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T H E W A T C H M A N VOL. 112 No. 44 MATTITUCK, L. I., N.Y., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Mineola Fair 'Gets Face Lifted For Sept. Show Buildings Are Painted For First Time in Seventeen Years; 80% Increase in Racing Entries Announced With the work of repainting all the half-hundred exhibition and race track structures at the Min eola Fair Grounds for the first time in seventeen years under way, the Queens-Nassau Agricul tural Society announces the great est array of innovations and im provements to standard features in the history of the society for the 97th annual session Sept. 12 to 16, inclusive. Expert fair en gineers have pronounced the new, arrangement of the Mineola Fair Grounds, made necessary by the appropriation of the frontage on Old Country road for the new Nassau County Court House, the most ideal of any fair grounds in the United States. There will be, for the first time, a pet dog show, a cat show, and goat show, 'added to the fifteen previously establyished exhibition departments, which include cattle, poultry, fruits, grains, vegetables, 4-H Clubs, Farm and Home Bu reaus, fine arts, education (school exhibits), professional and ama teur flowers, and photography. There will be a complete circus in front of the race track grand stand, afternoons after the races, and also each night, nightly fire works displays, and a big extra vaganza stage show nightly; a monster new band stand will be erected on the mall in front of the new site of the exhibition buildings, all of which have been placed in close proximity to each other in a straight line, upon which the school bands will present con certs, and Girl and Boy Scouts will offer choral recitals and other events, and professional bands will render music daily. Trotting and pacing sulky races, which are the nucleus of all coun ty fairs, this year received the greatest encouragement in many years. The track has been cleared of all unnecessary debris and un sightly structures that accumulated' from the several seasons of dog racing, and has been completely landscaped. As a result of the superb track condition 80 percent more eptries have been filed than last year, the greatest increase in a year on any track in the history of racing in this country. There will be outdoor enclosures for display of the larger fowls in connection with the poultry show and also a new decorative duck pond, new pig pens, and brand (Continued on Page 12) Southold Grants $21,950,000 In Tax Exemptions The Southold board of assessors have granted adjustments totaling $21,950,000 on a total of $37,200,000 which appeared on the 1938 rolls. This adjustment was made pos sible by the tax “holiday” law enacted by the State Legislature a short time ago. This law pro vided for a three-year exemption from state, county and town taxes on building repairs and replace ments occasioned by last Septem ber’s hurricane. The only two townships who did not invoke the tax “holiday” were Huntington and Smithtown as they wre not in the main path of the storm. A total of $1,909,878.25 in ad justments was made for the coun ty on ceal property having a total taxable valuation of $11,405,120 on the 1938 assessment rolls. NO CHANGE IN TAX RATE IN 1940 FOR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT The Mattituck Union Free School District No. 9 held its annual meet ing at the school building Tues day, July 11, and voted unani mously for John W. Duryee and Ralph W. Tuthill each for a term of three years with no opposition. The proposed budget for 1939- 40 of $63,920 was voted without a dissenting vote; $32,153 to be raised by tax with a tax rate of 1.28 levied on $2,511,937 assessed valuation of this district. After the annual meeting was ended the board of trustees held a meeting to elect its officers for this coming year, and Cedric H. Wickham was elected president of the board; John W. Duryee, vice president; Harold R. Hudson, clerk; Malcolm Tuthill, treasurer. Auto Collision Sends 11 To Hospital Both Cars ore Completely Wrecked; One Occupant Suffers Possible Brain Con cussion Several persons-were injured, one seriously, as the result of an auto collision shortly after 11 o’clock Saturday night, July 8. According to the story, a car driven by Leonard Gaffga, 19, and owned by John Oblom, his step father, going west on Front street, and a car owned and driven by Joseph Cherapowich, Jr., 35, of East Marion, making a turn into Fifth avenue, collided. Both cars were badly damaged. In the Gaffga car, all of whom were painfully injured, included Miss Bertha Polywoda, 17, Miss Genevieve Stepnoski, 18, both of Southold, L, L, Robert Amott, 18, and Lewis Greenhalgh, 18, of Greenport. The Cherapowich car had as 'ts occupants his parents, wife, Sophie, and fourteen months old child, and brother Peter, 10. All were taken to the local hospital and treated for cuts and lacer ations. Joseph Cherapowich, Sr. was the most seriously injured, and is a patient at the hospital with a possible brain concussion. Chief Smith and Patrolman Nockelin of the local police force investigated the accident. Auswack Case To Be Heard Again This Month A grand jury will hear the charges filed against Philip Aus wack, 33; his wife, Angela “Lee” Auswack, 30, both of Elmhurst, and Gladys Ogsbourne, 29, alias Mrs. Harry Singer, of Astoria, for the second time wl^en the case will be brought before the Suf folk County Grand Jury next week. The three defendants were in dicted by the May grand jury on a charge of harboring criminals, but the sufficiency of the indict ment was questioned and Judge HiU sustained defense counsel’s plea About twenty other cases will be presented to the July grand jury by District Attorney Fred J. Munder and his assistants it was learned this week. Among the list of prospective jurors for July are: Harold De- Ronde of Mattituck, Joseph Rus- kowski of Calverton, William E. Wright of Aquebogue, and Edward 3. Vail of Orient. Greenport Holds Annual District School Meeting District Must Raise $7,537 More Than Last Year; Cut in State Aid Blamed At the annual school district meeting held in the school build ing auditorium, the voters approv ed the budget recommended by the Board of Education, and nom inated Otto Van Tuyl and R. J. Tappert to succeed themselves as members of the Board of Educa tion for a term of three years. Loss in income will be respon sible for an increase in the amount to be raised by taxation. While the new budget is lower than last year by $4,542.98, it will be nec essary to raise $7,537.87 more by taxation than in 1938-1939. A $12,000 loss in income rep resented a serious problem to the board in making up their budget. Of this amount the 10 per cent cut in State funds amounted to $5,320.70. Falling average daily at tendance further cut State money by $1,883. Other losses of .ap proximately $875 and a reduction of the surplus available from $8,000 to $4,000 accounted for the balance. (Continued on Page 12) Mattituck Yacht Club To Hold Outboard Races Spills and thrills will again be the order of the day July 15th when the roar of sm^ll hydro planes will mark the first race sponsored by the Mattituck Yacht Club since 1937. There will be class A, B, C and runabout races. Due to tidal conditions the races will start at 12 noon. C^sh prizes will be raced for and it is ex pected that there will be many entries. The more prominent local en tries will be Douglas Muncie of Nassau Point, Ken Brown of Mat tituck, Herb Voss of Aquebogue, Arthur Gatehouse of Mattituck, George Fury of Riverhead, Jack Clarke of Nassau Point, and also drivers from Long Beach and College Point. Commodore Loos announces that due to renewed interest in the club’s activities several more races are planned for the rest of the season. The only one definite ly scheduled, however, is a race for the 29th of July. NEW SUFFOLK MAN HURT AS CAR HITS TELEPHONE POLE Howard G. Tuthill, 72, prom inent resident of New Suffolk, L. I., is a patient in the Eastern Long Island Hospital, suffering from injuries sustained when his car overturned Thursday afternoon, July 6, on New Suffolk avenue. Mr. Tuthill was driving and he was alone in his car at the time the accident occurred. The car hit a telephone pole, snapping it off. Dr. George Thompson of South- old attended the injured man, and ordered him taken to the Eastern Long Island Hospital, where he Is resting comfortably. His condition is not considered serious. Otto Anrig of the South- old Town police, investigated the accident. RIVERHEAD ELECTRICIAN DRAWS TEN DOLLAR FINE Edgar Sypher, 45, an electrician of Riverhead, L. I., was placed under arrect by Chief Smith of the Greenport police force, charged with disorderly conduct, pleaded guilty and drew a $10 fine im posed by Judge Bassarear. Youth Drowns Near Beach While Swimming In L. I. Sound Sunday <S> BABY NIGHT TO BE HELD AT THE NORTH FORK COUNTRY CLUB JULY 15 The North Fork Country Club, in line with its policy of promot ing more informal Saturday night dances, announces a Baby Party for this Saturday night. Amusing juvenile games will be played, and prizes awarded for the best and funniest costumes. CJiarlie O’Neill’s orchestra, which was so popular at the first dance of the season, will again play for danc ing. Last Saturday President Mc- Knight held the annual dinner to welcome new members into the club. After the dinner Frank Fisher officiated at a large bingo game which the winners enjoyed particularly. Car Jumps Bridge; Lands Upside Down In Creek Odd Accident Near Quogue Gives Driver ond Three Pas sengers a Swim, Score and Shoke-up Last Saturday evening about £ p. m., a car sideswiped another auto, climbed the wall on the west approach of Quantuck bridge and dove into the waters of Quantuck Creek, landing on its top. The occupants were Richard KUssat, 28, of Montclair, N. J., and driver of the sedan, which be longed to William French, pro prietor of the Walker House at East Quogue; Miss Jane Gill, 21, of Elmira, N. Y.; Miss Dorothy Cass, 22, of Weathersfield, Conn., and John Harrison, 24, an em ployee at the hotel this summer and Columbia student again in the Fall. It seems that Kussat was head ed for Westhampton when he hooked fenders with another car, blew a left front tire and skidded to the left and went over the guard rail for a fifteen foot fall to the creek below. With the help of Harrison, Kussat got the two girls out through a window and to the surface where Miss Cass was treated for shock and concus sion before the foursome returned to the Walker House. It was not until early Sunday morning that the police learned who the driver of the other car was as it did not stop at the time of the accident. The driver was Henry Mohr, 51, of Rockville Cen tre, who reported himself and ex plained that although he had felt the jolt he had not thought it serious and did not see the other car so thought that it had gone on. The Quantuck bridge is halfway between Quogue and Westhamp ton. Car and Truck Collided At Jamesport Last Wednesday afternoon a truck, driven by Edward M. Pin ter of Lindenhurst, and a roadster operated by John D. Norwood of Hollis, came together at the junc tion of Washington avenue and Peconic Bay boulev^d in South Jamesport. Although his truck turned over, Pinter was not hurt. Norwood received a bruised chest and his passengers, Frank Beckman and Frank Perisen of Springfield Gardens, sustained abrasions and lacerations. They were treated by Dr. Herman Len- owitz and the Riverhead Police investigated the accident. 22 Year Old Postal Em ployee Chases Boll Into the Woter and Sinks While Re turning to Shore; Inhalotor Useless With unbelievable swiftness death struck among a group of carefree bathers on the Sound be^ich last Sunday afternoon when Karl Osip, 22, plunged into the water to re cover a ball and suddenly sank while only a short distance from shore. Stanley Gadzinski of Riverhead and Stanley Rutinowski of Mat tituck, were tossing a softball around on the beach a little ways west of Iron Pier Beach, North- ville, when one of them missed and the ball landed in the Sound. Osip plunged in and tossed the ball back and was swimming eas ily toward shore when without a sound he disappeared under the surface. The water at this point was about eight feet deep. Because neither of his com panions could swim it was nearly half an hour before his body was located by Dr. Laurence C. Scud- der and Philetus B. Tuthill, who went out in small boats. The body was brought up by Tuthill and brought to shore, where Dr. Scud- der,, a Riverhead dentist, applied artificial respiration. Through a call to the Riverhead police the Long Island Lightir ; Company’s inhalator was brought and used in an attempt to restore Osip to consciousness. The youth was pronounced dead by Dr. Hal- lock Luce, Jr. of Rjiverhead, a short time after. The death was due to accidental drowning was the ruling of an inquest held Monday with Cor oner J. Mott Heath of Greenport, presiding. Osip had been employed as a special delivery messenger in the Riverhead Post Office for about three years. He was born in Pat- chogue, the son of Anthony Osip and Anna Janulewicz Osip, and besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Helen, and a brother, Walter. Funeral services were held yes terday at St. Isidor’s Church, Riv erhead, with the Rev. C. F. Schim- mel, the pastor, officiating. Inter ment was in St. John’s Cemetery, Riverhead. Light Potato Crop Forecast For North Fork The prolonged drought has se verely damaged the Suffolk Coun ty potato, it* was decided today by John S. Ryder, chairman of the Suffolk County Farm Bureau. The Cobbler or early crop on the North Fork in the opinion of Mr. Ryder probably will not av erage over 40 per cent of last year’s yield. At the Farm Bu reau executive committee meet ing last evening,’various members of the committee reported on the crop prospects for their section. It was the general consensus of opinion of those present that the Cobbler crop along the North Shore will not average over 100 to 150 bushels per acre. All of the Farm Bureau direct ors reported that the eating qual ity and grade of Long Island po- ^toes this season is excellent. The tubers, they said, are clean, smooth, and unusually free from blemishes. It is too early to say what the late or Green Mountain crop will be, Mr. Ryder said. “The late crop has been seriously retarded by the dry weather and by heavy insect infestation. Even with favorable growing conditions from now on, the late crop will be short.”
