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Cap s izes in West Lake UT7 D CTA\/CDCn lifeless bod y of 13- Hr , KLLUVLKLIJ year-old Robert Hunter of 39 West Sixth Street , Patchogue . about an hour and a half after boy fell from beat-up boat into choppy waters of West Lake last Sat- urday afternoon . Skin-diver is Ral ph Waage of 5 South Summit Avenue , Patchogue. Sergeant Edw ard Halloek of Fift h Police Precinct is point- ing to area where boat capsized , throwing young Robert and his fishing companion , Joseph Leo , into water. Joseph hung on to side of craft and was saved by alert boatsman , Paul Grar.iello , Sr. , whose son witnessed tragic accident . Efforts to save Robert were futile. —Photo by William R. Goldfein Any picture with credit line \Advance photo \ or \Photo by Gomez \ (no others) is available to >ou in a glossy print. For full information on how to secure these prints read the details in the \WANT AD VANCE PHOTOS V advertisement published in thia edition. — Adv. WANT ADVANCE PHOTOS ? C. M., Eastport Districts Pass School Budgets The sc.iool imdgets in Siho >I District 33 and District 11 were ipproved Tuesday in v.Acs I K L. immediately following hearings on he proposed budgets . In Sch ol District 33 (Center Moric ' .os) the voters approv- d . budget calling for an expenditure )f l >(;' ' .r, , 18() tor t- .e 106i-o2 sc o n year by a vote of 99 yes and 14 10 with 15 void ballots , incum- bent School Board member John r ' enney was re-elected by a vote 13 .v 0 win n\ . w v . 12 - < vi for various people and H) void bal lots. Incumbent Library Trustee Mrs. Marjoiie Davis \va, > also ic elected by a vote 11(5 to 0 with 12 void ballots. Both candidates ran unopposed. The budget for District 33 is up approximatel y $61 , 000 for 19(>l-C> 2 over the $(305 Olio \ iigure for 1900- 01. The tax rate will increase ap- . ).o viinate.y ' A _ to 4 > iv ts , ac cording to Supervising Princi pal Stun lev Ah rams. The budget as proposed by the board of education in District 33 was amended b y a resolution iroin the floor and an additional amond- m?nu proposed failed to pass and was not included within tne vote. An amendment was offered and approved to include within the budget , prior to the voting on it. $1,000 to cover ihe cost of a Sum- mer recreation pr ogram. The amendment w .s ir 'aled as a sp • - cial proposition and the voting approved it by (17 yes and 31 no with 27 void ballots. The district for the past three years had in- cluded this item and amount with- in the proposed budget but this year failed to include it since the Brookhaven Town Recreation com- mittee was expected to take it over. Also receiving extensive discus- sion was a proposed amendment to include a sum of $0 , 000 for bus transportation for students at- tending private and parochial schools more than 10 miles from the district and not more than 17 miles. A vote was held b y a . ' -how of hands , at the direction of Su- ;eivisor Au g u-t Stout , .1' .. clu. 1 - man of the meeting, with 50 no and 21 yes votes cast. Tne amend- ment , being defeated , was conse- quently not included in the voting on the budget. The $7. 000 tree libra ry budget for the district was approved by a \ote oi It 5 j i ' .i ami nine no and 14 void ballots. In School District 11 East port. voting, Mrs. Mary Raynor. run- ning in opposition to Lester E. Gerard , board president , received 80 votes. She was defeated, how- ever , by a vote of 134 to 8(5 . The board post , according to reports , created the most interest during the three and one-half hour hear- The proposed budget approved by a vote of 131 to 22 with five void ballots calls for the expendi- ture of $336, 100 or approximately $22 , 000 more than for 1900-01. The special proposition for the allocation of $15 , 000 for the repair of the school parking lot and drive- way was disapproved by a vote of 74 no and 35 yes. According to Mr. Gerard the turnout this year represents a re- Continued on page 6 , this section The b u d a *> _ L of Central School District 4 (Pellport , Brook iaven and East Pat- chogu ), was defeated Tues- day I y three votes. The bud get would have called for the largest tax rate in the district ' s history. It was also the first budget defeat in the district s history. The onl y other bud get defeat on Long Island in the Tu >sday ballot- ing occurred in th^ Port Jeffer. -on- Te ryvi' c district , where a Lrgo tax rate increase had been esti- mated. (Note : Results from the dis- tricts in which voting was con- ducted yesterday wer^ not avail- able at press time. This article in- cludes the two districts mentioned p lus Middle Island Central Dis- trict 12 and the Sayville District. ) The Bell port budget called for an increase from the present tax rate of $8.88 per $100 of assessed valuation to $10.57 , on a proposed budget of $2 ,359, 610. The increase represented $1.67 per $100. There were 491 votes cast fol- lowing an 8 p. m. meeting at the high school. The final tally on the budget was 224 yes , to 227 no , with 39 ballots voided and one blank. Although the budget was defeated , the voters did approve $5 , 200 for support of the Bell port Village library, (221 to 211) and $7 , 100 to be taken from surp lus funds for transportation for the remainder of this school year , (295 to 136). In a hand vote before the bud- get vote , a proposition to increase transportation ($12 , 200) was vot- ed down (309 to 42) as well as $4 , 000 for a one-month Summer plavground progra m , (205 no to 182 yes). '1 I K - voters did approve by a hand vote of 286 to 70 , another special proposition of $1 , 000 , for the traditional Summer music pio- gram. It WJS pointed out . howevei. that since the bud get was defeat- <i . none of the hand votes , nor th - special pioj.osition votes count: and if another ba 'loting we e to take p lace on the budget agai\ , the extra budget items app uv- 'd or defeated would have to be re- balloted. Voting for the Central School District 4 Board of Educatin g nosts took p lace yesterday. Re- sults weie not known at |iit^ time. The Port Jefferson Station- Teiryville budget , which calle i lor a $4.01 per $100 increase over the cu.rent year s, bud get , was defeat- ed by a vote of 109 to 96. The e. -u- mated tax rate was $12.50 com- pared to the current rate of ^.49. The voters did approve t ' v ex- uenditure of $2 , 500 for transpor- tation of chi'dren to parochial high schools. School o fficials in both districts said they did not expect the de- feats , although they said they ex- pected strong opposition. The board of education fo. - the two districts will meet next week to reconsider the budgets and possi- bly resubmit them for voting. If the budgets are not approved b y Jul y 1. an austerity bud g et would go into effect for the Sum- mer programs and such items as the Sumnvr music festival in Bellport could not be held. The districts have until October 1, according to Supervisor Walt 1 ! M. Onnsby of the Second Supervi- sory District , before they would go on a regular school year aus- Continued on p&ae 6. this section Bellport Area Budget Loses By 3 Ballots Suffolk Was Prepared For Ten Minute Alert County Under 'Attack ' : At 4 p. m. April 28 , the sirens blew , traffic stopped , people took she 'ter in their homes or wherever they happened to be. At 4:10 p. m., another signal sounded telling everyone to resume normal activity. All the elements of a national emergency due to a nuclear attack were present , except the bombs. This was an alert , but public response in Suffolk County was or- ganized and orderl y and if it lied been an attack , the enemy would indeed have been disappointed in the- lack of confusion and chaos . II. Lee Dennison . Suffolk CounU executive; Charles Dominy, county sheriff ; and Richard Thorn , county police commissioner , observed the genera l public reaction from a heli- copter. They also broadcast to the public along with Col. llariy C. Davton , Suffolk Countv dire ctor - of Civil Defense during the alert . At the Suff.dk County Ci\i! De- fense Operation Cen t er , under the direction of Col. Da\ton. thin g - were- humming. All services , serv- ice chiefs , staff members and vol- unteers were busilv functioning under emergencv conditions. Over 90 peop le were efficient l y coordinat- ing the many ser\ ices including police , fire , rescue, medical wel- fare , communications , RACKS , radiological , public works , wat er transportation , manpower , puhlh information together with the De- partment of Agriculture , Securi t y National Bank , Grumman ' s Air- cra ft , Ci\ il Air Patrol , the Atomic Kiu rgv Commission at the Brook- have n Nati onal Laboiatory , Fair- child , Patchogue Fie. -trio Li g ht Company, Long Island Lighting Compatn , New York Telephone Company. Red Cross , school sys- tems , and chap lains representing ail faith s , for the protection , and sur\ i\al of Suffolk County. The exercis\ for the geneia ' . publi c lasted exactly 10 minutes , but at the Civil Defense Operation Center it was 20 hours , from -1 p. m. Frulav until 12 noon Satur- day, with most pa 'ticip ants includ- ing the director on 20 hour dut\ Theoretical \bombs \ were deton- ated , damage - estimated , dead, wounded anil surx ivors calculated , assistance dispatched where re- nuired , transportation of ewicuocs ai ranged , radioactive fallout esti- mated, messages transmitted and received to and from other target and target-support areas all Continued on page 6, tmV. section Shirley Group Asks Bellpo rt Bay Dredging SHIRLEY — The Shirley LI Taxpayers Association , Inc., last week forwarded a letter to the Brookhaven Town Board request- ing that Carman ' s River , Forge River and Bellport Pay be includ- ed in any p lans fl at the town has for future public works pro- grams. The request was based on the contention that pollution of the waters in the tlu ee areas tends to detract from the resort atmos- p heie of the area and has a gen- erally poor effect on property val- ues. ( The letter , written by Michael Gross , attorney for the associa- tion , called attention to the fact that not only are Ihe area waters polluted , but this has adverse ef- fect upon tbe fishing, bathing and boating facilities. This , the letter said , de-tioys the i esort-hke at- mosp here of the aiea and lowers the property values. Mr. Cross said that the current town p lan to expend money on public works projects in other areas of the town prompted the association to make their request Continued on page 6 , this section — —- j Friend Gave Him A Hand: By Margaret Warner BELLPORT—The old adage , \A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed , \ proved to be very true last Thursday afternoon when eight-year-old Bill y Klein , with the assistance of his brother , Michael , and an unidentified man , rescued a friend. Michael Chiuchioio , 10. was sitting on his bike , watching the boys rish off the Bell port dock , when suddenly he lost his balance and p lunged into Great South Bay, bike and all. Billy reached down and grabbed Mike ' s hand and held him above the surface , while his brother ran for help. A man ran to the dock and assisted Bill y in pulling Mike from the water. Michael , who lives at 17 Country Club Road , was very wet and cold from the di pp ing, but required no medical treatment. When Billy arrived home , his mother , Mrs. Robert Klein of 22 Country Club Road , noticed that he was restless and asked what, was wrong. He replied , \Mike fell in the bay, and me and another man pulled him out. \ CY) AT FRX fi n< * s two ' iam ra d'° operators from Patchogue ^*-J /ALiJLfv 1 manning civil defense radio at headquarters in Patchogue . Alert ground life to a 10-minute halt on Long Island in response to a simulated air attack. Civil defense officials termed drill a huge success after Saturday conclusion. Shown left to right a«*e : Wayne Wicks and Charles Sumrow , both of Patchogue . —Photo by William R. Goldfein Boy Pulled From Bay The widening of the 34-foot span at the Swezey Street Bridge in East Patchogue is on the way to a solution , Brookhaven Town Supervisor August Stout , Jr., an- nounced this week. \At the meeting of the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors at Riverhead April 24 , 1 introduced a resolution authorizing the county department of public Works to un- dertake preliminary engineering and surveys necessary to prepare plans and estimates of cost for the reconstruction of the bridge , \ Mr. Stout said. \The work covered by this resolution will involve an es- timated $7,500 for engineering, to be paid out of county fund s , for removing this traffic hazard in the Town oi Brookhaven. \I am glad to report that the resolution was passed by the Board of Supervisors. The necessity for widening this narrow brid ge has been well known for many years , but this is the first time a real be- ginning has been made in getting the job done. \ Stout Announces Swezey St. Span Will Be Widened A new approach to an orderly development of Mt. Sinai ILirbor is being sought by Brookhaven Town Supervisor August Stout , Jr., for consideration by the town board. \The Suffolk County Board of Supervisors is taking no action on the Mt. Sinai project , \ Supervisor Stout said. \There is much work to be done , if this area is to be of maximum benefit to the people of our Town. A study is now being made of the possibilities of finan- cing this work as a Town project. \We will look into estimated costs for various items on the original list proposed if the pro- ject were to be developed by the County. These items include cre- ating a small boat harbor and tak- ing step? to preserve the entire beach front on Lcng Island Sound. When we have a break-down of the costs involved , we can then de- cide if the town can undertake to Continued on page 6 , this section Mt. Sinai Harbor Is Under Study B y Town Board — BULLETIN — Four incumbents were elect- ed to the Board of HducaCon of School Dist let 24 (Patch - uuue-Medfoid ) in voting yes- terday. Those elect 'd weie Willi mi J. C.iiro 'l , Matthew R. Masem , John D. Chester and Norn. - r 'n Lechtrecker. Mr. Carroll , who is board piesident won reele ction by tall y ing , >05 votes to William J. I' eanshonA 120. Mr Ma- --nn defeated Jerome Sadof- sky. :!9S-2o9. Mr Chester , board \ ice president, received . ~ >, '!0 votes and Mr. Lechtrec- ket , 570 votes , both I mining unopposed. A budi iet of $:; . 74( ' i , 9<\ for the 1901-02 school year was appro' ed by a vote of 1(!2 to 15'!. Th , > amount to be raised by local taxation is J >1 , 7 12 . 0S1. The librarv bud g et , with a total of $101 , 420 to be raised by taxation , was anproved 4, '!2-74. Incumbent William S. Matsunaye , Jr.. was elected to I a live-year tei m as libra' y trustee with 509 votes. He was 1 unopposed. 4 Incumbents Win In Patchogue Voting TD A PIP UEUTrT 17 to death is shown 1 KALllL V JlnlLLll on shore after be- ing towed from near center of West Lake , Pat- chogue , where it overturned , throwing two young riders into water. Funeral services were held yesterday for Robert Hunter , 13 , of 39 West Sixth Street , Patchogue , who drowned late Saturday afternoon , shortly after boat cap- sized. Police said Robert and his friend , Joseph Lee , found abandoned boat on shore and paddled it into lake , where trag ic accident occurred. —Photo by William R. Goldfein BY TEDD DETERMAN < A beat-up flatbottom boat , which Suffolk police said had been abandoned on the shores of West Lake , Patchogue , carried 13-year- old Robert Hunter of 39 West Sixth Street , Patchogue , to his death Saturday. Robert and a neighborhood friend , Joseph Lee . 11. of 41 West Sixth Street , went fishing Satur- day. They found an old boat and took it out on West Lake , police said. They paddled it to the deep water where the fishing is known to be better. A little after 4:30 p. in., when they were about 100 yards from shore , police said , the boat cap- sized. The younger boy, Josep h , clung to the side of the boat , po- lice declared , while Robert disap- peared in the choppy waters. In the meantime , police said , Paul Graniello , Jr., 12 , who was fishing on the shore , saw the boat overturn. He ran home to his fa- ther. Paul GranH' o , Sr.. who quickly, police said , took his own boat to the overturned one. The elder Graniello managed to grab Josep h , police reported , but he couldn 't see Robert. Police said that Mr. Graniello paddled around the area looking for the other boy, but to no avail. He took the younger boy to shore, police said , whore both were treated for ex- posure. Police were called on the case at 4:45 p. m., they said , and were fol- lowed immediately b y the Pat- chogue Fire Department. Many boats were soon dispatched in the search , police said. The body was finally discovered. police reported , at 0:12 p.m. by a skin diver . Ralph Waage of 5 South Summit Avenue , Patchogue. Dr. Frank P. La Sm- sa pionouncod the boy dead when he was finally Continued on page 6 , this section Business Boomed in April: Islip ' s Supervisor Thomas J. Harwood announced this w^ek that all previous passenger , air freight, and air express records for Alle- gheny Airlines service to Islip ' s Mac Arthur Airport , which was inaugurated September 1 , 1960 , had been broken during the month of April . He said that over 1 , 200 passen- gers had used the service between MacArthur Airport and Washing- ton , D. C. and Boston , Mass. He also said that over 24.422 pounds of air freight and express had been flown through MacArthur. This was an increase of over 69 per cent above the previous hi g h month. Mr. Harwood stated that he wa- - pleased with tbe acceptance , b y the public , of Allegheny ' s service. He said he hoped that with the new schedules that became ( Ifee- tive Monday, providing an 8 a. m. depaiture to Washington , D. C. and a new service to and f'-om Philadel phia, Pa., thai the num- ber of passengers will be more than doubled. He added that he hoped business and industry in Suffolk County will find it convenient to make air freight and air expres- shipments \ ia Allegheny at Mac- Arthur Airport. He said he was also pleased to note that dur ing the month of April onl y foui flights had been cancelled , and these had bem caused bv below minimum weather conditions. Hi said that Alle g heny Air 'ines had been very cooperathe in heln - ing to develop traffic in Suffolk Countv by having the Civil Aero nautics Boa rd apnnne a ii\\v com- prehensive famil y-p 'a:i air tiavel program. Th's new omui-am. which Mr. Harwood ^aid is the only one of its kind offered by a domestic airline , offers a 50 per cent discount on all fares for mem- bers of a family traveling to - gether when the head of the fam- Continued on page 6, this section Allegheny Service Tops Records at MacArthur DEM OLITION CREWS ° f rf , an c H oT struction Co., commenced work Monday on first field in Patchogue Village ' s $1 , 000 , 000 off-street parking program. It'll be known as Church Stree t Field. Work started amidst charges bv J- J- Car- roll, Patchogue mover who has storage space in building to be demolished , that condemnation proceedings conducted by village were not legal. Mayor Robert T. Waldbauer authorized go-ahead Monday, despite hearing on question of legality to be heard before Brookhaven Justice of Peace Anthony Salvatore at 9 :30 a. m. today. Church Street Field is first of four municipal parking fields. Two others should be finished this Sum- mer , according to mayor , with last field slated for completion next year. —Advance Photo i 10 . 000 Plus , Circulation 10^ A C °PV Official Newspaper , Sufrolk County As Aid to Potato Industry: The- U. S. Navy has agreed to make available to the Long Island potato industry some 190 acres of land at Calverton on long-term lease for use as a disposal area for wastes from a proposed starch faetorj . The policy decision , a reversal of an earlier departmental recommendation , was announced Tuesday at Washing ton by L. I. Con- gressman Otis G. Pike of River- §> head. Undetermined and subjects of negotiation are the location of the disposal area and the price local agriculture will pay for its use. It will be situated within the buffer zone , somewhere on the outer peri- meter of the 6 , 000-acre Grumman- operated , Navy-o .vned aviation in- stallation. The L. I. Agricultural Coordi- nating Committee , the grower- shipper agency which spearheaded tlie effort to obtain government land for a project of paramount importance- to the $75 , 000 , 000 in- dustry, immediately scheduled a meeting to plan its next move. Secretary Kenneth Wells said the sesssion has been tentativel y set at L. I. Farm Bureau headquarters in Aquebogue. In announcing the Navy ' s affir- mative decision , which he attribut- ed to Secretary of the- Navy John B. Connally and his executive as- sistant for facilities , John J. Reed , Rep. Pike said they will \ permit a su fficiently long-tez*m lease so that the construction and operation of a starch plant would be econom- ically justifiable. \ Rep. Pike stated : \I am pleased that with the cooperative efforts of the L. I. Agricultural Coor- dinating Committee , the L. 1. Farm Bureau , the Grumman Air- craft Engineering Corporation and Continued on page 6. this section Navy to Lease Land For Starch Wastes
