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T H E W A T C H M A N ;0L 112 No. 19 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS 'Mattituck Vaumps Bring Home Two More Cups Local Smoke Eaters Not So Hot At Climbing Ladders, But Do They Look Good! The thirty-five members of our local lire department, who journey ed to Rlverhead to parade in the Riverhead Fire Department’s Inde pendence Day parade continued on their winning ways by duplicating their victory of the North Fork tournament in having the River- head Parade Committee award them first prize for the best ap pearing company in the line of march. The trophy was a gold cup donated by the Suffolk County N a tional Bank. When m&klng the aw ard to Chief Olmstead the- c h air man congratulated the men and aaid they were upholding Matti- tuck’s reputation for turninjg out fine looking men, and a great cheer greeted this announcement. The chainnan then held, up the second large cup. This also went to Matti- tiick, this time for the company having the most men in line of niarch, more cheering! The remaining two cups were awarded to Orient for the best ap pearing company having less than ten men, and for coming the great est distance. There were also some cups for the locaf units of the par ade. Mattltuck’s unit was led by the flag-bearer, who was follo_\yed by t^ o jneiribers eafryitl^the new blue and gold banner inscribed, “jMatti- tuck Fire Dept. 1907.\ Then came the Chief and his two assistants, followed by two lines of firemen and finally the hose truck with four men. Vagrant’ Sold After 10 Years In Storage Commodore Harold Vanderbilt’s auxiliary schooner yacht Vagrant, which ha.s been In storage at the Greenport Uasln and Construction Company’s yard for the past ten years, has been sold to a Mr. Hamil ton of Calit'ornia. The yacht will be ontlltted and plated in commission in the very near I'litiire for a Med- Iterriinoan cruise. Village Dpin’s Inly 5-30—Kvery weekday morn- Infi from it to 12, lloiiu* “fo- noniiis and projocts at the llifili School. Miss lloiuiui in L'hargf. July l.'J— \V»>(ln»*silay :ill ilay. Siil- folU l'ouiit> l''h'oint‘trs (iohlcii .Inbili'i' 'roiii'naiu»-!nt at S.initli- town Hraiu-li. M.ittiliifU I’iri- 1 H'partmi'iit iiartii'liiatinn. Inly 17 Siinii:i>- artfiiiodn at lioiililc lii’aiier hasi'liall uaiiii- at t i l l ' lliuli Si I i o d I <iia inoiiil, MaititiU'U vs. »ii'iu nport. Inly 1 .Miiii(la\’ iltcinooii at 1. Ki*(l I’l-ns.-- Walt'T Safi-ty ( ‘aiupalKi' will start at tin- I i ifak watfi'. July _'S Saturday luorniiiu ai H i , 1 noil Sail- by the riu'sliyli riaii l.adios' tJuilil at till' I'huri'h. -AUKUst IS -Thur«.liy .ii'uriioon at 2, Annual Hazaar at the 1‘rcsbytirian I'liwrch, givt-n by the Ladles’ Oiurch. Over 20,000 Eastern Suffolk Telephone Directories Sent Out Approximately 20,800 copies of the new Eastern Suffolk telephone directory, some 800 more than last year, were distributed by mail to telephone subscribers In this sec tion of Long Island this week. The book contains about 10,000 listings of names, addresses and telephone numbers .and in the classified section are listed some 7,500 business firms, services and /jprofessional Individuals. The new books are gray Instead of green and the telephone com pany urges subscribers upon the receipt of the new directory to in spect their old books before dis carding them lest some article of value be left between the pages. Sibylia O. Young Reinstated; Will Receive Back Pay Tenders resignation to Take Effect July 1; ^Ousted from Office in .December, 1937 Miss Sibylla O. Young of Wading Filver has won her long fight for public vindication and reinstate ment as child welfare officer. Im mediately after her reinstatement. Miss Young tendered her resigna tion to take effect J u l y '1st. She will receive‘back pay from Dec. 1937 to July 1, 1938, even though she had no duties to per- .'orm, so evidently-the county is the loser by the action of the welfare board in dismissing her. Miss Young was ousted from her posi tion by the board of directors last May on charges, which have never been made public, for some reason or other. She applied, through her attor ney, J. Harry Saxstein of River- head, to Supreme Court JutHlce Kawcett for reinstatement or a re view of the charges. Justice Faw cett handed down a decision grant ing her a trial of the issues. In November of last year the Board of Supervisors sustained the action of the welfare board, despite the fact that Surrogate' Richard W. H a w kins had praised Miss Young for her work as weltare officer. The welfare board then met and passed a re.solutlon dismissing the charges and reinstating her with full pay. Four Years to Build Yacht By Single Man John Appelt of Clreenport expor- ti-nned a tlirill Monday of last week wh(M> the l.’S-l'oot auxiliary schoon er, Wiiiilsong, slid down the way.s at the llantf Ship.vard. Mr. Appelt ha.s h(-('M fiiKavreil in tlu*'building of this boat for tin* jiast lour yoars and witiifssing thi> result of Ills !iai(l labor as the trim boat floatfd nia iostically on tin- w^'ti r, «ave him a lot of saiislactioii to I'cfl his (V,irU had bi-t n w*dl doiio. 'Ilic yacht was laujnhid in true I'.iuiiial .si>U> with .Mi.-s lait'ilc M inniiij^, a suninicr ri'sidi-nt of l^and.v Ucai'h, br*akinK the tradit- i lolial boltlr of ciiampa lu ; <' o\’< r till' how of tho boat. 'I'la' boat was ' I iW' d ti> till- < li'i'i'Uiioi't iiii.-^in and ' <' nsii'Ufiioii yard, wln r<' Mr, .\p- pt'it plans to rompli'I*' tin- wm-k on ■ tin? boat this l-’all. i 'I'lif W'iudsoiii,: is I trim, sea worthy sflioonor N'acht and Is a (listiml cri'dit to tlu‘ sUipl'Ulldln^; ability of tlu' owner. Wltli thi* coni- pli'Uon of the inti-rlor work, in- .stalling till' t;pai-s and motor, Mr. j Appelt will huvf u cruft which he i should be very proud of. Deacon Hallock Ejijoys the 4th By Celebrating 100th Birthday David Halsey Hallock of Northville, passed the hundred mark Monday, and celebrated with a party at which t h r e e of his old friends, all over ninety, attended. Suffolk Lawyers O. K. Says County Bpur Association Boar^ of Supervisors Scored For Hiring Outside Lawyer to Handle County Case Th,e Suffolk County Bar Associa tion scored the action of the Board of Supervisors for hiring a lawyer outside the county to represent It at the hearing before Justice Dunne In the Supreme Court to compel Hermon F. Bishop to turn over to his successor, Harry T. Tuthlll, the books and records of the county superintendent of highways office. The resolution was passed by the Bar Association by a vote of 32 to 20. The lawyers of Suffolk .Cotmty, believe there are enough capable attorneys in the county to act for the coimty fathers in any court matter, without having to go to New York City for legal talent. They suggested that In the future all lawyers needed to be hinid for legal purposes that tht county a t torney could not satisfactorily han dle, the hiring be done through the olflce of the county attt)rney. (Continued on Page 12) Nazi Trial Now of National Interest The trial of the six olllcc'rs of the f Jeruian-.Vmerioan .Settlement L(‘agiie, Inc., in tin; C'ounty (’ourt bt fiji'e .Judge L Hariiin Hill, _ on indii'l iiients cbarHlng violation of thi' State Civil lilgbts Law, is crc- ■ iiing iiucnsi' iutt-‘n st thnnmhoiit thr I'oiiiitry. 'I'hi^s is said to be the Mi st ( oiu'ertcii ai tion taken a.i^ainst tli<‘ .N'azi movement in this country, ai’d the outcome of the trial is now awaitetl wiili much inti rest tlirout;hout the nation. 'I'he prosiH'iition will bo r e p n sent- d by Assisiant District .\ttorney Lind.siiy U Heniy, wlille Jam e s ('. Murray of Ni w York City, will be ■hief counsel tur the defendants. The purors will rieckldo whether or not the defendants and the defend ant coriioratlon are guilty of viola tion uf tile statute, originally en- Spud Growers Need Marketing Agreement Plan Must Be Supprorted By“ Industry to Be Success; John Wickham Speaks at Meeting in Riverhead A referendum will be held this month to take action on the pro posed marketing agreement,, which would regulate the handling of po tatoes in 17 States growing late potatoes. Ii> order to be effective two-thlr^s of the growers of these States would necessarily have to vote in favor of the proposition. At the recent meeting of Suffolk and Nassau County potato growers held at Rlverhead, 60 representa tives of Long Island’s chief agri cultural industry jjttended. The purpose of the meeting, said Karl J. Smith, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who presided at the gathering of farmers, ^as to secure factual Information as to the need for the marketing agreement and to suggest ways and means of im proving the proposed pact. Several of the speakers main tained that there was urgent need (Continued on (ago 7) (Continued on Page 6) Laurel Cemetery Association Has Reorganization The :iiiniial meeting of tiie Laiui-1 f'eiiU'tery Assniiji tion held ,it the honu‘ of .Miss Hattie fanriiiiK last weeli, marked tl)i' first anniversary of the re-or.ya iiizat ion of tie asso ciation. 'I'he old l-'ranklinville Itury- iutr (bound was est.ililish* d over lull y;,irs ai;o wlioii lOzra Hallock ^■ave the parish an acre of laiul ou his farm on Aldiich lane ;'ur a commou biiryinK !-'roimd. ’’I'lii first body interred was a ineml ' r of ihi I'lzi-a Hallock family \vho died in .\ew York City, .-ind the l.ndv was brou;<lit to Laurel by wati. 1 ' this was before the railroad was built. 'I'he old bin-yinK ground had fallen Into disrepair, so a year ago some of the younger members of the Lauiel families took It upon themselveb to reorganize the asso- (Continued on page 7) Man Elntertains Friends Over 90 On 100th Birthday Halsey Hallock Reaches Hun» dred Mark On Fourth of July; Over 100 Friends Ex tend Congratulations (By LIsl)eth) Sutfh an unusual event as a man’s one-hundredth birthday Is bound to be one of Intense Interest, and to witness the homage paid to Mr. D. Halsey Hallock of Soimd Avenue on July 4th—the day of his entry Into another century of existence—was a privilege greatly .appreciated by your correspondent. On Jan. 6, you may have read In my column about Mr. Hallock and the interesting in terview tl tiad with him. When in formed that his birthday was on Independence Day, I planned to vl.sit him on the day that would make him a centenarian, and that he has lived on to attain this won derful age, mentally alert and en joying comparatively good health, is one of the marvels of our time. The living room of the home was a profusion of flowers, birthday cakes, boxes of candy, baskets of fruit and fruit-Juices, and many tfther presents. One wall of the room was decorated with tfny flags and a banner on which were the words “Spanning a Century—1838- 193^,” with diplomas, marriage cer tificate, old daguerreotypes, and many other types of pictui'es and data of events during the life of Mr. Hallock. Even his baby high- (Continued on' Page 6) Six Hundred See Powell K.O.’d In 44 Sec. Pat Raimond Floors Diamond Belt Champ in Just 44 Sec onds; Berne Down Twice in First Round With Forman By JOE SMOLENSK! A capacity crowd of a p p r o x i m a t e ly six hundred rai.'id fight fans j a m med the main hangar at the Suffolk Airport in Westhampton, last night (Wednesday) to see heavyw’eight pounding I’at Halmond, sen.satlonal young Yaphank boxer, dispose of Joe 1‘ow'ell, Diamond Belt Cham pion, In forty-four .seconds of the first round of the feature bout. Halmond rushed out of his corner at the bell and applied trip-ham mer blows to all points of I’owell’s torso and face. H e 'knocked Ills man down twice before a heavy concentration of hai-rt blows to the chin and a stiff sock to the midriff tlnlrthed the Diamond Belt holder. 'I'he knockout was tlie shortest on tin* program. In the semi-final 150 jioiind five round tiissh*, .Myron C a r t e r of Cut- chogui*, baffli'^l Paul .McLendon of New York, for thri'e rounds, but (Continued on page 5) Suffolk Ranks Second Suffolk- Coiiiit> ranks second on Loll),-- Island in the amount of money paid to the State for inlieri- taiice ta.xes diiriim .’iccord- lllK to Slirii>;;.ite Uichard W. H;iw- klns Nas.saii Cniint.v w.is first with a total of i 1, 1 and .^uffollr County nt'Xt with ^:<,ii!(!(,(j7ri. KiiiKS <’ounty ranked third with !fl,!u2,l>)S and t^ueeiis fourth with $21^,(;37. According to .JudKe Hawkins tin- revenues received last >-ear throiif^h the Surrogate’s Court would l>e sufficient to pay the expen.^'es of running the Suffolk County gov ernment, if permitted to keep tha money in the county.