Official Newspaper of Cast Hampton Town and

Incorporated Village

VOLUME LVI

Church W orkers Complete Session House Alterations

Rooms Redecorated and New Furnishings Made By Church Group

The newly redecorated church parlors in the Presbyterian Session House, were opened for the annual Missionary Society Christmas Sale, held on Saturday. The rooms looked very handsome and those who had worked on them during the past weeks were congratulated on their

The main room is painted in shades of pale rose; long chintz hangings at the windows are very pretty flowered pattern. Across the top is a valence board especially made to finish the windows by Er­nest Miller. Chairs re-finished, cushioned in pretty striped material harmonizing with walls and chintz. Opening from that room is the cloak room, which has a new dressing table made by Ernest Miller and covered with a bit of fine old chintz matching the window draperies. Fresh rag rugs are on the floor. The kitchen is painted a clean, clear pale blue, with gay red and blue cur at the windows, and a new linoleum rug on the floor. All furniture has been done over.

Men and women of the church have united in work on the church parlors; it has been a labor of lo\ done under the auspices of the e tire Women’s Association of the church, of which Mrs. Robert Chen­ey is the president. The committee planning the work includes Mrs. Dixon Bams, chairman; Mmes. Na­than Dayton, Frank Tillinghast, An­drew A Carson, and Robert Cheney; also Miss Carryl Tillinghast. The committee on finishing the furniture was headed by Mrs. Charles Tal- magc; and included Mmes. Courtland Mulford, Nathan Tiffany, and Mar­garet Pearce. Mrs. Pearce made the kitchen curtains; Mrs. Lion Gardiner gave a lamp for the ladies' parlor; Mrs. Harry Stephens gave a floor lamp; Charles Lloyd disconnected and re-connected the kitchen s Frank Smith is to be thanked for the linoleum on the kitchen table.

Edward Tillinghast was chairman for the painting; men who donated their time for repairing wicker chairs, making valances, hanging draperies, making the dressing table, putting in two new thresholds, paint­ing, sanding, and re-finishing a table, were Ernest Miller, Frank Dayton, Charles Talmage, Archie Robinson, Fred Lester, Alex Shott, Charles Mo- berg, and Norman Bams.

Charles Gould replaced the panels in two doors, made a table for gas burner, and donated metal strip­ping. Parsons electrical company put in a plug in the cloak room. 1 R. Vetault donated pots of ivy for the mantel. Miss Martha Borke gave material used in the cloak r Mrs. Arter Gould gave the rug for the cloak room; Mrs. George H. Hand gave a wood basket, and Mrs. Nelson Osbome, a mirror.

Mrs. Andrew Carson made draper­ies; Mrs. Frank Tillinghast, the glass curtains. A committee for' cleaning and settling included Mrs. Robert Cheney, Mrs. Daniel Tucker, Mil Marion Hand, Miss Grace Stephens and Miss Carryl Tillinghast. Leaves, banked against the Session House, were feared to be a fire risk; so Pres­ton Lynch donated his truck and Charles Moberg carted them away.

Members of the women’s associa­tion say that this work could never have been done without Ernest Mil­ler. He has given invaluable help in this project; and in addition that has given weeks of work to the main church and to the Manse. He has shingled the Manse roof, where needed; has put on a new gutter; has put in window lights; painted porches and steps. And has offered to assist the ladies still further, when­ever they decide to tackle the jot of renovating the Session House

EAST HAMPTON, N. Y.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,1940

The Merry Christmas Story Of A Little Scottie Dog Named Souppie

Leighton Rollins, director of the Rollins Studio here, opened Grey- croft on Huntting Lane last Christ­mastime, and gave a very beautiful children’s party there; a memorable occasion for all who attended. Grey- croft is not to be opened this holi-

season, because Mrs. Harry L. Rollins and Mr. Rollins are in the West But Mr. Rollins has sent us

copy of the children's story he -ote for and read at last year’s

party. This is his “Christmas greet­ing to East Hampton."

"Souppie,” in case you haven’t met ;r, is Mr. Rollins' own Scottie.The story follows:

Scuppie's Christmas EtoIt was three weeks before Christ- is. Souppie knew something was the air. Her master behaved in a

most preoccupied manner. Once he forgot to give Souppie her supper. Souppie, you see, was a little Scot-

The happiest dog you ever saw. She liked to dance. She loved to

She even wanted to make friends with Mrs. Sullivan’s gray Persian cat Moonbeam—but Moon-

didn’t like Souppie at all. She spat when Souppie danced for her which surprised Souppie very much indeed. But not for long as Souppie's

•al name was Supernumerary.As Christmas drew nearer and

nearer, Souppie found she had to dance a great deal before anyone

Brownies' Sale Of Cakes and Pot Holders

On Saturday, December 14, fror10 A. M. there will be a sale of cakes and colorful pot holders for the East Hampton Brownies in the Main Street store formerly occupied by A & P. Store, next to Joseph Ep­stein’s store. The store has opened for the Brownie sale through the courtesy of Mrs. Maude Edwards

Mothers of the Brownies ha made the cakes, the gay pot hold) have been made by the Brownies themselves while Harry Ingalls has made racks for the pot holders. ------------------------------------------------ ii

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would take notice of her. Souppie loved to chase a rag doll which

II in its tummy. Every time bell rang, Souppie was so pleased she would make it ring again and

But her master wasn't intere e sat at his desk writing and writ­

ing. One night Souppie heard ht master say, "My we're going to have

wonderful party Christmas Eve. Now you know Scotties are very, •ery curious. Souppie walked softly across the floor and leaped up inti

g arm chair near her master’ enormous desk and there she sat a still as still could be while her mas ter put bright red and gold cards into envelopes. They all seemed to have the same picture on them. Finally Souppie's master looked up and smiled and of course Souppi wagged her tail joyfully and wonder of wonders her master spoke. He held up one of the cards to Souppie’i bright eyes and said;

"Souppie, this is a photograph of the most beautiful baby in the whole world. It’s the Christ Child and we are going to give a party for Him on Christmas Eve when He was

Souppie barked for joy and wag­ged her tail so hard she fell off the chair! She liked babies. They al­ways laughed at her. But all these preparations for Christmas bothered

Miss Ruth Lindsey, Mrs. Howard Jones Address Scout Group

Miss Ruth Lindsey, librarian of the East Hampton School, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Girl Scout Leaders’ Association Decem-

i at the Bridgehampton Metho­dist Church. Miss Lindsey discussed story telling for children. Her posters, the many books she brought and talked about, and her charming

ay of telling a story made this inspirational and informative feature

the meeting.The program opened with games

led by Mrs. Charles Myers, Captain of the Bridgehampton troop. Follow-

. short tusiness meeting, sever­al simple but interesting crafts were exhibited and demonstrated by Miss Betty Hall of East Hampton and pamphlets giving Christmas sugges-

ons were distributed.Mrs. Howard Jones talked on pro­

jects for Girl Scout troops. She gave :amples of projects for the three

different age levels: Brownie, Inter­mediate, and Senior Scouts. She showed how interest in each pro-

was aroused, how it was worked out in troop meetings, and how

program fields or badges might be involved in one project.

Refreshments were served by the leaders from Southampton.

Santa Claus at East End Hardware Saturday

e new toy department of the East End Hardware Store will be

>f the places where Santa Claus will stop on one of his numerous trips around the country that he gen­erally makes just before Christmas.

nta Claus has made arrange­ments to be there Saturday after-

ion from 2 o’clock to 5 o'clock, and that time he will give out souvenir

gifts to the boys and girls who stop

It will probably seem to Santa Claus that he is home at the North Pole in his regular workshop be­cause there are so many toys and games in the newly finished second floor of the store.

DEMAND FOR FRUIT CAKEThe Old East Hampton Fruit Cake, new venture started anonymous­

ly a couple of weeks ago, has now been so well received that the lady

is baking it herself and put­ting it on the market, Mrs. Norman W. Bams, is willing to reveal her identity. She has received so many orders for Christmas gift use or for holiday parties that she now feels

ill become a permanent thing, not just an experiment. The

cake has been sent to many. New York people who love East Hamp­ton, and Hector Bonomie of the

de la Ville in New York and Devon Yacht Club, Amagansett has bought several cakes and plans to

it for wedding parties for which does the catering.

MRS. MARY McTERNANMrs. Mary McTeman, widow of

Frank McTeman, and mother of Mrs. William Gay of this village, died at Valley Stream, L. I. on Monday. Mrs. McTeman, the former Mary ~ beth Boyle, was bom at Sag Harbor.

Funeral rites were held this morn­ing at St. Philomena's R. C. Church, followed by interment in St An­drew's Cemetery, Sag Harbor.

Christmas Dance For Guild Hall Dancing Club, Sat., Dec. 21

The Guild Hall Dancing Club will hold a Christmas Dance on Satur­day evening, Dec. 21, from 8 : o’clock, in Guild Hall. Each member of the club is privileged to invite one friend to the dance, for which Newton Tiffany's five-piece orches­tra will furnish music. Refreshments are being planned by a committee from the sponsors' group; this com­mittee is headed by Mrs. James H. Mulford and Mrs. Robert Bloomfield and each sponsor will be asked contribute food. Decorations for the occasion are to be arranged b; large group of the young people, der the chairmanship of Mrs. Harry Steele, Mrs. Louis Baerst, and Mrs. Russell Conklin.

Both groups in the Dancing Club will meet together this time, for general dancing; and some enter­tainment features are being planned. The evening will end with the sing­ing of two Christmas carols by entire party.

Helen Schellinger And Robt. E. Wilson Jr. to Wed

Mr. and Mrs. George V. Schel­linger of Amagansett announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen Barker Schellinger, to Robert E. Wilson Jr., son of Robert E. Wil­son of this village. The wedding will take place in New York on Christ-

Miss Schellinger graduated frorr the East Hampton High School and from the Harriet Mills Training School in New York, and is teaching in Mattituck, L. I. Mr. Wilson i sociated in business with Harold Hunter, in East Hampton; they opened the Hamptons Department store here a year ago.

M aroons Win At Shelter Island 28-24 in Opener

Drop Second Game of Season 22-15 in Poor Showing at B'hampton

By Alfred OxenhamEast Hampton opened their 1

ket-ball season Tuesday, December at Shelter Island. The game

very close all the way, but the 1 oons managed to edge out Shelter Island 28-24. Ed MacMahon was high scorer with 14 points, with Willy Hartwell next with six points. There

noticeable traces of the foot- season in the game, both teams

roughing it up a great deal. Two Shelter Island men were put o

game on fouls. At the end of the first half the score stood 17-14 in East Hampton’s favor. Later ii second half East Hampton increased their lead to six points, but Shelter Island, scoring three baskets

again tied the score. An East Hampton time out however, stop­ped this scoring spree and put the Maroons on their feet again. They

ent on to win 28-24.Thursday evening the East Hamp- n basketball squad journeyed to

Bridgehampton for their second ; of the season, losing 15-2

Wild shooting and too little scrap lost game for East Hampton. The

Maroons tried fifty-five shots, but only able to score fifteen points.

Joe Cargilosi was high scorer for East Hampton with five points. At the end of the first half Bridge­hampton lead the Maroons 13-6. They maintained their lead ii second half and went on to.w 22-15.

The East Hampton Junior Varsity has been highly successful in their games so far, winning both of them. They waded through Shelter Island 39-7, and came up from behind to beat Bridgehampton 13-7. Udell Cul- lum is leading the East Hampton Junior Varsity, scoring with 11 points in two games.Shelter Island Game East Hampton Shelter IslandCassidy F TinkerHartwell F. DavisMacMahon C. ZadleDiGate G..................ClarkPeckham G. . CaseOxenham . . . Sub PowersBridgehampton Game East Hampton BridgehamptonCassidy..... ...... F ...._............. ~Hartwell .......... F............... AlderMac Mahon___ C_______SkoniezeyS. DiGate...........G............ Skerzchruma ............... G....... Cavagnaro

Substitutes—East Hampton, R. Di­Gate, Peckham, Cangiolosi; Bridge­hampton, Greene, Zebruski, Robin-

Daider, Gillian.

MRS. JESSIE RITCHIEMrs. Jessie Ferrar Ritchie, widow

of Archibald Ritchie, a resident of East Hampton for thirty years, died yesterday at the home of Mrs. Percy Lisster in Sag Harbor where she had made her home for the past five months. Mrs. Ritchie had been in failing health for the past ten years.

Mrs. Ritchie was sixty-seven years of age and was bom in Aberdeen, Scotland, coming to this country thirty-three years ago. Her husband, Archibald Ritchie, died in 1934.

Surviving are a son, Victor Ritchie of Forest Hills, L. I., and a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Ritchie Harkness, and two grandsons, James Harkness and Robert Ritchie. A sister, Mrs. John McLaren, resides in Aberdeen, Scot-

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 o'clock in the Pres­byterian Church by the Rev. SidneyH. Barrett. Interment will be in Ce­dar Lawn Cemetery.

WINS MARINE PROMOTIONPvt Leon Rauscher, who enlisted

September 23 in the U. S. Marines, has finished his training period at Parris Island, S. C. and is now at Quantico, Va. Rauscher is the son of Mrs. David Griffiths of this village and the late Frank X. Rauscher.

! Rauscher recently qualified as an ' expert rifleman. He was picked with two others from a group of sixty- three recruits for aircraft motor training and is now attending the school at Turner Field, Quantico, Va.

Christmas Sing At Guild Hall Wed., Dec. 18

The Christmas Community Singill take place in the John Dre'

Memorial Theatre at Guild Hall o Wednesday evening, December II at 8 o'clock.

The East Hampton High School Band under the direction of Kenneth Stowell, supervisor of music, will play for the singing. Miss Elsie Com-

: at the organ and Miss Dorothy Vollmer with the chimes will play interluding numbers.

The choirs of all churches will lead with the community singing.

Mrs. Clifford Edwards and Miss Mary Bird of the Guild Hall Players

committee in charge of decora­tions for this occasion.

A silver collection for Guild Hall will be taken.

THRIFT SHOP BENEFITMrs. William C. Dickerman, chair-

ian of the board of managers of the New York Kindergarten Association, and Mrs. Frank J. Foley, chairman

ie Thrift Shop Committee, giving a tea this afternoon at Family Thrift Shop, 631 Eighth Avenue, New York, for women ac-

in the work of the association. Proceeds of all sales at the shop are donated to the needs of the Assocla-

which maintains eleven kinder­garten and nursery schools for 500 under-privileged children between

gcs of two and five years.

NEW CITIZENS Included in the list of prospective

citizens to appear in Riverhead De­cember 13 before Justice Percy D. Stoddart arc the following from this locality: George Goedecke and Mary EUen McGuire, East Hampton; Catherine Keaney, Amagansett; An-

Garett and Anna Stella Porter Sag Harbor; Thomas Melvin Burke, Montauk.

"It's a Great Life, The Army" Says Diary of Local Rookie, Hunt Smith

(A very excellent idea of the life of an average rookie in the Army

given by David “Hunt” Smith, of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A.

Smith of this village, in a diary ar­ticle published Sunday in the New York Herald Tribune. Hunt's diary tarts with his arrival at Camp Up­ton, L. L on November 26 and con-

after his transfer to Fort Dix, N. J., where he has been assigned to 2nd Co., 71st Infantry).

Tuesday—They gave us a short medical inspection to sec if anything

obviously wrong with us, like measles or smallpox, and then we

to a rather late mess (supper). We had lectures in the evening on

morals and personal conduct and then went to our tents. They

completely winterized, with board wall up to the level of our heads. We didn't think we'd like them much, but after getting a fire up in the stove it was pretty decent.

Wednesday—We were up at 5:30 A. M.—that was something that was different for me, as I usually sleep late—and went to breakfast. The food was vile. We had to stand in line out in the cold, and I wound up

the tail of the line. By the timeI got in everything was cold, the coffee was cold, and the eggs werecold.

Then ci processing. They m

ured us for our uniforms, piled all stuff up and we put it on. The

measurements weren't very accurate; they measured my waist at 34 and gave me a pair of 44 pants, but they finally straightened out a lot of that In about two hours we all had on uniforms, and it made quite a dif­ference. We were a pretty straggly bunch when we went in, but when we came out we all looked similar and we felt we were in the Army.

In the afternoon a lecture on the organization of the Army, and our first drill. They lined us up in squads and tried to teach us left-face right-face, and so forth. After re­treat at 5 P. M. we were free, and glad to get over to the canteen to have a couple of beers.

That was one thing that surprised me. I didn’t know they would have beer on an Army Post. We certainly appreciated it. By the time we’d been there a little while we had got ac­quainted with fellows from other towns, and everybody felt like old pals. Most of us were asking ques­tions of the fellows who had been in the Army for a while, finding out what life in the Army is like. They gave us an idea of what to expect and a few tips on how to get along well in the Army. We were pretty much in the fog at first

Taps at 11 P. M. Some of the fel- Continued on Pago 3

Golden Wedding Of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Loper

Mr. and Mrs. E. Grant Loper cele­brated their golden wedding ; versary on Monday, December their home on Oak Street Amagan­sett, with a reception for their fam­ily and friends. Over one hundred called during the day and evening. Many cards and gifts were received.

Out-of-town guests included Wil­liam Grant Sherry of New Canaan, Conn., Mrs. McMahan of New Canaan and Mrs. Martha Los of Poundridge, N. Y., Mrs. Anton Mag- nuson and Mrs. John Colder Jr., of Islip, L. L

Mr. and Mrs. Loper were married in East Hampton by the Rev. John D. Stokes. Both witnesses at the marriage are still living; Mrs. Lo- per’s sister, Mrs. William Vorpahl of Amagansett who was unable to attend and Mrs. Daniel Finch of Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Loper have two daughters, Mrs. William Sherry of East Hampton and Mrs. Melvin Curlew of Amagansett and grandsons.

Guild Hall Players Plan Winter Activities

Plans were made at the December 2 meeting of Guild Hall Players to present a group of workshop plays throughout the winter at the regular monthly meetings. Jack Marshall is preparing a movie which will be filmed, using East Hampton as a background and Guild Hall Players as actors. This film, in addition to a workshop play directed by Harold Hunter will be given at the January meeting. /

The workshop productions will be produced and acted on a competitive basis, the best of which are to be presented to the public later in the

Charles Juckett, president of Guild Hall Players, conducted the meeting, showing several beautiful reels of moving pictures, including ducks and geese taken by Jack Marshal], and pictures of the West, which

Velaull's Windows Trimmed for Christmas

The window decorations at ult’s are always nice but this year

they are exceptionally pretty. This year the window is made up ini old fashioned living room. All the furniture is really antique and eludes a spinning wheel, foot-wa

rush bottom chairs, clock, samp­ler, basket three-legged stand, bas­ket and hearth broom.

The window is especially pretty . night with the lights of the win­

dow turned on and is worthy of a special trip to see it.

The windows were decorated by David Talmage and Frank Flynn.

CHILD HIT BY CARLittle Jackie Kelly, three and one-

half-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kelly, was injured at 5 o’clock Friday evening when struck by an automobile while he was rid­ing his tricycle across Main Street. The little fellow had wandered away from home with some older boys and was following them across Main Street from in front of Nelson C. Osborne’s house to the Carter House. He was nearly across the

when struck by a car driven by George Goedecke, who was driving

The child was knocked from his icycle, suffering a broken right leg id cuts and bruises about the head

and face. No charges against the r were made by the police.

EAST HAMPTON BOWLING TEAM

Flowers for Christinas, sent any- here by wire. Vetault’s. Telephone

344.—Adv.

Wide Range Of Courses Planned F or Night School

Registration Day Dec. 30; First Classes Open Wednesday, January 8

East Hampton’s adult evening school, outlined several weeks ago in The Star, has begun to assume 4ffinite form with a considerable list of courses and a staff of volun­teer instructors. Registration day has been definitely scheduled for Mon­day, December 30, when all resi­dents of East Hampton Town arc in­vited to call at the high school of­fice on Newtown Lane to register for one or more of the evening courses. The office will be open from 8:00 A. M. until 10:00 P. M in order that all who wish to take advantage of the new organization will be enabled to sign up for work. The first meeting of the school will be on Wednesday, January 8, 1941.

Instructors have been obtained for many of the courses. The program of the school at present lists the fol­lowing offerings:

Elementary Dancing, Donald Meagher; General Arithmetic, Harry Thayer; English Composition, Ethel Sherman; English Literature, Ethel Sherman; Elementary French, Ra­chel Booth; Music Appreciation, Kenneth Stowell; General Zoology, Mark Hall; Women’s Physical Educa­tion, Marianna de Noyelles; Men’s Physical Education, Bernard Clark; Typing, Olive Flannery; Shorthand (advanced), Charles Juckett; Naviga­tion, Robert Cheney; Radio and Electricity, Darrall Parsons; Train­ing Course for Waitresses, Mrs. Lud­low Raynor Jr., and Mrs. John Miller; Introduction to Machine Shop Practice, I. Y. Halsey and R. A. Corwin; Wood and Metal Working Guild, M. N. Fontana and John Marshall.

A vocal music group is planned, at it is p^hghle 1JL_. rrgpt'ugs will s arranged loi informal singing

with accompaniment rather than for any effort to put on a musical pro­duction of any size.

Warren Whipple’s course in art, being offered currently at the Guild Hall, has reached almost maximum enrollment, there being at present only one opening. Registrar for the course is Carl Reutershan.

Other courses, those in nutrition, "stretching the household dollar," arts and crafts, and photography, will be arranged in the near future,

will a training course in child e. A course in elementary Spanish

has been requested, but no teacher as as yet been found.Mrs. Morton Pennypacker has

generously offered the facilities of the Public Library for use of stu­dents in the evening school, and bibliographies for each of the courses will be compiled as soon as registra­tion determines the courses which rill actually be given.In a series of talks designed to

publicize the school George Donahue and John Meeker have addressed the meetings of several organizations

village. At the Service Club, the Cosmopolitan Club, the Men’s Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church, the Reading Club, and the Mothers’ Club interested members have made many helpful suggestions and have offered generous assistance

furthering the project.

HOT STUFF ON THE ALLEYS are these five East Hampton bowlers. Left to right standing. Eddie Phillips, Herman Flach and Waller Sheades; front row. Joe Cicero and Clifford Hildreth.

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Hospital Auxiliary Hears Annual Reports

The annual meeting of the East Hampton Auxiliary of the South* ampton Hospital was held at the home of Mrs. William Gay on Thurs­day, December 5. At that time re­ports of the various committees were given and the following of­ficers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. Morgan Topping, chair­man; Mrs. Nathan H. Dayton, vice chairman; Mrs. L. Stanley Talmage, secretary; Mrs. Nat Smith, treasurer; Mrs. E. T. Dayton, chairman of the bed committee; Mrs. Hale Parsons, chairman of the sewing committeo and Mrs. William Schaiblc, chair-

>f the fruit committee. In ad­dition to the above officers the fol-

[ were elected to represent the various committees in their respec­tive districts: Mrs. Arthur Cozzens, Mrs. Stewart Topping, Mrs. B. C. Talmage, Mrs. Nat S. Miller and Mrs. D. D. Parsons.

WINS SS0 AT MOVIESLucy Rccktcnwald, daughter of !n. Sarah Bennett Rccktcnwald, as the winner of the $50 prize given

Edwards Theatre' on Saturday night Tickets had been distributed to movie patrons all last week, and many In Saturday night's audience had large numbers of stubs; but Miss Rccktcnwald had only one ticket

vas escorted home in triumph by about 25 young friends.