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Jones on Election Board 43*%em$ Overto n A lso a Real WeteramomJMf When the Yaphank polling place opened yesterday, Election Inspector John S. Jones , a Republican appointee , took his pen in hand for this type of d\ity for the forty-third year. This veteran election board mem- ber , oldest in point of service through- out Brookhaven town , was first ap- pointed an inspector in the late 90' s , ¦when Yaph ank , which is now Election District 10 , was part of District 7 , which also included Coram , Ridge , Middle Island and that part of Med- ford north of the Long Island Rail- load tracks. Mr. Jones ' exceptionally long ser- vice on election boards came to at- tention at*a meeting of Brookhaven town ' s election inspectors in Patch- cgue ' s Medford Avenu e school Friday night , when it was also brought out that Havens B. Overton of 53 Oak street , Patchogue , has served on his bome district board for the past 23 years. Mr. Overton is a Democrat. Mr. Overton was first appointed when District 23 was known as Dis- trict 29. At that time , it took in all the territory, east of Maple avenue , west of Me ' dford avenue , north of East Main street , and south of Wood- side avenue , which is halfway to Med- ford. When it was made District 23 about five years ago , its east and north boundaries were made to con- form with those of the incorporated village. Over 40 years ago , Mr. Over- ton served as an inspector for a per- iod of about six or seven years. Mr. Jones , who observed his •eightieth birthday last Friday, is very active for his age. He is a farmer and lives on the Yaphank- Coram road in a house atop the hill •directly opposite the Camp Siegfried entrance. He still vividly recalls the early days of his service on the board , when inspectors were paid $3 a day. \At that tim e, \ he said , \th e poll- ing place for District 7 was in the home of Miss Cynthia Hutchinson in Middle Island. We would go there by horse and buggy, and there were xo' telephones. We 'd pay Miss Hutch - inson 50 cents for dinner , 25 cents for supper and 25 cents for quarters and feed for the horse. Our hours in those days also began at six in the morning, but we wouldn 't get home until the roosters crowed the next morning. \ Some years afterward , he said , the polling place was moved to a chicken coop on the Richard M. -Bayles pro- perty in Middle Island. Mr. Jones tells of an incident in the late 90' s , when Roswell Davis of Yaphank was elected Town clerk . Mr. Davis went to his predecessor with a horse and wagon , put all the town clerk' s rec- ords , including pen and inkwell , into a small safe and carted the whole business to his home in Yaphank. \When Eddie Hawkins of Bellport was elected town clerk , \ Mr. Jones recalled , \he built a town clerk' s of- fice next the Patchogue Congrega- tional church. The office was no big- ger than my corn crib. \ \I'll nev er forget the time one Democratic candidate was leading by a small majority, up to the time the Yaphank returns were brought to Patchogue. I met George Furman as I entered the place with the returns and I urged him that they 'd better count Yaphank before conceding the election. Sure enough , we gave the .Republican candidate a winning ma- jority of eight votes. When the Democratic candidate heard of this , he said , 'Them d— old hayseeds up there did it , and I didn 't think it worthwhile to call on them ' \John R. Vunk didn 't, make such a mistake when he first ran for office. He dropped into the postoffice one ' night when we were all around there waiting for the mail. After chatting with us for a while , he offered ci- gars to all those in the place , One fellow there didn 't smoke , so John R. treated him to an orange. If I recall correctly, Judge Vunk was the only Democrat elected in the town that year. \ In those days , the annual town meeting, at which several town offi- cers wore elected , was held in April , and the general el ection was held , as it is today, in November, With the exception of two years , during which he served as a Republi- can committeeman in the district ,. Mr Jones has been an election in- spector. He holds severa l other old records. He hns served the Yaphank school district , either as trustee or clerk , for the past 41 years , and has l ived for 48 years in the same houso on the hilltop, where he now keeps house by himself. His wife, a Gold Star mother , died during the past year. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were the parents of Henry James Jones , after whom the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars post in Med- ford was named. MEDFORD .SCHOOL All the classes in the Medford schools enjoyed Hallowe ' en parties Thursday afternoon . Manfred Butt- ner entertained the \fifth and sixth grades with selections on his accor- dion. There was no school yesterday, Election day. School will also be closed-on Armistice day next Monday. In as _ sembly Friday the children enjoyed a film on health , \Chasing the Microbe , \ secured from tbe Y . M. C. A. and used in connection with the health and safety \ program. On Saturday the pupils will take part in the local parade and dedica- tion program and will assemble at the school at 2 o ' clock . The school bulletin, boards will be decorated ioi Thanksgiving by the various classes. This will be the theme throughout November . David McG-owan brought ;to school a novel candle holder made of white birch, which will be copied by the shop class. Tbe safety patrol which was re- cently organized includes Dorothy Koechel , Patsy Rose , Marie Schleyer , Ruth Crevoiseret , Richard Orford, George Mallison , Louis Halik , John Condon , Roland Grieshammer. George Alt . and Mary ' Bianco. YAPHANK SCHOOL The primary grades presented a Hallowe ' en assembly last Thursday, the program being as follows : Sing- ing of \America , \ flag salute and prayer , song, \Tbe Quilting Party, \ by the entire assembly; recitations , \Pompous Mr. Pumpkin \ by Joan Herd , and \The Jaek-O-Lantern \ by Frank Mapes , Edward Connell and Ellen Nauman. Tlien the children presented a play, \The Spook' s Surprise , \ tha cast be- ing: Bobby, Daniel Homan; Jack, John Burke; cat , Marion Davis; witches , Carol Kollet and Constance Merritt ; ghosts , Florence Burke and Jean Marchant; goblins , LeRoy Spil- lett and Herschel Cozine ; children , Helen Hololob , Joan S anford , Pa- tricia SpiUett , Henry Kazel and Leon Williams. After the pl ay th ere were piano solos , \The Wind and the Goblins \ by Jean Marehant and \Hallowe ' en '' by Constance Merritt ; a dance , \Pop Goes the Weasel , \ given by the pri - mary girls , and a song, \Old Folks at Home \ by the assembly. After this prizes were awarded to the win- ners in croqu et. The primary department held a Hallowe ' en costume party in the aud- itorium Thursday afternoon. Spooky games were played , and there were prizes and ducking fo: \ app les. Re- freshments consisted of punch , cake, candy, Hallowe ' en lolli pops and ice cream. Several motion pictures have re- cently been shown to the fifth , sixth , seventh and eighth grades. Among those were \About Bananas , \ \The Story of Cotton , \ \The Story of Leather \ and the \Story of Silk. \ An Armistice day program will be held in the assembly on Friday. In recent playoffs for champion- ship of Croquet , Hilde. Walker won in the girls ' group and Waldemar Lindeman for the boys. Hilde won the school championship by defeat- ing Waldemav. Stanley Glover won the horseshoe pitching contest. They ali received prizes at last Friday ' s assembly. Perfect attendance for the month of October for primary, grstd.es at Yaphank school as follows: Carol Kollet , Florcneq Bruke , Helen Hololb , Constance Merritt , Edward Connell , Frank Mapes*. Daniel Homan . Henry Kazel. The feeding of growing calve s and heifers must be watched closel y dtn> ing tli e fail months , Plenty of gpod quality hayr . ojr ^ ilagG should be con- sidered first as a pasture supple- ment. Now, before the end of harvest , is a good time for potato- growers to <&i study, potato diseases and their * con- trol. Cornell , • bulletin. E-185 is , up- .to.-d.ate , and New York . growers riiay get a , free copy by. writing- , to. the, New York State College of A gricul- .. turo at Ithaca . 1 . ' i ll!! n i \ ¦ 'i n i »\ in ¦¦ \ ¦¦ \* ' \ ¦ '' ¦ ! \ ii \ ' II . I I ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ SLfc&jk j Btj foj tfa 81™%' l(P «-«r-:-B p \ - -* a W*f \ »jB <• • ¦ I k. WB WI HIB HI wIMi Wm Iwm T MM jk ' . : i ____«— Many Want Jobs Upton Hostesses High school girls and matrons; single women with no dependents and widows supporting families; housekeepers and women who served as Red Cross workers in the World war ; college graduates and women with little formal education—all are represented in the more than 100 ap- plications received by Col. C W. Baird , commanding officer of ' Camp Upton , for the post of camp hostess. Since the War department announc- ed p lans to employ one chief hostess and two junior hostesses at each camp where a service club is main- tained , applications have been com- ing in steadily at Yap hank , either by mail or delivered in person. Lieut . Colonel R. S. Gibson , execu- tive officer , has granted personal in- terviews to all women who have visited the camp seeking the appoint- ments. At Camp Upton over the week-end , it was announced that primary con- sideration will be given to individuals from local communities insofar as qualified personnel is found available. It was pointed out , however , that a definite date for the selection of host- esses at Up ton has not been set be- cause the camp as yet offers no fa- cilities for hostess housing. Final action will be talcen after the camp receives its first increment of selec- tive service men. The qualifications for chief or _ sen- ior hostess are that the app licant must be between 30 and 50 , must be a graduate of' a high school or equiva- lent , and must have had at least three years ' experience as hostess or equivalent in a similar occupation. The salary is $2 , 100 annually. 7 ' , The qualifications for junior hostess are about the same , except that'th e ag-e limits are 25-45 , and at least one year ' s experience is required. The junior salary is $1 , 620 annually. ' Examination of the applications now on file reveals that 16 were sub- mitted by high school girls and young women under the minimum age limit of 25 specified for junior hostess. One 21-year-old applicant listed as qualifications her ability to teach minuet dancing. A total of 35 application s fell with - in the age limits specified for junior hostess. A majority of the women were high school graduates , some with one and two years ' college edu- cation . One young woman , an Amer- ican by birth , was in Great Britain at the outbreak of hostilities. She served as a member of the Women ' s Voluntary servic e in an anti-gas group and later as a member of the British Red Cross. Six applicants fall in the 45-50 age group and number three veterans of Army cantonment work in the World war. One of the three lists eigh t years ' academic study in -Vienna and at the Sorbonne in Paris. Two 5 of the principal characters in \Hired Wife , \ which co-stars Rosa- lind Russell , Brian Aherne and Vir- ginia Bruce , playing Friday and Saturday. At Port Jefferson Broadway Show Folks Entertain Soldiers The first of a series of big time entertainments pl anned for Camp Upton was successfully staged Sun- day night when Marth a Raye ,. Mar- garet Irving and featured members of the cast of the Al Jolson musical combined their talents with volun- teer performers from the ranks of the 198th Coast Artillery, Delaware National Guard, Tli e show played to a capacity aud- ience in the reconstructed garage which s erves this peacetime training center as a theatre, Every seat was occupied with standing room at a premium; long befox*e the scheduled start of the entertainment at 1 o ' clock. Major Paik W, Huntington , chaplain of the 198th , introduced Miss Raye, From the moment Miss Raye took the stage to introduce the stars and featured , players who appear with her in \Hold on to Your Hats , \ the \Camp IJpton Vari eties , \ played with the smoothness and speod of a Broaidr way revue, The administration of justice is the oldest function of counties in New York state, Dairymen Will Hear Speeckon Milk Cost At Suffolk Dinner The cost of milk producing, from an analytical viewpoint , will be the subject of a talk by Dr. L, C. Cun- ningham of C orn ell university at the second annual Dairymen ' s dinner tomorrow evening in the Henry Per- kins hotel , Riverhead , under the aus- pices of the Suffolk County Farm bu- reau. Dr. Cunningham will base his talk on a summary of the « , ' .ost account records kept b y a number of leading dairymen in Suffolk and Nassau counties during the past two years. Other speakers will be F. C, Crowe of Bayport , who will discuss ' ;, the un- successfu l effort of\ the Board of Health , to enforce compulsory pas- teurization of milk on Suffolk dairy- men and -consumers , and L. A. De- yenpeck of the Paim bureau , who will give a brief summary of the Milk Market order as it affects Suffolk producers and dealers. BroofehaYea Towsi Gets a Penalty, Tax Equalization Assessment equalization rates for tbe ten towns in Suffolk county, which were described as the most accurate of the past seven years , were estab- lished last week in a table approved by the County Board of Supervisors , meeting at Riverhead. Five towns , Southampton , Shelter Island , Riverhead , Brookhaven and Babylon , were penalized for assessing below the average and the remaining five townships received credits. Supervisor John N. Brennan of Smithtown , chairman of the equaliza- tion- committee , said that the equal- ization rates fixed by the committee are comm ensurate with those fixed by the State Tax commission. The average county rate is 48.89 for 1940 as compared with 48.60 for 1939. The equalization rates , with the pen- alties added in assessment totals for the five towns follow : Brookhaven , ?87- 777 , 703.70 , penalty $644 , 960.79; Baby- Ion , $60 , 554 , 184.20 , penalty $829 , 814; Southampton , $78 , 996 , 445.83 , penalty $1 , 271 , 144.51 ; Shelter Island , $7 , 428 , - 780.27 , penalty $43 , 652.71 ; and River- head $30 , 924 , 156.50 , penalty $567 , 760. - 12. The rates for towns with amounts subtracted follow : East Hampton , $39 , 191 , 839.30 , credit , $504 , 179.08 ; Southold , $45 , 346 , 041.46 , amount cred- it $229 , 175.62; Islip, $120 , 666 , 586.03 , credit $1 ,063, 029.10 ; Huntington , $95 , 788 , 444.35, credit $923 , 864.15; and Smithtown , $21 , 181 , 885.76 , c r e d it $637 , 084.17. The equalization rates as fixed by the State Tax commission follow: Town 1939 1940 Baby lon 46 .46 Brookhaven 44 .44 East Hampton 50 .50 Huntington 51 ,51 Islip 56 .56 Riverhead 45 .45 Shelter Island 48 .48 Smithtown 44 .44 Southampton 45 .45 Southold 50 .50
