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Nassau County Review
Vol. XVII
12 pages
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912
No. 34
0 FREEPORT NEWS
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE (Governor's Island, which is as near thia locality as can be secured)
Friday, June
Saturday,
Sunday,
Moiioay,
Tuesday,
WedriC.sday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday,
21, 12:37 a. m.
22,
23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 2'J,
1:42 a. in.
2:49 a. m. 3 :57 a. m. 5:01 a. m. 6:00 a. m. 6 :52 a. m. 7:37 a. m. 8:18 a. m.
Park Work Report
The Freeport Park Commission has issued the following statement of mon¬ ey received a.nd expended and work done for the improvement of the aijue- duct strip adjoining the L. I. K. R. on the north, from .Main Street to Long Beach Avenue: "During the year 1191, we
received in cash donations .'?1157.15 and expended 1372.1)0
Leaving a cash deficiency of $ 215.75 We still owe un^iaid bills for ¦ the year 1911
Clyde Brown, a former resident of go far this year we have re-
this place, here
has been visiting friends
Police Justice Elvin N. Kdwards has bought a new Oakland auto from Jake Post.
Miss J. C. Ross entertained a num¬ ber of her friends at a sewing party, Monday afterno(jn, at her home on Pine Street.
As an indication of continuing pros¬ perity, the Freeport Bank has decliirud a dividend at the rate of G per cent, payable on July 1.
Wm. English Wallinjr, Socialist author and lecturer, will siicak on Sociali.=in at Fraternity Hall, Hailroiul Ave., Froeport, ne.xt 'Ihur.s ing, .lune 27, at <^ p. m. No adrniK.-^iijii fee «viil be charged and all are cordially invittd.
Our correypondent waa rathur hasty in speaking of the imprcivemcnts macte on Lillian and Kuasoll Aves. The Town Highway ('< nimi.s.'-ionera have been doiti).; some work there, and pro- sumably intend to do more, but at the present lime the roaos are almost iin- passiblc; in fact they arc worse than they were before the work was begun.
Dr. A. Gideon of Greeley, Colo., and H. L. Gideon of Boston, .Mass., sailed last Satur(lay in charge of the Gideon Tours through Italy, Switi;erland, Ger¬ many, France and England, returning to the United States during August. Dr. Gideon'.H wife and two children will remain with his sister, Mrs. J. D. Kiefer, durir:g that time.
ceivetl in cash donations And expended, including the deficiency of last year
217.80
1 291.27 j
318.90 i
Two Killed in
Auto Collisioa
L. P. Stone, Main St., was serionsly injured Thursday while returning home from Hicksville with his son Paul, when 3 large touring car, in which ( apt. Hanse in calling the meeting there wtre tive voung men. smashed to order said it was fnr the expres
Special Election
for Freeport
The village ollice was filled at the special meeting, called by the Board of Trustees, Wednesilay evening, to con¬ sider the condition cf the electric light and water plant.
AN OLD BUSINESS MOVES
Making the present deficiency » 24.63 And bills still owing 217.^0
In order to pay the pills still owing, finish up the work and take care of the park for the balance of the year, we will require, approximately, ?.jIhi.
In addition to the cash donations, there have been donations consisting of trce.~, shrubs, llowers, cinders, grav¬ el, seed, fertilizer, garderi implements, vases, labor and carting, to the value of S750.
The following is a brief dcpcriptioii
of the work done north of the L. I. R.
k., from Main Street to Long Beach
ly even- Avenue, by the Park Commission:
The barren, unsightly strip of sand has been seeded down, laid out with walks and drives ; llowers, .shrubs and tiees set out; llowor vases put in; cin¬ ders placed on walks and drives and gravel on the drive.s in block from .Main Stteet to Grove Street. Have
William.s' Livt
servii
Mr.
le, (in Main i^xn-' William-' new
imw been elijsed after many :,' :.s on N'Wtoii Bi lulevard.
School Notes
The Freeport High School Alumni As-ociation will hold its annual ban- i|Uet at tho Garden ('ity Hotel next Thrsday evening, June 27, at .^ :30.
Local Topics
I and cxplanatiorx not
ws nature, on village al
by the editor.
'i he Regents and grade examinations have been held during the week.
Next Tuesday the merit cards will be given out and the gride promotions announced.
Iteward. —The Review will give a six months' subscription to the Review lothetiist person presenting at this ollice an up-to-date trolley time-table, receiiits would be .^'iGjSOO.
The schools will close inr vacation next Tuesday, when the pupils will re¬ ceive their promotion certificates. The teachers will not be excused till the following day.
The first year French Club held their also put in a series of hose connections last meeting for the term at the home
that the entire strip can I e watered. There still remains the most wester¬ ly block to be completed.
Guy Smith ia now th(,' agent in the local office of the L. I. K. R. succeed¬ ing Mr. Brown, who has gone to Glen- dale.
of .NUsB Josephine .Maxon last Saturday night. A most pleasant evening was spent by all. Miss Florence Cooper was [iresented with a beautiful vara(|ue pearl pendant.
Rev. D. A. Jordan, pastor of the Ivoosevelt M. E. Church and former
allowing 3 weeks from this date in whicn to apply to tho tr(j!ley company for same by mail only.
It is row time, and I would respect¬ fully suggest to the Village Hoard to begin considering vacations for the men at the power house. As 1 have sail! before, it is a shame that all other departments do, and should, receive vacations, and tho power house eni- ployeos'"are neglected entirely.
Here's
purpose of letting the people know the conditiona that existed in the water and light plant; that the Board did not desire anything, and it was not asking f(jr anything, but thought it was only fair to tell the taxpayers the existing conditions, and give them a chance to remedy these conditions, if they so de¬ sired.
He had ptc) nred a report showing the conditions of the plant, boilers, en- gire and generators, and figures to show that action must be taken at once, or the Board would be obliged tn either cut out the street lights, or re¬ fuse to supply consuniers, as the plant was up to its capacity.
In I'.'o'.i there were 51:' consumers, who u.-ed .'JIT,517 worth of light; in l;>ln. ."11, ^22,ot;4; in I'.ill. Oo."), !?J4,5tll, and at the jiresent time there were 773 consumers, and the estimated This aver-
intn the side of their machine, just back of the front seats.
As it was, the father was so badly injured that he was removed to Nassau Hospital, where two of the occupants of the other car was also sent; the driver of the other cat was instantly killed and one other is so badly injured j that he will probably die. Stone ia ! suffering from a fractureti leg and » I possitde fracture of one rib. I It is claimed that tho driver of the I car that struck Stone's machino was a I man named Hershio and with him wera i Dr. McCoinbes, Benjamin Mollineaux land Frank Vanelewater, all of Hemp¬ stead and Albert .Mainland. I .Mainland and .Mollineaux arc both I in the Nassau Hospital, the former I very badly burned and llie latter with j his skull fractured. Dr. .McCombea ; was rushid to Ur. Lancliart's hospital at Hempstead where he is suffering I from a dislocatiiti of the shoulder and ; Vandcwater was removed to bis home . in Hempstead, so badly burned about ' the head and chest that there is littlo I hcpe for him.
j According to Paul Stone, who waa
I the only one in tho two machines that
I was not injured, he and his father were
figures .showing I returning from Hicksville and were
suggestion I received the
Dr. and Mrs. K. P. Ketcham, former
Freeporters, leave next week for their
summer camp at Wahwaskesh, On- evening in the M, E. Church instead of
tario, Canada. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, as an-
, L. H. Vogel and family are at their : nounced last week.
summer h«me, Merrick Road and Bay-1 The Clas.i Day exercises to be held
view Ave., after spending the winter '" 'he High School on .Monday after-
At the meeting of Massapequa in Brooklyn.
Lodire. F. & A. M., at Rockville Cen- ,, . ~,"Vi e t
j.uoKc, i IV ^. . ^. ... , , Mrs. Anna J. Georgens, wife of
tre, Monday evening the h.rd degree ^.j^^^,^.^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^.^ ^^^^
was conferred by the F. C. learn of divorce against her husband on statu-
Commonwealth Lodge, of Brooklyn. grounds
with a big attendance of members and ^^ ' .—
visitors. The candidates raised were A bout ?2.') was realized last Friday
A. W. Friend and H. E. Pearsall of evening by the members of the Young
Freeport, P. J. Fritz of Rockville Cen- People's Association of the Presbyter-
of the weighing machines in the Town, tliofco where you are pron,i.Jt "correct weight, one cent." Very few of them are correct and a person using then: !S robbed as clearly as a person who is
pastor here, will preach the baccalaur- Riving short weight on his meat or po-
eate sermon to the graduates Sunday tatues.
We pass this on to .Mr. Wood, our County Inspector.
Complaint is received of the unsani¬ tary condition of the gutters on drove Sireet, in the vicinity of Archer Street, where the water lies stagnant and the ditch is grown over with grass. I promised my reatler, who made this complaint, to see what could be cone
water and , and the es- other day. Why don't the Inspector titnate earnings of the tW(j plants for of Weights and. .Measuies smash m.ost the year were .>15,0n0, fr.ni which.
age uf H2 per year, ligured for five years, would require an additional lij.oiiij lamps, which would almost double the present demand.
'I'liere are now un the street light system li;3 lamps, which should be in- creaseii Lioo.
The Board present
that the necessary improvements anci! ;.;,',"^',;^";,,p i,;;;^^;^;;;;):^;^];,^I'^.^.'-i'^;;"
conditions would cost, not to exceed, Ipji^g ,,.j|e„ ,i,e other machine, going at m their judgment, .n8,( 0(1. There i^ a high speed, crashed into them with
in the sinkii.u funil of the i .L;ht plants about -¦Li.odii,
noon and the commencement exercises in the Colonial Opera House on Tues¬ day evening.
At the Garden City Hotel on Wed-
after deducting bonds and interest due, wculd be left aiiout .'?2ii,o00. It was the idea of the Heard that this moi ey might be used for this purpose.
.\ discussion followed, in which opinions were giver by W. P. Jonee, Hiram R. Smith. S. P. Pettit, H. P. Libby. IL L. ("randell, .Mr. Cohen and several gentlemen from the Actors' colony in Woodcleft section.
It was the almost unanimous o|)inion that the monev in hand should be kept as a reserve fund, and that a special election should be caded to vote for a bond issue, which can be easily paid from the earnings of the plant, and a
nesday evening the Junior-Senior Class about it, and so respectfully pass this resolution was passed that it was the
hold their banquet.
PINE STREET
tre and P. VV. Lindner of Norwotjd.
on to the proper authorities.
The Village Board has given at¬ tention to all the streets, and pr(jbably Owing to the illness of Miss Grace has left this one in anticipation of the
ian Church when they held an enter-. Daily, teacher, and the fact that here work to be done under the trolley tainmeiit consisting of a musical pro- are several cases of whooping cough franchise payment, which would save During the thunder storm Monday gram and a sketch entitled "The Mag- among the younger children of the vil ;he village that expense, afternoon the home of Mrs. Holdridge jc Mirror." The entertainment was lage, the kindergarten of the Pine Raynor on North Grove Grove Street held in the chapel and the proceed.s will , Street School was closed for the re- was struck by lightning. The bolt be used for a new carpet for the; mainder of the school year on Tuesday struck a tree standing near the house
and then entereil the northeast room of the house, knocking down pictures and plaster. It continued across the room to a sewing machine and then out
chapel.
Last Thursday evening
seven more members were initiated in Freeport Lodge, B. P. O. Elks. They were: ., - ., , John L. Raynor, Fieeport; William H.
through thenorth sjdeof he house ^ Baldwin; Fernando C. Par-
Mrs. Rayror was slightly stunned and gj,^ ij.^p.tead; George S. Smith.
LINCOLN SCHOOL. The attendance banner was won last
I think however, something ought to be done at once, as it may be some little time before the money is secured from tho trolley company.
sense of the meeting that this should be d<ine as S(,on as [lussible, and an amount, not exceeding .'?2o.()()(i, appro¬ priated.
Several residents of the Woodcleft section complained of the condition of the roads, and were informed that if they wanted roads they would have to appropriate the money, and it was also decided to include in this special election a protiosition to appropriate .'?15,000 more for roads.
These petitions, signed by the neces-
Dr. Witmer was called in to attend her.
Saturday night's shows at the Colonial are attracting good-sized crowds weekly and as Forrester & Moore seem to aim to give reliable showB it is safe to predict the crowds will increase instead of diminish. Editor Nassau County Review : —
Hempstead; Leander Wright, Amity¬ ville; Abraham L. Field, Huntington, and George W, Wilson, Rockville^ Centre.
It looks now as though the village week by tho fifth grade in charge of might soon have two or three new sary number of taxpayers, will proba- Miss Roantree. The percentage was flags for its pole. The Daughters of biy be presented to the Village Board
.986.
Last Saturday afternoon the third grade, .Miss Down's room, had an en¬ joyable picnic in the grove at Smith Street and Long Beach Avenue.
Liberty have written to the various at its next meeting, this evening, organizations of the village asking them to contribute to the purchase of
No Boats to
Communications
Freeport, N. Y.. June 18, 1912.
The management often secures one or two numbers from the Woodcleft Colony, almost all of who are stars. Last Saturday night tbe beadliner was Master Warren Gehrken, famous boy pianist, with McCary and Kiefer, fancy jigging; Mr. Steve, baritone;
English and Reading, funmakers in this country and by reason of expensive general; Frazier Troupe in Scottish travel and study at Rome and abroad, and Irisn dances; and two troupes o'f is well qualified to speak on this sub- tumblers, besides the usual moving ject.
High Hill Beach
John A. Haff, who planned to run '4is boat regularly between High Hill Beach and F'reeport this summer, in form.s us that he will have to give up the plan until they dig out High Hill Creek, as at low tide nearly every boat gets fast, and when people depend on cathcing a train, it would not do to ad¬ vertise any certain time, and it is im- as a social affair following and the money used for buying coats Possible to keep up to any schedule.
j The M. D. G. held a "love feast" at ¦ the home of Director H. J. Raymore. i Bayview and Pearsall Avenues, last I Thursday evening. There were about Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1,
a flag, and the local order of Elks has, also decided to purchase and present a flag, which has already been accepted by President Hanse on behalf of the people.
That poor old truck of the Excelsior
I desire through your valuable col-1 ^g pyggg,.,^ jy,^ Raymore furnished still standing out in the rain. Here's umns to urge the people of Freeport j j^^ gj^^^j^g^^jg^^ ^^^ ^j^j^ ^^^^ ^^^^ hoping it will be put in proper shelter, to attend the lecture on Socialism by i ^^^^j the boys the cream and sugar, or returned to the village to be sold. Wm. English Walling at Fraternity I jj^^ j^g^j ^'g^ Hall, June 27, at 8 p. m.
Mr. Walling is one of the pioneers of the Socialist Party movement in
pictures. This ecjually as good.
Saturday will be
Time for your summer shoes. Herzfeld's adv. in the Keview week.
the hard work on the part of the mem- and boots for the firemen, before next
bers in preparing and rendering the winter.
entertainment, "Mr. Bob."
- — If your water rents are not paid be-
An attraction at the Colonial Theatre fore July 1, there will bo an extra '>
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ev- per cent penalty, so that it is worth
ening waa Prince Albeni and Miss La while attending to this at once, if you journed for one week out of respect to
However diverse may be our opinions Brant in a second sight act. Prince have not already done so. i t(,e memory of Ernest ('. Southard,
regarding the philosophy of Socialism. Albeni passed through the audience •ii"~7' u r ^ whose funeral
I am cunfiqent that very few people at picking up watches, rings, pins, etc., Ihe Rockville Centre Herald makes
over the and Miss LaBrant, who was blindfolded the folowmg comment on my item as
South Shore Yacht Club
The regular monthly meeting of the S. S. Y. C. called for June 13, con¬ vened with Vice Commodore Mackay in the chair, then immediately ad-
^^^ all aware of conditions all „.-. — „ ,
this world, will deny that Socialism has on the stage, described them. to why the Review does not
1' become a "live issue." Good, bad or ' Thursday noon Prince Albeni started national politics.
P le who would know the truth i"'lifferent, it is up to all intelligent out in a carriage with a committee of "Why, Why, to think that there
boutlheir teeth should read Smith & [^'f" ^"^ '""" *" "
It will interest vou. It bug-a-b
Bedell's ad.
We cure hot kitchens. Cur gas ranges are the remedy. Nassau & SufTulk Lighting Co. It
and women to "look into" this of Socialism and ascer¬ tain for themselves just what it means. Very truly yours,
Harry M. Kohn.
Lunches made up for outings and fishing parties af Wahlen's Delicates¬ sen. It
local people to find an article hidden ' should be any question as to why in the village. Thia was a cash regis Brother Pearsall doesn't discuss ter key hidden on a shelf in Schloss' national po.itics ! Perish the thought store, where Mr. Schloss is positive it that he cannot discuss national politics was known only to himself and his don't you know. But why not try'.'
members had attendeil
that afternoon. I'or the same reason
iiseuss t'^" opening dance of the season, sched-
, uled for June l.'i, was also put over for
one week.
On the evening of June 19 Chas. G. Hill and Louis J. Hall, as representa¬ tives of the Ciut), attended a special meeting of the American Power Boat
such force that il tore away all the rear portion of Stone's auto and threw it a distance of about .50 foet. throwing both occupants out and injuring .Mr. Stone, sr.
The driver of the oilier car appar¬ ently lost control on account of the compact aiul tho machine turned turtle
: and iiiunediately started to burn, caus¬ ing the above mentioned ii juries to tlie occupants.
Stone's iniichine was br<iiu,'ht to I'reeport by employees of G. lleiinett
ISnith in Williams' auto truck.
I ^' Friday ni.irning Mr. Stone is rest-
j ii g easy and improving ;Mainland died 'clock Thursday afternoon.
"The Holy City"
"And I, John, saw the Holy City"
I was the text of the cUising sermon last
I Sunday night in the series by Dr. VV.
I A. Richard, of the Metho<list Episcopal
i Church, on "Tho City of (Jod in i''ree-'
'port." "We have considered" said
! tbe speaker, "tho beauty of the city.
I the health of the city, tlio intelligonco
of the city, not only in their physical,
but in their spiritual aspects, lonight
*e«*fx' to think of the people of the
city, their cl aracter, duty,destiny ; for
the holiness ol the city is the holiness
of its inhabitants, not ceremonial, but
moral and H[iiritual ludiness. The holy
people are the holy city, the city
ch(;sen, set apart and pure.
"Religion, then, has a place in tho ideal city. Tne church, as the j^- [lounder and exemplar of religion, must be given the first place among those agencies that make for civic life, ligh and beauty. Do we realize the duty of every (,'hristian community lo its Churches'.' The vast numbers in the communion of the churches would alone cause it to outrank every other organization in power to do good. In a marvelous way it holds the [leople to lofty ideals. It is not perfect, but almfist every criminal is found outside its pale of active service. Said Judge Fawcett, of Brooklyn recently, 'Ap¬ proximately 2700 cases have been brought before me in live and a half years of service on the bench. Durint? all that time I have never had to try a man ho waa at the time of tbo al¬ leged olfence an active member of the church.' Personally I have known ex¬ ceptions to this statement, but thoy are rare. The young hoodlums and jailbirds of a city are not recruited from the Sunday Schools but from the Sunday losfers on street corners and In ungodly rescirtB. A man may ignore
wife. It was located by Albeni.
We call attention of our readers to the advertisement of N. K. Smith & Son. bakers, of Olive Boulevard, near Grove Street.
Thinking of getting your summer clothes? See Baraach'a adv. in this week's paper. It
If you want a nice farm, say for raising chickens, see the adv. of Chas. J. Schneider, for farm at Bellmore, in thia issue. It
Have you ever thought of it? The Crystal Theatre and Freeport Airdome ia the best ventilated show house on
Lopg Island. Well it's a fact. We ladies' Mercerized Lisle Stockings, i Special Porch Rocke'r795c
can actually laise the roof, open the | gigp^^ ^an or White, I5c Blk. Wire Cloth, 2c sq. ft. and a 10
aides of the building and if needed ; Ladies' Gauze Lisle, Black, Tan or j discount by the roll norVance
start a number of fana and you have | White. 25c ' 10 tooth Mailable Iron Rakes, 15c ¦
ocean breezes beat a dozen ways, and | children's Stockings, Black, Tan or | Garbage Cana, 26c up
no moaquitoes for the reason that every | White, 10-15-25c Ice Box Pans, 20-25c
Single 2 Burner Oil Stoves, 75c Double 2 Burner Oil Stoves, $1.59 Ladies' low neck Gauze Vests with 2 Uurnei Blue Flame Oil Stoves, $3..'0 It I stayup shoulder straps 3 Burner Blue Flame Oil Stoves, $4.98
Wide Shoulder Straps, Cotton Edging, ¦ New Perfection Oil Stoves
lOc 2 Burner. $G.75 Wide Shoulder Straps, Mercerized 3 Burner, $9.00
Edging, 15c ¦ Single Burner Gas Stoves, 69c Swiss Ribbed, Lisle Fabric, 25c Double Burner Gas Steves. $1.19 up
Ladies' Knee Length Pants, Lace Bot-, Ovens for Gas or Oil Stoves, 79c up
toms. 25c I Window Screens
Childs' Ribbed Vests. 10-i5c \ 18 in. extends to 33 in., 20c
Boys' Balbriggan Shirts or Drawers, 24 in. extends to 33 in., 25c
25c j 24 in. extends to 37 in., 29c Men's Balbriggan Shirto or Drawers. 1 28 in. extends to 37 in., 85c
25-50C Guaranteed Garden Hose, 10c ft.
.May not even a cobbler break away occasionally from his last?
"Cheer up brother, and say a kind word about national politics now and again. True, your readers may be made none the wiser, but we are sat¬ isfied that they will feel better in the region of the surcingle. Now we
Association in New York, at which I or sneer at the church, but every man meeting many of the racing rules were ! owes it gratitude and profits from it, changed to keep pace with the recent | whether he serves it or pot. Even
ruuid development of motor boating.
OBITUAKY
STEPHEN T. 3TILLWELL. Stephen T. Stillwell, father of Ed¬ ward Stillwell of 47 Raynor Street,
the non-church numbe-is owe support to this institution, and, as one said, the man who is living in our crip.o- free, respectable towns and doing noth¬ ing for the church is living on charity. He is pro.iting from the church's influ¬ ence and giving nothing in return. It , is the duty of all good citizens to be not 5,000,000 as it ought to be, in-1 day morr ing. Mr. Stillwell, who was religious, to support our religious in¬ stead of 500 as it really is. He 1 61 years of age, is survived by two Ltitutions and to persuade others to the doesn't take his readers into the realm daughters, Mrs. E. Reichman and Miss' game course. Good men are the great
Mary Stillwell, and two sons, Edward '¦ need of this day and every day. With- and Charles. The funeral services 1 out these, everything else that ie beau- were held Thursday afternoon at the j tiful loses its beauty. 'Be gootl men,' home of Edward Stillwell. Rev. Charles 1 said Father Coogan recently. A good Ilerbert Scholey, pastor of the Presby- man is better than a rich man ; a good
know why our neighbor's circulation is died suddenly at Rockville Centre Mon- be.
of national politics."
This iterp was at the top of their "editorial" column. I wish I could reproduce the rest of the column as it appeared, so that my readers might un¬ derstand what I meant when I spoke of' terian Church, officiating. Interment man is better than a good law ; a good
country papers in which editorial "as in Rockville Cemetery columns were of absolutely no im-
JOSEPH CANALIZO. Joseph, the nine months old son of
window, door and roof is screened. 1 p^ess Lawns. 6-10-15c yd. Come and see for yourself. It j Dpggg Ginghams, 10 to 15c yd
Batiste, Swisses, etc., 15 to 26c yd
Spalding's Baseball Goods at Da- Silva's. It
New Dill Pickles and Matjes Herring at Wahlen's Delicatessen. It
Poplins, 25c yd Mosquito Netting, Wire or Cotton Seaman's Reliable Dry Goods Store, Mam Street.
Hammocks, $1.00 to $6.00 Lawn Mowers, $2.69 up ^
Sash Rods, 2 for 6-5c-10c Ranny Refrigerators. $6.75 Galvanized Watering Pots, 26c up 6x8 Bamboo Porch Screens, $1.00
It
v..
DaSilva teisen.
If your have a gas range yoa will be Mr. and Mrs. George Canalizo. died at comfortable in your kitchen this the home of the parents on Merrick summer. If you bave a gas range and ! Road, near Brookside Avenue, Tuesday a water heater too, you will be more ' morning from pneumonia and whoop- comfortable. It ing cough. Funeral services were held j on Thursday morning; interment in
Fresh boiled lobsters every Wednes- Calvary Cemetery, day and Friday at Wahlen's Detica-
It! More Freepert leis on Pages
man is better than a learned man. \bove everything stands a good man.' "It is ours to keep the city holy. Into it muet enter nothing that is unclean, neither whatsoever worketh an .ibomin- ation or maketh a lie. Today God calls his servants to put the ban on Sabbath desecration, to abolish gambling places and other evil resorta, to destroy root and branch the open saloons to purify municipal life, to nurture the children in righteousness, to hasten tbe eoming of "The City of God."
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Nassau County Review Vol. XVII 12 pages FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912 No. 34 0 FREEPORT NEWS HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE (Governor's Island, which is as near thia locality as can be secured) Friday, June Saturday, Sunday, Moiioay, Tuesday, WedriC.sday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 21, 12:37 a. m. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2'J, 1:42 a. in. 2:49 a. m. 3 :57 a. m. 5:01 a. m. 6:00 a. m. 6 :52 a. m. 7:37 a. m. 8:18 a. m. Park Work Report The Freeport Park Commission has issued the following statement of mon¬ ey received a.nd expended and work done for the improvement of the aijue- duct strip adjoining the L. I. K. R. on the north, from .Main Street to Long Beach Avenue: "During the year 1191, we received in cash donations .'?1157.15 and expended 1372.1)0 Leaving a cash deficiency of $ 215.75 We still owe un^iaid bills for ¦ the year 1911 Clyde Brown, a former resident of go far this year we have re- this place, here has been visiting friends Police Justice Elvin N. Kdwards has bought a new Oakland auto from Jake Post. Miss J. C. Ross entertained a num¬ ber of her friends at a sewing party, Monday afterno(jn, at her home on Pine Street. As an indication of continuing pros¬ perity, the Freeport Bank has decliirud a dividend at the rate of G per cent, payable on July 1. Wm. English Wallinjr, Socialist author and lecturer, will siicak on Sociali.=in at Fraternity Hall, Hailroiul Ave., Froeport, ne.xt 'Ihur.s ing, .lune 27, at <^ p. m. No adrniK.-^iijii fee «viil be charged and all are cordially invittd. Our correypondent waa rathur hasty in speaking of the imprcivemcnts macte on Lillian and Kuasoll Aves. The Town Highway ('< nimi.s.'-ionera have been doiti).; some work there, and pro- sumably intend to do more, but at the present lime the roaos are almost iin- passiblc; in fact they arc worse than they were before the work was begun. Dr. A. Gideon of Greeley, Colo., and H. L. Gideon of Boston, .Mass., sailed last Satur(lay in charge of the Gideon Tours through Italy, Switi;erland, Ger¬ many, France and England, returning to the United States during August. Dr. Gideon'.H wife and two children will remain with his sister, Mrs. J. D. Kiefer, durir:g that time. ceivetl in cash donations And expended, including the deficiency of last year 217.80 1 291.27 j 318.90 i Two Killed in Auto Collisioa L. P. Stone, Main St., was serionsly injured Thursday while returning home from Hicksville with his son Paul, when 3 large touring car, in which ( apt. Hanse in calling the meeting there wtre tive voung men. smashed to order said it was fnr the expres Special Election for Freeport The village ollice was filled at the special meeting, called by the Board of Trustees, Wednesilay evening, to con¬ sider the condition cf the electric light and water plant. AN OLD BUSINESS MOVES Making the present deficiency » 24.63 And bills still owing 217.^0 In order to pay the pills still owing, finish up the work and take care of the park for the balance of the year, we will require, approximately, ?.jIhi. In addition to the cash donations, there have been donations consisting of trce.~, shrubs, llowers, cinders, grav¬ el, seed, fertilizer, garderi implements, vases, labor and carting, to the value of S750. The following is a brief dcpcriptioii of the work done north of the L. I. R. k., from Main Street to Long Beach ly even- Avenue, by the Park Commission: The barren, unsightly strip of sand has been seeded down, laid out with walks and drives ; llowers, .shrubs and tiees set out; llowor vases put in; cin¬ ders placed on walks and drives and gravel on the drive.s in block from .Main Stteet to Grove Street. Have William.s' Livt servii Mr. le, (in Main i^xn-' William-' new imw been elijsed after many :,' :.s on N'Wtoii Bi lulevard. School Notes The Freeport High School Alumni As-ociation will hold its annual ban- i Uet at tho Garden ('ity Hotel next Thrsday evening, June 27, at .^ :30. Local Topics I and cxplanatiorx not ws nature, on village al by the editor. 'i he Regents and grade examinations have been held during the week. Next Tuesday the merit cards will be given out and the gride promotions announced. Iteward. —The Review will give a six months' subscription to the Review lothetiist person presenting at this ollice an up-to-date trolley time-table, receiiits would be .^'iGjSOO. The schools will close inr vacation next Tuesday, when the pupils will re¬ ceive their promotion certificates. The teachers will not be excused till the following day. The first year French Club held their also put in a series of hose connections last meeting for the term at the home that the entire strip can I e watered. There still remains the most wester¬ ly block to be completed. Guy Smith ia now th(,' agent in the local office of the L. I. K. R. succeed¬ ing Mr. Brown, who has gone to Glen- dale. of .NUsB Josephine .Maxon last Saturday night. A most pleasant evening was spent by all. Miss Florence Cooper was [iresented with a beautiful vara( ue pearl pendant. Rev. D. A. Jordan, pastor of the Ivoosevelt M. E. Church and former allowing 3 weeks from this date in whicn to apply to tho tr(j!ley company for same by mail only. It is row time, and I would respect¬ fully suggest to the Village Hoard to begin considering vacations for the men at the power house. As 1 have sail! before, it is a shame that all other departments do, and should, receive vacations, and tho power house eni- ployeos'"are neglected entirely. Here's purpose of letting the people know the conditiona that existed in the water and light plant; that the Board did not desire anything, and it was not asking f(jr anything, but thought it was only fair to tell the taxpayers the existing conditions, and give them a chance to remedy these conditions, if they so de¬ sired. He had ptc) nred a report showing the conditions of the plant, boilers, en- gire and generators, and figures to show that action must be taken at once, or the Board would be obliged tn either cut out the street lights, or re¬ fuse to supply consuniers, as the plant was up to its capacity. In I'.'o'.i there were 51:' consumers, who u.-ed .'JIT,517 worth of light; in l;>ln. ."11, ^22,ot;4; in I'.ill. Oo."), !?J4,5tll, and at the jiresent time there were 773 consumers, and the estimated This aver- intn the side of their machine, just back of the front seats. As it was, the father was so badly injured that he was removed to Nassau Hospital, where two of the occupants of the other car was also sent; the driver of the other cat was instantly killed and one other is so badly injured j that he will probably die. Stone ia ! suffering from a fractureti leg and » I possitde fracture of one rib. I It is claimed that tho driver of the I car that struck Stone's machino was a I man named Hershio and with him wera i Dr. McCoinbes, Benjamin Mollineaux land Frank Vanelewater, all of Hemp¬ stead and Albert .Mainland. I .Mainland and .Mollineaux arc both I in the Nassau Hospital, the former I very badly burned and llie latter with j his skull fractured. Dr. .McCombea ; was rushid to Ur. Lancliart's hospital at Hempstead where he is suffering I from a dislocatiiti of the shoulder and ; Vandcwater was removed to bis home . in Hempstead, so badly burned about ' the head and chest that there is littlo I hcpe for him. j According to Paul Stone, who waa I the only one in tho two machines that I was not injured, he and his father were figures .showing I returning from Hicksville and were suggestion I received the Dr. and Mrs. K. P. Ketcham, former Freeporters, leave next week for their summer camp at Wahwaskesh, On- evening in the M, E. Church instead of tario, Canada. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, as an- , L. H. Vogel and family are at their : nounced last week. summer h«me, Merrick Road and Bay-1 The Clas.i Day exercises to be held view Ave., after spending the winter '" 'he High School on .Monday after- At the meeting of Massapequa in Brooklyn. Lodire. F. & A. M., at Rockville Cen- ,, . ~"Vi e t j.uoKc, i IV ^. . ^. ... , , Mrs. Anna J. Georgens, wife of tre, Monday evening the h.rd degree ^.j^^^,^.^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^.^ ^^^^ was conferred by the F. C. learn of divorce against her husband on statu- Commonwealth Lodge, of Brooklyn. grounds with a big attendance of members and ^^ ' .— visitors. The candidates raised were A bout ?2.') was realized last Friday A. W. Friend and H. E. Pearsall of evening by the members of the Young Freeport, P. J. Fritz of Rockville Cen- People's Association of the Presbyter- of the weighing machines in the Town, tliofco where you are pron,i.Jt "correct weight, one cent." Very few of them are correct and a person using then: !S robbed as clearly as a person who is pastor here, will preach the baccalaur- Riving short weight on his meat or po- eate sermon to the graduates Sunday tatues. We pass this on to .Mr. Wood, our County Inspector. Complaint is received of the unsani¬ tary condition of the gutters on drove Sireet, in the vicinity of Archer Street, where the water lies stagnant and the ditch is grown over with grass. I promised my reatler, who made this complaint, to see what could be cone water and , and the es- other day. Why don't the Inspector titnate earnings of the tW(j plants for of Weights and. .Measuies smash m.ost the year were .>15,0n0, fr.ni which. age uf H2 per year, ligured for five years, would require an additional lij.oiiij lamps, which would almost double the present demand. 'I'liere are now un the street light system li;3 lamps, which should be in- creaseii Lioo. The Board present that the necessary improvements anci! ;.;,'"^',;^";,,p i,;;;^^;^;;;;):^;^];,^I'^.^.'-i'^;;" conditions would cost, not to exceed, Ipji^g ,,.j e„ ,i,e other machine, going at m their judgment, .n8,( 0(1. There i^ a high speed, crashed into them with in the sinkii.u funil of the i .L;ht plants about -¦Li.odii, noon and the commencement exercises in the Colonial Opera House on Tues¬ day evening. At the Garden City Hotel on Wed- after deducting bonds and interest due, wculd be left aiiout .'?2ii,o00. It was the idea of the Heard that this moi ey might be used for this purpose. .\ discussion followed, in which opinions were giver by W. P. Jonee, Hiram R. Smith. S. P. Pettit, H. P. Libby. IL L. ("randell, .Mr. Cohen and several gentlemen from the Actors' colony in Woodcleft section. It was the almost unanimous o )inion that the monev in hand should be kept as a reserve fund, and that a special election should be caded to vote for a bond issue, which can be easily paid from the earnings of the plant, and a nesday evening the Junior-Senior Class about it, and so respectfully pass this resolution was passed that it was the hold their banquet. PINE STREET tre and P. VV. Lindner of Norwotjd. on to the proper authorities. The Village Board has given at¬ tention to all the streets, and pr(jbably Owing to the illness of Miss Grace has left this one in anticipation of the ian Church when they held an enter-. Daily, teacher, and the fact that here work to be done under the trolley tainmeiit consisting of a musical pro- are several cases of whooping cough franchise payment, which would save During the thunder storm Monday gram and a sketch entitled "The Mag- among the younger children of the vil ;he village that expense, afternoon the home of Mrs. Holdridge jc Mirror." The entertainment was lage, the kindergarten of the Pine Raynor on North Grove Grove Street held in the chapel and the proceed.s will , Street School was closed for the re- was struck by lightning. The bolt be used for a new carpet for the; mainder of the school year on Tuesday struck a tree standing near the house and then entereil the northeast room of the house, knocking down pictures and plaster. It continued across the room to a sewing machine and then out chapel. Last Thursday evening seven more members were initiated in Freeport Lodge, B. P. O. Elks. They were: ., - ., , John L. Raynor, Fieeport; William H. through thenorth sjdeof he house ^ Baldwin; Fernando C. Par- Mrs. Rayror was slightly stunned and gj,^ ij.^p.tead; George S. Smith. LINCOLN SCHOOL. The attendance banner was won last I think however, something ought to be done at once, as it may be some little time before the money is secured from tho trolley company. sense of the meeting that this should be d |
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