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«*^i **»tl *^li *m-ti *a *tt *i *iita*l)4t **ti ***kim *iit *»i) **wiiK M;a sH» FUNERAL HOME F UNERAL SERVICE , [ ' AVc render ' the Ugliest type of funeral j I -service nt modcrnt*. coal. Ycnrs of I i -cxjicrlcnco in sei-Viitijy representative j ! iUmilics. ' . „ I ( Pny i»n<? ' ' Nifpli t Sory ' wc | j Every Bay in the Yenr. j IB . RAILROAD AVENUE j P A TG ' ffOGUE ' j j. , \ ' TELEJHOJNE PATCHOG 'tl ¦185 . *»tt^ma**u*r m ,\i* nl i amt y imM ^0^ <) A m(> ^. t1 ^ l ,^ m i >:mm |a*a -a- a*raaa-a--a*aalaaa--a-a - a -a--a- a -aaa-a*a- a^ O. B. Davis , Inc 0 ¦• 1 Funeral Home | EFFICIENT I COURTEOUS 1 IPROMP^ft Port Jefferson Jffl , 360 - 285 -404 li. . 21G.222 ' i^A ' -ST MAIN\ STREET$| ! • • \ PORT '^F^ttSON . 'W. - V M |J| M Ruland service is carefully: ffl 7'H planned to meet individual' £| H need y at a cost any farm- j l ,.,B ily can afford . . . .. H n <L W. Riiknd Sons ]| I MORTICIANS j i , . , -70 NOK-TH OCEAN AVENUE 7! 1 \\l PATCHOGUE ;|, . . _ ( I TEL, 08 — DAY OH MQHT 1 1 . - ' INSTRUCTION ¦- , ' .. . PRACTICAL NURSING Registered course approved by ' . St a te Education Department. Ages 19-35. Two years * high school. Write ' , SUPERINTENDENT ' OF NURSES Caledonian * Hospital 132 Parkside Ave. ¦ , ^Brooklyn 14 tl . *J*$j^ Edmund R. ' - Bellman , aged • • 79 , organizer ,: and 'president of the Pat- ' ehogtie; '\Taxpayers 7 association and former 'head 'Of i;h e Patchogue ¦ Vil- lage g^vemtoent , - . died ' /early Sunday at his -home, : 67 Railroad , avenue , Patchogue. Sis fina l illness was brief , ' tlic-ij gh ' he had been in poor health for more 'than a year. Borr^.in HarrishuTg, 'Pa., Mr. Bell- man* caih;^ to Suffol k ' county about 40 years : ago , He ' lived for a time at . Bayport , ' .. 'befor e ' - ' going to Pat- chogue,. ¦wh ere he became one of the pioneers in 'the ' automobile business , from which he retired about 20 years ago. y , . ;. ] ,; \ , • ; In • 1924 , ' ,, as . a . , Republican candi- date , , lie .was elected \ Village . presi- dent , ^ .Mdr . -'^.f^ each , of the three following years. On April 30 , . 1927 , he resigned the office and Arthur- : M. Swezey was appointed to fill ' the vacancy. In 1928 , Mr. Bell- man sought the , Republican nomina- tion for mayor , hut was. def e ated by Mr. Sw . ezey. : -in a spirited primary contest. A keen supporter of sandlot base- hall 1 teaihs ' i' n the 20' s , Mr. Bell- man was interested for several years in tl\e Patchogue Field club , which held forth on the Atlantic avenue field , and later organized the In- dian s , an amateur nine , which was active ' for a few seasons on the lo- cal diamonds. He leaves only his wife , Mrs. Ma- bel Bellman. A son by a former wife ) long deceased , ivas killed in an automobile accident at Blue Point. The funeral service was . held at 2 p. 111 . yesterday at Ruland' s chapel , North Ocean avenue , Patchogue , the Rev. Haningt' on Wilson , rector . of St. Paul' s Episcopal . church , \ officiating. Interment Was made in Cedar Grove cemetery. . ON- THE S--- GF N. Y A new school bus recently delivered to Burkhard Seidenschwars. , bus op- erator , - of Union avenue , ' Ronkon- koma , came equipped - with the type of horn that 'plays a few notes from the ballad , \The Sidewalks of New York ; \ The horn cam e into popu- larity when used on buses on the World' s Fair grounds last summer. The horn has aroused some curiosity since the new bus was placed in operation , but when a friend , doubt * ful of the melody from which the notes were taken , inquired as to the name of the sons' , 'the . owner replied , \It ' s from 'The Seidenschwar s of New York , ' I believe. \ . OilTMr MRS. LORETTA ML- GEIDEL . Mrs. Lbr.ett a M. Geidel died early Saturday morning: ' .. . ' of a . heart attack at her In-Sine ' or Railroad avenue , Holbrook , - where the funeral service was/ held yesterday, followed by. in- 'te ' rment in Mt. . Olivet cemetery, •Iftias- peth. The . Rev. J ohn Tilley of C en- tral Islip officiated. The service was conducted by Radnor ' s ' Funeral serv- ice ' of Sayville. Mrs. Geidel was born in Brooklyn on April 18 , 1873. She lived in Brooklyn and Corona before going to Holbrook where she resided for 35 years. She was a member of the Ladies ' guild -of ' \St. Mary ' s Episcopal church , - Ronkonkoma. She was the daughter ' of Mr. ** , and Mrs; John C. Rotermund of New . York. Mrs . Geidel leaves , her husband , John F. Geidel ; three children by her first husband ,, who \ is deceased , James S. Reynolds of Valley . Stream , John C. ^Reynolds of Brooklyn and Francis C. Reynolds of Holbrook; two sisters , Mrs. John C. Rauscher of* Hacken- sack , N. . J., and Mrs. Frances John- ston of New' , York , and a- brother , Edward Rotermund of \ Ch icago , 111. MOTHER GLADYS FITCH * . -Mother Gladys Mary Fitch , aged 46 , a religious of Our Lady of the Cenacle , Lake Ronkonkoma , died Sat- urday afternoon! Funeral service was held at the Convent on Monday/ with a ' solemn : requiem mass. Those of- ficiating . were : the chap lain of the convent , the Rev. Henry \Verwilghen , the . . Rev. .. . . Hartigan , pastor of St. John ' s church ,. -Bohemia , as deacon and the Rev. John R. : ' . O'Mahoney, pastor of St. ' Jo s eph' s church , Ron- konkoma as sub-deacon. .. interment was in. 'th' e ' convent . ' cemetery; Mother . Fitche s*- .- ' brother , ' . sister-in-law and nephew - of-Connecticut were present. ' , MRS. LID A BUBD \ . „ .; \ . •\ • Mrs. Lida Budd , ' -aged ' 88 , a life- long resident of Patchogue j died Sun- day. . , ' . • ' * . ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' , -, ' •*, ' .. ¦ [!, ' :. :• ;: •;. The - funeral service . was - ' at ' ' 2 p. ' m. today . in Ruland's- <ih-a p el , North Ocean avenue- , Patchogue , the Rev. T-Ianingtoii Watson , * rector of Sfc... . 'Paul' s. Episeppah chh r^ li , :: . ' officiat- . in g-: Jnterment ' was .in \ Lakeview cemetery. ' ' Mrs. Budd was * . the . widow of, the . ; late Joshua Budd. , She leaves four daughters , Mrs . Lida. Stevenson , Blue Point , Mrs. Mae Wade, , S . ag ' Harbor , Mrs. - Louise Soinmers , Jamaica , and Mrs. Lucy - \Shinner , Patchogue ; a son ; Joshua D. Budd , Patchogue;. 23 grandchildren ; 20 great-grandchil- dren, and one great-great-grandchild. ;.. Mrs. Bud d , had recently made her home with her son-in-law and daugh- ter , Mr. - and* Mrs. Fred G. ' Skinner , \ on Jennings avenue , Patchogue. (%mg - ^Knodked Hiip Qui* . ' \ Siatclsei \Miiie - Hans All the elements oi . an international mystery were contained in the story told tc Brookliaven Town poliee re-- cently by Charles Courtney, aged 49 , a locksmith of New York and Rocky Point. Courtney told * an elaborate story of having been struck on the head by some sort of instrument , pre- sumably a blackjack , wielded by one of three men, who entered his Rocky Point home and took some plans for a \German magnetic mine \ which felL into his possession accidentally when lie was called in 'October tb- .o;pen a jammed lockbox , in . his New. York shop. ' One of• his assailants , . Mr. Courtney ' says , was -the-: man who brought ' the - box to his shop and , in getting it -again , dropped ¦ •the papers. According to Dr.. Frank, S. Child of Port Jeff erson , ' who attended' . Court- ney, : x-ray examination . of the al- leged wound showed : \ no 1 injury. \ Brookhaven Police Chief ; Edward . N. ¦Bridge had . no <comnient , to ;. make on the case , but reported it to ' Federal authorities. - • ! Elect OMters , Medford Fire Depar&erit Go. 2 The annual meeting and election of officers of Medford Fire ¦ • depart- ment company 2 was held, last Tues- day evening. The . officers i are . . . Gil- bert L. Brbwh , president ; AI Kerny, Sr., chief ; George :: i\i. Zeleny, cor- re-sponding- secretary ; ' / Fritz Hartl , treasurer; George Cohstroffer , finan- cial secretary; - Wallace Rothe, as-: sistant chief; captain 1 of : tjuck 1 , Alfred Keray, Jr.; captain of truck' -2/ Jos- eph Masem; captain of truck' . 3 , . Carl Bodt. Trustees, are Frank Hbllmann , Sr., Lester ;Sprague and James Flynn ; Paul - Hudak 'is : sergeant-at-farms ' . '' Nocar Peffeafes Otto; Mle; ; In Bohemia Fitfe District * ' . At ' tlie \' annual fire district election held- last . Tuesday, evening; ' .at . .the Bohemia . firehouse , Rudolph- \'* Nocar defeated the incumbent , fire commis- sioner , Otto Solle , by a vote of ' 99 to 75. Mr. Nocar will serve a five-year term. . William F. Ruth , was re-elect- ed treasurer for . -a. three-yeai term , receiving 142 votes to four ballots for Victor ' Humel ,. write-in candi- date. . ' : To \be well . is. to be . liappy. Christ- mas Seals help to bring . closer . the eradication of one disease—tubercu- losis—which , has threatened man- kind for. centuries. . ' F*y^r^-y'< » -<r-y^^'«y* *y -^-«y*«*>-«*pVV-y-y'y v * * v- ? T -n' y -o l »- < i ' ij— ¦ ¦ ' * — \ ¦ \-— * — ' rrr — ] 4 | B IISIMES § Wmmewmsw ] > ' . ' . ' ' ' . ' \ . ' \ ' . '' . ' ¦¦ . . 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J ¦ ' \ PN ^ EW ¦ ' ¦; Bjfeetiri-c Refri gerators Flo or .Sam pies , NATIONALLY KNOWN MAKE 5 Y\R ,. WARRANTY You 'll Recognize Them Immediately '3VP- C. Living Room Sets : $69.50 3-P'c. Maple Bedroom Sets $39. -50 Big.Assortment of Tables ........ ' $2.i)5 \New 1940 . Radios , slartisig at $9.S9 Chrbnte Shiokers .„„. ' ' . S)5 All Wool Scatter Rugs ...- ¦ \ . $1.95 . STOVES; - ' '^EATERS. - ..RANGES Hundreds of Other Gift Bargains ' . ' ' 'E;' a* ' s. '' ;y.- ' * ., T. ' . e ' . ' r m s , ¦ ttflWN'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE - Your Furniture Store 185 MAPLE ST. Phone 31 • ISLIP , L. I. Opem . 8 a. m.; to 10 p. -m. - . . . . . . • NEWSPAPER S FOR SALE ' y —r — ^~ —¦—¦— ._ A — . - BUNDLE S of newspapers ,, ten cents. . Advaiice - ' Office , Patchogue. 26tf ;:; : ;:Mi^ CELL^NEOUS. . \FQR SALE . \TO LET\ signs for sale.; Also every other real estate necessity in the sign line. The Mid-Island Mail , 11-15 North Ocean Avenue , Patehogue. Tel- ephone Patchogue 10GO-10G1. 1 4tf i ¦ • I ~ ADVERTISING RATES FOR THE MT-D-IS LAND MAIL 3 cents a -vvord , cash with order. Eaefc additional insertion 2 cents a word. -No ad- veftiseihe-nt taken for* one insertion for leea than . 30' cents. Classified display sjace , 7J ' cents ah inch. REAL -ESTATE—INSURANC E . EDGAR A. SHARP . REAL ESTATE — INSURANCE ACREAGE ' — HOUSES — UOf S PATCHOGUE , N. Y. . - ';. ; , \ .. . . . ' - 2tf Building MateriaU ^mmJmlm ^^^mmJ-mAmm *A^, , ' il ' I. \' \ , , ' . ' n \ ' , *j ISLAND COAL & LUMBER CO. ¦ ' i MEDFORD , ' . ' * ' ¦ TEL. PATCHOGUE 419 tlia Country Yard -with City Fricea , I, I, Real Estate Brokers I ARTHUR T BROWNE LAKE RONKONKOMA PIionc Ronkonkoma B 'Ui APPRAISALS PAKWS - MORTGAGES SUMMER AND YEA31 'ROUND HOTttES * » .' * ' ,. ' . , .. • , . ' ¦ ^ . . 1 .. .M ,. I ' . ¦ i ,„¦„. „ ' M. MM, ' „ ¦.. LOPfiR BROS. LUMBER GO. Port Jefferson Sta. - Tel. P. J. 700 Rocky Point - Tel. R. P. 2844 \EYerythirig for . 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' TEL. -B0NK-0^Kp ' MA'^i50< ; . ; ;i }; : ' ' :- i ^*p ***tX*t*%i**m*%**mmmm *<*^^ i Advertising Rates for Ifhis Column ? 4 5 lines or liss , ' Grst ihseftion 35c ¦> 4 Each additional line ... - 6c > 4 Eafch odflitiohal insertion of' notice 30c r 4' ' No ' reader \in this c ' oltnnn ih' all r 4 -excee d 10 lines. . c 4 ' '?¦ ;¦*. ? < • \• ¦ • . ? 1 Moving -p ictwres at Farming- > 4 ville Firehall , Friday, 8 P. M. > 3 Torn- S antsche in \Priae of. the \ 4 Force \ and a <rlehn Tryon com- ? i euy. Adttits \ l-5« , cHildfen 5c ^ 4 . - . '*'9 . ¦ . . - ? j ' •B&nce , 4 ;-b'iE ' n : eHi t Aineritan Red ? i Cros s , spens ' orc-d hy Selden Aux- j- , 4 ilia^ry, Frifeav , Deceiii'ber 15 , 8:30 ? < P . . ; \ *M- ., Na ; tirre y s Garden s Club- ? 1 h tfnse. Admission .,25c. , ? ^ i^*' '^* ^ <^^' -i^4r* ^-*^* '^'^^^^* '*r^'^^•*r•*¦^^