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VOLUME LXVII

Christmas Cards And Play Feature Sunday "A t Home'

Guild Hall Holds 2 Programs for Sunday Musical Party

The Guild Hall Christmas "At Home" on Sunday was very beau­tiful and well attended. The Musi Club, of which Stephen Marley i president, arranged a program whicl was j'iven twice—at 3:45 and 8 p.rr Mrs. S. Gardner Osborn headed th> hostess committee.

Harry Allaire led carol singing in the afternoon, accompanied by Mr?. William A. Taylor; and Kenneth G. Stowell led the group singing in the evening, accompanied by Mrs. Fay

Mrs. Enez Whipple wrote and di­rected a play in two scenes, sug­gested by Louisa May Alcott’s "Lit­tle Women"; Kenneth G. Stowell wrote original music for it; and Mrs. Fay Greene accompanied. Miss Elea­nor Tingley, assisted by Mrs. Louis R. Baerst. took charge of setting and

The firsl > laid i theMarch home, on an evening before Christmas; and the second scene was the same, on Christmas morning. The cast, in order of their appear­ance, was. Meg, Nancy Mulford; Beth, Joy Stanlea; Jo, Averill Day­ton; Amy, Barbara Loris; Marmee, Frances Grant; and carolers: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Phail, Mary Eliza, Flannery, and Robert G. Reutershan. |

It was beautifully done, and many onlookers hoped it might be re-1

Musical numbers included ‘The Holly and the Ivy” sung by “Amy”; ‘Trimming the Tree”, with lyrics by Mrs. Whipple, music by Mr. Stowell. sung by “Omnes” ; "If You Light a Candle" (also with original lyrics and music) sung by “Omnes” and carolers and solo by Marmee; and “We Wish You Merry Christ­mas”, a traditional carol.

Then favorite Christmas carols were sung by the assembled com­pany.

County Borrows Tax Anticipation For Current Bills

til tunty receives its share of new t oney was authorized Monday e Board of Supervisors. The boa so okayed two smaller borrc gs. one of $150,000 to cover a defi- : in the salary accounts of severa partments and another of $37,056.

tising.

EAST HAMPTON. N. Y.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1951

DOCTOR DAVE AND THE MAYOR AT OUTDOOR SURPRISE

e of r(lutine financing ope-

itated by the fact that the c(>unty stands at the end of

receiving line. Requirements of the towns and schools and other special districts must be satisfied be­fore the county gets one cent of money.

According to the resolution adc by the board on motion of

•visor Philipp A. Hattemer Brookhaven, finam

, the ; Will

COUNTY SALARY SCALE |The salary plan for county work­

ers enacted by the Board of Super-

the board Monday with the creation of a new classification, to be known as Grade H, carrying a minimum salary of $1,600 and a maximum of $1,100 after five annual increments of 510 each. Placed in the new grade were food service helpers and clean­ers at the county tuberculosis sana­torium at Holtsville.

These and other sanatorium Work­ers, who were placed in various salary grades, also receive mainten­ance, so a cleaner at $1,600 and “keep” actually does ak well or bet­ter than a junior clerk or steno re­ceiving the new base pay of $1,900 annually for Grade I employees.

By another resolution, the board created new positions in eight de­partments of the county government as follows: one administrative offi­cer and one administrative assistant in the county auditor’s office; one shop foreman in the mosquito ex­termination department; two as­sistant photostat operators and one

-chief title searcher in the county clerk’s office; one chief examiner in the civil service commission; one senior typist in the Suffolk sana­torium; two senior stenographers in the county treasurer’s office; 13 sen­ior criminal investigators in the dis­trict attorney’s office; two assistant county attorneys in the county at­torney's office.

Promotiops account for most of these new positions, it was stated.

not exceeding o percent and will be issued for:-months periods, to be amortized

out of tax funds.In explanation of the $150,000 au­

thorization of 2 percent revenue notes, the resolution approved Mon­day states in part: "It has been the practice for many years to charge the salaries of employees for the last month of each fiscal year to the budget appropriation of each subse­quent year. Under the revised Coun­ty Law, this practice must be dis­continued as the law provides that all expenditures of a budgetary per­iod shall, insofar as is practicable, be charged to the fiscal year for which appropriations were provided, and, therefore, in order to comply with this rule, it is necessary that the salaries of employees for De­cember, 1951, be charged to the 1951 appropriations account. As this situation was not known when the 1951 budget was prepared, provi­sion therefore was not contained therein for the payment of Decem­ber, 1951, salaries; now, therefore, it is necessary to provide additional funds for the various appropriation salary accounts, which when added to the current unexpended balances of the salary accounts will provide for the payment of the December salaries as required."

The funds needed to pay tax sale advertising bills will be raised by the sale of budget notes, to bear interest at two percent or less and to run for a term of one year. The resolution discloses that the News- Review of Riverhead, which carried tax sale advertising as an official county paper tay Democratic desig­nation, will receive $19,353.12, while $17,703.30 is due the Long Island Sun of Amityville, which received the 1951 Republican designation.

Richard Flach Engaged To New Milford. Conn. Girl

Mrs. John Simonelli and Fred Flaton of New Milford, Conn., an­nounced the engagement of their daughter Patricia Flaton to Rich­ard Flach, s s. Her-of Mr.

f East Hampton on Christmas.

Miss Flaton graduated from New Milford High School in June of 1950. She is now employed in the Lumbermen's Insurance Co. in New York.

chard graduated from East lpton High School in June of

1949. He attended college for a year and a half at Syracuse University

State College of Rhode Is­land. He is now employed in the

ng Dept, of Jofa Inc., a fabric pany in New York.

S’HAMPTON'S PRIZE WINNERSThe winning numbers in the

Southampton Businessmen's • cam­paign are as follows: 364216, 3327, 184053, 492787, 316164, 76084, 496607, 34014, 67379, 304262, 385110, 8103, 414342, 493180, 114368. 392270, 297- 936, 318428, 486296, 362374, 336141, 107491, 133677, 370769, 176272, 488- 174, 370769, 176272, 488174, 384476, 466246, 43225, 492943, 55800. Prizes must be claimed not later than Dec. 31st.

Pvt. John William Coyle, who is stationed at Indian Gap, Pa., spent Christmas with his father, William Coyle and sister, Peggy.

New Books at East Hampton Library

Among the new books recently added to the Library, by gift or pur­chase are the following: “Adven­tures with Reptiles” by Nyander, "Anatomy of Happiness" by Gum- pert, "Are Golfers Human" by Mur­ray, “Body on Page One” by Ames, 'By the Waters of the Danube” by Orme, “Copy for Crime" by Carnac, “Elizabeth of England” by Clapham, "End of the Affair” by Greene, "For­eign Body” by Field, “Hardrock and Silver Sage” by Santee, "Harkins Ridge” by Giles, “Holy Sinner" by Mann, "Kontiki and I” by Hessel- berg, "Lady and the Painter” by Palffy, "Man Who Got Away With It” by Carey, "Marcaboth Women" by Delmar, “Moira” by Green, “Mel­ville Goodwin, U.S.A.” by Mar- quand, ‘‘Murder by the Book" by Stout, "Pageant of Japanese His­tory" by Dietz, "Quest for the Lost City” by Lamb, “Ti-Coyo and His Shark” by Richer, "Utmost Island" by Myers, “When the Tree Flower­ed" by Neihardt, “With All My Heart” by Barnes.

ROSS' HAVE DAUGHTERA daughter was bom to Mr. and

Mrs. Kenneth Ross at the South­ampton Hospital at 9 a.m. on Wed­nesday, Dec. 26. Mr. Ross, who is Principal of the Montauk School, and Mrs. Ross, already have a son.

Amherst College Branch at S'hamptonAnnouncement was made Monday

by Amherst College authorities a graduate school in economics1 would be established in Southamp­ton on the 16 acre estate of Charles E. Merrill, New York broker. The property has been deeded to Am­herst by Mr. Merrill, who is a mem­ber of the class of ’08, and who has also made generous gifts to his alma mater in the past. He is a senior partner of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

| Fenner & Beane, New York stock broker. In 1926 he established a $100,000 fund for needy students and a gift of similar amount for a chair in the Department of Economics.

The site will be ideal for the purpose; it is located on Hill Street and was originally the James Breese estate “The Orchard”. There is a thirty room house and several small­er buildings, built about fifty years

Dr. Robert W ood Is Honored in Baltimore

Dr. Robert W. Wood, 83-year-old Johns Hopkins University research

ifessor of physics and East Hamp- i summer resident, was honored December 12 by his fellow phys- its from all over the world. Only

his colleagues in the Johns Hop­kins physics departrm

SURPRISED AND PLEASED at celebration of his 50 years of doctoring in this locality Dr. David Ed­wards found himself called on to ' make a speech” Sunday evening. December 16. Mayor Judson L. Banister, as official bearer of public greetings, is

the celebration by singing "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow". Ralph C. Frood was master of ceremonies. A scroll done by E. K. Collum with medical insignia, a reproduction of the doctor's horse and buggy used in earlier days, with sentiments appropriate to the occasion was presented to Dr. Edwards.

Dave Edwardes Photo

JUNE ROGERS ENGAGEDMrs. Pearl King announces the

engagement of her daughter. Miss June Rogers, to Roger L. Tiska, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Tiska of East Hampton. No date has been set for the wedding.

Miss Rogers, who graduated from the East Hampton High School last June, is a student nurse at the New Rochelle Hospital. Mr. Tiska is en­gaged in potato farming here with his father.

■ --------------------------- |Feast of Light at St. Luke's Sunday, January 6th

The Feast of Light service, Christ-is pagea h the

ding,

MRS. JOHN S. OSBORNMrs. John S. Osborn died on

Christmas Day at her ljome, 409 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven,

“he was born Abby E. Ros- July 28, 1857, and married

John Strjtton Osborn of Sagapon- October 13, 1881. For forty

years after their marriage Mr. ,and -s. Osborn lived at 71 Dickerman , New Haven, Conn., where he is in the contracting business and >ned a lumbar yard.

past seven years Mrs. Os-

beauty of candlelight will be pre- | sented in St. Luke's Church on Sun- | day evening, Jan. 6th at 7:30 p.m. , The prophecy of the Messiah is read, ending with the appearance of John the Baptist, who prepafed the way

Repeat College Night Panel This Evening

Parents of future college students are especially invited to the second College flight this evening for High School seniors and college students. The first one was held last Friday night in St. Luke's Parish House with William Conway of Dartmouth as Moderator in the place of David Mulford, who was in the hospital.

the panel include E. V. Wyatt, of Cornell; Geraldine Gould if Skidmore; Kaye Luther of On- eonta Teachers College; Joan Mc­Guire, Farmingdale Agricultural and Technical Institute; Henry Mil­ler of Tufts, and Everett Rattray of Dartmouth.

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For

coming of the shep­herds with the adoration of the three kings, then the 12 Apostles are com-1 missioned and the fall from grace, | by Judas Iscariot, the betrayer. Then follows the conversion of St. Paul and the ordination of Bishop, Priest and Deacon and the carrying of the 1 igfjt of the World, symbolically by lighting the candles of the congre­gation. Appropriate carols are sung throughout the service.

Iridgeh : ofthe late Misses Jenny and Floi Osborn. She is the last representa-

of the Parsonage Lane, Saga- ponack Osborn family and leaves

■ friends in this vicinity. j. Herbert E. Moyer of the

Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church will conduct the funeral services to-

dw afternoon, and burial will the Beaver Dale Cemetery in

New Haven.

OPEN HOUSE AT ST. LUKE'Ss. Davis and the Rector, of St.

Luke's Church will hold open house e Rectory on New Year's Day,

January 1st, from three to five o’clock in the afternoon. All the

bers of tthe family, young and old alike from the congregation and community, are most cordially in-

SUPERVISORS TO ORGANIZETown supervisors elected last Nov.

6 will meet in Riverhead on Thurs­day, January 3, to' organize as Suf­folk's new Board of Supervisors. The date of the biennial organiza-

session, which is to begin at 11

GEORGE M. MOFFETTGeorge M. Moffett, chairman of

the board of the Corn Products Re­fining Co. of New York, died on Saturday in Roosevelt Hospital, New York, after a brief illness, at the age of 68. Mr. Moffett had been a summer resident here. He owned Blakeford Farm at Queenstown, Md. and lived at the Lowell Hotel in New York.

He was Va., and w

He leaves his wife, the former Odette Feder, and two sons by for­mer marriages, James A. Moffett 2nd and George M. Moffett Jr. Also surviving are a brother, James drew Moffett, chairman of board of the California Texas Co., and a sister, Mrs. Harqld O. Barker.

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n Mondoutgoing

On Jan. 3, the ten supervisors will elect a new chairman to succeed Charles H. Duryea of Islip, who did not seek re-election. Other offices to be filled are those of county attor­ney, board clerk and confidential secretary. Newcomers on the board will be Verne L. Furman of Islip who will succeed Duryea, and Don­ald E. Muncy of Babylon, who re­turns to the county board afte absence of four years as suco to William F. Wolter.

FIRE DEPT. MEETINGThere will be a special meeting of

the East Hampton Fire Department at the Fire House on Friday, Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. This meeting has been called by Chief Nathan Conklin tc discuss the possibility of holding the Southern New York Fire Depart­ments' Association Convention and tournament at East Hampton June. All members are requested attend.

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GROUP PLANNING COLLEGE PANEL HELD HERE

e and apresent at the dinner given in his honor at the Hamilton Street Club. But nearly 100 messages from fel- ' iw physicists who could not at­tend were presented to Dr. Wood in

bound volume by Dr. Gerhard Kieke, present head of the physics department. The men who sent them included Neils Bohr, Danish Nobel prize winner; Albert Einstein, Karl

Robert A. Millikan and I. I. Rabi.

Summing up Dr. Wood's accom­plishments, an associate chose a line

tter from Dr. John A. if the Palmer Physical

Laboratory at Princeton University. The line was: "Your work forms a golden thread running through all

‘ modern physics.”Dr. Wood, who has described him- f as an experimentalist, and who s been described by students as • world’s greatest “tin can, rub- r band, horse hair and volt-meter ;ist", is also a story-teller of note.

At the dinner, he told among other stories how he once sent the family

i a narrow, 30 foot long tube to clean it. His gift ment was- evaluated by n, in his message: “With >n of an artist you have

frequently found astonishingly sim­ple experimental means for the solu-

ind profound physical problems.”

Dr. Wood has been on the Johns Hopkins faculty since 1901 as pro­fessor of experimental physics, and retired from this Post and also as head of the physics department in

mediately became re- isor of physics. He still

works five or six days a week from

Stillman Bennett Burned In Christmas Eve Fire

The Fire Department was called ut on Christmas Eve shortly after ;n o’clock, to the home of Mr. and Irs. Stillman Bennett at North

Main Street and Oak View Highway. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett had retired upstairs for the night, when they imelled smoke. Mrs. Bennett went ut of the front door and Mr. Ben­

nett telephoned the Fire Depart-

New Year's Eve "Gaslight" Party Mon. at Guild Hall

Gay 90's Theme to Be Followed at This Year's Annual Parly

Committees of Guild Hall mem­bers are busily engaged with deco­rating, floor show rehearsals and other preparations for the Gay 90’s New Year Eve Party at Guild Hall on Mon., Dec. 31.

Robert Wilson Jr., Dr. David Baker and Dr. Albert Pontick head the decorating committee which will convert the Moran and Woodhouse Galleries into sidewalk cafes with gay red and white striped awnings and street lamps. Frank Borth, as­sisted by Mrs. Phineas Dickinson ■ and Mrs. Perry B. Duryea Jr., has created wall murals and caricatures which capture thg flavor of the “gaslight" era. Mrs. Amelia Reinin- ger, Mrs. Charles Juckett, Ronald Rioux and Robert Reutershan are assisting the committee.

W. P. McElroy, Mrs. Daniel Les­ter, and Mrs. Warren Whipple are directing the floor show which will include, among the entertainers, John Lester as MC, Frank Borth, W. P. McElroy and Mrs. Lester in a pantomime melodrama; solos by Mrs. Courtland Schenck and Mrs. Robert Moss; a Can-Can specialty by Mmes. Charles Osborne, William Reutershan, Arthur Ross, Frank Jewels, Kenneth Edwards, and Dan-

cluding Roy Conway, Frank Jewels, Robert Reutershan, and Court Schenck. Mrs. Fay Greene will be the accompanist.

Ralph C. Frood, Alfred Conklin, and H. Martin Diamond are in charge of setting up the tables; and the supper is being planned and supervised by Page Topping. Mrs. Amelia Reininger is in charge of reservations.

Supervision of the all-over plans for the party is in charge of A. Vic­tor Amann, chairman.

Proceeds of the party will go in­to the Guild Hall Winter Mainten­ance Fund.

A. A. Open Meeting Friday at Parish House

There will be the regular Open Meeting of the East Hampton Group of Alcoholics Anonymous on Friday evening, Jan. 28th at 8:30 p.m. in the Parish House of St. Li ke’s Epis­copal Church. Guest speakers will

ferson, L. I.

e fire had started in the kitchen, | vite<l to attend this meeting, iid not spread to the rest of the What Is An Alcoholic?

beyond the kitchen the! An alcoholic is not—as some still house was undamaged except by naively believe — a social derelict, smoke. But Mr. Bennett was severe- While it is not too infrequent, such ly burned on the face and hands and a condition is not at all necessary.

his back. Fire Chief Nathan Conklin wrapped him in his

: and brought blankets and took next door to Everett Cullum’s

le, where he was examined by Paul F. Nugent and later taken he Southampton Hospital.

Patchogue Advance Designated by Board

The eight Republican members of the outgoing Board of Supervisors have selected the Patchogue Ad­vance as an official county paper to publish the county tax redemp­tion and tax sale notices and other official pronouncements, it was dis­closed Monday. The designation naming the Patchogue publication, of which Capt. John T. Tuthill is editor and publisher, has been filed with E. Conway Plummer, clerk to the county board.

The two Democratic supervisors, Joseph V. Kelly of Riverhead Paul T. Given of Smithtown, have until the end of the year similar designation naming official paper. It was reported Mon­day, however, that they have be unable to agree on a choice.

Should the deadlock remain i broken, the county’s richest printing plum will automatically go to f News-Review of Riverhead for 1 third successive year. The Ne> Review, published by T. Harold Forbes, got the job three yeai when Kelly was the lone Demo­cratic supervisor, and got it by default last year when Kelly and Given failed to file a designation.

What is much more important is fact that an active alcoholic is just as much a sick person as is an in­dividual with diabetes, tuberculosis, or a cardiac condition. An alcoholic is any person whose mental or phys­ical condition is so affected by the use of alcohol as to seriously jeop­ardize normal relations with his or

family or society. While actual damage may not yet have

en done, it is merely a matter of ne or luck when something serious .11 occur. Therefore, such a person alcoholic insofar as the necessity

of his giving up drinking is con-

If any person will, with brutal onesty examine his drinking rec­

ord, he or she can definitely c

TO GUIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS in plan­ning their college careers two programs were ar- group shown ranged by Charles Juckett, faculty member, " ~

(. from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m

. . . ____________J. V. Wyatt, of Syracid Mulford. of Colgate; Joy Stanlea and Pa-

I tricia King, high school seniors; William Conway. ] of Dartmouth: Joan McGuire, L. I. Agri., and Tech.; Kaye Luther, of Oneonla.

| Dave Edwardes Photo

WINS AT BARRY'S STORE. John Doyle of Rose St., Sag Har­

bor was the lucky winner of the Capehart television console awarded by Barry's Dept. Store on Christmas Eve. The winning ticket was drawn by John Cilli of Glover St. Jerry Reuter of Pine Neck was the ner of the Wearever set awarded by' Barry's Hardware Store. The ning ticket was drawn by Mrs. Mar­ian Engelfried of Woodside, N. Y., daughter of Mrs. Edward Soah of Nyack Rd.

r she isalcoholic. These questions ai

signed to enable one to decide whether or not he or she has an al­coholic problem. These are some of the common symptoms of alcohol-

‘Yes” answers spell danger. The disease may be in its initial stage but, continued, it can become chron-

Do you gulp your drinks, and sneak extras? Do you drink to re­lieve feelings of inadequacy? Do you drink to escape worry and to dispel the blues? Do you drink when over­tired, to “brace up"? Is drinking af­fecting your peace of mind? Is drinking making your home life un-

y? Do you require a drink the morning?

PHONE CALL FROM TOKYOMiss Jacqueline Murray of New

York, fiancee of Edward Grimes Jr. f Montauk, will spend the coming >eekend here with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Grimes. Miss Murray, who is with the telephone (company in New York, put in a reservation a

lonth ago for a telephone call from Tokyo for her fiance's mother around Christmas time. He is in hospital work in Tokyo and will call his family's home at Montauk at some time during the coming weekend.

If you had flea-power you could

Honey bees are sold by the pound.

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