September 7

Long Islanders suffered through the
worst heat wave since records were
first filed at Brookhaven National Lab
in 1949, as temperatures went into the
90s for the ninth straight day. The
hottest temperature so far was 97,
recorded a week ago today at Upton.
Matthew Kellers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Kellers of Washington
Avenue, Patchogue, was recently
notified that he is to be featured in
the seventh annual edition of Who’s
Who Among American High School
Students. A graduate of Patchogue-
Medford High School, Matthew plans
to attend Suffolk Community College this month.
Pvt. Michael E. Stanton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph R. Stanton of Medford
Avenue, Patchogue, graduated from
the Combat Engineer School at the
Marine Corps Base, Camp LeJeune,
N.C. He joined the Marine Corps in March 1973.
Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Clasen of
Patchogue announce the engagement
of their daughter, Karen M. Clasen, to
Russell K. Ebner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth M. Ebner of Commack. Miss
Clasen is a 1971 graduate of Patchogue
High School and Suffolk Community
College and is now employed at
Rite Aid in Patchogue. Mr. Ebner is
a 1971 graduate of Commack North
High School and attended New York
Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyler.
September 1974 has been set for the wedding.
Albert C. Pickford of Robinson
Avenue, East Patchogue, received an
Ivy Leaf award at Aurora College, Ill.,
for superior scholarship during the
spring term. Albert graduated from
Patchogue High School in 1972.
The Hagerman Gamblers baseball
team, who have accomplished
something that in all probability
will never be equaled (nine straight
wins in the Brookhaven Town fire
department slo-ball championships),
were finally dethroned last week as
they lost to Port Jeff four games to
one in a best-four-out-of-seven series.
The South Shore champs include Vinny
Costanzo, Jim Colichio, Kevin Hunter,
Mike Rignola, Bob Pizzo, Tony Frabizio,
Chuck Maragioglio, Tim Gerard and
Nick Masem. Manager is Ken Kramer.
Merle L. Lento of Munsell Road
graduated Sept. 1 from Nova University
at New York Institute of Technology,
Old Westbury campus. A Bellport
High School graduate, class of 1961, he
attended University of Buffalo, where
he received his BS degree in social
welfare and his MS in counseling and
guidance from Nova.
Alice Fallatik, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent R. Capicotta of Bieselin
Road, Bellport, has been assigned to
Sheppard AFB, Texas, after completing
Air Force basic training. The airman
has been assigned to the Technical
Training Center at Sheppard for
specialized training in the missile
maintenance field. She is a 1973
graduate of Bellport High School.
Mrs. Ida Ponting has returned to
Liverpool, England, after spending the
summer in Bellport with her brother,
Thomas H. Gordon and his family
of North Howells Point Road. Mrs.
Ponting’s first visit to Bellport was 12 years ago.
John Maloney of Brookhaven has
been named to the Dean’s List at
Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester.
The son of Mrs. Jean Maloney of
Brookhaven, he is completing a major
in music education.
Posing for the photographer after
their marriage ceremony Aug. 4 at St.
Joseph the Worker R.C. Church, East
Patchogue, were Mr. and Mrs. James
Craig Ullian. Bride is the former Miss
Maureen Elyse Fogarty of Fuoco Street, Bellport.
Laura Berger, a 3-year-old resident
of Medford, recently placed first
runner-up in the Pee Wee Long Island
Hemisphere pageant held at the Holiday
Inn in Hempstead. The Hemisphere
beauty pageant is the largest children’s
pageant in the world today.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “The Mackintosh Man,”
starring Paul Newman; at the Plaza
Theatre: “Last Tango in Paris,” with
Marlon Brando, and at the Sun/Wave
Twin Cinema: Malcolm McDowell in “O Lucky Man.”

September 14

A new business enterprise was
formally launched in Patchogue this
week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
at the Home Town Villa, at the corner of
West Main Street and Railroad Avenue.
Opening of the new establishment
culminated an extensive renovation of the building.
Penn Glass won the championship
of Patchogue Village’s annual
countywide Labor Day weekend
softball tournament. The team is
coached by Charles Atkins and this
year’s most valuable player was Gary Schaefer.
Donald A. Aviano of Patchogue has
been awarded a scholarship to help him
continue his studies in the biomedical
program at Albany Medical College.
Mr. Aviano, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald A. Aviano of Hallock Road,
Patchogue, has completed two years
of the program and is commencing his
first year of study at Albany Medical College.
Lucky couple are Mr. and Mrs.
Laurance Leichtman following their
wedding Aug. 12 at Temple Beth El
in Patchogue. She is the former Miss
Carol Engel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Engel of Patchogue. He is the
son of the late Dr. Irving Leichtman
and Mrs. Marvin Carmen of Patchogue.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Gualtieri and their
daughter, Christine Kelly, have just
moved into their new home on Lyman
Road, East Patchogue, from their
former residence in Ronkonkoma.
Navy Seaman Recruit David G.
Hannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Hannon of Kreamer Street, Bellport,
graduated from recruit training at the
Naval Training Center in Great Lakes,
Ill. He is a former student of Bellport
Senior High School.
Michael Florio, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Florio of General McLean
Drive, left on Sunday for his second
year in medical school at the University
of Brussels, Belgium.
Miss Susan Kan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Kan of Circle Road,
just returned from a nine-week trip
to Alicante, Spain, where she was
visiting friends. Alan Kan has returned
to the University of Brockport, N.Y.,
where he is in his second year. Alan is
majoring in physical education.
Miss Margaret Ell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Ell of Fuoco Street,
celebrated her 12th birthday Sept. 5
with a family party in her honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Perino and family
of North Howells Point Road, Miss
Debbie Turner of New Jersey Avenue
and Mr. and Mrs. George Mistler of
Woodland Park Road attended the
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Mistler’s
granddaughter, Miss Robin Strier of
Guilford, N.Y., to William Butler. The
reception was held in the Treadway
Inn in Norwich, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cumming and
their sons, James, Jonathan and Jared
of General McLean Drive, spent the
Labor Day weekend at Mountain
Spring Lake in Pennsylvania.
Peter and Steven Brown, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Chapel
Avenue, Brookhaven, have recently
returned to Alfred University in upstate
New York. Peter is a sophomore and
Steven is a senior. Both are studying
business administration.
David Fuka, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Fuka of Chapel Avenue, will
celebrate his 11th birthday on Sept. 16
with a luncheon and miniature golf.
To help David celebrate will be Jeremy
Springhorn, Gilbert Halpin, David
Farrell, Fred Cerrillo, David and Steven
Winslow, Michael LaClaire, Larry Fink
and Richard Fuka.
The August winners in Bellport
Women’s Golf Club play were: Helen
Cohen, fourth flight; Betty Petrocine,
third; M. Ratner, second; Betty Bishop,
first, and Diane Roe, championship flight.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “The Mackintosh Man,”
starring Paul Newman; at the Plaza
Theatre: Marlon Brando in “Last
Tango in Paris” and at the Rialto
Theatre: Come and huddle with “The
Cheerleaders” plus “Fritz the Cat.”
 

September 21

Doug’s House of Beef at 485 Waverly
Avenue, North Patchogue, was
destroyed by fire early Saturday
morning. The House of Beef was
gutted, and seven nearby stores in the
shopping area known as the Gateway
Plaza Shopping Center were damaged
by smoke and water. The cause has not
yet been determined and no injurieswere reported.
Dr. Peter A. Spina of Grenville Avenue,
Patchogue, was appointed Dean of
Instruction at Suffolk Community
College, effective in September. Dr.
Spina has been a resident of Patchogue
since 1966. His wife, Suzanne Meyer Spina,
is a lifelong Patchogue resident.
A display window at the Arthur Simon
Gas Station at 145 West Main Street,
Patchogue, was knocked out by young
hoodlums Friday morning. The Simons
moved to Patchogue in 1905, and
Miss Beatrice Simon said the panes
of glass smashed were the original
ones installed when the building was
erected. She said she saw four or five
young people walking past at 2 a.m.,
and suddenly the windows were broken
by use of a stick. When she called out
at them, Miss Simon said they walked
slowly away, as though certain nothing
would ever be done to stop them. She
was unable to see their faces, however.
Air Force Sergeant Sanford J. Weeks,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford O. Weeks
of Patchogue, has recently returned
from a two-year tour of Italy. He will be
attending a 10-week course in heating
systems at Wichita Falls, Texas, before
going to his permanent duty station
at Pease AFB, N.H. Sgt. Weeks’ wife,
Aubrey, is also an Air Force sergeant.
She is a finance specialist and will be
stationed at Pease.
Airman Jeffrey J. Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack E. Smith of Terry
Road, Patchogue, has been assigned
to Chanute AFB, Ill., after completing
Air Force basic training. He has been
assigned to the Technical Training
Center at Chanute for specialized
training in aircraft maintenance.
Airman Smith is a 1973 graduate of
Patchogue-Medford High School.
Miss Jodie Quigley of Manchester, N.Y.,
became the bride of Douglas Daniels II,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Daniels of
East Lakewood Street, Patchogue. The
wedding took place on the lawn of the
bride’s parents home and was followed
by a reception there of approximately 100 guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blake of East
Patchogue announce the engagement
of their daughter, Cathy, to Donald Hiller
of Yaphank, son of Mrs. Doris Bishop
of Lake Ronkonkoma and the late
Alfred Hiller of Yaphank. A November
wedding is planned.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mehrman of Brewster
Lane, Bellport, celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary on Saturday with
a party given in their honor by their
children, Diane, Nickey and John. The
affair was held at the Spring Lake Golf
Club for many relatives and friends.
Marine Reubin B. Houston, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Stevens of Provost
Avenue, Bellport, completed infantry
specialist training at the Marine Corps
Base at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Satterley of
Colonial Lane announce the birth of
their second son, Michael, on Aug.
28. Welcoming Michael home from
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital was his
3-year-old brother, Nicholas Jr.
Wayne Losee, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chuck Losee of Beach Street,
Brookhaven, will celebrate his 11th
birthday on Sept. 24 with his family.
Miss Patricia Ann Webster of Lindner
Court has enrolled at the Katharine
Gibbs School in Huntington for the oneyear
secretarial course.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “The Mackintosh Man,”
starring Paul Newman; at the Plaza
Theatre: “Last Tango in Paris,” with
Marlon Brando, and at the Rialto Theatre:
“Fearless Fighter,” a Kung-Fu thriller.

September 28

Dr. David M. Bikoff, a practitioner of
family medicine in the Patchogue area
since 1955, has been named director
of the new Department of Family
Medicine at Brookhaven Memorial
Hospital.
Marine Private Kevin S. Curry, son
of Mrs. Elizabeth Curry of Sunset
Lane, Patchogue, graduated from basic
training at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
Mr. and Mrs. John Purdy of
Washington Avenue have announced
the birth of their first grandson, Brian
Christopher Simpson, born Aug. 20 at
the University of Virginia Hospital,
Charlottesville, Va. Fred Purdy
has enlisted in the U.S. Navy and is
stationed at Great Lakes, Ill.
Robert Prybyzerski Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Prybyzerski of
Woodside Avenue, celebrated his 3rd
birthday Sept. 12. On hand to help him
celebrate were Thomas and Veronica
Anne Buhl, Nicole Tache, Kelli Ann Rupe,
Robert Louis and newborn Jennifer
Prybyzerski, Kimberly Ann Martin,
Michael and Paul D’Ambrosio, Lisa
Marie and Billy Grant, Bobby Benson
and Bobby Nicoletti. The birthday boy’s
grandparents, Mrs. Joseph LaVeglia
and Mrs. Edward Prybyzerski, were also
on hand.
Josephine M. Puigserver, a junior at
the College of Mount Saint Vincent,
Riverdale, N.Y., was on the Dean’s List
for the fall and spring semesters, 1972-
73. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Juan Puigserver of Woodside Avenue.
Mrs. Hattie Raynor of Orlando, Fla.,
formerly of Patchogue, is visiting
relatives—Mr. and Mrs. Bert Raynor and
Mrs. Gertrude Makella—in Patchogue
until Sunday.
Marcia Zegel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold L. Zegel of Case Avenue,
has been invited to become a press
aide at Regis College in Weston, Mass.,
where she is a senior. Marcia is the only
new press aide chosen for the current
academic year. They are responsible for
collecting and releasing campus news
at the liberal arts college for women.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pontieri of
Patchogue announce the engagement
of their daughter, Nelli, to Bob Kavander
of Patchogue, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Kavander, also of Patchogue.
No date has been set for the wedding.
The Patchogue Jeffersonian
Democratic Club is going to honor John
S. Belzak with a testimonial dinnerdance
at Felice’s on Oct. 12. Mr. Belzak
is being honored for his 23 continuous
years of service to the Village of
Patchogue as superintendent of public
works.
Stephen A. Clifford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Clifford of Bieselin
Road, Bellport, has been enrolled as a
freshman majoring in civil engineering
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for
the fall semester.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mehrman of
North Brewster Lane and Mr. and Mrs.
Dezso Tenke of Burbank, Calif., spent
the weekend at Cape Cod, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heins of
Academy Lane announce the arrival
of their second son, Jamisen Jarad, on
Aug. 27. Jamisen Jarad was welcomed
home from Brookhaven Memorial
Hospital by his 5-year-old brother,
Christian.
Joanne Dougherty, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt N. Dougherty of
Livingston Road, is one of the more
than 500 members of the entering
freshman class at Dean Junior College.
Miss Susan E. Barry of Bellport,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Francis
Barry of South Country Road, received
honors for the spring term at Skidmore
College, N.Y. Miss Barry is a graduate
of Seton Hall High School.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “Cleopatra Jones,” at the Plaza
Theatre: “Last Tango in Paris” and at
the Sun/Wave Twin Cinema: “Harry in
Your Pocket!”