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__H__ ' p^ffa vM ' ^^^BOK^mX Hjti ' HD9 __ H ___B_. ^ __ HB__i IfliE ' fin __9B _!__¦ ___fl_ *^^ B_#_ ¦_¦_> _B~ v^___v. E __H - ____T ' MSH ____T ' _____ 9_____B H___ ^B B _¦__¦ __s__H__l ¦BB fl_l Bl_t! ^^i ____ . ___i -I^B ___* H U H I B E _K I HB ___rr________r_L ^__p___~ List Brings Total for Dis - trict 7«2 U p to 720— Require Prompt Return One hundred and twenty more ques- tionnaires were mailed Monday to prospective draftees in Local Draft Board District 702 , -which comprises all of Brookhaven town , excepting the southeast portion , from Mastic Beach. to Eastport. This makes a total of 720 question- naires that have been distributed in this district. The forms must be filled out , notarized and returned with - in five days from date of mailing. Those to whom questionnaires were sent on Friday and tlie order number of each are as follows , only the street address being given on residents of Patchogue: 601—Georg-e W. Wehrenberg, Ron- konkoma ; 602—Charles M. Blevins , Rocky Point; 603—Henry J. ' Read , Jr. , Blue Point; 604—James V. Ste- phanie 43 Highland avenue; 605 — George O. Minfield , Port Jefferson ; 606—John P. Maury, Jr., Setauket; 607—Paul D. Girshoff , 70 ~ W. Main street; 608—Cornelius H. Garrett , 74 Silver street; 609—Frank J. Szce- (Continued on page 2) Towi* Trustee Edward Piraer of Medford , ap. pointed by the Brookhaven. Town board to fill the trustee vacancy left hy the resignation of James Kehoe of Medford. the trusteeship \ expires December 31 , 1941; Mr. Pirner iiolds iiriportarit office s in local organiza- tions. He is president of Medford Republican club and vice-president of 'Medford Taxpayers ' association. Fires at the lake Destroy Dwelling Damage Another Unoccupied Carroll Bunga- low Bums Dow n Firemen Save Frank McCormick Home , Damaged Only in Rear One house \was completely destroyed and another was partially damaged in separate nigh t time fires at Lak e Ronkonkoma during the past few days. At 4:15 a. rn., Sunday, fire of un- known origin swep t through an un- occupied bungalow on Church street , near Carroll avenue , owned by ' Wil- liam Carroll of New York. The fire already had a good start , when it Avas discovered by a pa,$sing milkman , who drove to ; Seibert' s bakery on Hawkin s avenue several blocks away. From th ere a fire alarm was telephoned. The Ronkonkoma volunteer firemen were unable to save the building. About 7:30 p; m. last Wednesday, fire broke out in the rear part of the Frank McCormick home on Brown ' s road , near the north end of Lake Ron- konkoma. Accordin g to fire depart- ment officials , the fire was caused by the accidental exp loding of a lamp in the kitchen. Ronkonkoma firemen , under the di- recti on of -Chief Clarence Duflielcl , fought the fire , which sent off larg-o clouds of dense smoke , and succeeded in limiting the blaze to the rear of the two-story dwelling. Members of tho McCormick family, who were at home when the fire started , got out safely. A ged Bohemia Man Stabs Himself. Cuts Wrists m& Uves Joseph Krasen sky, aged 69 , of .Wal- nut aVe-iue , Bohemia, is . a patient in the- father ^eriiorial hospital , Port Jeff ^ijson .j ; as . the result of wounds he sustained in liis home last Thurs- day. According to Islip Town police , the . elderly man attempted - to stab himself iin the chest with a carving knife , but the knife apparently was found to be too dull , so he slashed his wrists with a razor , police say. Members of his family rushed him to the o ffice of Dr. Jpseph Werk of Bohemia , who attended him before having him removed to the hospital. Keefer Elected Fres. Selden Civic Assoc New o fficers iy ere, , elected for the coming ^ear last Thursday evening at a mee ting of the Seldon Civic association at . N ature ' s ' Gardens club- house. The oflkers aie:. , President , Clarence , Keefer; first vice-presiden t , Carmine Paradise; second vice-presi- dent , Heinz Scbultze; corresponding secretary, ]^j:s, '<George Tepper ; finan- cial secretary, George Panse; treasur- er , Richard Hen ry; eergeaiit-at-arms , 15<lwai'd Par.nte; three-year trustee , MrsV Hew. Scluiltzc; two-year trus- tee , Mrs. Clarence Reefer and one- year trusitoe; Mrs. \ Leonard Pctrticelli. Jnstflllation will be on Thursday, Feb- ruary , :!3 , . . ' \ . . ¦ \ , ' . The ' Cliristmas party committee re- ported -tliat , besides' a . gift' and Christ- mas . stocking given to each child .in ' -tljG community under tho. a#e of 12, .gift s were sent; to nine local boys •\vho , are either, an tlio Civil Conserva- tion > Corps , Arniy or Navy. Christ- mas < baakoits. . were - ulso given to two tfamiHos ' in- tho coroi^ij$ tyV ; : :¦; : V ; / \ iH[i 'f t, ^[l *ift^\' ' ' i/V, ii/ -<^^f tit '^Jli ' . ' ' ;¦ . / ¦ ' ¦ ¦ iT- . if t; ' f t, i . l ' . ' , i'i 1-rf. M III ' 'f t \ ¦ ' ' Ui ft ' ' , ' - Hl.ll.lN . ' ' ' V I' . ¦¦¦ i ' . . 11 - ' ¦ , ¦!. ' - Lake Ronkonkoma Frozen , > Attracts Ice Enthusiasts As a resul t of a week of steadily cold weather , the surface of Lake Ronkonkoma is now a siiiooth sheet ' of glass, and has been attracting many skaters - and a few ice-boating enthusiasts during the past ; few days. Besides the day-tinie skating, facil- ities are beiiig provided for skating at night unitter flood!Jghts in an- area that has beeai set off adjoining Jack Yerk' s beach on the west side of the lake. , Among the fee-boaters over the we ek-enjdtf were the , Carda broth- ers of Flushing; who are frequent ' visiters to tho lake during the winter sports . . season . Peter Robinson, .an d a jiarty ; of; fyields¦ , from Norfclipprt , didi some ico-sledding; ori .the lake Monday. Barring sno\^ , ' \% ' ex- pected tha , t; this ; may be ' one/of the SwfeW\ -soaijorisV Hake Korikohkoma Pj^ n/'in; ft ' K ' r>ui^eVj t>f ' -^efcrfc' / V Survey for Future Development Is Made Along Holbrook Rd. The markings recently made along Holbrook road , from Waverly ave- nue , northwest of Patchogue , through Holbrook to Portion road , Lake Rdii- konHoma , are simply part of a pre- liminary, engineerin g survey for fu- ture improvement , the exact \ nature of which has mot yet been decided, says County Highway Superintend- ent , j . Harry T. Ttythill. T^ is being 1 made by the Couhty Highway department. Small red cloth marlcerB tacked in the pave- ment , as part of the i survey work ,, h^ve aroused , the duriosity of pass- ifljg, ' motorists , ; , The Holbrook road route , the south end o|: \Whjchi is ajJpositfe the \vest end of , Log: ^ad , ai the point northwest ' /ot - P |aj;cli^u;e ^herie Waverly avenue : swihjs toward JColtaville , appears on *^fe iCotinty Hi ghway/, department' s : V; : n!P^,f68. ' ' .^ l^ oii te proposed it or nltiinate , ;impr ; 6yein<!nt<; iander f t ui cqurtty road , prpgiranri i ^t -tUB .jnoifth end , the road V t erminates, at Po*ttyn; ; road , L' ak e : \ VRonkflnkomfi;VV : f t Cf t v : <ft : v< !• . ¦ <¦' i' - ' f t f t. f t f t^/Wv t Wi^f tm^ to&A is 7ft ktio^n ^» ;<4 Couaity Rb^d ' JO-a , '* , •whixjh' ' ¦ : ,yffldf'$t^ ;: ,f; ' ; ;p^t|M'»H\' 'MM . ;jfi, m^WSM m^m&S^^m^mm^M^m Miss Sansom Gives Tail_j Demonstration On Pupils ? Postare District Nurse and Others Explain Health Wo-rk in County at Med- ford P. T. A. .Meeting The Medford Parent-Teacher as- sociation on Thursday evening heard an interesting talk by Miss Marth a Sansom , public health nurse in charge of the Second Supervisory district schools , under the supervision of Su- perintendent \Walter M. Ormsby, Miss Sansom spoke on posture and demon- strated , with moving p ictures , exer- cises and posture of children taken on local and sura'ounding school grounds while at plaiy. Miss Sansom , spoke of the work being accomplished by the Health departm ent in Suffolk and its co-operiataon wi th her in taking these pictures. Miss Vera Jacques , local district health nur§e , spoke about the recent chest clinic. Dr . Elizabeth- Wel Is. of the Child Health department of Riv- erhead , who \was present for a . short time , explained the work being done in the county in the Physical Educa- tion program , and the benefits from the sale , of -tuberculosis seals which (Continued on page 2) Many Seek Places lit Trade Classes For Aviation Jobs Over 600 Applicants Already Si gned Free School to Start in Bay Shore February, With Prospect of Others Being ^Established Later The proposed .aviation trades train- ing classes scheduled to be started February 1 in Bay Shore , will not lack for students , judging from the registration figures throughout Suf- folk 'in the pa.st ten days. Up to Friday night , a ' total of 630 Suffolk men , seeking admittance to the classes ,, had registered in the State Unemployment Service offices (in the county, according to John Lloyd , manager of the state unit at 10 South Ocean avenu e , Patchogue. Most of the 630 registrants had filed applications in the Patchogue office , Mr. Lloyd said. The registration procedure consists of taking the name , address , educa- tion and mechanical experience of the registrant. Undler tentative plans , it is expected that , just before the classes are started in Bay ShOre r s Fourth Avenue school , notice will be sent to each of the State\ Unemploy- ment Service offices to furnish a cer- tain number of men for the sessions. When this notice has been re- ceived , a certain . numher of . reg is- tants sufficient, to fill these quotas will receive postcard notices to report to Bay Sh ore , . where they will be examined by representatives of the Republic Aircraft corp oration , ; the concern that will give employment to the men on completing the three- month s ' free course. Meanwhile , the Board of Supervis- ors ' committee , headed by Brookhaven Town Supervisor Edgar A. Sharp, which is in charge of the setting up training classes in the county, is speeding the work of getting the Bay Shore school in condition for the classes. Eugene Helbig, architect in charge of reconditi oning the Fourth Avenue school buildings reported over the week-end treat the building would be ready fta occupancy ahead of sched- ule , althpuglt he expects some delay in getting the machinery for the (Continued on page 2) Ambulance Service Read y in a Week For Lake Ronkonkoma and Vicinity Crew Has Been Selected and Is Learning. F irst Aid; Ambu - lance Purchased , Housed in Portion Road Firehouse Ambulance service for Lake Ron- konkoma and vicinity wili be avail- able within a -week , under the aus- pices of the Medical Serviee unit of the Ronkonko-Jiia Volunteer Fire de- partment. . - . . A ; used ambulance , purchased uaider approval recently voted by the Ron- konkoma department , was delivered last Friday morning and has been on display in th« firehouse on Portion road since then. The Medical Service unit is ar- ranging to g_t insurance coverage and license plates by the end of this week. Dr. Walter F. Roettinger , who was one of the prime movers in the ambulance plan , is giving a first aid course to the volunteers who will comprise the ambulance crew . The crew will inelude Walter Gei- gerich , Georg . Fehring, Charles Sei - bert , Francis Hugelrneyer , Henry Lange , Jr., Kenneth Duffield and Francis Pfeiffer. Under the plan that is being con- sidered for operating the ambulance , it will cover the area formerly served by the Ronkonkoma Fire department before the creation of the Rortkon- (Continued on page 2) page Down on Soldiers r Hitchhiking' 2 , Singing Societies Elect 8 ' Spanish War Veterans Install Their Officers 8 Edward Lewis Honored 4 Editorials ft Airplane Plant Strike Is Averted ; 7 Sports .,., „;...;....,.. !) T^o Big Fires , No. Shore .... 11. - - \ /Deaths u ' .„..? • . ' . ' ....,.,., 11 ' . 'Stouter Kelly at Lake Ronk. 12 ¦i ' . ii i . - , ¦ : ' ¦¦ ' ' , - ^tTryfrrwww ^wwy ^^ \'' , H \»¦ ; S T O RIES O N INSIDE
