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MM. R OBIN SON 10 SOUTH OCEAN AVE. P A TCHOGUE ::.;; . \ ¦ PHONE 1005 .. , . $g§* Scientific Eye . ' ; '^ffi r * . . : Examination ' ;• . ' ' , ancl Correct Glasse s TfllgnmwmWUKmminMIWIOKmtnllwtmim 9KiH|MP$ a nnouncing * .. I SBP^i i THE ° pENiNti ° F - I , G7 WEST MAIN STREEr ; . PATCHOGUE , N. Y. j Telephone/Patchogue lG' -S ' , , , , ' . ' ' Next to Shawl' s Store A- - ' ¦ . ¦to , ' \' ' , * ' ' i ' ' ' \ , . \ Featuring All New Dorothy,. . -Maaseh Wehrenberg • E qui pment Proprietor i *»^ tV Mt V* '^ \ Wl Ho *' ro0, n»- ^ \WA Lu^^tfg l ^ Jff^^^. kain Street Phone 285 Port Jefferson, N. Y. Firemen 'Will Elect- Officers for Year All Dists., Tomorrow Preparations are being made by volunteer fire departments within fire districts throughout Suffolk to hold their ( annual electi on this Thursday in conformity ' with an amendment to a state-wide law pass- ed at Albany over a year ago. The amended;daw became effective in April , 1939 , but because oi a mis- understanding of its provisions , dif- ficulties developed in several districts in Suffolk. As a result , the annual de- partment electi on s were not held on the date required by the new law. The amendment in question fol- lows , the term \ nominate \ b ein g tlie same as \ elect , \ as commonly used : \The members of fire department of the fire district . shall meet at. a time and place designated by the board of. fire commissioners on the Thursday following the first Tuesday in April of each year and nominate persons and such assistant engineers as may be provided for in rules and regulati ons adopted by the hoard of fire commissioners. \Each nominee shall be a member of the fire department and a_ ti elector of the fire district. All nominations shall be made by ballot. The board of fire commissioners at its meeting next succeeding the making of such nominations ^shall consider the same and appoint such persons to the of- fices to which they are respectively nominated or , if a nomination is not approved the board shall call another meeting of the members of the fire department at which-a new nomina- tion shall he made to take the place bf any nomination not approved , which procedure shall continue until a full set of officers is approved. \ In the mid-island area the districts which will hold elections- - tomorrow night are Ronkonkoma , Centerea<ch. Coram , Yaphank and Bohemia. Complaints Made - Concerning Roads Howe Objects to Peebles at Blue Point Luerssen Wants Action to Restore Wash-out Road to Shore of Sound At Rocky Point T AVO complaints received by the Brookhaven Town board last Wednes- day from widely separated sections of the town concerning highway con- diti on s wer e referred to Town High - way Superintendent Harold F. Davis for investigation. One of these , on -which Justice of the Peace Kenson D. Merrill of Rocky Eoint was designated by the board to investigate with BIr. Davis , related to the condition of the road- way at the foot of Hallocl. Landing road , Eocky Point , where rainwater had washed away a large part of the road and adjoining biilkhead , a condi- tion that is endangering the founda- tion of at least one building nearby. This was reported by Frank J. Luerssen , a resident of Hallock Land- ing road , who produced a series of photographs. Mr. Luerssen said he had br ou ght the situation to the attenti on of Highway department , representatives until he is \ sick and tired , and blue , \ because no results were forth- coming. \I am afraid , \ he said , \that my building will be washed away. \ - ' Judge Merrill told the board that the road , which ends in a 50-foot- wide public beach facing the sound, is one of the most \videly_ used hi gh- ways along the North Shore chiring the summer. He said that between 3 , 000 and 5 , 000 persons visit the foot of the road over an average week - end. \Maybe the reason they pay no attention to my complaints , \ Mr. Luerssen said , \is that I' m not of the same political faith. There hap- pens to be four enrolled Republicans in my family . Maybe that is why I am ignored. I thought it was about time I took the matter in my own hands and I' m asking the Town board to step in and tak e some action on it. \ The other complaint was in the form of a letter from William T. Howe of Cory avenue , Blue Point, who said -that while walking down Madison street , Blue Point , one re* cent night , - his wife slipped and fell on pebbles which the Town Highway departm ent has stored on the Cory avenue corner. \The pebbles are spread all over the sidewalk , \ lie wrote. \Fortunately Mrs, Howe received no serious in- jury, but that may not happ en in another case . We bought and pay high taxes on property in this section and I should think with all the un- used property in this town, tliey could put thi s material where people could not get hurt. All the residents of this section arc complaining; of this same situation. I might add , \ he concluded , \that all the property sold around here is restricted. \ Brookhaven Town ' \ . Firemeifs - AssoV Electslts Officers Clendinncin , West Yaphank , Is New President Annual Business Session Held in Pat- chogue Wednesday—No Invitation Yet for Annual Tournament :. William Ciendinnen of West Yap- hank , first vice-president of t h e Brookhaven Town Volunteer Fire- men ' s association , for the past year , was elected president at the associa- tion ' s annual meeting Wednesday in the lake Street headquarters , Patch- ogue. A member of the Farming- ville Fire department , Mr. Ciendinnen succeeds John Pearl of Centereach. Other officers elected for the com- ing . year .were Elliott Jayne , Stony Brook , first vice-president ; George Waldron , Brookhaven , secon d vice- president; J. Fred Kurras , North Pat- chogue , ' secretary; John H. Morton , Brookhaven , treasurer. Mr. Waldron resigned as a: director to become a candidate for second vice-president. This left a vacancy on the board of directors, which call- ed for the election , of three instead of two directors at the meeting. Those elected wefe George Mistier , Medford , Lester Pape , Patchogue , and John Euger ,. Sound Beach. The hold-over directors are Richard Henry , Selden , and Kendall Bavett , Mastic. George Kuntz of Blue - Point Was elected chairman of the committee to plan the association ' s 1940 tourna- ment and , for the first time in many years, an invitation was not extended ny at least one department as pros- pective host for the tournament . The time and place ' for the tournament will be arranged later. Refreshments were served following the lengthy business session. Mr. Pearl , retiring president , was appointed a delegate to represent the - association at meetings of the Suffolk Volunceer -Firemen ' s associa- tion. Mr. Waldron was appointed a committee¦ 'to purchase a past pres- ident' s badge , which will be presented to Mr. Pearl at the next meeting. An invitation to hold the next meeting at N orth ' Patchogue was ex- tended by Chief Joseph ,Bott of North Patchogue , and a unanimous vote of thanks was extended to the Patch- ogue Fire department for the use of its headqu arters. 3 Dowling Brothers Are Held on Charges Of Robbing Houses Three sons of former.Justice of the Peace Patrick Bowling ' of 50-Acve road, St. James , who were arrested Thursday , afternoon on burglary charges involving the homes of sev- eral prominent residents of St. James , waived .examination before Justice of the Peace D. Ormonde Pvitchie at Bay Shore Friday night and were ordex- ' ed held for the grand jury. They are Joseph J. Dowling, aged 21 , an unemployed automobile sales- man; John P. Dowling, aged 18 , a high school student , and Thomas* J. Dowling, aged 19 , a farmhand em- ployed on a St. James farm/ Charged with having taken loot vahued at about $10 , 000 , the trio . was arrested by State Police Lieut/Charles LaPorge , ! Sergeant , Daniel Glasheen , Corporal Francis ICappesser a-n d Smithtown Town Police Chief Cy •Donnelly, After examination before Judge 7 Ritchi e , the three brothers were .released in $1 , 000 bail each. The burglaries , according to police , took place* . between ' October ' 27 last and March 18 ,- 1940 , and , included three trips to the home bf Richard A. Knight , a lawyer , on Gordwood path;; two to -the home of¦ . Munson Morris on Edgewood avenue and the Smithtown Country club ,, both oii Edgewood avenue ; the home of . Law- rence Smith : Butler ; on Gordwood gath , and the homo of .Mrs. : Ralph ortolaca , the Dowlihgs ' next-door neighbor on (50-Acre road. Thomas Dowling 'is specifically charged with one trip to the Morris 'home and also the- Bertolaca burglary, ,. ¦¦ , .; ' The loot, police said , included- im- ported china , - heirloom silverware , Valuable nigs , household hardware , plumbing fixture s , hors e shoyr tro- phies , statues and clothirii?. Polled said tho . brothers . .pawned some of the stolen materials.: in New York pawnshops, hut' that inost ;df this has aince|. *:; bQ^.;r* dc;o , verqd. ' ; ' i ¦/ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦:. ' .;•; • : ;* . ' ., ' ¦ ^^H' ' -^;fi!* /vi'i : v^ !:^ iT-^^^-^r. v* *>. t . - -^. . * .. - *;.^ > City Man Guilty Of Registering For Illegal Vote John Broccone , of 2376 Second avenue , -New York , who pleaded guilty last Tuesday before Comnty Judge L. Barron Hill at Riverhead to a charge of having registered to vote at two places , which is a -fel- ony, will be . . sentenced as soon as Judge Hill receives a probation re- port on the defendant. Broccone was arrested at the vot- ing booth in the Miller Place dis- trict on Election day last November. He was indicted by the December grand j ury. Last week , ho decided to plead guilty without fighting the case. The ca se developed wh en many summer residents in Miller Place tried to vote in that district. It was claimed that some of them , had registered in New York as well as in Brookhaven town , and several were challenged at that time . Last Thursday, the March grand j ury at Riverhead is reported to have handed up a score of secret indictments , said to be based on an exhaustive investigation Di strict At- torney Fred , J. Munder had m ade into alleged fraudulent -registration and illegal voting in Suffolk last November, 1 SCHOLARSHIP AT YALE FOR C. M. T. CAMP WINNER For competition at this summer ' s Citizens ' Military Training camps, Yale university has bffer-e d a schol- arship covering freo tuition during the freshman year and valu ed at 5450. This sch olarship may . be . con- tinued throughout the full four-year undergraduate course of recipient. Departments of Education in dif- ferent parts of the country have adopted a system of awarding High school credits toward graduation . for •atten d ance at ' Citizens ' Military Training camps , the announcemen t stated. i Grand Jury Lists 45 Indictments The March Grand Jury handed tip a presentment of 45 indictments to Coiinty Jndge L. Barron Hill at Riv- erhead late Thursday afternoon. The presentment did not include any in- dictments , in the highway situation of live Suffolk towns which is being investi gated - by ' District Attorn ey Fred J. Munder. It is rumore d that a number of secret indictments were made tou ching on alleged vote frauds in the county in last November ' s election. (Continued fro m page 1) headquarters. , in Hawthorn e , is con-- , necied to all- State police as well as numerous municipal police . units throu gh out the state. On messages- such as missing persons and stolen cars , requiring the attention of po- lice agencies in the eight states , the central stati on at Hawthorn e re-sends, the message to the seven states in this part of the country. The teletype sy stem provides for Brookhaven almost instantaneous con- tact with police agencies throughout the nation , inasmuch as the City of Buffalo police unit , which is . -part of the New York teletype system , op- erates a radio telegraph system con- nected with police agencies through - out the entire country outside the eigh t Northeastern states. , The cost to the town for the tele- type service is expected to be greatly offset by savings in long-distrance telephone calls , accor ding to Chief Edward N. Bridge. The teletype cost is taken out of the telephone item in the police budget The teletype , Chief Bridge pointed out , provided 24-hour service. _ An- other important feature , he said , is that it eliminates faulty reception of messages sent out over the telephone in the cast of a poor connecti on . The device-is also expected to af- ford a saving for the Patchogue po- lice , who will have access to it for the sending of out-of-town messages. New York growers interested im trying the newer varieties of vege- tables in 1940 may receive a descrip- tive list in Cornell bulletin E-426. For a free copy, write to the New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca , N. Y. ¦^ v Police Teletype Setup Covers a Wide Area Jerry Coe Say s Dear Editor: Evidentl y the Democratic ad- ministration believes that water won 't hurt a state ' s rights , be- cause even th ough Governor Phillips called out his National Guard in protest , they insisted on flooding a good bit of Okla- homa. If they keep on building dams out in the . West , Mr. Editor , our . cowboys will have to change from sombreros to sailor h ats. Yours , Jerry Coe.
