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November Weather Hints of Approach of Real Wi n ter Hal Fullerton Give? His Monthly Report Temperatur e Roaches A High Mark of GO on One Day—Seven Flakes Con* stitute Season ' s First Snow Storm THE monthly account of how the weather behaves itself , prepared by Itnl 11. Fullorton of Medford. jr 0 v- . . •niiii.nt ohsni-vni- , is always interest- ing. Hero is what Mr. Fullnrlon says nl. Mil November: This month curried us always dis- tinct hints of the close approach of the wihlei' - .eason. During tho day, the-temperature was always above .10 degrees; U - degree'i (>r above was itiacliud oa seven days ; 50 degrees or above on sixteen days , and between .|0 and 1)0 degrees oil seven days only; the highest point rencheil being fig d ' e- grees on the 14 th. At night , the temperature fluctuat- ed widely, from 14 degrees , the low- est , on tht* 12th , up to 50 degrees on the l->tji. It dropped, below 30 de- grees on fourteen nights with the us- ual ice shins. . Thc variation i>i temperature be- tween day nnd night also - varied' great- ly front only seven dogrees on the l ' cth , up to 37 degrees on the 14th , running as n rule , however , about 20 degrees. There was a total precipitation-of four anil ono-hnlf inches , the great- est amount falling in twenty-four hours was .a trifle u-ider an inch on the 19th. Rain fallinpr , on ten days during thc month , and on the morning of the 21st came our first snowfall , lasting from 11:00 until 11:02 , during which time just seven flakes were counted. There were eigh teen clear days ; fix partly cloudy, , and six days only when the Blessed Island was not favored b y the sun. On the 9th and 27th , dis- tant thunder was heard . j. Thc wind came from directly north , \ Time day during the , mc.nth; ' from the ^Drth\-_j.t' three \ days ; _J ri>ttv . . ttfirectl^ west; on eleven days ; from the south- west three days ; from directly south on four days ; from the southeast six days;, and from directly east on two days. No thing unusual during the month , just the normal fluctuating Novem- ber. By Ruby Doug las I \THE Town Clerk seemed not to be able to account for the run of middle-aged or elderly couples who have been taking out licenses to wed. We ' ve thought it over. The other fellow ' s problem is ' ever fascinating especially when it is tangled up with human relations. When \Winter approaches with her eerie , haunting winds and the shut-in days face us , we who are past Youtli' s hey-day, rather look forward to in- door comforts ,. to warmth and com- panionsfiip, some one to sit beside us at the fire. We don 't hanker after the tri p out into the cold night in arctics »nd muffler , in search of someone -with -whom to spend the eve- ning. No; we. want our creature com- forts at home. Thus , if we are alone , we look about , fo*r it permanent com- panion , someone who will share the long Wjnter hours with us. Never mind about s ' o-ciilled love. We know all about' that. We ' ve had it. What we want is comradeship and comfort. We find her. She is equally lonely, equally sophisticated. . We march her to the office of the Town Clerk. He registers our ages , and there you are ! But in Spring! Oh , how different does the bi g book look ! Every girl from sixteen up and every lad who can swear hi. is a ma*n of twenty-one gets romance in his blood. It is the mating season . for the youthful , for the young of all nature , human and otherwise. They rush hand in hand Into matrimony; They-register their m eagre number .of , years and the Town Clerk lo oks do*wn his columns io behold a long line of earl y appli- cants for licenses. This is only as one of us sees it But , might it hot apply? $1 FOR THE BEST TIP That standing offer of The Ad- vance of $1 for the \best \tip \ for a ?ews item in each issue of this paper ¦ '» still good. It means that if vou Pass in the best bit of information on w! \cli it story, short or long, is . based; you get .$1. Your help is not adver- tised. The dollar is- hot much , but the fun of being a reporter for the moment ia the thing- . Just drop in or telephone 1000—the number you can 't forget; ' . ' . AS I SEE IT m Don 't slop reading till you i. ( .( tn the bach page of this issue of Tlio Ad- vance. You have something remiirlt- nbi . in youi* hands—« . 'lO-pug . ] MUC of n A . mi-weekly. It is U K . largos! is- sue ever produced , und overtops :iny- tliing of the sort wn have ever seen in tlii. . office , from anywhere in Ihe country. There are four sections., ntul every one is u real news section. Of course it is an extra fat issue on ac- count of the tremendous holiday ad- vertising. But that does not mean that nny news has been skimped. It is just loaded with news all through . And the advertisements ni-p mighty interesting. Their message is truly ab- sorbing. DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET TO THE BACK PAGE Here Are Bibles In Every Tongue Conklin Says They are Beat Sellers Scri ptures in Eighteen Languages on Exhibition—More Bibles Sold Here Than Popular Novels COMETH ING decidedly unusual in '-' in the way of window displays wns that of Howard Conklin ' s store on South Ocean Avenue in which the Bible was shown in 18 different lan- guages. The display was furnished to Mr. Conklin by the American Bible Society, and in addition to the Bibles shown in the window Mr. Conklin lias a large number of others in vari- ous foreign languages. . While in the army, Mr. Conklin says he saw a window in a shop abroad containing a similar collection and at the time hoped that he some day might present such an exhibition and this has just* been i- _a::v: -*d. Mr. Conklin is secretary of the Long Island Bible Society, 6ne of the old- est of its kind in the country, and affiliated yvith thc American Bible Society. ' ' ¦ \ \ In commenting on the Bible as a best seller in the book world Mr. Conklin said that it was by far the best seller ' that he carries , though he has a stock of all the latest „ in novels and- mC___ .S- literature; - Tfi' e- cbm ' moir idea today, is that , the v Blble is a book that Is much hegleb.ed but the local sales disprove this idea in a very def- inite manner. 'Another interesting fact in this coin!- nection is that despite the belief that college students have little use for religion , Mr. Conklin finds that one of the peak points . in . the sale of Bi- bles occurs early in September just before the annual contingent of young folks leave for college. ' The oth er high sale point is during the Christ- mas season. The Bible is today published in 770 different languages and dialects , com- plete in 158 languages , the New Test- ament in 142 languages and one or more separate books of the Bible in 422 languages. Conklin ' s window display showed the Bible in the following languages nnd dialects : Tonga , Dutch , Hebrew , Arabic , Ojibwa , Seneca , German , Bul- garian , Lettish , Turkish , Chinese , Japanese , Syrian , Ponape , Bengali , Romanized Shanghai and Mandarin. . What are the Moths Doing Around Here In Snow Time? WHITE moths flying about 111 live- ly fashion on a mid-December afternoon isn 't the usual order of things around here but it was the un- usual sight th at greeted pedestrians on East Main Street late yesterday afternoon just b efore dusk and fog started to settle ove r the village. Curiosity and speculative thoughts of sever.il old time residents have been aroused in an effort to account for this peculiar state of affairs. R. E. Swezey of Terry Street , and one of Patchogue ' s old-time residents , was the first to be amazed at this un- usual sight He was walking along East Main Street when the two insects flew past him at a lively rate. Think- ing that he was perhaps \ seeing things \ Mr- Swezey stopped to watch the two millers as they hovered about a tree across from the Elks ' Club for several , minutes. In the meantime word spread and others gathered to watch this combination of Juno nnd December in the nature world. A number of old timers , when asked their opinion of the matter seemed at a loss to explain their pres- ence unless it was the sign of con- tinued warm weather but the reports of a cold wave would tend to up-*et tnis theory. Dr. Frank Overton , who is an authority on natural his- tory, could give no explanation of their appearance. One patriarch of the village ventured the opinion that the insects had prematurely imbibed a little holiday cheer and were on a winter spree while another advanced the ' theory that the millers had just escaped from some young lady ' s fur coat. Governor Smith at Trial Today Testifies for State in Park Seizure Case Commission Seized Big Estate With- out Funds , Claims Defect Cured— Says Objectors Got Into Situation Advisedl y ' I 'HE famous case of the Pnuclioguo * Land Corporation seeking to oust the Long Island State Park Commis- sion from Deer Range Park at Great River , the former Taylor (.state , and recover damages against ' the park commissioners as individuals for ex- ceeding their powers in making tho .seizure , is now occupying the Supreme Court at Rivei-hend under Justice Dunne. . Governor Smith was u defense wit ; Hess this morning, arriving by spe- cial car on the 11:23 train mid being called to the stand at once. He told briefly of conversations with H. Kingslutid Macy, when the park seiz- ure -was pending. The jury was selected during the closing days of the court Inst week , after long and careful examination , Lawyer William M. Robbins of Bay Shore for the plaintiff and Charles Pol lode , of New York for the defen- dant. The former bore, a bit on the fact that former County Judge J ohn R. Vunk is one. of the array of coun- sel for the commission , and quizzed prospective jurymen as to whether their personal acquaintance , business dealings or political association with him would affect; their interest. Pollock , on the other hand , point- ed out that W. Kingsland Mactf . of Islip, to whom he referred as \that good looking gentleman sitting third from thei end , \ is one of the principal owners of the Pauchogue concern aiid is also the recently elected chairman of the Republican county committee, He wanted to make sure there -were no jurymen who are too good Repub- licans and Robbins wanted to feel sura about having* no too good Demo- crats in the box. The veniremen were also quizzed as to other slants they might have on the great park question. A number of _ rospectsswerc excused ^ and cithers called before the jury. conrorj^g. the f6nbwihg ' mSn'*wia3''0-Cep_j_ by hotli sides: David E. Halsey, farmer , Wa- ter Mill; Henry Baser, gardener , East Hampton ; Clarence Pearsall , ice deal- er , Gypiague; George A. Gould , mer- chant , Cutchogue; lijver.tt Benjamin , sailmnker , Eas.. Moriches; Frederick Sehieler , laborer , Sag Harbor ; Will- iam F. Randall , bayman , East Quogue; John S. Coughlin , well driver , Hunt- ington ; Halsey Corwin , 1 - carpenter , Riverhead; Winfield Terry, mason , f-atchogue; Frank D. Smith , mer- chant , Peconic; Albert J. Dickerson , farmer , Shelter Island. Charles Tuttle , of the firm of Da- vies* , Auerbach & Cornell , of Manhat-* tan , counsel for the corporation , mov- ed to strike out the six affirmative defenses interposed by the commis- sion. Lawyer Pollock opposed the mo- tion. Decision was reserved. TTHE land corporation, in the course - A of two years of litigation , has won several skirmishes , and . finally big judgments against the commis- sioners , but the case cam e back . to the original Sujireme Court state again ( Continued on ' page 4 , this section) Lafayette Alumni to Dine December 27 Annual Banquet of Suffolk County Graduates Will be Held at Elks ' Club—Elaborate Entertainment Is Planned . - ' TTFIE annual banquet of the Lafay- ¦*• ette Alumni of Suffolk county to be held Monday night , December 27 , at' the Patchogue Elks ' club , promises to be an event of even greater inter- est than the-several previous ones in which graduates of the Easton col- lege have gathered to talk over stu- dent days and promote the interests of their Alma Mater.: / ' Many of the alumni will bring ' la- dies and prospective Lafayette stu*- dents with them , and as the banquet comes within, the Christmas holidays period doubtless many at present' eon- nectcd with \the college will also be on hand. E. Eugene Hawkins , Jr., of East Patchogue , president of the Pat- chogue Electric Light Company,. .Is chairman of the . arrangements com- mittee. . . ' The program includes addresses by Supreme Court Justice Walter H. Jay- cox , - Wayne Dumont , a lawyer gradu- ate of Lafayette , 1892 , and a trustee of the college , George P. Adamson , '84 , a trustee and also a professor , the Rev. William -Wiley, '71 , who has been a minister for more than a half cen- tury, and George Lupton Robinson , lawyer , '92. Lawyer Frank W. Shaw , '04 , will lead in singing college -songs , Dr. Frank Overton , '90 , will show motion pictures , of . Lafayette college life , and there will be a musical program and dancing. LET HEBB AUSTIN protect yonr loved ones. New Tort life In- SUR __ _ Co, - *P-o_« Pitebofo* L—A*r _ Final Week for Kutest Kiddies to Klinch Title Grand Rusk for Ballot Box These Days Greatest of All Popularity Contests Will Close Saturday Night—Thoui- ands of Vote* E}e!ng 'Cast in Loaf N Spurt ¦ \THe Ku test Kiddies Kontest thnt i l p has stirred tlie town all up for several weeks will ' coma to it close this Saturday evening, - nntl thc an- nouncement , of winners will he made in next Tuesday ' s issue of the Patchogue Advance. Add there will be a last preliminary count .published in this Friday ' s . paper , showing how the kontestnnts : Btand on the eve of tho finish. Then, for it grand final rush. The count published Friday will be as of about noon Wednesday, instead of Thursday as usutil. The fond*jiarenf.il and ' their legions of friends are now ' warming up for the final stages of ' \the battle , and by way of making the -figures run higher the merchants who are conducting this event to d etermine- the most popular children have decided to give double voting coupons from tomorrow morn- ing till the end of the race. A shift in ' the alignment of the lead- ers in the kqntes{. ' so far as last week' s figures disclose , is brought about by the withdrawal of Baby San- donienico , the merry, tiny girl who stood in . first placed having nosed out Bjlly Skinner. Tliis\ leiaves Master Skinner at the top ' of the list , where he stood.the week ; before , but good- ness only knows who , -will stand there after the judges get through count- ing the stacks .ofl ballots they find Wednesday. The S andomenico withdrawal is due to the fact that the l ittle ' ones ' father who sells bread , got many votes by asking his customei-s if he could have the coupons that **#. rit with his loaves from the Salzer, bakery, one of the promoters. There! Wasn 't any rule against this , only actual employees be- ing, barred , but the family gave Up rather than be tli0, subject of criti- cism . J>y, . s o r^wh* _$}t<jBg]it v ih«y„. jiad aii undue advantage. _ \ v They quit ex- pressing thanks r to their many warm supporters. The situation is explain- ed , in a formal statement by the judges , as follows : \To the Editor , the. Advance , \Dear Sir: \The parents of Baby Sandomenico have withdrawn his namfe from the Kutie Kids Kontest on account of the (Continued on Page 7 , this Section) Claim Men Used ' House for Storage of Stolen Furs Big Bail for New Yorkers at Riverhead Four Indictments Ag_inst School Principal Charged With Corruptin g Children—Numerous Other Indict- ments TAMES DUFFY and Louis Wolfe of J New York were indicted by the December Grand Jury at Riverhead for criminally receiving ' stolen , goods , furs to the value of $100 , 000. Tli ey had been' recently, arrested in New York , and the case comes to this coun- ty owing to the allegation that tliey stored the furs in Suffolk. They were placed under bail of $10 , 000 for Wolfe and $3 , 000 for ' Duffy, which they furnished. Yesterday they were taken before Judge Furman nnd pleaded not guilty. [\THE men . are charged -with being 1 L concerned in a $200 , 000 fur rob- bery at the store of Eitingdon & Schild , 230 ' West 31st Street , New York , on July 13 , 1925 , and that they took people to a house in Melville , owned by Wolfe , where the furs were stored. *' ' ¦ Wolfe , it is\said , # October 9 ,. 1923 , pleaded guilty - . - ' . to ' possessing .stolen goods and . was sentenced' by Judge John- C. Khoxlto six ' months in the Essex County Jail ,.New Jersey, and was fined ?2 , 000. Raymond Herzog, the principal of the Lakeland School at Ronkonkoma^ has four indictments against him ' all charging the corruption of the morals of children , his pupils. He was later committed to a hospital for observa- tion but could not be admitted owing to a legal technicality. He is now under $16 , 000 bail, $4 , 000 on each charge. Katherine Poprocki of Bay Shore , who Was first indicted on a charge of having- performed aa illegal operation on a young woman from Southamp- ton , who died , - has .now .been indicted on a first degree manslaughter charge. .. Fred Varberry, . William Gillette , (Continued on Page 4 , This Section) IT WILL BE A MKItRV XMAB If you give a useful gift: Shoes , . Hosiery. Buckles—OppeDheim ' *. —Adv. They Lead at the High School These Students Made High ' Monthly Marks Head Their . Classes in Four High and Junior High Grades on Balis of Last Month' s Work ¦ \Till- following ore on; the honor roll *** for the month of November in thc high school building: Seniors—Katherine Barth , Lcsier llandleman , Vera Marvin , Louise Snow , Ruth Terry, Doris Taylor , Mnttie Bauer ,. Hewlett Bishop, Mary Loughlin , EilvCard Sommer , Mnry Campion , Gustave Kappler , Jennie Pi-winger , Grimt Williams , Ella Ger- ard, Elizabeth Potter , Harold Potter , George Chilson , Sarah Gersowitz , Margaret Titu s , Ruth Truex , George Furman , Wilfred Still , Jos e ph Vig- nato. Juniors—Shirley Jones , Margaret Douohue , Kiitherlnq Ohlman , Alice Mantha , Roger Schott , Alice Curtis , Leroy Jefferson , Roberta Bailey, Dor- othy Goddard , Ronald Incc , Emma Kohn , Frances Novinski , Therese Woinecke , John Swezey, Helen Pe- tvoske , Elizabeth Weber , Marion Bar- tow , Edyth e Bird , Angelina Coprlno , Charles: Kappler , Anna Knight , Wil- liam Neuss , Lawrence Smith. Sophomores — William Kennedy, Matilda Romeo ,. Mary Grodcski ,. Vel- ma Stearns , Joseph Slechta , Kathleen Rows* , Vera Hodges , Julie Kolfir , Lois Phillips , Erma Hawkins , Florence Morton , Eileen Campion , Russell Ray- nor , George Roland , Alan Vrooman , Irving Drake , Lena Koschara- , Matilda Lotito , Frances Still , Pauline Boris , Adole Bliimi Marjori e Morton , Elliott Godoff , Florence Larsen , Sam Kes- selman , Mary Haminond , Audrey Gill , Helen Zebrowski , Herbert Austin , Ma- bel Dorn , Eli Krugel , Beulah Roney. rRESHMEN — Adele La Branch , * Celia ICrlmm , Clara Caprino , George Cole , Olive Homan , Beatrice Kessler , Eleanor Schmall , Irene Drey- er , Joseph Sheridan , Irene Packham , Marie Gluth , Henry Fechtma n , Betty Wright , Agnes Steiner , Hilda Tru- man , Joseph Qb-oper , Eleanor Embler , Lilliaii, Strieb , B eatrice Waeglin , Ly- ; man .|»own , ^ugsne , Haiplyns , Charles HM_ric 'ksbnj7ATbeH Skinner , Vivian Wicks , Isabel Miller , B eatrice G erro- dette , William Rant , Andrew Douglas, Paul Gaer , Florence Haller , Minnie Larson , Natalie Chevalley, Gunner Heinonen , Barney Stejski , Mary Leyes , Theodore Dorn , Johanna Kos- chara. Eighth Grade—Lavinia Creighton , Roberta Weeks , Bessie Waldman , Mary Macaulay, Ruth Zoller , Helen Brown , Alma Frisco , Violet Upton , Alice Wenger , Aquiles Cerdan , Thom- as Kattau , Joseph Albin , Edgar Dix- on , Eleanor Whitman , Elsie Stiriz , Evelyn Steyert , Nadine Reed , Eleanor Phannemiller , Helen Bowie , Rose Pal- ermo , Dorothy Christie , Dorothy Cochrane , Lillie Dioguardo , George Kopczynski , Evelyn Garafola , Stella Gadzinski , Kenneth Rockwell , Mar- garet Lahy, Mildred Palermo , Frank Massotti , Robert Blakeslee , Jessie Mac Donald , Theresa Mercier. Doris Van Dien , Rose Musso , Anastasis Rybaok , Violet Andrisani , Dorothy Zenker , Leonard Rosenthal , William Dyson , Prances Libbey, Wilma Dietz , George Palwikj Marion McLarty, Fred Har- (Continued on Page 7 , this Section) Stony Brook Wins Bowling Match \\PHE Engine Company bowlers were * outrolled by the Stony Brook ag- gregation on the Elks ' alleys Friday night. Previously the engineers had been rolling along in fine shape but the Stony Brook team upset thc en- gineers ' good record by taking three straight games from tliem. Each team used six men in the match , which was witnessed by a large gathering of fans. The Stony Brook team averag- ed 140 pins while the Engineers ' aver- age was 130 to* a man. Griffin of the winners was high man with a pin fall of 178 , 176 and 197. In the first game the Stony Brook team won 701 to 618 , the second was fairly close as the Stony Brook bowlers had only a 12 point m argin and in the third the pin fall was 716 for the Stony Brook team 1 and 6G0 for the Engineers . The summary: Stony Brook 12 3 Rick - . 128 1)8 — Smith 145 131 . 145 Wilson 104 -- 80 Squire 146 127 150 Griffin 178 176 197 Schaeffer — 15 . 4 144 701 686 716 Engine Co. 1 2 3 II. Schoenfeld 116 136 165 Waldbauer 152 97 — Snyder — -r- 105 Bumstead 89 151 122 Ressner 134 148 138 Ball 127 142 130 618 674 660 TAXI: PHONE 38ft— (United Clr_r Store) Albin, Roe & Terry —Adr. A. & P. Managers Have Feast Here Two Hundred Attend Annual Meeting Sunday Formal Business Meeting and Instal- lation of Officers Takes Place ia Morning—Many Company Official! on Hand (or Banquet , , *T*WO hundred members of tho Eoat- *¦ em Long Island Managers ' Bene, fit Association of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea; Company, comprising the,managers of nil of the company ' s - .tores in Nassau and Suffolk counties from Rockvilie Centre to the eastern extremity of the . Island , held their annual banquet at the Elks ' Club Sun- day noon. The dinner was prefaced earlier in the day by tho regular for- ma) business meeting and installation of officers which occupied the major portion of the late forenoon. , In .ad- dition to the members of the associa- tion there . -*¦ . <¦ • a tyrge attendance of officials from this Brooklyn and Mew York offices of the company, together with Village President E. R. Bellman and President of the Chamber of Commerce Herbert F. Austin. I , At the business meeting, which took place in the lodge room , a number of -natters , o-flimnprtenc were disposed o_ - ^ ___^'B '?_w*-i_mdr. - - >addressies* were made. At that time the officers , who were elected at' , e, meeting held a month , ago In Fraternity Hall , were installed as follows: President , A. Gondola , of Mattituck ; vice president , ¦M..E. \W , Edwards , of Gli -i Cove ; re- cording secretary, M. Finn , of West- bury; financial secretary, J. ' LeBleu , of Patchogue; treasurer, Gordon Ed- wards, of Southampton , and sergeant at arms , W. Hopkinson , of Amityville, With the exception of the vice presi- dent all of the officers were re-elected and the post of' treasurer is a ' newly created one , this office having been previously combined -with thnt of fi- nancial secretary. . PRESIDENT Gondola officiated nt * the banquet , which was opened by the playing of ^'The Star Spangled Banner. \ During the dinner a musical program was furnished by members of the Piccadilly orchestra. Following the dinner came a mystery entertain- (Continued on Page 4 , This Section) Brookhaven to O pen New Firehouse Tonight House Warming.Wilt Feature . Dedica- tion of New Building—Informal Program of Speeches by Officials A NEW era in fire protection for ^* Brookhaven will be inaugurated tonight when the new fire house is of- ficially opened for inspection and a regular old time house warming wil l grace the interior of the new fire hall throughout the evening. The building was recently completed and a .sounding of the new siren , installed in the cupola of the fire house , will be the signal that everyone is request- ed to turn out , inspect the new home , listen to a short program of informal speeches and partake of the refresh- ments that will be provided. The new building, which stands on Railroad ' Place , near Montauk High- way, was erected through fund., raised by a bond issue. It is a. framd struc- ture -18 feet by 24 , one story in height with pitched roof and shingled exterior. The interior is div-ded into tv/o sections , the front hal f housing the former chemical truck and the newly acquired chemical apparatus while the rear section contains a meeting and social room. Ou the top of the building has been erected a cupola , in which is housed the new Sterling siren , th at is to be electrically operated for the present with the hope that later a regular box alarm system will be installed. For the present the alarm will be sound- ed from Waldron ' s garage and all calls for the department should be tele- phoned to that point. The men in charge of erecting: the new fire house a,re Judge ¦ John H. Morton , Samuel Bird and George Reeves , who constitute the fire com- mittee of the village. George Waldron is chief of the fire department and Fred D. Swezey is assistant chief, - Old Santa Claus Says He ' s Sure Coming Thursday Send. Telegram Telling Kids to tie Ready Streets to bo Lined With 200 Christ* mas Treea*—Civic Dinner Will Start Series of Events on Long Program \r\ON'T forgot to have nil tlie chil- *- / dre n out Thursday,i De_cmb(.i ' 10 , when I will arrive in Pntchogue. Snow or rain will not prevonfi ' my -ir- rivul. \ That was the text of ' u tele- gram received yesterd ay by Herbert l<\ Austin , president, of tho Oh ' nmlior of Commerce , from Siinta- Clnua , who is now enroute to Patchogue tb greet the thousands of kiddie.. - . front all of the eastern end' of the Island Ilny af- ter tomorrow. For three wcoks the juvenile element of this part of Long Island has been counting tlio ilnys un- til old St. Nick arrives in Patchopun but it won 't bo long. , now . before \ lie and his reindeer and group of Eski- mos get hero. His first apiiearanco that day will be west of Babylon, and then tlie reindeer will start pulling Santa and his party towards . Patchogue . The party will be met outside oi?Patch- ogue, by Herbert F. Austin and an Eagle man nnd will be spirited away into . .the center of' the ' village some- where. Just ail suddenly as Santa and his reindeer vanish into thiri. air they will appear later when a parade stdrta in quest of him. , *Santa \ will .make his debut at tho civic dinner at Ityc ' s Ho- tel that ribon but du . to the fact that his whiskers might get/ mixed tip . in the process of eating under sucH , hnw ; and public conditions he, Tvill then re- tire to eat his dinner in , complete pri- vacy. ' ¦ 7- 7 ¦ ¦ 7 , :A . ' - , 7 ' ' , ¦ \ . ¦ ¦ ' . - ' ¦ PATCHOGUE wiH present' , a very -^ colorful appearance . thiit day for arrangements were completed to- , day whereby the main ' . \ street , of the village will be lined with - Christmas trees. The sidewalk ttlots . for ' \ . the American Legion 'flagpoles . will; be uti . lized-a* sockets.for ; Christmas.trees and over 200 of thom;.wJH giycivthe-Vil- lage streets ii veryi-setispiiable ' i atmos- pbjej. e. . „;. - ¦ ¦ ,. 1-7. - - , ; A .A. _ ^.A: , A .. 22222. \ The Ella ' large tree has ariived and is being, set up on ithe front lawn where it will be giiyly decorated. The 200 crippled children from |the St. Charles ' Hospital iu Fort - Jefferson will be brought here early in the.af- ternoon nnd Santa will see that these kiddies receive his first attention; They will be brought to Patchogue ' , iii large busses and provision has been made for even the wheel chair cases so that they can come in a- truck without being moved from their chairs. They will receive- a bag of candy and two acts of entertainment will be provided. A A letter was received yesterday from the Westhampton Chamber of , Commerce to the effect that all of the Westhampton children woul d prob- ably be in Patchogue and it was con- sidere d certain that the lower , school grades would be closed that d ay. A. similar reaction was reported in East- hampton . and the Moriches village youngsters are all coming h ere to give Santa a gala reception. ¦ , ' / ' The civic dinner will take ' place at 12 o ' clock at Roe ' s hotel at which time Herbert F. Gunnison and R. 'M. Gunnison , president and vice presi- dent , respectively of The Eagle , . will be guests of honor. At 1 o ' clock the Elks ' band will give a half hour ' s concert in front of Roe ' s Hotel arid at 1:45 the parade will start west to Ocean Avenue and south on Ocean Avenue to the vicinity . of the high school where the school kids will take up their search for Santa. The classes are scheduled to close at 2:15 o ' clock to enable the boys and girls to give their whole hearted attention to Santa that afternoon. The salary of the tax receiver of the town of Southampton was raised to $3500 at the last meeting , of the town board , and at the same time a motion was passed that the salary of the town counsel be fixed at $2 , 500 a year. Both of these increases will become effective January 1. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN OFFICIAL SALARIES TO BE INCREASED 2nd Annual \Buy a Car for Christ- mas \ Automobile Edition 30 Pages Today With a message to Ad- vance readers from Patch- ogue ' s leading automobile dealers and insurance agencies , A A ___. _ A.. __i __i \ ¦ Despite the rumors and iho publish- ed schedule In the En«l\ lant night thnt Snntti would not he hero until mid-afternoon Thursday tho original schedule i>s announced elsewhere In The Advance , was confirmed by Her- bert F. Austin at 9:30 o ' clock this morning when he was in conversation with It. M. Gunnison , vice-president of The Eagle, Tho schedule , announc- ed in Tho Eagle last night , is being advanced so thnt tho parly wil l arrive here shortly before noon for the big civic dinner. After Santa Clnua visits the crippled kiddies from Port Jeffer- son at the E|ks ' home he will be at his tent on tile theatre parking grounds on F.ast Main Street for thc remainder of the afternoon to greet each and every one of Ihe kids thnt turns out to see him. SANTA'S SCHEDULE CONFI.-MK. ) THIS MORNING ItY PRESIDENT AUSTIN
