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Official Newspaper of East Hampton Town and Village
Incorporated THE A Community Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interests
of East Hampton
VOLUME LI EAST H AM PTO N, N. Y„ T H U R SD A Y , M ARCH 19, 1936 NUMBER 21
RELIEF COSTS HERE OVER $8,500
IN FEBRUARY
W elfare Officer W ood’s R eport Show s R elie f Bill
M ounts
D uring February, th e cost of home relief in th e Town of E ast Hampton exceeded $8,500, according to th e r e p o rt of W elfare Officer W illiam M. Wood. T he figure is considerably h igher th a n Jan u a ry 's bill, bu t is a trifle lower th a n th e expenditures m ade in February, 1935.
T he to tal of $8,451.62 for re im bursable item s in F ebruary included the following:Food $5,421 15S helter ...................................... 686.00Fuel ................................................ 1.624.50Clothing ........................................ 321.22Medical .......................................... 43875
In January , the same item s only to talled $4,841.10, while in February, 1935. they am ounted to $8,946.98.
As announced recently, W elfare O fficer Wood is still serving w ithout pay as W elfare Officer, ra th e r th a n lose his $150 pension as a re tired p rin cipal. He was notified recently th a t he could no t draw his pension if he continued to accept a salary paid ou t of public funds.
MONTAUK QUEEN IS 88
Red Cross A sks Flood Fund D onations Here
The local Red Cross has been called upon to assist in raising money fo r flood relief. The am ount to be contributed by th e Red Cross throughout the nation is $3,000,000. Anyone in E ast H am pton who would care to contribute to the cause is asked to send donations to Mrs. Charles O. Gould, treasurer of the local chapter.
GYPSY FORTUNE PROVES COSTLY TO THOS. LAWLER
A m agansett Man M isses $20; G ypsies Caught at
Port Jefferson
Mrs. M aria Banks, p r e s e n t "Queen" of the M ontauk Indians, left, celebrated her 88th birthday on Monday. M arch 16. H er friend, Mrs. Phoebe Scott, who will be 85 in June, is shown w ith h er (right). Mrs. Bank's first husband was King David P haraoh. She was bom a t Ind ian Field, M ontauk, and lived there until the land was sold to the Benson family. In 1909, when the M ontauks protested the less of M ontauk. she testified on their behalf. Gardell Photo
Tow n Board ConsidersBuying D iesel Tractor
Gardiner’s Suit toBreak W ill Settled
Superintendent of Highways William B. G reene was authorized by the East Ham pton Town Board, a t th e ir regu la r meeting on Monday, to purchase a new tractor, if and when necessary, a t a cost n o t to exceed $3,000. Mr. Greene is considering the purchase of a Diesel trac to r to replace the gasoline operated m achine now owned by the Highway D epartm ent. T ests conducted by the New York S ta te P ark Commission have revealed th a t the cost of operation of a Diesel trac to r is 19.3 cents per hour, while a gasoline trac to r of the sam e size costs 64.4 cents per hour to run . Diesel tracto rs bum about 1V1> gallons of fuel per hour, costing 6 cents per gallon, while gasoline trac to rs of the sam e efficiency burn between 40 an d 50 gallons of gasoline per day.
The bqgrrt^re-agpointed M orton H. Pennypacker **as official Tow n" H istorian. Supervisor D uryea told th e plans Mr. Pennypacker has for a w ater p ageant to be held on Long Island Sound as p a r t of the Long Island T ercentenary Celebration, to be held th is sum m er.
Mr. Duryea reported to th e Board on the completion of the p lan ting of 5,000,000 flounder fry in th e w aters of th e Township by th e U nited S tates Governm ent F ish H atcheries, of Woods Hole, Mass.
T he Board com pleted its session by auditing bills; accepting th e regular m onthly report of Miss Georgia P a rke;-, the Town Nurse; and authorizing th e erection of a n additional s tree t ligh t a t the M ontauk Fishing Village.
According to the New York papers, the su it brought by R obert David
I Lion G ardiner to break th e will of his g reat-aun t, Miss M ary G. Thompson, was settled out of court afte r i t came up on Monday of las t week before S u rrogate Delehanty, in New York. The am ount of settlem ent was no t revealed. Six institu tions inherited the m ajor share of Miss Thom pson’s fortune, said to be $15,500,000.
T he settlem ent was revealed afte r Surrogate Delehanty had adjourned hearing on G ardiner's suit to break the will. T he court directed Max D. Steur, attorney for the plaintiff, to subm it by 6 p. m., an affidavit proving the case h ad m erit. No affidavit was subm itted because the settlem ent had been reached by th a t time.
G ardiner, a 20-year-old law stu - law student, of 812 P ark avenue. New York, charged undue influence had been exerted upon Miss Thompson, who died a t the age of 93. T he greater p a r t of the will, he contended, was draw n up befoi*£ ne was born, an d he was m entioned only in a codicil giving him half th e income of a tru s t fund of $200,000, ha lf the fam ily heirlooms and an ou trigh t bequest of $50,000.
New $25,000 T heatre for Sag Harbor R eady June 1
Leonard A. Edwards, general m an ager of the P ruden tial Long Island Theatres, Inc., announced today th a t workmen would s ta r t demolishing the m ain auditorium of the Sag H arbor T hea tre on M onday m orning to make way for th e erection of a m odem fireproof thea tre . T he thea tre , w hich is to cost approxim ately $25,000, will be of steel fram e and concrete wall construction, and will sea t 600 people.
T he new showhouse will be erected on th e site of th e p resent structure , which Is leased by the P rudential T hea tres from M ayor G. Augustine K icrnan, of Sag H arbor. The present lobby is to be utilized as the entrance way for the new struc tu re bu t will be completely remodeled, elim inating the steps. T he fron t of the thea tre will be changed in to a concave arc, w ith a boxofflce in the center. T he new movie house is to be re-opened on o r before Ju n e 1.
Barnes Griffin U nit o f the A m erican Legion A uxiliary
T he county com m ittee women a t tended the M arch county meeting held a t Amityville's Legion dugout last Saturday. The com m ander of th a t post welcomed the women. He announced th a t the county convention will be held a t Amityville th is sum mer. Mrs. Oxholm, the county chairm an, then proceeded w ith the meeting. I t was announced th a t the E ast H ampton u n it has disbanded.
As p a r t of the Americanism report, th e topic, safety drives, was discussed. In Riverhead a drive to stop ticke t "fixing" has been started . I t is planned fo r th e whole county to take th is up. T he Auxiliary is p lanning swimming contests to be held in June. M rs. B ertha K etcham announced th a t 84.3''c of the quota fo r Suffolk County m em bership has been reached. This year a poppy poster contest will be sponsored in the in terest of th e sale of popples. F inally th e m embers voted to invite the Gold S ta r M others to the May meeting, to be held in Northport.
I A regular m eeting will be held I Thursday, w hen the members go on w ith their study of the C onstitution.
A ngus Fletcher SpeaksA t Ram blers’ M eeting
The R am blers enjoyed a ta lk on in - i ternational relations by Angus F let- cher of New York an d Fireplace, on Tuesday evening a t the home of Mrs. E. T. Dayton on Woods lane. Mrs. Henry J . Rees assisted Mrs. Dayton in en tertaining; Mrs. Frederick K . Russell and Mrs. Leon Q. Brooks were the evening's program committee, Mrs. Russell introducing the speaker.
Mr. Fletcher, who commutes daily between his home a t F ireplace and his office a t the B ritish Library of In fo rm ation, New York, prefaced his talk by rem arks on Kipling, whose fondness fo r Sussex Downs Mr. F letcher shares; and on Pickwick Papers, which, Mr. F le tcher says, he keeps in his pocket to read on the tra in each day a f te r finishing the morning papers. A b it of Dickens pu ts him in good h u mor for the day 's work, he said. The New York Times, he considers, is the best paper in the world for accurate reporting of in ternational affairs; even be tte r th a n the London Times, which h as the world’s largest circulation for a daily paper. He also said some very kind th ings about the E ast H ampton S tar, w hich he reads weekly from cover to cover.
Mr. F le tcher’s ta lk on world a ffa irs was clear, very im partial, and charm ingly given; everyone enjoyed it enormously. Questions were asked afterw ard; particularly concerning the m ethod of adm inistering relief in England. Mr. F le tcher compared th e system s in our country and in England. Over there , he said, expenses are cut by voluntary workers, who consider it a m atte r of honor to serve th e ir country in th a t way.
Roll call was answ ered by Irish stories, and re freshm ents were in green and white, in honor of S t. P a trick’s Day.
T he nex t meeting, on March* 31, will be held a t the home of Mrs. Everett J . Edwards on David lane. The topic will be books; Mrs. F ran k S tratton an d Mrs. Edward S. Boughton are the evening’s program committee. Roll call will be answered by m entioning a new book read.
Phillip S. Taber o fOrient, D ies Suddenly
W hen two gypsy women entered the Royal Scarlet Store in A m agansett on Tuesday, they were trea ted like customers. instead of Gypsies, and perm itted to rem ain in the store, w ith the
I result t h a t Thom as Lawler, in charge | of the m ea t departm ent, found th a t j i t cost him $20 to have one of the gypsy women “tell his fortune.” From now
I on i t is likely th a t open season on gypsies will prevail around th is section of
| Long Island.I One of women walked to th e grocery counter and talked to Edward
j Hoyt, while the other engaged Mr. Lawfler in conversation. Offering to tell his fortune she asked th a t he hold a coin in h is hand. A fter various phases of hocus-pocus the “fortune telling" reached th e point where the cash register had opened wide enough to perm it the Gypsy to reach in w ith her hand and playfully ex tract a hand ful of bills. She prom ptly dropped the m oney back in the cash register and th e fo rtune telling proceeded.
W hen the Gypsies le ft the store they | entered a large black Lincoln sedan i w ith Pennsylvania license plates, j They started towards M ontauk. Hoyt | and Lawler then commenced to won- 1 der if they still had the store in tact,| and when Lawler checked over his I cash draw er he found th a t two $10 I bills had vanished, j Believing th a t the Gypsies had driv- j en to M ontauk a call was pu t in for j Corporal W illiam Brockm an of the | S ta te Police. Town Officer H arry i Steele and Investigator John P. J e n
sen of th e dis tric t a tto rney ’s office I were called in and a county-wide I alarm sen t out. T he Gypsy sedan had apparen tly cu t through the back woods and gone west, for several hours la te r
I they were apprehended a t Port J e fferson and brought to Riverhead. From there Steele and Jensen re tu rned them to E ast Hampton.
T he Gypsy re tu rned the $20 to Lawler, an d before Justice of th e Peace W illiam H. Strong, the woman, who gave th e nam e of Sophia Miller, was given a six m o n k s ’ suspended jail sentence, and told to keep out of East Hampton.
Railroad Fish TrainSpecial Starts April 19
The first L. I. R. R. F isherm en’s Special will operate April 19, which is a Sunday. This tra in will stop a t Shinnecock Canal, where a fine fleet of boats will carry the fishermen to Peconic bay or Shinnecock bay. Those who desire to renew acquaintance w ith M ontauk can carry on and go fishing there.
May 16 will see the first Saturday tra in in operation, and May 21 will be the firs t Thursday fishermen’s excursion. From th a t date there m ay be additional service if it is warranted.
T his year the tra in s have been stepped up a little. They will leave Pennsylvania an d Flatbush avenue stations a t 5:45 a. m.. stopping a t Woodside a t 5:55 a. m., and J a m aica a t 6:09 a. m.
The retu rn ing tra in will leave a t 5 p. m. from M ontauk, and S hinnecock a t 5:38 p. m.
T ickets Now on SaleFor “Southern V arieties’
DIPPEL, BASILE WIN SAG HARBOR
VILLAGE VOTEConservative Party Gains
Control o f Board; S ix A ppropriations Pass
CHARLES W. OSBORNE
Charles W . Osborne Speaks to “Blizzard M en of ’88”
MRS. MARY A. LE FEVRE
T H IEF AT BARNES’ PROPERTY
Police are investigating a robbery com m itted early th is week on the prope rty of the late W illiam H. B arnes. The boat house was entered and several th ings taken, while a window was broken.
Mrs. M ary A. Le Fevre, widow of G ilbert Le Fevre of W aterm ill, died in Southam pton suddenly a t th e home of Mrs. Monroe Le Fevre. D eath was due to cerebbral hem orrhage. She was 74. and a life-long resident of W atermill.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Foster of W aterm ill. Jam es Cor- with. a brother, resides in W atermill.
Funeral services were conducted yesterday from th e residence of Mrs. Leonard F oster by Rev. David G. S m ith . B urial was in W aterm ill cemetery.
W hile beating ou t a grass fire Tuesday nea r h is home, Phillip Sheridan T aber of Orient, dropped to the ground and was dead before h is fam ily physician, Dr. W illiam K aplan of Green- port, arrived.
He had m any E ast H am pton friends.A t an inquest in E astern Long Is
land Hospital Coroner J . M. H eath ruled dea th was due to h ea rt disease.
He was bom in O rient on August 15, 1865, an d h ad lived there all his life. He was a son of the la te S eth and Jan e T aber. Surviving a re his wife, E lizabeth of O rient; son, Em erson of East H am pton; th ree brothers, F red an d S. Brown T aber, of Orient, and Henry M.. of Jam estow n, N. D.; two sisters, Mrs. Jenn ie Sherwood of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Lorene H urlbu tt of Orient.
F uneral services are being held th is afternoon w ith th e pastor of O rient M ethodist C hurch, of w hich he was a member, officiating. B urial will be in O rient C entral Cemetery. He was a m em ber of Lewis A. Edwards Council J r . O. U. A. M.
Tickets were placed on sale th is week for the “Southern Varieties" to be given by the Guild Hall Players on Friday, M arch 27, for the benefit of Guild Hall, which was recently dam aged by flood.
T he “Southern Varieties” perform ance is under th e general direction of J. C. Lawrence. The en tertainm ent will consist of a m instrel chorus, two one-act plays, specialty numbers, etc. The m instrel chorus consists of E. V. Conway, F rank Dayton, Charles M an- sir, Louis R. V etault, R ichard Bond, Carl and M ax R eutershan, Raymond W hitaker. Newton Tiffany, Charles
Many E ast H ampton radio listeners heard Charles W. Osborne, president of the Osborne T rust Company here, speak a t 1:30 last Thursday afternoon from the Hotel Pennsylvania, where Mr. Osborne was one of more th an 200 attending the re-union luncheon of the Blizzard Men of ’88, on the 48th anniversary of th e famous snowfall. Mr. Osborne, who is in h is 97th year, was in business in New York for more th a n 50 years, 30 years of which he was associated w ith the late Russell Sage, financier and philanthropist.
Mr. Osborne was living in Brooklyn a t the tim e of the blizzard and he to ld of coming to his office In lower M anhattan w hen the wind driv-
Lynch, and Robert E. Wilson, in te r- I lnB the snow was whistling a t 80 mileslocutor. A specialty num ber will be an instrum ental trio, F rank Dayton, h a rmonica; Charles L ynch and Newton Tiffany, banjos, who will play a num ber of o ld-tim e melodies. Carl R eutersh an will sing “Boots and Saddle,” Raym ond W hitaker will sing. “Music Goes R ound and Round," and “I Got P lenty of N othin’ ” ; Max R eutershan will sing “Coon, Coon, Coon” and R ichard Bond will sing “Homesick”
an hour and the tem peratu re was below zero. W hen he went to the Stock Exchange, he said, only one o ther person appeared, so he closed up and w ent home.
Pupils o f Lucile K ellogg Heard in Sunday Recital
.'T'he th ird in a series ofand "I C an’t Give You Anything Bu . !.. spent m e out tr>Love.” Mr. Bond will also do , ^iW ./ogg took place last Sunday t specialty number.
There will be no reserved seats.T ickets m ay be secured from anym em ber of the Guild Hall P layers or a t th e Guild H all Box Office.
L. I. COAST GUARD FROM BELOW
HAS MANY MEN MASON-DIXON LINE
By GEORGE C. KIERNAN[Continued from last week's S ta r]“The type of men in th e Coast
G uard today differs in m any respects from the type of m en who were in the service before the World W ar," rem arked Chief Boatswain’s M ate W arren Barnes, officer in charge of the A m agansett Coast G uard Station, as we talked w ith one ano ther in his office a week ago Sunday afternoon. “W hen I first entered th e service.” continued C aptain Barnes, who has served 26 years w ith the Coast Guard, “the m en whiled away their leisure tim e in m any, and varied, useful pu rsuits. Some m ade their own shoes, m any devoted themselves to wood carving. P ractically a ll of the men d id th e ir own washing. Today the m arried men have their laundry done a t home and the single m en patronize the commercial laundries. T heir spare time is occupied alm ost en tire ly by w riting letters, talking, listening to a radio, or reading the daily papers.”
‘‘U ntil afte r the W ar," C aptain
noon in the M oran G allery a t Guild Hall. T he benefits received by those studying w ith Miss Kellogg was very m uch in evidence. - p y l icular improvem ent being shown by Mrs. Nelson C. Osbome, Miss Alice Hughes, and Raymond W hitaker. Miss H enriette Welch, Mrs. N athaniel H ildreth, an d Louis Elllston, th e o thar th ree recitalists, h ad no t been heard here previously. Mrs. W illiam A. Taylor accompanied each of the singers a t the piano. Mrs. S tephen A. Palm er, who was to have taken p a r t in the program was unable to do so on account of the illness of h er daughter.
The guest a r tis t of the afternoon, George A. Ryall, pianist, was extrem ely well received and played the Schu- bert-Tausig M arche M ilitaire and Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat m inor. In addition Mr. Ryall added the Claire de Lune of Debussy, and one of h is own compositions entitled “Moods.”
Following th e recital in th e M oran G allery tea was served a t which Mrs. Jam es H. Mulford and Mrs. Taylor
For the first tim e in a decade the Advancement P arty was defeated in a Sag H arbor Village Election when the largest num ber of voters to go to the polls in 15 years elected George Dlp- pel and Anthony W. Baslle, Concerva- tive candidates, to th e office of Village Trustee, with an average m ajority of 112 votes, in Tuesday's election. R. C. Graveley and William C. Baslle was high m an, polling 702; Dippel was 666, Graveley 577, and Trim pin 558. The to tal vote cast was 1266.
Conservative supporters Indulged in a m ild dem onstration of joy w hen the results of th e election were first learned shortly a f te r 6:00 p. m., but it was not until 9 :00 th a t evening th a t the victory celebration began in earn- nest. Meeting a t the M ontauk Hose Company, over 100 jub ilan t Conservatives formed a parade, and headed by the Sag H arbor Band. • m arched down M ain s tree t singing joyously.
I t is reported th a t the only change in the personnel of Village employees will be brought about when the new Sag H arbor Board holds its organization meeting on Monday. April 6. Village Clerk Alvin S. B ooth will be re placed by a Conservative appointee, according to reports. B. Dering Sleight or Edward Somers, both of whom were active during the campaign, are m entioned as possible appointees.
As a result of Tuesday's election, the Conservative P arty will have a 3-2 m ajority on the Village Board when It convenes on April 6. Charles Shaw, the P arty ’s sole representative on the Board during the past four years, will now be supported b y -th e presence of Mr. Dippel and Mr. Baslle; Mayor G. Augustine K iem an and Trustee 'J . C. Beyer being the only rem aining representatives of the Advancement faction.
Despite the fact th a t the Conservative Party , pledged to economy, was victorious, the six propositions, to taling $10,600 for road m aintenance, snow
•moval, and care of trees, were all carried, w ith an average m ajority of 41 votes.
i in localities where high wages were j no t as prevalent as they were on the ; Island .”! C aptain Barnes, incidentally is from j Provincetown, Mass. He has been In charge of the Am agansett Coast
! G uard S ta tion for the past six years.T he only person of local extraction under Captain Barnes is Boatswain’s M ate Everett L. Penny, who was born in H am pton Bays. L. I. M ate Penny has been stationed in several stations all along the Island during his eight years in the service. S urfm an B ertram poured. Miss Kellogg is p lanning an-
r W. Beal, who has been in th e Coast o ther recital by her pupils for MayG uard for three years, comes from South W indham , Me. The rest of the Am agansett S ta tion’s personnel are all from th e south . S urfm an Mitchell Fulcher, who is on sick leave recuperating from an a ttack of pneumonia, was born in Atlantic, N. C. He has
I spen t his entire six years w ith the Coast G uard in the Am agansett and Napeague stations. S u rfm an G ilbert
! Curies, who has been in th e service only a year, is from W ater Lily, N. C.
COAL DUTY
THEATRE SCHOOL HERE THIS SUMMER PLAN BENEFIT SHOWS IN GUILD HALL
T he dram a and music com m ittee of Guild Hall has completed a rrangem ents w ith the Studio of Acting, a professional thea tre school under the direction of Leighton Rollins, by which four studio productions will be presented in the John Drew T hea tre of Guild Hall th is sum mer. T h e Studio of Acting is under the m anagem ent of Mr. Rollins and is in its th ird season. T he com m ittee for the Studio of A cting includes such prom inent people as i Dam e Sybil Thorndike. Mrs. W. K V anderbilt. Mrs. F oster Kennedy, the Misses Cottenet, M argaret Anglin. Frances Coleman. M ay Davenport Seymour and the Messrs. John DeW itt P tllx , Jam es Harvey S harp, and T Houston Sotley.
T here will be two groups, an ad vanced group an d a beginning group which will devote the two m onths’ course In Ju ly and August to a correla ted course in the technique of ac ting. D uring the course of th e summer, the Studio of Acting will p resent four productions, all of w hich will be given for the benefit of Guild Hall.
Mr. Rollins, as well as the students of th e Studio of Acting, will take houses here. Last yea r th e group spent the slim m er In B ar Harbor. M e. bu t a preference has been shown this year in favor of East H am pton. T he New York headquarters of the S tud io of Acting are Beekman Tower New York City.
Caseys Trim Locals 35-28 In First o f Final Series
Southam pton Caseys won th e first in the playoff series fo r the Eastern Sunrise League Cham pionship on Tuesday night, when they defeated
l the E ast H am pton Bonic Five 35-28.| T he second game will be played th is | S atu rday n igh t in the S outham pton ; High School. T he only excuse the locals had to offer was th a t they were
, playing the Caseys on St. P atrick 's j Day. and th a t was too tough a com- ' bination.
Southam pton led a t the half 23-12, but E ast H am pton rallied and came w ithin two points of Southam pton in the last quarter, and Southam pton still led 30-28.
Mosher, w ith 11 points, and Godby. w ith 9 points, were h igh m en for the S outham pton team. Leddy scored 13 for th e locals.
B aym en’s League toM eet March, at Springs
T h e nex t m eeting of the East j H am pton Town Baym en s Protective | and Co-operative League will be held next F riday evening. M arch 27th. 1936. a t Springs Hall, in Springs.
M any questions of g reat im portance to the Baymen of the town are expected to come before the meeting, and i t is hoped th a t a large attendance of the Baym en will be present a t th a t time.
R efreshm ents will be served a t the conclusion of the meeting.
Farrington G ives F ishing Talk Before Brotherhood
An interested audience a t the m eeting of The B rotherhood on Monday evening hea rd S. KJp F arring ton give a talk on deep sea fishing trip s he had enjoyed in northern and southern waters. He paid tribute to Tommy G ifford, well known a t M ontauk, and Harry Conklin of Amagansett! as two of th e best fishing guides in the business; and 80 per cen t of “fishing luck” is due to your guides, said F arrington.
Motion pictures of several fishing expeditions were shown by Jo h n Gibb of G len Cove. Three striking oil p a in tings done by Lynn Bogue H unt, well known artist, were displayed, as were several large rods.
D em ocratic Club Officers to B e Installed M onday, 26th
T he nex t meeting of the East H am pton Town M en's Democratic Club, will be held nex t Thursday evening. M arch 26th, 1935, a t Guild Hall, and a t w hich tim e the officers elected a t th e last m eeting will be installed by Charles H. Sullivan. Democratic County leader, who will be the guest speaker of th e evening.
T he officers to be installed arc: Robert Gosman, president; Morton E. Gilday, first vice president; Judson L. B anister, second vice president; Edm ond K. Cullum, th ird vice president; F erris Talm age, recording secretary; Jam es Conroy, financial secretary; Jo seph Cassidy and C harles Johns jr., sergean ts-a t-arm s T he trustees are Raymond Wazlo, Lawrence Gangl, W illiam Colrus, Augustus Bennett, Albert Ross, C harles Landry. Edward Niggles, and W illiam Talmage.
OPPORTUNITY CONTEST
S tarting Saturday, April 4, the Edwards T hea tre Is going to sponsor an O pportunity Contest which will be
| open to any and everyone over the age of 16, and under the age of 99. These contests will be run every Saturday n igh t until the final, which will be on May 2. a t the evening show. Tills is a good chance for any organization to send a representative group to compete for the grand prize. The total cash prizes are to be 150, and will be a good chance for some one to earn a reputation. T he m anagem ent of the th ea tre will assist anyone and alM) suggest ideas to those participating If such Is desired, so send In your entries now for th e big O pportunity Contest.
One of the jobs which has to be done, bat which is always done w ith a smile, Ls “Coal D uty.” A t the Am agansett S tation the boys were bringing in the coal when The S ta r's photographer arrived. Reading from le ft to righ t are: Surfm an Otis L. Willis, Boatswain’s Mate, 2nd Class; E. L. Perry, and Surfm an R. P. H arris. —Photo by Earl Gardell
B arnes went on, “th e Coast G uard | S urfm an Irving J . W hite, the cook of stations in th is vicinity were m anned i the sta tion for the p as t th ree years,
j almost entire ly by local men. Now comes from W atchaprague. Va. S urf- I nearly 70 per cent of the entire se r- m an Roy P. H arris and S urfm an Otis I vice ls composed of southerners. Post j L. Willis, both of whom have been in ' w ar wages and th en the prohibition the service bu t one year, are both era drove m ost of the Long Island m en from N orth C arolina, the form er from out of th e service. T he ir places were W anchese. and the la tte r from H at-
, taken by men from the Carolina* and i teras.Georgia, together w ith a few from I S urfm an H arris an d Burfm an Beale
i New England, m en whose hom es were ' (C ontinued on page eight)
HOME RELIEF EXPENSES — FEBR U AR Y , 1936Reimbursable Item s:
Food .............Shelter ........Fuel .............Clothing .....Medical .......
Total .............................Non-Relm bursable Item s:
Drugs ....................................G . A. R. Widows ................Food ............ ............... ..........S helter ......... ................ .........Burials .................................
Total ---------------- -----Office Expenses:
Postage an d Expense Telephone and telegraph .T raveling expenses . •.......P rin ting ..........- ............- .....
SuppliesTotal
t o r e 11 g ■ t o C lerks .
I num ber of p e rn
..* 122.44 ... 122 JfO
12.00 5.00
116.00
...I 9.3135 55 924
1025
14.28
40040 322M
Fed. O o v t
Home Relief for F<
722 SO 518.48
I 204 j02 , both re -
. 1211 I____WILLIAM M WOOD.
Town W elfare Officer.