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Weidner Is Onl y Dis- senter from Brook- haven Town Islip Home Town Gives Ils Full Support — Smithtown Gives Potter Two Votes , Macy 12 With Brookh aven town ' s 72 committeemen almost solidly behind him , W. Kingslan d Macy of Islip was re-electe d Suffolk Republican chairman for h i s seventh consecutive two-year term at Timber Point Monday night , when he defeat- ed former Assemblyman Ham- ilton F. Potter of Smithtown Branch by almost a 2—1 ma- j ority. On a count of noses , the vote was 210 for Mr. Macy, 109 for Mr. Pot- ter , three were absent and two were recorded as not voting. A total of 163 votes was necessary for election. On the basis of the gubernatorial vote in the districts in the last election , the vote was 30 , 483 for Mr. Macy, 17 , - 622% for Mr. Potter , and 1 , 014% as not voting or absent. The meeting was challenged by (Continued on page 2) ¦• ¦ - . - < $> ___ ^ ¦ ¦ ~<5> Sup ervisors Turn Home Relief Back To Indwidual Town A dministra tions Board Divided — .Sharp Favo rs County System As More Economical By a vote of 6-4 , the Suffolk Board of Supervisors Thurs- day decided to turn the admin- istration of home relief back to the individual towns , in- stead of continuing under the county system which - was es- tablished three years ago. Following: a two-and-a-half hour executive session of the board , East Hampton Supervisor Perry Duryea offered the resolution , which was seconde d by Riverhead Supervisor Dennis Homan. . The six affirmative votes were those of Supervisors Duryea , Homan , Frederic J. - Wood of Babylon , S. Wentworth Horton of Southold , (Continued on page 7) Holbrook School , Yaphank Station Are Broken Open ; Little Taken BROOKHAVEN Town and County police are investigating two burglaries that occurred over the week-end , one at the Yaphank sta- tion of the Long Fsland railroad , and tho other in the Holbrook grade school. Little in the way of loot was obtained. The YaphanTc theft, which took p lace between 6:30 r>. m. Saturday and 8 a. TO . Monday , was discovered by Station Agent tillinghast , who found that the coin box of the public telephone had Ibeen taken after much trouble. The thieves forced the lock of the station office , then went into an adjoining room , where they, im- (Continued on page 2) Mrs. Williams Gets Job Supt. Tuthill' s Office MRS. Hazel Williams , w i f e of County Welfare Commissioner. ' Irving Williams , has been appointed to the .$l , 820-a-year position of act- ing secretary to County Hig hway Su- perintendent Harry T. Tu thill at Westhainpton Beach. Mrs. Williams , who succeeded Mrs. Thomas Allen , resi gned , formerl y served as sten- ographer in the office of George McNulty, attorney for the Long ' Is- land State Park c ommission , at Baby- lon , Both positions come under civil service. Drivers Cleared In 2-death Crash Below Holbrook POOR visibility due to a hedge and other shrubbery was partly the cause of a collision that claimed two lives at Church street and Broadway avenue , between Holbrook and Say- ville , May 25 last , it was testified last Monday at an inquest held in Sayville before Coroner Grover A. Silliman. Those killed were Mrs . Au gusta G-ehlmeyer , 55 , and four-year-old Eleanor Printing, both Lake 'Ron- konkoma summer residents , who were riding in a sedan operated by Christian Gehlmeyer , 50 , husband of the woman killed. A truck was also involved , driven by Herman Namer , 65 , Huntington cattle dealer, A horse in the truck was killed, Coroner Silliman found no evi- dence of criminal negligence. Ser- ious injuries sustained by seven oth- er persons in the crash necessitated the inquest delay, Isli p Town Firemen ' Re-elect R BenescSi pRED BENESCH of Holbrook was * unanimously re-elected president of the Islip Town Volunteer Fire- men ' s association at its annual meet- ing held last Wednesday night at the West Sayville firehouse. Other officers re-eleeted for _ the coming year were Arthur Mulligan of Central Isli p, first vice-president ; Verne Furnian of 'Central Islip, sec- retary, and Arthur Cambern of Say- ville , treasurer. The office of sec- ond vice-president was created and Joseph A. Kreniclc y of Bast Islip was elected to this position. One new trustee , Conrad Kohler of Brentwood , was . elected. , The association ' s annual dinner will be held October 26 , at the Sunrise Farm hotel, Holfcrook. Lake Fire District Passes $3123 Budget AT a special election meeting of the Lake Ronkonkoma Fire dis- trict last Thursday at the firehouse on Portion road , Lake Ronkonkoma , a budget of $3 , 123 for the fiscal year 1940 was approved by a vote of 32 to 3. Included in the budget was $800 for annual salary of a . custodian of the headquarters , which was pass- ed 30 to 5. . Charles W. Hawkins presided over the meeting. Tellers were Timoth y Warren , Joh n Gerken and Joseph McNulty. Board Can Appoint Till End of Year Official Involved in Overdue Fee Sit- uation Said to Be 111—Com-tK-oom Rent Claims Differ Justice of the Peace Carl F. Ruck of Port Jefferson Station , who withheld fees and penal- ties owing the town , according to state auditors , and made restitution recently after the auditors admitte d some errors in their report , resigned last week from the Brookhaven Town hoard , on which he had served for more than ten years. Because of illness , he was not present to hear the written resigna- tion he had filed read to the board. The terse statement , received last Wednesday by Town Clerk Andrew D. Havens , gave no reason for .the action . If a successor to Judge Ruck is appointed by the town * board this week , it will be only for the remain- der of this year. In the coming elec- tion , a justice of the peace -will bo elected for the calendar year 1940 , (Continued on page 2) Judge Ruck Quits Alter Faying Up, Giving No Reason Early this month , Mrs. Lo-retta Guntzer of Hawkins avenue re- turned as librarian , after temporary ab- sence because of a physical injury . Mrs. Lillian DeVere and Mrs. Alice Swain shar- ed the work during Mrs. Guntzer ' s absence. Library is open from 7 to 9 p. m. Wednes- days and 3 to 5 p. ra. Saturdays. Mrs. De- Vere recently secured from the state a col- lection of book s in French , German , Hun- garian and Italian , now available. Mid -Island Mail photo •z* — ^c . Lake Ronkonkoma Free Library Has Active Summer RE-ELECT MRS. PET ERS AND H. HEINE TO CO. COMMITTEE Henry F. Heine and Mrs. Grace P. Peters of Holbrook were re-elected members of the Republican county committee , without opposition , at the primary election last Tuesday. Town Party Conventions Next Saturday, Monday THE Brookhaven Town Republican convention , at which the town ticket will be prepared for the com- ing election , will be held in Center Moriches High school , Center Mor- iches , at 4 p. m. next Monday, it has been announced. The Dem- ocratic convention date, previously announced , is Saturday of this week , at Raynor ' s pavilion , Lake Ronkon- koma. About 50 members of Patehogue council , Knights of Columbus , and the Medford Holy Name society re- ceived Holy Communion Sunday at the 7 :30 a. m. mass at St. Sylvest- er ' s R. C. church , Medford , and met at the Medford hotel for breakfast. John Median , K, of C. lecturer , wa>s toast-master and presented Super- visor Edgar A. Sharp o:f Patehogue, George Buckelman , grand knight of the Patehogue council , James Flynn , president of the Holy Name society and Ernest Maler , Patehogue attor- ney, who gave short talks, PATCHOGUE AND MEDFORD CATHOLIC MEN'S GROUPS HAVE JOINT GATHERING SUNDAY
