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This Issue C ontains 2 0 Pages 4 Pages C olored Comics T H E W A T C H M A N VOL. 112 No. 20 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS Bishop Legal Head of County Highway Dept. Justice Dunne Decided Bishop Ouster Illegal; Term Does Not Expire Until Jan. 16, 1939; Tuthill May Appeal Case Hermon F. Bishop ot W e s tham p - ton Beaeh'i is recognized as the nominal head of the county high w a y department, a post to which he was appointed on June 1, l'J34, for a four-year t erm. This was the decision handed down by Supreme Court Justice .Tames A. Dunne, denylnicr the application of H a r r y T. Tuthill dlrectinf? iiishop to turn over to him the l)ooks and records ot the office. In renderinR this decision .justice Dunne upholds the opinion of A t torney General Bennett and the decision of the State Civil Service Commission that Bishop’s term of office does not expire until .Jan. 16. 193fi. Tuthill, t h r o u g h his attorney, is expected to appeal the case, but in view of the facts as alread>^ pre.sented, it does seem a waste of public money in hiring a New York City lawyer l>y t h e Board of Super visors In fighting w h a t appears to be a hopeless case. Trending the outcome of the h e a r ing before Justice Dunne the pay checks of 24 civil service employees (Continued on page 8) Custer Institute Charters ‘Alma’ For Outing I.ast Friday, July 10, the Custer Institute again chartered the 75- foot Diesel yacht “Alma\ for, its annual outing, which, captained by Capt. Raynor W. R. Wickham, took them up the Connecticut River for the day. The party left Foundens’ Tiandlng about S;45 In the morning and after stopping at Orient Point to pick up another member, proceeded across the Sound and into t h e Connecticut River. After anchoring in H a m b u r g Cove the party enjoyed a feast pre pared by Russell li. Davison and committee, and then carried on the l)uslnpss of the meeting. They returned tliat evening after a day well spent and all satisfied, with, no misfortunes encountered dui-lng tlie trip. Tho.so nuiking the voyage wore; A. Wesley I,.orv, . (Continued on page 8) Village Dojn’s July 5-30—Kvery weekday m o r n ing froni 9 to U. Home eco- nuniloH and projects at the lllHh School. Miss Homan in charge. luly 17 Sundiiy afternoon at l!:30, doul)K* bender ba8el)all name at the lllgii School dla-' mond, Mattltuck vs. tireenix)rt. luly 18— Monday afternoon at 1. Hed I'ross W a t e r Safety (’anipatgn will start at the Hreak water. | .July 21 - T h u r s d a y afternoon at' 2, C a r d Tarty at the Marra-^ tuoku (Mui) House, given by the' Mattltuck Episcopal ('hurch. Admission 60c. July 23—Saturday morning at 10. Food Sale given by the I’resbytirlan 1-idles’ (iulld at the chinch. \ugu.st l-'rh u r s d a y afternoon, at 2:80, Card Tarty the Marratooka Club House n r o n ' Bored by the American L<«lon Auxiliary. Admitiaion 85c. Man Brought From California For 5 Year Old Crime On May 15, 1933, the body of a man identified as Donato DeBarl, a 54-year-old retired business m a n of Selden, was found in a ditch near his home and later an Investiga tion by the police Bernard Mealy, 29, was sought as the possible m u r derer, and he is now to be brought from San Diego, Cal., to face ju s tice. The police declined to say in w h a t manner they learned of his w h e r e abouts only that he was located through “Inve.stigation.” A w a r rant for tlie m a n ’s arrest was slgrn- ed by .Justice Ruck of I’ort Jeffer son, and representatives of the D. .\.‘s pffice have left for San Diego to bring back the suspected m u r derer. This w«l add another trial of a crime of a m a j o r degree to the a l ready long list t h a t have faced D i s trict Attorney Fred J. Munder since he took office as District Attorney. Blind Inmate Hangs Self In County Home John Miller, 65, who was ad m i t ted to the County Home at Yap- hank 34 years ago when the old 'nstltution was familiarly kno%Vn as the ‘‘poor house,” hanged himself 'nst Saturday In the old cell block •low used as a storage place. Miller was totally blind but was able to ind his way about the grounds ind in all the old buildings of the home. He and an associate were given the privilege of -using the old cell block as a sort of office or club- room, as they termed It. W h e n the evening Inspection of the beds of the inmates was made Miller was missed. A thorough search of the r>remlses was made without avail. The police were called in to help .solve the disappearance. Miller's body was found lifeless in his “office,” he having ended his life by hanging himself. H e had reached through the door to the oell and snapped tne padlock to t h e door. Only when the place was op ened to do some repdlr work was the body discovered. His associates had expressed the I'act that he liellevod he would be unable to find his way about the new l)uildings just completed so committed suicide during a spirit of remorse. Siegfried Nazis Found Guilty Cyclist Dies After Collision Sunday Evening Hampton Bays Movie Projec tionist Dies After Receiving Two Blood Transfusions as Result of Motorcycle Crash Michael Zukowski, IS, of W e s t Main street, Rlverhead, died at 4:00 a. m. Tuesday in the Southampton Hospital as the result of a broken pelvis, a fractured skull, a broken back and severe lacerations of the face and limbs, plus hemorrhages of the lower Intestines. Zukowski was riding his motor cycle south on Ponquogue aveitue, Hampton Bays, at about 4:45 p. m. Sunday, when in front of the H. B. school he collided head-on with a car owned and operated by George A. Jackson of Rlverhead. The force of the collision capaulted him over the auto and he landed on the road in rear of the car. He was rushed to t h e Southampton Hospital where he was attended by Dr. Herm a n Rubier. Mrs. Jackson, who was riding In t h e car with her husband, suffered from cuts on her head and was taken to her home. I t is be lieved that Zukowski might have been watching a baseball game which was in progress near the (Continued on page 8) Greenport Adopts $150,000 School Budget Tuesday At thi' annual meeting of the <iiei-nport School District, held on luly 12th, Charles M. Burt was iu)minated to succeed himself as a uit luber of the Hoard of I<]ducatlon for a tlu’ce-yoar term. The election will 1)0 held .luly 13 between 3:00 and 8:30 p. m. The annual budget was submitted by the board of education as follows: Ksthnated In- ciime: State- aid, $59,510.92; l‘)ia- trict tuition. $5,000; Other, $190; I n be raised by tax. $80,263.24; to tal. $150,003.16. The votens voted to accept this estimate. It was also voted to sell I he old school site to the Town of <;reenport. Including the buildings situated thereon Creenport pro- iiosed to use part of this property for tire department uses and the •I'Uialnder f<>r recreational purposes Some girls keep their youth by never Introducing' him t© t h e other If iris. Moffatt Hurt In Occident Tuesday Clinton Moffatt, 36, of Southold, a puj)llc accountant, was seriously Injured about 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, on lioute 25 near Southold, when the car he was driving crash ed Into a telephone pole. Moffatt was on his way to Greenport, so he told a news correspondent and later said, “he couldn’t remember which direction he was traveling.” The ambulance brought him to the Eastern Ijong Island Hospital, and it was said he was suffering from severe contusions of the face and head. Dr. John Stokes Is attending him. The telephone pole was iiprooted by the Impact of the car and was moved about throe feet. It snapped off In the middle and the car Is a complete wreck. HERMANOWSKI CASE HAS BEEN APPEALED ■<s> EDITH ISABELLE McKEON The community was shocked and ••maddened Monday night, July 11, when word was received of the death of Miss Edith Isabelle Mc- Keon, a daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. James McKeon of Brooklj'n, N. Y., and Washington, D. C., who have a summer home at Greenport. it Is reported. Miss McKeon died following a major operation, l-’un- er«l services were conducted today (Thursday) from the family su m mer home, 133 Central avenue, Greenpoit, conducted by the Rev. <i. R. Stuart of Brooklyn and Sandy Beach. Burial followed In Sterling • 'euietery. Two Southold Stores Entered The Paradise Sweet Shoppe on the Main road, and the stort* of (‘lirlstoi>her J. G r a t t a n on Beck with avenue, Southold, were entered early Tuesday mornlntf and an un named amount of cash taken from each store. It la reported that the robbe4-leu took place abput 2 a. m- Southold Town police and Btate (Continuei on pur* Michael Hermanowskl, who 'W’as to die In the electric chair a t Sing Sing on August 17, will not know his ultim a t e fate imtll some time In November, or imtll the fall ses sion of the Court of Appeals. The postponement of t h e sentence Imposed by County Judge L. B a r ron Hill is the result of an appeal being t a k e n by his counsel, a priv ilege every person convicted of first degree m u r d e r has in New York State. Mattituck O.K/s $65,000 Budget; Debt Reduced At a sparsely attended meetin^r of the Union Free School District, No. 9, the yearly budget was voted upon and passed without opposi tion. There were only four persons attending other than the ten m e m bers of the school l)oard. A small black kitten was also present, but during the business part bf the meeting was seen chasing her tall on the gym floor., The budget amounted to $65,070 to be raised by tax a t a rate of 1.29 per hundred. Another fact noted was t h a t since 1935 the district has reduced its indebtedness .$17,000 be sides carrying on a very broad pro gram of school education. Elections of the same even'iifi'^’in state Harold Hudson, and Trow bridge Kirkup as trustees for a term of three years. After the a n nual meeting a meeting of the Board of Education W'as held at which Cedric H. Wickham was a p pointed President. John Duryee as Vice President, Mary Hums as the clerk of the district and Malcolm Tuthill as Treasurer of the District. ‘Watchman’ Grows To 20 Pages; Has Many Features I^lattltuck’a own “little new s paper’’ is no longer the little eight page sheet of former months. After gaining some momentum by itself, the rapidly gaining support of sub- scMbers and advertisers has pushed the paper into a state wliere it is looked upon with respect. With the summer there has come lietter advertising, more news and the general thriving spirit of our community. Of course this will not lUrry throughout the winter months but it Is obvious that eiM'ht pages will never be seen aguln. n'he addition of tlie «j)ort pajje with Joe i^molPtiskl writing the feature articles was one of the bifjgest lioosts the paper gave it self. I’reviously sports were only given secondary thought and vei\v incompletely lovered, now one may see all l()i:il results attr:tctlvely grouped on the noted “,'^port page.’’ Next wt'ok will inau>!urate the lli’st So(‘lety page of the \N'at(;h- riiati. 'I'he iia^e will be edited by Miiheil Trip, a talented young (Jothamlte who “sees all, knows all, and tells everything.’’ He will covei- the social events of loc.il interest, l)oth with our winter and summer residents and including N»»rth I'ork <’ouiury Club doings. This iiage should be of Krt>at interest to vaea- lionlsts who wish to follow tiie do ings of their own ‘‘iTowd'' or those tiot too familiar with local names arul places. Hitlerism’ Given Severe Rebuke By County Court Organization Given 10 Days to Pay $10,000 Fine; Six Officials Fined $500 and Sentenced to One Year in the County Jail; All Out on $1,000 Bail “Hitlerism” was given a severe rebuke in the County Court befor® Judge L,. Barron Hill Tuesday, when a j u r y brought in a verdict of , guilty as charged in the indictment. The German-Amerlci^n Settlement League, which operates Camp Sieg fried a t Yaphank for Nazi sym p a thizers, was fined, $10,000 by Judge Hill. Ernest Mueller, president of the organization was fined $500 and sentenced to one year in the county Jail. His five co-defendants were each fined $500 and sive'h a one- year jail .sentence, the, l a t t e r being suspended. Those convicted with E r n s t were\ Henry Hauck, H e n r y Wolfgang, Bnm o Haehnel, Herm a n Schwarz- man and Addo Bielefeld. Assistant District Attorney Henry, who rep resented the prosecution said he would petition for a receivership of Camp Siegfried if the fine of $10,000 was not paid within 10 days. The otlVer'^ef^'rt'cIantS wet'e continued in $1,000 bail for 10 days in which time their fines must be paid. County Judge Hill, presiding over the trial for four days dilration, charged the jiuors on the law in the case and warned against preju dice or personal feeling used by the jurors in arriving at a verdict. There w^re three women on the jury trying the case. The jury only deliberated on the case for fifteen minutes. The trial of the six officials of the G e r m a n - American . Settlement I.,eague, owners of (^amp Seigfried at Yaphank on charges of violating the Civil Rights Act in not filing with the S^<retary of State their membership lists,, has attracted considerable attention throughout the country, because the Volksbund and its oath are called un-Ameri- can. Under the gruelling and liery ex amination of Assistant District At- (Continued on page 8) Wawokyle, the children’s camp at Nassau Polqt, has an enrollment of over 50 children between the ngba three a^d ten years. Local Vamps Fail to Place At Tourney 'I'he Smithtown I’Mre Department was host on Wednesday to the 50th annual parade and tournament of tl;« Suffolk (^ounty Volunteer Flre- nu^n’s Association, and desjilte the heat a large ci-owd of spectators was piesent as well as members of tin* mau.\ Suffolk fire companies. <’ommander Vincent Browne was granil marshal of the parade, and eouiity, town aiul slate officials were also in line, and then came four divisions of firt/men aiul a p paratus. Jlattltuck sent .-seventeen men and one plei'e of ap])aratus, and were entered In three C(jntests. In th(; running hose No. 2 they were no.sed out by one second, although uslnff only ten men In this gruelling event compared to the Bay Slujre team of 42 and Port Jefferson’s and Hiver- head’s 25. In the motor hose No. 2 the modern trucks left them far behind, and in the efficiency they ran what is commonly known as a fluke. This event shows the clasM of competition, for the State record (Conti nu«d on p«go 9)
