by Dr. Radut

Patchogue - 1960-1964

Patchogue - History, 1960-1969 
         See also  Patchogue - History - Vietnamese Conflict, 1965-1975

--  Assault case

  • "LI Assault Case E=Witness Tells Whodunit -- He Did."  Newsday, May 25, 1960:  p. 4l

--  Beck, Martin

  • "Martin Beck, 85, Patchogue Bakery Owner."  Newsday, November 7, 1964:  p. 37.

--  Blacklisting

  • "Flag Pledge:  A Continuing Controversy."  Newsday, April 9, 1964:  p. 21.

--  Boating accident

  • "1 Dead, 16 Saved in LI Water Mishaps."  Newsday, June 15, 1964:  p. 21. -- Grounding and sinking of a boat in the Patchogue-Fire Island Channel, led to a rescue of 10 people

--  Burglary

  • "Ex-GI Dog Foils a Burglar."  Newsday, January 18, 1961:  p. 7.  -- "Major," formerly of the K-9 Corps, stops an intruder at Patchogue Farms, Inc. (Rte. 112).

--  Church of the Nazarene

  • "Church for Sale -- Bars Barred."  Newsday, January 3, 1961:  p. 19.

--  Citizenship

  • "LI Girl, 9, Will Become Citizen Tomorrow."  Newsday, February 4, 1960:  p. 18.  -- Dorothy Praetorius

--  Civil Defense

  • "Defense Post Fought at a Draw on L.I."  New York Times, January 8, 1960:  p. 8.
  • "CD Colonel Beats Dem with a Key Maneuver."  Newsday, January 8, 1960:  p. 32.
  • "Suffolk CD Dispute Heads for Court."  Newsday, January 9, 1960:  p. 10.

--  Daughters of the American Revolution.  Josiah Smith Chapter

  • Herzig, Doris.  "Senior at Patchogue HS Wins Statewise DAR Essay Contest."  Newsday, April 2, 1960:  p. 35. -- Elisa Ruland

--  Drownings  

  • "Search for 3 Teenagers Lost in Bay."  Newsday, April 20, 1960:  p. 5. -- John Reich, Ronald Smith, Jr., and George Gathmann, Jr.
  • "Car in Lake is Grim End of Wrong Turn."  Newsday, April 26, 1960:  p. 7.  -- Charles Lanyo, Jr., Cannan Lake, N. Patchogue
  • "Divers Find Body of Youth."  Newsday, April 27, 1960:  p. 24.  -- Charles Lanyo, Jr.
  • "Youth's Body Found at Bottom of LI Lake."  Newsday, April 27, 1960:  p. 26. -- Charles Lanyo, Jr.

--  Evictions

  • "Order 5 Slum Families in Patchogue to Move."  Newsday, March 2, 1963:  p. 7.
  • "5 Get 2 Weeks to Move Out of Patchogue Slum."  Newsday, March 9, 1963:  p. 10. 

--  Fires and firefighting

  • "Fire" [captioned photo of Furman building].  Patchogue Advance, December 29, 1960:  p. 1.
  • "Flash Fire" [captioned photo of Felice's Restaurant].  Patchogue Advance, December 29, 1960:  p. 1.

--  Four Sisters Community Center

  • "Teens, Golden Agers are Her Specialty."  Newsday, May 27, 1960:  p. 53. -- Mrs. John B. Padham, supervisor of the 4 Sisters Community Center, is also designated assistant recreation director of Patchogue Village

-- Gasoline plume

  • "LIer Discovers His House is a Real Gasser."  Newsday, April 28, 1962:  p. 3.  -- Luigi Romeo's land at 12 South St. was saturated, and he was ordered from his home; the source was a nearby Shell Oil gasoline station, 150 ft. distant, which was ordered closed. 

--  Hughes, R. Ford

  • "R. Ford Hughes, 70, Dies; Led Suffolk GOP 8 Years.  Newsday, April 25, 1964:  p. 7.

--  Jones Beach Marine Theater Scow [Floating Chocolate Shop in the Patchogue River]

  • "Patchogue River Double Feature Stars Showboat."  Newsday, January 29, 1960:  p. 37.

--  Justus Roe and Sons

  • "Patchogue Firm to Set Up Tape Factory at Bombay."  Newsday, July 1, 1963:  p. 19C.

--  Long Island Motor Freight Co.

  • "LI Truckers Protest RR's 'Piggy-Back' Plan."  Newsday, February 23, 1960:  p. 12.

--  Long Island Rail Road Station

  • "Patchogue Parts Happily with RR Station."  Newsday, May 17, 1963:  p. 14.

--  Mapes, Arthur

  • "Police Guard LI Judge Threatened by Caller."  Newsday, July 6, 1961:  p. 5.

--  Murder

  • "L.I. Youth Stabbed to Death; Police Seek His Brother."  New York Times, February 5,1964:  p. 17.  -- Ronald Strauss (victim)

--  Oriole, Stuffed (legal status)

  • "Bird Ruffles Legal Feathers."  Newsday, September 27, 1960:  p. 16. 

--  Patchogue Electric Light Company (PELCO) / LILCO

  • Your Purse Strings:  LILCO Acts to Take Over Patchogue Utility."  Newsday, February 1, 1964:  p. 21.

--  Patchogue Electric Light Co. (PELCO) / Long Island Lighting Co. (LILCO)

  • "Long Island Lighting and Patchogue Electric Light."  New York Times, June 31, 1964:  p. 43.

--  Patchogue Federation of Teachers

  • "Teacher Union Gets Local in Patchogue."  Newsday, April 26, 1962:  p. 37.

--  Patchogue High School.  Future Nurses Club

  • "Future Nurses Club has Active Program."  Newsday, March 4, 1960:  p. 38.

--  Patchogue Hotel

  • "Program Helps Homemakers Convert Pastimes into Profits."  Newsday, June 9, 1960:  p. 56.

--  Patchogue NAACP

--  Patchogue Plaza

  • "Shopping Plaza" [captioned architectural drawing]. Patchogue Advance, November 17,1960:  [n.p.]

--  Patchogue Post Office

  • "P.O. Clerks Tapped for Loss."  Newsday, June 5, 1964:  p. 15.
  • "U.S. to Judge P.O. Men."  Newsday, August 7, 1964:  p. 27.

--  Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.

  • "Long Island Pepsi Marks 20th Year with Record Sales."  Newsday, November 18, 1963:  p. 19 C.

--  Rimi's Luncheonette  (E. Main St.)

  • "Cop Slays Burglar in Patchogue Store."  Newsday, June 9, 1961:  p. 3.

--  Pre-Fabricated buildings

  • "Lord Chesterfield at Patchogue; Eagle Estates in Medford."  Newsday, April 28, 1962:  p. 37 M.

--  Taxation

  • "Village Spurns Church Taxes."  Newsday, December 30, 1963:  p. 14.

--  St. Francis de Sales R.C. Church

  • "Exploding Firecracker Injures Patchogue Priest."  New York Times, May 14, 1964:  p. 19.

--  Suicide

  • "No Cancer is Found in Suicide."  Newsday, March 26, 1960:  p. 3.  -- a murder/suicide committed on false pretenses
  • "Cops Grab Roof Jumper, 23, on 4-Story Patchogue Building."  Newsday, April 13,1964:  p. 15. -- 55 W. Main St.

-- South Country Antiques Society. Fair

  • "Patchogue Shops to Feature LI Antiques and Curiosities."  Newsday, July 12, 1963:  p. 47.

--  Sunrise Highway

  • "Sunrise Highway Section to be Opened Monday."  New York Times, January 1, 1960:  p. 38.

--  Temple Beth-El

  • "Psychiatrist Slated to Speak."  Newsday, January 16, 1961:  p. 39.

--  Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh

  • "Architect John V. Van Pelt; Ex-Cornell Dean was 88."  Newsday, June 2, 1962:  p. 46.  -- Designed Patchogue's Carnegie Library, Post Office, and Patchogue's Brookhaven Town Hall

--  Wargame (Mock Invasion of Patchogue)

  • "Junior Troops Stage 'Assault' on Patchogue."  Newsday, July 24, 1962:  p. 14.

--  W.T. Grant

  • "Probe Patchogue Blast that Injured 9 Women."  Newsday, July 30, 1962:  p. 18.  -- water boiler explosion

--  YMCA  

  • "YMCA Expansion Plan Tabs Pools for Cove, Patchogue."  Newsday, April 27, 1964:  p. 21.

--  Youth Aliyah

  • "Antique Teapots to Highlight House Tour for Youth Aliyah."  Newsday, May 19, 1964:  p. 35.

--  Zoning Racketteering Scandal 

  •  "Suffolk Grand Jury Indicts Judge Again in Zoning Scandal."  New York Times, January 26, 1960:  p. 35.
  • "Dodge Reindicted with Bigger Set of Zone Charges."  Newsday, Janaury 26, 1960:  p. 7.
  • "Dodge's Codefendant Seeking Delay After Changing Counsel."  Newsday, June 1,1960:  p. 43.
  • "Jury Weighs Fate of Suffolk Judge."  New York Times, July 29, 1960:  p. 13.
  • "Convicted Judge Sent to L.I. Jail:  Dodge Imprisoned 21 Days to Reconsider a Demand that He Resign Bench."  Newsday, September 14, 1960:  p. 40.