5cEvery Thursday Established 1885

Official Newspaper East Hampton

Town and Village

VOLUME LIX EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944

STARSi. Philomena's 50th Anniversary Service June 11th

Bishop Thos. E. Molloy Among Church Leaders Coming for Service

The parish of St. Philomena, East Hampton, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the building of its church on Sunday, June 11. His Excellency, Most Reverend ThomasE. Molloy, will preside at a Solemn High Mass, to be offered that day at 11:00 a. m. The celebrant of the Mass will be the Reverend Pastor of St. Philomena’s, Raymond A. Clark, assisted by Reverend Vincent J. Brady as deacon, and Reverend George M. Driscoll, sub-deacon. The sermon will be preached by the Very Reverend Richard B. McHugh, L.L.D., president of Cathedral Col­lege. The Sacrament of Confirma­tion will be administered after the Mass by Bishop Molloy, who will be attended by Very Reverend Nicholas Rinaldi, P. S. M., rector of the Pallotine Novitiate, and the Reverend Joseph T. Ansbro, Shelter

-elude with Solemn Benediction.The story of the Catholic Church

in East Hampton is about to be pub­lished in booklet form and will make an important addition to local his­torical records. During the late 1840’s and early 1850’s a few Cath- olic families established permanent residence here. James Gay, Richard

Mrs. Lisburg were early arrivals; Robert Collins, John and Patrick Flannery were other families form­ing a nucleus around which the parish of East Hampton Was formed.

Many early Catholic families here walked to Sag Harbor, seven miles away, to attend Mass and walked back. A little later they drove horses, although part of the way still had to. be made on foot, to rest the horses; the sandy, rutted road •was so bad. It was a hot and dusty trip in summer; and a cold one in winter. Mass was not the only re­ward of one' jourri'e>'; there was a pleasant meeting of friends, the ex­change of news and views, and visits with friends and relatives in Sag

Father Joseph Brunemann, O. S.F., became the first resident pastor of Sag Harbor in 1859. A few times a year he would come to East Hamp­ton and celebrate a second Mlass at the home of one of the five or six Catholic families. In 1860 this vil­lage was listed as a mission of Sag Harbor. The Sag Harbor Express of August 1, 1869, notes that Old Clin­ton Academy "has been hired to the Catholics for services for a few weeks." Some of the sons and daughters of first Catholics recall Masses at the homes of James Gay and Richard Gilmartin in the 1870’s.

A site for an East Hampton church was bougiht on North Main Street in 1881, but the plan fell through a year later. About 1883 Archlbishop John Joseph Lynch of Toronto, va­cationing in East Hampton, cele­brated Masses in the home of Pat­rick K. Lynch. So many came that some knelt in the yard outside the windows.

Hook Mill school house on the Amagansett road was also used by the Archbishop for informal instruc­tions on Catholic doctrine and prac­tice.

After Clinton Hall was added to the old Academy in 1886, Masses were said there on Sundays during the summer, with a temporary altar made from a kitchen table. In 1893 plans for the present Catholic Church St. Peter the Apostle was built in Amagansett; and in 1930 the Church of St. Therese, the Little Rower, Was built at Montauk.

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Payne's Birthday Program Friday, June 9, at 3:30

Friday, June 9, will be the 153rd anniversary of John Howard Payne’s birth. It is to be fittingly celebrated with the rendition of the Italian epi­sode in Payne’s life. In 1823 he was in Italy, and heard the air to which he later set the famous words.

There will be a parade starting at the Masonic Temple at 3:30 p. m. The school band will play several selections and children, in costume, carrying baskets of flowers, will march. There will be several ponies and carts decorated with flowers. Goats garlanded with (lowers and ribbons will also be in the line of

At “Home, Sweet Home" the gar­den will be decorated in the Italian manner. At 4:30 the Italian episode will be rendered by Miss 'Evelyn Loris depicting the Italian peasant girl. The Rev. Francis Kinsler will portray John Howard Payne; both will be in costume. Miss Betty Bar­low’s string quartette will aocom- pany Miss Loris, and Joseph Hren

Junior Play Group In Show June 24th

On June 24, the Junior Reading and Drama Circle of East Hampton,' directed by Mrs. Thomas Robinson, with songs and music under the supervision of Mrs. H. Lewis Ed­wards, will give a program at Guild HaU. This program will be open to the public, at very moderate prices. It will include two episodes from "Alice in Wonderland.” "Pig and Pepper" and "The Mad Tea Party.” Also "Darktown Follies"; and songs and pantomime. Some numbers have already been given in the Prestoy- terian Session House this winter and spring: there will be several new.

The committee, any of whom will furnish tickets for the performance, includes Mmes. Nelson C. Osborne. Norman Gould. H. Lewis Edwards. Harry Ingalls, Carl Mason. Raymond W. Brooks. Thomas Manson an] Thomas Robinson: also Miss Eliza -

ENTERTAIN AT TEAOn Tuesday afternoon Mrs. J. M.

Strong Sr. and Mrs. John Y. Strong entertained about 30 ladies at the home of Mrs. John Strong on Pan- tigo lane. The tea 1 was given in honor of their sisters-in-law, Mrs. Herbert E. Marsland of Freeport, and Mrs. J. Mitchell Raynor of West- hampton Beach. All were old friends and many had been schoolmates of Mrs. Raynor and Mrs. Marsland. A very pleasant afternoon was passed renewing old acquaintance and ex­changing reminisences. Mrs. Tor­rence Bell read a paper on the old South End and Hook schools, and several others told stories of. amus­ing incidents of school days.

Nearly every one present had a son, granldson, or nephew, in the service and on this day of anxiety it was a welcome diversion to get together and1 take a look into the peaceful past.

MISS M. ALICE BOUGHTON

Miss Alice M. Boughion Dies After Long Illness In Brooklyn, June 5

Miss Mary Alice Boughton, who had lived in East Hampton for 46 years, died in Brooklyn on June 5 after an illness of two months. She had been in a coma for some weeks, and had been in poor health several years.

Miss Boughton was associated With the East Hampton Star, of whioh her brother, the late Edward Boughton, became publisher and editor in 1889 for more tha years. She retired in 1938, after failing eyesight made it impossible for her to carry on her duties any longpr.

She Was bom Mardh 20, 1868, in Bethel, Conn., the daughter of Minot and Mary Benjamin Boughton. She attended the Danbury, Conn.. High School, and joined the Presbyterian Church in Danbury in 1881, trans­ferring to the Presbyterian Church

Prior to coming to East Hampton, she was a hatter in a manufacturing place in Danbury. Miss Boughton devoted herself chiefly to work the Star, throagh her years in East Hampton. Aside from the n paper, her chief interest was Ramblers literary society, of which she was an early member and years the secretary. She lived quietly and unassumingly; but had a acquaintance and devoted friends who will miss her.

A funeral service was held' at o'clock yesterday at 1420 Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, conducted by Rt Dr. Abben; there will be a service in Cedar Lawn Cemetery at a date

"F ifty Years of Maidstone Club"Tells Club and Village History

( Copyright 1941 by the Maidstone Club, East Hampton, N. Y.)

(Continued from last week) (Editor’s Note: In reprinting the

Maidstone Club's Fiftieth Anniver­sary Book, the Star cannot use all of its 76 illustrations, due to space limitations only a few of the pic-

. can be used here, and only the smaller ones—none of the fidl-page ones, some of which are unusually interesting.)

Prayer Service On D-Day Held Here

East Hampton met on Memor­ial Green at 7:30 Tuesday evening, the evening of D-Day, the day of Europe's long audited invasion, to offer prayers and urrite. It was a sober gathering, at which church-goers and non-attendants alike united. in prayer for our own boys and their comrades participating in Europe’s liber­ation. Mayor Judson Banister oailled the mass meeting, and spoke briefly. Ministers of East Hampton’s churches took part.

Rev. Raymond Clark of St. Philomena's Roman Catholic ChurCh opened the meeting with a prayer. "The Red, White, and Blue" was sung by the commun­ity. Rev. Adam J. Schutz Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, read from the scriptures. Rev. Samuel Davis of St. Luke's Epis­copal Church, led in prayer. Ray­mond Whitaker led in singing “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Rev. Robert Boston of the Ama­gansett Presbyterian Church, pro­nounced the benediction.

A telegram to the Commander of American Legion Post No. the Edwin C. Halsey Post, read, by I. Y. Halsey.

was elected to office but would not serve. However, he and his family were always muoh interested in chib

Writing of him, after his death, Howard Russell Butler, a fellow East Hampton artj t, said: "Modest, un­obtrusive, wrapped in the mantle of his own genius, true to his ideals to the end. I am wondering if East Hampton is aware of the honor tha; has been conferred upon her by the presence of this great artist.”Dr. George E. Munroe

See “The Presidents—1914-1941." Warren Smith

Mr. Smith married Jessie, daugh­ter of Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage. They rented, 1886, one of the Mer- shon houses, and in 1889 built the big hoiise at the comer of Ocean and Lee avenues which was sold in 1916 to Joseph Eastman and is now emlpty. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were very active in social and civic affairs up to the time of his death in 1910.

Many Season Guests At Maidstone Arms, The Hedges and Huntting

The Maidstone Arms opened Friday, May 26, and has been ve busy, with prospects for a very full season. Oyer the Decoration Day holiday weekend Arms guests in­cluded Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Pet- .nggill, Mrs. Larry Adler, Mr

Mrs. Harold Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ludlum, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spitler, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Beardsley, Lt. John W. Weiler, E. E. LeSchin, Miss Patricia Weil, Mrs. James Mar­tin White, Mrs. George Pierce But­ler, Mrs. M. H. Murray, Miss queline Ingram, Walter Merrill Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Grant have arrived from New York to pass the summer at the Arms. Mrs. Hugh Reid and ohiidren are expected shortly. *

Season guests will include J. P. H. Harrison, Miss Jane Paddock, Mrs. Larry Adler and family, and Mrs. Frederick Hattersley.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin M. Foss coming for July. Other July re vations have ’been made by Mrs. J. M. White, Mrs. Charles E. Adams, Mrs. Hemanld Behn, Miss Elizabeth Behn, Mrs. J. H. Seabreeze daughter, Robert Ducas’ family, Harry Horner, Mr. and Mrs. Bowles, Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock; and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Beardsley have taken Cottage 3 again. In August, the guests Will include Mrs. Godfrey B. Cuthbertson, Mr Mrs. J. Huntington Turner, Dr. Jean Luke, Dr. A. E. Neergaard, and Dr, Pierre Lacombe.

The Hedges Inn reopens June 15, and the Huntting the same day three hotels are managed by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Frood.

Season guests at The Hedges will include Edwanl E. Bartlett Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Carman Messmore. Mrs. Roger Lewis and Miss Alouise Boker. In July, the guests will include Mrs. Garret A Hobart, Mrs. David Hand and family, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kingsbury, Mrs. Garret Hobart Jr. and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ather­ton PettingilL

R. T . Gilmartin Seriously Hurt In Auto Accident

Welfare Commissioner In Port Jeff. Hospital In Critical Condition

Suffolk County Welfare Commis­sioner Richard T. Gilmartin was very seriously injured last Satur­day in jn automobile accident and------• in the Mather Memorial Hos-

in Port Jefferson, L I. Mr. Gilmartin is a native of East Hamp-

former Town Clerk here and is home in Montauk. With

Mrs. Gilmartin and their children he resides at Yaphank, where he directs the Suffolk Home and county farm as part of his work as County Wel­fare Commissioner. He is an ex-

ly able and popular official with a host of friends all over the county, to whom the news of his ac­cident came as a great shock. He suffered a spinal injury and head injuries. Reports on his condition after the first two days have in­dicated that he is much better but

;s condition is critical.•Mr. Gilmartin was alone, driving

along a wooded road, from the north shore to Yaphank, when the accident occured; and it is not known how long he had been hurt before the accident was discovered and help

just how the aocident hap­pened. He had been in Huntington

business and later had dinner i his stepmother, Mrs. Thomas

Gilmartin. It is thought that the had hit some obstruction in the

road, swerved suddenly and hit a tree. The car turned over and w?s badly smashed.

L. V. I. S. Considers Plans For July 28th Fair

The Ladies' Village Improvement Society held a regular meeting on Monday, June 5, 1944, at 3 p. m. at

of its president, Mrs. E. E. Anderson, with 50 members pres-

■ reports of the secretary, Mrs. Robert Cheney, and the treas-

:, Mrs. Willian Gay, were ap-

The Tree Committee, Mrs. Ster­ling Peters and Mrs. John Hand, co- dhairmen, reported that staying

being done and spraying of the Chestnut trees finished.

The conditions of the Greens be- luse of dry weather was discussed

and fewer cuttings proposed as one remedy for the condition. Mrs. An­derson asked that each member take

personal interest in the trees and •eens and offer any suggestions as . their care.A nominating committee com­

posed of Mrs. Nelson C. Osborne, chairman, and Mrs. B. G. Chapman Jr., Miss Marguerite Hoguet and Mrs. J. L. Hutton was appointed.

Mrs. Anderson spoke of general plans for the Annual Fair which

ill be held Friday, July 28. Booth chairmen announced in c lu d e d : Dance, Mrs. Conrado Traverso; cake, Mrs. George Hand; bonds, Mrs. Gense Simmons; skit, Mrs. Thomas Robinson; hot dogs, Mrs. Maurice

tombola, Mrs. W. C. Hall; rummage, Mrs. B. G. Chapman Jr.; flower, Garden Club of East Hamp-

and punch bowl. Mrs. Shep­ard Krech and Mrs. P. C. Schenck; playground, Mrs. Ambrose Helier; voting, Mrs. Chisholm MacDonald;

Mrs. Nelson Osborne and Mrs. Roberts; toys, Mrs. Scott Bou- aprons, Mrs. Robert Cheney.

Additional booths and chairmen will be announced at the July meeting.

The Bond Booth reported that there would be chances on $100, $50 and $25 bonds. Mrs. Chapman an­nounced that rummage could be left at the old OTG store on Saturday mornings from 9:30 'til noon. The tentative date for the sale has been set at July 12 and July 13, 1944.

Mrs. N. H. Dayton Sr. reported that all copies of both editions of the Cook Book have been sold.

Mrs. Hand asked for cakes for her booth, Mrs. Osborne for jam and jelly in particular for the Farm Booth, and Mrs. Robert Cheney ask­ed for an apron from each, member of the Society.

New members proposed and ac­cepted were: Mrs. George Picrre-pont, Mrs. S. A. Palmer, Miss Hed- v/ig Momberg. Mrs. Ralph Boots, Mrs. F. X. Sommers, Mrs. Foster Milliken, Mrs. Gense Simmons, Mrs. Lydia F. Jacob, Mrs. Lyndon English, Mrs. Mark Hall, Mrs. Clara Cullum, Mrs. Edith Siter.

Upon adjournment of the meeting Mrs. Anderson entertained at tea with Mrs. Walton Kingsley at the tea table.

WIN INDIAN BOOKSRobert O'Brien, 7, of Amagansett,

I wins the Dave Cory Indian book for his fine colored picture this week, with second prize book to Charlotte,

I Miller, 7, of Springs.