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Secatogue Indian Craves Outlin e Forgotten Village GRIM FIND - SjT- wST. points to skeleton of Secatogue India n (out- lined), which is one of 11 found in shallow graves off Beach Road , West Islip. Archaeolo- gists say they died more than 1 , 100 years ago. —Photo by Martin BY ROBERT B. MARTIN A weird collection of shallow graves— 1 1 thus \far—bearing the remains of Secatogue Indians may provide the key to a hap less village swept by a terrible dis- ease more than 1 , 400 years ago. • Volunteer workmen using small hand tools , trowels and whisk-brooms , are carefully turning \ the \ erourfd near a Little League baseball diamond on a town- owned recreation site in West Islip. Last week , these men were a Long Island Li ghting crew on a lunch break. They were the ones who discovered the first skeleton. Today, they are amateur archaeo- logists working on their own time as volunteers to help Islip Town Historian George L. Weeks , Jr., determine the extent of this find . And what a find it is! Artifacts such as arrowheads , tomahawks and wampum give evidence they were Secatogues of the Narragansett Tribe . The wam- pum is not actually valuable. It' s only black clamshells in some of the graves , denoting its occupant was wealthy (gold); and white clamshells in others , to signify sil- ver. Dr. James Pord of the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History said the, artifacts are about 1 , 100 years old. Indian graves have been dis- covered before on Long Island. When the one leading to the pres- ent find was discovered off Beach Road in West Islip last week, there was the usual flurry of ex- citement. A second grave caused a little more excitement. Then everything died down , the theory being, when you ' ve seen one you ' ve seen ' em all. But when this reporte r returned to the scene and was informed that four more skeletons had been found it became evident that a story of major significance was in Continued on page 6 , this section TV PLANNERS-^ »«£ in/; principal of Middle Country School District II, discusses aspects of closed cir- cuit television with Bernard T. Hanley, director of program which is now in oper- ation in district. Upper Yaphank Lake Swimming Now Prohibited The Brookhaven Town Board Tuesday refused to permit swim- ming in the Upper Yap hank Lake after receiving a pe:i'ion of over 200 names asking that the lake be kept open. James Neilland of Mill Road, Yaphank , submitted the petition ;o the board. He asked for an ex- p lanation of the \ sudden closing \ of the lake which, he claimed , had been available to residents for many years. Supervisor August Stout , Jr., said swimming had been forbid- den at the site in order that the town would not be liable in case of injuries or drowning. The area had never been desi gnated a town beach , he said. \For us to p lace a lifeguard at every pond , lake or river , \ Mr. Stout said , \ would be a great cost. \ The town leases the land from Kenneth Hani of South Haven , who has the water rights under state requirements. It was the unders tanding of the board that the lease did not permit swimming, but Mr. Stout said the lease would be studied. Jerome Sadofsky, town recreation commissioner , said he understood the lease forhado swim- ming. Also favoring swimming at the lake were Lew Merritt-of Main Street , Yaphank , and Henry Friose of Yaphank. O pposing con tinued swimming at the lake was Mrs , Helen Tarduni of Yaphank. She said the lake was a \ stinking hide , \ claiming it has been contaminated b y sewer seep- age through improper measures taken in raising and lowering the lake. On the roromiiiendat ion of Su- perintendent of Highways Charles Barraud the board appointed Mrs. Grace Deedy as secretary to the highway superintendent , effective .Tune 14 , at an annual salary of *1. ol0. .Mrs . Deedy was previousl y intermediate clerk in Mr . Barraud' s office. Mr. Barraud reported that real estate developers on Croat South Beach were damaging wooden walks at Davis I' ark . Cherry drove. Fire Island Tines and Ocean Bay I' ark. He said the de- velopers would take out section s of the. walks to move materials across the sand when a permit is required to dismantle the walks . Mr. Stout, instructed Mr . Barraud to require the developers to com- ply with the ordinances of the town. On a motion by Councilman Wil- lard Keddy of the highway coin- Continued on page C , this section Vote On Budget Tuesday in MI School District WEST MIDDLE ISLAND—Re- sidents of Middle Island Central District 12 , which includes Coram , East Middle Island , Ridge , West Middle Island , West Yaphank , and Yap hank , will vote on the annual budget for the l!Ki()-(il school year and elect school board members and library trustees at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the West Middle Is- land School on Swezey Lane here. The proposed budget provides for expenditures of .$1, 184 , 81)0 , an increase of $24!) , !)08 over last year ' s budget. The major portion of this increase is due to the first year ' s payment of interest on the recently approved $5 , 100 , 000 bond issue , adjustments in teacher sal- ary schedules, and additional costs due to the increase in enrollments. Much of the increase in the general budget will be offset by an increase of approximatel y $1 12,000 in state aid that will he Conti nued on page 6 , this section ROBBERY SUSPECT E&JK center foreground, in sweater vest and rolled-up sleeves , was ordered held without bail for Grand Jury alter lie entered a plea of innocent to first degree robbery charge which accuses him of the stickn D of I' atchogue Motel earl y Monday morning. With llenlz in picture foreground, is Leo Bradsp ies of Copiague (wearing bow tie), bis attorney, and Detective Joseph Hawkins , extreme right , from whom Hentz got away after, police said, lie knocked detective over with his car . Patrolman Stanley Dixon captured Hent/. less than hour later. Assistant District Attorney Lloyd Feuer is in left background , seated , and I' olico Lieutenant Richard Cunneen is in , right background. —Advance Photo Motel Robbery Suspect Nabbed; Held for Jury Swift legwoi'Ji by detectives and uniformed men of the Fifth Pre- cinct brought about the a rrest of a suspect in connection with Mon- day morning ' s robbery of the I' at- chogue Motel. The suspect was captured six hours after the incident and charged with first de- gree robbery, detectives said. Thomas Hentz , :W , of Old Neck Koad , Huntington , was ordered held without bail in the Suffolk County Jail to await (irand Jury action following his arraignment before Justice Anthony Salvatore in Brookhaven Town Court. Hentz , who waived examination , entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. He was represented b y Leo Bradspies , a Copiague attor- ney. Allen B. Davis , motel proprietor , furnished detectives with a descrip- tion of the man who rang the mote] service hell at . '! a. in. Monday, signed the register , and then , Mr. Davis told police , pulled a gun , forcing Mr. Davis and his wife to the floor. The robber then tied the coup le with belts , took $ 100 from the cash register and fled. Mr. Davis said. Detectives Joseph Hawkins and Robert McCleary, reviewing the bandit' s description , played a hunch and staked out a I' atchogue bar where Hentz , who they said fitted the description , was em- ployed. Hentz arrived shortly after 8 a. in. in another car . thereupon enter- ing his own car just as Detective. Hawkins approached to question him. Hentz roared off , glazing Continued on page fi , this section Lawsuit Seen as Stiriz DeniedBu.ldingPerrr.it For Proposed Shop Center: Denial of a building permit for a proposed shopping center in I' atchogue may bring a lawsuit against the town of Brookhaven by Mike Stiriz of I' atchogue , owner of the property. \Any arbitrary action b y the town board or any town agency will be challenged in court , \ said I' atchogue Attorney Samuel I. Sloane , counsel for Mr. Stiriz. Mr. Sloane said no suit, had been tiled by Wed- nesday. Brookhaven Building Inspector Einil Lange said Wednesday he had denied the building permit submitted this mouth b y Mr. Stiriz on grounds that flic one-year dead- line for the start of construction had expired under the April 11 , l lloit covenants and restrictions contingent upon a zoning change from C resilience to J business. \The covenants have been com- p lied with—period , \ Mr. Sloane said. He said construction had been begun with the grading of the property and the moving of earth prior to June 1 of this year. The 28-acre site fronts on the south side of Sunrise Highway starting west, of Phyllis Drive and running east 1. 50(1 feet. It has a depth of 1 , 000 feet , lying near Swan Lake Stream. I' atchogue Attorney Ceorgo E. Lechtrecker , spet ial town counsel , disagreed with Mr. Sloane ' s inter- pretation of \ construction \ . He said construction had not been bo. gun under the terms required by a building permit. Mr. Lechtrecker said he would not make u final recommendation to the town board on tlu' matter until the building permit applica - tion lias been made in final form. Continued on page 0 , this section Welfare Dept . Reports Decline In Relief , Aid Suffolk Welfare Commissioner John L. Barry announced that the department' s reports on home re- lief , old age assistance and aid to dependent, children , all registered declines in total number of cases for the - month of April. \And , \ says Barry, \ while the reduction in cases, in these divisions, is sometimes fractional , it repre- sents a real achievement for the case-workers , and also proves that our efforts to modernize the agency are beginning to pay off. \ The Commissioner released these figures to back up his claims. Home relief cases dropped from 1 , 2!S4 at the beginning of April , to 1 , 105 cases , at the end of the month , and old age assistance cases de- clined from 1 , 000 in the county on A pril 1 , to 1 , 055 at the close of the . '10-day period. At the start of A pril , aid to dependent children cases numlA-red 1 , 101 , which re- Continued on page C> , thi.i section Hearing Today on LIRR Strike Scheduled for Sun Court Asked To Stop Union From Striking The Long Island Rail Road went into Federal Court in Brooklyn , Tues- day in an effort to avert a strike called for 12:01 a.m. Sunday by 1 , 350 members of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen. The LI Kit received an order requiring the union to appear in court today to show cause why it should not be enjoined from strik- ing. In another move to avert the strike, the railroad filed notice that if the strike does become a reality it. would seek $1 , 000 , 000 in damages from the union. Suffolk County Executive II. Lee Dennison Tuesday sent telegrams to (iov . Rockefeller and to Wil- liam I' . Kenned y, president of the Brotherhood. The- telegram states that \ a strike would disrupt the SPECIAL BUS SERVICE If the LIHK goes on strike Sunday, Utility Lines , Inc. w ill run half hour service from I' atchogue Westbound to Free- port , between the hours of 1 p. in. and 7 p. ni., and lias!bound from Freeport to I' atchogue , be- tween the hours of 3 p. m. and It) p. m. If the strike continues . Utility Lines will increase its daily ser- vice , leaving I' atchogue at 5 a. m., 5 :20 a. ni. and 6:25 a. in. At night , all departures will I K - doubled as far as Babylon and additional through service to I' atchogue . All Utility Lines buses make direct connections at Freeport with Bee Line buses to the Jamaica subway. genera l economy of Suffolk Coun- ty. \ Mr. Dennison asked for \in- tervention to slay the proposed strike and institute immediate negotiations. \ The L1RR , the world' s largest commuter line , transports an es- timated 200 . 0'K) passengers a day of which K5 . 000 are dail y round trip commuters. A work force of (! , (!00 is reipiired to operate the railroad. A strike would mean lay- offs for all but a few. The Brotherhood' s main demand is that the six-day work week be cut. to live with no reduction in pay. The trainmen now receive seven days pay for six days of work. In asking for its restraining order , the company said the threat- ened strike is illegal and that Har- old J. i' ryor , chairman of locals 517 and 1000 of the BUT , had failed to bargain in good faith. In a pamp hlet , prepared by the LIHK and left on train seats , Thomas J. Coodfollow , whose sig- nature is on the pamp hlet , said , \Hiring enough additional men to convert to a five-day week on the Brotherhood' s terms, would cost more than $1, 500 , 000 a year . . . this would force us to raise fares about two cunts a ride , or $12 a year. \ Mr. Goodfellow also says in the pamp hlet that the railroad \ can 't conscientiously ask you (the com- muters) to dig into your pockets and pull out $1 , 500 , 000 for addi- tional benefits no other railroad in Continued on page 0 , this section Si Two Columns of News in the S panish Language are Published Every Week For Classified Ads Telephone GRove r 5-1000-1001 MC School Dist. Now Has Closed Circuit TV Planned With Building: CENTEREACH—Ward I. Fiedler , supervising principal of the Middle Country. School District here , recently announced that closed circuit television is now in operation in schools under his supervision. The Hoibrook Road School , which was completed here during the. past year , was designed to accept 'this new medium of instruc- tion. Bernard T. Hanley, audio visual director who is in charge of the project , said that this is the firs t planned Educational TV installation in Suffolk County. \In fact , \ he stated , \this is prob- ably one of the few schools in the United States which has closed circuit in operation , the plans for which were included while the school was still on the d rawing board . \ Because the Hoibrook Road building was physically and elec- trically p lanned for TV , the original equipment was installed in this school. Charles Lauer , principal of the school , stated that everyone in the school had been looking forward to the use of this latest medium of instruction , and now that it is in opera- tion , excellent comments have been received from both teachers and students. The first series of programs to be televised was science by Walte r Daisy, elementary science teacher. Now that these science classes are underway, the curriculum department , under Joseph Loncao , is coordinating efforts in order to expand into other subject areas. Mr. Hanley, who designed some of the installation , is at pres- ent working on plans to connect other schools in the district so that they too may receive the televised classes . Mr. Fiedler said that Mr. Hanley ' s past experience in producing and directing educational radio and television programs has been one of the main factors in the excellent series which has been produced. In commenting on the enthusiastic reception by students , Mr. Fiedler remarked that TV allows every student to have a front- row seat. They are able to see—right in their own classroom— Continued on page 4 , this section FRONT-ROW SEAT SOT made possible by closed circuit TV. Above , Walter Daisy, science teacher , bring* rare objeclH to class and by means of close- up view s on camera these objects are \brought\ to students. PROGRAM BRIEFING - Robert Robinson, fourth grade teacher at Hoibrook Road School , prepares his class prior to start of programs to give students idea of how to follow un portions of les- son after TV receiver in off. —Photos by Hanley
