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Speculators Give Jury Testimony In Dodge Trial RIVERHEAD — The trial of County Judge Lloy d P. Dodge , and two former law partners continued this week as speculators gave testi- mony to the jury, under question- ing b y Special Prosecutor Edwyn Silberling. Irving Perelstein , a Brooklyn attorney, was the first prosecution witness Tuesday. Mr . Perelstein told the court that he and others formed a corporation and pur. chased a tract of 380 lots on the Nesconset-Port Jefferson Highway in Brookhaven Town , November 10 , 1955 , for $80 , 000. Mr. Perelstein said they made plans to sell it soon after. He admitted there had been no p lanned development or building, stating that he and his partners purchased the propert y with an idea of selling it. Mr . Perelstein said that soon after the purchase a \ salesman , \ identified b y Mr. Perelstein as Arthur J. Calace , Jr., former Brookhaven Town assessor , approached him with a buyer. Mr. Perelstein said the buyer wanted the property downzoned from 10 , - 000 square feet lots to 7 , 500 square feet. Mr. Perelstein told the court , at the recommendation of Mr . Calace , he went to Judge Dodge ' s law firm to seek the downzoning. \Dodge told me there would be no prob- lem. \ he continued. Later , in the day, Mr . Perel- stein ' s partner , Bernard Wollens of New Hyde Park, said he si gned a petition for downzoning in the offices- of Judge Dodge ' s law firm in PaU'hogne December 30 , 1955. Mr. Wollens said he knew noth- ing about the property, nor the information in the petition. However , Mr. Silberling read the petition to the jury. It stated that Mr. Wollens sought downzoning, relying on the master upzoning plan , enacted bv the Brookhaven Town Boa rd April 38 , 1954 , and a relief clause passed for builders a month later. The petition was presented to the town board April 17 , 1955 , by Continued on page 7 , this section Jack and Jerry Stores Celebrate Quarter Century Maurice Wald , owner of the Jack & Jerry Stores , now 25 years in Patchogue , started his career in auto supply business at the tender a ire of 10. He worked his way up in the sales organization of a lartre New York City automotive chain to the office of sales mana- ger and supervisor. \Then , \ said Mr. Wald , \it looked like time for a change. There had to be greener pastures somewhere. I had in mind some medium-size town with expecta - tions of growth. Long Island ap- peared promising. The depression was on the wane and the time seemed ripe. However , nobody had dollar bills sticking loosel y out of his pocket. Spending was a time of 'looking before leaping. ' Capital was severely limited, hut sufficient if we worked hard. \ \Our first store , \ continued Mr. Wald , \ was established in Hempstead , the shopping hub of n growing residential section of Nassau County. Then we looked eastward for another site with possibilities of growth. Somehow or other Patchogue appealed to me , so in 1935 we opened a Jack & Jerry store at 7-1 West Main Street. Kor no apparent reason, friends and customers began using the surname Mack' when they talked with me. In no time the habit caught on solid. Today, 25 years later, they still call me Jack. \ As Jack & Jerry ' s business in- Continued on page 6 , this section Patchogue Pet Parade Set for July 13: Children from all over Suffolk County will be heading for Patchogue Wednesday afternoon when Patchogue will hold a pet parade in the middle of the village beginning at 1:30 p.m. Entries have been given out at local schools throughout Brookhaven Town , and the Village Recreation Department under the direction of Pete Poulos is helping in the organization. The event , sponsored by the Merchants Division of the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce , promises a lot of fun for adults as well as the proud owners of the pets. So far, ducks , roosters , birds , rabbits and hamsters are in to compete with a bevy of cats , kittens and all sorts of species from dogdoni . Prizes will be awarded for the biggest pet , smallest , most, unusual , noisiest and many others. Entrv blanks are available in stores throughout Pa tchogue and are to he sent to The Pat- chogue Pet Parade , Box 149 , Patchogue , N. Y. Mitchel AF Band Leads Big Parade With the headquarters Band of Mitchel Air Force Base leading the way, the thirteenth annual Fourth or July parade , sponsored b y the Patchogue Lions Club , made its way up Main Street before thousands of enthusiastic celebrators. Grand Marshal of the parade was Lions Club President-elect George Meyer of North Prospect Avenue , Patchogue. The organizin g committee streamlined the parade this year to eight divisions. The parade last- ed for more than an hour. The Air Force Band presented a con- cert on the grounds of the Elks Club . The entire band was honored at a luncheon at Felice ' s Restau- rant following its presentation. The carnival on East Main Street operated throughout the day. At night , several thousand spectators watched the giant fire- works disp lay over East Lake , an event which has become a tradi- tion in the local area. The parade featured marching bands , several of which represent- ed various fire departments in the a rea and floats entered b y several organizations . The winners in the competition were : Senior Drum and Bugle Corps— 1. West Sayville Fire Department, 7<> points; 2. Blue Point Fire De- partment , < >(! . fi points . Junior Drum and Bugle Corps— 1. Bohemia All-Girls , (12 points: 2. The Satellite Corps of Oakdale , CO points: 3. Allied Nautical of Centcrcach , 59 points for most in line; 1. Holtsville-Fnrmingvj lle Fire Department , 59 points. 5. Farmingville VFW , 52 points; (i. Island Pioneers , 43 points. Fire Department Hands — 1. North Patchogue Fire Department , 89 points; 2. Patchogue F'i ro De- partment , 82 points; ' . ' , , Mastic Fire Department , 70 points . Most Patriotic Float ¦— 1. Roy Scout Troop 113; 2. Jayne-Lattin Post 2913. Patchogue; 3. DAR , Josiah Smith chapter. Most Beautiful Float .— 1 . Ki- wanis Club of Patchogue; 2. Knights of Columbus; 3. Medford Cub Scout Pack 10. The entire parade and band con- cert was broadcast , over WI'AC State Reports Police CS Test I rregularities RIVERHEAD—Twenty- seven policemen , including ranking officers in the Suf- folk County Police Depart- ment , face possible ouster , or reduction in rating, as a result of a sweep ing inves- ti gation by the State Civil Service Commission , it was revealed Tuesday ni ght. II. Elliott Kap lan , president of the State Civil Service Commis- sion , told reporters that' his office would move to rescind the exami- nations and the appointments of the 27 policemen involved. He said three other officers would face loss of seniority and five more might have some sort of trouble . There would be no criminal prosecution , he stated. In a 30-page report forwarded to the Suffolk Civil Service Commis- sion , the results of an investiga- tion into 71 separate examina- tions were listed. The examina- tions covered , were for patrolman , held April 25, 1953; for patrolman , held October 1 1955; for patrol- man , held April 20, 1957; for ser- geant , held A pril 20, 1957; for lieutenant , held April 25 , 1953 ; and for lieutenant , held Novem- ber Ifi , 1957. The length y report listed ^ many police officers b y name who took examinations , which according to Mr. Kap lan \ show clear indica- tions of irregularities. \ Many have been questioned b y state investi- gators. Many of the irregularities , Mr. Kap lan said , were changes in the examinations , made with different ink , the substitution of entire ex- aminations in p lace of original ex- aminations; erasures of wrong an- swers and raters ' marks , and re- placement with correct answers. The report said the State Police Laboratory backed all of the char- ges of fraud. Mr. Kap lan said in many in- stances , the applicants had failed the exams , and the tests were cor- rected so they would pass. One case of a sergeant was called to the attention of newsmen. The sergeant answered 79 of 100 ques- tions , leaving the other 21. blank. All he answered were right , and he got a mark of 79 per cent. A grade of 75 is passing. Mr. Kap lan told reporters that the men involved would have a Continued on page 7 , this section Storm Disrupts Power Supp l y To Thousands Sunday ' s violent thunderstorm with winds to 50 niph that struck the metropolitan area wrought particular havoc to power services in western Suffolk. The Patchogue area , however , escaped with rela- tively few outages , with the. Pat- chogue F.lectric Li ght Company reporting some 20 disruptions in the area from Brookhaven to Spconk which were quickl y re- stored. The storm ' s worst effects were borne b y utility subscribers in a path from Huntingto n to Port Jef- ferson and then southward to Lake Ronkonkoma . Some 1 , 000 Long Island Light- ing Company subscribers in the Konkonkoma area were first denied power at 9:52 p. m. Sunday. Re- stored at 10:23 p. m. that eve- ning, another disruption took place at 10:45 p. m. with full sendee returned at 11:30 p. m. to the area. Centereach LILCO customers were less fortunate , with 400 denied power from 9 p. m. Sunday until 7 p. m. on Monday evening. Continued on page 7 , this section Public HearingTues. On B Zoning 'Relief A public hearing will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday before the Brookhaven Town Board on a proposed amendment to the town zoning ordinance affecting subdivisions in B residence areas for ma ps filed by A pril 18 , I 954 with the County Clerk' s office. .. In a statement explaining the amendment . Supervisor August Stout , Jr., said that adoption of the amendment womd p lace the town \in a legall y defensible po- sition should any developers bring further actions against the town when their property was brought under the B residence (zoning) classification either by further up-zonings or by the anti- ci pated invalidation b y the present Town Board of many 1711C relief grants made by prior town boards. \ Mr. Stout said that with pas- sage of the amendment the pres- ent town board would be \ ready to entertain further up-zoning to 3 residence \ by interested persons \ on a school district basis. \ On May 31 , the board held a public hearing on a proposed amendment to change lot require- ments for property under a, Q and D zoning categories. For maps, filed with the County Clerk be- fore April 18 , 1954 it was propos- ed that developers be allowed to build on 10 , 000 square foot lots with 100 foot frontage under B zone residence requirements. After the April 18 , 1954 up-zoning^ law a 15 , 000 square foot lot was re- quired in the B residence zone. At the well-attended hearing, persons opposed the proposed amendment on the grounds thfit It would cause \ mass down-zoning. \ Patchogue Attorney George E. Lechtrecker , special town counsel , contended the amendment was necessary if the courts should de- clare Section 17UC illegal. Under the controversial section , relief from the April 18 , 1954 zoning re- quirements was given by permit- ting petitioners to construct build- ings on smaller lots , usually 7 , 500- square feet. Adopted May 25 t i 1954 , Section 1711C exp ired at the end of 195(5 . During the May 31 hearing, Mr. Stout read a statement from the Brookhaven Planning Board . The planning board said developers were not having difficulty with C and D residence zoning require- ments and recommended the town board set a 12 , 000 squ a re foot requirement for the B residence zone , for those who had filed maps with the count y clerk' s office by April 18 , 1954. Acting upon this recommenda- tion , the board has proposed the amendment on which the public hearing will be held Tuesday. In a statement released yesterday, Mr. Stout said: \Following the Brookhaven Town Planning Board' s recommen- dations , the proposal would re- cognize the problem faced b y own- ers of land on old filed maps with limited depths to their lots be- cause of ancient streets that can- not be abandoned today. Under the proposed amendment , such owners would be required to fur- nish 12 , 000 square feet of building a rea rather than 15, 000 square feet. In the case of lots having ;i depth of only 100 feet , this would mean that the street front- age would necessarily have to be a minimum of 120 feet. \Under exist. -ng regulations , in 'B' Residence areas a house must be 10 feet back from the street Continued on page 6 , this section LIRR Strike Talks Crumble , Deadline Sunday A strike by trainmen of the Long Island Bail Road set for 12:01 a. m. Sunday seems to be a certainty today as all efforts to head off the. threatened strike have failed. A conference of city, state , coun- ty and labor officials , called for by Suffolk County Executive II. Lee Dennison Tuesday, failed to achieve progress in bringing union and management closer together. Present at the meeting were Dennison , Mayor Robert R Wag- ner , A. Holly Patterson , Nassau County executive , LIRR President Thomas Goodfellow and Harold .1. Pryor , union executive. Also pres- ent were Assembl y Speaker Joseph ( ' arlim. of Long ' Reach . Suffolk County Attorney Henry Zaleski. Continued on page 7 , this section Re - Elect Carroll Patch' gue School Board President At a special organization meet- ing of the Patchogue-Medford School District Board of Educa- tion this week , officers were elected for the school year 19(50- i!l. President is William Carroll , and vice president is John Chester. T h e following appointments were made: School district clerk. John Hyki u , at a salary of $1 , 500; school district treasurer , Prank /niiazzi. at a salary of $2 , 000; school district legal counsel. Pcllc- tieau and Pelletreau . appointed on a fee basis; insurance coun- selor , John J. Roe and Son; school dist rict auditor . A. W. ()ldeh<iff and Son. Roosevelt , at a lee of $150 . The resignation from the school hoard of Mr. /Cana/.zi was accepted following his appoint- ment as the school district treasur- er. Appointed in his place was Norman Lechtrecker. Designated as official deposi- tories for all moneys of the district weie: The Peop les National Bank of Patchogue . The Patchogue Hank . I' ati-liogiie . and the Chemical Hank New York Trust Company of New York City. The rate for automobile travel for all authorized personnel of Hie school district was fixed at eight cents per mile . This applies only to travel outside the school district , and does not cover the transportation for school officials withi n the school district. The official meeting of the board of education was continued and will be held the second Tues- day of each month at 8 p. m. in the school district offices at Pat- chogue Senior High School on Sax ton Street. The following board members Continued on pnge 6 , this lection For Classified Ads Telephone G Rover 5-1000-100 1 Two Columns of News in the Spanish Language are Published Every Week CAT AT PP A CU Crop dusting pilot was instantl y F /TLI/ T J- I V^rvrAkj n killed early Friday morning when his light plane crashed in cranberry bog in Manorville. Victim was Francis Wysocki , 33, of Springfield , Mass., who , according to State Police , was crop dusting cranberry bogs on farm of H. R. Johnson , off Swamp Pond Road , Manorville. Crash occurred about 6:30 a. m., about a quarter mile in from road. There were no witnesses , but manager of Johnson ' s farm , James Laird , heard crash and called police. Mr. Wysocki was dead when troopers arrived. His Piper Cub was loaded with dust and force of crash smashed dusting powder into pilot' s seat. Mr. Wysocki , single , had taken off from Mastic Air Strip and had emptied his plane over bogs. He returned , loaded up again , and crashed on his first pass. —Advance Photo Two Drown , Boy Killed In Weekend Mishaps Report 179 Auto Crashes: Two drownings in local waters and a fatal pedestrian accident marred the Fourth of Jul y weekend in this area. Suffolk County Police reported a tota l of 179 vehicular accidents for the July Fourth week- end in the five western township districts with 56 injuries and the one death resultant. & The Fifth Precinct in Patchogue had 23 accidents reported and the Sixth Precinct , covering northern Brookhaven Town , reported 24 ac- cidents , including the one fatal pedestrian accident. Boy Killed Young Kirk Fredsell , 7 , of Division Street , Holts , ville , was struck and killed by an automo- bile Saturday evening on Wavevly Avenue at Division Street , police reported. The boy had just disembarked from a bus with his mother and ran ahead into the path of an auto- mobile operated by Michael Rocco , 19 , of Selden , police said. Kocco was not held. The Fredsell boy is survived by his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fredsell; a brother , Eric , and a sister , Elena. He was born in Port Jefferson and was a Holtsvflle resident all his life. A Rosary service was held last night at the Ruland Funeral Home. A Mass of the Angels will be of- fered at 9:30 this morning at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R. C. Church by the Rev. Ralph Monteleone. Interment will follow in Long Is- land National Cemetery, Pine- lawn. Police are still searching the waters of Lake Rnnkonkonia near Raynor ' s Beach for the body of Donald MacKenzie , 2a , of Fast .Meadow , who drowned Sunday. Mr. MacKenzie and a friend , Gloria Gondolini , 23 , of Westbury, were rowing across the lake when he decided to take a swim. He jumped from the boat , and panick- ed , Miss Gondolini told police. She attempted to rescue him. but was saved by a lifeguard herself. Mastic Drowning The heroic effort of a Brook- lyn man to save a drowning hoy- was in vain Sunday at Mastic when he was apparently stricken with a heart seizure and the boy ho had held above the water off Smith' s Point Park sank to his death. Drowned was Angel Manuel Troche, 11 , of 728 Driggs Avenue , Brooklyn , who was almost saved by John Guellert , 32. of (17 Stuy- vesant Avenue , Brooklyn. Mr. Guellert was treated at the scene for extreme exhaustion by Dr. Richard Cook of Mastic Beach , and released to his home. The body of the boy was re- covered Monday morning by a team of skin divers after three men of the Suffolk County Sheriff' s office searched through Sunday night in an amp hibious tractor. The youth , who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Troche , 'ilso of Brooklyn , drowned at (i p. m. Sunday in Moriches Bay in about 20 feet of water. He was apparent- ly retrieving a ball , police said , in shallow water off the north- east corner of the parking lot Continued on page 6 , thi s section I IRPRTY RPl T P floi \ shmm above LilL)L.I\ 1 1 LJLJIJLULI was one of many floats .to parade down Main Street in thirteenth annual Independence Day parade sponsored by Patchogue Lions Club. On Kiwanis Club-spon- sored float , left to right , are Misses Cheryl Andrisani , Carol llodkin , Carole Verilli, Patti Marganoff and Sue Van Ginhoven. Float won first place in \ most beautiful float \ category. —Photo by Rudy Baumann PATRIOTIC FLOAT b j ^T^. can Revolution entitled \A i' atriot ' s Story, \ shown above , won third place in Most Patriotic Float category of mammoth Fourth of July parade Monday, sponsored by Patchogue Lions Club. —Photo by Rudy Baumann Bigger , Better Things Planned in Retirement Patchogue Teacher Retires: ^C\AC\CW HAY Q comc t0 an cnd for Mrs * s \ena >3\- ,n.V/VJLi Urt. I O Mutschler , teacher at River Avenue Schoo l for 22 years. Mrs. .Mutschler is retiring after teaching for 36 years in Patchogue area , two years in Brookhaven. 12 years at .Map le Avenue School and 22 years at River Avenue School. To keep herself busy during her retirement , she plans to travel throughout United States and Hawaii and to play her home Hammond organ. —Advance Photo By John Schectz \I plan to retire to a life of bigger and better things. \ These are words that best express the untiring character of Mrs . Serena Mutschler of 11 Cedar Grove Street , Patchogue , who is retiring this year at the conclusion of a 30-yoar teaching career. Mrs . Mutschler , who has taught school in the Patchogue area the majority of her aiiult life , says that children of todaly are no different than they were when she first started teaching in 1922 , except possibl y a little bit more restless. Mrs. Mutschler , a life-long resi- dent of Long Island , was born in Heliport , attended school there and later graduated from Patch- ogue High School. Not being the t ype of woman to waste time , she had signed her teaching contract to teach in the Brookhaven School System before she graduated from high school . Upon graduation , she immediatel y enrolled at a State Normal School and bega n her teaching career the following Sep- tember , in a two-room school in Brookhuven , which had students from the first four grades . After teaching In Brookhaven for two years , she again displayed her initiative and desire to move on to bigger and better things , by giving up her job in Brookhaven and returning to school to further her education. She enrolled at New Paltz, which at the time was a State Normal School and com- p leted her three-year course in Continued on page 6 , this section
