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1959 Ml Wi ll!. January Issue of January 1 — The Brookhaven Town Planning board was considering a change of zone app lication submitted by Mike Stiriz , general contractor of Patchogue , who was p lanning a huge shopping center in the vi- cinity of Swan Lake drive and Franklin street , Patchogue. . . A $1 , 000, 000 new administrative cen- ter of the New York Telep hone Company was in the planning stage . Retiring Public Welfare Commissioner J. Milford Kirkup, Jr.. was named acting superinten- dent of the Suffolk County Home and Infirmary at Yaphank . . . John L. Barry was sworn in as county welfare commissioner . . . Sumner Newton , pioneer resident of Lake Ronkonkoma , died behind the wheel of his car of an apparent heart attack ... A. Russell Rich- ards , former chief district attorney investigator , was cleared of \Scan- dals \ charges of perjury and ac- cepting bribes when Special Prose- cutor Edward E. Rigney admitted the indictment he obtained was all a mistake. Richards then asked the Supreme court to reinstate him as a senior criminal investi- gator. Issue of January 8 — Highly- controversial ordinances legalizing bingo were being considered for Brookhaven and Islip towns. . . Incoming Governor Rockefeller an- nounced that the Suffolk \Scan- dals \ probe would continue . . . County Democratic Chairman Adrian Mason ' s bid to name him- self as Democratic election com- missioner was denied unanimously by the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors . . . One of the most severe winters in years was ag- gravating usual seasonal job woes , and 3 , 300 in Brookhaven and the eastern part of Islip towns were claiming unemployment benefits .. . A newly-instituted police juvenile aici bureau and the Patchogue Village Recreation program brought about a substantial drop in juvenile crime , village officials announced. Issue of January 15 — Suffolk county was planning to acquire beach property on both sides of the Moriches inlet. . .Stanley V. Truman resigned from the Pateh- ogue-Medford Board of Education for reasons of health and the pressure of personal business. . . The Suffolk Board of Supervisors again rejected County Democratic Chairman Adrian Mason ' s bid for the post of Democratic election commissioner. . .An e x t e n sive building and renovation program f' tr the Patchogue-Modford school district was announced by Dr. Alden T. Stuart , superintendent of schools . . . More than 100 firemen from three departments battled a stubborn , wind-swept blaze in bit- ter , below-freezing weather as fire ravaged the home of Dr. and Mrs. George C o t z i a s at 36 Brown ' s lane , Bellport. Damages were estimated in the vicinity of .?50 , 000 . . . H. Garton Lewis re- signed as principal of Bayport High school to resume his class- room teaching activities. . .William A. Kozma succeeded George Bryan us administrator of Brookhaven Memorial hospital. Issue of January 22 — Two in- cumbent Democratic trustees of Patchogue announced that they would not run f o r i-e-election March 17. They were Robinson Roc and Richard Miller. The third trustee whose term was due to ex- pire , Mi c h a e 1 Sardell , said he would run . . . The trial of Hunting- ton Town Republican Leader John H. Hulsen got under way in Riverhead. Hulsen was charged with consp iracy, extortion and coer- cion . . . Leo Steidel of Holbrook was named to the board of educa- tion of Sachem Central School District 5 to serve the balance of the unexp ire d term of the late Mrs. Mary Bedell . . . .Mike Stiriz outlined plans for a 55-store shop- ing center costing betwee n six and seven million dollars on the Sun- rise highway in North Patchogue . . . George Ball was named ex- ecutive director of the Retail di- vision of the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce . . . Reports of a major rift between Suffolk Re- publican Lender R. Ford Hughes an d Representative Stuyvesant Wainwri g ht persisted. . . James V . Fucci , Suffolk county deputy sher- iff and popular Bellport barber , was killed when his car skidded on South Country road in East Patchogue and smashed head-on into a frozen embankment. Issue of January 29 — The Patchogue-Medford School dist- rict' s $4 , 900 ,000 building and ren- ovation program would be given ?4 , 040 , 890 in state aid if the pro- gram was voted in , according to Dr. Alden T. Stuart , superinten- dent of schools. . . . Bingo was legalized in Brookhaven town by a vote of 1 , 600 to 1 , 050. . .House- to-house mail delivery was slated in East Patchogue. . .The Bayport- BIue Point Board of Education recommended a 14-room addition to the Bayport Elementary school . . .Ten candidates filed applica- tions for the position of county police commissioner. . .The Suffolk Board of Supervisors voted a $6 , 600 appropriation to cover back pay due to A. Russell Richards , senior investigator re s t o r e d to duty following the dismissal of indictments found against him by the \Scandals \ Grand jury. . .The Bay Avenue School in Patchogue marked its fiftieth anniversary . . . A building and improvement pro- gram launched the 100th anniver- sary of the Bell port Methodist church. . .Go-Kart racing was be- coming a popular sport among ycungsters 10-14 ye a rs of age. February Issue of February 5 — Hunting- ton Town Republican Leader John II. Hulsen , charged with five counts each of extortion and co- ercion , was found not guilty on all counts by an 11-man , one- woman jury. Three counts of the indictment against Hulsen , one each of coercion , extortion and conspiracy, had been dismissed earlier by Supreme Court Justice Arthur Markewich. . .Stanton IL Miller resigned as principal of Selden-Centereach School District 11 without exp lanation. . .A 25- store shopping hub was planned for Lake Ronkonkoma. . .Robert L. Hughes succeeded Stanley V. Truman on the Patehogue-Medford Board of Education. . .Town , county, civic and churc h officials were in an uproar over the death of three tiny children in a shanty fire in a slum section of River- head. A fire inspection ordinance had been adopted , but an inspec- tor had not as yet been hired to enforce it. Also , a zoning ordi- nance was being considered for clearing up slum conditions. . .The Rev. Peter Flynn escaped unin- jured when he jumped out of the window of St. Sylvester ' s R.C. church rectory in Medford after a fire started in the living room. Damage was set between $10 , 000 and $15 , 000. Issue of February 12 — The Brookhaven Town board submitted to the State legislature an act to streamline and modernize the township ' s government in a first major overhaul since 1686 , when land was granted to settlers by the King of England. The move would convert Brookhaven from a second class to a first class town- ship. . .A fire from a kerosene stove was blamed for the death of two sisters , aged 3% and 10 months , in a bungalow dwelling in Medford . Killed by carbon monox- ide in the dense smoke that ac- companied the fire were Shirley Ann Chisholm , 3%, and Jo Ann Chisholm , 16 months . . . The Hotel Club 33 in Lake Ronkonkoma was destroyed by fire. . .Th e Demo- cratic Nominating committee of Patchogue announced that Fire Chief Charles Miller and village merchant Dominick (Mike) Malet- ta would be nominated at the party caucus February 23 to run for the posts vacated by retiring Democratic trustees Robinson Roe and William Miller. . .Special Prosecutor Edward E. Rigney an- nounced that Huntingto n Town Republican Leader John H. Hulsen would be tried on a second in- dictment. He had been acquitted on the first earlier this month . . . Charles Oliver Wellington , one of Brookhaven ' s most prominent resi- dents and a man known for his avid support of the community ' s civic causes , died at his winter home in Florida. Issue of rehruary 19 — A slum clearance program , spurred by the fire deaths of five Riverhead resi- dents, including two small children , was underway in Brookhaven to wn as the town board ch a rged that 15 landlords and homeowners were violating building regulations. . . Patchogue Republicans selected former Patchogue Fire Chief Fred C. Pope , Bernard Burton , attorney, and Albert A. Benincasa , a welfare fund administrator , to be nominat- ed at the party caucus as candi- date s for the village election. . . William C. Radcliffe , 41 , of Ron- konkoma , a teller nt The Patch- ogue Bank , was being sought by police and the FBI in connection with a shortage of $19 , 000 in his nasii box at the bank. . .The Patchogue Advance won the top sweepstakes award, three first places , one second, and two thirds , with an honorah' e mention thrown in for good ' measure , in the annual New York Press Association con- test. Issue of February 26 — Politi- cal battle lines wore confirmed in Patchogue as Democratic and Re- publican caucuses approved candi- dates previousl y selected by their nominating committees (Democrats named, issue of February 12; Re- publicans , February U>) . . . Ed- mund R. Lupton , 74. who repre- sented the Eastern Long Island townships in the New York State Assembly for 20 years from 1937 to 1950 , died in Antigua , Island of St . John , British.West.Indies ... Lady Betsy, a five-year-old Dalma- tian owned by the Kuzmick family of 395 Ray a' enue. Patchogue . was credited with saving the life ot Edward Kuzmick , who was awakened by her barking as flames swept the home. Mr. and .llrs. Josep h Kuzmick . owners , had left at about 10:30 p.m.. an hour before the fire started , to return to their other home in Flushing, and Edward had been sleep ing in an upstairs bedroom. He managed to escape , but the Dalmatian suc- cumbed to smok e poisoning. . .The removal of newly appointed Elec- tions Commissioner Arthur M. Weiss was sought in the second lepal battle growing out of the refusal of the Suffolk Board of Supervisors to name County Dem- ocratic Chairman Adrian Mason to the position , and Mr. Mason ' s re- fusal to nominate anyone but him- self for the job. . .The 1959-60 Patchogue village assessment roll totalled $11 , 221,402 , almost $200 , 000 over the previous year ' s figure and a new village high . March Issue of March 5 — The Pateh- ogue-Medfo rd Board of Education appointed a six-man panel of ex- perts dedicated to paring costs and securing top-dollar value in materials for the proposed $5,000 , 000 school building and renovation program . . The three Democratic candidates for trustees in the Patchogue village election cam- pai gn pledged themselves to a program of no increase in village taxes , while the Republican aspi- rants announced that an actual decrease was possible . . . Mrs. Joseph Metz , 41 , of Canaan Lake , gave birth to her fifteenth child February 27 . . . Supreme Court Justice Bernard S. Meyer ruled that the Suffolk Foard of Super- visors had acted illegally in ap- pointing Arthur M Weiss , River- head Democratic leader , to the county elections commissioner post because Suffolk Democratic Chair- man Adrian Mason had not re- commended the appointment . Mean- while , Mr. Mason had for the fifth time certified himself for the appointment : . . The Norwegian Tanker \Fosna \ proceeded to the Consolidated Petroleum dock in Port Jefferson to become the first foreign ship to dock in Long Is'and' s only deep seaport . . . Construction of Suffolk county ' s $305,000 firematic training center in Yaphank—th e first of its kind in New York state—was complet- ed. Issue of March 12 — Four young peop le died as the result of a crash into a tree in East Moriches. The trag ic accident, which shocked tlie area , occurred as they were retuining from a theatre. Killed were Irving R. Rosenhlum , 19 , and Ernest J. Parr , 20 , both of Mastic; Karen Skarka , 15, of Eastport , and Sandra Sam- uelson , 15 , of Mastic Beach . . . Patchogue High school' s top grads were named: Barbara Orford , val- edictorian; Thomas Goonan , salu- tatorian; and Irene Dufek . essay- ist .. . In an answer to Republi- can charges tha * publishing the annual Patchogue Village report before Election day was a \ poli- tical tool\ , the village hoard de- cided to delay its publication until after the election . . . The first landlord to be brought into court in Brookhaven town ' s compaign against substandard housing p lead- ed guilty to building code viola- tions. He was Linus E. Baron of North Medford. Issue of March 19 — Though the Republicans made a better showing than last year , Patciiogue Democrats retained their eight- year control of the Village admin- istration in an election preceded by a mild campaign . . . The Art Playhouse of Sayville burned to the ground . . . the. $5 , 000 , 000 building and renovation program of the Patehogue-Medford School district failed to gain taxpayer support , and the possibility of further split sessions was announc- ed by Dr. Alden T. Stuart , super- intendent of schools . . . Charles R. Thorn , Suffolk county ' s first police commissioner , started his new duties . . . Suffolk County Special Prosecutor Edward E, Rigney announced his resignation after the State Legislature slash- ed the \Scandals \ probe budget by $150 , 000 .. . A $350 , 000 bond issue for a 14-room addition to the Bayport Elementary school was approved by voters in the Bayport-BIue Point school district. I KSUC of March 2(5 — One of the largest , if not the largest , public hearings in Brookhaven town history was held in con- nection with the controversial re- zoning petition for the erection of a huge shopping ecu 'or on the Sunrise highway in North Patch- ogue. The petitioner was Mike Stiriz. Town boardsrnen heard three hours of the pros and cons as a crowd of about 800 persons jammed the St. Francis de Sales hall. Decision was reserved . . . Split sessions were approved for Patchogue Junior High school . . . A group of parents demanded the re-instatement of James Butler, a Medford Avenue school teacher re- fused tenure b y the Patehogue- Medford Board of Education. The board' s action was followed hy the resignation of the school board president , Dr. Jacob Dranitzke , and a board trustee , Dr. Jacob Bush. Mr. Butler said his firing apparently stemmed from \lack of Americanism \ charges that were aired by the Patchogue Amer- ican Leg ion post last year . The charges were triggered when Mr. Butler and another teacher voted against a resolution calling for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag to precede all Medford Ave- nue Parent-Teacher association meetings. Later, the teachers ex- plained their position by saying that they had* voted against the resolution merely because they didn ' t think that patriotism should be legislated. The teachers w;>re later cleared b y the school board after a week-long investigation. Mr. Butler said that be was as- sured that there had been no criticism of his teaching abili ' y, but that no other reasons for his firing had been given by the board. Dr . Dranit/.ke , in announc- ing his resignation after 11 years on the board , said it was due to ' pros-Hire of business \ and be- cause of the many board meet- ings of late that were impossible for him to attend. He said the Butler incident was \disturbing. \ but not the main reason for his resignation. Dr. Bush said the Butler firing prompted bis own resignation \in large measure . \ that a grave injus tice had been clone to Mr. Butler , and that his resignation was , in effect , a pro- test against the board' s action on Mr. Butler . . . Edwyn Silberling was sworn in as Suffolk County ' s new special prosecutor. The 35- year-old Huntington Democrat suc- ceeded Edward E. Rigney, who had resigned the previous week after the \S c a n d a 1 s \ investigation budget was slashed from $250 , 000 to $100 , 000 by the State Legis- lature . . . The Derby Brothers store on Route 112 . Medford, was destroyed by fire.. . . The Bayport- BIue Point Board of Education ap- pointed Dr. Robert 0. Whitsitt principal of Baynort-BIuo Point High school . . . Hi g h community interest greeted the adoption of a Korean waif bv the Rev. and Mrs. Norman W. Minard of Selden. April Issue of A pril 2 — Two promi- nent Patchogue Businessmen were appointed to fill positions on the Patehogue-Medford Board of Edu- cation made vacant by the resig- nations of Dr. Jacob Dranitzke , president , and Dr. Jacob Bush. Named to the posts were Sam Rein , assistant treasurer of the Bee Hive Store , and David Gott- fried , a partner in the Patchogue Plate Glass Company . . . The Rev. Stanislaus J. Kowalski , pa- stor of St. John the Evangelist R.C. church of Center Moriches , was killed instantly when his car was in collision with another on the Montauk highway, Moriches. The 57-year-old priest' s car bounc- ed against a utility pole , and Fr. Kowalski was thrown out , then crushed between tho car and the pole . . . Long Island drivers were hit the hardest as a statewide in- crease in automobile liability in- surance went into effect ... In keeping with the Democratic ad- ministration ' s campaign plank , the 1959-00 Patchogue Village tax- rate per $100 of assessed valu- ation was to hold firm at $3.25 . . . A medical advance was mark- ed at Brookhaven Memorial hospi- tal when the first diagnosis was made using the hospital' s new radio-isotope laboratory . . . Great- er Long Island was assured its scheduled airline service Vith the signing of a contract between the Town of Islip and Gateway Air- lines , Inc. Issue of April 9 — The Rotary club planned a program at the Patchogue Hotel , marking the 200th anniversary of Patchogue, sometimes referred to as \The Island Qucei\ \ . . . The Brook- haven Town board made a sur- prise bid for ibe controversial New York State School for Re- tarded Children , originall y slated to be built in Huntington town- ship . . . Searchers probed the the bottom of Port Jefferson har- bor for the body of Everett Coch- ran , 20 , of Port Jefferson , who drowned in a boatin ,;' mishap with his sweetheart , Carol Ma.xner , 21 , also of Port Jefferson. Carol' s body was washed ashore after the accident . . . Patchogue Village Patrolman Harold Toliey was due to go before the village board on charges of being insubordinate and insolent to Chief Dominick Chiuchiolo. The chief said the patrolman had been suspended for two weeks without pay after he was asked by the chief to work on one of his days off and re- fused. Ptl. Toliey requested the board hearing . . . Suffolk County Democratic Leader Adrian Mason lost his $12 , 490 job as executive assistant to the State Building Code commission when Governor Rockefeller signed a bill abolish- ing the commission. Issue of A pril 16 — The Brook - haven Town hoard granted the controversial Mike Stiriz rezon- ing petition , opening the way for the establishment of a huge , multi- million dollar shopping center on the south side of the Sunrise high- way in North Pi.tcbogue . . . Marvyn W. Hudson , 44 , of Union avenue , Center Moriches , was kill- ed instantly when he apparently lost control of his car and crashed head-on into a tree off Main street Center Moriches . . . Plans were under way for a 40-hed addition to Brookhaven Mei iorial hospital . . . William A. Sawyers , princi- pal at the Bay Avenue school , an- nounced that he would retire in June after 37 years as an edu- cator . . . The Rev . Jeremiah Dineen , pastor of St. Joseph the Worker R.C. church in East Pat- chogue , announced the beginning of a capital building fund cam- paign for the construction of an eight-classroom school and an ei ght-room convent . . . Patchogue Village Patrolman Harold Toliey appealed before the village board for a hearing on his own request after being suspended for two weeks b y Chief Dominick Chiuchi- olo on charges of being insubor- dinate and insolent to the chief. The chief said he had suspended the patrolman after he was asked to work on one of his days off and refused. Pt. Toliey told the board that his uniform was in the cleaners at the time . After (in executive session of the board , it. was decided that the suspension would stand. Issue of April 2.1 — Nine candi- dates lined up for election or re- election to the Patehogue-Medford Board of Education . . . The Patchogue Board of Trustees adop ted a budget that called for a five-cent cut. in the tnx rate , from $3.25 in 1958-59 to $3.20 per $100 of assessed valuation . . . Huntington Town Republican Leader John II. Hulsen and bis nephew , James W Weber , a Hunt- ington attorney, were convicted of extorting $5,000 from sandpit oper- ators. They were convicted of one count each of extortion, a felony, coercion and con -piracy, both mis- demeanors. Sentencing was set for May 11 , and each faced a term of nine and one-half years in prison ... A 13-month battle against the stated merger of six mid-island school districts ( tided when a State Supreme court jus- tice ruled against , the Yap hank School district , the last district to appeal the consolidation order, Three of * the six districts—Yap- hank, Coram and Ridge opposed the merger. The other districts included East Middle Island . West -Middle Island and West Yap hank % . . The bodies of Mrs. Hilda Cano. 31. and her seven-year-old son , Gregory, were found in tiien home in Centereach. Police said the mother had apparentl y shot the boy with a ' : '' calibre rifle and bad then turiu o the gun on herself. Coroner P. Jerome l.avi- ano ruled the case a homicide- suicide . The dead woman ' s husband , a merchant seam- .n, was away at sea at the time . . . Kay ' s Clean- ers and Launderors at 18 West av enue , Patchogue , was. swept by fire . . . The Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, which had offered violent opposition to the creation b y Mike Stiriz of a shopping center in North Patchogue , spoke out in favor of another shopping area—in East Patchogue. This ac- tion before the Brookhaven Town board followed a request for re- zoning b y Humphrey Avery of East Main street , Patchogue. ' The land amounted to about 100 acres . . . The Rev. F. Leo Cunningham , pastor of St. Francis de Sales R.C. church of Patchogue , an- nounced that plans were being drawn, up for a new 15-classroom school Issue of April 30 — A resolu- tion promoting Brookhaven town from second to first, class town- ship status was unanimously adopted b y the town board. The change will go into effect January 1 , . . . The Pergament Paint Store and Patchogue Stationery Company as well as part of a warehouse , and four offices on the second floor of the frame building were gutted b y fire. A third store suffered smoke nnd water damage . . . Suffolk Demo- cratic Chairman Adrian Mason appealed a court ruling that con- firmed the appointment of River- head Democratic Leader Arthur M. Weiss as Suffolk Democratic elections commissioner . . . An all- time record 2 , 853 registered voters were eligible to cast their ballots on a $2 , 914 , 413 schools budget. $80 , 220 library budget and candi- dates for the hoard of education of the Patehogue-Medford school district at the upcoming annual district meeting . . . Edwin F. Brooks , zoning chief of Hunting- ton town who testified in the ex- tortion trial of Huntington Town Republican Leader John II. Hul- sen and his nep hew , James W. Weber , a Hunting ton attorney, was found dead in his car in Greenlawn. Suffolk Coroner Joseph C. Mauceri later ruled that Mr. Brooks had died of nn overdose, of sleeping pills. May Issue of May 7 — A heavy total of 1 , 034 voters turned out for the Patehogue-Medford School district election. Elected to school board posts were Frank Zannzzi , Robert L. Hughes and Sam Rein , all incumbents , and Frank Scutari and Howard Rowland . . . Brook- haven Town Just ice . • ' ' the Peace Kenson D. Merrill resign, d after ' . - . il years as a .) [' . giving \ill health\ as his reason . . . .M rs. ko. - .i h' nd M. Schwenk of South- ampton was named vice chairman of the Suffolk County Republi- can committee , sue, ceding' Mis. . liary WMd/.icki. who died . . . Christine Elizabeth Campbell was born May 5 al Kayviow hospital , a strapping 13 pounds. Called Suffolk' s heaviest baby, she is the daughter of Mr. \ and Mrs. John Camp bell of Holtsville . . . Mrs. Wand.i Anasaiiua of East I' atchogue was reigning champ ion of the television i;ui, ' . show , \Co n- centration \ . . . Sev. - .ud S. Wick. . . noted bayman of I' atchogue . died at the age of 97. Issue of May 11 — After selling a 12-ganio record on the WNHC-TV program , \Concentra- tion , \ Mrs. Wanda Anasatina of East Patchogue was dethroned. She told reporters she was happy and relieved that the long run was over, and that she 'd receive from $20 , 000 to $25,000 in prizes. . . . George Kelly. 37. of Lake Ronkonkoma , was sentenced to a year in jail for embezzling $1 , 001! from the Ronkonkoma postoffico. . . . County Highway Department Title Searcher Frederick W. Hoer- gesson , Jr., stopped his \land- grab\ trial in Riverhead to p lead guilty to one misdemeanor count of accepting unlawful f ee^. He received a suspended sentence . . . Dial service was being started on the BEHport exchange. Issue of May 21 — The Civil Aeronautics board ordered Alle- gheny Airlines to provide regular passenger service at MacArthur Airport , linking the field to a dozen East coast cities ... A 13-state alarm was out for a \tough-talking robber \ who jumped into a car stopped at a red light and robbed two Grand Union supermarket employes ol more than $15, 000 in receipts that they had been taking to The Peop les National Bank ofs Patch- ogue . . . Mrs. Mary Ann Dohn , 41. of F:\rmingville . suffered fatal injuries in an automobile accident in Ronkonkoma . . . The Row Norman W. Minard , who with his 30-year-old wife had adopted a Korean orphan in March , launched a $1,500 campaign to pay for the adoption of orp haned children dyirg for want of food and medi- cal care in Korea . . . Due to the pressure created by modern business and a period of ill health by its president , Bernard Silver- man , the board of directors of the T & S Lumber it Supp ly Co., inc., of Patchogue , decided to liqui- date the business . . . Skin divers continued their search for the U. S. S. Savannah oil' Bellport. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic, it sank 138 years ago. The American Merchant Marine institute launched the search for it in order to retrieve some part of the wreck to build it into the new atomic-powered merchant ship under construction which will also bear the name. Savannah . . , Patchogue High school' s track team took the first annual Section A 2 track meet , the first track championship for the Raiders in over 20 years. Issue of May 28 — Former Huntington Town Republican Lead- er John Hulsen was sentenced to a 2' n to 7\ ^ year state prison term and moved to appeal his ' convic- tion . . . Representative Stuyve- sant Wainwright was spearhead- ing a drive to enter Governor Rockefeller ' s name in the New Hampshire presidential preference primary ... A testimonial dinner was given for Herman E. Cham- berlain , who was retiring after 27 years of service with the Bell- port School district . . . The lirookhaven-South Haven Women ' s auxiliary grossed $1 , 257 in a bene- fit fashion show for Brookhaven Memorial hosp ital. June Issue of June 4 — The Rev. Stuart W. Van Cott , pastor of Continued on page 6 , this section ?iniiiniii iiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiniiiiiiii-nimiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiitiu - fi t H i Little Baby '60 is swinging f I in at midnight , when we 1 I hope you all will begin a g wonderful New Year! § i Si? I J j HAPPY I Cbf , MEW I I ^ YIAR 1 Robert S. Mirabelli I GENERAL INSURANCE I REAL ESTATE I 152 W. Main St. Patehogue 1 GR 5-0762 I I ^-iiiiiriiiiii 'iiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiitiiHiitiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiriiiiiiJiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii^ STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT COUNTY OF NEW YORK COUNTY BANK & TRUST 1 CO. : Plaintiff i - against - : ROBERT J. CHESTER and : MARY A . CHESTER : Defendants : ————— x STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) : COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ) By virtue of a certain execution issued out of the Supreme Court of the County of New York , State of New York , and to me directed and delivered against certain real property therein described , I have seized all the ri ght , title and in- terest which the defendants , Rob- ert J. Chester , and Mary A. Ches- ter , had on the 20 th day of No- vember , 1 1)57 , or any time there- after , of , in and to the following described property, to wit : ALL those certain lots , pieces or parcels of land situate , lying and being at Mastic in the Town of Brookhaven , County of Suffolk and State of New York , known and desi gnated as Lots numbers 13388 , 13389 , 13390 , 13391 and 13392 , as designate d and delineat- ed on a map entitled \Mastic Park , Section '11' , as shown on survey made by May and Smith , Inc., C. E. , Patchogue , New York , January 1926\ , filed in the office of the Clerk of the Count y of Suffolk on the 15th day of March , 1926 , as Map No . 803. Which I shall expose for sale by public vendue as the law directs on the 5th day of February, 1960 at 2:30 P . M. in the afternoon of that day at the front door of the County Court House in the Village of Riverhead , Suffolk County, New York. Dated at Riverhead , New York this 24th day of December , 1959 CHARLE S R. DOMINY Sheriff , Suffolk County, N. Y. . PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN The Building Zone Ordinance Group 3 Article 16 — is hereby amended and changed in the fol- lowing respects concerning the following parcel: Item 1. — \B\ RESIDENCE TO \J-l\ BUSINESS — All that certain plot , piece or parcel of land , situate , lying and being at the northeasterly corner of the intersection of Middle Road and Blue Point Avenue , at Blue Point , in the Blue Point-Bayport School District #23 , in the Town of Brookhaven , Suffolk County, New York , described as follows:- BOUNDED on the south by the Middle Road , 301.GG feet; on the west by Blue Point Avenue , 224.37 feet; on the north by premises of Norman Harry Gray, 200 feet; again on the west by premises of Norman Harry Gray and Samuel T. .Miller , 200 feet; again on the north by premises of Lucille M. Stabo and Gerhart Friedlander , 101.08 feet; and on the east bv premises of Josep h Elias and Leland V. Coffin , 418. 44 feet. The said premises are not within 500 feet of the boundary of any town , citv , village or countv. SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COVENANT: DECLARATION OF COVENANTS By ROSLYN HARBOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP. To TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN THIS DECLARATION made December 21st , 1959 , bv ROSLYN HARBOR LAND DEVELOP- MENT CORP., a New York cor- poration having its principal office at 170 Broadway, City, County and State of New York , herein- after referred to as the Declarant , WITNESSETH THAT:- WHEREAS , the Declarant is the owner in fee simple of the following described real property at Blue Point , in the Town of Brookhaven , Suffolk County, New York - . - BOUNDED on the south by the Middle Road , 301.66 feet; on the west by Blue Point Avenue , 224.37 feet; on the north by premises of Norman Harry Gray, 200 feet; again on the west by premises of N orman Harry Gray and Samuel T. Mil- ler , 200 feet; again on the north by premises of Lucille M, Stabo and Gerhart Friedlander , 101.08 feet; and on the east by prem- ises of Joseph Elias and Leland V. Coffin , 418.44 feet , and WHEREAS , pursuant to the petition of the Declarant , the Brookhaven Town Board did grant a change of zone of said premises from Residence \11\ to Business \J-l\ subject to the filing of cove- nants as hereinafter set forth , and WHEREAS , the Declarant deems it advisable and for the best interest of itself and for the Town of Brookhaven that the cove- nants hereinafter set forth be p laced upon the said real property with a view to conserving the in- terests of the owners of the sur- rounding area , NOW , THEREFORE , in consid- eration of the grant of the said change of zone of said premises from Residence \B\ to Business \J-l\ subject to the covenants as hereinafter set forth , the De- clarant for itself , its successors and assigns , and subsequent own- ers of the premises above describ- ed , do covenant and agree as fol- lows :- 1) That under the use district classification of Business J-l , the premises will not be used for any other purpose than the construc- tion , maintenance and operation of a convalescent and nursing home , and medical offices. 2) That no building will be erected on the premises more than two stories in height . 3) That a screen of natural growth or planting will be pro- vided and maintained along the northerl y boundary of the prem- ises running easterl y from Blue Point Avenue to a depth of two hundred (200) feet , and along the easterly boundary of the premises running northerl y from the Middle Road. 4) That the work of demolition of the existing hotel building on the premises and the repair of the present concrete block building and the construction of the new building will be commenced prior to July 1st , 1960 , and in the event that said work is not commenced the zoning of the premises shall revert to Residence \B\ use dis- trict classification. IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Declarant has caused this instru- ment to be signed by its President and its corporate seal placed thereon as of the day and year first above written. ROSLYN HARBOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP. William Spinelli William Spinelli , President . (SEAL) STATE OF NEW YORK ) : SS. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ) ' On this 21st day of December , 1959 , before me personall y ap- peare d WILLIAM SPINELLI , to me personally known , who , being by me duly sworn , did depose and say that he resides at 90 Kerno- chan Avenue , Hempstead , Nassau County, New York ; that he is the President of the corporation de- scribed in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that _ he knows the seal of said corporation ; that the seal affixed to said instru- ment is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said cor- poration , and that he signed his name thereto by like order. Doug las E. Brown , Notary Public DOUGLAS E. BROWN Notary Public , State of New- York , Suffolk Count y No. 52-0445900 , Commission Expires March 30 , 1961 This ordinance sh all take effect upon the publication and posting thereof as required by Sections 264 and 265 of the Town Law as amended. Dated : December 23 , 1959 at P atchogue , New York HENRY F. OSTERMANN , Town Clerk , Town of Brook- haven , New York STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ) I , Henry F. Ostcrmann , Town Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven , State of New York , do hereb y cer- tify that the annexed and fore- going is a tru e copy of the text of the amendment and change to the Building Zone Ordinance Group 3 , Article 16 of the Town of Brookhaven and which amend- ment and change was duly adop ted by motion of the Town Board of said Town on the 22nd day of December , 1959 , as hereinabove set forth , and as the same appears upon the minutes of the said meeting on file in mv office. 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