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U. S. Building Is Now Assured For Patchogue Weeks Gets Support From Washington Will Be First Vlllng* '» S\\ ? \ ? \° Hnve Fedrtal Building—Will Protv ably Be Built Within N*xt Year or Two PATCHOGUE ia in linn- for n new federal bulldliig within the next fow years , according to an announce . mi'ii t yesterday by Postmaster Hurry T Wi'«*ks , who had just returned ttf- ti ' r spendin g n week in Washington when* ho was In close touch with thi? nowi'M that l>e und receive d assurance thnt, Patchogue is to bo the fi rst c«n- t,'|. in Suffolk County to have such nn edifice. Tills i_iter»;iiting announcement is po^iblf primarily by tho unceasing ef- forts of Postmaster Wc«. *ks to put I' atcliogue among the leaders. Thc fact that this village is to receive such consideration is further evidence of thi; growth of Patchogue and it ' s im- portance as a center in . the county. Mr, Weeks ' -p°s'* -'° n ns president of the Service Postmasters ' Association , a national organization, enables him to keep in clone touch with the high official. ' * of the postoffice department •mil other governmental agencies in Washington antl through these con- tacts lie is doing: all that he can for Pntchogue. In the past n federal building was one of the many things that came out of the \ pork ban-el\ but this . idea has been, abandone.1 antl the p-olicy of thc government , Mr. Weeks says , now , is to .give to each village or municipality whose postoCfice does a business over ,f _!0 , 000 a federal building as the time antl appropriations permit. Patch- ogue ' s postoffice is now <1 oing an an- nual business in excess of $60 , 000 and while all of the places for ' new buildings have been designated for this year Mr. Weeks has secured a place for Patchogue in- line for next year or the year following. Postmaster Weeks took the matter up with Congressman- ' Robert L. Bacon ¦who has given his heartjr -support to the idea , and the Hon. William R, Spilman , superintendent of the divis- ion of postoffice service of the post- office department , has also assured , Mt* . Weeks of his full endorsement of the idea , so the local postmaster feels certain that Patchogue will in the near future possess a fine ; government building. . . - ' . ' . ' ¦ Such a building will house not only the postoffice but also any other governmental agencies in -this section , such as the internal revenue depart- ment , branch Federal Court and oth - ers that may be segregated- here in thc years to come. AS I SEE II By Ruby Douglas . j T 1TTLE did the old-timers in Patch- J - J ogue think they would live to see the clay when , traffic lit the ether would be one of tlieir problems. Life , certainly, has be«ome a se- ries of complicated questions tumbling upon each other. We no more than get ourselves all comfortably set as to automobile traffic regulations , with new police stands , colored signal lights , parking rules , women as well as men properly licensed and actually breaking, no more laws than their magnificent brothers when , literally out of the , sky, comes another trouble. This time it is With ihe announce- ment that tke Commercial Wireless Company of New York has leased a nearby . fcl an t Ior broadcasting pur- poses. And _now we have the prob- lem before ws of making arrange- ments wi th these s trangers to . traffi c in certain ware lengths that will not ruin radio reception in Patchogue. Al- ready, Mrfl Thomas 7 1 . Doyle has tak- en measures to still the Mse caused by the sparking of the East Moriches wireless telegraph station and has had promise of relief. - , Then , comes this new contract of five years with its prospect of continual interference. The problem may not mean much to the casual news reader but to the hun- dreds of radio fans in the vlcmity and to the thinkers , whether . «fey be air fans or not , 51 is a wonderful thrill- ing question to have to ileal with. It is a privilege to live in a community where such problems maj* arise anil where they are taken uj> and discussed mid worked out to the satisfaction of everyone. More than that, it is a sev- en-days ' marvel that scientific discov- ery has made it possibl e for all of us , from earl y school age to senility, to oe m. touch with so advance d and yet so intangible a thing* & radio broad- casting. When you have to regu- late the wtives on which you wish to ten the world your troubles or listen ta rns , you are , ih tlie language of the wd who listens In , jibing some. Haley, Jailed in Rum Case , Praised f or a Heroic Rescue CTRIKINGLY Illustrative of the up« \^ nnd downs of life Is the .fact that scarcely had the news been published of Warrant Boatswain Marcus Haltiy being sent to thi . United States Nav.il Prison ut Portsmouth , N. H,, for it ys *ar for complicity In rum running than It tjrarmpirni* thut hn has been of- ficially comtaenilfid for heroism on sea duty In thr, Const Guard last Oc- tober. What effect , If any, this mny have on Haley ' s punishment In the liquor affair is not known , but the Atlvaneo in confirming- the story nt Coast 0 u ' ard headquarters in Bay Show yes- terday waa inforhn. il -thut it might somehow redound to his advantago. Presumably those interested In his case may seek a parol o after a mini- mum service on the sentence. Haley was well known in this sec- tion through his service at tho Bell- port (tn d QuogiK i stations and off Grcunport , and an a baseball play<*i* . During a period out of the Guard last fall hii was employed In the. Overlnml- Willys Knight agency here. A dispatch originating In Wanliing- ton commend* Haley antl Boatswain ' s Mate John II. McEnroe for gallantry rescuing three men from drowning; af- ter their sloop overturned off North Dennis , Mass., in a howling gnlo. Af- ter the report* of thn capsizing a pick- et bout from tlio Mnnomet station went out but its crnw failed to pick up the craft. Then word was sent to Provincptown and McEnroe with Patrol Boat 151 and Haley with No. 2<I 2 s_ >t out into the gule and.searched for hours , finally finding the boat ami inn.lowering so skillfully us to take off the exhausted men despito pound- ing sens without injury to boats oi rami. County Clerk s Oflice Does A Big Business Receipts Close To A Million Last Year Motor Vehicle Bureau* Swell* Huge Total—-Number of . Will* Filed Shows Great Increase—Other Sta- titties THE aggregate receipts in 192G' of ' the Suffolk County Clerk' s of- fice and the Suffolk County Motor Vehicle Bureau , both under direct su- pervision of County Clerk Fre d S. Pul- ver , reached $930 , 03 1 .38 for the year 1926 , and if the same percentage of increase is maintained the total for 1927 will be more than $1 , 100 , 000. The best proof of the tremendous increase in the business of the County Clerk' s office and the Motor License B ureal?, which also reflects the rapid- ity of the growth of Suffolk County is shown by the fact that the receipts of these two departments for the year 1922 , the first year Mr. Pulver served as County Clferk , totalled $348 , 421.19 , the increase in the four succeeding years being $581 , 610.10. The total receipts of these two departments for the year 1921 were $307 , 969.08 , or $622 , 062.30.less than in 192C. The ' -total '' - receip ts ' of the County Clerk' s office^ for 1922 were $43 , - 460.65 and for ' 1926 , nearl y $100 , 000 , o** to be exact , $98 , 184.47 , an increase of ?54 ,723.82, during the past four years. In l£2i _ the total receipts of the Motor License Bureau were $203 , - 907.99 and in 1926 , they totalled $612 , 798.38 , an increase of $408 , - 890.39. In 1921 the first year motor license plates were issued by the County Clerk of Suffolk County, and the year before Mr. Pulver assumed the duties of that office , tho receipts of the Motor ' License Bureau totalled only $176 , 509.36 , or $436 , 298.02 less than for 1926. Suffolk receives cred- it in the distribution of the State Mo- Ipr Vehicle*fund for all licenses issued to* residents of the county even though they are procured in another county % pOR the year 1926 a total of 22 , 040 . ' deeds were filed in the County Clerk' s office , oeing an increase of 10 , 754 over the year 1922. Last year the number of mortgages filed totalled 10 , 419 , an increase of 5, 636 over 1922. In addition to these papers there were many thousands of iadgments , satisfactions of mortgages and other papers filed , and many title , searches were made. . County Clerk Pulver not only di- rects the County Clerk' s office and the Motor License Bureau , but he is also the head of the Suffolk County Board of Elections , Clerk of the Coun- ty and Supreme Courts , of which there are seven trial terms and a number o£ special terms each year and which entails not only the drawing, of jurors but the keeping of the minutes of the cases tried and the handling of . the important details in connection with the making out of applications for citizenship papers and the Naturali- zation Court , ' :- : His management of the Motor Li- cense Bureau has-been highly com- manded for several years. County Clerk Pulver recently received the fol- lowing letter from Charles A. Harnett , State Commissioner of Motor Vehi- cles , adding his jvords of praise of the Suffolk County Bureau : , \I take tjiis occasion to. compliment you on thc very splendid manner in wh ich you are conducting your office^ as evi- denced by many commendatory letters received by me , with respect to the di- rection of motor vehicle work in your county. \ , .j The following is a detailed record of the receipts of the County Clerk' * * office and the Suffolk County Motor License Bureau covering a number of years : \TTHlS mortgage tax , which ten-years ¦*• /ago only amounted to $28 , - (Coiitinued on Page 4 , This Section) Annexation Petition Ready for Submission No Discussion Expected As Measure - Comes Before Banrd—Hess nnd Bellman Make Statements IT is expected that the petition for inclusion of West Patchogue in Pat- chogue village will lie brought , up be- fore the village board tonight , though the AVest Patchoguers never got the specific statement of n policy of bene- fits for which they asked. President Bellman told tho Advance yesterday that he could not and did not think any of the board would say more than had been said , that West Patchogue can expect fair treatment and a simi- lar advantages to any similar section . Asked about prompt contracting for a fire hydrant system he declined to amplify the statement except to re- mark that of course- water would be required in such mains as exist. \I believe in being cautious about malting promises , \ he . said , \ and would rather deliver more than I can promise, than promise more than I can deliver. \ He had in a previous interview said that the conditions of the usual water company contract provide for fire hydrants each 500 feet at least , which meets in a large meas- ure the requirements for reduced fire insurance , that the property must be within 500 feet of a hydrant. How- ever , property more than 500 feet dis- tant from a/street having a hydrant line would not benefit. It is doubtful if the West Patch- oguers will make any last appeal for assurances. The president of the West Patchogue Taxpayers ' Associa- tion , who heads the committee for presentation of the petition , said yes- terday; ¦ » ; \It might be well if those who seem to think that there -will be an exhibi- tion of fireworks. when the petition front AVest Patchogue is presented to the village trustees , shou ld bear in mini that nothing more is expected to follow such presentation than refer- ence of the petition to village coun- sel for examination and subsequent report as to its compliance with re- quirements o# the law. If found cor- rect that fact will be reported in due time to the trustees who will then cause a proposition for such annexa- tion to be submitted to the people of the village at the annual election in March . - Thus it will be seen that the ultim ate disposition of this question rests with the electors of the village. \ Union Savings Bank Has Bi g Birthday Party Held At Roe ' s Hotel After Annual Meeting All Officer* Re-elected- Fri .Uy-7-Gnin of Half Million In Deposits—Speak- ers Laud Prooress At Dinner • f LOWING tribute wns puid to tho **-* conservative , yet phenomenal progress of the Union Savings Bank nnd to the excellent stewardship of its board of trustees at the thirtieth an- nual dinner of the trustee. , of the bank which was held Friday noon at hop ' s hotel immediately following the an- nual meeting nt which time all of the officers of the lmnk were unanimous - ly re-elected. The dinner , for years un annual milestone in the celebration of the bank' s progress , was this year tho most successful and well attended of any. About it large table in the main dining room of the hotel , which wns artistically and beautifully decorated with pink roses and ferns , over 30 men prominent in banking* circles nnd other walks of life gathered to assist tho trustees in thei r birthday observ- ance. Not only wa.s Pntchogue rep- resented to a high degree by several of its most substantial citizens but numerous other centers o>f the island were represented and officials of three of New -York' s otitstantli ng financial institutions were at the table to do honor to the only savings hank in this section of the south shore. To a large measure the success and enjoyment of the birthday party was due to Mike Glynne , proprietor of the Patchogue and Bay Shore theatres , through whose courtesy an excellent program of vaudeville was presented during * the dinner. With Walter O'Keefe of Texas Guinan ' s club acting as master of ceremonies several good natured quips were passed on those present and his snappy repartee added greatly to the . good nature of the meeting. O'Keefe led off with the first act and then eame the Crane children and these charming little misses prov- ed to be vivaciousness personified as they tripped ;?bout. and sang a num- ber of pleasing numbers . Entirely un- abashed by the dignified personel about the table they scattered their youthful sunshine to every corner of the dining room and brought great ap- plause from the diners. They were followed by Thelma White who did a number of eccentric dances to tuneful melodies which she played on her ukelele and also sang two song num- bers that were pleasingly received. The final number on the concentrated vaudeville progra m was by The Vam- pires , a glittering galaxy of feminine musicians who combined band and' or- chestral pieces of both martial and jazzy airs in fine fashion which brought forth requests for several en- cores. Mr. O'Keefe returned at the end of the dinner and sang a number of other tuneful ditties before the speaking program got underway. r\R. William A. Hulse , vice presi- • L ^ dent , acted as toastmaster and after pointing to the fact that there were but seven of the original 25 trus- tees now alive nnd paying high com- pliment to President Emerson G. Ter- rell , introduced Harry B. Watts of the Bankers Trust Company of New York , who congratulated the bank on its great success and attributed it to the conservative and conscientious efforts of its board of trustees. . He , was followed by Frederick C. Metz , Jr., vice president of the Bank of New York and Trust Company who characterized the growth of tho Union Savings Bank as an.outstand- ing achievement. Nexl; was George Downing, man- ager of the Jamaica branch of the Bank of Manhattan , who declared that the Union Savings Bank was one of the few of its kind that carried such a fine proportion of deposits antl sur- plus and paid tribute to Edwin Johan- knecht , Jr., secretary, for his zeal and endeavor in connection with the bank' s growth. The Hon. Walter H. Jaycox assumed the toastmaster ' s title as he 'introduc- ed Dr. E. Agate Foster , \ president of the . People ' s National Bank aiid Dr. Foster in turn spok e in- ' very ' glowing I (Continued on Page 4 , This Section) The adjourned hearing of the Pub- lic Service Commission on tho pro- posed elimination of Pine Neck Ave- nue crossing in East Patchogue which was originally listed to include also the _ Montauk Highway crossing but which simmered down mainly to a suggestion tht Pine Neck Avenue be closed entirely and traffic somehow be taken over the Montauk Highway, will he held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o ' clock at the Town Hall. Stiff op- position to any such change is expec- ted-to be made. LET HERB AUSTIN protect your Jovcd ones. New York Life\ In Burance Co, Miotic PntchoE uo I. — Adv. GRADE CROSSING CAS!ES UP AGAIN TOMORROW Chamber Names Committee For Memorial Park 200 Accept Call to Aid in Project Much Interest and Enthusiasm Dis- played—Committee Will Work to Perfect Plans For Park improve- ment T INIVERSAL interest and enthusi- ^ asm is being shown in ihe plans of the American Legion and tho Chamber of Commerce in the improve- ment of Memorial Park. During the pgst week 200 invitations have , been sent out to representative residents of the village by • the Chamber of Com- merce , to serve on a committee that will assist in shaping up and passing on the final plans to make the park a beauty spot. Of these 200 invitations only one has been declined and that by a man whose! business keeps him in New York the greater pari of the time , but he is said to be re-considering it. With such unanimous interest the organiza- tion committee feels highly elated over the project. Prizes are to be award- ed to jth e school pupils submitting thc best plans and the matter will then be carried to the village board for its official sanction. The committee , as announced yes- terday, is composed of the following: THE* committee comprises : Jerome W. Ackerly, William H. Aid- rich, Herbert F. Austin , Humphrey Avery, J. Robert Bailey, Dr. L. J. B arber , John Barrie , Lawrence Behan , Dr. John W. Bennett , Alfred Blum , Arthur Bosch , Ludwig Brail , Gustav Brandau , Rev. George M. Brown , Dr. Frank Call , H. S, Conklin , James A. Conroy, Rev. Stephen Cottone , Rev. James J. Cronin , Albert Dayto n , Wal- ter H. Denton , Rev. Harry Deutch , Percy Eichelberge r , Capt. George J. Eiseman , Charles Fergang, John For- gotson , Dr. E. Agate Foster , Frank J. Fulirman , Honorable George H. Fur- man , Dr. Willetts Gardner , . Jo- seph E. Gerard , Sidney Gerard , Fred W. Gill , Michael Glynne , Nathan Gold- stein , Frank Guttridge , Alfred L. Hart , Ralph Hawkins , Henry Hess , Eben Hiscox , Everett Hiscox , Hon. Walter H. Jaycox , Edwin Johan- knecht , Jr. , Frank P. Johnson , Rev. Louis H. Johnston , K. G. Kaller , John Kirkpatrick , Reuben D. Krause , Ar- thur Lewis , Frank Lightbody, John Linibach , Sheridan Linn , Joseph T. Losee , Leslie H. MncRobbi p, Nelson McBride , Fred B. Newins , Dr. C. A. O'Lcary, William Oppenheim , -Dr. Frank Overton , Dr. M. H. Overton. Walter G. Overton , A. W. Page , Judge R. J. Pelletreau , Smith Petty, A . Rat- chick , Charl es W. Raynor , Dr. Willi. * Reeve , August Reich , M. H. Robinson , George R. Roe , Howard Roe , John J. Roe , Joseph O. Roe , Nathaniel Roe , Dr. William * <Koe , Arthur Rope , Fre d M. Ruland , Herman Schoenfeld , James G. Shand , Edgar A. Sharp, Ar- thur Shelbourne , Major J. P. D. Shiebler , . Morris Siege l , George E. Skidmore , A. II. Roe Skinner , James R. Skinner , Joseph Slechta , Aldeu Smith , Dr. Carleton Smith, Harry S. Smith , Wilson G. Smith , Samuel A. Smith , Arthur M. Swezey, John R. Swezey, Vernon S. Tiger , John T. Tuthill , Jr., Dr. Harry Unger , John J. Vim Pelt , Clarence Vrooman , Joh n R. Vunk , Harry T. Weeks , Rev. H. Wilson , Edward J. Woolford , Rev. Herman Zoller. Miss Ella Bailey, the Mesdames Je- rome \V. Ackerly, William H. Aldrich , Herbert F. Austin , Joseph Bailey, Robert J. Bailey, L. J. Barber , John Barrio , Lawrence Behan , John W. Bennett , Alfred Blum , Arthur Bosch , Ludwig ' Brail , Gustav Brandau , George M. Brown , Frank Call, James (Continued on ^age 4 , this section) CONGRESS PLAYING CARDS BS c .nls. Patchouiie Advance Paper Shoppe —Adv. Pulver Denies Designating Patchogue As License Center Melville Under Impression Final Action Had Been Taken Saturday County Clerk This Forenoon Sny» Ho is Willing to Designate Sub-Statloni Under Certain Restrictions—Chamber of Co . mmcrco Favored \\THE prospects of getting a Patch- ' * ogue. sub-oflico for issuance of motor vehicle licenses and plates is woefully muddled owing to tho di- vergence of statements made by Rich- ard Melville , secretary of the Suffolk County Automobile club , with head- quarters hero , and County clerk Fr«d S. Pulver. There appeared to be as- surance yesterday that the designation for such a sub-olllcft was coming through but Mr. Pulver In a formal statement issued yesterday which reached the Advance just as today ' s issue was going to press , flatly denies making any such decision, Mr. Melville told a reporter of the Atlvaneo that he had read an item in a New York daily newspaper on Sun- day stating specifically that Patch- ogue , Huntington and Babylon were to be given sub-offices , in charge of automobile clubs , and that this fitted in with what Mr. Pulver told him a few days ago. He says the county clerk assured him that he was ready to make such a move soon. Mr. Pulver ' s statement for publica- tion , goes absolutely no further than to say he is willing to have branch bureaus established under certain dif- ficult and rigid conditions laid down by State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harnett. This at least gives the ad- vocates of the change something to work on. \TN reply to the criticisms made by X a few of the \ supervisors with reference to automobile licenses wo wish to make the following statement , \ , says Mr. Pulver , and continues : \A county clerk is responsible to ' tlte Motor Vehicle Bureau for all money. He must make five typ ewritten copies ' of each license issued. r:: All hioney must be placed in the bank every day and- duplicate slips of the depos- its must be sent with each day ' s report and if there is any money short the county clerk must make good out of his own pocket. \Would any of the two or three-su- pervisors help make good if there wa$i a shortage ? \During the month of December wc issued 23 , 000 licenses and we dep osit- ed $325 , 000 in the bank. The mail we received each day was answeretl the same day with thc plates sent out. There were only three or four days that we had any line waiting and then - no one had to wait over 20 minutes. And standing at the head of tl je lino directing it I heard nothing but re- marks of satisfaction from the people as they received their plates. \Another form of this situation is that after each rush it takes a month or two to straighten out . the mixed plates. Plates are put in wrong en- velopes and people get the wrong, plates. We also receive many poor checks and it takes quite a time to (ret the money, and a few of these vye never collect. \When I spoke to the motor vehicle commissioner about this- matter he told me not to let any one give them out unless it was a Chamber of Com- merce and only then if they will put up a bond for $25 ,000. They mast also agree to make out the typewrit- ten reports and send them to me every day with the money so that we can make a complete report every day, the same as we are doing. This is the only way we could let any one have charge of giving out the plates. \We are perfectly willing to do thia and we have no objections to a change ' in the law provided we are not held responsible. \ To Make Full Study of Traffic Several Bodies Join in Aid of Long Island Aim to Get Complete Facts on Condi- tions and Urge Systematic Co-oper- ation for Improvements A COMPREHENSIVE plan for tho ¦* *• relief of traffic congestion on Long Island highways through the Borough of Queens and Counties of Nassau and Suffolk has been taken under consideration by \the Chamber of Commerce of\ Brooklyn , the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce , the Long Island Real Estate Board, New York Auto Club , ancl the Long Island Chamber of Commerce. The plan , which has the approval of W. Fre d Starks , Nassau County En- gineer , provides for the preparation of a traffic report which will defi- nitely set forth the following : 1. Arterial routes over alternative roads and bypasses through congested points. 2.. Intersections at which traffic direction signs should be located. 3. Specific instructions \ to be placed on proposed si gns. 4. Ways and means for putting proposed highway traffic routing sys- tem into operation, Such a detailed report would enable the borough , county and state officials to put into effect the proper distri- bution of traffic over the Long Island highways which would greatly facili- tate the movement of automobiles on the Island. It would include also a more intell i gent routing of n orth and south traffic to the various ferry points on Long Island, in order to re- duce as much as possible the conges- tion on the Queensboro Bridge. The use of many little known roads and streets would bo encouraged by an ef- fective sign system and traffic thus thinned out and speeded up. With the promised co-operation of borough and county officals the or- (Continued on Page 4, This Section) FOR the thirty-sixth year John A. Potter has been elected president of the Patchogue bank and foe sei-en years prior to that he had served as vice president , so that he holds a con- tinuou s record of 43 years service as an officer of the bank , At the an- nual meeting Jesse C. Mills was re- elected vice president for the thirty- sixth year and his term of service is also 43 years' , as lie was a member oi the board of directors for seven years previous to becoming vice president Fred B. Newins was re-elected a vice president while Frank A. Potter , whe has beon with thc bank for 34 years , was re-elected cashier and Archie L. Wicks , who has been with the institu- tion for over 25 years , was re-elected assistant cashier. The directors , all re-elected , are : J ohn A. Potter , Jesse C. Mills , Fred B. Newins , George H. Furman , James H. Mills , Dr. Frank Overton , John J. Roe , Archibald S. Havens , Joseph T, Losee , J; Robert Bailey, Daniel R Davis , James H. Snedecor , William H, Aldrich , John R. Swezey, Fremont B, Abratns , SI. H. Overton and John J. Van Pelt. The annual statement oi the hank shows resources of $2 , 778 , - 508.91. Potter Chosen President of Patchogue Bank for Thirty-Sixth Year Bible and Flags for New School Masons Preient Holy Writ to River Avenue Buildin g and Masonic Wo- men Give Colors for Each Room ' £~ \N Friday afternoon in the audi- ^ torium of the River Avenue school , South Side Lodge , Free and Accepted Masons , presented a Bible to the school and Old dory Chapter , Order of Eastern Star , presented a set of 12 classroom flags. The follow- ing is a program of the events: Chairman , Superintendent Sheri- dan Linn. Song, \America , \ all; introductory remarks , chairman; presentation of Bible , A. Smith Petty, past master South Side Lodge , F. & A. M.; accept- ance , Henry E. Hess , member Board or Education; Scripture reading, Mrs. Madelaine H. Terrell , principal River Avenue school; Lord' s Prayer , all ; song, \Fa ther We. Thank Thee , \ pu- pils; presentation of classroom flaps. . Mrs. Roy B. Bobbins , matron Old Glory Chapter , O. E. S.; acceptance , Henry E. Hess ; recitation , \Your Flag and My Flag, \ Joseph Cardamone ; flag salute , all; song, \Star Spangled Banner , \ all. _ , To Ask State Editors Here for Grand L. I. Tour A GRAND tour of Long Island is '** planned for the members of the State Press Association June 10 and 11 which , lacking only a formal ac- ceptance by that booty, confidently ex- pected from its convention in Syracuse this week , will bring a host of editors and publishers here to see the \Bless- ed Isle , \ under conditions they will long remember and much relate. The Long Island Press Association is fostering the pilgrimage , - on a sug- gestion of John T. Tuthill , Jr., editor of the . Advance , who with Hal B. Ful- lerton of Medford , President H. F. Austin and Secretary A. W. Page of the Chamber of Commerce , and Busi' ness Manager Martin of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle , will carry the invitation to Syracuse. A special free train on the Long Is- land Railroad to Patchogue and Mon- tauk , complimentary entertainment at the Fisher hotel there , probably a trip to Coney Island as guests . of the Eagle , and certainly a dinner at the New York Times plant as guests of the firm are features of the invita- tion. TAXI: PHONE 3 8 0— (Onltra Clear Store) Albin , Boe & terry —Adv. One might hnvo thought , with all tin* stir , that, the Kuteat Kid. dli's K.oiit.w t held in the closing wiit'lts of the old year hud settled for a long tiim* tho question of who is tin- cutest and most popular child hereabouts , but not so. There is still n doubt, Some took too long milking up their minds to enter and tlion considered it too lute. Some wen. ' sick and couldn 't. .Some think people may hnvo changed their minds a bit already. Anyhow , it group of merchants have made up their minds to conduct another contest , which is to start February I nnd end March 12. This is to hi. open to all children iu Brookhaven towit and also in Islip town ns far ns and including West Sayville , Bohemia and tho western Lake Roiikonkonm locality. There are to lie four cash prizes for Patch- ogue , $75 , $.10 , $25 and $15 , antl three for contestants outside Pat- cliogtie , $50 , $25 antl $15. sfOTsra naarawuK^^ TUNE IN , FOND MAMAS- ' —- ANOTllKIt UAUY CONTEST Tlio continued rains of last week plus much water from melting snow resulted in a small flood on Cedar Avenue near Mulford Street , where the water thorn bucked over the Hide- walk on the west side and into the yards ' of four of the property owners, In ouo case the children could not get out to get to school except by crossini; a neighbor ' s land , and when friend neighbor prohibited the children us- ing her yard the shut-ins decided it was time to carry their troubles to the authorities. ¦ Accordingly fivo residents made it a point to inform Village President Bellman and he assured them that ho would do his best to alleviate matters. Yesterday morning when the weather hud cleared off ho got out with some of the street force , and the sidewalks , which are of ashes , were raised to a higher level and two catch basins will be installed to prevent another flood. EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR CEDAR AVE. FLOODING
