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FOrvMAN 0 . J . 1J2.V3 F I L E ' D E P T i l l 61462 An Official Newspaper Of Southold Town Complete Coverage - Riverhead To Orient An Official Newspaper Of Riverhead Town Long Itland Trawler Est. 1871 Vol. 104 No. 32 TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR Watchman, Eit. 1826 Subaerlption S6.00 Por Year SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND. N.Y., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1975 Single Copies 20 Canto Elmer D. Ruland Age 96 Collects On Life Insurance How many people are privileged to collect the death benefits provided by their own life insurance policies? Actuarially speaking, possibly one in 50,000, or some such figure, the catch being that the policy holder must live to the rare age of 96 y ears to collect. On Dec. 26, 1901, Mattituckian Elmer D. Ruland signed up with the NewYorkLife Insurance Company for a $1,000 20-payment policy. Last Thursday, a company representative, William F. Plank of Bohemia, came to Mattituck to congratulate Mr. Ruland and to present him a check in the amount of $1,008.76. As the youthful Mr. Plank handed over the check, explaining that the $8.76 represented a dividend, Mr. Ruland, who had observed his 96th birthday on May 2, gently twitted him. “ How come you held it so long, young fellow?” , he said, his blue eyes twinkling. “ It’s about time you came aroondl” Mr. Ruland was an even younger fellow when he bought the policy, a month after his marriage to Anna C. Reeve, d aughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Reeve of West Mattituck. A few months past 21, he had already been farming about four years, working land on shares with his father, ‘ ‘b o ss” Floyd Ruland. Mattituck building contractor and part-time farmer. In those days, Mr. Ruland recalled Thursday, most people lived on f a rms, and lived “ off” them as well. “ You had your own pork, milk, eggs and vegetables,” Jie said. “ We took our wheat to the mills in Riverhead or here in Mattituck and had it ground into flour. About all we had to buy at the store was sugar, coffee and tea.” Mattituck’s famed tidewater mill, now the popular Old Mill Restaurant, was operated around the turn of the century by Joshua Terry who turned out the favored stone-ground flour and meal. “ The millers took their pay in grain,” said Mr. Ruland, “ W e ’d take 12 bushels of wheat and bring home flour from six. They’d sell the flour from the o ther six and slap on a Gold Medal or some o ther label if the customer wanted it.” The p resent Ruland “ h o me” farm, located in the eastern section of Mattituck and bounded by State Route 25 and Mill L ane, w as originally p art of the Barnabas Wines holding dating back to the 17th century and the founding of Mattituck. Mr. Ruland’s mother was Martha Wines, and he bought the land from her brother, James Wines, in 1913; thus, through the maternal line, it has been a “ family farm” for more than 300 years. The Rulands also farm land on New Suffolk Avenue and Mr. Ruland now lives with a widowed son, Elmer, J r . , in a cottage on that property which has frontage on Deep Hole Creek. The Route 25 farmstead is now occupied by a grandson, 26-year-old William P. Ruland, and his wife, Linda, and their small daughter, Anna, one and one-half years old. Bill Ruland has the help of his father, Elmer, Jr., and uncle, Floyd G. Ruland of ^ y e r h e a r l in planting and (Continued on Page 7) R e s e r v e s D e c is io n s O n R e z o h in g A p p licatio n s The Riverhead Town Board held public hearing Tuesday night on the application of Jenasaqua Realty Hold ing Co., seeking to have its parcel of land on the west side of Roanoke A v e ., Riverhead rezoned for b u siness use, and on the application of two veterin arians who want to establish an animal hospital on the Main Road in Aque- bogue. The board reserved decision on both applications. Jenasaqua Realty, through attorney Shepard Schein- berg, wants the lot, with 105 feet of frontage, rezoned from residence C to Business C use, for a possible pro fessional building site. The lot is adjacent to the Harrow shopping center, also owned by Jenasaqua Realty. Scheinberg said the pro fessional building would provide a buffer between the shopping center and residential property to the south. Attorney Jack Harding, represent ing Doctor Lewis Goldman and his son Maurice, who have just opened dental offices a t the southwest corner of the Harrow center, opposed the applica tion. Harding said a new professional building would take up parking space, the dentists were promised before they spent thousands of dollars to equip and open their offices. The hearing on the application of the veterinarians. Doctors Garrison M. Brown and Bruce D. Allen, was more lively and lasted almost an hour, with area residents in favor of their application, except for a few who were opposed. The two want to open their animal hospital in a home owned by Mrs. Helen Atkinson, on about 1.7 acres of land, and they need board approval. The area is zoned for business use, and the doctors have applied that another permitted use, “ veterinary hospitals” be permitted in business districts. The Planning Board has recommended denial of the application. The doctors’ lawyer, Frederick Tedischi, pictured the animal hospital as in line with the neighborhood, promised the house would be used “ as is” for the hospital and would not be (Continued on Page 11) ^ e s t h a m p t o n T o R e -V o te Westhampton Beach voters will again try to approve a b u d g et for the coming year on J u n e 4. On May 7 the voters, by a tally of 503 to 455 turned down the proposed budget of $4,178,026. The tax rate, now $11.05 per $100 of assessed valuation, would have risen to $12.03. On June 4, the voters will decide on the basic same budget, less $128,000, originally proposed for the hiring of 10 additional teachers in the event the 172 units of military housing opposite the County Airport were filled with families later this year. With the new proposed budget, the tax rate would be $11.54 per $100 of assessed valuation. Voting takes place, Wednesday, June 4, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the high school. The Boards of Education in River head and Hampton Bays, which saw their proposed budgets go down to defeat May 7, will decide later this . week on resubn»ission of budgets to the voters. Voters of the Fishers Island School District Tuesday passed a $620,011 budget by a vote o f 58-33. The tax rate R iv e r h e a d B o a r d A c ts O n A p a r tm e n t The Riverhead Town Board Tues day night paved the way for the eventual demolition of the eye sore abandoned apartment building on East Main Street, near the railroad crossing by authorizing the hiring of attorney Pierre G. Lundberg to con duct an investigation and prosccute the owners of the structure. The appointing resolution author izes Lundberg to investigate and prosecute owners of other \ e y e sore” structures which constitute public hazards. The building, once known as the Colonial Arms, has been in a state of disrepair for years, was once owned by attorney J . Leo Saxstein, who sold it two years ago to John Puglisi and his son, Laurence. It h as been shut down for the past year. In other action, the board awarded construction contracts for Riverhead Water District Extensions 14and l5to the Hallen Construction of Island Park. The “ West Riverhead” exten sion, from the western end of the district up to the Holiday Inn, is to cost $358,251, and the “ East Riverhead\ extension, from the eastern end of the district to Kinney Chevrolet, and then (Continued on Page 11) P l a n t i n g P e r i o d S e e n F a v o r a b l e Despite unfavorable weather c6hdi- tions in th« April planting: period, ‘ Eap.em Long Tsinnd potato growers j did a first-class crop-making job and / the resultant “ come-up” in May i s ' , better than average, according to the Suffolk County Agricultural Exten sion Service. While some farmers are having minor problems with delayed sprout ing, attributed to either cold seed or cold ground, and the Colorado potato (Continued on Page 12) I s s u e S t o p C o n t r a c t O r d e r O n T h e M i l l C r e e k B r i d g e Profninent Southold business persons, including, left, Armando Cappaof The Barge, George Penny of Penny s Lumber, Russ Mann, visible in the second row, and Helga Michel of Middle May, were present to fight tor through traffic during construction of the Mill Creek Bridge. staff Photo M 9 « n ^ Q p p o 8 e O r i e n t P o i n t P a r k 111 3i 'show of haji(fs at MouUay night's meeting on county acquisition of Of lent Point as a county park, opposition to the program which is destined for a public hearing at the County Legislature J u n e 27, at 10:30 a.m., far outweighed those who favored it to a housing development. Park Commissioner John Chester was joined by Legislators H. Beecher HaUey and Norton D«niei«. Members of the Southold Town Board were in the audience, their representatives to the panel, Suptervisor Albert Mar- tocchia stating that they had brought the request to Daniels in May 1974 and mapping was authorized in January. An official statement from the North Fork Environmental Council, delivered by Loraine T erry, president. Riverhead Democrats Pick Slate of $7.37per$100of assessed valuation is expected to rise to $9.10. Elizabeth Peishoff and Carol 0 . Gallagher were successful school board candidates polling 67 votes each to their opponents John Pendleton and Constance W h ite’s 25. Southunpton School District Voters of the Southampton School District, on Wednesday, May 28, will decide on a b u d g et for the coming year totaling $5,633,750, which includes $34,550 for support of the Southamp ton Youth Association. Voting on the budget will be held May 28 from 2 to 8 p.m. in the cafetorium of the Intermediate School on Leland Lane, Southampton. The annual meeting and public hearing will be held the night b efore, T u esday, May 27, starting at 7:30 p .m., also in the Intermediate School. The tax rate, now $8.26 per $100 of assessed valuation on a budget of $5,155,550, is expected to rise to $9.15. Included, in the rates is an (Continued on Page 11) indicated NFEC's early involvement to preserve this unique and historic property, trying to have it declared an historic preserve, failing this, at tempting to encourage purchase by the Nature Conservancy. This needed a commitment from the town which the board could not offer. \W e have been assured by the county that if they purchase this property it will be a very low density county park, with limited access,” l\_ontinued on Page 2) S e t M e m o r i a l P a r a d e M a y 2 6 The Memorial Day Parade this year is sponsored by the Griswold-Terry- Glover Post, No. 803, American Legion. It will start at 10 a.m., a half hour later than previously reported, in order to allow those traveling from a distance to be on time. The leading contingents will step off at 10 a.m. from Boisseau Avenue (Continued on Page 11) S o u th o ld B u s in e s s m e n A ir P r o te s t A New York State proposal to demolish Mill Creek Bridge, replac ing it at the same location with a new span and detouring traffic during the 10-month construction period, from Boisseau Avenue, Southold, to Al bertson’s Lane, came to an abrupt halt when Austin Emery of NYS Depart ment of Transportation late Friday afternoon issued a stop order on awarding the contract. The project will be reviewed. A meeting, spearheaded by 35 businesses within the threatened detour, was held Friday morning with Southold Town Supervisor Albert Martocchia. Merchants present bluntly stated “ we’re in business all year long” and took issue with the fact that the state had met with environ mentalists and not the'business com munity. They alleged the shutdown will make it impossible for some of them to survive and predicted dire results from Mattituck east if the September 15-June 1 detour is allow ed. State representatives present had apparently done their homework and turned back many of the suggestions, including the u se of a pontoon bridge, deemed costly in necessary roadwork for the approaches. A temporary (Continueuoil r a g e i i ; Our Inside Pages Calverton 16 Churches 28 Classifled 30,31 Coffee Break 5 Cutchogue Column 8 East Marion Column 8 Editorials 4 Greenport 29 Legals 28,29 Mattituck 9 Movies 11-13 North Fork Living 18 Obituaries 6 Riverhead Column 14 Southold Column 3 Sports 20>25 TV 27 Patricia Wood Reports 4 Wading River 14 .3.? - m . r.' Monday night the Riverhead Town Democratic Committee designated the party’s standard bearers for the November 1975 town elections. Seated left to right, Jessie Tomlin son of Wading River for a 2-year Council- person; John Lombardi, Riverhead, 4-year Councilman; incumbent Helene Block for Town Clerk; incumbent Alex Horton for Highway Superintendent; incumbent Irene Pendzick, Tax Receiver; standing, i^ymond McCoy, Town Justice, Allen M. Smith, Town Supervisor; Charles Crump, 4-year Assessor and incumbent George Young, 4-year (Coun cilman. Incumbent Thomas McKay, candidate for a 2-year Assessor’s term, was not available for the picture. Photo by Peter Stevens The Riverhead Town Democratic Committee, meeting Monday night, designated a slate of candidates for this fall’s town elections. The ticket is headed by Town Attorney Allen M. Smith, 31, of Aquebogue, for Town Supervisor. Supervisor John Leonard, a D e m o c r a t, has an nounced he will not seek re-elec- tion. Other candidates include; Incum bent Town Clerk M iss H e lene Block, for re-election to a seventh term; Tax Receiver Irene Pendzick, for re-election to a seventh term; and Highway Superintendent Alex Horton, for re-election to a seventh term. Also designated were Councilman George Young, seeking his seventh term, John Lombardi, for Council man, four year term; Mrs. Jessie Tom linson for Councilm a n , two year term; Town Assessor Charles Crump, for re-election to a four- year term; and Assessor Thomas McKay, for re-election to a two- year term . Raymond McCoy of Jamesport, Conservative candidate for Town Justice two years ago, is the D e m o c r a tic pick for Town Justice. The Town GOP Committee meets early next month and is expected to name a slate headed by Riverhead Police Sergeant Walter Flanagan for Supervisor. The local Republi can and Conservative organizations are still working on a cross-en dorsement proposal that would give the C o n s e r v a ti v e s two A s s e s s o r candidates, and possibly one Coun cilman candidate. At Press Time The Southampton Town Board held an hour long public hearing Tuesday night on a proposed local law to license home improvement contractors and then reserved decision. The proposed law, drafted at the request of east end contractors, would replace a county law which now requires them to obtain a license from the County Consumer Affairs Department for a fee of $125 for the first year, and $100 thereafter annually. The town license would only cost $10 and provides for reciprocity with the four other east end towns. A number of East Hampton and Southampton contractors urged the Southampton Town Board to adopt the law in order to retain local control over contractors. John Heimmer, County Licensing Director, warned the board that proper enforcement of the law would be prohibitively expensive unless done with volunteers. His department has issued 43 licenses in Southampton and has received 180 complaints from the town. The Southampton Town Board received an unexpected $9,654 in venue when it received and accepted bids for concessions at three town beaches. This was done by legal notices for bids. Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corporation President Syd Askoff, Tuesday handed County Exec John Klein a check for $100,000 as repayment of part of a loan the county had given 0 T B to begin operation. The repayment came just one month after 0 T B opened its first parlors. Suffolk b u dgeted $750,000 for a start-up loan for 0 T B , the money doled out as bills become due. So far, according to Askoff, only $250,000 has been used. G r e e n p o r t FD A m b u l a n c e B e n e f i t - P o l k a D a n c e - L e g io n H a ll M a y 2 5 - 9 p .m . - 1 a .m .
