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Fon:/iAJi 0 . J . i'lLi-: i)£:?T, u u ; j: .',o u i'.i, IL L . 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. 37 TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR Watchman, Est. 1826 Subecrlptlon $6.00 Per Year SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND, N.Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1975 Single Copies 20 Cents Southold Resolution Keeps Beaches Open Exhibiting some fancy foot work, the Southold Town Board Tuesday passed a resolution of intent that will keep the town beaches at Goldsmith’s Inlet, McCabe’s and Goose Creek open this summer. According to Supervisor Albert Martocchia, a letter from Suffolk’s Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Mc Laughlin stated if the town provides the county with a statement that needed sanitation facilities will be taken care of for the 1976 season, the beaches can be kept open. In addition, Martocchia announced services provided by Southold Patrol, used over the past three y e a r s , will be in effect this summer during the night shift at the cost of $4.50 an hour. The board set the salary schedule for beach attendants at $2.50 an hour. The town board acted on two New York State Legislative bills, one amending the park and recreation law halting curtailment of park programs and personnel layoffs without the approval of both houses, the Senate and Assembly, received town board support and the second, known as 8418, giving the office of Russell Haas, real property administrator of the county, the right to assess from his office was opposed by the Southold Town Board. Town Justice Francis Doyen, Fish ers Island, was absent but in quick succession the town board moved on Fishers Island n eeds on leasing a 300 by 700 foot parcel of land for recreation purposed, hired Clerk- Typist Norton full time for July 1 through August 31. upped reseiVation clerk Elizabeth McCloskey to 15 hours at $3 an hour and settled salaries for the show employees, the top man responsible for renting and projection to receive $85. For the mainland, the board ap proved 30 days of extra service for Betty Neville at the Town Clerk’s office; referred the parking conditions of the Mattituck Park District to Chief Carl Cataldo and okayed $1,000 to help defray expenses of Little League, including insurance. Summer Recreation Program The board acknowledged the Greenport School Recreation program funded by town money, scheduled July 7 through August 8 . It includes instrumental programs between 8 a.m. and noon for grades 4-11; dance class, 2-4 p.m. for grades 6-11; gymnastics, 8:45-11:45 a.m., grades 2-6; recreation, 5:45-8:15 p.m., for grades 6 - 1 2 (current) at a total cost of $3,455. The summer recreation program at Southold High School, scheduled June 30 through August 6 , includes a general program of basketball, bad minton, archery, table tennis, soccer, softball and gymnastics. It is open to all residents of the Southold School District. The basketball program will be part of a league in which Southold will be competing against Greenport, Mattituck, Miller Place and Rocky Point. The gymnastics will take place on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between5:30-8:45p.m. and the soccer (Continuedon Page 23) Greenport Awards Contract For Fire Station Addition Monday night the Greenport Village Board awarded low bidder. Double J. Construction Company, Smithtown, the contract for construc tion of the addition to Fire Station No. 1. The approved $47,525 contract was one of four bids submitted, ranging from the Double J. figure to $63,374. Double J . Company is a new firm. The tw o ! principals involved are an ac countant with experience in the building line and a second partner with ten years of experience in estimating jobs. They will be bonded and completion of the building will be 1 2 0 days from the time the contract is let. • FredTredecci, special attorney for the village in the suit brought by ten claimants against the Southold Resins downzoning, reported the courts ruled in favor of the Village J u n e 17. Plaintiffs have the right to appeal. Prospects of a “ floating boat sfiow” were brought before the board by Bill Claudio and Edie Van Nostrand, executive director of Long Island Shows. Tentative plans center around a September ’76 date with the show to include both sail and power boats. Members of the village board appeared in favor of proceeding with details that include using open land outside of the village for parking with buses bringing viewers into the downtown section. According to Claudio, private businesses have agreed to construction of a walkway at the shoreline for the displays and Ms. Van Nostrand said if the details can be worked out, the American Legion Hall, Third Street, can be used for display of marine accessories. Out door exhibits will be set up all along the docks. The anticipated boardwalk will reach from the vacant Bohack pro perty to Preston’s. About four years ago, the idea of a promenade on the waterfront with rear downtown business entrances was brought to the village board for consideration and died on the >rine. A resolution of support from the village board for the promoters to take back to potential exhibitors was re- (Continuedon Page 6 ) Patrols Stepped Dp By Sontliolii Police Southold Town Police patrols were stepped up after an incident of harassment last Sunday, when a 67-year-old, Alexander Hamilton, washit on the head by a rock as he and his son sailed their boat beneath Goose Neck Bridge. The rock was deliberately dropped by a youngster on the bridge at the time and the authorities have served notice they do not intend to allow similar incidences. Police Officer Michael Burke of the Southold Town Police Department was on patrol in the Goose Creek area last Monday afternoon when he noticed a parked car with the four youths in it. When he approached the vehicle he noticed the distinctive odor of marijuana and arrested 18-year-old Scott Lang of Peconic, 18-year-old Victor Cierach of Southold, 22-year- old David Czelatka of Southold and 18-year-old Carl Ohlmann, also of Southold, for possession of mari juana. After the subjects were placed under arrest and the marijuana recovered they were taken to the Southold Town Police Headquarters for processing. At their subsequent arraignment they were released into their p a r e n ts ’ custody until their court date of at 10 a.m., July 11. Collision Outside 'Shopping Center Ruth Demarest of Bernardsville, N.Y., was driving east on Route 25 in Mattituck, when she started to make a left hand turn into the Grant City parking lot. However, she missed the turn and swerved back into the eastbound lane at which point she made contact with a car being driven by Edward Richards of Mattituck. There were no reported injuries. Had To Be Subdued Last Sunday night, Southold Town Police arrested a 54-year-old Laurel woman on charges of reckless en- dangerment and disorderly conduct after receiving three telephone re ports between 8:12 and 9:45 p.m. about her activities. Police said Josephine E ngster, of North Oakwood Drive, Laurel, attempted to run down John McNulty, of Peconic Bay Blvd., Laurel, with her 1973 Comet. The subject used, in police language, \abusive language and obscene ges tures” as well as spitting at Frank Murphy of Route 25 in Mattituck. She also • ‘did direct abusive language and gesture at James Gianbove of North Oakwood Drive, Laurel” . She was (Continued on Page 7) Riverhead OTB Bettors To Route 58 Syd Askoff, President and Director of the Suffolk County Off-Track Betting Commission Tuesday said he has given up his efforts to locate a betting parlor in downtown River head, bccausc of the opposition of two protestant churches, both within 500 feet of several proposed Main Street locations. “ W e’re going up to Route 58, investigate the shopping ccnters and will locate wherever we get the best deal - rcntwLse and parking.” Askoff said. Town Supervisor John Leonard and the rest of the town board, the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, and downtown businessmen had all prevailed on the OTB Commission to seek a place along Main Street, where there are several empty stores. “ We tried like the devil to help the merchants and get the betting parlor downtown, but the two churches turned down the proposal,\ Leonard explained. Askoff said he will investigate proposed locations at (he Great Eastern Shopping Center, the Grants Shopping Pla/a, and t w oothcr smaller shopping centers, all on Route 58, north of Riverhead. (Continued on Paj>c 15) Home Rule Bills Get Approval The County Legislature last Fri<Iay at a special meeting in Hauppauge gave unanimous approval to home rule resolutions which urged enact ment of legislation pending in Albany that would establish a County In dustrial Development Agency, and a duty free foreign trade zone, both bills aimed at the County Airport at Westhampton Beach. The two bills, introduced by Sniith- town Assemblyman Robert Wertz, have the backing of the entire Suffolk state legislative delegation. The proposed industrial develop ment agency, if established, as part of its duties, would be to set up an industrial park on about 800 acres south of the Sunrise Highway and just (Continued on Page 15) To Put Mill Creek Project Back On Drawing Boards Water pollution is closing prime clamming areas in Riverhead and other areas. Polluw^rfi Closes Prime Clam Areas The regional offTcO o f 't h e StsHe Dcpartnicni of Environmental Con servation Ihis week announced that Planners Cite Violations Without delving into specifics Mon day night, the Greenport Planning Boardchairnian Jon Richmond served notice on (he Greenport Village Board that his agency will be citing viola tions, taking them to the village (Continued on Page 19) effective June Ji3, more underwater land, prime areas for clamming, are being closed because of water pollu tion. At the mouth of the Peconic River in Riverhead, an additional 3 lOacres has been closed. The pollution line, originally from Iron Point at the mouth of the Peconic River on the south side, and the western edge of the mouth of Rceves(Jacobs)Creek in Aquebogue. has been extended outward, and now runs from Iron Point to Simmons Point. A spokesman for the regional office at Stony Brook, said pollution from two duck farms on creeks near the Keogh Named Top State Fireman Peconic River, coupled with the recent extremely hot weather, have caused (Continued on Page 15) To Propose Speed Up County Legislator Norton W. Daniels, at tomorrow’s meeting of the County Legislature in Riverhead, will propose legislation to speed up devel opment of a $400,000 county park in Greenport, at the Long Island Rail road station site between Third and Fourth Streets in Greenport. The proposal for a county park, operated and maintained by Green port Village has been long planned, but a $65,000 engineering study to be accomplished by the County Public Works Department has been bogged down for months. Daniels is to \lay on the table” a proposed resolution for action at the July 8 meeting of the Legislature, that (Continued on Page 19) Will Gamble Against The Major Tides The message Austin Emery, New York State Department of Transport ation representative, took back to Albany Friday, was to put the Mill Creek Bridge project back on the drawing boards and come up with plans that will assure area merchants of through traffic during the recon struction period. The retailers were warned at the June 20 meeting, held at the Brick yard Inn, that high tides and fast currents are taking their toll and a major storm during the hurricane season can do serious damage. “ W e’ll gamble on no storms until design with detail forthrough traffic is worked out,” said William Orr, a Greenport merchant heartily support ed by the rest of the businessmen present. Providing the route for through traff-- will cost approximately $300,000 and need a full set of hearings because of wetlands in volved. TITe State Transportation Department explored possibilities of building a detour tight against the bridge, using wing)valls to keep costs down. This was tejected by the Coast Guard who demanded a complete new set of hearings. Emery estimated this can add another six or seven months, during which time costs of labor and materials will go up and the whole project would have to be rebid, adding up to the possibility of a y e a r’s delay. Using a Bailey Bridge, familiar to ex-servicemen, supposedly light enough to be shifted around during construction, would, according to Emery, be equal to spending another $300,000. The present contract with Hendrickson Brothers does not in clude iron workers. This means that with a Bailey Bridge the contract would have to be relet, and Emery warned, leave the state liable to litigation. The Mill Creek Bridge was inspect ed some 18 months ago when cracks in the cement were discovered. Recon struction plans apparently forestalled additional inspections until 6 months ago when it was found that move ments and shifting were accelerating the rate of failure. The bridge deck appears normal but effects of the tidal flow will, according to Emery, neces- (Continued on Page 15) Newly designated New York State’s “ 1974 Volunteer Fireman of the Year . John A. Keogh is pictured with his proud wife, Frances, Mr. Keogh had previously received the Schaefer Fireman the Year” award. Both Mr. and Mrs. Keogh will be honored guest at the 103rd annual convention of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York in Niagara Fails August 12-22. For the second consecutive year, a member of the Mattituck Fire Depart ment has been named as the Empire State’s number one volunteer fire man. The successive designation of two members of the same department to receive “ Volunteer Fireman of the Year” honors is said to be without parallel in the century-old history of the Firemen's Association of the State of New York. Chosen by the association’s awards committee for the 1974 accolade is John A. Keogh, a member of the department since 1963, a former engine company captain and de partmental secretary the past six years. He is slated to receive the citation on August 19 at the 103rd annual convention of the 145,000 (Continued on Page 15) At Press Time During the information meeting in Hauppauge Wednesday, on results of the ferry study conducted by the Long Island Sound Advisory Commission, Mike Cohen, ferry study coordinator, said “ the west side of Truman ’ s Beach, between East Marion and Orient, is the most likely candidate for a new terminal site. ’ ’ Asked about Greenport, he said it’s a long crossing and would be difficult to operate without major state subsidies. It was also determined that access roads to East Marion and Orient can accommodate the traffic. Improvements would have to be made if the traffic load went above 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 annually. N.Y.S. Transportation Commissioner Raymond Schuler said no sites have been ruled out, all 14 are under consideration by the steering committee. Hooliganism on Long Neck Boulevard, Flanders, is lessening since area residents went to a Southampton Town Board meeting a week ago and complained of harassment by a gang of young people. Asking for increased police patrol, enforcement of existing laws and enactment of new ones if needed, they charged the gang with blocking off Long Neck Boulevard for use as a drag strip. They also charged a corner lot had been taken over for late night parties complete with benches. Residents cited their fears of gang vandalism. Supervisor Theodore Hulse stated Tuesday he had stepped up police patrols on an irregular schedule to catch the culprits off-guard. The street has been cleared of barricades and opened for normal use with owner of the corner lot removing the benches and posting no-trespassing signs. In addition, town and state police have issued a number of speeding tickets. Hulse said the Southampton Town attorney, Richard DePetris, is drawing up an anti-noise ordinance to prohibit noise above a specified decibel point, similar to provisions in effect at the Bridgehampton race track and the Westhampton drag strip. This ordinance was enacted two years ago. Hulse said he'd like to see it used throughout the town.
