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December 05, 1985 - Back Yard AdventuresDecember 5, 1985 The Suffolk Times Page 15A Back Yard Adventures By PAUL STOUTENBURGH The boating season has surely closed down now. Today, the first of December, I took our dinghy up with its pulley line that tethered it so ably for the past sea- son. Then the big boat mooring was sec- ured for winter with bottle floats and I headed home. It was raw, cloudy, and windy out there in the bay, but there was a certain attraction, too. I gained strength from the gulls and ducks that had to be there. Perhaps because of them some of the gloom of the day was lifted. I particularly was taken by the little grebes that were continually diving and bobbing up about me. Their tiny bodies, with their thin necks and small heads, make them a most efficient diving machine. They visit us only in the winter when they come to glean our bays and Sound bottoms. One wonders what they can find to eat -- most of us think of the bottom as void in the winter. The pointed bills of the grebes tell us they must find small fish some- where along the bottom and I'm sure many small crustaceans that are active or dormant in winter's chill are also taken. Black Ducks Rise As I passed the marsh, flooded be- cause of the now - hidden full moon and the strong easterly storm winds, a flock of black ducks took off. There's no mis- taking this No. 1 prize of the duck hunter. This once- abundant duck now faces complicated and devastating prob- lems: loss of habitat, the filling of marshlands, the dredging for deep water, nesting sites that it requires away from man's disturbance, the lead Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 276 of the Town Law, public hearings will be held by the Southold Town Planning Board, at the Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York in said Town on the 16th day of December, 1985, on the question of the following: 7:30 p.m. Approval of the minor subdivision of Walter and Marilyn Gatz to be known as "Green Pastures ", located at Mattituck in the Town of South- old, County of Suffolk and State of New York and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of Sound Avenue at the southwesterly corner of land of Pufahl, said point being about 1400 feet westerly of Cox Neck Road, and being the south- easterly corner of the premises herein described; running thence along said northerly line of Sound Avenue, S. 80 °07'50" West, 250.00 feet to land now or formerly of Mc Dermott; thence along said land, two courses: (1) N. 21 °04'40" West, 589.52 feet; thence (2) S. 68 °55'20" West, 150.00 feet to land of Thornton E. Smith; thence along said land, N. 21 °04'40" West, 834.10 feet to land of Chudiak; thence along said land, N. 64 °44'30" East, 901.19 feet to land of Norris Es- tate; thence along said land, S. 21 °40'30" East, 1207.58 feet to said land of Pufahl; thence along said land, two courses: (1) S. 78 °29'50" West, 527.87 feet; . thence (2) S. 21 °40'30" East, 418.20 feet to the point of begin- ning. Together with a right -of- way 50' in width over land of Pufahl from the northeasterly Focus on Nature poisoning from gunner's pellets which it ingests while feeding and the uncon- trollable interbreeding with the mal- lard all seem to spell doom for this once king of ducks. If we lose the black duck, our creeks and bays will have suffered a terrible loss. This is a duck that never should go down. it has all the qualities of greatness. Its ability to project itself almost straight up out of the water and be away in an instant is what the duck hunter marvels at so often. Its grace and beauty in flight would be hard to match, and when it comes to blending nature's earthly colors, the black duck is perfection. What a thrill it was to see that flock rise out of the marsh grass and be off, showing their characteristic whitish underwing markings. Only black ducks fly like that. Back at the dock, I noticed Mr. Rac- coon had been there. His droppings told of what had been on his menu. This time it was some sort of berries he'd been eating. The nutrients had been removed and the hard - shelled seeds passed through. This is another way nature spreads its seeds across the land and why open land never remains the same. When I got home, Barbara was all excited about what had happened in our backyard. Our place opens up on a small lawn and then our pastures spill out in back of it. Woods are all around the corner of said land, southerly about 420 feet to Sound Avenue. Containing 24.54 acres. Any person desiring to be heard on the above matter should appear at the time and place above specified. Dated: December 2, 1985 BY ORDER OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD, BENNETT ORLOWSKI, JR., CHAIRMAN 1TD5 -5098 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the General Municipal Law that sealed bids are sought for the following: One New 12 Passenger Bus for the Southold Town Nutrition Pro- gram. Specifications may be ob- tained at the Office of the Town Clerk, Town of Southold, Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York 11971. The sealed bids, together with a non - collusive bid certificate, will be received by the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, until 11:00 A.M., Thursday, December 19, 1985, at which time they will be opened and read aloud in pub- lic. The Town Board of the Town of Southold reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any and all informality in any bid, should it be deemed in the best interest of the Town of Southold to do so. All bids must be signed and sealed in envelopes plainly marked "Bid on 12 Passenger Bus ", and submitted to the Office of the Town Clerk. The bid price shall not include any tax, federal, state or local, from which the Town of Southold is exempt. Photo by Paul Stoutenburgh MR. RACCOON -- There's hardly a person on the East End who hasn't run into this marauding fellow. Without natural predators, he's become a pest in many areas -- yet there's something about him that appeals to everyone. house. The chickens wander all about: lawn, pasture and woods. When Bar- bara looks out, she can see the chickens picking here and there. But today some- thing was drastically different. The chickens were there, but in a frozen tab- leau -- in the center of the flock was a big red fox. Evidently he'd run into the flock and with so many to choose from he was unable to determine which one to take. We do care for our chickens and don't particularly care to share them with the fox. So Barbara immediatley called out to Hick, "Go get the fox!" DATED: November 27, 1985. JUDITH T. TERRY SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK 1TD5 -5097 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for one 1986 Model 6- Passenger Station Wagon as per the Village of Greenport specifications will be received by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport at the Village Hall, 236 Third Street, Greenport, New York until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 1985, at which time they will be opened and read aloud by the Vil- lage Clerk. Instructions for bidders, specifications, bid forms and forms of contract may be ob- tained frodi Village Clerk Nancy Cook- at the Village Hall, 236 Third Street, Greenport, New York (516- 477 - 2385). Bids shall be on the form as prepared by the Village of Greenport. Please submit all bids to the attention of Village Clerk Nancy Cook in a sealed envelope marked plainly on the outside "Bid for Utility Department Veh- icle". The Village Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any infor- malities. It also reserves the right to hold any and all bids open for a period of 90 days from the date of opening. Dated: November 27, 1985 BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE OF GREENPORT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nancy W. Cook, Village Clerk 1TD5 -5096 LEGAL NOTICE SOUTHOLD TOWN TAXES Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town of South- old, Suffolk County, New York, that on the 1st day of December At first the dog didn't get the mes- sage. Everything looked normal to him. He'd run partly out on the lawn and by then stirred the fox into moving out. „Tow the message was clear, and off he went in hot pursuit. Mr. Fox being a bit more agile and knowing the holes in the fence and the openings in the hedgerow, had no trouble in escaping from our friendly golden retriever. Later on, Barbara said, "If he'd only be a bit more selective and take the roosters and leave the hens, we really (continued on page 17A) 1985, all taxes are due and will be received by the undersigned Receiver of Taxes at the Southold Town Hall, in the Village of Southold, on and after that date between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. each week day. All town offices will be closed for the holi- days, December 25th and Janu- ary 1st. No business will be done on Sundays and Holidays. The Receiver's Office will be open during the regular business hours of the Town Hall. It is not necessary to come be- fore the Tax Receiver personally. Money orders or checks may be mailed to the Receiver of Taxes. All taxes are payable on or be- fore January 10th, 1986, without penalty. After January 10th a penalty of 1 percent per month will be charged on the first half payment only. The second half payment may be made to this of- fice without penalty until May 31, 1986, after which date all bills must be paid to the County Treasurer, Riverhead, New York, 11901, plus penalty of 5 percent and interest as deter- mined by the County Treasurer. There will be no personal re- minder mailed to the taxpayer in May for the second half payment. Notice will appear in the local newspaper. ATTENTION VET- ERANS: The satelite office of the Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency is located at CAST, South Street, Greenport, N.Y., the 2nd Thursday of each month between 9:30 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. GEORGE MELLAS Receiver of Taxes 1TD5 -5095 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. RICHARD PEL- LICANE, Pltf. vs. NANCY BOYD WILLEY, et al, Defts. Index #85/6329. Pursuant to an Interlocutory Judgment dated Oct. 28,1985, I will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Southampton Town Hall, 116 Hampton Rd., Southampton, N.Y. on Jan. 9, 1986 at 10:30 a.m., property being in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, N.Y. Said property located eas- terly by the land now or formerly of Charles Pierson, southerly by the land now or formerly of Casper Schaefer, northerly and westerly by the land of the heirs of Job Hedges and the land of John Fordham. Said property being known and designated as District 900; Section 26; Block 1, and Part of Lots 97 & 14 on the Suffolk County Tax Map. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. WILLIAM KEAHON, Re- feree. CLARENCE R. BANKS, Atty. for Pltf., 25 Bowden Sq., Southampton, N.Y. 4TN21,D3,19,J4 -5081 Advertise in The Suffolk Times Business Directory 477 -0081 December 5, 1985 Thee Suffolk Times Page 17A 75 Years Ago December 3, 1910 Montauk or New York ?: Here are two week -end developments in the talk of making Montauk a steamship termi- nal. The Brooklyn Times says: "The col- lision between two big liners in the North River, when they were backing out from the piers preparatory to start- ing for Europe, proves conclusively that no larger boat or longer piers could safely be handled and erected in the North River. The big steamship com- pany must seek another point, and that point will eventually be Montauk, where the space is unlimited. That Montauk Point will finally be the ter- minus for these big liners is almost as- sured. The Brooklyn Eagle goes on to say: "The managers of the White Star Line of transatlantic steamships have de- cided to dock their nine hundred foot leviathans Olympic and Titanic on the North River front of Manhattan, al- though the boats will have to project 65 to 70 feet beyond the end of the big piers. J. Pierpont Morgan, the financial head of the International Mercantile Com- pany comprising the the American, White Star, Red Star and several other lines visited Washington during the past week to bring to the attention of Licensed Let's Look Bach the Secretary of War, Jacob Dickinson, the necessity of extending the pier. "It is urged by the company that if the Chelsea piers were extended out into the river, it would be no greater obstruction to navigation than having the long hulls extend out into the stream beyond the end of the present piers." Honest Farmer: An Aquebogue farmer recently bought a horse that proved hopelessly balky. Rather than unload the animal on some one else the buyer hired a man to shoot the sulky brute. Who will say the day of plain, old fashioned honesty has passed? 50 Years Ago December 6, 1935 Auditorium to Be Moving Picture Theatre: Greenport as a community, is to have another moving picture theatre. The Auditorium on Main Street, owned by the Greenport Lodge I.O.O.F., and which for many years was one of the best known playhouses on Eastern Long Island, has been leased for a mov- ing picture theatre. The name of the new theatre, will be the "Strand." The new theatre will open on Christmas Day for its initial performance. Exten- sive alterations will be made to the in- terior of the building including new and up -to -date seats. On Thursday of this week, Mr. Steele, a sound engineer from the Western Electric Co., made a thorough inspection of the theatre pre- paratory to installing the very latest in Western Electric sound equipment. The lessees of the Auditorium are Vernon Reaver, formerly manager of the Riverhead and Suffolk Theatre of the Prudential chain at Riverhead, and Nicholas R. Hattshorn, who for the past four years has been Superintendent of the Wildwood State Park. Popular prices will be charged at the new Strand Theatre and on Saturdays and Sundays it is the intention of the new proprietors to run continuous shows from 2:30 until 11 P.M. The work of remodeling the in- terior of the theatre and the installation of the new seats and sound equipment will start within a few days. Mr. Renvnr TM — territories available. SERVICES INTERNATIONAL. INC. copyright & Im SN Tow SOMICOs Intemetlond), Inc. 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Plane Makes Forced Landing at Orient: About dusk on Friday evening of last week, a four -place Waco plane equipped with a radial Jacobs motor, made a forced landing on the farm of George Edwards at Orient. The plane which was bound from West Hanover, Mass., to Roosevelt Field, was forced to land in the darkness due to the fact that the stud bolts holding one of the, cylin- ders in place, broke off. The pilot of the plane, Alfred M. Whitman, of West Hanover, Mass., William D. Conroy, a student at the New Hampton Prep School at New Hampton, N.H., and Herbert Arnold, of Boston, after making a perfect landing in the wet, muddy field, came to Green - port and stayed at the Hotel Wyandank. Repair parts were brought from West Hanover, Mass. 25 Years Ago December 2, 1960 Vote to Purchase More School Property: The proposition for the pur- chase of additional property for Union Free School District No. 10 was ap- proved at the special election which was held on Tuesday, by a majority of 124 votes. A total of 475 ballots were cast, 297 being in favor of the proposition and 173 opposed. The balloting took place in the lobby of the Greenport school with the polls open from two to eight p.m. The mem- 'bers of the Board of Education, Re- ginald Hudson, president, Frank S. Coyle, Dr. Arthur Goldin, Austin Burt and Dr. George Cottral acted as inspec- tors of election assisted by the district clerk, Frederick Gardiner. The proposition calls for the purchase of an addition to the present school site of a fifteen acre parcel of land to the west of the present site at a cost not to exceed $38,800. Appears on TV: On Friday evening, Nov. 25th, at 5 p.m. local TV viewers had the pleasure of'seeing little Miss Rebecca Anne Pell on Channel 8, New Haven, Conn., participating in the Popeye Theatre program with Admiral Jack. Miss Rebecca was accompanied by her Dad and Mom, Mr. and Mrs. William Pell III and sister Blanche. Focus... (continued from page 15A) wouldn't mind sharing." But to most foxes, plump hens probably look better. One last bit of backyard gossip is about a hawk that visited our feeder last week. Barbara heard a thud against the window and looked out to see a hawk move into a nearby bush. She thinks it was a Coopers hawk or a sharp- shinned hawk, which are wood or forest hunters. Below the window lay an English sparrow on its back, stun- ned. At first she thought it was dead, but it later rolled over and flew off. The hawk went away empty- handed. Now there are drawbacks to every- thing and the drawback with feeding birds is that occasionally you'll have a hawk swoop in and attempt to take a bird. You'll always know when he's been around for everything will disap- pear and take cover. This will wear off and the birds will soon return, but the risk is always there. The other draw- back to feeding birds is occasionally you'll have a mouse or other rodent come to the ground below the feeder and try to get a free meal. The moral to the story is that most things have their good and bad sides. Bird feeding has a few small drawbacks, all outweighed by the good enjoyed by both bird and man. So keep your feeders full.