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1 , 845 Persons Given Aid Directly — Expense of Administration $1589 W. P. A. in November $20 , - 850 , Town ' s Share $7 , 850 — E quivalent of Similar Home Relief Brookh aven town ' s home re- lief cost during November— the first month of the new sys- tem of town administration totalle d $16 , 947.88 , exclusive of administration costs of about $1 , 500, it was reported to the Town board last week by Justice of the Peace Har- old C. Sorenson of Lake Grove , welfare committee chairman . ' The rep ort was based on a state- m ent g iven by Town Welfare Officer Howard LeCluse , who said that 1 , - 845 Brookh aven town people were (Continued on page 2) RETIRIN G P OS TM AS TER AND SO N- Edward Pfeiffer, rirrhi anrl his son , Everett H. Pfeiffer , left , shown \ in pi cture taken some time ago of general store in Middle Island which has been run by the former for a half-century and t© \ ' which he will devote his 1 full time after retiring from ppstmastership of Middle Island postollice. His son has been recommended fo r the position. .The , stor e also includes the fourth class postoffice. Two Chinese Arrested , Ronkonkoma , Charged With Running Alcohol Still Rudyard Kiphng notwithstanding, East met West in a Ronkonkoma dwelling at noon Thursday and as a result , Wing Ping and Tom Den , Chinese , are in the custody of Federal authorities on a charge of illegally manufacturing alcohol . The Orientals were arrested by Islip Town Police Chief Richard N. Tucker and Federal officers during a raid on a two-story building on John- son avenue ,, near the Ronkonkoma school , where police say, they found a 500-gallon still on the second floor. The equipment and the raw mater : ials allegedly used for the making of liquor were confiscated. Ping and Den were arrai gned be- fore Justice of the Peace Charles H. Duryea at Sayville on a disorderl y conduct charge. Each was given a 80-day . suspended sentence, then they were turn 3d over to the Federal men , who took them to Brooklyn to be arraigned in Federal court on the illicit liqu or charge. Annual Community Party Held in Coram The second annual community Christmas party was held in the Coram Community house Friday evening, with many present to enjoy the fun and songs ' . The choir of the Middle Island Presbyterian church sang several Christmas carols. Amedeo Delli Bovi played \Love ' s Serenade \ by Fritz Kreisler and \Serenade \ by Drigo , on the bass violin. Mrs. William Stewart played the piano and Mrs. Fred Henson san g as a solo , ''Bri g htest and Best of the Stars of the Morning. \ Refreshments were served ' and each child was given candy, donated by the Coram welfare club, Mrs. Rudy Hahn v/as in charge of the candy distribution and Mrs. Frank Lyon and Mrs. Frank Hagen had charge of refreshments. All present voted in favor of having a similar party next year and Miss Dorothy M, Still was appointed chairman . FIRST ANNUAL BONUS OFFER ON SUBSCRIPTIONS During the month of January a 14 months ' subscription to THE MID-ISLAND MAIL will be given instead of the regular 12 month s to everyone who \ either renews or takes out a new sub- scription for the regular yearly rate of $1.50 for this weekly news service. If you will send or bring your remittance to our Patchogue office between Janu- ary 1 and January 31 , inclusive , we will add two e ,^pMi^]S , ;^o your subscription. ' \ 'h?w« -:i ' >- , ¦ . Medford Pup ils Have Annual Xmas Program The annual Christmas entertain- ment of the Medford school was held at Medford Community hall last Wed- nesday evening. • The elaborate program was as fol- lows : Son g by the school , \It Came Upon a. Midnight Clear \ ;, welcome , Edward Pirner ; march, and son g, grade 1; recitation , Bundles , \ Dick K othe; recitation ,, \Little Johnn y Turkey, \ Carol Cesman ; waltz of the rag doll , Joan Kassner; exercise , \The Truly Real Santa Clau s \ —Agnesia Baranello , June Wessel , David Mc- Gowan , Theodore Alt , Frank Cara- seti , Edward Connelly ; song, \ Little Town of Bethlehem, \ Trudy Mistier ; dance of the sleigh bells — Anna Bianco , Kathryn Burkhardt , Ruth Hansen , Marie Schleyer , Ann Thomp- son , Annie Laurie Schultz, Patricia Rose , Ruth Crevoiserat , Beverly Mist- ier; song by the school , \ Silent Night. \ Operetta , \The Magic Bell , \ in which characters were as follows: Wimble , a maid , Beverl y Mistier; Nimble , a maid , Dorothy Koechel ; Santa Clans , Robert Masem ; Swedish children—Laura Caldwell , Marie Glov- er , Trudy Mistier , Ruth Crevoiserat , (Continued on page 2) Two Women Injured In Crash at Medford As Cars Turn Over Two women were injured m a col - lision at 3:50 p. m. Sunday at Green- port and Oregon avenues, Medford , in which both cars involved overturned. The Brookhaven Town police re- port showed that a coupe , owned and op erated by Miss Ellen Maxner , of South Country road , Sayville , going eastward on Greenport avenue , col- lided with a coach , owned by Charles Klecak of 46 John street , Sayville , and operated by his wi fe , Mrs. Mar- garet Klecak , southbound on Oregon avenue. The injured were Mrs. Klecak , head injury and bruises ' of the righ t knee , and Mrs. Ann a Leonardo , of 339 West 84th street , New York , a pas- senger in the Klecak car , bruises of chest , right side and right sh oulder and possible internal injuries. Mrs. Klecak was attended by Dr. John W. Bennett of Patchogue. Mrs . Leonardo was removed to the office of- Dr. Jacob Dranitzke in Patchogue by Mrs. George Gathmann of Oregon avenue , Medford , and was later trans- ferred to Mather Memorial hospital , Port Jefferson. Officers Charles Try- wuscli and Albert Quattlander inves- tigated, Killer of Friend Ss Put to Death Myslivee Executed for Crime in Farmingville Dobitz Was Victim in Shooting in November , 1938 — Murderer Soon Caught After Flight to City The friend who proved to be an enemy paid the extreme penalty in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison Thursday night. He was Anton Myslivee , age d , 54 , who was arrested at his lodging house in New York early in the morning of November 22 , 1938 , within ten hours after he had murdered William Dobitz , 55-year-old builder , outside the Dobitz home on Woody- crest drive , Farmingville. Alone at the time , Dobitz went to the back door of his four-room bunga- low to whistle in the dark for Rex , his pet fox terrier. As he stood sil- houetted against the pantry light , a shotgun rang out less than a dozen yards away, the charge, imbeddin g itself in the small of his back . Before he died an hour later , Do- bitz told Brookhaven Town Police Sergeant Alvin Smith th at * ~ T hav e no enemies. I can 't understand why anyone should want to shoot me in the back . \ Myslivee , who had been befriended hy Dobitz and in return had carried on a clandestine romance with the latter ' s wife , was subsequently con- victed of murder by a jury before County Judge L. Barron Hill at Riv- erhead. He was the third of three men electrocuted Thursday night. RepiMicans Hit New High Figure , Party Enrollment 44 , 808 Sign Up for Primaries in County Increase Made in All Towns But One —Suffolk Democratic Party Mem* hers ' Total Is 18 , 338 Republican enrollm ents reached an all-time high in Suffolk in the No- vember election , in which 44 , 808 vot- ers throughout the county qualified to take part in the 1940 primary election , according to figures issued by the Board of Elections at River- head. Gains in the Republican rank s were reported in nine of the ten towns , Brookhaven leading with an increase of 1 , 077 over last year ' s figures. The Democrats showed an increase of 678 enrollees in Brookhaven. Southold , the onl y town, in which a Republican decrease was reported , lost 30 G.O.P. enrolled voters . The enrolled strength of . th e Dem- ocratic party showed a decrease in the Seeond Assembly district , but gained sufficiently in the First As- sembly district to offset this loss. The total enrolled vote for both parties by Assembly districts fol- lows: ;. . , First A. B. —Republican , 19 , 989; Democrati c , 8 , 397. (Continued on page 2) Mid-Island Youngsters Enjoy Christmas Party At Centereach Firehall Centereach firehall was filled to capacit y with children from Center- each , Ronkonkoma , Lake Grove and Selden , last Saturday at the Christ- mas party sponsored by the Brook- haven Town Highway association , Harold Davis , superintendent of highways , and Andrew Havens , town clerk . Santa Claus presented the children with packages , assi sted by T. Morrissey, chairman. The Cen- tereach school band played Christ- mas carols , while the children sang. The band was conducted by Ben Tabatclmilc of Blue ' Point, . , 1 4th Infantry Vf if Guardsmen Train At Upton a Week Eleven hundred members of the Fourteenth Infan try National Guar d regiment of Brooklyn , Hempstead and Flushing arrived at Camp Upton , Yaphank , yesterday for six days of field training. Members of the regi- ment assembled at 1 the Fourteenth regiment armory in Brooklyn , th en marched to the Flatbush avenue sta- tion of the Long Island railroad , •where they entrained for Yaphank. Colonel William R. Jackson is in command of tlie units during the week of maneuvers. The Fourteenth reg- iment is the last in Greater New York to take field training this year , although a number of units will spend, briejf periods of outdoor training dur- ing JAnnary. The group will leave Yaphank Sunday,
