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' iwm i i ,in ia i ,i a, I i, a' I iia iMi aiiiinii.pl mi.' n M iii.'a i \il l Ifc, Estelle \ Schlotman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bason of Knickerbocker avenue., Holbrook , are giving a card party in their home ne*\t Wednesday afternoon at 2 o ' clock and in the evening at 8 o ' clock , for the benefit of St. Mary ' s guild of La ke Ronkonkoma. There will be a prize for each table , as well as an entrance prize. Refreshments will be served. Henry Heine attended the- old time beefsteak dinner held at Timber Point Monday evening. Hector Sequin was ill the past week. Mr. and . Mrs. Conrad Reiber of Glendale. spent a few days last week at -their bungalow oh- Claas road. Mrs. Anthony Gradischer has left Holbrook hosp ital after an operation and is recuperating at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bedell re- cently visited at the home -of their son- and ydaughter-irTrlaw , Mr. and Mrs: Sylvester ' Bedell and family of Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. George Raff and daughter Audrey motored to Jamaica last Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Grabau and famil y. Holbrook Community club will meet at Community, hall Tuesday evening. Mrs. Edward- Davies went to Brook- lyn by train last Wednesday and met her • daughter Anna. They visited Joseph Davies , son of Mrs. Davies , who was stationed at 'Fort Hamilton. Joe left Fort Hamilton Friday for Boston , Mass. Mrs. Harold . Worzel attended the last meeting c£ the- . . South Central Su ft' olk County Girl Scout committee held in the Mnnicipal;. : . building, Pat- chogue , * to make arrangements for camping facilities for the ensuin g year. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew-Na gl e were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. RogerlQuinn of North Patchogue. - Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Oertel and da lighter Constance ' ¦ of. Richmond Hill motored out early Sunday to spend the day with Miv and Mrs. Charles Oertel. Mrs. Lillian Cook entertained over the week-end her foster-son , Walter Englehardt of New Jersey. The Ladies ' Aid society of the Lu- theran church will meet tomorrow af- ternoon at the home of Mrs . Alfred Bleimiller. Mrs. Charles Baack and Mrs. Henry Vollbracht left early Mond ay with Mr. and Mrs. William Halm of Med- io rcl on a motor tri p to Miami , Fla., to spend the winter- . -- Mrs. Jerome L. Schlotman spent Friday and - . Saturday^ at the home of Mi' , and Mrs. John \ J. Horsch of Richmond' . Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Hatch left Saturday for Pal m Beach . Fin., for the winter. I The ' Pinochle.club met last Tuesday afte rnoon at the-home of Mrs, Bertha Eitel. \ The first prize was won - by Mrs . Margaret King'-.-and tbe second by Mrs. Carl Redmann of Patchogue , guest of Mrs. ' Eiteh The club met again yesterday afternoon at the home of ' Mrs. 1 Herman Langerbecl' . • Mr. and Mrs. : Paul Palazzo of Brooklyn motored out last Monday morning to their home on .Grundy avenue. • - -On their return that after- noon they took Miss Doretta Maas wllli .tliom , - leaving her at Ridgewood to visit her sister , Mrs. Sophie Ritz- maiui. Miss Maas remained over- night , returning to her home Tuesday evening. Mrs. M ildred - Herman ns motored to Jamaica test. -Wednesday- and went to the Valencia theatre and saw the film.s , \Third Finger Left Hand\ and \Kit Carson. \ Charles and Henry : -Baack are both well aga in, Charles was able to resume his duties on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Pearl of Center- each gave a party Saturday evening at their home. Mr. and Mrs. George Kenneth were among the guests. Mrs. Jack Barbera and daug hters , Pietra and Rosemary, Pietra ' s week- end guest , Miss Adele Conley of Roosevelt , and Mrs. Fred C. Michael motored to Bethpage ' Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mill , who operate a fox farm. The fife players Of the Fife , Drum and Bugle corps ¦ of the Holbrook volunteer fire department will meet for practice tomorrow evening at headquarters. The Holbrook Community club will hold its thirtieth anniversary celebra- tion at the half Saturday evening, with a turkey supper and dance. The Ladies ' auxiliary of the Community club will join in the festivities. Last Wednesday a meeting of rail- way clerks was held at the Governor Clinton hotel in New York; for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. William J. Schlotman was elected brotherhood organizer. Mr. Schlotman is employed by : the Pennsyl vania railroad as interline ticket seller in Pennsylvania station. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beveridge and daughter Anita Marie of Central Islip- were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. Norman Munkelwitz. Mrs. ' Alfred Bleimiller will enter- tain the Ladies ' Aid society at her home tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nagle had as tlieir dinner guests Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Paul Palazzo of Brooklyn. Henry Baack of Holbrook and Miss Gertrude Keller of Ozone Park were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Hermanns. Miss Keller left for home Tuesday and will re- turn sometime during the week for an indefinite stay with her brothei- - in-law ^and sister , Mr. and Mrs. Her- manns. The South Holbrook Civic associa- tion will meet the first Friday eve- ning* of February . at the home of Mr. and 1 Mrs . William Hermanns. \The Ladies ' auxiliary of the Holts- ville Fire • department held a card party Saturday evening. Mrs. Charles Baack , Mrs. Henry Vollbracht and Mrs. Henry Heine attended. The three ladies won ' prizes, Mrs. Heine taking the prize for the highest score pinochle. -The Boy Scout;; will meet in Com- munity hall Friday evening with the Board of • ' Review. Mr. and Mrs. l- ' nul M-agenheiiner had as their Su nday dinner guests Mrs. Mageiiha iinr- r ' s mother , Mrs. Florence Rus** Manguo , und Mister Mrs. ( \ ' <¦')•( I'luli- Albf -rign of Coll eg'* Poin t. Mi.s s Eleanor Cook-y of New ,J er.s* . ' .y visited hci. buiigalo\ v on Furrow-- road Sunday. At the last nu-c-ting of the com munity com mil let; for Boy Scouts , the officers were re-eliM'teil for 1011 Mrs. Kiiia n Lang-sdorf and son Kilian. Jr., and daughter Margaret; motored to Brooklyn Saturday to spend the day at; the home of ' Mrs. E. Lee and family. Mrs. Otto Plague and son Otto , Jr., have been ill for two weeks. The . Ladies ' auxiliary of the Com- mun ity club will meet tonight at the hom e -of- Mrs. Joh n C. Wehrenberg. Alfred J. MacNamara of Mollie boulevard left - Monday for New York to.-spend-several days on business. Knights of Columbus ' To Give Scholarships • A a . -part -of its ' annual -program, / the New York -State council , Knights of Columbus , is preparing : plans to award ei ght - college scholarships , five ;for hoys and Tthree for. -girls , it. ia- \ ,. an- . noiuiced ' . by Joseph Harrison , gran d knight of * -Patchogue council. Applicants for . the Hcholar$hips must\ be , - -spfia , brothers , daughters - or sisters of living or deceased members , -•of the K. vof C.y- and , in the case of male-applicants , they may be K. of C. •members \ (themselves. . , The . applicants ' must be candidates for graduation in a recognized high school' during the term ending Jap- uaryi ;19 .41 r or Juno , 1941 , , and/: must .submit to certain \ examinations oh Mw 3> !,1941. i,Applications? should he Med with John P, McArdle , scholar- ' j Ship committee chairman , of f tQ20 Sixth ' avenue , ^Brooklyn. Interested jpersonsv;- , iy i ishing! :further information ¦ •are , *isked> '' .id ' .j j;efc , ' ¦ hi touch ; withl-Mr; 'H ili ra'is 'On/8,1 (Baker street , Patchpgue. )» .. . - . M l , \ . During adolescence' ample supply of iodine in the diet is most iwpor- #ftnt., •A^/.*t^A>>»-i- ' ' y ,.: ' ¦ ' : ' ' . JJ . 'V y< >A = . MOTE S : Col. CWi Baird , commanding of- ficer of Camp Upton , announced last week the appointment of Lieut. Colonel Robert T. Snow as executive officer of the camp to succeed Lieut. Colonel Roy S. Gibson , who has been assigned to Camp Davis , Holly Ridge , N. C., on February 1. Colonel . Snow , who was last stationed at First-Mil- itary Area headquarters , Philadel- p hia , was . graduated from West Point in 1912. In the World war , he served overseas with the 47th . infantry of the Fourth division. Colonel Gibson came to Yaphank last June 3 as a major in charge of three officers and 56 men to establish Camp Upton as a sub- post of Fort Totten. This , missionary unit comprised the JL battery of the Panama Coast • Artillery detachment , now the Fifth Coast artillery. The post was officially opened in Octob er. February 1 will affo rd a- \ neld day \ for .philatelists- at-;Gamp Upton; for on that day the -camp ' s new , -post- office building, now nearing i eomp le- tioii in the new reception ; center; will be officially opened. ' Th e . new*postal unit- , - whi-ch will replace the two exist- ing units , will use a- \Camp Upton \ cancellation stamp, for the -first time on its op ening. At present , the camp mail , .averaging as hi gh as . 4 , 500 pieces daily, . carries- a \Yaphank\ cancellation stamp. The new ' Office wi 11 not have a postmaster--because there is no one in- camp -who has been a resident of the ' reservation for a year. Instead , Harry Jeffries ,. now a money , order clerk in Riverhead , will be superintendent. - \ of mails and wi 11 . have a staff . ; of three, civilian employees. - The -postoffiee ' will - be a branch of the Riverhead - office , * of which ' ¦ ¦ Harold T. Hubbard is post- master. There will be: delivery .ser- vice to some extent under , the new setup, as each battery and company in camp will assign a man to- .call for mail three times dail y. .; During the World war , Camp Upton- -was a branch of the Patchogue postbffke , which is about the same distance from camp as is Riverhead. Ji rig: General Irving J. Phillipson, commander of the Second Corps area , made an informal tour of Camp Up- hi-ti on Sa tux-day, and afterwards praised the - 'progress that has been made on the construction of the n-ew reception center , consisting of 71 large bufldings , and on the opei'ation of the new processing building, through which 2 , 872 trainees have pa ssed since it was opened two weeks ago . General Phillipson , along- with an aidi- , Capt. Gary Hutchinson , was ac- compaiiied on the tour by Col., C. ' >W. Bainl , commanding officer of Camp Upton , Lieut. -Col. - H. C, -Brenizev , eo inmande r of Upton ' s reception Cen- ter , Major Royal A. ¦ Machle and Ca pt. Cnr Hon Jt. Ford. Col. George J. Sehulz , .cgmmander of tlie 198th Coast Artillery (AA), federalized Delaware National guard , announced on . Saturday the promotion of tour first lieutenants to captain- cies. These four and the assignments they will continue under their new rankings are Francis V. J. Hagerty plans and training ' officer - ' of the : first battery ; Edward H. Nelson , eoin- mander ^ of the headquarters , -battexy; Walter L. Tindall , commander of . the battery ; and - Harry W. Orth , . ¦ regi- mental supply • officer. All four .are members of the 198th regiment/ which is stationed at Upton . Colonel Schuhj . also annopneed that 93 enlisted men in the 198th regiment had . received promotions ranging, from eivift elas *V to master ser- ^ Prepatutions wer« .completed¦ .over the weelt-end. for receiving . nearly 3 , - r£° ' ^7: SeIect , iv e Service: . men at Camp Upton within the next.temda.ys. Of . the no-* arrivals , 995 will i coin e from Albany, 2 , 600 ; will,b<> , from,the Jamaica induction conter y which han- dle^men fro m ; ; Q uee n 8 , Nassau !«n« \ ¦ The number of visitors at, . camp over the week-end reached large pro- portions , Camp Upton tiou)evaf*d be ing,a;btt S y thoroughfaro f onrsElav ' Sunday and Monday. The Monday * - W¦ ¦; <?• •; , * 00 \ men , - - n-jn n m-f rom^the m«tropollta I ,yarea ) 4ho; entrahied tf t Upton ydstor-lay Ar »^®^|c. \ , A* 'h ft- qdy tool ;-on Jievery; „farm' \that Sntrol «I > h' fl\! . I,Si \ f<3C «V0* 'dWflt ;to tffidiSoic K and i 011161 \ fi ^d-.boino sivoly e n . * a \W»» '^ \-ihe«poii. Waldron A ppointed I Sergeant Ml Police J Arthur E,- Waldron of Rrookiiav(?n , a member of .the - Brookhaven 'Town police since 193.4 . was promoted frpm patrolman to sergeant . by ' - the .Town board recently on recommendation of Police Chief Edward N. ' : Bridge. Under the appointment , which is ef- fective February 1 . ' . Officer Waldron will be in vcharge of the Center Mor- iches sub-station-; wh ero he -has spent most: of the time since he has been a niember^of the'force. ¦: Informally, he has had ; charge : of the sub-station since, ' May;|19 , \1939. i*-With the ^ .appointment , his . Ralary will be: increased fro m '$2 , 400 to $2 ,- ' •500 and although .. .funds wore not ap- propriated for the -increase;-there, will bo ; money layajlabledn\ the-polieo-hud- get to ' cover it , Chief Bridge told the board. . \ The . appointment will fill the ser- ¦fite^ncy . , tY«qancy lef t by ' Sergeant George Gtlkley of Gente ' r ' Morichos. .mt yoii 'liko to i rcnd of what your •Crioiids ore dolttfr . thoy l ike to read abou t you. Just phone m yowr Items jiMfltores^^ ; . ,:¦ ¦;, ), -^ , , ,, - . ; -; ,; . l ' \\J .'ii' ' y - (fili i. ' - 'V 'iv ' f ¦ y ' ' )*' V-'l y . '';: J- , :' - 'J, - ' ' , \ . - ' ,J' . . i' i • , ' . ' • ' ;' \ ' ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ . ' J\ -. -' , \ . - ukim- aw^ Ambulance Service Unit Is Incorporated Officers Are Elected in Medical L iu t of Ronkonkoma F. D. -— At Sep- arate Firemen ' s Meeting, Dehe Is Made Trustee in Tlace of Beck The new Medical Service unit of the Ronkonkoma Fire department was fully organized Monday night , fol- low ing the-regular department meet- ing in the firehouse on Portion road. The unit will operate the new ambu- lance just purchased by the Ronkon- koma department. The ambulance will be placed in use very shortly. : About: 15 volunteer firemen , who attended the Medical Service unit meeting, voted to incorporate the unit , and elected the following officers : Francis ' Pfeiffe r , president ; : Henry Lange , Jr., - vice-president; • Francis C. Hugelmeyer , secretary; Charles Seibert , treasurer. Walter Gei gerich was temporary chairman of the meet- ing. ..At the fire department meeting, Frank Dehe of Hawkins avenue , a veteran member , was unanimously elected a trustee in place of Charles Beck of. Union avenue , who was • re- cently elected a commissioner in the Ronkonkoma fire district. Chief Clarence Dufneld presided at the fire department meeting, at which it- was voted to contribute $10 to the Mather Memorial hosp ital ambulance fund. New aluminum letters spelling out ¦ 'Itonkonkoma Fire Department\ will be attached to the front of the fire- house building, it was reported by a committee. After the meeting, re- freshment. -- were served. Extension Proposed For Smithtown-feli p Tmm Line iiglway The proposed extension of the Smithtown-Islip Town Line road , eastward from Nichols road-to Smith- town boulevard , Nesconset , would facilitate the movement, of east-west traffic in ih> - ' Nescom-icl. area and would h-ol p rolii'vi; tin. 1 exis ting traffic * \bottleneck' on Jei i. -ho turnpike in Smithtown hram-li , according to civ ic groups advoc . -itii* - *- the iivipi-ovi . 'iii eiil.. In planum- . -- i: sLudy of the pro- posed extension, the- Binitlitow n Town board is confrontod wdlii a prote st !>v \Y-ihi> r S, (' oi - i -iijh. -i-din .^ c)' , Ji- ,, thnt lb' . 1 ri gbt-of -way es- .n-?it.i ;i ! lo die ini- pi-ovc-iii eii t would c.i( iliagoDHlly across: liis pioperfy . rhc Town lioard wi ll <- 'i- - - .ii Ni *<- on- set next Saturday to invest igate the proposa l , whidi has been ondoi-sed hy the Smithtown Cliuiubor oi ' ( .oinmi-ive and the Long Island assot-iaUot ), Advoca tes of the extension contend it would hel p provide a direct route from Montauk highway, South Haven. via the new Farm-to-marki-l. road , thence on through Smithtown boule- vard , Town Line road and Hauppauge road , to Jerich o turnpike , Co m rnaclc . At present , Nichols road .affords a connection between Town Line road and Smithtown boulevard , but it is argued that this involves an - acu te angle in the highway and is difficult both- to find and to negotiate,
