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)efense Savings Staff Committee .Makes Plans For Greater Effort

County Employee* Are Asked To Give Their €ooperatioii

The payroll savings method of punftMing defense bonds and stamp* will be made available to all county, town and village emplosrees in Suffolk under plans outlined last Thursday before the Board of Super­visors at Rivjerhead by County At­torney Edgar F. Hazleton, The goal of the special Defense Savings Staff committee headed by Mr. Hazleton is the 100 percent participation of all municipal worliers in the war-finan- cing effort.

Asicing the cooperation of the su­pervisors In putting the payroll plan in effect in the tow n^ips, Hazleton emphasized the neqessity of regular and systematic investment by all cit­izens in victory securities. Ultimate­ly, he said the principles of compul­sory military service may be extend­ed to capital, labor and industry, but meanwhile, millions of “volun­teer dollars” must be put to work in defense of the country.

“What the government is desirous of seeing done is that there be de­ducted frdm each pay check a t the source an amount that would go to­ward the purchase of a bond,” he said. **We want to have the plan completely in effect in order to have deduoUoBS made from salary checks on April 1."

nedgBs of cooperation have bcon reofived by Mr. Hazleton from heads of county departments, as well as froih bpm wnid vUlsge offtcials. The payroll, savings plan has alreaw tieen plaow in operation by scores of banks and 4>usiness, houses throughout the county, according to a report of the Suffolk Defense Sav­ings Staff, which is headed by Myron H. Lee of Riveriiead.

Tuthill Lumber Go. Sold To G. L; Fonqr

George I. Tuthill and son, George G. Tuthill, have sold their business, the Tuthill Lumber Company, to George L. Penny Jr., another local lumber dealer. The property and building off Love lane were includ­ed in the deal. Mr. Penny is con­tinuing to operate the yard, in con-, junction with the Penny yard on Sound avenue and is retaining Ho­ward K. Berry and Harold Hudson to assist in his new enterprise. The Tuthijl Lumber Company was estab­lished about 15 years ago.

Tire Rationinsr Board Issues Certificates

The Southold Town Rationing Board has granted certificates fbr tires and tul>es to the foiowing from February 15 to February 28:

Fred Tabor, Orient, carting farm produce; Rev. John Tilley, Green- port, clergyman; Leonard Trueblood, Greenport, obsolete tires; C. Am­brose King, Greenport, obsolete tires; Rev. R. A. Costello, Southold, clergy­man; Vincent ^ t e r a , Southold, ob­solete tires; Fred» Leicht, Southold, carting farm produce; Town of Southold (Highway Department), Peconic; Samuel Sweezey, Peconic, carting farm pi’oduce; John Sepeno- ski, Peconic. carting farm produce; Charles Simon, Peconic, carting farm produce; George Stelzer, Peconic, carting farm produce; Cutchogue Trucking Co., Cutchogue, common carrier; Joe Macwiezujyk, Mattituck, carting farm produce; A. J. Novatka, Mattituck, carting farm produce; Widcham Gildersleeve, Mattituck, obsolete tires.

The Rationing Boai ii has anounc- ed the following as hnproved in­spectors: Joe’s Garage, Orient; John Morell, Greenport; F. H. Sayre, Southold; Vail Bros. Garage, Pecon­ic; Ernest Morrell, Cutchogue; Mau­rice Hansen, Mattituck.

John Messenger, World War Vet,Dies At 65 Years

John Messenger, a former art in­structor in Brooklyn and > Queens schools and teachers’ colleges, died Tuesday afternoon after a long ill­ness at his Peconia home where he had lived since his retirement about five years ago.

Mr. Messenger was born in New York City on Nov. 13, 1877, the son of John and Eleanor M e^m ser. He prepared for his pedafpfical career a t the College of the a tg r of t i tw York and a t P ratt Institute. He taught a t Boys’ H3gh School and Stuyvesant High S d ^ I in Brooklyn awl a t the Brooklynf Teachers’ Col­lege. He ended his long service as an insturct6r at Jam aica. Tea<aiers* College. V

During World War I, Mr Messeng­er served as a first lieutenant in the 9th Coast Artillery Corps. He was a former master of the Masonic l^dge in Forest Hills where he made

St. Patrick’s Day Card Party Plamied

At u meeting of the men of St.' Patrick’s Church held in the church auditorium on Wednesday evening of last week, Martin McCaffery was elected chairman of the committee in charge of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Card Party. This affair is the outstanding social event of the win­ter season at St. Patrick’s and is sponsored each year by the men of the parish.

The party will be held this year on Tuesday evening, March 17, and cards will begin at 8 o’clock. All kinds of games will be played and valuable prizes will be awarded to the winners at each table. There will be several non-players prizes and a door prize of $5.00 will be given away. A drawing on a $25.00 United States Defense Bond will lie held at tliis time. Delicious refresh­ments will be served at the close of the evening.

Tickets are 95 cents, including tax, bnd may be purchased from any member of the committee or may be bought at the door.

his home for many years.Surviving are his wife, Constance

A. Messenger, and a sister, Mrs. C. Benjamin Andrews of Arlington, Mass.

The Rev. John Tilley, rector of (the Episcopal Church of the Re­deemer, Mattituck, will conduct ser­vices today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at the Beebe Funeral Home in Cut­chogue, where the rites of the Ma­sonic order will also be carried out. Interment will follow in the Cut­chogue Cemetery.

Mr. Messenger had been a sum­mer resident of the North Fork for upwards of fifty years, first coming here as a small boy with other mem­bers of his family. His avocations, l)esides art, included music and tra­vel and some years ago, he, and his wife made a trip around tKe world. He was very public-spirited, was keenly interested in local civic and community affairs, and enjoyed a wide circle of friends.

Over 350 Attend Defense Meeting

About 350 persons, including practically all local air raid and de­fense wardens and many other ci- ivil defense wbrkers, attended the meeting Monday night in the h i |^ school auditorium when official mo­tion pictures, released by the Office of Civil Defense and the U. S. Army, were shown. The progran> also in­cluded a splendid inspirational ad­dress by Owen P. White, novelist and magazine writer, who now makes his home in Cutchogue.,

The civil defense films depicted the mobilization of a nation to meet the war crisis, and sh o w ^ British civil defense forces in action during an air raid. The army film had to do with the approved methods of ex­tinguishing incendiary bombs.

Civilian defense workers of the 300-year-old Southold Town com­munities are actuated by the spirit of their pioneer forefathers, Mr. White declared, speaking on the top­ic “T?he American Way”. Self-de-

inial, courage and hard work, not alien qualities here, will go a long way toward winning the war. He advocated the pooling of labor and farming equipment as a solution to the farm labor problem, declaring that this section’s biggest job is to produce more food than ever before.

Howard K. Berry, chief defense (Continued on Page 8)

Defense Training Meeting Tuesday

It is anticipated that there will be an increasing demand for workers in Defense Industries in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and that a shortage of such workers is even likely with­in the next few months. I t is there­fore imperative that potential work­ers be advised of Defense Training opportunities.

Such an opportnnity will be pro­vided for all people interested in Na­tional Defense Training as a means for entrance into National Defense Industries, particularly Aviation In­dustries. to get first hand, reliable and up to-date information relative ■thereto at a meeting which will be held at Greenport High School, Greenport, New York on Tuesday, March 10, 1942 a t 8:15 p. m.

Mr. Gilbert L. Earle, Area Coun­selor for the New York State De­partment of Education in National Defense Work, will be present at this meeting and will show slides indicating the types of defense train­ing being offered in Nassau and Suf­folk Counties, and he will be prepar­ed to discuss this training from the stand point of requirements, courses offered, means of entrance, and other pertinent information.

Gradowtki-GrenierMr. and Mrs. Louis Grenier of

Rutland, Vermont announce the marriage of their daughter, Florence to Corporal Stanley J. Gradowski, son of Mrs. Joseph Gradowski of Pe­conic. N. Y.

They were married by the Rev. J. P. Shannon at St. Patrick’s Church, Rutland, Vermont. The attendants were Miss Cecelia Croteau, cousin of the bride and the bride’s brother Raymond Grenier.

Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held in the Rutland Community Hall for relatives and close friends of the young couple.

They will make their home with the brides parents for the duration of the war.

Many Local Women Complete Advanced First Aid GMirtet

Forty-eight members of the Mat­tituck Unit' of the American Wo- nten’aiHoiiiitM i-iteeerve Corps suc- casfoUy coinptitoi ’ttw advanced n n t aid coarse and pasHd the ex­aminations given by Dr. Stanley P. Jones last Tuesday and WedoMday evenings. Dr. Frank P eterson a i - dressed the group, declaring that they had received training which they would find useful in theh: daily lives, not only during the present emergency, but long after the war is over. The unit is now attending Tuesday and Thursday night classes in chemical warfare and will resume first aid practice and military drill after completing this civil defense course.

The 48 advanced “first aiders” are: Mary Arndt, Bertha Bader, Margaret Benton, Clara 'Benjamin, Elizabeth Bergen^ Leslie Bermingham, Eliza­beth portney, Esther Boutcher, Eu­nice Butterworth, Elizabeth Cox, Kathryn McC. Cox, Kathryn B. Cox, Eunice Clark. Bernadette Cunning­ham, Isabel Davidge, Mrs. Davidge, Marion Duryee, Lois Gildersleeve, Anna Hansen, Kathryn Harker, Louis Hoyt, Edith Jones, Ruth Kin­ney, Polly Krause, Mary Krupski, Sophie Krupski, Julia Oliver, Mabel Olmsted, Virginia Olmsted, Anna Penny, Lucille Penny, Mary Fenny, Karen Phillips, Geraldine Rallord, Helen Reed, Kathryn Reeve, Kath­ryn Rose, Thelma Ruland, • Rhoda Samuel, Betty TuthiU, E l i t ^ t h TvitbUl, Margaret Tuthill, Doi^thy Tyrrell, Betty Weil, Marguerite WassMi, Bthel Wells, Sally Wells and Catherine WooAmfi.

In the Southold Unit, the follow-^ ing mernbers of the Reserve Corp#^ have just completed advanced' First Aid Course which was conduct­ed by Dr. George Thompson: Adeline Bakelaar, Mrs. Phillip Bakelaar. Mrs. Charles Bennett, Mrs. Clement Booth, Kathryn Brown, Anne Bush, Sophie Bush, Louise Ciacia, Alberta Lind, Esther Mead, Hazel Monsell, Mrs. Paul Montgomery, Eunice Mor­rell, Avis Norton, Agnes Smith, Dor­othy Sturdy, Alice Thompson, Gladys Tomkins, Mrs. Joseph Walker, Eliz­abeth Wertz.

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SKei^f Stresses Need For RadGo Td Cover All

Need for a couni^w ide jradio broadcasting system in anemergency to c o o rd in » p^ice and civilian activities w * ^ cited last Thursday at the Coiwy Board of Supervisors meeting a r Rfy&head by Sheriff William C. MdCdllom, who asked that the board give the sug-

Peconk Girl Hurt bi Grade Crossing Accident Tuesday

Miss Mary Alice Reinhart, daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rein­hart of Peconic, had a miraculous escape from death when the car in which she was driving was hit by a westbound Long Island freight train on Tuesday afternoon a t the grade crossing-at PecoQic Lane. Miss Reinhart is in Eastern Long Island Hospital where it was found she had sustained a cracked rib, a laceration <4 the forehead, cut on the back of the head, and bruises and cuts on arms and legs. Her condition is not considered serious.

She was driving her mother’s car north on Peconic Lane when it was struck by the freight train which was pulling into the station at re­duced speed. The car was carried by 25 feet and when the girl was taken from the wreckage she was given first aid treatment by Dr. John W. Stokes of Southold. She was rushed to the hospital in Reginald Tuthill’s ambulance which had been summoned by the trainmen. The ambulance from Eastern Long Island Hospital was not called to the scene of the accident.

E. J. Fohn of Queens Village was the corfductor on ^ e freight and the engineer was Walter Apgar of Rich­mond Hill. The accident was inves­tigated by Officers James P. Kelly and Antone Cl\ituk of Soutiiold Town Police.

SHERIFF W. C. McCOLLOMgestion consideration.

Sheriff McCollom said both Coun­ty Judge L. Barron Hill, chairman of the Suffolk County Civil Defense Council and Floyd Houston, execu- tie secretary, favored the plan. He added that radio manufacturers would make a survey to determine the cost if the supervisors showed interest.■ According to the Sheriff an ap­

plication would have to i)e made first to the F. C. C. for ^rm ission to operate the station arid that if ap­proval was given a low wave band would be assigned, whi^h would-not interfere with towns which have police radio s^st^ms. Monitors would be set up in the police head<imarters to receive calls from the major sta­tion.

Engineers stated that two trans­mitting stations would be necessary in the county. Sheriff McCollom said, one at Smithtown and the other at Riverhead. The broadcasts could be received on home sets "as well as by police.

Chairman Everett C. Tuthill in­structed the road and bridge com­mittee to investigate the plan with Sheriff McCollom and to report back a t the next meeting.

Dr. C. C. Waller Addressei Cutter

Dr. C. C. Waller was the speaker at Custer Institute on Saturday ev­ening. His subject was “The Mo­bilization of Science.” Dr. WaUer told of the organization of the many scientific organizations of the coun­try for the war tasks which must be done. He enumerated many a t the learned groups and told of the tasks they were now engaged in to further the war effort.

He spoke specifically of the list­ing of men of science which has been carried out by Dr. Leonard Car­michael of Tufts College, and of the manner in which that list has been so nicely developed that it is com- paritively simple now for the gov­ernment to procure exactly the man with the proper scientific equipment for any particular job that must be done.

Dr. Waller further showed how the work of hundreds of learned or­ganizations had been correlated, one with the other, so that the greatest progress might be made in scientific research for the war. There was an interesting period of questions and ansv.-ers following the paper.

24 Selectees To Go in Next C ontiiiiw t

The foI^iWing is the list of se­lectees who will make up the next

Suffolk Water Authority Kep In Force To Fight New City MenaceMinnepaug Club Elects Officers

Mrs. Paul Diefenbacher of South- old is the new president of the Min­nepaug Club, succeeding Mrs. Cla­rence Fleet of Cutdiogue. Other new officers, elected at the club’s annual meeting Thursday a t the home of Mrs. George G. Tuthill of Mattituck

First vice-president, Mrs.are:George Thompson. Southold; second vice-president, Mrs. James Rich, Pe­conic; secretary. Miss Constance Kendrick, Cutchogue, and treasurer, Mrs. Roland Smith, Southold.^

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Consult North Fork Chapter On Holding Red Cross Benefits

Many organizations and indivi­duals, moved by generous impulses, arrange entertainments, and other public performances and publicize them as “Red Cross Benefits” with­out consulting the North Fork Chap­ter as to the regulations governing such fund raising efforts, Mrs. L. A. Devenpeck. North Fork Chapter Chahrman stated today.

“While the Chaptmr is appreciative of this volunteer effort, I tnust call public attention to the fact that such benefits using the name of the Rad CroBs must tool be undertaken with­out previous cleariince with the pro­per Chapter Officials,” Chairman Devenpeck stated.

icvvGvs wuu. wui iiiaKi; ui> we next “An Act of Congress protecting the contingent from Local Draft Board Cross name and emplem and

and w ill be in<^cted into the defining their use, makes this re-' in thfc near fu tu re ;"^

V1264, Kirttey Herman Weas,^Uv- tory. These legal restric^ons areetiiead; 14, Stephen John Oroddci, «• w uu m n u t-Riverhead; 535.' William Henry Dou- hutors, as well as to the Red Cross cett, Greenport; 582, Alexander Chapters ”Frank Zaves, Greenport; 699, LeRoy Vernon Brown, Greenport; 734, Gkiorge Benick, New Suffolk; 770, Edward Stfipley Stepnoski, South- old; 976, Andrew Huzek, Greenport; 1026, Daniel L. Verity, Greenport; 1101, George Fleisciiman, Mattituck; 1210, John Francis Gagen, Green­port; 1338, Ambrose R. Terp, South- old: 1708, Joseph L. Benick, New Suffolk; 1801, Alexander T. Stanis­laus, Greenport; 1913, Oliver F. Dansro, Mattituck; 2389, Robert J. Allen, Riverhead; S2570, Albert A. Abersmith, East Marion; 2772, Alex­ander' H. Tuthill, Riverhead; “V”, Edward Mrowicki, Laurel; 605-A. George H. Offord, Shelter Island; 2197, John L. Franklin, Greenport; 2793, Harold Hochheiser, Riverhead; S2858, Raymond O. Welsh, River­head; 2725 Edward J. MosgroyCj Fishers Island.

Register At Scliools For Sugar RatioirittgTo the Citizens of Suffolk County:. The rationing boards and the schools have been assigned the work of taking your registration and is­suing rationing cards sometime this month. This is going to make a lot of work for these people, as you well realize.

Therefor, I would like to call to everyone’s attention that regardless of what may be in the New Yprk or other “foreign newspapers, these articles do not comprise the instruc­tions for you who live in Suffolk County. Tlie only authoritative in­formation which you will receive is that over the name of your local rationing board and the School Sup­erintendent of your district. '

Please pay particular attention at which schoolhouse you are supposed to register. \\^ e re two schools are situated close TOgether it will facili­tate matters if one of them may bo designated as the registering place. Otherwise, everyone will be regis­tered in their local Grade School. Be sure to go to the school district in which you live. It is not necess­arily the one to which you send your children.

In the case of a school district be­ing partly in two towns, every resi­dent must be sure to register at the schoolhouse in that district but after the i-egistration is completed the ap­plicants will consult their own to- cal rationing boards for the town­ship in which they live.

qukwnent by the Chapter obliga-

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New Legislation Proposed, Threat To County W ater

Suffolk County’s three-man water autoority .board was continued in office last Thursday by a seven to two vote of the County Board of Supervisors after the supervisors ^ r e Informed by Attorney Guy O. WalsW’ counsel for the authority, that legislation now pending in Al­bany constitutes a new threat to the county’s underground water supply. Supervisor Joseph Kelly of River­head was recorded as not voting.

Prior to the board meeting Attor­ney Walser told the supervisors that the present Water Authority would ^Uto^natically terminate on March 29 unless a resolution was passed nxmg the date of expiration for the terms of the three members, W. Kmgsland Macy of Islip; Carll S ^ u r r of Commack and Frank J . Smith of Riverhead.

I t was pointed out that the Page Act. which IS now before the Legis­lature, provides that in “an em er-

municipality can connect with the water pipes of another for toe purpose of taking water under

I l l a t i o n . Since Suffolk co«»ty has been threatened tmr y e a n by a “water grab- a t ^ h a ^ ^ .

te seen as a real menace to the coun­ty’s supply.

to offering the resolution Super- John N. Brennan of Smith­

town, ^ d the cOMnty for many years has fought all attempts to- aeijte water and that in other aays protection was offered by the

that proposed le^stotion now threatens to und» all of the advantages gained.

Supervisor Edgar A. Sharp of BrOTkhaven seconded the resolution, stating that the county should doChairman Devenpeck said the pol- ------^

icy may be summarized as follows: everything in its power to nmteof_____ ____ __________ PEOWCt.Benefits may not be undertaken in the name of the Red Cross with­out prior approval of the Chapter, or the national organization, if it is na­tion-wide.

Benefits will not be approved un­less gross receipts are contributed to the Red Cross. ;

Benefits may not use the name or emblem of the Red Cross where part or all of the expenses are deducted from the proceeds.

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Sunshine Society Observes Birthday

The Southold Branch of the In- Iternational Sunshine Society cele-

c jb ra ted its 18th birthday at a meet- ^ :ing, held at the home of Mrs. John

'Kehhey last Monday evening. This society in a quiet way, has spread sunshine by sending cheer cards, baskets of fruit, toys, candy, food and money to those who were sick or in need.

The annual election of o f f ic e was held on Monday night and the following were duly elected for the coming year: Mrs. Albert T. Dicker­son, president; Mrs. Earl P. Hager- man, vice president; Mrs. William Woodward, secretary, and Mrs. Wal­ter Adams, treasurer.

Refreshments were served by toe hostess and included a birthday cake made by Mrs. Dickerson.

Harriet O. LuptonServices wil be held today (Thurs­

day at 2 p. m. in the Mattituck Pres­byterian Church for Mrs. Harriet Lupton, widow of toe late Harry B. Lupton of Mattituck and motoer of Assemblyman Edmund R. Lupton, who died Monday of pneumonia at the Swedish Hospital, Brooklyn. In ­terment will follow in Betoany Cem­etery. Mattituck. She was 80 years of age.

Mrs. Lupton, the former Miss Har­riet Dotten, had made her home in recent years wito her daughter, Mrs. G. Kenneth Fischer of Brooklyn, but frequently visited her son and otoer relatives in tois locality.

Surviving, beside Assemblyman Lupton and Mrs. Fischer, is another daughter. Miss Olive Lupton of Brooklyn; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Carpenter of San Diego, CaUt; three grandchUdren, Miss Avis Fischer of

uve. Washington, D. C., Mrs. Corwin Tut-r weii« Aquebogye and Mrs. Herbert

♦ D * • if!! . i Ellison of Brooklyn, and one gseat- County Rationing Administrator grandchild.

I three menholdmg office are able and their reputations beyond challenge.”

A plea for time to study the pro­posal was madte by Supervisor Kelly, who said he felt it was unfair to Jiim as a new member of the board to rush the resolution through. He hdded, however, that he was not taking a stand against the autoority.

S u^rv isor A rthur J. Kreutzer of Huntington at this point asked the supervisors who offered and second­ed toe motion to witodraw toe reso­lution and put it over until toe next meeting. He said toat “in times like these It IS essential that the board ^ k e every member into its con­fidence.”

When the vote was taken Super- visor S. Wentworto Horton of ^ u th o ld voted against the resolu­tion on toe ground that he greatly

the Lawsof 1934, which provided for toe crea­tion of water autoorities. He ex- p r e s ^ regret toat he could not vote for the toree men in whose hands the protection of the county’s w ater wpply has been placed. Supervisoi- Kreutzer also voted against the reso­lution.

provides as follows: To amend the general municipal

law in relation to providing for con­tinuity or prompt restoration of wa­ter service in municipalities in event of an emergency, authorizing the construction of inter-connections be­tween municipal owned and otoer water systems, autoorizing the transfer of water works, personnel, equipment and supplies and mate- rials, and authorizing the Governor to divide toe State into water ser­vice zones, and to appoint a State coordinator of water supply and zone and assistant zone coordina- ' tors,”

County Judge Hill To Address P. T. A.

County Judge L. Barron Hill will be the speaker at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association a t the Southold High School on Wed-' nesday, March llto at 3:30 o’clocit. Judge Hill’s topic will be the “Children’s Court.”

The program will also include en­tertainment by toe First and Second Grades and music by Mr. Niver’s 4-H Band. All parents and friends of the Soutoold school are cordially invited to attend.