Con- trol Back to Towns ; County Retains Nine Administrative Units. The Suffolk Board of Super- visors , having returned to the towns general control of and re- sponsibility for the financing of home relief and relief medical care at a special meeting last Thursday auernoun , uuupleu uu Muuuuj' of this week a supplemental resolu- tion continuing as county functions several of the administrative ser- vices perform ad the past three years by the County Department of Public Welfare. The resolution , as originally drafted , provided for the retention of case supervision as a county re- sponsibilit y but after a recess con- ference behind closed doors , Super- visor Warren F. Greenhalgh of Islip, board chairman , announced that this provision had been \ stricken out for the time being. \ He indicated that the board might later reconsider this particular phase of the relief transition. An earnest plea for the continu- ance of case supervision by his de- partment was made by Public Wel- fare Commissioner Irving Williams , who pointed out in the disburse- ment of the state ' s 40 per cent share of relief costs , amounting to about $300 , 000 a year , he must con- tinue to act as the state ' s agent. \Unless you give me a staff to work with , \ said Williams , \ you are plac- ing on me a responsibility I cannot fulfill. \ Homan Sees Aspersion Supervisor Dennis G. Homan of Riverhead, long-time critic of the county relief set-up and of its ad- ministrator , took Williams ' state- ment as an aspersion upon the honesty and competency of the town officials and employees who will handle relief after Oct. 31 next. He saw no reason , he said , why in- vestigation and supervision of relief cases by town employees should not be as honest and as thorough as by the investigators and super- visors on the county staff. Both Greenhalgh and Williams declared it was not a question of honesty, but of the possible substi- tution of untrained workers for thoroughly qualified ones . The resolution retaining as county functions several relief ad- ministrative services was offered by Greenhalgh , seconded by Super- visor John N. Brennan of Smith- town and was adopted without a dissenting vote. It reads as follows: \Whereas , all townships of the County of Suffolk participate in certain services administered by (Please turn to Page 2 , Col. 1) Bi g Markvart Vote Featured Rep. Primary A thumping vote of confidence which foreshadows his re-election for a third term by a record-break- ing majority in the November elec- tions was given Count y Clerk Frank Markvart by the Republican voters of Suffolk County in the party primary last week , it was re- vealed with the release of official returns by the Board of Elections at Riverhead yesterday. Although he was not opposed for the nomination and interest was chiefly centered in the 40-odd G. O. P. County Committee contests , Markvart was given 9 , 799 votes , 3 , 939 in the First Assembly District and 5 , 860 in the Second A. D. He led his running mate , Coroner Mor- ley B. Lewis of Grcenport , by 833 votes , according to the election board' s compilation. Dr. Lewis polled 8 , 966 votes to win renomination for coroner, in the First A. D., 3 , 699 votes were cast for the popular coroner and in the second A. D. he received 5 , 267. Radford C. Shanklin of Fishers Island , whose name appeared on both the Republican and Democra- tic ballots as a candidate for the second coroner nomination , polled 8 , 548 Republican and 1 , 666 Demo- cratic votes. McCracken Polls 1 , 771 William C. McCracken of South Huntington , who was unopposed for the . Democratic nomination for county clerk , won the right to op- pose Markvart in the general elec- tion. His vote was: First A. D., 748; Second A. D., 1 , 023; total, 1 , 771. (Please turn to Page 2 , Col. 8) Supreme Court O pens; Jury to Get 35 Cases Robinson Goodale of Aquebogue and Patrick Irwin of East Quogue were appointed foreman and as- sistant foreman of the October Grand Jury by Justice Charles J. Dodd , presiding over the Supreme Court term of court. Justice Dodd faced a trial calen- dar of 227 cases that had piled up over the summer vacation months and 33 .special term cases. The County Couit will re-optn for the fall term of court on Oct. 2 , when Judge L. Barron HIU will open the civil term of that tribunal for the first two weeks , to be fol- lowed by a criminal term . A total of 35 cases will be pre- sented to the Grand Jury by-Dis- trict Attorney Fred J. Munder and his staff of assistants. S. H. Woodhull Estate Willed To 4 Children Sylvester H. Woodhull of River- head , who died on Sept. 14 at the age of 98 after a long and success- ful career as farmer and cranberry grower , left an estate consisting of personal propert y which is formally valued in the probate petition at \ over $5 , 000\ and real estate valued at \ over $5 , 000\ it was revealed with the filing of the will in Surrogate ' s Court , Riverhead , this week. The will provides a cash bequest of $1 , 000 for Roberta M. Young, daughter , Riverhea d , and gives to Louise W. Woodhull , daughter , al- Su of Riverhead , the testator ' s homestead property on Maple ave- nue , Riverhead , together with all furnishings and other contents. The remainder of the estate is to be coually divided among Louise W., Mary C. and Edith Woodhull , daughters , all of Riverhead. ' No mention is made \ of my son , Frank E. Woodhull , for the reason that I have made provision for him dur- ing my lifetime , \ the will states. The son , who also resides in River- head , and the daug hter , Louise , are named executors. ivir. YVCuuiiiiii , WiiO ,Vu£> <* iiHC^l descendant of Richard Woodhull , early Southold Town settler and of General Nathaniel Woodhull , Revo- lutionary War patriot , was River- head village ' s oldest resident. Sykes Will Is Piled Disposing of an estate valued at about $10 , 000 and consisting almost entirel y of real estate , the will of William F. Sykes gives his widow , Mabel A. Sykes , all personal prop- ert y and a life interest in all real , estate , which upon her death is to pass to Elizabeth Sykes Jensen , daughter , of 2550-30th road , Astoria. The widow is named executrix. Mr. Sykes died Nov. 26 , 1938. John Bohlen of Huntington Sta- tion , who died Sept. 17 , left personal property valued at about $1 , 600 and real estate valued at $6 , 000 , accord- ing to the petition for probate of the will offered in Surrogate ' s Court . Lyman Bohlen , son , Hunt- ington Station , is given $500 in trust , he to receive the principal when he attains the age of 25 , and all auto tools , watch and trinkets. The residuary estate is bequeathed to Elsie Bohlen , widow , Huntington Station . Ansile N. Kempthorne , brother-in-law , of Springfield , Mass., is named executor. Henrietta J. Lechtrecker is named sole beneficiary by the will of her husband , George B. Lechtrecker of Patchogue , who died Aug. 6 , leaving (Please turn to Page 7 , Col. 1) Jersey Firm is Low Bidder for Waterways Job Estimates opened by the War Department engineers in New York on Thursday in preparation for the dredging of the proposed extension of the Long Island Intracoastal waterway from Patchoeue to Shin- necock Canal revealed the fact that the Hill Dredging Corporation of Ventnor , N. J., with a quotation of $178 , 872 was the lowest among 11 bidders. • The government ' s esti- mate was $259 , 796. The estimates were based on the dredging of 1 , 233 , 600 cubic yards of material. The Hill corporation bid on a unit price of 14.5 itentt, u cubic yard , as against the government' s estimate of 21.06 cents. Other bidders who quoted on the entire job and the figure of each one are: Hazell Properties , Inc., New York , $226 , 982; Atlantic , Gulf and Pacific Company, New York , $252 , 517 ; Tri- mount Dredging Corporation , Bos- ton , Mass., $255 , 848 ; Jensen and Guerr , Freeport , $264 , 483 ; Gibson and Cushman , Inc., Bay Shore , and Long Island Dredging Corporation , Jamaica , joint bid , $264 , 607 ; R. C. Huffman Const . Company, Buffalo , $273 , 859 , and P. Sanford Ross , Inc., Jersey City, $293 , 596. The specifications called for the dred ging in three sections. The first section being 397, 500 cubic yards , the second 395 , 900 , and th^ third , 440 , 200. On this basis , Jose- p hine K. Heling of Lindenhurst quoted prices as follows: Section 1 , $98 , 182 ; Section 2 , $87 , 787 , and Sec- tion 3 , $108 , 729 , with the explanation that only cne section was to be accepted. Over a year ago the War Depart- ment appropriated $286 , 000 for the project. Two Parties Prepare Ten Town Slates Town Candidates To Be Named at 20 Conven- tions ; Griffing Favor- ed to Oppose Homan. Next on the political program , now that the primaries are over and done with , is the nomination of candidates for the many town offices to be filled at the November election. That will be accomplished at the town conventions or caucuses i,, ho hAlri rinrimr the next few days by the twe iflajor parties in the ten townships of the county. Nominations must be filed on or be- fore Tuesday, Oct. 3. Riverhead Republicans , who will hold their convention next Monday at 8 p. m. In the Surrogate ' s court- room in the county courthouse , ap- pear to have a wide choice of pos- sible candidates for supervisor. Town Leader ' Dwight T. Corwin and M. James Hendry, president of the Riverhead Republican . Club , have appointed a committee com- prised of three county committee- men and as many club members to interview potential candidates and report at a caucus to be held to- night. Members of this group in- clude Committeemen Harry Penny, L Gilson Griffing and Joseph Koz- ofsky and Horatio Lowe , Elias Av- ram and Mr. Hendry for the club. Among those mentioned most prominently as supervisor candir dates are former Supervisor Milton L Burns , Timothy G. Griffing, H. E. Campbell, A. Herbert Reeve , J. Fred Dugan and Roscoe Hubbard. Justices Austin H. Warner and Fred H. Boutcher and Assessor Thomas Danowski , G.O.P. office- holders whose terms expire Dec. 31 , will be renominated , it is predicted. The 18 committeemen and 18 dele- gates whose task it will be to shape the G.O.P . town ticket will meet in caucus tonight to talk over possi- bilities for supervisor , town clerk , highway superintendent and the several other offices to be filled at the election. Homan to Run Again The Riverhead Town Democratic Committee , which met Tuesday night at the call of Leader Julian Rubenstein, is reported to have unanimously agreed on the renomi- nation of Supervisor Dennis G. Homan and of all other Democratic incumbents whose terms will ex- pire. The Democratic convention has also been set for Monday at 8 , in the county courtroom. The Southold Republican conven- tion , set for Saturday at 1.30 p. m. in Community Hall , Southold , will result in the renomination of Su- pervisor S. Wentworth Horton . The Southold Democrats , who will nom- inate Monday at 7.30 p. m., also in Community Hall , may decide upon a supervisor candidate and other nominees at a preliminary caucus tomorrow night. There have been rumors that the Democrats \vouid endorse Horton but it is understood that the idea has been dropped. East Hampton Republicans and Democrats will hold their conven- tions Monday night at 8 o ' clock , the Republicans meeting in the Meth- odist Church hall at East Hampton and the Democrats in the Town Tall. The Republicans are expected to renominate all incumbent office- holders from Supervisor Perry B. Duryea down. Mentioned as pos- sible Democratic nominees are Dr. David Edwards and Mayor Judson L. Banister for supervisor , Ferris Talmage and George Schellinger for highway superintendent , James Marley for town clerk , W. Taylor Vaughn for justice and William Talmage for assessor. Some 30 of- fices will be filled in November in East Hampton township. Hildreth Is Favored The first of the series of town conventions will be held at the Southampton Town Hall tonight (Thursday) at 3 p. m. when the Re- publicans meet. The renomination of Supervisor J. Augustus Hildreth is being predicted. It is understood that the Hampton Bays Democratic Club , Inc., will present a full slate , headed by former Town Clerk James Early, at the Democratic convention in the Town Hall , Mon- day night. Former Tax Receiver Ralph Sayre is also being men- tioned as a possible supervisor can- didate. At Shelter Islar.i , the one town- ship in which nominations are made directly by the voters , the Democra- tic caucus will be held in the Town Hall , Monday, at 8 p. m. while the Republicans meet the same hour in Community Hall. Supervisor Ev- erett C. Tuthill will head the G.O.P. ticket and John Laspia, secretary of the Suffolk Board of Elections , is the possible Democratic standard- bearer. The Brookhaven Republican con- cention , called for 3 p. m. Monday in the high school at Center Mo- riches , will result in the renomina- tion of Supervisor Edgar A. Sharp. It. is rumored that the Republicans may give signal recognition to the abilities of Town Clerk Andrew Havens , a Democrat , by nominating him for that office. As a candidate to succeed former Justice Carl Ruck , who resigned a week ago , the Republicans are expected to ad- vance Kenson Merrill , Port Jeffer- son attorney. Brookhaven Democrats , at last reports , were still talking a \Draft Havens for supervisor \ movement (Please turn to Page 8 , Col, 3) Judge Backs Women ' s Plea For Mental Hygiene Clinic The Suffolk Board of Supervisors was on Monday urged by represen- tatives of the Suffolk County League of Women Voters and by a group of distinguished professional people to make financial provision in the next county budget for the establishment of a county clinic for mental hygiene as an adjunct to the Suffolk County Health Department. Tile estimated first-year cost of the proposed clinic was placed at $18 , - uOO , with the possibility that the county ' s outlay might be reduced to half that amount by a 50% state aid grant. Proponents of the clinic plan , who based their arguments on surveys made by and for the League of Women Voters , quoted some rather surorlsine: if not shocking facts and figu res to support their contention that the pre valence of mental ill- ness , particularly among school children , is a serious problem de- manding immediate attention. Spokesmen for the league in- cluded Mrs. Robert T. Oliver of Babylon , Mrs . Walter E. McCarthy of Huntington , who is chairman of the league ' s department of child welfare; and Mrs. E. B . Howell of Bab ylon. Professional men who spoke in favor of the clinic included County Judge L Barron Hill , Dr. William H. Ross of Brentwood , chairman of the Suffolk Board of Health; the Rev. Charles W. Mac- Lean , rector of Grace P. E. Church , Riverhead , and the Rev. E. Hoyt Palmer , pastor of the Southold Presbyterian Church. Miss Nina Ridenour , assistant executive sec- retary of the mental hygiene com- mittee of the New Yo rk State Charities Aid Association, who con- ducted a survey for the league dur- ing the summer and fall of 1938 , also addressed the board. The plea was for a county-wide , full-time clinic , staffed by a psychi- atrist , a psychologist , two social case workers and a secretary, which wouiti aupi>ie*iiciil tli c chil- g^i- - ance clinics conducted by staff members of the state hospitals at Kings Park , Central Islip and Brentwood , and somewhat scanty activities in the mental hygiene field being carried on by the schools , the health department , the child welfare and public welfare departments , the probation depart- (Please turn to Page 2 , Col. 2) E ye-Witness Places Onus On Krystoff Miles Says Truck Hit I Sedan In Which Five Were Fatall y Burned ; Resume Probe Today. Damaging testimony adduced from two witnesses—one for the prosecution and one for the defense —may result in Frank Krystoff , 49- year-old farmer of Sagaponack , be- ing held to await the action of the Grand Jury on a charge of criminal iieyU£t!m;e HL lile ieiiuiimiiuu uf ' .he inquest being conducted jointl y by Coroner J. Mott Heath and Jus- tice of the Peace Henry M. Zaleski , ihis (Thursday ) afternoon in the Grand Jury room at the County Courthouse , Riverhead. Krystoff . arrested on a charge of negligence , in connection wi th the automobile accident on Route 58 , new county road north of River- head village , and Northvillo turn - pike on Sept. 18 , which resulted in live persons being burned to death when their passenger sedan caught fi re after ' .he impact of the two automobiles , took the witness stand in his own defense at the hearing on Tuesday afternoon. Breaks Down on Stand Harry DePetris , Mattituck mer- chant and sole survivor of the crash that claimed the lives of five of his kin , presented a pathetic picture as he took the witness stand to tell the story of the crash. OpPptris who. had H IP fivp finfrprs of his righ t hand bandaged and in a sling and his left wrist bandage d to cover the horrible burns he had received before he was rescued from the pleasure car , which had turned into a flaming pyre , broke down on the stand. With difficulty he regained composure and pro- ceeded to gi ve testimony. DePetris , who had lost his wife, Viiicciii.d Cantelmi DePetris , 48; a daughter , Miss Alary G. DePetris , 27; his sister , Louisa DePetris Schiavoni , 52 , and his brother-in- law , Joseph Schiavon i , 62. promi- nent fruit and produce merchant from Greenpcrt , testified that three of six persons in the passenger ma- chine , which was driven by his daughter , Mary, were seated on the front seat and the other three on the rear seat. He said that the machine lie was riding in was traveling at a rate of 35-40 miles an hour when the accident oc- curred. He said that at no time did he see Krystoff' s light pickup trunk. Stanley Troyan , a truckman of Riverhead . wiio performed heroic work in rescuing DePetris and his niece , Mrs . Louisa Schiavoni Man- niello , 27 , of Brooklyn , who died in u hosp ital the next day, from the burning machine , testified tnat he met Krystoff at -Kellner ' s gas station on Peconic avenue , in Riverhead village. He slated that Krystoff was trying to buy used tires for his li g ht truck and when informed at the station that no used tires were sold there , Troyan said he told the man that he had several used tires at his home. Krystoff agreed to follow him from the gas station to his home and it was during the trip that the accident took place. Tells Damaging Story William A. Miles , 24-year-old col- ored resident of Riverhead , who was m eye witness to the accident , testified that the truck struck the passenger machine . Despite efforts of Gordon Lipetz , attorney of Riv- erhead . for Krystoff , the colored youth stuck to the main points of his testimony. Miles' testimony and the story relatod ' on the stand by Krystoff' s son-in-law , Walter Dunn of South- ampton , proved the most damaging of the prolonged session. Dunn stated that he had been tired on the day in question and when his father-in-law started to follow Troyan to his home , he made him- self comfortable in the front seat of the truck alongside of his father- in-law and started to doze. He staled that he did not wake up until the moment lust before the two cars crashed together at the inter- section. He stated that after the crash his machine came to a stop north of the center of the inter- section. Krystoff testified that he was proceeding north on Northville turnp ike , following Troyan. He said he came to a stop south of the in- tersection, and then proceeded across. His car was in second speed lie declared , when the DePetris se- dan hit his bumper and then over- turncd. Krystoff said he ran im- mediately to the scene and helped extricate DePetris and Mrs. Man- niello from the burning wreck. Chief of Police Frank Sowinski testified to the police action of ob- taining routine information of the cars and the ownership of same. After Krystoff had testified , Mr. Lipetz . his attorney, asked for an adjournment in order to produce witnesses for the defense. Coroner Heath and Justice Zaleski agreed I to resume the hearing at 4 o ' clock today. Proposed Relief Shift SUPERVISOR PERRY DURYEA — .TfT^ - ll ,. -»— ^. J .„_ BUI LDIN G BET TER ADVER TISIN G [ COVERS NEWS COMPLETELY —~^- — RODEO BIG SUCCESS AT PATCHOGUE William Bell' s Deep Hollow Guest and Cattle Ranchers , of Montauk , who have received a hearty welcome to eastern Long Island this summer and have highly entertained thou- sands of people at their ranchhouse and rodeos , were the feature attrac- tion at the first annual rodeo spon- sored by the Patchogue Patrolmen ' s Benevolent Association which was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week , at East Lake , Pat- chogue . The rodeo , which contained prac- tically all of the elements of the annual show held at Madison Square Garden , featured Billy Keen , nationally famous standing Re- mand rider who rides two horses over a standing automobile and Humpy, the Brahma bull , who is so difficult to ride that his owners will give a $50 cash prize to any- one who can stay aboard for 30 -seconds. GREGORY-HOWELL NUPTIAL DATE SET Invitations are out for the wed- ding of Miss Mildred Howell , daughter of Surrogate and Mrs. Leone D. Howell of Mineola and Mattituck , and Willoe R. Gregory of Mineola. The ceremony will take place Saturday, Oct. 14 , at 3 p. m. nt the Garden Cit y Hotel in Gar- den City, and will be followed by a reception at the hotel. Siud y Traffic Li g ht Problem Protection of intersections on heavily traveled county highways by the installation of signal lights may ^oon become a county, rather than a town , problem as a result. of the automobile accident tragedy which claimed five lives on Monday of last week at Riverhead. The county may aLso take over and operate all traffic lights already installed and maintained by the towns on county roads, it was sta- ted at the meeting of the Board oC Supervisors in Riverhead Monday, when a preliminary survey showing intersections that might require these protective devices was sub- mitted by County Highway Super- intendent Harry T. Tuthill at the instance of Supervisor Dennis G. Homan of Riverhead. Homan, who last week called for the immediate installation of stop- nnd-go lights on alt crossings on County Route sS , on which the fatal mishap occurred, sponso red a resolution Monday which directed Tuthill to make a complete survey of all hazardous intersections with a view of installing lights at county expense. The Hiverhcail supervisor main- tained that. Section 10:! , Article 12 of the County Highway Law gives the county highway department the necessary legal authorization to \ place any signal of any kind\ on (Please turn to Page 7 , Col, 6) Miss Dreyer to Wed Eng ineer Miss Virginia Hope D r e y e r , daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Jacob S. Dreyer of Jones avenue , Port Jefferson , will be married on Sat- urday morning, Oct. 7 , to Charles Robert Schubert , son of Charles A. Schubert and the late Renee Schu- bert of Doug laston , Long Island. The Rev . Lawrence R. Boyll , pas- tor of the Port Jefferson Methodict Church , will offic;~to at the cere- mony which will be performed at the bride ' s home . Only the immedi- ate members of the families will be present because of the recent death of the groom ' s mother. Mrs. William D. Adam , sister of the bride , will be the matron of honor , and the groom will have Gary Snowden of Forest Hills as best man. Miss Dreyer was graduated in 1931 from the Port Jefferson High School . She attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., and Phoenix Art Institute , New York City. Mr. Schubert was graduated from Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Va., and received his in- dustrial engineering degree from Lehigh University, Bethlehem , Pa., in June of this year , where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fra- ternity. He is affiliated as naval ordnance inspector with the Beth- lehem Steel Company of Bethlehem , Pa. LEGISLATOR'S KIN DIES IN NASSAU Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anne Garvin Hall , mother of Rep- resentative Leonard W. Hall , who died Tuesday of a heart attack in her sleep at her Oyster Bay home , will be held in Christ Episcopal Church at 11 a. m. tomorrow , Fri- day. The widow of Franklyn H. Hall , she had been ill for several months. She was a lifelong resi- dent of Oyster Bay Township, and during the last few years had made her home with her son , who rep- resents Nassau and Suffolk Coun- ties in Congress. EAST QUOGUE F. D, PLANNING DANCE The East Quogue Fire Depart- ment is planning to have another reunion banquet for their mem- bers , wives, friends , neighbors at a dinner and floor dance show to be held at the Travelers Tavern , Sat- urday. September 30. The members of this active organization are an exceptionally fine group of citizens and enjoy an enviable reputation for their neighborliness and socia- bility. Patrick Edwin , the chairman in charge of this affair is doing his utmost to make this one of the gayest and happiest \ get-to-gethe r '' parties the people of East Quogue have ever had. He has arranged with one of Broadway ' s well known producers for a floor show direct from the Gay White Way. RepublicansRename Macy For Chairman , Vote Is 210 To 109 G.O.I* . Committee Mem- bers Reject Potter ' s Bid For Leadershi p; Vote is 210 to 109. The Republican party of Suffolk County reaffirmed its faith in present leadership Monday night at Timber Point , when the newly c^cct^u c. c.r . ™»~»~iffnr-*>- ,-« ^.«t«^ 210 to 109 in favor of W. Kingsland Macy for his seventh term as county chairman. Adherents of former Assemblyman Hamilton F . Potter of Smithtown , opposition candidate for chairman , proposed the use of a secret ballot to enter the vote , but after listening to free debate at length , Mr. Macy, who presided , ruled against this unusual procedure. Based on last year ' s Suffolk County vote for Dewey in the gu- bernatorial election , the results of the contest for county chairman were recor&d as follows : Macy 32012 Potter 16143™ Absent or not voting 1014^4 Shelter Islanders Absent The Shelter Island committeemen representing 409 , was missing and one district in Babylon town repre- sented 453 votes , did not go on record. An absentee from Babylon Town accounted for an additional shortage of 15214 votes. The big assembly room on the ground floor of Timber Point Re- publican Club was filled with eager committeemen , and a number of interested visitors who crowded members out of their seats. The late comers ove rflowed the foyer and the porches. From here they wedged through the crowd to door or window when their names were called on roll-call and for the votes. This caused some delay and it was 11 o ' clock before the result was an- nounced. Potter Men Wanted Secrecy There was a determined effort on ! the part of Potter supporters to ob- tain the use of a secret ballot The motion to make this change in the usual procedure)was introduced by former Justice John C. Toaz of Huntington. Several Potter adher- ents spoke in favor of the motion , including Supervisor Perry B. Dur- yea of East Hampton , who ex- hibited a sample of the proposed ballot. The baiiots had been printed and were ready to use. There was no effort to restrict debate on this subject. . After a number of other committeemen had presented their arguments , Assemblyman Elisha T. Barrett of Islip Town , shot a scath- ing challenge to Potter adherents to come out in the open and re- frain from \hiding behind a secret ballot\ . After the roll call , Surrogate Richard W . Hawkins of Hunting- ton Town placed the name of W. Kingsland Macy in nomation for chairman of the Republican County Committee. Judge Hawkins made an earnest and eloquent statement of his leader ' s qualifications. \Lead- ership is best measured by the re- sults achieved , \ said Judge Haw- kins. \Here we are enjoying com- petent leadership. The best evidence of this is the outcome of our elec- tions , the huge majorities which we gave Dewey for Governor and Alt Landon for President. \ Hawkins Lauds Macy Judge Hawkins dwelt on the vast experience in state and national affairs of Leader Macy, and how his advice nad counsel were sought in high places. He lauded Mr. Macy ' s liberal and progressive views and pointed out how he gives his full time to the work of the county chairman. His home town , (Please turn to Page 7 , Col. 4) The Rev. Dr . Edward J. Humes- ton , for the past 19 years the pasto r of the First Presbyterian Church of Huntington , has tendered his resignation to the parish due to ill health. The resignation will be acted on by the congregation at a meeting scheduled for Oct. 4. Dr. Humeston received a six- month leave of absence last fall and spent most of the winter in the South. He attempted to resume his duties late in the spring but suffered a relapse and for the past three months has been confined to his home. Nearly 400 Long Island school teachers h ave enrolled in the two new Long Island centers of the New York University School of Education. DR. HUMESTON WILL LEAVE HUNTINGTON Dwight T. Corwin , manager of the Long Island Cauliflower Asso- ciation has announced the opening of the company ' s cauliflower blocks on Monday, Oct. 2. The Riverhead block will open for business at 11 a . m., and the Southold block will open at 2 p. m. 'FLOWER BLOCK TO OPEN FORM G.O.P. CLUB AT MASTIC BEACH A new Republican Club has re- cently been started at Mastic Beach with the first meeting at the home of William Bishop. Arrangements were made for the next- meeting to be held at the West End fire- house , Mastic Beach , Saturday, Sept. 30 , at 8 o ' clock. There are over 30 members in the club now headed by Denney Barnes , presi- dent; Paul Schulte , vice president; Mrs. Denney Barnes , secretary, and Jack Haug hn , treasurer. Rapid Growth of Sport Fishing is [Shown in Report on L. I. Fisheri es B^A report of the investigation of^ sjHpn g Island marine fisheries rc- fiJMu rt.cs conducted jointly by the wjjfcrcau of Biological Survey of the •Sg Hbiscrvation Department and the iSS. Bureau of Fisheries during ? ' *3»HS 'b n ow ava \a D 'c 'n book form, ' \ -SfiKState Conservation Department ' TttKpunccd this week. Numerous - \ detailed investigations consisting of statistical , biological and ecological i 'studies are included in the report, ti' The several chapters in addition |$to those dealing with the volume ffikllt the commercial and recreational i&pkhery include a detailed investlga- jJKttbn of the winter flounder , which ra|j|nphasi7es information on mig- I gjMtory habits , growth rate and se- S^fctivity of certain types of gear; Spiltial studies of the tuna and gHJWSfcnMish which ca 'l attention to |j|SMftlmportance of these species in |SBft»J Viater;; chemical studies cov- ^H pollution conditions and salin- ^^Bi^alucs in the bays ; ecological |pN§ins on bait and food animais , Sgui|Mblg plankton. Hp ^B ginvestigations carried on in Ilp*?ie!B' iWaters of Long Island in- WSSmaj&R studies of the commercial ll^SllHMJi resources and of the sport ll/Uhtng- business. Catch records of nttae commercial fisheries indicate jjijfltat the marine waters of Long H|ltjand , produced about SO million Kptimu. This poundage included sev- eral species , the most abundant of which were the whitin? and butter- J fish and menhaden , the latter pro- cessed in oil and fertilizer. The South-ocean area with a catch of about 10 million pounds exceeded ail other regions in the Long Island district. An interesting chapter on sport fishing discusses the phenomenal expansion and importance of this activit y in Long Island waters. Data are brought together for the first time on the amount of fishing engaged in by anglers. The totyl catches in numbers of fish taken on chartered boatj. open boats and row boats frcm March 15 to Nov. 15 . 1938 , exclusive of the Canarsie and Sheepshead (leeta . reached the fol- lowing figures for the more popular species; winter flounders , 1 ,039 , 115; weakfish , 530 . 203 ; fluke , 26 , 990; sea bass , 121 , 987 ; porgy, 270 . 203 ; king- fish , f53 , 125; pollock , 20 , 323 , and tuna , 13 , 530. In the recreational fishery, the accessory bait business for tiie boats for which statistics were ob- tained , reached an estimated total of $100 , 000. The report is issued at a cost of $1.15. It will be followed by Part II dealing with the studies of eggs and young stages and of the dis- tribution and abundance of the numerous fish species in the shore zone.
