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RIVERHEAD FIREMEN ASSU RED SUFF ICIENT GASOLINE rODT Promises River- head Department Ad- equate Supply to Car- ry on Essential Work on the Home Front ; Method of Distribu- tion is Criticised by Board. The Riverhead Fire Department, which experienced considerable dif- ficulty for several month* in ob- taining a sufficient number of cou- pons for gasoline to keep it* seven pieces of apparatus and the Hlver- head Town Protection truck sup- plied, for abaoluteiy necessary re- quirements will , in all probability, have an adequate supply in ttte future. When the requirements of the Rivcrhead Fire District and the Town Protection District were es- timated at the beginning of the year it was believed 1,200 gallons would be sufficient for the ensuing twelve months , or 300 gallons for esch quarter. In view of the fact th?t it was necessary to use the fire apparatus at t. numbe r of grass and forest fires and to respond to many calls outbUle of the Fire Dis- trict , the allowance proved to bo inadequate. Harry G Penny, sec- retary of the Riverhead Fire Dis- trict, made four or five requests to the Riverhead representative of the Office of Defense Transportation for additional coupons for supple- mental supplies of gasoline, over a period of several months. The ODT representative refused to comply with the request for supplemental supplies , but he did consent to the Fire District having coupons for 100 gallon* of gasoline in advance to be deducted from the allowance of 300 for the succeeding quarter. Following the disastrous fire at the potato storage house of the Long Island Produce ft FcrtiHsur Co , l>tc, at Aqucbogue on Friday morning, which exhausted ti.« sup- ply of gaaoiine the Fire Distri ct had o : hand and with no wove coupons to be had until the latit- - part of this month, a request was Immediately made to the local ODT representative for coupons for a supplemental supply, but the re- quest, which was made by a com- mittee composed of George H Moore, -vie* chairman of the River- head FIN District, Alden W Young, chief of the Riverhead Fire De- partment, and George Crowhty, captain of the Fire and Police Patrol, a company of the Fire De- partment , was denied. Subsequent- ly a telephone call was made by one of the members of the com- mittee to the regional headquarter* of the Office of Defense Trans- portation In New Yor ' t Cky, and the request was promptl y gianted, the committee being informed that authorization for 2OT gallons of {..<se!ir<o vould bo mailed out Fri- o ' ; y afternoon and assurances worts given that the allowance for tha Riverhead Fire District of 300 Ks>i- lons for the last quarter of V )< i woul.5 be increased from 300 to 500 gallons. The 200 additional gallons were obtained on Saturday. Becoming impatient with the dif- ficulty and Inconvenience the Fire District had experienced in obtain- ing the minimum of its require- ments of gasoline, George W HII- dreth and George K Moore, chair- man and vice chairman, respec- tively, of the Board of Fire Com- missioners of the district, jointly issued the following statement: "The small and entirely inade- quate gal allowance to our Fire Department gives rise to an alarm- ing * <-r.d perilous situation. The department during the past montba has , on co .Il from the Conservation Commission, responded to alarms to fight forest fires. This duty is primarily and specifict 'ly a nrov- (Please turn to Page 3, oui, 1) , "S potter " Spots Fire Although often spoken of as the eyes and oars of the Army Air Forces, the Ground Observer Corps is rapidly proving that it is also the eyes *nd cars of the com- munity. The five observation posts located in Rivcrhead Town have on numerous occasions reported incidents to both the local law en- forcemen' agencies and fire de- partments. Last Friday, in the wee hours of the morning, when most of us are enjoying our best slumber, obser- ver Fred H. Boutchcr , Jr.. attach- ^ ed to Observation Post 273d, South ' Jameaport , N. V., again demon- strated the worth of this service to the community. Observer Boutcher hart relieved his man five minutes early, at 4:8s a. m. and Immediately after t' SR- ing over the watch, he noticed In the west a large glow, which grew bigger and brighter. Boutchcr im> medlately called the Rivcrhead Fire Department, and while he could not give the ov,aet location, he did report it directly to the west , between Jnmesport and R4 ;- verhead. This report late r proved to be the first received by the Are department of the disastrous fi>» in the Long Island Produce * Fertilizer Plant at Anuchogue. Boutcher and his father, Fred H. Boutcher 8r., are both member* of the Ground Observer Corps; both serving at the South James- port Observation Post Coal Ruling Is Exp lained Otis M Burt of Greenport , sec- retary of the Suffolk County Coal Merchants' Association, told The Review today that , In order to facilitate an orderly and equitable distribution of anthraJte coal , a consumer inventory limitation pl» n has been adopted , in Ration Order No It. "Close cooperation at.iong indus- try, government and the public is nscessary, as the apparent total production for the year will not equal the demand. " Mr Burt said. "The Increased demand is caused by several factors, first, the con- version from oil to coal; second , crowded areas with Increased fuel requirements in war centers ; third, increased military requirements , and fourth , overtaxed transportation facilities. "While the known reserves of coal are sufficient for hundreds of years, reduced manpower engaged in the industry, together with the time lost in strikes, has curtailed production for tl'c current year to such an extent there is reason to believe production will bo short of demand by 10%." Following are excerpts from Ra- tion Order No it: "When placing an order, the con- sumer must tell the dealer the amount of anchraclte he used dur- ing the base year (April 1, 1942 to March 31, 1943) , the amount on hand and the amount the customer wishes to acquire. If this infor- mation is furnished orally, it must be confirmed in writing not later than seven days after placing the order. On and after September 2C, 1943 , no deliveries may be made before the signed statement is re- ceived. Dealers must keep these statements on file for one year. "Consumers do not need to com- plete this statement If they used no more than three tons during the base year, and if they have not acquired more than l' /i tons since September 1, 1943; but they are required to supply the infor- mation orally. "Consumers are urged to file tiiei? statements with the ' ., coal roe- chants even though the order was place! prior to the Ration Order to Insure equitable distribution. "Every dealer Is required to fol- low these rules in delivering anthra- cite coal to domestic customers: "1. He must first fill orders from consumers Who have furnished statements showing that their in- ventory is less than one-fourth of the base year s consumption. "2. Only after he has filled all the above orders may a dealer fill an order from a consumer who has furnished a statement that his inventory is more than ' ,< but less than Vi of the base year' s con- sumption. "3. No dealer may make delivery to a consumer if, on the basin of the statements furnished the deal- er, that delivery will bring his in- ventory to more than one-half of his base year' s consumption. "a. A dealer may not deliver to a consumer when he Knows the consumer has one or more out- standing orders or contracts for de- liveries during any calendar month which will bring the consumer' s inventory during that month to more than the amount stated in Rule 3. This rule prevents pyra- miding and Inflation of orders. "If you have coal now on order or subsequently place an order, be sure your statement in writing ac- companies it. Please do not em- (Please turn to Page S, Col. 4) Garage Burns At Greenport A fire which destroyed a two-car garage, and an automobile, and seriously damaged a three-family house atached to thd garage, In Greenport , yesterday afternoon , would, but for the prompt and efficient action of the Greenport Fire Department , have threatened the entire block of frame dwellings adjoining the burning building. The apartment house , .iwned by Cortland Case , of Greenport , and occupied in its three apartmtnts by Mrs Mary Baker, Mr and Mrs Joseph Little , and MM Jennie Hall , wa« damaged approximately in the amount of $1500 , according to au- thorities, and the amount of dam- age to the furnishings had not been estimated. The ca. ~, which was owned by William Lerkin, employed at the Greenport Basin ft Construction Company, was completely destroyed by the blaze. " eveiisr SAVED " The bold daylight attach on a 21- ycar-old Bohemia woman bicyclist in Bohemia , at 5:30 p m Monday last, was frustrated by the ap- proach of a Quinn bus from Pat- chogue touring several homeward- bound students of the Patchogue State Aviation School. The appear- ance of the bus frightened away the unknown youth, who had over- taken the cyclist , Ml« Georgianna Nocar, beaten her over the head and was tearing off seme of her clothes, when he was interrupted. Bond Drive Is O pened In Suffolk Suffolk County will enter the first lap of its race to a $10,500,000 victory in the Third War Loan Campaign today. The Honorable L Barron Hill , County Judge, remains honorary chairman of the War Finance Com- mittee, and Stanley Fowler of Riv- erhead and Brightwaters , has been designated chairman. Victor H Mohns, Riverhead Town chairman, with his able confed- erates, Joseph V Kelly, chairman of the Special Events Committee, and Albert Eichorn, vice chairman of the general town committee, officiall y opened the campaign at the county seat last night, with a large and interesting rally at the Riverhead Theatre. Mr Fowler delivered the address of the evening, and the Riverhead High School Band furnished the music for the occasion. Members of the armed forces , stationed in and near Riverhead, attended in a body and look part in the opening number. A special feature of the evening was the r;jv. . ig of a 45-minute official Signal Co. -ps m-jtion picture ;" titled ' Hepo;t from the Aleu- tians, " a t. -and new picture of great interest to all Americans. Similar rallies and other spectac- "i. r features of the Third War Loan i-. - vc . are being planned by the various t own committees. Mr Fow- ler ' s committee include : Babylon Town, James B Cooper , Babylon; Southern Brookhaven, Alfred Mc- Rae, Patcliogva; Smithtown Town, Harry L Brown, Smithtown Branch; Southold Town, Capt George H Monsell , Cutchogue; East Hampton Town, J Edward Gay Jr . East Hampton: Southampton Town, Irv- ing L Terry, Southampton Town vice chairman; Arthur Twltchell, Westhampton Beach; Northern Brookhaven, Charles Langeneger, Port Jefferson; Shelter Island, Ev- erett C Tuthlll, Shelter Islam. . Riv- erhead Town, Vlrtor Mohns , River- heed; Huntington Town, Grant E Sett , Huntington; blip Town, Sheriff William C McCollom , Islip. Mrs Ward Melville of Stony Brook, head of the women ' s di- vision, has supporting her: South- ern Brookhaven Town, Mrs Fanny Goldstein, Patchogue; Islip Towta, Mrs Charles Frieman, Bay Shore; Southampton Town, Mrs Edwin H Rogers, Westhampton Beach; Hunt- ington Town, Mrs Geoffrey Bare, Huntington; Smithtown Town, Mrs A. -hnr Seaver , Smithtown Branch; Eivtrhead Town, Mrs John Stark, Htverhead, Southold Town, Mrs Arthur VU , Greenpou, Southold Town vice chairman . Miss Con- stance Kendrlck , Cutchcgue; Mrs James Rich, Pesonic ; Mrs Paul Montgomery, Southold; Mrs Clara Benjamin, JWatHluck; B p b y I o .1 Town , Mrs B rank A lindberg, Eabylcn; Shelter Island, Mri James Hethcrton, Shelter Island; East Hampton Town, Mrs Ambrose Holier . East Hampton. f ieorge W Hildreth. chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Riverhead Fire District , whe denounces the method un- der which the Office of Defense Transportation makes allowanca of gaaoiine for lire department apparatus Auks More H UH Schools To O pen Here On Tuesday The Rivcrhead schools will open for the fall term on Tuesday, Sep- tember 14, according to John B Thomas , supervising principal of the schools. Because the farm labor situation is still very critical, school officials are continuing their efforts in making school adjustments in or- der to make the fullest possible use of the labor of pupils during the late summer and fall months In harvesting crops. The Farm Bureau has made a "declaration of emergency" so that local school authorities may release pupils for a period of 30 days in any one school year, provided, how- ever, that no pupil shall be released for more th<- .n 20 days In any three month period. Each pupil so re- leased must be at least 14 years of age. Riverhead school authorities ask that pupils desiring such farm per- mits secure same before tho, open- ing of school on September 14 or attend school the opening day, reg- ister for classes, and secure the permit. This will aid considerably in makeup of classes and pcr~ .it pupils who are effected by the compulsory attendance laws to ab- sent themselves legally for pur- poses of crop gathering. Both offices of the public schools are open for registration from 8 to 12 and 1 to 4:30 daily. Pupi'a entering school for the first time should bring birth certificates with them. Alt departments of the local schools will open for the fall term on Tuesday, September 14. The I>e- ginning tims for schocl sessions in i.hi Koanoke building ie b a m; Pulaski street building, i>:30 a m, except kindergarten, which in 9 a m. Of considerable Importance to residents and taxpayers of the Riv- erhead school district , is th« mat- ter of regular attendance of the pupils upon dally instruction. At the annual district meeting held last May, George W Hilo-^th , president of the Board of Educa- tion, said that decreased .itt.mi - anca in the Rivcrhead schools had cost the district approximately $7000 In decreased state aid. Much of this decrease In attendance has teen of the non-lcga' type. Since a pupil' s daily attendance earns so much s'ate aid, it is easily um>r- siood that absence from school de- creases rtate aid and subsequently l.tsreases the amounts of money that must be raised by local real estate tax In order to support the educational program. Regular attendance ai pupils i.s desirable from three standpoints: First , New York State law compels it. The compulsory attendance law slat 's that when 3 pupil is absent from school with the knowledge and consent , stated or implied, of his parent for other than legal reasons, it is a case of unlawful detention. Such excuses as the fol- lowing come under this heading: "Visiting, " " away, " " went banting, " ' vacation," " went to city," " shop- ping," " work ," "needed at home, " "helping at home," " taking care of baby, " " gardening," " no shoes, " " no rubbers," " no clothes, " " overslept , " etc. (The State places the responsi- bility for enforcement of the com- jiuHtory attendance law upon local school authorities.) Secondly, tho school district re- ceives money from the St°te based upon actual days attendance of pupils. Absence ' rom scnool in- creases local costs of education. Thirdly, and peri aps most im- portant, absence fro.Ti school de- creases interest in work and there- fore a poorer product r isults. There is such a strong positi ve relation- ship between poor attendance and delinquency that no dovbt exists in the minds of social workers that many a delinquent hoy or girl started in the wrong dircctuu Ihe first, day he was illegally absent from school. The faculty list for the 1943-1944 school year follows : Roanoke Building Alfred M Demarest , principal; teachers: J Elaine Montelio, Mary Jane Whitmyer, Lillian Twomey, Marion Garrity, Grace Cornell, An- nie Petty, Alice Huntington , Mary Molleson, Alice Bruno, Mary Al- drich, Helen Osip, Josephine Cole- man, Helen Zach, Claire Brandon , Marion Kent , Marianne Cells; sec- retary, Harriet Burgcs/. Pulaski Buildir.T Teachers : Bertha Terry, Joseph- ine Bruno, Edward Bocll , Andrew Bongiorno, Frances Jackowski , Lou- ise Murray, Vivian Levinc, Edith Jones Stakey, Mary Lummuka May, Wanda Brace Carberry, Margaret Rust , Betty Fuller , Helena Scott , Helen Vetter, Bernlce F Lane, Delia Brown, Julia Sarles, Teresa Conk- ?in, Marjoiie Irvin , Lydfa Moore, Elizabeth Blue , Charles Lawrence , Ernest Brown , Augustus Askin , Ethel Reman n , Albertine Gagnier , Alice Spann, Dorothy Baumgardt, M Elizabeth Doyle , Lizcttc Hand , William Mason, Anthony Braun, Andrew Coukos , Arlouine Spahner, Helen Nepp, Howard Hovey, Mar- ion DeVoe, Marion Bowman; sec- retary, Emily L'Hommedieu; sten- ographers, Lucy Brooks , Kathryn Blasl ; John B Thomas , supervising principal. i Loss Heavy In LI. Produce Aquebogue Warehouse fire In one of the most disastrous flies in this section In many years, a large potato storage house and contents at Aquebogue , owned by the Long Island Produce and Fer- tilizer Co., Inc. of Riverhead, and two refrigerator cars on the com- pany' s siding, were destroyed by fire early on Friday morning. An- other refrigerator car was badly damaged. Two other refrigerator cars on the same siding were tow- ed to safety by the west-bound passenger train that passes through Aquebogue about 6:15 a. m., which was ordered flagged by Chief Alden W. V. ung, of River- head Fire Department. The loss to the Long Island Produce ft Fertiliser Co , Inc. Is estimated at aboul $8, 000 , on the builainr,, and about $10 ,000 on the contents, covered by insurance! and the estimated damage to the three refrigerator cars is estimat- ed nt abcv.t $10 , 000 each, all of which were Insured. Approximately 4, 000 bushels of potatoes which had been graded, were in bins on the first floor of the building, being made ready for shipment. Also stored In the building were 0 , 200 crates , in which potatoes are shipped, and which cost 20 cents each, many thousands of new potato sacks and other supplies. The sorting and conveying machinery, which is very difficult to replace, wert among the pieces of equipment destroyed. The Riverhead firemen under the direction of Chief Young ana Second Deputy Chief Panels R. Crelghton, rendered very ef- fective service in saving several nearb„ structural on the com- pany' s property. Including a large machinery storage building, the roof of which caught fire. Shortly after the hose was laid from the Steeple Church creek, near the highway bridge, to the scene of the fire the west-bound passenger train was heard ap- proaching. The firemen quickly uncoupled the hose which was laid across the track to prevent it being destroyed by the train. Three lines of hose, each about 1,200 feet In length, was laid through which water was pumped onto the fire. Five lengths of hose burst during the operations. The bursting of hose is attributed to the fact that because of the gasoline shortages the regular hose inspections had to be aban- doned. The fire was discovered by an observer at the airplane spotter post in South Jamesport , who sent In the alarm to tho Riverhead Fire Department headquarters at 8:02 a. m. The firemen responded very promptly. Many remained on duty for a number of hours the last of them being dismissed at 7 o ' clock Friday night. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fire Department and the Long Island Produce and Fertilizer Co., served coffee and buns to the firemen at breakfast time and during the af- ternoon those on duty were treat- ed to watermelon by Frank Reeve, of Aquebogue. The origin of the fire has not been determined. An Investigation la being made by the Fire and Po- lice Patrol of the Riverhead Fire Department , of which George " rowley is captain. Gravel Craft Are Razed to Water Line Four dilapidated wooden cargo ships, which were built for the United States Merchant Marine during the first World War, and which have been an eye-sore in the Long Island Sound off Roan- oke , Rivcrhead, were dest royed by fire this weelr. Workmen had been employed by the Sound Dredging Co , Inc., cf 800 Fifth avenue, Man- hattan, for the past week in sal- vaging the cast iron and steel from these ships and another, which was not damaged by the fire. The met- al ' -var to be purchased by the I, " .rial -Service wo, and sent to foundries to be used in war pro- duction. The five ships, each being 286 feet long, 44 feet beam, about 20 feet high and of about 4, 000 grc ss ton capacity, were acquired by a sand and gravel company and brought down the Sound to Roa- noke several years ago to be used as a base tor a breakwater to protect a harbor that wad to he dredged on property purchased from the late Charles Kingsley and being a part of Mr. Kingsley ' s country esiate. Two of the boats, one either side of the purposed har- bor, were run into the beach and the others were run aground. The sand and gravel and har- bor project made little progress and after a short time the work was abandoned and was not re- sumed. Monday afternoon while work- men were using an acetylene blow torch on one of the ships, the woodwork caught fire, but It was believed to have been extinguished. About 3 o ' clock Tuesday morning an observer at the airplane apctter post in Rcanoke, about one mile from the beach , phoned the River- head Fire Department, stating that there was a fire in that section. Chief Alden W. Young of the Riv- erhead Fire Department was called on the phone ard he drove Imme- diately to the scene of the fire. The Coast Guard was . noticed and Chief Boatswain ' s Mate Wallace J. Rldredge. and a craw from the Coast Guard SUtlnn at East Mor- iches came to the scene with a motor pumping outfit. In view of the fact that the Sound cliffs in that vicinity are about 1C0 feet high, it was not possible to drive the fire apparatus to the beach. This was a case of having plenty of water (In the Sound) but no method to pump it on the burning ship. Later on Tuesday a Coast Guard boat arrived and water was pumped on the fourth ship burned, but the Are had gained such headway that all efforts to save it were futile . Officers of the Naval Intelligence In Riverhead and John Bilski , a patrolman of the Riverhea< ' < Town Police, investigated the fire. There Is no suspicion that the fire was due to sabotage, it is assumed that it was purely an accident. Other firemen responding we re Theodore Breil.ng and Second Dep- uty Chief Francis R. Creighton. It Is estimated that each of the five ships contained about 400 tons of cast iron and steel and about 000 tons had been salvaged. The Armistice was signed in 1918 before these and hundreds of other cargo ships built for the Merchant Marine were placed in commission. The engines had not been installed in these and other ships. It is stated the cost of each of these ships completely equipped was in the neighborhood of $900,000. Within the last year one of these ships was towed to New York and Inspected with a view to using it for tranrportlng coal , but experts determined It would not serve that purpore so It was tov/cd back to Roanoke "harbor. " H eads Orivv Stanley Fowler , of Riverhead and Brightwaters , who i* chair- man of the War Finance Com- ¦ niiiee ior Suffolk County, which •pena the Third War Loan Drive today. Nominated Reginald C Sim " oromlnent member of the ' . Hoik County Bar and active c.vit worker of Rivcrhead, who Is the Democratic nominee for School Director, which pays the " munificent" sal- ary of $t a year, B **u Chief Chief Alden W Young, of the Riverhead Fire 9epmrtmeitt, who has been rushed v> distraction daring the past two w*eks by the epidemic of serious flits which liave • broken out In Riverhead jTownsnlp. On Leave Capt W Germond Cochran , who is enjoying an eight day leave of absence from Ms duties at Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma, Ho Is visiting friends In Riverhead and Southold. ¦ ¦ GRADUATES Philip W Johnson, 24, son of Mrs Lillian L Johnson, Old Mill road, Westhampton Beach, waa grad- uated this week from the factory training school operated by ths Army Air Forces Training Com- mand at the ' i«;«.iin L, Martin Com- pany, Middle River , Md. A grad- uate of Westhampton Beach High School , Johnson was employed by Borden' s Farms before going in the Army September 14 , 1942. PEOPLE IN THE MEWS Plan Service Men' s Center Eist Qiuogue residents are plan- ning to open a Service Men' s Cen- ter <jt » r- Fire House , In that vil- lage, at ai> early date. Wendel l P. Jackson is general chairman of arrangements for the Center , with Mrs. Wilfred Walter, secretary and the Rev. Roland Osgood, treas- urer. Malcolm Rogers heads the ad- visory committee, with C. N. Jen- kins, Patrick Erwln , Joseph Sacks, Merton Carter , Mrs. Wilfred Wal - ters, Mrs. C. W. Brown, Mrs. Ed- ward McCormack and Mrs. Ruth Carter serving with him, while Mrs. Malcolm Rogers is chairman of the hostess committee, which Includes Mrs. Arthur Aldrich, Mrs. Kent Sanford, Mrs. Maurice Smith, Mrs. Edgar Goodalo and Miss Alice Watkins. Mrs. Clifford Reeve Is chairman of the furnishings committee, as- sisted by Mrs. David Edwards, Mrs James Glendenning, Mrs John Culver, Mrs. Frank Culver, and Mrs. James Kent , and Mrs. E. S. VanHlae is in charge of the enter- tainment committee, including Mrs Walter Kohler, Mrs. Norman Jones, Mrs. Frank Crowitz , Mrs. Joseph Sacks, Mrs. Walter Terrell , Mrs. Wendell Jackson, and Mrs. Frank Clark. Monks Estaf € Is Purchased Frederick Lceston-Smith, presi- dent of Ha nilton, Leeston-Smith , Inc., announced on Saturday that he r>" .u purchased In the name of thi corporation the Monks estate prci>eri;' of 200 acres at East Hampton, on the Long Island south shore. It contains a large fourteen-room ^w»!!!r.g and other buildings. The estate has V*en In possession of the Monks famll} for many years. About three years ago it was taken over by the Corn Ex- change Bank Trust Company to satisfy liens approximating 170 , 000 , and the present purchase was made from the bank. The latter was represented in the transaction by the legal firm of Spence, Wind- els, Walser, HotchkiM ft Angell. The property Is bounded on the north by the Joseph P. and W. R. Grace property, and on the south by the holdings of James W, Ge- rard, former Ambassador to Ger- many, and his brother, Sumner Gerard. The acreage also has a frontage of 2,800 feet on North- west Harbor. Mi. Lceston-Smith has no im- mediate plans tor development of the property. He Intends, for the present to put In cultivation all of the cleared acreage. He points out that many large estates in various parts of Suffolk County are being purchased by opetMton tor sub- division into small acreage home plots following the close of the war. With building and other war restrictions at the present time, he says, new construction plans must necessarily wait until more favor- able conditions prevail. ASHARE OPENS LAV/ OFRCES Harold Ashare, an attorney of Patchogue , who has been associa- ted with the firm of Vunk ft Carle- ton in that village for the past fourteen years, hat engaged in the practice of his profession on his own account , with offices In Pat- chogue and in Riverhead. In Hiv- erhead he has an office In the suite of Savstien ft Scheinberg on the second floor of the Town Hall building. Mr Ashaie was graduated from the Law School of Fordham Uni- versity in the class of 1920. For several years he waa employed by the well known law firm of Satter- lee, Canfleld ft S: . -n In New York City, of which Hariar. v Stone, now Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is p. former mem- ber. Subsequently "Mr Ashare was on the law department staff of the National Title Guaranty Co In New York City. While associated with Vunk ft Carleton , Mr Ashare did considerable appeal , brief and opin- ion research, and Is specializing in that field of law work. RFC BUYS BONDS The Rivcrhead Production Cred- it Association, according to an an- nouncement nfade yesterday by H. P. Weisscnfels, secretary and treasurer , has voted the purchase of $12,500 of bonds in the Third War Loan Campaign, in the Suf- folk County area, and $2500 from the Nassau County area. Fore? I Fire At Wading River The residence and garage of Harry Wiwczar, contractor and builder at Wading River , probably would have been destroyed Tuesday nig):t by a fire which swept over approximately 2.000 acres, but for the effective measures taken by men working under the direction of Isaac S. Stivers, forest ranger of the State Conservation Commis- sion , Chief Alden W. Young, of the Riverhead Fire Department and the chief of the Mai-:,rvillc Fire Com- pany "n baf-Uiiring. The buildings on Mr. Wiweza r' s property which is located on the westerly side of the Port Jefferson State Highway (Route 25A ) and close to the woods, were in a direct path of the on- rushing flames. More than 100 men were engaged in fighting the fire. Buildings at Camp Wauwcpcx , the cami- owned and operated by the Nassau County Boy Scouts Council , Inc., cii the shore of Deep Pond , and short distance to the west of the Wiwczar property, wnrr. also endangered, on Wednesday This property, comprising about 600 acres, was formerly owned by William K. Vandcrbilt , Jr. Tuesday ni ght the Riverhead Fire Department, had three and the Manorville fire company had two pieces of motor apparatus at the fire. Wednesday morning the Riverhead Fire Department siren was sounded for additional men to operate the apparatus that was to be sent to Wading River. Owing to the manpower short- age, it was believed that a request might have to be made to the com- mander of Camp Upton to assign soldiers to the fire-fighting forces. The fire that started in the woods on tho North Wading River rjad at Wading River on Wednesday of last week broke out again on Mon- day and Tuesday, requiring calling of the Riverhead firemen out on all three occasions. E. L. I. Hosp ital Drive Opens Th r Village of Greenport cnr .i- pai gn r-onimittoe staged its opemnu meeting on Thursday, Sept 2, at the Chinese Yacht Club in Green- port. Chairn- .an Ohs. -les Woolley presided, and called upon chair- man of the special gifts committee , Rai ph T Preston , to announce the initial report of the first week's operation of his committee. Chair- man Preston reported a total of $'; ,0')0 to date. "The members of the committee have betn busy this past week scheduling their interviews and re- ports have only just b, . -;;i!n tc come in , " Mr Preston stated. "I am in close tov-uh with my co-workers and know that mhny of c. ir larger prospects will be heard from with- in the next few days. We expect to be in the position to make a much more complete report at our next meeting." Mrs i ? L Earth, chairman of the community solicitation committee, and her three vice chairmen, Mrs Theodore Brigham, Mrs Abram Erown arj.i Mrs Ralph T Preston, took over tho meeting at this point , and announced the captain in each division. Mrs Brigham has ap- pointed Mrs Henry Clark captain of Team I, and- Mrs Margaret Leh- man captain of Team II. 'he per- sonnel of Mrs Abram Brow n' s Di- vision B is as follows : Team No III , Mrs Warren Kalbackcr , cap- tain: Team No IV, Mrs William Trcsham, captain. Division C, un- der the lc»der:-hip of Mrs Ral ph T Preston , includes in its member- ship; Team No V, Mrs John Mul- len , captain; Team No VI , Mrs Ol ga Miranda , captain. Over 90 per cent of the women' s organization was present at the meeting, and the list of prospective subscribers prepared for their use was gone over thoroughly a:,d se- lections made for nn>-sonal solicit- ation. Mis Bar ' .ii said thit the (Please turn to Page 3. Col. 3) The Brookhaven Town police re- port on an automobile accident at Coram August 12 which resulted in the death of two-year-old Donald Carroll , of Coram, indicates no ev- idence of criminal negligence on the part of the car driver , Coroner Cover A Silliman, M D, of Say- villc , has ruled. DISCHARGED FROM SF-RViCE Staff Sgt Thomas R Powell , 25. of Ronkonkoma, who was wounded in action in North Africa last Feb- ruary, and a. month later suffered a physical ailment that required several months' hospitalisation, re- ceived his honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces on Friday. CLEAR MAN IN DEATH 3rd War Loan BACK SUFFOLK BUDDIES - BUY BOMBS |
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RIVERHEAD FIREMEN ASSURED SUFFICIENT GASOLINErODT Promises River-
head Department Ad-equate Supply to Car-ry on Essential Workon the Home Front;Method of Distribu-tion is Criticised byBoard.
The Riverhead Fire Department,which experienced considerable dif-ficulty for several month* in ob-taining a sufficient number of cou-pons for gasoline to keep it* sevenpieces of apparatus and the Hlver-head Town Protection truck sup-plied, for abaoluteiy necessary re-quirements will, in all probability,have an adequate supply in tttefuture.
When the requirements of theRivcrhead Fire District and theTown Protection District were es-timated at the beginning of theyear it was believed 1,200 gallonswould be sufficient for the ensuingtwelve months, or 300 gallons foresch quarter. In view of the factth?t it was necessary to use thefire apparatus at t. number of grassand forest fires and to respond tomany calls outbUle of the Fire Dis-trict, the allowance proved to boinadequate. Harry G Penny, sec-retary of the Riverhead Fire Dis-trict, made four or five requests tothe Riverhead representative of theOffice of Defense Transportationfor additional coupons for supple-mental supplies of gasoline, over aperiod of several months. The ODTrepresentative refused to complywith the request for supplementalsupplies, but he did consent to theFire District having coupons for100 gallon* of gasoline in advanceto be deducted from the allowanceof 300 for the succeeding quarter.
Following the disastrous fire atthe potato storage house of theLong Island Produce ft FcrtiHsurCo, l>tc, at Aqucbogue on Fridaymorning, which exhausted ti.« sup-ply of gaaoiine the Fire Districthad o : hand and with no wovecoupons to be had until the latit--part of this month, a request wasImmediately made to the local ODTrepresentative for coupons for asupplemental supply, but the re-quest, which was made by a com-mittee composed of George HMoore, -vie* chairman of the River-head FIN District, Alden W Young,chief of the Riverhead Fire De-partment, and George Crowhty,captain of the Fire and PolicePatrol, a company of the Fire De-partment, was denied. Subsequent-ly a telephone call was made byone of the members of the com-mittee to the regional headquarter*of the Office of Defense Trans-portation In New Yor't Cky, andthe request was promptly gianted,the committee being informed thatauthorization for 2OT gallons of{..<se!ir<o vould bo mailed out Fri-o'; y afternoon and assurances wortsgiven that the allowance for thaRiverhead Fire District of 300 Ks>i-lons for the last quarter of V)< iwoul.5 be increased from 300 to 500gallons. The 200 additional gallonswere obtained on Saturday.
Becoming impatient with the dif-ficulty and Inconvenience the FireDistrict had experienced in obtain-ing the minimum of its require-ments of gasoline, George W HII-dreth and George K Moore, chair-man and vice chairman, respec-tively, of the Board of Fire Com-missioners of the district, jointlyissued the following statement:
"The small and entirely inade-quate gal allowance to our FireDepartment gives rise to an alarm-ing* <-r.d perilous situation. Thedepartment during the past montbahas, on co.Il from the ConservationCommission, responded to alarmsto fight forest fires. This duty isprimarily and specifict 'ly a nrov-
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"Spotter"Spots Fire
Although often spoken of as theeyes and oars of the Army AirForces, the Ground ObserverCorps is rapidly proving that it isalso the eyes *nd cars of the com-munity. The five observation postslocated in Rivcrhead Town haveon numerous occasions reportedincidents to both the local law en-forcemen' agencies and fire de-partments.
Last Friday, in the wee hours ofthe morning, when most of us areenjoying our best slumber, obser-ver Fred H. Boutchcr , Jr.. attach-
^ed to Observation Post 273d, South'Jameaport, N. V., again demon-strated the worth of this serviceto the community.
Observer Boutcher hart relievedhis man five minutes early, at 4:8sa. m. and Immediately after t'SR-ing over the watch, he noticed Inthe west a large glow, which grewbigger and brighter. Boutchcr im>medlately called the RivcrheadFire Department, and while hecould not give the ov,aet location,he did report it directly to thewest, between Jnmesport and R4;-verhead. This report late r provedto be the first received by the Aredepartment of the disastrous fi>»in the Long Island Produce *Fertilizer Plant at Anuchogue.
Boutcher and his father, FredH. Boutcher 8r., are both member*of the Ground Observer Corps;both serving at the South James-port Observation Post
Coal RulingIs Explained
Otis M Burt of Greenport, sec-retary of the Suffolk County CoalMerchants' Association, told TheReview today that, In order tofacilitate an orderly and equitabledistribution of anthraJte coal, aconsumer inventory limitation pl»nhas been adopted, in Ration OrderNo It.
"Close cooperation at.iong indus-try, government and the public isnscessary, as the apparent totalproduction for the year will notequal the demand." Mr Burt said."The Increased demand is causedby several factors, first, the con-version from oil to coal; second,crowded areas with Increased fuelrequirements in war centers; third,increased military requirements, andfourth, overtaxed transportationfacilities.
"While the known reserves ofcoal are sufficient for hundreds ofyears, reduced manpower engagedin the industry, together with thetime lost in strikes, has curtailedproduction for tl'c current year tosuch an extent there is reason tobelieve production will bo short ofdemand by 10%."
Following are excerpts from Ra-tion Order No it:
"When placing an order, the con-sumer must tell the dealer theamount of anchraclte he used dur-ing the base year (April 1, 1942 toMarch 31, 1943) , the amount onhand and the amount the customerwishes to acquire. If this infor-mation is furnished orally, it mustbe confirmed in writing not laterthan seven days after placing theorder. On and after September 2C,1943, no deliveries may be madebefore the signed statement is re-ceived. Dealers must keep thesestatements on file for one year.
"Consumers do not need to com-plete this statement If they usedno more than three tons duringthe base year, and if they havenot acquired more than l'/i tonssince September 1, 1943; but theyare required to supply the infor-mation orally.
"Consumers are urged to file tiiei?statements with the'., coal roe-chants even though the order wasplace! prior to the Ration Orderto Insure equitable distribution.
"Every dealer Is required to fol-low these rules in delivering anthra-cite coal to domestic customers:
"1. He must first fill orders fromconsumers Who have furnishedstatements showing that their in-ventory is less than one-fourth ofthe base year s consumption.
"2. Only after he has filled allthe above orders may a dealer fillan order from a consumer whohas furnished a statement that hisinventory is more than ',< but lessthan Vi of the base year's con-sumption.
"3. No dealer may make deliveryto a consumer if, on the basin ofthe statements furnished the deal-er, that delivery will bring his in-ventory to more than one-half ofhis base year's consumption.
"a. A dealer may not deliver toa consumer when he Knows theconsumer has one or more out-standing orders or contracts for de-liveries during any calendar monthwhich will bring the consumer'sinventory during that month tomore than the amount stated inRule 3. This rule prevents pyra-miding and Inflation of orders.
"If you have coal now on orderor subsequently place an order, besure your statement in writing ac-companies it. Please do not em-
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Garage BurnsAt Greenport
A fire which destroyed a two-cargarage, and an automobile, andseriously damaged a three-familyhouse atached to thd garage, InGreenport, yesterday afternoon,would, but for the prompt andefficient action of the GreenportFire Department, have threatenedthe entire block of frame dwellingsadjoining the burning building.
The apartment house, .iwned byCortland Case, of Greenport, andoccupied in its three apartmtntsby Mrs Mary Baker, Mr and MrsJoseph Little, and MM Jennie Hall,wa« damaged approximately in theamount of $1500, according to au-thorities, and the amount of dam-age to the furnishings had notbeen estimated.
The ca.~, which was owned byWilliam Lerkin, employed at theGreenport Basin ft ConstructionCompany, was completely destroyedby the blaze.
"eveiisr SAVED"The bold daylight attach on a 21-
ycar-old Bohemia woman bicyclistin Bohemia , at 5:30 p m Mondaylast, was frustrated by the ap-proach of a Quinn bus from Pat-chogue touring several homeward-bound students of the PatchogueState Aviation School. The appear-ance of the bus frightened awaythe unknown youth, who had over-taken the cyclist, Ml« GeorgiannaNocar, beaten her over the headand was tearing off seme of herclothes, when he was interrupted.
Bond DriveIs OpenedIn Suffolk
Suffolk County will enter thefirst lap of its race to a $10,500,000victory in the Third War LoanCampaign today.
The Honorable L Barron Hill ,County Judge, remains honorarychairman of the War Finance Com-mittee, and Stanley Fowler of Riv-erhead and Brightwaters, has beendesignated chairman.
Victor H Mohns, Riverhead Townchairman, with his able confed-erates, Joseph V Kelly, chairmanof the Special Events Committee,and Albert Eichorn, vice chairmanof the general town committee,officially opened the campaign atthe county seat last night, with alarge and interesting rally at theRiverhead Theatre.
Mr Fowler delivered the addressof the evening, and the RiverheadHigh School Band furnished themusic for the occasion. Membersof the armed forces, stationed inand near Riverhead, attended in abody and look part in the openingnumber.
A special feature of the eveningwas the r;jv. . ig of a 45-minuteofficial Signal Co.-ps m-jtion picture;" titled ' Hepo;t from the Aleu-tians," a t.-and new picture ofgreat interest to all Americans.
Similar rallies and other spectac-"i. r features of the Third War Loani-. - vc . are being planned by thevarious town committees. Mr Fow-ler's committee include: BabylonTown, James B Cooper, Babylon;Southern Brookhaven, Alfred Mc-Rae, Patcliogva; Smithtown Town,Harry L Brown, Smithtown Branch;Southold Town, Capt George HMonsell , Cutchogue; East HamptonTown, J Edward Gay Jr. EastHampton: Southampton Town, Irv-ing L Terry, Southampton Townvice chairman; Arthur Twltchell,Westhampton Beach; NorthernBrookhaven, Charles Langeneger,Port Jefferson; Shelter Island, Ev-erett C Tuthlll, Shelter Islam.. Riv-erhead Town, Vlrtor Mohns, River-heed; Huntington Town, Grant ESett, Huntington; blip Town,Sheriff William C McCollom, Islip.
Mrs Ward Melville of StonyBrook, head of the women's di-vision, has supporting her: South-ern Brookhaven Town, Mrs FannyGoldstein, Patchogue; Islip Towta,Mrs Charles Frieman, Bay Shore;Southampton Town, Mrs Edwin HRogers, Westhampton Beach; Hunt-ington Town, Mrs Geoffrey Bare,Huntington; Smithtown Town, MrsA.-hnr Seaver, Smithtown Branch;Eivtrhead Town, Mrs John Stark,Htverhead, Southold Town, MrsArthur VU, Greenpou, SoutholdTown vice chairman. Miss Con-stance Kendrlck , Cutchcgue; MrsJames Rich, Pesonic ; Mrs PaulMontgomery, Southold; Mrs ClaraBenjamin, JWatHluck; B p b y I o .1Town, Mrs B rank A lindberg,Eabylcn; Shelter Island, Mri JamesHethcrton, Shelter Island; EastHampton Town, Mrs AmbroseHolier . East Hampton.
f ieorge W Hildreth. chairmanof the Board of Commissionersof the Riverhead Fire District,whe denounces the method un-der which the Office of DefenseTransportation makes allowancaof gaaoiine for lire departmentapparatus
Auks More H UHSchools ToOpen HereOn Tuesday
The Rivcrhead schools will openfor the fall term on Tuesday, Sep-tember 14, according to John BThomas, supervising principal ofthe schools.
Because the farm labor situationis still very critical, school officialsare continuing their efforts inmaking school adjustments in or-der to make the fullest possibleuse of the labor of pupils duringthe late summer and fall monthsIn harvesting crops.
The Farm Bureau has made a"declaration of emergency" so thatlocal school authorities may releasepupils for a period of 30 days inany one school year, provided, how-ever, that no pupil shall be releasedfor more th<-.n 20 days In any threemonth period. Each pupil so re-leased must be at least 14 yearsof age.
Riverhead school authorities askthat pupils desiring such farm per-mits secure same before tho, open-ing of school on September 14 orattend school the opening day, reg-ister for classes, and secure thepermit. This will aid considerablyin makeup of classes and pcr~.itpupils who are effected by thecompulsory attendance laws to ab-sent themselves legally for pur-poses of crop gathering.
Both offices of the public schoolsare open for registration from 8to 12 and 1 to 4:30 daily. Pupi'aentering school for the first timeshould bring birth certificates withthem. Alt departments of the localschools will open for the fall termon Tuesday, September 14. The I>e-ginning tims for schocl sessions ini.hi Koanoke building ie b a m;Pulaski street building, i>:30 a m,except kindergarten, which in 9 a m.
Of considerable Importance toresidents and taxpayers of the Riv-erhead school district, is th« mat-ter of regular attendance of thepupils upon dally instruction.
At the annual district meetingheld last May, George W Hilo-^th,president of the Board of Educa-tion, said that decreased .itt.mi -anca in the Rivcrhead schools hadcost the district approximately$7000 In decreased state aid. Muchof this decrease In attendance hasteen of the non-lcga' type. Sincea pupil's daily attendance earns somuch s'ate aid, it is easily um>r-siood that absence from school de-creases rtate aid and subsequentlyl.tsreases the amounts of moneythat must be raised by local realestate tax In order to support theeducational program.
Regular attendance ai pupils i.sdesirable from three standpoints:First, New York State law compelsit. The compulsory attendance lawslat 's that when 3 pupil is absentfrom school with the knowledgeand consent, stated or implied, ofhis parent for other than legalreasons, it is a case of unlawfuldetention. Such excuses as the fol-lowing come under this heading:"Visiting," "away," "went banting,"'vacation," "went to city," "shop-ping," "work ," "needed at home,""helping at home," "taking care ofbaby," "gardening," "no shoes," "norubbers," "no clothes," "overslept ,"etc.
(The State places the responsi-bility for enforcement of the com-jiuHtory attendance law upon localschool authorities.)
Secondly, tho school district re-ceives money from the St°te basedupon actual days attendance ofpupils. Absence 'rom scnool in-creases local costs of education.
Thirdly, and peri aps most im-portant, absence fro.Ti school de-creases interest in work and there-fore a poorer product r isults. Thereis such a strong positi ve relation-ship between poor attendance anddelinquency that no dovbt existsin the minds of social workersthat many a delinquent hoy or girlstarted in the wrong dircctuu Ihefirst, day he was illegally absentfrom school.
The faculty list for the 1943-1944school year follows :
Roanoke BuildingAlfred M Demarest, principal;
teachers: J Elaine Montelio, MaryJane Whitmyer, Lillian Twomey,Marion Garrity, Grace Cornell, An-nie Petty, Alice Huntington, MaryMolleson, Alice Bruno, Mary Al-drich, Helen Osip, Josephine Cole-man, Helen Zach, Claire Brandon,Marion Kent, Marianne Cells; sec-retary, Harriet Burgcs/.
Pulaski Buildir.TTeachers : Bertha Terry, Joseph-
ine Bruno, Edward Bocll , AndrewBongiorno, Frances Jackowski , Lou-ise Murray, Vivian Levinc, EdithJones Stakey, Mary Lummuka May,Wanda Brace Carberry, MargaretRust, Betty Fuller, Helena Scott,Helen Vetter, Bernlce F Lane, DeliaBrown, Julia Sarles, Teresa Conk-?in, Marjoiie Irvin , Lydfa Moore,Elizabeth Blue, Charles Lawrence,Ernest Brown, Augustus Askin ,Ethel Reman n , Albertine Gagnier,Alice Spann, Dorothy Baumgardt,M Elizabeth Doyle, Lizcttc Hand,William Mason, Anthony Braun,Andrew Coukos, Arlouine Spahner,Helen Nepp, Howard Hovey, Mar-ion DeVoe, Marion Bowman; sec-retary, Emily L'Hommedieu; sten-ographers, Lucy Brooks, KathrynBlasl ; John B Thomas, supervisingprincipal. i
Loss Heavy In LI . ProduceAquebogue Warehouse fire
In one of the most disastrousflies in this section In many years,a large potato storage house andcontents at Aquebogue, owned bythe Long Island Produce and Fer-tilizer Co., Inc. of Riverhead, andtwo refrigerator cars on the com-pany's siding, were destroyed byfire early on Friday morning. An-other refrigerator car was badlydamaged. Two other refrigeratorcars on the same siding were tow-ed to safety by the west-boundp a s s e n g er train that passesthrough Aquebogue about 6:15 a.m., which was ordered flagged byChief Alden W. V. ung, of River-head Fire Department.
The loss to the Long IslandProduce ft Fertiliser Co, Inc. Isestimated at aboul $8,000, on thebuilainr,, and about $10,000 on thecontents, covered by insurance!and the estimated damage to thethree refrigerator cars is estimat-ed nt abcv.t $10,000 each, all ofwhich were Insured.
Approximately 4,000 bushels ofpotatoes which had been graded,were in bins on the first floor ofthe building, being made readyfor shipment. Also stored In thebuilding were 0,200 crates, inwhich potatoes are shipped, andwhich cost 20 cents each, manythousands of new potato sacksand other supplies. The sortingand conveying machinery, whichis very difficult to replace, wertamong the pieces of equipmentdestroyed. The Riverhead firemenunder the direction of Chief Youngana Second Deputy Chief PanelsR. Crelghton, rendered very ef-fective service in saving severalnearb„ structural on the com-
pany's property. Including a largemachinery storage building, theroof of which caught fire.
Shortly after the hose was laidfrom the Steeple Church creek,near the highway bridge, to thescene of the fire the west-boundpassenger train was heard ap-proaching. The firemen quicklyuncoupled the hose which waslaid across the track to preventit being destroyed by the train.
Three lines of hose, each about1,200 feet In length, was laidthrough which water was pumpedonto the fire. Five lengths ofhose burst during the operations.The bursting of hose is attributedto the fact that because of thegasoline shortages the regularhose inspections had to be aban-doned.
The fire was discovered by anobserver at the airplane spotterpost in South Jamesport, who sentIn the alarm to tho RiverheadFire Department headquarters at8:02 a. m. The firemen respondedvery promptly. Many remained onduty for a number of hours thelast of them being dismissed at7 o'clock Friday night.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the FireDepartment and the Long IslandProduce and Fertilizer Co., servedcoffee and buns to the firemen atbreakfast time and during the af-ternoon those on duty were treat-ed to watermelon by Frank Reeve,of Aquebogue.
The origin of the fire has notbeen determined. An Investigationla being made by the Fire and Po-lice Patrol of the Riverhead FireDepartment, of which George"rowley is captain.
Gravel CraftAre Razed toWater Line
Four dilapidated wooden cargoships, which were built for theUnited States Merchant Marineduring the first World War, andwhich have been an eye-sore inthe Long Island Sound off Roan-oke, Rivcrhead, were destroyed byfire this weelr. Workmen had beenemployed by the Sound DredgingCo, Inc., cf 800 Fifth avenue, Man-hattan, for the past week in sal-vaging the cast iron and steel fromthese ships and another, which wasnot damaged by the fire. The met-al '-var to be purchased by theI,".rial -Service wo, and sent tofoundries to be used in war pro-duction.
The five ships, each being 286feet long, 44 feet beam, about 20feet high and of about 4,000 grc sston capacity, were acquired by asand and gravel company andbrought down the Sound to Roa-noke several years ago to be usedas a base tor a breakwater toprotect a harbor that wad to hedredged on property purchasedfrom the late Charles Kingsley andbeing a part of Mr. Kingsley'scountry esiate. Two of the boats,one either side of the purposed har-bor, were run into the beach andthe others were run aground.
The sand and gravel and har-bor project made little progressand after a short time the workwas abandoned and was not re-sumed.
Monday afternoon while work-men were using an acetylene blowtorch on one of the ships, thewoodwork caught fire, but It wasbelieved to have been extinguished.About 3 o'clock Tuesday morningan observer at the airplane apctterpost in Rcanoke, about one milefrom the beach, phoned the River-head Fire Department, stating thatthere was a fire in that section.Chief Alden W. Young of the Riv-erhead Fire Department was calledon the phone ard he drove Imme-diately to the scene of the fire. TheCoast Guard was. noticed andChief Boatswain's Mate Wallace J.Rldredge. and a craw from theCoast Guard SUtlnn at East Mor-iches came to the scene with amotor pumping outfit. In view ofthe fact that the Sound cliffs inthat vicinity are about 1C0 feet high,it was not possible to drive the fireapparatus to the beach. This wasa case of having plenty of water(In the Sound) but no method topump it on the burning ship. Lateron Tuesday a Coast Guard boatarrived and water was pumped onthe fourth ship burned, but theAre had gained such headway thatall efforts to save it were futile.Officers of the Naval IntelligenceIn Riverhead and John Bilski , apatrolman of the Riverhea<'< TownPolice, investigated the fire. ThereIs no suspicion that the fire wasdue to sabotage, it is assumedthat it was purely an accident.Other firemen responding wereTheodore Breil.ng and Second Dep-uty Chief Francis R. Creighton.
It Is estimated that each of thefive ships contained about 400 tonsof cast iron and steel and about000 tons had been salvaged.
The Armistice was signed in 1918before these and hundreds of othercargo ships built for the MerchantMarine were placed in commission.The engines had not been installedin these and other ships. It isstated the cost of each of theseships completely equipped was inthe neighborhood of $900,000.
Within the last year one of theseships was towed to New York andInspected with a view to using itfor tranrportlng coal, but expertsdetermined It would not serve thatpurpore so It was tov/cd back toRoanoke "harbor."
H eads Orivv
Stanley Fowler, of Riverheadand Brightwaters, who i* chair-man of the War Finance Com-¦niiiee ior Suffolk County, which•pena the Third War Loan Drivetoday.
Nominated
Reginald C Sim" oromlnentmember of the ' . Hoik CountyBar and active c.vit worker ofRivcrhead, who Is the Democraticnominee for School Director,which pays the "munificent" sal-ary of $t a year,
B**u Chief
Chief Alden W Young, of theRiverhead Fire 9epmrtmeitt, whohas been rushed v> distractiondaring the past two w*eks by theepidemic of serious flits whichliave • broken out In RiverheadjTownsnlp.
On Leave
Capt W Germond Cochran, whois enjoying an eight day leave ofabsence from Ms duties at WillRogers Field, Oklahoma, Ho Isvisiting friends In Riverhead andSouthold.
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GRADUATESPhilip W Johnson, 24, son of Mrs
Lillian L Johnson, Old Mill road,Westhampton Beach, waa grad-uated this week from the factorytraining school operated by thsArmy Air Forces Training Com-mand at the' i«;«.iin L, Martin Com-pany, Middle River, Md. A grad-uate of Westhampton Beach HighSchool , Johnson was employed byBorden's Farms before going inthe Army September 14, 1942.
PEO PLEIN THE
M E W S
Plan ServiceMen's Center
Eist Qiuogue residents are plan-ning to open a Service Men's Cen-ter <jt »r- Fire House, In that vil-lage, at ai> early date. Wendel l P.Jackson is general chairman ofarrangements for the Center, withMrs. Wilfred Walter, secretaryand the Rev. Roland Osgood, treas-urer.
Malcolm Rogers heads the ad-visory committee, with C. N. Jen-kins, Patrick Erwln, Joseph Sacks,Merton Carter, Mrs. Wilfred Wal-ters, Mrs. C. W. Brown, Mrs. Ed-ward McCormack and Mrs. RuthCarter serving with him, whileMrs. Malcolm Rogers is chairmanof the hostess committee, whichIncludes Mrs. Arthur Aldrich, Mrs.Kent Sanford, Mrs. Maurice Smith,Mrs. Edgar Goodalo and MissAlice Watkins.
Mrs. Clifford Reeve Is chairmanof the furnishings committee, as-sisted by Mrs. David Edwards,Mrs James Glendenning, Mrs JohnCulver, Mrs. Frank Culver, andMrs. James Kent, and Mrs. E. S.VanHlae is in charge of the enter-tainment committee, including MrsWalter Kohler, Mrs. NormanJones, Mrs. Frank Crowitz, Mrs.Joseph Sacks, Mrs. Walter Terrell ,Mrs. Wendell Jackson, and Mrs.Frank Clark.
Monks Estaf €Is Purchased
Frederick Lceston-Smith, presi-dent of Ha nilton, Leeston-Smith,Inc., announced on Saturday thathe r>".u purchased In the name ofthi corporation the Monks estateprci>eri;' of 200 acres at EastHampton, on the Long Islandsouth shore. It contains a largefourteen-room w»!!!r.g and otherbuildings.
The estate has V*en In possessionof the Monks famll} for manyyears. About three years ago itwas taken over by the Corn Ex-change Bank Trust Company tosatisfy liens approximating 170,000,and the present purchase wasmade from the bank. The latterwas represented in the transactionby the legal firm of Spence, Wind-els, Walser, HotchkiM ft Angell.
The property Is bounded on thenorth by the Joseph P. and W. R.Grace property, and on the southby the holdings of James W, Ge-rard, former Ambassador to Ger-many, and his brother, SumnerGerard. The acreage also has afrontage of 2,800 feet on North-west Harbor.
Mi. Lceston-Smith has no im-mediate plans tor development ofthe property. He Intends, for thepresent to put In cultivation all ofthe cleared acreage. He points outthat many large estates in variousparts of Suffolk County are beingpurchased by opetMton tor sub-division into small acreage homeplots following the close of thewar. With building and other warrestrictions at the present time, hesays, new construction plans mustnecessarily wait until more favor-able conditions prevail.
ASHARE OPENSLAV/ OFRCES
Harold Ashare, an attorney ofPatchogue, who has been associa-ted with the firm of Vunk ft Carle-ton in that village for the pastfourteen years, hat engaged in thepractice of his profession on hisown account, with offices In Pat-chogue and in Riverhead. In Hiv-erhead he has an office In the suiteof Savstien ft Scheinberg on thesecond floor of the Town Hallbuilding.
Mr Ashaie was graduated fromthe Law School of Fordham Uni-versity in the class of 1920. Forseveral years he waa employed bythe well known law firm of Satter-lee, Canfleld ft S: .-n In New YorkCity, of which Hariar. v Stone, nowChief Justice of the United StatesSupreme Court, is p. former mem-ber. Subsequently "Mr Ashare wason the law department staff of theNational Title Guaranty Co In NewYork City. While associated withVunk ft Carleton, Mr Ashare didconsiderable appeal, brief and opin-ion research, and Is specializing inthat field of law work.
RFC BUYS BONDSThe Rivcrhead Production Cred-
it Association, according to an an-nouncement nfade yesterday byH. P. Weisscnfels, secretary andtreasurer, has voted the purchaseof $12,500 of bonds in the ThirdWar Loan Campaign, in the Suf-folk County area, and $2500 fromthe Nassau County area.
Fore? I Fire AtWading River
The residence and garage ofHarry Wiwczar, contractor andbuilder at Wading River , probablywould have been destroyed Tuesdaynig):t by a fire which swept overapproximately 2.000 acres, but forthe effective measures taken by menworking under the direction ofIsaac S. Stivers, forest ranger ofthe State Conservation Commis-sion , Chief Alden W. Young, of theRiverhead Fire Department and thechief of the Mai-:,rvillc Fire Com-pany "n baf-Uiiring. The buildingson Mr. Wiweza r's property whichis located on the westerly side ofthe Port Jefferson State Highway(Route 25A ) and close to the woods,were in a direct path of the on-rushing flames. More than 100 menwere engaged in fighting the fire.
Buildings at Camp Wauwcpcx ,the cami- owned and operated bythe Nassau County Boy ScoutsCouncil, Inc., cii the shore of DeepPond, and short distance to thewest of the Wiwczar property, wnrr.also endangered, on WednesdayThis property, comprising about600 acres, was formerly owned byWilliam K. Vandcrbilt , Jr.
Tuesday ni ght the RiverheadFire Department, had three andthe Manorville fire company hadtwo pieces of motor apparatus atthe fire. Wednesday morning theRiverhead Fire Department sirenwas sounded for additional men tooperate the apparatus that wasto be sent to Wading River.
Owing to the manpower short-age, it was believed that a requestmight have to be made to the com-mander of Camp Upton to assignsoldiers to the fire-fighting forces.
The fire that started in the woodson tho North Wading River rjadat Wading River on Wednesday oflast week broke out again on Mon-day and Tuesday, requiring callingof the Riverhead firemen out onall three occasions.
E. L. I. HospitalDrive Opens
Thr Village of Greenport cnr.i-paign r-onimittoe staged its opemnumeeting on Thursday, Sept 2, atthe Chinese Yacht Club in Green-port. Chairn-.an Ohs.-les Woolleypresided, and called upon chair-man of the special gifts committee,Rai ph T Preston, to announce theinitial report of the first week'soperation of his committee. Chair-man Preston reported a total of$';,0')0 to date.
"The members of the committeehave betn busy this past weekscheduling their interviews and re-ports have only just b, .-;;i!n tc comein," Mr Preston stated. "I am inclose tov-uh with my co-workersand know that mhny of c.ir largerprospects will be heard from with-in the next few days. We expectto be in the position to make amuch more complete report at ournext meeting."
Mrs i? L Earth, chairman of thecommunity solicitation committee,and her three vice chairmen, MrsTheodore Brigham, Mrs AbramErown arj.i Mrs Ralph T Preston,took over tho meeting at this point ,and announced the captain in eachdivision. Mrs Brigham has ap-pointed Mrs Henry Clark captainof Team I, and- Mrs Margaret Leh-man captain of Team II. 'he per-sonnel of Mrs Abram Brow n's Di-vision B is as follows : Team NoIII , Mrs Warren Kalbackcr , cap-tain: Team No IV, Mrs WilliamTrcsham, captain. Division C, un-der the lc»der:-hip of Mrs Ral ph TPreston , includes in its member-ship; Team No V, Mrs John Mul-len , captain; Team No VI , MrsOlga Miranda , captain.
Over 90 per cent of the women'sorganization was present at themeeting, and the list of prospectivesubscribers prepared for their usewas gone over thoroughly a:,d se-lections made for nn>-sonal solicit-ation. Mis Bar '.ii said thit the
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The Brookhaven Town police re-port on an automobile accident atCoram August 12 which resulted inthe death of two-year-old DonaldCarroll , of Coram, indicates no ev-idence of criminal negligence onthe part of the car driver, CoronerCover A Silliman, M D, of Say-villc , has ruled.
DISCHARGED FROM SF-RViCEStaff Sgt Thomas R Powell , 25.
of Ronkonkoma, who was woundedin action in North Africa last Feb-ruary, and a. month later suffereda physical ailment that requiredseveral months' hospitalisation, re-ceived his honorable discharge fromthe Army Air Forces on Friday.
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