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THE W A T C H M A N VOL. 112 No. 33 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Riverhead Flooded; Homan AskiB Relief N e e d for Immediof’e Action Pointed Out by Supervisor; Asks for Funds for Drainage Riverhead is sirffering from an abnormal crook in nature’s gen eral course, that of constant high waters in the river which, aided by the constant flood of rains, keeps several areas in the village literally flooded. The extent of the flood has menaced the drink ing water of many families, who have gone to Riverhead^s Supervi sor, Dennis G. Homan, with the complaint and fear that an epi demic may start. Homan, at a meeting attended by seven of the county’s supervi sors, brought the matter to the at tention of the board and urged the board to give an appropria tion to the Suffoly Mosquito Ex termination Commission in order to lay additional pipe to take off this excess water. The stricken area, which lies north of Riverhead’s business cen ter, has previously been drained by the Commission. Homan asked that 30-inch pipe be laid where homes are flooded and that sev eral old ditches the commission has ordered closed be reopened temporarily to take off the sur plus water. As a result of this application to the Board, other supervisors said they were having the same trouble in their own towns and as a result a committee was com posed to make a tour of inspec tion of Riverhead Town. SOLOIST W a l t e r Williams, supervisor of music at i^attituck School, who will be guest soloist at the fourth annual concert of the Southold Town Choral Society. Montauk Harbor Project Elndorsed By Supervisors Nearly Ail of Lake M o n tauk W ill be Given to Pub lic if Government W ill Re pair Hurricane Dam a g e On Friday the Board of Super visors adopted a resolution which strongly endorsed the revised har bor project which will mean the rebuilding of jetties and the dredging of a channel into the landlocked boat basin. The pres ent owner, the Montauk Beach Development Co., Inc., has agreed to dedicate practically the entii*e area of Lake Montauk to the pub lic if the Federal Government will make the necessary repairs. At a public hearing called by Col. C, L. Hall, district engineer for the War Department, and held in the Montauk school today the supervisors’ resolution will be e factor. The supervisors hold “tha* a harbor or haven is absolutely essential at Montauk for the safe ty of all boats.” The lake was first turned into a harbor in 1926, when Carl Fish er, then the Montauk Beach De velopment Corporation, dredged a channel from the lake to Block Island Sound. Because this lake was the company’s private prop erty the government refused any aid in harbor improvements. This project, which has the support of the Long Island Asso- i ciation, the Board of Supervisors,' the East Hampton Town Board and many of county and Island ci\ ic bodies, requires the govern ment to spend about $120,000 on a channel and two jetties. Willisims To Be Guest Soloist Of Choral Society Walter Williams, tenor, who is well known throughout Long Isl and and New York State, has been invited by the Southold Town Choral Society to be the guest soloist at their fourth an nual concert to be held Tuesday night, May 9th, in the auditorium of th^ Southold school, H^jrold Never conducting. Mr. Williams was one of the founders of the or ganization and its first president. He also conducted the group, for two years and presehted two very fine concerts. He has sung the tenor solos in mass productions of Handel’s “Messiah,” Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion” and Mendelssohn’s “Eli jah” at Potsram Normal School, where he trained for his profes sion. He is the supervisor of mu sic at the Mattituck school. At Potsram he held the position of tenor soloist in the male glee club, male quartet, symphonic choir, Crane chorus. National Supervi sors’ Chorus, the Crane Madrigal Choir and the American Federa tion of Music Clubs. In his Senior year he sang the tenor solo part in the Northern New York pre sentation of Verdi’s “Aida.” During the summer of 193S he studied under Evan Evans at Chattauqua, N. Y. Mr. Evans is the head of the vocal department of the Julliard School of Music. His other teachers have been Hor ace Bowman, Mrs. Florence Lee Holtzman and Carl Bierman. On Palm Sunday, this year, Mr. Williams was the guest soloist at the Sea Cliff Methodist Church in their rendition of Stainer’s “Cru cifixion.” AXE WIELDER ACQUITTED BY JURY AFTER SHORT DELIBERATION John Bondarchuck, Greenport carpenter and father of ten child ren, who was arrested some time ago by Southold Town Police Off icer James Kelly on a charge of second degree assult was acquit ted yesterday in the County Court at Riverhead by a jury after a short deliberation. Officer Kelly accused Bondarchuck of wielding an axe and resisting arrest. Elias Avram, prominent Riverhead at torney, was defense councel for the accused man. Real Elstajte Agents Are Convicted Charged With a Conspiracy to Defraud Suffolk County by Inflating Land Valua tions Two real estate agents entered pleas of builty before Judge L. Barron Hill in the County Court at Riverhead on Monday and will be sentenced by him on April 24. The defendants, Eme/son H. Mc Whorter, 39, of 70 Clinton Ave nue, Bay Shore, and Leon R. Edel- stein, 34, of 1755 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, were co-workers in a conspiracy to defraud Suffolk County of $1,900 by inflating the , value of land acquired for high way purposes. McWhorter pleaded guilty to a charge of taking illegal fees while acting as a public officer, and Edelstein entered a plea of guilty to the charge of bribing a wit ness. The October Grand Jury, which was responsible for the indict ments to which the two pleaded guilty, also found four other bills against McWhorter, and two oth ers against Edelstein. Edelstein was also charged with bribing “certain public officers,” while McWhorter had in addition an ac cusation of taking illegal fees, of bribery of a witness and of ac cepting a bribe, while both men were indicted for conspiracy. As a result of the conviction the two men will have their state li- ^ censes permitting them to do bus iness as real estate and insurance brokers, revoked. Chamber of Commerce Fosters Campaign to Beautify Village HONORED GREENPORT PLANNING MAMMOTH CELEBRATION OR JULY FOURTH There will be a meeting of the ■’Iv Fourth Celebration Commit tee in the Village Hall on Friday night, April 21, beginning at 7:30. Every one that is interested in making July 4 a gala day for Greenport is invited to partici pate. No invitation necessary. There is a bit for every one to do. Get in back of the July 4th Movement. There will be a pa rade, music, fireworks, games for the kiddies, a gorgeous Marine parade headed by Mr. Clifford Grafts, who has consented to act as Commodore, using his beauti ful new yacht, now under com pletion at the Hanff Ship Yard, as flagship. Commodore Crafts will be assisted by Captain George Monsell and Captain Jason Hilton. Gigantic Parade For SufiFolk Day At Fair Faborable response to the plans of the Suffolk County Association for the gigantic parade and cele bration in connection with Suffolk County Day at the World’s Fair, on Wednesday, June 14, has been taken by a number of villages in Suffolk County during the past week. Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson, as sistant chairman, appeared before the Town Board of Smithtown last (Continued on Pag# 12) D e p a r t m e n t Vice Com m a n d e r Vincent Browne of Mattituck who will be feted by testimonial d i n ner dance on May 6. This gala affair Is being sponsored by R a y mond Cleaves Post, Am e r i c a n L e gion, of Mattituck. SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The date set for the pre liminary meeting to carry out the details for the Three Hundredth Anniversai'y Cel ebration of the founding of Southold Town, is Friday evening, April 21, at 8:00 o’clock, and the place is the new Southold High School auditorium. Everyone with any degree of civic pride is strongly urged to be present. Suffolk Y. W. C. A. Plans First Mardi Gras Mrs. Lester H. Davis, chairman of public affairs for the Suffolk County Y. W. C. A., was guest speaker at a meeting of the Suf folk County Council of Negro Women, held at the home of Mrs. J. P. Jackson, Albany avenue, Amityville, on April 13. Mrs. Davis spoke particularly of legis lation in the field of education, touching on state and national bilfs. Mrs. Henry Dumper of Bright- waters, and Mrs. William Osborne of Setauket, brought the greetings of the Suffolk County Y. W. C. A. board members. Outstanding among the plans for the early summer is the one for the first Mardi Gras to be held in the county, to be given at the Bay Shore Community Building on June 8 and 9. It will be a benefit for an educational loan fund, de signed to help boys and girls in high school and in their begin ning years of advanced training. The Mardi Gras will be gay with the colors of spanish costumes, vying with Chinese and other nationals, alive with music and drama, for several plays will be given. Action-packed Meeting Held at Neil's Restaurant with o Large Attendance; Use of M a p le Trees Suggested Monday evening at 6:30, or more exactly 7:00, thirty members of the Mattituck Chamber of Com merce sat down to a very pala table chicken dinner at Neil’s Restaurant. After the plates were cleared away the most active meeting of the year took place with President John L. Wasson presiding. The most important subject dis cussed was that of beautifying Mattituck by replacing the hurri cane-damaged .trees with Norway maples. The Chamber of Com merce has the opportunity, through J. Dwight Reeve, to purchase the trees, which measure from 8 to 10 feet in height, at the very rea sonable price of $2.00 per tree. This exceptional offer is made possible only if an o^rder of at least 100 trees is obtained. Mem bers felt that this opportunity to stimulate a tree planting campaign immediately should be vigorously launched. Norway maples, be'ng insect-free and fast growing, are probably the most desirable sne- cies of tree, and met with the unanimous approval of those pres ent. Several members immediate ly responded by placing orders for two or more of these trees. Presi dent Wasson urged that orders be placed as soon as possible with Henry Fleet at the Mattituck Na tional Bank and Trust Company, Will Place Street Signs The matter of placing street signs at all thoroughfares in and about the village, a topic which has been in the minds and on the (Continued on Page 2) DINNER DANCE FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES The county employees will hold their annual dinner dance this year on Saturday evening. May 6, at the Hotel Henry Perkins, Riv erhead. Special preparations are beins made by the committee in charge. Two orchestras have been engag ed to furnish the music. Bob Den nis and his band of musicians will play in the main dining room. The popular Corn Cobbers will hold forth in the grill room. The ticket sale to date indicates an unusually large attendance of the employees and their friends. Table reservations may be made through William Stanton, Sheriff’s Office, phone Riverhead 2176, the County Court House, Riverhead. Myslivec Gets Death Sentence Late Friday Farmingville Murderer Now in Sing Sing; Notice of Ap peal Already Filed by De fense Counsel After being convicted of murder and sentenced to death, Anton Myslivec, 53-year-old ex-convict and gardener, was taken by train to Sing Sing in the custody of Chief Deputy Sheriff Harry Prus- sner and two other members of the sheriff’s staff, on Wednesday morning. Myslivec, who was convicted Friday of murder in the first de gree by a jury in thet County Court and who received the death sentence imposed on him Tuesday morning by Judge L. Barron Hill, displayed no particular emotion and had little to say. As he was being taken back to his cell in the county jail he did, however, remark to his guards that he was glad the jury had .^ound him guil ty of murder in the first degree rather than second degree mur der. He said that he had lived his life and did not “want to rot in jail.” , The slain man’s widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Dobitz, was released from jail Saturday, where she h6d been held since Nov. 22 as a ma terial witness, on an order signed by Judge Hill. One of the highlights of the State’s case was the use of spec- tograph evidence against the de fendant. James W. Manning, for mer N. Y. U. chemistry instructor and now chief spectcroscopist at the New York Police Labratories, testified that the dirt scraped from shoes worn by Myclivec and dirt ^Continued on Pago 12) / YO UTH ABO UT TO W N S E E PAGE 10
