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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. V O L 112 No. 46 MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS MAN ELECTROCUTED HERE WED. W H O W O U L D N ' T B E H A P P Y ? I L i g h t i n g C o . E m p l o y e e K i l l e d W h i l e P a i n t i n g In S u b - S t a t i o n FLEETS NECK TAXPAYERS I ASSOCIATION FORMED Residents of Fleets Neck have recently formed The Fleets Neck Taxpayers Association for the civic betterment of that summer colony. The next meeting will take place on the Pequash Club grounds Saturday, July 29, at 8 p. m. All taxpayers of Fleets Neck are invited to attend. Offi cers will be elected and policies drawn up. As evidenced by t h e happy smiles of George L. P e n n y , ill, and wife at wedding ceremonies on S a t urday afternoon. Above are pictured the best man, Orville Terry, the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Penny, III, and the maid of honor, t h e bride’s sister, Jean Hallock. 87th Annual Suffolk County Fair Will Open August 22 Many New Innovotions Plonned; Entries Coming In Fost <$> The 87th annual Suffolk County Fair will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 22 to Saturday, Aug. 26, inclusive, at the Fair Grounds, Osborne ave nue, Riverhead. There will be no attempt by the fair management to compete with the World’s Fair insofar as its exhibitions will be confined solely to an exposition of agricultural, educational and horticultural fea tures representative of the life in cosmopolitan and rural Suffolk County today. There will be no artificiality in the Suffolk Fair, as the manage ment has prepared an elaborate program o< exhibits and enter taining features which character izes the homespun nature of the fairs held In the county in former years. Many new innovations have been planned for the fair visitor. Success has marked the efforts of the fair management in every de partment. This year’s fair boasts of the biggest collection of com mercial exhibits of many of the country’s leading establishments. Space in the main building has been practically sold out to many well known farm machinery con cerns, farm produce concerns and grocery concerns in the county. One of t|ie finest arrays of horse flesh seen on Long Island will race for the coveted $5,000 in prizes during the first four days, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A total of 125 entries from prominent horse racing sta bles throughout the east have been received by Frank M. Cor win, secretary-treasurer of the fair. Many Long Island owned horses are among the entries. Be cause of the large number of horses entered during the four day racing meet, it was necessary for the management to have con structed forty new box stalls. The new half-mile dirt track has been fCon^lnued on 12) Local G>uple Wed at Attractive Lawn Ceremony Carol Jane Hallock was m ar ried to George Lodowick Penny, III, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John David Hallock, at South Harbor, Southold, on Saturday, July 22, at 4 o’clock. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Penny, Jr., of Mattituck. The bride wore a white cobweb lace gown trimmed simply with her grandmother’s pearl pin, and a short veil held in place with gardenias. She was given in m ar riage by her father. The bride’s sister, Jean, was maid of honor, wearing a *gown of pale aqua starched criffon, with a bouquet and coronet of talisman roses. Orville Terry of Orient Point, was the best man. Velma Penny, the groom’s sister, Ann Hallock, sis ter of the bride, Ruth Davis, Elsie Harrington, Constance Grant, Peg gy Hendrickson, Mary Barbour and Jean Kilkenny held the white satin ribbons for the aisle. ^Contrnued on Page 12) Chances For Relief From Drought Slight Prominent’ Cutchogue Far mer Comment's on Local Potof-o Situation; Considers Crop os Average Although showers are forecast for this afternoon and possibly tonight, there seems to be no in dication from any source of a good soaking rain, but miracles do hap pen, so here’s hoping! Many west end farmers -have resorted to plowing their crops under as they are burned beyond use. Some farms report three to four inches of dust on top of soil baked as hard as concrete. From County Farm Agent W. B. Been comes the prediction that the Long Island potato crop is doomed unless rain arrives immediately. When queried by a reporter, John Wickham, prominent Cut chogue potato grower and farm expert, asked “for a little time,” so after spending the night with the subject he has the following to say: “To anyone who is in touch with farm problems and farm talk it’s quite evident that farmers as a (Continued on Page 5) Had Reputation As Careful W o rker; Passing Motorist Finds Body; Inquest Today Sudden death overtook Charles H. Weller, 51, of Third street, Riverhead, yesterday (Wednesday) while he was working in a sub station of the Long Island Light ing Co. on the North road just west of Mattituck village. He had apparently touched a live switch by mistake and was immediately electrocuted by about 4,000 volts of electricity. Weller had been an employee of the Lighting Co. for many years and was looked upon as one who knew his job and was always a careful worker. He was employed as a foreman, ahd had often worked with high voltages. On Wednesday morning he came to the station alone to do some painting inside the building. At the time of his death he was painting conduits and cables be side and behind a large high- voltage switch panel while stand ing some fifteen feet Up on a ladder. Apparently he had been working with his left hand and holding his balance with his right by gripping a harmless conduit near the ladder. As he reached over the panel with his left hand he came in contact with one of the live terminals with his side, and with the perfect ground made by the firm grip of his right hand was instantly killed. Because there was no bruises on his body, it is surmised that instead of being thrown, he slid down the ladder, to lie near the door until he was seen by a pass ing motorist. It was Frederick Kolle of 137- 12 Juniper road. Flushing, who, (Continued on Page 12) Four Rescued From Capsized Dory In Bay Inholotor Needed to Revive Heroic W o m a n After Long Swim Through the Choppy W o ters of Peconic Boy In an heroic effort to secure help for three friends stranded a mile from shore on a capsized doi*y in Peconic Bay off Nassau Point on Saturday, Mrs. Eliza beth R. Mason of Washington D. C. swam ashore in a choppy sea. When about 350 yards from shore Mrs. Mason was overcome from exhaustion and rallied her wan ing strength in a final effort to reach help. Standing on the shore, Willard and Edward Doyle, sum mer residents of Nassau Point, noticed the figure struggling in the turbulent water. Willard Doyle, rapidly shed his out^r gar- (Contlnued on Page 12) SHELTER ISLAND LIGHT COMPANY ANNOUNCES RATE REDUCTION The Shelter Island Light and Power Company has filed a re vision of electric rates with the Public Service Commission which is estimated to reduce charges for all classes of electric service and save customers of the company more than $ 2,000 aiidually. The commission permitted the company to make the revised rates effective July 31 in that part of the Town of Shelter Island in Suffolk County which is served by the company. FARMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT HEAVY RAIN Believe it or not, but that is just what the farmers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, are doing. Because of the continued heavy rains many tons of hay have been left in the fields because it has been too wet to put in stor age. Many other crops are being damaged by the con stant wetness and inatten tion due to the weather. R e a d M a ttituck^s Leading M erchant*s A d v e r tisem e n ts O n P a g e 6
