4rtitiiid''Our '1iiQioseHandling Potatoes

'Potato-digging time, whether thegi ower has many acres or just a fewbushels in the garden ., means thatciii .'i in 'handling will keep the spudsin good condition for a longer timeafter the harvest:.' Be careful in digging' potatoes. A

f.Micy potato , which means the bestof its kind , becomes a " cull , the poor-e^ 't of its kind , when it is injured bytl i .o. digger or digging "fork.

Let the potatoes lie for a time be-f'J're they are picked up. The skin\>n) l set and the tubers will be dam-sifted less ..f they are not picked upimmediately af ter di gg ing: In hotv/^ather some growers dig them inthe late afternoon and pick them uptli .'

1 next morning. ". . . -, . ." Handle the potatoes carefully. In-

j ur y will be less if -they are placed:in splint baskets or burlap-linedciates. Also, for the first week ort'.n. days after digging, the potatoes.'j Viould be kept in a-relatively warm,.da rk place, but not; in a cool cellar)

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. ""Those who sell their crop should•revnember that -potatoes grown on3ie. ivy soils are likely to sell better ifthey are'washed. Where water underpressure is available , "the water maybe- turned from a hose""onto the po'ta-i 'yj . i in crates or baskets.

Science has not yet provided asatisfactory answer why certain ani-mals sleep for long periods (luringthe winter.

Football has killed as • many as 50players in one season. Dr. MarvinA.'" 'Stevens and Dr. William A. Phelpsof Yale university, published a bookseveral years ago in which they em-phasized the importance of a thor-ough physical examination, includingX-Ray of the heart and lungs , forevery student who plans to play foot-ball. Dr.. Stevens has been head coachat Yale and president of the Ameri-can Football Coaches association.

School is open after a long vaca-tion and children -should be in finefettle to return to the classroom.. Achild who is exceedingly irritable maybe a child who is not well. Parentsshould co-operate with school author-ities to get their views on a child'smental progress, and with the familyphysician to check on his physicalcondition.

Are your children afraid of storms—-do they cry when it thunders ? Trybringing* this fear out in the open.One mother, at each clap of thun-der, cried "Boom!" and encouragedthe children to outdo her in noisemaking. Active enjoyment was theresult, and soon thunder occasionedonly casual comment.

Canning of fruits and vegetablesoriginated when Napoleon offered aprize for some method of preservingperishable food. The prize was wonby Nicholas Appert , who cooked thefood , packed and sealed it in airti ghtcontaine2*s. Nobody at that time knewwhy this '' worked . Forty years laterLouis Pasteur . announced that micro-organisms cause decay, and that heatkills them and sterilizes food.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes neverheard of ultra-violet rays or vitamins,yet he said : "Men and women musthave sunshine to ripen them as muchas peaches."

Holbrook MewsMRS. Kenneth Hollmgsworth and

her two daughters spent theweek-end in Holbrook.

Thomas Paton returned to his homein the city on Tuesday after spend-ing a three-week vacation here.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Schlotmanwere guests of Mr. and Mrs. JohnHorsch of Jamaica . on Sunday.

Mr. _ and Mrs. C. B. Arters ofSpringfield, Mass.,' visited friends inHolbrook on Sunday.

The people of South Holbrook metSunday afternoon at the schoolhouseto discuss further methods for obtain-ing electric lights in South Holbrook.There were a large number of peoplepresent. The choir of St. John'sLutheran church will meet for prac-tice at the Guild hall Thursday eve-ning.

The Ladies ' auxiliary of the firedepartment held a meeting at the firehouse Tuesday evening. At thismeeting ' the members played cards.The hostesses were Mrs. Henry .Baack,Mrs. Charles Baron and Mrs. Beard.

The Girls' Sport club held a meet-ing on Monday evening.

The proposed budget for 1936 ofthe Holbrook Volunteer fire depart-ment was passed by a majority of thepeople who voted on it : last weekwhen tlie polls for that purpose 'wereopen.

The Republican club will hold itsirionthlv meeting this evening at theGuild hall".

The Girls' Drill team met Tuesdayevening at the Guild hall to discussfurther plans for a fife and drumcorps.

The Sauerbraten supper held atWild's Saturday was well attended.This was a farewell party as the res-taurant is to be taken over by a newmanagement.

The Ladies' Aid will hold a meet-ing at the Guild hall Thursday after-noon.

' MRS. MARI A •TU'RNEU HEINE .Mrs . Maria Turneu- Heine died on

Fri day morning at the borne of Mrs.U. Baack of Coates avenue, Hol-bvoofc.

{•>he *vvas tlie widoVv~pf Philip Heinetui -J was born 81 years ago in Ger-iii ' , ny. She canl'e to "fhi.s country 40if 'mv-i ago and lived in Holbrook forthe last 25 years.

"She bad been married twice and is..uwi ved by a daughter , Mrs. FrankNeft ' of Ls'li p, by three sons, LouisPeter* of Flushing, George Peters ofHollb and Henry Heine of Holbrook ;by seven grandchildren and' by twogix-at grandchildren. - ..• Funeral services were held Sundayafternoon at the Raynor Memorialoh.'pel in Sayville. The Rev. LouisH, Marti n officiated. ...Interment wasat the Union cemetery.

CHARLES GEARING; Charles Gearing died- Thursday attheliome of his sister , Mrs. Henriettaifltibiicher, on Broadway avenue, Hol-brook,

" Mr. Gearing was 76 years old andhoil been .- . resident of Holbrook fortbe past 45 years. He is survived byIn':, sister and nephew, Charles Flu-Imchet* of Holbrook.

Funeral services 'were held Sun-day; afternoon at the Raynor Memor-i ' i J chapel in Sayville. Tlie Rev . LouisH. Martiu officiated. . Interment wasin St. Ami 's cemetery,

The County CourtsTo Open Next Week

"TT-IE Supreme court and County• A court will resume regular trialterms at Riverhead soon, the former ,under Justice Paul Bonynge, openingnext Monday, and the latter, underJudge-Richard W. Hawkins, a weeklater.

Those called for grand j ury service,to consider proposed indictments incriminal cases, reporting to JusticeBonynge , are :

William Averill , Sayville; John M.Bishop, Westhampton Beach; ClaudeConklin , Smithtown Branch; HerbertE. Downs, Riverhead; LaRosseau C.Dayton , Mattituck; George Egner.Bayport; William Gay, East Hamp-ton; Edward Howell , Center Mori-ches ;. Gustave M. Hahn , Lindenhurst;Daniel M. Hurley, Southampton;John V. M. "Howell , Southblcl ; .WilliamA. Ketcham , Patchogue; John Lule,Huntington; Robert E. O'Donolme ,Central Islip; Lewis B. Parsons,Amagansett; Edward .0. Payne, Shel-ter Island; David Rothman, Southold;Howard ! "Rulahcl, "jGreen'port; C. A.Robbins , Huntington; Silas Stevens,Westhampton Beach; - 'Nathaniel Tut-hill , Miller Place; VanBrunt Tandy;Riverhead; S. Brown Tabor , Orient;Arthur Tliurm , Calverton.

A whale skull .15,000!,000 years oldhas been found near Berkeley, 1 Cal

THE first regular fall meeting was'* held by. the Medford Republicanclub at the Medford Community halllast Friday evening with a large at-tendance. After a short businesssession a card party and social hourwas enjoyed. Prizes were awarded forhigh scores in pinochle and bunco andalso to non-players, the highest being—first in pinochle , William Bachtel-er; second , Mrs. 0. Jacobi ; third ,Charles Rider. First in bunco wasJames Kehoe ; second , Mrs. HenryKlein ; third , Carl Dodt. First of thenon-players was Henry Rheiivstien ;second , Louis Reichold ; third , Mrs.Louis Reichold. After the games asupper was enjoyed by all. The clubexpects to hold a public card partyin the near future , and later a rallywill be given. The dates of those af-fairs will be announced later.

The Harmony -Singing; ' society willhold a card -.party at the MedfordCommunity hall this' evening.

The Medford Fire department,Company No. .1, will hold a cardparty at the Medford ^Democratic hall ,October 11. Prizes will be awardedfor high scores and refreshmentsserved after the games. j

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. ' Warner ofRiverhead spent Sunday with theirparents, Mr. and Mi's. E. ' T-heis. .

Mrs. A. H, Thiome entertained agroup of friends at her home in Med-ford Monday afternoon. Those pres-ent wore ' Mrs, DuBbis, Mrs: G. Leder-er , Mrs. Elsie Thomas , Miss SylviaThiome, Mrs. Hudaock , / Mrs, M.Masem , Mrs. Tiller, Mari o Roth e,Mrs, Howard. Delicious, hot biscuitsand home-made cake wore baked inan L. & H, electric range by MissMarjorie Wardman , the home econo-mist of that company. Mrs. JonnetteWright of the Patchogue, Electriccompany donated a chocolate nutlayer cake for a: prize' . 'which was wonby 'Mrs.' Tj llcv;, ;.;, . > ;• ¦ ¦ ; ^;;; :;. ..,;̂ ': • . V ./l

Fatdliogie NewsMiss Lois Linn , who has been

spending the summer vacation withher parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheri-dan Linn of Rose avenue, will returnFriday to her second year of stu-dies at Wellesley college.

—The Patchogue High SchoolAlumni association held its first meet-ing of the season Monday night in theschool. The treasurer reported thatthree scholarship loans of $100 eachhad been made to graduates of Pat-chogue High school seeking higher .education , as well as an emergencyloan of $50 to another graduate, who .has entered college. The new prin- *cipal of the high school , Paul Bas-sett, and Superintendent SheridanLinn gave brief , but very interesting,talks, both congratulating the asso- 'ciation for what it had accomplishedin its first year. The next meeting .will be held on the second Mdnday inOctober at which time officers for thecoming year will be elected. . ' .

Mr. and Mrs. Frank -Phannemillerof North Ocean avenue have an- -nounced the engagement of theirdaughter,. Miss Eleanor Ruth, to EarlS. Grainger of Bay Shore. No datehas been set for the wedding.

Mrs. Frank A. Potter and son ,Roswell Potter of Bay avenue, leftSaturday by automobile for Marietta ,0., where he will begin his secondyear of studies at Marietta college.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Austinof Bay avenue have returned from •Saranac lake where they attended the .annual convention of the Top clubof New York Life Insurance com- .pany. They entertained over theweek-end their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Austin ,Jr., formerly . of Kalamazoo , Mich.,who are now residing in Jamaicawhere Mr. Austin is connected -withthe New York Life Insurance com-pany.

—The Women 's Democratic clubwill hold a public card party Thurs-day evening in the K. of C. hall.There will be prizes and refresh-ments.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ireland , whohave been spending ¦ the past fourmonths as guests of Mr. and Mrs.William Ireland of Prospect avenue,will sail Saturday on the. S. S. Cali-fornia for their home in Darvel ,Ayreshire, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs.Ireland and Mr. and Mrs. RobertDouglas of Park avenue , Blue Point ,'spent the week-end at Newburgh and .West Point.

—A very large attendance is ex-pected at the special meeting thisSaturday, .night in the MasonicTemple of Old Glory chapter, Orderof "Eastern Star. Right' Worth y Bea-trice M. Yost, the district deputy'grand matron , will make her officialvisit at that time and it will also bethe home coming of Right WorthyArchie L. Wicks, assistant grand lee- ,ttirer. ¦ A special program . has beenplanned.

A daughter was born September11 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 0. Win'sh-man of Hudson Falls.' Mrs. Winsh-maii is tho former Miss Josephine .Shieblev, daughter of Major and Mrs.J. P. D. Shiebler of South Ocean ave-nue.

Supreme Court Justice George H.Furman and Mrs, Furman , -accom-panied by Mrs. Floi'ence Roe Merritt ,and brother , J. Austin Roe of NorthOcean avenue, have returned from a'motor trip through the New: Englandstates.

Mr. and Mrs. William King enter-tained Thursday evening ' at theirhome on Highland avenue in honor 'of Frank Duke, well known radiosinger. Mr. Duke has just returnedto Patchogue from a concert tbur.Those ' present "were Mrs. MargaretMcCormaek j . Mr. and Mrs. E. McCor-innek, Miss Evelyn McCormack , Jos-eph Ke'lioe and Whitney Stuart ofBrooklyn , Theodore Ross of , Holts-ville , Clinton Nicholas and MissEleanor McCoy of , Patchogue.

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