May 4
At last Monday’s Patchogue Village board meeting,
Mayor Robert T. Waldbauer presented former Fire Chief
Vincent C. Felice with a certificate of appreciation for
a job well done. Mr. Felice has been a member of the
Patchogue Fire Department since 1957 and he served
as chief for the past two years. He has been succeeded
by Chief Joseph B. Rhodes.
On April 15 Justine Louise Brandi was baptized at
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church, Patchogue. Her
godparents are Frances Brandi Deshler of Shirley and
Frederick L. Stella of Patchogue. A buffet was held
following the ceremony at the home of her parents,
Joann and Joseph Brandi of Cleveland Street.
Crossed swords ushered Capt. and Mrs. Carl L.
Jensen from the sanctuary of St. Francis de Sales
R.C. Church, Patchogue, recently, following their
marriage. The bride is the former Miss Trudy Rocco of
Patchogue. Her husband is with the Brooklyn unit of
the Army Reserve National Guard.
The Patchogue-Medford High School Chess Team
has won the 1973 New York State Novice Chess
Championship. The team consists of Joe Hanlon, Art
Older, Otto Ondruska, Brian Quinn, Joe Hernandez, Pat
Garland and George Dippel. Mr. Guberman is chess
club advisor.
Albert C. Pickford of Patchogue received an Ivy Leaf
Award at Aurora College, Ill., for superior scholarship
during the winter term. A freshman, he is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pickford. He graduated from Patchogue
High School in 1972.
Airman Joseph A. Tackenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Tackenberg of Maple Avenue, Patchogue,
has completed Air Force basic training at Lackland
AFB, Texas. The airman is remaining at the Air
Training Command base for specialized training in
communications-electronics systems. He is a 1972
graduate of Patchogue-Medford High School.
Miss Joy Heyman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Heyman of Howard Street, Patchogue,
will be married Nov. 18 to Alan P. Finkelstein of
Flushing. Miss Heyman received her master’s degree
from Southern Connecticut College and is presently
teaching in the Patchogue-Medford School District.
Mr. Finkelstein received his master’s degree from St.
John’s University and is presently teaching in the New
York City school system.
Navy Electrician’s Mate Third Class John D. Hahn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hahn of Pine Street,
Patchogue, is a crewmember of the fleet ocean tug USS
Tawasa, contingent unit of a special task force which
is clearing mines from North Vietnamese harbors. A
1970 graduate of Patchogue Senior High School, he
joined the Navy in July 1970.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ell and their children, Margaret
and David of Fuoco Street, Bellport, spent the Easter
holidays touring Washington, D.C. They enjoyed a
visit to the White House, the Capitol, Kennedy Center,
and attended mass at the National Shrine.
The Country Greens Drive Gourmet Club met on
Saturday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Don
McInturff, with a creole dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. George Eleazer of New Jersey Avenue
spent a week in Bermuda in celebration of their 19th
wedding anniversary.
Ricky Perino of North Howells Point Road, who is
12 years old, recently received his trophy for bowling a 276.
Playing this week at the Plaza Theatre: “Sleuth,”
starring Lawrence Olivier and Michael Caine; at the
Sun/Wave Twin Cinema: Bruce Lee in “Fists of Fury.”

May 11

Two area students were among 12
Long Islanders honored Saturday at
the annual Prize Day ceremonies held
at Union College in Schenectady. They
are Todd M. Kana of Bellport, a 1970 graduate
of Bellport High School, and William
D. Katz of Patchogue, a 1971 graduate
of Patchogue-Medford High School.
Todd was awarded the Edith Emilee
MacCoy prize for his excellence in botany.
William, a political science major,
received the James Goodrich-Alexander
Duane prize for best speaker in an
extemporaneous debate.
Seventh-grade students from the
South Ocean Avenue Middle School
in Patchogue recently visited Washington,
D.C., on a two-day tour of the
nation’s capital.
Mrs. James E. Budd of Center Street,
Patchogue, has made known the
engagement of her daughter, Susan, to
William Mara of Stamford, Conn. Miss
Budd will graduate this month from
the University of Pennsylvania School
of Oral Hygiene in Philadelphia. Her
fiancé is enrolled at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. The
wedding is set for August.
Louis Dioguardo of Grove Avenue, Patchogue,
graduated from St. Leo College
in Florida with a bachelor’s degree in
business administration. He is the son
of Anthony Dioguardo and the late
Mrs. Teresa Dioguardo.
Frank Tuzza of Woodacres Road, East
Patchogue, was surprised at a family
birthday party in his honor on Easter
Sunday at the home of his in-laws, Mr.
and Mrs. Nino Rubini of George Street.
Among the guests attending were his
wife, Olga, and his children, Nina,
Doreen and Adam. On April 23 Mr. and
Mrs. Tuzza departed from Kennedy
Airport for Curacao in the Caribbean.
They returned home on May 1 after a
very enjoyable vacation.
George H. Rose of East Patchogue was
initiated into the local chapter of Phi
Alpha Theata, an international honorary
fraternity in history, at the State
University College at Fredonia.
Gary Sohl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Sohl of Station Road, Bellport,
is home from the American University
in Washington, D.C., where he completed
his sophomore year in business
administration.
Mrs. Estella Hooker celebrated her
95th birthday May 5 at the home of her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth L.W. Rose. Many relatives and
friends were present at a dinner party
in their honor, including Mrs. Hooker’s
grandson, S. William Hankins, of Madison, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Igoe and their
sons, Scott, Steven, Peter and Paige, of
Bieselin Road, recently spent a week
visiting Mrs. Igoe’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Getzin of Erie, Pa.
Dr. Arthur Dermer, principal of Bellport
High School, has announced that
Thomas Savino, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Savino of East Patchogue, will
be the class of 1973 valedictorian, and
Archie W. “Chipper” Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Brown of Bellport, will be
the salutatorian.
Michele Tinsley, a senior at the Hewlett
School of East Islip, has been accepted
into the freshman class of Wellesley
College, Wellesley, Mass. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Tinsley of Beaver Dam Road, Bellport.
Michele’s interests when she attends
college will be medicine and law.
The Bellport golf team suffered its
first defeat in 45 consecutive matches
to a tough Sayville squad in very
bad weather. Tom Palace, Bellport’s first
man, was the sole winner. Bellport got
back on the winning track by defeating
Newfield at Bellport golf course. Palace,
Jeff Wood and freshman Pete Bonti
were the winners for Bellport.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “Theatre of Blood,” with Vincent
Price and Diana Rigg; at the Plaza
Theatre: “Sleuth,” starring Laurence
Olivier and Michael Caine, and at
the Rialto Theatre: Charlton Heston in
“Soylent Green.”
 

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