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EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947 NUMBER 8VOLUME LXIII
YOUR HOSPITALIT'S UP TO YOti!
Eugene Cabri, of Manorville, L. I. was instantly killed shortly after noon on Saturday when the truck he was driving was struck by east- bound L. I. R. R. train No. 8 at the Head of the Ponds road, Watermill. He was driving a truck owned by the Beacon Milling Co. of Eastport, and was crossing to the south of the tracks when the train hit the truck. Cabri was married and the father of three children.
Train No. 8 was made up of a baggage car and five coaches with Engineer A. Schleidej- of Jamaica in the cab. Head of the Ponds road is just west of the Watermill post office and is considered a “bad” crossing. A warning signal bell was said to have been ringing as the train approached. The force of the crash broke practically every window in four of the coaches as the tra in dragged the truck along for two
hundred feet. Five train passengers were cut by flying glass. Among them were George Smith, retired Pullman conductor, formerly of East Hampton and now living at Jam aica, who had forty-three years on the road before retiring five years ago. He was coming to East Hampton to visit his brother, Elmer Smith. Other passengers cut were Harry Spudik, of Brooklyn, and well known on Long Island as the travelling salesman of neckwear and accessories, Walter Brooks of Brooklyn, Mrs. Inge Lien of New York and Mrs. Edna May Bennett of Woodhaven.
Dr. John Nugent, of Southampton, the coroner was at the scene of the accident and had the body of driver Eugene Cabri removed to Brockett’s Funeral Home. The coroner is conducting an inquest to-day.
The Southampton Hospital to date lias cost over $1,600,000. This money was contributed by thousands of generous men and women <yei the thirty eight years of the hospital's existence.It is estimated that to replace the present hospital and its equipment would cost over $2,500,000.The hospital's financial situation is critical. It needs $70,000. If this amount is not iaised, it will only be a question of time before !he hospital will have to consider closing its docas. Do you want this fine hospital to keep going and maintain its high standard of service?Residents of the Hamptons, it is up to you!Make your contribution as large as possible and send it to
THE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL 265 Herrick Road 1Southampton, N. Y.
Had Meat Market Here For 52 Years; Funeral Service Here SaturdayFred McCann, 87, died suddenly
in Eustis, Florida at eight-fifteen Tuesday morning. He had seemed perfectly well that morning when he walked over, as he did every day, to the home of his step-grand- daughter, Mrs, Dennis C. Lennon, to see her little son. He was in the kitchen when Mrs. Lennon left the room for a moment, and came back to find that he had passed away.
A funeral service was held in Eustis yesterday afternoon. Mr. McCann’s body will arrive here today, and a Masonic funeral will be held\at the Yardley Funeral Home to morrow evening at eight o’clock. Rev. Francis Kinsler will conduct a service at Cedar Lawn Cemetery at 10 a. m. on Saturday. Mrs. McCann will not be able to come north. Mr. McCann was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge here, and was honored by a special meeting and life membership, before he went south this fall.
Mr. McCann was born in the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Tiffany in May, 1860, the son of John and Annie Hodder McCann. As a boy he worked in the general store of Erastus Jones; then went bunker fishing for a summer; and spent tvfro years in the lighthouse service on Little Gull Island. Then he “came ashore”, and worked for Van Scoy and Dayton antil he went into business for himself, establishing his meat market in 1888 on Main Street, and continuing in that business for fifty-two years. Since he retired seven years ago Mr. McCann has spent the w inter months in Eustis, Florida, which he first visited in 1887-88.
His first wife, the former Edith Hedges of Bridgehampton, died many years ago. "He married Mrs. Jennie Jones Hallock, who survives him; also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. David A. Fithian, Mrs. Edwin E. Redfield, and Mrs. Charles E. Lester; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Laura Edwards, her daughter, Mrs. Dennis Lennon, and grandson, Robert Lennon.
He was a fine man, with a great talent for friendship, and for enjoying life.
VFW Auxiliary Aids Toy Repairs for XmasThe Ladies Auxiliary to VFW
Post No. 550 has undertaken the repair of toys donated to St. Luke’s Church for Christmas gifts given in conjunction with the combined drive of local organized groups, clubs and churches to provide a happy Christmas for every needy child.
A group of volunteer members of the Post and Auxiliary will meet twice weekly in the work shop which has been established at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Palmer on Three Mile Harbor Road.
Organization members or individuals wishing to take part in the project through contributions of time or toys may contact the A uxiliary Committee chairman, Mrs. Richard Corwin, Sr. or the Reverend Samuel Davis. Toys may be left a t the workshop, the Rectory or the Corwin residence in Springs, until Dec. 15th.
Participants in the first workshop meeting Thursday evening included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gibbons, Mrs. Ross Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Corwin, Jr., Mrs. Rose DiGate, Mrs. Frederick Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. DuPont, Mrs. G. B. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Chester McGuire, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Magrett, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Palmer.
The Ladies’ Village Improverrient Society is to publish a 300th Anniversary Cook Book, with l^rs. Nathan H. Dayton as chairman of the Cook Book Committee as she has been from the beginning; the society’s first Cook Book came out in 1896. Assisting Mrs. Dayton with the new one will be a committee appointed after Monday’s L. V. I. S. meeting, and including Mrs. N. N. Tiffany, Mrs. Frank Bartholet, and Miss Adaline M. Sherrill. Mrs. F rederick Yardley is forming a committee for advertising, and Mrs. Arnold Rattray will do publicity.
Mrs. Dayton asks East Hampton housewives to send in their favorite recipes; especially for local dishes not known outside £his vicin ty; and “receipts” from their grandnothers’ kitchens, (with up-to-date measurements, if possible.) These shculd be sent in at once, since the botk will require three months to priit and bind.
Guild Players Hold Monthly MeetingThe Guild Hall Players met Mon
day evening, with more than one hundred attending. Robert Reuter- shan presided.
A workshop play “The Fallen Bough”, a melodrama, was presented by Miss Mafy Bird, Miss Jayne Dunham, E u g e n e Simons and James E. Hand. Due to illness Joseph Hren was unable to take part and Mr. Hand filled in for him.
Mrs. Mary Higgins of Amagan- sett directed the workshop which was typical of the sort of theater inflicted on radio audiences.
Drew Lawrie took charge of the rest of the entertainment. The P layers were divided into smaller groups who gave charades in pantoVnine depicting well known proverbs. The first prize went to Mrs. Harrison Mulford and her group for so capably portraying “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy.” The second prize was won by Harold Chapman and his group for their version of “Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure.”
Mrs. Betty Mulford and Mrs. Louis Baerst served refreshments.
Red Cross Again Offers Classes in First Aid
Guild Hall "At Home" Has Enjoyable Program
Over sixty Guild Hall members attended the November “At Home0 day in the Moran Gallery Sunday afternoon and enjoyed a short program of piano and Solovox music by Robert Mulford as well as an interesting motion picture, “Wheels Across Africa” shown by I. Y. Halsey.
Mr3. Ralph C. Frood was chairman of arrangem ents for the “At Home" and was assisted by Mis. Edward T. Huntting and Mrs. G. A. Rhodes. The committee furnished and served refreshments. Mrs. E. Hollingsworth Siter and Mrs. Louis Parr assisted the committee ai hostesses.
Another “At Home” for members and their guests is being planned for December.
Dances for Young People At Guild Hall This Winter
Chas. N. Lloyd Again Has Quiet May Burner AgencyEdward M. Baker, Jr. has recently
re-sold the Quiet May Oil Burner Agency to Charles N. Lloyd, the former owner.
Mr. Baker will devote his full time to the Baker £c Letter Hardware store.
Mr. Lloyd will operate the oil burner business in conjunction with his plumbing and heating busine**. This agency was established in 1920.