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OLD FIELD — One ma n drowned and another , an Ep isco- pal clergyman , managed to swim about 500 feet to shore after the 10-foot rovvboat from which they were fishing capsized on Long Island Sound heie last Thursday. Suffolk County Police identified the victim as Felix J. Beck , 49 , of Christian Avenue , Stony Brook. His body was recovered b y grap- pling hooks about two hours after the accident , which happened at approximately 7:22 p. m. Police said the clergyman , the Rev. John P. Mutton , 52 , pastor of the Caroline Episcopal Chuich of Brookhaven , Strongs Neck Road , Setauket , told them they were in the act of changing seats in the boat when it tipped, tin owing him overboard. He said Mr. Beck tried to pull him back into the boat , but it capsized. Both then decided to swim for it. They had covered about 400 feet when the clergyman discover- ed that his friend , had disappeared. The Setauket Fire Department rescue crew was sumoned by a passerby as Fr. Mitton continued swimming to shore. The crew ar- rived just as he was getting out of the water. Also called were the St. James Fire Department am- phibious boat and a Coast Guard helicopter. \I saw your ad in the Ad- vance. \ —Adv. 1 Man Drowns , Another Survives After Boat Sinks Pearl Buck to Speak At PJ Rotary Meet PORT JEFFERSON — The well-known Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning author , Pearl Buck , will be guest speaker at the noon meeting of the Port Jefferson Rotary Club Monday. Meetings aie held m the Wedgewood Room of the Elk Hotel. Accompany ing M>ss Pack will be Ted Damelewski , who is directing the movie ver- sion of her novel , \The Bi g Wave. \ ^ X **** * ¥ i20ifa \ \We Are Proud mvmsm to Observe the 20th Anniversary is©! J ? of Uni ted Sta tes Savings Bonds.. \ ¦ Yes, as bankers , we are proud to mark the 20th birth d ay of U.S. Savings Bonds . . \ . happy that throug h the years t • we have helped make Savings Bornds one of the most popu- j lar investments in his£p ry* V J Look around you. Look at the new homes .T. the larger [ college enrollments ; -. . the people living in comfor table retirement. : ? All this has been made possibl e through the savings of millions of Americans — and a substantial part of those j savings has been in U.S. Savings Bonds. Today Americans I own over $43 billio n in Series E and H Bonds alone ! i ; , - ! Wh y their popularity ? Because they ' re one of the world' s safest , surest investments — guaranteed b y your < ' 1 Government, + - I * And even as you hel p yourself , in purchasing Savings ^ Bonds you hel p maintain America ' s economic strength — : strength to keep the peace and the freedoms we all cherish, * ' - t As always , our bank will continue to serve you without obli gation in the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. To U.S. Savings Bonds we say \Happy Birthday — may « you continue to strengthen America. \ k. y BUY U.S. SAVI NGS BONDS iBMHMta ^BriM^M^^W^^^iUUMMMMMMM ^^ OL Jf 0OD1CS NATIONAL BANK OF PATCHOGUE 115 EAST MAIN STREET VSE OUR DRIVE - IN WINDOW OV OAK ST . GRover 5-4700 At Rear of Bank Building NORTH PATCHOGUE MID-ISLAND O FFICE Sunrise Branch — 100 East Sunrise Highway Route 25 , Seldcn Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Member Federal Reserve System \You 'll love Them.: M YOUNG PA RAKEETS teach them to talk easy to finger train $| 98 Unusual Entertainer — They climb , they play. These sturdy birds make wonderful pets , lovable companions. Simple to care for and easy to train. ALWAYS KED /^*SS\ HARTZ MOUNTAIN / ^$^ ' , BIRD FOODS. / S y JB IJI ^51 W. T. GRANT O). PATCHOGUE Open Monday night to 9 Friday Night to 9:30 TED PILG E R'S - \Thought for the week\ ^jjk We write and service LIFE INSURANCE , F - ^S f have you a question? §P^ ^CMiKL • INSURANCE • REAL ESTATE always call | jy| Jj |B^ PILGER AGENCY fg ¦W^ 218 Medford Ave. Patchogue __ flw r \ WB K. - T M BH B j SENSATIONAL I Pre-Season Spring Sale i I. . i..— i ! Buy Direct from Manufacturer and Save $ $ $ ! Storm Windows W^k Storm Doors JlSffiI& ! Mc RA E BROS. ^ TO I I 410 West Mai n Street Patchogue jp& <*»^ \ J E GROVER 5-4200 GZQJdi &rC3 j AD FACTS #43 E. & P. reports that news- papers in the U. S. and Can- ada reject advertising worth millions of dollars each year because it does not meet stan- dards of \truthfulness and good taste. \ The Long Island Advance Read by Every Member of the Family 1W. W HHL ^ - -1 . ^ L. ^ L ^ L W L W L.«L.WL W U . < UW CUSTOM or READY-MADE • DRAPERIES • CURTAINS • BEDSPREADS Service , Quality Selection Our ideas are yours for the asking ^HHMHV ^H^^^ M^ SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MOTHER A GIFT FOR THE HOME DALE'S 36 E. Main St. Patchogu e LAKE RONKONKOMA — Suf- folk Countv Community College will conclude this vear ' s Festival of the Arts with the previtation of an illustrated lectin e b y Sh\l- don Keck , eminent art authoi it/ and conservator of Painting at the Brookl yn Museum. Mr. K< ck' s le c- ture is entitled: \Paintings in the Laboratory, Vioir h \a'nination and Conservation , ' aii' vill be de- livered in the auditoiium of Sa- chem 11 i jjc h School , Lake Ronkon- koma at 8:30 p. in. Tuesday. TO BE SI CTESSFl I. — ADVERTISE Community College Slates Illus. Art Lecture Tues. A 29-year-old Bellport ex-con- vict , allegedly the leader of a three-member stick-up gang called the \Untouchables , \ was senten- ced to a 2 and one-half to 1(1 year Smg Sing Piison term , Fri- day in Suffolk County Court. Police had charged William F, Walsh , of 1 Second St., Bellpon. along with a boy and a girl , pul- led a series of armed robberies last October in the Shirley-Mas- tic-Patchogue aiea. WaLh , who has a previous felony conviction of burglary, was the ring-leader , according to police. Friday in County Court , .J udge Henry Tasker , noting Walsh' s previous conviction , imposed the stiff Sing Sing prison sentence. In other court action Friday, Wayne Emoiy Dell , the 22-year- old ex-Air Force man , accused of the brutal slaying of former Riv- erhead Supei visor Joseph V. Kelly, entered a plea of not guilty to charges of second degree murder , two counts of larceny, and car theft. Judge Tasker set bail for Dell at $25 , 000 , and remanded him to jail to await trial. No trial date has been .set. Police said Dell brutally stabbed Kelly to death in his Riverhead apartment on March 28 , then stole his car and fled to Baltimore. Dfd l was picked up three days later in Baltimore , returned t o Suffolk b y detectives , and then confessed to the killing. B e ll port Ex-Con Gets 2V2 to 10 Sing Sing Term ARTHUR EDWARD SCHOEN- ER , SR., 72 , died Monday at Brook- haven iViemonai Hospita l . He had be* _n a resident of Main Street , Center Mo.iciies , since 1937. He was born in Brookl yn and was a retired poultiy iaimer. Survivors include his wife , Ruth of Center Moriches; two sons, Ai- thur , Ji., of Moriches and Georg e of Center Moriches; two daug h- ters , Mrs. Ruth Tonke of Center Moriches and Mrs. Janet Craft of Dover , N. J.; a brother , Harry of Garden City; a sister , M rs. Maude Zimmer of Richmond Hill and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p. m. today at the Moriches Funera l Home , Center Moriches , with the Rev. Joseph B. Livesay officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, East Moriches. WILLIAM AUGUSTU S THO- MAS , 90 , died May 4 at the Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx. He was a resident of 1072 Grand Concourse , Bronx , and was a re- tired railroad man. Born in Center Moriches , he is survived by a sister , Phoebe Took- er of Center Moriches; two ne- p hews and one niece. Graveside services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday with the Rev. William Waters officiating, at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, East Moriches. Funeral arrangements were by the Moriches Funeral Home. MRSL ELIZABETH NEMEC, 74 , of Middle Island Avenue , Medford , died Sunday at Brookha- ven Memorial Hospital. Born in Czechoslovakia , she was a resident here for 46 years. The widow of Stephen Nemec , she is survived by three daughters , Mrs. Josephine Planes of Port Jef- ferson Station , Mrs. Mary Glover of Medford and Mrs. Helen Foster of Patchogue ; two grandchildi'en and three great grandchildren. The Rosary was recited at 8:80 p. m. Tuesday at the Robertaccio Funeral Home. A Requiem Mass was held at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at St. Sylveste r ' s R. C. Church with the Rev. Peter Flynn officia- ting. Interment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Coram. MRS. ERNA HABERSAAD , 68 , of Wagner Road , Medford , died Saturday night. Boin in New York City , she lived here for nine years. The widow of William Habersaad , she is survived by a daughter , Mrs. Doris A. Teipel of St. Clair Shores , Mich.; and a sister , Mrs. Elfreda Garthe of Rlainfield , N. J. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. today at the Robertac- cio Funeral Home , the Rev. Lam- mert Redelfs of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior officiating. Interment will follow at the Flush- ing Cemetery, Flushing. MRS. MABEL T. GENTHNER , died unexpectedly yesterday at her residence , 26 Wood Avenue , Pat- chogue. She was a teacher at the Bay Avenue School for many years. She was the widow of the late Jo- seph J. Genthner who died Janu- ary 23. She is survived by two sisters , Miss Margaret M. Thornton of Woodstock , Ontario, Canada , and Mrs. Anabelle Friend of Cleveland , O.; and a brother , Edmund Thorn- ton of Woodstock , Ontario , Cana- da. The body is reposing at the Pett- it Funeral Home. Funeral arrange- ments will be completed today. ROBERT A. TUTTLE , 94 , died May 2 at his home on Montauk Avenue , East Moriches. He had been a resident of the Moriches Bay area all his life and a resident of East Moriches for the past 34 years. He was born in Eastport and was a retired building contractor. He was an active member of t h e East Moriches Presbyterian Church and also the Men ' s Club of the church. He was also a mem- ber of the Hunter ' s Garden Asso- ciation. Surviving are a son , Alvah L. ot East Moriches; a daughter , Mrs. George M. Smith of East Morich- es; four grandchildren , William A. Puttie of East Moriches , Donald R. Tuttle of East Moriches , Mrs. Bar- bara T. Howell of East Moriches and Mrs. Patricia T. Rumph of Shinnecock Hills; 12 great-grand- chil'dren ; three great-great-grand- children; a brother , Hubert B. Tut- tle of Speonk. and a sister , Mrs. Lettie Ketcham of Eastport. Funeral Services were held at Herrmann ' s Funeral Home Center Moriches , at 2 p. m. Friday with the Rev. Gordon Graham Dickson officiating. Interment followed in Eastport Cemetery. I MRS. i* :< NETTE V. EMMA , 52 , af 257 Woodacres Road , Bellport , died Tuesday at Brookhaven Mem- orial Hospital. Born in New York City, she lived in Bellport for the last five years. Her husband , Joseph , died in 1958. She is survived bv three sons , Robert J. of Be 'lpoit , Richard R/ of Patchogue and Edmund J. of Bellport; two daughters , Mrs. Dan- iel Williams of Levittown and Mis;- Victorine Ann Emma of Bell port; her mother , Mrs. Marie Perion of Pleasantville , and two sisters , Mrs. Richard Holmes of Norwich , N. J. and Mrs. Milton Horton of Pleas- antville. Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p. m. today at the Robertaccio Funeral Home. A Requiem Mass will be held at 9 a. m. tomorrow at St. Josep h the Woiker R. C. Church wi th the Rev. Jere Dineen officiating. WILLIAM GROBEN , 73 , of Middle Country Road , Centereach , died Monday at his residence. Born in the Bronx , he was a res- ident of Centereach for the past 33 years. He operated a blacksmith shop in Centereach until 1949 , when he retired. He is survived by his wife , Ade- le; three sons , Peter , Paul and William , all of Conteieach , two daughters , Mrs. Adele Schoterman , and Mrs. Marjorie Zsenbery; 15 giandchildien and one gi eat- grandchild. Rosary services were at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Regan Funeral Home , Jericho Turnpike , Center- each. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, R. C. Church , Centereach. Interment followed in St. Patrick' s Cemetery, Smithtown. OBITUARY NEW OFFICERS were installed by Mastic Beach Fire Department at installation ceremon- ies held at hrehouse April 29. Installed in office were , left to right: Albert Harrison , first assis- tant chief; Russell Riker , chief; Joseph Som- mers , installing officer , and Angelo Nocciolo , sec- ond assistant chief. —Advance Photo TRY OUT of new light truck recently obtained by Mastic Beach Fire Department is made by Chief Russel Riker. Truck is fully equipped to provide \daylight\ conditions for fighting night fires and takes its place vith latest type firefighting equipment used by Mastic Beach department. —Advance Photo ' MASTIC BEACH—The annual insinuation oi omcera and depart- mental inspection of tne iviasuc jj>eacn Fue j Jepartment took p.ace at the inehouse on iNeighooinood jxoad las t Saturday night. Fo.lowing the pledge to the Hag, the invocation was said py tne itev. Aured Zauig, vicar of bu ^.nurew s episcopal Lniuch hexe. inspection was conducted oy Jme Commisbioneis Jameb Lagumio and Fred i raxel , Sr. Russell Riker was installed chiei by the .board ol Fire Com- mis.sioneis Chan man Joseph bom- mei' a, Albert liarn&on was install- ed as first deputy by Commissionei James .Lagumis , and Angeio Noc- ciolo , as second deput y bv Commis- sioner Frank Rink. Commissioner Fred Traxel then instaneu Bnan Murp h y as cap tain oi Company One; J oseph Sommers as captain of Company I' liree and l'aul i J resta as captain ol the Res- cue Squad. Richuid Kriete , iirst lieutenant , Company One; Anthony J. Can- nova , lirst lieutenant , Company Tnree; Josep h Schaeiier , second lieutenant , Company One; JPeter Coicoian , second lieutenant , Com- pany Tluee and Clarence Hartman , lirst lieutenant , Rescue Squad , weie installed in their lespective offices by Commissioner i3en Siri- ani. Special guest Justice of the Peat e , Erling A. Lai sen , then pro- ceeded; to install Joseph Sommers as recording secretary for his seventh term , William Dondiego as ti easurtr for his second term and Josep h Schaeffer as financial secretaiy for his second teim and Walter Planz as seigeant-at-arms. Peter Coicoran and John L. Ci- belli were installed by Commis- sioner Josep h Sommeis , each to a three-year term on the Board of Directors. Chief Riker was also the reci- p ient of a presentation on behalf of the Laches ' Auxiliary of the department , made by President Mrs. Doll y Nocciolo. The dinner committee was head- ed b y Antonio Cannova , assisted by Joseph Sommers , Angelo Cala- brese , Sr. and chef in charg e , Jos- eph Luisi. Ex-chief Thomas Farra was master of ceremonies for the eve- ning and other special guests in- cluded Dr. Frank Calabro , depart- ment surgeon. MB Fire Dept. Installs Officers COWBOY ON THE MOON operetta is rehearsed by children of Emanuel Lutheran School , Patch- ogue. The operetta is set in world of fantasy and will be presented at 8 p.m. tomorrow and at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Emanuel Lutheran Parish Hall on Main Street in Patchogue. See story on page one , editorial section. —Advance Photo The Senior Prom , which is en- titled , \Floral Fantasy, \ will be held tomorrow night in the Pat- chogue Senior High School gym- nasium. The affair will take place from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Jimmy Lo- tito ' s orchestra will furnish the music for dancing. I SENIOR PROM I DINNER-DANCE—The Suffolk Count y Democratic Committee will hold its annual gala Spring dinner and dance Saturday night at the Canoe Place Inn , Hampton Bays. Guest speaker of the affair will be Josep h P. McMurray, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Other notable guests will be State Comptroller Arthur Le- vitt , Senate Minority Leader Jo- seph Zaretzki , State Senator Jo- sep h R. Marro , Supreme Court Justices Bernard Meyer and Henry M. Zaleski of Riverhead , State Democratic Chairman Michael Prendergast , Nassau County Dem- ocratic Chairman John English , Congressman Otis G. Pike , and County Executive H. Lee Denni- son. Southold 1 o w n Democratic Chairman Patrick F. Gorman an- nounced that tickets may be ob- tained from him by calling Pecon- ic 4-6106 , from County Democratic headquarters , or from any of the Democr atic Chaiimen from the Suffolk townships. The deadline for reservations is today. Mr. Gorman said dinner , which will be prime ribs of roast beef , is to be served at 7:30 p. m. An over- flow' crowd is expected to attend this annual gala fund-iaising af- 1 fair , Mr. Goi man said. •1 -i . THE NEWLY FORMED New- field Demonatic Club of Selden , met in Bob' s Biass Rail , Middle Country Road , Selden , Saturday night. Officers of this organization are : Mis. Edna Catalano , presi- dent; Mrs. Marilyn Woehrle , vice president; Jeny Cannon , reeoiding secretary ; Mis. Julia De Torre , ti easui'T; Mi s . Fiance- Hill , I' m- 1 ancial secretary; Frank Matteo and Manuel De Torre , trustees; and John Catalano , sergeant-at-arms. Meetings will be held on the first Saturday of every month , at 8 p. m., in the private dining room of Bob' s Brass Rail , Selden. * =r. * MEETING—The Frank E. Ran- some Republican Club of North Patchogue will meet tonight at the Community Club on Greene Aven- ue. v The annual rummage sale will be held at 203 East Main Street , Patchogue , beginning Saturday, and continuing through May 19 , from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. f * * OEMS TO DINE — Joseph P. McMui-ray, chairman of The Fed- eral Home Loan Bank Board , will be the principal speaker at the Suffolk County Democratic dinner Saturday at Canoe Place Inn , Hampton Bays. Suffolk Democratic Chairman Adrian Mason announced that the high-ranking official of the Ken- nedy administration will head a list of government and party of- ficials at the affair. Present on the dais in addition to Mr. McMurray will be Con- gressman Otis Pike , Comptroller Arthur Levitt , State Senator Jo- seph R. Zaretski , State Senator Joseph Marro , Supreme Court Judge Bernard Meyer , Supreme Court Judge Henry Zaleski , NY Democratic Chairman Michael Prendergast , Nassau County Dem- ocratic Chairman John English , Dr. Francis O'Neill , director of Central Islip State Hospital , and assistant to the US Attorney Gen- eral Edwyn Silberling. In addition to the visiting state and national officials , County Ex- ecutive H. Lee Dennison and Su- pervisors William Leonard , Robert Brady, Robert Flynn , August Stout , Jr., and William Bain will be present. * * * HOLD MEETING — The Lin- coln Republican Club held its re- gular monthly meeting May 8 at the Suffolk County Republican Clubhouse in Blue Point with Zach Z. Zaharakis presiding. Under discussion was \Will the communists conquer the United States by 1973 ?\ Frank Siebold of Patchogue was guest speaker. 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