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PAGE EIGHT T H E WATCHMAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939 A T T I T U C Mrs. Charles E. Furman of Lake Grove, is visiting her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boutcher. John Boutcher and Billie New ell left here last Saturday morn ing for Medusa, N. Y., to bring home a load of apples. Mr. and Mrs. Alex P. Walker with their son Albert, moved on Monday, October 16th to Charles Hamilton’s house on Pacific street. Mrs. Bert Titus and her sister, Mrs. Charles Selmeier and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Titus spent Col umbus Day in their bungalow on East Legion avenue. Miss Margaret D. Gildersleeve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Gildersleeve, returned to her home here on Friday afternoon, after spending three weeks in the Eastern Long Island Hospital re cuperating from an appendicitis operation. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Dixon will move on November 1st from Bay avenue Mattituck to Cutchogue. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webber with their two daughters, June and Marjorie, and Mrs. Webber’s mother and brother, spent the week-end in their home on East Legion avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hanson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price spent last Sunday at the World’s Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schwartz of Mineola, spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Schwartz’s mother, Mrs. Joseph Sonntag, on Pacific street. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Riley have been on a trip to LeRoy, N. Y. and Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monsell and family of Greenport, wei*e Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Monsell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Tuthill, on Hamil ton avenue. Miss Eva Henlor of Miami, Fla. spent three days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Hallock on Sigsbee avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Terry of Bay avenue, spent several days last week visiting at the home of Mrs. Terry’s sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Heid, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Catherine Phillips left here last Saturday to visit in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bogand and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox of Brooklyn and their two daugh ters, Edwina and Eileen, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charters. Mrs, Stephen Gondola, Jr. and her baby daughter, Betty Anne, were last Monday visitors at the home of Mrs. M. D. Gildersleeve. The house formerly occupied by the Kearney family on Bay avenue Jias been leased by George McCarthy. The Home Bureau will hold its next meeting on Nov. 2 at 10:30 o’clock. Mrs. Florence Dickey will direct the work on Patterns. Host esses for the day are Mrs. G. L. Penny, J r and Mrs. C. E. Hallock. A boathouse is being built lor Harry Cruze at his summer home on Mattituck Creek by H. R. Reeve & Sons. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Riley enjoyed a motor trip South last week, visiting in Maryland and Delaware. Julius Berdinka, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Berdinka, has en listed with the U. S. Army Air Corps for three years, and will probably be stationed at Mitchell Field. Julius showed considerable skill in building model planes while attending Mattituck High School, from which he graduated in 1938- Another Mattituck boy to line up with Uncle Sam is Lawrence Danowski, who has joined the Navy. A brother, Lu ther, is in the same branch of service. We are glad to hear that C. H. Wickham is again about, after being confined to his home with an injured foot for several days. Mr. Wickham had the misfortune to have a heavy pipe elbow drop on his foot and give him a very painful injury. Mrs. Arthur Comiskey and Mrs. Ruth Coyne head a committee in charge of a bingo party to be given November 1st at the Sac red Heart parish hall^ Cutchogue. A Mattituck housewife is slight ly embarrassed when the follow ing subject is brought up. It seems that she washed her hus band’s trousers in a washing ma chine, hung them on the line, and was about to iron them when sev eral small pieces of glass fell on the floor. Yes, the remains of his watch were still in the pocket. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Barker enjoyed a three day auto trip up state last week-end. M. H. S. Principal A. C. Gar- elle and Trustees Ralph Tuthill, John Duryee and J. T. Kirkup have been attending a New York State School Board convention at Syracuse, N. Y., this week. Last Thursday night at the school cafeteria a reception in honor of the new teachers was given by members of the M. H. S. faculty and board of education, about fifty attending. Principal Garelle and Mrs. Leslie Berming- ham were the reception commit tee. A buffet supper was served, and other features of the evening were cards, games and music. Following a dinner at Jim’s Restaurant Morlday night, the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce held its October meeting. Matters under discussion were chiefly con cerned with Mattituck Creek, in cluding the proposed new bridge at the Old Mill, erection of tide gates, and dredging. A Halloween party will be held in the Presbyterian Chapel Friday night by the Young People’s So- Sciety. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jones spent last week-end in Schenec tady, N. Y., where they attended the wedding of a niece of Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Berry spent a few days recently visiting in Floral Pa^j-k and taking in the World’s Fair. Nicholas Chudiak, a thoroughly up-to-the-minute Mattituck far mer, is planning to install an ir rigation system on his farm on the North Road in the vicinity of the Old Mill. It is to be of the overhead portable type, equipped with a pump capable of pumping 350 gallons of water per minute. About 25 or 35 acres are to be irrigated. Mr. Chudiak’s principal crops are potatoes and cauli flower. A series of sermon-lectures has been started by Dr. P. E. Radford, pastor of the Mattituck Presby terian Church, to be given Sun day and Wednesday evenings, and continuing for seventeen weeks through the fall and winter. The subject is “The Christian Church and the Story of Its Denomina tions.” The first five of the lec tures cover the primitive church; the next twelve, the period of the ancient church; and the last group takes up the history of the mod ern church and the history of the denominations. Dr. Radford has spent the past two years in prep aration for this sex'ies, and it is hoped that many will take the opportunity of enjoying them. All are invited. Have you Been Clara? Clara is Mattituck’s latest girl friend, and she’s just about the cutest thing in town. She’s sometimes a bit frisky, never a bit shy, and loves to be petted. She’s slender, wasp- waisted, has long spindly legs, and almost-as-long ears, and she’s very black. Clara is a daughter of Cleopatra, a Mexican burro re cently purchased by Judge E. A. Richards, and left by him at Jack Zenzius Riding Academy on Wick ham avenue to be fed and lodged. About three days after her arrival at Mattituck, she gave birth to Clara, who within a week has received a steady stream of visit* ors and been as much admired as a bevy of Dionnes. Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols of Hempstead, L. I., spent the past week at the home of their daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. George Tyrrell, at Marratooka Park, while Mr. and Mrs. Tyrrell were visiting in New York. The local Home Bureau met at the Presbyterian Chapel last Thursday for lessons in patter- cutting, under the direction of Miss Lillian Bergen, Mrs. George L. Penny and Miss Velma Penny. It was an all day meeting, with a one dish dinner being served. Mrs. Duncan Aird of Newburgh, N. Y., is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Gilder sleeve. FOOT TROUBLES? Dr. Scholl’s factory expert from New York will be at the Ben Franklin Store, Cutchogue, L. I., H. E. Walty, prop., on Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4. It Miss Carol Reeve rendered .a very pretty violin solo at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. Mrs. LeRoy S. Reeve and Miss Janet Reeve spent last week-end in New York. One of fhe several Mattituck ladies bridge clubs was enter tained by Miss Bertha Bader Tuesday evening. Sound Avenue Grange visited Mattituck Grange Monday night, the visitors giving a fine program of entertainment, and the home Grange serving refreshments. The supper committee was Mr. and Mrs. George Riley and MiSs Han nah Hallock. Chief Engineer Fred Olmsted, assistants Irwin Tuthill and Chas. Miska, and secretaries Geo. Penny 3rd and Clifford Polhemus, got themselves into a huddle last Wednesday and concocted a good old corned beef and cabbage sup per for the Mattituck firemen's October meeting, some fifty or more vamps being present. The firehouse kitchen has undergone a number of improvements by the firemen, who are now busy at painting the basement. The old Larabee pumper, which has serv ed the district for many years, is away on a vacation, and will be returned in a few weeks equipped with a booster tank and other improvements, together with a new coat of red paint. The fire company next meets on Nov. 15. at which time John McNulty will head the feed committee. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Barker spent last week in Garden City, L. I., at the home of their son, Robert Barker, while “Bob” and his wife attended a bankers con vention in Hot Springs, Ark. Miss Anna Butler of this place, is a patient at the Brooklyn Hos pital, where she is recovering from injuries sustained recently while getting out of a bus in Brooklyn. She was thrown against the door by a sudden stop of the vehicle. LOCAL ELECTRICAL STORE CHANGES OWNERSHIP Mattituck and vicinity is now able to avail itself- of an up to date store catering to the home owner and home maker. Carl L. Larsen, long experienced in the field of radio and electrical work, has opened an electrical appliance store in the building formerly occupied by Robert Loos, and is prepared and equipped to offer complete repairs and service on all makes of radios, refriger ators and home appliances. The atoxe is located directly opposite tfee Mattituck railroad station. SOUND AVENUE HOWARD A. WELLS We are sorry- that Mrs. Edward Dunn is nursing a broken wrist. The Daughters of the Revolution meet in the Sound Avenue Hall on Thursday of last week. Miss Laura Downs and Mrs. Martha Wells from the local Home Bureau, attended the officers’ meeting in the River&ead Court House last Thursday. E. P. Wells,, L. L. Downs and R. B. Wells attended the Hunters Garden eel chowder dfnner last Thursday and did their share of devouring the same. Reuben Wells was the chef, and from all reports he is getting very proficient in the art of making eel chowder. Mr. and Mrs. George Propper and family were week-end guests of Mrs. Propper’s parents,. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Wells. Leslie T. Wells has completed a bungalow on the Sound, and is all set now to enjoy the sea- breezes next season. FOOT TROUBLES? Dr. Scholl’s factory expert from New York will be at the Ben Franklin Store, Cutchogue, L. I., H. E. Walty, prop., on Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4. It Fifty-two members of the Sound ----------------- 5----------------------------- Avenue Grange attended the Mat tituck Grange last Monday eve ning as their link in the “My Country and My Home\ program, now in progress in the Granges of the State. Sound Avenue put on the program, which among other items featured poems by Profi Wessels and a skit by Mr, and Mrs. Olin TuthilL One hundred and forty were in attendance at the dinner served in th« Sound Avenue Hall on Friday evening to commemorate the completion by Rev. Wells H. Fitch of 35 years of ministering to this parish. Rev. F. G, Beebe of Cutchogue, Dev. David Wallace of Baiting Hollow, Rev. Frank Vorhees of Mt. Sinai, and Rev. James Fraser of Riverhead were speakers. Miss Elizabeth Howell, president of the Mutual Benefit Society, who gave the dinner, was mistress of ceremonies, and read a letter of regret from Rev. Percy E. Radford, D.D. All the speakers stressed two points, first that both Rev. Fitch and. the people of this place must have something to have worked in. harmony for so long, and second the fact that Mr. Fitch had been of great help to them in their work. A t the close Mr. Fitch w ^ presented with a book containing a. page for each family of the parish with pictures and one for each organization con nected with the church. Janet Tuthill is to lead the C, E. Society Sunday evening at 6:30 p. m. The topic is “Getting Along With Older People.” The Juniors who meet at the same time, will have for their topic “The City As a Missionary Field.” The Missionary offering will be taken in both the Sunday School and the C. E. Society this Sunday. Next Thursday the people of this place are invited to the cele bration of the 150th anniversary of the Mt. Sinai Church at 7:30 p. m. Miss Estelle Sydowski spent last Thursday at the New York World’s Fair. Mattituck’s J, O. U. A. M. will hold its initiation meeting in three weeks, on November 14. IVANS SHOE STORE Riverhead is STILL seQing Shoes for Every Member of the Family at “PRE WAR PRICEIS.” This applies to Shoes, Boots, Arctics, Rubbers, Sox, etc. BUY NOW AND SAVE! Mr. and Mrs. Howard Valentine, who were married recently, were sei-enaded Wednesday night, Oct. 18, by members of Phoenix Hose Company of the local Fire De partment. Valentine is captain of the Phoenix. 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