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Prize Turkey Record Sought At Farm On Middle Country Road CRANK HINES , who operates a * gasoline station and road-stand on tho Middle Country road , and who also carries on a successful chicken business , believes in expanding into now fields ' . He is experimenting \vith a new southern giant turkey and is cross-breeding it with a prize bronze turkey. Last year his prize turkey weighed 40 pounds at the age of nine months , and this year he expects to better that record. At present , he has about 150 turkeys which will be ready at Thanksgiving time, Mr, Hines is president of the Turkey Breeding and Growing association of America. Another venture of Mr. Hinos is the building of two de luxe tourist cabins , and he plans to build three more. These cabins are completely furnish- ed and have all improvements. Thoy are always open for inspection and Mr. Hines will he glad to show any- one around. Such cabins fill a need in this locality and arc a welcome addition. Mr. Hinos is an ambitious young man and if asked when he expects to stop working he replies that he hns work planned for the noxt three years. Henry J. Jones Post Meets With Auxiliary •\\THE members of the Henry J. Jones «¦ ¦*¦ post and Ladies ' Auxiliary enj oyed a very pleasant and interesting meet- ing Wednesday evening at the Medford school. An honored guest of the evening was Mrs. James VanZandt of Washington , D. - C , wife of commander in chief of the National Department. Com- mander VanZandt was also to have been present , but was called to Reno , N. -3V., to install the state department officers there , and had to cancel his trip to Long Island , much to the re- gret of the members here , who had been looking forward to the visit of their chief. Tho national encamp- ment will be held at New Orleans early ' in September. A special ship will be chartered by the state depart- ment and a very pleasant voyage , with stops at the more interesting places en route , has been planned ) which will leave New York about September 10. Two new members were enrolled in the ' auxiliary and , Mrs. Anne Law- ler was initiated. Mr. Kreuger was initiated into the post , also. After the business meetings , refreshments were served and a pleasant social hour enjoyed , with singing and en- tertainment. Ernest Theis won the \dark horse. \ Tho auxiliary will hold a food and novelty sale at one of th© vacant stores August 80 and 81 , , of pastry and other foods , and hand- made novelties. • w.i- • — —< .„ I - I . ¦¦n.i ' BRIDGE PRIZES Anil Rifts thnt arc dllToront nt Kuller ' a .Towel- - vy Stove, —Adv. ' Farms increase : ,.j I E This County -j Census Shows But Value Has Dropped Dur- ing Depression Suffolk' s Value of Agricultural Land And Buildings Fixed at $50 , 566 , - 884 , the Number Being 2 , 220 , antl Average 123 , 251 A LTHOUGH Suffolk County faim- **¦ lands and buildings have suffered a material depreciation in monej - val- ue during the depression years , tbe number of farms and totals acreage, under cultivation has increased , ac- cording to the fi gures cited in tbe preliminary tabulation of the 1935* census made by tbe United States Department of Agriculture in New York state. On the basis of the re- port Suffolk county is today one of the outstanding farming center* * * in the state. In the point of farm valuation among counties classed as rural Suf- folk county is one of the leaders. T T . is exceeded only by Westchester county, which' places a hi g her valua- tion on its farms , but the contention is made that Westchester can no longer be considered as a strictly rural county because of the fa ct that- many of its so-called farms are es- tates and such estates tend to greatl y increase the valuation of nearby land not actually being cultivated. Suffolk' s farms are valued at $50 , - 566 , 884 and Erie is second to Suffolk with a valuation of $39 , 129 , 071. West- chester ' s farmlands and buildings are set at $59 , 211 , 850. While Westches- ter ' s valuations have greatly increas- ed in the past five years Suffolk' s* valuations show a net decline of ap- proximately $10 , 000 , 000. The actual number of farms in this county today is set at 2 , 220 , repre- senting a total of 123 , 251 acres. In 193C there were but 1 , 772 farms un- der cultivation and the total acreage at that time was figured at ' 99 , 67.1 making a net gain in five years of 448 farms and 23 , 580 acres. The \Friends of New Germany \ Establish Nazi Camp in Yaphank By Helen M. Ewmg \Y/E read a great deal in the news ** about New Germany, but it is rather surprising to find a unit of it here in our midst. I refer to Camp Siegfried , situated west of the vil- lage of Yaphank on Swezey ' s pond. At the entrance there is a flag pole with the Stars and Stripes at the top, and on the cross arms , the German flag and the Nazi flag bearing the swastika emblem. There is a large house of 14 rooms , and on the grounds surrounding it , a number of wooden tables and benches bave been erected under the trees. The pond is the chief attraction as it affords good bathing. This camping hotel is under the auspices of an organization known as \'The Friends of New Germany, \ and it is managed by Mrs. Freda Winter. The house and 45 acres of ground were purchased from James Coomes by a private individual who has put it at the disposal of the organization. It is open to the gener al public , but is patronized largely by members of the German organization who come out from Astoria , Jamaica , Brooklyn , New. York , New Jersey, and even from Philadelphia and Chicago. Any- one who wishes to stop at the camp may do so , and is afforded a cordial welcome. At the opening three week s ago there were 2 , 000 people who had come in cars and buses for the occa- sion . Quite a ceremony was made of the raising of the flags and patriotic songs of this country and of Germany were sung. The following week-end there were 800 , and last week-end dinners were served to 180 people and it was estimated th.it about 1 , 800 peop le stopped at the camp. During the week , the house is also well filled. Singing is one of the things most en- joyed , and large groups sin g together out-of-doors , particularly during the week-ends. In spite of the large numbers , the crowds are very orderly and are desirous of respecting the wishes of the community. In addition to the hotel , there is a boys ' camp and a girls ' camp sit- uated in different places along the pond , north of the road. . These are the \Maedchenschaft \ and \Jungen- schaft , \ which correspond to the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America , and each camp has its tents and sleeping equipment. Ther e are 20 boys there now under the leadership of Max Weyl. These boys take charge of the raising and lowering of the flags night and morning. The girls ' camp is larger — there being about .100 enrolled , ranging in age from nine to 18 and they are under the supervision of Miss Erna Dinckelacker. On Friday evening the g irls had a campfire, to which every- one in the other groups was invited , and refreshments were served , in- cluding \hot dogs \ and marshmal- lows. It is interesting to know that this modern German camp is situated on what was once the grounds and house of an early American inn . On the Isaac Hulse map of the Town of Brookhaven dated 1797 , the house is designated as Whitmore ' s tavern. It is said that it has also been called White Horse inn and also Valley inn. There are some who believe this property is part of the deed of lan d made by \Wopchege , allis (alias) (Continued on page 5) Rev . W. D. Britt Addresses Group - — ¦ \Loss of Our Manhood\ Sub- ject of Talk on Dole Suggestion s Given at One of Series Of Talks at .Middle Island Com- munity Center DURING a course of talks given by the Rev. Walter D. Britt , at a large conference of members of the Middle Island Community Center movement at Middle Tsland , Mr. Britt spoke upon the subject: \The Loss of Our Manhood. \ \The time has come , \ he said , \ when it would be wise for all concerned to note what the dole system of charity has and is doing to men who at one time earned their living by the sweat of their brow, \ He recited a case where opportuni- ty was presented to an unemployed cooper to return to work , but who refused , stating, \forty cents an hour was insufficient to meet his require- ments . \ However , when the case was looked into it was found the man received much less from the City Re- lief bureau , . This is not an isolated case , but many such prevail over the entire country. A large number of men and women have gotten into a rut and will not respond when work is offered them. \ It-is \ quite ' true that many cannot be blamed for not accepting tempor- ary positions , which woul d automati- cally remove them from the relief rolls , and cause much red tape before they could be reinstated after the temporary position . ended. However , when the man is offered a steady po- sition and he refuses he should be dropped from the roll. (Continued on page 4) NO ARTIC LE IS A BARGAIN IF! . it ia merely reduced from nn inflated price to tho rcg-ilnr price, For true «alucB\ in jewelry try , \ Knllcv ' fl Jewelry Store.r—Adv. , EXPERT REPAIRING Expert watch , clock mid Jewelry repnii-infi nt Knllcr ' s .Icwclry, Store, All work done on the premises and fully _ uarant«cd, —Adv. Tax Colle ctions Show A Favorable Increase p iGHTYrFOUR per cent, cf the ¦*--- taxes in Suffolk co unty for 1934 had been paid by July 15 , an increase of two and four-tenth s per cent, over the same period last year , according to figures compiled by Henry L. Ru- land , statistician in the office of County Treasurer Ellis T. Terry, The figures for Brookhaven town show that .830 per cent, of tbe tax has been collected. Southold has the highest percentage , .925. The figures for the other towns follow : River- head , .905; Shelter Island , .902; Southampton , .887 ; Huntington , .836; Islip, .829; Smithtown , .817; East Hampton , .815 and Babylon , .799. To date $7 , 256 , 114 , or .843 per cent. of the total warrant of .$8\ , 598 , 071 for the ten towns of the county has been collected. The latest figures on collections in each of the towns , follows: Towns Warrants Collections Brookhave n ... 1 , 543 , 040.59 1,281 ,369.83 East Hampton .. 427, 510,30 3-18. 688.GO Southampton .. 987, 318.65 87C . 40O.7O Shelter Island . . 05, 801,95 59 ,41(5.00 Southold . ' 523, 294.08 484 , 072.27 Riverhead ..... 38(1 , 361,37 352,598.24 Islip 1 , 681 , (571,48 1 , 395 , 355.48 B abylon 756 , 3*12,70 . 605 , 06(5.82 Huiitinfj -ton l , 83!) , 99C. O, ' , 1,53!7 , I (!3. I 79 Smithtown .... 383 , 735. 05 313 ,803.40 Totals $8 , 508, 071.80 $7 , 25G ,114. - J 3 Officers Are Elected By Republican Club npH E Abraham Lincoln Republican' *¦ club and the Ladies ' Auxiliary held a joint meeting at Jack Yerk' . - , pavilion , Ronkonkoma , recently. ThcJ following officers were elected : Prcs- dent , Ernest Wanke ; vice-president-, Edward Grieffiths ; treasurer , Mrs. Joseph Turck ; secretary, Samuel ' Mil- ler; sergeant-at-arms , R. Williams. Mrs. Turck and Ernest Wanke were endorsed as county committeemen. Mrs. Lillian Cordell was awarded the live dollar bill. Refreshments were served. FARMINGVILLE CHURCH WILL HOLD FAIR AT HOLTSV1LLF. The annual fair and supper of the Ladies ' Aid of the Farmingville Congregational church will be held at the Holtsvilie Community club on Waverly avenue August 2. Suppoi- will bo served from 6 to 9 p. m. with card games afterward. A quilt mnde by the members will be awarded. , a »' Till*! .. SWAN . . OF PLENTY Ho rn ' D'' Oeiivre Holder , a refreshingly now week-end Rift , Idenl for serving knicldumcko with cocklnfls, Only $1.00 nt Knllcr ' s Jcwclry- Storc. —Adv. J
