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Of Xlie SunplseJVlalONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR MATriTUCK. N. Y . THURSDAY.' S U i^ R lP f iON PRICE $2.00 A Ve AR

Actual Facto About Our Champ

P *F. Ivan Benjamin

NATIONAL WELTERWEIGHTCHAMP F. IVAN BENJAMIN

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Benjamin started his athletic car^ eer as a circus aerial acrobat a t the age of twelve years, and due to his youth was forced to employ a private tutor in order that his schooling might be carried on. During his cir­cus career he traveled with such well known shows as K. G. Barkoots cb> CUB, Sig Sa^t^>ti.giqeat eastern shows and many o^era .’^ Benjamin .served a t a very tender age, one term in the United States Navyr ;At which time due^ .Jb is su- PMrib sfiiKKC., hil' 9l«b‘pref&idd upon to compete in wrestling and boxing contests (against men of experi­ence) such as Zip, the navy champion wrestler and Pat Donahue, the navy chan^pion boxer, but due to Benja­min's laisk of experience he had no easy road to travel, and of course did not come out on top of the heap, but having a determined nature, Benja­min was a hard man to keep down, and he persistently carried on in his athletic work which eventually was to lead him to the enviable position of champion of the welterweight di­vision.

After his discharge from the navy, Benjamin’s path took him to Chicago, where he was destined to become one of the most feared men on the pad­ded mat. After a few public appear­ances As wrestler he was taken in hand by Big Six McCormick, man­ager of the Haymarket Theatre at Madison and Halsted Streets in Chi­cago, who promoted show after show for Benjamin in Chicago’s leading theatres during which Benjamin’s

'sterling qualities and personality made him a great favorite with the wrestling world and it was this same Big Six McCormick who first issued a ciiallenge for Benjamin, and that was to the effect that Benjamin was ready to meet any man in the world a t 135 pounds for a one thousand dollar side bet, which challenge tvas accepted by several of the leading men in that division, and were won by Benjamin, making it very piaf^^rat in order to meet men who w er^T ^al to him on the mat he must enter the welter­weight division, in which class he has mot most of the world’s best.

Benjamin, during his western de- taken under the wing of

]^iiln|f||i£itchenstein, “Ad Wolgast’s forhier* manager,” on a successful eampaign, and it was this same man who induced Benjamin to become an artist’s model for muscular artistic poses. Benjflmin was first presented to Registrat Hasfurther of the Chi­cago A rt Institute, and upon display­ing his physical developments was de­clared by Mr. Hasfurther to be the best physically developed subject that came to his eye, and he was imme­diately accepted and engaged as the leading model and from then on i( was a matter of being in demand by all of the leading artists in America. He was the model for the statue of Remorse which was being made by Mulligan, the foremost sculpture of America when he "Mulligan” died of pneumonia, but the unfinished

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RABBITS TURNED LOOSEIN WOODS OF SUFFOLK

F. E. Degener, president of the Eastern Game Protective Association, announced that 500 large pop-eyed cottontail rabbits and 110 pair of the finest quail have been turned loose in swamps and woodlands in Calverton, Riverhead, Aquebogue, Wading River and Baiting Hollow this past week.

The liberation of the game is in keeping with the association’s pro­posed program of restocking the eastern part of Suffolk County wood­lands. It is planned to plant 600 pair of rabbits in all this season. Efforts are being made by the hunt­ers to get some pheasants from the State farm for release, but as yet have not met with success.

The rabbits and quail that were released were shipped to .Riverhead by express from Kansas and Mis­souri.

Sprout Seed 'Thief Caught By Officer

COLLECTS STOLEN GOODSSOLD ALONG THE ROAD

Rev. Rees Leaves Mattituck Church

REQUESTS PRESBYTERY TODISSOLVE RELATIONSHIP

Stanley DuVall, prosperous farm­er of Orient, returned to his home from the Eastern L. L Hospital, where he had been a patient. His first act was to look over his sprout •seeds for market, to his astonishment most of the precious seed had dis­appeared. DuVall realized he had been robbed. Checking up on his help, he couldn’t lay his finger on one, he could accuse, they were all honest, so he supposed.

Constable Fred Booth was called in on the case. Booth has a way all his own of getting his man, a secret he has never'd iypl^d to any one. He callcd Officer Douglass Clark and s^tioned ppint, thenBooth made tiie rounds a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Valinski, a near neighbor of Du Vail’s. The cross questioning started and it wasn’t long before Booth had a hot trail to start on. Joe Rogers, a farm hand em­ployed by DuVall was accused by the Valinskis of stealing the sprout while the Valinskis sold it to the various famvers along the line and the profits were to be divided between them. |

Rogers tried to make a getaway but ran straight into the arms of Clark, who turned him over to Booth. He was taken before Judge Harry Terry and sentenced to two months in tne County jail and 1 25 fine while the Valenskis were fined $25 each.

Booth didn’t have any easy or en­viable job going from place to place gathering up the stolen sprout seed, oaths, kicks and slaps greeted Booth in many places but the sprout seed every grtfin was retumed to DuVall

; so this adds to the many laurels in the crown of Booth as a man who

I gets what he goes after. The Val­inskis are formerly of Peconic and are the parents of the three brothers killed recently by a L. I. R. R. train at Peconic.

Rev. William H. W. Rees will soon discontinue his services as pastor of the Mattituck Presbyterian Church, having had his resignation accepted by the congregation a t a congrega­tional meeting , held immediately af­ter the communion services Sunday 'morning. Rev. Rees’ letter read as follows: “With the unanimous ap- liroval of the session I am requesting the Presbytery of Long Island in its meeting on April 21st to dissolve the pastoral relationdiip existing be­tween the Mattituck Presbyterian Church and myself, to take effect immediately. The* Session recom­mends the concurrence of the con­gregation in this matter,- and I re­quest you to unite with me in this request Your pastor, W. H. W. Rees.” The congregation voted that the request be granted. Elden Dan­iel H. Hudson and Henry J. Reeve were appointed to represent the church a t the meeting of the Long Island Presbytery which is to be held a t Islip, L. L Rev. Rees first came to Mattituck in 1926, being diosen from a number of candidates to suc­ceed Rev. L. T. Geiger, who had oc­cupied the pullet for six months pre­vious. Mr. Rees was installed as pas­tor in 1926. While his plans fo r the future were not announced, we earn­estly hope that he and Mrs. Rees will find the days ahead filled with hap­piness and success.

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REPLIES ENCOURAGINGMOST FAVOR PICTURES

PACKARD SAFETY EQUIPMENT EXfLAlNED BY VAIL BROS.

Safety, that vital requirement in ' the automobile of today, is the sub­ject of an informative booklet just issued by the i'acliard Motor Car Company of New York. In a note which accompanies the booldet, M.

■ M. Uilman, vice president of sales for Che company, points out that, oddly enough, most people when buying a

; car, seem to take its safety features • for granted, and do not take the trou­ble to assure themselves that such iuuturos exist to tne greatest possiule extent.

xiie booldet issued by Packard de­scribes the piecuutions tnai have oeen taken in racKurd construction to insure dependable operation at iiormal times anu in moments of emergency. Brakes, steering appa­ratus, sturdy bouy constructiuii, equipment and non-bhatterable glass

bieaced separately as contribut­ing to the i^acKara owner s sense of security in driving his car. One chief cause ol trouble is eliminated by tiie exclusive ii'ackard -teefing trunnion, aesigned to eliminate steering wheel whip and front wneel “shimmy.” Packard brakes, it is explained, are the three-shoe type, more costly, but providing a 64% greater braking surface than the type used on aver* age cars of similar siie and weight.

I was pleased as well as surprised a t the number of readers which showed an interest and was kind enough to write and express their appreciations and desires. Some signed their names and so.me did not, which is not necessary.

Oqe letter said “Some of your first pictures were pretty poor, but they are o. k. now, keep them up, we like them good or bad,” and was signed “a family of Watchman read­ers.” Another letter was in part “1 do not expect you will ever be able to get like the Daily News, but the neiy^fr you get the better.”

Have I received a letter from YOU? Don’t be afraid to say what you think, then I will know better what you want. I will promise you that your name will not appear in any way or do not sign it if you don’t care to.

Just as we go to press the follow­ing letter was received. If Mr. Jour­nalist would identify himself I will buy him a good dinner and show him through our plant and see for him­self how the plates are made. You bet I’ll use his picture or yours if you send them.

Ye Old Editor: But I can’t believe you are as old a t the game as I am. Although you will never guess, as few know that I followed journalism for a great many years as well as having served on an editoriol staff in bygone days. You are the fin t weekly I have ever heard of who attempted to make their own plates. Have you a photo-engraving plant equipment? Why not describe it for us in your columns. 1 am sure a great number of Watchman readers wuuid be interested. If some of us were to send in pictures would you use them?

I am repeating the questions a& published last week.

vt ell, here goes for the questions, and they will not obligate you in the slightest. You don’t even have to sign your name.

Would you like more pictures? Like the Daily “News.” And what kind of pictures? Do you like a continued story? Romantic, West­ern, Military or what kind? Do you like the Cook Book series? Do you want more County news? Do you like cartoon or comic strips?

Answer some or all, or write me a letter. But what have you? Thanks.

Home Interior Damaged By Fire

MOTHER AND SIX CHILDRENESCAPE THROUGH SMOKE

HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORSWILL PRODUCE A PLAY

The junior class of Mattituck high school plans to give a performance of the “Goose Hangs High” at the end of April. It is an exceptionally fine comedy of family life dealing

On Saturday morning, a t about 4 particularly with the problems of a o’clock, fire broke out in the home middle-aged couple’s sacrifices to put of William Brown on Factory Ave-1 their children through college. Lewis nue. Mr. Brown was not home at | Beach is the outhor, and he has cre- the time, being an employee on night ated some fine, dramatic situations, duty a t the Mattituck Greenhouses. | tempering them with excellently

AM «« ____ ______f_____ 1 1__ I BAMieAMMACiMrs. Brown was awakened by the stifled cries of the youngest of their six children, and by prompt action hurried them out of doors before they were suffocated by the dense smoke. Joel Nine, a neighbor, was called, and tipmed in the fire alarm, the firemen arriving with their usual promptness and getting the fire un­der control in a short time.

The interior of the house, which is a small one, was badly damaged by fire, smoke and water. I t is own­ed by Walter Bartowicz, and the loss is said to be-covered by insur­ance. Much sympathy is felt for the Browns, who had no time to save their personal effects.

Fires, serious though they be, gen­erally provide humorous incidents* Consider the plight of a local volun^ teer a t Saturday’s fire. When a high pressure stream of water c a n ^ tiin i the hose, the nozzleman found the hose suddenly Jerked by its force and the. stream was temporarily misdirec­ted, striking our unfortunate full in the stomach. Y He hustled out of the way, stepping over the hosjs. J iu t as he did so, the hose under him burst, a geyser^like spout pf water jumping up and Getting all pointo south that the stream from the Xkozzle had mis­sed, beating Saturday night’s ablu­tions by sevjBt^ hourp.

placed humorous sequences.The play had a successful Broad­

way run some six years ago, and has been effectively given by a number of amateur groups. The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences chose it fo r their last monthly production of February 19-20-21.

The casting of this play will be given in a future publication. Wateh for it closely!

Suffolk CourtNijg t Sessions

SCHEDULE WAY BEHIND)LAWYERS TO HELP ISPEED

OPPOSED BY GROUP OFEASTERN LONG ISLAND

Members of the Long Island Fish­ermen’s and Gunners’ Protective As­sociation, numbering 250 from the Eastern part of Long Island, have started a campaign to defeat pro­posed legislation which would pro­hibit beam trawling in the State.

Capt. Frank J. Tuthill, who was recently re-elected president of the association for his 31st term, ex­plained the contents of tivo bills' in­troduced a t Albany but not as yet been presented. One bill, according

Bin To Stop .a t t ^ e y s that .their*

• i - r a w i n i j j ^ould be “marked off” the calendar

Justice John B. Johliston, presiding in the Suffolk County Supreme Court in Riverhead, buckled down in an at- .tempt to reduce materially fhe con­gested cidendar that is 2 ^ to 8 y^ars'‘behind schedule.

Justice Johnston urged members of the bar to cooperato in having their cases ready foir disposition. **If you lawyers are willing to work,” Justice Johnston said, “the congested calen­dar should be brought tip to date.”

To this end, Justice Johnston in­formed the lawyers that starting next Monday night a t 7.30, he would start night sessions in order to clear the equity and matrimonial calendars. The Judfl^ addbd a note of* warnini^

if they were not ready for trial. •Samuel Robinson, former supers

visor of Brookhaven tbwn, was chosen foreman and L. B. Gildeleeve. of Northport, assistant foreman of the Grand Jury.

Judge George H. Furman opened the County Court and after his charge to the jury adjourned so the lawyers could answer the call of the Supreme Court calendar.

APPRAISAL IS FILEDOF GILDERSLEEVE WILL

Henry R. Gildersleeve, late of Mat­tituck, net value of estate, $97,907.67

, ...X which is distributed as follows: *?. E « tem Lon* Wand H » p W , G r.,n-all beam trawling, wWl« anofter biU ^ Bette™, ofwMch 1 ^ 1 *Aermen do n r t ^ ^B the advisory connc.l bm. T to M ^

proTjde^ Oaptom TuthiU pi.e|,er, Bvelyi. K. Reeve and Cor-the Goveiner to m Jte t e c o ^ m ^ j, Matutnck, nieee.^t.ona to the Co“ e™taon Comm» ^Sion in regard to fishing and gun- ,___ .regard ning.

Although the bill excepts marine fishing, the fishermen are opposed to the bill on the ground that “it is only a feeler,” the captain stated.

Captain Tuthill stated that the ofiices of Assemblyman John G. Downs and State Senator George L. Thompson have been enlisted to vote against the bills.

of 6901 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, $500; estate of Mary Gildersleeve, deceased sister, $500; Wickham R. Gildersleeve and Louis C. Gilder­sleeve, nephews, Mattituck, $3,000 each; Andrew G. Kirkup, nephew, of Orange, N. J., $2,000; Dr. John A. Gildersleeve, nephew, of 7411 4th Ave., Brooklyn, $21,226.90; James A. Gildersleeve, Sidney H. Gildersleeve and Donald R. Gildersleeve, nephews, of Mattituck, $21,226.89 each. TheFIRST CHILDREN’S MUSICALE

AT CUTCHOGUE SATURDAY amounts to $763.28.

The first musicale of the North Fork winter musicales will be given by the children of the North Fork of Suffolk County on Saturday, March 7th, at 3 p. m., in the lecture room of the Methodist Church, Cut- chogue. i'he one adult number on this program will be, on this liist oc­casion, by Mrs. L. Barron Hill, pi­anist, of Southold: a. l^oionaise—A Majpr—Chopin, b. Waltz—E Minor —Chopin. c. Dance Nigre—Cyril Scott.

ihe names of the committee, com­posed of two ladies from each village (or nearly so), who are musicians or interested in promoting this move­ment but who are not music teachers nor mothers of pupils in any of the classes, were published last week. This committee has acquired as com­plete a list of teachers and pupils as possible and hopes that any who have been overlooked unintentionally, will report their yrork to Mrs. Edmund R. Luptop, Mattituck. All the pupib in this locality, who are working dili- gentiy, should have this opportunity for self-expression.

State Treasurer Ctmmierce Head

Lewis H. Pounds

IS SUMMER RESIDENTOF SUFFOLK COUNTY

Hon. Lewis H. Pounds of Brook­lyn, one of Long Island’s most prom­i n e n t jeitizens, has been elected pres­ident of the Long Idand Chamber of Commerce. He brings a wealth of experience in business and civic en­deavor-to his-niBW office.

He has s ^ e d as treasurer of the State of New York, borough.pxrai* dent Of Brooklyn, member of the Port of New York Authority, and president of . the B r o o l^ Real Es­tate Boatd.VHe is,a director .of tiie l^ o U y n Chamber *of. Commerce and chiuurman of the CSvlc Comteil- oi that Borough.

Mr. Pounds has a summer resi­dence a t Greenlawn, Suffolk County.

GEO. WASHINGTON’S KINTO ADDRESS WOMEN

Miss Fanny Washington, great- great-graAdniece of George Washing­ton, will give a* lecture and recital under the auspices of the-Suffolk County Chapter of the' Daughtdhi of the American Revolution a t the Riv­erhead High' School Auditorium, on Tuesday, March 10. In addition to her lecture,' Miss Washington will give a number of Southern songs and recitations of folk lore.

Miss Washington, who comes from Warrenton, Va., is descended from John Washington, an uncle of “The Father of Our Country,” who mar­ried Hannah Fairfax.

CARD OF THANKS

Board Opposed To Credc Leaise

We take this nd%ans of expressing our sincere appreciation to the peo­ple of Mattituck and especially Mrs. May Lupton and the Fire Depart­ment for their kindness in our re­cent troubles.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown and Family.

CHARLES M. POST

FAVOR HIGHWAY ANDROAD EXPENDITURES

The Southold Town Board met a t I the office of Supervisor Brooks, in Greenport, on Friday, February 27,

' 1931.Present at the meeting were Su­

pervisor Brooks, Town Clerk Hallock, Justices Terry, Hawkins, Robinson, and Young, and Supt. of Highways

j Price.j The agreement for the expenditure ! of Highway moneys for the year 1931 is as follows:

Primary work and general repairs: $200 per mile for 139 miles of high­ways.

Spscial ImprovaneatsRoad commencing at Orient Point

and running to Riverhead Town Line, including side lanes, $3,600.

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That “good neighbor,” a | | | j ^ M. Post, passed away at h i s ^ H p on Town Harbor Lane, SouthaWT last Thursday evening. His kind attend­ants, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, who have done everything for his comfort lat­terly, were with him.

Rev. W. H. Lloyd conducted a brief funeral service at the home on Friday evening, and on Saturday, under the escort of the Southold 1. 0. 0. F., the body was taken to Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, and there' interred by the Order, in the presence of relatives and friends.

It was a fine tribute to a man, when, on hearing his name, every­body remarked he was “a fine man.” Charles M. Post, when living, receiv­ed this tribute, and we hear the same words spoken on every hand with sincerity and sadness, now that he has passed—and much more. One neighbor remarked: “We cannot say too much good about this man. He was one of the kindest that ever lived.” And so, there again we have the same old truth, “Kind hearta are more than coronets.” They survive

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