Firemen Argue ValueOf Training Courses

Supervisors Puzzled:

RIVERHEAD — Suffolk's volunteer firemen were advised tocome to an understanding and present their recommendations forfuture training programs and facilities through their county associ-ation, after a confused and .somewhat acrimonious discussion offiremanie needs before the County Board of Supervisors last week.

tne supervisors, most ot whomare firemen themselves, agreed torecognize the Suffolk County Vol-unteer Firemen's association asthe official voice of the county 's10,000 fire-fighterK , once they havecomposed their differences andagreed upon a program.

Under ' debate here were thevalue of the training programconducted the past 10 years bythe Suffol k Vocational Educationand Extension board; the need forand the probable cost of a firecollege with a training ground atYaphank or some other centrallylocated point and the advisabilityof establishing a county-wide fireradio system.

Participants in the discussionincluded representatives of t h ecounty association, the FireChiefs' council , the Fire Commis-sioners organization and the re-cently created County Fire Advis-ory board.

Criticized and defended in turnwas the extension board's programentailing an expenditure of about$23,000 annually for courses givenin the firehouses of the county.

Charles Dominy. of Bellport,member of the Fire Advisoryboard, suggested that this moneybe applied to the training centerand radio system. Instruction wouldbe provided without cost by thestate , he declared. Benjamin T.West of Setauket, veteran fire-manic leaSer, said the existingprogram has failed to hold theinterest of the firemen.

Babylon Town Supervisor Don-ald E. Muncy complained that hehad been unable to get reports onthe results of the training pro-gram and told of an instance inhis town where only two firemenshowed up at a training sessionand the lesson was abandoned infavor of a game of pool.

Supervisor Evans .K. Grifnng, aformer fire chief at Shelter Is-land, said the board's instructor

taught Shelter Island volunteersto fight industrial fires. "Ours isa community of homes ; we don'thave industrial plants," he said.

Veteran East Hampton schooladministrator I.eon Brooks , amember of the extension board ,onceded that only about 500 of

the 10,000 firemen instructed havecompleted the courses and re-ceived certificates. He maintainedthat the remaining 9,500 are bet-ter firemen, however, because of:ho instruct on they have received .

Benjamin G. Huskitson of PortJefferson , also an extension boardnumber, declared, "We can't helpit if the men don't show up; weare teaching volunteers." He saidt 'ie actual cost of the program is:>bout $18,000 to the county, sincethe state contributes over $5,000.

Confidence in the value of theexisting training program wasvoiced by Huntington Town Su-pervisor Joseph W. Cermak, afireman for 37 years ; J . HaskellWarner of Eastport, speaking forthe Chiefs' council , and Assembly-man-Elect John Britting of EastFarmingdnle.

Leander B. Chute of Greenport ,Fire Advisory board member, de-clared the volunteers want thetraining center and radio systembut said he favors continuation ofthe present training program "atleast for the present." A l e xSchultz of Sayville , county civildefense fire coordinator , deniedthat the advisory board has in-terfered with the work of the ex-tension board.

"This is a confusing situation ,"remarked Supervisor Stephen F.Meschutt of Southampton. "I be-lieve the firemen should argue itout, come to an understanding andthen present their conclusions tous. It is not for us to resolvetheir disagreements."

Pointing out that the supervis-ors included an appropriation of$10,000 in the 1955 budget forfiremanie purposes, BrookhavenTown Supervisor Philipp A. Hat-temer, board chairman, said thatthe supervisors appreciate theservice rendered by firemen tothe people of the county.

"We wish to do what the ma-jority of the firemen want done,"he »aid. "What is needed is aclear presentation of their views."

Walter Worthington of River-head, president of the county fire -men's association, told the boardthat "no chief or anyone elsespoke against the county radio ortraining ground" at recent asso-ciation meetings.

"However," he added, "I believeit is my duty to get them togetherand find out what the firemenreally want."

A final conciliatory note wasChief Warner's statement thatthe Chiefs' council might aban-don opposition to the fire radiosystem after it has received morecomplete information. ,

Estimates of the cost of thetraining renter varied widely.Brooks thought it would run to$200,000 while Muncy was of theopinion the investment should notexceed $40,000.

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Mrs. Patsy Felice of Waverlyavenue, was a recent visitor atthe home of Mr. and Mrs. JamesConnors of Massapequa. The Con-nors are former residents of Pat-chogue.

Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Recchioof Central avenue celebrated theirfourth wedding anniversary No-vember 26 with a dinner at Bron-co Charlie's in Oakdale.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Su-chiere. Mrs. Mary Nobile. MissArlene Suchiere and Frank Rus-so of Second street motored toMiddlesex , N. J., recently a n dvisited Mrs. Nobile's sister, Mrs.Christina DiJohn.

Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Felice ofWaverly avenue celebrated theireighteenth wedding anniversaryNovember 24 with a family party.

Mrs. Thomas Mancuso of Mar-shall street celebrated her birth-day November 27 at her homewith a family party. Refreshmentswere served and the guest-of-hon-or received many nice gifts.Those present included her hus-band and Mr. and Mrs. WilliamMancuso and daughter. Rose, Mr.and Mrs. Frank Mancuso anddaughter. Rose Marie , Mr. andMrs. Angelo Mancuso and son,Charles. Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeMancuso and Thomas, Vincentand Joseph Mancuso.

Mr. and Mrs. George Daleoof Corona were recent guest ofMr. and Mrs. Joseph Cardamoneof Waverly avenue.

Miss Josephine Valentino, whois a student nurse at Kings Coun-ty hospital in Brooklyn, spentThanksgiving day with her par-ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Valen-tino of Shore drive.

William Butler of Jennings ave-nue, who is in his freshman yearnt Brown university in Provi-dence, R. I., entertained his room-mate, Grover Windsor of DesMoines , la., over the Thanks-giving holidays. ,

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Mrs. John Kelly of Waverlyavenue returned to her home re-cently from Southside hospital .Hay Shore, where she underwentan operation.

Miss Vivian Manetta. daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Ma-netta of Highland avenue whoattends Oneonta State Teacherscollege, spent the Thanksgivingweekend with her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gladdingand children , Janet,. Arlene andJimmy, of Greenport. w e r eThanksgiving day guests of Mr.and Mrs. Fred Syrett of Jayneavenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thoin en-tertained at a family dinnernarty Thanksgiving day at theirhome on Harris street. Theirguests were Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeNeuhoff and daughter. Gertrude;Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bowie anddaughter. Stacey: Mr. and Mrs.Roger Overton and daughter,Paddie; Mr. and Mrs. ElwoodShaber and daughter, Bonnie;Barney Terwilliger. Mr. and Mrs.George Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.Harry Bowie and Carl and BillThorn, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Phila-delphia residents, spent, severaldays with the Thorns.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Papeof Jayne avenue are tho parentsof a son. Philip C, Jr., horn No-vember 17 at Southside hospita l.Bay Shore. The bnbv weighed 6pounds, 7 ounces. Mrs. Pape isthe former Miss Marilvn Scheefe,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeScheefe of Jayne avenue.

New officers of the North Pat-chnirue circle of the Women'sFellowship of the Congregationalchurch tiro Mr« . Bruce Terry,leader: Mrs. Raymond L,y*ak,secretary-treasurer and Mrs. Wil-liam Egan. Ways and Meanschairman. Other members of thecircle are Mosdnmos Paul Cham-hnrlain. Fr d Hawkins , RobertITildreth. Frederick O. Pnllas.Bernard Williams, Richard Han-*"n. Robert Cornell , Leo Efimet?!.c.r,nr ~o Gilligan and RichardWcmdhull.

Eugene Chamohn of Lake streetcelebrated his third birthday re-cently with a party for friendsand relatives at his home.

John Dobrian. who attendsCarnegie Institute of Technologyin Pittsburgh. Pa., spent theThanksgiving holidays with hisnarents, Mr. and Mrs. GabrielDobrian of Jennings avenue.

A birthday party was givenat the Quarter Deck restaurantin West Sayville November 23bv Margery Guttridge of NorthOcean avenue. Twenty-five guestswere present, including a three-piece band. A buffet supper witha beautifully decorated cake wasserved.

Daniel Bcrke, president of theMr. and Mrs. Club of the Pat-chogue Jewish Center, conductedthe monthly business meetingheld at the Center recently.Entertainment was provided byprofessional dancers from theFred Astaire Dance studio inSmithtown. who also gave in-structions in the mambo. Re-freshments were served.

Miss Arlene Suchiere of Secondstreet was gueat-of-honor at a

bridal shower given recently atthe home of Mrs. Rose Marie Li-mojrgio on River avenue. MissKatherine Connors , Miss VivianManetta and Miss Adele Suchi-ere, who will be the attendants atMiss Suchiere's wedding, werehostesses. The room was decorat-ed in pink and wltite , withstreamers flowing from a largeumbrella to the many lovelygifts. A buffet supper was serv-ed. Others present were Mr s-dames Ray Altobrando, GeraldineSuchiere, Adeline Wal: h, CecilyBenincasa, Mary Ann Aviano ,Frances Mazzotti , Jessie Paduano,Margie Franklin , Patricia Fonta-netta, Angie Zampariella , GraceRusso, Evelyn Prudent , CarolRusso, Carmella Cardamone, Ra-chel Russo. Rose Marie Rcrtrer.Gretta Rizzi , Rose Marie Chiu-chiolo, Frances Nobile , MaryPerry, Edith Beck , Elver.i Me-Bride, Marie Lukert , TheresaRicco, Rose Manetta und MissesJoyce Gody, Joanna Felice , Geral-dine Locantore, Antoinette J/ocan-tore, Sylvia Verno, Carolyn' Lucia ,Vivian Manetta. Miss Suchierewill be married to Frank Russoof Patchogue in February.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hirst andMiss Patricia Cummings of NewYork city snent the Thanksgivingholidays with Mrs. Hirst 's parents,Mr. and Mrs. John W. Aldrich ofBay avenue.

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CENTER .MORI CHES — Amodem shopp ing center with oil'-s t n < - parking for over 150 earsis nlamvd for this community.

Silo of the proposed commercialcenter is an 1,-shaped parcel front-ing on the north side of Mainstive; , east of Railroad avenue.

I'laas ior the new entcrnrisewere unveiled last week by Sam-uel K.ih-o n . attorney for the Mis-ses M a i y and Grace Daniels , whohave contracted to sell the parcelto the Chamfred Realty corpora-tion ( .f Kar Ko.-kaway. "The planscall for a modern one-story coni-nier. al structure with room fbrfive separate retail stores. Cham-fi'ed aims to have the stores readyfor occipancy by spring. Mr. Rab-son said.

Ac-ordi np; to a sketch exhibitedby Mr. Hanson , the store buildingwil l lie s , t far back from Mainstreet , leaving room for nearly100 cars in front of the center.In hack of the stores additionalparking space is provided, andfrontage on Railroad avenue, pro-vided by the L shape of the parcel,will permit traffic to exit on thatthoroughfare.

Whether definite tenants havebeen signed up for tho four smal-ler stores was not revealed bythe local attorney, but it is knownthat a furniture store plans tooccupy the largest of the fivestores.

The property has 160 feet offrontage on Main street, is ap-proximately 400 feet deep andhas SO feet of frontage on Rail-road avenue. It is just west ofthe Hailock Wood property.

No estimate of the cost of theproject was forthcoming, but Mr.Rabson intimated that "it repre-sents a substantial investment."

In effect the project will extendthe Center Moriches business dis-trict one more block in an east-erly direction , and could greatlymagnify the overall drawing pow-er of Center Moriches' retail com-merce.

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Cubs, Scouts Collect6,000 Cans of FoodIn Annual CollectionOver ii .000 cans of non-perish-

able foo,l were donated by theresidents of Brookhaven. Smith-town and Is l i p towns , in the Cen-tral Boy Scout district ' s annualThanksgiving food collection.

The food was taken by t h eScouts and their leaders to St.Charles hospital in Port Jeffer-son, St. Johnland in Kings Parkand the Brothers of St . Joseph inEast Moriches. Some of the foodwas dist ributed to needy familiesin Smithtown by the SmithtownPolice department.

Scooters serving on the foodcollection committee were WalterTucker of Sayville , chairman: Wil-liam Dow of Smithtown , EdwardRay les of Port Jefferson , a n dChauneey Augustine of East Pat-chogue.

Cubs, Scouts and Explorers fromthe following units participated :Pack 11 of Patchogue , Pack 49 ofBlue Point and Pack 08 of Haup-pauge; Troops 3, Smithtown; 7,St. .lames; 15 , Sayville; 28, Bell-port; 41, Patchogue; 49, BluePoint; G8, Hauppauge ; 79, Yap-hank; 90, Mt. Sinai; 100, Sayville;117 , Stony Brook: 120, Port Jef-ferson Station; 130, Bayport and143 , Patchogue.

\A/PI POMP MAT is out for trave,ers approaching Pat-VV tiAA/lVlJD 1V1/-V I choguc from west on new Sunrisehighwayi Erected jointly by Chamber of Commerce, Rotary,Kiwanis and Lions clubs, sign was placed recently about halfa mile west of Waverly avenue intersection. Norman King, rep-resenting Chambers, was sign committee chairman. Others wereW. Warren Niemeyer. Harold Gardner and Harry Gray ofRotary, Charles T. Koop of Kiwanis and John M. Ruddy ofLiors, Niemeyer built sign.

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Mason Names FourTo Report County's

Needs to GovernorFollowing his unanimous re-

election as chairman of the Suf-folk County Democratic executivecommittee, Adrian Mason of Pat-chogue Tuesday named four com-mittee heads to report on Suf-folk's needs to Governor-electAverell Harriman.

Mason appointed George W.Percy of Westhampton to headup the committee, on erosion ,Henry Schantz of Huntington toreport on schools, Henry M. Zal-eski of Riverhead as chairmanof the agricultural committee andReginald L. Smith of Riverheadto investigate and report unem-ployment.

The committees, Mr. Masonsaid yesterday, "will make com-plete studies, and will report backat the next meeting, which willbe sometime before the holidays."

MFW A N H C\\ T\ managers of New York TelephoneI J I J VV t\lVU \Jl_ U company office in Patchogue are pic-tured above. Perrin A. Burke , left, former ofiice manager ofthe company 's oflice in I.eviltown. has been appointed managerin Patchogue. succeeding Edward C. Jerik , who becomes a staffergineer in the oflice of the Division Manager-Eastern , inHempstead.

Total Near $40 Million:

RIVERHEAD— Warrants calling for the collection of $39,0.02,-0(i5.7fl in state, county and town tuxes on real property and spe-cial franchises in the 10 towns of Suffolk county were signed andsealed at the November meeting of the Board of Supervisors herelist weeK. v

The new tax levy shows an in-crease of $0,553 ,640.01 over thetotal of the warrants for 1954.More than one-half of this in-crease 'is accounted for by higherschool taxes attributable for themost part to the county 's enor-mous growth in population.

Confirmed by the county board,the new levy took effect Decem-ber 1 , when taxes became a lienagainst real estate . The warrantswere signed by the hoard chair-man, Brookhaven Town Supervi-sor Philipp A. Hattemer, andRaymond R. MacLean of Bell-port , clerk , and distributed amongthe supervisors for delivery totheir town tax receivers.

With the receipt of the war-rants, the tax collection machin-ery will be thrown into gear. Allproperty owners of record soonwill receive their annual tax bills.Those living in the single-pay-ment towns of Southold , EastHampton, Babylon and Southamp-ton have until January 10 to paywithout incurring a penalty. Inthe remaining six towns, one-halfof the bill must be paid on orbefore January 10 and the secondone-half on or before May 31 toavoid penalty.

An examination of the warr-ants discloses that substantiallymore than 50 per cent of the to-tal levy represents school, fireprotection and other district ap-propriations voted directly by thopeople. The county tax is only$223 ,181.93 more than in 1954 andthe county tax rate actually islower.

The aggregate of the warrantsincludes: $20 ,978 ,002.59 for schooldistricts, an increase of $3 ,613 ,-241.45 over the past year; $5,-001 ,395.44 for town highways , nnIncrease of $1 .242 ,710.30; $1 ,862,-

471.01 for fiiv departments, anincrease of $307,785.00.

Following a r e t h e t o t a lamounts of the warrants for the10 towns:

Iinbylun - $7,070,403.84Brookhaven 7 .45H .102.S2Kn«t Hampton 1 .142.746.04lltintinitton H .052.72f>.72Iillp „ S.067 .477.4SKtvurhrad 1.210,59(1 .32Shelter Inland - 224 ,2J4. *2.Smithtown . . . . . . . 2.313 .517.64Southampton 2.B92.676.00Southold 1.563 .fi05.6K

Total I38.602 .065.7fiThe amounts to be raised by

tax for schools in the 10 townsfollow:

Babylon $4 ,252 ,929.00Brookhaven 3.626 ,629.20Kaat Hampton 465.09S.9SHuntington 4.831,719.75Ialip 4.389 .937.35Hivrrhrad 462,788.37Shelter Inland . 107 .96S.69Smithtown 994 .061.20Southampton - 1.106 ,217.87Southold 750 .722.BS

Total . ,. . 120.978,062.59The following amounts will be

raised for town highways;Babylon f 976 ,452 00Brookhaven l.BlX .filO.24Eaat Hampton 195.tB7.BSHuntington .. .. 794 ,229.27Ialip 1,004,663.46RivCThMd 187.M0.00Shelter Itland 21.4SS.96Smithtown 886.638.25Southampton 4S6 .265.7XSouthold 191, 195.00

Total 15.681 ,395.44The amounts to be raised for

fire district purposes follow:Babylon (234,918.00Brookhaven .191,399.36Kaat Hampton » - 44, 011.32Huntington .171, 117.87Islip 442,274.94Hivrrhend 52 .6H6. S3Shelter Inland lJ , 4'0.7flSmithtown 141 .316.27Southampton 97 .062. 71Southold 76 .253.46

Total $1, 862 ,471.01The state , county and town

taxes included in the levy are ex-clusive of the taxes levied by thocounty's 27 incorporated villngustfor the support of their governments and village services includ-ing in some cases police, lire pro-tection and highway. Villagotaxes are levied and collectedseparately and at a different timoof the vear.

Schools Put Tax LevyFar Above 54 Mark

Dr. Rafle RepresentsSuffolk at Conference

RIVERHEAD — Suffolk wasrepresented by Dr. Philip J. Rafle ,county health commissioner, andby district health officer Dr. J.Goldman at a conference of healthofficers called by State HealthCommissioner Herman E. Hille-boe and held last week.

Their attendance at county ex-pense was authorized by the Boardof Supervisors here last week. Thoboard also approved the requestof John M. Muddeman, consultantto the County Planning board, toattend a seminar for planning andzoning officials at Syracuse uni-versity.

GARDEN CITY—The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the LongIsland association will be held to-day at the Garden City hotelhere, with Dr. Henry Bund, ex-ecutive editor of the Research In-stitute of America, as guest speak-er nt the luncheon session.

Panel discussions on topics de-signed to be of interest to busi-ness and professional men wiltbe held at morning and afternoonsessions.

Long Island AssociationIn Annual Meeting Today