bay area news in brief town board of appeals grants...

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Shirley Group Installs Henck As President Over 150 people attended the North Shirley CMc Associa- tion ' s installation dinner dance held December 7 at their club- house, Brookhaven Town Clerk, Edwin Arnzen acted aa Installing officer. Installed as President was Henry Henck. Among those^ pre- sent were: Brookhaven Town Deputy Highway Commissioner and Mrs. Charles Kelly of Cen- ter Moriches; Mrs. Rita Rech of Mastic; Mrs. Claire Reichert of Mastic Beach , both members of the School Board of School District #3 2; John G all agher.pre- aident of the board of School District #32; and Robert Helns, of Shirley L. I. Inc. A children ' s Christmas Party, for the children of the community, will be held at 3 P. M., December 21 at the clubhouse. Bay Area News In Brief CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 1 MASTIC - The Rosary - Altar Society of St. John' ; R.C. Ch_xch will hold a Christmas party to be held at 8 p.m., Decembe r 11 at the Blue Lantern, In Mas- tic. Exchange of gifts will take place . The moderator of tbe society, Rev. Andrew Klar- mann and Father Matthew Wis- nlewskl are invited guests. « * * . SEA SCOUT UNIT MEETS CENTER MORICHES - The newly formed Sea Scout unit erf St, John The Evangelist R.C. Church held a meeting last week. Frank Mazura chairman intro- duced the Rev. Andrew Klarmann and discussed Instruments used on board ship, such as the dep- thometer to measure the water height and the compass. HOSPITAL GROUP PARTY DEC I CENTER MORICHES-The Mo- riche s unit , of the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital , will hold their Christmas party at the Sunrise Restaurant , at 8 o'clock December 12. Kindly bring a gift for the grab bag. * * FjRE DEPT. PARTY DEC 21 CENTER MORICHES - The Center Moriches Fire Depart- ment will hold their annual Christmas party at the fire house December 21. Gif ts will be given to the children according to age . » * » YACHT CLUB PARTY DEC IS CENTER MORICHES- The Mo- riches Yacht Club will hold It ' s annual Christmas party Sunday, December IS , at the foot of Union Avenue , Center Moriches. A cocktail party and buffet will be served " from 5 to 7 P.M. Mrs. Leona Schleln is chairman of the affair. * » » CHANUKAS SERVICE FRIDAY MAeSTIC BEACH-Congregatlon Bnai Shalom Sunday School chil- dren will conduct the Chanukah, Feast of Lights , Sabbath Ser- vices under the supervision of Cantor Richard Pruss at the Mastic Beach Hebrew Center on Neighborhood Road at 8 A.M., Friday. After the services , the Sis- terhood will provide refresh- ments and present the children with their Chanukah gifts. A meeting of the Sisterhood Board of Directors will .be held at the home of Mrs. Sara Good- man at 8:30 p.m., December 17. » « * SANTA COMING TO MASTIC BCH. MASTIC BEACH-The Mastic Beach Fire Department Ladles - Auxiliary is holding its annual Christmas parry, 2 PM, Sunday, December 15 at die Mastic Beach Fireball on Neighborhood Road , for the children of the firemen. Santa Ciaus will tour Mastic Beach before the party. HOME BUREAU PARTY DEC. 17 MASTIC BEACH-The annual Christmas party of tbe Mastic Beach Home Demonstration Bureau will be held at tbe Char- coal House an Montauk Highway , in Mastic , at 12 o' clock Decem- ber 17. There will be a grab bag and entertainment. ART LEAGUE PARTY DEC. 18• MASTIC BEACH-The Pallette and Brush Art League will hold its Christmas party from 10 am to 3 pm, December 18 at the Mastic Beach Fireball on Neigh- borhood Road. It will be a cover- ed dish affair and the table will -be decorated by Mrs. Rachel Mc- Carthy and Mrs. LeonoreRinkin. The Christmas committee in- cludes: Mrs. Rachel McCarthy, Mrs. Aurelia Sewell end Mrs. Edith Garland. There will be a grab bag, favors, games will be played and Christmas carols . will be sung. * * * FIRE DISTRICT NEWS MASTIC BEACH-Gus Pidgeon of Mastic Beach Road was re- elected to the Board of Fire Com- missioners. The fire commission is publishing bids for a new fire truck for Mastic Beach. WOMENS ' PARTY DECEMBER IS CENTER MORICHES-An old fashion Christmas party is being held by the South Bay Business and Professional Womerfs Club, at 5:30 p.m. December 15 at the Cedar Lodge Nursing Home, Center Moriches.. A buffet supper with traditional Christmas goodies will be served. The Turso Dancers and Christmas music will entertain the members and their guests. ». * ' OFFICERS INSTALLED MASTIC BEACH-The Ladies' Aid, held their annual Christ- mas party and packed cookies for the Inner Mission. They also Installed new officers who are Mrs. Helen Weigand of Mas- tic , president; Mrs. Florence Doyle , vice president; Mrs. Shir- ley Jensen, secretary, both of Mastic Beach and Mrs. Sue Christopherson of Shirley, trea- surer. CHRISTMAS CONCERT -DEC 13 ,-j MASTIC-The annual Nathaniel woodhull Elementary School Christmas concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Decetnber 13. in- cluded in the performance will be the school band under the di- rection of Edward Pinto, tbe chorus, under tbe direction of Mrs. Doris Wadler and a string quartet under tbe direction of Miss Dathleen Heimgartner. Tbe fourth grade class, under Mr. McCaffrey, will present a Christ- mas skit. . * * POST 929 PAYS TRIBUTE CENTER MORICHES - The American Legion Post 929 of Center Moriches , took part in die memorial services that were held at II am December 8 in memory of President John F. Kennedy, at the St. John ' s Epis- copal Church of Center Moriches. The Legion Post followed the Church choir, ln , carrying their flags. A Navy hymn was song during the services. * « * POST MEETING ON DEC. 18 CENTER MORICHES- The American Legion Post 929 of Center Moriches meets every first and third Wednesday of the month at the Legion Hall in Center Moriches. The next meet- ing, which will be a social meet- ing held jointly with the Auxi- liary of the Post, is scheduled for 1 p.m. December 18th. The Post is trying to reach the quota of 84 members assign- ed to them by national headquar- ters. Each year, national head- ¦quarters assigns a quota which is above the membership of the previous year. Anyone interest- ed in joining the Post , may con- tact Charles Knight at 281-8614. NOVELTY SALE SATURDAY SHIRLEY-A Chrsonas novel- ty sale will be held at 10:30 am. Saturday, at Bohack's Park- ing Field, Shirley, and at Five Corners in Mastic Beach. The Mariner Patrol of Senior Girl Scout Troop 109 of Shirley, ia holding the sale. The girls are trying to raise money to help defray the cost of their planned trip to Bermuda in the Spring of 1965. * * * PROP. OWNERS PARTY SUN. MASTIC ACRES-A meeting and Christmas party of the Proper- ty Owners of Mastic Acre s and Shirley will take place at 3 PM Sunday, at their clubhouse on Essex Circle. A Christmas buffet will be served. A Christ- mas grab bag will be featured. The general public is invited. HOME UNIT PARTY WED., MASTIC - The Shirley - Mas- tic unit of the Suffolk County Home Demonstration department will hold their annual Christmas par- ty Wednesday at the Mastic Inn on Montauk Highway. The mem- bers will partake a*- dinner and gifts will be exchanged. The next meeting of the unit will be held January 8 at the Grace Lu- > theran Church in Mastic Beach. A guest speaker will be present. * -„ -— ¦ - ELECT OFFICERS St. John ' s Episcopal Church- women, at a meeting held De- cember 2 at the parish hall ,, elected new officers , as follows: Mrs. Winifred Schumacher for a second term as president:Mrs. (Continued on Page 2) Town Board of Appeals Grants Variance Allowing Construction of Disputed Bldg, Construction of the disputed Valley National Bank building in the Moriches. Shopping Town , Center Moriches , will be continued shortly as a result of a. variance granted by the Brook- haven Board of Appeals at a meeting held De- cember 5. Con struction on the building had been halted when the town building depart-? - ept issued an order ordering the builders to ce-ise further construction. The order stemmed i-. *ooi the fact that the partially completed building stood some 30 feet from its Lake Avenue pro - perty line , Instead of the 68 feet required by town building laws. In approving the variance , Tho- mas Romeo, hoard pre* Went , issued the following »tat<r^* .c-it: "Under Article .Xl-B, Sec . ' - . 77 , the petitioner erred in net first obtaining a revision of t ' *-. site plan before si^-tlng con s truc- tion, therefore , respor.sibiilt*' qf any delays in th** conplf-rtori <jf their building tied sourore. ' , . \:pw. tbem. However , l rhe o;;?.nior. of ,tha memljerj. _ * tiiis hrm-d , minimum requirements n-jder Article XI-B , "J " ' ;.;.sim-»5 ?, Section 1174 fr*, va been met, It is further noted that the placing of the structure in question, in its present location , has not al- tered the requirements of Sec , 1172 , building area. After d' , j_ conslderation, it is the reeling of this board th«it the grtint-nr of thin petition will not be rmv trary to the public interest and that the str ict application •> * <-' » provisions of this ordinance would e -Jeprivo the applicant of the rights commonly enjoyed by the other property in the same district. It is further noted that the granting of this variance will be in harmony with the caneral purpose and intent of tnls or-. dtnance and will not be injurious to the neighborhood or otherwise detrimental to public we lfare. It is therefore rcccm- tnended that this application be approved. " Mr. Romeo told The Advance that the board found it -'hard te believe that a firm would in- vest such a large amount of money in the construction of a build- ing, knowing that they were in violation of the building laws. " He said that the board felt that the violation was not a deliberat-9 act by the builders and that it undoubtly was the result of con- fusion. He added that he thought the builders would have been granted a variance had thev gone back to the planning board ' at the very beginning of the- pr oblem. They elected, however, to appeal to the-Board, of Appeals , seeking a*reyer_ai of th- plannin g oard's decision. The board of appeal* does have the power to over rule such a decision , Mr. Romeo add- ed. Area Residents Are Concerned Over Ocean Threat to Mainland FLATTENED AREA OF FIRE ISLAND, which is the cause of great concern to residents cf the Mastic Beach shore front areas. Several times during the past month, high tides and gusty winds have forced the ocean waters to spill over into the bay over this stretch of land. The threat of a permanent inlet being formed in this area , which would allow ocean wave s to send waters into mainland ' areas , has caused civic leaders to push for corrective action to the problem. This has been promised by town and county leaders , in the form of bulldozers to repair the breakthroughs . •¦ Aerial by Maple Leaf Photo Service Mastic Beach residents have expressed grave concern over the threat of further breakthroughs of the Fire Island barrier beach, which would endanger shore front areas of the area. Their concern was increased b y flooding con- ditions which developed during a recent storm. High tides and gusty winds caused bay waters to invade approximately one mile into the mainland in the Mastic Beach section. The flooding con- ditions were termed the worst since the hurricane of 1938. Concern was also expressed by several leaders of organizations in the area. Walter Werner of 85 Cranberry Drive , president of the Mastic Beach Property Owners Association , said that there was a danger .that area homes would be lost unless action was taken. Mr. Werner was one of a four man civic committee which toured the beach areas to evaluate firsthan d, the problems that exist on the barrier beach. Thomas Neppell of Maftic Beach Property Owners Associ- ation , also toured the beach areas and termed the problem very ser- ious. "The major threat is o breakthrough that could run 1000' feet in width * " Mr. Neppell said. "A serious threat is the * fact that the height of the remaining dune protection Is only one to onp and a half feet , and this is all that is protecting the ocean from spilling over into the bay. " "The threat, Mr. Neppell odd- ed, "Is not confined tc jui : the Mastic Beach area. There are four or five other breakthroughs in the beach, which, in the event of another serious storm, would allow water to pour through, caus- ing damage all along the Bay Area shorefronts. This would Include East Moriches , CenterMoriches , Moriches , Mastic , Mastic Beach and Shirley. " Mr. Neppell was a member of the Moriches Staballzatlon Com- mittee which served during the construction of the Moriches In- let. He cited the jetties which were built in the inlet area, and of the sand- buildup that has been continuing in this area because of these jetties. "The sands on the beach flow from east to west, and these jetties have created a natur- al- fencing that allows the buildup of the sand, extending the beach further out into the cccaiy " he said. "Jetties could very well be an answer to the problem along the beach. " he continued. Mr. Neppell attended the meet- ing of the Board of Supervisors in Riverhead, held Monday, and was assured by Charle s R. Dominy, Brookhaven Town Supervisor , that corrective action would be taken during the next few days to strengthen the breakthrough areas. The assurance came after a closed gathering of the supervi- sor s to discuss the problem. County Superintendent of Publlc Works Herman F. Bishop, who had earlier expressed the opinion that situation was not serious , and :hat the shifting sands would heal the wounds ln the barrier beach, had agreed to send manpower and machinery to the area in an effort co close the breakthroughs. Mr. Neppell termed this method of corrective action "temporary." Supervisor Dominy agreed that lt was temporary, adding, " any- thing you do on the beach is temp- orary. " Mr. Dominy added that he could not say just exactly when the dune repairs wou ld be under- taken , "because I don' t run the county department. " Mr. Dominy added that he may have further Information on the matter upon his return from Washington , for which he left Wednesday, and discussions of the national seashore. Back in Mastic Beac h , however , residents were further concerned by winds and high waters which caused slight flooding conditions Monday. Luclclly, for residents In. low lying areas of the area, winds changed direction, pushing the bay waters out, rather than ln to the mainland. However, the sight of ocean waves , with foamy- crests were plainly visible from the Mastic Beach shore. Annual Concert Given Sunday By Choral Soc, The Choral Society of the Mor-; iches, under the direction of Josef Lemmen , celebrated their twenty, fifth anniversary by pre- senting George Frederick Han- del' s masterpiece, "The Mes- siah' ' , Sunday at the East Mor- iches School. The group was ac- companied by Mrs, Mildred Hawes , on the piano, and Mrs. Edward Wlrsing, Jr., organist. Past members of the chorus joined in the singing of the Hal- lelujah Chorus, in celebration of the anniversary. The Choral Society has given a performance of "The Messiah" each Christmas season since the formation of the group in 1938. Soloists in this year' s presenta" - Hon included Mrs. Carol Jur^ geilewicz , Mrs. Philomena Vig- llotta, Mrs, Dorothy Owen , Everett Grelk , and Josef Lem- men. Newly elected officers of the society are Edward Wlrsing, Jr„ president - John Marbury, vice president? Sally Federico , secretary; Virginia Lukert; trea- surer, and Yolande Blechner , director of publicity. News and Views By LOU GRASSO A number of peopl e , including this writer, were startled Sun- day to see Attorney General Ken- nedy Robert Kennedy strolling along Fifth Avenue in New York City, Mr, Kennedy, who had come to New York to attend funeral services for the late Herbert Lehman , was hat and coatless , the trade mark of our late president. Heads spun as the attorney general walked by with a friend, and people asked each other, "Was that Bob Ken- nedy?" It was indeed. * « * The Neighborhood Merchants Association in Mastic Beach are to be congratulated on their ef- forts to decorate die business area with Christmas decorations. , Christmas styl e candl es have been attached to the telephone poles running along the Main Street, extending Christmas sp irit to the local shoppers. * * * The Center Moriches Lions Club are holding a dinner for the members of the CenterMoriches Red Devils soccer team which co- owners of the Suffolk County Soccer championship. The din- ' ner is being offer-jd as a means of expressing die club' s pride in the local youth's who brought the champion banner to town. Guest speaker at the affair will be Brookhaven Town Supervisor Charles R. Dominy. The dinner is scheduled for 7:30 p.rn . Wednesday at the Sunrise Res- taurant , Center Moriches. The Lion s Club has made plans to decorate die Christmas tree in Center Moriches Sunday. Tbe tree , which is located in the Bohack parking field, was planted by the lion' s Club several years back. Iftasfi c Chamber Plans Contest For Dec. 26 -31 A home Christmas decoration contest, sponsored by the Cham- ber of Commerce of "he Mastics , will be conducted and judged dur- ing the week between Christmas and New Year. AH homes ln the Mastic Beach, Mastic, Shirley and Moriches area are eligible,, however homeowners must reg- ister by calling 2S1-5353 ln order to have their home judged for the contest. x In other activities, the chamber ' electefid the following officers for tbe coming yea n Anthony Corac ' i , president; , 'Richa rd Cardamone, vice president; Ray Bact, sec- retary^ ' Carl Abell, treasurer; and DominickMauro, Jack Lewis, Tom Neppell Jr., John Rosso , John Cunimings , and Charles Burke, mestifcers of the Board of directors. . Opposition £o the granwsng of the variance wps evident. Those who opposed felt that the builders had apparently disregarded building laws and that they should be made to conform ^iih th- : re- quirements . Other area residents were in favor of the variance , however. Their basis of -support was tbe belief that " as long as the there was confusion involved, between towTi agencie s , the taxpayers in the area should not suffer the loss of raxe s which would result from the rejecticn of the vari- ance , " according to civic lead- ers. YAPHANK PTA PARTY DEC. 17 YAPHANK - The Yaphan Pa- rent - Teacher Association will hold an annual Family Christmas Dinne r at 6 P.M. , December 17, ' ln the cafatorium of the Charles E. Walters School . A community song fest led, by Anthony Ray, music instructor, will follow the dtnn-r. Admittance will he by reservation only. Eastport Woman Asked To Serve Planning Comm. The Suffolk County Mental Health Association has been honored to have had Mrs. Law- rence Goldstein, of Eastport , a member from its board, selected to serve on the community leve l of the planning committee. Mrs. Goldstein, a vice-president , and member of the board for over eight years , was appointed by Dr. Richard Perrault , chairman ofthe Long Island Regional Mental Health Planning Committee. The Association is a voluntary citizens group dedicated to a pro- gram of education and action for mental health. It serves the com- munities of Suffolk County through a speakers bureau, and provides educational materials for distrib- ution. It also offers volunteer services to help in state hospitals , and referral information service. In addition the association en- courages legislation to provide . adequate local psychiatric facil- ities. Nicoio Marione ttes Came To Center Moriches Dec. 3 By MARGARET BUBKA Once upon a time, a lovely girl by the name of Alice , came upon a white rabbit with pink eyes. She heard the rabbit say, "Oh dear ,. Oh dear, I shall be late. " When be took a watch out of its waist- coat pocket , which startled her, she rsn across the field and fol- lowed him into a hole . Last week, a similar event fpok place ln Center Moriches. A mod- ern "Alice " in the person of Nico- io, a famous marionette jester , came to town. On December 3, be and his troupe of wooden actors presented a full length marionette play, "Alice in Wonderland" , at St. John' s R. C. School, Center Moriches. Tbe story ia based on the im- mortal tale cf an upside down world , of sense and nonsense , by the shy man who loved children , Lewis Carroll. In a program of action, suspense and magic, the audience was transported back centuries. The Mother ' s Club of St. John ' s School invited the Nicoio Marion- ettes , a well known professional ' company, now in its twenty-fourth year of operation , to bring this , unusual entertainment to the chil- dren. Bay Area Man Entered In Fla. Fishing Contest The Florida business trip of Arthur Nlklus , of Lincoln Boule- vard, East Moriches , was in- terupted briefly November 12 for a bit of fishing, which resulted in his entry into the Islamorada Fishing Tournament in the Flori- da Keys . A report from the tournament committee revealed that Mr. Nlk- lus has been entered ln the general division of the contest with a catch of a ten pound six ounce bonafiah , and in the spin casting division of the tournament with a 12 pound eight ounce snook. The Islamorada Fishing Tour- nament runs from July 1 thru De- cember 1, and is open to all ang- lers at no coat. The contest, an annual affair, lures anglers from all areas of the country. Many trophies and prizes are awarded , and citations are given to anglers catching and releasing sallflsh, bonefish and tarpon. Mr. Nik Jus, whose catch waa weighed in at Haney ' s Tackle Box, Islamorada, is tha manager of a boat yard in Westhampton. New Concert Group Perf orms Win ter Concert December 3 The South Shore Opera and Lyra Chorus made it s debut at a spec- ial Winter Concert December 3 at William Floyd High School. The group directed by Mme. Galina Prengel , performs in conjunction with, the Mastic Fire Department band. Soloists for the evening were the Mesdames Kay Burke , Helen Komara, Pat Seifert, Miss Ana Dawson and Mr. Jeff Davis. Se- lections of the chorus included J BelieVe , Arriverderci Roma , Granada , aria from the opera Gi- anni Schicchl by Puccini , Makc Believe and Domino. The band under the competent direction of Paul R. Vogel, Jr. a 19 year old Shirley youth , opened the program with the Star Spangled Banner, joined the chorus for a new rendition of God Bless America and. continued with the first movement of Schubert' s Unfinished Symphony dedic ated to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. For aflnale , the chorus sung, Now Is The Hour, and heard , the band and chorus combine for Finlandia. Mme. Prengel ia an accotn- (Continued on Page 2) Hall Installed Mon. As Flotilla #16 Head Flotilla #16, of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, waa forced to cancel their planned in- stallation dinner and dance, scheduled for December 7, because of the 30 -day period of mourning for the late president John F. Kennedy. The Installation took place , Instead, at a regularly conducted meeting Monday, at the East Moriches Coast Guard station. Installed as elected officers were: William L. Hall . Jr. of Mastic Beach, as commander; Thomas Hughes of Ridge , vice commander, and Jame s Meachen of Canter Moriches, training of- ficer. Installed as appointed of- ficers were George DeLong of Moriches as recording officer , Rudolf Schulz of Shirley, financi- al off icer. Also installed were: courtesy motorboat examiner , John Hughes of Ridge; facility Inspector Rudolf Schulz of Shir lay; public informa- tion officer , Alfred Sammis of East Patchogue; public relations officer, Gerald Q. Garrett Sr. of Mastic Beach, public instruction court* . Edward G. Kanas of Bell- port; supply ofllcar, JohnCarna-ji of Mastic; U.S. Power Squadron liaison officer , Henry Rapp of Middle island; March & rescue officer, George Salt of Center Moriehet; communications offi- cer. Joseph F«rnand*_ of Mastic Beach; and historian Kenneth Brower of East Moriches. Certificates . indicating the ' completion of the basic small boat seamanship course , which was completed November 7, are being, mailed to the students that aire entitled to them. The Flotilla is planning on scheduling courses In the new year , whic h will include "Small Boat Handling for children, " and a repeat of the "Basic Small Boat Seamanship Course". Dates ot the courses will be listed in this newspaper as soon aa they are available. PARAGON SCHOLAR-^ Two Eaeipott area fltud-Mta are coc-gratulatad by Deputy Suffolk County t^juty Executive Asa Meade on winning sixth affinal Paragon Oil Student incentive Awards. Tbe two are: John Keck , left , Montauk Highway, Eastport , a aenior at Eastport High School; and Stephen Lewis, 5 Lake St., Patchogue , Patchogue High School. The twarts, US Savings Bonds and Certificates of Honor, were made to the students for outstanding scholarship and citizenship, at ceremonies attended by some 400 recipients, parents and educators at tit* Stat* University in Farmingdale. -. 'Graphic News Photos Mid. Island Book Group Meets Dec. 2 Eleven people met December 2 at tbe Middle Island Central Public Library in Coram as a book discussion graip sponsored by the Friends of the Library. A bio- logical sketch of the author by Mrs. Elbert C Smith , opened the discussion of "To Kill a Mocking- bird" , pulitizer prize winner, by Harper Lee. Mrs. WalterCosler assisted Mrs. Smith in leading the discussion. The next book discussion will be held February 3. Tbe titles of the books will be posted at tbe li- brary. ( nuwtuuitmfHbiHittHUiHnwittiliiiHiM'W' jg ' CUl SlFl E ' D^DSf ! FROM THE § i MORICHES BAY ! ¦ AREA 1 - ARF EASILY I PLACED BY I CALLING I ; 878 - 1000 I ! Deadline I

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Page 1: Bay Area News In Brief Town Board of Appeals Grants ...nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1963-12-12/ed-1/seq-17.pdf · mas skit. . * • * POST 929 PAYS TRIBUTE CENTER MORICHES

Shirley GroupInstalls HenckAs President

Over 150 people attended theNorth Shirley CMc Associa-tion's installation dinner danceheld December 7 at their club-house, Brookhaven Town Clerk,Edwin Arnzen acted aa Installingofficer.

Installed as President wasHenry Henck. Among those^pre-sent were: Brookhaven TownDeputy Highway Commissionerand Mrs. Charles Kelly of Cen-ter Moriches; Mrs. Rita Rechof Mastic; Mrs. Claire Reichertof Mastic Beach, both membersof the School Board of SchoolDistrict #3 2; John G all agher.pre-aident of the board of SchoolDistrict #32; and Robert Helns,of Shirley L.I. Inc.

A children's Christmas Party,for the children of the community,will be held at 3 P.M., December21 at the clubhouse.

Bay Area News In BriefCHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 1

MASTIC - The Rosary - AltarSociety of St. John'; R.C. Ch_xchwill hold a Christmas party tobe held at 8 p.m., December11 at the Blue Lantern, In Mas-tic.

Exchange of gifts will takeplace. The moderator of tbesociety, Rev. Andrew Klar-mann and Father Matthew Wis-nlewskl are invited guests.

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SEA SCOUT UNIT MEETSCENTER MORICHES - The

newly formed Sea Scout unit erfSt, John The Evangelist R.C.Church held a meeting last week.Frank Mazura chairman intro-duced the Rev. Andrew Klarmannand discussed Instruments usedon board ship, such as the dep-thometer to measure the waterheight and the compass.

HOSPITAL GROUP PARTY DEC I

CENTER MORICHES-The Mo-riches unit, of the BrookhavenMemorial Hospital , will holdtheir Christmas party at theSunrise Restaurant, at 8 o'clockDecember 12. Kindly bring a giftfor the grab bag.

• * *FjRE DEPT. PARTY DEC 21CENTER MORICHES - The

Center Moriches Fire Depart-ment will hold their annualChristmas party at the fire houseDecember 21. Gifts will be givento the children according to age.

» * »YACHT CLUB PARTY DEC IS

CENTER MORICHES- The Mo-riches Yacht Club will hold It'sannual Christmas party Sunday,December IS, at the foot of UnionAvenue, Center Moriches. Acocktail party and buffet will beserved " from 5 to 7 P.M. Mrs.Leona Schleln is chairman of theaffair.

* » »CHANUKAS SERVICE FRIDAY

MAeSTIC BEACH-CongregatlonBnai Shalom Sunday School chil-dren will conduct the Chanukah,Feast of Lights, Sabbath Ser-vices under the supervision ofCantor Richard Pruss at theMastic Beach Hebrew Center onNeighborhood Road at 8 A.M.,Friday.

After the services, the Sis-terhood will provide refresh-ments and present the childrenwith their Chanukah gifts.

A meeting of the SisterhoodBoard of Directors will .be heldat the home of Mrs. Sara Good-man at 8:30 p.m., December 17.» « *

SANTA COMING TO MASTIC BCH.MASTIC BEACH-The Mastic

Beach Fire Department Ladles-Auxiliary is holding its annualChristmas parry, 2 PM, Sunday,December 15 at die Mastic BeachFireball on Neighborhood Road,for the children of the firemen.Santa Ciaus will tour MasticBeach before the party.

HOME BUREAU PARTY DEC. 17

MASTIC BEACH-The annualChristmas party of tbe MasticBeach Home DemonstrationBureau will be held at tbe Char-coal House an Montauk Highway ,in Mastic, at 12 o'clock Decem-ber 17. There will be a grabbag and entertainment.

ART LEAGUE PARTY DEC. 18•MASTIC BEACH-The Pallette

and Brush Art League will holdits Christmas party from 10 amto 3 pm, December 18 at theMastic Beach Fireball on Neigh-borhood Road. It will be a cover-ed dish affair and the table will

-be decorated by Mrs. Rachel Mc-Carthy and Mrs. LeonoreRinkin.The Christmas committee in-cludes: Mrs. Rachel McCarthy,Mrs. Aurelia Sewell end Mrs.Edith Garland. There will be agrab bag, favors, games willbe played and Christmas carols.will be sung.

* * *FIRE DISTRICT NEWS

MASTIC BEACH-Gus Pidgeonof Mastic Beach Road was re-elected to the Board of Fire Com-missioners.

The fire commission ispublishing bids for a new firetruck for Mastic Beach.

WOMENS ' PARTY DECEMBER ISCENTER MORICHES-An old

fashion Christmas party is beingheld by the South Bay Businessand Professional Womerfs Club,at 5:30 p.m. December 15 atthe Cedar Lodge Nursing Home,Center Moriches..

A buffet supper with traditionalChristmas goodies will beserved. The Turso Dancers andChristmas music will entertainthe members and their guests.

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OFFICERS INSTALLEDMASTIC BEACH-The Ladies'

Aid, held their annual Christ-mas party and packed cookiesfor the Inner Mission. Theyalso Installed new officers whoare Mrs. Helen Weigand of Mas-tic , president; Mrs. FlorenceDoyle, vice president; Mrs. Shir-ley Jensen, secretary, both ofMastic Beach and Mrs. SueChristopherson of Shirley, trea-surer.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT -DEC 13,-jMASTIC-The annual Nathanielwoodhull Elementary SchoolChristmas concert will be heldat 7:30 p.m. Decetnber 13. in-cluded in the performance willbe the school band under the di-rection of Edward Pinto, tbechorus, under tbe direction ofMrs. Doris Wadler and a stringquartet under tbe direction ofMiss Dathleen Heimgartner. Tbefourth grade class, under Mr.McCaffrey, will present a Christ-mas skit. .

* • *POST 929 PAYS TRIBUTECENTER MORICHES - The

American Legion Post 929 of

Center Moriches, took part indie memorial services that wereheld at II am December 8 inmemory of President John F.Kennedy, at the St. John's Epis-copal Church of Center Moriches.The Legion Post followed theChurch choir, ln, carrying theirflags. A Navy hymn was songduring the services.

* « *POST MEETING ON DEC. 18CENTER MORICHES- The

American Legion Post 929 ofCenter Moriches meets everyfirst and third Wednesday ofthe month at the Legion Hall inCenter Moriches. The next meet-ing, which will be a social meet-ing held jointly with the Auxi-liary of the Post, is scheduledfor 1 p.m. December 18th.

The Post is trying to reachthe quota of 84 members assign-ed to them by national headquar-ters. Each year, national head-¦quarters assigns a quota which isabove the membership of theprevious year. Anyone interest-ed in joining the Post, may con-tact Charles Knight at 281-8614.

NOVELTY SALE SATURDAYSHIRLEY-A Chrsonas novel-

ty sale will be held at 10:30am. Saturday, at Bohack's Park-ing Field, Shirley, and at FiveCorners in Mastic Beach. TheMariner Patrol of Senior GirlScout Troop 109 of Shirley, iaholding the sale. The girlsare trying to raise money tohelp defray the cost of theirplanned trip to Bermuda in theSpring of 1965.

* * *PROP. OWNERS PARTY SUN.MASTIC ACRES-A meeting and

Christmas party of the Proper-ty Owners of Mastic Acres andShirley will take place at 3PM Sunday, at their clubhouseon Essex Circle. A Christmasbuffet will be served. A Christ-mas grab bag will be featured.The general public is invited.

HOME UNIT PARTY WED.,MASTIC - The Shirley - Mas-

tic unit of the Suffolk County HomeDemonstration department willhold their annual Christmas par-ty Wednesday at the Mastic Innon Montauk Highway. The mem-bers will partake a*- dinner andgifts will be exchanged. Thenext meeting of the unit will beheld January 8 at the Grace Lu-

> theran Church in Mastic Beach.A guest speaker will be present.

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ELECT OFFICERSSt. John's Episcopal Church-

women, at a meeting held De-cember 2 at the parish hall , ,elected new officers , as follows:Mrs. Winifred Schumacher fora second term as president:Mrs.

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Town Board of Appeals Grants VarianceAllowing Construction of Disputed Bldg,

Construction of the disputed Valley NationalBank building in the Moriches. Shopping Town,Center Moriches, will be continued shortly asa result of a. variance granted by the Brook-haven Board of Appeals at a meeting held De-cember 5. Construction on the building had

been halted when the town building depart-? - eptissued an order ordering the builders to ce-isefurther construction. The order stemmed i-.*ooithe fact that the partially completed buildingstood some 30 feet from its Lake Avenue pro-perty line , Instead of the 68 feet required bytown building laws.

In approving the variance , Tho-mas Romeo, hoard pre* Went ,issued the following »tat<r^*.c-it:"Under Article .Xl-B, Sec . ' -. 77,the petitioner erred in net firstobtaining a revision of t ' *-. siteplan before si^-tlng construc-tion, therefore , respor.sibiilt*' qfany delays in th** conplf-rtori <jftheir building tied sourore.',. \:pw.tbem. However , l rhe o;;?.nior.of ,tha memljerj. _ * tiii s hrm-d,minimum requirements n-jderArticle XI-B , "J" ' ;.;.sim-»5 ?,Section 1174 fr*, va been met, Itis further noted that the placingof the structure in question, inits present location, has not al-tered the requirements of Sec,1172, building area. After d',j_conslderation, it is the reelingof this board th«it the grtint-nrof thin petition will not be rmvtrary to the public interest andthat the strict application •> * <-'»provisions of this ordinancewould e-Jeprivo the applicant ofthe rights commonly enjoyed bythe other property in the samedistrict. It is further noted thatthe granting of this variance willbe in harmony with the caneralpurpose and intent of tnls or-.dtnance and will not beinjurious to the neighborhood orotherwise detrimental to publicwelfare. It is therefore rcccm-tnended that this application beapproved."

Mr. Romeo told The Advancethat the board found it -'hardte believe that a firm would in-vest such a large amount of moneyin the construction of a build-ing, knowing that they were inviolation of the building laws."He said that the board felt thatthe violation was not a deliberat-9act by the builders and that itundoubtly was the result of con-fusion. He added that he thoughtthe builders would have beengranted a variance had thev goneback to the planning board'at thevery beginning of the- pr oblem.They elected, however, to appealto the-Board, of Appeals , seekinga*reyer_ai of th- planning „ oard'sdecision. The board of appeal*does have the power to over rulesuch a decision , Mr. Romeo add-ed.

Area Residents Are ConcernedOver Ocean Threat to Mainland

FLATTENED AREA OF FIRE ISLAND, which is the cause of great concern to residents cf theMastic Beach shore front areas. Several times during the past month, high tides and gusty windshave forced the ocean waters to spill over into the bay over this stretch of land. The threat ofa permanent inlet being formed in this area, which would allow ocean waves to send waters intomainland 'areas, has caused civic leaders to push for corrective action to the problem. This hasbeen promised by town and county leaders , in the form of bulldozers to repair the breakthroughs.

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Mastic Beach residents haveexpressed grave concern over thethreat of further breakthroughs ofthe Fire Island barrier beach,which would endanger shore frontareas of the area. Their concernwas increased by flooding con-ditions which developed during arecent storm. High tides andgusty winds caused bay waters toinvade approximately one mileinto the mainland in the MasticBeach section. The flooding con-ditions were termed the worstsince the hurricane of 1938.

Concern was also expressed byseveral leaders of organizationsin the area. Walter Werner of 85Cranberry Drive, president of theMastic Beach Property OwnersAssociation, said that there was adanger .that area homes would belost unless action was taken. Mr.Werner was one of a four mancivic committee which toured thebeach areas to evaluate firsthand,the problems that exist on thebarrier beach.

Thomas Neppell of MafticBeach Property Owners Associ-ation, also toured the beach areasand termed the problem very ser-ious. "The major threat is obreakthrough that could run 1000'feet in width*" Mr. Neppell said."A serious threat is the* fact thatthe height of the remaining duneprotection Is only one to onp anda half feet , and this is all that isprotecting the ocean from spillingover into the bay."

"The threat, Mr. Neppell odd-ed, "Is not confined tc jui : theMastic Beach area. There arefour or five other breakthroughsin the beach, which, in the eventof another serious storm, wouldallow water to pour through, caus-ing damage all along the Bay Areashorefronts. This would IncludeEast Moriches , CenterMoriches ,Moriches , Mastic, Mastic Beachand Shirley."

Mr. Neppell was a member ofthe Moriches Staballzatlon Com-mittee which served during the

construction of the Moriches In-let. He cited the jetties whichwere built in the inlet area, andof the sand- buildup that has beencontinuing in this area because ofthese jetties. "The sands on thebeach flow from east to west, andthese jetties have created a natur-al- fencing that allows the buildupof the sand, extending the beachfurther out into the cccaiy" hesaid. "Jetties could very wellbe an answer to the problem alongthe beach." he continued.

Mr. Neppell attended the meet-ing of the Board of Supervisors inRiverhead, held Monday, and wasassured by Charles R. Dominy,Brookhaven Town Supervisor,that corrective action would betaken during the next few days tostrengthen the breakthroughareas. The assurance came aftera closed gathering of the supervi-sors to discuss the problem.County Superintendent of PubllcWorks Herman F. Bishop, who hadearlier expressed the opinion thatsituation was not serious, and :hatthe shifting sands would heal thewounds ln the barrier beach, hadagreed to send manpower andmachinery to the area in an effortco close the breakthroughs. Mr.Neppell termed this method ofcorrective action "temporary."

Supervisor Dominy agreed thatlt was temporary, adding, "any-thing you do on the beach is temp-orary." Mr. Dominy added thathe could not say just exactly whenthe dune repairs would be under-taken, "because I don't run thecounty department."

Mr. Dominy added that he mayhave further Information on thematter upon his return fromWashington, for which he leftWednesday, and discussions of thenational seashore.

Back in Mastic Beach, however,residents were further concerned

by winds and high waters whichcaused slight flooding conditionsMonday. Luclclly, for residentsIn. low lying areas of the area,winds changed direction, pushingthe bay waters out, rather than lnto the mainland. However, thesight of ocean waves, with foamy-crests were plainly visible fromthe Mastic Beach shore.

Annual ConcertGiven SundayBy Choral Soc,

The Choral Society of theMor-;iches, under the direction ofJosef Lemmen, celebrated theirtwenty, fifth anniversary by pre-senting George Frederick Han-del's masterpiece, "The Mes-siah' ', Sunday at the East Mor-iches School. The group was ac-companied by Mrs, MildredHawes, on the piano, and Mrs.Edward Wlrsing, Jr., organist.Past members of the chorusjoined in the singing of the Hal-lelujah Chorus, in celebrationof the anniversary.

The Choral Society has givena performance of "The Messiah"each Christmas season since theformation of the group in 1938.Soloists in this year's presenta"-Hon included Mrs. Carol Jur^geilewicz, Mrs. Philomena Vig-llotta, Mrs, Dorothy Owen,Everett Grelk, and Josef Lem-men.

Newly elected officers of thesociety are Edward Wlrsing,Jr„ president- John Marbury,vice president? Sally Federico,secretary;Virginia Lukert; trea-surer, and Yolande Blechner,director of publicity.

News and ViewsBy LOU GRASSO

A number of people, includingthis writer, were startled Sun-day to see Attorney General Ken-nedy Robert Kennedy strollingalong Fifth Avenue in New YorkCity, Mr, Kennedy, who hadcome to New York to attendfuneral services for the lateHerbert Lehman, was hat andcoatless, the trade mark of ourlate president. Heads spun asthe attorney general walked bywith a friend, and people askedeach other, "Was that Bob Ken-nedy?" It was indeed.

* « *The Neighborhood Merchants

Association in Mastic Beach areto be congratulated on their ef-forts to decorate die businessarea with Christmas decorations. ,Christmas style candles havebeen attached to the telephonepoles running along the MainStreet, extending Christmasspirit to the local shoppers.

* * *The Center Moriches Lions

Club are holding a dinner for themembers of the CenterMorichesRed Devils soccer team which co-owners of the Suffolk CountySoccer championship. The din-'ner is being offer-jd as a meansof expressing die club's pridein the local youth's who broughtthe champion banner to town.Guest speaker at the affair willbe Brookhaven Town SupervisorCharles R. Dominy. The dinneris scheduled for 7:30 p.rn.Wednesday at the Sunrise Res-taurant, Center Moriches.

The Lion s Club has madeplans to decorate die Christmastree in Center Moriches Sunday.Tbe tree, which is located in theBohack parking field, was plantedby the lion's Club several yearsback.

Iftasfi c ChamberPlans ContestFor Dec. 26 -31

A home Christmas decorationcontest, sponsored by the Cham-ber of Commerce of "he Mastics,will be conducted and judged dur-ing the week between Christmasand New Year. AH homes ln theMastic Beach, Mastic, Shirleyand Moriches area are eligible,,however homeowners must reg-ister by calling 2S1-5353 ln orderto have their home judged for thecontest. x

In other activities, the chamber 'electefid the following officers fortbe coming yean Anthony Corac'i,president; ,'Richard Cardamone,vice president; Ray Bact, sec-retary ' Carl Abell, treasurer;and DominickMauro, Jack Lewis,Tom Neppell Jr., John Rosso,John Cunimings, and CharlesBurke, mestifcers of the Boardof directors.

. Opposition £o the granwsng ofthe variance wps evident. Thosewho opposed felt that the buildershad apparently disregardedbuilding laws and that they shouldbe made to conform iih th-: re-quirements.

Other area residents were infavor of the variance, however.Their basis of -support was tbebelief that "as long as the therewas confusion involved, betweentowTi agencies, the taxpayers inthe area should not suffer theloss of raxes which would resultfrom the rejecticn of the vari-ance," according to civic lead-ers.

YAPHANK PTA PARTY DEC. 17

YAPHANK - The Yaphan Pa-rent - Teacher Association willhold an annual Family ChristmasDinner at 6 P.M. , December 17,'ln the cafatorium of the CharlesE. Walters School. A communitysong fest led, by Anthony Ray,music instructor, will follow thedtnn-r. Admittance will he byreservation only.

Eastport WomanAsked To ServePlanning Comm.

The Suffolk County MentalHealth Association has beenhonored to have had Mrs. Law-rence Goldstein, of Eastport , amember from its board, selectedto serve on the community levelof the planning committee. Mrs.Goldstein, a vice-president, andmember of the board for overeight years, was appointed by Dr.Richard Perrault, chairman oftheLong Island Regional MentalHealth Planning Committee.

The Association is a voluntarycitizens group dedicated to a pro-gram of education and action formental health. It serves the com-munities of Suffolk County througha speakers bureau, and provideseducational materials for distrib-ution. It also offers volunteerservices to help in state hospitals,and referral information service.In addition the association en-courages legislation to provide.adequate local psychiatric facil-ities.

Nicoio Marione ttes CameTo Center Moriches Dec. 3

By MARGARET BUBKAOnce upon a time, a lovely girl

by the name of Alice, came upona white rabbit with pink eyes. Sheheard the rabbit say, "Oh dear,.Oh dear, I shall be late." Whenbe took a watch out of its waist-coat pocket, which startled her,she rsn across the field and fol-lowed him into a hole.

Last week, a similar event fpokplace ln Center Moriches. A mod-ern "Alice" in the person of Nico-io, a famous marionette jester ,came to town. On December 3,be and his troupe of wooden actorspresented a full length marionetteplay, "Alice in Wonderland", at

St. John's R. C. School, CenterMoriches.

Tbe story ia based on the im-mortal tale cf an upside downworld, of sense and nonsense, bythe shy man who loved children,Lewis Carroll. In a program ofaction, suspense and magic, theaudience was transported backcenturies.

The Mother's Club of St. John'sSchool invited the Nicoio Marion-ettes, a well known professional' company, now in its twenty-fourthyear of operation, to bring this,unusual entertainment to the chil-dren.

Bay Area ManEntered In Fla.Fishing Contest

The Florida business trip ofArthur Nlklus, of Lincoln Boule-vard, East Moriches, was in-terupted briefly November 12 fora bit of fishing, which resulted inhis entry into the IslamoradaFishing Tournament in the Flori-da Keys .

A report from the tournamentcommittee revealed that Mr. Nlk-lus has been entered ln the generaldivision of the contest with a catchof a ten pound six ounce bonafiah,and in the spin casting division ofthe tournament with a 12 poundeight ounce snook.

The Islamorada Fishing Tour-nament runs from July 1 thru De-cember 1, and is open to all ang-lers at no coat. The contest, anannual affair, lures anglers fromall areas of the country. Manytrophies and prizes are awarded,and citations are given to anglerscatching and releasing sallflsh,bonefish and tarpon.

Mr. Nik Jus, whose catch waaweighed in at Haney's Tackle Box,Islamorada, is tha manager of aboat yard in Westhampton.

New Concert Group Perf ormsWinter Concert December 3

The South Shore Opera and Lyra Chorus made it s debut at a spec-ial Winter Concert December 3 at William Floyd High School. Thegroup directed by Mme. Galina Prengel, performs in conjunction with,the Mastic Fire Department band.

Soloists for the evening werethe Mesdames Kay Burke, HelenKomara, Pat Seifert, Miss AnaDawson and Mr. Jeff Davis. Se-lections of the chorus included JBelieVe, Arriverderci Roma,Granada, aria from the opera Gi-anni Schicchl by Puccini, MakcBelieve and Domino.

The band under the competentdirection of Paul R. Vogel, Jr. a19 year old Shirley youth, openedthe program with the StarSpangled Banner, joined thechorus for a new rendition of GodBless America and. continued withthe first movement of Schubert'sUnfinished Symphony dedicated tothe memory of President John F.Kennedy. For aflnale, the chorussung, Now Is The Hour, and heard

,the band and chorus combine forFinlandia.

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Hall Installed Mon.As Flotilla #16 Head

Flotilla #16, of the United StatesCoast Guard Auxiliary, waaforced to cancel their planned in-stallation dinner and dance,scheduled for December 7,because of the 30 -day period ofmourning for the late presidentJohn F. Kennedy. The Installationtook place, Instead, at a regularlyconducted meeting Monday, at theEast Moriches Coast Guardstation.

Installed as elected officerswere: William L. Hall . Jr. ofMastic Beach, as commander;Thomas Hughes of Ridge, vicecommander, and James Meachenof Canter Moriches, training of-ficer. Installed as appointed of-ficers were George DeLong ofMoriches as recording officer,Rudolf Schulz of Shirley, financi-al off icer.

Also installed were: courtesymotorboat examiner, John Hughesof Ridge; facility Inspector RudolfSchulz of Shir lay; public informa-tion officer, Alfred Sammis ofEast Patchogue; public relationsofficer, Gerald Q. Garrett Sr. ofMastic Beach, public instructioncourt*. Edward G. Kanas of Bell-port; supply ofllcar, JohnCarna-jiof Mastic; U.S. Power Squadronliaison officer, Henry Rapp ofMiddle island; March & rescueofficer, George Salt of CenterMoriehet; communications offi-cer. Joseph F«rnand*_ of Mastic

Beach; and historian KennethBrower of East Moriches.

Certificates . indicating the'completion of the basic small boatseamanship course, which wascompleted November 7, are being,mailed to the students that aireentitled to them.

The Flotilla is planning onscheduling courses In the newyear, which will include "SmallBoat Handling for children," anda repeat of the "Basic Small BoatSeamanship Course". Dates otthe courses will be listed in thisnewspaper as soon aa they areavailable.

PARAGON SCHOLAR- Two Eaeipott area fltud-Mta are coc-gratulatad by Deputy Suffolk County t jutyExecutive Asa Meade on winning sixth affinal Paragon Oil Student incentive Awards. Tbe two are:John Keck, left, Montauk Highway, Eastport, a aenior at Eastport High School; and Stephen Lewis,5 Lake St., Patchogue, Patchogue High School. The twarts, US Savings Bonds and Certificates ofHonor, were made to the students for outstanding scholarship and citizenship, at ceremonies attendedby some 400 recipients, parents and educators at tit* Stat* University in Farmingdale.

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Mid. IslandBook GroupMeets Dec. 2

Eleven people met December2 at tbe Middle Island CentralPublic Library in Coram as a bookdiscussion graip sponsored by theFriends of the Library. A bio-logical sketch of the author byMrs. Elbert C Smith, opened thediscussion of "To Kill a Mocking-bird", pulitizer prize winner, byHarper Lee. Mrs. WalterCoslerassisted Mrs. Smith in leadingthe discussion.

The next book discussion willbe held February 3. Tbe titles ofthe books will be posted at tbe li-brary.

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