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PAGE TWELVE T H E WATCHMAN THURSDAY, JULY 2 7 , 1939 87th Annual Suffolk County Fair Will Open August 22 (Continued from Page 1) <$>in weight, and may be termed as made lightning fast by re-soiling, and due to the condition of the track the keenest of competition is expected to establish new rec ords on the Riverhead track. Reverting back to the original promises of the fair management, this year’s fair will be featured by a homespun and old fashioned tinge. It was promised last year by the management that as an attraction to many, of the visitors who are expected to visit Easterr Long Island during the closinr weeks of August, that a treat wilH supervision of Mrs. G. C. Miller, be in store for them in seeing one of the oldest county fairs running in the United States along the lines of its original inception. Athletic events and entertainment programs in which neighbor will be pitted against neighbor in agri cultural efficiency contests, house wives pitted against housewives in making up the most tasty cul inary dishes, farmer pitted against farmer in exhibiting their best and largest grown potatoes, cauli flowers, etc. in the vegetable de partment. There will be baseball and soft ball games, thus providing abund ant entertainment for all those who attend the five day fair ex position. Several hundred policemen rep resenting virtually every police department in the county will be represented in a mammoth parade through Riverhead and on the Fair Ground green on Wednesday, August 23. The day has been set aside and designated in honor of the policemen of the county. The parade will be in charge of the Suffolk County Police Association. Suffolk County Veterans’ Day, Friday, August 25, will be in the nature of a mobilization of the 33 American Legion Posts and nu merous Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts with their respective Aux iliary units. The parade of Le gionnaires in their wartime uni forms and equipment, together with the varied colored uniforms of the Auxiliary will present an inspiring spectacle. In the cattle department, which will be judged by Dr. Harold Nelson of Port Jefferson, there will be nine sections of Jerseys entered; in the beef cattle class there are seven sections entered. There will be a special prize sec tion for senior champion bull, ju nior champion bull, grand cham pion bull, senior champion cpw, junior champion cow and grand champion cow. In the cattle cla§s. other than pure bred there are two classes. Entries in the cattle class thus far exceeds the entries of last year. Increased registration in the showing of sheep and goats, which will be under the supervision of Louis J. Thron of Holtsville, has been reported by the secretary. Fair visitors will see for the first time at the Suffolk County Fair an elaborate dairy goat show, the first annual exposition of its kind sponsored and sanctioned by the Long Island Dairy Goat Asso ciation. There will be seven class es, some with four or more sec tions representing various breeds. A. Neuhauser of Fairview, Mass., will act as judge of the goat show in the awarding of prizes. Entries for the poultry depart ment are filling up to capacity rapidly in the various classes. Frank Ritchie of Patchogue, is the superintendent of this depart ment. The farm produce department with its fifty classes is by far the most popular division in the agri cultural exhibits. Henry R. Tal- mage of Riverhead, State Master Farmer, by virtue of appointment by Governor Herbert H. Lehman, will judge the exhibits in this department. In section 2 in this department designated for vege tables, with 153 classes, three judges, Thomas Henderson, S. R. Candler and George H. Campbell of Southampton, will make the awards. In the potato class two divisions of potato exhibits have been ar ranged this year. Division 1 will include tubers from 8 to 12 ounces stock representing a high uniform crop, well adapted to practical table use. Division 2 will include tubers from 12 ounces up, and designated to represent higii yield. Stewart W. Horton of Cutchogue, who has been superintendent of the fruit department for many years, will again be in charge of the 175 fruit entries which in clude plums, cranberries, com mercial packs of various sorts, grapes, crabapples and apples. The flower display under the will be divided into two classes, one for the professional growers and the other for amateur horti culturists. Local housewives will be busy from now until the opening day of the fair preparing their canned foods to exhibit in the depart ment set aside for such exhibits. Baked foods will also occupy the housewives, and also the unwed ded misses of the county will be busy preparing choice delicacies in the hope of garnering the cash prizes and blue ribbon awards. Mrs. Oskar Frowein of Eastport will be superintendent of the do mestic arts department, which in cludes needlework, rugs, quilts, bedspreads, luncheon sets, bridge sets, buffet sets, sheets and pilliw cases, towels, scarves, cushions, table runners and miscellaneous. Local crocheters m.ay enter the third National Crocheters contest at the Fair Ground, in an an nouncement in the final premium book, to be held this Fall in New York City. Arrangements have been made with the National Cro chet Bureau of New York where by all those exhibitors who win first prizes for crochet work at the local fair will be eligible for the national competition held for the third year. The annual con test will name the 1939 national crochet champion and forty rank ing crocheters. The champion will be given a free trip to New York with a three day visit there, where she will receive her title and $2,500 in cash prizes. A total of $1,300 will be divided among all the finalists. It is felt that the Suffolk Coun ty Fair is offering its patrons a real opportunity in collaborating with the national contest, as local women who crochet will now find it possible to compete for the national honors without going out side of their community. The Suffolk County Farm Bu reau will have an attractive edu cational exhibit in the northeast corner of the Farm Bureau-Grange- Vegetable building. County agri cultural agent Walter G. Been and asistant agents L. A. Devenpeck and Paul B. Jones will be on hand to explain the exhibit and answer questions concerning Suffolk Coun ty agriculture. The Suffolk County Home Bu reau will arrange an educational exhibit showing some of the work done in the housing and crafts project during the past year. Mrs. Vera F. Brush, county home dem onstration agent, will be in charge of the Home Bureau exhibit. Surrogate Richard W. Hawkins, president of the Suffolk County Boy Scouts of America, will have a corps of 100 Scouts doing first aid work and general scouting work on the Fair Grounds. Dr. pavid Corcoran, superin tendent of Central Islip S tate Hos pital, has entered an exhibit show ing the occupational and recrea tional activities of the inmates of his institution, conducted tnainly for therapeutic value. Kings Park State Hospital and United States Veterans Hospital at Northport will also have their individual exhibits at the Fair. Another exhibit of interest to the agricultural minded patron of the Fair will be that of the Suf folk County Dairymen’s Associa tion, in charge of Percy Mathers. The Long Island Poultry Asso ciation will feature an educational exhibit of fresh eggs. John Lukert of East Moriches, president, Henry St^ther of Central Islip, first vice president, and Robert Bedford of Central Islip, secretary and treas urer, will supervise the exhibit. The National Youth Adminis tration will have an informative and educational exhibit from which the residents of the county and fair visitors may learri the work being accomplished by young men and women employed by the N. A. part time work program. The 4-H Clubs activities in all branches of agriculture will be demonstrated at the Fair. Many of the schools in the county will also have ex hibits of educational value at the fair. In the special feature depart ment for the Farmers’ Day pro gram on Saturday, August 26, A. H. Coukas of Riverhead, is in charge of a program confined solely to the residents of Suffolk County. Some of the events in clude potato picking contests, bi cycle race, potato sack race for girls, young farmers’ obstacle race, greased pole contest, pillow box ing, potato rolling contest, co operative potato picking and Long Island championship walking race. Winston P, Tuthill, director of athletics at the Greenport High School, has prepared an elaborate program throughout the first four days of the fair. Thd officers and directors of the Fair are: John G. Downs, Cut chogue, president; W. Kingsland Macy, Islip, vice president; Charles S. Edwards, Riverhead, honorary vice president; Frank M. Corwin, Riverhead, secretary-treasurer. The directors include: Charles F. Delano, Amityville; Lester H. Davis, Coram; John H. Dayton, East Hampton; Frank G. Sayre, Bridgehampton; John N. Brennan, Smithtown Branch; John G. Downs, Cutchogue, and W. Kingsland Macy, Islip. Honorary director is State Senator George L. Thomp son, Kings Park. The board of managers com prises: John G. Downs, Cutch ogue; John N. Brennan, Smith town Branch; Frank M. Corwin, Riverhead: Lester H. Davis, Cor am, and John H, Dayton, East Hampton. Lighting Employee Electrocuted While Painting In Local Sub-Station (Continued from Page 1) <S> on his way to Southold, saw a man lying in the door and stop ped to investigate. He called the Lighting Co. from a phone inside the building at just 11:20 a. m., and the last entry in Weller’s log was made at 10:30. Dr. Jones of Mattituck, was called, and pro nounced the man dead. With the authorization of Cor oner J. Mott Heath of Greenport, Police Chief Anrig ordered the body taken to the Tuthill Funeral Parlors in Mattituck, where an inquest will be held at 3:30 p. m. today. It was noticed that Weller had not been taking the ordinary pre cautions of using rubber gloves or rubber arm and shoulder covers as is generally done when work ing near open high voltage cir cuits. Both of these articles were in his car, which was parked out side, at the time of the accident. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Everett, 25, and Charles H., Jr., 22, all of Riverhead. Four Rescued From Capsized Dory In Bay (Continued from Page 1) ments and swam to the assistance of Mrs. Mason. She was brought to safety and, before losing con sciousness, managed to gasp “there are three others out there hang ing onto the boat”. The Doyles, with the help of Walter Miller, manned a rowboat with an outboard motor and hast ened to the capized dory where the three others, almost exhaust ed and suffering from bruises and lacerations, were helped to safety. The Cutchogue Fire Department department was called and thru its inhalator service Mrs Mason was soon revived. The others received medical aid and after sufficient rest and treatment felt none the worse for their harrowing experience. Mrs. Mason is under the care of Dr. Daley, medical director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The party of four had been taken out by Mrs. Robert Daley of Nassau Point and Cold Spring Harbor, when a sudden squall upset the dory. Unable to make their cries for help heard on shore, Mrs. Mason volunteered to swim ashore for assistance. The others managed to cling to the bottom of the capsized boat, although they were battered and bruised as the heavy waves dragged them back and forth across the boat’s bot tom. Those in the party were: Edward R. Sammis, of the Col umbia Broadcasting System and his wife; Mrs. Daley and Mrs. Mason. Local Couple Wed at Attractive Lawn Ceremony (Continued from Page 1) The ceremony took place on the lawn before an ivy covered arbor, with a backdrop of green pine trees, and a foreground of silver baskets of pink and white flowers. Afterwards there was supper and dancing on a lawn platform until the bride and groom left for, their two weeks’ honeymoon in New Hampshire. This Fall the bride and groom will reside in their new home on Marratooka Lake in Mattituck. There are 33,934 restaurant seats available at the New York World’s Fair. k 8 i T f I t ? T f t r T f V? II II YY Tf I? I? II 8 L O Q K I ! We have a story to tell SHORE QUALITY SERVICE has won for us thou- sonds of satisfied customers. These customers are in a great measure responsible for our continued success. We will endeavor to show you by our quality and service — which cannot be surpassed — AT ANY PRICE! • ALL WORK DONE IN OUR O W N SUFFO L K COUNTY PLANT SKIRTS or TROUSERS 25 • 'A L L W O R K IS IN S U R E D A G A I N S T LOSS BY FIRE AND THEFT SPECIAL - BEAUTIFULLY Dry Cleaned and Pressed MEN’S Ladies’ SUITS Plain Dresses 39c 49c S h o r e C leaners 27 PECONIC AVE. (Next to Riverhead Soring* Bonk) RIVERHEAD. L. I. t t XX *:**!* ?? ?? 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