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Items of Interest About theCosts of Living You May
Have Missed in theMetropolitanNewspapers
A layoff of 1,100 clerical workerswas announced by the Baltimoretit Ohio Railroad because of a "de-cline in trafllc and a resulting sub-stantial decrease in revenues."
* * *Hog Growers are moving their
porkers to market at a brisker pacethis year. Last fall's crop of pig-lets was 8% above a year earlier;but marketings (from that fallcrop) in the past three months haveteen running some 14% above theyear-ago level.
* • »Sour Cherries from Michigan will
be less abundant this year. Es-timated at 53,000 tons, the state'scrop is indicated 25% below lastyear's record harvest. Michiganusually accounts for more than 50%of the nation's sour cherry pro-duction.
* * *Lemonade costs are out of step
with deflation. Already a thirdabove a year ago, lemon prices maydouble the 1948 level this fall, saycitrus rr.cn. California's Januaryfreeze is blamed. The 1,8000,000freeze is blamed. The 1,800,000compare with 3,900,000 a year ago.
Butter Output keeps climbing.Production last month, a fifth abovea year ago, was the highest for anyMay since 1945. Cold storage stocksare close to 50 million pounds; ayear ago they were under 20 mil-lion. Worth 80 cents a pound inthe Chicago wholesale market ayear ago, butter is now at the59-cent level. That's where thegovernment price-props it.
* * *Lumber orders in the week end-
ing: May 14 were 7.9 below produc-tion, according to t h e NationalTrade Barometer. They dropped16.2 per cent under the corres-ponding week of 1948. Shipmentsof the 417 reporting mills for theweek were 2.6 per cent above .out-pur , and 1 per cent above a yearago.
* * *Columbia Broadcasting System
next week will start laying off 150employes as part of a program toreduce operating expenses by 10%.American Broadcasting Co recen-tly let out nearly 100 employes andNational Broadcasting Co about 80in a similar drive to cut costs.The networks' policy reflects un-certainty regarding the fall busi-ness outlook.
Plywood Prices continue to slipsharply as demand lags.
In the big Pacific northwest pro-duction center, quarter-inch mater-ial free from defect on one sideis now around $65 a thousand sq-uare feet. A month ago it wasworth $76. Two months ago itbrought $82. At the post-warpeak, it averaged $100, though a lotsold in the black market as highfcg $150.
» * •Canned Fruit price cuts have
perked up shipments by west coastcanners.
Under pressure of huge stocks,packers have cut prices on cannedpeaches about 25% since late lastyear. And fruit cocktail priceshave been pared 20%. Result ;California packers shipped 1,043,-490 cases of peaches last month,compared with 783,635 cases amonth earlier. The 616,447 casesof fruit cocktail moved in Maycompared with 501,127 in AprlL
* * «The Federal Reserve System has
decided not to keep a rigid ceilingon prices of government securities.An announcement to this effectwas issued by is open market com-mittee after an all-day meeting.The committee did not say whyit found a new policy statementnecessary. But if prices of govern-ment securities are permitted toriso, the yields received from themby banks and other purchasers willbecome smaller. This should en-courage lower interest rates onloans to business.
Park BoardPicks Ockers
Louise A Ockers of Oakdale waselected president of the recentlyappointed five-member SuffolkCounty Park Commission during anorganization meeting held at Ea-gle'3 Nest, the 45 acre William KVanderbilt estate at Centerport ,which the late tycoon left to thecounty for park purposes.
Hazelton explained that the Avecommissioners will be in chargeof Eagle's Nest and its famed ma-rine museum. They will formu-late the rules by which the park willbe governed. However, the $2,000,-000 trust fund which goes alongwith the park will remain strictlyin the hands of the Suffolk CountyBoard of Supervisors.
Only one of the commissionersappointed at last month's meetingof the county board was absent.He is Norman W Roe, wealthy Pa-tchogue Republican.
The other commissioners includeT Harold Forbes, of Quogue, editorof the County Review; Charles FNoyes, millionaire Manhattan real-tor, who lives in Cold Spring Har-bor and Morton Pennypacker , Suf-folk County historian from EastHampton.
i By Ann Reynolds, Ph D iELMER has reached its popu-
larity as a result of a specificallyAmerican development. Even ifthe name has come to our timefrom the Old English "Aylmcr"or the Saxon "Ethelmer", meaningnoble and famous, it was the fam-ily name of two Revolutionaryheroes that made it a favorite.The brothers , Ebenezer and Jona-than Elmer, were organizers ofrevolutionary militia , pamphlete-ers and surgeons. The older ofthe two, Ebenezer , was said tobe such a fine physician that therewas "no finer in all America inhis time". He imparted his know-ledge to young Jonathan , going Withhim in the short space of two yearsthrough all the branches usuallytaught at any medical school. Bothof them applied themselves to theCause of the Revolution with per-severance and devotion , and theircontemporaries honored them bynaming babies all over the country"Elmer".
Taking a family name as a givenname used to be a purel y Englishcustom that was the style amongthe landed gentry in Queen Eliza-beth's time. It then was confinedto ancien t families who wished tomake their name live on. As a newcustom, many opposed it and riledagtimbl. it. ucv^ciuSc it. V,cia ii iiimg"nowhere else done in Christen-dom". Yet its appeal was strongerthan any criticism, and the cus-tom survived.
But while in the land of itsorigin it rather tends to decline,it caught on in the USA. By thetime of the Revolution, the habitof naming baies after heroes ofthe war was general. John Han-cock's name was among the firstto be taken up this way ; soonGeorge Washington's name ex-ceeded it in public favor , and Elmerenjoyed wide popularity. It's oneof history's ironic touches that thenahie 'Elmer' remained popular ,while the two Elmer brothers werethoroughly forgotten , until a dili-gent newspaper man revived theirmemory. The custom of namingboys for public figures is still verymuch alive. There is hardly apresidential e l e c t i o n campaignwhich has not brought a flurryof babies in its wake, named forthe presidential hopeful.
Often the meaning with whichan outstanding novelist invests aname, remains linked with it. Soit happened with "Elmer Gantry ".Sinclair Lewis chose this name fora vulgar , hypocritical character inhis novel of the same name. Asthe personification of a hypocrit itis still used.
The idea to "Sell the Sizzle, Notthe Steak", is a wide spread salesslogan originated by Elmer Whee-ler. It aims at making prospectivebuyers' mouths water in antici pa-tion. Of course if you soil the'sizzle' you must take care to comethrough with a thick juicy, tendersteak. Otherwise—no repeat busi-ness, and the sizzle is likely tofizzle.
Ann Reynolds, Ph D(If you are interested in a par'
tict'lar given name, won't you letus know ? In an early issue ofthis paper, Dr Reynolds will writeabout names most often requested.)
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Interfaith ConferenceHeld at Bridgehampton
A group of 27 Jewish and Pro-testant college students and highschool seniors representing churchorganizations in all five New Yorkboroughs met last week-end atBridgehampton for a three-day in-terfaith seminar.
The. students and their leaders,Rabbi Arthur Chiel and the RevCarl Hansen , arrived by charteredbus Friday at Minden , an eleven-acre estate, until 1944 the summerhome of the late Mr and MrsJohn E Berwind , which now isowned by the Presbyterian Asso-ciates. Throughout the summer , itspanled rooms, well-tended lawnsand formal gardens are the sceneof a succession of religious con-ferences.
The presen t meeting began Fri-day night with a get-together pro-gram in the drawing room, nowused as an assembly hall. Seatedon folding chairs and cushions infron t of the ten-foot fireplace,representatives of the two faithsrenewed old acquaintances andmade plans for the rest of theweek-end.
Protestants and Jews were aboutequally represented. When askedtheir reason for coming by MrsAnne Lllienthal , psychologist , ofthe Anti-Defamation League, whois conducting a survey on how thestudents react, all agreed thatheir primary interest was know-
ing and understanding each otherbetter.
Albert Weiner, 19 years old, aBrooklyn College student who at-
tended the conference last year,enthusiastically commented , "Ithought the idea of this conferenceso terrific I had to come backagain." He then explained that hehoped this ye:ir the group woulddevelop more active programs that•ach student could work on whenhe got home.
Those attending, each selectedfor his leadership ability, evinceda keen interest in better intergroupand interracial understanding. Sat-urday's program included a seminaron Judaism , another on prejudiceand its causes, a discussion of theproblems of intergroup relationsand a workshop in intergroup tech-niques for resolving prejudices.
Sunday another seminar washeld , this time on Christianity,followed by church services and adiscussion session on "How toWork Together in the Community."
Between conferences , the- studen ts, who slept in bedrooms onthe second floor and ate at roundtables seating six in the diningroom, were free to lounge on theterrace, wander across the lawnsor stroll through the formal gar-den.
Plans for the conference, whichis sponsored by the B'Nfli R' rirhYouth Organization and theProtestant Youth Council , wereformulated last February. Anothersuch interfaith conference wasalso held last week-end in Chicago,and additional conferences arescheduled for July 17 in Minnea-polis and Aug 12 in Denver.
ESTATES AND WILLSWILLS FOR PROBATE
Helen Penning of Sag Harbor ,who died May 29, left an estatevalued at not more than $500, inpersonal property and about $300in realty. Mary E Archibald , sis-ter, Sag Harbor , is given the in-come for life from both real andpersonal , property . The will di-rects that if the income falls be-low $60 monthly for a period offour months that the testatrix 'sproperty at Homestead Park, Pa,is to be sold and the proceeds in-vested. The income from the in-vestment is to be paid to the sis-ter and should she receive lessthan $60 monthly, the principalis to be invaded and used forher benefit.
If the property at HomesteadPark is not sold during the life-time of the sister for purposestipulated, the will directs thatit be sold following her death andone part of the proceeds of thesale is bequeathed to AngelitaJose, sister , Water Mill and Frank
Jose, 3rd , Mary Jose and JeromeJose, nephew s and nieces, and onepar to St Peter's Hospital, Brook-lyn, St Anthony 's Guild , Paterson,N J and the Rev Leo Farragherof Tuskegee, Alabama. AngelitaJose is given a lot on Jermain Ave,Sag Harbor , and Mary E Archibaldis to have the life use of jewelry,household furnishings and otherpersonal and upon her death thesame are bequeathed to the abovenamed sister. The executor andtrustee is Theodore R Jaffe , anattorney, of Sag Harbor.
Roy W Spinney of Port Jefferson,who died June 18, left an estatevalued at about $2,500 in personalproperty and about $5,000 inrealty. Roswell P Spinney, son,and his wife, Earlin e P Spinney,of Port Jefferson , is bequeathedthe testatrix's residence property,and, furnishings and Milford PSpinney, son, Woodside and NormaT Currie, daughter, Rothesay, NewBrunswick, Canada the residuaryestate in equal shares. The ex-ecutors are the sons.
there is nothing disturbing in the fact that the total assets'_ ' of the four Riverhead banks dropped off #2,923,841.86 between,F the close of business December 31, 1948, and June 30. That mightv create a misleading impression if we did not take the figures in
contrast with those of June 30, 1948. The bank statements of that1 date give us full reassurance for they show us that, in spite of the
drop of the past six months, total assets of the Riverhead bankswere still #2,473,887.77 greater than they were a year ago atthis time.
The decline during the past six months has been due to whatbusiness is accustomed to refer to as seasonal causes. It can beexplained to a large degree by the fact that the past six months hasbeen the period when most farmers draw from their bank accountsto finance their farming operations while many business men dothe same thing in order that they may expand their business interests.
IT money withdrawn was to be wasted and squandered, banksmight look upon the reduction in assets as money gone from them
j:' forever but when money is withdrawn for constructive purposes—for wise business use and for the expansion and betterment of ourfarming projects—it is fair to presume that the money withdrawnfrom the banks will eventually return and help pave the way togreater bank accumulations.
No, there is nothing to be disturbed about. We don't haveto worry about our banks. They still reported #50,842,561.62 intotal assets on June 30 and that is a lot of money any way you wantto look at it. The Riverhead Savings Bank had total assets of#31,665,448.14 and here we find an increase of #431 ,398.01 overthe total of December 31. The other banks shewed Ju"t 30 as ctsas follows: Suffolk County National Bank , #8,063,141.87; LongIsland State Bank, #5,809,803.45; Suffolk County Trust Co, #5,-404,168.16.
All in all , the bank statements of June 30 are nothing if theyare not reassuring. They reflect prosperity—not of the few butof the many and indicate that thrift is a Suffolk County character-istic. The b?,nk statements of December 31, 1949, can be ex-pected to fulfill the confidence we have in Suffolk County to goahead not only in normal times but in abnormal ones.
• / DON'T LET THIS WORRY YOU
Apparentl y hopes of the passage of the Rivers and Harborsbill this year are none too high. The matter was freel y discussedat a recent meeting of the Committee on Ports and Waterways heldat Long Island State Park Commission Headquarters. It was re-ported that the Long Island Port and Waterway projects whichreceived recommendation by the Rivers and Harbors Eng ineerswere the Jamica Bay-Mott Basin and Fire Island Inlet projects.These are now awaiting approval from the House Public WorksCommittee.
Representative W Kingsland Macy of Suffolk County, a mem-ber of this committee, has informed the Long Island Associationthat he does not believe there is any objection to cither project. Heis confident that both will be included in the Rivers and HarborsOmnibus Bill when it is reported by the committee. It is im-possible, he adds, to say when the bill will be reported out.
Sidney Shapiro, Deputy Engineer of the Park Commission ,who represented Robert Moses, President of the Conrimission atthe meeting, said that he had been reliably informed that the bill
might not be passed this year. The Committee is addrcssmg aIrtter to all members of Congress from Long Island and Senator
Ives, urging the passage of the bill as quickly as possible I hereseems to be nothing left to do but piay a waiting game until action
is taken at Washington.
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If there is anything about Long Island which can almost becharacterized as a mortal sin it is the modesty which causes it toobserve an over-discreet silence while the rest of the world engagesin a noisy hullabaloo, proclaiming its own points of advantage andpropounding the "How great I am" ism. Long Island has putforth little in the line of soap-box oratory and has carried itsmodesty to such an excess that it has forged ahead faster , perhaps,than it deserved to. 'But, be that as it may, we are now being givensome most astounding figures as to Long Island's growth. We arebeing shown that Nassau and Suffolk counties are growing at arate of between 75,000 and 100,000 persons a year. Nassau'spopulation is accredited with a jump of 404,888 to 611,796 since1940 while Suffolk has progressed from 195,540 to 292 ,374.
We must look to natural causes, we believe, for this explana-tion of Long Island growth. We are not rich in industrial plantswhich attract large armies of workers. We have not struck goldor oil to cause such booms as always attract the adventurous andcause a boom for the sections where such discoveries are made.Our growth has not been of that variety but rather has been asteady, healthy consistent growth .
Our proximity to New York City has been the lure which hasbrought thousands here to escape the crowded , restricted lifeof the great city. It has been a magnet which has brought to usmany who have desired a real home they could call their own , wheretheir children could grow up in an area where trees grow, wherebirds sing and flowers fill the air with their fragrance.
Long Island is becoming more and more the home-owner sParadise. It is what the average man and woman want, the freedomcountry life affords and an escape from the problems which makehome-making in the big city too difficult in these unsettled times.
We are not surprised at anything pertaining to Long Island'sgrowth which the figures present. What else could we expect whenLong Island has so much to offer those who want peace andcontentment and who are in pursuit of happiness? Long Islandis the answer to their dreams. More and more of th»m will cometo realize that as time passes and, with the realization , more andmore of them will come here, settle and become our neighbors. LongIsland is great compared to what it was ten years ago. Ten yearsfrom now it will look back and read new figures which will causeeven greater amazement.
The above editorial is inspired as the result of a feature storyby Frederick Graham which was published in The New York Timeson Thursday , June 30th.
GROWTH OF LONG ISLAND
Tuesday, July 19, has been designated as Grievance Day. Onthat day, from the hours of 9 a m to 4 p m , the Assessors will bein session in the Assessors' room, and will listen to any and allwho may feel that they have cause for complaint against such as-sessments as may have been levied against them. The assessmentroll has now been completed and all interested can drop aroundto the room of the Board of Assessors in the Riverhead Town Halland examine it at any time during office hours between now andJul y 19.
Under our form of Government, taxpayers are afforded thisprivilege. Grievance Day is an old institution which gives the highand the low, the rich and the poor , the right to protest. Assessorsas a rule aim to fill their roles in an honest and impartial manner.Being human they sometimes err but he who is wronged in anyway is given this opportunity to face the assessors, tell their storyand convince the officials that their assessments should be modified.
Look over the assessment roll and , if you think you have beentreated in an unjustifiable manner, tell the assessors about it July19. Don't let your grievance get you down, don't cuss the officialsand accuse them pf having it in for you but go to them and getthat grievance off your chest. They'll listen and, if you have realcause to complain, the chances are a hundred to one that you willobtain such relief as you may be entitled to.
JULY 19—GRIEVANCE DAY
Fire TournamentSet for Saturday
Over 200 firemen and manybands are expected to participatein the 56th Annual Parade andTournament of the Suffolk CountyVolunteer Firemen's Association tobe held at St James Saturday,July 16.
At 10 a m, the vamps will be-gin their parade down Main Stin St James. Awards will be madeto departments with the greatestturnout of men , the best marchingdepartments, ladies auxiliaries, andthe best bands.
The tournaments will begin at12 noon.
Appraise QuogueWoman's Estate
Mrs Mary A Radway, of Qua-quanantuck Lane, Quogue, andManhattan, who died Jan 24, 1947,left an estate valued at $164,568net , according to the New YorkState Transfer Tax Department.The Quogue residence was valuedat $25,195 and its contents at $1,584.
The woman, who was 85 yearsold when she died , was the widowof John S Radway, secretary andtreasurer of Radway & Son, NewYork medicine manufacturers. Thebulk of the estate is left to herson, John Oakley Radway, withultimate disposition to grandchil-dren.
EAST QUOGUEJudge Kosizke and Mr and Mrs
A Cieszo and family have movedinto their beautiful new ranch typehouse on Sunset Ave.
Mrs T Ludercar and daughterMarthann of Port Washington arestaying with Mrs Ludercar's fath-er who has been ill.
Mr Theo. Dunn of Buchann, N Y,visited for several days last weekwith his father-in-law Oscar Reeve.
The many friends of Mr AlexLawson will be glad to know thathe is steadily improving.
(Author "Elrda Around Tit Tear")When a bumptious great mul-
lein springs up in the flower bedin the midst of roses and pansies,it is viewed with amazement. Howdid it get there—this plant of dryfields and waste places? May bethe birds are to blame, or perhapsan irresponsible breeze.
But the great mullein undauntedby its stylish surroundings, flour-ishes in a remarkable way. Itadapts itself to the unaccustomedrich soil and shoots up like Jack'sbeanstalk. Higher and higher itgrows and wider and softer thegreat velvety leaves. It really isa handsome plant.
Seven feet high the great mul-lein sometimes grows, and it looksas if the garden visitor is out tomake a record. Then come theyellow flowers at tho top of thegreat spike—and the Mullein 'svisit is at an end. After flowerscome seeds, and it is feared thatgreat mullein, if allowed to haveits own way, might take over thegarden.
This was the lowly plant of whichJohn Burroughs wrote in "AnOctober Abroad" : "I have comethree thousand miles to see themullein <*".!tivatcd in a garden andchristened the velvet plant." Andundoubtedly if the great mulleinwere rare it would nave a placein the garden as a strange andinteresting plant; the thick felt-like leaves of grayish green grow-ing in a rosette on the ground , andthe stout woolly stem rising fromit, topped by the yellow-floweredspike.
As there is a purpose beneathevery design in nature, one mightwonder as to the reason for themullein's winter wear in a torridsummer. It seems to be a matterof insulation , somewhat ..accordingto the principle that what keepsout the cold will keep out the heat ;and the great mullein has needto withstand the severities of bothwinter and summer.
The rosettes of new plants mustsurvive the winter in order to bloomthe following summer, so the prettygray-green leaves protected bythick hairy covering, arc imper-vious to the cold and frost ofwinter. Melting snow in spring dis-closes the perky rosettes all setto send up the flower-bearingstalk.
Likewise in summer the mulleinis protected by its heavy coatfrom the fierce sunlight in the dryopen places where it grows. Inthe way of the cactus moisture isconserved within the thick wallsof the plant, so the mullein with-stands the drought to which morefragile plants succumb.
The great mullein is kindly tobirds. As seeds follow the as-cending flowers on the stalk thegoldfinches gather about them.They cling to the upright stemand feast happily on the ripeningseeds. And the ruby-throatedhumming bird with its fondness forluxurious nesting material, gathersthe soft hairs of the mullein svelvety coat to line its dainty nest.
The great mullein has its placein folklore, especially in connec-tion with supposedly curative pro-perties. In the Middle Ages itwas used as candlewick , also forfuneral torches. And Pliny men-tions it. So, to the great mulleinthat rises unbidden in the garden.
it would seem that a certain meas-ure of respect is due, as to anunusual visitor.
I This Week Outdoors| By Lorine Letcher Butler \
Two Suffolk men, John F Don-nelly, fireman apprentice, USN, sonof Mr and Mrs Edward Donnelly ofRocky Point, and Vernon L Grav-dal , fireman apprentice, USN, ofMiller Place, are scheduled to begraduated tomorrow from theNavy's Interior CommunicationsSchool at the Naval Training Cen-ter. Great Lakes. 111.
N a v y GraduatesTwo Suffolk Men
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