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Exchange Teacher at BeJIp ' t Teaches General Science: EXCHANGE TEACHER Mi ss Grace Auchter- lonie , left , comes from Scotland and is now teach- ing general science at Bellport High School. Miss Auciiterlonie is very interested in school' s extra- curricular activities and looks forward to hear- ing Gilbert and Sullivan operetta which Bellport students hope to present. She is shown above with two of her students , Martha Fuller , center , and Kathy Bergin. —Photo by Joseph Adams BELLPORT — Miss Grace Au- dit erlonie. an exchange teacher from Scotland , is teaching biology ?nd general science to students of Bellport High School this year. Miss Auciiterlonie xvas educate d in Scotland , at Morgan Academy. She received a science degree and di ploma in education from St. An- drew ' s University, the oldest uni- versity in Scotland , founded in 1413. In Scotland. Miss Auciiterlonie teaches at Harris Academy, a sen- ior secondary school which has in attendance only those students whom the Education Authority feels will profit from an academic course. She compares Bellport High School to a comprehensive or omnibus school, as they are cal- led in Scotland. These schools , as does Bell port , provide teaching in academic subjects as well as sub- jects such as typ ing, homemaking. and industrial arts. Miss Auciiterlonie said , \I am interested in the extra-curricular activities here and I am much im- pressed with the musical activi- ties. I look forxvard to hearing the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta which the Bellport students hope to present this season. Harris Ac- ademy pup ils have presenter 'The Micado ' and 'The Gondoliers ' in previous years. \ \I am very happy at the pros- pect of being here for a year in a quiet countryside , which is , at the same time , quite near New York, and I look forward very much to visiting other parts of North America. \ \The Lord Provost , Maurice Mc Manus , sends his greetings to the citizens of this school district and hopes they may some day visit Dundee where they will be sure of a warm welcome. \ Arthur Cooley, a science instruc- tor in Bellport High School , is tea- ching in Scotland at Harris Aca- demy. G port School Transportation Question Is Now Up to State Board Opposes Application: State Commissioner of Education Dr. James E. Allen , Jr., next week is expected to rule on whether the Greenport School District xvill have to transport a 14-year-old girl from Greenport , across Peconic Bay by way of Shelter Island , to a private school in Sag Harbor , be- cause of a nexv provision to the State Education Laws. State Senator Edward J. Speno , -*> East Meadow Republican , sponsor- ed the amendment which became effective last month. The law ex- tends from 8 to 10 miles the maxi- mum distance school districts must transport pupils to non-public schools , if requested by the par- ents. Miss Patricia Cooper , of 303 Fourth Street , Greenport is at- tending the Sacred Heart of Mary Academy in Sag Harbor , just 9.85 miles from Greenport , if the route i< figured from Greenport to Shel- ter Island by ferry across the Island , and then to Sag Harbor by another ferry. The School District has refused to pay the transportation costs , claiming the route is not an es- tablished route and is broken b y water. The District contends the regular- rout« is 50.4 miles , travel- ing west to Riverhead , toxvard the center of Long Island , and then back east to Sag Harbor. The issue was argued last week before Dr. Allen in Albany, as the girl' s mother , Mrs. Giacinta T. Cooper , wife of Greenport Village Postmaster Carl Cooper , presented hei side. She was represented b> attorney Thomas E. Behringer. Behringer argued the short route to Sag H arbor is a regu- ' arly traveled artery, contending bo eh ferry companies , the Shelter Island and Greenport Ferry Co., and the South Ferry, Inc., run regular trips and have not missed their schedules in several years. Attorneys representing the School District charged the cost to transport the g irl would be at least $5 , 000 a year , and would cause the first tax rise the district has seen in four years. Mr. Behringer. in rebuttal , said the Greenport Taxi Co., has offer- ed to transport six children daily to Sag Harbor for a total of $12 per day, or about $2 , 000 for the full school term. Another Greenport woman , Mrs. Margaret B. Lynch , of 131 Fourth Street , is also appealing to Dr. Allen to force the District to pro- vide her daug hter transportation Continued on page 6. this secti on Town Asked to Install Snow Fences on Roads Barraud Makes Request: _ . ¦ Superintendent of Highways Charles W. Barraud Tuesday asked the Brookhaven Town Board to authorize the placing of snow-fences along some town roads. No official response was made to the request by the town board . Councilman John Foley, acting supervisor in the absence of Supervisor August Stout , Jr., referred Mr. ® \~ Barraud' s letter to the board' s highxvay committee and Town Comptroller Arthur Mackey with- out comment. In the summer of 1960 the board voted unanimously to not put up snow fences for the Winter of 1960-61. Members of the board contended that control of snow by fences was \ obsolete \ and \ old- fashioned\ and not worth the ex- pense of putting them up and taking them down. At the December 13 , 1960 town board meeting after 16 inches of snow blanketed the area Mr. Bar- raud chastised the board for fail- ing to permit insta 'lation of snow- fences , but members of the board continued to defend their decision The question of whether snow- fences should have been erected xvas debated before the board b y Mr. Barraud following succeeding sr.ow falls during the Winter. For the Winter of 1959-60 , Mr. Barraud said , snow fences were installed along* about 40 miles of town roads. In his letter read Tuesday be- fore the board , Mr. Barraud wrote , \The Department of Public Works of the State as well as the county feel that these snow fences are a tremendous hel p in the control of drifting snow. I am requesting that snoxv fences be erected on our Continued on page 6 , this section. Three Crashes Claim 4 Lives During Week One woman and three men died during the week in Brookhaven Town as the re- sult of motor vehicle acci- dents , according to police reports of the Fifth and Sixth Precincts. The peiao.iS \\M'e fatally in- jured in three accidents , one or which xvas a head-on collision in Miller Place. A requiem mass xvas said yes- erday at St. John ' s R. C. Church , Center Moriches , for Mrs. Cathal Murr ay, 27 , who di~d Sunday at Brookhaven Memorial Hospi tal af- :er a one-car accident earl y Sun- day on Montauk Highxvay, East Moriches. A rosarv service was held Tues- day at Herrmann ' s Funeral Home , Center Moriches. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Coram. Police said the car operated by Mrs. Murray ' s husband xvas travel- ling west on the highxvay when it apparentl y went out of control and struck a utility pole on the north side of the road about 12:30 a. m. approximately 300 feet east of the Moriches-Riverhead Road. Mr. Murray was treated for la- cerations at the Moriches Medical Group, police said , and his wife. Eileen , xvas taken to the hospital. Patrolman Fletcher A. Baldwin in- vestigated. Surviving are her husband ; her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hig- gins of Ireland; three sisters , Mrs. Bridie Murray of New York City, and Maureen and Kathleen of Ire- land , and three brothers , Thomas , Patrick and John , all of Ireland. The Murrays had been residents of Mastic for two years. Head-On Collision A Lake Grove and East North- port man died early Saturday in John T. Mother Memorial Hospi- tal , Port Jefferson Station , follow- ing a head-on collision of two ve- hicles about 2:30 a. m , . in Miller Place about 300 feet east of Pipe Stave Hollow Road. Dead were Hans Oberlies , 52 , of State Street , Lake Grove , and Don- ald Peavy, 19 , of Soper Avenue , East Northport. Sixth Precinct police said a car operated by Mr. Oberlies was tra- velling west on the highway and a vehicle driven by Robert DuRus- sell , 19 , was progressing east xvhen the collision took place. Po- lice said Mr. Peavy was a pas- senger in the DuRussell vehicle. Mr. DuRussell was reported in critical condition at Mather Hos- pital. Patrolman Charles Agius in- vestigated. Coram Crash Funeral services were held Mon- day at the Corpus Christi R. C. Church , Mineola , for a 29-year-old Miller Place man who xvas fatally injured last Thursday in an auto- ^ontinued on page 7 , this section Dark Prospect Looms For Districts 21, 34 Abrams Speaks Out: OUTLINING POSITION of Center Moriches school system in regard to two-part bond proposition scheduled to go before tax- payers in School District 33 , October 19 , is Supervising Princi pal Stanley Abrams. , Mr. Abrams told public gathering at Center Mor- iches High School last Thursday night that if proposed six-room addition proves inadequate to meet rising enrollments , non-resi- dent students may have to be eventually excluded. —Advance Photo CENTER MORICHES—Principal Stanley Abrams of Center Mor- iches Schools appeared before a public gathering held at the high school last Thursday night and painted a dark picture of possible things to come for parents in East Moriches and South Manor count- ing on sending their children to Center Moriches Schools in the not-so- distant future. *' \ ' Invited by the Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches, spon- sors of the meeting, to explain Union Free School District 33' s two-part bond proposition of the land purchase and subsequent building of a six-room addition to the elementary school , the prin- cipal touched upon the matter of non-resident students and increas- ing school enrollments. \If and when the proposed building project is filled , \ (it will accommodate approximately 180 • i students), \it seems likely that the school board' s first considera- tion would be not taking non-re- resident students , \ Mr. Abrams disclosed. \Of course , \ he added , \the people of the district always have the alternative of erecting an ad- ditional building on another site. \ He had explained that the pro - posed project was the last possible addition that could be undertaken Continued on page 6, this section Cong. Church to Honor Organist — —— — <: 50 Years of Dedicated Service: TO BE HONORED—Miss Edna Jackson , shown at attains milestone of 50 years of service as church organ in Patchogue Congregational Church , will organist . Pageant will be held in sanctuary at be honored by church Wednesday evening as she 8 p.m., highlighting 50 years of church life. The Patchogue Congregational Church will honor Miss Edna Jack- son next Wednesday evening as she attains the milestone of 50 years of dedicated service as the church organist. A pageant will be held in the sanctuary at 8 p. m., hig hlighting 50 years of church life as seen by- Miss Jackson from her high perch in the choir loft. Many amusing and touching stories will be retold as former ministers \ return \ to pay tribute to their organist. The \1916 choir \ will be on hand to sing a special selection and the two pre - sent-day choirs will add their musi- cal hosannas. A reception will fol- low in the Fellowshi p Hall. Miss Jackson ' s career started during the winter of 1911-12 under the ministry of Rev. Louis Harold Johnston and the choir leadershi p of Clarence Vrooman. She feels that she oxves the position and her abil- ity to Miss Bunny Smith , Patchogue music teacher , who encouraged her to try p laying the organ after she had onl y a few p iano lessons. In those days the organ was an old re- built two-manual console that acted up nearl y every Sunday. In 1915 the present fine three-manual p ipe organ was installed and dedicated. ' Her faithfulness to the ministry of music has been so enduring that there are many persons who have never heard anyone else p lay this beautifu l organ. In 1926 she suf- fered a broken arm in a fall and had to be away from the keyboard for a time , but otherwise she has been on hand nearly every Sunday for 50 years. It wou 'd be difficult to count the number of weddings , funerals and special events for which she has practiced and p layed. It is her custom to go to the church to practice during her lunch hour from duties at The Patchogue Bank where she puts in a full xvork week. She plays for choir rehearsals on Thursday evenings and for two services of worship every Sunday. During Miss Jackson ' s tenure , she has served with four ministers be- sides the Rev. Mr . Johnston. They are the late Rev. John R. Gee , the late Rev. Arthur Harry Cooke , the Rev. Gerald E. Boyce and the pres- ent pastor , the Rev. Stuart W. Van Cott. Substantial Increase ' In 1962 Hgwy. Budget Barraud Explains Expenses: Charles W. Barraud , Brookhaven Town highway superintendent , today announced that the 1962 Hig hway Department Budget had been filed with the town clerk. Estimated expenses for the coming year show a substantial increase over the 19(51 Budget due primarily, Mr. Barraud said , to the debt incurred because of last xvinter ' s snow re- niox-al expense and the . Town Board' s verbal promise of in- creased benefits to Highxvay De- partment employes. Mr. Barraud , the lone Repub- lican town official elected in 1960 , xvho is seeking reelection this Fall , stated that the proposed budget can only be taken as a close estimate of foreseeable ex- penses based on figures and in- formation available to him at this time. Mr. Barraud said that since tax rates were not avail- able to his office at the time the budget had to be filed , he could not say whether this year ' s bud- get would increase toxvn taxes. The estimated hi ghway budget filed xvith the town clerk is brok- en down into four items , Mr. Bar- raud said , as folloxvs : Item 1. Maintenance , which is paid b y oxvners of taxable property ex- cept residents of Incorporated Villages , shoxv s an increase of $139 , 641.62 to cover the promised increased benefits to Highway De- partment employes. Item 2. Bridge ^ shows an in- crease of $2 , 300 to build the re- serve up to the $10 , 000 level. This item is paid b y the entire town including Incorporated Villages. Item 3. Machinery and equip- ment shoxv s no change. This item is paid by the entire town includ- ing Incorporated Villages. Item 4. Miscellaneous which in- cludes operation of the highway department otlice , snow removal . Continued on page 6 , this section Charles W. Barraud Plan 'Shopp ing town ' In Center Moriches Real estate developers Max and Erwin P. Staller and As- sociates announced this xveek plans for the construction of a $1,000 , 000 \Moriches Mar- iner Shopp ingtoxv n \ on 10 acres of their land at Mon- tauk Hi g hxva y and Lake Ave- nue , Center Moriches . The new center xvill contain 20 stores , 100 , 000 square feet of selling space and will pro- vide parking facilities for 600 cars , the developers report. Architect Laurence M. Werfel is drawing up p lans for the project , which xvill have a frontage of 500 feet along the highway. Staller and Associates have constructed 18 shopping cent- ers, one of the latest of which is the Port Jefferson Shop- p ing Plaza , a 31-store unit in Port Jefferson Station . Dist. 5 Seeks Z oning Change From D to C The Brookhaven Tow n Board Tuesday reserved decision upon an app lication of the Bayport- Blue Point Board of Education ol School District 5 for a zoning change from D to C residential for approximate l y 135 acres in the school district. Representing the school board Patchogue Attorney John J. Hart , Jr., argued that the zoning change would create \ more balanced zon- ing \ in a fast-groxving area which is faced with \ overcrowded schools. \ He said the app lication is an attempt by the school board to \become equal\ with neighboring school districts in school facilities. The attorney noted that other school districts in Brookhaven Town have attempted and some times succeeded in upzoning areas in order to lessen the growth of school enrollments. Under the town zoning ordin- Continued on page 6 , this section HITS DEMS FISCAL POLI- CIES _ Sheriff Charles R. Dom- iny, Republican candidate for su- pervisor of Brookhaven Town , lashed out last night at the fiscal policies of the present \ all Demo- cratic Town Board. \ Dominy stated that Democratic actions and Democratic talk are two different things. \The Demo- crats talk of economy, but as far as practicing it this is the last thing in their minds. I have onl y to cite you the enormous increase in the town payroll since the Dem- ocrat s took over on January 1 , 1 960. I doubt very much if ' Mr. Stout and his Democratic cohorts on the Toxv n Board would care to make these figures public. \ Laugh- ingly Dominy added , \It takes 10 donkeys to do the xvork of one ele- p hant. ' \ Returning to his ori ginal theme , however , Mr. Dominy stated, \You the taxpayers are the ones xvho pay for all of this. The Democrats hax r e increased the town payroll by thousands upon thousands of dollars. They have padded the payroll , hoping that these peop le xx-hom they have put to work will turn the tide in their favor at the polls November 7. I tell you , I beMeve the people of this town have too much sense to vote back into power a machine which is being built along the lines of its big city counterpart. \ Dominy then took up the Dem- ocrats ' claim of a lowered tax Continued on page 6 , this section. POLITICAL REVIEW E lectio n s Commissioners Arthur M. W( i.s s and Ever- ett F. McN' ab have announc- ed that Suffolk Count y resi- dents may register today and Saturday in all of the coun- ty ' s 428 election districts. Registration hours today are from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. and Saturday from 7 a. in. to 10 p. in. Absentee ballots may be applied for at this time. Registered \ oters who voted at either the 1959 or I960 General Elections and xvho have not changed their ad- dresses do not have to re- register. Their name are con- tinued on the registers under the system of permanent per- sonal registration in effect in Suffolk County. A list of Brookhaven T o xv n polling places is printed elsexvherc in this issue. Voters Registration Set for Today, Sat . The Brookhaven Town Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a pub- lic hearing today at 2 p. m. in l ( AVII Hall , Patciioguo , on the ap- plication of the Patchogue Shop- ping Center of 537 East Main Street , Patchogue , to construct an indoor theatre in Patchog ue. Joseph S. ( orbett , board chair- man , said the property on xvhich the theatre is proposed to be built is bounded on the north b y Sun- ii.se Highway, the ea^t by Swan Lake Drive , the sout i by Franklin Street and the xv c^t by Ph yllis Drive. On July 0 the board granted a variance rcquc\st\d by Suffolk De- velopment Corp. foi construction of a theatre in a shopping center on East Main Street , Patchogue. The building xvill be located on the north side of East Main Sti eet. about 90 feet west of Avery Avenue. Dairy Farm The board xvill also consider the application of John J. Cardias of Box 405 , Patchogue , for a variance to permi t a non-conforming use for a dairy farm on the west side of Buckley Road , about 2 , 150 feet Continued on page 6 , this section Second Theatre Variance Asked Of Zone Board Section Page Bavport 4 5 Bell port 2 1 Blue Point 4 6 Brookhaven & South Haven 2 1 Centereach & Lake Grove . .. . Edit 6 Center Moriches ..3 1 Coram 4 6 East Moriches 3 3 East Patchogue . .. Edit 5 Eastport 3 3 Eastwood Village & Daxv n Estates Edit 6 Gordon Heights .. Edit 3 Holtsville & Farmingville i 4 Holbrook Edit 6 Manorville 3 5 Mastic 3 2 Mastic Beach 3 2 Medford 4 4 Middle Island .... 4 2 Moriches 3 6 Patchogue Various Remsenburg & Speonk 3 3 Ridge Edit 3 Ronkonkoma & the Lake 4 2 Selden Edit 3 Shirley & Mastic Acres 3 3 Yaphank 2 1 COMMUNITY NEWS INDEX Town Proposes To Take 91 Acres At $200,000 Cost Use of land proposed for con- demnation b y the town at West Meadow Beach as wetlands in a conservation program was over- whelmingly endor sed Tuesday night by approximately 70 persons ac a public hearing in Town Hall , Patchogue. Supervisor August Stout , Jr., said the town proposed to acquire about 91.3 acres at an estimated cost of $200 000 \for the elderl y development of the area for the future. \ He noted that in the ad- vertisement for the hearing it had stated that the town intended to condemn the property for a town park and harbor. At the Tuesday heai-ing, how- ever , he said the town board has no \definite \ plans for the pro- posed land acquisition. The super- visor said it xvas the intention of the board to appoint a committee of \ responsible citizens \ from the West Meadow Beach area to work xvith the town board , the toxvn planning board and the town plan- ner to make plans \ step by step \ for development of the vicinity af- ter the land is acquired for public use. The area in question is adjacent to and south of the town-own. -d West Meadow Beach and extends behind Old Field Club , xvhich is located on West Meadoxv Road , to Shipman ' s Point , a town spokes- man said. O ppose Marina O p]iosition was expressed to any \ possible \ use of the land for a marina or boat basin , but a shoxv of hands indicated firm approval of a proposal to preserve the property as wetlands in con- jun ction xvith federal, state and county efforts to conserve wildlife areas. Repeatedly, persons questioned Mr. Stout about \ more specific \ plans for the area which the toxvn seeks to acquire. Mr. Stout assur- ed those present that there would be no marina and plans would be formulated graduall y through a committee of local persons. \I do not see the necessity of buying this property now , \ said T. Bayles Minuse of Main Street , Stony Brook. \because of the cloud on many titles to property. I favor long-range planning, but I question how the land x\ r ill be used and do not want to see a boa t basin there. \ Another person contended that the \logical procedure \ was for the town board to \ prepare a com- prehensive plan and submit it to the peop le through a referendum. \ \I suggest that the property be acquired as wetlands for conserva- tion purposes , \ said Rober A. Uz- Continued on page 6 , this section
