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Moftkonkoima. mmtiL the JLake Mane Mooney The .Home Bureau will begin classes in re-upholstering November 25 , un- der the direction of Miss Snyder of Cornell university. It has not heen determined whether the classes will meet at the Ronkonkoma firehouse on Portion road or at some other place. Miss Snyder also conducted these classes last year at the Lake Romkon- s koma Methodist , parish hall. Mr. , and Mrs. William Keeler and son of Bays 'ide and Mrs . William Keeler , . -Sr., . of 'Brooklyn spent Sun- day with Mrs. Frank Dunne of* Haw- kins avenue. The Wednesday Bridge club will not meet this week, because of the holiday, \but will resume next Wednes- day at the home of Mrs. George Pearsall Of Church street. ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred \Smith , Jr., and daughter Evelyn of Valley Stream spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith , Sr., of Lake Ter- race. : lr. and Mrs. Charles Seibert are the parents of a son , \ born Monday morning • at their home on Gatelote avenue. The baby, named Charles Mat-tin , is their second child. Mother and' child are doing well. ¦Mr. \ and Mrs. William Woolsack , Mr. and Mrs . ' -Fre d ' Luiining and Hiram Belcher , all of In wood , were guests ' Sunday: of Mr. and Mrs. George Pearsall of Church street. Mrs. Charles Davis , \ \ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. McKernan and Mr. and Mrs. George Pearsall attended par- ents ' night last Thursday evening at Sayville High school. - Miss Virginia Pedisich , who is a sophomore at Madison college ,. 'Har- risonb^rg, ' Va ' ., will spend the Thanks- giving holiday with her parents , Mr . and Mrs. Michael Pedisich . Two hundred 'people enjoyed a game social Saturday evening at Liberty hall , sponsored by the Lakeland com- pany No. l , \ of the Ronkonkoma Fire department. Deputy chief Louis Bo- danyi was chairman of. the event. ' Principal Walter iZakary of the Ronkonkoma school, attended a -meet- ing' of .the educators ' . ' group last Sat- urday at New York university. Mr. Zakary is spending .the Thanksgiving holiday - at his home in Newburgh. William , Gallineyer ; has donated a billiard table to Boy Scout Troop 91. , 'The Ronkonkoma- aiid Lak e Ron- konkoma schools closfiitoday for the Thanksgiving:! holiday^7' '\ a . hd will re- open next Mon 'daiy. . 7 ' ' . The Ronkonkoma Fire department held its meeting Monday ev ening. The Ladies ' auxiliary of the Wil- liam Merritt Hallock .post ,. A. L., held a \ successful . \ card party Saturday evening at tlie post rooms on Church street. Special , prizes were won by Mrs. Florence 'Dare , Mrs. Lucille Still , William Straub , Mra . Louis Duke , Mrs. Sidney Bal . lance, and Mrs. Timothy Morrissey. Clarl Haas was the high , score winner at .pinochle , Mrs. Fl orence Kirk at . bridge , and Mrs. Marie Palmer won the most games at bunco. Coffee and cake was served after the games. Pro- ceeds of the event are to be donated to the Mather Memoi-ial hospital , Port Jefferson , for a sound-proof room. Mrs. Florence Kirk and Mrs. Edna Newton are local representatives for the annual Red Cross drive for funds. They are canvassing R onkonkoma and Lake . Ronkonkoma , and will welcome any amount contributed. -Robert Busch and Walter McNu lty sp ent the week-end at their respec- tive homes. They motored dowii from Massachusetts , where they are em- ployed on a govern ment camp pro- ject. ¦ » ' • ¦ , ; Mr. \ and Mrs. Robert Herrsehaft of Brooklyn , visited , their daughter , Mrs. William Okvist , last Saturday. The . Octet Bridge club played . last Thursday at the home .o f Mrs. Helen Ha.Uk. Winners were Mrs. Michael Pedisich , Mrs. Anton Pedisich ahjd Mrs. Erma Pfeiffer. . The ' group . will not. meet this week because of the holiday. Liast Saturday Christian Anderson and Jack. Hart , ' -accompanied by Mrs. Richard Newton , attended the produc- tion , :\It Happened on Ice , \ in New York: ' On Sunday night Michael Franza , whose family has a summer home on Lake .promenade , met some local friends in Patchogue and said he and a grroup of - fellow-Brooklynites had been duck hunting in the vicinity of Center Moriches. The results of the tri p were described when Mr. Franza said they were bringing home some ducks they, \had . bought from a duck farm there. . Several years ago , some members of a local group that would make an annual-hunting trip upstate in search of deer referred to Gustave Schlesier and his son , George Schlesier , as the \ noisy hunters. \ The noisiness was supposed to. have had a harmful ef- fect on the hunting procedure , but last week , for the fifth successive year., father and son brought home a buck. This year ' s prize , inade at Indian lake , was a four-pointer. , Three local hunters , : who ' went to Elk lake only a few days ago , re- turned* yesterday, each with - ; a large buck deer. One of the hunters , Dick Newton , didn ' t wait to arrive home to break' the good news. Instead; he phoned Mrs. Newton Monday eve- ning from Saratoga Springs. He was accompanied on the trip by Mike Reynolds , also of Lake Ronkonkoma , and Cliff Roberts of the . . Bronx , a frequ en t visitor here. Monday . and yesterday brought a round of celebrations in the Gehweil , - er family of Lake Ronkonkoma. On Monday, Mrs. Charles Seibert , the former Miss Louise Gehweiler , had a son. Monday also was the sixth wedding anniversary of Mrs. Sei- bert' s brother „and sister-in-law , Post- master and Mrs. Gustave Gehweiler. Yesterday was.the birthday of Mrs. Seibert' s mother , Mrs. A. Gehweiler , who conducts the AG Variety store oh Hawkins avenue. Charles . Wentisch Tlie Thursday Bridge club met last week , at the home of Mrs. Daniel Seibert on Hawkins avenue. Mrs. Georg* Comrnins was the hostess and the winners were Mrs . Fred Kenneth , , Mrs ' . Walter Novak , Mrs. Frank Rummei and Mrs. Frank Dunn. The club will not meet this week \because of the holiday. Nex t week Mrs. Evelyn Howoy of St' . Janies will , entertain. \Daniel Seibert, Jr., Frank Rum- mel , Charles- Beck' , Frank Dunn and Frank Halik left last week to , hunt game at Lake George. ' They expect to be gone about a week. \ / ¦ ¦• • • • Arthur Browne and son Arthur of Pond 'road spent . Monday evening in -New York. ' • • • ' . - • ' ¦ . ¦ : ' : You save over a dollar by subr scribin g to The Mid-Island Mail -* onl y $1 .50 a year. • . 'Mi' , and Mrs. , Arthur Wcichers and sons ' of ?New 'York .spent jli.e weekf end at ! their ' bungalow on the lake , Mrs. ' ; Renwick RaynotfI.entertained th p- Philhe ' sperpns at her home ( On Portion road fast Friday evening. A , successful card party was hell} Saturday . evening jiv. the; club, arpoms enf! Church street by the Ladies ' auxi iliaty of the American Legipri. ; Mrs^ Lo ' uis Duke of Selden won the spe- cial prize, . 'Fi rs t prize in pinochU) went ta ' - Cai'l Haas , first in -bridge .to : Mrs . Joseph Kirk , and first in bunco to Mrq ( Marie . Palmer. Other special prize vyinnors wpr , o: Lucille Still;.Wlliitun ^Straub , . Mi's.; Sidney Ballance , Mii. Timothy Morrissey and Mrs, Clarence Dare. ' Miv ' and-Mrs„ \'Fre<l Smith , ' Jr., and daughter Evelyn : of Valley Stream spent the - week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of Lake T errace: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ri pp of Pond road entertained at dinner Sunday. Mi* , and Mrs. August Rucks and family of Queens Village and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy and daugh- ter Irene of Richmond Hill. Mrs. Isaac Morris of Pine street entertained the Tuesday Pinochle club at her home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geide of •Railroad avenue visited Mr. and Mrs. Leon Eekman of Richmond Hill on Sunday. . . ' . Mr. and Mrs. Chester Morris of Bellerose spent Sunday with Mr. Morris ' parents , Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Morris of Pine street. - . . ¦ \ : - ¦ Harold\ .Bowers , local contractor , is building, a hew bungalow oh Bergen street for Dorothy ' FoNyell, > Mrs. Peter ' -Ripp of' -P on d road spent several - days last .we ek with her brother-in-law \and 'Si' ster , Mr. arid Mrs. Frank . \Murphy;. , of Rich- mond Hill. ' \ : ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦' John Palmer , of 'Hawkins avenue left last-week if or . -a business trip , to Chicago , . 111., where he expects to remain ; until shortly before' the Christinas holidays; , ' •Mr. and -Mrs. Clinton Robins of Flushing were guests last week at the home Mrs. IRobins ' sister , Mrs. John Palmer of JHawkins avenue. . Mr. ana ¦ Mrs. -William • Fil' singer [ of Dorchester road visited' oh Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. ' Warren Phackney . of Richmond Hi IK . . :v - \ A Gil'l Spoilt committee meeting was held last Friday evening . . . at the home ' Of :Mrs. Frances Swain , those : present :heing ' 7 Mrs. Harold Sorenson , Mrs . Charles Davis , Mrs. James Davis , Mrs. -Malcolm Haw- kins , Grace Hallock , Mrs . C harles Russell , Mrs. Michael Pedisich and Mrs. Raymon d Duffield. Tt was de- cided to separate the present Troop 5 into two troops , a senior and an intermediate troop, thereby, enab- ling each troop . to enlarge. The senior troop would remain Troop 5. The local cookie and candy sale was a success. Mrs. Arthur Cavargna is instr ucting the Girl Scouts in photography. .. . Mrs. Charles Davis , who is vice-presiderit at eounty coni - #nittee meetings , recently joined the Girl Scout council. The intermediate , group under the directio n of Mrs . Sorenson , is. mak ing puppets for -a play. They have abou t finished the scrapb o oks for the Suffolk . County sanatorium at Holtsville. Another intermediate group ..is working, , for second class badges. The official board of the Metho- ist church will meet on Thursday evening, December 5 , at the church. The Young People ' s' society con- tributed $15 to the Methodist church as its annual contribution. The -so- ciety is also undertaking to improve the shrubbery on the church prop-; erty. The Woman ' s society of the church was represented last Friday at the district meeting in Hollis by Mrs. Nettie Gallagher , Mrs . J. David Terry and Mrs. Charles S. Gray. Next Sunday will be Missionary Sun- day in the Sunday-school. This has been changed from the first Sunday in the month , to conform with the new practice of the Methodist church. The Men ' s Finance committee , which gave the turkey supper Jn the parish hall Saturday evening, netted about $70. The Rev. and Mrs. Charles \S. Gray expect to spend ..Thanksgiving day .with their son and daugh ter-in - law in New York. Suff olk Assoc. Seeks County Emblem , The goal of the Suffolk County association this year will be the' -crea- - tion of a symbol for Suffolk county. This was decided at a meeting Friday night at the Riverside inn >in Smith- town. Three instructors df-vocational departments in county schools who , were present expressed their ' interest- in the project and' offered co-op eration in its development through, their school , facilities. • •: \ y - ! A meeting at which tentative;plans, will be outlined will be held -Decem- ber 10 -at Smittitovn iby thotfollowing; committee : James Henry, chairman , of Riverhead; Richard B. Graveley of -JSforthport ;andl Mrs. Elsie Hudson of Islip; all members of the association , together with Andrew H. Goukos , An-, thbny Braun of the Riverhead 'High 1 /s ch o ol and Bernard Wambsgonss ofl Smitlitowiv Branch High school , voca- tionid training instructors. , i 7 Suggestions were made to hold a contest iti ; which variou s desi gns bo . submitted depicting \Home Sweet THome, \ Walt Whitman Home , wind- ' mill' s , Fivellsland ligh thouse , Montaulc . Point lighthouse , 'Bull iRider Smith ,; and other subject^ of historical intpr-i ) est to - 'Suffolk , county. : The winning design could' then be •manufactured into toy banks ' , plaques , 'pr other useful , articles to lie pur- chased by -visitors to Suffolk county. It, was also suggested that . the win- . niog design be manufactured. lOctilly, ' thus creating woxic for Suffolk ' people, . The committee is7expected to ipEesont; a \ working ' plan for- the project at the next meeting Friday, December 13, at the Henry Pei>kins -hotel , Riv- erhead. Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson of Se- itauket reported progress on the tpro? motion of the souvenir stamps of . Suffolk county, stating ' that '-sheets had been placed near the writing desks at Camp Upton for the soldiers to jpaste on letters. This was made -possible through the courtesy df Ma- jor .Baric W. Huntington in ¦ charge of the. recreation center , who also dis- tributed several -of 'the attractive books published by the , county con- taining hundreds of photographs taken throughou t the ten townships. Major .Prescott Hunting-ton of Nis- sequogue, acting in behalf df Super- visor John iBrennan ,- welcomed the guests to Sniitlitown and expressed ;his intoirest in tlie ipromotion work of the association. Mr. / Brennan Was unable to attend .as :hisvwife ihad been hurt in- an automobile accident that day. The committee in ch arge of the ( dinner imeetingiincluded iauireiico 'F; 'D ' eut^iman -and Arthur B. ; Hoff; ' According to an old legend, coffqe was first discovered b y a sheik , who , starving in the desert , 'found soni© bitter bor vies. He tried to roast them , but they became hard ; he tried •to soften them in boilini? wator. but 4hoy would not . become soft. Finally, /he'(Ironiclthe dairk-colov^liqaidi^nd so discovered ' coffee. \' • ' ' 7 ' • ;. • Holtsville is well covered each week for news by . . . Irene Jones Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stivers of Riv- erhead -were \Saturday afternoon and overnight .guests of Mr. and Mrs; George A. Cole ,, while en-route to Florida with their trailer , \The Gold- en - Glow. \ -They - \ have made this tri p for several past , winters. A surprise party was given Saturday afternoon at the Cole home , before their de- parture , .attended by Mrs. Joseph Pflieger and childre n , Joseph and Carole , Miss Carolyn Stelzer and Robert Stivers of ^Riverhead. :Robert Stivers took several motion pictures of' ;the -group . The travelers , who left earlv Sunday, morning, will meet Mr..and Mrs. Alex Suter: .of Robury at Wispering iPines carnp, Accomac , Va. The two families will travel as far as Cape Charles , Va., then \by ferry to Norfolk , Va., and on to Florida. They will stop at the North - ern Fisherman ' s camp on , Braden river at Manatee , Fla. The , Stivers and Suters haVe spent the past :five years together in the 'Florida trailer camp. At a . meeting of the Holtsville Mother ' s club; held at the -school last Tuesday evening all officers . .were: re- elected for /the ensuing , year: : , . 'Mrs. Arthur Read , president for . the fourth successive year; Mrs. -William, Wrobel , vice-president; Mrs. . Clinton S. Smith , recording secretary; Mrs. Joseph Meier , financial secretary and Mrs. Harr y Landahl , treasurer. Re- freshment s were served by the com- mittee. - A very successful card and, bunco party was held last ; Saturday eve- ning at the Firemen ' s Community hall , ' sponsored by the Holtsville •Ladies ' auxiliary. The following were prize winners : Bridge—Ir a Bayliss , Mrs. Ira ; Bayliss of Lake , Horikon- koma; Mrs. Clinton Smith ; pinochle — Mrs. Anthony Kreutz , - William Wrob el , - , Mrs. Evelyn; •• ' Horlocjker ; bunco—Miss Henrietta , - , Rigby ' • and Philip Zimmer , tie , for - first ,; Miss Marie Belits . There were 15 ^ tables of players and three non-players. The special prize was won by Jeanne Vautrin. Mrs. Arthur Terry won a crocheted chair set and . IVlrg. .Wil- liam Clay won a cake. ' \ ' \ ; . \\\\f 111 \—\\'l ' When you need a ,B< • CARPENTER j • ROOFER I » mmm. 1 - ; ^ MASit . 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