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Sonwfeee 1$$ms > ilset G- iiiereach Work bas been under yyay . during -the *past- \vee lc. or -.two- . .by* the: Brook- rhaveft 'r Town ;il -gb ; way- department on -the ' widening of Howell' s road.y from ^Horseblock: road - northward to Middle Country road , at the- eastern ;end- of Centereach. 7 The new-road , ' which is a south er- ly extension of' : Hammon d road , that ¦adjoins '\th e old Manitta farm , has x keen.. in.,.use ..jfor- about . 40 ..years , but . i«opsasted??t>nly-? of a- rinarxow^ath . .. It ifea&^feeen'M-TOd^ned.: to;;50v ,feet , then sg-aiediiandehon^d. Jsjjp Imn 'Wme? ; ^fter a Woman-Speeder ' -Hurt' m ' . Wih . Skid Chasing an unidentified woman motoi'ifi t, who , he says, was speeding, Islip Town Officer Michael Turoesi , aged 32 , of Ronkonkoma , was injured on Thursday, .hnio 20 , W 1 T . HI he was thing 76 feet along ilie .ground, after sending hin motorcycle into a. skid to avert a collhum. with an automobile that-crossed hip . path on Mont-auk highway- iu»ar the vSuyviUc , underpass, Lonnie William^ colored chauffeur for S. J. Van Vranken of ; Sayvil.e , who passed the seem; just after, 1 tlid acciden t -oci 'tirreil , . removed : .Officer T ur.oc-i to . the office of -Drv Poter; S. Lerner in Sayville , where it .wa ' s fouj i d he-had mistakied cuts -and \bruises ' of bpth • shoUldei' - i . - and an /injury - of . tlie left . arm. Officer ' Turoczi , -driving westward , . was ;¦ - emerging from : tl) e Underpass ,, when- a . car , driven . liy Thomas Rhodes oh gayyijle, according to; police,: came _ out- ' of, Hanson .place and started -to- ' .cross ; Montauk high 7 way to enter- ' jHiddink street. Traffic $i gnal Move d Oh \ Farm-tb-Market Road The traffi c signal at Ri . inkonkoni a | aven ue and Portion road , Lako Hon- 1 konkonia , was moved I . -isI. w. '-k i„ : correspond with tho new wi-tri - icoi p . ' ot* Portion -oad , wi-ii -h h purl ot ; th<! Farm-to-Mai \kct rna i!. The change in tbt- t> \>- ; i : i. , ,1 • \ ¦! ' '' . iie . ligh t had l>« ' :en sought U >-: YY YI \ ii-Y |- : I by . 'fustic. .- of vh<: T7:a- ¦ - .: [ L'^-;hi ( . \ . ' . Sorezisnn of \ . \ . -ak<- G UM ' \ . ¦ ' .;, !' iirou y lit i the mat to to th\ -uiY -ilYon - •! MK- ! Town Boa rd Htip.M-vi:;, ir . ' u kY!: A. ' . .Sharp thi . m l.ii 'iK it •:;. > ^ itii ' -i- ' Coun ty - U\ghv. ay dopfii.T -in?' . ' !! • \vhi- .'h ! I- cotn-pl'MU- 'ii ' i' -htv woil-v 3 JIS < . \\% _ ¦* :. - .- j National r Aiardl'Bai|d Provider #&nc^t For Many Visitors Tenth lnfantryi 'at Upton , :Ha? ' Fine Musical Organization — r Begim«nt : Engaged in ^Extensive Practical Field Training An audience of about 500 persons , mostly; from Patchogue and- vicinity, generously applauded a P»b^con - cert given Sunday afternoon at Camp Sn Yaphank , by the 27-piece H- of--thft ^enth -Iniantry, New ^rk ; ; Rational 7 Guard^ttoected J>y Warrant ^fficeruBoscoe : C. - vA-dams. ' •iThe-regimental^band , -better' . known a s^thei^Gove_nor ' s7 0wii , ^ ^gave the concert -ori . ' .Headquarters v iHilV amid the i-several- - . . -htiwiiied ;tents-<) . ecupied by - ..tKe '%400 ^mW\ comprising . tJ . e Tenth r&fantryjY'which : is - engaged m an llrdayvtraining'iperiod- at. -Yaphank. • i-The , - ,band , -usually consisting ol 40- i- ea , . ' gets:-its -nickname , ? ,-Gover- nor ' s' ¦ -Own , ' - \ifrom . .the . ifact : * that it generally -accompanies the governor on many occasions in . -Albany and vicinity . • It!v played •; at- the -New York State fair- in -Syracuse in-1-930 and 1932 , and - accompanied Franklin D. Roosevel t , - . when . -governor , to the ¦Yorktown centennial ,, after . ,. having been- s-elected ' from: all military bands throughout-the state. 'The J numbers -; . comprising Sunday ' s concert'-were \El . Gapitain \ : v(Sousa) ; ^Pas - des ' Fleurs , \ from - . \Naila , \ (Delibes ) ;• popular- medley of -Italian -songs; a. selection of. popular -songs , including \Playmates , \ - \South • ' of the Border , \ \Oh , , Johnny, Oh , \ \The Woodpecker ' s Song \ and \ T* . i g e r Rag \ ; \Ye Ancients March , \ and \God Bless America. \ The weather.: was ideal during most of the outdoor concert. A light sprinkle of rain . started fallin g as the band struck vtp \Auld Lan g Syne \ at the end. On Sunday morning, the men ' at- tended church services , those of . tTie Catholic faith being transported - hy Army trucks to villages alon g _ the South Shore. This . group was divid- ed among churches in Center Mor- ich es , Bell port , Hagermau and Pat- choc' -fr. Protestant services were h- r -Ul iV' i the damp grounds. Monda y morning, the 1 , 400 Guard. - - ,!.sen. <ummaiidetl hy Col. Wil- hird il, Doimer . went out in the camp urea by eo\ ' ii|i ;) .i)ies to study in. prac- ti' . 'i d f'Tf 'm- the cum!>at ]' >i'jneiples- v-they 'i;i v. - „ - inu\! worko. d out ovi bl ackboards an, -! in Kimdiioxos in up-tate armor- ii-s . ' ' i .u'i'ig ihe past winter, hi the afternoon , thp camp pro- gra m \va; - devo ted to terrain exer- (¦ hti ? ' ., irj eiudiii t; * \reeonn-usance arid roconn gitor - .vork , directed by the :i' e gi)i'i. 'Mi Ui l :- ' ,t;. lF and btittalion coni- niCMuif. ' v.. Tlif- , probleins being work- ed out, during the lirst t-liree days of tliis w-vel-; hi com pany formation will He \executed by the entire regiment during the . 24-hour problem oni ( which the mom will - go out in the . ;6 , 000- * . iere camp area tomorrow morning. On Saturday, the heavy weapon companies of the regiment ,, . 'ompiis- ing about- 300 men ,¦ ¦ . arrived -aboard 07 army ¦ trucks from Camp Smitli , F-ekskil k where, they: stayed several days to . practice using . some new weapons recently acquired ¦ - , by the regiment. Majoj-Geneval- William N. -Haskell , commander of ,. -tho : Twenty-seven th division , United States Army, who s arrived at Camp .Uptoiv Monday , on an official trip of inspection , ac- compan ied the Tenth Infantry on luesday when the Guardsmen, went , out - into the . camp area to ..work out an advance guard problem. SAYVILLE TEACHER HIKED FOR BOHEMIA NEXT YEAR The board of education , at a spe- cial- meeting held -last T-uesdsi y even- ing in ,; the ? Bohemia school , hired Mrs. Ann Dooling of Sayville as third and fourth grade teacher for the next term to succeed Mrs. Evelyn Balliweg, who recently resigned. One.,d<viIar and fifty cents , is all lit costs for a , subscription. to .The .Mid- Xsland Mail. < . ^Favors M-We . Limit .(Continued ' from- page 1) •pecially to consider- enactment of such 1-ttgula.tioT.K through the Ly-iaivs of the; ' . individual departments and eimi - pftnies. .. 'Mr. iKurras . said the association will-bev guided to some extent by ad- vice receivedafrom Seth E. Cole , chah' - .}- _-. ' of -lithe law . committee of the State. Volunteer Eiremen ' s associa- tion , with whom Mr. Kurras had had some correspondence since the recent Centereach case , that brought the ne- cessity of such regulations to the attention of the Town board. The case was that of Christian Wil- son , \!'aged - . -76 , Centereach volunteer fireman , . v/ho -died as the result of burns- , . .sustained!.in fighting a brush fire outside his home on April 26 las t. ¦The brush 'fire was started by a rubbish lire ¦; that Mr. Wilson was using at his home. The flumes spread so rabidly that Mr. Wilson , who Jiad an artificial:leg, -was surrounded com- pletely iri his , ' ciTorts to extinguish it • In, . -paying a. claim of $3 , 411. 68 in -Mr. Wilson ' s death , tho United States Pidfility and G iva r an t y company, which ' carries a liability policy for Brookhaven town covering the active members ' , of all 26 volunteer fire de- partments in the town , pointed out ¦that . 1 Mr. -Wilson had joined the Con- ' toreach Fire department as an activ e member at tho ago of 69. 7 The insurance concern.recommended that tho .Town board- tak e soma step s toward ; the sotting of a maximum ag« •limit'-and -the 'stipulating - of physical condition' 'in thp, matter of applicants as active .volunteer flromen. The con \ corn urged that the boa*d \ present' the 'matter to the various clonnrt- miBniW ; in .. '.Buch , a \vay.as to convince them , -that it is for the . good of nil concernod to -ollminato mmecessni-v and avoiclablo injuries and consequent mcyease in tho cost of. insurance pro- tection/' In a letter Mr, Kurras •-received Irom Albany Thursday, Mr, Cole said , i wonJd . say .there is considerable mevit ni the (insurance) company ' s position . \ Referring, to -yolunteer £7 , afitl Ye at the age of iabout 70 , Mi Cole said , \It does- not .seem to ne that such a man could bo . expected to ^ peviorm the duties of .an ,active volunteer hreimm, Tho company may if M ?S nR ' h , t in its conWntion that iio ! V i . on had 'two.ig^lod Ipgs ho in fi - \i }at h T s \«toined , 'the,7burn.s !n ' h^a ?' bW8h, ^^ toBu1 ^ law, Iy ft f th<>u ? h,: . ,w * )uld h « tliat ' tiho by. S J? vol » , 'teer -firo departments •md companies should contain ( pro- S{°;i^^ing to ¦tho- ' -o^S^: Twenty-Joui- of . . , tli o 26 voluiitoei? K^i^t X 01 m . ^^m M ' . ' - , ' ) ¦ 7. 1 , i ' ; a ' -v: Yf!. ' 'V' ' ' , - ' ¦ -' . -t ; i- ' :; ;¦ '' ¦ ¦: ' - ' I, ' - ¦ - ¦ ' a - ' ' -7 Y- . .. ' . ' ¦ ' ¦ l r 'Wf r!\iVr \/lWw.i.!i:'y \V- w ^., - V Dear Editor : * -We, have . .just , had:-our-.. taxe s \- raised , after spending-1.4 billion for relief and haying 10 million unemp loyed during the last sev r : - en years , because -we .suddenly discover there ' s so much , to do on our national a.def ense that - we ' ve got to work overtime. I guess ,: ' Mr. Editor ,:-th* Brain - Trust is one outfit'that can nev- er be success- -ully prosecuted ! for being a- > monopoly. \ Yours , Jerry Coe. « ^- —^- « . . . .. . ... , . . ¦ ¦ fi . - . qy -^ i_ 0 - *y , _il fl *iT__- ^fe\s i t'rc» ** - . ^r .*W$Hk I¦ ' J^HiirWCIteliiw O:- - ', :i- (Continued from .pag e . 1) . ... a. - . . .. , ¦ . .. , - ¦ introduced the three - retiring offi- cials , each of whom - devoted his brief talk to reminiscenses t h,a t went back to the early day s of . the de- ; ipartm ent , the forerunner of- -which v known as the Lake Ronkonkoma Fire Department and Good Roads associa- tion , was organized-: in; 1904. The-first - officers of the organiza- tion - included the .late John - W. Cleary, chief; John J; Campion , dep- . uty . chief , and Thomas Pish , Sr., foreman. Mr. Fish , who . later , be- came chief and held the position for more than three decades , \was pres- ent at the dinner and was called upon for a speech , as was Chief Clarence Dufneld. Other members of the original company who were present . included William Callmeyer and Albert Maag, both of Hawkins avenue. In his talk , Mr. Kirk , who is Suf- folk county treasurer , traced tlie history . of the department and de- scribed the present setup -as the nucleus of one. of the finest- organiza- tions of. -its . -kind in the county. , - Mr. Kirk , who ¦ retired as chief , '' . . ' was succeeded by :Mr. Duffiield; Mr. Hodges ' -was succeeded as treasurer by Charles Siebert , and Mr. McDon - ald was -succeeded as secretary by Adam Metzler. ; A11 three men have been active members of the depart- • ment . for . .many years. Mr. Hodges and Mr, McDonald having been vet- erans in their , respective offical posi- tions. Mr. Kirk succeeded Mr. Fish as chief - about a year ago. ¦Along with a-number of outside' guests , - m-embers of the department \ •and' /bheir- ladies , totalling about 150 , • toak ' part in the event, which- was ar- ranged by a-committee , consisting of Alex . Matson . and Gharlos Beck. Dancing followed the dinner, ; \FrD. Memb er s Fete 3 Retiring Officers -\ - . ..,^, . l ; i—a,^ jiaHwawa»WMaw»WaT_ _Wa_l»»il<<<lalaaaaa|a>_l.aaauil.»«a. l |i|«.la WlW^ f ^f ^Si ' ^^^^^^^ With the 1 Purchase rof I . i; ¦ Evet^ l:IlJ siii 'fe- r ; ' ; ' COSTING OVER $100 y 1938 Ford 5-Passenger Sedan .j^^l 1937 Ford S^Passenger Sedan . ^isilll vl* -«f clio^ifl^ %m> ;li-»iiiifs : INCORPORATED SHOW ' ROQM. - » .^ i £a8t^Maift'^eet UiSED CAR LOT — 195 East Main Street \ O ' PE N- EVENINGS TEL. PATV 1134 ¦¦¦ ' ' • • ¦ - ¦ • ¦ \ - ¦ ' - . :. ' - , . . ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ ' \ - . - ¦ ¦ tf * . ..Pg:9 \ ' ' . ' ¦ ' I' m . -*- ' - .¥, ¦ i -to- i-l , tapbvat e Judges . - j ail . . - toil; . ¦ •»! 'l?|I*«liHf^ ; •:¦ «esiiJtt:^Jyhfiin ^ -So- -difficult was the task - of pick- ¦jngisjth . . !- winner - . -of ith e babyr: .contest h;el d at - . 'Yaphank . .under the auspices 1 of. the Yaphank \>Repnblica^ . club- last iSaturday. that ; the ' ¦ *. ,judges • ¦;• voted;, a; nine-way tie . ampng \ the ' nine 7eon^' ' testants and awarded a cash prize to. : ea ch . 'The . contest , Y favored by cooking breezes and a • Farm ^un , was held, on the spacious lawn of Charles Herrmanns ' e-residence-iOn; wPatcliogue- road. 7>:A4ter : l ; -the; . :j^j}i. (3i^g„ 'e¦ieJr©sh*• . ni entsv^were:; : served.: ' * 7M<feiev:vyvas-7fur^ nishecV-by^ .the 'i iYaphankrband. \ : % I' }'The I- eoinpet|n g v , youngsters , -- vw-liose b. eamjng- , - : countenance ' s * .iw-ere ¦ , - .punetiif »ted'v. byi . .;van:iri0fi<!as:ii9na], ii4;earVai the - -1- - -csmpelbition j - .r^^revi vBuby. ' ai^n-P^ bfell , 7 rShirley;V ! :Mae^pi^ett , 7YV^ri6n RicWrd -BBfeJseF^Patricia ;Anrii! -Herr- mann / - \William -^Grupe , s _Jpberti; ]:;H. Sa-uadei*s^ r \ :-V^^Eva:vSaUndeir§^iiyB e -it-ri-e KoHettirahd-^dithiTMael^Weik. i: rThe v-i^idges- ' were . r: _vlrs..^lie:slie jr _ *!tar- chanliv' ; l/^rs.?' \ :&ankY ' ' vEvahhoe , 7'MM^ I fcvJng-TWilliarn^, 7 ^ Ai:?S-^rp, YJustice:a : of7.the '7'Peac- 7Ken4 ; . son D. 7'Merrill:;-and-'Patckogue;: Strieei' Commissioner ' •;- , Robert S.:Still . ¦ . ?$&& Sharp-was -master of . - ceremonies. ; ' ' \' -;The- - -: contest. '-^as -limited to 7 . c _ iil- dren under two ¦ years r of ft-age-^liyirig within thevYaphahk; electionl-district . . -Those;,; comprising . th e .- . committee on:/ -arrangements - .were . ' . ' Mrs. 7vRuth Gozine ,.: -Miss -Phyllis : . vGlover , - Y M IIS . James D. .. Scott , 7Charles; , Herrmann , LeRoy Spiliett - and Gh-arles ' T. Rog- ers. ::In the -photograph . of contestants and .judges , 7onev youthful, visitor , lit- tle- Jean DiDio: of ¦: B ellport , ;wasi given a.Yplace on the -lap ; , ' of Supervisor Sharp, - -as 7.the.: ; ni:nth- ,contestant had not: yet arrived. ' • ^l^lilm^lii^ingP -fil -i&n' ' \\ViPg4 -•&, 'B\: : ' , i'^'/*t ?i :t-ll_ :-«_- J._«_a «. iwBS»#rfwra -fg Mm^smMi mm 7>- Oi - J : Wednesdays July ¦ 17* ,:-the. - . .niem* ,:bers^ andr > ;frieiids3 of- the . viong - ; Island ' 'P^ultr,y<-assiocia;tionvwill' . ' gather- at the : H- atel- v-Frank, -vGentral - Islip, . for : -their . v-annjial-7dinnerr7whicli. iwill,- be - of : um- .:iAsnal- .::Ui'terestv:marking. :t'he twentieth ,.year; H of ' ; ' - .the.,:association ' s existence. ; i' Itihas a- -large -membership of egg ; fairaers . -'abroiler specialists and breed- •ers . . : 7 Norman Brokenshire , radio an- nou-ac . er , ' will, be the speaker. .77Rob . er .t Bedford , secretary, of Cen- tral * Islip, : is , handling- reservations. ' ., -At a .recent meeting;of th e- associa- . tion ,. L..A. Devenpepk ,. -assistant inan - '•ager ; ; , of :• the . ' vSuffolk County Farm Bureau ,. :was: unanimously elected _ to honorary .membership' in appreciation ¦ of; his . co-operation with the. poultry- men.
