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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4 Nursing Service Tel, Ronkonkoma 8498 ¦ ¦ ¦ • ,; ' ' ' - - ' - ' ; . ' : .. TtnumfGlFs ] MEAT MARKET I Hawkins Ave., L. Ronkonkoma * Under New Management ? Mike and Kami Lechowicz , Props. ? TEL. RONKONKOMA 8IM4 I Orders Called For and Delivered * ¦ ' Quality Unchanged [ Your Patronage Appreciated , rr ^irvvT ' vvvrvTvWwvrrrW*^ Moiik€iiik^iiia and tbe Lake Marie Mooney The Study club met . last Thursday at the home of Mrs. George Kenneth. Those present were . Mrs. Daniel ; Ter- ry of Copai gue , Mrs. Francis Swain, Mrs. Arthur Terry, Mrs. Oliver Pow- ell, Mrs. Charles Russell , Mrs. B ert Court , Mrs. William Brookes , all of Ronkonkoma , and Mrs. Frederick Peters of Holbrook . Mrs. Daniel Terry read a paper on \The Midway at the World' s Fair , \ and Mrs. Brookes read a paper on \The Jap- anese Pavilion at the World' s Fair. \ After the meeting Mrs. - Kenneth serv- ed tea . The table was prettily dec- orated in Christmas colors. Last Wednesday Centereach mem- bers of the Ladies ' , auxiliary of Wil- liam Merritt Hallock post , A. L., were hostesses at the meeting in the _ post rooms , when they served a delicious lunch . The hostesses . were Mrs. Al- vin Smith , Mrs. John Pearl , .Mrs. Timothy Morrissey and Miss Alice Rogers. Miss Alice Swain , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Swain of Virginia avenue , returned home Sunday from Iowa university where she is a Fresh- man. She will remain at home until after the New Year. The youngei' members of Girl Scout Troop 1 , who have been making scrapbooks for patients at the Holts- ville sanatorium , have been invited to the Christmas entertainment . and party to be given there this after- noon. The older members , who are studying for photograp hy badges , under Mrs. William Brookes , went to Smithtown and Nissaquogue last week to take pictures. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Duffield have rented the home owned\ and recently occupied by Mrs. Joseph Fuhringer , on Hawkins av enue. The Dulfields have one child , Kenneth . The Girl Crusaders club met last Friday at the . home of . Gwendolyn Seibert. After -the\ meeting games were played - and refreshments were served. ' Those ' . present, ' , were Janet Boniberger* , Marguerite Helniic 'h; Vera McNulty, Barbara Browne and Dorothy Comins. Miss Browne of Ninth street will be this Friday ' s hostess , when the group will have a Christmas party. Miss May Begley of Jackson Heights spent the week-end with her sister , Mrs. Kenneth Duffield of Haw- kins avenue. „ The Thursday Bridge club met last week at the home of Mrs. Fred Smith of Lake Terrace. Winners were Mrs. Fred Kenneth , Mrs. Michael Embro r Mrs. Daniel Seibert. Jr., and Mrs- Smith. Mrs . Joseph A. Kirk of Rose- vale avenue will entertain tomorrow night at a Christmas party. The Wednesday Bridge club met last week with Mrs. Louise- Heilman of East Lake Terrace, Winners were Mrs. Dora Smith , Mrs. Edna Ken - neth and Mrs. Sally Pearsall. Mrs. May Miller of Patchogue road will be today ' s hostess. Mrs. Harry Lyons of Pond road was recently given an award for having raised a 14-month-old turkey to 35 pounds. The Lyons family had the bird for Thanksgiving dinner. Members of William Merritt Hal- lock post , A. L., and the Boosters club are planning their annual New Year ' s party, to be held at the club- house on Church street , Sunday even- ing, December 31. Boy Scout troop 91 , which will not meet during the Christmas holidays, enjoyed a party Monday evening at the Ronkonkoma school. A grahbag and ice cream and cake were the main features. Principal Walter G. Zakary of the Ronkonkoma school will leave after the school entertainment tomorrow fpr . his-mother ' s home in Newburgh. Miss Virginia Pedisich , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pedisich o *» Wyant avenue , returned home yes- terday for the \ \ Christmas holidays. She is a student at Madison college , Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Anton Pedisich of Oakwood street entertained the Octet Bridge club last Thursday . Winners were Mrs. Michael Pedisich , Mrs. Frank Hugelmeyer and Mrs. Anton Pedisich . Mrs. Erma Pfeiffer will be tomor- row ' s hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Silha of Hempstead visited Mr. and Mrs. An- ton Pedisich Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ernst of Floral Park visited Mrs. Richard Newton of Junior drive Saturday. *~ A Christmas party will be held by Capt. John Paul Schott | unit , Steuben society, this evening, ' after the business meeting at Max Greis ' Parkway inn. \' Lloyd Girardet is expected home for the-holidays this week from the Naval Trainin g school in Virginia. Walter Gubner is moving his winter clubhouse farther up on the lake shore , away from the water ,, where it was partly submerged. In the win- ter this clubhouse is a warming sta- tion for those whose finger s and toes suffer from cold during iceboating and skating. Louis Keiser , who is residing for the winter in Freeport , spent Sunday at the lake. A merry time will be had at Jack Yerk' s pavilion on New Year ' s eve. Free novelties will be given to ' all. Dinner will be served only to those desiring it. Walter McNulty , student at Mont- fort Apostolic seminary, Bay Shore , will spend the Christinas holidays with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter McNulty of Ronkonkoma avenue. He is expected home this Friday. Miss Mary Kraies , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kraies of Locust avenue , celebrated her birthday at home Saturday. Dinner guests were Miss Mary Miller of Brooklyn and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sipos and family of Holtsville. Miss Frances Newton of Portion road entertained at bridge Monday evening several Sayville High school teachers and former classmates , in- cluding:- Mrs. Harriett J. Burgie j Miss J. L. Washburne . Miss C atherine Arata , Miss Isabelle Coops , Miss Mildred Tracy of Sayville , Miss Dor- othy Overton of Bayport , Miss Dor- othea Feyk of Bohemia , Mrs. Kenneth P. Morris of Ronkonkoma , Miss Vir- ginia Hart of Lake Ronkonkoma , and Miss Marion Court of Lake Grove. Miss Newton is home foi the Christ- mas holidays from Swarthmcre col- lege , \ Pennsylvania \ , \ where she is a Senior. Charles wentisch Mr. and Mrs, F. Lloyd and family spent the week-end at their bungalow on Kappler court. Mr. and Mrs. Dolan of Connecticut spent several days recently at their summer bungalow on Walter drive. Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson of Kap- pler court and son George spent last week-end in Brooklyn at the home of Mrs. K. Anderson. . . ' ¦ . \ Miss Virginia Seibenkas of Alice drive celebrated her sixteenth birth- day at a party Sunday. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. William Hanrahan and son William , Jr., of Holtsville , Mr. and Mrs. Max Seibenkas and son Max ' , Jr., and daughter Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs..,„ Le Roy Vollgraff and family of Hawkins avenue are leaving today for Florida. Claire Rummel of Church street has been confined to her home with illness for a week. Mr. and Mrs. William Filsinger of Dorchester road entertained on Satur- day Mr. and Mrs. Warren Pinkney and children , Warren and . Anna of Richmand Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jaeger of Dor- chester road are spending several weeks with relatives in Queens Vil- lage. Mr. and Mrs. John Harris and in- fant son spent the week-en d at the home of Mrs. Harris ' s mother , Mrs. James Carney in Maspeth . Monday of last week , the Rev. and Mrs. Charles S. Gray attended the annual dinner and program in New York , given for the ministers and their wives in the New York East conference. Mr. and Mrs. John Eastern of Yon- kers were entertained . . oyer the week- end at the home of \ Mr . and Mrs. Carl Cordell on East View road. Albert Filsinger of Brooklyn was a . week-end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haas of Dorchester road. Mrs. Herbert R. West and daugh- ter Mary Lou of Keyport , visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newton on Sunday . The Misses Shirley and Elaine Har- rison , who attend Madison college in Virginia , are expected home today for the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stump s of Bayside were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Han s on Sunday. - , The Philhesperons met last Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Emil Becker in Lake Grove. The upper devotional book s for J anuary are now being distributed at the Methodist church . Mr. and Mrs. William Gilsinger and son s ,, Harold and Raymond of Elmhurst , visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rummel on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rummel spent yesterday in Brooklyn. At the service next Sunday morn- ing in the Methodist church , the Misses Marion Court and Jane Roet- tinger will sing a duet , \An d There Were Shepherds \ ( Ira B. Wilson). Mrs. \ William Brookes will play a clarinet sol o , \The Birthday of a King. \ The Methodist Sunday-school chil- dren are. collecting dimes to help the work of the Methodist hospital in Brooklyn in aiding the poor. Herbert Hallock , who is a patient at Kings Park State hospital , is mu ch imnroved. HtftMsvill© Holtsville is well covered each week -for news by Irene Jon.e« Mr. and Mrs. Alhert Schorske and family of Richmond Hill entertained at a \house-warming \ party over the week-en d 18 couples from Richmond Hill. An addition of three rooms has been added to their summer home on Jane court. Alvin Olson of Jamaica spent two weeks with them and their daughters , the Misses Dorothy and Ruth Schorske and Howard and Roy Schumacher and William Sieferts of New York were also week-end guests. Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and fam- ily of Hollis visited their summer honie on Long Islan d avenue over the week-end. Mrs. S. Franco of Flower avenue is sp ending two weeks with her par- ents in Brooklyn , while her husband is on a business trip to Omaha , Neb. Visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Cole were Mr. and Mrs. G. Vanpel and two children , Miss Lucy Luxton , Miss S. Murray and Isaac Bristol of Brooklyn. LAST CALL ! This is The Mid- Island Mail' s last call to new sub- scribers to come in and obtain their Christmas gift , a handsome pen and pencil set. —Adv. Miss Mari on Schwenk , teacher of the intermediate grades at the school , will spend the Christmas holidays with her parents at Kingston.. The Misses Shirley Stewart and Charlotte Tamney of Huntington will accom- pany her. Miss Stewart will spend her vacation at Kingston and , Miss Tamney with relatives at New Paltz. Mrs. Otto Boemer and son Robert spent the week-end with Mrs. Gui- bord and granddaughter Muriel in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Marc Ruellet have re- turned home , after a four-day visit part of which was spent with rela- tives in Irvington , N. J.,, and the re- mainder of the time with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Treulieb at Woodside , brother-in-law and sister of Mrs. Ruellet. - - The Christmas party sponsored by the Holtsville Fire department and Ladies ' auxiliary for the firemen ' s childr en will be held at the clubhouse on Waverly avenue this evening. . William and Francis Lester were guests of William Howden at the YMCA in Brooklyn over the week-end and also visited their grandfather and several friends in New York. They attended several basketball and hockey games , including the game between the Baltimore Orioles and New York Rovers. They also visited LaGuardia Air field. A new garage is nearing comple- tion on the' property of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Simonton on Woodycrest drive. Miss Doroth y Boerner spent the week-end with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Otto Boerner of Waverly avenue. About 15 memhers of the Young People ' s society, -of the Lutheran church of Patch ogue , including sev- eral from this place , enjoyed an old- fashioned hay ,ride recently. Mrs. William Rohde and daughter , Miss Magdalene Rohde of Miller Place , were week-end guests at \Les- ter ' s Acres. \ The \Holtsville Democratic club will hold a Christmas party for members and their families tomorrow evening at Al' s tavern on Horseblock and Granny roads, Mr, and Mrs. Hans Krapf and children were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs Fritz Erbe of Glendale. Mrs . William Lester and sons, Francis and William of Long Island avenue , and Miss Magdalene Rohde of Miller Place spent December 9 in New York. William Lester spoke over radio station WOR on the 12 o ' clock program , \The Man on the Farm. \ After the program they met Mark Hawley, news commentator , at the studio. Later they had dinner at the Hotel Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Clay and son , Harry, Jr,, and Mrs. Martha Ritchie and daughter Marion of Patchogue , Harold and Merritt Pedrick and Wil- liam Welz of Union City , N. - J „ help- ed celebrate the tenth wedding anni- versary of Mr. and Mrs. William Clay on December 8. Mis, William Lester , Mrs. A. Jarecke and Mrs. John Murphy were first hostesses of the season at the bridge given by the Patchogue Cath- olic High school auxiliary last Tues« day, ' - . . , . ¦ ¦:- ' • ;• /. . - . j|- v: ;;¦ ¦;. Will Install Two Hydrants , More Pipe , Smithtown Ave In answer to a complaint presented to the Eslip Town board , the South Bay Consolidated Water company has informed the board that provision has been made for the installation of two additional hydrants and 800 feet of eight-inch pipe on Smithtown ave- nue , Bohemia. A third hydrant and 1 200 feet of pipe will he installed next simmer providing funds can be raised. A New Kind of | Christmas Every Christmas dollar can be made to do double duty this year. In your giving* combine lasting satisfaction with senti- mental value. Give the Old Home a Break Home and Christmas go hand . in hand. What more appro- priate than to give thought this ! year to the old house that has ; meant so much to parents and to children 1 \Knick-Knacks \ ha ve their place in this joyous season , but we shouldn 't make of -it a knick- knack holiday. Here are some improvements that will ma ke your giving worthwhile and lasting : A Breakfast Nook Oak Floors Sleeping Porch Boys ' Work Bench Cedar Line*! Closet New Garage- Uomodelinff Inside Fnintinj * Don for Dad Kltcl.on Cupbonrdfl Ceiling Insulation New H6use CUIIdre n ' s Tlayliowse Altic or Basement Kecreation Room Some of these gift-improve- ments may lack the eye appeal of those in shop windows. But they are rich in heart appeal and will be fondly and grate- fully remembered as long as thoughts of \Home , Swoet Home \ touch human heartstrings. Ronkonkoma Lumber Co. Railroad! Avenue Ronkonkoma Opposite R. R. Station . Telephone Ronkonkoma 8700 MAKE THIS A \HOME IMPROVEMENT\ CH-1HSTMAS Dairy Herd Improvement Meeting Proves Success A real interest in dairy herd im- provement work was shown by local dairymen as 60 attended the first annual meeting and dinner of the Long Island Dairy Herd Improve- ment associ ation at the Hotel Henry Perkins , Riverhead , on December 8. The new association rates tenth in production out of 150 associations throughout the state. The men who are now engaged in the dairy herd improvement work voted to organize as a regulation Dairy Herd Improvement association and a board of directors was elected as follows : John Randall , Mt. Sinai; Donald Gould , East Hampton ; H. P, Hendrickson , ' Bridgehampton ; Fred Letson , East Norwich ; Frank Kent , Hempstead. The chairman of the evening was Clement Eichorn of Amaganaett , chairman of the Suffolk County Farm Bureau Dairy commit- tee.
