Two Land Sites, New BuildingsUrge d in Central School Dist 4

BELLPORT—The acquisition of two land sites and "firm plans for con-struction of new bui ldings" is the recommendation of the Citizena Council ofCentral District 4 (Bellport , Brookhaven and East Patchogue), according toWilliam Bianchi , Jr. , president of the council.

Mr. Bianchi said the councilmet recently with tne schoolboard and found that the 1958School Building Survey, made byexperienced outside consultants,is still correct.

Tbe survey bad predicted thatby 1961 tiie district would needan addition to tbe Kreamer Ele-mentary School, plus a new highschool.

The senior high school popula-tion was 400 In 1961, Is 510 in1962 and. projected 1965, 785.The total junior-senior highschool population was 1,070 in1961, is 1,108 in 1962 and pro-jected 1965, 1,457.

"These projections on junior-senior high school are based ononly those students presently liv-ing in the district. No attempt ismade to project any growth ofnew residents into CentralDistrict 4," Mr. Bianchi said.

"In addition, the 1958 reportcalled for a new 12-room ele-mentary school every twoyears..The first of these schools shouldbe completed in 1963. It is nowa fact that next year, many of thechildren scheduled to attend theirlocal elementary schools willhave to go to other schools in thedistrict, due to overcrowding.Also, as is well known - all thirdand fourth grades In all fourelementary schools will be onsplit sessions.

"Our schools are presentlyrated by the New York StateEducation Department as havinga capacity of 2,836 students, butwe now have 3,008 pupils on hand.From the state figures, it isestimated we will be seven class-rooms short when school starts inSeptember.

Thus, just a favorable landsite vote on the high school willnot solve the basic problem ofovercrowding and split sessionsin our district. We must nowface reality and start to make upfor lost time on our buildingschedule.

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Dem Slate SweepsVillag e Election

Robert T. Waldbauer

Roy Krieger

Republicans cut into Democra-tic pluralities slightly Tuesdaybut not nearly enough as Patch-ogue Village voters elected tokeep the ViUage Board totallyDemocratic (7-0) for the tenthconsecutive year.

Incumbent Democratic MayorRobert T. Waldbauer won re-election, defeating his Republicanopponent, Frank J. Salamone,1,758- 1,140. Elected with Wald-bauer were incumbent Democra-tic trustees William Newham(1,771) and Roy Krieger (1,712)and James Reese (1,654) in hisfirst attempt at a Village office.The three Democratic trusteecandidates outdistanced Repub-licans James Blanca (1,201),Stanley Kulakowskl (1, 193), andWillard Goodwin (1,140). Votetotals are unofficial returns tab-ulated election night.

There was a slight drop In thetotal number of votes cast, ascompared with the 1960 results,the last year of a mayoralty elec-tion. Then, 2,702 voters out of4,064 went to the polls, comparedwith Tuesday's early unofficialfigures, which showed that 2,587voted out of 4,564 registered.Results came in quickly, andnearly 15 minutes after the pollsclosed, figures showed that theDemocrats had taken an earlyand apparently Insurmountablelead. Republicans, as comparedwith the party's 1960 perform-ance, bettered their totals in alldistricts, but this year did notput a single district race in doubt.

Mayor Waldbauer's marginover Frank J. Salamone was notas decisive as his 1960 1,695-

William Newham

James Reese986 win over Republican Salva-tore B. Shortino, but more thanample. However, both mayoraltycandidates did not lead their tick-et. Trustee William Newhampolled a total 1,771 votes to Mr.Waldbauer's 1,758. RepublicanSalamone, meanwhile, was out-polled by both James Bianca(1201) and Stanley Kulakowskl.In an election quirk, all threeRepublican trustee candidatespolled 62 votes each in the firstelection district, while Mr. Sala-mone had 56.

Village Democratic • leaderJohn Belzak called the Demo-cratic victory "one of the best."He added, as a crowded Demo-cratic headquarters on 40 WestMain Street celebrated, 'Thepeople of this village have con-fidence in the administration.They have kept taxes low whilepresenting the voters an out-standing record. Naturally thetaxpayers of this village aregoing to re-elect them." MayorWaldbauer attributed Democra-tic success in the campaign to"our running a clean campaignand telling the people what we haddone. The people have indicatedthat they are satisfied with ourprogram. We wffl continue to dothe best job we can."

Meanwhile, at a despondent Re-publican headquarters at 84 Wav-erly Avenue, mayoralty candidateFrank J. Salamone conceded theelection nearly a half hour afterthe polls closed. In a short state-ment read to party workers, Mr.Salamone said, "We congratulateour opponents and sincerely thank

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FOR MAYOR (2-YEAR TERM)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Totals

Salamone (R) 56 180 107 269 139 64 152 173 1140Waldbauer (D)» 87 250 271 330 170 114 252 281 1758

FOR TRUSTEES (2-YEAR TERMS)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Totals

Goodwin (R) 62 189 117 255 133 64 150 170 1140Reese (D)* 80 233 249 320 161 107 242 262 1654Blanca (R) 62 197 122 265 136 69 159 191 1201Newham (D)* 81 239 267 351 189 112 252 280 1771Kulakowskl (R) 62 182 116 295 142 63 149 184 1193Krieger (D)* 78 247 263 322 167 112 251 272 1712

?Elected

KEY TO ELECTION DISTRICTS: District 1 (Town District 21) St.Paul's Episcopal Church Parish House, Rider Avenue; District 2(Town District 23) Lutheran Church Auditorium, East Main Street;District 3 (Town District 17) Fire Headquarters, Lake Street; Dis-trict 4 (Town Distric t 16) Dodge of Patchogue, 429 West Main Street;District 5 (Town District 15) River Avenue School; District 6 (TownDistrict 18) Methodist Church Parish House, Church Street; District 7(Town Distric t 19) St. Francis de Sales Youth Center, South OceanAvenue; District 8 (Town District 20) Van Guard Firehouse, ParkStreet.

How Each District Voted

Elem. SchoolAdditionBids Opened

BLUE POINT ~ Bids for con-struction of the Blue Point Ele-mentary School addition wereopened March 8, by Frederick W.Merdes, president of theBayport-Blue Point Board of Ed-ucation, in the presence of BoardClerk Bernard F. McLaughlin,the principals and Board Attor-ney, John J. Hart, representingPelletreau and Pelletreau.

In all, 29 bids were received,totaling approximately $210,000,substantially above the estimatessubmitted by architects, accord-ing to Melvin D. Hui, supervis-ing principal of Bayport-BluePoint Schools. With inclusion ofarchitectural, legal and admin-istrative fees and a reserve forthe purchase of furniture, thetotal minimum required for con-struction now amounts to approx-imately $238,000, Mr. Hill said.

March 9, the board voted toask taxpayers to approve an addi-tion of $60,000 to the already-approved $195 ,000, voted by tax-payers November 1, 1961, by anapproximate seven-to-one mar-gin.

Information meeting will beheld at the Blue Point Elemen-tary School at 8:30 p.m. nextThursday and at the James WilsonYoung High School April 4. Vot-ing will be held at the Blue PointElementary School gymnasiumfrom 2 to 9 p.m. April 10.

Gov. to AddressR'head Chamber

BLUE POINT — Governor Nel-son A. Rockefeller is coming toSuffolk County for a speaking en-gagement May 18. Suffolk CountyRepublican Chairman Arthur M.Cromarty announced that the gov-ernor will address a luncheonmeeting of the Riverhead Cham-ber of Commerce.

Governor Rockefeller's ap-pearance was arranged by GOPLeader Cromarty at the requestof Jesse R. Goodale, vice presi-dent of the chamber. Membersof other service and civic clubsin the Riverhead area have beenInvited to the luncheon. One thou-sand persons are expected to bepresent.

This will mark the first timethat Governor Rockefeller hasspoken east of Brookhaven Townin Suffolk County. Riverhead res-idents could not remember anygovernor speaking there while inoffice since Governor Alfred E.Smith.

A P'chogue Firs tSt. Pat 's Parade

FASHION SH OW SETWvtfss Lori Belmont, standing,and Miss Carol Costenza discuss plans for fashion showto be held April 4 at Bay Avenue School by memberstores of Merchants Division of Patchogue Chamber ofCommerce, with Edward Mitchell, executive directorof division. Proceeds from tickets will be retained bycooperating organizations which include local reli-gious and fraternal groups and PTA 's.

Maple Leaf Photo Service

By John McLainGold and emerald shone Saturday alongMainStreetfor Patchogue's

first St. Patrick's Day parade.Under a brilliant sun close to 4,000 colorfully-clothed marchers

walked the green lineeastfromWaverlyto Rider Avenue as thousandscheered their progress. Nineteenplayed "The Wearing O' theGreen", "McNamara's Band","Harrigan" and other Irish fav-orites.

The three-hour parade wassponsored by the Suffolk CountyBoard of the Ancient Order ofthe Hibernians in cooperationwith the Patchogue Chamber ofCommerce and the PatchogueRecreation Department. Morethan 60 units participated.

At the reviewing stand Pat-chogue Mayo r Robert T. Wald-bauer, who was accompanied by

bands and drum and bugle corpsthe village board, welcomedGrand Marshall Michael Rice ofBabylon , and the five county AOHdivision presidents to Patchogue.

Joseph A. Conley of Patchogue,parade chairman, presented athorn stick to the mayor and aSt. Patrick's medal to Pete Poul-os , village recreation director.Mr. Conley praised Mr. Poulosfor his efforts in organizing theparade.

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Ranking StudentsNamed at PHS

LESLIE BODENValedicto ri an

Leslie Boden, the son of Mr.and Mrs. Arnold Boden of 41North Pine Lake Drive, Patch-ogue will be the valedictorianat the June commencement exer-cises of the Class of 1962 atPatchogue Senior High School.

The announcement was made byEdmund W Tuton, school prin-cipal, who said that Miss JaneSpavins, the daughter of Dr. andMrs. Walter Spavins of 48 Jen-nings Avenue, Patchogue, will besalutatorian and Joseph Masin,tbe son of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeMasin of 259 Pine Neck Avenue,East Patchogue, will be essayist.

The principal reported thatLeslie Boden has a grade aver-age of 95.64; Miss Spavins anaverage of 94.50, and JosephMasin an average of 92.83.

The grade averages, Mr. Tutonsaid, of 12 other high rankingstudents are as follows: MarjorieElbert, 92.51; Barbara Girshoff.92.31; Patricia Still, 90.43; Mar-guerite Crodtto, 89.54; CarlPalatnik, 89.49; April Patervan.89.40; Elwyn Schaefer, 89.39;Ardath Tomesch, 88.94; PatriciaRathkamp, 88.78; Werner Gru-ber, 88.17; Regina Funaro. 87.94,and Stephen Bates, 86.29.

Young Boden is a member ofthe math team, and a finalistfor both a National Honor So-ciety scholarship and a MeritScholarship. He won a stateregents scholarship recently. Heis a member of the Red & Black

JANE SPAVINSSalutato ri an

JOSEP H MASINEssay ist

staff, tne Advanced Science Club,and is president of the HonorSociety.

Miss Spavins is the winner ofa recent Regents Scholarship.She is a member of the StudentCouncil and the Math Club andthe math team, and is assistantliterary editor of the Yearbook.

Young Masin is a member ofthe Biology Club, the math team,the Varsity Club and the ScienceProject Group.

The principal estimated thatthe graduating class would in-clude 210 students.

Storm DamageRepair Studied

Governor Rockefeller and state and federal officials met Monday in Albanywith Suffolk County officials to discuss a course of action to repair the stormdamage to the county's South Shore.

'I am encouraged as a result of this meeting , " said Supervisor Charles R.Dominy after returning to Patchogue. "Federal officials left the impression

that applications for federal aidfor the work presently being doneto repair the beach would probab-ly be approved.

"However." the supervisorcontinued, the federal govern-ment will approve only restora-tion, not improvement steps.Whatever federal applicationsare approved will receive 100per cent aid. Under the federalproject, sand will be put only infront of dunes, not In back."

The damage to Suffolk has beenestimated at almost $10,000,000,about half of this to publicproperties.

The supervisor added that thestate has set aside $3,500,000which can be applied to anyproject to aid Great South Beach,whether restoration or improve-ment, in which die town, countyand state wish to participate,

"I have requested propertyowners In the area," Mr. Dominycontinued, "to secure temporaryeasements so that sand can bereturned to the property facingthe ocean."

Disaster AreaThe meeting was called Friday

by the governor after he learnedthat President Kennedy had de-clared Long Island an emergencydisaster area.

County officials attending in-cluded Supervisors Dominy,Wil-liam P. Bain of East Hampton,Evans K. Griffing of Shelter Is-land, Lester Alberts on ofSouthold, County Public W orksCommissioner Herman Bishop,Deputy County Executive Anne F.Mead, Southampton Town High-way Superintendent RudolphKammerer, Southampton TownAttorney John O'JCeefe, IslipCouncilman Herman Hammer,William Matsunaye, chiefengineer of the County PublicW orks Department, and officialsof Nassau County and the StateDepartment of Public Works.

Following the meeting, BabylonSupervisor Arthur M. Cromarty,who led the Suffolk delegation toAlbany, announced that he hadappointed a special committee toexpedite handling of claims topublic property damage. (Seestory elsewhere in this Issue.)

Inlet (s ClosedMeanwhile, the 600-foot wide

inlet caused by tiie March 6-7storm on the barrier beach atWesthampton Beach has beenclosed, but pumping of fill bythree dredges is expected tocontinue for two more weeks tobuild the dunes back to theiroriginal height and width. Ac-cording to Mr. Kammerer, atemporary road will be immedi-ately built on top of the dunes.

The inlet was closed late Sun-"day evening after two dredges hadbeen pumping continually for oneweek.

On Tuesday County ExecutiveH. Lee Dennison announced he iscalling for a special meetingtoday or tomorrow with state andcounty public works officials toproceed with the planning for the$40,000,000 U. S. Army Corps ofEngineers restoration programfor the South Shore.

Mr. Dennison said he will askthe board of supervisors to decidewhether or not Suffolk wants to go

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Bayport Unit to BackSchool Bd. Candidates

BAYPORT— John F. Gorr,chairman of the Fact FindingCommittee on School Affairs ,said last Thursday that the com-mittee expects to announce Inabout 10 days the candidates itwill endorse for election to theboard of education of School Dis-trict 5 (Bayport-Blue Point).

He made the statement after ,a meeting which the committee 'held March 15 in the auditoriumof the Bayport High School.

The committee endorsed givingtenure to Dr. Robert C. Whit-sitt , high school principal. Butthe school board voted 5-to-3to deny the tenure. The com-mittee has contended the boardshould be more representat iveof the community.

Three positions will be filledon the school board in the Mayelection. Norman H. Gray andJohn J. Foley, whoseboardtermsexpire this year, are expected toseek reelection , and a contest isexpected for the board post va-cated through the resignation ofDr. Frank S. Snell of Blue Point,former board chairman.

In his statement at the March15 meeting, which was attendedby approximately 135 persons,Mr. Gorr said the committee

"is seeking to change the phil-osophic complexion of the schoolboard" in the coming election.He said the committee does notwish to "create a split in thecommunity," but argued that theschool board "should be trusteesfor the people who elected them"and charged the "school boarddoes not feel it has to representall of the people."

Mr. Gorr took the occasion torequest the school board to "re-open" the question of grantingtenure to Dr. Whitsitt , who willcomplete his third year in Juneas Bayport High School principal.

No members of the schoolboard spoke at the meeting.

WHITSIT T SPEAKSMr. Gorr introduced Dr. Whit-

sitt . The principal commendedthe committee for living up towhat he described as the"purpose" of such a group in"understanding" the school. Hesaid the committee was an "aidto balance in the community" andadded that "communication andsharing are still problems."

Dr. Whitsitt went on to speakof "common goals and achieve-ments" in the school system.He described new courses which

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Say Couple DefraudedGovernment of $26,000

When county detectives begantheir Investigation of a couplesuspected of being welfarecheats, little did they suspecttheir probe would mushroom Intoaccusations that the husband andwife had bilked the FederalGovernment out of more than$26,000 in the last seven years.

The case came to light Mon-day night with the Indictment ofPeter Robert Sherry, 35, and his31-y ear-old wife Rosemary,formerly of Bellport, and nowliving with Mr. Sherry's mother,Mrs. Anna Bachulls of HallockAvenue, Mt. Sinai.

The couple were named in anindictment accusing them ofgrand larceny first-degree andwelfare fraud. However, DistrictAttorney Bernard C. Smith re-vealed that the investigation ofthe couple's financial dealingsover the past eight years re-vealed they had received $10,000

in G I insurance, substantialsocial security payments, andveteran's benefits, for Mr.Sherry's "death."

Both were arraigned in SuffolkCounty Court Monday evening.Visiting Franklin County JudgeEllsworth Lawrence ordered Mr.Sherry to Jail, pending hisapplication for ball, and freedMrs. Sherry without bail so shecould care for their five children.

The indictment charges thatwhile the Sherry's were receiving$2,028 in welfare payments be-tween May 16 and September 21,last year, they also received$994 in railroad retirement bene-fits, whicL they neglected to re-port to the County Welfare De-partment.

Mr. Smith told newsmen that in1951 Mr. Sherry obtained aSuffolk County Court order,

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Keep TownHall Here:Village Bd.

The Patchogue Village Boardhas forwarded a resolution toBrookhaven Town SupervisorCharles R. Dominy requesting

•that facts and figures be madepublic on the study now beingmade for the possible relocationor addition to Brookhaven TownHall.

In stating their position,Village officials have made Itclear that they prefer to have thetown board seriously consider thepurchase of the Patchogue Hotel ,and if this is not feasible , that anaddition be added to the presenttown hall . But , under all circum-stances, Brookhaven Town Hallremain In Patchogue.

A letter from the village boardwas presented to SupervisorDominy at the first board meet-ing of the year. A subsequentvisit has been made by villageofficials to a town board meet-ing.

SecondDis trict SeeksOrmsby Successor

With Walter M. Ormsby sched-uled to retire late in June after26 years as superintendent ofthe Second Supervisory SchoolDistrict, the district's Board ofCooperative Educational Serv-ices has asked a three-man com-mittee of consultants to screenapplications for the ImportantJob.

Heading the committee is Dr.Willard Elsbree, chairman of thedepartment of education at Col-umbia Teachers College. He Isassisted by Dr. Claude Kulp,dean of the Cornell UniversitySchool of Education, and PaulBenedict, supervising principalof South Huntington Schools. Ac-cording to Jack P. Fechter, as-sistant district superintendent,the committee will present fromthree to six applications for theboard to consider by April 15.The board will appoint the newsuperintendent sometime there-after.

"Applications for the job arecoming in from all over the UnitedStates, as far away as Alaska,"Mr. Fechter said.

Explaining why a committee ofconsultants had been deemed ad-visable, Mr. Fechter said:

"It was the feeling of the co-operative board In consulUngwiththe state that it's such a bigjob that consultants should beappointed to assist in screeningapplications." The position isthe fourth largest superintend-ency In the state, outside NewYork City and Buffalo, he said.

The Second Supervisory School

WALTE R M. ORMSBYDistrict, which encompassesBrookhaven and parts of IslipTown, has seen an enrollment In-crease of 44,000 students in thepast 15 years.

Mr. Ormsby, 56, has servedIn bis present capacity since1936. He has been instrumentalin bringing about, at the state'srequest, several reorganizationsof school districts; the BellportCentral School District, the Sa-chem Central School District;the Middle Country CentralSchool District; the Middle Is-land Central School District andthe Connetquot Central SchoolDistrict,