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December 15, 1983 - The Mighty OakAN Page 18 The News - Review Photo by Paul Stoutenburgh THE MIGHTY OAK - -The oak tree is one of our most common species of tree here on Long Island. In Colonial days, special agents of the king went through the land in search of particularly good oaks and marked them for the Royal Navy's use only. HITACHI CASSETTE DECK SALE I* HITACHI D -El ANlfcfld leader nTechni CB Deck FEATURES: Soft Touch Control Dolby System - -- = Metel Taps Capability Repolady 5149.95 Now $109.96 OUANTITIES LIMITED Hitachi D -RV7 Auto- Reverse Cassette Deck *HITACHI A World Leader in Technology Now $299.95 -- - -- I December 15, 1983 The Mighty Oak By PAUL STOUTENBURGH Our wood stove, like any other, is always hungry and to satisfy its appetite I am always on the lookout for a source of wood. This year my supply started by cutting some of the felled trees that came from an area cleared for a new home. Luck would have it that a good friend of mine moved out to our area from the West End and built nearby. After spending months searching for a home, he finally decided to build and bought a large wooded lot in one of the many developments that are popping up throughout the town. Naturally an area had to be cleared for the house and it was these trees that I eyed for our future wood supply. What beautiful wood it was -- oak and hickory. If you know anything about quality of firewood, you know you'll find these two woods are always at the top of the list when it comes to giving off the most heat. So you can see why even though it was still summer I went up to his place and cut wood. Each day I'd cut enough to haul back home and slowly but surely my wood shed became filled. It was the first time I ever got a real head start on the winter's supply. Usu4lly I never get started early enough and then merely stay a week or so ahead. Two Kinds of Oaks Our oaks here on Long Island come in many shapes and sizes, but basically we have two. The king of all oaks is the white oak, with the black /red running second. The white oak is easily identified by its rounded tips, while the black /red oaks are truly pointed. Besides the leaf identification, the bark of the white oak is silvery white, whereas the black /red is deep grooved, rough and black. Many Acorns Under Foot This year has been an exceptionally good year for nut trees. Acorns are so thick in some of the areas that walking became difficult because of the huge numbers on the ground. I spent a lot of time walking around this fall and wherever I went this overproduction of acorns was always underfoot. There were even times when you could hear their presence as they fell on car hoods or house roofs. The acorn of the white oak is a handsome nut -- long and shiny and chocolate brown in color: They look so tempting they make you want to gather them up in hopes of eating them, which of course the Indians did in early times. This collecting of nuts of all varieties is still done by our squirrels, mice and other rodents that use their high source of protein all winter long from their stored caches. Many is the person who finds these chewed out of nut casings in odd places in the garage or in birdhouses they've cleaned out, giving evidence to Holiday Open House DEC. 17th Please Come Join Us For Refreshments. WE HAVE OVER 40 UNIQUE GIFTS - PRICED under $5.99 9 @ cp, �fl �3) @51 ufl�IQU�Tq this caching away for a winter's day by the squirrels and mice. If not acorns, you'll find the hickory nuts. These armor - plated nuts protect the.sweet meats in a casing almost impossible to break. Yet a small creature like the squirrel or mouse seem to have no trouble in getting through the hard shell. Many is the time I've looked out the window from our bedroom and seen the grey squirrel sitting on his favorite perch going through nuts as if they were candy bars. There's a particular limb on a particular tree where we always see this fellow with his tail up over his back, his two front paws busy turning the nut round and round, as the husk flies off. Below the tree is literally a pile of rubble that he has eaten his way through. His little paws handling these nuts and the pieces flying out are something to see. Mice don't demolish the nut casings as much as the squirrels do. They seem to have the ability to cut into these hard casings just so far and then somehow they are able to extract the meat, leaving most of the shell in tact. Hickory Wood Hard to Split This thick and armored shell of the hickory nut should give the woodcutter a hint of what's to come when he starts to split his hickory. The wood itself is just as contrary to get into. Oak, in general, splits easily, but the hickory defies every blow. Its stringy makeup and ability to defy splitting gives it the special characteristics that make this wood so popular for tool handles that take heavy abuse such as sledge hammers, axes, hammers, etc. Before the advent of plastic handles on hammers, all good hammers came with hickory handles. Hickory wood is even better on the list of woods to burn than our abundant oak. Yet oak has its place in the world of woods. Furniture, floors and other special uses put the oaks high on the list of wanted woods. White oak tops the list for structural boat wood and is one reason this country led all others on the sea. In the early days when we were an English colony, the king sent special selectors into our woods and put his seal on special trees for the Royal Navy. We've all but forgotten about the (continued on next page) If 3, t yen: Tues. - Sat. �y 10 -5 Heirloom Coun Collectibles McDermott Ave. (Behind McCabes) Riverhead 727-5909 CUSTOM CHAROS SOUND INC. er EASTERN L. I 's LARGEST AUDIO VI DEO SPI ( IALISTS 28 Cameron St. STORE HOURS. • Personalized Service Just off Main St. Over 50 Major Brands Southampton 10 TO 8 DAILY • Custom Installations 283 -4428 CLOSED SUNDAY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS December 15, 1983 The Mighty Oak By PAUL STOUTENBURGH Our wood stove, like any other, is always hungry and to satisfy its appetite I am always on the lookout for a source of wood. This year my supply started by cutting some of the felled trees that came from an area cleared for a new home. Luck would have it that a good friend of mine moved out to our area from the West End and built nearby. After spending months searching for a home, he finally decided to build and bought a large wooded lot in one of the many developments that are popping up throughout the town. Naturally an area had to be cleared for the house and it was these trees that I eyed for our future wood supply. What beautiful wood it was -- oak and hickory. If you know anything about quality of firewood, you know you'll find these two woods are always at the top of the list when it comes to giving off the most heat. So you can see why even though it was still summer I went up to his place and cut wood. Each day I'd cut enough to haul back home and slowly but surely my wood shed became filled. It was the first time I ever got a real head start on the winter's supply. Usu4lly I never get started early enough and then merely stay a week or so ahead. Two Kinds of Oaks Our oaks here on Long Island come in many shapes and sizes, but basically we have two. The king of all oaks is the white oak, with the black /red running second. The white oak is easily identified by its rounded tips, while the black /red oaks are truly pointed. Besides the leaf identification, the bark of the white oak is silvery white, whereas the black /red is deep grooved, rough and black. Many Acorns Under Foot This year has been an exceptionally good year for nut trees. Acorns are so thick in some of the areas that walking became difficult because of the huge numbers on the ground. I spent a lot of time walking around this fall and wherever I went this overproduction of acorns was always underfoot. There were even times when you could hear their presence as they fell on car hoods or house roofs. The acorn of the white oak is a handsome nut -- long and shiny and chocolate brown in color: They look so tempting they make you want to gather them up in hopes of eating them, which of course the Indians did in early times. This collecting of nuts of all varieties is still done by our squirrels, mice and other rodents that use their high source of protein all winter long from their stored caches. Many is the person who finds these chewed out of nut casings in odd places in the garage or in birdhouses they've cleaned out, giving evidence to Holiday Open House DEC. 17th Please Come Join Us For Refreshments. WE HAVE OVER 40 UNIQUE GIFTS - PRICED under $5.99 9 @ cp, �fl �3) @51 ufl�IQU�Tq this caching away for a winter's day by the squirrels and mice. If not acorns, you'll find the hickory nuts. These armor - plated nuts protect the.sweet meats in a casing almost impossible to break. Yet a small creature like the squirrel or mouse seem to have no trouble in getting through the hard shell. Many is the time I've looked out the window from our bedroom and seen the grey squirrel sitting on his favorite perch going through nuts as if they were candy bars. There's a particular limb on a particular tree where we always see this fellow with his tail up over his back, his two front paws busy turning the nut round and round, as the husk flies off. Below the tree is literally a pile of rubble that he has eaten his way through. His little paws handling these nuts and the pieces flying out are something to see. Mice don't demolish the nut casings as much as the squirrels do. They seem to have the ability to cut into these hard casings just so far and then somehow they are able to extract the meat, leaving most of the shell in tact. Hickory Wood Hard to Split This thick and armored shell of the hickory nut should give the woodcutter a hint of what's to come when he starts to split his hickory. The wood itself is just as contrary to get into. Oak, in general, splits easily, but the hickory defies every blow. Its stringy makeup and ability to defy splitting gives it the special characteristics that make this wood so popular for tool handles that take heavy abuse such as sledge hammers, axes, hammers, etc. Before the advent of plastic handles on hammers, all good hammers came with hickory handles. Hickory wood is even better on the list of woods to burn than our abundant oak. Yet oak has its place in the world of woods. Furniture, floors and other special uses put the oaks high on the list of wanted woods. White oak tops the list for structural boat wood and is one reason this country led all others on the sea. In the early days when we were an English colony, the king sent special selectors into our woods and put his seal on special trees for the Royal Navy. We've all but forgotten about the (continued on next page) If 3, t yen: Tues. - Sat. �y 10 -5 Heirloom Coun Collectibles McDermott Ave. (Behind McCabes) Riverhead 727-5909 December 15, 1983 1 The News - Review Page 19 FOCUS.. . (continued from previous page) mighty forest that once spread throughout our land and it's been a long time since we've heard the whining of the mill saw cutting timber. There are, perhaps, two mills that still cut an occasional tree here on Long Island, but only for special orders. I'm told even now that the mill is leery of cutting trees unless the history of the tree is known. Think of the beautiful, big tree along our roadside. All through its long history, it has been used to nail signs and notices on or perhaps even in earlier days fences were attached to it. From the outside a tree may look fine but buried deep inside is a history of nails, spikes and barbed wire fence. No saw mill operator is Carey - Shockey Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Carey of Middle Road, Riverhead, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Deborah Allen Carey, to Raymond Reid Shockey of Warden, Wash. The future bride, a graduate of Riverhead High School, Mt. Holyoke College and the University of Washington in Seattle with a Master of Architecture degree, is presently an apprentice architect, writer and consultant on hospice and architecture in Seattle, Wash. Mr. Shockev. son of Janet Reid anxious to have his saw ruined by such hidden booby traps. The town that eliminates its trees along its roadsides is a dreary one for sure with little charm. A home without trees around it becomes bleak and bare. Trees offer us so much and ask so little in return. Yes, we do have to rake their leaves each fall but, stacked against the year -round pleasure we receive from them, it's well worth it -- particularly if we use the leaves for mulch. Cinctustrial h farm Equipment - ROLLE BROS. ROUTE 58, P.O. BOX 358 RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK . Phone 727.4383 4 Your Authorized Sperry -New Holland dealer. 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HITACHI CASSETTE DECK SALE *HITACHI D -El rlO leader n Tidadopy C8 Deck FEATURES: Soft Touch Contra Dolby Syatam . -- Motel Tape Cepab*ty Rsgldarly =149.95 Now $109.96 OUANTITIES LIMITED Hitachi D -RV7 Auto- Reverse Cassette Deck Now $299.95 *HITACHI A World Leader in Technology •0i -- D-RV7 The Mighty Oak By PAULSTOUTENBURGH Our wood stove, like any other, is always hungry and to satisfy its appetite I am always on the lookout for a source of wood. This year my supply started by cutting some of the felled trees that came from an area cleared for a new home. Luck would have it that a good friend of mine moved out to our area from the West End and built nearby. After spending months searching for a home, he finally decided to build and bought a large wooded lot in one of the many developments that are popping up throughout the town. Naturally an area had to be cleared for the house and it was these trees that I eyed for our future wood supply. What beautiful wood it was -- oak and hickory. If you know anything about quality of firewood, you know you'll find these two woods are always at the top of the list when it comes to giving off the most heat. So you can see why even though it was still summer I went up to his place and cut wood. Each day I'd cut enough to haul back home and slowly but surely my wood shed became filled. It was the first time I ever got a real head start on the winter's supply. Usually I never get started early enough and then merely stay a week or so ahead. Two Kinds of Oaks Our oaks here on Long Island come in many shapes and sizes, but basically we have two. The king of all oaks is the white oak, with the black /red running second. The white oak is easily identified by its rounded tips, while the black /red oaks are truly pointed. Besides the leaf identification, the bark of the white oak is silvery white, whereas the black /red is deep grooved, rough and black. Many Acorns Under Foot This year has been an exceptionally good year for nut trees. Acorns are so thick in some of the areas that walking became difficult because of the huge numbers on the ground. I spent a lot of time walking around this fall and wherever I went this overproduction of acorns was always underfoot. There were even times when you could hear their presence as they fell on car hoods or house roofs. The acorn of the white oak is a handsome nut -- long and shiny and chocolate brown in color. They look so tempting they make you want to gather them up in hopes of eating them, which of course the Indians did in early times. This collecting of nuts of all varieties is still done by our squirrels, mice and other rodents that use their high source of protein all winter long from their stored caches. Many is the person who finds these chewed out of nut casings in odd places in the garage or in birdhouses they've cleaned out, giving evidence to Holiday Open House DEC. 17th Please Come Join Us For Refreshments. WE HAVE OVER 40 UNIQUE GIFTS - PRICED under $5.99 �a4�r�o this caching away for a winter's day by the squirrels and mice. If not acorns, you'll find the hickory nuts. These armor - plated nuts protect the.sweet meats in a casing almost impossible to break. Yet a small creature like the squirrel or mouse seem to have no trouble in getting through the hard shell. Many is the time I've looked out the window from our bedroom and seen the grey squirrel sitting on his favorite perch going through nuts as if they were candy bars. There's a particular limb on a particular tree where we always see this fellow with his tail up over his back, his two front paws busy turning the nut round and round, as the husk flies off. Below the tree is literally a pile of rubble that he has eaten his way through. His little paws handling these nuts and the pieces flying out are something to see. Mice don't demolish the nut casings as much as the squirrels do. They seem to have the ability to cut into these hard casings just so far and then somehow they are able to extract the meat, leaving most of the shell in tact. Hickory Wood Hard to Split This thick and armored shell of the hickory nut should give the woodcutter a hint of what's to come when he starts to split his hickory. The wood itself is just as contrary to get into. Oak, in general, splits easily, but the hickory defies every blow. Its stringy makeup and ability to defy splitting gives it the special characteristics that make this wood so popular for tool handles that take heavy abuse such as sledge hammers, axes, hammers, etc. Before the advent of plastic handles on hammers, all good hammers came with hickory handles. Hickory wood is even better on the list of woods to burn than our abundant oak. Yet oak has its place in the world of woods. Furniture, floors and other - special uses put the oaks high on the list of wanted woods. White oak tops the list for structural boat wood and is one reason this country led all others on the sea. In the early days when we were an English colony, the king sent special selectors into our woods and put his seal on special trees for the Royal Navy. We've all but forgotten about the (continued on page 18A) pen: Tues. - Sat.J1119% - 10-5 Heirloom Country Collectibles WeDermott Ave. (Behind McCabes) Riverhead 727 - 5905 CHAROS SOUND INC. -- — EASTERN L.1 's LARGEST AUDIO VIDEO SPI- .('IAI.ISTS 28 Cameron St. STORE HOURS • Personalized Service Just off Main St. Over 50 Major Brands Southampton to To a DAILY • Custom Installations 283 -4428 CLOSED SUNDAY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS The Mighty Oak By PAULSTOUTENBURGH Our wood stove, like any other, is always hungry and to satisfy its appetite I am always on the lookout for a source of wood. This year my supply started by cutting some of the felled trees that came from an area cleared for a new home. Luck would have it that a good friend of mine moved out to our area from the West End and built nearby. After spending months searching for a home, he finally decided to build and bought a large wooded lot in one of the many developments that are popping up throughout the town. Naturally an area had to be cleared for the house and it was these trees that I eyed for our future wood supply. What beautiful wood it was -- oak and hickory. If you know anything about quality of firewood, you know you'll find these two woods are always at the top of the list when it comes to giving off the most heat. So you can see why even though it was still summer I went up to his place and cut wood. Each day I'd cut enough to haul back home and slowly but surely my wood shed became filled. It was the first time I ever got a real head start on the winter's supply. Usually I never get started early enough and then merely stay a week or so ahead. Two Kinds of Oaks Our oaks here on Long Island come in many shapes and sizes, but basically we have two. The king of all oaks is the white oak, with the black /red running second. The white oak is easily identified by its rounded tips, while the black /red oaks are truly pointed. Besides the leaf identification, the bark of the white oak is silvery white, whereas the black /red is deep grooved, rough and black. Many Acorns Under Foot This year has been an exceptionally good year for nut trees. Acorns are so thick in some of the areas that walking became difficult because of the huge numbers on the ground. I spent a lot of time walking around this fall and wherever I went this overproduction of acorns was always underfoot. There were even times when you could hear their presence as they fell on car hoods or house roofs. The acorn of the white oak is a handsome nut -- long and shiny and chocolate brown in color. They look so tempting they make you want to gather them up in hopes of eating them, which of course the Indians did in early times. This collecting of nuts of all varieties is still done by our squirrels, mice and other rodents that use their high source of protein all winter long from their stored caches. Many is the person who finds these chewed out of nut casings in odd places in the garage or in birdhouses they've cleaned out, giving evidence to Holiday Open House DEC. 17th Please Come Join Us For Refreshments. WE HAVE OVER 40 UNIQUE GIFTS - PRICED under $5.99 �a4�r�o this caching away for a winter's day by the squirrels and mice. If not acorns, you'll find the hickory nuts. These armor - plated nuts protect the.sweet meats in a casing almost impossible to break. Yet a small creature like the squirrel or mouse seem to have no trouble in getting through the hard shell. Many is the time I've looked out the window from our bedroom and seen the grey squirrel sitting on his favorite perch going through nuts as if they were candy bars. There's a particular limb on a particular tree where we always see this fellow with his tail up over his back, his two front paws busy turning the nut round and round, as the husk flies off. Below the tree is literally a pile of rubble that he has eaten his way through. His little paws handling these nuts and the pieces flying out are something to see. Mice don't demolish the nut casings as much as the squirrels do. They seem to have the ability to cut into these hard casings just so far and then somehow they are able to extract the meat, leaving most of the shell in tact. Hickory Wood Hard to Split This thick and armored shell of the hickory nut should give the woodcutter a hint of what's to come when he starts to split his hickory. The wood itself is just as contrary to get into. Oak, in general, splits easily, but the hickory defies every blow. Its stringy makeup and ability to defy splitting gives it the special characteristics that make this wood so popular for tool handles that take heavy abuse such as sledge hammers, axes, hammers, etc. Before the advent of plastic handles on hammers, all good hammers came with hickory handles. Hickory wood is even better on the list of woods to burn than our abundant oak. Yet oak has its place in the world of woods. Furniture, floors and other - special uses put the oaks high on the list of wanted woods. White oak tops the list for structural boat wood and is one reason this country led all others on the sea. In the early days when we were an English colony, the king sent special selectors into our woods and put his seal on special trees for the Royal Navy. We've all but forgotten about the (continued on page 18A) pen: Tues. - Sat.J1119% - 10-5 Heirloom Country Collectibles WeDermott Ave. (Behind McCabes) Riverhead 727 - 5905 Page.18A The Suffolk Times December 15,x1983 Let's Look Back 75 Years Ago December 12, 1908 Christmas Hints from Santa Claus' Helpers: For young girls -- Set of collar pins; crescent brooch, set with pearls; gold bar tie pin; hand embroidered turnovers and cuffs; all dainty neckwear; silver garter clasps; good standard books; set of the American poets; shirt waist box; silk for dress or blouse; bows for the hair; silver slipper buckles; carbon prints or photographs. For the young man of the family -- sleeve buttons, silver pencil, coat hanger, penknife, cigar cutter, leather collar box, satchel tag, linen table cover or a photograph frame for his room. For the little girl -- dolls, games, workbox, skates, string of beads or a music roll. For the small boy -- baseball, games, studs, face mask, penknife, stamp book, skates, books or a box of paints. Fifty Years an Editor: Henry A. Reeves, editor of the Republican Watchman, of Greenport, was honored by the Suffolk County Press Association at the Hotel Wyandank in this village Monday afternoon, in honor of his 76th birthday and his 50th anniversary as editor and proprietor of the Watchman. He was presented with a handsome gold watch and fob from the members of the association, quite a number of whom sat down to dine with him on that eventful day. For some weeks the Fourth Estate of Suffolk County had been planning to celebrate Mr. Reeve's golden anniversary as a molder of public opinion. It was in the nature of surprise, but it was a great pleasure to him. It may be of interest to know that at the time Mr. Reeves assumed charge of the Watchman, there were but five newspapers published in the entire county, viz. the Sag Harbor Corrector, the Watchman, the Long Islander and the Bulletin of Huntington, and the Suffolk Weekly Times of Greenport. These sheets are still published. Mr. Reeves is a bachelor. In all his 76 years of life he has seldom carried a watch, and although he has done much traveling, it is his boast that he has only a few times missed a train or a boat. 50 Years Ago December 15, 1933 Sisters Win Opportunity Contest: The Renalli Sisters, Lillian and Olive, were, by the hearty applause of the crowd at Glynne's Greenport Theater, selected as the winners of the finals in the Opportunity Contest which was staged on Tuesday evening of this week. Edward Mossie, of Southampton, acted as Master of Ceremonies with Manager Herman Ficken of the theatre, serving as judge to Our Time Is Your Time No, that's not the title of an old Rudy Vallee song. It's our way of reminding you that, at The North Fork Bank, we go out of our way to be sure our offices and drive -up windows are open when it's most convenient for you to do your banking. Many are open until as late as 8 PM on Fridays, and others until 6 PM. And all drive -ups are open until 4:30 PM Mondays through Thursdays. Most drive -ups and several offices open for business as early as 8:30 in the morning. For instance, here are the hours we're open in this area: MATTITUCK Walk -up FULL SERVICE (Home Office) 245 Love Lane Mondays - Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 8:30 - 3:00 Fridays 8:30 - 6:00 8:30 - 6:00 Drive -up facility DRIVE -IN Main Road Mondays; Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 Fridays 8:30 - 8:00 CUTCHOGUE 28200 Main Road Mondays - Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 8:30 - 3:00 Fridays 8:30 - 6:00 8:30 - 6:00 SOUTHOLD 130 Main Road Mondays - Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 8:30 - 3:00 Fridays 8:30 - 6:00 8:30 - 6:00 GREENPORT 230 Main Street Mondays - Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 8:30 - 3:00 Fridays 8:30 - 6:00 8:30 - 6:00 JAMESPOR f Main Road and Circle Drive Mondays - Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30 8:30 - 3:00 Fridays 8:30 - 8:00 8:30 - 6:00 In short, our time is your time. T1* T BANK & TRUST O. Member F.D.I.C. PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ... LIKE YOU Main Office: Mattituck 298 -8366 Greenport Southold Cutchogue Jamesport Shelter Island Quogue Southampton Speonk - Remsenburg East Moriches Mastic Beach Shirley Blue Point Loan Production Office: East Hampton 324 -7230 determine by the applause of the crowd those who were selected as the winners. The following amateur contestants participated: Miss Eleanor Long, who did a tap dance on roller skates and rendered vocal selections; Mrs. I. Clark of Shelter Island, recitations; Jack White, of Southampton, the Singing Cowboy; Miss Lorraine Busso and Miss Theresa DeLalla in a song and dance act; Miss Phyllis Hardy, humorous characterization act and dance; Melody Stringed Trio, Walter Sterling, John Foster and Gabriel Grilli. Second prize was awarded to the Melody Stringed Trio and the third prize to Jack White, the Singing Cowboy. Community Carol Singing: Everyone in Greenport is invited to share in the Carol singing around the lighted Christmas tree on Christmas Eve at 10 o'clock in the park at First and Main Streets. The Union Choirs will lead in the Old English Carols everybody loves. At 10:30 those wishing to join in a social hour with refreshments to wait until 11:30, are all invited across the street to the parish house of Holy Trinity where a jolly hour can be spent before the Mid- night service begins. If the weather should keep the singers indoors the carols can be sung around a lighted Christmas tree in the parish house. Everyone is most welcome. 25 Years Ago December 12, 1958 Parking Meters Inactive: In order to facilitate motor traffic and make shopping in Greenport easier during the busy Christmas season, the Village Board of Trustees at a recent meeting voted during the Christmas holiday season to make the parking meters in the business section inoperative from Monday, December 15 to and including January 3, 1959. Nurse at ELIH Completes 40 Years Service: On Thursday of last week, December 4th, Miss Laura Goodale completed forty years of active service as one of the night nurses at Eastern Long Island Hospital. Miss Goodale, during her many years of faithful, conscientious service and loving care of patients has won for herself many friends in Greenport and vicinity. Miss Goodale, who during her many years of nursing, especially in the maternity department of the hospital, started her career at the Eastern Long Island Hospital in December 1918. We join her many friends in wishing Miss Goodale many more years of humanitarian service at the hospital. Focus... (continued from page 16A) mighty forest that once spread throughout our land and it's been a long time since we've heard the whining of the mill saw cutting timber. There are, perhaps, two mills that still cut an occasional tree here on Long Island, but only for special orders. I'm told even now that the mill is leery of cutting trees unless the history of the tree is known. Think of the beautiful, big tree along our roadside. All through its long history, it has been used to nail signs and notices on or perhaps even in earlier days fences were attached to it. From the outside a tree may look fine but buried deep inside is a history of nails, spikes and barbed wire fence. No saw mill operator is anxious to have his saw ruined by such hidden booby traps. The town that eliminates its trees along its roadsides is a dreary one for sure with little charm. A home without trees around it becomes bleak and bare. Trees offer us so much and ask so little in return. Yes, we do have to rake their leaves each fall but, stacked against the year -round pleasure we receive from them, it's well worth it -- particularly if we use the leaves for mulch.