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Meets Stiff Opposition: RIVERHEAD—No action was taken b y the Board of Super- visors hero Monday on County Executive II. Lee Dcnnison ' s request for authority to apply for a federal loan of $500 , 000 to be used for preliminary surveys for a county-wide sewage system. Mr. Dennison last Thursday announced he would seek the auth- orit y IVfiin til * . hoard fin i\Tnnd:iv. ? > ~———¦ \i \H' r the hoard meeting the coun- ty evo-utive said the supervisors wanted more information on the federal <¦ ¦< - • \ ernment' s participation in the project . Mr. Dennison said ho would fl y to Washington this week to dis- cuss the project with federal of- ficials , return with the information and discuss it with the supervisors at their next board meeting July 2-1 . The count y executive claims Suffolk must start immediate p lan- ning for comp lete M wage dispos- al facilities at lea -d ' \ or the five west e. 'n townships. His stand is meeting stiff opposition , partieu larly from Babylon Supervisor Ar- 'hur M- Cromart y, -Wi o is count y GOP leader, and from the east end supervisors. The request for the loan from the government to be interest fi ee. is onl y the fi rst fc tej ) , Mr. Dennison said. The preliminary sur\ eys would take two years to complete and would be done by private consulting engineers , Mr. Dennison told reporte rs. He admitted he has no cost fig- rres available for a sewage sys- tem county-wide , hut said that Nassau Count y has spent $250 , - 000 , 000 on its sewage system in recent years and is onl y half done. Nassau is about the size of Brook ha ven Township. Mr. D( unison envisions various s°wer dist /icts being set up, with the districts paying their own way. \The county would not pay for il e sewage disposal facilities , \ Mr . Dennison contended. Mi. Cromart y said there are Hil' too many unanswered ques- t ' ons. He wants to know if the sew- er- , can actually be built with fed- eral funds, what use can be made of sewer districts alread y in ex- Continued on page 6 , this section Exec Asks For $ to Start County Sewage System Chimp Heads em Off at Pass Bongo Player , Finger Painter: GETTING SET to \head \ em off at the pass \ is Sammy, chimpanzee owned and trained by Mrs . AJit a C. Wescott of 80 Shaber Road, Patchogue. Practice session on Shetland pony took place at school of horsemanship operated by Mrs. Vera Ward of 3S2 Gillette Avenue , Bayport , who has been g hing Sammy lessons . —Advance Photo by Martin By Joan Lalosh A bongo-p lay ing, finger-paint- ing chi'upanze\ is now taking horseback riding lessons . The chimp is \Sammy \ , owned and trained b y Mrs. Alita C. Wes- cott of 80 Shaber Road . Pat- chogue. The apt pupil is learning from M' rv . Vera Ward of 382 Gil- lette Avenue , Bayport. who pri- vatel y teaches horsemanship. Besides riding horses , Sammy can do flips and somersaults. He takes baths regularl y with plenty of soap and brushes his own pearly teeth. He wears children ' s clotne- and white wa ki • . - . <•• sho\s except when he rides . Ihen he wears leither riding boots. | Sammy is a companion and a ' gentleman. He sleeps in his own bed , goes shopp ing with his owner and smiles for and kisses his visi- tors (including me). This is Mrs. Wescott ' ? seventy- third chimp. She has also worked with lions, snakes , hamsters and raccoons , among a variety of crawling, walking and flying ani- mals. It all started back in li)52 , when she and another teacher de- cided to open a zoo to supplement their teaching income. A Third-grade teacher at Bay- port Elementary School , Mrs. Wes- cott is a graduate of Colombia Teacher ' s College , holds a master of science degree and is presently working f or her doctorate. She has a daughter residing in Len- nox. Mass., and two grandchildren. When she taught in Portland , Me., she appeared on TV channel WGAN Portland , with her ani- mals and also used them for ani- mal kingdom lectures. In Bayport school , they are an educational and delightful supplement to Mrs. Wescott' s science classes. With collaborator Mrs. Carlotta Scott , a teacher at Bayport School , she is doing a series of picture- storv books for children. One en- titled , \What Is A Rodent?\ will come out in the late Fall. Because Mrs. Wescott is spend- ing the Summer i n Maine. Sammy ' s ridin g lessons will be discontinued until their return in the Fall. And after Sammy is full- Continued on page 7 , this section MAKING FRIENDS is Sammy ' s constant aim in life. He espe- ciall y loves Mrs. Wescott , who is teaching him to be a bongo player and linger painter and recently started him on horseback riding lessons. —Advance Photo by Topol District 11 Is Resubmitting 3 Items to Voters Registered voters of Middle Coun i > ' Central School District 11 (Centereach-Selden) will vote Septembe r 19 on three proposi- tions which were defeated June 27. The decision to resubmit the propositions was made Monday by Jie district ' s board of education. Sixteen teachers were also appoint- ed. Voters will be asked to approve Proposition 1 , which cai s to: 1 purchase of 23 Va acres of land and construction of a new elementary school at an estimated cost of $1 , 233 , 750. Under Proposition 2 the board asks for approval of the expend! ture of $250 , 000 for purchase of additional equi pment for the junior high school . Proposition 3 stipulates the spending of $47 , 570 for renovation of Wood Road School. \There can be no cutting down of these figures , \ said W. I. Fied- ler , supervising princi pal. \These are the minimum amounts that we need for these programs. \ State Aid Mr Fiedler said all the money for the three propositions will be available in state building aid and no increase is antici pated in the tax rate. For the coming school year , Mr. Fiedler said , the district ex- pects to have 5 , 136 students , an increase of 560 students over the June 30 figure of 4 , 476. New elementary school teachers will be Paula Aaronson , George Benson , Niles Carlson , Ralp h Draves , Kenneth LaValle , Sandra Nash , Maria Predonzan , and Ernest Skolnik. Teachers in other areas are Julius Glass , psycholo- gist; Doug las Hainka and Warren Hoffman, science; Francis Woel- fel , physical and driver education ; Robert Fischer , Eng lish ; William Kashdan , math and science and Hugo Rasmussen and Michael Dal y, social studies. Jck cSc I F W!liiP\« i H l WlSI-A iira£t 1*A£* ^¦^ ^ iHL ii^P H ^»k. B ^B 9 9 fl ^fci^ 9 B i_f 9 9 9 ^ B ^ 0 w av ^B ^n ^g^ Into Village of Collegeville , Barraud Challenges Town Bd. To Let State Decide Surplus By Tedd Determan Republican Superintendent of Hig hways in Brookhaven Town- shi p, Charles W. Barraud , yester- day challenged the all-Democratic town board to prove that he doesn 't have the budgetary surp lus he claims to have by calling in the State Department of Audit and Control for a special account- ting. At the same time , he fur- ther challenged an accounting of the town board' s records. The unusual challenges by Mr. Barraud followed a leng thy report b y Town Comptroller Ral ph Mac- key made before the town board in its Tuesday meeting which charged , in part , that Mr. Barraud has made \ questionable purchases of substantial quantities of mate- rials \ and has failed \ properl y to identify several large alleged \ i960 claims approved for payment in 1961. \ Earlier in his report , Mr. Mac- key expressed \ resentment of the remarks nnde publicly to this board and the press \ by Mr. Bar- raud. Last month , Mr. Barraud ac- cused Mr. Mackey of issuing \in- accurate and misleading \ balances. But yesterday ' s statement by Mr. Barraud was the latest in a series of moves and countermoves between Mr. Barraud and the town board , including Mr. Mackey. The maneuvering started several months ago when Comptroller Mackey submitted a report , which was read by Supervisor August Stout , Jr., stating that Mr. Bar- raud carried a surp lus from last \ ear ' s budget which was over $270 , 000. In making the accusation , Mr. Stout charged that such a large surplus would indicate that Mr. Barraud has been wrong when he has continuall y told the board that he hasn 't had enoug h monies for certain projects soug ht b y mem- bers of the board. Mir. Barraud denied that the figures were correct and claimed Ihe following week that his surp lus figures were correct. They showed a large discrepancy from those is- sued by Mr. Mackey. A week after that , Mr. Stout asked Mr. Barraud to submit a record of his accounting on the surpluses , which he did the fol- lowing week. That was two weeks ago. Now this week , during the aft- ernoon session of the board (Mr. Barraud only attends the morning sessions), Comptroller Mackey made a report to the board claim- ing that Mr. Barraud failed \ prop- Continued on page 5 , this section East Moriches Voters Reject School Study Ormsby Comments on Action: EAST MORICHES—\Consolidation may be effected by a vote or order of the district superintendent. The second method can be implemented without a study. \ This was the reply of Walter M. Crmsby, superintendent of the second supervisory district , to East Moriches School district voters ' overwhelming rejection Tuesday night of a school district reorgan- ization study. The voters ' action came at the annual school district meeting. \The peop le do not want to change the status that has exist?d . vj ...,.,e ic ' u . HI . orms- by. Drawn by the proposal of possi- We .fi reworks over school reorga- nization , more than 80 residents of D : strict 34 converged on East Moriches school to debate and vote down the proposed study. Accepted by a 64-9 margin was the proposed 1961-1962 school bud- pet fi gure of $137 , 669.00 . Increases in tuition to high schools in neigh- boring communities , instructional service expense increments , greater transportation cost and an in- crease in health service costs at near-by parochial schoo ' s largely accounted for the incieasc in the 1F61-1962 of better than eig ht pel cent over last year ' s $126 , 121.00 , Arthur M. Lane , chairman of the meeting said. The 1961-1962 tax Continued on page 4 , this section County Turns Down Station Maintenance LIRR Makes Proposal: The Suffolk County Board of Supervisors Monday turned down a proposal by the Long Island Rail Road that its 55 passenger stations in the county be maintained by the local municipalities. At the same time the Nassau Board of Supervisors approved a SMo^.Ouu expenditure to maintain ' the LIRR' s stations in Nassau County. The State Legislature at its last session approved a tax relief bill for the railroad and granted local municipalities authority to main- tain the stations at their own ex- pense. The p lan in Suffolk to maintain the 55 stations would have cost $388 , 000 per year. Each town or village with a station would have paid for the maintenance with the county acting as bookkeeper. The resolution adopted by the board said that none of the munici- palities in Suffolk felt they should pay for the cost. Only Bab ylon Town Supervisor Arthur M. Crom- art y, who is county Republican •chairman , spoke in favor .of the p lan. \This would be a subsidy, hut we must be realistic , \ he said. \We subsidize other forms of trans- portation such as air travel. The commuters are entitled to good service , \ he declared. County Executive II. Lee Den- nison has been opposed to the pro- posal , and has recommended that the New York Port Authorit y take Continued on page 5 , this section COMMUNITY NEWS INDEX Section Page Bayport I 6 Bed port 2 1 Blue Point 3 8 Brookhaven 4: South Haven .... 2 4 Centereach &. Lake Grove 1 6 Center Moriches 3 1 Coram 3 5 East Patchogue I 3 Ea. -tport ' ¦ ' > 3 Eastw ood Village & Dawn Estates 1 6 Gordon Heights 2 7 Holt-ville & Farmingville 2 4 Holbrook .. Edit 6 Manorville . . 3 5 Mastic . . 3 4 Mastic Beach 3 3 Medford 2 8 Middle Island ] 4 Moriches 3 2 Patchogue . Various Remsenburg & Speonk 3 4 Ridge . Edit 7 Ronkonkoma & the Lake Edit 6 , Selden Edit 7 Shirley & Mastic Acres .. 3 4 Yap hank 3 5 Philip L. Helbig, widely-known *! and highl y-respecte d veteran of the banking profession , died of a heart attack at his home at 33 Woodland Street , Blue Point last Thursday afternoon. His unexpected death at the age of 60 came as a shock to his fel- low officers and emp loyes of The Patchogue Bank , where he had been executive vice president since 1952. George C. Furman , president of the bank , summed up their feel- ings by saying, \His death came as a great shock to us. We 'll miss him greatly. He was a great asset to the bank , and well loved by us all. \ Born in Bay Shore , Mr . Helbig was a graduate of Bay Shore Hi g h School. He next graduated from the Nassau Count y Chap ter of the American Institute of Bank- ing. Starting with The First Natio- nal Bank and Trust Company of Continued on page 7 , this section Philip L. Helbig Death Takes Executive VP of Patchogue Bank Use of Beach Growing: Apprcximately 24 , 522 persons used Smith s Point Park o\ cr the Jul y 4 four-day holiday, accord- ing to fi gures released b y Suffolk County Superin- tendent of Parks Michael Quinto. The largest number of persons visited the park Sunday, July 2. The total was approximately 9 , 874 , who walked or rode across the county-owned bridge to the county beach. \It was the highest number .of persons we believe we have had so far , \ said Mr. Quinto. \The use ofi the beach is grow- ing. The building which was used onl y part of last summer is available for use all of this summer. Additional picnic tables were moved in last week and we have a few cooking grills for families to cook meals. We have 50 cabanas , 150 umbrellas and 200 chairs. \ Mr. Quinto reported the approximate number of persons crossing the bridge and the number of cars for each of the four days: July 1 , 4 , 748 persons , 1 , 006 cars; July 2 , 9 , 874 , and 2 , 131; Jul y 3 , 2 , 500 and 500 ; and July 4 , 7, 500 and 1 , 660. 24 , 522 Used Smith' s Point Park Over July 4th Holidays A 16 year-old North Bell port youth was saved Tuesday after- noon from possible drowning in Canaan Lake by James Pinozzi Vi , of 22 Rowland Street , North Patchogue. Fifth Precinct police said James swam about 200 feet out into the hike to rescue Edward Charles Hoy U :• of 812 Walker Avenue , who had be gun to go under the water. Police said Edward , who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. lloy ler , was swimming along side an eight-foot rowboat which was cveupied bv his friend , Richard Polli , 14 , of 818 Walker Avenue , North Bellport. When the Hoy ler youth began to sink , police said , young Polli tried to recover him. Continued on page 5 , this section Boy, 17 , Swims 200 Ft. to Save Lad at Canaan L ROSES FOR THE QUEEN are presented to Miss Shirley, L. I., 1962 , Lauren Di Gangi , by James Nash , manager of Shirley Drive-In Theatre , host for Saturday night' s eye-pleasing added attraction. —Advance Photo by Gomez Slow-down of work cm Pat- chogue Village ' s $1, 000 , 000 off-street parking program due to the present teamsters strike affecting Long Island builders prompted Mayor Ro- bert T. Waldbauer to request state intervention in a tele- gra m Monday to Governor Nelson RvK'kefe 'lor. Requesting \ immediate ar- bitration assistance on state level\ , the mayor said that millions of dollais worth of construction work on Long- Island , including the work ho- mg done on Patchogue ' s off- street parking program , \has halted. \ The mayor added that work will continue on the Oak Street fie 'd to prepare the field for blacktopping. How- ever , he said , that work can- not be done until the strike is over. TI K - Church Street field is ready for crushed stone and blacktop now but will also have to wait for settlement of the strike before further work can be accomp lished. Mayor Urges Rock y To Arbitrate Strike Pd VERHEAD — County Exec- utive H. Lee Dennison ' s wetland- acquisitions program received more opposition Monday in com- munications to the Board of Su- pervisors here. The Long Island Farm Bureau , a 1 , 000-memher group of growers, in a communication expressed its opposition to the plan that calls for the acquisition of 4. (500 acres of river bottom land, marshes , and property along the Peconic River in Riverhead and Brookhaven Townshi ps and Caimans River in Brookhaven. The plan calls for the taking of 2 , 900 acres along the Peconic Riv- er , 1.500 in Riverhead and 1 , 400 in Brookhaven , and the acquisi- tion of 1 , 700 acres along Carmans River. Several home owners would be affected , various civic groups, the Riverhead Town Board, and Long- Island Duck Growers are also \ig- orously opposing the program. Four duck farms along the Pecon- ic are to be acquired. Mr. Dennison , on Monday said those opposing his program \ are just too late. \ \The Board of Supervisors has already approved a bonding reso- lution to purchase the land in- volved for $4,000,000. \ he said. He pointed out the state will reim- burse $3 , 000,000 of the total out- lav to Suffolk. Appraisers have already started work , prior to condemnation pro- ceedings for acquisition of the property, Mr. Dennison said. More Opposition To County Exec ' s Wetlands Plan B y John McLam The Farmingville-HoltsviTe Civic Tax Payers Association , Inc., said this week it p lanned to petit- ion the residents of two hamlets ' 'to incorporate into one village to be known as Collegeville. \ The proposed petition is a re- action against the February action of the board of trustees of Suffolk Count y Communit y College which made Selden the postal address of the college , instead of Farming- ville. The association has called a meeting for 8 p. m. tomorrow in the Farmingville firehouse to which Representative Otis G. Pike and County Executive H. Lee Dennison have been invit >d. Lake Ronkonkoma Attorney Alan Brand , who has been retained by the association , may address the meeting. He is scheduled to meet at 2 p. m. tomorrow in New York City with Charles E. Gor- man, regional services anal yst of the U. S. Post Office Department . Mr. Gorman exp ' ained at a June . ' -50 protest meeting of the associa- tion that the college trustees have the rigl t to choose the postal ad- dress of the institution , since it is located on a postal delive ry boundarv. ''At the moment , \ Mr . Brand said , \ we hope to be able to con- vince the trustees of the college to change their minds concerning this matter. \ He said the trustees will meet Jul y 20 and that he would request the opportunity to speak to them at that time . Mrs. John Plonski of the association , which also includes the Farming- ville Residents Association , met with the board of trustees June ?,0 . Reached at his home Tuesday, LeRoy Van Nostrand. Jr ., chair- man of the board of trustees , said. Continued on page 5 , thi s section Move Is Sought In Try to Win Colleg e Address T\» T _ 1 -tT_T \ _ Appeals Bd. OK' s Patchogue Plaza Theatre Variance The Town Zoning Board of Ap- peals July 6 granted the varian- ces requested by Suffolk Develop- ment Corp. for construction of a theatre in a shopping center on East Main Street , Patchogue. \The board unanimously gran- ted the application , \ said Joseph S. Corbett , chairman of the zo- ning board. \The building is in a business area and on a main transportation artery. To deny the application would be way out of reason. \ Opposing the application was Patchogue Attorney Malcolm H. Stull , who presented a petition Continued on page 7 , this section 10^ A Copy An Official Newspaper Suffolk County Town of Brookhaven 10 . 000 Plus , Circulation
