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January 22, 1981 - Snow: Winter's Warm BlanketPage 10 - - -- The ouffolit Timed Obituaries James R. Wilkins, Sr. James Rudyard Wilkins, Sr., 76, of West Islip and a former summer resident of Orient, died Jan. 13 in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Founder and proprietor of Wilkins' Lumber Company in Maspeth, he was a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II, serving in New Guinea and the Philip- pines. Mr. Wilkins, a member of the Babylon Presbyterian Church, is survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Gladys Tabor; two sons, James R. Wilkins, Jr. of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. and Bruce T. Wilkins of Ithaca, N.Y.; a brother, Ernest; and six grandchildren. Memorial - services were held in the Orient Congregational Church and the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Jack- sonville, Fla. Burial was in the Orient Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Orient Church or the Hospice of Northeastern Florida in Jacksonville Beach. CARD OF THANKS We would like to thank our neighbors and friends for their cards, flowers and prayers during our recent bereavement. A special thanks to the Rescue Squad. The Family of William G. McKeon S. B. Norton Funeral Nome, Inc. 73S First Street, Greenport 477 -0054 MONUMENTS Elwood Andrus East Marion native Elwood Andrus Rackett died Jan. 14. He was 83. Born Dec. 13, 1897 in East Marion, he was the son of Frank A. and Helen Edwards Rackett. For most of his working years, he was engaged in his family's trap fishing business. He was a 63 -year member of the East Marion Fire Department and served 22 years as the organist at the First Baptist Church in Greenport. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Randall Beasley of Mattoon, Ill.; one son, Gordon Rackett of East Marion; six grand- children and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Jan. 16 at the S.B. Horton Funeral Home in Greenport, with the Rev. Willis Sceviour officiating. Interment was in East Marion Cemetery. William E.C. Sander William E. C. Sander, formerly of Hollis, N.Y. and Mattituck, died Jan. 17 at Eastern Long Island Hospital following a brief illness. Born August 30, 1893 in the Williams - burgh section of Brooklyn, Mr. Sander served some forty years as superintendent of the American Numbering Machine Company of Brooklyn. Later, he was associated until his retirement with Hager and Son in Queens Village. He and his wife, Mary Jane Garris Sander, were summer residents of Mattituck from the early 1930's until shortly before her death in 1974. Mr. Sander was active for many years in the Hillside Presbyterian Church in Ja- maica, and served as ruling elder in that church. He is survived by his daughter, Dorothy Shaw of Shelter Island; his sister, Dorothy Rottinger of Parsippany, N.J.; and three grandchildren. Interment will be at Nassau Knolls in Port Washington. CORRECTION There were two inaccuracies in an obituary on Francis Feaster Brooks of Greenport in last week's Suffolk Times. Mr. Brooks' mother's name was Mary Ann Brooks Homan and his sister's name is Frances Franke. The Times regrets the error. Visit the UNUSUAL Antique Shop! HUGHE's Friday - Saturday 10 - 4 Antiques Bought and Sold ANTIOURR 210 MAIN STREET GREENPORT Tel. 477 -1160 Home 323 -2644 Member NADA ead Mechanic Top Job for Top Mechanic. Diesel and Gas Buses. $8 - 110 per hour. Apply To: Hampton Jitney Box 1167, Bridgeham pion, N.Y. 11932 Phone: 537 -3008 John F. Zmitrowich John F. Zmitrowich, a 55 -year Cut - chogue resident, died Jan. 16 at Eastern Long Island Hospital. He was 85. Mr. Zmitrowich was born in Poland June 24, 1895. He was a florist for Sterling Nurseries in Cutchogue. He was a member of Our Lady of Ostrabrama Church Holy Name Society, St. Josephat's Society and served for 30 years as the president of the Polish National Alliance Society Group 2887. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Novatka, and several nieces and nephews. A rosary service was held Jan. 18 at the DeFriest Funeral Home in Mattituck. Funeral services were held Jan. 19 at Our Lady of Ostrabrama Church. Interment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Joseph J. Frohnhoefer Joseph J.. Frohnhoefer of Southold and Baldwin died Jan. 7 in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, in his 74th year. Mr. Frohnhoefer operated Frohnhoefer Electric Inc., first established in Baldwin and later in Southold, which specialized in the retail sale of lighting fixtures and stationery. For 54 years he operated a similar store in Baldwin which is now closed. The Southold store has been in business for 28 years. Mr. Frohnhoefer lived with his wife, Theresa, in Baldwin. Other survivors are a son, Joseph J., Jr., of Southold, and two January 22, 1981 sisters, Sophie Frohnhoefer and Margue- rite Leightningburger. A rosary service was held Jan.8 at the DeFriest Funeral Home in Southold. Fune- ral services were held Jan. 9 at St. Patrick's Church, Southold. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad, Southold, N.Y. 1 2, or the Baldwin Fire Department Rescue Squad, Baldwin, N.Y. 11510. Dorothy F. Kaplan Dorothy F. Kaplan died at her Greenport home or, Jan. ly aftf* ? long_ illness. She was 70. Born in The Bronx Nov. 22, 1910, she was the daughter of George and Lena For - tgang. Mrs. Kaplan had lived on the East End since her marriage to the late Dr. William W. Kaplan in 1934. She is survived by two daughters, Sybil R. Zuckerman of Goleta, Cal., and Hilda J. Colten of Dover, Mass.; two sons, Herschel K. Kaplan of Knoxville, Tenn., and Di. 'Z. Michah Kaplan of Greenport, and by six grandchildren. Funeral services were held Jan. 20 at the S.B. Horton Funeral Home in Greenport, with Rabbi Ephraim Solomon officiating. Interment was in Washington Memorial Park in Coram. Memorial donations may be made to the Tifereth Israel Synagogue or Eastern Long Island Hospital. Snow; Winter's Warm Blanket For two weeks the ground was covered with a blanket of snow and then another two inches was added. Like all good blankets it keeps what's under it warm and snug compared to the inhospitable zero weather above. As a matter of fact, because of the blanket of snow, the mice and shrews that tunnel everywhere live in a safer world. Without that protective snow cover they take advantage of every leaf and bit of debris to hide from their predators, the hawks and owls. Now they can tunnel hither and yon and not worry about flashing wings and outstretched talons that are more deadly than any trap made by man. Their endless world of tunneled mazes is solely to seek out food. By day the small sparrow hawk or kestrel perched high on a limb or a roadside wire waits for the slightest move, that telltale sign of life below. Then in less time than it takes to tell about it, it drops like a stone with out - stretched feet in front ready to pick up the unsuspecting mouse or vole. Sometimes there are good hunting grounds with no high perch. In that case this hawk hangs above its prey, wings beating, but stationary in space. It has made its own perch in the air. The only other hawk that does this hovering is the much larger rough - legged hawk that visits us from the north during the winter months. Another real mouser we'll see over our fields and marshes is the long, thin- winged marsh hawk. This gently gliding hawk is mostly seen sailing close to the ground. He does not stalk from high tree top limbs, but hunts on the wing, its high dihedral wings moving back and forth with eyes always looking. The large white patch in the rump of its tail is a sure mark of identification. Twenty or 30 years ago marsh hawks nested here on Long Island, but as of late there are no records. Man has moved in too close -- the only place I know they nest now is on Gardiners Island and Plum Island. q @ (� lfl,(� @ D� M%1%]Tq Just as the natural world continues to operate under the snow, so our world continues to function above it. At home here the weather with its freshly falling snow has added burdens to our chores. My wife and I have just come in from feeding the animals. Hay had to be brought down from up back. As I struggled with the tightly wedged bales of soft green pressed hay, the special aroma that only hay can produce filled the building. Men like John Tuthill, who for years have cut and stored hay, know all too well this wondrous scent. As I carried the bales up to the old fence and tossed them over to.my wife to stack in back of the wagon, bits end pieces fall to the ground. Tonight the rA its will make their rounds on the top of 'tie snow and thank us for these tidy tidbits of summer. Our hedgerow is made up oi?a conglom- erate of shrubs and bushes, but i$ overrul- ed by the wild multiflora rose. I11Cs during the deep snows of winter that these spreading shrubs will get their natural pruning by the rabbits. Already the hedgerows are dotted with the droppings of tt..!se trimmers. Recycling works well here. Of course the dog thoroughly enjoys the snow. Once out he's torn between playing around us or heading on his own into the thickets for rabbits, who frustrate him by keeping in the thickest of briers where he cannot enter. Retrievers are not rabbit hounds. But he doesn't know the difference (continued on next page) XP M" =YAT Gm nmLQ'G 765 -1000 MAIN ROAD — PECONIC 722-3110 WrM QENUV E 6H PARTS. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW - -Above the snow, small birds check every potential weed for seeds, while below the mice and shrews tunnel about protected by the new - fallen snow. Photo by Paul Stoutenburgh January 22, 1981 Tbt 'Ouffo[k Timto Temperature Drops at Center PECONIC - -As if senior citizens on fixed incomes were not having enough problems keeping warm at home during this win- ter's subzero temperatures, for the past month most of them have been without a warm place in which to meet. A breakdown in the heating plant at the new civic center on Peconic Lane has forced the two senior clubs which recently made the center their headquarters to abandon its use until repairs are made. The Mattituck Senior Citizens Club attempted to meet in the town - sponsored center on Jan. 5, but had to cut the session short when the members found the cold more than they could take, even while bundled up in their overcoats and other cold weather gear. P attituck seniors canceled their eeting because there still was no e center. They now plan to hold . 5 meeting at 11 a.m. in the Legion Hall, their former ting place, and will probably gather for their semi - monthly sessions there until the civic center is made available again. William Pfeffer, president of the Mat- tituck club, said he has been informed by town authorities that a booster or sup- plementary ystem for the center heating plant is to b4installed, along with movable partitions to subdivide the large hall, that window drapes and outdoor - indoor car- peting are to he provided to make con- ditions more c1fortable. Pfeffer said th ,Mattituck group will meet at the Legion�I3all for the next two months, on the first and third Thursdays at 11 a.m. The Southold Senior Citizens Club finds itself at present without an alternative meeting place to fall back on. In the meantime, it has been unable to elect and install its new officers. Outgoing president Otto Lichtenberger, who is being succeeded by Kathryn Lang, said this week that if the outdoor tem- perature remains above 25 degrees it may be possible to continue meeting at the civic center. The club had to cancel its Jan. 14 meeting, at which installation of new of- ficers had been slated, because of the lack of heat and frozen pipes at the center. Its= next regular meeting is scheduled for Jan. 28, and Lichtenberger said an effort will be made to meet then at the center if the weather remains favorable. Besides Lang, the officers waiting to be seated are Leonard Cook, first vice president; Claire Hagerty, second vice president; Luisa DeGaetano, recording secretary; Alice Hulse, corresponding secretary, and Frank Kispert, treasurer. The Seniors of Southold- Peconic have been meeting without interruption because that group decided to remain in its present Southold Legion headquarters until adequate facilities for storing its kitchen utensils and other paraphernalia became available at the civic center. At its last meeting Jan. 8, the Southold - Peconic club elected a new slate of of- ficers. Herbert J. Brown was named president, succeeding Henry Lytle, who had served for more than two years after. becoming a founder of the club in 1978. Other officers for 1981 are Henry China, vice president; Marjorie Meyer, re- elected as secretary, and Frank - Paret, re- elected treasurer. The new slate will be inducted into office at today's meeting, at which the members Also are planning to mark release of the American hostages from Iran by holding a party in celebration of the occasion. -Focus on Nature (continued from previous page) and his ever - quivering nose is never satisfied unless it's sniffing something out. The longer he's out the bigger the balls of snow get between his toes. Every once in a while in his hasty pursuit of nothing he'll stop and chew at the bottom of his foot to dislodge those pesty balls of ice. Back at the barn we unload the hay and break one of the bales open for the horse, who's been waiting patiently for us to return. Already he has a dusting of snow on his thick coat. As I pass my hand through his heavy brown fur I can see why he'd much rather be outside than in his stall. The frozen water bucket is exchang- ed for a fresh one and a scoop of grain is dropped into his feed bucket. Now for the chickens -- who really don't like the snow at all. None are seen anywhere outside of their pen, but when we open thg door they stand huddled in the center looking, oh, so forlorn. Their floor has been turned over and over a thousand ` times by their busy feet in hopes of picking ii"ome- small morsel of food that was overlooked by the others. Egg boxes filled with fresh straw are being used because of their confinement. Usually they turn their backs on these and prefer to lay their eggs in some old bale of hay or under some debris in the corner of the barn. Some- times it's a real challenge to find their eggs. All the water is frozen so we break out the ice in the bucket and give them a fresh drink. Eggs, if not picked up soon enough, will freeze and crack -- no matter we'll take them in and use them. Surely they're fresh and we know where they came from. Routines similar to this have been going on since the beginning of time. Probably most were drudgery because of the limited conveniences. Today we must thank America's ingenuity for making life easier but sometimes it is too easy. Unless there is an effort put into our activities, there will be little true apprec- iation gotten from them. Perhaps that's why my chores today were not the same old drudgery of the past, but rather more of a joy to me. PAUL STOUTENBURGH $1,500 Burglary in Greenport GREENPORT- -Items valued at more than $1,400 were reported stolen from the home of Dean Eichorn Tuesday night. Police said someone broke into the house at 411 First St. between 6;30 and 9 p.m. A color television valued at $400, an electron- ic video game, $80, a 12 -gauge shotgun, $125, and a Nikon camera and accessories valued at $800 were listed as missing. Also reported stolen was $100 in cash. A radio scanner and car stereo unit were reported stolen from the home of Floyd Standish on Fifth Avenue last Friday. Police said the scanner was valued at $125. They did not place a value on the stereo. John Snee of Main Street was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was released in his own recognizance following arraign- ment before Justice Edward Boyd. A hearing has been set for Feb. 6. Arrested and charged with trespass on Tuesday was Kevin Jones of Seventh Street. He was also released in his own recognizance. A court appearance is scheduled for Friday. Russell Swan of Kaplan Avenue was arrested by Greenport police Friday on a warrant issued by Suffolk County Police. It was issued after Swan failed to answer a vehicle and traffic violation. He was released on $25 bail, A court date has not been set. Quiet at Plan Bd. SOUTHOLD -- Although the planning board met for more than 21/2 hours Tuesday night there was little official action. Approval was granted for a minor subdivision in Mattituck. The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing pending actions with various applicants. Dante and Helen Catullo were granted approval for a minor subdivision they propose for land located off Reeve Avenue. The approval will allow the Catullos to set aside a parcel of approximately one acre from the original seven -acre property. 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