September 05

Nancy O’Brien, a student at Oregon
Avenue Middle School, Medford, has
been waiting a long time for an answer
to a letter she sent two years ago.
Last week she finally got one. Nancy
and her fellow classmates in Thomas
Fordham’s fifth-grade class at Tremont
Avenue School didn’t use the U.S.
mails that May day in 1972 when they
sent off their messages. They used
the ocean currents off Smith Point
Beach, part of a science project to
study ocean currents. Many messages
did come back, one as far away as
Bermuda. But Nancy never heard
what happened to her bottle until this
week, when she learned it had landed
on the sandy beaches of Killadoon,
County Mayo, Ireland. It was picked
up there on July 17 by Mrs. Margaret
Powell of England, who was walking
along the beach with her family on
vacation. Nancy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward J. O’Brien of Phillips
Drive, Medford, thinks her bottle may
have traveled the farthest, but will not
know for sure until she checks with
her fellow classmates.
Seaman Recruit E-1 Edward J.
Vermeulen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward F. Vermeulen of Amity Street,
Patchogue, recently completed basic
training at Great Lakes, Ill. He is home
on leave until Sept. 12, when he will leave
for navigation school in Orlando, Fla.
The Patchogue-Medford Key
Club has announced a new slate of
officers elected for this year: Jonathan
Glass, president; Brian Hawkins, vice
president; Bryan Berkhoff, secretary,
and William Joyce, treasurer. The
advisor is Frank Candido, who has
continually contributed his guidance
to the club.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Rowse of
West Avenue, Patchogue, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Ellen, to Warren H. Knatz, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knatz of
Patricia Lane, Patchogue. Miss Rowse
graduated from Seton Hall High School
and Browne’s Business School and is
employed by the Village of Patchogue.
Mr. Knatz graduated from Patchogue
High School and is in the U.S. Coast
Guard. A June wedding is planned.
A summer wedding was the choice
of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wagner, who
were married July 13 at St. Joseph the
Worker R.C. Church, East Patchogue.
The bride is the former Miss Mary
Ellen Bassett of East Patchogue. She is
a bookkeeper for Finast Supermarkets
in Patchogue. Her husband, of East
Moriches, is employed as a machinist
with Bellpat Marine in East Patchogue.
Gary Sohl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Sohl of Station Road, Bellport,
is entering his senior year, majoring
in business administration, at the
American University in Washington,
D.C. His brother, Wayne Sohl, has
accepted a position with Macrodata
of Woodland Hills, Calif., as a
technical instructor in the application
engineering department.
Miss Barbara Ann Patanjo, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Patanjo of
General McLean Drive, was surprised
on Sunday afternoon at a bridal shower
given in her honor by Mrs. Kathy
Patanjo, Mrs. Linda Patanjo, Miss Kathy
Lockwood and Miss Susan Skidmore
at the VFW Hall in East Patchogue.
Miss Patanjo will become the bride of
William Cortes of Patchogue Oct. 13.
Richard Geiger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Geiger of South Country Road,
has returned to Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, to begin
his senior year.
Spending two weeks with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Harrow of Circuit Road
was their son, Donald Harrow, formerly
of Miami, Fla. Donald has left for
Honolulu, Hawaii, where he will begin
a new job.
Mrs. Eleanor McNamara of East Islip
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Theresa Mary, to Lawrence A.
Weiss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E.
Weiss of Brookhaven. Miss McNamara
is a graduate of Seton Hall High School
and is employed at Good Samaritan
Hospital in West Islip. Mr. Weiss is a
graduate of Bellport High School and
is a senior at Western New England
College in Springfield, Mass. An
August 1975 wedding is planned.

September 12

A fire of undetermined origin gutted
the office of the Patchogue Chamber
of Commerce at 57 West Main Street
last Thursday evening. According to
chamber executive director Edward M.
Mitchell, the fire broke out around 6
p.m., after the office had been closed
for an hour. None of the other offices in
the building, used as a Masonic temple,
were damaged, due to quick response
by the Patchogue Fire Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kentoffio Sr.,
of Buckley Road, Patchogue, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Sherry Lynn, to Bruce Geier, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Geier of Eagle
Avenue, Medford. Both are graduates
of Patchogue-Medford High School.
Miss Kentoffio is employed by the
Meat Way Packers on Medford Avenue,
Patchogue. Mr. Geier is employed with
the Suffolk County Buildings and
Grounds Department in Yaphank. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Louis J. Caprino Jr., of Hallock
Road, Patchogue, a senior at Oneonta
State College majoring in secondary
education in Spanish, is attending the
Instituto-Cultural in Madrid, Spain
for one semester. A 1971 graduate of
Seton Hall High School and a lifelong
Patchogue resident, he is the son of the
late Louis J. Caprino, also a lifelong
Patchogue resident.
Members of the Patchogue-Medford
Key Club scrubbed down 75 cars at
their annual carwash held last Sunday
on the corner of Main Street and
Waverly Avenue in Patchogue. The
club charged $1 for each car.
John E. Davis, son of Mrs. Roseann
Davis of Gilbert Street, Patchogue, was
promoted to Army private first class
in Germany. Pfc. Davis is a rifleman
in Company C, 1st Battalion of the
3rd Infantry Division’s 30th Infantry in
Schweinfurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald DiPierro took a
moment together for a photo after their
recent marriage at St. Francis de Sales
R.C. Church, Patchogue. The bride is
the former Miss Patricia Salamone of
Carman Street, Patchogue.
Corporal Lawrence S. Murray,
USMC, was promoted to his present
rank on Aug. 16 while serving with the
1st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe MC Air
Station, Hawaii. He is a 1972 graduate
of Patchogue-Medford Senior High
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Densing Sr.
of Neptune Avenue, East Patchogue,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Susan Lynn, to Pfc. Joseph
Michael Struss, also of Neptune
Avenue, East Patchogue. They have set
Nov. 23 for the wedding date.
The Bellport Hotel restaurant owned
by Lee and Steve Singler has changed
hands. The new owner is Tony Granatos
from Babylon, who is changing the
name of the restaurant to Tony Grant’s
Rainbow’s End.
Six members of the Bellport
Ambulance Company recently
received their EMT certificate upon
completion of the course at BOCES.
Those completing the course were Tony
Mirabelli Jr., Miss Karen Hermus, Tony
Mirabelli Sr., Jack Furman, Miss Julie
Whalley and Richie Geiger.
Brian Satterley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Satterley of Bieselin Road,
celebrated his second birthday on
Friday with a family party in his honor.
The Hearth Club held their monthly
meeting on Sunday at the home of
the chairman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Vollmer of Woodland Park Road. The
committee couples included Mr. and
Mrs. James Vaughan and Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Budny.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “Animal Crackers,” starring
the Marx Brothers; at the Plaza
Theatre: “That’s Entertainment,”
and at the Sun/Wave Twin Cinema:
“The Tamarind Seed,” starring Julie
Andrews and Omar Sharif.

September 19

The annual reception for new
teachers in Patchogue was held
Thursday evening, Sept. 19, at Felice’s
of Patchogue, sponsored by the
Patchogue Chamber of Commerce.
Approximately 65 newcomers to the
public and parochial schools attended,
including Frances Dunton of St. Francis
de Sales School, Patricia Fuchs of St.
Francis de Sales School, and Penny
Silberbusch of Bay Avenue School.
During the course of the evening,
music was furnished by teachers
and administration staff members,
who made their annual one-time
appearance. Those taking part were
Glenn Brown, Alfred Chiuchiolo, Robert
Governale, Paul Hauser, Francis Mazura,
Henry Schwab and Edward Syrewicz.
Navy Seaman Recruit Jerry H.
Kuby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Kuby of Circle Street, Patchogue, has
graduated from recruit training at the
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes,
Ill., and is now scheduled to report to
commissaryman school in San Diego.
Miss Patricia Ann Corley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Corley of
Potter Street, Patchogue, and Bruce
D. Henthorn of Northfork, W. Va.,
were united in marriage on Aug. 17
at St. Francis de Sales R.C. Church, Patchogue.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Davies of Jayne
Avenue, Patchogue, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 22
with a family dinner party at Mickey
Felice’s Steak House. Attending the
party were their four sons and their
wives. They have eight grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
The engagement of Irene Alice
Chernick, daughter of Mrs. Norma
Chernick and the late Jack Chernick
of East Patchogue, to Frank Peter
Weisz, son of Mrs. Frances Weisz of
East Patchogue and the late Joseph
Weisz, was celebrated on Sept. 21. Miss
Chernick is employed at Brookhaven
National Lab. Mr. Weisz is a CPA,
director of audit review at Saxon
Industries International. The wedding
will take place in May 1975.
Marie Louise A. Bonaduce, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bonaduce, and
Mary Elizabeth Meyer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas L. Meyer, both of
Bellport, were welcomed into the class
of 1977 at the Albany Medical Center
School of Nursing.
Miss Pecolia Brame of Bellport
Avenue celebrated her birthday on
Sept. 15 with a dinner party given in her
honor by her daughters, Miss Charley
Brame and Miss Frances Brame, and
her sons, Harry and Lonnie.
Marine Private Robert L. McClain Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClain of
Pace Avenue, Bellport, has completed
the motor vehicle operator course at
the Marine Corps Base, Camp LeJeune,
N.C. He serves with the Eighth Motor
Transport Battalion at Camp LeJeune.
Twin brothers Stephen Neumann
and Paul Neumann, seniors at Bellport
High School, are to be listed in the
eighth annual edition of “Who’s
Who Among American High School Students.”
Thanks for the Memories was the
theme of the 50th wedding anniversary
celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Everitt of South Howells Point Road.
The couple held a Tea Dance on
Friday evening, Sept. 20 at the Bellport
Country Club for their many relatives
and friends. The couple was married at
the Bellport Christ Church in 1924.
Navy Seaman Recruit Andrew W.
Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller
of Fairmont Avenue, Medford, has
graduated from recruit training at the
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
Gail M. Shortino of Medford will
be a member of the class of 1978 at
Russell Sage College this fall. She is a
daughter of Mrs. Jean E. Shortino and
is a graduate of Patchogue-Medford
High School.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “Animal Crackers,” starring
the Marx Brothers; at the Plaza
Theatre: “That’s Entertainment” and
at the Sun/Wave Twin Cinema: “The Tamarind Seed.”

September 26

Patchogue will hold a fall dance Oct.
19 at the Knights of Columbus Hall,
Railroad Avenue, Patchogue. Bernard
Charles and his band will provide
the music for dancing. There will be
special awards amounting to $1,000
plus bottles of champagne awarded on
the hour. General chairman is George Dege.
Linda Russell, a senior at Patchogue-
Medford High School, will be featured
in the 8th annual edition of Who’s
Who Among American High School
Students 1973-74. Linda is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Russell of
Elm Street, East Patchogue. She plans
to attend Suffolk Community College.
The Ladies Philoptochos Society of
St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church in
Blue Point held a tea Sept. 21 at the
church hall, with the entire proceeds
derived from the affair going for the
benefit of the Greek refugees on
Cyprus. Those helping to prepare the
many delicious Greek pastries served
at the tea were Mrs. Bessie Christie,
Mrs. Lorraine Chumas, Mrs. Kula
Pentheros and Mrs. Helen Laskaris.
Happy couple are Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Arthur Grau, who were married
July 28 at St. Francis de Sales R.C.
Church, Patchogue. The bride is the
former Miss Margaret Josephine
Britnell of Patchogue.
Kenneth P. Gathmann has reenlisted
in the U.S. Navy after completing a tour
of duty in Hawaii. He is now stationed
in Fort Meyer, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martino of
Central Avenue, Patchogue, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Judi, to Steve Barone, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Barone of Forest Avenue,
Shirley. No date has been set for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mehrman and
John Mehrman Sr., all of North
Brewster Lane, Bellport, spent the
weekend visiting relatives in Brewer, Me.
Spending the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Alan Thorndike of South Howells
Point Road were Mr. and Mrs. Todd
Gould of Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph Litcher of General McLean
Drive celebrated his birthday on
Sunday with a party in his honor given by his wife.
Spending the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Budny of Wigtel Lane
were the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Clark
of Berwyn, Pa. Rev. Clark was the first
rector of the Christ Episcopal Church
and was here to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kirchgessner of
Horseblock Road, Bellport, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Kathy, to Robert Paul Evans, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Evans of New
Hyde Park. Kathy is a 1971 graduate of
Bellport High School. She is employed
as a surgical secretary at the VA
Hospital in Northport. Mr. Evans is
a 1966 graduate of New Hyde Park
Memorial High School. He is presently
employed by the New York City Board
of Education and is currently working
towards his doctorate in music
education. An August 1975 wedding is planned.
Theresa Capobianco, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Capobianco
of Montauk Highway, Brookhaven,
recently celebrated her 5th birthday
with a party at home for many friends and relatives.
A 1915 fire engine with aerial ladder
will be one of the main attractions
at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical
Society’s Antiques Flea Market on
Saturday, Oct. 19. The fire engine,
which belongs to Jim Verni of
Brookhaven and his Shady Grove Fire
Department, is an American-LaFrance
and belonged to the Binghamton Fire
Department for 50 years. Originally
horse-drawn, it has been mechanized
and is Brookhaven’s pride and joy.
Philip Watson and Louis Andors,
both of Beaver Dam Road, completed
the 108-mile Bike-a-Thon held last
Saturday, from Center Moriches to
Montauk and back.
Brookhaven Cub Scout Pack 9
took a bus trip last Saturday to Shea
Stadium to watch the Mets play the
Pirates. James Roesner, John Bland,
Joan Watson and Eleanor Jankowski
chaperoned 25 Cub Scouts. This pack
is in need of a Cubmaster and leaders.
Playing this week at the Patchogue
Theatre: “Animal Crackers,” starring
the Marx Brothers; at the Plaza
Theatre: “That’s Entertainment” and
at the Rialto Theatre: Liza Minnelli in “Cabaret.”