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SAG HARBOR EXPRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2«, 1959

Of Local In terest . , . . Miss Grace Doherty returned

home on Tuesday after spending week with her mother in New York City.

Mrs. Helen Bishop and daughter Clare of Brooklyn were weekend guests of Mrs. Mazie Battle.

Roger Butts of Shelter Island High School will celebrate his 18th birthday Feb. 28th.

Bill Mulvihill of Glen Cove spent the holiday weekend visiting his parents.

Harry Woodward of Hampton St ree t recently celebrated his 89th birthday.

Marjorie Dippel a n d Diane Cleveland, student nurses, were home for the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spaulding and daughter of Astoria, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward.

YOUR EYES - Have you had hem examined recently? Call

Fritts for appointment. SA 5-0133. t-30-tfc

Peter Remkus is a patient at the .Southampton' Hospital.

Paul Schiavoni and Freddie Mit­chell, of the USN, spent the long weekend at their homes.

Mr. and Mrs. William Plum and son, Billy, of Irvington, N. J., are spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Deckert.

Dottie Worth of New Jersey spent t he weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Worth.

Mrs. Edward Krom and daugh­te r Frances, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schweins-burg.

Craig Rhodes was interviewed at Cornell University on Monday. He was accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rhodes.

Deborah Gunning of, Milford, Del., celebrated her 12th birthday on Feb. 21. Deborah is the grand­daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gunning of this village

Mr. and Mrs Everett Aldrich en­tertained the Sunday Night Sup­per Club February 22. Those who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. Red-field K. Wright, Mr. and Mrs George Schwartz, Mr and | Mr*.; Har ry Moylan, Mr. and Mrs. Ange Schiavoni, Mrs. Emma Corwih and Mrs. Ethel Bishop. ^%Wmkl

Noyac N o t e s * • i by Isabel Spink

Tel. SAg Harbor 5-1182-W

The William Ways celebrated a "one year of retirement" anniver­sary this week. Since Mr. Way's retirement in 1958, the Ways have been permanent residents of Noyac and are happy enough about the fact to consider it cause for cele­bration. Helping then note the oc­casion were their daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Grabski of Islip and their grandaughter, Norma Grab-*ki.

The Ways' grandson, Mr. Donald Grabski, will leave in March to enter the Air Force.

Sunny skies and a long weekend broiight quite a few weekenders to Noyac. For several of them, this was the first visit to Noyac since fall.

Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Kane were at their Pine Neck home for the weekend. Accompanying them was their daughter Lynn.

The Arthur Capaccios and their son Robert spent Sunday afternoon at Anchorage. With them was "Mit­tens", sporting a bright red coat to ward off winter winds.

Other weekenders on Pine Neck Avenue included the George Ged-dies, the Walter Schroders, and Mr. Anton Moder.

There was a real clamdiggers tide on Saturday, and a good many peo­ple seem to have taken advantage of it, judging from the number of cars parked along the bay front. We wonder how many pots of clam chowder were brewed over the weekend.

There is another vetern of a ton-fcilectomy among Noyac's small fry: Miss Mary Ann Koch. Mary Ann returned home from the hos­pital on Friday.

The Gilligans and the Wolfs spent the long weekend at their home on Poplar Street.

Other weekenders in Pine Neck were the John Eberts, the Albert Benekes, and the Misses Woodward, all of Chestnut Street.

A good number of Noyac young­sters are taking part in the 150th birthday celebration of the Whal­ers Church Sunday School on Fri­day evening.

,!Miles Anderson celebrated his Mrs. John Y. Corwin of Pa lmer f l4 th birthday on Saturday. Febru-

Terrace, was hostess to the Tuesday Bridge Club this *week. She! alscrf-entertained the Canasta Club on Friday of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCaffery and daughter, of Cutchogue, and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Cox, of Mat-tituck, were guests of the Mrs. Elizabeth Boyle family on Sunday.

Mrs. Mary Ficorelli spent a few days wi th her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Logan, of Southampton.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Diamond and Miss Sara Marcus, of Patchogue visited friends and relatives in town on Sunday.

Mrs. Emil Kluge underwent surgery at the Southampton Hos­pital last week. She is reported making a speedy recovery.

The Bovinos spent the weekend at their home on Walnut Street in Pine Neck,

At their cottage on Birch Street were the James Preiatos of Brook­lyn.

The Frank Murphys of New York City were at their home on Bay View Drive for the weekend. The Murphys are among Noyac's "faith­ful weekenders" and spend most weekends here.

Noyackers will be pleased to hear that Mr. Chris Buyer is feeling a bit better these days after a long: convalescence. We hope that by the time warme r weather rolls a-round again, Mr. Buyer will be able to resume his hobby of gar­dening. We've seen some tomatoes growing in his garden every year tha t any of our local gardeners might envy,

Congratulations are in order for Mrs. John McLaughlin of Chestnut Street. She received notice this week that she passed the State Board examinations and has re­ceived her R. N. degree. Mrs. Mc­Laughlin is the former Mary Ann Ficorelli of Sag Harbor.

Mrs. William Spooner of Birch S'reet is heading a committee for the Gay Nineties Rev iew ' to be given by the Whalers Church (and sponsored by the Couples Club) in June. The committee is searching attics and closets for costumes sui1-able for the Gay Nineties Produc­tion and have asked that anyone having costumes that they would be willing to give or lend, contact Mrs. Spooner.

Mrs. Anna Petry of Bayside pass­ed away on Tuesday, February 17, after an illness of two weeks. She was 75. Mrs. Petry had been a sum­mer resident of Noyac for more than 20 years. She is survived by a daughter, Edith Nohrenberg of Bayside and Noyac, and by one granddaughter, Barbara Nohren-ber.

BIRTHS AT THE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL

February . 18, boy, Mr. and Mrs/Freder ick

Bock, East Hampton. 19, girl,- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence

Grant, Bridgehampton. 20, boy, Mr. and Mrs. NOrman

Teel, Bridgehampton 21, boy, Mr. and Mrs. Edward

Kenney,. Amagansett, 21, boy, Mr. and Mrs. Norman

Pickering, Sag Harbor 21, girl, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Ces-

lpw, Montauk. 2.1, boy, Mr. and Mrs. William

Fitzgerald, Montauk 22, boy, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley

Slivoski, Water Mill.

the tender leaves in spring; leaves wonderful chew! Mr. Bettes used to

Sassafras, Edible Tree

so young you cannot tell whether they will be single lobed or look like a mitten with an extra lobe for the thumb. Sometimes there are two extra lobes.

The late Charles R. Bettes, chief engineer of the Queens County Water Co., at Far Rockaway, show­ed us, as Boy Scouts, how to get teally delicious Sassafras. He would carefully dig down along the side of a Sassafras until he came upon a lateral root. He roughly clean ed the root and with his pocket-knife cut through the root bark lengthways and lifted off a piece about one inch by two inches. He would half or quarter the piece of bark according to the number to be served. One piece made the most

ary 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ragusa are f~ \.Z. • • i L , 4- < o . 'Florida,

enjoying a month s vacation at St. Petersburg, Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field and daughter Dale and Mrs. Lillian Lanbus, and two children, of Brook­lyn visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Field on Monday.

Nancy and Sherri Maier, of New Jersey, spent the weekend with their father and grandparents. They also visited with their cousins, Richy and Bethany Schweinsburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stephan and daughters Linda and Joyce are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Devlin of Fresh Mead­ows.

Jean Pulver returned home last week from Florida.

MRS. LeROY HUTCHINSON Mrs. Leroy Hutchinson of South-

old formerly a resident of this vil­lage, died at Peck Memorial Hos­pital, Brooklyn on Feb. 10.

She was born in Greenport, L. I. August 5, 1889, the daughter of Jef-fery and Sarah E. Glover Smith.

Those surviving are: her husband, Leroy Hutchinson; a sister, Mrs. Estelle Aring of Sag Harbor, and .a brother. Robert H. Smith of Miami

Mrs. Hutchinson was first mar­ried to Joseph Hanley, who pre­deceased her.

She had been a resident of South-old since her marriage to Mr. chinson eight years ago.

Burial was in Oakland Cemetery •here, the Reverend Roy L. Webber officiating at a service at the grave.

CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all my friends for

their prayers, cards, letters and gifts during my recent illness.

Mildred P. Smith ;

(Mrs. Carlos E.)

Kead our want ads

by Julian Denton Smith Sassafras sassafras" (and would

you believe it?) is the technical name for the tree and shrub we know as Sassafras! Such simplifi­cation of naming occurs with iso­lated rarity. There is usually a great mixture and combination of letters for the scientific handle with an utterly elementary common name, such as "Lirodendron tul-lpiferia" - Tulip Tree. Yet the sas­safras sold the encylopedia the idea of using the same name three times to make everyone happy - Sassafras sassafras - sasafras. The Snowy Owl did nearly as good. He doubled ~>n the scientific name - Nyctea riyc-tea'•- then used good old English in the third place - Snowy Owl.

Sassafras has a very close rela­tive in the Strawberry Shrub, both belonging to the Laurel family, not the evergreen Mountain Laurel group. Our grandmothers used to pick the aromatic, reddish-purple flowers of the Strawberry Shrub & fold them away among their dainty things to perfume then.

Sassafras flourishes in the Sunk­en Forest over on Fire Island Beach. This indicates it is a Long Islander of considerable standing. Trees growing at that watering spot are in the company of century old' hollies - no fly by nights by any means. Sassafras has been on Long Island a long, long time.

Sassafras grows all along our At­lantic Coast from Canada to Florida and back into the country several hundred mites west of the Missis­sippi River. It reaches up the mountain sides to nearly the 3000* line. In the northern and higher k>cations Sassafras is a shrub while in the South it becomes a tree 100' high with a trunk diameter ap­proaching 7'

The Indians had practical and in­dicative names for many trees, shrubs and flowers. They did not overlook Sassafras. The Onondagas called it Wha-nak-kas which means SmelWng Stick:. Could anything have been more significant for the leaves, twigs, bark, wood and roots have a distinctive, characteristic aroma.

Any part of the shrub or tree is good eating any season of the year. In winter I particularly enjoy chew­ing a Sassafras twig or eating the buds. Nothing is much better than

say his pieces were pure, concen­trated Sassafras - and I think they were.^In cutting the root bark he was very careful that we under­stood he had not girdled the root, for girldling a root is equallly as dangerous as girdling a branch.

Sassafras blooms and bears fruit, but the flowers and berries are so insiginficent and inconspicious that we seldom notice them. The flow­ers look like clusters of little tas­sels. They are yellowish in color and appear a t the time the leaves are unfolding and developing. The fruit comes in August in the form of slate-blue berries at the ends of short red stems. I do not know whether there is any taste to the

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