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Nearly 2 , 000 M en W i ll Come from Up-state Plans Call for Fiel d Work for Various Units During the Summer Season Camp Upton , which has been in use for the past several weeks by three units of the Sixty-second Coast artillery, composed of about 200 mem , will he the center of largely increased activity, beginning- June 26 , when nearly 2 , 000 members of the National Guard will encamp there for a ten- day training period. The National Guardsmen who will go to the Yaphank camp are those of the Tenth infantry irom Albany and several other upstate cities. This regiment, commanded by Col. Willard Donner , is now spending ten days in Camp Smith , Peekskill. The regi- ment will be moved to Yaphank by motor caravan. It , was announced over the week- end that throughout the coming sum- mer several thousand State troops will receive training in Yaphank , and Capt. John F. Ward of ihe state staff will spend much time there with dif- ferent units. After National Guardsmen complete ten-day tours in Camp Upton , they will return to their home armories and return to civil life and their ordinary weekly drills. Major Gen. William N. Haskell , commanding general of the Guard ; Col, Josep h A. S. Mundy of Brooklyn , chief of staff of the Twenty-sev enth division , and other division staff offic- ers will pay inspection visits to Camp Upton in the course of the season. 3 Soldiers Charged With Stealing Auto Held After Wreck Did Not Get Far in Yaphank Ad- venture—One Suffers Broken Jaw —Taken for Military Trial Three enlisted men of the United- States army, stationed at Camp U p- ton , who were arrested Wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff John E- Davis of Yaphank on charges of grand larceny after they had alleg- edly stolen and wrecked a car , re- sulting in painful injuries to one of them , will face a military trial. Two of the men were turned over to their superior officers Thursday by Justice of the Peace Donald W- Shaw after being; locked up since tlie previous nigh t , while the third was transferred earlier in the day to the army hospital at Port Totten. According to the police the men , Raymond Shown , Lionel Shearer and Kelly Whited , members of Battery B of the 5th Coast Artillery, Stole a car parked on Main street , Ya _phanlc , ( Continued on page 13) • ¦ ' ¦'• \ - ' —-—• - Mueller of Medford Charged With Selling Drinks Beyond Hours Carl Mueller , who runs the bar and - restaurant . . in the Medford Com- munity hall in Medford , was arrest- ed nt 4 n. m. Sunday on a charge of selling alcoh olic beverages after Jiours . Brookhaven Town Officer ' Joh n Harding- and Deputy ¦Sheriff Al- lei 't TCchlcnbock made tlio arrest. Arraigned before Justice of the Tenco Donald W. Shaw -of Bellport , Mueller pleaded not guilty and wm released in $200 hail, ' furnished , by. Wmsclf , pending trial on June 24. ftfe. Harden fas. Of Centereach P.T.A. Election of officers was held at a meeting of the Centereach Parent- Teachor association last Tuesday eve- ning: at the school. • Officers elected were Mrs. William Harders , presi- dent; Mrs. John Pearl , secretary; M^ss D, Merkel , treasurer; Bernard Williamfe , Mrs, H. Neuss and George O. Smith ,. trustees. The annual school picnic will be held at West Meadow beach tomor- row and ice cream and cake for 200 people will be distributed by the P. T. A. Dot Hawkins will trans- port the children to. the beach in the school bus. The P. T. A. meetings Ji a ve been adjourned until September 10. DOWN AND OUT A slide with a twist. Such will be the \-~* course of the youngsters using the abov e slide at the Suffolk County Children ' s Health camp on the County home property at Yaphank this summer. The circular slide, salvaged from the old Countf home building by Welfare Commissioner Irving Williams , was originally purchased by the county as a. fire escape for old inmates at the home. ' • . ' • ¦ - Mid-Islan d Mail Photo School Board of ; Answers Attack \Because \ certain, persons sponsor- ing the move to increase Lake Rosv ionfcoma ' s Board of Education from three to five members have seen fit to issue , a new statement . ; the pres- ent three-man board feels itself oblig- ed to once again address the parents and-taxpayers of the district. \ So . says an arti cl e signed - by all three members , Prank J. Mooney, chairman , Bert Court and Philip L. Hans. It continues: . \Several week s ago , the present board urged the defeat of the five-man-board /plan . In view of the misleading character of the latest statement issued by the five- man-board advocates , the present board more vigorously than ever rec- ommends the d efeat of this proposed board expansion . \In passing, the present board wishes to point out that the five- man-board group, which appears to he grop ing- for reasons for the in- crease in board p ersonnel , has yet failed to show that the present board has not always acted with the best welfare of the children foremost in mind , which , incidentally, the pres- ent board feel s is its primary duty to the district. \A month ago, the five-man-board advocates , iii a letter to the news- papers , endeavore d to assure the district taxpayers that there was no truth to the import that , in the event the five -man hoard plan was approv- ed , two principals . would be hired for the Lake Ronkonkoma school ior the coming year. \I. n expressing this assurance , these frve-inan-board advocates went BO far as to say that a board could not ar- bitraril y increase the nudget once it is approved by the district. The present board , in reply, disputed this (Continued on page 4) One Person Injured In Medford Collision One person was injured and two «ars were damaged in a . i -collisiox. at 10:45 a. m. Sunday on . Medford road , about 4300 feet north of South Haven avenue - , - Medford. According to a. report filed with Brookhaven Tosyn police by Poter Becker , aged , 42, of 104-47 121st street , Rich m on d Hill ,, one of the drivers , the Becker car- , was l)eing driven southward on Medford road , when it collided with a coupe , owned and driven by J: H. Brosch of Med- ford , which , was coming out of a driveway, - ; . , - ¦ \ Mrs. Nora Becker, aged <10 , of the Richmond Hill Address, who wai a pa ' sseriger in j ihe . Becker car , sus- tained bruises of the right shoulder aiid was attended , by Dr, ( Tohii W. Bpnnetfc of Church street , Patchogue , according to Becker ' s report , police say, ';; ' , YY '\ ' : ; : ' \ :i-. - ; YY- yY Y ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' ; . Program and Awards On Children ' s Day At Selden Church Children s day was celebrated at the Selden Community church Sun- day evening. The pupils of the pri- mary and junior classes sang the opening song, followed by greetings of welcome hy Robert Daniels ; reci- tation; \O UT Greeting, \ Lillian Cam- eron and Elaine Spencer; recitation , \This is Childr en ' s Day, \ Alfred Sher- wood ; grou _p recitation by, boy s , \For All Life ' s Blessings , \ William Has- pel , John Kruger and Leonard Rick- ard ; group recitation by girl s , \\What Shall We Give to the Day, \ Lorraine Otoconia , June Marsh , Betty Kruger , Augusta Salers and Marian Chap- roan; recitation , \All Things are Re- joicing, \ Jacqueline McCabe. , ^ , The senior girls , tinder the guidance of Mrs. Harold Frost , and the Senior boys under the guidance of Mrs. Henry Nieman, were given an oral test of the catechism, Attendance awards \wer<j given to Joh n Kruger , William Kruger , Robert Daniels , Bet- ty Kruger , Elaine Spencer and Marion Spencer , for . one year attendance; Jacqueline -McCabo and Eleanor Mc- Cabe fqr tw o -year attendance and Ruth Chapman , Webster Dayton and Marion Chapman for four-year at- ten d ance. PUBLIC MEETING OF RIDGE, MIPDLE ID. RESIDENTS SAT All residents, of Middle Iad . and , - And the Ridge are invited to attend a meeting at tli c Ridgd school on Sat- ti rday even ing at: 7i30 for the pur- pose dl ^organizing a Civic associa- ti on , and, fire \ company. Y :.;Y. -Y ' Officers Installed Holtsville Rep. Club The second meeting of the newly- organized Holtsville Kepublican club was held at the Holtsville Fire de- partment' s clubhouse on Waverly ave- nue last evening with an attendance of 75 people , including members of the club , their friends and several members - of the Central Brookhaven Republican club. ¦ After a • short business meeting, Fred (J. Coh an , president elect , in- troduced Clarence W. Kecier of Sel- den ,. ox-prcsident of the Central Brookhaven • Republican <!lub , who spoke in regard to the work of the Central Republican club and extended an invitation for the Holtsville club to meet: with , them in the fu ture. The -following officers were installed by R. Ford Hughes , elections commis- sioner; of Patchogue ; Fred , C, Cohan , j ;pre&idei.t; WHlliam r vYQunncen , first vice-president; ¦ Phillip Zinnnier , sec- ond vlcp- ' president; Mra. Lester Red- mond, recording secretary;. Mrs, Wil- liam l'\ Cunneen , corresponding sec- retary and Harry Landnhl , treasurer; (Continued on page 7) Cenacle Catechism Glasses Start M OIL , Run to August 26 Bus Transportation from Ronkonko- ma , Centereach and Holbrook — Mothers Invited t© Come at Same Time for Study Club Summer catechism classes will go into session Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Cenacle convent , Lak e Ron- komnoma. Children of St. Joseph' s parish will meet at; various points , where a bus will pick them up and transport them to and from the Cenacle. Children of Ronkonkoma wil l wait for the bus at 2 p. m, at the following places: Five Corners , -Agnew and Taylor ' s store und at St. Joseph' s church. The bus will then proceed to Centereach and make stops at Holbrook road , beginning , at Middle Country road , at the Centereach postoffice , and at tho red light; at Hawkins avenue , Cen- tereach. . The children will meet the bus at the point nearest their homes. Classes will begin at 2 :30 and end with benediction in the convent chapel about 4:30 every Monday until clos- inu: day, August 26. Moth er s of the children are invited to the Cenacle at the same time , when a study club will b-e conducted for them throughout the catechism classes by Mother Ruth Keating. Chil- dren and the mothers from Holbrook will be transported to.the Cenacle in their own bus. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Celebrate Their 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs, Isaac J. Morris , res- idents of Ronkonkoma, for the past 19 years , celebrated their fiftieth wed- ding anniversary at their home , oh Pine stree4 on Sunday. ; A dinner , including: a large wed- ding cake , was served at noon- to 25 guests which included many of the members oi tho ^immediate family. The table was decorated with beau- tiful flowers among whicn was a basket of 50 yellow roses. Mr. and Mrs. Morris received many attractive practical gifts. Those wlio attended were : Mr. and Mrs. Chester D. Morris and son , Rog- er , of Bellerose , Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vertizen and Miss Dorothy Chem- nitz of Bellerose ;. Mr. and Mrs. James A, Morris , Sr., arid son , James , Jr.; (Continued on page 4)
