June 02

This years’s Memorial Day parade in
Patchogue was sponsored by United Veterans
Council of Greater Patchogue. On the
reviewing stand were Supervisor August
Stout Jr.; Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner
John P. Finnerty, a commander in
Coast Guard Reserve; Raymond Link, com
mander of Jayne-Lattin Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; and Lieutenant Colonel Alfred
Hallen of Patchogue, Army Reserve.
William L. Underwood Sr., a Patchogue
attorney attended the 50th reunion of his
graduating class of 1911, Brooklyn Law
School, held at the Norwegian Club, Brooklyn,
May 25. Mr. Underwood said there was
100 percent attendance. He qualified that by
saying that there were 16 present out of a
class of 96, but that the other 80 had passed
on. William L. Underwood Jr. graduated
from his father’s school in 1950.
The Patchogue lions Club elected new
officers for the coming year at a dinner
meeting May 18. Murray Astor of Patchogue
will succeed John Ruddy as president. Other
posts filled were: First vice president, Thomas
Cullum; second vice president, Richard
Hodkin; third vice president, Arthur Fuccillo;
recording secretary, Joseph Lomicky; treasurer,
George Moloney; tail twister, Daniel
Berke; lion tamer, Joseph Minutella; corresponding
secretary, Abe Siegel; and four
directors, John Ruddy, Samuel Stahlman,
Edward Nystrom and Michael Weiner.
Kathleen Daly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Daly Jr. of Dahlia Drive West, was
confirmed in St. Joseph the Worker Parochial
School auditorium May 14. Later Mr.
and Mrs. Daly and daughters Kathleen and
Maureen dined in the Pine Grove Inn, East
Patchogue.
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Borg of South Country
Road, Bellport enjoyed trout fishing in
Connecticut over the Memorial Day holiday
with Dr. Borg’s parents, of Scarsdale.
The Sit and Sew Club met May 24 at the
home of Mrs. William Weyhrauch of Arthur
Avenue, Blue Point. The members decided
to go to Bronco Charlie’s in Oakdale for
dinner and then attend the show, “Hawaiian
Paradise,” at the Jones Beach Marine
Theatre.
Cub Scout Pack 9 will hold a father and
son cookout on June 17, the Saturday before
Father’s Day, at Camp Bianchi, on South
Country Road near Miskosky’s Nursery. No
special menu has been planned, but the
scouts will each bring their own favorite
food.
Miss Amelia Knight, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Knight of Mastic, became the
bride of Warren Martin of Selden Sunday
at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Center
Moriches. The maid-of-honor was Miss Betsy
Parr of Mastic. Gail Ann Copenhaver
of Center Moriches was flower girl. The
bride attended William Floyd High School
in Shirley and is employed by Rollic, Inc. in
Patchogue.

June 09

The annual South Suffolk Girl
Scout Council, Senior Conference and
graduation of seniors into adult Scouting
took place at Bellport High School
Monday night. Seventeen high school
seniors graduated. They were: Kathleen
Higgins, Carol Harlin and Dorothy Bogel
of Troop 28, Bayport, with Mrs. Edward
Divis, leader; Joyce Capo, Nancy Huether,
Judy Whitbeck and Eleanor Jellinger of
Troop 8, Patchogue, with Mrs. Richard
Mauer, leader; Lynn MacDougal, Merideth
Kiefer, Faith Austin, Betsy Baker, Patricia
Clune and Sherrie Warburton, of Troop
49, Bellport, with Mrs. Paul Skidmore,
leader; and Carol Ann Keck of Troop 64,
East Moriches, with Mrs. Vernon Havens,
leader.
On Saturday night, the men of the
Engine Company of the Bellport Fire
Department entertained their wives at
a buffet supper, followed by games and
dancing. Fire Chief Robert Terwilliger
and his wife were guests at the dinner.
The important events in the lives of
six famous American folk heroes were
presented in Folklore Theatre at the
Kreamer Street School. Correlating
language arts, music and art, Mrs. Esther
Coon’s fourth grade read about Paul
Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, Johnny
Appleseed, Slappy Hooper and John
Henry. The children wrote scripts, made
puppets, painted scenery and presented
a puppet show to their parents and other
grades in the school. Patricia Steele
outlined briefly the development of
folklore in the United States. Rhonda Cox,
Martin Finston, William Gallagher, Bruce
MacDougall, Joseph Paisley and Cheryl
Regalmuto were announcers. Christine
Auletti made the closing remarks.
Peter A. Hornbostel of Hawkins Lane
graduated from the Columbia University
School of Law in New York City June
6. He is now studying for the New York
State Bar examination, to be given in July.
In the fall he will go to Vienna, Austria,
where he will study International Law for
one year on a Fullbright Fellowship.
Miss Margaret Bianco, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Bianco of Mt. Vernon
Avenue, Medford, and Stephen Nolan,
son of Mrs. Dorothy Nolan of the State
Road, will be married at St. Sylvester’s R.
C. Church, June 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sigismonti of
Floyd Road received word from their
son Frank Sigismonti saying he has been
promoted to Petty Officer 3/c. Frank is in
the Navy and stationed at Guantanamo
Bay.
Essay winners John Boughal and Donna
Castellano of Mastic beach, students at
William Floyd High School, read their
compositions on Americanism as part
of monument unveiling ceremonies
and Memorial Day observances in
Mastic Beach. Donna and john received
cash prizes, medals and certificates
from American Legion Post 1533. The
monument honors Mastic’s war dead. 􀁑

Office equipment, valued by police
at $2,200, was reported Sunday to have
been stolen from the office of Patchogue
Superintendent of Schools Alden T. Stuart
in the Patchogue High School building
on Saxton Street. Three IBM electric
typewriters, an adding machine, two
tape recorders, a Dictaphone set and a
phonograph were taken from the first
floor office. The handle and dials were
also broken off a safe. Police said entry
was gained by the forcing of a window
latch.
Wesley F. Springhorn Sr. of Blue Point
and Alexander Pfeifle of Patchogue
returned home Monday after attending the
International Rotary Conference in Tokyo,
Japan, which was attended by Rotarians
from all over the world. Mr. Springhorn
and Mr. Pfeifle were representatives of the
Patchogue Rotary Club.
Jay’s Cotton Shop, located at 57-59
South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, has
announced the opening of larger quarters
with an additional line of fabrics for home
and clothing. Jay’s was opened in 1938
by Harvey and Sam Jay. It serves the
Patchogue area with a complete line of
curtains, draperies and linens.
The annual installation of officers of
the River Avenue School Parent-Teacher
Association was held June 1. John Tabone
was installed as president; Mrs. Charles
Hubner, first vice president; Mrs. Al
Chiuchiolo, second vice president; Mrs. Pat
Sirianni, third vice president; Mrs. George
Schordine, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Joseph Paduano, recording secretary; and
George Koskinen, treasurer.
The Patchogue High School faculty
and staff had their end-of-the-year dinner
last Thursday night at the Pine Grove
Inn. The committee in charge were Miss
Alvina Nagle, Hugh MacLeod and Maurice
Irons. Edmund W. Tuton, principal, gave
a farewell speech to Mrs. Tamara Waldo,
Miss Sarah Kettell and Roderick Hilsinger,
who are leaving at the end of the school
year. C. Overton Tremper, assistant
principal, led the entertainment for the
night.
The sixth birthday of Ralph Perry was
celebrated at a barbecue party given by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Perry
of Orchard Road, East Patchogue. Guests
were George and Joseph Knopp, Sullivan
Palermo, Jeffrey Gallo, Ralph Colichio,
Paul Murphy, Michael Mark and his
brother, James. His sister, Debbie, helped
Mrs. Perry serve.
Leonard Cavallo, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pasquale Cavallo of Blue Point, was
baptized May 28 at Our Lady of the Snow
R. C. Church. Mr. Cavallo is better known
as “Pat” the local barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klimczak of Mastic
received word from their son Donald saying
he has been promoted to Airman 2/c. Airman
Klimczak is stationed at the Blytheville Air
Force Base in Arkansas. He enlisted in the
Air Force in July 1959, after having graduated
from Center Moriches High School the
previous month. He is married to the former
Miss Hope Adams of Center Moriches,
and she and his young son, Donald Jr., are
residing in Blytheville.
The cankerworm is a cantankerous worm
that eats leaves from trees. He is commonly
called the “inchworm,” and during his
stronger seasons can literally strip a tree of
its foliage. Here is their killer, according to
The Suffolk County Agricultural Extension
Service: Take two pounds of 50 percent DDT
wettable powder together with three pounds
of 25 percent malathion wettable powder,
mix it with 100 gallons

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