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VOLUME LXV EAST HAM PTON, N. Y.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949 NUMBER 8

Tony Allen, WERI MC, Has Show at School To-night

A rrived w ilh Troupe By P lane; S pon sored By Lions, C. o f C.

For the Tony Allen radio show at the High School Auditorium at 8 this evening for broadcast from Station WERI, Westerly, R.' I., later this week, Mrs. Warren Whipple, Mrs. A lice M illig a n , Harrison Schneider, Kenneth Stowell and Kenneth Ross, have auditioned a good many aspiring radio artists to appear with Mr. Allen and eight members of his regular troupe, who arrived by plane this morniog. Mr. Allen and his entertainers have made personal appearances at the Springs, Amagansett and Montauk schools today and through the sponsorship of the Lions Club and the Chamber o f Commerce will be entertained at dinner at 1770 House.

Among the local acts planned is a square dance set with singing calls on “ Home Sweet Home" prepared by Mrs. Stephen Marley. Among those taking part in this set will be Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mansir, Miss Enid Hoff, Miss Elizabeth Edwards, Dr. Michael Laspia, James Marley and Edward MT B. Strong. Calls are to be made by Charles Mansir and Frank Dayton.

Also Mrs. Courtland Schenck and Raymond Whitaker, Sr. will sing “ Moonlight Bay” .

Farm a n d H om e Bureau 33rd A n n iversary at R iverhead W e d ., D ec. 7

Farmers and home makers from all sections o f Suffolk County will convene at Riverhead on Wednes­day, December 7th, to take part in the 33rd annual meeting o f the Suf­folk County Farm and Home Bureau and 4-H Club Association.

The Farm Bureau members will convene at 2 p.m. in Room 11 of the County Court House to hear an adrress by Nelson M. Jost of the American Farm Bureau Federation on “The Role o f the A.F.B.F. in Shaping National Farm Policy” .

Bureau leaders are anticipating a large crowd of farmers because of the controversial issues to be de­bated. The Resolutions Committee o f which E. Kenneth Tabor, Orient, is chairman, is expected to report resolutions dealing with: the pro­posed plan to regulate potato pro­duction by marketing agreements and bushel quotas, 1950 price sup­port program, the Brannan Plan, State indemnity to reimburse farm­ers for deer damage to crops, and the need for research on duck and poultry problems.

Among the business to be trans­acted at the farm convention will

FARM BUREAU SPEAKERm m m m m

Nelson M. Jost

be the election of three directors. The Home Bureau w ill meet at 10:30 December 7th in the Roanoke A v­enue School with Mrs. H. O. Peter­son, County Chairman, presiding. Three members will be elected to the County Executive Committee. There will be a report on member­ship to date, on scholarship and war orphan funds. The County Chairman who was delegate to the State Federation Meeting at Syra­cuse, November 13-15 will speak. Twenty, twenty-five and thirty year members will be honored.

Following the afternoon session to settle controversial farm issues and to shape 1950 policies. Farm Bureau, Home Bureau, and 4-H Club mem­bers w ill meet for an evening of fun and entertainment at Regula's Corner. Pulaski Strecf, Riverhead. The evening program will start with | a turkey-dinner at 8:00 o'clock.

Present officers are:-.George C. Strong, president. Water Mill; Mrs. E. A. Theis, vice-president, Med- > ford; and Mrs. Henry De Graff, sec-j re tan-. Laurel. Also to be elected are three directors of the 4-H Club j Department to succeed Frank Reed, Mattituck, Chairman: Adam Zaves- J ki, Peconic and J. Carlton Corwith, i Water Mill.

2 Sportsmen at Flanders Club Drown Near Blind

Boat C apsizes with 3 M en G u n n in g as They R eturned from the Blind

Edward Hubert Litchfield, seven­ty-four. of 8 East Sixty-fifth Street, New York, and. Lewis Eastwood, forty-six, superintendent of the Flanders Club, on Peconic Bay. were drowned in the bay, forty feet from shore, about 4 p.m. Friday while re­turning from a duck blind.'

J. Agustus Barnard, seventy- eight, of 129 East Seventy-first Street, New York, w ho was with them when their boat capsized, clung to the overturned craft and reached shore. The three men had been shooting ducks in blinds on the club property and were returning to the clubhouse in a small duckboat.

Although close to shore and only a few hundred feet from the club­house when the boat overturned,

three men were wearing rubber boots and heavy clothing and had shotgun shells in their pockets, equipment so heavy that they found it impossible to swim.

Mr. Barnard seized the gunwale of the boat as it rolled over and be­gan kicking it toward shore. He be­lieved that his companions were clinging to the opposite side of the boat which he was unable to see, being so low in the water.

He shouted for help and Edward Cairns, of East Hampton, an em ­ployee of the club, came running to the shore and helped Mr. Barnard ou!t o f the water. Both Mr. Litchfield and Mr. Eastwood had vanished, appar­ently dragged down at once by the weight of their equipment, Mr. Cairns got a boat and recovered Mr. Litchfield’s body within a few minutes.

Several members of the club, in­cluding Representative W. Kings- land Macy, Suffolk County Repub­lican chairman, were in the club­house and telephoned to Riverhead and Hampton Bays fire departments. Benjamin Lupia, assistant chief of the Hampton Bays department, and Lieutenant Charles F. Hallett, of the Riverhead department, sped to the club with inhalators,

Efforts to revive Mr. Litchfield were abandoned when Dr. John H. Northridge, of Riverhead, arrived and pronounced him dead. The body o f Mr. Eastwood was recovered some time later by Corporal J. Resling, of the state police, and Chief Lupia.

Mr. Litchfield, a devoted sports­man of more than fifty years’ ex­perience in the field, including an African safari more than thirty years ago, had gone to the club with Mr. Barnard, an old friend, w ho is a special partner'in the brokerage firm of Dominick & Dominick, o f 14 Wall Street, New York, to try their luck in the second half of the duck season.

Mr. Litchfield was president and director of the Brooklyn Improve­ment Company, of 111 Broadway, New York.

The Brooklyn Improvement Com­pany is a family corporation, organ­ized to handle real estate holdings in Brooklyn.

ROGERS - MILLERSt. Philomena’s R. C. church,

beautifully decorated with chrysan­themums and palms, was the scene, on Saturday, of the marriage of Miss Alice Ann Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa L. Miller of Springs, to Lloyd S. Rogers, son df Mr. Wal­ter T. Rogers and the late Mrs. Leora Downs Rogers of Bridge- hampton. The double ring ceremony which took place Saturday, Novem ­ber 26 was performed by Rev. Wil­liam J. Osborne. Miss Angelique Osborne played the wedding march.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a ballerina length gown o f taupe lace and carried a bouquet o f pink rosebuds.

The maid of honor was Miss Betty Fields of New York and East Hamp­ton. Dressed in a brown lace gown and matching * bonnet, she carried a bouquet of Talisman rosebuds.

Richard H. Miller, brother of the bride, was best man, and the ushers were Justin Fields Jr. and William Fields o f New York.

The bride's mother wore a street length dress o f cocoa brown with matching accessories and a corsage o f pink lilies.» A reception for the immediate family and a few young friends of the bride and groom was held at the home of the bride’s parents.

The brtde is a graduate o f East Hampton High Shool and o f Eastern School for Physicians' Aides in New York. She also served nearly tw o years in the Waves.

Mr. Rogers attended Bridgehamp- ton High School and served four years in the arm}- in World War II.

After a trip through the South, the young couple w ill make their home in Bridgehampton.

Lighting C o. Elects H. C. H agerty Director

Harry C. Hagerty, Vice President and Treasurer of the Metropolitan Life Insurance C om p an y , New York, has been elected a Director of the Long Island Lighting Company and its affiliates, the Queens Bor­ough Gas and Electric Company and the Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Company. The election took place at the regular November meetings of the respective Boards.

A native of Rochester, N. Y., Mr. Hagerty has had an active career in the fields of insurance, banking and finance. He was with the New

LIGHTING CO. DIRECTOR

O'ROURKE STARS FOR STAUNTON, V A. ACADEM Y

PLAYING HIS FIRST SEASON for Staunton Military Academy Harry O'Rourke, who starred for East Hampton High School, completed a bril­liant first season on Thanksgiving when Staunton played for the Virginia state military school championship. As point after conversion specialist he has missed only cne try this season. Among his many long runs is a SO yard dash with the kick-off against the powerful Washington and Lee University freshmen. At East Hampton he was a three sport performer. He w ill also participate in basketball and baseball at Staunton.

Harry C. Hagerty

York State Railways from 1910 to 1915, and in 1916 joined the Guar­anty Trust Company of New York.

In 1917 he became associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and in 1932 was made As­sistant Treasurer. He was elevated to Treasurer in 1936 and Vice Presi­dent and Treasurer in 1944.

Mr. Hagerty was one of the Erie Railroad Reorganization Managers and has served on reorganization committees of twelve railroads. He is a Director of the Erie Railroad, and also a Trustee of the East River Savings Bank of New York.

In becoming a Director of the Long Island Lighting Company and its affiliates, Mr. Hagerty replaces Col. Charles G. Blakeslee, who, upon retiring December first, relinquishes the posts of General Counsel and Director of the three companies.

C hurch S erv ices H eld H ere on Thank sgiv ing

Ministers of East Hampton’s three Protestant churches — Rev. Samuel Davis of St. L u k e ’ s Episcopal Church, Rev. Nat R. Griswold of the Methodist Church and Rev. Paul T. Bahner of the First Presbyterian Church, 'cooperated last Thursday in a united Thanksgiving service at ten o’clock in the Presbyterian Church. Special Thanksgiving Mass was celebrated at 8 a. m. in St. Philomena’s R. C. Church by Rev. William Osborne.

Rev. N. R. Griswold preached the sermon in the union service, on the topic “ Gratefully Yours” . Young people of the churches decorated the pulpit with harvest vegetables and fruits, and1 the tools by which East Hampton people reap the har­dest of land and sea; a cross, a can­dle, and an open copy of the first Bible to be printed in this country completed the very beautiful dis­play.

DR. SHEFFER HONOREDEugene J. Sheffer, Director of the

Maison Francaise at Columbia Uni­versity and summer resident here, was honored yesterday afternoon at a reception held at the Maison Francaise, at 411 West 117th St., New York, by the Department of French at the university. The Cul­tural _ Counsellor o f the Embassy conferred uport Mr. Sheffer the insignia of O fficier d’Academie.

Couniy Puis OK On State Plans To Extend Road

The Suffolk Board of Supervisors on Monday gave its approval to the revised plans of the N. Y. State De­partment of Public Works for ex- tention of Sunrise hgwy. from its existing terminus in -Oakdale east­ward to Southhaven where it would connect with the Horseblock rd., the northerly section of tthe Farm- to-Market highway.

Only Supervisor Philipp A. Hatte- mer declined to approve the route. The Brookhaven supervisor asked to be recorded as not voting, ex ­plaining that the Patchogue busi­ness community is not agreed on the state’s plan. The extension w ill by­pass Patchogue’s business district.

The board's road and bridge com ­mittee inspected the new location on Nov. 14 and recommended approval o f the layout. The * extension is badly needed, it wa6 itated, to re­lieve traffic congestion on Montauk hgwy., particularly in the villages o f Oakdale, SayvillS, tiayport, Blue Point and Patchogue.

From its present terminus, the through traffic artery would be ex­tended easterly through new loca­tion south of Bohemia and north of Patchogue, then across Yaphank ave. to its intersection with Horseblock rd. (County Road No. 56) near Southhaven.

The board formally designed for construction with county road fund monies County Road No. 83, North Ocean ave., from the proposed Sun­rise hgwy. extension north to Horse­block rd, a distance of 3.60 miles, entirely in the town of Brookhaven. Also placed on the program was County Road No. 82, Higby lane- Udalls rd., from its intersection with Montauk hgwy; running thence northerly along Higby lane to Udalls rd.; then northerly along Udalls rd. to Sunrise hgwy., a distance of 1.63 miles in the town of Islip.

Maroons to Open Basketball Play With Seion Hall

As the first game o f the 1949 sea­son the East Hampton High School quintet will play Seton Hall on their home court at 4 p.m. December 6,

Coach Francis Kiernan has had good turn outs for basketball prac­tice. Veteran players who w ill form the nucleus for this year’s team in­clude Leroy deBoard and Anthony Nasca. Edward Congiolosi, also a veteran player who has been Having trouble with his leg is still a ques­tion mark but may be able to join the team la t e r ; w h ile Billy O’Rourke, Dick Webb and Bob Brewer are listed among the up and coming.

The second game o f the season will be played next Saturday, Dec. 10 at Southampfon, this will be a double header for the benefit of the Basketball League, with East Hamp­ton playing Bridgehampton.

Other games on the schedule as it now stands are:

Dec. 13— Seton Hall 4:00 p.m., Dec. 16 Bayport. Jan. 6—Westhamp- ton, Jan. 13 Center Moriches. *Jan. 20 Greenport, 'Jan. 27 Riverhead. Feb. 3—Southampton, ‘ Feb. 10 Westhampton, *Feb. 17 Center Mor­iches, Feb. 21 Greenport. Feb. 24 Riverhead. ‘ March 3— Southampton.

* Home Games.

'Room Service'. At Guild Hall For Two Nights

Hilarious B roadw ay Hit To b e presented b y G u ild Hall P layers

When a Russian waiter is willing to jeopardize his standing in the waiters’ union in order to jutify belonging to Actors’ Equity, it may not make the headlines, but it does make for humorous comedy situa­tions, as will be demonstrated this week-end when Alfred LaBatti, playing the part of Sasha Smirnoff, Russian waiter at the White Way Hotel volunteers to smuggle meals to* a financially embarrassed Broad­way producter and the cast of a play in which Smirnoff hopes to ob­tain a part. The production in which this situation occurs is aptly named

Room Service” and had a long run on Broadway before being released to groups such as East Hampton’s Guild Hall Players w ho are present­ing it at Guild Hall this Friday and Saturday evenings, December 2 and December 3. The curtain is at 8:30 o’clock.

In addition to comedian LaBatti, others in the cast are: the Misses Olga Severdija and Donna Ringer, Frank Jewels, Carleton Kelsey, Amasa Brooks, Arthur Palmer, James Black, Jack Cassidy, Louden Rampe, Gus Ereytag, Donald Gould, Dave Talmage and Jack WiHiams, who also acts as stage manager. As­sisting with set construction are: J. Harrison Mulford, Raymond Ham­ilton and Edward Dupont. Henry Kahrs has taken charge of painting the set, assisted by Charles J.. Hall. Lighting is under the direction of Edward Borkman, while Mrs. Made­line Eliff has had charge of tickets and George Marshall publicity. Mrs. Donald Gould is Properties chair­man, assisted by Mrs. Henry Brad­ford, Miss Tina Criscione and Jacob Thinnes. Drew Lawrie is directing and Mrs. Norman Quarty is Business Manager.

V iscount M on tgom ery , G en . K en n ey G uests o f A irm en

Harry A. Bruno, past commander o f A ir Service post No. 501, Am eri­can Legion, was host to Field Mar­shall Viscount Montgomery of Ala- mein and General George C. Ken­ney, USAF, at a post reception last evening at the Savoy Plaza Hotel. Montgomery told those attending that he appreciated the honor of being once again among American airmen. Other guests from here in­cluded Lieut. Harry Flopk, Capt. T. Dunbar and Capt. R. Pittman, all USAF officers stationed at Montauk.

BPOE M em orial S ervice S unday N ighi, D ec. 4

The annual Memorial Service of the Order of Elks, which is conduct­ed by every Lodge o f the Order on the first Sunday in December, will be held at the Lodge Room of South­ampton Lodge on Sunday night, December 4 at 8 o’clock. The speaker will be Robert P. Schur of New York and Hampton Bays. This is a most impressive service and a cor­dial invitation is extended to the public to attend.

The big night o f the year for Southampton Lodge of Elks, District Deputy and Vice President Night, falls on Wednesday, December 7. Southampton Lodge was instituted on December 7, 1929 and the date o f the official visit o f District Depu­ty Alfred Vollmer of Freeport, and State Vice President Walton Gagel of Queensborough, falls on the 20th birthday of the Lodge. Delegations of officers and members from each of the other 12 Lodges of the South­east District are expected to attend. Degree of the Order w ill.b e con­ferred on a group o f candidates at the meeting.

The birds are starting to fly South.

BOH ACK'S SUPER MARKET AN ADDITION TO SHOPPING AREA

Christm as "A t H om e" For G u ild Hall M em bers

Guild Hall’s Christmas “At Home” which w ill take place on Sun., Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. will feature a marion­ette show, “The Littlest Angel” and Christmas music.

The marionette show is under the supervision of Miss Dolores Dove. Marionettes were made and w ill be operated by pupils o f the eighth grade of East Hampton High School. The scenery was made by the A d­vanced Design class o f the High School.

Participants in the show are as follows: Philip Lester (LittlestAngel), Orville Pryor (St. Peter), George Cafiso (Wingmaker, Viola King (Halomaker), Dick Worthing­ton (the Understanding Angel), Con­nie Clint, Frank Collins, Anita Rob­inson, M a ry Em m a Peckham, Whitey King, Harry Goodale, Hel­ena Bock, and Joan Steele (Angels, Archangels, Cherabim and Sera­phim). A recording made by motion picture actress, Loretta Young, will be used for the narration.

Following the show there w ill be Christmas music, under the super­vision of Mrs. William A. Taylor.

Refreshments w ill be provided and served by the hostess for the afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ed­wards, assisted by her committee.

County Moves to Buy 'Surplus' Plum Island Site

Supervisors Name Three To A ct for C ounty In A cqu irin g Park

Suffolk County is still very much intei*bsted in Plum Island, the 792- acre site of tthe obsolete Spanish- American War strongpoint of Fort Terry and situated a mile o ff Orient Point. Formally declared “surplus” in June, 1948, the island has now been offered for sale by the General Services Administration, the agency which took over where the War As­sets Administration left off.

On Feb. 28 last, the Suffolk Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution formally affirming the county’s “ urgent desire” to acquire Plum Is­land and the Federal officials were notified to that effect. While it is believed this claim for the priority status granted municipalities in the competition for surplus government property still stands, the board de­cided on Monday to take no chances.

On the board’s authorization, Islip Supervisor Charles H. Duryea, chairman, appointed Supervisors Philipp A. Hattemer of Brookhaven, Joseph V. Kelly of Riverhead and Norman Klipp of Greenport as a committee to confer with Congress­man W. Kingsland Macy and “take such action as in their sound judge­ment may be necessary.” The dead­line for offers by municipalities was midnight Thursday, Dec. 1.

The supervisors received from the GSA office at 40 Wall st., Man­hattan, notification of tthe impend­ing sale of the island, stating that sealed bids would be received until 3 p.m. on Dec. 12. This applies to private bidders, however.

Rep. Macy has been the prime mover in the proposed acquisition of Plum Island by Suffolk County, and he and the supervisors have vis­ualized its use as a public park and camp site for youth and benevolent organizations. The island has seven miles of shore front and three miles of black-topped highway. Included in the sale will be the former Army installations, including 25 brick and two frame buildings. The Coast Guard is retaining its facilities on the west of the island.

OPENED TEN DAYS AGO the new Bchack Super Market is one of the most modern stores on Long Island. Officials of the Bohack company announced to-day that this super market and other Bohack super markets w ill remain open Friday evenings until 9:00 p.m. for the convenience of customers. The new hours are effec­tive this Friday, December 2.

N ew Y ear's Eve Party At G u ild Hall P lanned

Over 150 reservations have al­ready been made for the New Year's Eve Party which will be run as a benefit for Guild Hall. Maximum number o f reservations has been set at 175.

Due to excellent cooperation and donation of services by the Winter Committee and the Guild Hall Play­ers, $500 was cleared for the Build­ing Repair *Fund on last year’s party. *

The floor show to be presented by the Players this year will be based on the "Roaring 20’s” theme. Miss Ditinne Farrelle, former Rockette who is teaching at Guild Hall for the Partida Studio, is training six

I of the Players in a “ Vamp” routine which will be one of the features of the entertainment. Other numbers will be based on familiar 20’s song

I hits and dance sensations such as j “The Charleston" and "The Black Bottom” . Michael Smollin, who re­cently had charge o f a night club evening at Pratt Institute where he

I is a student, is cooperating with Mrs. Warren Whipple in planning the en­tertainment and decorations.

Ralph C. Frood, chairman of the Winter Committee, is in charge of

I general arrangements and w ill again this year put on the midnight

! supper.] Wes Smith’ s orchestra from Shel­ter Island has been engaged to furn­ish music for dancing.

R am blers H ave Australia A n d N ew Zealand as T opic For N ovem ber M eeting

A very interesting program on Australia and New Zealand was pre­sented at the Ramblers’ meeting at the Session House on Tuesday eve­ning by Mrs. Samuel Davis and Mrs. Theodore Rowland.

Mrs. Davis opened the program with a description of New Zealand, mentioning the novel “Green Dol­phin Street” which she felt gave ex­cellent fictional coverage to the de­velopment of the country which has com e to be known as the “white man’s paradise" because of its ex­cellent climate and wealth of oppor­tunity for both recreation and busi­ness. This was followed by movies on New Zealand shown by Charles Juckett.

Mrs. Courtland Schenck, accom­panied by Mrs. Maude Taylor, sang "Waltzing Matilda” .

A film strip on Australia, which is only slightly smaller than the United States and runs from the tropics at Darwin to a climate simi­lar to Long Island’s at Melbourne, was accompanied by interesting comments and details of the count­ry’s history and development by Mrs. Theodore Rowland.

At the conclusion of the film Mrs. Rowland turned the program over to Mrs. David Dakers who lived in Australia about 30 years ago while her late husband laid out golf courses in several of the six states. Mrs. Dakers spoke of the wild flow­ers for which Botany Bay was named, the gold mines, the beauti­ful streets of Melbourne and the slowness of travel when she was in Australia. She had brought with her a good many momentoes of her stay there, as well as several pic­tures.

Mrs. Maude Taylor played Percy Grainger’s "Country Gardens” , Mr. Grainger being one of Australia's best-known composers; and for an encore played "Home, Sweet Home” .

At the business meeting whi<?h followed Mrs. Robert Cheney re­quested the members to bring wrapped gifts for exchange with other members at the Christmas meeting to be held on Dec. 13 and also asked that gifts marked with "Boy” or “Girl" and the approxi­mate age. again be brought for dis­tribution through the Community Council at Christmas time. Hostesses for Tuesday's meeting were Mmes. Marian Thomas, Daniel Tucker and N. R. Griswold.

Only this month left for living up to the 1949 good resolutions.