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T H E W A T C H M A N VOL. 112 No. 43 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 6 , 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS New ’telephone Directory Out This Week 2,000 More than Last Year Will be Maileit; Book Con tains Oyer 10,000 Names and 1l!^0 Pages A total of 22,500 copies of the new Easterii Suffolk County tele phone directory or nearly 2,000 more than the initial circulation last year will be delivered by mail tp subscibers in this section of Lonig Island beginning July 6ht. ' Combining , as usual, the alph abetical and classified sections the new directory contains a total of 120 pages, 4 more than last summers issue. The total of about 10,000 listings of names, addresses, and telephone numbers are given in the 48 pages comprising the alphabetical section. An increase of 4 pages over the previous iss ue is fbund in the yellow pages of the classified section* which gives some 8,200 listings of bus iness firms, services and profes sional individuals. These are ar ranged for convenient reference under some 600 classified head ings. Like the other new directories in the general Metropolitan area, this issue of the Eastern Suffolk County Directory will appear in a new cover design printed in dark blue on a gren background showing the theme plaza app roach to the Bell Telephone Ex- (Coniinued on Page 12) Mattituckians To Vote On Fire Budget July 19 seems to be destined to provide a busy evening at the Mattituck firehouse. The Fire Dis trict commissioners have called a special meeting of the qualified voters of the district to vote a budget of $5,000 for the year 1940. Of this amount $1,495 is to retire a bond of $1,000 and to pay in terest on the district’s bonded in debtedness The balance of $3,505 is for current expenses and equip, ment and firemen’s welfare. The polls will be open from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. At the same time and date an other meeting of taxpayers will be held. This one is being called by the Mattituck Park Commis sioners, who are asking an ap propriation of $1,000. $200 of this is to be expended for expenses of erecting the district, and $800 (Continued on Page 12) 'MILLION DOLLAR' RAIN BOON TO TRUCK CROPS The “million dollar” rain which fell last Friday gave a great deal of encouragement to farmers in this section, although it is real ized that another just like it is sorely needed. The early potato crop in most sections will not be gratly benefited by rain at this late date, but for the cauliflower plantings and other truck a rain now would do a world of good. Because of the drought this spring the potato crop for this year is expected to be well under that of last year’s. According to recent figures Suffolk is the sec ond largest potato-producing coun ty in the nation, producing around $6,000,000 worth of spuds annu ally. Greenport Is Center of July 4th Celebration Parode, Baseball Gome and Fireworks Take Up Day; Local High School Bond is Awarded. Parade Prize The July Fourth celebration in our little village will linger pleas antly in the minds of the thou sands who witnessed it, and mem bers of the committee are being showered with congratulations on its success. Even the weather man smiled and shed not a tear. The parade was under way at 10:30, In the line of march the Greenport Police Department, un der Chief Joseph Smith, color guard with massed flags from the American Legion Posts represent ing Mattituck, Southold and Green port; Shelter Island Band and their attractive drum majorette; squad of Marines from the U. S. S. Hamilton, under command of Lieut. Commander T. C. Evans; Mayor John Kluge and Village Trustees; Supervisor S. W. Hor ton and Town Trustees; Veterans of the Spanish American War; Sterling Trojans Fife and Drum Corps; float “The Liberty Bell,” entered by Burton Potter Post Auxixliary, Grfeenport Girl and Boy Scout Troops; Mattituck High School Band with a charming miss as drum major; Mattituck firemen with apparatus; Pilgrim Council, D. of A., with float, “Uncle Sam and Miss Liberty”; exempt firemen with the hand engine of 1849, which was round ly applauded, John Clark of Cort- lant, N. Y., atop the hand engine twirling those drum sticks as he did for many yearp in the long ago; John is a former Greenport resident whose heart remains with (Continued on Page 12) Southampton Gambling Den Raided; Owner and Operator Are Fined $100 $2,500 Worth of Gombling \ ------------- — ------------------------ Equipment Smoshed by Po lice; Guests ore Permitted to Go After Questioning With very little confusion and as little noise as possible, a party of fourteen entered the swanky gambling resort on Flying Point road between Southampton and Water Mill, and did no small amount of damage before leaving. The party consisted of twelve state troopers, Lieut. Charles La- Forge and District Attorney Fred J. Munder. It was 1:30 a, m. when the raid ing party made their unannounced call and found but four patrons in the establishment. These peo ple were permitted to leave after being questioned by Munder and members of his satff. The other two occupants of the place, Joseph Jackson, 52, of Water Mill, owner of the resort, and Martin Leary, 62, of St. Albans, an employee, Escaped Convict Still at Large 2 County Guards Suspended FIRST L. I. SPUDS DUG IN ORIENT The first of the 1939 early potato crop was dug in Ori ent yesterday, and accord ing to W. G. Been, manager of the Suffolk County Farm Bureau, the tubers are of good size, smooth, and not immature. He also said that the estimated yield would run about 275 bushels to the acre. Those were most ly sold to the Long Island Produce & Fertilizer Com pany at $3.00 per 165-lb. barrel. were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. They were I arraigned before Justice Robert IR. Kendrick, who imposed $50 fines on each of them, which were j paid by Jackson. The building appeared to be an j ordinary private house, but was found to contain an elaborate gambling layout. With the use of axes the troopers demolished about $2,500 worth of crap tables, dice cages, and a roulette layout. Cash amounting to $81 found on a dice table was confiscated and later turned over to the Suffolk County Welfare Department. Authorities were inspired to make the raid after receiving in formation that there had been s migration into Southampton ol big Jersey City bookmakers who were outlawed by Mayor Frank Hague. This resort had been op erating for fourteen years un molested. Mattituck Church Scene Of Pretty Wedding Saturday Ruth Fischer and Lloyd Cor win Married by Rev. Rad ford; Reception at Home of Assemblyman Lupton At tended by 70 Guests Perfect weather prevailed for a very pretty wedding at the histor ic Mattituck Presbyterian Church Saturday at 2 o’clock in the after noon when Miss Ruth Baldwin Fischer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kenneth Fischer of Brooklyn, became the bride of William Cor win Tuthill, son of Mrs. William Tuthill of Aquebogue. The cere mony was performed by Rev. Dr. Percy E. Radford, pastor of the church. Miss Karen Phillips was at the organ, rendering appro priate selettions while the guests were being seated by the ushers, Harold R. Weber of Caldwell, N. J. and Lloyd Corwin of Aquebogue. At the appointed time the wed ding cortege entered, the bride on the arm of her gather, who gave her in marriage. The bride was dressed in white lace and taffeta. The dress had a bolero effect, short puffed sleeves, tight fitting bodice, very full skirt, petticoat ruffles just above the toes, and her veil was of tulle with cap of lace matching the dress, and was trimmed with orange blossoms and a long train. She carried a show er bouquet of mixed flowers, all white. The maid of honor, Miss Avis Fischer, sister of the bride, wore deep orchid color net with, reverse and full length panel of beige lace. Her hat was a small one of the same color, made of flowers and ribbons. The bridesmaids were Miss Virginia Fischer, sister of the bride, and Miss Charlotte Brown of Riverhead, a mutual friend of the bride and groom. They were dressed in aqua net (Continued on Page 12) CUPID OVERTAKES RIVERHEAD DENTIST One of Cupid’s darts found their mark and did its work faithfully as the final knot was tied for Dr. Maurice Harding, popular River head dentist, and Miss Ruth Tink- leman, on Friday in New York City. Dr. Harding is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harding of Riv- erhead, and Miss Tinkleman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Tinkleman. After returning from their hon eymoon in Bermuda they will be at home at their Roanoke Heights residence after July 12. Ralph “ S q u i n t Eye” Grossman, who scaled the wall and escaped from the County Jail in R i v e r head on Sunday afternoon. Annual Meeting Tuesday For School Budget The taxpayers and voters of Union Free School District No. 9 will vote Tuesday, July 11, for trustees to fill the vacancies left by the expired terms of Ralph W. Tuthill and John W. Duryee. Also the budget for 1939-1940 will be cut as much as possible to attempt to make allowances for the approximate $2,600 reduction in State aid which takes effect this year. To take this reduction and keep the tax rate the same is a prob lem the Board of Trustees have found hard, but have accomplish ed, as the whole outside trim of the school building will be paint ed and the hurricane damage re paired. Local Dairyman’s Estate Finally Set At $26,492 The former appraised value of the estate of the late Nathaniel S. Tuthill of Mattituck, has been re duced some $38,000 by outstand- itig debts, administration expenses and other obligations. The estate was originally appraised at a gross of $64,867.20, but the net is now $26,492.11, according to schedules filed in an Inheritance tax pro ceeding in the Surrogate’s Court at Riverhead. The suggested tax amounts to $77,46. Mr. Tuthill, a pioneer fertilizer manufacturer, dairyman, banker, and prominent social and civic worker, left his personal effects, silverware- and furnishings to his widow, Annie G. Tuthill; to Clara Strong Tuthill, a daughter by a previous mari’iage, $1,000, and the residuary estate is equally divid ed between the widow and a son, Nathaniel S. Tuthill, Jr. Bloodhounds Used in Hunt For Jewel Robbery Suspect; Believed Now to be in New York Haunts As yet no w’ord has been re leased by the i3olice as to the location of Ralph “Squint Eye” Grossman, 29, who escaped from the Suffolk County Jail at River head late Sunday afternoon. It is thought that he eluded the police drag net and made his way back to his old haunts in the city. Grossman was arrested in New York on May 19 as a bail jumper and held in the Queens County Jail, where he was viewed by several Southampton Beach Club members, who identified him as a person being at the beach club the day $15,000 worth of jewelry was stolen. He was then brought to Suffolk County on warrants issued by Justice Kendrick of Southampton to await a hearing. About two weeks ago Grossman made an unsuccessful effort to gain release from the jail on a writ of habeaus corpus, but his past record prevented it. On Sun day afternoon he tried a more daring way, a jailbreak. It was shortly after 5 p. m. when Clarence Raynor, one of the jail guards, left the cell block door unlocked’ while he went to call Dr. Victor Young, the jail physician, to attend an ailing prisoner, that Grossman slipped out into the jail yard and scaled the 14-foot wall surrounding the yard. Within the next few minutes his disappearance was discovered, and one of the most intensive man hunts ever conducted in the coun ty was soon under way. Sheriff Jacob Dreyer drove from Port Jef ferson to take charge of the oper ations. All cars were stopped and searched as well as ferries at Port^ Jefferson and Orient. Every road leading to the city was watched, while the westbound trains were searched. The first clue came at about 11:45, when a car failed to stop for Officer John Block of the Riverhead Police Department, who was stationed at the intersection of Route 25 and the new short cut in Calverton. As the car shot past Block used his spotlight and was able to recognize the car and read the license plate numbers. It was identified as a Pontiac sedan be longing to Dr. Ralph Rosenberg of Griffing avenue, Riverhead. Deputy Sheriff Walter Kropp of Patchogue, who had been with Block, immediately gave chase to the fast disappearing sedan. At a point about two miles past the (Continued on Page 12) $11,000 Jewelry Theft Reported At Montauk at is SUFFOLK COUNTY SENDS 13 TO SING SING According to a report from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, thirteen “guests” were received from Suf folk County during the fiscal year ending June 30th. This is seven less than number sent from this county last year. A $11,000 jewel robbery Montauk Manor on Sunday still unsolved according to re ports. The jewelry was taken from a suit occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wheeler of New York and Miami Beach, Fla., and pilice feel that the job may have been an inside one. The jewels, consisting of rin?s, necklaces and other diamond or naments were fully insured and a private detective has been en gaged to make an investgation. Trooper C. J. Sullivan of the Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the state pilice invest igation of the theft. The gems were taken from a dresser drawer sometime between 3 and 5 p.m. while the Wheelers were at the beach.
