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EAST HAMPTON. N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1955

Mont'k Manor Has Armed Forces Day New Management; Great Success at Reopens June 18 Moniauk Air Base

POLIO VACCINE FLIES TO FISHER'S ISLAND

Surf Club and Hotel United Under Former Bermuda Hotel Man

Montauk Manor is reopening offi­cially on June 18, but actually two days earlier. A new manager, Rich­ard Toohill. will take over the man­agement of both the hotel and the newly rebuilt Montauk Surf Club, where a kitchen has just been built. Mr. Toohill has been for many years general manager of the Castle Har­bour Hotel in Bermuda, where he has also managed the St. George and the Mid-Ocean Club. He is American, with earlier experii in New York City hotels.

The Manor will start off its se: with a banquet for the Bulova Watch Company on June 16; two hundred and sixty are expected. Then from June 17 to 19, a con­vention of three hundred members of Long Inland Home Builders will be there. From June 19 to 25. group of one hundred will be ; the Manor—the National Industrie Conference, which is giving a “Atomic Energy Course for Man-

Dance Fashion Show At Guild Hall Tuesday

are excellent for the season.This year, instead of tl

American Plan, the Manor will I modify th a t Guests will have a n ' overnight stay, full breakfast, and j dinner included in their room rate, wilh luncheon a la carte. The kitch­en at the Surf Club will open June 18 like the Manor, and many guests | will prefer to lunch there. The m eal; times a t the Manor will be as fol­lows: full breakfast, 8 to 9:30 a.m.; Continental breakfast — to 11:30; luncheon, 12:30 to 5; dinner—6:30 to1 a.m. The dining room at the Surf ( Club is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m .:

The new Montauk Manor Surf and Cabana Club now under construc-1 tion on a seven-acre oceanfront tract at Surfside Avenue and South Essex Street in Montauk, L. I. will be open for a general public pre­view on May 29 and May 30 from2 to 5 p.m. The formal opening fo r( the summer has been scheduled for i June 18. The club will be one of the largest and most beautiful in th e . United States and the property will i have a frontage of 500 feet on the beach.

Oscar F. Miller, executive vice president of the Montauk Beach Company, sponsor of the project, said an around-the-clock work schedule is being maintained to have the development completed by May 29. The project is estimated to cost more than $500,000.

Rebert Fitch Smith of Miami, Fla., designed the club after making a study of cabana projects here and abroad. One of the innovations is a front and rear entrance for each

There will be sixty ocean front cabanas. Each will be luxuriously furnished and will have a showe electric lights and telephone. There will be a separate dressing lounge for men and one for women. Each will have 250 bath cabins, showers and other conveniences.

The main dining room will over­look the ocean. Including the lounge and bar, it will have an area of 4,500 square feet with a seating ca­pacity of more than 300 persons. There also will be a cafeteria, snack bar and a patio.

There will be an Olympic-size salt water swimming pool, a children's play area with sand pit and wading pool, btauty parlor and solarium. A parking area will be provided for 500 automobiles.

Edward Pospisil and Son of Mon­tauk are the general contractors.

Shop, East Hampton; | Ladies' Wear, Hildegard

Peter, and Tanya’s Salon hi South­ampton.

Miss Sandra Edwards of East I Hampton will be the narrator fo r ! the program in which Mary Lou | McMann. Ciissy Edwards, Alba Far- ber, Barbara Goodman, Sue Hallock, ' Marion Gale and Lorna Matthews, I Gay Mazzaferro, Leslie Meinzaha-1 gen, Sue Marder, Sandy Musnicki, I Diane Schwenk and Debby Smiteley will take part. Also participating; will be the intermediate-advanced ! ballet group: Mary Jo Decker, Sha- | i on Fields. Janice Hammond, Elaine j Prohaska, Susan Ruby. Charlene j Smith. Bea Lynn Ward. Jacqueline . White, and Janice Wilson.

Ocean Dune Hotel Opens Tomorrow At Amagansett

The Occan-Dune Apartment Ho­tel on the Bluff road at Amagan­sett twill open for its first season this coming week end. John Paul Stack, reteran of 30 years in the hotel field, s managing director and part owner

of this ocean front property. With 300 feet of private beach, the

hotel has 100 rooms divided into two-room suites and four four-

im living units, each completeth electric kitchen, cooking and

dining utensils, bath, TV and tele­phone outlets and two private bal­conies. For year-round use each unit is insulated and heated, has wall-to- wall carpet, fine furnishings, and daily maid service. Rentals will be seasonal, monthly, weekly, or daily.

Mr. Stack, the m&nager, was bom in Orange, Mass., and comes from a long line of New England innkeep­ers. He attended Cushing Academy and Cornell. He started his hotel career at the Savoy in London. He was manager of the American man’s Club in 1941 when this : room structure was turned in hotel and named the Henry Hudson, where he has remained ever sii Mr. Stack has been president of Hotel Greeters of New York City and a director of the New York City Hotel Association for twelve years. He is a devotee of antique autos, owning half a dozen including a 1903 Olds one-cylinder vehicle in which he made the trip to East Hamptton this week. Mr. and M Stack will reside at the Ocean Dui

Guild Hall Art Shows Scheduled For Season

Eloise Spaeth (Mrs. Otto Sp; chairman of tlie American Fei tion of Arts' Committee of National I Extension Services, has selected 59 ; drawings by 16 artists for the exhi-1

Drawing," which will have its p re-1 view prior to being circulated in- ; ternationally. at Guild Hall, June 2 j through 22. There will be a special i showing and reception for Guild | Hall n

Judge Samuel Seabury's property. The parking facilities, large enough to take care of 225 car;-, will nc from Main Street to the re. Per<y Schenck’s property, wit cess also from Barns Lane, should be completed in less tl week. Part of this property

The Village also leases the Stav- ropoulos property next to the Candy Kitchen, which accommodates 30

Airport Runway Work Will Resume Monday

Work a t the East Hampton muni- j cipal airport on the runway exten­sion, halted by litigation, will be re- J sumcd next week by Pete Bistrian the original contractor, with no change whatever in the plans and specifications except that they now bear the signature of Aldcn W.

of Riverhead. These specifications originally came off the drawing

I board of Geoffrey Bass of East I Hampton. The disputed grade is the same. Local marl and rock salt will

1 form the base, plus a light coat of 1 asphalt.

At an East Hampton Town Board meeting of April 22 (the suit was brought April 29) it was agreed that Mr. Bistrian could use Town marl and exchange it at a later date for some of his own.

Originally the work was to have been completed by June 15. That

j will probably be iinpossil depends on the weather. The weath­er right now would have been ideal.

L. I. Press Members Meet at Scotch Mist

Forty-eight editors or staff mem-1 - bers of 19 weekly newspapers in i

Queens. Nassau and Suffolk Coun- j ties met at the Scotch Mist Inn in Southampton on May 20th, to attend a regional luncheon and conference of the New York Press Association. Frank C. Forbes, publisher of the News Review of Riverhead presided. Mrs. Ralph G. Kennedy represented The Star.

Howard W. Palmer, secretary- manager of the New York Press As­sociation from Syracuse attended the conference and discussed the fall meeting which will take place in Cooperstown the week-end of Sep­tember 9th.

New Surf Club Preview May 29 and 30

First Long Island Visit Of Decoration Group

One hundred women, and a small number of men, attended a luncheon at Canoe Place Inn on Tuesday, during a three-day Spring Meeting of the Esther Stevens Guild of the Historical Society of Early Ameri­can Decoration, Inc. Mrs. C. Edwin Dimon of Southampton was chair­man for the meeting. William K. Dunwell, president of the South­ampton Colonial Society, spoke the luncheon, welcoming llie group on its flrtt visit to Long Island, and telling something of Southampton's historical background. Mrs. Arnold Rattray spoke on ’ Bounty of the Sea; Wrecks and Wrecking on East­ern Long Island." There was an ex­hibition of antique examples of decoration on trays, screens, chairs etc., and of pieces designed and executed by the members; beauti­ful pieces, passed upon by a me­ticulous jury. Later in the afternoon there was a demonstration of gold leaf work in the Inn ballroom; and a sightseeing tour which included East Hampton's “Home, Sweet Home", the home of Mrs. Charles Niles in Bridgehampton, and the Colonial Society Museum in South­ampton. Due to space limitations

I this will not be reported in detail until next week’s issue of The Star. Mrs. H. Stewart Topping attended

I the luncheon. Mrs. Charles Juckett | attended a buffet dinner that eve-

Moniauk Flagpole Dedication May 30 Ceremony 11:45

East Hampton Parade Memorial Day, 10:30 Speaker and Awards

Montauk and neighboring villages ill turn out in full force on Me­

morial Day at 11.45 a.m. for the for­mal dedication of the Montauk flag­

on the village green. Major General Norman T. Kirk, U.S.A.,

is president of the Montauk Civic Association, Inc. which has sponsored the fund-raising for the flagpole. The flagpole was erected last October, but this formal dedi-

n was planned for Memorial as the most suitable date. The

program will begin with an invo­cation by Rev. Adam L. Weber; then the colors will be raised from half to full staff. William K. Frank, chair -

of the fund raising committee, give a word of welcome and

thanks. Hon. Stuyvesant Wainwright Congressman, 1st Congressional Dis­trict of New York State, will be the guest speaker. The ceremonies will close with a benediction pronounced by Rev. George Nicholson.

During the ceremony, some Air Force jets will fly over.

I t will be recalled that during World War II the American Wom-

Volunteer Services were very active at Montauk and the Montauk Beach Company gave them land for a monument which stands on this plot near the business center. They, in turn, presented part of this land to the town so the flagpole could be erected there. The AWVS World War II officers will be present at the dedication, including Mrs. Harry A. Bruno, Mrs. Perry B. Duryea, Mrs. E. V. Conway, and others.

The dedication will be followed by a “dutch-trcat” luncheon a t Deep Hollow Ranch, a t which the Mon­tauk Civic Association will enter­tain the guest speakers.

There will be a parade on Mem- J orial Day, May 30, starting from the flagpole on the East Hampton Vil-

'lage Green a t 10:30 a. m. The East ' Hampton High School Band will play, and the procession will wind up as usual on Memorial Green in front of the Old Hook MiU.

The guest speaker will be Major C. A. Kurpiewski, Commander of the Montauk Air Base. Citizenship medals will be presented to East Hampton High School pupils. Or-

j ganizations which have been invited to participate in the parade and ceremony include the American Le­gion post, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Legion Auxiliary, the

| V.F.W. Auxiliary, the Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, the Fire Departments of East Hampton, Ama-

[ gansett, and Montauk; and person- 1 nel from the Air Force Base at Mon-

THE BRIDE WAS JILTED

LATEST ON POLIO VACCINEThe polio vaccine program seems

further complicated today by pro­posals by the Government health officials that vaccine manufacturers accept a new set of standards. Checks and investigations have been going on since April 27. Details of the new standards have not yet been revealed. Meanwhile. Suffolk schools have been going on with the im­munization program this week. At the East Hampton High School 150 children were vaccinated for polio on Monday, out of the 200 regis­tered for shots. Very few refused; the difference was caused by so many being out with measles or whooping-cough. A make-up clinic will probably be held for them early next week.

No one knows when the vaccine will be available for the second shot, but it is hoped for before school ends. At that time a booster shot would be given the children inocu­lated last year.

gram given at the Settlement House on the Three Mile Harbor Road for benefit of the Calvary Baptist Church of East Hampton. Other members of the wedding were: Lor­raine Jackson, Susan Hayes, Diana Graham. Sharleno Hartwell, Thom- asina Hudson, Lois Ann Hopson, Ralph George Jr., Clarence Lewis Jr., Johnny Stewart and Bobby Hayes.

The program netted $30.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 102 ELECTSAt last Tuesday's meeting, badges

were awarded to the following new­ly elected officers: Stewart Quarty,

jr Patrol Leader; John Mat­son and Thomas Taylor, Acting jr Asst. Scoutmasters; George

Volkman, Scribe. Patrol Leaders: Alligator — Karl Schaefer. Patrol Leader; William Jones, Asst. Patrol Leader; Apache — David Taylor, P. L.; Hugh Gage. A. P. L.; Cobra— James Field. P. L.; George Grim- shaw. A. P. L.; Flying Eagle—Cort- landt Pierpont, P. L ; Harrison Schneider, A. P. L.

A. A. OPEN MEETINGThe regular Open Meeting of the

East Hampton Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will be held on Friday evening, May 27. in the Parish House of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 8:30.

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