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'PI THE VOL. 112 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938 No. 18 P.W.A. Grants One Million; 2 More Needed Smith's Point Bridge Not In- cluded in Loan; 60 Days to Raise Balance \L^ist Wednesda y I'resiUent llooae- vett approved an outrifflit I'WA Krant of $1,GST,181 for two l.ridses fonnectingr Shelter Island with Loni? Island, the total estimated cost of which'i s .$3,638,181. It will be noted that the offered loan does not in- clude the construction of the pro- pofed bridge from Smith's I'oint, Mastic, to Fire Island 15each. An- other interesting little catch is the rWA rule by which the officials must abide, that states that the Suffolk Connty officials have to take advantage of the offer within the next 60 days or face the pos- sibility of the offer l>eing with- drawn. Th e projei-t calls for three steel highwa y bridges and the ai>proach roads connecting' Shelter Island with the easterly, north and south arm s of I^ong Island. One bridge tiver (lardiner's l'.ay will connect Cleaves' I'nint on the mainland and Hay Beach I'oint on Shelter Island. The second bridge, over Shelter Island Sound, will connect Shelter Island and North Haven peninsnla. The third bridge, between Smith's I'oint, Krookhaven, and Kire Island, will l>e built over Great South Bay. Th e liridges are to have a con- crete roadway 30 feet wide between curves, and two concrete sidewalks, ©iich having four feet clear width. The Shelter Island Sound bridge will be 2,520 feet long and the ar>- proaches will have a length of about three miles. Southold Polish Club Plans Celebration What is predicted to be one of the largest and most widely at- tended Fourth of July celebrations will be the one to be held by the Polish American Independent Club of Southold Town on Sunday, July Srd and Monday, July 4th, at I-ake Ijodge, I'ecfenic, Thi s two-da y celebration will be climaxed each evenin g with the melodious strains of the \Warsaw Radio and Ilecording Orchestra,\ c(jnsisting of ten musicians, each a master of his particular instru- ment. Th e orchestra is conducted b.v the Inimitable young maestro, Herbert I.,ukowski, (The King of I'olish Swing) , of Waterbur.v, Conn. Mr. Lukowski's broadcasts ove r radio stations WI^FiY of Waterbury and WTIC of Hartford have wo n wide popular acclaim and deserv- ing comment.<! from eminent orch- estra leaders. Both Polish and •American dance selections are on the evening's program. Prominent ciA'ic and political leaders have been invited to take, part in this event and it is expect- ed that an enjciyable evening and a gala time will be had by all. Th e I'cimmittee, under the cap- able chairmanship of Julius J. Krupski of Peconic, has pro^'ided a most delightful jirogram of enter- tainment for this event and has luid the clubhouse beautifully and fittingly decorated for the occasion. NOON-DAY SIREN For those of Mattltuck who hear the wail of the tire siren tomorrow and ihereafter, there will be no cause for alarm for it will merely mean that the noon hour has arrived. Starting to- morrow, July 1st, there will he two blasts sounded on the fire siren at exactly 12 o'clock noon. In case of fire there will be more than two blasts. ANOTHER BOOST FOR MATTITUCK SCHOOL Forger Taken to Sing Sing Handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff Walter Seaman, Harold Albin, 3S, of I'atchogiie, was taken to Sing Sing i)i-ison I'riday morning to spend the next 10 to 20 years. Albin was convicted in the County Coui't of forgin g the name of Wal- ter F. Howell of Kiverhead to a check for $32.50 which he cashed at Southamjiton. It is said Albin has been in iilenty f>T troul>le pre- vious to this, and served time in j San Quentin jjrison for mutiny. During the month of July Miss Homan, teacher of Home Kconom-i ics at the high school, will be avail- alile at the school l)uilding, room 21 for help with home project work in Homemaking. Anyone interested may see her July 5ih, between 9 and 12 o'clock, to make arrange- ments. This is for adults as well as students. A r>lay group for children, aged 3 to 5, is bieng\ X'lanned; mothers interested please see Miss Homan on July 5th. Southold Town Book Out This Week . End Long Awaited Volume Now En route to Distributors; Bigger Than Expected Early Potato Outlook Dismal; Cold Blamed One Acquitted In Murder Trial Tuesday Hermanowski Sentenced to Die in August; Steinbren- ner Declared Insane Southold's Gala Celebration On Saturday Plans ar« complete for a monster gala day celebration at Foimders' Ijiinding, Southold, Saturday, the_ we.Mther permitting. Th e committee of the American I^egion, Firemen. <^rant^e, Scouts, Park Commis- sion and Yach t Club have been workin g dilig<'ntly for some time jiprfocting arrangeiTiPnts for one of the biggest I''ourth of ,Tuly celebra- tion.-^ held <in the Xorth l-'ork in matiy a day. It Wiis decidf'd to hold the gala event on Saturday no in case of in- <-]ement weather the afl'air could be held over until A-londay, the I'ourth. It will l>e a SoTJtliold community afTair with entertainment and at- ti'aclions foi\ everyone. The day's l)rogr:im ill stai-t with boat laces and water si^ort.s at : 30 in the afternoon .\it I'-ounde-rs' Ijamliu^. The Committee in charge of the racing pi'ograin b.'ive been <is.=;ured (Continued on Pag e 6) Mattituck Man Has Close Call In Auto Crash Auto and Motorcycle Crash Saturday Night On P.oute 25 ne.ir Cherry Oreeni>ort, Saturday night about a car driven I>y Kdwin F. Modgkiwson. 24, of H6 W. Main street, Uiverliead, and a motorcycle oi>erated by Warre n Vail, .Ir., 23, of Orient, collided. Vai l wa s taken to the Kastern I.jOng Island Hosr>ital suffei'ing fro m severe chest in.iuries l>ut his condition is not considered serious. Hodgkiwsow wa s not ifi- .iured. Th e other occiapant of the car, Fred Gallo, 17, of Old Quogue road, sustained slight cuts. South- old Town Officer George Wetmore Investigated the accidlent and gave the driver of the auto a siimmons to appear befor e Judge Norman Klipp. I-ate yesterday after.Toon (Wed- nesday) Thomas MctJuire narrowly escaried death when the car he wa s driving collided with another in a head-on crash at the intersection of Alvah' s lane and the IVIain road in Cutchogue. Henr y Wolf of Cutchogue, wa s driving along the Mai n road and .-^topped to pick up two boys who were hitcb-hiking their way to -Mattituck. Tom McC.xiire, who was dli'ectly behind AV'olf's car, swer\:*'d to the left to avoid striking the parked car and in so doing I'rashed head-on into a car driven by Mrs. I^osalie I'reston of 115 Third street. (Jreenjiort. Mrs. Preston, in ordei- to avert ramming into a telephone fiole which was close by, had no alternative in hitting McGuire's car. Mc(iirire received severe head in- juries and siiffered a deep gash (m liis riglit hand, \lied\ l^rathwohl n)' Ctitchogue rendered first aid to McC.uire and succeeded in .stopping the flow of blood sufRclently to en- able him tt< get to Dr. Hergmann's nirice in iMattitui'k. Dr. Jones CsMed Dr. Jones, who was called, re- sjionded immedirttel>. and checked on the injuries sustained by the menjTier.s of the Pr(»ston car. Mrs. Preston, who was driving at the time of the accident, wa s unhurt, liut her daughter, Klizabeth, 16, .suffered a depp cut f>n the lip and a laceration of the left hand. An- other occupant, ^^i.^ss :^birie Cassidy, also of (ireenport, received a con- tusion of the eye which began to sweil rapidl>-. Mr.=!. Preston's son, wht) was in the back seat of the oar, escaped injury. DEPUTY SEALER APPOINTED ilonday the IJoard of Supervisors appointed Harwoo d Krhardt of Bay Shore, deputy sealer of weight s and measures for Suffolk County at a salary of $2,000 a year, The new aiipointee must flr»t patss a Civil Service examination. Erhardt suc- ceeds Gaifleld Lane, who resigned th<ii positfon a short tim e ago, ow- ing to ill health. Michael Hermanowski, 23, w a s found guilt J- of first degree murder Tuesday by the jury in the County Court, after a two-hour delibera- tion. Judge L. Barron Hill sen- tenced the young man to die in the electric chair during the week of August 14. Willia m Steinbrenner. 22, who was tried with Hermanowski, wa s acQultted on the ground of \legal insanity\. At his request he will l)e held in custody until July 6, when he will l>e examined by a lunacy commission. Stanley C. I'owler, att(.)rney for .\oung Steinbi-enner, convinced the jury that the boy wa s influeni'ed by Hermanowski and he was a \low t.v))e Moron\ and not re-sponsibk* for the part he took in the slaying. At tlie no<in recess of the court, Saturday, County .Tudge Hill ex- cused Raymond H. Terr y of Matti- tuck from duty. Terry was drawn as an alternate juror and liad Iteen under the constant attention f)f I>r. Victor A. Ytiung of Kiverhead. The case ff)r the prosecution w;ts the hands of Oistrict Attorney M under and he was .ably assisted by Assistant i:)istricL Attorney ffai-ry C. Hrenner. Herma ncnvski was defended l>y Attorney Press- man of Manhattan. Among those who served on the jury were lUib- ert M. I..upton of ^Mattituck and Mrs. Arthur I..ane, formerly of Itiverhead. Howar d H. Mobinson of C'utchogue was the forem.'in. Th e jirolonged cold rain this week In all i:)robabimy will be ruin- ous to the early i>otatt> crop on I-iong Island. A member of the Suf- folk Coimt y Far m Bureau said that with the temperature hovering around the 00 mark at this time of the jear, there is danger of serious blight. He said blight of a serious nature came in ten-year cycles and the last one to visit this part of the country came in 1P28 and this being the case the outlook right now is all but promising. A short while back indications fiointed to a bumper crop of i)ota- toes but many fields have been hit by ljUght the p.ast few days and with the cold rain>\ weather of this week to hasten the bliglit the crop will lie below the usual standard. A number of growers have already dug their early crop in the hopes of salvaging something but the cjual- ity and size pf the tubers are so inferior that the prices realized have l)een discouraging. Geo. B. Woodhull Leaves Elstate Of $43,000 This week-end will see the sale of the Hrst copies of the much talked about Southold Town H(>iik. The books have been shipped by the iirinters and are expected to arrive at Hortrm's furniture store in (Ji-eenr>orl and thenfc distiibuted Irom theie. These books will lie sold at all the leading newsstands and bookshops throughout the county and man y places further down the Island. The books will sell for $2 and the ?5 one being a thing of beauty l)(umd in a jiadded leathei' cover of dark green with lettering embossed in gold, and for $2 the buyer will receive identically the same book, but with fibre cover much resembl- ing the leather bound edition but of course not as lasting nor elab- orate. This book was started last Aug- ust by Gerard Hesselgren with the authorization of the Town Board and the Mattituck and Cutchogue Chambers of Commerce. Through- out the period Mr. He.«iselgren has untiringly acted in the cai;>acity of visualizer, layout and art su- pervisor, with all the responsibility of the actual printing left to him. Workin g with Mr. Hesselgren and to whom will go the credit fo r th e composition and correctness of the volume, is the Southold Town Su- pervisor, S. Wentwort h Horton. Mr. Horton has willingly and gladly put many hours into this worth y representative of Southold Town. George B. \\'oodhun, i)rominent Kaurel farmer who died March 13. left an estate valued at about $43,- 000 of which $1,.SOO is personal and ?-12,000 real. Earl H. Woodhull, son, i.s the petitioner for letters of ad- ministration. The Suffolk Counts- Trust Company, has. at the re(iuest of the petitioner, and with the con- sent of the other distributees, been^ named administrat<ir. Klla S. Cartwright of Slielter Is- land left a gross estate of Iffi.SfiT and a net estate of $3,226. and the tax has been fixed ;it .fS^'.-ST. Th e 1'resbyterian ^\hurch of Shelter is- land is left $150; First Chui'ch of< Southold, $l.->0: Mrs. Kditb Harri - son, friend, household articles; Al- bert and Ivottie Smith, !<helter Is- (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 6) The Dial Phone For Emergencies Tht! new dial phones which ar e now in u.se throughout this com- mujiity are rajildly losing tbeir ait- f)f strangeness but in case of an emergency everyone shrnild kno w how to call for liel]>. On the reverse side of the instruction f)f the folder given out by the telefihone compan y there is a lomjilete list of instruc- (Continued on page 5) Storm NeaYly Wrecks Large Sloop Saturday Th e Black Airow, a .31)-foot two- masted slooii, caught in the storm Saturday night in T.iong I.-^land Sound off Plum Island, was badly d;im;iged and the occupants of the boat had a narrow escai)e fro m drowning. Th e C. G. S33, under command of Chief I'ioatswains Mat e Palph McCurdie .reached the boat in the nick of time and cared for the owner of the boat and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. I-iester F. White of New York City, and guest, Carl l^everock of Richmond Hill, and brought them to Greenport. Mrs. Whit e was suffering fro m shock. Th e sloop's sails were torn away and the rigging loo.sened. The C. G. S33 towed the Black Arrow to Greenport, where it is belmg re- paired. Margaret T. Lupton Now Mrs. White: Married Today The ^Mattituck Presbyterian Church was the scene of the wedding <if Mis.s Marparet Tinge y l.upton, the daughter <if Mr. and NIrs. liobert M. Ivupton of this village, to Ken- dall C. While , son of Prof. F. A . White of Cornel] T'niversi^y, on Thursday, Jime 30, at 11 o'clock, with r>r. P. E. I-ladford performin g the ceremony. ^ * The church wa.'s decorated with white lilies, delphinium, hydrangea, laiu'el leaves and baby's l>reath. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a white crepe redingote gown with white lace hat, and carried whit e roses. Her at- tendant was Miss Avi s Fischer of Brooklyn, the daughter of Kenneth Fischer, formerl y of Brooklyn, wh o wore blue chifCon and carried pink roses. Emerson White, brother of the (Continued on page 7) Village Doings •luly 2—Saturday at 10 a. m., cake sale in Hank Park, liene- fit \\ater Safety Camjmign. luly 2—Satui-day aftprnoon at I'\<iunders l^anding in Southold. 2, races; 5 to 7. sufiper served b>- Southold C.range; 7 to 8, I'iremen's Hand conoei-t ; 8 to S:30, American Region In<le- jiendonce I\>ay ceremonies; H to !);4.t, fireworks; 3 0, Yacht Club ball with the Corn C<)1>- beis and the North l-'ork Tide Runners orchestras, luly 3—Sunday afternoon at 3 Ba.sebaH game lietween ISlatti- tuck and Shelter Island at the High School diamond. July 4—Mtmday afternoon at 3. Baseball gam e l>etween Matti - tuck hnd Riveihead at the High School diamond. July 4—Monday evening at 6 Starting Firemen's Week . I'a- rnde in Uiverhead. Mattituck Fire Department mrtlcipating. lul.v 13—Wednesday all day. Suf- folk County Firemen's Golden Jubilee Tournament at Smith- town- flranch. ATattltuck I'\^re T>epa^'tment participating. July 18—Monday afternoon at 1. Red Cross Water Safety Campaign vrill start at the Breakvpiter.
