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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939 T H E WATCHMAN PAGE ELEVEN ^out/i tJown •> I A *;* By Jimmie Downs •*♦ Well, we guess we’re the only two people who haven’t caused that Giant mill to ring up another admission down there in Flushing Meadows during the 1939 season. No, we can’t say that our activi ties have been concentrated on the ole N. F. exclusively because we did manage to pass among those “ultra modern” and grotes que structures, which line the borders of “World’s Fair Boule vard”, at least four times on our way elsewhere. Yes indeed, we observed this monstrous mons trosity, representing man’s pro gress, from the motorists angle by day and also by night and judging from a quick glance at the elab orate layout we can safely feel that there will still be plenty of time to see everything, come the season of 1940. Two weeks ago the automobile manufacturers placed their latest contributions to modern travel and speed upon showroom floors throughout the country ----- and 5t was still three months before 1!he American public hoped to usher the New Year in. If we rememher correctly, 1930 model gas-wagons appeared not earlier than 1930. ITiere was nothing premature about those slick 30’s. The next two or three years found them coming but just before New Years, then a bit before Christmas and finally in 1937 they began rolling them on for your inspection in November. That lasted two more years and now we’re actually able to crane our necks under the gap ing alligator-hoods of the 1940’s ----- the FUTURE auto. At this rate we predict that as early as Christmas of 1950 your 1955, ultra stream-gush (or something) super speed, air-conditioned, convertable boudoir and drawing-rooih-on- wheels ----- plus an all-electric kit chenette and minus both brake and clutch pedals, emergency brake lever and steering wheel- —will be on sale. By that time you’ll probably wonder how Dad and Mother ever tolerated a five or six room apartment which re mained in one fixed position. Helen Wells Hutchinson, of Bal timore and Long Island’s Aque- bogue, who edited our July 13th strip, is rapidly recovering from an Appendictomy at the Maryland General Hospital in that Balti more town. Frank-ly speaking, we believe the young lady was visited at that institution by one of our local lads last week-end. Recently THE Jimmy Donahue, of the Calverton Summer Dona hues, played BARMAN at the Garden for his and other’s amuse ment. Jimmy knew most all the concoctions on the ‘‘list’ too. We had almost forgotten our chum Barton Corwin'until he ap peared at the Peconic Avenue Bowling Emporium, in Riverhead. Barton didn’t enter into play, competitive or otherwise, but he did order two Hamburgers at the lunch-counter. We know he de voured only one of them yet after he took leave we discovered that both Burgers had disappeared. Now we never pry into the eating habits of our public, but the ques tion concerning the missing, sec ond sandwich still remains. Another NUPTIAL-event is re ported for the Emerald section this weekend when Miss Lillian Syrett takes option to the Deane signature on Sunday afternoon. Kenny Deane will be the lesser half of this future combination. “We Offer You Congratulations.” Last weekend Fred Fioi'ie, the emperor of Sea Shell-swing, trip ped south to Arlington and other points in Virginia and while there he entered into negotiations with the proprietor of a certain dance- spot. Negative or Positive results have not been i-eported. Big Louis reports the activities of the “Wolf” organization still moving forward, but at a retarded speed ----- although, according to Mark, only a few membership cards are now available. Fear not, laddies, the woli is known to thrive in colder climates and these inconsistant temperatures are probably disconcerting. Last week we mentioned that Frankie, of the Apple Tree-group, had a very good reason for mak ing Mattituck his permanent ad dress. Now we find that the names, Frankie and Johnny, be came mixed up among our notes and Johnny, who we meant all along, still has the same good reason ----- ^but now its a River head address. We also note that Johnny is tootin’it with the Com manders at the Sea Shell. If you’re thinking of dashing somewhere for a weekend to get- away-from-it-all why not try a New England trip. That country certainly is be-uu-utiful this time of year. (If we only knew how to spell a “Rodgers Sigh”) The Horne youngster arrived in the Oyster village, after her Met ropolitan jaunt, a week later than scheduled. We were unable to make an appointment for an in terview, but we gather from ru mors that there WAS some “Stor my Weather”. What tall, dark and handsome laddie, after suffering a jilt from his Lady-Love, sought to vent his emotions and salve his wounded vanity by driving his clenched paddies through eighteen panes of window-glass at the Riverhead Rollerdrome last Sunday night? Some Fun! The Wiggins Street Damsel ar rived in that vicinity to report the life-in-New Haven not as ex citing as advertised and that “Home Sweet Home” isn’t so bor ing after all. HOG-RIFLES While antique collectors and museum scouts scour the Tenn essee mountains for long “hog- rifles” that played a part in the A m e rican Revolution, an old Tennessee gunsmith is still mak ing them just as his ancestors did long ago. Wiley Gibson, 73 years old aiid ,the last of five generations of gun smiths, maintains his little shop where his fathers worked near Sevierville, on the border of the Great Smoky Mountains. After looking over the aged man’s odd assortment of antique tools a visitor to the shop may ask Gibson if he will make a gun. The gunsmith shifts his chewing tobacco, adjusts his spectacles, and responds: “Well, suh, what’ll you have, full or-half stock, a flint lock or a cap and ball?” And, if the visitor gives the or der, in a few months he will find that he is the owner of a hog- rifle that will drive center with any high-priced shooting iron on the market. Just as his great grandfather did, Gibson forges, tempers, files, cuts, and fits the metal parts with a nicety that belies his crude tools and horny hands. The wood from which the stock of the rifle is made was brought from the vil lage blacksmith’s shop. And when the gun is finished, it will fire a ball that will stop a bear or knock a squirrel from a limb at sixty yards. Gibson hog-rifles were the price less friends of mountain folk for 100 years after the Revolution. They kept meat on the table and the red men away from the door. They still hang in cabins of many mountaineers who know when they look down that long barrel they will get what they aim at. And at a-^hoot recently held in Tennessee these old rifles in com petition with the latest makes won first and second place for accuracy. But why are they called hog- rifles? They got the name at the Battle of Kings Mountain when Kentuckians encamped near John Sevier’s men remarked: “Jerushy! Ain’t them fellows totin’ a hawg of a rifle, though!” —The Commentator Magazine. CARS TO ORDER Because cars follow ox-cart tracks in Brazilian jungles, be cause maroon is the royal color of Egypt, because Holland has so many canals, and South Africa so few repair shops, and because of numerous foreign customs and regulations, vehicles for export take a thousand-and-one equip- rnent combinations unknown in this country. The poet who sang of the charm of Rangoon and Mandalay omitted describing the state of the roads. Some of the roads there are pretty hard on tires, and motorists in variably carry at least three spares, which have to be arranged for. Strangely enough, some coun tries, such as Panama and the Virgin Islands, use cars with left- hand drives (American style) but drive on the left side of the road (British style). This necessitates equipping cars with reversed head lights to throw the beam away from the eyes of the oncoming drivers. The ordinary red tail and stop lights just won’t do when cars are sent to Belgium. Regulations there specify a ruby-colored tail lamp and a stop light of orange. In Cuba, dual horns are prohib ited; Argentina goes so far as to specify the exact tone of horn. Holland’s regulations specify all buses must have a door in the top, which would come in handy if a bus should slip into a canal. No motor manufacturer would ship a maroon-colored car to Cairo, where that hue is reserved for King Farouk and the royal family, nor a green one to Arabia, where gre^n is a color reserved for the turbans of those Moham medans who have journeyed to the prophet’s tomb in Medina. In countries where gasoline costs as much as 75 cents a gallon, the motorist ip provided with a lock and key for the gas-tank cap. Vehicles used in the Alps and other mountainous areas must have special carburetors, due to the limited amount of oxygen available at high altitudes. —The Comfnentator Magazine. SUFFOLK HAM S TO MEET The first Fall meeting of the Suffolk Amateur Radio Club will be held on Thursday, October 26, at the Town Hall, Riverhead. The meeting is scheduled for 8:30 p. m., and all those interested in amateur radio are welcome to attend. DANISH SILVER A woman visitor to the Danish Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair suddenly saw a large display of beautifully hand-wrought sil ver and exclaimed: Look at that silver! Now I know why Hitler wants Denmark.” She didn’t know that there are no silver mines in Denmark and that most of the silver is imported from Germany. SOUND AVENUE GRANGE ENTERTAINS SOUTHOLD The Sound Avenue Grange on Tuesday evening last entertained the Southold Grange. The South- olders gave a very flne program on “My Country and My Home.” Talks on My Home by Brother Montgomery and My Country by Brother Palmer were much en joyed, as were several vocal se lections. It seemed though that “Aunt Bessie’s” reading received the most applause. About forty of the Southold people turned out, and with Stated Deputies Mr. and Mrs. Sayre of Bridgehampton, one sister from Mattituck, and about eighty of the home folks, demol ished a goodly quantity of pump kin pie with whipped cream, doughnuts and coffee before re pairing to their homes. C L A S S I F I E D A D S ? YOUR GUIDE TO ECONOMY — BUY AND SELL HERE — I 25 CENTS MINIMUM — 1 CENT PER WORD J , ■■rr—— I -'i ...................... 7= FOR SALE SUBSCRIBE TO THE W A T C H M A N G e t R a a d y FOR THE CAULIFLOWER SEASON BOOTS RUBBER PANTS AND COATS F . B R A N D I FRONT ST. GREENPORT USED CARS that make FRIENDS ’37 Pontiac 6 Black 4-Door Touring Sedan, driven 13,000 miles ...................... $550 ’38 Pontiac 6 Black 2-Dr. with radio and heater; ' good tires; original mileage ....... $575 ’36 81 Buick 4-Door Touring Sedan; Gray ...................... $495 90 Day or 3000 Mile written war ranty with each car PHONE FOR DEMONSTRATION VAIL BROS. Peconic 6774 Southold 3984 Riverhead 2271 THE FOLLOWING CLOTHES MAY BE PURCHASED At Miss Jessie Brown’s home, Wickham Avenue and Main Road. Afternoons and Evenings. Size 14 Wine Velveteen Pajamas ....... $2.00 Black Wool Dress .................. $2.50 Green Wool Tunic D ress ....... $2.50 Navy Maternity D ress ...........$2.50 Wool Skirts, blue, green, each..$1.00 Size 16. New Black Crepe Dress; sacrifice .................... $4.00 Child’s Raccoon Collar .......... $2.00 3 Vanta Baby Shirts, size 1 yr.; 10% wool; never worn; Cap and Sacque ................. $1.00 Blue Satin Sandals, 5A ......... $3.00 Size 18 Gray Wool Dress, with navy blue % wool C o a t .............. $5.00 Gray Wool Skirt .................... $1.00 2 Piece Green Boucle Dress....$4.50 Black Wool Dress .................. $2.50 3 House Dresses, size 38, each 50c Raccoon Coat ........................ $35.00 Brown Gabardine Red Cross Shoes; 8A .............................$3.00 Dobb’s Tan Felt Hat; 22y2\....$3.00 4 Pairs Children’s All Wool Socks; size 5 ........................ 60c FOR SALE 1927 WILLYS KNIGHT 2 Door Sedan; excellent condition; will sell reasonable. AL MASTERS, Mattituck. 2t MOTORCYCLE AND SIDE CAR. 1935 Harley Davidson, deluxe equipped; chrome wheel rings, chrome stacks, spot lights, wind shield, leg guards, crash bars, sad dle bags, buddy seat with fur cover; perfect running condition. Side Car equipped with wind shield, fender, bumper and spare wheel and tire. $200 cash. In quire WATCHMAN OFFICE. tf WOOD FOR STOVE or Fireplace. $6.00 for 4 x 4 x 8 ft. Cord. Cow Manure.. Delivery anywhere. RUS SELL D. TUTHILL, New Suffolk Ave., Mattituck. Phone 8250. tf MOVIE CAMERAS, Kodaks, pho tographic supplies. See the new natural color film at DORMAND CAMERA SHOP, 153 Griffittg Ave., Riverhead. GREY COAT, all wool swag ger, detachable fur lining; excellent condition; size 14; bought at $16.95; sell .........$5.00 RED CROSS COBBIES; black suede; size 5VzAA .............. $3.00 MRS. ROBERT BERGEN, Main Road. Evenings. GOOD COAL HEATER for sale. Height 47 inches; suitable for home or store. Apply MRS. J. SONNTAG, Mattituck. Tel. 8396. SUPERFEX OIL BURNER—Good condition. FRANK GREAVES, Main Road, Mattituqjc- 4t NEW SUMMER COTTAGE—Liv ing room, heatilator fireplace, 2 bedrooms, Isath, kitchen and din ette, porch, screens, modern con veniences. All water rights to Peconic Bay, 1000 foot beautif.ul sandy bathing beach, shade trees and lawn, adjoining oiled roads. Complete for $3,100. $800 down. Balance easy terms. C. H. WICK HAM, Mattituck, L. I. FOR RENT FURNISHED BUNGALOW — All improvements; hot water oil heating system; Bay Avenue. In quire THE APPLE TREE. tf FURNISHED 5 ROOM COTTAGE. Inquire BEN JOHNSON, Bay Avenue, Mattituck. tf PIANO T U N IN G PIANO TUNING and Repairing. Pianos bought and sold. HOW ARD H. GRIFFIN, South James- port. Phone Jamesport 525. 4t LOST RABBIT HOUND, black and white. License No. 366823.. FRANCIS C. HAUPT, Factory Road, Matti tuck. It HELP W A N T E D ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, Mo tor, Drill and other shop pieces. BOX 125, MATTITUCK. ?t WATER FRONTAGE at “Laugh ing Water,” Southold, L. I. With out cottage, $10 per front ft.; with 5-room cottage, $2,500. Peconic Bay waters, c q o I, shady sites; bathing, boating and fishing; all convenien ces; own your own cottage; cheap er than rent. C. H. WICKHAM, owner, Mattituck, L/ I. tf NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER CHRISTMAS CARDS. Call and see our samples. THE MATTI TUCK PRESS. tfp GIRL—For Domestic employment. Some experience, cooking and general housework; sleep in. SID NEY OLMSTED. Phone 8490 Mat tituck. itc MISCELLANEOUS OLD AW'D DISABLED HORSES and Cow’s removed without charge. $5.00 removal charge on dead Horses and Cows. RAY MOND H. NUGENT, Riverhead. Phone Riverhead 2392. SWISS and AMERICAN Watckes repaired and guaranteed. Rea sonable prices. RENE STEBLER, “The Swiss Watchmaker,” 133 Griffing Ave., Riverhead. The place to buy flne watches Inex pensively. tf
