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DATCHOGjUE is aliout to adopt an- * . other-child. With' the Town Board' s 0. K. on Wednesday to the approval of annex- ing West Patchogue , practically the last legal , step was taken. There re- mains only the foriViftl consent of the Village Board of Patchogue , to be oh- tained. When a family adopts a child , even though that child' s parentage and background are known , it is somewhat problematical as to how successful the venture may be. If the family that takes , in the little stranger really loves it fo* itself , makes it a part of the pircl -, 1 giving: it all the love and tender . ;.x_ _ce ' that a true offspring wouldyg-t , there is ho fear for the outcome; -But , if the child- in ques- tions adopted for reasons of personal aB^andizemient , because it will be bTOugh -;jupr ,to»work -4rid support the f^*y , w| he .6£-service around the totise . . ttierti- isL ap. to:iie always , an underlying. feeling ' -mt discontent. . . • ¦ If r :P _tteho _^e , Sri;taking into her fam ily:ihe 16i2ftfold hew member , • will treat- her just aai she has always tre_.ted;_i« ; _i_imedl_ - .te . circle , show no pretei^snce fin alloting improvements , in ' conversation regarding her , in gifts of ;entfe_ttdnnieiit f it . will be a happy cbmbinauor . ;'' . But, if as in Grea* er New¦ YbrK- ¦where ttbtotigh after bor- on _ . h . -life.b .- _ - \ added just to help to make h« _ r ihb b.gge# city in the world , Patchoi _riie 1 l- -^tB her hew population as l^ew-'Yoi-K City . treats Yorkers and BrooMyn—iike step-children , why the repatsawill hot be so happy. Patch- ogue . . {£; i .yiM&e now ,.with a vision , aahap H y ' oo ^ ojnerative ^ atmosphere. Let Bw;fci^feffiia' _n-*^oii _ /-by. spread . IhgCli^ i^meiotfc Of h armonious spiri t aihpn^W$-d)c.wh6 Kti ye been ' adopt- ed : .tiitai^er . arms , AS I SEE IT 1 By Ruby Douglas I E. A. Chilson , choir master of St. Paul' s Episcopal Church , hag arranged a ' special series of musical programs for the Christmas week-end , the fea- ture of which will he a Christmas Eve service , s tarting at 11:45 Friday night , and others will be on Christmas morn- ing in the form of a choral eucharist with another special music service on Sunday morning. Mr. Chilson has been especially fortunate in securing Dr. Ii. G. Morris , tenor soloist who broadcasts regularly from WPG at Atlantic City, to take part in the pro- gram. . . - EXTRA MUSICAL EVENTS AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH The first winter exhibition of the Associated Artists of Long Island held at the Riverhead high school last week was a.marke d success. It was open each ' afternoon and also on Tuesday evening on account of the Farm Bur- eau conference , and many of the dele- gates viewed the exhibition. • Pupils , of; the high and grammar schools showed much interest , particu- larly pleasing as it is felt the coming generation . 'heeds education in art. Principal Shafer expressed a desire for a repetition of the event next year. The attendance was fine despite the hard traveling.: ^ . Many- spoke of their special, interest iii the pictures be- cause the-work was done by artists resident among th em who had painted familiar spots. = .;¦ ' - MANY VISIT L. I. ARTISTS' EXHIBITION AT RIVERHEAD \ Early Sunday evening Joseph Fe- lice of First Avenue cranked , his car , parked on Main Street, while it was in gear and it backed into one driven by.Edward'Sommers. Later,that eve- ning Maurice Orlevitchxif Cedar Ave- nue - collided ' , with the^ roadster .of Harry Brown of South OCeahi Avenue at the police booth as Orlevitcl . was making a left turn. .- . TWO SLIGHT ACCIDENTS ; TO AUTOly!0BII , ES UPTOWN II. 0. Puttot . hits sold his lint? re.ii- tlcnce property ul tho southwest cor- ner of South Occnn Avenue antl liiiurel Street , the former Captain Mnguli-t. plnce , to Mrs. Bin-ton 'through tlm agency of Potter & Robinsons, real estate agents. The tract haa u front, age of 127 feot on Ocean Avcnuo. and runs back about 300 feet to I.o. > Ave- nue. Mr. Patton , who Is with the New York ofllce o f the United States Chamber of Commerce, has lt In mind lo move closer to the city but his plans are not complete and he ' will occupy the residence till early spring. Mrs. Bui-ton plans to establish a high class tea room there and possibly n gift shop. PATTON SELLS RESIDF.NC&- WILL BECOME A TEA ROOM Melton Honored By K. of C. Here Guest of Honor at Big Dinner Sunday Knights From . All Part* of Suffolk Hoto, \ State Treasurer and Present Him With Silver Service—High Of- ficials Present t^NIGHTS of Columbus from all **¦ parts of Suffolk county to the number of 200 or more , together with high state and national officials of the order , gathered at the Elks ' club Sun- day in the second of the big Sunday afternoon Banquet meetings of the season. Members representing the Patchogue , Bay Shore , Babylon , Cen- tral Islip, Amityville , Sayville and Port Jefferson councils convened here at f> o ' clock in the afternoon to pay homage to Andrew J. Melton of Bay Shore , state treasurer of the order and for eight years district deputy. . The dinner was given as a testi- monial to Mr. Melton and the presence of notables : in the order from all parts of Long Island and the state was evidence of the popularity and re- spect which Mr. Melton enjoys in the order. - The high point in the ovation came during the program of speeches when the Rev. Edward J. ., Dpnovan , chaplain of the Bay, Shore council and fo rmer state chaplain;-presented Mr. Melton with\ fl beautiful jsilver service set as a ' ltoken of the high esteem in whichi he-Was -held'by \ those gathered for the dinner. •• ' ¦¦ : During :I the . - . dinner - . . an. . . excellent musical-program was furnished ; and the large dining room-was tastefully decorated with] ropes of laurel draped about the; hall with wreaths p laced at regular intervals along, the walls. In the rear, directly back of the speak- ers ' table was a hug^ American flag. Following the dinner there was a long program of. inspiring -and laudatory addresses , with John J. Gleason , chair- man of the dinner committee , -acting ias toastmaster. ; ' . - • The Very Rev. James; J. Crohin of Patchogue .opened the /program; ; of speeches and was followed by the Eev. James H. a Casey of Brooklyn and Robert L. Maclntyre of iSayville , . dis- trict deputy; John V. Naber ot Buf- falo , state deputy, gave a survey of the order ' s: activities ' after which an- other interesting address was ' given by. Lawrence J. Hartley of Brooklyn , director, af - Nassau county, a special state agent of the order. Joseph M. Collins of . Brooklyn , state . secretary, opened the second-half of the speak- ers ' program and . one of \ the principal addresses \ pf the evening was given by Daniel A. Tp binj; supreme director of (Continued on Page 3 , Jthis Section) Hunters Feast on Diick and Deer Brookhaven Asso. Banquets at Bellport Supervisor Macintoih To_aitmatter— . Speeches oa Matters df Wide In- ' • terest to Sportsmen • A HALF hundred members of • the * \ >. Brookhaven • .Game . Protective Association banqueted on products of the ,wilds . and ppw-wowed long and cheerily- on thing_ *) 0;£, . eoinmon interest to sportsmen at flitm-dock' s hotel - in Bellport Saturday Hight. ' - , . ' . Supervisor Robert Macintosh , pres- ident , was toastmaster , and, the speak- ei . s were Jetome V. - Jerome of Islip, secretary-treasurer of this . organiza- tion and also secretary of the Long Island Association of • Spbrtsmcn ? s Clubs , and Dr. George Corwin of Hartford , state Veterinarian of Con- necticut. . , >. - _ Moving pictures of prairie \ chicken and duck hunting fro m lecls furnished by ' . 'Field and Stream; \ so realistic that ' they set trigger fingers twitching, furnished \i entertainment , also there was radio -music. ' .. ' ' -: Dr. Conyi n spoke: of various mat- ters of interest to hunters who desire not only , to kill but also to conserve, giving . in particular an account of the . (Continued on Page 4 , This Section) : SHAND'S . . ,- . ' . . ' ' Ne w crop, Mola_3«i has jost arrived. - . . Fines. w« have had in yo_)rs , 30c quart. —Ad v. Postoffice Men Battling With Holiday Rush Force Increased to Cope With Business Several Special Men Out on Parcel Delivery;—OulgPing -Mail Smooth But Incoming Avalanche' Present* Difficulties pPIIE big:¦ ChriBtniiis rush , that has I ¦*¦ . been nntlcipn' ed for the past two weeks , hit tho local poKtofilce with a bang yesterday norning when the huge collection., of jinaii that hntl piled up in the city over the week-end ar- rived here , for (listrihutioii. From now until the middle of next week every ' mail train Will bring in nn In- creasingl y larger jlot of letters anil package;, but the .force has been aug- mented to cope With the situation in an especially efficient manner. In general the response to , the re- quest for mailing * Christmas cards and packages early has been much more generous than , in other years and already a largo pait of the outgoing mail has been taken care of very neatly. The rush? on tho ou tgoing mail started the middle of last week and the poutoftliie is equipped, now to handle the last minute rush in very systematic manner. The lobby has been re-arranged . to insure greater convenience and efficiency. Two par- cel post windows have been provided ntid a special stamp window has been arranged for at the regular money order wjndow. The letter drops have been changed so that one will take carti of outside mfti- : and the other the purely local ; niail since this will save much handling and sorting by the clerks. / : ¦ , . ''- ' . .j,. . .. On Sunday collejctions were made at all of the bo^esi around town and three heavy mails. . were sent out of here so that the off!ce was clear of all outgoing ; wcelc- ehd mail yesterday mornin c . . ¦ ' . ¦ ia . \ ¦ ' Three parcel' - , post trucks are at work all day novy-and these are in charge of Joseph: Corley, Harold Conk- lin ahd: Horace E. ^ewihs , assisted by Cecil? Johnston , Lincoln Schmidt and Edward' ; Warhe^iMariettaa . College students home for the; holidays- On the inside Hewlett R. Bishop, Wallace Otis_ and , Philip 'Meariy; are assisting. Jn addition alt of the regular . ' clerks are working overtime -and ; the parcel, post window is ope _\ from -7:30 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening. ' ; : Due to . the large volume of incom- ing-mail only one . full daily delivery is being made this week. Aa early morning, mail . delivery is made ihroiighout the business section only each day and the-carriers then return to the office to take out the mail to the residential section , a nearly - all- day process with the increased volume ofa letters and car ds. On Christmas 'day there will be one delivery and the clerks will finish at-noon'time. jV/IRS. ROSCOE TRACY, was elected '*** ¦ president of ; the Women ' s Aux- iliary of the American Legion last night; • Mrs . Tracy was unopposed as the other candidates. , withdrew when the . nominations' were closed. The others elected are : Miss Marion 01- sen, - first:yice ' president; Mrs. Sophie St6ckholtjj|!second vice president; Mrs . Pearl Biggs; secretary, and ' Mrs. Isa- belle Coleman , treasurer. - These of- ficers . ' will- be installed at Bay Shore together ' with ' the new officers from Islip and Babylon.; I,ET HEBB AOSTIN ' ' - . . meteot iroor loitd o-otm. . Htv Tgilt Wa lo- raraaee Co. Pbon. Pstcboca* L— M T . m ' ' . Mrs. Roscoe Tracy To Head Woman ' s AuxUiary At tlm last tneetliig of tlm Patch- oRtio Fire Council exomptloa papers fur five years ' contintl ou.. service , wltlj 7ft percent, or belter attendance , were granted to Bernard Brandt , Chester Worth , Edward Rate and Edward Snyder of Urn Engine Company; Ray Myers , Arthur Albin, Clinton Hen- drickson arid Peter Seniles, of tho Vim Guard IIoso Company; nnd Ar- thur Gerard * Fred Cordon , Carry Whltlock , Joseph Wootford , John Mayor of the Union Hook & Ladder Company. THESE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN HAVE EARNED EXEM PTION Patchogue Wins a Triple Victory Defeats Sayville and River- head Outplay Say ville 32-23 in Second League Contest — Riverhead Stopped Dead in 40-8 Walkaway for Red and Black HTHREE fast stopping teams repre- V seating the Patchogue high school , outpassed , ' out shot , and out- played three supposedly strong teams on the local court Friday night in the greatest slaughter that any group of high school basketeers ever carried out in one night. There absolutely was no stopping the wearers of the Red antl, Black that night and substi- tutions galore were mad© in a vain effort to head off rapidly increasing scores ,. -but' nothing could save the Sayville Seconds from a 23-18' defeat , prevent the Sayville team from taking a 32-23 drubbing in a league game or putt ' Riverh ea d out of the-hole Pat- chogue , dumped' them in the first two quarters as the county seat boys lost 43-8. . ¦; ' .. ;. . - .. ' ' The Sayville game was by far the most interesting of the three; played during the evening ' s triple offering pf sport) and speed and again Patchogue clearly demonstrated its superiority in this section ¦ by taking its second league , contest , in . two ' w^eks. ' Several of the boys got a ' chance in /the Say-^ ville game as Coach Emery sent some of his. Riverhead;appointments iii : dpr- ing thp Sayville game to get thelit. eyer ion th«i : ia^-.et ; blit . Sa.yyiUe;:never}- seri- ! busly . r threifttened ! to ' upset Patchogue at any joint in the game; The feature of this contest were the numerous long shots by the Patchogiie lads who thought nothing of dropping one in from mid floor , or if they got Svell over oh the side they took a chance from there and more often than usually seems possible the local boys succeeded in caging, the wily ball. Buxton was- the particular star in these long shot contests and he won the majority of his tries. . . . .. ; ' - . . ; Sayville played a very consistent igame throughout but they just were not equal to Patchogue. Their pass- Work was ver y near a par with that of Patchogue but their -eyes were bad when they got hear the basket! Had the boys from the west been able to capitalize on their many opportunities on both free tries and foul shots there is little doubt that Sayville would have come nearer to; equalling the score. • ' .. ' , ', • ' - . ' • AS is the ; custom Patchogue step- **¦ ped into ah early lead and held this- lead with a bulldog grip and tenacity until . the final , whistle. Otis (Continued on Page 7 , this Section) Local H. S, Cirls Beat Sayville Friday Afternoon ' s Affair a Warm One Winner* Come Through With Only One Point to the Good-—Miss Ru- ' land' s Basketeers . Show Ctat* IN the most thrilling contest of. . the *¦ season the Patchogue ' high school girls nosed out the Sayville girls ' team by a 21-20 score Friday after- noon in the second league game of the season. ¦¦ ¦¦ It was a nip and tuck affair throughout . and neither team had a safe edge on the other 'iat any point of the contest. Even'at the last the lead constantly shifted- between the two teams ahd with two minutes to play Sayville was leading 20-19 but a basket by Ella Ge^rd just before the final whistle clinched a victory for the local girls. . ' , - ' • ' .. ' ;¦¦ One of the features of the game was the excellen t defense of Misses Pot- ter and Brown as . guards and their performance was a stellar one from start to finish. This pair have the distinction Of not having a foul called on them in the ' three games already played and this is notable since they can only guard and at no time are al- lowed to try: for the basket. Sayville stepped into the lead and then Patch ogue evened the count and thus it see-sawed back , and forth dur- ing the fi rst half with the visitors leading 9-8 at half time. Patchogue (Continued on Page ,. 2 , this Section) TAXI: PHONE 3 8 0—(United Clear Store) : Albin, Roe ft Terry- . —Adr. Collins Youngster Wins Kontest as Most Popular Skinner Boy Attains Second Place After Dizzy Climb of Votes Toward Finish - Little YanrinRton Third tn Patchogue Cla«»—Litte Puoco Ctrl From Bellp ort Takes First Ho-nor* in Oubof-Potchogue Clasi , With Blue Pointer , Latham , a Runner-up—All Will Receive. Big Cold Priitei A FTER diguing long nnd Industrlftl- * *¦ * ly among tho contents 4 of/tho heavily loaded ballot boxes in the Kutest Kiddles , Kontost hetweeri tho time the nfTah. • closed at Oyo ' cloclt Saturday evening and last night tho judgen found that llttlo Sam Collins; or to be more precise ia such « md» wontoUR matter , Samuel Collins , .Jr., of 59 Amity Street , had taken first honors. He came through about BO, - 000 to tho good over Billy Skinner , son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Boo Sklniier of South Ocean Avenue , who put up a tremendou s battle and landed in sec- ond place. Third place <these, are; Iii tho Patchogue school district class'of the kontest) goes to Robert . Yarrlhg- ton , son of Mr. and Mrs . Yartington of Academy Street. ¦ZZ ' 'ZZ ZZ-Z-Z ' \Z> The total votes of these three lead- ers are: - . ' . CollinB<; 1^158485 , ; ' - Skinner , 1 ,107390; , lYarrington , 979 , 450. \ 'So : yoii see; one had to be in the \ milllon- f aire class \ to . land one of ; the prlzeii. ; Everybody expected , to; aop; some big figures before this , thing got through. ' but -pr ob ably nobody expected the ; count . to riih up . thi_t . far. zZ ' .. .li , . \te' . Vt \ The ifii-st prize fpr . chiltlrehih Broo^;, haven town ; oulisldo • ,the .; PaichogiitS ' school'district h aa;been-iv^ Pn 'by 1 . iittlg ShirleyiFuocb of Bellportri;;;wi th -vo?: coimfr iof- 483 ,126 , whllf RTCoiidlplacei; goes to George ; Lathiitn; Jpi^ . of^liie . Point , who scored \339 , i2S(! . a . -*jie ^ eii _ thufliastlb . - 8i_p_ iorter_ t * - , pf ;¦! -Artl»Hr _^0; : ! Olson , another Blue Point bud , : scur- ried . . tip. ._$9 ,_19; . V- *_ sV _ro^ ting hi hi:.iirt Hhlrd^pl aiceiln . ' thtf/;-iion^ Patchogiie ' classy a^ Wgh . hphoi. 'butjond; in which glory alone-must satisfy; ;ns there; are [ but ^ol/out8!dpl^zi _«. - , |ja . ; ; ,;. ^n _ _g. afeter j CplHi>_ti^ t^^ ed ?75 .|iiy : gold i coin :; pn . he ) \q,}t liof||}js(, ^_ i^h_&t8;whfr?cpiSductad^ rthisl'tprit^st; to; . a^temine . the Injostjp^uhu . . clilli . drph^eV ;S^it^,y<?^ r ^te .^v^lj _ hJ^ Oi' ^b-tnce . i^.i-ibll . his Zijf «s , a:Qo^<li|fn; gold all. hialowniland little nE*rrai|. ^n- - . wfl)i;^. «1|i«c, . .^ 5- i' s , tfii^ j ' : : _lfo£y;fie£. n^^ Mi£.-5^iioco .; in \ reegghitiqn^f j ^ k» ' $i ; ' cessf til run , ¦wiU ,get . . $50^to;ca^ arid ' show . ; the Bellport . neighbors ' , . vhile?jrt>uhg vi-ath ' ^^U /j^cejyel. la-j: with wliich\:o;d9i5 _ ' ?lie^' th' ti . -il^&el^oinii -iSJf nraE^sine^hbij^l^ f^ . ' .^this:merry; Siint :>ve^ ptn^iheirt , . . -^^ stationery hnd hpvel^ ^fi \ e : phptb^apher ,; : l-in .dei _^^^^ miisic s ' toreV ^dic^te;Gldthing.Stprei, : Rll L .iMoore of !Blub\ P p iht . . Titi^elee-s tricat. and- - ;gift v sliop, ' ^velty^. -IwsS ; X_foods;C^mpanyr Maj |ng ' statioji^ Opi . ehheli_ _ ' ft;lsi . oei. . t^^ Kute . Kiddie^ Klotteshpj) r: .^csfc|^.dc Fuinittiffi .. C . hipariy, . Saberfe bateafiri; th? ? a PatehpguelaAdvancci;-; : -Ecc _^iny; Marliet ' and Kaller ' s; jewelry-store; jijV Z ' ¦ . .Thel.Yote . s were^ giye ' n-a?; coupons;, with bi-ciinary purchases in the several , , establishments , ' -; ' ahd -cpuldl vi . pt: Z'S 0l Joought separately, ' nor was; there j iny chance f eature ' ih; the fcbnteS;^ Thpsp; who won ' pri_s ' is;V. o*i' - : MJ; teined. ' '/hlg fc . places did so by : . reason ; of !^eir^li_ar|;: (Continued bitlPag.. . 8 , aThli. SecttPn)- RD. Tuttle Left Very, Large Estate Will Provides Incoihe pf $12 , 000 «i Year to Widow , Well , Known Publi- cist and Writer—-Big ' Gift* to \ Char- ity ¦•; ' ,: :• . .;- . - :.?V' :.^ \ .V ' ' ¦ ¦;:- THE will of the latt ferijnk : P; : Tut- * tie , prbininfeht . New York busi- ness man and duiker regidgtit of Bell- port , who died recently, has beeii filed in the Surrogate ' s ICourt iof S uffol k Coiihty. It is expected that- the ' es- tate may exceedI $1 , 000 , 000 ' iii •i'aliie. Several charitiei. receive 'direct be- quests liiidej- the , will arid ; if (both'i -tf testator ' s sons aire . dead , h«|ving:|no 5s^^wheh-the .^d iw .:dJi^; ' . -3-i^ M, ', . E . . . ; Church , Bedford; Ay^jiuei-ind Wilson Street ,. Brooklyn , will reebive $100 , 000 , ahd pther,;CteB-ies; would jaljo in such . case receive additioniiliy large; sums.;>.,. f . Z- Z ' , Zz Z -ZZ-u ^ ZZSZi. Z . The. ' will givtjs to.the . widow . ; Flor T ; ence G. Tuttle, \ ttid .estate^ ai Bellppi^' ¦together \ with all of \testator ' s per . oh- al effects. Tiie Brooklyn^Children ' s Aid S ; 0ciety and ihei Brooklyn Y. 'Mi C. A. are ea;ch given i$^0OQ. ; ; '4- ; \J- _ .. - _ . -lr ? ; The remainder- pi! Ihe • estate? .goes to the. , trustees , thje ; widow . and , ihe Brooklyn Trtist CpiiiRany beih^ named in . this capactiy/ and they are request . ed by the.wiil to adviseiwith a friend of the; testator , Howard O. .Wood , in the settlement of the Estate .and \ t\iit he act as counser jh all lei_raLniatters. They are to jpay , olit of the net incoihe $12 , 000 a year to the widow during her lifetime , ?6 , 000\ a yearlto: each of the twp ' ' -8 6.ui;',Fi ' ) -mk ' .D: . ' Tut . te , , ' \ir- i .v and iWiiislow -G. r _ . uttle , until each -is 21 years old , theh pay ' thein 86 , 000 a year each until they ard 30 , when the yearly payment itr . 'tda be ' . increased -to $14 , 000 for each son. When the sons reach 30 years of ' age th' ey- are ' , to be added as .trustees of • the- ' ;est&te. ¦ ¦ . ' • - . If thei- e is any'surplus but of the income it is to 'be paid to the widow. After , her death, the trustees are di- rected to divide the estate ' ' into two parts , one for each of the sons or their issue. , If both should be deceased at the death of the widow , leaying ' no issue , then $100 , 000 goes to St. John ' s Church , and \ the residue is to be di- vided into four equal parts , one each to the following: Brooklyn Y. ' -M. C. A.; Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital; Brooklyn Children ' s Aid Society ; and the Endowment Fund of Yal e Uni- versity. - ¦ ' Frigid Weathe* With Bitter Wind Make Firemen ' s Work a Severe Test of Endurance Wheel Himiin i Off Mode \tid Ladder Apparalus In Center ot VI}la ee —U tU dtr» Carried on Ho.e Truck- —Two Hour* Hard Fight Required to - ' . - ' .; - ' • Get dohlrol of Blate—Much Furniture Saved i 'S IN ono of the most spectacular fires in thi . . section In recent month s the entire- third floor of . tho home of Mrs. Joseph Bailey, at the southwest corner of South Ocean Avenue and Division Street , was dctitroyod. The fire started about 9:30 Saturday morn- ing and the remainder of the large homo was seriously damaged by water poured bit tho blazing struc- ture for the greater part of two hours. Fanned by a strong north wind and with the mercury hovering at 8 above zero the lironifen had\ to contend with both the . raging fire and bitter ele- ments in bringing the blaze under con- trol , arid it wus not until a few min- utes aftet noon that the apparatus was withdrawn from tljg scene. The fire , the origih of which has not been definitely determined , but which is believed , to have been a de- fective chimney, was , discovered by A. H. Roe Skinner while on his way -- . . uptown and he at ont-e went in an alarm from Bpx 28 that brought out the appatatu-i . in a hurry. With a biting wind harassing the fire fighters pne accident after an- other befell them to hinder them in their frigid fi(. ht with the flames. The ' . • first one occurred just south of IVIain Stree . .when the left rear drive wheel of the hook and ladder truck motor tractor broke off and only the presence f pf mirid of the drivei . l&ed Pape , who . : . ' \ brought it to a sudden stop, saved the : apparatus from toppliiig over and in- ' ¦ - , juriiig several who were on it , as well .;;. ; as blocking the other engines on their .. dash down the avenue. 1 vi - The ladders had to be removed and #takeh ; tp^ the \fire by,hbse trucks , for .jirit was One ; of;the; f_ w fires in recent . vr|mowt|_s ; wKere a ^ large number of lad- - fi-^3[er3?Were needed. The breaking off W s .jpf;;the(. wheel is \ belieyed to have been J * .)efte;tb , the.fact thah the length of the \ I 'dfiucfc' -Brakes; . it . rteaessairy; . for . it , -to SswihgT around the police bob th and v traveling &£, & high rate of speed the < wheel . wasithrown out of line as the * . truiilt suddenly righted itself on Ocean Avenue and broke off. V When tiie apparatus arrived smoke ¦¦ ¦ ' was ,pouring across Ocean Avenue and the rtdhles had broken through in sev- ¦ eralasjiptji in the front pitch of the roof over the thir d story. of the lar ge Z house.; j Oiieyiength of hose was at once'hooked \ tip but hardly had the pressu re .;started- when it burs t and . in this - . ' tteatitiiTld . another line was brought a 'iiito : service but the sudden pressure - .h_ ia _ . - burst one section of i that ' . 'H tffelt- . ' : ' . ' - '^- - ' - -:, ' , ' I '«lS: ' wis soon taken care of and f . , then ;ihe work of attacking the flames latarted in earhest, . At first (Continued on Page 4 , This Section ) w~....-j— . .. -»....., .¦ MV {. . iti fages Fire Ruins Bailey Residence I -\-Truck Wrecked on Way Ice Has Formed on Bellport Bay and If Warm Spell Does Not Offset the Cold Snap ' * Product There Will Be Early Doings THE frigid temperature of the past *¦ week-end with its biting gales from the north brought hope and joy to the members of the Great South Bay Scooter Club and. for the first time this-season they began to visual- ize the . races that are regular fea- ture during the winter months. Al- ready the bay is frozen over in many places, and each day sees- new seoot- . ers being transported to , the dock- of; the Bellport Bay Yacht Club where they are b . ing tuned , - up. and being hiade iready fer the \flirsfc f_t_e_ . of the winter. ' t • ' : The ice off the Bellport dock is fairly thick and in much abetter con- dition than it : is elsewhere ' along, the coast , and barring a period of unus- ually warm weather , Christmas day will see the-ice-covered bay alive . with. Scooters in their first' trials ' of the winter. \ ' - • / > ' - ¦ *- ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . ' ' ¦ ' The situation is especially interest ' -: ing in view ' of the fact that' rarely, is there very, cold weather early enough to:make Christinas races even a pos- sibility;. . The Scooter club has prize ' s all ready, numbers ready to assign , and rules ready to put into immedi- ate use if races Can be run. Hope for Scooter Racing Christmas THE Chamber of Commerce in ad 7 ; ' . ' . -;¦ dition to the. many functions it fulfills in the ' community ,is this year helping in the relief of the needy arid destitute of the village and already several plaintive calls-hav e been :re- ceived at the headquarters for assist- ance. .: These are being;n __ _.bercd and the .off icers of the Ohashber of Com- merce request tlmtaall; those , who ' are interested:in answering the appeals to send their checks of contributions to the secretary and those . in need will be properly cared ior. - >- . - . - - ' .. . ' • v - . - ¦¦ ¦ •- , One particularly pitiful case came to the attention of the: officers yes- terday. : The call came from an aged mother , absolutely destitute in every way, who is doing her : best to take care of a blind daughter. . Investiga- tion showed that there was not. a bit of coal or food in the house and the acuteness of the situation prompted the ' officers to ^ take immediate action. This is only, one of several cases that have, been referred .to y. the Chamber and it in tura is ref erring these cases to the attention of the people of Pat- chogue . in order that they Smay ' assist in making these unfortunate.people a bit happier and cheerier at this season of the year. - Chamber of Commerce To ' Assist in Aiding Need y At tho Emanuel Lutheran.Church , special Christina.. . day seryico will be held on Christmas inornlng, German service at 9:1.0 iihil , English ROi-vico at 10:30 , with special music by the choir at each service. Tho service oii Sun- day morning will bo in Gorman at 10:45. Sunday school Christmas ser- vice wil l bo held oh Sunday evening at 7:30 for which a very fiiie program of violin nnd organ numbers , recita- tions and dialogues by the pupils and singing of carols by the Sunday school and the choir has been arranged. At tho conclusion each member of the Sunday school Bible class , cbnflrm- ants , and tho choir) will receive a pres- ent , candy, and oranges. The church has been tastefully and beautifully festoonell and.largtv light , ed Christinas tree will adorn tho edi- fice. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these special services. CHRISTMAS dERVlCfc PLANS FOR LUTHEftAN CHURCH Yesterday morning a fire occurred at the home of Thomas Otto on Saxon Avenue/ Sayville ,. entirely gutting the third floor and causing damage esti- mated at approximately .$10 , 000. The furniture on the first and second floors was also seriously damaged by smoke and water as drily a small part of it was removed. Z - . \' .. ' ' \ ¦>¦ - ¦ ' OTTO HOME\ BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE Forty members of tho North Bell- port Sporting Club , Inc.,-held a get- together dinner Sunday evening at Ye Olde Dunton Inn , East Patchogue , where a very enjoyable program was presented. The latest songs and dance steps were given by two young men and a young lady from the Sil- ver .Slipper Supper club of New York . The summary of the club' s, activities during the past year was given by James Fnoeo , president of the organi- zation. Among the guests . of honor wero Johnny Wlls-pn , - middleweight champion and ¦ Doc Casey, trainer of Jack Delaney, who both gave a short talk on athletics. , V . NORTH BFXLPORT ATH LETIC CLUB -HAS GET-TOGETHER Ite . ^as. Jte Congregational Church AN added ceremony ^ , m> connectloit ... ; . . witii the;' special Musical; ' service- at tho Congregational Church Sunday; mornirig/ which; was- obseryedi^as phristinas Sunday, waa the presenta- tion of a beautiful- hew pulpit-Bible to the church by: Mi- i . ' .William Wright of Jayne Avenue. The former Bible had been in use for the past 46 years, just previous to the scripture ,, read- ing the Rev. - Lou is H. > Johnston made announcement of the gift , which ; , was brought \ to the pulpit by Deacon ;Ar- thur ]_. Swezey. Mi\ Johnston thank r ed the donor in a , few appro _ )riat - . i_ . marks arid then read the s - t-ipture . les- son from the new- Bible , ; -; >-; • . v - zZZz The musical program!¦ -vas^ one of the finest and most pleasingly ,.;presbhte|d of ; any of the Gliristnias;' musiciiles given lh recent years. -It featured'th e morning service, and iwas> repeated \ < in part;in ,. the\;eyening; . ' -;;.J. : - -;. ... - 'ZZZZZZd/. The . eryiee opened ,wjth an- orgari prelutle , . ''Christinas Pastorale , '' . rep . dered by Miss . Edna Jackson , fbllpwcd by a vocal solo , \The UniversaLKihg, \ by WallacefiRulaiid.: A cantata ,a f^Tho Message of the Angels , \ was the prin- cipal number- oii the musical ' prograhi and consisted of a number of solosi and beautiful choral;piec es;; The solois ts , -i. were Mrs. Frank WY iShawl.and 'Mi$!V - |?-! Isabelle VrPomah^and; the male t_ . uar .l: ; ; v; tet for this . selection ; -wa» made>up; of; zZ Clarence ' Vrbbni an;;rFTaiika W.:fShaw; at . : . Wallace Ruland --arid Si»W. ' Cp. wl«i;. - . .$; The ' : :: \Jiibilate , 'Iieo^ dwm;>^:] '$gtn0 postlude that brought tfe .; : _i«W«\i _ o . a ! MjS closer The topic of^ ^elt-^- ianinig-M^ Sf mon \by the Rev. ¦ 'Johnston . ; i was ' . ' ^Tam » *& I_ essagp p f ;chri_rti_Ms. , ' ;: .y;.4.a ;^g^0^|] - . ' • ' ; • . - . ' . ' ¦ ' . ' ' ; ' - ' . : - - . - . - \ - . ' - - - ' ¦ - ' ' .. - \ ¦ \ •• - : ;, - • ' . ¦ ¦ ' (. \ ' 'C¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦' : 'id ' - ' - : d' <ZZ r > 2>»& Z-zz- -d i\ . ; .. .:: ¦:-d :-d, : <:. . .z-*:z^mmm At tho annual meeting of tho British Club of Long Island held In the club- rooms Saturday evening the following officers were elected for tho year 1927 : Cicorgi - Chamberlain , president; Harry Truman , vice president; William * Hn_ - lcdine , treasurer; Herbert Schulze , secretary; Richard Newbery, Hugh Morton , William T. Newham and John Bryan , Harry Bal l , Sr. , board of gov- ernors; Harry Clay, trustee for three years; Thomas H. Truman , trustee for two years; George . Atkin , trustee for one year. The British club is one of , the most active social organizations in this vi- cinity, with a large and interested membership. Not only British or former British subjects are eligible to membership, but th ose of British or originally British stock , - however re- mote. Most of the members nre now American citizens. BRITISH CLUB ELECTS CHAMBERLAIN PRESIDENT
