{ title: 'The watchman. (Mattituck, N.Y.) 1937-1940, August 10, 1939, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn96083588/1939-08-10/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn96083588/1939-08-10/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn96083588/1939-08-10/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn96083588/1939-08-10/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Suffolk Cooperative Library System
FOR NEWS OF THE SUMMER COLONISTS SEE PAGE 8 TT H E W A T C H M A N THE ONLY PAPER THAT GIVES TWO HOOTS ABOUT MATTITUCK, L. I. VOL. 112 No. 48 MATTITUCK, L. I., N . Y . , THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS KKK AGAIN ACTIVE IN SUFFOLK? Greenport Village Trustees Rule Skating Rink Must Close By 11 P.M. Complaint Lodged by For m e r Mayor Ansel V. Young and Herman Ficken; Claim ed Hotel Patrons W e r e Dis turbed LOCAL DRIVER INJURED IN BOAT RACES Jack A. Clarke of Nassau Point, was severely injured when the propeller of his racing boat cut. ^ his leg. The accident occurred A special meeting of the ^ during the outboard motor racing lage Board of ‘Trustees was held Saranac Lake, Sara- at the office of Mayor Kluge Wed nesday night, August 9th, at 7 p. m., with Mayor Kluge and all members of the board present, in cluding trustees Charles Woolley, Frederick Locker, Monroe Biggs and Harry -Sweet. The meeting was for the pur pose of hearing a complaint by former Mayor Ansel V. Young and Herman Ficken, representing the Greenport Theatre, as to the noise created after 11 o’clock by the music at the theatre on Sat urday nights and the noise of auto motors, at the close of the Satur day night skating session. Young, according td Charles Woolley, made the complaint through him (Woolly) but later, appeared per sonally. It wasn’t difficult to guess what the result would be after listening to a few questions and answers. (Continued on 12) nac, N. Y., on August 4. Jack was thrown from the boat while in second place and wish- (Contlnued on Psqc 12) Civic Association Forms In Aquebogue An organization which holds every promise of becoming a live factor in the affairs of the com munity was recently formed un der the name of The Hoccabauk Civic Association of Aquebogue. Having their first meeting early in July they already have over forty members with dues fully paid for the coming year. They have held four meetings during the month, have adopted a Con- (Contlnued on Page 12) Undernourished Above are two pictures taken iast w e e k on Marratooka Farnn, Mattituck. The top photo shows the findings fronri two hills of spuds while the lower photo is of a hill partially uncovered showing the hsavy set and small size. Due to the drought the potatoes did not reach their average size and many will be misshapen because of the hard ground. Both views are of Green Mountain variety. Message Above is a photo of one of t w o ' s i g n s f o u n d near a 10-foot burning cross on a hill in Mattituck last S a t u r d a y evening. Burning Cross on Hill in M a ttituck Causes Wide Comment; Police Conduct Investigation The subject of much discussion I in this vicinity is the recent dem onstration Which took place last I Saturday evening in Mattituck. ‘ As yet authorities have not de termined definitely whether it was the work of an organization or an individual. Because it was Saturday night and also the last day of the car nival which had been in progress during the week in the lot ad journing the Mattituck Firehou.se, the amusement area was well pop ulated. At about 10:30 p. m. while the crowds were heaviest, a fire was noticed a short distance away on a hill overlooking the carnival grounds. When viewed from the clear it was seen to be a large cross burning brightly in the light wind. Wjth Southold Town Police (Continued on Page 12) Telephone Open House Attracts Many Here Many people in this locality now know where the “busy’’ signal, the dial tone and other oddities of their phones, comes from and why. The central office just west of the village has been open to the public since yesterday morn ing and will be open today and this evening, and a number of phone users have taken advan tage of the telephone company’.^ offer and have visited the build ing. They were courteously received by J. B. Fanning, manager for the New York Telephone Com pany, and then conducted throu’^h the building by a guide who ex plained the workings of the va rious mechanisms needed to com plete a local call. Miss Justine Zaleski, an oper ator from the Riverhead central office, then demonstrated how an (Continued on Page 12) CHANGE LOCATION FOR CONCERT The concert, sponsored by th^ Eastern Long Island Hospita' Auxiliary, scheduled to be helc at the Trinity House, Saturday. August 19th, will be held at the Methodist Church instead. The large advance sale of tick ets made this change advisable Same date, August 19th, and hour 8:30 P. M. Mattituck Goes Over Top In * Scout Campaign According to Robert ^ergen, Mattituck has already exceeded their quota of $542 in the annual Boy Scout campaign now in pro gress by about $50. Mr. Bergen is the manager for Mattituck vil lage with John McNulty, Mrs. Howard Berry and Mrs. Robert (Continued on Page \12) Fish Beware Truck Rams Wagon and Team; No Serious Injury On Tuesday afternoon Joseph Dicky and his younger brother, of Cutchogue, were given a scare and a shakeup with several bruises, for momentoes when the wa\on on which they were riding was struck from behind by a truck laden with potatoes. The wagon was demolished and one horse re ceived a bad cut on one of his hind legs. The front end of the truck was badly dented, although still able to operate. Both the wagon and truck were traveling west on the main high way just east of the John Down^ farm, when the truck, driven bv Philip Dubinski, 21, of New York C:ty, crashed into the rear -jnd )f the wagon. Both boys we.e hrown to the concrete and the ^Continued on Page Fishing in and out of Mattituck Inlet is increasingly popular this season as evidenced by num b e r of cars parked near Stanley’s Tavern (top photo) as owners enjoy the day fishing from the many party boats sailing dally. Bottom shows the b r e a k w a t e r where many report good catches for an afternoon’s sitting. R e a d M a ttituck’s Leading M e r c h a n t’s A d v e r tisem e n ts O n P a g e 6 mi
