PAQE FOURTEEN LONQ ISLAND TRAVELER - WATCHMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976

Community LivingR i v e r h e a d

Aquebogue Jamesport

Carl Bartlett will represent the Suffolk C oun ty Police A th le tic League from Riverhead’s "O pen H ouse” team on a trip to W ash­ington, D.C. There are eight team s in Suffolk County and each team had at least one boy chosen to participate in the National Police Athletic League Basketball Tourna­ment to be held in Washington this m o n th . T he boys w ere se le c te d because of outstanding ability as basketball players and their a tti­tudes toward team m ates. Carl is 17 years old, goes to Riverhead High School and lives on N orthv ille Turnpike with his sister and broth- er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Price. This is a great honor, and we all wish you good luck, Carl.

T he E a s t E nd T h e a tr e G uild announces Open Casting Call for Noel Coward’s “ Blithe Spirit” on February 26 and on March 3. Both nights are 8 p.m . and at the Baiting Hollow Church on Sound Avenue in Baiting Hollow. For further infor­mation, please call Barbara Hulse at 727-3672.

Glenwood Estates was swinging Saturday night. Chairmen Ed and Marion Stack planned a Valentine Dance and, despite Florida and the Flu, about 70 wended their way to the Recreation Hall to eat, drink and be merry. Mary Smith was the merriest. The host and hostess, Fred and Mae Schubert, greeted e v e ry o n e , and w hen th e m usic started... so did Mary. First, the Broom Dance... with husband Bill applauding her... then on to the C h a r le s to n , jo in ed by F red and Josephine W eissman, Mary Rick- steen, Mae and John Swoboda. (John and his wife, Helen, were telling fnends that thirty years ago

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to the day, he was discharged from the U.S. Army.) Then the Sing-a- Long with Chris Bermel, president of the Association, the Cannons (John and Marion) joining Mary in "H ear t of My H eart,” "O ld Mill S tream ” and other favorites you know and love. When the door prize of a shampoo and set from "C ut 'n Curl” was won by George Otto, it got chuckles from Norma B erm el, A de line G raff, A gnes Haas, Jeanne and Frank Grande, and the crowd... because George is a little short on hair. However, he gave the prize to his wife, and got back with everybody to the busi­ness of having a good tim e... which they did.

The Riverhead Drum and Bugle Corps is having its annual drive. There are openings on horn, drum and the Color Guard. Any boy or girl... 12 to 17 years old is eligible for membership. If you are inter­e s te d , call J im D ee g an , C orps Director, at 727-4697.

Have people been telling you lately that you’re full of ennui? Well, you’d better take yourself to th e R iv e rh ea d Lions D ance on February 22. Called “ The Spirit of ’76” . (It includes Valentine’s Day and W a s h in g to n ’s and L inco ln ’s b i r th d a y s . . . th e Lions n ev e r do anything little.) At S6.50 per per­son, you’ll get an Open Bar, hors d 'oeuvres and dancing music by the Rodgers Brothers. The chairman, Richi Yeni, co-chairman Larry Gal- lasso and the committee; Lennie Cohen, Roger Colter, Tom H ub­bard, John Lombardi, etc., promise surprises and door prizes. Be at the Polish Hall on Sunday, February 22, from 5 to 9 p.m. for your share of the fun.

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Talk about surprises... no one ever got a bigger one than Jerry M apes on his 30th birthday. His w ife, C h r is t in e , and l i t t le girU K a re n , in v i ted 90 f r ie n d s and relatives to the Firehouse on 2nd Street. Then Jerry was called and asked to come down to work on a fire truck. He never suspected a thing. His mom and dad, June and Ray Mapes; Christine’s mom, M a­rie Partridge; aunt and uncle Gloria and Steve Lonski; Barry and Kathy Karlin; Linda Mapes; Barbara Zda- nowicz, Mary Lech; Mary Goro- leski; Freddy Sterzenbach; Mark and Gary Hotchkiss; Dagmar and Roger S te p h e n se n an d ev e ry o n e there, sang “ Happy Birthday Je r ­ry ,” ate, danced to the Jeff Hawk’s Trio, were delighted by the huge cake decorated with an icing bikini clad lady (very well endowed)... and watched Jerry open all of his gifts. He was helped in the gift departm ent by two-year-old Karen, d re s s e d in a b lu e and w hite jum per, and having more fun than anyone. She left at midnight... but the rest of the party-goers d idn’t leave till 4 a.m . Now, th a t’s a birthday to remember! Jerry sends a special thank you to all of his friends.

Mrs. William Hannah will be the g u e s t s p e a k e r of th e R iv erh ead Garden Club’s February 24th m eet­ing, which will be held in the Riverhead Historical Society Build­ing on W est Main Street, River­head, at 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Mrs. Hannah, a highly informed m em­ber, will talk on the use of antique containers for floral arrangements. T h is p ro g ra m will be of g re a t interest, and all members are urged to attend. The club has hired a bus to ta k e its m e m b e rs and th e ir guests to the Flower Show in the N assau C olliseum on T h u rsd ay , March 11. The bus will leave the First Street parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and will return approximately at 3:30 p.m. The cost for the bus trip and the show’s admission is SS.2S per person. Reservations are neces­sa ry , an d a c ce p te d only upon receipt of payment. Kindly mail checks payable to Riverhead Gar­den Club to Mrs. Gerald Lum, 135 Sunrise Avenue, Riverhead, N. Y. 11901.

Snow did little to ham per the fun at the Aquebogue home of Elinor Young on Friday night. Friends and m embers of the family helped her surprise her daughter-in-law, Susan (Bruce's wife), and son, David, on their 21st birthdays. Susan’s is on

February 11 and David's is on February 12... can’t let a coinci­dence like that go by unnoticed! They had good conversation... pool (the girls outshot the fellows) and lots of birthday cake.

Another reminder to get your reservations in for the Holy Name Society o f St. I s id o re ’s C hurch P re -L e n ten D ance. The d a te is February 28... the place, Polish Hall... and the time from 9 to 1 a.m. Tickets are S3.25 per person and you can get yours by calling George Stapon, Dance Chairman, at 722-3745.

Last month 30 members of the Riverhead Elks and 10 Elkettes entertained 31 veterans from the Northport Hospital. Herb Fleisch- man got the skillets out and rustled up a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings. Irv Petraszewski played the organ while Walter Flanagan (the Irish tenor who says he should be changed into two fives) led an old-fashioned sing-a-long. The words w ere p ro je c te d on th e wall so everyone could join in... then Bingo gam es with prizes and each veteran received a gift at the end of the party. June Fleischman, Trudy Has- selbach, Jean Martin, and everyone there saw to it that the guys had a great time.

Sixty-six squads took part in the 15th Annual Cheerleading Competi­tion sp o n so re d by th e C atholic Youth Organization in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Area competition at Southampton College with 12 g ro u p s in c lu d in g St. Jo h n th e Evangelist and St. Isidore partici­pating concluded with St. Isidore’s squad of: Annette Anderson, Shar­on Christensen, Katie Desmond, Patty Grant, LuAnn Harris, Kathy Rutkoske, Terry Smith, Judy Spa- cek, Jacqui Tisch, Donna Wenner, M ary W e n n e r , Sandy Z aw esk i, Cindy Lombardi, co-captain, and Captain Maria Zaweski, coached by Carol Yeni, coming in 5th. St. John’s Squad: Patricia Cline, Susan Edwards, Maryellen Ellwood, Bren­da Grodski, Darlene Grattan, Diana G ra t ta n , L orra ine K olle r, B e rn a ­dette Kujawa, Karen Torstensen and Laurie Zeltmann coming in 6th.

Bill Grover III, son of Eileen and Bill Grover of Further Lane, is on the D ean’s List of S.U.N.Y. M ari­time College at Fort Schuyler, N.Y. Bill is in his third year, and also was the recipient of a scholarship from Bethlehem Steel.

Happy to hear from John Schul­ler II, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schuller of Pond View Road. John, a ’74 graduate of Riverhead High School, is a Radioman 3rd Class in the United States Coast Guard and will be celebrating a year and a half service on March 9. H e’ll celebrate ab o a rd th e C oast G uard C u t te r “ B a ssw o o d ” on h is way to a two-month deployment to the Phil­ippines and Taiwan. Lots of good luck, John, on your new assign­ment.

The Riverhead Democratic Com­mittee always has a Valentine’s Day Dance, and this year was no exception. The whole thing took place Saturday night at the Holiday Inn . Lots o f p a p e r h e a r ts , b ig lollipops with “ I Love U” ... red

g u e s t s a t t h e d a n c e include Southold Town Supervisor Albert Martoocia, Congressnnan Otis Pike, and Malcolm Stewart.

SOUTHOLD TOASTMASTER’S CLUB received a charter February 13, during a dinner meeting at Soundview Restaurant with over 60 persons present. Left to right, Dr. Blackwell: district representativiB August Stiffel; Arnold Robinson, Southold chairman, and Frank Tully, District 46 Lieutenant Governor, celebrated the presentation of the official charter. The group was organized in Novemt^er.

tablecloths... Chairlady Adrienne Cardinale d idn 't forget a thing. The lights were low, the music was good, and when door prize time came, a lot of people won a lot of prizes. Joe Fox picked Doris Mc­Cormack's number for a case of wine and champagne; John Krus- zon won a case of beer; Pat Fox won some cordials; Melanie John­son won some needlework, Rich Yeni won candy; Steve Glose some bubbly and... the big surprise of the night... the Mystery Box, when opened by winner Charlie Eiche, revealed a fantastic red, white and b lu e a fg h an w ith a h u g e '76 , handm ade for the party and donated by Mary Doroski.

Troop 332 of Jamesport, spon­sored by the Jamesport Lions, has started to meet every Friday eve­ning from 7 to 8:30 in the Old

Steeple Church in Aquebogue. They will meet there until the Jamesport Community Center building is re ­opened. Committee Chairman Joel Nine, Scoutmaster Doug Hunter, A ss is ta n t S co u tm as te r H oward Sheppard, Junior Ass't Scoutmaster W illiam W e g e n e r , J r . , an d th e Troop are preparing for the 1976 Expo and various campouts they will attend this year. For further information about the Troop, call 298-5816.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Un­derwood, daughter of Reg Under­wood, Sr., of Corwin Street, a 6th grade student at St. John’s School. She was a runner-up to the winner of the Zone Spelling Bee held at St. Andrew’s School in Sag Harbor la s t m on th . E lizabe th co m p eted with students from all the Catholic Schools on the entire East End of Long Island.

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The Riverhead Kiwanis Club and all Kiwanis Clubs in the area have a Testimonial Dinner-Dance planned for March 6 to honor Jerry Villani of Havil’s Jewelry Store on Main Street. Jerry was the first Kiwanis Lt. Governor of Suffolk East, and is a charter member and past presi­dent of the Riverhead club. The place is the Rock Hill Country Club, and for $15 per head there will be an open bar, roast beef dinner and dancing from 9 to 1 a.m. If you would like to make reservations, call Mike Velys at 727-3620 or Bill Spanburgh at 727-3159.

More news next week... Call me at 727-1992 or w rite Box 166,

Aquebogue.

MERCY HIGH BENEFITThe United Parents of Mercy High

School will sponsor a cocktail party at the school cafeteria on Sunday, March 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. The ticket donation of $3 per person includes door p r ize s , hot and cold ho rs d ’oeuvres and the music of Jimmy Digons. Drinks will be extra. Tickets may be purchased by calling Mrs. Rita Murphy at 298-4967 or at the door.

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Calverton, has pledged Delta Pi Omega social sorority this semester at Central Methodist College. Ms. Murtha, a sophomore English ma­jor, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Rodman Murtha, Rt. 1, Calverton.

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