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VOL 112 MATTITUCK, L I., N. Y., APRIL 28, 1938 No. 9 Vigorous War Against Crime Waged in Suffolk La^ Officials lyi^l^e^nviable Record jn AConvictions The recori^^ convictions made In the County d^\ since the first of March Is a mwl^n'^^a^^® one and has attractd con^®''a't>le at- tention from police offlcla enforcement agencies all country. The work accomplished by ^©rl® Dreyer, District Attorney Mu^'^®^ and County Judge Hill in rldtHps the county of evil-doers is a mo®^ commendable piece of'law enforc^\ ment such as Suffolk County ha^ not experienced in many years. Judge Hill has become known as \hard boiled\ and criminals have plead guilty rather than stand trial, with the hope that clemency would be given. Only in the case of first offenders or where unusual circum- stances prevailed, was clemency shown. Not In the history of crime in Suffolk County has such a parade of hardened criminals appeared be- fore the bar of justice as was ex- perienced during the past few weeks. The convictions were not of th« usual ordinary type either. Many criminals were guilty of crimes of a major order—bank hold-ups, kid- naping, burglary and armed rob- bery. All paid for their crimes with ; etiff sentences, many were sMit away for years to state peniten- (Continue d on Page 12) Republican Club Meets At the meeting of the Rlverhead Republican Club held at the Henry Perkins Hotel Monday evening, Herbert F. Austin, a member of the Suffolk County Mosquito Ex- termination Commission, gave a most Interesting talk on \Where Is Your Imagination.\ The well- attended meeting was arranged by George Reeve, Albert. Magee and John H. Mundo. Dr. Radford Heads L. J. Presbytery For Six Months Elected at Meeting in South- ampton Last Week; Sus- ceeds Rev. Raymjpnd 72-Foot Crash Boat Built At Greenport Accepted By U. S. The 72-foot aviation crash boat designed and built by the Green- port Basin and Construction Co., the only boat of its kind In exist- ence, was accepted by the U. s/. Army officials last week. The bor will be shipped to the Hawail^^n Islands. The boat sailed from Greenport with Army officials and Theodore BrlgViam, president of the .shlp/'ard and Marshall E. Tulloch, secretary, on board, bound for Lensley frield, ^•vhere extensive tests will beJ made Ij^pro shipping the boat tfo Ha- waii.\ A. b: C . Officials Dl/ied A group of 125 Suffolk jCounty hotel men restaurant f owners gathered at Hamp- ton, last Wednl'^C^'V^'_ to honor Raymond nom'ii^; I Hampton and llonitio T , OWC of Calvert.)n. A. B. C. coi 'imisslonf^'\ of Suffolk County. Mr. I.owc wa s unaMe tY> ent, owinf? to illness in P'-^ fiimlly but :Mr. Dominy voi.'.d the spirit of LM.oil fpclinir cxlstlnW^ l>ftwecn the control board and assopta- tion. lit\ praisod tl-i' •'xc<lli'!)t mann. !• in ^vllirh holK'®' auraiM- throiu:liout tl[''' ''O 'liity arc bcini- n il. 1 I!.'! I- scm.-itivf's fi-j'tii i>»ost o. th f h.'i. ls and r. count ind mo n in i>o- Utloal Mid laisin.s.sl lif\ n'tcnd.-.l ' tho DM . tiuM-. Follow*\\ l.otl/.ini; dinner tliA fv-ninu' wa: Klvi 11 over to dan<'W'ii David C. Slealght, Long a Resident of Mattltuck, Dies At 61 On Sunday David C. Sleaight, who had been seriously ill at his home for sev- eral months, and later removed to a hospital, passed away on Sunday. He was 61 years of age. Born In ^ew York, the son of Charles and (Kelia Hand Sleaight, he came to this section when a boy, living first In P^Opnlc, and moving to Mattl- tuck abofll forty years ago. He has been successfully engaged in the painting, paper 'p.anglng and decor- ating trades. A pj,Instaklng work-^ man, he took pride ii having even job correctly and con/jMtfily |pc- compllshed. He was hlghlyy re- garded by all. Mr. Sleaight a member of Mattituck Gj&uncll 34, Jr. O. U. A. M., the Rlv^head lodge of the Foresters of/America, and for a long number/^ years a mem- ber of the Mattl^ck Fire Company. He Is survive^ by his widow, Ann Mapes Sleaia^t, an adopted daugh- ter, Ethey^lealght, both of Mattl- tuck; a/stepdaughter, Mrs. J. S. NortOn/^of New York, and two sis- ters, mra. Emma Tuthlll of Port Jeffe/son, and Mrs. Pauline Otzel of at. Petersburg, Fla. Dr. P. E. Rafflford, pastor of the Mattituck Pi/esbyterlan Church, officiated at tlJe funeral services held at the de- eased's late home Wednesday af- ernoon at 2 o'clock. The Jr. O. U. A. M. attended In a body, and with the Fore.sters assisted in the serv- ices at the burial, which was in New Bethany Cemetery. Five From Mattituck Drawn For Jury Duty Diefenbach^r Elected A' :!u> Suffolk Touinv Dcntj^l Society held last \v. pk at Hun¥»nKton. enbac'ht'r of Vouthold was elected vice iirtsldentl of the organization. Grand jurors drawn to serve at the term of tho Supreme and County Courts at Rlverhead be- plnnlnp May 2 from the North Fork are: Wlnfleld S. Bedell, of Southold; Ernest C. Tuthlll, Mat- tituck; J. Horace Wells, North- vllle; Howard Ruland, Greenport; Harold \ Robinson, Rlverhead; H. Stanley Duvall, Orient; E. Y. Dlck- pr.^on, Shelter Ts'and; and T..ouls Behrlnger, Shelter Island Heights. Supreme Court jurors chosen are August Anderson, Greenport; Har- old 1'. Hallock, Mattituck; Frank WalRO, Mattituck; George Weisen, lilverhcad; Itaymond H. Vail, Rlv- erhead; Sppncer Petty, Jr., South- old; I'lod C. I. elcht, Southold; •lohn rfleiger, lilvcrhead; Ambrose Kinj?, (iroenport and lioula Kneskl, •Mattituck. .lurors drawn for the County •ourt arc: Steplic-n T. Wood, Mat- ' it nek; Hurton Terry, South- .lil; William Worm, Aiiuebo.i^ue; 'liarlc's K. Wells, Halting Hollow; lolni MesseuKer, I'l-conlc; Ileiu'.v K. .lennlnKs, Sli.'licr Island; Hai- ry . llallocU. itlveiiiead; Wal- ^ r llartman, (\alvi rion; and Na- •1 an Warner, Nesv Suffolk. LA GUARDIA HONOR GUEST It Is njiorti'd tliat Mayor I.a- liiai'tlia of New York will be the trufst of honor at the buniiuet of the Suffolk County employees to be stUKOd at Canoe i'lace Inn on May 5. A number of other notables are expected to be present. At the annu'i^l spring meeting of the Long Islalnd Presbytery held at Southampton last week, Rev. Dr. Percy E. IRadford of Mattituck was elected iihoderator for a six- month term/ He succeeds Rev. Raymond ®aae of the Shinnecock Reservatloi j Church. Rev. Fre derick G. Beebe of Cut- chogue anffl W. D. Conklin, an el- der of the lAmagansett Church were selected a/a commissioners to rep- resent th^ Presbytery at the 150th anniversary meeting of the Gen- eral A^embly to \be held at Phila- delphWa In May. The 'total benevo- leytes of the 24 churches of the resbytery for the fiscal year was '115,241, or about ^1,200 less than the previous year according to the report of Rev. Thomas Coyle of Westhampton Beach. The home and foreign missions report submitted by Rev. E. Hoyt Palmer of Southold and Rev. H. B. Moyer of Brldgehampton Indicates the Presbytery Is continuing Its fruitful work in these two fields. The receipts for the year were $75,447 with special receipts of $17,- 659, This Is in excess of the re- ceipts of last year. - ^ The Rev. Dr. J. Percival Hu^f of Shelter Island discussed the pob- (Continue d on Pag« 12) Wills of Orient Residents Are Before Surrogate George Herbert Terry of Orient left an estate with a net value of $1,995 to Helen Vail Richard and he made it emphatic that he wished to preclude all his relatives from having any part in the disposition of his estate. The estate of Frances Patience Tuthlll of Orient has a net value of $11,575 and the tax has been fixed at $62.71. Lucy A. Glover, daughter, is bequeathed the entire estate, with the provision that the husband, Daniel T. Tuthlll, shall have a home there during his life- time. John Barra of Orient left an es- tate of $4,000, according to the will tiled with Surrogate Hawkins at Illverhead. T h e widow, Justlna narra, and daughter, Ella Barra, share the estate ecjually. An estate of more than $10,000 was left by the late Wasco Goozda of Halting- Hollow. Edward Goozda, son, is given all the real property and per.sonal effects on the farm, pi-ovirtlni? he pay within one year from the testator's death to a dauKhter, Annie Danowskl, $2,100; daughter, Mary (loozda, $2,200; son, Henry (Joozda, $1,800; and son, lohn noozda, $1,S00. The furnltiu-e ••ind personal articles are to I JC di- vided among the children. WALKERS ON LONG ISLAND .Janus J. WalUer, former mayor of New York f'lty, with his fam- ily will .spend the summer on Tim- jthy l'\arm at Northport, property purchased two years ago from bounty Attorney Edgar F. Hazel- ton. Walker has had the residence rebuilt. The Walkers have spent several summers at Northport. W- p. A, 'Red Tape' Irks Homan; Resents Sidewalk Delay SOUTHOLD SCHOOL BUDGET At the meeting of Southold School District to be held on May 3, a total amount of $40,012 will be voted on to be raised by taxation for the coming year's expense for maintaining the district school. The total amount of the budget Is $98,- 612, of which $31,500 Is state aid, $6,300 non-resident tuition and $600 interest on deposits. Three members of the Board of Education will be selected, the terms of Albert W. Albertson, William L. Williams and J. Leo Thompson expiring. Mattituck Child Falls From Second Story; Walks Away Unhurt These Mattituck kids are made of great stuff. It Isn't everyone who can fall from a second story window and walk away unhurt, but that's the way they do things in our town. The other day Mrs. Thomas Gagen walked Into an up- stairs • room of her home just In time to see her youngest daughter, Patricia, not quite three years of age, climb on the sill of an open window, lose her balance, and plunge head first to the ground. Scarcely daring to look down In seein g a 4-erribly iniured- chhd, Mrs. Gagen could hardly be- lieve her eyes when she saw \Pat\ calmly get up, nonchalantly brush her clothes and walk Into the house. She was immediately taken to the office of Dr. S. P. Jones, who, after a thorough examination, found a bump on top of her head to be the extent of her injuries. There was a corresponding dent in the grround where she had made her landing. Civil Service Exams For County Jobs A Civil Service examination for the offices of chief probation of- ficer and child welfare director will be held at Rlverhead on May 14. The examination Is open only to residents of Suffolk County. Chief Probation Officer Charles J. Odell of Patchogue is to retire July 1, having pa.ssed the age limit of 70 years. The present head of the child welfare department. Miss T.oulse Ulrich of Centereach, was appointed acting director last fall to take tho place of Miss Sibylla O. Young, who was forced to re- sign the po.sltion. The salary of chief probation of- ficer of the county Is $2,400 a year, and applicants for the position must be between the ages of 21 and 55. The child welfare po.st pays $2,500 a year. An examination will also bo held for the position of as- sistant pro))atlon ofTlcer at a sal- rtry of $1,500 a year. The new officials will lie ap- r>olnt<'d by County .liidge L. Harron Hill from those on the lisr jiassing with the highest marks in tho ex- amination. Town Officials to Begin Work Regardless of Federal Aid Supervisor Dennis G. Homan of Rlverhead has made several futile attempts to have the WPA govern- mental department start a sidewalk project in Rlverhead, but the de- partment has countered with a statement that there are not enough relief workers In the town eligible for such work. The Rlverhead town officials fur- nished the Federal Works Adminis- tration with facts and figures of the unemployment situation in tho town but the WPA offlciats say the figures are not correct. Deputy Welfare Commissioner M. M. Burr, according to Supervisor Homan, stated that on March 1 there were 75 cases on relief of which 45 were certified at the Bay Shore head- quarters for work on the Green- port village sewer project. On April 19 there were 55 on relief rolls, out of which 28 were certified for work relief. Altogether there are about 400 men in the town out of work, but of course only a small number of the unem- ployed are eligible for relief work under WPA regulations. Clarence W. Post, deputy state administrator, in a letter to Super- visor Homan, stated that the field office at Northport had been noti- fied to study the situation In Rlver- head and as soon as sufficient men are available the office will ask fgc^ an aTlocation of funds to commence the project. The sidewalk project In question Is the construction of two miles of (Continued on Page 12) Another Landmark Gone Another Mattituck landmark Is gone. The old house known as the Perry Robinson homestead, located In Oregon at the corner of the North Road and Reeve Avenue, was torn down last week to make way for a more modern structure for the residence of the last occu- pant, Peter Nortowlcz. We hear that he Intends to build Imme- diately. The old house was said to be over a hundred years old, and was occupied for a long num- ber of year.s by the late Mr. and I Mrs. Perry Robinson and their family. Mr. Robinson acquired the home from Madison Tuthlll, but for Its history prior to that no one could help us out much, or tell who was its builder. It was a homey- looking place, and its passing will bring to many memories of the days w^en Old Oregon was a social center. New Auto Owners Among the residents of the North l''ork reKisterliiK new cars with the -Motor Vehicle Bureau at I Overhead arc: Kathryn K. Kaynor New Suf- folk, DeSoto; John Matwleczyk, Mattituck, Chevrolet; Mary A. Smith, Shelter Island, Oldsmobile; Clifford E. Hutterer, Oreenport, Nash; Edward Scholz, Laurel, Ply- mouth. GUEST SOLOIST Roger Boardman, concert pi| will be gueet •oloict at conc Mattituck High School on
