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FAT AT WR PT' K' Automobile mishap in Farmingville Tril/Alj VV I\EA_JY~-~ Friday night brought death to Mrs. Lisa Lillian Murphy, 52 , of 76 Denton street , Canaan Lake. Injured were Mrs. Murphy ' s daughter , Kathleen , 15; Airman 2/c Ralph David Hash , 21, driver of car ; Florence Gordon , 16 , of Patchogue; and Donald Kirby, 18 , of Manhattan. Mrs. Murphy ' s body is under blanket in foreground, while one of injured girls lies beside her. Holding flashlight is John J. Gatala ' no , ambulance driver for Selden Fire Department Ambulance company , and an ex-chief of Selden Fire department. Others in picture were not identified. —Drennan Photo Service LPs Only Fatal Auto Crack-Up In Farmingville One fatality marred the other- wise deathless roads and byways of Long Island over the long Labor Day weekend. Mrs. Lisa Lillian Murp h y, 62 , of 76 Denton street, Canaan Lake , met death in an autp smash in Farmingville Friday night. The accident which took the life of Mrs. Murph y also injured her daughter , 15-year-old Kathleen Murphy, of Denton street , and two other passengers. The 1955 con- vertible in which they were riding hit an embankment and rolled over along Adirondack drive at 10 p. m. Friday after the driver , Airman 2/c Ralp h David Hash , 21 , swer- ved sharply to avoid what he thought was a pedestrian , accord- ing to Brookhaven Town police. The airman stationed at Suffolk Air Force base , Westhampton Beach , received multip le cuts and bruises and injuries to his left arm , leg, and to his skull. Miss Murp hy received a cut tongue , bruised jaw , and possible fracture of the left knee. The two other passengers were identified by police as Florence Gordon , 16 , of 68 Columbia street , Patchogue , who suffered skull and leg injuries , and cuts and bruises; and Donald Kirby, 18 , of 257 West Fifteenth street , Manhattan , who was not seriously injured. The two girls were discharged from Mather Memorial hospital , Port Jefferson , Monday. The airman said he had borrow- ed the auto from an employe at the air base from whom he plan- ned to buy the car. He said he and Kirby had spent part of the after- noon working on the car ' s motor at the Murp hy home. Hash told police that the brakes had grabbed when he had tried to swerve and the car had gone out of control. Throughout the nation , an in- comp lete count of fatal accidents showed 418 traffic death s , 72 drownings , 14 deaths in plane crashes , and 71 miscellaneous , bringing the total to 575. The National Safety Council had pre- dicted that 450 would die in week- end accidents . Town Board Opposes Mastic Station Move Also Wants Shirley Station: Prompted by a visit of two representatives of the Mastics Citizens committee , the Brookhaven Town board went on the record Tuesday in opposition to the proposed relocation of the Mastic railroad station at Shirley, but said it would be \ pleased\ if Shirley Spa ' s - given its own station . S> Let s not have one area sacri- ficed at the expense of another , \ declared Justice of the Peace Erl- ing Larsen of Mastic Beach . \Let the Long Island Rail Road keep the station at Mastic and build an additional station in Shirley. \ Mrs. Blanche Berg and Frank Sandora , representing the Mastics Citizens committee , asked the board to send a representative to th e Public Service commission hearing September 1C when the station relocation matter will pre- sumably be settled. Supervisor Percy B. Raynor and members of the board said they would be busy with other business that day, but. voted to send the PSC a letter confirming their op- position to having the Mastic Rail- road station closed down. Besides , Mr. Raynor chided , the board didn 't have the necessary information or facts to be wit- nesses , chiefly because no member of the board was asked to attend the meetings of the citizens ' com- mittee. \We had to read about it in the newspapers , \ commented Mr. Raynor . Mr. Raynor and Mr. Larsen told the two representatives that the PSC is chiefly convinced by facts , and that considerable weight could be given to a letter from the town board setting forth its ob- jections to the station move. Last week , officers of three Shir- ley Civic associations disclosed they will hire a special railway car and bus to provide free transpor- tation to the Church street offices of the PSC in New York city. The Committee for the Relocation of the Mastic Station at Shirley is sponsoring a big rall y tomorrow night in front of the Bohack' s store in Shirley. Lodge Sees No Letdown In Cold War Vigilance Assistant Secretary of Labor George Lodge cited American labor unions ' as the cold war \ minute-men \ who showed themselves \ especially capable of detecting Communism . . . long before the name McCarthy ever hit the headlines \ in his address at Monday ' s Labor Day rally here. Mr. Lodge , son of this country ' s chief delegate to the United Nations , Henry Cabot Lodge , pointed to the visits of Vice Presi- dent Nixon to Russia and Presi- dent Eisenhower to Europe as longed-for steps closer to peace. But he said the visits here of \in- numerable ballets , folk dancers and smiling politicians \ from Rus- sia cannot obliterate the memory of Communist military activities in Hungary, Quemoy, Laos , and •nany other trouble spots. Among things Soviet Premier Khrushchev should see upon his visit to the United States this month , Mr. Lodge said , is the cur- rent steel strike , now approach- ing its sixtieth day. \Here a giant industry and a giant trade union , both with tre- mendous power , are seeking a just solution to their differences. They are doing so freely, peacefully without violence , without blood- shed , with maturity and mutual understanding of each other ' s point of view. \ Mr. Lodge listed continued for- eign economic aid as the first line of defense against Communism , a struggle which \is raging more fiercely than ever. \ The idea that peace is at hand and taxes aris- ing from the United States ' cold war defenses can be cut , he said , is false. \Shockingly enough , some of those who are strongest in their 'talk against the Communists are the first to label as give-aways and do-goodism the vital expendi- tures needed to meet the th reat of Communism abroad , \ he added. Most important for the Soviet Premier to see , Mr. Lodge said , is the \ remarkable unity of purpose \ Continued on Page 5 , this section B'haven Town BcL Denies Zone Change in F' ville Opposition by a group of local homeowners led the Brookhaven Town board Tuesday to deny a petition for . a . change of zone to construct a , gas station in a tri- angle \ between Portion and Horse- block roads in Fa rmingville. Edgar iinse r requested the board for a zone change from C residence to J-l business on part of his. - property . His attorney; H. Alan Zwissler of Patchogue , said the station would have been ' next to the newl y-constructed Elmer Fogerty school bus garage , which he said would have screened the gas station from nearby residen- tial homes. Property owners in the area claimed there were 12 gas stations over the 12 mile distance from Ronkonkoma to Farmingville , and an additional station was not need- ed in the area. They - said the property value of homes would be decreased , and that Mr. Zinser was aware of the residential na- ture of the neighborhood when he recentl y bought the property. Justice of the Peace George W. Still , also a resident of the im- mediate neighborhood , moved that the petition be denied and received the unanimous support of the to wn board . In other zoning action , the board withheld decision on a request by Eagle Estates for a C residence to J-l business zone change so a shopping area could be con- structed on Farm-to-Market road in Medfo rd . Attorney Douglas Brown , representing the developer , Henry Taca, said 115 of a pro- posed 1 , 550 homes have been con- structed and that up to 6 , 000 peo- Continued on Page 5 , this secti on Funeral Services Hel d on Tuesday For David Siegel David A. Siegel , CO , of 234 Map le avenue , Patchogue , part owner of the Richard York Shoe store at 14 South Ocean avenue and former president and honor- ary trustee of Temple Beth-El of Patchogue , died Sunday at St . Vincent' s hospital , New York city. Mr. Siegel was born in Brook- lyn and lived in Patchogue for over 30 years. He served for many years as chairman and mem- ber of the sponsoring committee of the Patchogue , division , United Jewish Appeal , and was a mem- ber of the Patchogue Lions club and the Patchogue Elks. He is survived by his wife , Car- rie, and a son , Robert A., both of Patchogue; two daughters , Mrs. Edward Benowich of the Bronx and Mrs. Marvin Elish of Wood- mere ; a brother , Lou Siegel of Hempstead; and three sisters , the Mesdames A. L. Frank , Charles Levy, and Joseph LaRose , all of Hempstead. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Temple Beth- Continued on page 4 , this section 'Hear t Girl* Christina Returns to EP Home Two weeks after an opcra- t ' on that closed a heart wound inflicted by a sliver of glass , six-year-oid Christina Stan- ions returned to her East Pat- chogue home Tuesday. \We ' re ail so p leased to get her back , ' sa.d her mother , Mrs. Edward Stanions of 2G9 3. ookhaven avenue \It' s iniita a miracle that she re- covered. We never thought she 'd be walking happil y out of the hospital after the way we had to carry her in—un- conscious and in a coma. Christina suffered the heart wound August 27 when she fell against the g lass storm door at her house. Dr. John J. McNally of Patchogue op- erated on her to close the . wound. Dr. McNall y said that he was \ very satisfied\ with her conditi on and she could pro- bably start school in about three weeks. 25 , 000 Expected To Cast Ballot s In Voting Tues . Enrolled members of three po- litical parties will go to the polls in the Suffolk county ' s 388 elec- tion districts Tuesday, to nominate candidates for public office. Repub- lican voters will elect county com- mitteemen . Figuring previous performan- ces , Tuesday ' s total primary day vote will be about 25 , 000 , or less than 20 per cent of the total enrollment. The Republican party has 142 , 295 enrolled voters , the Democratic party an enrollment of 49, 004 , and the Liberal party 969 enrolled voters. The three political parties will nominate five county officer can- didates for county executive , sur- rogate , sheriff , district attorney, and county clerk. The Republican party has en- dorsed County Coordinator Josep h W. Cerm ak for county executive; County Attorney Pierson R. Hil- dreth for surrogate; Southold Su- pervisor Norman E. Klipp for county clerk; and District Attor- ney John P. Cohalan , Jr., and Sheriff Charles Dominy for re- election. Endorsed by the Democrats are Lee Dennison of Port Jefferson for county executive; Emmet F. McNamara of Bay Shore , surro- gate; George Wilson of Port Jef- ferson , sheriff; former Assistant DA Joseph C. Kenney of Bayport for district attorney; and John E. Pechette of Deer Park for county clerk. The Libera l party has endorsed all of those picked by the Dem- ocra ts , except Kenney, who refus- ed the Liberal party endorsement. Republican voters are selecting committeemen , but there are only 20 contests , six in Smithtown. Although there are no GOP committee contests in Brookhaven town , there is a contest in this area — Islip town , Holbrook Dis- trict 23 , in which George J. Raif and Mrs. Lillian A. Wehrenberg, incumbents , and Ignatius DiGuar- dia are running. Mr. DiGuardia recently stated that he has en- dorsed Mrs . Wehrenberg, and that his prime purpose in running is to defeat Mr. Ra ff. Suffolk County Republican Chairman R. Ford Hughes this week called upon all enrolled Re- publicans to \take an active part in the running of their party. \ In a statement issued this week from his office at County Republi- can headquarters in Blue Point , Mr. Hughes stated that it was his hope the enrolled Republicans of the county would take advantage of their right of free franchise and participate in the primary elec- Continued on Page 5 , this section Gala Annual GOP Fete Is Saturday Afternoon ! Carlino to Speak: BLUE POINT—The annual Suf- folk County Republican club p icnic and outing, traditionally a gala affair and the unofficial kickoff for fall election campaigns , will take p lace Saturday at the club' s Atlantic avenue grounds here. The starting time is 1 p. m. Joseph F. Carlino , speaker of the New York State assembly, is to be the guest speaker. The young attorney bega n his work in the assembly in 1944 and preceded his election to the speak- er post this June with four years as assembly majority leader. He represents the second assembly district of Nassau count y. Mr. Carlino has given talks in each of New York State ' s 62 counties , and is a sought-after speaker. R. Ford Hug hes , Suffolk GOP leader , stated flatly three weeks ago , when Mr. Carlino ac- cepted the invitation to speak Sat- urday: \You can be sure that whatever he has to say will be of great interest and importance to all the people. He is that kind ' of man. \ Music by two drum and bugle corps , free children ' s rides , and i Joseph F. Carlino free ice cream , hot dogs and beverages are included in the order of the day. Summer Classes Pop u lar: A total of 4 , 366 students reg iste red during the first day of school in the Patchogue-Medford district Tuesday morn ing, it was reported at a regular meeting of the board of education Tuesday nig ht. „ * .,, . , * ' ¦——— ¦» Rennrts included a summary 01- •> Reports included a summary of the first day registration figures in the schools of the district. A. total registration of 2 , 048 students was registered Tuesday morning in the six grades and kinder- gartens of the four elementary schools , 1 , 061 students were regis- tered in the junior high school , and 657 in the senior high school for a total district first day registra- tion of 4 , 366. This number is 219 - more than were registered at the same time one year ago. These figures are expected to- increase by the end of the first week. The opening registration - when all students are registered will be somewhat less than the antici pated registration. . A report from Overton Tremper , principal of the Patchogue Sum\ mer school indicated a registra- . tibn of 422 resident students and 68 non-resident students in the - 1959 summer session. This number was substantially larger t han anticipated. The program cost $13 , - 705.44 tc operate. Applied against this expense was $8 , 796.50 from registration and tuition and state aid , for a total cost to the school district of $4 , 908.94. A registration in excess of 600 students is anticipated for the ' summer session of 1960. Recom- mended by Mr. Tremper were also additional teachers in the field of science and one teacher in language. All members of the board of education will attend the New York State School Board associa- tion convention to be held in Syracuse October 25 , 26 , and 27. A first step was taken in the establishing of a \Go Home \ or evacuation program for the Pat- chogue-Medford school district. The result of a study by the ad- ministrative staff , it was recom- mended that any program estab- lished be closely coordinated with the local community and area civil defense planning. The establishing of a committee of school person- nel , board of education representa- tives and laymen for further study after a meeting with civil defense officials was recommended. Frank Candito of the senior high school business staff was assigned as chief faculty counselor for the school activities accounts. This position has previousl y been held by John Hy lan. The step was taken as a means of relieving in- creasing administrative duties in the school district offices and to place it in the hands of the teach- er trained in business and in close contact with the student body. Coaching assignments were Continued on page 6 , this section Patchogue Schools Registration 4 366 Schacht , Stars To Top Benefit Game Saturday (See photos , Sports section) Tickets are being gobbled up rapidly for the area ' s top comic- sporting attraction of the last de- cade , according to Murray Rose , chairman of the annual service club softball game for the benefit of Brookhaven Memorial hospital. Headlining the affair scheduled for 8 p. m. at Patchogue High school field , Saxton street, Patch- ogue , Saturday, is Al Schacht , billed appropriately as the \Clown Prince of Baseball. '' Schacht , who has consented to donate his services to this annual affair sponsored by the Patchogue Lions , Rotary and Kiwanis clubs ' , was recently seen on television during Oldtimcrs ' day held at; Yankee Stadium. Although he has confined his appearances to about 20 per sea- son — his New York city rest- aurant occupies most of his time — he still .showed onlookers that he hasn 't lost any of his clowning ability as he evoked much laugh- ter from the throngs viewing the . stadium activities. In addition to his recent per- formance , Schacht has appeared at , 27 World S.ries and l. 'l All- Star games since he started not taking baseball seriously in 19117. A recent announcement by the Brookhaven Town Recreation Di- rector Pete Pouliis and Patchogue Recreation Director Jack Palace that another sloliall all-star game will also be on the program , add- ed frosting to this delectable en- tertainment potpourri. The North Patchogue Fire department band will also be on hand to add their musical chords to the festivities. Tentative starting batteries re- leased by the service clubs for this round-robin game have Mick- ey Felice and Dr. Louis Pellcgrino of the Lions; Kd Rehman and Kim Swezey of Rotary and Dr. P. .1. Laviano and Rolff Roscott of Kiwanians tapped for starting duty. However , the managers may make last minute changes depend- ing on the weather and condition of the players. Regardless , a host of players is expected to see ac- tion during the contests . Tickets, are still on sale and Continued on page 4, this section The Pape r People Trust Readable Reliable Realistic For Classified Ads Telephone GRover 5-1000-1001 GUEST OF HONOR A tn &\ George Lodge , second from left , reviews first annual Labor Day parade in Patchogue Mon- day. With him are , left to right , George Bab- cock , secretary-treasurer of Suffolk District council , United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America; Mrs. Lodge; and George Nelson , president of Local 1483 , UBCJA. Attend- ance at big rall y was estimated by Patchogue police at 12 ,000 to 15 ,000. —Photo by Rozycki Stuy Clashes With Union Head on Khrushy Rebuff FARMINGDALE — For the second week in a row , Representa- tive Stuyvesaul Wainwright found himself in an exchange of views with a Suffolk County labor oflicial last week. This time it was over a proposed hour-long work stoppage to mark labor ' s disapproval of Russian Premier Klu ushchov ' s visit to the . I' nited States. Bernard J. Duffy of Heli port president of the International As- sociation of Machinists ' Lodge I'170 , said his union proposed the work stoppage to begin at noon Tuesday, the day the Russian pre- mier is scheduled to arrive in the M. S. as president Kiscnhower ' s guest. The idea was not favor- ably received by the lAM' s presi- dent , Al . Hayes , in Washington, although Mi - . Hayes said it. show- ed \ clear thinking \ by working men . Mr. Wainwright , when notified of the protest plan by telegram Thursday, replied to Mr. Duffy that \Good manners are part of the American heritage. Frankly, it looks as though you are taking an indirect route against the Pre- sident because of his support of the Landrum-Grifhn-K e n n e d y (Labor reform legislation J bill. Mr. Duffy wir d Mr. Wain- wright Friday, calling his stand a \ clear reflection of your lack of interest in the feelings of Ameri- can labor. '' He also told Mr. Wainwright that he was guilty of a \blatant attempt to becloud the action taken by the members of Suffolk Lodge 1 170. \ Mr. Wainwright had exchanged sharp notes with George Babcock , secretary-treasurer of the Suffolk District council , United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , two weeks ago when an invitation by a union local to the Patchogue Labor Day rally was revoked by the council because of Mr. Wain Wright ' s support of the Landrum-Griffln bill. Fanny Goldstein , 71 , 'Polio AngeF , Dies —BULLETIN— Mrs. Fanny Goldstein , 71 , one of Patchogue ' s most be- loved residents and a tireless worker for scores of civic causes , died last night at her home at 240 North Ocean ave- nue after a lengthy illness. Known throughout Suffolk county as the \Polio Angel\ for her fund-raising efforts in behalf of the National Found- ation for Infantile Paralysis , Mrs. Goldstein was also a leader in war bond drives and in the organization of Brook- haven Memorial hospital , which she served as a director . She was especially active in Temple Beth-EI organizations , and was an organizer of the Patchogue Hebrew school. Funera l services w 11 be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at Temple lieth-KI , Patchogue. The I' ettit Funeral home will be in charge of arrangements. A full obituary notice will be published next week. Kirkup, Druggists Set For Trial Next Week Jurors Report Monday: RIVERHEAD — The \Scandals \ trial of former County Welfare Commissioner J. Milford Kirkup, - Jr., and three druggists charged with using the Suffolk County Home at Yaphank as a front for the purchasing of drugs at lower than wholesale prices , is scheduled to begin next week. S> However sources close to Special Prosecutor Edwyn Silberling say that Kirkup will be tried alone. The three druggists , indicted in 11)56 with Kirkup are : Irving Gar- finkle , 55 , of 31 Longfellow drive , Huntington; William Egelman , 53 , of 05 St. Marks lane , Islip; and Albert Freistadt , 62 , of 12 South Montgomery street , Bay Shore. Kirkup, once the Suffolk Re- publican party ' s top vote getter , and the three druggists were charged with conspiracy, and 30 counts of unlawfull y obtaining and receiving county property. The druggists were also named in a 96-count grand larceny indict- ment. Freistadt pleaded guilty to con- spiracy and one count of unlaw- fully obtaining an d receiving county property , to satisfy the in- dictment in August , 1958. The multiple grand larceny indictment is still pending against him. In December , 1958 , superseding indictments against Kirkup and the druggists were re turned by the \Scandals \ Grand jury. The indictments we re exactly the same as those handed up August 30 , 1956 , except that Freistadt was not named in the true bill charg- ing conspiracy and unlawfully obtaining county property. The original indictments will probably be dismissed next week. The indictments charge that Kirkup and the druggists operated a scheme whereby drugs earmark- ed for the county home ended up in Freistadt , Inc., a huge Bay Shore drug store. Institutions are able to purchase drugs at lower than wholesale prices , and it was alleged that the druggists , with the savings on the wholesale prices , and the retail profit , made $40 , 000 from 1952 to February, 1956. The indictment does not charge the county lost money or that Kirkup profited. Silberling, who will handle the prosecution , this week refused to comment on the reports that Kir- kup will stand trial alone. His Continued on Page 5 , this section
