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Ski Boat Outsmarts Old Man Winter TAKING ADVANTAG E of the recent snowfall , Jack Adams right , of Carman Boulevard and Dennis Viola , Seeley Street , both Brookhaven , test a 16' ski-equipped , air propeller driven boat, The craft was recently completed on special assignment for Mechanix Illustrated by Jack' s photographe r dad , Joseph Adams , whose hobby Is amateur boat building. Basically a boat ideal for shallow water - such as skimming over flats - the craft sports a 125 HP Lycoming aircraft type engine. Permanent ice runners enable it to traverse ice as well as water. Three nine-foot snow skis are attached for use on enow , the front ski located ln center is used for steering on snow. Air rudders maneuver the boat . on water or Ice. £P Man Dies CarroSS M. Sweiey Dies; As His Auto Headed S weiey & Newins €?f SS Off ft B MSB The Patehogue a rea lost one _«,,**> __ Funeral services were held Monday at St. Paul' s Episcopal Church , Patehogue , for George Pusins of 140 Robinson Avenue , East Patehogue , whose 1951 car fell on his chest Friday afte rnoon while he was removing a starter from it. The Rev. Richard C. Chapin officiated at the services for the 39-year-old father of four. Inter- ment was la OafeJUawnCemetsrv BMJ_!s-_iv_T. * a»-Ol«t_ Arr»n _ - - me _.ts Were made hy the Pettlt Funeral Home. Fifth Precinct Patrolman An- thony Palumbo said that the bumper Jack slipped sideways while Mr. Pusins was on his back unde r the front end of the car at the Robinson Avenue ad- dress. His siste r , Mrs. Pearl Reed , with whom he and his (Continued on page 9) The Patehogue a rea lost one of Its best known , best loved and highly-respected bus- inessmen this week in the death of Carroll M. Swezey, Sr. , 65 , president and owner of Swezey and Newins Department Store , Patehogue. He died unexpectedly Monday morning at his home at 55 Roe Avenu e . East Patehogue. Death resulted from a coronary attack , according to Dr. Richard Cook, county deputy med-ca| exam- iner. Born in Patehogue , Mr. Swe- zey was a lifetime resident of this area. He became well- known in retailing circles as the head of the 71-year-old depart- ment store which he headed since 1929. Under his direction the Patehogue store has expanded to more than five times its ori- ginal size. He had graduated Carroll M. Swazey earlier from Dartmouth and the Harvard School of Business. Mr. Swezey was a member of (Continued on p age 6) khkwy Group Named To Study School Plans Hem$Q8erten is Patehogue : ALBANY - The State Educa- tion Department announced today the appointment of an eight mem- ber Advisory Committee on Suf- folk County School District Re- organization by Dr. James E, Allen , state commissioner of ed- ucation. William J. Cullen of Hunting- ton Station , an executive of the Pepsi-Cola Co. , and a former member of the South Huntington Board cf Education , has been designated temporary chairman ef the newly formed committee. Unde r pressures of growing enrol lments school district re- organization is a serious prob- lem in Suffolk County. Many districts are finding it necessary to expand their school facilitie s or build new ones. There is an urgent need to establish a school district pattern which will assure the best possible education and the most efficient andeconomical use of educational and financial resources. Dr. Allen ' s action in estab- lishing an advisory committee is an attempt to expedite the de- (Continued on page 6) VALENTINE SPECtAL-Ev-n tha potatoes have the Valentine ' g Day fever , what with the big day a Ittde over two weeks away. Proof of this fact Is tbe potato being held by Buddy E. Bureti of West Yaphank , a chef *t Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, The potato heart was found while the staff was preparing baked potatoes for Tuesday ' s evening meal. The arrow was a minor addition by the cu-rtd-miru-ed staff of the hosp_ _9l* s kitchen. After talking to Mr. Burth . we have a hunch that this special potato will appear bak«d os his wife * s suj-pei* plate on the big day. —Photo by Lou Grasso To wn To Buy New H* way Equipment The Brookhaven Town Board Tuesday authorised the borrow- ing of $150 , 000 over a five-year period for the purchase of equip- ment for the Town Highway De- partment. On the recommendation of Su- perintendent of Highways Charles W _ Barraud , the town will buy a tractor for $9 , 000 a brush chip- per for $4 , 600 , two mobile sweep- ers for $27 , 600 , three leaf load- ers for $9 , 000 , 15 salt and sand spreaders for $5 , 000 , 10 snow plows for $10 , 000 , an asphalt re- pair machine for $2 , 500 , a loader for $28 , 000 , a loader for $22 , 500 a car for $4 , 300 and the trade-in of a 1962 vehicle , two dump trucks for $10 , 400 and the trade-in of two 1957 trucks , two other dump trucks for $10 , 000 and the trade- in of two 1957 trucks , and two pick-up trucks for $6 , 500 and the trade-in of two 1961 trucks. Councilman John J. Foley, the board' s only Democrat , Inquired if these purchase s had been dis- cussed with the board' s highway committee. Councilman Clarence Hough of that committee , Indicat- ed that they had been discussed with him. Then , Mr. Barraud said , \This is my recommenda- tion. \Some of the equipment to be purchased , \ said Mr. Brraud in a letter to the board , \ will re- place rented equipment and is ln keeping with my policy of owning larger equipment rather than renting from individual owners. The snow plows and spreaders will be used to improve our snow removal operations as well as re- place some of the obsolete plows we are now using, \ NEW AIDES Douglas Backes and Paul Mc Cusker were appointed as en- gineering aides In the highway department provisionally at $2.25 per hour until taking the civil ser- ( Continued on page 6) No Rush For GOP Tow n Leader Job Town Clerk Edwin A. Arnzen , one of the leading persons being considered as a successor to GOP Town Leader Richard Zeid- ler , declined to comment Tues- day on whether he was \Interest- ed\ in having the job. The Medford car dealer , who has headed the Republican or- ganization for 2 1/2 years , an- nounced his resignation January 21 to a meeting of GOP commit- teemen In Patehogue . He said that \ pressure s of business \ and the wish to spend more time with his family impelled him to decide to resign sometime ln March. Mr. Arnzen , who has distin- guished himself as an able and thorough town clerk since being elected In 1961 , and Bernard Bur- ton , Patehogue committeeman , have been mentioned as possible contenders for the important post, Zoning Board Chairman Thomas Romeo and Ernest Wruck , Pateh- ogue attorney, are also contend- ers. Supervisor Charle s R. Dominy, who was town leader from 1958 (Continued on page 6) Dei If. Hawkins Shaws Superior Sprlfiflug Form Fifth Squad Det. Lieut. Joseph Hawkins may not have run the 100-yard-dash at the Olympics in Tokyo , but he 'll qualify cer- tainly as one of Suff oik' s \finest \ in the coming track season. The police officer sprinted from the Patehogue Theatre to the F our Corners intersection Sunday night to make an arrest of a driver , who , he said , had left the scene of an accident on East Main Street, Det. Lieut. Hawkins said that he and his wife were leaving the theatre abou t 11 p.m. when he heard a crash. A car had hit an unoccupied parked car , owned by Jeanne Grlbbln o_Srookv_J.e , anc \ kept going west fa Main Street. (Continued on pag e t) Centereach f-ftan Dies After Crash CENTEREACH —— Antqnlo Gallo of 118 Eliot Avenue , was fatally injured January 21 in a three-car accident in Plainview. The 38-year-old man was a passenger in a car operated by Owen Trainor , 16 , of 2454 Wilson Avenue , Bellmore , who was east- bound on Old Country Road about 10 p.m. when his vehicle was ln collision with the rear of an air- port limousine , stopped for a red light at Pasadena Drive. Nassau County police said the limousine was operated by George \C . Frederick , 46 , of 186 Durkee Lane , East Patehogue , who suffered a severe neck in- jury. A limousine passenger , Dale Welsh , 38 , of 25 Mahan Road , Patehogue , was also in- jured. The limousine was knocked into another eastbound auto , operated by Mary * Sclacchlteno , 19 , of 38 Sylvia Lane , Plainview , who was also stopped , and waiting for the light. She escaped injury ln the crash. According to police , Mr. Gallo waa nearly decapitated by the windshield , and pronounced dead at Central Hospital in Plainview. The critically-injured Tralnor youth was taken to the same hospitaL M rs. Marjorie A. Moog Is Taken by Death af 38 Wih ef Associate Editor : Mrs. Marjorie A . Moog, 38 , of 205 Durkee Lane , East Patehogue , died Wednesday morning at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Center at Upton after a lengthy illness. The former Miss Marjorie Jamieson , she was born in Athens , N . Y ,, but had resided in tbe Pateh- ogue area for most of her life. She was a graduate of Patehogue High School and attended Mary- land College for Women and Buf- falo State Teachers College. She was a member and former pres- ident of the Woman ' s Club of Patehogue , a member of the Con- gregational Church of Patehogue and an active worker for a num- ber oi civic and charitable causes. She was a former member of die Patehogue Civic and Garden Club and active In Cub Scout and Girl Scout work in former years. She is survived by her hus- band , Donald J. Moog, associate eoitor of The Long Island Ad- vance; a eon , Donald J. Moog, Jr. . aa_l a daughter , Nancy Mills Moog , of East Patehogue . her parents , Mr, and Mrs. William H. Jamieson of Patehogue; a siste r , Mrs. Robert Allen of New Or- leans , La.; three brothers , David Jamieson of Great Falls , Mont,, William H . Jamieson , J r., of Napa , Calif., and Robert Jamieson of New York City. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.rn. tomorrow at the Pettlt Funeral Home , Patehogue. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Patehogue Congregational Church , with the Rev. Stuart W . Van Cott officiating. It is the wish of the family that flowers be omitted . Donations may be mads toward the purchase of Spring bulbs to be naturalized at the new Bellport High School ln Brookhaven. Checks should be made payable to Central School District #4 » ttndr5tvall«<i to Thomas Hayden , Business Manager , Due- ton Avenue , East Patehogue. In- terment will be in tee family plot in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patehogue. w SAD HEADLINES-Tne death of Sir Winston Churchill took from the world a great leader , and from the people oi the world a friend. And while the leaders of the world gather to pay their last respects to the former Prime Minister , there are those amongst the ordinary folk of the world who keenly feel the loss of this man who , despite his greatness , could take the time to be one of them . So it is with Gerard S . Kelly of Bayport , shown holding the paper above , who had the pleasure of meeting Sir Winston on two occasions. Reviewing die news with Mr. Kelly is Arthur McCormick of Bayport , an employe of the Islip Town Highway Department, -Photo by Island Graphic 0EC 280-Unit Ga rden Apt. In Bayport ISLIP — Erection of a 280- unit garden apartment project on the northeast corner of the Mon- tauk Highway and Gillette Avenue , Bayport , was approved by the Islip Town Board in a meeting here Tuesday of last week. The project will be the largest such complex ever approved In the east end of Islip Town. Benjamin Berman filed the zoning change application that asked for a change in zoning f^r the 20-acre tract from indusr ial and residentia l AA to residential CA to allow the Cv >nstruccion of the large complex o- «partments . After recommending approval of the change of zone . Council- man Donald J. Kuss added stipu - (Contmued on page 13) Refuse Disposa l Survey Launched by Town Board A total of $24 , 000 was ap- propriated Tuesday by the Brook- haven Town Board for a survey to determine present and pro- jected future needs for the dis- posal of the town ' s refuse and scavenger wastes. John J. Baffa, Inc., consult- ing engineers , of New York City, were hired for $24 , 000 to make the survey within the next six months. The firm was retained by a voice vote of the board. The board' s action follows the defeat November 23 of the board' s proposal in a public referendum to authorize a $368 , 000 bond is- sue for the purchase and de- velopment of an 82-acre East Setauket site for a pilot sani- tary land-fill project. Democratic Councilman John J. Foley asked for a \ public statement \ on what the townprc- poses to do with the present dump sites — whethe r they will be \ cleaned up \ or \ converted im- mediately to sanitary land-fill\ sites. He referred specifically to the Coram dump. From the audience , Stan Allan , the town ' s bingo Inspector , said the town should wait until the survey Is completed before mak- ing such a statement. No com- ment was made by Supervisor Charles R. Dominy or other board members on Mr. Foley ' s sug - gestion. Mr. Dominy said the Baffa firm was referred to the town by the Suffolk Health Department. Under the contract , partial pay- ments will be made to Mr. Baffa upon submission of progress re- ports in letter form. Port Jefferson Village Mayor Robert Robertson asked that his village be kept abreast of the study since , he said , it would probably affect the PJ Sewer District. Subject to a permissive re- ferendum , the board established the 68-acre site In Farmingville as a park area to be used for a ski bow l and for year-around (Continued on page t>) Village Dems Map Plans For Election The Patehogue Village \ Demo- cratic Committee this week began preparations for the annual Vil- lage election to be beld March 16 , when three village trustees and a village police justice will be elected. The three trustees whose terms expire this year are Dom- inick \iCilke \ Maletta , electrical appliance dealer; Charles Miller , a Grumman Alrcra-ttire-fight-ng officer , each of whom has served on the Village Board for six years , and E. Donald Schneider , wholesale paper dealer , who has four year* , of board service to his credit. All three are Democrats. The village police justice post (Continued on page 6) Mc Mullen , Chluchlolo Promote d to Dep . Inspctr. Capt. Guorgo McMulUn Police Capt. George McMullen of the Fifth Precinct , and Police Capt. Dominick Chiuehiolo cf the Sixth Precinct were promoted each to the ranks of deputy in- spector , effective February 1. They will remain in command of their respective precincts cf the Suffolk Police . Capt. Dominick Chiuehiolo Capt. Fred Strybing was also promoted to deputy Inspector , and will remain in cemmand of the Marine Bureau. Lieut. George Schultz of the Fifth , has b_en promoted to capt- ain , and will become executive officer of the Fifth. Lieut. (Cont inued on pa ge 9) Report Plans For VA Hosp . In Stony Bk. A new Veterans Administration hospital with 1 , 000-bed facilities is reported being planned for Stony Brook , along with the Down- stare Medical Center. Plans for the new VA hospital were disclosed Monday in Presi- dent Johnson ' s $99.7 - billion budget . It was contained ln e request for $22 , 000 , 000 for pro- jects on Long Island. These Include $15 , 109 , 000 to construct a 480-bed addition to the ex- isting VA hospital in Northport as part of a general moderniza- tion of the facility, $5 , 000 , 000 for land-buying within the Fire (( ontinued on page 6) Escape H ten Lets Loose; Wore Chute An extensive air-sea search was launched yesterday for an East Patehogue man who ap- parently fell from an A3 Douglas twin-jet aircraft which was fly- ing at 28 . 000 feet some 50 miles south of Mon- tauk Point. The missing man , Charles R. Kropp, 30 , of 86 Southern Boul- evard , an electronics technician for Grumman Aircraft , was taking part in a test mission when the accident oc- curred at 10:16 a.m. The man was reported- ly wearing a parachute at the time. A Grumman spokesman said yesterday that the aircraft was being piloted by Donald Runyon . 45 , of 46 Bruce Street , Smith - town. The plane was serving as a \target \* on a tracking mission in conjunction with* a Grumman Hawkeye aircraft on the firm ' s Calverton airfield , when s mal- function developed In one of the jet ' s instruments. Mr. Kroppwas asked to trace the source of the problem , and was doing so when • the escape hatch behind the pilot ' s seat let loose, \When something of this nature occurs , \ a firm spokesman said yesterday, \it dumps the pres- sure in the pressurized cabin through the open hatch. Anything in its way goes with it , and the effect would be lik e shooting a (Continued on page b)
