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PLUM ISLAND AGAIN Nations headquarters in Paris. The Paris police have run him in time
We read a staienjent made last ancj agajn f0r vagrancy or disturb- week by Walter J. Cook of Green- jng the peace or such minor charges, port regarding the proposed pur- paris took him rather humorously, chase of Plum Island by Suffolk J ancj a[ one time a Paris paper ran County for $85,000 as a^ recreation a dai[y box slory on his exploits,
The Bo.
after n ipspec s up a
1 of Supervisors island last year
i trip. The project
the project, says: "Plum Island is a good place for breeding mosquitoes, a fine spot for boatmen to commit suicide and an excellent locale for a home grown Devil's Island, but anyone who pays good taxpayers’ money for it must be looney”.
The island is a war surplus, a former Armj; base. Described by some partisans of the purchase project as a possible “yachtsmen’s paradise", Mr. Cook, 26, who \yas born and raised within sight of the island, says: “I've seen big boats battle the current in Plum Gut between Orient and the island for three hours without making headway. It's suicifle for small boat owners."
There are about 20 buildings on the island; only two small houses are intact and habitable. The Army stripped buildings of plumbing and heating facilities. The power cable between Orient Point and Plum Island has been cut, leaving the island without electricity.
The Star inquired of a friend familiar with the island and its surrounding waters what he thought of the plan to buy it for a County playground. He thought very little of it. "There’s, a good small harbor on the west side of Plum Island”, he said, "a good place to duck into in a squall. But it's too small to accommodate any number of boats, is just nothing in comparison with Sag Harbor. The shoreline in rocky. There's nothing when you get there—no game or anything. You could make a jail of it: the convicts certainly wouldn't Swim off, with that strong current. We have good boating a fid bathing on the mainland of Long Island; why go over
BITERS OF THE HANDWell really. Garry Davis, son of
band leader Meyer Davis, received permission on March 10 to enter his native country, the U.S.A., as an immigrant. Mr. Davis .with a great deal of fanfare renounced his American citizenship in the summer of 1948 to become World Citizen No. 1. Just what he' was after, has not been made entirely clear. In the fall of 1948 he was sleeping on beeches and steps a t the United
heading play on play "L
“Le -Fou de Chaillot", vords from the popular Folle de Chaillot" (The l of Chaillot.) He was cer-
inly, according to European no
thousands, perhaps millions, of Europeans would give their eye- teeth for—U. S. citizenship.
During Davis’ stay in Paris he seems to have had no visible means of support. At one point, he tried
thorities to speak on his ideas of world citizenship from a low-flying plane over London, but was refused. More recently, he was stopped at the German border, trying to get into Germany from France.
Now, according to news dispatches, he has been granted a visa by the U. S. Consulate-General in Paris and will arrive in this country soon
in the U. S. long enough he can become a citizen after required residence like any other immigrant. He has no permit to return to France.
He has certainly not upheld the dignity of his native country during his stay abroad. Visas for the U. S.
by reputable foreigners wishing to make their home in this country. If Davis is coming home to act as a rabble-rouser as he did abroad, it is deplorable that he is allowed
We have enough con-fusioi hand-that-feeds-th
BIG HEADACHEThis is the week of the Big Head
ache. The last mail yesterday was the deadline for filing You Know What, with the Collector of Internal Revenue. We hardly dare mention this subject. Yet it shares honors with a peculiarly unpleasant form of the grippe, in feeing the big news of mid-March. We would like to see the last of both these topics.
Even the lawyers and the income- tax specialists.who get paid for taking care of these returns are getting thoroughly sick of the whole business. They tell us they've heard more gripes this year than usual from their public, too.
Instead of all this terrible complication, why can't the thing be done on assessment—may not be too accurate but we’d suffer less.
Country Flavor HADYN S. PEARSON
:HOC. BATTER PUDDINGWhen Emperor Montezuma of
fered Cortes a cup of hot chocolate, the beginning of an inter
nationally-important business. The :ountryman read somewhere that ipproximately 70 per cent of all the flavoring used in the United States
icolate. Contrary to what many people belive, the bulk of our imports comes from West Africa, not
Brazil. In 1900 we imported 30 million pounds; by 1940 the fig-
had climbed to 680 million. Chocolate and cocoa are made from
■ beans that grow in large pods the cacao tree. Chocolate 1 st 50 per cent cocoa butter; the product after most of the
butter has been pressed o people believe Brillat-Sav
cn be said: "People who make constant use of chocolatc
y the most steady health."If you have never tried this
ipe, 1950 can be an outstar culinary year. Use two tablespoons shortening, three fourths cup sugar, one square melted chocolate, one half, cup milk, three fourths teaspoon vanilla, one cup flour, one half teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder, one half cup wal-
j nuts. Cream the shortening; add su- right side. We are faced with two I gar and blend; add the melted chco- problems. Would it be better to 1 late, milk and vanilla. Then add the teach hogs to divide their time, thus , flour with which the salt and baking making all hams and forequarters i powder have been mixed and sifted, of equal tenderness? Or toughness? I Add walnuts and mix well.Or shall we go on as we are, trust- For the sauce use one half cup ing to luck when we purchase a white sugar, one half cup brown ham or shoulder that we will win sugar, one teaspoon cornstarch, two a left-sided one fifty percent of the tablespoons cocoa and one and a time? Or is it just possible there fourth cups water. Mix the sugar, is another angle not hitherto ex-1 cornstarch and.cocoa in a sauce pan; plored? Animal husbandry experts add the water and bring to a boil, have now produced hens without Now butter a casserole; pour the wings. We understand they are sauce in first, and then the batter crossing bears on sheep so the la t- ; into the sauce. Bake for about one ter will hibernate during cold hour at 350 degrees. The country- weather. Would it not be feasible man docs not live to eat but when to produce a pig with two left-sided there's a dessert like this to con- hams and two left-sided forequar- elude a meal, it has a tendency to
LEFT SIDE HAMSThere are still many perspicacious
farmers who raise-, two or three hogs a year for home use. You don’t see so many smoke houses today as you did half a century ago; but probably that is because of new methods of curing plus the great increase in community locker plants. Father was not fussy about his food, merely particular, and he took considerable pain's to produce pork products of high quality. From midfall until butchering time, the pigs had one feeding a day on cooked corn meal, small potatoes and occasionally some turnips or squash. “Nothing to equal cooked cornmeal for putting in that certain, needed flavor,” he would say when his argued that other farmers did not go to so much work. And when the hams and forequarters were smoked, there was a special combination of maple sawdust and hickory upon which Father insisted.
But there is one problem that continues to bother the countryman. Everyone knows that the left side
tender than the right hand chunks. That is because the poi lie down most of the time on
LOOKING THEM OVERJust ii s col-l case you missed th
The Star for Februi and March 2, this space in those
devoted to something iry and whaling log
kept on the last voyage of William Jackson Bennett of East Hampton,
away to sea at thirteen or ■haled for some twenty-five
years—seven voyages.left Mr. Bennett on 'board
the whaleship “Italy" lying in port e of the Sandwich Islands, (as far as I can make out).
The ship's crew had set foot on land he first time since they sailed
Long Island six months be- The laconic entries in this log
tell mostly wind and weather and whales caught or lost. There is sel-
complaint. The brief entries 3al the deadly monotony of a sailing vessel, a hundred
On April 11, 1855, one watch had gone ashore on liberty, and the rest
busy g e ttin g water-casks ashore, stowing the water below
and breaking out the sperm
April 13—Strong winds and rain ill day. Captain ("Capting", the log
read) went on shore and took 2 of the fort and sent them
aboard and so on but the next part f.ll hands was employed in nothing
l. went on shore for the Cap- ends this day. (Discipline at s very strict, but generally
naintained; somebody was sure to loose when they reached port, so on" undoubtedly meant happened to the offenders
when they got back on board.)(There is an entry for every day;
but I will' not mention them all.) April 14—Employed in sweeping ir the anchor.April 17—Fetching pumpkins. April 18 — Employed in nothing
but laying round the decks.April 19 — Still laying a t Maui,
v-aitinf? for potatoes and chain. Captain and Mate and I went on shore, •"ive men started to legve the ship jut got detected so that they was ■topped and confined—they was a- ’oing to take a boat—they cut both of the steering straps for to get clear; the watch—was going too but
mid not get his clothes so
April 20 — Laying in port still waiting for anchor and chain all ands on board doing nothing. April 21—Captain went on shore
nd we was employed in getting our potatoes and anchor and chain at
a.m. had them on board ready for a at half past 2 a.m. towed the ow ashore and fetched up the Cap- in and hove up and made sail this ly on board the Italy.Sunday, April 22—At 2 p.m. saw
Wahoo (Oahu) and steered off but at 5 p.m. stood in and at 8 p.m. the Captain went on shore and the ship lay off and on a t 12 noon Captain
>me off and then we put off for le Northwest.April 23—Saw the island of—(I in’t make out this name.)April 25—Employed in breaking j t slops and coffee and varnished le inside of my boat. (Slops: gen
eral supplies, clothing probably; the slop-chest" would be in charge of
April 27—Broke out pickles.April 30—Mending sails and bend-
(This logbook is full of references :o the numerous kinds of sails, v/hich must leave out since they are
r to me and therefore I am of deciphering the names
ly; employed in catch-
May 13—Saw 1 whale and chased
May 14—Cruising for whale saw plenty of finbacks nnd humpbacks.
May 15—Saw finbacks and sul- phur-bottom.
Mayarted t
May 22—Lost whale.May 23—Same.May 24—Same; boiling (oil).May 25—Cooled down the works
Dr want of blubber.May 26—Put down 85 barles (bar-
nch shiprels).
May 27—Saw t ing to the wind’
May 28—.Washed off decks.May 29—Saw 2 ships spoke one,
th e --------- of New Bedford gammedwith her at 3 a.m. saw 2 whale lowered but no success a t 5 saw more
•hales and land to the windward ) miles off.May 30—Killed 1 took him along- de and put the chain on and let im lay for the night.May 31—All hands employed In
cutting in.June 1—Wore ship heading WSW st one, plenty of humpbacks and
finbacks. Saw 2 whales going fast. June 2—Saw ship take whale; lost
June 4—Pricked 1 whale in middle part; saw 2 ships, 1 fast to
June 5—Saw 1 right whale, darted but did not fasten.
June 7—Light winds from the W by S—steering this way and that way a t 11 a.m. raised a whale, got
le second one we struck.June 10—Put down 86 barrels. June 12—All hands employed in
breaking out the main hatch and 'ed down 150 barrels at 10 p.m. 1 whale and lowered and struck and lost him by the line being
bent on wrong. Come on board and finished up the oil at 7 a.m. Saw more but could not tell what they
June 13—Employed in scrubbing
June 23—Looking out lof land but did not see it.
June 25—A t 1 p.m. lowered a boat and went a-gunning and got 13
June 26—Saw land but still thick. June 27—Off the Sea of Kamchat
ka in the fog, saw 3 islands (at the bottom of this page is a faded bit of verse about a cottage by the sea; a homesick verse.)
July 2—Saw walrus and seals but nothing more.
July 3—Raised a ship, Oregon of Fair Haven, 22 months out, 200 bar-
July 4—Saw ship and gammed all day; got two pigs like rats.
July 5—Looking for Island of St. Paul’s—got close in almost stuck, called all hands, scared; with Captain of Oregon on board; anchored (The Island of St. Paul’s is one of the Pribilof Islands, often called the Fur Seal Islands in the Bering Sea 200 miles S.W. of Cape Newenham, the nearest point on the mainland. They belong to the U.S. now, but were bought from Russia in 1867 with the rest of Alaska. When the “Italy” was there, the islands were Russian.)
July 16—Saw ship and spoke her,
July 17—Saw Frenchman and Newton of New Bedford.
July 18—Latitude and Longitude unknown for we have no sun to-
him.July 28—The ship Italy in the
sea yet cruisin in the fog. Saw ship and went on board, the William Thompson of New Bedford 2000 barrels this season.Aug. 1—Saw ship Brooklyn of New
London and the Nile of — — — with 3 whales.
Aug. 13—Got 2 whales.Aug. 21—1 whale.Aug. 28 — Saw t h e -------— of
Stonington struck whale 3 times but he was so rugged, that twas as much as we could do to live—spoke a
L'ind.Sept. 4—Land to the windward
luite rugged but we went at it good and strong at 2 p.m. saw 1
'hale lowered and chased and got to him and the boatsteerer missed
board and at half past : lowered and struck 1
and lost him and come aboard and ok in sail with 4 ships in sight i ends these 24 hours.Sept. 5—More modret (moderate).Sept. 8—Saw the Asia o f ---------- .Sept. 10—Saw bark — — — of
Stonington; so ends this day.Sept. 16 — St. George's Island—
land in sight (St. George's is an- he group of four Pribilof
Islands.)Sept. 22—Spoke the ship George
Washington.Sept. 23—Got 1 whale. Captain of
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH rhe Rev. Paul T. Bahner. MinisterFriday:11:00 a. m. Released Time School. 1:30 p.m. The Rev. John R. Pax
ton Chapter a t the home of Mrs. K. Marion Thomas.
7:00 p.m. Westminster Hi-Roaders. Sunday: ,9:45 a.m. Sunday School, classes ir Juniors and Youth.10:00 a.m. Springs Chapel Sunday
School, classes for all age groups.DO a.m. Divine Worship. Guest ;ter, Dr. G. Campbell Symonds,
of New York City.11:00 a.m. Sunday School for Benners and Primary.3:00 p.m. Westminster Fellowship
Rally in Mattituck Church.There will be NO SPRINGS
CHAPEL SERVICE on March 19th. Monday: *.6:30 p.m. Presbyterian Brother-
Oct. Called all hands and cleaned it the blubber room and put down
the oil a t 8 a gale of wind; cooled >wn the works; more modret with im fog at 4 p.m.Oct. 16 — Spoke the ship Levi
Swift of New Bedford.Oct. 19—Strong winds; set up top
gallant and royal rigging.Oct. 26—Broke out the slops and le crew took gear, shoes, pants and lirts.Oct. 27—Ship Italy bound for :ohu or Mohee (Maui, I think is
.meant) for recruits. 6 a.m. saw land. Oct. 28—Captain went on shore. (For the next few days, watches ke turns on liberty; clear and hot). Nov. 5 — ‘‘laying in port.” All )nds employed in getting casks on
shore for water.Nov. 6—5 a.m. called all hands
and went on shore for a raft of water; 8 a.m. got it alongside and hoisted it in; then_went and got the other and hoisted it in and stowed it down and washed off decks.
Nov. 7 — Sweet potatoes come aboard at 12; a t 4 p.m. a schooner come alongside with (some other kind of) potatoes.
Nov. 8—The boat went ashore and fetched the Kanakas off for sea; commenced to get under way and found anchor was foul.
Nov. 9—All day getting clear; at 3 p.m. made sail and stood fo r Wahoo (Oahu) a t 6 p.m. Clear and the trades was strong at 9 hove back all of the night.
Nov. 10—This day begins with strong trades; a t 6 a.m. wore ship and kept off for Diamond Head and
10 the Captain went on shore and stayed all night; at 6 p.m. the boat came off; wore ship and stood off at 10 pun. raised a fire down in the (fore hatch twas set afire by some one or 2 of the crew So ends this day.
Nov. 11—Sunday. At 7 a.m. boat went ashore for the Captain and at 12 was off again.
Off for a Cruise for Sperm Whales. Nov. 30—Sail and boat mending.
Looking for. whales. Lowered for blackfish.
Dec. 14—Hove back £or land. The natives come off and Captain went on shore trading for hogs and fruit.Four natives s ta y ed ------------.
Dec. 15 — This day begins with light winds from the ENE standing off and on at the Island of Maurta (I cannot find this, nor guess what it may be). At 8 a.m. the boat went on shore to trade but when we got there twas their Sunday so we gave it up and tried to come off but bad
stay all night. *Dec. 16—The boat left the shore
at 7 a.m. with hogs and fruit the Kanakas came off in their oes at 10 we left the land and they went ashore so farewell at Maurt
Dec. 17—Saw Island of Mangei (?) one canoe come alongside.
Dec. 25— (No comment on Chris mas).
Dec. 27—Painting boats.
followed by business and program. Wednesday:8:00 p.m. The Rev. Ernest Eells
Chapter at the Baker home on Egypt
Tuesday:2:00 p.m. The Stokes-Buell Chap- r at Mrs. Irving Lester's home. 7:30 p.m. Adult Communicants
Class in the Session House. Wednesday:8:00 p.m. Fifth Union Lenten Serv- e in this church, w ith the Rev.
Samuel Davis preaching on “First Things First."
Thursday:7:00 p.m. Junior Choir.7:30 p.m. Senior Choir.
It Makes Everybody FeelThat Way
Cfjurct) J b t e S
e Sessic Hous
ST. LUKE S EPISCOPAL CHURCHThe Rev. Samuel Davis. Rector
8:00 a. m. Holy Communion.10:45 a.m. Morning Prayer and
?rmon. Church School.Tuesday:2:00 p.m. St. Matthew’s Guild
meeting.0 p.m. Rector's Lenten Study
Class in the Rectory. "A Christian Looks at Communism”.
Wednesday:10:00 a.m. Holy Communion, St.
0 p.m. Union Lenten Service at the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Samuel Davis, Preacher.
Thursday:10:00 a.m. Holy Communion, St.
Peter’s Chapel. *0 p. m. St. Peter’s Chapel
Junior School.1:30 p.m. St. Peter's Chapel Sen-
School.1:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Community
Club Birthday Dinner.Friday:11:00 a.m. Released Time Religious
Education.Saturday: Feast of the Annuncia-
10:00 a.m. Holy Communion.10:00 a.m. Children’s Choir Re
hearsal.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Amagansett, L. I.
The Rev. Arnold G. Fredricksen Minister
Sunday:9:45 a.m. Sunday School Classes:
Nursery, boys and girls 2-3 years; Beginners, 4-5 years; Primaries, 6-8 years; Juniors, 9-11 years; Intermediates, 12-14 years, and Seniors. 15 and up.
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship.5:00 p.m. Junfbr Westminster Fel-
7:00 p.m. Senior Westminster Fel-
Thursday:6:45 p.m. Junior Choir Rehearsal 7:15 p.m. Senior Choir Rehearsal.
Music: Organist and Choir Director. Mrs. Robert Mulford.
Friday:7-10 p.m. Young People’s Recrea- on in the Parish House every Fri
day evening.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Southampton
Corner Cameron and Pine StreetsFirst Church of Christ, Scientist
Southampton, N. Y., is a branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
Sunday Services, 11:00 a. m.Sunday School, 11:00 a. m.Wednesday meetings, 8:00 p. m.Reading Room open Thursday:
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Church luilding where authorized Christian
Science Literature may be read borrowed or purchased.
The public is cordially invited attend our church service and enjoy the privileges of our Reading
THE METHODIST CHURCH Nat R. Griswold. Minister
Robert Mulford, Choir DirectorThursday:7:30 p. m. Choir Rehearsal.
8:00 p.m. Finance Committee. Sunday:9:45 a. m. Cflurch School above
Kindergarten. •11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
Sermon. Nursery-Kindergarten.6:00 p.m. Covered-dish supper.7:15 p.m. Evening worship, ser
mon by Rev. Karl F. Moore. Church Conference.
Wednesday: •8:00 p.m. Union Lenten Service,
Presbyterian Church.
MONTAUK COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Charles M. Ackerman. Pastor
Miss Phyllis Wells, Organist and Choir Director
Thursday:8:00 p.m. The Lenten Neighbor
hood service w’ill be held at the home of Mrs. Elsa George.
Sunday:10:00 a.m. Sunday School under
the direbtion of Mrs. Henry J. Tilden.11:00 a.m. Church Service with
sermon on “Standing Up for Your Religion in Your Home Town".
Wednesday:2:00 p.m. Women's Guild.8:00 p.msChoir rehearsal.
ST. PHILOMENA'S CHURCH Rev. William J. Osborne
Sunday Masses, 8:00 and 10:00
Weekday Mass a t 8:00 a. m. First Friday Mass, 7 and 8 a. m. Confessions Saturdays and Thurs
days before First Friday from 4 to 5:45 p. m„ 7:30 to 8:45 p. m.
Monday, 7:30 p. m. Miraculous Medal Novena and Benediction. Little Flower Church. Moniauk
Sunday Mass, 9:00 a. m. Confessions Sat. evening 8:00 p. m.
Dec. 31—So ends this year of 1855.Jan. 1, 1856—Begin the New Year
it Our Lord.Jan. 5—Breaking out provisions.Jan. 15—At 9 a.m. we buried a
nan native of Mohee one of the Sandwich Islands.
Jan. 18—Land not far off but notsible.Jan. 28 — Captain cleaned and
painted his room.Jan. 30—Killed a hog.Jan. 31—Looking for land and
whales.Feb. 1—Bound for the Marshall
(I think) Islands. Saw the rock and 2 islands.
Feb. 3—Raised bay of New (?) (I think he was in the Carolines; possibly in Numea, New Caledonia; or the New Hebrides; but that is pretty far from the Marshalls) and stood in and at 10 took the pilot and at 11 come to anchor by towing
: and at 9 a.m. put 3 men in : and confined them. Got water,
potatoes, and wood.Sunday, Feb. 10—One watch on
liberty and the other a-gamming and the mate gone a-fishing.
Feb. 13—Laying in port of (?) One watch on shore and the rest on board w ith nothing to do.
Feb. 15—One watch on shore and the other employed in smoking j^iip for runaways, found one in latter part, stowing back.
Sunday, Feb. 17—This day begins with hot sun pouring down all hands on board looking ashore at the girls. So ends this day.
So ends this week’s space in The Star. Nflct week we will accompany Mr. Bennett across a great expanse of the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic again, back to Honolulu, and finally home to East Hampton.
“One of Ours”.
What’s New in New YorkBy DOROTHY QUICK
There has been great activity in the world of books, with so many good publications that it is going to be hard to find space for them all. But there are some that just can’t be neglected, especially since a very brilliant man—an eminent judge, no less—who reads my column says he relies on my judgment for his reading and keeps lists of the books I recommend — all of which makes me feel very pleased and proud. For this week I have quite a varied collection.
First and foremost is a book of great importance from Bobbs Merrill, “The Light of the World" by Greville Cooke, which is struction and interpretation of the life of Christ.” Beautifully v tenderly and wisely told, tl miliar story so well handled enlightenment with it, for il inspired presentation of the i
1 and backgrounded as it is with the I spirit and customs of the times in I which He lived, it is inspiring read
ing. Its author, the Vicar of Crans- ley, an old English town, spent seven years in its writing, besides years of research. I t follows the Bible closely but it also adds to our understanding of the greatest of books. "The Light of the World" is a rewarding book and one that everyone should read. The jacket carries a chorus of praise from the great preachers of the day.
I don’t often review books of poetry, as being a poet myself I feel a little bashful about evaluating the works of my fellow craftsmen. However, I would be doing my readers an injustice if I didn't mention Don Blanding's latest book
| of verse, "A Grand Time Living." i Mr. Blanding writes colorful, un-I aerstandable poems and his illus-II rations add much to the reader's pleasure. Dodd Mead have done a
I fine presentation job; the covers 'and end pieces are bright orange,
le black and white sketches have Continued on Page 3
