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,i ——^ ^***^** M ***^* c**mm ***m***m*^^****^*^**** m***m***^mm-— SA¥E! Beiwe B uying SEE SfyP17T A M5G ' • 2 , WEST MAIN ST. iYiin.i- ^flyw O PATCHOGUE Wrist Watches , Diamond Rings $5 t O $1©@ LATEST MODELS IN $3\ tO $800 Bulova , Benrus , Hamilton , Elgin , Walt-ham and Other Fine Watches , Clocks , Silverware , Antique Jewelry, Birthstone Rings , Pins , Bracelets , Genuine Culture d Pearls , Parker , Chilton Pen Sets , Etc. WE PAY CASH FOR OLD GOLD M. H.R8B1NS0M 10 .SOUTH OCEAN AVE. PATCHOGUE PHONE 1005 glU Scientific Eye flS* ^\ Examination and Correct Glasses Medford is ably represented in our news columns by the -work of two correspondents : Gertrude Mistier Martha Theis Ohio Avenue Tel Pat. 1193-J Mrs. L. Schultz has* returned home , after being confined for several weeks in a hospital in the/city. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. ' Mistier and daughter Judy of Shelter Island were guests Sunday of Mrs. r Lena Mistier and Mr. and Mrs. Ferde Mistier. They also visited with rel- atives in Sayville. Miss Frances Fucci of Tremont avenue entertained the girls of the Jinx club on Monday evening. The Junior and Senior Children of Mary Sodalities of St. Sylvester ' s R. C- church will receive monthly Hol y Communion in a group next-Sunday at the early mass. Many Medford students who at- tend Bellport High school and several other young loca.1 folk atte 'hded the Freshman dance Friday evening in Bellport High school. H enry Jaines Jones. V. F. W. post and auxiliary will meet this evening in Veterans hall. Among those playing basketball on the first team at the Bellp ort High school this season are Joe Connelly, John Sporck , Albert Hu d ak and John Gautier , all of Medford. . Several Medford people attended the annual ca?'d party given . by the . North Patchogue Fire department on Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. Crean and son Pat , Mr. and- Mrs. Fred Kunkel , Mr. and Mrs. J. Jimenez , all of Rich- mond Hill , and Mr. and Mrs. - George Acker of Brooklyn were guests Sun- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Zeidler , Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Meyer of Hollis visited ' at the Zeidler home , on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. \ Howard Sporck of Waveriy avenue entertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. Starke of Lakeview , Mrs. F. Schuler and sons , Wilbur and Henry of Floral Park , >Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williamson and family of Massapequa and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carasiti. The Women ' s Roosevelt Study club met last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. T. W. Betts . of Ohio avenue , with a social following the meeting. Mrs. N. Bianco won a special prize , Mrs. H. Sporck won in aeroplane pinochle and Mrs. Herman Masem in bunco. After conferring with the Men ' s Democratic club at their meeting the following evening, it v/a s decided to hold a Christinas party for members of both clubs at tlie Democratic clubhouse next Wed- nesday evening. Mrs. John D. Betts entertained at cards at her home on Railroad avenue last Friday evening, Mrs. F, Carasiti , The Medford Parent-Teacher as- sociation will meet at the school to- morrow evening. A Christmas party will take place after the business meeting. Gifts will be exch anged , games played and refreshment s served. A fine program has been arranged by the committee. Perhaps the first appearance of Santa Claus in Medford took place at the meeting of the Medford. Republi- can club last Friday evening. All present enjoyed a very pleasant even- ing exchanging ' Christmas gi fts , playing, singing,, dancing and \bowl- ing. . Mrs. Charlotte MenstelL\ played the piano , led in the singing of Christmas carols . and rendered sev- eral solos . Refreshments wer e serv- ed. Earlier in the evening a busi- ness meeting ' was hel d and several new members were enrolled. At the next meeting on January 12 election of . officers will be held. A small prize was won by Carl Rose. Mis. Edward Pirner was congratulated by the group, when it- was anno-uneed that she was about to celebrate her birth- day . Next Monday afternoon the Wo- men ' s guild of St. Mark' s church . will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Fischer. At a meeting of the Ladies ' Choral s ociety last week , it was decided to hold the annual Christmas party at Mrs. T. . Vaughan , Mrs. L. Huthman , Mrs. George S. Mistier , Mrs. Ferde Mistier ,. Mrs. Gustave Zeidler , Jr., Mrs. Henry Wolde , , , Mrs. William Clendirmeh , Mrs. \ Howard Sporck , Mrs. M. Misti er , Mrs. Lena Bauer , Mrs . T. W. Betts , the Misses Eileen Wolde , Ann Thomp s on , Beverly and Trudy Mistier-; The • winners were Mrs. Zeidler , Mrs. Huthman , Mrs. Wolde and Miss Beverly Mistier. Mrs. George S. Mistier entertained her card club last night at her home on the State road. Mrs. Leonard Huthman and Mrs . Mi stier were high scorers last week. A good sized crowd attended *th e game social last Wednesday even- ing held at the Veterans ' hall on Long Island avenue. The big Christ- mas social with turkeys and many special awards will be held next Wednesday, December 20 , by the local V. F. W. organization . Mr. and Mrs. John Toth and Miss Elizabeth Toth motored to Astoria and visited at the. home of Mr . and Mrs. El Kneer. Louis Senor of Long Island ave- nue underwent an operation on his nose a few days ago in a city hos- pital. He is recuperating rapidly. ,.. The choir of St. Sylvester ' s R. C. church is starting rehearsals for the Christmas masses. They meet each Monday evening at the church and are under the supervision of Mrs. T. L. Cullum. George Rattiger of Brooklyn spent Sunday here with his brother and sister-in-law , Mr, and Mrs. Charles Rattiger of Ohio avenue, The member s of the Medford Horseshoe Pitching club and then guests spent a pleasant evening Sat- urday at the Medford hotel , ' when the annual dinner-dance and g et- together was held. After the din - ner the guests enjoyed ' singing and dancing. Miss Mar gie Weissenberger , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Weis- senberger , was operated on \for ap- pendicitis on Saturday at the South - side hospital in - Bay Shore and she is resting comfortably. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Masem , James , John and Jane Masem motor- ed to Brooklyn on Saturday. They visited Miss Mary Flynn. John \ Mizgier , Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mizgier of Robinson ave- nue , crushed his fingers whil e work - ing in New York last Wednesday. He is confined to St. Vincent' s hos- pital there. Community hall on Tuesday evening, December 26. A fine program has been arranged for the children and adults. The Harmony society also met and after their . meetings all en- joyed a supper and dancing. The Medford Home Bureau enjoyed an interesting meeting last Wednes- day afternoon , when a class in the making of holiday sweets was-given by Mrs. E. Theis. Mrs. Jackson and Miss King of Bellpor t were guests. It was announced that Medford was one of the winners of a prize in the membership contest at Riverhead last Tuesday having the highest per- centage in renewals durin g the year. The money allowance can only be used to send a delegate to Farm and Home week at Cornell university, Ithaca , February i2-17. Mrs. Theis was chosen as a delegate. Mrs. Theis attended the annual Suffolk County Farm and Home Bureau and 4 f H club meeting , at Riverhead last Tuesday afternoon and evening. She has been- acting -secretary on the Executive . board durin g the past year. The Medford group will meet at the home of Mrs. W. D. Warner on Mt. Vernon avenue next Wednesday for an all-day class in the making . of Christmas greens. A Christmas party with ' exchange of gifts , games and r efreshments will be held at tbe school on Wednesday afternoon , De- cember 27. The Medford Girl s ' 4-H club will meet at the home ' , of its leader this Saturday to make Christmas wreath s and decorations. The girl s will hold their Christmas party on December 28. Mrs ' . -E, Theis , ' 4-H leader • at- tended a training class on the room improvement projects , given, \by Miss Nancy Roman , specialist from Cor- nell university, at Riverhead last Wednesday. This work will* be taken up - by the older girl s next spring. It -will require careful considera- tion and study ' before any construc- tive work is done. House-to-house visits , conferences with the fam ily, and planning w ill be necessary. This work will take a period of three years before it is completed. Annual Meetings of Veterans of Spanish War and Auxiliary George W. \ Andrews of Patchogue was re-elected to his sixth term as commander of Suffolk County Camp, ^ United Spanish War Veteran s , at a . meeting Saturday evening in Frater- nity hall , Patchogue; William Ne- . singer v of Bay Shore and Malcolm McDonald of Selden were re-elected senior and junior vice-commanders respectively. Other elected officers are Valentine Harmon of East Islip, three-year trustee; Rich ard Busch of Patchogue , officer of the day ; Hor- ace McCartney of Bay Shore , officer of the . guard. These and officers to be appointed will be installed at the January meet- ing. The auxiliary of the camp also held election , with Mrs. Amy Brown of Patchogue as president; Mrs. Eliz- abeth Kessner , Patchogue , senior vice-president ; Mrs. ' Catherine F. McDonald , Selden , junior vice-presi- dent; Mrs, Helen Matsunaye , Med- ford , chaplain ; Mrs. Janet Frace , Medford , patriotic instructor; Mrs. Miriam Smith , Medford , historian ; Mrs, Julia Hulse , Medford , conduct- ress; Mrs. * Charlotte Munn , Islip, as- sistant conductress; Mrs. Amelia Soukop, Islip, guard ; Mrs. Catherine Hill inbrand , Bayport , assistant gu ard. The secretary and treasurer will be appointed at the next meeting on January 3,3 , when instal lation will also take place. Mrs. George W. Andrews , past president, will be the installing officer. Both the camp and auxiliary also enjoyed their -annual turkey dinner and Christmas party Saturday. The auxiliary is planning to give gifts , candy and fruit to the children in the Suffolk • sanatorium , Holtsville. H® It eiSi li.fi Dorothea Feyk Miss Fe y k, our .busy Bohemia -news-gatherer, has a telephone , Say- ville 1463-M , 60 you can call her if you have any news. She ' s always interested in items for her column. The Ladies ' guild niet at the parish house last Wednesday evening and made final arrangements for the Christmas party to be held Saturday. A campaign was begun to save vari- ous coupons and turn them over to Mrs. Louis Vancura. St. , (John ' s-on-the-Plain s Episcopal church will hold holy communion on - Sunday, December 24. On Christ- mas night at 7 o ' clock the Sunday- school classes will hol d their Christ- mas - entertainment with mass sing- ing between the \ numbers. Miss May. Bernard of Smithtown avenue motored to New York Friday evening with members of the Sopho- more English class of the Sayville High school and saw Maurice Evans in \Hamlet. \ Mrs. Christina Ruzicka entertained Bozena Hradecka lodge at her home Sunday. The C. S. A. lodge held a success- ful card and bunco party at the C. S. A. hall Saturday. Many hand- some prizes were awarded and re- freshments were served- • The Ladies ' Altar society met last . Tuesday and made plan s for the January meeting when installation of officers will take place. . - The members of the Board of Edu- c ation , of the Oakdale-B ohemia school district and John Pearl , princip al of the Bohemia sch o ol*, attended a meet- ing of the Islip School Board associ- tion at Sayville High school last even- ing- Mrs. William Ruth and her mother , Mrs . Mary: Wilkinson o>f Locust ave- nue , and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hes- sen of Oakdale attended the funeral of Mrs. Wilkinson ' s nephew in New York last week. Mrs. Charles Bernard , Mrs. Joseph Fuka , Mrs.. Joseph . Weigel and Mrs. Joseph Kriklava attended the Suffolk county committe e meeting of the Ladies ' auxiliary of the American Legion at the Cortland house in Bay Shore Saturday . Mrs. Mary Cer- venka of Smithtown avenue also at- tended as a representative of the Smith-Wever post of Sayville. Mr. - and Mrs. Lawrence Veprovsky and children , Lawrence and Arthur of - New York , spent the -week-end with Mrs. Veprovsky ' s parent s , Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Albrecht , Sr., of Smith - town avenue. Mrs. Emil Cejka is ill at her Smith- town avenue home. Mr. ai\d Mrs. Frank Ripak and children , Robert and Hermine of Lo- cust avenue , motored to Elizabeth , x-T- . J., Sunday and visited Mr. Ripak' s sister , Mrs. Adam Illik , who is ill hi an hospital. Mrs. Ella Pakes of Smthtqwn ave- ' nue spent two days last week in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rehak , Jr., • and children , Frank , 3rd , Ann and Robert of Brooklyn , Saturday mo- tored out with Frank-Rehak , Sr., of Locust avenue , who had been visit- ing them for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGovern , son Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Lieber of New - York spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Krik- lava of Locust avenue. Mrs. McGov- orn ' s daughter , \Miss Dorothy Hanlcy, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. . Arthur Ruzick a of Sayville. Miss Mildred Kroupa of Locust avenu e and Frank Kovarik of Bay Shore spent Sunday in Jamaica. . : Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krotz and children , Warren , Allen and Frances of Astoria , were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Nocar of Lakeland avenue, Charles Svobo-d a , C. F. C. U. S. N. Fleet Reserve , can furnish informa- tion regarding the enlisting of 20 , - 000 new men , between the ages of 18 And 31 , in the Navy d uring the fiscal year. The Navy runs 48 service schools for the education of its men. William J, E. Adamec ' s sedan was badly damaged Mond ay as a result of a skid on Pond road between Ronkonkoma and Bohemia. Mr. and Mrs, Henry Mai-icl arc having their recently purchased home on Locust avenue reshinglcd, On Display ! Those handsome foun- tain pen suul pencil sets litis news- paper is giving are now on display at the office , 11- 45 ' North Ocean Ave - nue , Patchogue. Come in now and make your selection. ' They- . 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