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Ends Week Stay in Shelter Rides Out Hurricane: WELCOME KISS is g iven to Mike Faherty by his fiancee , Barbara Scheffe , as he emerges from model fallout shelter at Brookhaven Town Hall grounds Monday. He had spent one week in shel- ter , simulating living conditions under an atomic fallout attack by eating and sleeping in shelter. Everything he needed for his one-week stay in shelter had been provided for. Mr. Faherty is an employee of radio station WPAC. At left is Au- gust Stout , Jr., Brookhaven Town supervisor and at right is Dick Hodkin of WPAC. —Photo by Maple Leaf Photo Service Mike Faherty, an employee of radio station WPAC , Monday emerged from a model fallout shelter after spending an isolated week in the shelter at the Brook- haven Town Hall grounds. Faherty, 23 , made a test of survival by actuall y simulating living conditions under an atomic fallout attack b y eating and sleep ing in the shelter. Dm nig his stay in tne she.ter , which is eight and a half by six and a half feet , Mr. Faherty felt quite safe during last week' s hur- ricane. He had caught up on a lot of reading and busied himself with preparations for broadcasts. The shelter was equipped with i- even gallons of water and 30 cans (if food. The shelter was also provided with a chemical toilet. The Suffolk County Auxiliary Po- lice , under the direction of Lieu- tenant Clark and on orders from Comm. Thorn , maintained an all day and night vigil and did an ex- cellent job of protecting the shel- tei and controlling the visitors. They also maintained an alert , should anything have happened in- side the shelter. Mr. Faherty ' s first remark upon leaving the shelter was. \Every- thing looks so big. \ He also said Continued on page 7, this section Village to Float $51 , 000 Issue To Buy Property The Patchogue Village Board Monday voted unanimously to float a bond issue for $51,000 for purchase of property on Oak Street and Terry Street for the possible expansion of the village ' s parking facilities. Mayor Robert T. AValdbau- er said the money would be used to purchase the property of Hess- Kline on Oak Street and the pro- perty of Lester Feierstein on Ter- ry Street. Mr. Waldbauer said he would refer to the Parking Committee a report on parking lot facilities and would expect the committee ' s recommendations in the future. Members of the commi ttee are Tru. -tees William Xewham , Roy Krieger and Dominick Maletta . The board decided to ask Edwin S. Yoorhis & Son , Inc., to prepare specifications for the Terry Street parking field. Mayor Waldbauer said the village expects to adver- tise for bids by December 1 , re- ceive bids by the middle of Jan- iiaiy. 1U62. have demolition of buildings begin by March 15 and have excavation begin with the Continued on page 7 , this section East Suffolk Cleans Up After Hurricane Esther Gusts Reached 90 MPH: By John McLain A week after Hurricane Es- ther slamme d into Eastern Suf- folk County the Brookhaven Town area was largely back to normal with li g hts and telephone service restored—and an additional sup- pl y of firewood for the coming Winter. Sixty-mile-per-hour winds with gusts reaching 90 mp h blew trees into electricity and telep hone lines throwing hundreds of homes into darkness and halting service for 2 , 600 telephone users. Esther zeroed in on Long Island 23 years to the day after the dis- astrous 1938 hurricane , which took 40 lives and inflicted $25 million damage. On September 12 of last year Hurricane Donna whipped the island , leaving destruction in her wake. No fatalities were reported af- ter Hurricane Esther made her ap- pearance in the early hours of September 21 after winds increas- ed and rain fell September 20. In the Patchogue vicinity damage was primarily confined to toppled trees , broken utility lines and the effect of 4.42 inches of rainfall on both Sep tember 20 and 21 , ac- cording to measurements at Brook- haven National Lab. The official arrival of Autumn Saturday saw Summer reassert it- self with a maximum temperature of 85 degrees, following Friday ' s high of 83. Sunday continued warm , showing a maximum of 81. But by Monday Autumn was back in control as temperatures fell, winds blew and rains deluged the area. Windows Blown Out Esther ' s northwest winds , punc- tuated by sharp gusts , blew out store windows , but police reported that there was no looting. Approx- imately $40 , 000 damage was caus- ed when part of the south front wall of Floyd Bennett Store Pat- chogue , toppled into the driveway paralleling Sunrise Highway. The destroyed wall extended 16 bricks in height above the roof level for a distance of approximatley 300 feet along the front of the dis- count store. The manager , Victor Matles , said the store continued to be open , although the front doors wei*e blocked by a p ile of bricks Continued on page 6 , this section. Comm. Colleg e Trustees Affirm Selden Address The Board of Trustees of the Suffolk Count y Communit y Col- lege last Thursday passed a reso- lution affirming its February de- cision to establish Selden as the postal address of the college. LeRoy VanNosti-and , Jr., board chairman, said the resolution re- viewed the reasons why the trus- tees chose to have the college mail delivered from Selden. The princi- pal reason , he said , was that the Selden post office could g ive door- to-door city delivery and that it was closer to the college than any nei ghboring post office. On September 11 the County Board of Supervisors asked the college trustees to \ review \ their decision and \take such action as will fairl y resolve the equities as between the hamlets of Farming- ville and Selden. \ On August 15 the Brookhaven Town Board voted 6 to 0 with Councilman Willard Keddy ab- Continued on page 7 , this section Town Mt. Sinai Harbor Plan Hit AtTues.Hearinq O pposition was expressed against the Brookhaven Town Board s proposed con- demnation of the ed ges and bottom oi Mt. Sinai Harbor for recreational development but Supervisor August Stout , Jr., contended the board was acting \in good faith\ to acquire land for the benefi t of town residents. According to maps submitted by Special Town Attorney George E. Lechtrecker , the town clans to acquire 557.5 acres of the har- bor. Mr. Lechtrecker said the property has been appraised at ^300 , 000. A pproximately 450 acres , he said , consist of harbor bottom , marshy areas and islands. A sum of $300 , 000 has been set aside by the town for land acquisition and values would be established by court-appointed appraisers if the Suffolk Supreme Court grants a condemnation order. The maps will be filed with the County clerk after the Town Board deeides on the basis of the hearing whether to change or amend them. Maps must be filed before a condemnation order is requested. The attorney said the town mi g ht have title to the propert y by the end of the year. He said about 450 acres of the land has other claims upon it. Close to 150 persons sat and stood in the Town Board ' s meet- ing room at the controversial hearing. Persons opposing the condemnation p lan called the ef- fort premature and contended too much was being attempted at one time. \This board is showing good faith toward the town residents , \ said Supervisor Stout. \We be- lieve this program will be to the good of the town. Previous ad- ministrations did not have the good faith to propose such a necessary p lan and were too con- cerned about being elected. \ Earl y in the meeting Oscar J. Continued on page 6 , this section. Englishman at Ho me in Bayp ' t Exchange Teacher: GETTING POINT ACROSS to members of Bay- port Hi gh Junior varsity soccer team , is John Sharp, third from left , an exchange teacher from England . Mr. Sharp teaches social studies at the hi gh school and also coaches the school' s junior varsity team. Mr. Sharp ' s general impres- sion of Long Islanders is that they are \ very hospitable. \ Shown with Mr. Sharp are Randy Pitcher , left ; Howard Franklin , center , and Jeff Teague. —Advance Photo BY JOAN LALOSH Despite the persistent rumors that London is always foggy, there is one Eng- lishman , born in London , who never saw a fog in that city. But he has seen p lenty of them since coming here to teach social studies at Bayport-Blue Point Hi g h School. John Sharp, the Englishman , claims , \I have never seen a fog in London , and 1 like the English climate. It is not as bad as peop le think. I must admit that you get more sun than we do , \ he < said , as he relaxed in , the sun-lit yard of Mrs. Hermine Betjemann on 1 69 Oakwood Avenue , where he boards. Mr. Sharp is here as an ex- change teacher with Paul Haren- burg. who is now in England. He came over on the Queen Mary Au- gust 15 from Southampton , a large seaport city of about 200 , - 000 people. Having seen the Southampton on the Island , he concludes that it is a \ very ex- clusive p lace \ and not at all like England' s teeming city. His general impression of Long- Islanders is that they are \ very hospitable \ and that people here are more informal than in Eng- land. \When peop le find out you are English , they want to know who you are and what you are doing. \ Yes , they are curious , but \in the nicest way. \ Although a Londoner b y birth, he did not always live there. In September of 1939 , he , at the age of 6 , his brother , sister and pa- rents , had to be evacuated from the city. They moved to th« coun- try and stayed there because they liked it so much. His education in elementary school and gram- mar school (something like our high school) prepared him for studies at the University of Bris- tol , where he received his B.A. Three years of teaching in a Secondary Modern School (which will be exp lained further on) were followed by two years pro- fessorship at Loughborough Col- ' ege (pronounced Luff-burra). Continued on page 6 , this section. 5> Police Arrest 2 Men On Robbery Charges Two Center Moriches men, each facing a charge of fi rst-degree robbery, arc in Count y Jail , Riverhead , afte r waiving examination Monday before Patchogue Police Justice Arthur M. Mapes. They were each held in lieu of $2 , 500 bail . Fifth Squad detectives identified the men as Edward Burwell , 22, of 35 Miller Place . , and William i Hutley, 18 , of Saunders Avenue. Police said the two men were identified Monday ni g ht by a clerk in Loft' s Candy Shop, 88 East Main Street , Patchogue , as the persons who robbed the store of #5(7.7-1 about 5:55 p. m. Monday. Both defendants were arrested b y Fifth Precinct police officers on a Long Island Rail Road train stop- ped at Patchogue station. Police said a total of $5(5.74 in change and bills was found on the men. According to police two men entered the store and oidered the clerk , Mrs. Edward J. Ryan of (523 Provost Avenue , Bellport , to g ive them money from the cash draw- er. Mrs. Ryan was the onl y per- son in the store. According to po- lice Mrs. Ryan told them that the men wore cloth around their heads and that one man p laced one hand under his coat as if to conceal a weapon. When the de- fendants were arrested , police said , no weapon was found on either man. Mrs. Ryan told police she p lac- Continued on page 7 , this section Third Balloting In Record Vote Of 144 1 to 1187 Registered voters of Cen- tral School District 4 (Bell- port , Brookhaven , East Pat- chogue) Tuesday approved their bud get by a vote of 1 , 441 to 1 , 187 on the third balloting and relieved the district of having to operate a school system on , an aus- terity bud get. A total of 2 , 628 votes was cast. Dr. Erwin Dingman , supervis- ing principal , said , \The new budget of $2 , 291 , 178 will restore transportation services on the same basis as last year, Interscholastic sports in the high school will be restoi'ed , and cafeterias will be re- opened as soon as possible. The cafeteria workers must be hired and the kitchen equi pment prepar- ed for cooking and serving food. Plans are being made to serve milk in the meantime. Book^ and instructional supplies were given to all children Wednesday. Text- book rental fees will be returned as soon as possible. The adminis- tration and school personnel are making every effort to bring the program back to a normal situa- tion as soon as possible. \The Board of Education and the administration , \ Dr. Dingman continued, \ appreciate the cooper- ation they have had from parents and other citizens during the re- opening period and the recent bud get vote. The Board of Edu- cation and the administration wish to thank voters for their support of the educational program in yes- terday ' s vote. Now that funds have been approved , the children and parents will be able to have the same kind of services as were available last year. \ Third Vote Tuesday ' s vote was the third on the 19(51-(52 budget. A budget of $2 , 329 , 7(50 was defeated June 13 by 1 , 017 \ no \ votes and 797 \ yes \ votes. On May 2 a budget of $2 , - 358 , 610 was defeated by a vote of 224 to 227 , opposed. The district has been on an aus- terity budget since July 1. Under the austerity program required by the state textbooks , workbooks , etc. had to be bought or rented by the parents ; transportation could go to the legal limits of two miles for elementary pup ils and three miles for high school students ; the school lunch program and interscholastic athletics were abolished; no school buildings could be used b y outside organi- zations; no new library books Continued on page 6 , this section B^^H^^^ ^ ft ^ ^BB B g wtfja i^ MB ~ ^p^^ m L#IS L 4 DUOQcrE MDDl OYcQ Austerity Progra m Ended HIGH SURF—Waves of Atlantic Ocean roll close to boardwalk at Smith' s Point Park , Shirley, as high tides and strong winds during Hurricane Esther threatened count y park facilities. Ocean is shown covering area where bathers usually lie on sand during Summer season. —Mapj e Leaf Photo Service BAY RESCUE—Robert Reichert of Mastic , cen- ter , gets an appreciative kiss from Mrs. Patrick O'Neill. With his cruiser , Mr. Reichert rescued Mr . and Mr*. O'Neill September 20 near Smith' s Point Bridge after couple spent more than three hours in rubber raft after leaving their dis- abled boat. —Maple Leaf Photo Service More Police P rotection Is Seen Needed Members of the Patchogue Vil- lage Board indicated dissatisfac- tion Monday with the amount of police protection provided the vil- L ^p since the establishment of the Suffolk County Police last year. Mayor Robert T. Waldbauer said at the Village Board meeting that he had no criticism of the police work done by officers of the Fifth Precinct , located on Medford / ' .ve- nue , Patchogue , but said , \Perh aps we need to go to the County Board of Supervisors \ to get added men for police patrol of the vil- lage. Discussion of the police question was touched off by the report of Pete Poulos , recreation director, that sanitary facilities at S' lore Front Park had been destroyed in a series of acts of vandalism. The board discussed whether the village could hire law enforcement officers to sup] .^m-nt Fifth Pre- cinct policemen It was pointed out that the Suffu.k County Police Department is the onl y authorized police force and that any watch- men which the village might wish to hire would not have the same powers of arrest as a regular po- lice officer. Representing the Fifth Precinct, Police Lieut. Joseph Hawkins said a larger police force had been re- Continued on page 5 , this section RIVERHEAD — Brook h a v e n Town ' s five justices of the peace have won their battle to have their annual salaries returned to $10 , - 000. Supreme Court Justice Henry M. Zaleski Monday ru ' ed tin* Brookhaven Town Board acte 1 illegally la-t January 3 when tlu Board lowered the . -alary of th > f. ve indues from SlO .OOt) to $8,000 per year. After their salaries were cut, the five. Leon E. Giuffivda. .Mil- ton LaGattuta. Erling A. I*arson. William T. Rogers, and Anthony Salvatore, went to court. All wciv paid $10,000 in l' . 'h 'O , and they charged the town board ' s action was illega l and unlawful. The salary for a Brookhaven justice of the neace wa- >-G 500 a vear until 1P(50 . when it wa< raid- ed to $10 , 000 . Brookha\en Tow n achieved first class -taui> in l' . MiO , The Board, in oppo. -ing the j udge- , said the p.e^ iou- to v. n board i:i l!' . \ Vt l !a d act- 'd illegal l y in ra ' sing the pay of the jud ges. Judge Zaleski , in hi> length y de- cision , . -aid \Onj e the . -alar\ of Continued on page 7 , this section Annual Salary Of Town Justices Again $10 , 000 Voters Reg istration Set for October 5 , 7 Registration for Suffolk re- sidents who are not presentl y registered will be held in all of the county ' s 428 election districts on October 5 and October 7 , Elections Commis- sioners Arthur M. Weiss and Everett F. M. -Nab announced today. Registration hours on Oc- tober 5 are from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. and on Saturday from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. Absentee ballots may be app lied for at this time. Re- g istered voters who voted at either the 1959 or 1900 Gen- era l Elections and who have not changed their addresses do not have to re-reg ister. Their names are continued on the reg isters under the sys- tem of permanent personal registration in effect in Suf- folk County. Route 112 Widening Asked c£ Albany The widening of Medf ord Avenue ( P.ou ' e 112) iiom Mr.in Street , Pale! oe . 'i-\ to MedUvd has been r com- mended to tlv Stat\ Deiu.rt- ment of Public Woix- in Al- bany by A. M. S M - . . the de- partment ' s di-trc. engineer in Babylon, Mr. Saiv a-meim-vd the de- cision in a S< ptember 2*i let- ter to Han v T. \Yi As . execu- tive vice president of the Patchogue Chamber of Com- merce. \If t ' und^ are available , we hope to comp lete this propos- ed widening next Summer , \ Mr. Sarr wrote. Section Page P-avport 4 2 Heli port 2 1 Blue Point 4 5 Brookhaven & South Haven 2 1 Centereach & Lake Grove 4 3 Cente r Moriches .. 3 1 East Mo iches . .. 3 4 East Patchogue .. 4 3 Eastport 3 3 Eastwood Village & Dawn Estates 4 3 Gordon Heights .. 4 6 Holtsville & Farmingviile 4 5 Holbrook Edit. 5 Manorville 3 3 Mastic 3 2 Mastic Beach 3 2 Medford Edit. 2 Middle Island 4 6 Moriches 3 3 Patchogue Various Remsonburg & Speonk .. . ... 3 2 Ridge 4 4 Ronkonkorna & the Lake 4 4 Selden Edit. 5 Shirley & Mastic Acre s 3 2 Yaphank 4 2 COMMUNITY NEWS INDEX
