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I OWII Win s Its Fight For Larger Assessment Credit Officials Maintained That Countjr Board Had Rated Brook- haven Too Low State Backs Up the Claim Tha t Town Should Not Have Been Penalized $0 , SOB , 706 for Too Low Ratings—Arrangement Next Year Will Make Up for the Discrepancy BROOKHAVEN town ' s fight ngnlnst the $0 , 555 , 700 penalty fixed against it by the county equalization committee last year because the com- mittee used ,77 plus as a basic rutc for assessment' while Brookhuven ' s was declared to be .047 has been won , Supervisor Robert Macintosh an- nounced , yesterday. The appeal fro m the high penalty that eauBeil considerable comment last year was hoard in Riverhoad last week by ' Mark Graves , state tax commissioner , ' and the Brookhaven assessors ar. ' tl Supervisor Macintosh testified during the session. At the close of the Hearing Mr. Graves in- formed Supervisor Macintosh Fri- day afternoon that the town ' s appeal had been sustained and that a. refund would be made next year. While many towns last y ear re- !> ceived a reduction Brookhaven stood but in front with the high equalization penalty that irked , the town board , the . assessors and Supervisor Macintosh. At the first town board meeting after the figures had been announced Su- pervisor Macintosh declared that it was a case of \ unfair discrimination in equalization \ and this charge was supported by the town board and the . assessors. The penalty added last year on the theory that Brookhaven ' s assess- ors had valued its property too low in proportion to actual value , but the local officials felt that as Brook- haven * has shown a substantial in- crease in values it had been penal- ized beyond all reason. As a result of this the town board empowered Counsel Ralph J. Hawkins to oppose the .penalty and seek a reduction. At the hearing; last week , according to . Supervisor Macintosh , it was •I brought out that some of the,towns ''that last^year received a reduction \Actually assessed on ' a ~~loWe \ r \\basis . than did Brookhaven town and it was these facts that led the tat com- • mission to uphold the appeal of Brookhaven. B y this action Brookhaven will benefit next year in a shade lower tax rate for the $6 , 655 , 706 had to be paid, but the diffe rence between this sum and the reduced rate that the state will set will be credited to the town. 6HRBEMT COMMENT New York cannot support 22, 000 speakeasies without facing the occa- sional- embarrassment • of a Rothstein murder. If 22 , 000 speakeasies can flourish without interference , it is logical to assume that) one-quarter of that number of gambling houses can operate without being harassed. It is also ' a matter of elementary logic to conclude that these places are not being maintained without the knowl- edge of some members of the police force who are not totally blind. This exp lanation should clear the atmosphere for > lot of old-fashioned people who labor under the delusion that all those who commit crimes go behind the bars. New Yorkers voted for a liberal government , and they &ure did get it! ¦ Friday was the biggest day in the history of the . New York Stock Ex- change. Never has there been so much weiwicd buying in the memory of the oldest traders. The . ticker ran fully Seventy minutes behind the transac- tions. Much of this , of course , rep- resented people selling out—but for every sale there must be a purchase. «e surest barometer of-a country ' s Prosperity is the activity of its stock exchanges. Years ago Europeans sought the shores of America inflamed by the \*»d stories of gold lying around in y he gutters. They came here expect- \>{T to pick up twenty-dollar gold Pieces and found , instead , only the opportunity to go to work—and some- times not even that. Many, quickly ridding themsel ves o£ dreams of easy \ •width , found jobs or opened little Places of business. These early immi- grants finally found their gold—it came to them as a result of their own earnest efforts. They put their money «ito the bank—when the opportunity came around they- invested in sub- stantial securities ' . A great many of ™se immi grants today are reap ing «« harvest from the great apprecia- tion in stocks. They have found , tru- y ' P™* America is the land of gold. \Wst-1 t , DIAMONDS lltta s. . W city Ww* SmtetaiTu earntt \WsM . ! . an<1 0c «»\ Avenue , Patchcgw. \•«\ MpalrloK a .peclalty—Adv. Patchogue ' s Doings To Be Recorded in Movies Day by Day Goingi and Comings of Individuals and Organizations to Be Shown at Patcliogue Theatre and Prize Awards to be Made on Special Stunts DATCIIOGUE is in line to look like Hollywood, where there is so much movie-taking on the street that probably nobody would cry \ police \ if he saw a real murder being com- mitted , if the murderers only had a camera somewhere near. Patchogue and its people are to be Aimed and exhibited for the pleasure of them- selves and their neighbors , at the Patchogue Theatre, and the exhibi- tions will include some novel prize contents. - Early next week the schools and local events will be shot for this com- munity newsreel. A permanent present-day record of the ever changing architecture up- town will be made ' for this booster film , so that in five or ten years from today one can look back over the years and note the growth that has taken place. Men. prominent in business , social and industrial affairs will register the smiles that have made them famous. A novel and unique angle attaches itself to this interesting motion pic- ture production in that a ceytain num- ber of business men participating in the guessing contest will be photo- graphed in individual close-up form with their backs to the camera only. Patrons of the theatre during the first week' s showing of this \Who ' s Who \ will ha-ve an opportunity to test their memory in guessing the identity of the subjects ¦ shown. Suitable prize awards will be made by the theatre to those submitting the first most correct lists. The following week these same business men will reveal themselves by turning all the way around. The proposition is being handled by the Campbell Film Company wh ich has furnished similar exploitations for Keith , Orpheum, Fox and Pon- tages circuits throughout the country. School Pals Fail in Marriage Secret News to Be rCent a Year by Nichols and Former Miia Fordliam Soon Comes Out A'FTEK being quietly married a » week ago Suturduy, believing that the ceremony would remain se- cret for a year or two , Franklin A, Nichols , son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols of Nichols ' hotel , ami Miss Eleanor Fordham , daughter of Mrs. Lena M. Fordham and the late Wil- liam J. Fordham , of Jaync Avenue , found out Satur- day morning that it was a smnll world after all , when N i c h o 1 s was confronted by , his mother with a clipping from a New Ro- chelle paper tell- ing of their mar- riage. The to up 1 e Mrs. F. A. Nichols wh ° ^ave been - - • pals for many years , having been high school class- mates , were married on November 10 nt the city hall in New Rochelle by Deputy City Clerk J. J. McCormick , after which they came back to New York and then to Patchogue , without makimr any mention of the event. Miss Fo r dh am had been in New York , with her mother aii d the latter returned Friday night while the girl stayed on ' binder the. pretense ! oi having an<: ' eh- gagement with a girl friend. In , the mean- time Nichols had F A Nich( , u cut a , class at Cornell , where he is a student , and taken an early train to New York ar- riving ahead of the schedule of his college group that was to visit the hotel exposition in New York and run the Hotel Astor for a day ' s practice. Saturday the couple went to New Ro- chelle , where Miss Fordham was born and live d for some years , anil the rite was solemnized . As she was a former resident the marriage got into the papers there and a cli pping was sent to the Nichols family by a friend (Continued on page 4 , this section ) M. E. Scout Troop Opens Fall Season Troop 2 Re-organized with Henry Ehmann As Scoutmaster — Boys Making Rapid Progress •\TROOP 2 Boy Scouts , sponsored by the Methodist Church now has a total enrollment of 28 boys under the leadership of Henry Ehmann who . has recently accepted the position of Scoutmaster. William Walker and William Clay are the assistant Scout- masters and the patrols are in charge of Arthur Horn , Joseph Maltby, Earl Kaller , and Harry Conkl in. . Progress in the passing of tests has been made by a number of boys in the last month and eight are to appear this Thursday evening, before the Board of Review at the high school. William Clay who already has seven Merit Badges to his credit will be tested for two more badges- cooking and automobiling. Walter Mitchell , Irvin Cleaves , Harry Conk- lin , and Red Smith -will try their Sec- ond Class tests. Joseph Maltby will come up for examination for a merit badge in Personal Health while Wil- bur Young, Bernard Kemp, and Jos- eph Mal tby will be tested for the Merit Badge in Firemanship. At the October meeting of the Board of Review William Clay passed his tests for the Merit Badge in Fire- itiariahip, Joseph MaUby for the Mer- it Badge in Civics , and Wilbur Young passed to become a Second ' Class Scout. Considerable interest in the study of first aid has been aroused, by an oifer of Dr. John Bennett of three scout knives to the Scouts \judged most competent in that work. Troop 2 has room for two or three more boys and boys of any race and creed will be welcome. ' CONCERT TONIGHT civen by Relnald Werrcnral h at- 8:15 o ' clock under auspices ' of Sayville Lecture Hoard. —Adv, Scout Council Votes . To Stay A Single Unit Threatened Division Staved Off Yesterday Annual Meeting of Suffolk County Organization At Elks Club—Field Re-elected a* President — High Awards For Fine Work Are Made recommendation from the. nxe- ** cutlve BOBS I OII of the Suffolk County Council of the Boy Scouts of Amorlcu to the ' general council last night that the county council bo pre- served as one operating unit saved the movement in Suffolk from a threat- ened division into three independent units with the possibility of the or- ganization losing much of the pres- tige it' has gained us a county-wide movement. This recommendation marks a forward\ and promising step in the progress of scouting here. Proposed division of the county in- to three units was the chief topic of discussion at the annual meeting yes- terday afternoon and evening at the Elks ' Club here and for a time it look- ed as though the break-up of the or- ganizati on , could not be averted. The fact ' that ' the north shore district is bearing three , quarters of the finan- cial burden of the county plus the fact that 15 communities , mostly on the south shore west of Patchogue , are contributing nothing led to the proposal. However the , north shore leaders , reluctant to see the move- ment broken up, and willing to do a bit more missionary work , aided in holding the council together. The annual ^session here convened at noon with a luncheon at which President A. L. Field of Huntington was toastmaster and was followed by (Continued on page 4 , this section) These Are Regular Certified [Boosters d tlie %iHn^ / jNE of the- . m ost important organi- ^ r zations of this village is the Chamber of Commerce , the members of wh i ch are banded together to pro- mote the general welfare of the com- munity, the membership having no re- lation to any of the religious , social or other slants that figure in many organizations formed for other pur- poses. The chamber has constant routine work of importance to do , be- sides conducting large events occasion- ally. The present membership list is: Jerome C. Ackerly, William H. Aid- rich , Guy N. Ash , Herbert F. Austin , Humphrey R. Avery. E. Bailey & Sons , J. Robert Bailey, John C. Barrie , Charles Bechtold, Bee Hive , Inc. , Lawrence Behan , H. C. Bohack, H. I. S. Browne. Dr. Frank Call , W. A. Case & Son, Mfg. Co., Citizens Trust Co., E. Cohn , Francis W. Collins , Howard S. Conk- lin , James A. Conroy, Harold C. l Cow- ell , Fred Creighton. Harry A. Davidow , Ray A. Davi s , Henry R. Davis , Denton & Co. Far East Tea Garden, Charles Fer- gang, Ford Agency, John S. - Forgot- ston , W. Raymond Fry. Henry Gaut , Dr. Willetts Gardner , General -Outdoor Advertising, Sidney Gerard ,. Fred W. Gill , Nathan Gold- stein , Great A & P Tea Co., Kurt Grunwald. (Hiscox Chemical Works , Daniel T. Homan , Home Appliance Corp., O. C. Horton , & Son , R! T. Hunter. Samuel Jacoby, ' Joseph C. Jahn , James & Hawkins , Edwin J. Johank- necht , Johnson ' s Studio, Thomas J. Johnson , Rev. L. H. Johnston , Jones & Jones. K. GL Kaller , Karaman & Mercur , Karlein & Kirkpatrick , Max. Kollner , R. D. - Krausc , George R. Kreamer. Clarence Lagumis , Ernest Lange , John Limbach , Frank Lightbody, (Continued on page . 4 , this section) Matrimony last night interfer- ed with the annual banquet and meeting of the Suffolk County Council of the Boy Scouts of America and took from the gath- ering its toastmaster , the Rev. Louis H. Johnston , in order that he might tie the nuptial knot for a couple that we^e waiting in the rain on the front porch of his home on Maple Avenue. The meeting was just getting under way when the phone in the Elks Club rang, summoning the minis- ter. Hurrying home he married Fred J. Herling of Central Islip and Grace E. Dickerson of Port Jefferson and then hurried back and took up his post at the head of the table. UIIKHIIUKifllBlOOIIIDlM - unmrjnri[!ijJMJjrjnjijjiiirnrnrijamKin!UifNJf:r!jiU«[rrLrrjaiinf(inuajfiniJT[nit;if!a[jjjj;i'i;nfti;j/i DESERTS BANQUET TO MARRY COUPLE Thus has the automobile business cust y ita murk over other transaction s of u nature long antedating It:'Pro- prietor Burtls of th« local . Nash u«- ency says ho culled t\ few days ago to show a new enr to n party that had Boston bull terrier puppies for sale , mid was informed that a woman hud come to look'at some puppies and remarked that she would take one but she had a dog she must trade in. A DOG TO TRADE IN Mystery Surrounds Fire at Malverty ' s Family Finds Scene All Set for Incen - diary Blaze But It Failed in the Starting ¦ ' j *IE local police and state troopers 1 are investigating an attempt to burn the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Al- bert Malverty of 35 Conklin Avenue some time Thursday evening while the family was out for a few hours but to date no arrests have been made as the clues are comparativel y few in the unusual cases. Considerable damage was done to one room and the fujrniture. .. ., . . _ . _ . , . , • _ . . ' Whfeh-'the ; f«mfiyreturned about II o ' clock , they report , : they -Wore greet- ed by the smell of burning embers as they entered the front door into the parlor. Investigating, they found a fire almost entirely burned out under- neath and near one of the south win- dows of the room and only by luck it had just missed an electric wire. After failing to gain entrance to one window of the room the parties concerned had gone to the second one on the south side of the house , care- fully removed the screen and then broke in the two large panes of glass. A large quantity of kerosene oil had been poured through the Window onto the floor , and over furniture near the window , two matches apparently thrown in and then- the screen re- placed. One of the matches was found in the room beyond the oiled area and apparently had gone out as it was thrown in and the other had just touched the edge of the apace that had been saturated with kerosene. The window casing was completely charred , the floor and baseboard burned and the walls smoked up. Why the fire did not continue/ further is as much of a mystery as the ident- ity of the parties that set it. SAME PRINCIPALS FIGURE IN TWO WEDDING CEREMONIES Miss Helen Louise Murdock of Brookhaven was united in marriage Thursday morning at 10 o ' clock to Willard I. Owen of Westhampton Beach. The wedding took place in the Westhampton Methodist church , the Rev. John L. G regory officiating. Mrs. Margaret O'Came of Southold was maid of honor and Charles O'Came was best man. On the same morning at 9 a. m. Miss Margaret Brown and Charles O'Came were married in Southold , the wedding taking place at the Uni- versalist church , the Rev. Abram Conklin officiating. Miss Louise Mur- dock was maid of honor and Willard Owen acted as ' best man. The young men have been chums since childhood. Only the families of the four parties were present. Mr. and Mrs. Owen and Mr. and Mrs. O'Came left on an automobile trip for Washington. On their return both couples will make their home in Westhampton Beach. \GRIEVANCE DAY\ TONIGHT The village board will serve a double purpose at its regular meeting tonight for in addition to sitting as a village board it will also sit as the board of assessors from 6:30 until 10:30 , it being the annual Grievance Day meeting. Few complaints are looked for as there have been but few increases in valuations of any impor- tance. AUTO AND FIRE INSURANCE Wjll Gardiner or Telephone S42 Belljxirl. —Adv. Arranging for Model , Airp lane Races at High School Grounds Meet Will Be a Bi g County-wido Af- fair Under Auspices of Club—First Try Here ' at Sport So Popular Eloe. ¦where •TIIE first Suffolk County model airplane meet , intended to be- come a semi-annual event , wilt be staged on the new high school field on the afternoon ' of December 16 under the auspices of the . Patchogue High School Aviation club , under -the direction of Kenneth Campbell , -of ;the faculty, and in co-operation with the Round Table Club and the Chamber of Commerce. • \ ' . , ' The aviation club was organized this fall by Mr. Campbell , who took a special course in aeronautics this Bummer at New York University under the -Daniel Guggenheim Foun- dation in order to organize and . in- struct In model airplane construction , this being the first step in creating an \ air mind\ among the youth of today. Under his leadership the club has progressed to the point that it now boasts a membership of CO. To further increase interest in this field Herbert F. Austin , an ardent aviation fan , with Mr. Campbell con- ceived the idea of the meet. . The com- mittee that is assisting in insuring the success of the event Is made up of A. VV. > Page , W. Raymond Fry, At- torney Joseph C. Jahn and Samuel Jacoby of the Chamber of Commerce , Edgar A. Sharp, John C. Barrie , Ler- oy Robinson and John R. Swezey of the Hound Table Club. The judges will bo the principals of five of the county high schools , together with Nathaniel Roe and W. H. Aldrich of Patchogue. There will bo five classes of events : An open endurance event for all class- es with three prizes; one open to all models 16 inches in length or under with a prize for ' endurance and one for speed, Class B , for twin pushers (propelled from behind) with a prize for endurance and one for speed; Class C for single pusher p lanes with a prize for endurance and one for speed, Class D for scale models made to resemble some large p lane , with three prizes , for endurance , speed and perfection of construction , detail. All entrants must be ' pup ils in the junior or senior high schools of the county and only one plane can be entered by each contestant. No re- strictions are made on the p lane other than \that the wind spread must not be over 4 , 0 inches and power must bo derived solely from rubber bands. They must be constructed by the en- trants , who will be allowed th ree trials each before the final entrance. WADING RIVER ORPHANAGE AGAIN BURNED TO GROUND For the second time within a year the property of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn at Wading River , in- tended for an orphanage , was de- stroyed yesterday by Are , with indi- cations that incendiarism has been responsible for both. The property was purchased a year ago and the old farmhouse was being remodelled for an orphanage when it was burned. Work on a new building was started In the late 3ummer and was almost completed when yesterday ' s fire broke out. Previous to the first fir« residents of that section circu- l ated a petition protesting against the establishment of a homo for or- phans there. Club Sportsmen Have Big Feast and Discuss Plans Various Conservation Ideas Put Forward v Nationally Known Hunters and Fish- ' ermen at Brookhaven Association Event in Elks Hom e /~\NE of the most largely attended ^ and representative sportsmen ' s events ever held here was the annua? eame dinner: Saturday, ni g ht \ of :thei Brookhaven Game Protective. Associa- tion at the Old Oak Hotel , with 134 present. The group iacluded, mp .ni- bers from ' the Brookhaven Associa- tion , the North Shore Protective As- sociation , the Bohemia Gun Club and members >>f practically every other pame association ' on the island, i The speakers were all men actively identified with matters pertaining to gunning and fishing, and the . ad- dresses had to do with tho proper conservation , of fish and game to af-: ford the most pleasure for those seek- ing recreation in this . form. / i Carlos Avery, secretary of tho Am- erican Game Protective Association, ' stressed conservation of fish and gamo from a national viewpoint, showing what had already been accomplished and outlining what yet remained to be done. ' Speaking along^ the same lines was Claude Hanlon . inspector for the first district of the State Conservation Commission. Others high up in the field who spoke were Crbnk Rogers, secretary of the Forest and Fish Game League and Thomas IJrady, president (Continued on page 3 , this section) DECAUSE a \bs.clt seat driver \ in- ' \ terfcrcd , according to the police , Walter Conners of Lake Ronkonkoma yesterday morning paid a fine of . $2 for driving with only one light after he had been given an opportunity to remedy the situation. He was stopped Friday night by Officer Embler who advised him to get the defective light fixed at' the next garage, which he promised to do until his wife, the officers say, declared it unnecessary since they were going a only little way. Officer Embler repeated.his request and then handed out a summons to Conners , with Conners objecting be- cause Embler called his wife a \ wo- man \ . He carried his complaint to headouartcrs , where he further ob- iected to his wife being called that , but the summons stood and yester- day he paid the fine after trying to convince Justice Schoenfeld that his wifo had been insulted. SiMONIZINO ¦ ' • ' - by ao electric mschtae . Albia. Bo« ft 1|nr. U».~. . ' . . -;¦ . ' . ' .: r7«te> ;r. One-lighted Motorist Blames It on Wife A calcndnr of M cases of Injured workui'M was heard here Friday in Supreme Court Chambers by Referee Mowatt , sitting for the State Work- men ' s Compensation Commission. Practically all nf the enses were from the west end of the county, Including a few where \ prolonged medical testi- mony was taken, This Frlda.y there will be. another hearing here , made up mostly of local cases. COMPENSATION COURT HERE Beverly Snyder Is Leading Now in the Kutest Kiddies New Entrant Tops All the Rest in Patchogue Vinosnt De Carlo of Sayville Jumps In With Bi g Count to Lead Outside Section of Contest T^HE second provisional count in the * Kutest Kiddies Kontest brought some , surprising results , and both in the Patchogue district and the out- lying di strict a newcomer who was not in the count at all last week has jumped into the forefront. As there is a $5 special prize in each section for the contestant showing the great- est gain in each week , regardless of total score , those prizes go to the new entrants this time—Beverly Snyder in Patchogue and Vincent DeCarlo of Sayville outside. The list of entrants has grown greatly as the result of the opening of the ballot boxes to get the count up to Saturday night , and several of those with the highest standings ' are new to the list. The contest is still young yet , and has till Christmas to run , so there is ample opportunit y for other-children) still to come in. The prizes are ?75 in gold forj first p lace in Patchogue , ?50 second , $25 third ; $50 for first in the outlying territory, $25 second , $15 third. The outside district includes all Brook- haven town and also Sayville and the country north to Lake Ronkonkoma. The voting is done by coupons g iven free with ordinary purchases at the 3tores of the merchants conducting the contest. Wernick &. Mendelson , musical in- struments , stationery, novelties; M. E. Jones & Son , groceries; R. & W. Motors , Graham-Paige cars; Star Furniture Co., Novelty Dress Goods Co., Lad & Lassie Shop; The Advance (Continued on page 4 , this section) All Prepared for Opening of the New Granada Theatre Fine West Main Street Picture House Will Make First Showing Thursday Ni ght Dedicated to Production of First Run Pictures, of Big Comp&nlsa at Popular Prices—Band Concort in Street to Celebrate . Event VWHILE workmen are still hustling: , , \ on tho completion of minor do- tuils , the beautiful new Granada thea- tre on West Main Street between Rnilrond and West Avenues is to all ] intents and purposes ready for the ) grand opening Thursday night, and ' everything is sure to be in readiness ; ' then. It will be made a ' gala, occasion own- ing to tho special program , and by- way of celebration the Elks band will ' - play . outside the theat re fr om ' ,7, o ' clo . ck till 9. People iwho have paldv private visits to the theatre within the past few days and ' seen the in- terior hearing completion have all . been greatly Impressed .with the love- ' ly and novel effects and the conven- ient arrangement of the big. show - housd. ;.; . ' ' .. . ; ¦ ' . . . ^ . . ;:- r ' . The owner , Samuel Saveher , aays . ' the purpose is to give a new type of ¦ program to this locality, featured 1 entirely by first run pictures of high- type , with news and other features , at popular prices. Tho Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro-, ductions , famous ; American ftlrris , and those of UFA , the great Germatf company, will be the mainstays. Tho ^ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer newsreels will? be shown. Music is to be furnished by a largej pipe organ. The feature picture for the open- ' ing night is \Our Dancing ' Daugh- ters \ , in which the leading role is. taken by Joan Crawford , one of the> >. most popular film actresses. There are to bo four shows daily, 1 ( from 1 to 5 p, m. and 7 to 11 p. m. Brown—Advance Photo i The New Granada Theatre Building j ORDER your Engraved Christmas curds now. Patch- ogue Advance Paper Shoppe. —Adv.
