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Ladders of Aluminum Give Firemen Speed Lawrence Holzap fel of Cedar ave- nue , Ronkorikoma , looked with some degree of pride on the results of the Motor Hook & Ladder No. 2 contest of tli e Suffolk county firemen ' s tour- nament held in Patchogue last Wed- nesday. Mr. Holzopfel , former Ronkorikoma garageman and at present employed as a mechanic by the Grumman air- craft firm in Bethpage , recently com- pleted a new type of ladder , construct- ed entirely of aluminum. The fire departments of Bay Shore , East Hampton and West Sayville each placed aii order fox* one of the ligh tweight ladders , which are 25 feet long. In the tournament hook and ladder competition , these three teams , using -the Holzapfel-made lad- ders , finished in one-two-three order. And to add to the Holzapf el pride , all three teams broke the former state record .for the contest of 21.8 seconds. Bay Shore finished in 19.8 seconds , East Hampton in 20.4 and West Sayville in 20.8. Bay Shore E. D, Second on FoHits—State Records Broken ^ -B^ Mttsical Parade Suffolk county ' s ' volunteer firemen took possession . of Eat- chogue l ast .Wednesday, , and a g-ala day it was. The occasion was \ the 1940 parade and tournament-of the'tSuffolic Coun- ty Volunteer Firem en ' s -association; wh i ch . la-Sted ll hours , and wh en the program was concluded about 9 p. m., the . East Hampton 7Fire depart- ment had \ won the 19 - 10 point tro- phy with a total of .29 points; five state records had been \ broken ,, -three of them by the Bay Shore firemen , who imis-ied second with -28 points , and ^ the Pa ' tcliogue firensfen wfere being praised for . having ' sponso red one of the mlo , sty outstanding county tournament in years . The tournament , which was greatly favored by ' cloudy . but clear weat he r, was outstanding . in seyeral respects . First- - not one protest was. nlied by any of 'th e 227: departments , that com- peted , in . the '17; . events;• - seccntd not one accident occurred during the co urse \ of \these eff iciency ' • * ebftipoti- tions , and third , it drbw an excep- tionally large crowd vthat remained on the tournament grounds until the last drop of water waS2 dumped from the last bucket in the bucket bri- gade contest , the final event on the tourney program. Bayport finished third in the point competition , with a ;-total of 19 points , winning two first places and three second places. In the order of finish , other departments receiv- ing points -were Sayville , 14; Islip , 12; West Sayville , ten ; Riverhead and Smithtown , seven each ; East Northport , five ; St. James , two ; Brentwood , one. The tournament was started sharply at noon , following the pa- rade , the prizes in which were as follows! | Parade Prizes | <j <§, Department with most m*en in line — Sayville , - . ¦first , with 65 men; Babylon , second. Best ap- pearing dep artment with 50 or more men in line—Sayville , first; Bay Shore , second. Best appearing- de- partment with less than 50 men in line—East North port , first; Port Port Jefferson , second. Best ap- pearing Ladies ' auxiliary with 25 or more in line—Isli p Terrace. Best appearing ladies auxiliary with less than 25 hi line—Holbrook. Department coming the greatest dis- tance—East Marion , Juvenile com- pany with most number of boys in line—Sayville. Best appearing -ju- venile drum corps—Engin e Hose company of Patchogue. Department witli most apparatus ' :in line—Bay Shore. Best appearing 1 juvenile com- pany—Bay Shore. Best appearing fire department band or drum corps ' —Huntington , first prize ; Port . Jef- ferson—honorable mention. Praise for the manner in which the tournament was - handled by a large energ-etic committee, headed by form er • Patchogue Fire Chief Willfa m Ruland , was , .e xpressed by announcer Jack Brfecoe- of Patch- ogue; a number .of times over .the loudspeaker system .. 'in . the judge ' s tovveiv during the 7vCori\tcsts. Mayor Charley N. Butler , . Jiv who officially welcomed the large - crowd to the tour-nament .grounds- , ' took ocoassion to acknowledge th« ''hard work \ of Mr. Iftuland , in \having > put the tonrnar .ienfc across so successfully. The events were held on Rider avenue , near . the bay, /over a course that was ' placed in ' srhape through tlie ^-operation of Patchogue Street Commissioner . Robert <S. Still and his stair , - ¦ • ¦:, In.; taking the 1940 . point trophy, the East Hamptorr>Bontrcken , led by Captain Leonard vBrower , won five firs t places , a . second place and a third place. B' ay VSfcore- ' , the -win - ner of the 1939 point trophy with 49 points , won second \ place ' in this year s competition -Twith five first places and three third places. Tlie three state records broken by the Bay Shore firemen were the |»uck«t brigade , which * \ ' they Avon in <U4 seconds , or 1.8 ¦ ' seconds faster than tho lvuevious record; tho effi- ciency replacement contest , which they won iiv -.1. 4 seconds , or 2:6 seconds below tho previous • record 1 , and the motor hook and ladder No. 2\ contest , which they won in 19.8 seconds , or two . seconds better than tliie former state mark. The Sayville firemen set a new state record in the Motor Pump, Class B ; contest. After tying, with West Say- ville at 1 . 1.4 seconds for first place , Sayville , in the run-off , did it in 10.2 , or four-fifths of a second better than the old . state, mark. The West .Sayville juveniles also: ¦set a new . state- record in the juven- il e hose contest , which they . won in 2_7.8 .seconds , or :2 . 4 seconds iaster than Jhe old state mark of , 3€.2 . 7 The summary of' ,contests follows : Juvenile hook and ladder—Say- ville , 15.8 seconds; - Bayport , 15.8; /Holbrook , 16.0. . Sayville in run- ~ oflf , - .duplicating its original time of 15.8 , while Bayport finished in 17.4. Three-man ladder climbing—East Hampton , - --7.6 seconds ; Sayville 8.8; W-est Sayville , 878. Sayville won toss- Tip to decide 1 second-place tie. llotor hook and ladder. Class C— East- .Hampton , -14:0; West' Sayville;, 1476; Kiverhead; 14.6. In the run-off , which was allowed because a dog had gotten in the way, West Sayville got a nnark of 14. 1 seconds , th ereby tak- ing second place. Motor hook and ladder , Class B— Kiverhead , 7.4 seconds; Sayville , S.0; Jsiip, 8.6. Motor hook and ladder . No. 2— Bay Shore , 19.8 seconds ; East Hampton , 20.4 ; ' Wekt . Say vil le , 20.6. .Booster No. 1—rEast . Northport , 28.6 seconds ; Bayport , 28.8; Bay Shore , 30.2. Motor hose , Class A—East Hamp- ton , 13.8 seconds; Smithtown , 15.0 ; Kiverhead , 15.4. Motor hose , Class Br—East Hamp- ton , 21.4 seconds!. Smithtown , 22.2; Sayville , 22.2. 'Smithtown ' • won toss- up to decide second place tie. Juvenile: hose—West Sayville * , 27.8 seconds; Bayport , ' 31.6; Sayville , 35.0. Eunning hose — Bay Shore , 50.0 seconds;. Islip, 1:04.6 , • East Hamp- ton , 1.07.0. - Motor hose No. 2—Bayport , 30.0 seconds ; Islip, 30.4; Bay Shore , 32.6. Combination hose and pump (Class A and B combined)—Bay Shore , 37.4; Islip, 38.3 ; Sayville , . 39.6. Motor pump, Class A—East Hamp- ton , 11.4 seconds; Bayport , 11.6; Bay Shore , 12.0. Bohemia tied for third p lace with 12.0 seconds , but lost in a toss-up to decide the winner. Sayville , 35.0. Motor pump, Class B—Sayville , ll.S seconds; West Sayville , \ 11.8; Brentwood, 12.0. In a run-off to decide the winner of first place , Say- ville received a7 mark of 10.2 sec- onds , a . new state record , while West Sayville took 34 seconds. E fficiency—Bayport , 14.0 seconds; St. James , 14.2; West Sayville , 14.2; Riverhead , 14.2. In a toss-up to decide the second , third and fourth prize winners , St. James won second , West Sayville , third , and Kiverhead , .fourth. Efficiency replacement—Bay Shore , 31.4 seconds ; Bayport , 32.0; West Bucket brigade—Bay Shore , 45.4 seconds ; Islip, 52.6 ; Smithtown , 53.8. A proximately 1 , 500 persons and more than 100 pieces of bright-red fire apparatus of varied types , many of thoim practically brand new , were in tlie-line of inarch for the parade , which started off on schedule promptly at 10 a. in., from* Maple avenue and East. Main street. Thirty- two . departments from all comers of the county w , ere represented, The parade was viewed by sev- eral thousand people , who lined the lonte of march , which extended through' the business section , then! soutli on South Ocean avenue to Park street , thence to tho tourna- ment - grounds.. The parade . was ' led • • by a color guard from the Patchpg ' ue; post , A. Li., ' followed by the juvenile dnmv and bug'Ie corps of the Engine;,Hose company of tho Patchogue Fire de- partment and a detachment of more than 100 uniformed men from the Coast Artillery unit stationed at Camp , Upton. Tli-ia was followed by a unit of Patchogue I-egionnak-oR , led by Post C d'm qW'Mder :K»r-l ; Efhardli , a Village board ctclc#at'i<m , coriaistitig of M *W' or Oliarfea , N. Butler , Jr ., and v ftr • ' , : ' , . , 'V ; ' Wi*H ; Oj lage Trustees Leslie H„ MacRobbie ancd Harvey Shand; the Bayport Fire department , its juveriile unit and ladies ' auxiliary ; Brentwood Fire de- partment; Port Jefferson Fire de? partment and band; Halesite Fire department ; Greenlawn Fire depart- ment ajn 'd band. Also , the Smithtown Fire depart* , ment ; Babylon Fire department; Freepor t Fir e department band ; Hol- brook- Fire department , its juveriile* unit , ladies ' auxiliary and drum* and bugle corps ;, East Marion Fitr e de r partment; Shelter Island Fire de- partment; Ero okha Veft Fire depart- ment , als o the Brookhaven depart- ment' s ambftlahce , making its first public appearance* . The Brookhaven department' s vehicles carried black crepes inv front in memory of Wil- liam McFarland , a recently departed membei\ Also in line was the Bay Shore Fir e department , its juvenile ' unit and ten \ pieces of motorized appara*: tus; Zeller- V band; Central Islip ; Fire department and ladies ' auxiliary; Bohemia Fire department ; East Northport Fire department arid its drum and bugle corps; East'Ha mp- ton Fire department ; Brentwood drum arid bugle* corps. 7 Also Islip- Terrace Fire depart- ment and ladies '' auxiliary; four trucks front the 62nd Coast ' Artillery at Camp Upton ; St. - Janies Fire department , its juvenile unit and drum arid bugle corps ; Sayville Fire department , its juveriile unit , con- sisting of 100 youngsters ,, and the department' s drum and bugle corps ; North Patchogu e Fire department and ladies ' auxiliary; Southold Fire departmen t and drum and bug le corps ; Hagerman Fire department. Also Mattituck Fire department , Bellport Fire department ; Bellport High school band; Huntington Fire department and band; Farmingville Fire department ; West Sayville Fire department and juveriile unit; Say- ville Military band ; Riverhead Fire department and the ladies ' auxiliary ; Islip Fire department; Isli p High school band; Greenport Fire depart- ment and juvenile unit; Northport Fire department and Patchogue Fire department delegation , led by Chief Saxton Weise. I New Juvenile Music ] <§ : : (J> The parade marked the first ap- pearance of the Juvenile Drum corp s of Patchogue ' s Engine Hose company under its new instructor , Albert Mal- verty, form erly of the American Le- gion. The tournament committees follow: General chairman , Former Chief William Ruland ; vice-chairman , Dep- uty Chief John Glover , Battalion Chief Geary Whitlock and Battalion Chief John L. Barry; secretary, Bat- talion Chief John L. Barry, assisted by, . Carmine Calfa , C. Kuesch and Thomas Meyers; treasurer , Battal- ion Chief . Geary Whitlock. Reception committee—Former Chief Philipp A. Hattenier and Mayor Charles N. Butler , Jr.; program and publicity, George Haegelc and George Meyer; parade committee , Former Chief Louis Budd ; finance commit- tee , former Chiefs Edward Snyder and William B. Sinn; prize commit- tee , Former Chie f William Ruland , assisted by John Tafe and Edward Rate. Grounds , Matthew ' Spauling; park- ing and concessions/ Deputy Chief John P. Glover , assisted by Irving Mitchell , John Pape , Willis Gerard , Rowland Baker , Jack Aldrich, George Dietz , Arthur Gerard , Jack Ryder and George Walters. Track and grandstand —. Sanford Coleman , .Richard Lewis , Joseph Simecek , Charles Luff ; Arthur Hurd , Peter Series , W illard McGinnis , H. Reeves , Roy Cabre ; badge and dec- orations , Battalion Chief Geary Whit^ lock ; lights , Anthony Citarella , as- sisted , by William Fichtnen; polite , Chief Reywold, K. Wicks. First Aid committee , Dr. Wilbur Stakes , department physician; ambu- lance committe e , Frank McNeil , driv- er , assisted by Leonard Fogarty and Josepti Gorard : . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' . \ . Ticket sellers — George Fletch er ; Fred Hutterilodi ' eri , James Sacco , Wo/ltcx .S' tttcltff; J> . . Henry Swezey; cooks -, Aiittwriy .Citarella , Stanley .Greflotfy, Wallace Kellers , Fred Pape , Herbeat Ktine, Willia m Glover , Sal Betilncasa , \Robert Snmlling. , Checking, und parking cars—Irving Mitchell , . John 1 Pope , Willis Gerard , Kowlftiul Bnker , Jack Aldrich i George Diet/-, Arthur Gorord , .Facie Ryder , Georg e Walters, 7 'V' \ .Vli\ j\ '?' ' - . * ' ' 1 ¦> ' . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' \ \ . . ' ' \ ' : ¦¦ ' '\ ¦ . ' ¦ ' ' ' - ' • Refreshments stands—Stanley Ru- land , Ray Cabre , Edward Simecek , G. Andriaani v W. Thomas , ¦ Charles tibherty. n , Foremen of stands—Arthur Carl- son , Howard Reeves , Earl Ackerly , Edward JSate , Charles Doherty, E. ^chii 'ltz Waiters—Robert Glover , William Burden , James Dietz , Mike DeSant , H. Dickerson , W. Manning:, Kenneth Gerard , Russ Gerard , Philip Lauben , Howard Eowiand , Orville Meyers , George Gardinier , Thomas Hewham , R. Renner , Donald Willis. Kenneth Sosinski , Joseph Bowderi , M. Gerard , Walter Zenker , Edward Kellers , Le^\ Cook , Joseph Rhodes , A. LaBranch e , Jdhn Robertaceio , Robert Robertaccio. The tournament officials follow : I TojirnaifteM Officrals 1 4 —L^- -± ; . .. • - — -% General judges—Hewlett D. John- son , Halesite ; Benjamin G, Huskis- stfn , Port Jefferson; John J. Sher- wood , Greeiiport. , . > Assistant judges—William Ernst , Huntington ; William ^ Van: Vessem , West Sayville; Alex Schultz , Say- ville; Seward Newcomb , Port Jef- ferson ; Oliver Schultz , Cold Sprin g Harbor; Tliomas Ecmianski , River- head ; John: Kaainv Islip^ George Lewisy, Htintifigton; Joseph Yezek , ¦My- Shore; Cli-ntori. 7Biishbp, Sayville ; Frank S. Hubbard , Bay Shore. Protect jtid^esMToseph -E- . * Walsh , •Etverheaid ; William Ruland , Patch- ogue ; J.; Arthu r Mulligais , Central Islip. ¦ ¦ ¦ * * Starting judges—Walter ' J. Aniott , Greettport; Lotiis Maas , Bay Shdre ; Fred Booth , Gteen^sort. ¦ ¦ ' Statters -— Ambrose Bazley,. East Islip, James Murphy, Islip ; John Bath y H«nt£ngton. Timers—Arthur E. Robinson , Bay Shore , Willia m -B; Aldrich , Patch- ogue; Ernest Stol l , Bayport ; Williani H. Colson , West Sayville ; Oscar Johnson , East Northp ort . Three-minute timer—Harry Thorn- hill , Greenport. Treasurers — Herman T. Hawkins , Port Jefferson; Nathaniel Norton , Bayport. Parade judges—Hewlett D. John- ^ son , Halesite; Benjamin G. Hu3kis- son , Port Jefferson ; John J. Sher- wood , Greenport; Major J. P. D. Shkbler , Patchogue; H erbert E, Cooper , Hempstead. Announcer — Jack Briscoe , Patch- ogue. State statistician—Henry N. Buck , Westbury. State representatives^—George B. Trigg, East Rockaway; Mario A. PoU lini , Malveme. Taxes in Couniy 7SF.G. CoIkded Seventy-eight per cent of Suffolk county ' s genexal , school and special district taxes were collected up' to July 1 , according to County Treas- urer Joseph A. Kirk While ' the per- centage is slightly under that ior the same period a year , ago , the actual ^°Jf?h of w Q ney taken in is 910 , - f29 . cM8 , or $1 , 710 , 000 more than in T if UI? D t0 . T . l,ly x - Huntington. Islip and Brookhaven wore the heav- iest contributors this year in tho °rV or 1 ? a ™ e ^ 1 while IUvorhead , Sottth - old and.Shelter Island established tho Jughest records on a percentage basis. SiTJ ff° sl fJ v »»«ff. 1 drive Arcftmd
