II— EIGH T TH E E A S T H A M P T O N S T A R . E A S T H A M P T O N . N. Y.. J U L Y 22, 1965

l o o k in g th e m o v e r

C ontinued F rom II— 1

of East H am pton w h o m arried Elizabeth M ulford . daughtei of W il­liam M ulford, w as Mr. M oran ’sg r e a t -g r e a t -g r e a t -g r e a t -g r e a t -g r a n d -

father) and fo r a gentlem an in T exas w ho is gathering Barnes data in the hope o f updating existin g Barnes genealogies.

W e have exchanged a cou p le o f letters. Mr. M oran has m y East H am pton H istory ; he has secured cop ies o f early Barnes w ills from England. He has received in form a­tion from Mrs. B assford and has done considerable other research ; but still finds som e points that are not quite clear to him.

He says: " I f you w ish to turn the m atter over to som e loca l genealogist w ho has m ore tim e, I w ill b e glad to correspond. This situation really does concern East H am pton, because those o f us in other parts o f the country w h o are interested natural­ly expect that you in East H am p­ton w ill kn ow the truth and can set us straight. . .”

W ell, if any loca l genealogist w ou ld care to com e forw ard , I w ill gladly g ive him or her M r. M oran's address.

Here is another gen ea logy letter w hich has gone too lon g unansw er­ed, and w hich also calls fo r som e­one with m ore tim e on her hands than I have!

Mrs. R oy C. A nderson o f Portland, Ore., also has the East H am pton H istory. She w rites: “ A t the bottom o f page 757 y ou say: 'She and her W ick children w ere taken to live with the East H am pton gran dpar­ents. .

“ Both grandparents — Jones and Talm age, w ere dead b y this tim e (1755) and I w ou ld like v ery m uch to trace Elizabeth Jones W ick after the death o f her husband.”

Elizabeth Jones, daughter o f E d ­w ard and H annah T alm age Jones

o f East H am pton, m arried in 1728 John W ick. B ridgeham pton tavern - keeper (that tavern was, u n fortu ­nately, torn dow n to m ake room for a garage; it stood just past w here the stoplight is now , go in g into Bridgeham pton ).

Mrs. A n d erson ’s m aiden nam e was W ick. B ridgeham pton is o f f m y beat, r ea lly ; and w ith ou t considerable look in g, I cou ld not trace the W ick - Jones fam ily story. I do k n ow a little abou t that Joh n W ick , he sent a son to Y ale. But w hen he d ied (apparently, accord in g to this letter, it w as in 1755) I never knew. It is possib le that Elizabeth cam e back to East H am pton be fore her parents d ied (in 1745 and 1740. respective ly ).

P erhaps som e B ridgeham pton authority on gen ea logy can help?

A nd here is a letter from L ou is T. V ail, n ow o f N ew P ort R ichey , Fla. M r. V ail know s a great deal o f Sag H arbor gen ea logy . He says that he has sent M rs. V ictoria G ard ­ner o f the Sag H arbor E xpress som e o f h is data on the h istory o f that v illa g e ; and he has qu ite a lo t o f gen ea logy for the older Sag H arbor fam ilies, especia lly the P etty fa m ­ily — descendants o f E dw ard Petty o f S outhold .

I am so glad to hear from Mr. V a il again, a fter a lon g silence.

R obert Schenck , son o f Mr. and Mrs. E dw in S ch en ck o f East H am p­ton, w rites from L ittle R ock , A rk. H e m oved there last m onth from G eorgia and is p racticing landscape arch itecture. M r. S ch en ck savs: “ On a tour o f the restored T erritoria l C apital a M rs. M. Z . B air m en ­tioned that W illiam W o o d ru ff cam e from a p lace on L on g Island that she w as u nable to locate. I asked h er w h ere — and she rep lied it w as ‘F irep lace .-

“ I told her that I cam e from near there. S he dug up som e data and brochures on this W ood ru ff, w h o fou n d ed the A rkansas G azette,

JOHN Q. ADAMS ICE PRODUCTS

CAKESC U B E S

CRUSHED27 KING STREET Tel. 324-0505

Wins Scholarship

d t hE LW Y N R IC H A R D H A R R IS JR.. son o l M r and M rs. E lw yn R. Harris o f Springs, has been aw arded the 1965 Scholarsh ip A w ard by the d i­rectors o f the Springs Im provem ent S ociety . R ichard w ill enter Baker U niversity in B aldw in , Kan., in Septem ber as a science m ajor. Form al presentation o f the aw ard w ill be m ade at the Fisherm an's Fair on A shaw agh H all green A ug. 14.

oldest new spaper w est o f the M iss­issippi R iver, in 1819. I thought y ou w ou ld be interested. I a lso saw a series o f w ritin gs b y W o o d ru ff ’s daughters w h ich m en tion ed people from the H am ptons and Sag H ar­bor.”

A fter read in g a b r ie f story o f W illiam W ood ru ff, I do n ot be lieve that it w as ou r F irep lace on G ard ­in er ’s B ay, w h ere he w as b o m . T h ere is (or w as) another F irep lace, in B rookh aven T ow n on G reat South B a y : I on ly fou n d that ou t w h en I w as research ing on S u ffo lk C ounty sh ipw recks, ten or a dozen years ago.

W illiam E dw ard W ood ru ff, so the story goes, “ w as b orn at F irep lace, S u ffo lk C ounty, L on g Island, D e ­cem ber 24, 1795. H e w as ea rly tra in ­

ed as a prin ter in the sam e o ffice in w h ich W alt W hitm an later w o r k ­ed. bein g apprenticed ou t at the a ge o f 14 to on e A lden S poon er o f B rook ly n ." (A ld en S poon e i, you k n ow , had a paper in Sag H arbor at on e tim e.)

In 1817 y ou n g W ood ru ff le ft B rook lyn to seek his fortu n e in the W est. He w en t to P ittsburgh ; then to L ou isv ille , K en .; then havin g an o ffe r o f a jo b w ith a p rin ter at N ashville, Tenn., he w ent there. (He sent h is trunk b y w ater to N ash­ville , bu t w a lk ed there h im self.)

H earing o f the creation o f the new territory o f Arkansas, m ade o ffic ia l Ju ly 4, 1819, he decided to g o there and establish a paper. He bou gh t a sm all, secon d-h an d screw p rinting press w ith type, w hich he carried to the C um berland R iver. B y steam ­boat and p irogue, he fin a lly arrived at A rkansas Post on Oct. 30, 1819.

T hat is all v ery interesting . I w ill g iv e the m ateria l Mr. S ch en ck has sent to ou r lib ra ry 's L ong Island C o l­lection , sin ce that F irep lace — though not ours — certa in ly b e ­longs in L on g Island h istory.

“ T im e " fo r J u ly 2 featured : "T h e Best R esorts: S um m er in the U .S .A ." under the h ead ing “ M odern L iv in g : R ecreation : Splendors at H om e."

T he resorts d escribed ranged from Sea Island to the M ain Coast, and w estw ard to C aliforn ia . O ne o f the co lo r p ictures sh ow ed “ T h e E le­gant M aidstone C lub at East H am p ­ton, L on g Island, a fo ca l poin t for 400 m em bers, w h o golf, sw im and p lay tennis on grass courts at the A tlan tic 's ed ge .”

O ne lon g paragraph describes ou r T ow n . It speaks o f the r iv a lry b e ­tw een S ou th am pton and East H am p­ton (that dates b a ck to bou n d ary d isputes in C olon ia l tim es):

“ F or years, Sou th am pton cla im ed

a socia l edge. . . It had tighter restrictions. . . East H am pton, on the oth er hand, had orig in a lly been settled b y artists, and n ow has been red iscovered b y the abstract e x p res ­sionists, and realists, notab ly M ark R oth ko , A d o lp h G ottlieb and M oses S oyer. .

T hat is n ot str ictly true. East H am pton w as a sum m er resort fo r

A S S E S S O R S ' N O TIC E

N otice is h ereb y g iven that the A ssessors o f the T ow n o f East H am pton h ave com p le ted their as­sessm ent ro ll fo r the cu rren t year. T hat a c o p y th ereof has been left w ith the u ndersigned assessors, at their o ffic e , w h ere it m ay be seen and exam in ed b y an y p erson in ter­ested therein , from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 and from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m . each day, ex cep t S aturdays, until the third T u esday o f J u ly n e x t o r Ju ly 20 and that on such d ay fro m 9 o ’c lo ck a.m . to 12 :0 0 and from 1:0 0 o ’c lo ck to 4:00 o ’c lo ck p.m ., the A ssessors w il l m eet in the A ssessors ’ O ffice , 159 P a n tig o R oad , East H am pton, in the said T ow n , to hear and exam in e all com pla in ts in re ­la tion to such assessm ents on the ap plica tion o f any p erson co n ce iv ­ing h im se lf agg rieved th ereby. D ated this 29th D ay o f June, 1965.

E D W A R D W. H U L T S E U G EN E D. H A A S , JR. S H E P P A R D F R O O D A ssessorsT ow n o f East H am pton E ast H am pton, N ew Y o rk

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N ew Y ork ers and P h iladelph ian s in painted it and b rou gh t their fe llo wthe 1840’s, lon g b e fo re the T ile C lu b artists out here.and Thom as M oran w rote it up and “ O ne o f O u rs”

W E L L D R I L L I N GFARM IRRIGATION

PUMPS AND WATER SYSTEMS Burk's Pumps

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R IV E R H E A D , L . I. P A R K 7-2124

AN EVENING OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCES

PLAN A PARTY THAT IS DIFFERENT — SOCIAL — FUN !

For Clubs, Motels, Private House Parties

Contact Mr. Fred Franz

c o General Store Hither Hills State Park

Alcoholic Anonymousm eets e v ery T u esday n igh t a t 9

ST . L U K E 'S C H U R C H East H am ptonT el. 537-0461

Pete's Auto BodyP eter D eleski. P rop .

Collision Repairs

Auto Refinishing

Windshields and Flat Glass

T el. 537-1470

M ontauk H ig h w ay, East H am pton

OUT00TWI

Phone:324-0465 33 Newtown Lane

East Hampton, N. Y.

DREESENSEXCELSIOR MARKET

Selected Poultry PRIME MEATS Sea Foods Frozen Food Assorted Salads

T & W Ice Cream

COOKED ON ORDERTurkey Roast Beef Capon

Bar-B-Q Chicken

Newtown Grocery35 Newtown Lane

324-2020

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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables W E D E L I V E R

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it a Z c L S c / , o o fDuncan Dance Art and Crafts Music Appreciation

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WEDNESDAYS THE UNCALLED 4THEATER SPECIAL FROM $1.95

(B u dget D inners) M on day to T h ursday , 6:30 - 8:00 S U B T R A C T $1.00 from p r ice o f entree

M O N T A U K H IG H W A Y

m id w a y B ridgeh am pton and East H am pton T el. 537-9866

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Res. P hone 267-3311

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Car Notesby H ow ard Sw anson

T h e top o f this a dvertisem en t d esignates a tax cut w in d fa ll w h ich it d e fin ite ly is n ot . . . bu t if y ou w an t to con s id er the am ount o f m on ey y ou can save b y taking ad ­van tage o f purchasing y ou r n ew or used ca r b e fo re the State T a x is lev ied . . . then y o u m ig h t con sider it a w in d fall.

T h e 2 p er cen t N ew Y o r k State Sales and C om pensating U se T ax im posed under A rtic le 28 o l the T ax L a w applies to sales and rentals o f tangib le personal p roperty , con su m ­e r ’s u tility charges, restaurant m eals, adm ission and am usem ent charges, dues to socia l and a th letic clubs, rental o f h o te l room s, charges for certa in services and the use o f p rop ­erty w ith in N ew Y o rk State.

In addition , A rtic le 29 o f the T ax L a w authorizes a city , or cou n ty to im pose a sales or use tax o f up to 3 p er cent. V endors, recip ients o f am usem ent charges and operators o f h otels are requ ired to co lle ct both the N ew Y ork State Sales and Use T ax and sim ilar c ity o r cou n ty taxes to w h ich they are subject.

In general, the use tax is im p os­ed pn the sam e item s on w h ich the sales tax is im posed w h en the prop ­erty and services are used in N ew Y o rk State on and a fter A u gu st 1, 1965. T h is in cludes tan gib le personal p roperty purchased at retail such as autom obiles. That is w h y w e say to you . . . I f y ou b u y y ou r n ew or used car n ow , y ou cou ld exp erien ce a tax cut w in d fa ll.

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