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FOR NEWS OF THE SUMMER COLONISTS SEE PAGE 8 T H E W A T C H M A N THE ONLY PAPER THAT GIVES TWO HOOTS ABOUT MATTITUCK, L. I. VOL. 112 No. 45 MATTITUCK, L I., N. Y.g THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS 6 6 6 W P A D ISM ISSA L S IN SUFFOLK Outboards Churn Up Local Creek — i W holesale Layoff May Boost; Suffolk Home Relief ^27,000 $6,000 Voted For Local Fire And Park Districts What was considered a good turnout of voters registered their yeas and nays at the double election held at the flrehouse on Wednesday evening from 7 to 10 o’clock. In one corner of the meeting house the fire commissioners were asking a total appropriation of $5,000 for fire district expenses for 1940, submitted in two propo sitions, one for retirement of a bond and interest on the district’s bonded indebtedness, the other for general running expenses. Fifty-seven voters marked their ballots “yes” on the general ex pense proposition, on which there were no negative votes. One voter out of the fifty-seven voted pgainst the bond retirement. In another section of the fire- house taxpayers considered the proposition to raise $200 for the (Continued on Page 12) FOUNDER OF INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY AND MONTAUK DEVELOPMENT DEAD AT 65 The man who created Miami Beach, planned for Montauk Point to be the greatest resort in the world, conceived the annual auto mobile race at the Indianapolis Speedway and led in efforts to build the Lincoln and Dixie high ways, is dead. Carl Grahm Fisher, a native (Continued on Page 12) The Mattltuck Yacht Club, under Commodore Robert Loos, opened the su m m e r aquatic season by sponsor ing a t h r i l l i n g outboard race last Saturday. The IMattituck Creek w a s the scene and sound of t h e season’s opener. Photo, directly left, shows Jack Clarke (outside) and “ Doug\ Muncie, both s u m mer residents at Nassau Point, negotiating the South turn. (Above left) Local “ K e n n y ” Brown preparatory to. pulling the cord, about to “ w a r m up” his motor. (Directly above) Fred Flore, the popular orchestra lead* er of Riverhead, seems to be slightly puzzled as he is snapped while his assistant tunes the motor. W a t c h m a n Staff Photos LOCAL YOUTH ARRESTED; AWAITS HEARING Albert Bonkowski, 21, of Mat- tituck, was arrested on Tuesday by Southold Town Chief of Police Otto L. Anrig, on a charge of petty larceny. He was remanded to the County Jail at Riverhead, pending a hearing. Man Dies Of Broken Neck In Auto Mishap Crushed Between 2 Trucks While Cranking One; Dies Before Reaching Doctor's Office Thomas Conway, 30, of South- old, met death in a strange and horrible fashion on Saturday when he was crushed between two trucks near the Long Island Fer tilizer & Produce Co. plant at Southold. Conway was cranking one truck while his brother, William Con way, 32, also of Southold, was cranking another directly in front of his. As soon as the crank was applied and contact made the front truck suddenly shot back wards, pinning Conway between the rear of one and the front of the other. (Continued on Page 12) MID-SUMMER GRAND JURY WILL HEAR ABOUT 22 CASES The mid-Summer Grand Jury, of which Floyd Hurlbut of Bay Shore, was appointed foreman, will hear about twenty-two crim inal cases which will be present ed by District Attorney Fred J. iVJ under and his assistants. The No. 1 case is that against Philip Auswack, his wife, Angela, (Continued ort'^Page 12) Homan Opposes Move to Relocate County Buildings At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County held Monday at Riverhead, a movement to relocate several of the county departments from the already over-crowded county building in Riverhead to the coun ty-owned property at Yaphank was agitated. R. Ford Hughes, of Patchogue, a commissioner of (Continued on Page 12^ Doctors Crive Crash Victim Fighting Chance After Rally Allen McCoffery in Serious''' Condition in Westhampton Hospitol; Componion Un hurt; Car Demolished | While his condition was con sidered as extremely serious, Allen McCaffery, 26, of Cutchogue, victim of a Saturday night auto crash, rallied sufficiently early Tuesday morning after being un- ; conscious for more than 48 hours,; to utter a few intelligible words.' Several eminent surgeons, under i the leadership of Dr. W. Hanford,' Director of Surgery at Presbyter ian Medical Center in New York City and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University, pronounced McCaffery out of immediate dan ger but that he was suffering from a base fracture of the skull and a cerebral hemorrhage. Ab solute quiet and immobility may be the decisive factor in McCaff- erv’s fiPht for life. McCaffery, an employee of the Cutchogue Auto Sales, was driv ing Clarence Barrett, also an em ployee of the same concern, to his home in Speonk when the car skidded while rounding the very dangerous curve just west of the Casa Basso in Westhampton Beach, on the Montauk Highway, strik ing a telephone pole, and rolled over. Barrett was only slightly dazed but McCaffery was thrown clear of the car for a distance of 20 feet. He was immediately rus)ied to the private hospital of Dr. Donald R. Keller at West hampton Beach, where three em inent specialists were called in consultation. McCaffery remaiiied unconscious until early Tuesday morning when he said a few words to his anxious family. Drs. Han ford and Bergmann, family phy sician, hold out hope for the in jured man and feel that he has « fiehtini? chance to pull throueh. Supervisors Vote $107,500 at Monday's Meeting For the County Welfare Depart ment and Relief Keeping in step with the na tional WPA layoff, district direct or, Harold P.'^C. Howe, has an nounced that within the next two weeks over 2,000 Nassau and Suf folk WPA workers will receive pink slips. Of this amount 666 are on the Suffolk lists at present. Mr. Howe admitted that the curtailment would seriously affect many of the present projects and that some of the WPA offices have been ordered closed. At a* meeting of the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors on Monday, Welfare Commissioner Irving Williams told the board that this wholesale dismissal of workers may boost home relief costs as much as $27,000 a month. This was an important fact as additional funds for- home relief were needed immediately espe cially since the state has been slow in reimbursements, with $103,000 now due. To take care of this and also threatened defi cits in the operation of the county home and county farm facilities at Yaphank appropriations total ing $107,500 were voted by the Supervisors, who by a 9-0 vote passed a resolution carrying an $85,000 appropriation to carry the local end of the home relief bur den during the three remaining months of the fiscal year. Of the remaining $22,500 voted the department, $20,000 is for county home materials and sup plies and $2,500 is to pay for hur ricane repairs on county farm buildings and to provide needed equipment for the county cannery. The board also approved two resolutions introduced by Super visor John N. Brennan calling for the renewal of two certificates of indebtedness for hurricane work in the amount of $200,000. One of the issues to mature on Aug. 10 and the other Sept. 20. Chair man Greenhalgh then introduced a resolution calling upon the county treasurer to float* a bond issue for the total amount of $800,000 spent on hurricane re pair projects, which would cut down interest charges on the bor rowed money. Frank J. Moffat was granted $2,000 for right of way on Middle road, Southold, by the board. LAKE LODGE TO FEATURE FAMOUS RADIO MUSICIAN Walt Dynia and his popular ten piece Radio Orchestra of New Haven and Station WBRY of Waterbury, will make its initial appearance on Long Island when it comes to Lake Lodge, Peconic, this Sunday, July 23. The enter tainment committee of the Polish American Independent Club of Southold Town has consistently followed the policy of giving its members and their quests the best (Continued on Page 12) R e a d M a tt itu c k ’s L e a d in g M e rch a n t* s A d v e r tise m e n ts O n P a g e 6
