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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1939 T H E WATCHMAN PAGE ELEVEN C U T C H O G U E MRS. E. BILLARD Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Farrell, of Rockville Centre, spent Sunday with Mrs. Laura Horton. Mrs. Gertrude Klein, of Bridge port, spent the week-fend with Russell Blllard. Mrs. William Kane entertained at several tables of 500 on Friday evening. Mrs. Agnes Rose entertained at a luncheon last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Barteau are enjoying a motor tour through some of our nearby states. Mrs. Nell Nordstrom spent the latter part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. George Tuthill. Mrs. Harold Grathwohl and daughter Marjorie, of Southamp ton, spent the week-end with Mrs. Melcene Mulford. The Neighborhood Club gave Mrs. Lillian Grathwohl a birth day luncheon last Friday at the home of Mrs. Charlotte Grath wohl. Miss Doris Danowski is con fined to her home with the chick en pox. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams, of Brooklyn, were at their home at Fleet’s Neck part of last week. The Long Island Presbyterial will meet at the Cutchogue* Pres byterian Church on Thursday, May 4th, at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Flora Leslie and Mrs. Charles Tuthill attended the D. of R. luncheon, which was given in Baiting Hollow on last Friday. Mrs. Russell Billard entertained over the week-end Mrs. Gertrude Klein, of Bridgeport, and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Terry, of Jamesport. Mrs. Thomas McCaffery spent last Friday in Brooklyn and also visited with her son Howard at the Brooklyn Hospital. Bernard was operated on the first of last week and is now making a rapid recovery. Miss Madolyn. Tyler, of Pat- chogue, visited at her home' here for the week-end. Miss Margaret Palmer enter tained several friends at dinner on Monday evening. Miss Palmer Grathwohl, of the city, has opened her cottage at Fleet’s Neck for the summer. Ellis Billai'd and Martin Do- roski a^e serving on jury duty. Mr. and Mrs. William Kollmer are spending the first of this week in Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kouras, of Sunnyside, L. I., are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mrs. Kou ras was the former Miss Olympia Kane, of this place. Mrs. Frank Kane and daughter Carol Ann returned home after spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. N. Kouras, of Sunnyside. turned to their home in Red Creek, N. Y., after spending a few days here last week. Mrs. James Kane spent Wednes day with Mrs. W. N. Wells while Mr. Wells attended the Suffolk Association Qf Congregational Churches in Lake Grove. S o u n d A v e n u e HOWARD A. WELLS S O U T H J A M E S P O R T MRS. A. L. TUTHILL Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waillant have as their guest, Mrs. Wail- lant’s sister, of Brooklyn. Miss Marion Albin spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Cecil Jackson, in Mattituck. John Reeve and Mrs. Aldrich of Mattituclj, called on Mrs. C. O. Morse on Sunday. Miss Mildred Hallock of West- hampton Beach, spent the week end with her cousin. Miss Lois Hallock. Mr. and Mrs. L. Gilson Griffing arrived home on 'Sunday from Parrish, Fla., where they spent the winter. The sympathy of friends and neighbors is extended to Mrs. Charles B. Jones, whose mother, Mrs. Adelaide Nugent, passed away on Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Culver, in East Quogue. Mrs. Nugent was well loved and held in high es teem by many acquaintances here. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jones mo tored to * Brooklyn on Sunday, where Mrs. Jones will remain for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ollry. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Licwin, whose wedding took place on April 16, are making their home with Mr. Lewin’s parents, in Aquebogue, for a time. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cummings re> The committee in charge pre sented a musical program at the last meeting of the Sound Avenue Grange. Selections were rendered by singers in costume of period that song was popular in and cov ered American music from the time of the Indians up to the present. The Home Bureau sewing class, which was to have been held on Tuesday, April 18, was postponed because of the illness of Miss Mary Moseley, who, we are glad to report, is out again. The next meeting of the Grange is postponed to May 9th, so as not to interfere with the annual school meeting, May 2nd, at 7:30 p. m., daylight saving tirrie. Nathan Travis returned from the hospital on Wednesday, Anril 19th, and started to school on Monday, just two weeks from the day he was operated on for ap pendicitis. Six members of the Sound Av enue Home Bureau unit attended the county program planning meeting a t'th e Riverhead Court House on Wednesday, April 17. Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Wells attended the clam chowder sup per given in Legion rooms at Riv erhead on Wednesday, April 19, by the Riverhead Post. The high school students who participated in the local American Legion ora torical contest were the guests of honor. The Aquebogue school ball team played the local boys here on Thursday last. Aquebogue won again, 9 to 7. The boys are im proving and hope not to let it happen again. Several of the Riverhead High School students who are members of the H. S. band, are strutting around in their new uniforms. Last Thursday evening the C. E. Lookout Committee met with Miss Florence Reeve. The girls soft ball team of the Northville school played the Aquebogue girls on Friday after noon and were unexpectedly beaten 35 to 27. Commander George E. Hubbs, of the Suffolk County American Legion, has appointed your cor respondent soft ball chairman for the third division, which is Riv erhead and east on the North Forlc, and Westhampton and east on the south. The C. E. Missionary Commit tee is sponsoring a three-act mys tery play in the Sound Avenue Hall on Friday evening, May 12th. The play will be presented by the Blair Committee of the Aquebogue Society. James.P. Terry is about again after a five weeks’ siege of the flu. We hope he doesn’t have a re lapse. Local members of the R. H. S. Band are selling tickets for the band concert to be given in the High School on Friday evening, April 28, at 8:15 p. m. Wilmot Warner, Edward Mc Kay, Wells Aldrich and George Wells attended the practice ses sion of the Riverhead Concert Band, after which they helped to demolish a fine “feed” prepared by Phil Volmuller. serves great credit for planning such an unique afternoon. Re freshments took the form of an afternoon tea, at which Miss Pho ebe Way and Mrs. Kenneth Drake poured. The room was beautifully decorated in daffodils by Mrs. Louis S. Tuthill. The proceeds of the afternoon amounted to $70, and this goes to swell the steeple fund. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knobloch spent the week-end at their sum mer home on Bay avenue. Mrs. John H. Jagger left on Wednesday of last week to ac company her sister-in-law to her home in Birmingham, Ala. Cards from Mrs. Jagger tell us that Alabama is lovely with jgreen leaves and flowers, in contrast to our own wintry landscape. The steeple fund committee of the Congregational Church will have as their next guests the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Hartley of New Rochelle, N. Y. This will be on Thursday evening, May 4, at 8 o’clock, in the Congregational Church. We are sure that all the friends of the former pastor and his wife will be glad to greet them as they will have an op portunity to do and to hear Mr. Hartley talk. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Terrv and daughter, of Brooklyn, re cently spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Terry. W. Hollis Vail and Paul Wasil- ewski have done a grand job in clearing up the park next to the Methodist Church, which has looked pretty bad since the hur ricane last fall. They havfe taken down a lot of the rotten limbs from the trees and cleaned up the debris and leaves from the ground. It looks very attractive. Mrs. E. C. Petty entertained the F. F. Club on Saturday evening of last week. Members of the Congregational Sunday School, attention. The time of the Sunday School will be 9:30 a.' m. beginning on Sun day, April 30. Mrs. Louis J. Vail has returned to her home on Village lane after spending some time visiting in Rockville Centre and Massachu setts. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Griffin? of Mineola, and their daughter, Marjorie, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. King. Miss Rita Edwards has been visiting with Miss Shirley Weiler. S O U T H O L D EARL P. HAGERMAN O R I E N T Miss Margretta Kinne, a cousin of Mrs. Marshall C. Warwick, \ave a delightful travel talk on April 20 in the basement of the Congregational Church. It includ ed descriptions of native life and customs of Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Ger many and Switzerland. Five small Orient girls were dressed in cos tumes of the different countries, and Miss Kinne herself wore the dress of a woman of Brittany. There were many dolls, pictures and other objects of interest on exhibition. The committee de Attorhey Harry H. Reeve of Greenport has been elected a Trustee of the Southold Savings Bank to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George B. Preston. Mrs. F. K. Terry .gpent Tues day visiting relatives in Mattituck and Garden City. Little Judy Palmer is one of several local children ill with an attack of measeles. John James Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Kramer, was joined in holy wedlock on Sat urday to Miss Florence Sidbury in a very pretty wedding ceremony which took place at the home of the bride’s parents in Queens Vil- liage on Saturday at noon, April 23rd. Rev. E. Hoyt Palmer off iciated. The happy couple left soon after the ceremony for a brief honeymoon, touring through the Shenendoah Valley. The bride is no stranger to Southold, hav ing spent several summer vacat ions hei’e. Their_ many friends wish them the best of everything. The annual May breakfast will be served on Tuesday morning, May 2 in the Presby. Parish House frqm 6.30 o’c to 9.00 o’c. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trubep- bach nnd family, of Elmhurst, motored out here on Sunday and spent the day at their summer home at Foundeds Landins. Tickets are on sale for the Gris- wold-Terry-Glover Post and Aux iliary Card Party to be held on May 10th in Grange Hall at 8.00 p. m. There will be attractive table prizes and refreshments. Two pieces of fire apparatus responded to a still alarm at 8.45 Tuesday evening when Dit Schr- iefer’s car suddenly burst into flames as he was driving along Hommel Ave. D#spite the short run from headqi^arters, the car, one of an early model, was com pletely destroyed. The next regular meeting of the Rebekahs will be neld in • the Lodge Rooms at 8.00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 2nd. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presby. Church will hold a bus iness meeting on Wednesday May 3rd at 2.30 P.M. This _will be preceeded by a one dish lunch eon at one o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. P. Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. June Baker are expected home this Thursday from a two weeks trip by car to the Middle West and Southwest. The news of the Baker wedding •which bccured some weks ago, came as a great surprise to their many friends from whom they had kept the affair a secret. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kolle spent the week-end at their sum mer home at Founders Landing. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer W. Petty, Jr. announce the arrivel of a baby daughter born last Friday morning at the E. L. I. Hospital. Latest reports indicate that both mother and daugnter are doing nicely. This Friday night is the Card Party and Dance sponsored by the Southold Yacht Club to be held as usual in the fire-rhouse. Cards begin at 8.00 and dancing at 10.33 o’clock. Bob Denis and his pop ular orchester will furnish the music. Catherine McCaffery of Cut chogue was this week’s winner in the Rebekah Blanket Club’s award. The Ladies Society of the Univ- ersalist Church will hold a Card Party in the Parish House on Friday May 19th. at 8.00 P.M. The regular Quarterly Con ference of the Methodist Churcu was held Sunday evening after the service. Dr. Alderson, Dist. Supt. presided. At the evening service, Dr. Alderson preached a fine sermon as usual. Mrs. Amy Douglas of Orient, was a guest for sevgral days re cently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny. Mrs. Harold Richmond enter tained several of her friends at a very enjoyable bridge party at her home last Wednesday evening. A small crowd attended the pre liminary meeting for those inter ested in the 300th anniversary cel ebration. Supervisor Horton call ed the meeting to order, and after briefly outlining the purpose of the meeting which was arranged by the Custer Institute, called for the election of officers. Editor Fred Hawkins of the Long Island Traveler nominated as honorary chairman Joseph N. Hallock, president of the South- old Savings Bank and- former ed itor of the Traveler. Mr. ilawkins also nominated Alvah Goldsmith as chairman of the general com mittee for, the celebration. Upon a motion, the temporary secretary was instructed to cast a ballot for each of these two nominees. Russell L. Davison was unanimously elected as secretary, and Israel Terry as treasurer. President Goldsmith was empow ered to, and did, appoint a nomi nating committee to draw up slate for the several positions of vice chairman. The namingting committee re quested .that their report be post poned until the next meeting. The balance of the evening was de voted to discussion of ways and means for holding the celebration. Terry Jennings of New York City was in Southold last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Young left last Friday for a 5 day trip to Elmjra, N, Y. Mrs. H. B. Secor accompanied them as far as Tow- anda, where she continued her journey on a visit to friends and relatives. Miss Irma Wells has been ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wells, ever since her Easter vacation. Archie W. Symonds will addres- the Custer Institute on Saturday evening, using as his topic “The Evolution of Governmental Func tions.” Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Van Duzer’s little daughter, Katherine, had a narrow escape from serious injury Sunday afternoon, when she fell to the road from the car which her parents were driving. Next Wednesday evening will be held the Americanization meet ing in the High School auditorium undder the auspices of the Gris- wold-Terry-Glover Post, Ameri can Legiop. A flne program has been arranged which will be of interest to all, young and oldl alike. A presentation will be made of an American flag to the school board in an appropriate ceremony and the principal speaker of the evening will be Department Am ericanism Chairman Earl D. Van- dermuelen. We are advised, con fidentially, that those who attend will feel fully repaid in patroniz ing this, Legion affair. Legion naire Walter Adams has arranged the program. The Triangle Club of the Meth odist Church will hold its regular meeting in the church parlors, next Wednesday evening. ' The Sunshine Society will hold its May meeting in Grange HaJI on Monday evening. Everyone is: cordially invited to attend. The next card party of the Re bekahs will be held in the lodge rooms on Friday, May 5, at 8: o’clock. Iijrs. Oscar Wells returned last Friday from a winter sojourn in St. Petersburg, Fla. The April meeting of the Meth odist Brotherhood has been post poned until May 6. G R E E N P O R T Michael Nazaruk and Ted Brig ham of Greenport, accompanied by Frank Moore of Brooklyn, mo tored to Washington, D. C. on a pleasure trip. Monday night marked another bingo party at St. Agnes’ HalV sponsored by Sterling Council, K. of C., and very successful it was. Manuel Gloria in the box office pleasantly greeted the guests. Manuel is of the old school and politeness is his middle name. Beautiful prizes were given away^ and many novel ways of nlayiT^T games introduced and created fun- for the players. Another bingo will be held Monday night, May 1, same place. A baby boy was bom m the Eastern Long Island Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. 'Serafino Brandi of Greenport. A baby girl to Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldin, also of Greenport. Mr. cfnd Mrs. Tony Mamiiello and son Frank, of Brooklyn, and Miss Louise Schiavoni of New York City, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schiavoni of Front street. Mrs. Lewis Griffing' will enter tain members of the Eastern Lon? Island Hospital Auxiliary in her home Monday evening. May 1. This will be a regular meeting. Miss Helen Rutkoski has re turned from a pleasure trip to. the big city. Miss Alice Drumm, pleasant clei’k in the Tappert Book Shop on Front street, has returned from a vacation of one week. Mrs. Joseph Miller is quite ill in her home on Fourth avenue. Edward Belfountain is a patient at the Eastern Long Island Hos pital. The new motor pumper ordered by the Village Board of Trustees for the Standard Hose Co. is a beauty, and many oh’s and ah’s were heard Saturday night as members of the Standard Hose Co. paraded through the streets of Greenport with the pumper on display. The Shelter Island Fire Department Band led the parade with its snappy, up to the minute music. Following the parade many visitors called at the Stand ard Hose Company headquarters and viewed the pumper at close range. Greenport has every rea son to feel proud of its fire de partment. Jo.seph I. Hunton, 58, died in the Eastern Long Island Hospital early Sunday morning, April 23. He was born in J'ersey City. Fu neral sei'vices were conducted on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Kermit Jones, pastor of thip Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial fol lowed in Sterling Cemetery under direction of S. B. Horton Co. .He. is survived by his wife, LcJcetta,. three sons, one daughter, two sis ters'and three brothers.
