PAGE SIX THE BREWSTER STANDARD— ESTABLISHED 1869 THURSDAY, MARCH <strong>23</strong>, 194' iiainiinnifliiniiiniiiiniiiiniiiNiiiiniii^ PEACH LAKE • NORTH SALEM • P URDY S THIS PAGE IS DEVOTED TO OUR NORTHERN WESTCHESTER READERS niiinininiiiiniiiiniiiiniiiimiiiviiiiniuiniiiaiia^ Westchester Schools Win Jalvage T Services in the Methodist Church will be held Sunday evening at 7:30. All are cordially invited to attend the service. NORTH SALEM Kenneth Fox, who has been farm manager for Mr. Van Bomel, has moved to Sherman. Conn. Several from here attended the card party at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Croton Falls, last Friday evening. Miss Gladys Parrott. who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. George Hoyt. has returned to her home on Long Island. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Butler have moved to the Van Bomel Farm where he is employed. Sgt. and Mrs. John Lyons and daughter iare spending sejveral days with Mr. Lyons' parents. Mr. Harold Nelson, who has been recuperating at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Aiken Knox, following a major operation! has returned to his home on Sta ten Island. — o BUY WAR BONDS' PURDYS Parkway ToD Plan Up To Washington ************ Ordnance Depot In Ireland Honored • •••••••••••••••••••'•"•::•"• CROTON FALLS HAPPENINGS GATHERED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS EVERY WEEK •;::^Bi::;''Hi:I'BMM'H^I'H-LH::;:;^,"•'-•i:i/H'i^H!!;:•tl.''H!i"•l'! : >H[Hl:..la...B •'
HURSDAY, MARCH <strong>23</strong>, <strong>1944</strong> THE BREWSTER STANDARD — ESTABLISHED 1869 PAGE SEVEN JOIN THE RED CROSS DAN CARLO Mason Contractor Tel. Brewster <strong>23</strong>59 JAMES SNIDERO General Contractor Tracking Sand and Gravel Theo. K. Schaefer Counsellor at Law Brcwsttr, N. Y. Telephone 260 Insurance Real Estate Primary Election Set for March 28th Enrolled Voters of Three Parties Will Elect Committee Members and Dele- rates to Presidential Convention. <strong>Historical</strong> Sketch of Brewster (Continued from Page 2) THE PUTNAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Brewster, N. Y. Incorporated 1871 OFFICERS George E. Jennings, President Arthur P. Budd, Vice President I. Hart Pnrdy, Vice President Startaret R. Mackey, Secretary and Treasurer Deane C. Comstock, Counsel Deposits made on or before the tenth business day of January, and July will bear interest from the first of these months, re- •pectiveJy. . No appraisal fee charged appli cants for mortgage loans : FIRST NATIONAL BANK BREWSTER, N. Y. Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Capital $100,000 Surplus $37,700 BURGLAR PROOF VAULT A modern burglar proof safe deposit vault has recently been installed. Boxes rent for $5 per year. k. DOUGLASS MEAD. President [HENRY H. WELLS. Vlce-Pres. LE. D. 8TANNARD. Cashier [D. K. STANNARD. Asst-Cashler The list of party members for offices In state and county follow: REPUBLICAN Members of State Committee — D. Mnllory Stephens and Page Schwarz- waelder. County Committee Town of Carmel District No. 1—Orson H. Lyon and Ruth O. Ganong. District No. 2—Willis H. Ryder and Ann M. Stock. District No. 3—Margaret Carr and Fred Miller, Jr. ' District No. 4—Evelyn Haddcn and Frank George. Town of Kent District No. 1—Henrietta Christen - sen and Bernard J. Harrison. District No. 2—Ella Steinbeck and Harold Casey. District No. 3—Ella B. Palmer and John M. Koehler. District No. 4—Edward Kolpln and Susanna McGovern. Town of Patterson District No. 1 — Varna N. Knowles, Frank Lyden, Mary Frances Harper and George J. Pfahl. District No. 2—Elsa Hollman. Clara Wlldman, Vincent Hattrlck and Wil liam E. Lowe. Town of Putnam Valley District No. 1—Emily Kammererand Jack McAdle. District No. 2—Florence Travis and Cortlandt P. Bennett. District No. 3—John C. Allen and Vera Estrlne. Town of PhlUpstown District No. 1—I. Evangeline Vande- mark. Mary Yannitelli, Terrence King and James A. Bosco. District No. 2—Edward Adams, Julia M. Hustis, Willis Scofleld and Amy Barrett. District No. 3—WiUard P. Lusk. Mary C. Oram, Almee D. Masher and Leslie K. Palen. Town of Southeast District No. 1—Wm. H. Polye and Ethel Ferguson. District No. 2—Harold M. Reynolds and Mary E. Churchill. District No. 3—Edith M. Fowler and C. William Rich. AMERICAN LABOR Members of State Committee—Moe Smith, Benjamin Robblns, Anna Sher- over, Irwin Panken and David Trevas. Members of State Committee—Jo seph Vondras, Jacob Souberman, Ruth Goode and Jennie Bennett County Committee Town of Putnam Valley District No. 1 — More Smith and David Trevas. District .No. 2— Anna Sherover and Benjamin Robblns. District No. 3 — Belle Surdln and Rebecca Vasllew. Town of Phillpstown District No. 1—John Harrington and Morris Miller. Town of Kent District No. 3—Paul Dammas and Hazel Cummings. Town of Patterson District No. 1—Irwin Panken and Dorothy Smith. DEMOCRATIC Members of State Committee —'• Ai- leen O. Webb and John J. Brennan. County Committee Town of Carmel District No. 1—No designation. District No. 2—Ruth Mead and Wil liam O'Brien. District No. 3—No designation. District No. 4 — Stephanie Grassi and Margaret Foreman. Town of Kent keepsie and took up the profession of law, received honors from Harvard and Dartmouth, occupied an instruc tor's chair in Columbia University, and in 1804 was appointed to the Su preme Court. Later he was withdrawn and appointed Chancellor In 1814. The various and learned decisions handed down by him have given him fame. It has been said that Kent was to the United States what Blackstone was to Britain. Chancellor Kent was easily Southeast's most honored son. His memory is honored by a bust in the Hall of Fame at <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> University. Very well celebrated was a grand son of the Rev. Ellsha Kent, Ellsha Kent Kane, .the well-known Arctic ex plorer. Fannie Crosby Near the birthplace of Chancellor Kent, Fannie Crosby, familiarly known as the "blind hymn writer," was born After receiving her own education she devoted most of her endeavors to teaching others who were afflicted as she was. She also founded a school for the education of the blind in <strong>New</strong> Jersey. Miss Crosby wrote more than a thousand hymns. At some of the ln-gatherings at the "Old Southeast Church" a half-hour of song service was conducted before the regular serv ice, the hymns of Fanny Crosby being sung. In her memoirs, Fanny Crosby speaks of seeing Daniel Drew passing her home frequently, and once he brought her a little new-born lamb to comfort her for one she had lost. She said that Mr. Drew frequently drove large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle past on his way to markets in <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong>. Revolutionary Hero Enoch Crosby was not a native son of Southeast, but was. brought by his parents to Putnam County in 1753, at the age of three. It is a matter of record that his parents lived in South east at different intervals. Enoch was working in Danbury, Conn., when the Revolution began, enlisted, and rend ered outstanding service to his coun try. He was the hero of J. Fenlmore Cooper's novel, "The Spy". After the close of the Revolutionary War, he purchased a farm In the western part of the Town of Southeast and lived there the remainder of his life. He served as Supervisor of this town 1812-1813. Southeast loaned many of her sons to the several wars in which our coun try has been engaged. The one to attain greatest prominence was Gen eral Darius Couch, who was bora In Milltown. General Couch served In the War Between the States, having commanded the 2nd Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Home of the Circus Earl Chapln May in his fascinating •book "From Rome to Ringling" said: edge of a Postmaster is established when Mr. A. F. Lobdell was ap pointed by President Lincoln In 1883. Mr. Lobdell served in this capacity under Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur, retiring in 1887. Mr. Lobdell had opened a store in 1860. This business enlarged and continued to serve its customers until 1933 at which time Mr. A. F. Lobdell, Jr., retired, and entered the banking business in the Putnam County Savings Bank, an institution which Mr. A. F. Lobdell had been instrumental In organizing, and which has continued prosperously until to day. The store of A. F. Lobdell was the only mercantile house to engage In the same business over the longest duration, In the same family. Incidentally, Miss Marjorie Addis and Mr. F. S. Hall have the distinc tion of "carrying on" In the business of their respective fathers. Captain Moore Captain S. G. Moore, while not a native of Southeast, spent much of his life here, having married a South east girl, Miss Sarah Baldwin. Capt. Moore in early life was well launch ed as a printer, having served his ap prenticeship in that vocation, and was later in the employ of Harper Broth ers. Bora at Sag Harbor, L. I., prob ably the sea was in his blood. Indoor life was not to his liking for he join ed a whaling expedition, remaining "on board" for seven years, then join ed an expedition fitted out to investi gate the. "gold fever" in California. After sailing the "Seven Seas" till 1856 in merchant service, he was An ally persuaded by the American Board of Foreign Missions to take command of the missionary packet "The Morn ing Star," launched at Boston, Mass., and visited many of the islands in the Sandwich group.' "The Morning Star" was built by voluntary contri butions of those interested in mission ary work. Certificates of stock were issued to all contributors. The only certificate held in this vicinity was held by Mrs. Pauline Crosby, grand mother of Mayor Wells. A book en titled ."The Morning Star," written by Mrs. Jane S. Warren, pays the fol lowing tribute to Capt. Moore: "Here we must take leave of Capt Moore, who now relinquished the command (at Honolulu) and returned to Amer ica. How different the Impression made by him upon the heathen people from that which had been made by too many American Captains. To the missionaries he has been a Christian brother, and friend, and by his exam ple has recommended the religion they taught. He will ever retain their grateful remembrances and cordial es teem." .Trivia and Not So Trivia Those Brewster men evidently had iron in their blood, for it Is recorded State Income Tax Returns Due April 15 Taxpayers Advised to Deduct 25 Per Cent From Figure Appearing as Tax Due, Church Services BREWSTER BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. H. P. Foulk, Minister Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Albany, Feb. 24—Mail distribution of 1943 <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> State personal income tax forms, due April 15, was begun to day when the Department of Taxation and Finance released the first of sev eral million blanks, it was the big gest mailing operation In the history of the department Most taxpayers will have their choice of two forms in making out their returns for 1043: 1—Form 201, which will be received through the mail by every taxpayer who filed a return last year. This is the regular six-page form, similar to last year's blank, and may be used by any taxpayer. 2—Optional Form 200, which will be available at all offices of the Depart ment of Taxation and Finance, and at all banks in the State. This Is the new single-page, simplified return, which may be used to report income from only wages, salaries, commissions, pensions, Interest, dividends, partner ships, estates, or trusts. It is esti mated about two-thirds of the State's personal Income taxpayers qualify for its use, which is entirely optional. Rollln Browne, president of the State Tax Commission, pointed out that there would be no direct mall distri bution of the new forms because they could not be printed in time for the enormous job of preparation for mail ing—folding, inserting and addressing of envelopes. Neither form contains any provision for or reference to the 25 per cent reduction in tax, but Commissioner Browne said this would present "ho difficulty. The taxpayer will simply figure his income tax in the usual manner, he explained, and then reduce the tax by one-fourth. The reduction does not apply to the unincorporated business tax. Because of the higher State exemp tions, not every Federal income tax payer will be required to file a <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> return. Under the <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> law, you are required to file a State return if you are single and had net Income of $1,000 or more in 1043; if you are married and had joint net in come of $2,500 or more, or, if your gross Income was $5,000 or more. It was emphasized that, in the case of taxpayers who reside in the State, none of the State income tax has been withheld at the source. The State tax is not deducted from wages or sal aries of residents. 8T. LAWRENCE O'TOOLE CHURCH Brewster, N. Y. Rev. Joseph Heaney, Pastor Sunday Masses at 7, 9 and 11 a.m.. with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament after the last Mass. o- ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Frederick A. Coleman, Rector "Virtually all the 'rolling shows' orig- j that the great-grandfather of the inated near Brewster, N. Y. 'Uncle Brewsters who came to Southeast, Nate Howes' became enamored and operated an iron foundry in Orange gained temporary possession of Hack- aliah Bailey's 'Old Bet' about 1826. and with this elephant and the first canvass-roofed round top, of which there is any record, routed his show as far up as Bangor, Maine. His broth er, Seth Benedict Howes, 11 years old, accompanied him. The profits re turned with that expedition gave Southeast and vicinity such a violent 'circus fever,' that for many years af ter, any visitor could drop into any store in Southeast and find that eith er the proprietor or clerk of both, had followed a 'red wagon' as an employ er, employee, or stockholder, perhaps all three. Later Brewster was the hub of the American circus world. Seth B. Howes had greatly improved upon the technique of his brother. Nathan, District No. 1 — Hamilton Townsend) and from Grouping' under a tiny 'big and Clarence Townsend. District No. 2—Alpha R. Whltonand Frances T. Carey. District No. 3—Andrew Natale and P. Stephen Noonan. District No. 4 —John J. Brennan and Joseph Schaller. Town of Patterson District No. 1 — Ward Segur and George E. Jennings. District No. 2—Mary A. Devine and Cecilia Qulnn. Town of Putnam Valley top', founded, owned and managed 'Howes' Great London Circus,' Inci dentally amassing a large fortune. He built two fine residences, Stonehenge in Southeast Center, and later the castle-like 'Morningthorpe'. on Turk Hill, both named in remembrance of places in England." William Lewis, Horseman Another feature mentioned by Mr. May was: "The gorgeous street par ades staged by the circus." and in that connection speaks of William Lewis. District No. 1—Harry G. Silleck and who was the first man to drive 24- 8UPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO GEORGE CRUTHERS MARJORIE RUSSELL KOCSUTA FRANCIS CRUTHERS MARY CRUTHERS JAMES CRUTHERS RITA CRUTHERS SEND GREETING Paul Schmlttman. District No. 2 — Rose White and Catherine T. Smith. District No. 3 — Wilbur Singer and Fred Ernst. Town of Phillpstown horses in one "hitch". This feat de manded great skill and strength. Peo ple in those days depended entirely upon horsepower, and therefore loved
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