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0 . J . FORIiAM COM P A N Y N E S 3 F I L S D E P T . M O U i J J i ' i l , I L L I N O I S , 6 1 4 6 2 An Official Newspaper Of Southold Town Complete Coverage - Riverhead To Orient An Official Newspaper Of Riverhead Town Long Island Traveler Est. 1871 Vol. 104 No. 34 TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR Watchman, Est. 1828 SulMcriptlon $6.00 Per Year SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND, N.Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975 Single Copies 20 Cents Swear In Judith T. Boken As Southold Town Clerk Oath of office was administered to Southold Town Clerk Judith Boken by Supervisor Albert Martocchia May 30 at the office on Main Road, Southold. staff Photo A fter four years as Southold Town Deputy Town Clerk and town employee for 11 years. Judith T. Boken was sworn in Friday as Town Clerk to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Albert Richmond, retiring after 20 years of service. H e r appointm e n t includes the position of Registrar of Vital Statis tics and runs until the end of 1975. She is expected to be the Republi can candidate for Town Clerk in the November 1975 election. The town board applied for a civil service list from which Boken's replacement will be selected. Mr. Richmond was first elected to office in 1959, succeeding the late Ralph Booth. Running as a Republican candidate, he was re elected for seven additional terms, always by decisive majorities. The board accepted his resigna tion with regret, board members expressing their appreciation of his dedicated service individually. ‘‘We are certainly going to miss you,” \no one ever complained about your work” and ‘“you were avail able day and night, seven days a week\ were among the accolades from his colleagues. Mr. Richmond indicated his fu ture includes some fishing, a little golf and traveling, plus some family visits with his d a u g h t e r , Mrs. Robert Williamson, and her family in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Peconic Bank To Open In Riverhead Saturday On Saturday, June 7, the Peconic Bank opens its first community-ser- vice office at Route 58 and North- ville Turnpike in Riverhead, Pecon ic Bank President Edward T. Des mond has announced. A fter m o re than a year of prelim inary prep a r a t i o n , Peconic Bank is equipped to offer the citizens of Riverhead and surround ing communities a range of both personal and business commercial banking services unequaled in the area. This stems directly from the fact that Peconic Bank, President Des mond pointed out, is the area’s first community-originated full - service commercial bank. For example, its seven original incorporators are all residents of Riverhead or nearby communities, and are, moreover, highly-successful businessmen with a deep understanding of the busi ness and personal banking needs of the area. Of the \original seven,” includ ing President Desmond whose back ground is banking — Jack O’Keefe is the former owner of a Riverhead Chevrolet agency: Edward Kelly, a licensed insurance broker; LeRoy Privett, co-owner of a bus service; Michael Vahraaian, President of a laundry and cleaning estab l i s h ment. The law is represented by John Hurley, and Bailey Smith is a partner in a securities firm. EDWARD DESMOND In this way, from its very conception, Peconic Bank has been completely geared to servine all the (Continued on Page 9) Town Hall Gains Momentum The trend toward centralization of Southold Town offices in the Peconic section gained some mo mentum this week with Supervisor Albert Martocchia’s disclosure that there has been a meeting of town officials and Southold school district authorities looking to acquisition of the Peconic school for use as a town hall. ‘‘The school board is receptive to the town having it and we are receptive to getting it,” he said, describing the informal discussion last week as highly encouraging. At the same time, he announced the Town Fathers are negotiating for the purchase of 3‘/a acres of land adjoining the brick schoolhouse on the south as the site for a projected civic center. The parcel, like the 3 ‘/a-acre school property, has a frontage of about 300 feet on Peconic Lane and a depth of approximately 500 feet. It is part of a 24-acre property owned by Mrs, Riverhead Authorizes The Repairs The Riverhead Town Board Tues day authorized the repair of a town bulldozer used by the Sanitation Department, awarding the repair contract to the H. O. Penn Machin ery Co. of Westbury, at a cost of $6,695. The bulldozer is one of two pieces of equipment that the town spent $26,000 on two years ago to repair, without bidding, and the company doing the repairing was the H. O. Penn Machinery Co. The act was adm ittedly illegal, and Supervisor John Leonard said he has refused to approve the bills. At the request of the Town Board, legislation has been intro duced in Albany by Assembly Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea, to \legalize the illegal act.” Town Attorney Allen M. Smith said the status of the legislation is uncer tain. In other action, over the objec tions of Supervisor Leonard, and a stern w a r n ing from Smith, the Board, by a 3-1 vote, approved the purchase of a 1969 White Oliver tractor for $3,982.50 from Rolle Brothers of Riverhead, despite the fact that the bid for the tractor was higher than bids submitted by two other com p a n ies for 1964 Ford tractors. Town Highway Superintendent defended his advertisem e n t for bids, and his wish to purchase the newer tractor, noting it was five years newer, had less hours on it, and was only $700 higher than the low bid tractor. Both Leonard and Smith w e re critical of his bid practices, and Smith as he has in the past, urged he see all bid advertisem e n t notices to insure their legality before they are pub lished. The Board also approved the purchase of an industrial trailer from Rolle Brothers for use of the Riverhead Water District at a cost of $2,283. (Continucdon Page 14) Strawberries Again In Season Strawberries are again in season on E a s t e r n Long Island and a quality crop is in prospect, thanks to a mild winter and the absence of a May frost during the blossoming period. The supply is somewhat limited this week and prices are high, varying from 75 cents to $1.25 a quart in different localities. Record growing costs, limited acre age and a scarcity of pickers have pushed retail prices up. Virtually the entire crop will be sold at retail, according to the L. I. (Conliniiedon Pago 14) To Limit Swimming Areas In Southold This Summer NORTHVILLE INDUSTRIES’ vice-presidents left, Joseph Shaffery and Captain L.C. McKay stopped at the office of Riverhead Tax Receiver Irene Pendzick on Wednesday, May 28, to pay the taxes. The annual tax tab picked up by Northville Industries and Northville Docks is in excess of $344,000. They are the third largest taxpayers of Riverhead Town. Photo by Prancke studio SouthM^ Locdl Law Three Passed Local Law Number 3, dealing with zoning am e n d m e n ts which were questioned during the May 6 public hearing, was passed by the Southold Town Board Friday, ad mittedly without changes. The amendments, representing recom m e n d a tions by the to w n ’s Doctors Close On June 15 New York State’s new medical malpractice insurance law, certainly doesn’t meet with the approval of eastern Suffolk physicians. Last week the Southampton area doctors announced they will close their doors to patients on June 15. And this week, the medical staff of Central Suffolk Hospital in River head, said it will join in the \protest slowdown.\ Central Suffolk Hospital will not admit elective cases, beginning this past Monday, according to Hospital Administrator Robert Ecroyd. The physicians of the Riverhead area are (Continucdon Page?) planning, appeals and regular town board, lower the one-bedroom and studio apartment living floor space requirem e n t s from 850 to 600 square feet in M-Light and M-1 multiple dwelling residence units and imposes limits on the length of multiple dwellings to 125 feet, not more than four families to be housed. The variety of amendments cov ering everything from the number of signs allowed at shopping cen ters to the number of horses and domestic pets to be housed at least 40 feet from the property line, also involves notification of adjacent property owners when petitioners appear before the Appeals Board. It calls for a sworn statement to be filed that the petitioner has com plied with notification but no pen alty if he fails to do so. Since a num b e r of town residents are seasonal, this failed to satisfy those pushing for the amendment at the public hearing. Legally the town has only to run a legal notice. The Town Board voted to imple ment the $750 budget allocated for Ms Jean Tiedke, an intervenor for Southold Town at the hearings now under way before the State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment. She receives $50 a day and $5 an hour for transcrib ing her minutes. As of Friday, no report had been filed with the town. The board added $250 for the (Continued on Page 13) Parties Name “Dode” Hulse The Southampton Town Republi can and Conservative organizations Monday night met and designated candidates for the November elec tions. The Conservatives nominated Supervisor Theodore O. “ Dode” Hulse for re-election to a third term , and the GOP choice for Supervisor was M a rtin Lang of Hampton Bays, owner of a ce ment construction company. Hulse is considered an odds-on favorite to win re-election but in addition, he has the endorsement of the Town Democratic Committee, (Continued on Page 13) McCabe’s And Goldsmith’s Are Affected Salt water bathing and swimming areas in the township of Southold will be more limited this summer than in past seasons as a direct result of the Suffolk County Health D e p a r t m e n t ’s decision to rigidly enforce provisions of the county’s sanitary code governing the opera tion of public beaches. Signs will go up shortly on two town beaches, McCabe’s at South- old and Goldsmith’s Inlet at Pe conic, serving notice that they are unprotected and prohibiting bathing at these Long Island Sound areas. The town is also discontinuing lifeguard service at Cedar Beach on Peconic Bay at Southold, since the Suffolk Park Commission professes inability to supply approved sani tary facilities at this county-owned beach because of lack of funds. In announcing the beach clos ings, Supervisor Albert Martocchia said both time and money were the d e c i d i n g fa c t o r s in th e Town B o a rd's determ ination. It would cost a minimum of $ 12 , 000 , and probably more, to install an accept able comfort station. \Aside from the money, which is not in the budget, the health d e p a r t m e n t ’s notice comes so late that there is not sufficient tim e to prepare specifications, advertise for bids and get the work done for this summ e r.\ he said. The main thrust of the enforce ment drive is directed at lifeguard protection and sanitation, and water pollution is not an issue. Major violations in both respects were (Continued o r Page 9) Park Hearing Killed First District Legislator Bucket Daniels asked Wednesday, that the resolution for a public hearing on June 27 on acquisition of 55 acres at Orient for county park purposes, be withdrawn. Citing massive local op position as his reason, Daniels said, \1 feel they are wrong but must abide by local sentiments.” The opposition, spearheaded by the Orient Rod and Gun Club, was supported by over 100 pieces of correspondence against the propo- saj.. John Uozeslki of Northport. Reporting on the meeting with Mrs. Dorothy Matthews, president of the Board of Education, and Southold school superin t e n d e n t Walter Cain, Mr. Martocchia said the town is prepared to enter into a contract for the purchase of the school if voters of the district approve its sale at a special district meeting. Such a referendum will probably be held in September or early October. Dr. Cain pointed out, however, that in the event of an affirmative vote, the school board would be legally obligated to invite bids on the property. Presumably, an \u p set” or minimum price would be set and the town would acquire it at that figure. The figure currently being dis cussed is $325,000, which is $50,- 000 under the appraised replace ment value of the property. Howtv- (Continued on Page 13) PRESENTS CITATION - Nathaniel M. Giffen (right), board chairman and chief executive officer of Suffolk County Federal Savings and Loan Association, and vice chairman of the board of trustees of Dowling College, presents Congressman Otis G. Pike of Riverhead, with a citation during commencement exercises at the college’s Oakdale camps. A member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Pike was cited by the college for his “continued dedication to conscientious representation of Long Island’s First Congressional District, and for devotion to the ideals of learning, wisdom and compassion in furthering the cause of higher education.” At Press Time The Southampton Town Board Tuesday adopted a local home improvement licensing law, now officially Local Law Number 2, after several months of preparation and discussion. The law, which had been sought by many contractors, was the subject of a public hearing May 20. It provides for licensing of home improvement contractors, for a fee of $10 a year and takes precedence over a controver sial Suffolk County law, which requires such contractors to obtain a license carrying a fee of $125 for the first year and $100 for each year thereafter. Reciprocal arrangements have been worked out for all other eastern towns, so that an east end contractor licensed in one of the five towns can work in any of the others. In other action yesterday, the town board appointed Emil DePetris as special attorney to defend the town in a suit brought by Suffolk Outdoor Advertising of Riverhead, challenging the validity of a section of the town’s 1972 zoning ordinance which called for the phasing out of off- premises signs by June 1, 1975. Town Supervisor Theodore 0. Hulse commended the recently appointed sign inspector, Joan Coombes, for an excellent job in cataloguing all non-conforming signs and sending letters of warning to their owners. In a short oral report to the board, Mrs. Coombes said that one third of approximately 200 non-conforming signs west of the Shinnecock Canal had been taken down by Monday, as a result of the letters mailed to notify owners of non-conforming signs that the law was going to be enforced. Dale Raynor, manager of the Tiana Bay Motel in Hampton Bays, who said he represented five other Hampton Bays Motels protested enforcement of the sign regulation and asked for an indefinite moratorium on the enforcement or at least until the Suffolk Outdoor Advertising suit is settled. He contended that removal of directional signs would adversely (Continued on Page 9)
