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Upsets Mark Elections For Fire Commissioners Cleary Ronk. Winner: James F. Cleary defeated the incumbent , Lewis Davis , Tuesday in a bitterly fought contest for a position on the Ronkonkoma Board of Fire Commissioners. Mr. Cleary polled 490 votes and Mr. Davis , 460 , in the contest for a five-year term on the board. Mi\ Cleary sought the position his father , John R. Cleary, held uatil ins death in July, 1960. Mr. Davis , the fire chief at the time , was appointed temporaril y to fill the vacancy and was elected in Novem- ber 1960 to fill the unexpired year of the late Mr. Cleary ' s term. Mr. Davis opposed the younger Cleary for a full five-year term. An issue developed in the cam- paign. Mr. Cleary contended the de- partment needs an emergency el- ectrical generator because the si- ren could not be sounded if the normal powe r supply is cut off. Mr. Davis argued that no gene- rator is needed because, he said , an adequate number of men are always called to ths house during an emergency. Ridge Contest In an another upset John Aus- ten won a five-year commission- er ' s post on the Ri lgo Board of Fire Commissioners by defeating the incumbent , Joseph DeMarco , who had served since April , 1961 , after being appointed to fill the unexp ired term until December 31 of Edward Kissel , who resigned. Mr. Austen received 149 ball ots to 136 for Mr. DeMarco. In the contest for a one-year commissioner s term , Albert Frey got 130 votes; John Cunin , 117 , and John Anasti , 35. They were run- ning to fill Mr. Kissel s unexp ired one-year term , which will run from December 31 to December 31 , 1962. Mrs. Carole Jones received 159 votes to defeat Mrs. Marion Boom- er , who go ' . 122 ballots for the three-year treasurer ' s term. Bellport Vot e George N. Hawkins , who recei- ved 58 votes , was unapposed in being elected for a five-year com- missioner ' s term to succeed Harvey McChesney, Jr., who served on the Bellport commiSoiot.?vs ' board for five years and chose not tj run again. Raymond McLean , the incumbent , was re-elected treasurer after hav- ing been elected last year to re- place the late Leslie B. Raymond. Mr. McLean was unopposed and re- ceived 54 votes. Fire District voters approved two propositions. The first was passed by 49-0. It provided for $2 , - 000 to be raised by taxation for the purchase of new apparatu s and/ or equi pment. The second was pas- sed by 48-0. It allocated $1 , 000 to be raised by tax to finance im- provements to fire district proper- ty and buildings. Gordon Heights Vote Tyrell Wilson , Sr., polled 117 votes to defeat James Malone , for a five-year term on the Gordon Heights commissioners ' board Mr. Malone received 25 ballots. The in- cumbent , James Whiting, who had serve i for five years declined to run again. The incumbent secretary-treasur- er , Mrs. Anne Henry, got 105 vo- Continued on page 6 , this section Yuie Shopp ing on After Big Parade , Santa ' s Arrival In what proved to be one of the greatest outpourings of spectator, \ver to assemble in Patchogue , Santa Ciaus arrived Saturday nigh c accompanied by a trim red garbed Mrs . Santa Claus and a replica of the Mercury space cap- sule as the vehicle for his annual tri p to the villag\ . The air of excitement began earl y in the afternoon as the companies of the Patchogue Fire Department moved up and down Main Street and Ocean Avenue hoisting car- tons of artificial snow which has become an annual feature of the Christmas parade. Shortl y after the snow was in place read y to go at Fire Chief Tom Newham ' s signal , the 12 yeoman girl help- ers from the Four Sisters Com- munity Center who had been in- flating thousands of balloons all morning and afternoon in the Merchants Division of the Patch- ogue Chamber of Commerce office Continued on page 6 , this section C' reach Woman Still 'Critical' After Crash PORT JEFFERSON STATION -- A 27-year-old widowed mother • 4 * four children continues in cri- :ical condition today at J ohn T. Mather Memorial Hosp ital after being critically injured Monday in a.i auto-bu s accident in Ridge. Sixth Precinct police said the ear driven by Mrs. Doris Kowal- enko of Somerset Road . Center- each , was in collision with the left rear of a school bus and the au.o careened into a tree off of Middle Country Road , near Wad- ing River Hollow Road , about 7:30 a. m. The woman was taken to the hosp ital with multiple fractures of the jaw , facial cuts and pos- sible other head injuries. A hos- pital spokesman said yesterday- afternoon that Mrs. Kowalenko is \ slightl y improved. '' According to the police report , Mrs. Kowalenko ' s vehicle was pro- gressing east on the hi ghway, and the school bus , operated by Manuel Yates. 68 , of Gray Avenue , Med- ford, had started to turn east on the highway from Wading River Hollow Road when the collision occurred. Neither the diver nor the one passenger on the bus , Dwig ht Benton. 10 . of Wading River Hollow Road. Ridge, was in- jured by the impact . Patrolman William G rant investigated the accident. Cut Earth Bank To Aid Vision At Rail C rossing Councilman Harold Chapman announced Tuesday at the Brook- haven Town Board meeting that the Long Island Rail Road is cut- ting the earth bank at the north- west corner of railroad crossing at the Moriche. —Wading R.ver Road and Nor h Street in Manorville to j nipi ov.. 1 ihe v sion for approach- ing motor vehicles. On November 19 , four persons were injured in a train-car acci- dent a. the crossing as ths auto was travelling south and the train was progressing east. The injured were admit' ed to Central Suffolk Hosp tal , Riverhead. At the November 21 tow I board meeting, Ernest Rolph , president of the Manorville Taxpayers and Civic Association , asked the board to request the Public Service Commission to reopen a 1958 case in which the association had asked that the LIRR install warning signal lights at the crossing. The PSC denied the application. In a letter read Tuesday to tie town board , the PSC acknowledged re- ceipt of the board' s request , but no hearing date has been set. Public Hearing The board set a public hearing for December 19 at 2 p. m. on the applicat : on of Charles D. Haw- kins of Center Moriches for a re- newa l of his franchise which ex- pires December 31 , to operate a bus service between Center Mori- ches and Mastic Beach. Represent- ing the petitioner , Attorney Sam- uel Rabson of Center Moriches asked the board for a five-year extension of the franchise. The bus service has been operated since 1942. In resolutions ^ the board voted that a bulldozer be hired at a cost not to exceed $400 to hack fill a stump dump at Shirley ; voted that 30 pine trees be pur- chased for use as a screen on the southerly side of the Shirley dump at a cost not to exceed $300; voted to purchase and install six flood lights and a time clock for Kal- ers Pond , East Moriches , at a cost not to exceed $250 , and voted to authorize Petty & Worrad , Inc , of Medford to place a green na- vigation light at the west entrance of Senix Creek , Center Moriches , at a cost not to exceed $825. As Freeze Approaches: I I M II iW ' IM I W I Hi ml H l i h fW WWIIHWI HH ¦¦\ ' ¦ ™'\ «<«™™«-™«—™~. ~-» .—— \\ —'— 'w \ -«™ — —— — ™ RACING WINTER , workmen at Moriches Life- plete overhaul and check , the buoys will be re- boat Station , East Moriches , remove last of placed in waters from Sayville to Flanders Bay, 'lighted' biun s from Moncftes Bay iur .sei.ij mg Riverhead under direction of local Coast Guard, and storage before the first freeze. After com- — Photo by Joseph Adams EAST MORICHES -- The East Moriches Coast Guard completed the \ winter operation \ l.i^t Wed- nesday when the la. -: of the \light- ed\ buoys was hoiked from the 4> foot buoy boat onto the pier at Ea<t Moriches , for pe/iodic sea- sonal overhaul. There arc 93 lighted -ml unlight- ed buoys in the area from Sayville to Flanders Bay, Riverhead. under the general care and supervision of the local Coast Guard. However , 28 are \lighted buoys \ which must ?>be removed every Fall before the<$ freeze. They are replaced with can and nun type buoys. Ice floes frequentl y drag buoys under , and could seriously damage the lantern and flasher which ne- cessitates their removal. In dry dock the markers are given a gen- eral overhaul, a new paint job , the ' 225-pound set of storage batteries is recharged and the flasher re- ceives a complete recheck. j The winter operation , which be- gan November 1 , will be repeated— ¦lighted buoys reestablished—some- time next March , with a deadline of April 15 , when all markers must be in position. Warren Smith , FNC(AN), was in charge of operations with John F. Overath , BM2(AN), John W. Pettit SN , and Civilian general helper , Peter Klinczak. Group Commander of the East Moriches Coast Guard is Chief W/O Mal- calm Versaw , who has been with the local Group since '57. Buoys Hauled Into Storage GOP Picks for DA , Sheriff Sent to Rocky for Approval THREE MEN recommended by Suffolk County Republican Committee to take office in January assume victory pose following December I meet- ing. Men and offices they will fill are , left to ri ght , Richard DiNapoli , Nort h Babylon , clerk to Suffolk County Board of Supervisors ; Bernard C. Smith , Northport , Suffolk Count y district at- torney; and Frank A. Gross , Sayville , Suffolk County sheriff. — Maple Leaf Photo Service Om j mW F R & B IJk * ® 4 * WmW mmM JL Mmm. mm H nWiin aflk ^mM AwVL mm) mmmm ABB ^BW1 !! m9 ^ V% EgffL m v m m m rm- m m«r m H r^a WP mX mY ^ m mW- ^k ar ^ mr ^im HH^IT HH II 1 H^Bk. WL B H 8T 9 IT W w BB tm H §¦ M Ammmmm. B. m B H mm B ^^M B ^L f l m m *^B B B B ^B B W ^00 fl %nF fl HHB ^B H B B H ^tpH /SI^^^Bi ^V ^OflB ^^\ B % B WB VI ^BP^ B Condemnations Are Set to Go On 648 Acres The Brookhaven Town Board Tuesday adopted maps for filing in the county clerk' s office of pro- perty which the town intends to acqu i re at Mt. Sinai Harbor and West Beadow Beach. George E. Lechtrecker of Pat- chogue , special town attorney, was authorized to proceed with the condemnation proceedings for the 557 acres which the town wishes to obtain at Mt. Sinai for a har- bor and recreational facilities and for the 91 acres at West MeadoAv Beach which the town believes should be preserved as a wetlands for conservation purposes. s On September 26 the town board held a public hearing on the Mt. Sinai program. It was estima- ted it would cost $300 ,000 for ac- quisition of the land. A public hearing was held October 3 on (he West Meadow Beach project. The estimated cost for land ac- quisition is $200,000. In its Tuesday resolution the town board adopted the amended map as of December 1 for Mt. Si- nai. Supervisor August Stout. Jr., explained that there were slight alterations in what the town pro- posed to acquire when original maps were submitted at the pub- lic hearing. The town board said the map adopted for West Meadow was not amended from the one presented originally. Maps must be filed with the County Clerk before a condemna- tion order is requested. Compensa- tion to be given respective owners will be established by court-ap- pointed appraisers if the Suffolk Supreme Court grants a condem- nation order. Zahlman Case Superintendent of Highways Charles W. Barraud refused be- fore the board to recommend pay- ment of the salary of Charles Zahlman of 10 Virginia Road , Lake Grove , former highway de- partment draftsman , from Novem- ber 13 to 17 , on the grounds that he \ wasn 't working \ on those days. On November 14 Mr. Zahlman appeared before the town board and said George Lutz , supervisor , had fired him. Questioned about the matter by Mr. Stout , Mr. Barraud said , \I fired no one. The job is still there. \ At the time Mr. Zahlman explained he had been in an automobile accident No- vember 2 and had been absent from his $5 , 200 job from Novem- ber 2 to 13. Appearing November 23 before the board , Mr. Zahlman said he had been \fired\ November 17 b y Mr. Barraud and stated he had been treated unjustly. Mr. Barraud acknowledged only that he \ sug- gested\ Mr. Zahlman get another job. Mr. Zahlman said he had campaigned for Martin Metzner , Mr. 'Barraud' s Democratic oppon- e nt in the November 7 election. Raising the matter Tuesday, Mr. Stout said he understood Mr. Zahl- man was paid through November 2 and asked Mr. Barraud about paying the former employe for the days when there was \indecision \ about whether Mr. Zahlman still had his job. \Mr. Lutz told him (November 13) he couldn 't work , '' said Mr. Stout , \ and you told him (Novem- ber 14) you hadn 't fired him. He kept reporting for work and didn 't know his status until he saw you November 17. The board ' s high- way comfmittee has raised the question about his being paid for these days. \ Councilman John Foley said \ common courtesy \ should have been shown by \ giving Mr. Zahl- man two weeks ' notice. \ Coun- cilman John Young said the town Continued on page 6 , this section. Bayp ' t Principal Backed By 670-Name Petition BAYPORT — The Citizens Committee for Better Education , tem- poraril y headed b y John T. Obri g, a past member of the Bayport- Blue Point Board of Education , has submitted a 670-namc petition to the school board here in support of granting tenure to Dr. Robert C. Whitsitt , high school princi pal. $>— Mr. Obrig said that a heavy turnout of district residents is ex- pected at the next meeting of the school board , to be held in the new high school cafeteria here on Snedecor Avenue. Bayport , at 8 p. m. December 15. i A controversy over Dr. Whit- sitt' s tenure developed recentl y when reports cropped up that the 41-year-old princi pal might not be granted the tenure at the end of his third academic year with the district in June because his direct manner had \ offended\ some parents. He was also described as a \discip linarian. \ Because it was said that the school board might make a de- cision one way or another Decem- ber 15 , the citizens ' group has been gathering names for the pe- tition favoring Dr. Whitsitt' s ten- ure. Meanwhile , Frederick W. Mer- des , vice chairman of the schoo board , has been elected president to succeed Dr. Frank S. Snell , who recently resigned. Dr. Snell , a dentist , had served as a board of education member in the district for more than 15 years. He would not say whether he was \ pro or con Whitsitt , \ or that the Whitsitt case had any- thing to do with his resignation. Although the board hasn 't yet taken a public stand on the ten- ure matter , it is reported that Continued on page 6. this section COMMUNITY NEWS INDEX Section Page Bayport 2 7 Bell port 2 1 Blue Point . 4 2 Brookha\en & South Haven 2 4 Centereach & Lake Grove 4 A Center Moriches .. 3 1 Coram 4 , - > East Moriches 3 A East Patchogue . . 4 6 Eastport 3 :j Eastwood Village & Dawn Estates .. 1 A Gordon Hei ghts 4 A Holtsville & Farmingville .... -i A Holbrook \ A Manorville :; t Mastic . 3 1 Mastic Beach 3 - I Medford ! - ' | Middle Island - ^ / Moriches • \ > ' - | Patchogue Vnrieii. - I Remsenburg & ., ., J S peonk ' ' I Ridge .. . ' Ronkonkoiv:i <£ , •• ^ the Lake ., , ; ; Selden Shirlev <H •- - , Mastic Veres ^ Yapha;' v ^. —^^MW——•— YULE LIGHTS GO ON as Tad Waldbauer , held by hif* dad. Patchogue ' s Mayor Robert T. Wald- bauer , pulls switch. Others p ictured from left to right at annual Four Corners ceremony, held Saturday night are Village Trustee William Newham and Trustee Roy Kreiger , who is also recreation commissioner , and Captain Irving Weeks , Fifth Precinct commander , Suffolk County Police. A public healing was set for 7 :30 p. m. December 15 in town hall on the proposed fire prevention ordinance drawn up after consultations ' and meetings with represen- tatives of local fire districts and fire-fighting organiza- tions. Supervisor August Stout , Jr., said the board had di s- covered that existing fire pre- vention regulations have not been revised in 25 years. He urged an up-dating of the ordinance for the safety and welfare of town residents. i — _ ————-—^— —_ —-——- —^—^ Fire Prevention Ordinance Hearing NEW TAX RECEIVER — Alex G. Proios , right , is sworn in as Brookhaven ' s new receiver of taxes by Justice of the Peace Erl- ing A. Larsen in simple ceremony at tax office in Port Jeffer- son . Swearing-in took p lace December 1 in accordance with coun- t y regulations which puts newly-elected tax receiver in office one month ahead of his colleagues. Mr . Proios is a resident of Lake Ronkonkoma. — Maple Leaf Photo Service E port Ponders Deadlocked Vote On Fire Office EASTPORT — A flip of the coin was all but ruled out as a means of breaking an electoral deadlock for Eastport fire com- missioner at press time yesterday by the state attorney general' s of- fice. But no one seemed to know exactly how to break a Tuesday night 74-74 tie between incumbent Fire Commissioner George Bram- bley and Gordon Farlow. The Eastport Board of Fire Commissioners had scheduled a meeting for 8 p. m. yesterday to seek a solution to the knotty problem. In the opinion of Chief Fire Commissioner J. Haskell Warner , based on conversations with judicial and fire officials , the board will have moved to select a fire commissioner to fill the five year term by the drawing of lots. Earlier speculation that the is- sue would be resolved on a \heads I win-t^iib you lose \ ba- sis had diminished considerably b y noon yesterday. K Warner said that in the opinion of Stephen Fox , secretary of the New York State Fire Directors Association , and an authority on fire law , the Continued on page 6 , this section BLUE POINT—B e r n a r d C. < Smith and Frank A. Gross have been recommended to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller for appointment to the Suffolk County o ffices of district attorney and sheriff , according to Suffolk County Republican Chairman Art- hur M. Cromarty. He said he mailed the recommendations to the governor following a meeting Dec- ember 1 of the party ' s executive committee at GOP head quarters here in Blue Point. The two positions will become vacant January 1 when District A ttorney John P. Cohalan , Jr., be- comes Suffolk County judg e and Sheriff Charles li. Dominy becomes Brookhaven Town supervisor. At that time Governor Rockefeller will make interim appointments of one year. In November the two ap- pointees will run for full three year terms. At the same meeting, Richard DiNapoli was endorsed as the Re- publican choice for clerk to the Suffolk Count y Board of Super- visors. The 10 town supervisors will make the final decision at the oiganizational meeting of the board in January. The Republicans will have a seven to three majority at that time. Mr. Smith , 38 , of Northport has served as an assistant district at- torney for the past nine years , the last two as chief assistant. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School. During World War II , Mr. Smith saw action in the U. S. Army, Pacific Theatre , emerging as a first lieutenant in the paratroopers. He is a member of the Suffolk Count y Bar Association , North port Repub- lican Club and several civic and fraternal organizations. Mr. Smith and his wife are the parents of four boys. Mr. Gross , 46 , of Sayville is presently Isli p Town clerk , a posi- tion he has held since 1957. After over 20 years of service , Mr. Gross retired from the Merchant Marine as a master mariner. He i.s the vice chairman of the lsli p Town Republk-an-Commibtee and a mem- ber of the Sayville Republican Club. Mr. Gross is married and the father of three children. He is a member of several civic and fraternal organizations in the Say- ville area where he has lived since childhood. Mr. DiNapoli , 38 , of North Baby- lon has served as Babylon Town receiver of taxes for the past three vears. Previously, he was clerk to the iBaby lon Town Board of Ap- peals and secretary to the p lan- ning board. Mr. DiNapoli is a past president of the North Babylon Republican Club and a director ol the L. I. Columbian Association. During World War II , he was an Air Force navigator. Mr. DiNapol is married and the father of foui children. Mr. Cromart y said that he was \ very p leased to be able to recom- mend men with such high qualifica- tions. I am sure that they all have the experience which will enable them to serve excellently and the youth and energy to pursue theii new duties vigorously. \
