A Community New»pap«r Devoted to the Beil Inlereill

of East Hampton STAR Official Newspaper of East Hampton Town and Village

Incorporated

EAST HAMPTON. N. Y.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1940

Mrs. Robert Bacon To Address G.O.P. Women's Rally

Bridge and Tea at Gurney's Inn, Monlauk on September 26

The Women's Republican Club of East Hampton is sponsoring a bridge party, tea at Gurney's Inn, Montauk. next Thursday - afternoon at 2:30; and as a very special attraction will present Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, who will speak at 5 o'clock on the issues of the coming campaign. Mrs. Bacon has been heard in Guild Hall here, and is as popular a speaker as was her late husband, Congressman

Mrs. J. Edward Gay Jr. and Mrs. Victor Harris are president and vice president of the Women’s Re­publican Club. Co-chairmen for the bridge party are Mrs. Norman W. Barns and' Mrs. Perry B. Duryea. Mrs. Gay heads the Ticket Commit­tee. Other committee chairmen are Mrs. H. G. Stephens, bridge; Mrs. Louis R. Vetault, decorations; Mrs. Frederick Yardley, chairs and tables; Mrs. Victor Harris, finance; Mrs. Lion Gardiner, prizes. Warren Whipple of the East Hampton High School is very kindly making some posters. Mrs. Maude Edwards Tay­lor and Mrs. Arnold Rattray are do­ing publicity.

JUDGE HILL TO SPEAK

Mugwumps Lose in Softball Game here

A good ball game was played at the Maidstone Club on Sunday af­ternoon, between the Maidstone Mugwumps and a visiting team with some local members; the visitors won, 16 to 8. Home runs were hit by Jim Rogers and Phil Matthews of Bridgehampton.

The Maidstone team included Richard Gordon,’ Charles Brown, Charles Miner, Court Schenck, H. Jackson Starke, George Scott, J. J. Ryan, J K. WeSRS, Paul Scheerer, H. J. Robertson, and S. Kip Far­rington. The visiting team included Hubert Stevens, 3 ..1C Jack Kurt, of Westhampton Bejcb; Lawrence God- bee of Southampton, Jim Rogers, Ed Edmunds, Coach Brown, and Phil Matthews of Bridgehampton; and from the East Hampton High School, Howard Jones, John Mar­shall, and Bernard Clark.

The Westbury Wolves, scheduled to come here on Sunday, were pre­vented by a date for polo. There will not be a game this coming Sun­day in all probability, but the games will be continued the following

Basement Opening Friday, September 20 at Hamptons Dept. Store

The Hamptons Department Store 1 Main Street, East Hampton,

nounces the opening of its basement with several departments to take pljce Friday, September 20. _ In the basement section will be departments with complete lines of house furnishings, kitchen ware, china, glass and unpainted furniture. On the main floor of the store will be yard goods, gifts, closet accessor­ies, lamps, rugs and linoleums. The second floor will be devoted entire-

• to bedding and furniture.While the alteration work

been going on mystery keys have been given out for the bicycle which will be awarded to the person hold­ing the mystery key which unlocks the bicycle padlock. Keys will be

out until the bicycle is

Eastern Gate Garden Club Notes

The Eastern Gate Garden Club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leon Q. Brooks. A paper on roses was read by Mrs. Brooks, tell­ing of the best location, type of soil and depth and spacing of the plants. Methods of pruning and protection and control of various rose diseases also were discussed.

It was agreed by all members that it was better to buy a good bush at a fair price rather than take advantage of so-called bargain sales on roses, as most of the "bargain roses” died.

After the meeting the men of the Garden Club visited the beautiful gardens of Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse. Here, many kinds of gardens were seen such as herb, rose, esplanade and Japanese or bog gardens. The formal gardens and fountains were also greatly enjoyed.

The next meeting will be on Fri­day afternoon, October 4, at the home of Mrs. George H. Hand on Main Street. At that time a well known garden authority will speak.

Lighting Co's Cooking School Will Reopen

On Tuesday, October 8. the Home Service Department of the Long Is­land Lighting Company open auditorium on North Sea Road, Southampton, for the season's activ­ities.

Mrs. Nevada T. Jackson and Mrs. Minnie G. Pidgeon will conduct the meetings. With many new pieces of equipment and the latest menus to save the housekeeper's' time and budget, the members of the depart­ment are highly enthusiastic and hope the ladies of the surrounding communities will make a point of coming on Tuesdays to the Cooking

County Judge L. Barron Hill who will bo the principal spoaker here this evening at the Meeting of the North End Re­publican Club in Odd Fellows' Hall at 8:30 P. M.

Football &Gets Under Way For East HamptonBy Alfred Oxenham

Football season has actually got- n under way. Although it will be little over a week before the first ime with Greenport, football prac- ce has been going on in earnest,

coming well up to Coach Jones' ex­pectations. There are at least, forty fellows out for football this year,

id all seem to show exceeding pep id spirit.The first scrimmage of the year as held last Thursday, and Coach

Jones seemed well pleased. The team whole looked very good. Eddie

Martin and "Shorty" Mannes, the juards, work together perfectly.

Of all the players out Joe Cangiolosi is to show the most improve- 1 over last year. Alfred Labatti lend great strength to the line,

while in the backfield Filmore Ed­wards appears to be in very good

Coach Jones hopes to obtain a few :cond team games with Southamp-

Despite the fact that five out of x of our football games are at home

this year, the schedule looks stiff.the teams look tough, but of all

these Greenport and Riverhead

The fellows have been working hard during the practice session and on the whole they seem to be i very good condition.

During the past week class mee ing have been in order.

Tennis Tournaments At Maidstone Club

Some excellent ftnni^ffas set the Maidstone Club with the playing

girls’ doubles and several junior tournaments. Helen Cordier and Cynthia Haynes displayed a top-flight game of tennis in winning the girls' doubles 6—4, 18—16 over Linda Scheerer and Phyllis Haynes.

i-finals Miss Cordier and Miss Haynes defeated Daphne Pike and Caroline Wainwright 6—4, 7—5, while Miss Scheerer and Miss Phyl­lis Haynes won their semi-fin l̂ from

Benjamin and Susie Skid- 4, 4—6, 8—6. Twelve ti

entered in this tournament, d by excellent ten-

round robin tournament Mi J. B. Skidmore and Susie Skidmo

games out of 40 gam played while Mrs. Walter Chappell and Caroline Wainwright were se

id with 29 won out of 40 played. •Ann Robinson, won the girls' No­ice and Jimmy Shepard the Boys'

novice classes. In Class C Susie Weeks defeated Joy Spalding 6—3, 3—6, 6—1 and in the Intermediate Class Barbara Benjamin defeated Czara Robertson 3—6, 6—4, 8—6. Helen Cordier defeated Caroline Wainwright 6—2, 6—0 in the Ad-

Class.

Firemen's Supper At Oaks September 25

[embers of the East H;Fire Department will have th nual dinner at the Oaks Inn 01 nesday evening, September 25, when the active and exempt firemen will

le guests of the Village of East Hampton for a very fine dinner Raymond Saar is chairman of thi

1 excellent program has been planned, among the speakers being Rev. E. E. Eells. The dinner at 7 P. M. and all firemen may se- I cure their tickets by calling at the Fire House.

H orrors of Nazi A ir Raids on England Described in Letter of Mrs. H. L. Hamlin

Studio Players in The Sea Gull"The Studio Players will present

Anton Chekhov's classic, "The Sea Gull,” at the Laboratory Theatre, David’s Lane, September 26th through September 29th.

Produced by the Theatre Guild in 1938, and starring the Lunts, Stark Young’s translation of Chekhov’s great drama proved to be one of the notable successes in theatre of recent years. Mr. frmng has accomplished the extremely dif­ficult task of capturing the spiritual beauty of Chekhov. He has achieved beauty of .larouage. and has pre­sented the Chekovian characters s-s human .beings with a perceptive

ise of humor.Trances Esmond Pole, well known East Hampton audiences for her

work with the Studio Players in re- •nt seasons, is staging the produc- on. Alan Coutts has designed spec­

ial scenery. Herbert Kingsley, who corp posed original music for the Lunts’ production of the classic, will direct the music for the Players’ interpretation.

In the role of Arcadia is Johanna Raegner. Carl Buffington and Wil-

McLeod will alternate as Tri- . Kenneth Anderson, of the

Guild Hall Players, will appear as amreyeff. In the role of Medve- nko will-be Robert Kendall, newly :eted dramatic coach at the local

high school. Other leading roles will be played by Ann Wood, Colette Brown Keiffer, Helen Morrison,

Hetherington and Marten Sameth.

Great anxiety has been felt here for Mrs. Harry L. Hamlin, her son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. F. North, and their baby daughter, bom the week war began last September. A letter received here on Sunday, dated from Eng­land September 1, proves that the fears were well grounded. Evidently some letters have not reached their destinations here, which is natural under present conditions. The Star took the liberty of quoting from a letter dated early June, from a place in the country considered safer for the baby than the North home in London, or the ancestral seat in Nor­folk.

Strangely enough, the Star reaches England regularly, and Mrs. Ham­lin says they love reading news of “down street.” Quoting: in part:

“Only when the Star comes, am I pulled back into the old familiar world. How to make you imagine, or believe, what we are going through! That part of my letter quoted in the Star did not possibly seem from me, or that garden to exist, this side of Paradise. Just a few days later, it was Heaven into Hell. Our coming here for 'safety' became a t joke. The planes swooped here much earlier than elsewhere. Norfolk a nunnery of peace and calm by comparison. We might as well ha' been living in a nest of rattlesnak< This is a pet spot of the Huns- can't say why, or you'd never g this letter. As I never go to bed, I was reading in my room about June 12, when I had my baptism of fire. It came with such force and violence I did not realize just at first it was the ‘real thing at last.’ Then the myriad searchlights, just like the fingers of God, searching out

Devil, poured into my' room, and I rushed in horror to the baby" . . . "I was the Town Crier. ‘Whale Off' could never produce such action. The lights made the Fair seem as if lit by candlelight. The heavens were like a vision of John's on Patmos, with the Four Horsemen riding the sky. I was rooted to the spot, and so fascinated I forgot the danger, until pulled away, and I’ve never been allowed another look since, as

, it is highly dangerous to go near a ! window, and strictly forbidden. ■ Since that memorable night, we have , had over 100 raids. I now feel like . a veteran of Dunkirk whom ‘nothing

can dismay’ and now understand . how Spain calmly took to cellars

j “The greatest miracle in the crea­ture man is his adaptability. We even make jokes at dinner......

Mrs. Louise James, Willkie-McNary Richardson Wright Trailer io Tour Wed in S'hampton L. I. Next Week

will ( 1 the 1 ■riblebomber who seems ‘‘Fat Herman." In spite of our deadly danger I often think of the nursery rhyme ‘he huffed and he puffed till he blew the house down.’

"We have made a Refuge Room in the middle hall, with a narrow ceil­ing which makes for safety. It is boarded up, and the baby and her nurse sleep there. There we all gather if things get very bad and in pitch darkness and utter silence, for the baby’s sake. Lately, she sleeps through it all. By day, in the garden, when the warning comes, and the sirens scream Hurry! Hur­ry! and we pick her up and rush madly into the house, she just grins and looks up and says ‘Bang!’ I Hitler could see and hear her, defied out of the mouth of babes! She got the word from her father’s target

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Children Aid British With Marionette Show

The Misses Leila Cook and Czara Robertson, fourteen-year-old daugh-

>f Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Robertson Jr.,

marionette show at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cook on Tuesday for

ifit of the British War Relief chapter here. There was an audience of forty, for an- excellent perfor-

Two short plays were given "Cinderella," and "The Enchanted Princess"; and they were followed by refreshments served in the gar­den. The young ladies had worked most of the summer at making sc ery, costuming the puppets, and hearsing them; it was a very finished performance. The audience included juniors from three to eighteen yi old, ajid some adults as well.

Adult A rt Classes For Guild Hall Winter Program

Guild HaU will go on winter schedule October 1; after that date,

J. Edward Gay Jr., Chairman le House Committee, may be

consulted for reservations for the e of the theatre and galleries, or ler information.At the trustees’ meeting following ; annual Guild HaU meeting, and another meeting held on Tuesday

afternoon, plans for some interest­ing winter activities were made. Warren Whipple, director of art in the East Hampton school, has very" kindly offered to conduct adult art classes in Guild Hall; details of these

'ill be announced shortly by Mr. Whipple and will depend up-

demand. He has already brought one class of school chil-

a gallery tour, and will rther tours. Summer art

classes for children will bo hetd in the Guild Hall gardens.

An Art Library for Guild Hall is being started, with donations from Mrs. Lorenzo E. Woodhouse, Mrs. Dudley Roberts, Miss Ruth B. Mor-

Henry Theodore Leggett, Hilton Leech, and Henry Simmons, of New York, a new artist member oI Guild Hall. The books will be kept in the 3uild Hall office, for use in the gal- eries only.

Daniel de Beixedon of New York ind East Hampton, who has d wonderful stamp collection, has of­fered to exhibit it in Guild ind to give a talk on stamp col'ect- ng which would be interesting idults and school children alike.

ss Alice El- if Mrs. A. W. the late Roy

TO WED OCTOBER 5Invitations are out for the wed­

ding of Miss Mary Margaret Moore, daughter of Mrs. William Stephen Moore of Garden City, L. I. and the late Mr. Moore, to C. Walter Ran­dall Jr. The wedding will take place on Saturday. October 5, at 4 o'clock, at the Hotel Pierre, New York.

GROSSER—KINGThe marriage of M:

dridge King, daughter 1 Pugsley of Noyac and King, and John D. Grosser, son 01

ind Mrs. A. H. Grosser of Free­port, L. I., took place Thursday. September 12. in the Remsenburg Church, the Rev. Sidney H. Bar­rett officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by the parents of the bride and groom.

After the ceremony a luncheon was held at the Hotel Henry Per­kins in Riverhead.

Mrs. Grosser is a graduate of Pier­son High School and the Infants and Children's Hospital in Brooklyn. Mr. Grosser is a graduate of a Brooklyn high school and is now with Armour and Company in Jamaica. After Oc­tober 1 they will make their home in Freeport, L. L

Alteration Sale Now On At Brill's

Oscar Brill, proprietor of Brill's Store on North Main Street, an­nounces in this issue of The Star a special Alteration Sale which will be conducted while alteration work is being done at his store.

The Brill store will be dfepartmen- tized and the interior entirely re­built with new display counters and cases. When completed the store will present an attractive appearance with special departments for shoes, ladies’ and men's furnishings, chil­dren’s wear, dry goods and notions.

The work started this week and will be completed some time in Oc­tober. The specials being advertised by the Brill Store appear on Page 6 of this issue of The Star.

PLAY BINGO—Wed. night, Ama- gansett.—Adv. 45-4

MRS. CORTLAND KIERNANMrs. Margaret Feherty Kiel

60, died Tuesday in Southampton Hospital, where she had been i tient since June 30. She is survived by her husband, Cortland, and a son, George C. of Bay side and Sag Har­bor. A solemn high mass of requiem was sung at St. Andrew’s R. ~ Church today followed by burial St. Andrew's R. C. Cemetery.

Indian Minister Speaks Sunday in Amagansett Church

William B. Newell (Roiling Thunder) Mohawk Indian lecturer and ethnologist, is to speak on Sun-

lt Amagansett, substituting foi Rev. C. B. Scoville in the Presby­terian Church there during Mr. Sco- ’ille's absence on a vacation.

Newell and his family have spent summer near Southampton,

where their "Indian Village” has ceived nearly 3,000 visitors dUr

season. They will keep it open sitors until November, making

special arrangements for teachers ’ith parties of school children.Mr. Newell is an authority on the

.meriean Indian. Raised on the St. !egis Indian Reservation on the St. .awrence River, a full-blooded In­

dian, he served for 21 months ii American Expeditionary Fora France during the World War, and

graduated from Syracuse Uni­versity. In 1934 he received the de­gree of Master of Arts from the Uni­versity of Pennsylvania. He served as a missionary to Indiar nvations, was founder and President of the Society for the Pro­pagation of Indian Welfare in New York State, and other Indian s

He lectured on the American In- . at the Brooklyn Museum until

January 1 of this year, and now is ting himself to independent lec-

Library Anniversary Today in Guild Hall

is afternoon at 3 o’clock, Guild Hall, the East Hampton Li­brary is celebrating the tenth an­niversary of the building of the Gardiner Memorial Room and the placing there of the Pennypacker Long Island Historical Collec ' with a program of historical ei tainment pertaining to all Lonf land. After the program, tea is ing served at the Library.

All friends of the library art vited to both the program and the

G.O.P. Motion Picture Caravan

Ceremony Performed Saturday. Sept. 14 St. Andrew's Church

The wedding of Mrs. Louise Hoad- Icy James of New York and "Heather Dune,” East Hampton, to Richardson Wright of New York .nd Silvermine, Conn. took place on

Saturday at 1 o’clock in St. An- Dune Church at Southamp- le ceremony was performed'

by Rev. .Remsen B. Ogilby, Presi­dent of Trinity College, of which Mr. Wright is an alumnus. Only members of the two families and a

’ close friends were present at ceremony. Mrs. James was un-

:nded. She wore an afternoon dress of slate-blue, with deep blue

s; her slate-blue felt hat had deep blue cockades; and she

a corsage of very small white ids. Her son, William Ellery •s, gave her in marriage. Mr.

Wright’s best man was his nephew, Gordon Wing.

The ceremony was followed by a luncheon given by Miss Ethel Wick hanr, godmother of Mrs. James, who occupies the house where Mrs.

ent her girlhood summers. Mrs. James is the daughter of Mrs. Eliot Betts Hoadley and the late Russell Hoadley.

James chose Southampton instead of East Hampton for her marriage, because of her early as-

iations there. The Betts family i largely instrumental

founding of St Andrew’s Dune Church, once a life-saving station

ich was moved to its present land given by Mrs. James' great-

uncle, Charles Wyllys Betts. Her grandfather, Frederick Henry Betts, gave many of the church’s fumish-

English art objects, also tabulated church data. Mrs. Hoadley played the organ as a girl, then ducted the choir, in which Mrs. James sang. Tablets in the church memorialize the Betty family, among

s. James’ t -ther, lost in

Among the members of Mrs. James' family present at Saturday's ceremony was her sister, Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, and Mr. Hoyt.

Mrs. James is the widow of Ellery Sedgwick James. She is a former President of the Garden Club of East Hampton, and has bei past three years chairman of the

' ;n Club of America exhibit nternational Flower Show

New York; and for three years pre- to that was vice-chairman, especially interested in hand-

bookbinding, and is assistant to Miss Jith Diehl at 455 East 51st ew York, and will continue with at work.Mr. Wright is the son 0 r. and Mrs. George S. R. Wright

of Philadelphia. He has t 1914 the editor of "House and Gar- len,” is author of many books louses and gardens, also of books >n Russia and the Far East, wher; le was correspondent for Ami and English newspapers, some years ago. He is a well known speaker gardening, and was heard recently

Southampton.Mr. and Mrs. Wright will be at

home after September 23 at 160 East 38th Street. New York. They

"Heather Dune,” East Hampton, go­ing to Silvermine, Conn. for spring and autumn weekends.

Movies and Speeches Part of Campaign Trailer Equipment

Direct from New York City where it was previewed by thousands, the G. O. P. streamlined Willkie-Mc­Nary trailer will tour Long Island on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21, 23, 24 and 25, Edwin F. Jaeckle, State Chairman, said in an announcement received here this week.

Equipped with a projector for showing sound movies on a 5 by 7 screen, an amplifying system, radio and two phonograph tables for re­producing speeches, the trailer has been acclaimed by those who pre­viewed it in New York, Philadel­phia and other cities as the last word in the modem technique of po­litical campaigning.

‘Our program contemplates hav- ; the trailers visit every city, town,

village and hamlet in the State,” — airman Jaeckle says. As many

12,000 have gathered around one of the trailers and have stood for hours listening to the music, and

•atching the movies which show ighlights in the lives of Wendell L.

Willkie and Senator Charles L. Mc- Nary. It is a thrilling departure from the traditional out-and-dried form of treet corner meetings. It gives the tudience an opportunity to see the candidates on the screen and to hear their voices.

The movies are thrown on the screen by arc-light projection from

standard 55 mm. film. The motion _ icture equipment is the same as is used in the most modern of motion picture theatres.

Adopting the technique of the doc­umentary picture, the film is partly a narration of events in the lives of Mr. Willkie and Senator McNary. One feature of the picture is the episode which carries the audience back to the lush days of the 1920's when the national debt was being rapidly reduced shows the swift climb of the debt to $44,000,000,000 iince Franklin D. Roosevelt entered

Willkie and .McNary are shown >n their modest little farms in In­diana and Oregon which are oper­ated on a 50-50 basis by thrifty, hard-working, corn-belt farmers. The movie reveals Mr. Willkie's sin-

interest in the conservation of the soil and wild life, and his sup­port of rural electrification. Sena­tor McNary’s farm, "Fir Cone," near Salem, Oregon, which was the homestead of his grandfather, offers wide scope for scenic beauty. There

:e exciting shots taken at the Phila- ;lphia convention.Both Mr. Willkie and Senator Mc­

Nary make short speeches at inter­vals during the film.

Chairman Jaeckle said that the trailers would be available for use by local candidates in their respec­tive counties.

Each trailer will be accompanied 1 a union crew of technicians to op- ■ate the extensive equipment. On le open road when the sound equip- .ent is operated at maximum inten- ty the voice can be heard over a

distance of four miles.

Harry Bruno Car Is Damaged in Deer Crash

The sudden shock of having a 200 pound deer dash onto the highway and crash into your car wai perienced at 7:30 Monday mo by Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Bruno of Montauk as they were driving back to New York on Monday morning. The deer shot out of the Hither Hills woods with lightening speed direct­ly into the path' of the car, and was thrown thirty yards up the highway by the impact.

The Bruno car, while badly dam­aged, remained upright and neithei Mr. nor Mrs. Bruno were injured. They were driven U> the station by Col. William Brockman of the State Police and made the trip to t< by train. The deer was badly jured and had to be destroyed.

Elks Committee For National Defense

David H. Gilmartin, exalted ruler of Southampton Lodge of Elks, has appointed the following member the lodge as a committee to co- crate with the National Deft Committee: Past Exalted Ruler Jo­seph M. O'Connell, of Southampton, chairman; Patrick Erwin, of East Quoguc; Lawyer Gordon M. Lipotz, of Riverhead. and Frank McGum Jr., of Southampton.

Rowland-Redding W edding October 15

East Hampton people will be in­terested in the coming marriage of Miss Janet Luella Redding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Summer- field Redding, to Theodore Sherwood Rowland Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, Rowland of Philadelphia. The wed­ding will take place on Tuesday, October 15. at 6:30. in St Paul's Church at Elkins Park, Pa.

Mr. Rowland's mother is the for­mer Miss Florence Sherrill of East Hampton.

The ceremony will be followed by a reception at 7 o'clock at Baeder- wood, Hilltop Road. Jenkintown, Pa.

School Bus Has Right of Way

The attention of motorists is called to the fact that school buses have the right of way when they stop for children and the state mo­tor vehicle law provides that all mo­torists must stop until the school bus starts up again.

Several cases have been reported recently in East Hampton where careless motorists have come dan­gerously close to hitting children who were getting off school buses. When the school bus stops . . . the law says that you stop.

AT 50TH REUNIONHarry L. Jeffery s. well known

summer resident here, will attend the 50th reunion of his class, Uni­versity of Pennsylvania, in Phila­delphia, this weekend.