Expect OppositionTo School Project
In Bayport FridayBAYPORT—When residents of the Bayport-Blue Point School
district Rather at the high school here at 8:.'«) p. in. tomorrow todecide on a proposal to enlarge school facilities , they may take partin a lively session, judging from protests voiced at an informationmeeting in Bavport Friday night and from a strongly-worded letter
received by this newspaper froma Bayport taxpayer, John .1.O'Connor , which is printed else-where in this edition.
A similar meeting was held inBlue Point last Thursday nightand, although a few questionsv. ere asked , there was no signof any strong opposition.
Briefiv, the proposal is to floata 120-year bond issue of $904,000to buy a site in Bayport for anew elementary school , to buildthat school and to build a six-room addition to the Blue Pointschool.
It was announced at both in-formation meetings that those whowish to come only to vote maydo so any time between 9 p. m.and 10:30 p. m., although thepolls will be kept open later ifthere are voters still on hand.Questions w i l l be answeredthroughout the meeting.
Bayport MeetingIn contrast to the meeting at
Blue Point the previous eveningwhere only 30 persons were inattendance, 80 taxpayers werepresent in the Bayport school au-ditorium last Friday night to hearthe plans outlined by James Wil-son Young, chairman of the Bay-port-Blue Point board, and LloydP. Dodge, former chairman of theBlue Point board and a memberof the present one.
That there will be some opposi-tion when the vote is taken to-morrow night became clear assoon as Mr. Young and Mr. Dodgefinished talking and- threw themeeting open to questions. BartonI.nlFerandre, a real estate dealer,was an outspoken critic from thebeginning of the discussion andat one point hinted that he wouldopen the meeting tomorrow nightby moving that the voting bepostponed until a later date so
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—WITH THE -ARMED FORCES(Let ua know about yourfriends and relatives in the•ervice. Phone Patchogue 1002)
A SAILOR'S LIFE seems tooffer plenty of excitement andconsiderable variety. FM WilliamHalstead recently wrote his p:i-lents, Mr. and Mis. Will iam Hal-stead of Blue Point , that whiletraveling at 2(! knots in the In-liian ocean his ship, the USSPittsburgh, was hit l.y a U0-fo.itshark. This slowed its speed to23 knots and when it reached Pa-kistan, the shark was still impal-ed on the bow of the ship.
Ashore, Hulstead and several ofhis shipmates were entertained -itdinner at the home of the U. S.ambassador to Pakistan.
Halstead has been in the Navysince October, 1U5I. The L'SSPittsburgh, after a Mediterraneantour, is now on its way to theEast.
¦A wftLETTERS WANTED—From
Korea has come a letter froma Heliport boy with the requestthat we publish his address andask people back home to writeto him and his 'buddies.
The local boy is Private PaulMaynes and he is- very carefulto include all his friends in theHeadquarters company of the3rd Division in his request. Itin verv hard for us here in theStaten to realize how drearythe lives of our men in Koreamust be and how much theydepend upon letters from homeas morale builders.
So here's hoping that Pv|.Maynes, friends and acquaint-ances will get busy and sendhim and his friends some cheer-ful , newsv letters. His address :Pvt. Paul'Maynes, US .rill7497K .llq. Co.. 3rd Inf. Div., APO46H, c/o Postmaster. San Fran-cisco, Calif.
NEW OFFICERS — Loren L.Bush, Jr. , has I M.-CII commissioneda second lieutenant followinggraduation from the :2<!-week En-gineer Office! s Candidate schoolat the Army 's Engineer center,Fort Belvoir . Va. Bush , whosejarents live in .Medford, is a vet -eran of I I months Army service.
Lieutenant HushCrnig Shand. son of Air. and
Mrs. Arthur Slui tid of Bayport ,was graduated from the NavyOC8 in Newport , R. 1., Fridn>and now has the rank of ensign.His parents attended the gradu-ation ceremonies. Ensign Shand,who is spending this week athomo, will reporl for duty inBoston , Mass., where he will l» -teive 'raining in combat informa-tion service for about a month.
Second Lieutenant John A. M.iIPIII , mil of Mr. and Mrs. HermanMiisein of Medford , has ii'poil"dto L'liigley field , Va., where hewill I T stationed for about eightweeks. Lt. Masein was graduatedfrom Air Force Cadet school midreceived his wings at MatherAFB in California lust month andhis commisdon January M. He isn bombardier.
BROTHERS HOME—Two h
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Girl Scouts SetFor 4th Annual
World FestivalLife in Many Nations to Be
Put on View by TroopsAt Bay Ave. Saturday
On Saturday in the Bay Ave-nue school in Patchogue, SouthSuffolk Girl Scout council willhold its fourth annual Interji;.-tional festival in honor of Juli-ette Low, who organized the firstt roop in Savannah, Ga., 41 years;«go .
World friendship t h r o u g hknowledge and understanding ofthe aims and customs of the peo-ple of other lands was a part ofthe Girl Scout program in whichMrs. Low wa.« particularly itite- -isted, and proceeds of the sal •of small articles at the festivalbooths will go to a national fundin her honor. The fund is used topromote scouting in other coun-tries.
Many people have he||>ed thescouts to know and understandthe countries which they are te-l-reserting at the festival and tomake the event itst'f a success.There have In ep visits to NewYork consulates to iiii nrview theconsuls ami at-' their national ex-hibits Teachers and travel a g i n -c 'cn have helper! to make the va-rious countries studied interest-ing. Scouts, their parents , t roi pcommittees and school staffs haveall cooperated in the project.
Mis? Velma Uodee of Patch-ogue has U'cii visiting the troopsas dance consultant. There will
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Nancy Broad bent DrowningIn Fish Pool Saddens VillageThe village was shocked to hear!
last Thursday that a two-year-old girl , Nancy Broadbent , wascrowned accidentally in a neigh-bor's fish pond.
The little girl was found un-conscious in the pool by her mo-ther , Mrs. Floyd Broadbent , .itabout 11:40 u. in. Mrs. Broad-bent picked up the child, ran withher into their home at 100 Rideravenue , asked the telephone op-erator to send for help, and im-mediately Ix'gan artificial respira-tion.
Dr. John Mulvehill of the Pat-chogue Medical group, along withthe rescue squad of the Patch-ogue Fire Department Ambulancecompany and several Patchoguepolicemen , hurried to the houseand worked for over two hours
'to try to revive the child. As-sisting were Police SergeantsRoland Baker, Dominick Chiuchi-olo and Otto Brauner and Patrol-men Joseph Hawkins and ArthurRooney and Martin and BusterGlover of the ambulance com-pany.
At about 2:45 she was taken toSouthside hospital in Bay Shore,where she was pronounced deadb" Dr. A. W. Swenson after ani ther half-hour's effort failed.
Mrs. Broadbent said afterwar.l s
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Smith Point Bridge Arch Said Too LowMost VesselsCould Get By,Engineer SaysOpposition to the present plans
for a fixed bridge connecting theMastic peninsula with the oceanbeach came to light this week asspokesmen for ihe Ixmg IslandWaterways association and theSouth Bay Cruising club contend-ed that the proposed verticilclearance of the span would betoo low to permit clearance bysome commercial and pleasurecrafts.
The Army Corps of Engineersmust issue a permit before theCounty Highway department canproceed with the project, and anycriticism or protest regarding theproposal must be submitted to theoffice of the district engineer, 80Lafayette street. New York city,before March 20.
In a joint letter to yachtsmen,dredging contractors and othercommercial marine interests, thewaterways association and thecruising club protest that the pro-posed vertica l clearance of :}0.."»feet "will restrict the range ofcruising boats and prevent pass-age of certain commercial craft(without expensive alteration) be-tween the Great South bay andthe waters to the eastward."
Suggesting a compromise of 55feet of vertical clearance, theysay, "We do not wish to hold upthe wheels of progress in thegrowth of this area. But we feelthat progress in one field shouldnot limit growth or cause retro-gression in other industries orfields of recreation. The dredgingrigs and floating cranes so ne-cessary in a maritime communityshould not be limited in theirrange of operations. Sailingyachts that support local ship-yards should not be sold away toother waters just for 'progress' ina beach area."
However, William Matsunaye,bridge engineer of the CountyHighway department, told TheAdvance yesterday that the greatmajority of craft using Narrowbay will have no difficulties :nclearing the bridge as now design-ed.
He pointed out that the spanover the channel will be in theshape of an arch and that at thehigh point, in the center of thearch, the vertical clearance willbe 35 feet. The 30.6-foot figureis the height at the low point at
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GOP 'Old-Timers'Expect WainwrightAt Dinner Monday
Representative S t u y v e s a n tWainwright will be the guest ofhonor of the "Old Timers" of theSuffolk County Republican clubas they resume their monthlydinner meetings Monday at thePatchogue hotel after a winterrecess. This was announced thisweek by Sheriff William C. Mc-Collotn , who heads the "Old Tim-ers" group.
In celebration of St. Patrick'sday, a corned beef and cabbagedinner will be served between thehours of 7 and fl p. m., and rheevent will be held in the Grandballroom of the hotel. Accordingto Sheriff McCollom, indicationspoint to an attendance of approxi-mately 300 from all parts of Suf-folk. This is the first time theOld Timers have met for theirregular "third Monday " sessionssince just before November's Re-publican landslide in the county.
Tickets are available from theleaders of the various towns andat Republican headquarters in thePatchogue hotel.
HAPPY THREESOME :Xeed wa t
the highly successful dance held Saturday nightin the Patchogue hotel by the Patchogue chap-ter of St. Charles Hospital auxiliary. Some400 attended the affair which netted $1, 200 forcrippled children of the hospital. Left to right ,above, are Mrs. Herbert B. Rowse of Patchogue,
chairman of tickets; Frank Farrell , noted col-umnist of the New York World-Telegram andSun who acted as master of ceremonies ; andMrs . James H. Barry. Jr., of Blue Point , chair-man of publicity and promotion. Miss MaryMurdock , a cashier in a New York city restau-rant , won Ihe big anard—a mink stole.
— Photo by Alvin P. Freeman
Dunton Lake a Danger,E. Patchoguers Claim
Swamplands left by the receding waters of Dunton lake in EastPatchogue are a "menace to health and a danger to children ," adelegation of residents from that section told the Brookhaven Townboard Tuesday.
Speaking on behalf of the membership of the Dunton Yachtclub, Frank Bulzoni , president «f*-.-,—~ --—— ^_the club, urged the town fathersto improve the dam on Lake ave-nue which controls the flow fromDunton lake. With a proper dam,according to Mr. Balzoni , the wa-ter in the lake could be kept ata normal height and the conditioncould be corrected.
Hugo Ginnotli , vice president ofthe Yacht club, told the boardthat considerable etfort and ex-pense had been expended by localresidents to solve the problem,but that the job of damming theoverflow was beyond the meansof private individuals.
According to Attorney CharlesB. McLaughlin , who appeared onbehalf of his mother , Mrs. MaeMcLaughlin, who owns propertyon the lake, Dunton lake is aprivately owned body of water.He suggested that the town couldcorrect the present condition ifit took over Lake avenue, whi?hruns between Union and Duntonavenues, as a town road. He ex-plained that the dam site is no*vlocated directly in the path ofthis thoroughfare and that if theroad were constructed properly,the overflow from the lake wouldbe controlled.
Dunton lake is a popular swim-ming spot for East Patchogue andHeliport teen-agers dining thesummer season.
Supervisor Philipp A. Hattemerappointed a committee, consistingof Justice of the Peace DonaldW. Shaw. Town Highway Superin-ti ndent Robert S. Still and Attor-ney Lincoln (5. Schmidt, to inves-tigate the matter and make a re-nort. ' •*"
FATAL FISH POOL-^nKS!bent accidentally drowned in this fish pool inthe back yard of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bowdenof Wiggins avenue, Patchogue, last Thursday.
Joseph Gomel, a member of The PilchogueAdvance stsff , is shown here measuring thedepth of pool, which was found to be about 15inches.
—Advance Photo
Both Village Parties PlanCampaign Rallies Tonight
Both the Republican and Democratic parties will hold ralliestonight as the village election campaign enters its last stages lead-ing up to Tuesday's election.
The Republican rally, which will begin at 8:30 p. m. in theGreen room of the Patchogue hotel under the sponsorship of theLincoln Republican club, will oo» -built around a dance group fromthe Dance Arts studio of MissVelma Bodee.
The performance will includetap, ballet and character dances.Novelty numbers will include abaton twirling exhibition byyoung Sandra Kendrick , LorraineKulukowski and Jill O'Brien , anda West Indian dance and a Hindu-bullet performed by the oldergirls.
Four-year-old M a r y LouiseHobbs will be presented for the.first time in a song and lap rou-tine. Francis Felice will repeathis recent perfo rmance in theRitUiry Frolics , in which he wi< sa featured dancer.
The group includes Lea Aviuno,Sonya Brochstein, Georgia Lind-veil , Carole l^otito . Carol Blakes-lee, Judy Mott , Carol G reenberg,Agnes Siciliu , Jo Ann Benincase,Patty Ferrigno and BarbaraDearborn.
A buffet supper will IH> served.The Republican candidates will
discuss campaign issues during around-table session at 1:15 p. m.Sunday over WPAC .
The Democratic Village Cam-paign committee will have a mo-torcade and rally tonight.
The motorcade will start atAtlantic- avenue and West Mai*)street at 7:.'I0 p. m. and will pro-ceed east through the village toHay avenue, where it will turnsouth to Edwards street and th 'twest to the VFW hall where therally will be held. Refreshment*and entertainment will be pro-vided .
To Vote on SchoolPay Bonus Friday
Qualified voters of the Patch-ogue school district will be askedtomorrow night if they want toapprove a $200 cost-of-living ad-justment for 153 teachers, ad-ministrators and other school em-ployes, as well as smaller adjust-ments for part-time school work-ers.
The proposal, outlined in detailin this newspaper two weeks ago,would cost the district about $32,-000, which would be borrowed ona budget anticipation note, if thevoters approve.
The meeting will begin at 7:30p. m. tomorrow in the auditoriumof Patchogue High school.
FOR TRUSTEE(2-year terms—$600 a year)GOP DEM
Briscoe MapesWruck RoeWedick Miller
(These pairings are arrangedas they appear on the ballotbut the. voter may choose anythree of the six candidates).
FOR POLICE JUSTICE(4-year term—$1,750 a year)GOP DEMButler SkinnerPolls will be open Tuesday
from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.a i l II %i ¦ -•»• s a. a, a. *> -*> I ti a, - a. a>.a^»i ,a<i<»it*n
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Village Election
Chamber UrgesPrivate GarageAuto Inspection
Compulsory Car InsuranceOpposed; Will SponsorBig Scout Show in April
The Board of Directors of Pat-chogue Chamber of Commerce lastweek agreed with its Legislativecommittee in opposing a proposalnow before the legislature whichwould make motor vehicle insur-ance compulsory.
Peter V. Snyder, Legislativecommittee chairman, reported tothe board that compulsory autoinsurance has not worked well inMassachusetts and that a bill aim-ing at its repeal is before theMassachusetts legislature.
The board did approve the com-mittee's recommendations for oth-er solutions to the problem ofuninsured vehicles, including aprovision for Impounding any un-insured car after it had been in-volved in an accident.
The board also approved thecommittee's statid in favor of reg-ular compulsory inspection ofmotor vehicles, and backed up thecommittee's recommendation thatthese inspections be made throughprivately-owned service stationsrather than through station* runby the state. The directors in-structed Chamber Mai.age r Harry
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Little Opposition VoicedTo Village Plan; SomeChanges Are Proposed
Monday probably will be thelast opportunity for Patchogueresidents to express their viewsto tlw Village board on the pro-posed village building zone ordin-ance and map before its adoption.The board will hold an adjournedpublic hearing at the Municipalbuilding at S p. m., and, since ;ioover-all opposition to the proposalwas voiced at two earlier sessions,is expected to vote approval.
The meeting will be the secondadjournment of a hearing whichbegan Friday and was continuedMonday night. Only a handful ofpersons showed up at Friday'shearing in addition to membersof the Village and Planningboards, nnd only board membersattended the Monday hearing.
The proposed ordinance andmail , which were prepared byJohn M'. Muddeman of StonyBrook , planning consultant to theplanning board, differs from thepresent ones in the following re-spects:
1. Three residential districtsare provided for in the proposedordinance, and A district with aminimum property requirement uf7,!»00 si|imro feet , a li districtwith a requirement of ti .OOO squarefeet , and a C district with a re-quirement of 5,000 square feet.The pivscnt ordinance has asingle residential district with re-quirements corresponding rough-ly to the proposed B district.
2. The urea along South Ocean
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Third MeetingOn Zoning Map
Set for Monday
After the kickoff meeting Fri-day night in the Patchogue hotelthe Patchogue branch fund driveteam under the leadership of Jo-seph Cottrell and Clifford N. Wadewent to bat in earnest to raisethe quota necessary to carry onthe increased program of the RedCross.
An intensive effort is beingmade to complete the drive liyApril 1. The temporary oflice inRoom 4, Roe building, 118 FastMain street , is being staffed dailyas the control center from whichall drive activities are directedand coordinated.
Anyone wishing to help canvolunteer by calling PAtchoguc3-2440.
The branch chairman, the Rev.George K. f^vartzfager, announc-ed that if anyone has any ques-tions concerning the activities ofthe Red Cross or any criticismshe should feel free to ask the can-vasser. If the canvasser cannotgive the answer, the question willbe referred to someone who can.
"We want the public to have itsquestions answered so that it maybe certain the Red Cross is worthyof its whole-hearted support ," heexplained.
Patchogue BranchOf ARC LaunchesFinances Campaign
More news, more pictures of localhappenings are published in The Ad-vance every week, than in any othernewspaper in this section of SuffolkCounty—Read it, be informed.
Extra spending money for your attic"odds and ends." Sell them throughthe classified ads in The Advanceand The Moriches Tribune. Tel. Pat-chogue 3-1000 — for speedy results.
Record Registration for Voting TuesdayOutcome to Shape
Campaign in 1954The Patchogue Village elections Tuesday, at which
three trustees and a police justice are to be chosen, maybe decided by a record number of voters, judging fromregistration figures that show 4,033 men and womeneligible to vote, as compared to the record of 3,348 setin last year's village regis-tration.
The new record, how-ever, does not necessarily indi-cate an unusually great interestin the election, since most ofthese registrants are those whosigned up for the Presidentialballoting last November.
There are 107 more names onthe eligible voter list than thermswere in November, but that figureis not a true indication of thenumber of persons who register-ed last week , since some who wereregistered last fall have died ormoved away. For instance, inDistrict ti, there are eight fewerregistered voters now than therewere for the Presidential race. Atable comparing this year's regi-stration with that for the past twovillage elections will be found be-low.
The voters Tuesday won't havea chance to decide which partywill control the village admini-stration for the next year, buttheir decision will have a greatpotential effect on the balance ofpower a year later.
When they elected all five De-mocratic candidates to the boardlast March, the voters sewed upthe village for the Democrats fortwo years, since that decision gavethe Democrats a 5-2 advantage,and, this year, only three seatsare at stake.
But, if the Republicans shouldreelect one candidate. TrusteeJohn J. Briscoe, and win seats forErnest Wruck and James J. We-dick , the Democrats would go in-to next year's campaign with onlya 4-3 advantage. The GOP there-fore would have to win only one
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of the four seats then up for elec-tion to regain control, which theylost three years ago.
Each party has an incumbenttrustee seeking reelection thisyear, and, by the luck of thedraw, they are paired againsteach other on the ballot. TrusteeBriscoe for the Republicans andTrustee Edgar M. Mapes for theDemocrats have been strong; vote-getters for their respective par-ties.
Republican Wruck is pairedagainst Democrat Robinson Roeand Republican Wedick is pairedagainst Democrat William Miller.These pairings, however, aremeaningless except in that voterssometimes think they must followthem in casting their votes. Ac-tually, the voter may choose anythree of these six candidates.
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Hattemer Will DiscussMigrant Issue on Radio
Brookhaven Town Super-visor Philipp A. Hattemerwill speak on the migrantlabor problem during a radiointerview at 10:30 a. m. Wed-nesday over WALK.
Supervisor H a t t e m e r ,chairman ot the CountyBoard of Supervisors, will beinterviewed by Mrs. DonaldStreit of Bellport on behalfof the Bellport League ofWomen Voters, sponsor ofthe program.
Listen to your Republican Can-didates for Village offices discos*campaign issues In a round tablediscussion Sunday, March IS at1:15 p. m. WPAC—Polltieal Adv.
Morley's for flowers. Telegraph¦etvlce. 280 E. Main St., Patch-ogue 3-1880.—Adv.
Attend Ihe Village Republicanrally at the Patchogue HotelThurs., March 12 at 8:30 p. m.Listen lo your candidates—I'oliti*cat Adv.
For your Caster Bunnies, bas-kets and home made candies.Homestead Candies, Inc., «8 E.Main St.. PAt. 3-2720. —Adv.
"Norltnke" china of Qualitynow offered in Open Stock. Pricesstart at 13.85 per place setting.Rollers' Jewelry Store, Patchogue.
—Adv.
