Nassau County Review 19170824

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917
Vol. XX, No. 34
FREEPORT
Sli>El< copi*. ot the R'view for "I* •* OrMiiblmtfi .nd Brelthw.lte'.. R«Uro«l Av.- I.U.: Ueberm.n.. N...IIU Co.nty K«vi.w. DmSllv.', .nd Gob.tz'f.M«ln ^Street; Splt- *«r't SUtloiifry SU.r». Grove Street: Mkh- netC: We.t M'rrick Ro.d.
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TIDE TABLE
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H. E. Rider has sold his house on Wallace Street to Mr. Naylor.
Mr. Lombard! has opened a rid inj? school in Freeport. In a talk with Mr. Lombardi on Monilay he informed a Review representative that he had a ¦well-established school in San Fran¬ cisco for many years, and is a gradu¬ ate of the lUlian Cavalry Pineroto.
Coming Events
Thursday evening, August 30, Ep¬ worth Leaf^ue moonlight sail to Point Lookout.
Weekly Weather Report
(For Our Readers in Other Localities)
Friday, August 17, heavy rain be¬ tween 7 and 8 a. m. with thunder, also showers an<l quite heavy thunder dur¬ ing night; cleared off warm at 8 a. m.
Saturday, clear, lovely Summer day.
Sunday, same.
Monday, Same.
Tuesday, clear dry day, overcast in evening; heavy thunder shower from 9 until 12:30.
Wednesday, clear and cooler, over¬ cast in evening.
Thursday, clear and cooler in a. m.; east rain at noon.
Village Taxes at Same Place
D. Frank Seaman, tax collector, will continue to receive taxes at the of¬ fice of Ortell & Smith, as before, dur¬ ing the rest of the month of August. This will be more convenient for most of the residents, and is planned for the convenience of the taxpayers by Mr. 'Si-tinian. ,,   ,        ^
After September 1 he will be at his residence on Rutland Road.
To Run For District Leader
August V. Johnson is a candidate for the office of District Leader at the coming Republican Primary in the 10th Election District, to succeed Hiram R. Smith. Up to the present time he has no opposition announced.
To Wed Editor Stiles
Freeport, L I., August 21—Miss Florence .\. Mcintosh, who has been with the New York Telephone Con.¬ pany at Freeport for the past lil'e ytars acting as cashier, resigned htr positi'in with that company yester¬ day eveninj.'. Mi.ss Mcintosh, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex- jinder Mcintosh of 331 Rockaway Ave¬ nue, Rockville Centre, is to be mar¬ ried September 1 to James Stiles, editor of the Nassau Post.—Times.
FREEPORT GIVES BIG    , ^'"- House^ids Rejected  FROM OUR SOLDIER BOYS REPORTS ON FIRST SEND-OFF TO SOLDIERS ^"Aoufr&r Se"s7„t ^i'Sn/S?' -»^^^^^^^^^ i. r^^ved hv   DRAFT EXAMINATIONS I
MERRICK
BELLMORE
.Vlarket—Other Buainesg of Village Board.
, Patriotism wn.? the keynote of Free- port's celebration to its enlisted men |
Saturday when many from  this and - 	
other villages witnessed the event, [ Bids for building the new house of which was arranged by .Major Frank ; Hose Company No. 2 (Vigilant Hose) H. Holland and the members of the ; were opened by the Board of Trustees three companies of the State Home ' at their meeting Thursday afternoon Guard. I with three bidders as follows:
.At i o'clock a formation for oarado i     Fred   S.   Howell,   $4858   (omitting waa made on Olive Boulevard as foi-' finish of secono story |4641.) lows:    Polite, Col.  S.  D.  MacAlliirter j     latje & Hueg $5887 ($5107 omitting and  staff.  County,  Town  and  village I finish of second story), officials, D. B. P. .MottJ'ost .No. 527,       Lee-Patterson Co., $4455. G. A. R., volunteer enlisted army and |     These   prices   did   not   include   any navy  men from  Freeport, Woodmert 1 heating   arrangements.       S.     Dimon Boy   Scouts,   Fife,   Bugle   and   Drum ; Smith, for the company, said the com- Corps, Freeport Battalion  Home  De- I mittee had left this out because they fense. ; knew the prices were so high at pres-
The parade started along Olive ' ent they could not consider putting it Boulevard to Railroad Avenue, to So. I in. The specifications also provide Main Street, to West Merrick Road, to for the company to furnish its own South Grove Street, to Olive Boule-| electrical fixtures. Mr, Cozzens, the vard, where the adjoining grounds i lowest bidder, said it would make wore crowded with people     After the i about  $400  or  $500 difference  if the
guests from the autos had enterec' the reviewing stand, the enlisted men and Home Guard in company front passed in review. They then counter marched, the Home Guard forming a hollow square, with the enlisted men in the centre, facing the reviewing stand and they received a tremendous ovation as they took their position.
Commander William H. Patterson, of D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., then presente<l a set of colors to the Free
proposed slate roof was changed to cheaper material. However, even with these eliminations, the cost would be several hundred dollars high¬ er than the amount allowed, so it was decided to reject all bids and suggest the modification of the plans.
President Swezey stated he had several requests for a light at the de¬ pot on Railroad Avenue. There was some objection to putting this in be¬ cause  it  might  necessitate  putting a
port   Battalion   of  the   Home   Guard,   pole on the street after they have all
vvfijch was received by Major Holland, and in turn by him presented to the Color Guard Chanlain Saul O. Cur¬ tice offered the invocation, subse¬ quently giving a special blessing dedi¬ cation to the flag. On behalf of the Home Defense Companies of Free- port, Commander Patterson -and other members of the Grand Army Post came forward, and pinned a special souvenir badge on the breast of each of Freeport's enlisted volunteers. In blue enamel letters in band of gold at  the  top  appeared:   "Freeport,  N
been removed, and the Board consid ered the advisability of putting a number of smaller lights cn the south side of the depot, or securing permis¬ sion to string wires on the telegraph poles now there. This was laid over for further attention.
A telephone call from a resident of Randall Park asking that a shade be placed over the light in front of his house, was diicussed to some length. The man said he could not change his bed or sleep with his shade down and the light was ?n annoyance.    No ac-
Y."   From the gold bar band hung a  tion was taken.
medalion   bearing   the   State   coat   of       Harry   G.   Clock  presented   a   peti-
arms, with background of red, white and blue ribbon, and in gilt letters on the bottom of the ribbon appeared this inscription: "Au Revoir Dinner to Our Enlisted Boys of Freeport, L. I., .\. Y., by Freeport Citizens. Aug¬ ust 18, 1017." Commander Patter¬ son then made a stirring address to the enlisted  men.
The parade then continued to South
tion asking for permission, on behalf of his dents interested, to play base¬ ball on South Main Street on Sun¬ days. The clerk was directed to ad¬ vise Mr. Clock that "the Board does not feel it is within its power to grant or deny power to play baseball on Sunday."
Village lineman, Hnrry A. Walling, presented  requisition for supplies for
i The following letter is received by our Mr. H. E. Pearsall, from Cor- . poral Campbell:
I Camp Meade,
I August 14, 1917.
Dear Mr. Pearsall:— ' As you probably know we left last Saturday for Washington, D. C, but , somehow we never reached there, as I we received an order at Baltimore to I go to Camp Meade, which is half-way ¦ between Baltimore and Washington. ¦The trip down was uneventful for I incidents and accidents, but the boys } were all enjoying it; when we re- ' ceived the news that we were to come ] here, some change, you can bet that I nobody was satisfied, but, however, we had to take it, as we are in the I army now.
i Camp -Meade is one of the canton¬ ment camps about two miles off the main line of the Penn. R. R. at a place called Admiral. Admiral is one of those one-store villages you read about. When we go to buy anything the storekeeper has not got it in stock. The camp itself consists of about 8000 acres. There are to be 15 camps when it is complete, with about 60 to 90 buildings on each camp, so this is .1 busy place
We are down here to protect Gov¬ ernment property and stop race riots. I want to thank you for sending me the Review since I have been called out, and I wonder whether if you will be so kind as to send it to me down here in Maryland. My address is:
Sergeant R. D. Campbell, Machine Gun Co., 10th N. Y. Inf.
Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. The boys from Freeport all send their regards and wish to express their appreciation for the pajamas that the Freeport Brsnch of the Red Cross gave them
There goes the mess call, so I will close with best regards from all the boys, ._..,....
/'V f* Sincerely,
Bob. P. S.—Please don't forget the paper. (You're on already, "Bob."—Ed.)
Ocean   Avenue,   to   Front   Street,   to | use in worR for the ensuing year; re
Roosevelt '\venue, to Casino .Avenue, to the Casino, where a banquet was tendered   the   enlisted   men.     Nearly
ferred to clerk to s-ecure bids
The L. I. R. R. v/as, by motion, to be advised  that  the crown  of the  brick
300 attended the banquet.    Supe.-visor I work at Grove Street crossing is too
Freeport Sporting Ciub
.At the Freeport Sporting Club Fri¬ day night the first 4-round bout be¬ tween Young Huck and Young Uf ran resulted in a decision for Moran. In the second 4-round bont between Wil¬ lie Gardner and Young Scott, Scott quit in the second round. The third 4-round bout between Young Hart and Young Wolpee was won by Hart.
The 6-round bout between Young Moran and Johnny Thompson resulted in a draw. ,    ,  ,   .
The lO-round star bout scheduled between Larry Temple and Battling Neal did not occur, owing to the fail¬ ure of Neal to show up.
The 10-round bout between Joe Tip¬ litz of Brooklyn and Mike Russell of New York was won by Tiplitz, who had the best of the bont from start to finish.
The management announces the fol¬ lowing program for this Friday even¬ ing: Three 4-round preliminaries, one 6-round bout between Johnny Thomp¬ son of Oceanside and Johnny Davis of New York; star 10-round bout be¬ tween Paddy Burns of Far Rockaway, contender for the lightweight cham¬ pionship, and Sailor Joe Kelly, light¬ weight champion of the United States Navy.
School Board Organizes
The Freeport School Board was called to order for the year bv Walter
B. Cozzens, the  senior member, and
C. Dwight Baker was unanimously re-elected president, and Charles C. Moore, vice president; also re-appoint¬ ed by the Board: R. E. Donaghy, clerk; Oscar W. Valentine, treasurer; B. Riley Raynor, attendance officer: Dr. Julien Dean, medical officer. The nurse will be appointed at the next nieeting on August 28. ,^     . ,
President Baker appointed the fol¬ lowing committees:
Buildings and Grounds—Cozzens and Moore.
Finances—Sutherland and Grace.
Hiram R. Smith, chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, was toastmaster, and made an address of welcome, followed by Village Presi- Icnt Sidney H. Swezey. Col. S. D. .McAllister of the Nassau County Home Defense Regiment, gave the en¬ listed men some timely advice and of¬ fered his congratulations. Con'.';re?s- man Fred C. Hicks was unable to be present, but sent hia secretary, J. Huyler Ellison, who extended the best wishes of Congressman Hicks, not only to the boys from Freeport, but lo those who hnd enlisted in the First Congressional District. The Congress¬ man is in the Gulf of .Me.xico in.spect- ing naval preparations and defense with members of the Naval Commit¬ tee of the House of Represent.itives. Capt. Burgess Osterhout told of his lecent training at Plattsburg and Fort Monroe, Va., and gave interesting descriptions of the method of the ar-
The CrandcUs To Return
Through the agency of George Wal¬ lace, Aaron Kessler has sold his prop¬ erty on west side of South Grove Street, to Henry L. Crandell, formerly of this village. The people oi Free¬ nort %vill be glad to see Mr. Crandell and family again become residents here.—Observer.
Favors  Local  Market
In this issue of the Nassau County Review is published un item from the Department of agriculture at Wash¬ ington particularly favoring local markets. Mr, Brand, who writes this item, has had considerable experience and gives much attention to this proposition.
The place to buy coal. Sinclair Raynor, 8 No. Main St, telephone 184 Freeport.
A<lvertii«m«nt
high, and the Beard desires that it be lowered  to grade.
.Mrs. Willett G. Smith, owner of the property known as the graveyard on Church and Pine Streets, wanted per¬ mission from the Board, which she thought was necessary, to dispose of nH)re of the property. The Board did not think they had any jurisdiction.
This brought up the discussion of the ownership of the lot now occu¬ pied by the Engine Compatny, and the counsel to the Board was directed to take the necessary steps to clear up the title to this lot, which is now held by the village under a tax sale deed.
John E. Finch, jr., applied for po¬ sition at the power house. There be¬ ing no vacancy at present, the appli¬ cation was filed.
'1 nc applications of John S. Parkes, Archer and Miller, for sidewalk grade, for walk 4x100 ft., and William T. Golder,   Bedell   Street,     4x59,     were
tillery branch, in which he last week i granted, received his appointment as captain, I Chief Randall of the Fire Depart- as did also Lieut. Stuart Cutler, who I ment spoke regarding the resolution recently received his appointment in j of the Board at the last meeting, he infantry, and depicted the duties of | hearing on the "abusive lani>uai-e" of that branch. Lieut. Colyer told of his (a member of the Fire Patrol. He an'-d camp life and training of the Naval | he did not think the fellow was in the Militia at North Tarrytown.   The nun   wrong at all; he thought he had done
perfectly right. He had inquired of others there at the time in making this decision. The member of the Bonrd who made the charge said that he had used abusive language, and that there was no one there at the time excepting Mr. Kennedy, who was arrested at the time for having his car too close to the fire hydrant, and that the crowd gathered when the loud talking began. This was laid over for further discussion at a Fire Coun¬ cil meeting.
The  following  communication  was received: Colored   Home   Defense   Organization
We   resolved   to   organize   a   Home
of his battalion gave him a rousing send-off as he was called upon to speak, but facetiouslj' he warned Ihem that that would no' .-elieve theni from doing guard duty w. .n they re¬ turned to camp on Monday
Major Holland was called to the speakers' table, and presented by the toastmaster, on behalf of the men of the Freeport Home Guard, with an officer's swagger stick. "The major was surprise<i, but responded in a pleasing manner. He then asked for six volunteers to go on duty at Mine¬ ola Tuesday, and there were respons¬ es from all parts of the room.
Commander Patterson gave a part¬ ing talk to the enlisted men, and the | Defense Committee and we have the assemblage rose and sang "My Coun-1 required number of men. Before do- try 'Tis of Thee." Adjournment was ; ing anything in this matter wj Ijaire then taken to the ballroom, where | the approval of the Village Bonrd, and dancing was enjoyed, nearly a hun-1 wish to thank you in advance for any- dred ladies being present. | thing you can do to hurry this matter
Souvenir badges are being sent to ! along. '
all  enlisted   men from   Freeport  who } Yours very truly,
were unable to participate in  Satur- j J. J. Williams, Pres.
day's celebration. j H. Clement Jones, Sec.
The following resolution, offered by j The Board had no jurisdiction, and Mr. Ellison, and unanimously passed,! decided to refer the communication to will be s^nt with the badges: | .Major Holland, commanding officer of
To Our Freeport Volunteers:— i the  Freeport  Unit of the  Home De-
At a gathering of the citizens of ^«nse League; also voted to compli- Freeport on .August 18, it was unani-I ni«?"t'<-he signers upon their publig- :nously resolved that: j spiritednt?!?. ¦
We, the citizens of Freeport ^ssem- bled together at n banquet given in your honor on the 18th day of Aug¬ ust, 1917, in the Village of Fretiport, N. Y., desire to express our appreci
Queen  QualitV   Shoes   for  Women.
Tan M hogany Lace, 7^ in^'hes high;
milita. v heel.   The latest type; price
tl.OQ.   Crevoiserat's, 95 So. Main St.
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Aviation Corps at
Church and Supper
.About 50 men of the Aviation Corps ...            1      f,.    ^ --   .       now training at Mineola, were guests
ation of your If^yalty to our country i^f the M. E. Church at supper Sun- m so nobly volunteering your services i day evening. The ^tables were laid for Its protection: We hope your en-| ^^t so that a member of the rinan- iioavorsw.Il materially aid in erdingj^.ij,, jjoard sat at one ond of each the mihtary despotism which leepnrd- table and a member of the Ladies' izes oiir in«cpendence ami endangers , ^j,, goeiety at the other end. with ^ur industries: M^O; ^^od grint you go^^ ^j^ ^'^ ^j ^^ f ^^^^ soldiers on he strength and healtn to endure the | the two sides of the t.able. It was hardships you wi 1 • ncounter and may jf^un,, ^hat the men came from all over you rctiirn to us at the co.iLlusion of | .j,e United States; at one tabic where your efl.orts s«fe and unharmed, car-uix men were seat-d, five different tying witn you triumphantly our Flag States were represented a^d proba- en.sl-.rouded in a now lust-r denoting bv from 'ten to fifteen St|&tes were peace and libcAy for the entire world, 'represented in the gatherjhg. one of «ii^m<r>vT>^ A 1 ''^^ "'*" I'cinu an .Au»tral*n, and one
HYMENEAL from as far south as Nc/th Carjlina,
BEXHA.M WEBER p""' '*s  °"* entertainer rut  it, "they
Louis Benham "of Freeport and Miss'all *«^eme<* ''ke mighty fine fellows." Anna M. Weber of Brooklyn were 'After the supper aiy attended the married in Brooklyn on August 9 by 'services in the church Arh^re the pas- Monsignor F. J. O'Hara of St. James tof.- «e^'- S. O. Curticfc, preached on Pro-Cathedral. The Greatest Fight ol All."
This item in our last issue gave the; Secreary Smith of thk Y. .M. C. A., bride's address, in error, as River- '" charge of the Assoctatidft work at head. ' Mineola, ceme over witi the men, and
___J ; I made the opening pra>*r at the ser-
For every  efficient  worker who  is j vices.     A   spc-iaj   solo (was   rendered seekintr a position there is an employ-, "y.,^''"''  Henry Kamp. er Who is an real need of the right'     ' ne soldiers expressea a great deal sort   of  service.     The   classified   ads « appreciation of the / supper    and brin"' thent together. their  treatment,  and   Were  made  to
" " Adv«rtu«m«nt fe*l entirely at home.   '
N. Y. Naval Militia, 1st Division, 4th Battalion,
Naval  Training  Base, No. Tarrytown, N.  Y. August 20, 1917. My dear Mr. Pearsall:—
I enclose list of names of Freeport boys who attended the dinner at Free- port last Saturday, as requested by you. The boys surely enjoyed it, and it will be a pleasant subject of dis¬ cussion in the camp for some time to come. This is a great, clear life, and I would encourage any young man to enlist. We are still enlisting boys; Harold E. Bedell of Freeport, arrived this morning, and others are coming. This makea about 200 men under the command of Lieut. George C. Colyer; (some showing for F'reeport, eh?) Freeport surely is to front with its local lie'itenant and some forty en¬ listed men. Lieut. Colyer surely makes an ideal comnianciing officer, and is liked not only by the boys in his own division, but by the members of the entire battalion, as was evi¬ denced by their presenting him with a gold shaving set last v/eek.
Well, good-bye, for I must go to work, and when I am at leisure will write you at length.
Peter Stephen Beck.
P. S.—Will you be so kind as to send me a couple of copies of this week's Review for the boys ?
(Will send you a couple as request¬ ed, and in addition will be glad to send the Review eveVy week, neigh¬ bor, besides the one sending to our George Hoffman. .Always glad to hoar from you.—S. F. P.)
List of Freeport boys with New York Naval Militia, First Division, Fourth Battalion, at Naval Training Base, North Tarrytown, New York. There are some uiOO men in the 4th Battalion, which is composed of ten divisions. The first division is made up of Peekskill and Freeport boys (about 200 in nuniber) all of whom were recruited by Lieut. George C. Colyer, and are now under his com¬ mand:
John F. .Anderson
P"ter Stephen Beck
William  Milton Bedell
Harry E. Betzie
Waidron Bor'idorf
Claude  Brotheridge
J. Lawrence Bums
Louis J. Comellas
William A. Donaghy
Alex C. Forbes
George C. Hoffman
Walter E. John-'on, jr.
Willis Johnston
Edward S. Keogh, jr.
Royal Lewis
William Margot
Jerome Montross
James F. Mulcahy
(Jordon  McCarthy
Jerome Nolan
John E.  Nolan, jr.
Frank W. Pitcher
Harold W. Smith
P'reH T. Sopor
.Maurice A. Stein
.Anthony Utz, jr.
Cornelius T. WilUmen
Harvey B. Wood
C.eorge R. Wulfiii'J-
Dwight.J.  Boland
P-dgar Cornell
William Bresman
Thi3 list does not include the names of some dozen men who are exoected to enlist this week. There are also some men in the first division from New York City and villages on Long Island outside of Freeport.
We also received the following let¬ ter from Sgt. Caaij/joII this we«k. The father of one of our enliste*l men re¬ cently told us he would be glad to let us have letters sent by his boy but was afraid we would have too many of these items. If the time comes when we get more of the.se than we can print in our regular edition we be¬ lieve they are of enough interest to most of us to promise that we will add extrj pages iis neoessai-y, but we can handle a lot of them in our regu¬ lar space.
Camp Meade, Mo.,
August 10, 1917. Dear Editor:—
Thinking  you   v/ould   be  interested in the doings ot the Machine Gun Co. of Hempstead, J write this letter. !    Well, as you know, we arrived safe¬ ly at Camp Meade, Md., on Saturday
I (Contmaed on Page 8)
CERTIFIED FOR SERVICE
Following   is   the   complete   list  of names certified to the  District board by the local Draft Examination Board from the first drawing of 558 names: .Malcolm .MacGillaver, Oceanside George H. Hansen, Freeport Tony  .Matuza. Hempstead Joseph  F. Riker, Baldwin William H. White, jr., Roosevelt Clyde T. Smith, Freeport Frank J. Streater, Garden City Frederick W. Senf, Freeport Clarence W. .Mannie, Hempstead Edward T. Collins, Freeport Edward H. Brennon, Oceanside Gustave Gloecker, jr.. Central Park Paul Brown. Garden City Daniel V. Stenson, Hempstead Franklin A. .Mannie, Hempstead Jesse Smith, Huntington Otto Nenninger, Hicksville Harold A. von .Mechow. Bellmore Samuel F'olito, Freeport Arthur W. Ketcham, Hempstead Gaetono Cuti. Freeport Charles E. Henry. Baldwin Harold Baldwin. Smithville South Ralph F. Box. Wantagh Dan O'Donnell. Long Beach Edward  R. .Meyers.  Hempstead Stanislau I'ribsenski, Hempstead Michael Kelsky, Hempstead Frederick  Engelbrecht Joseph  Bacigalupo,  Hempstead Percival T. Wood, Hempstead Harvey J. George,  Roosevelt Joseph J. Less, Hempstead Frederick W. Bartels, Hicksville Jacob Koch. Bellmore Chas. H. Powell, jr., Smithville South Charles W. Leary. Hempstead Herbert L. von Mechow. Bellmore John P. Hubbell, Garden City Harry E. Homan. Baldwin Philip Zwoboda, Hempstead Louis Von Pellenberg, Baldwin I*eter Karukin. Oceanside Edwin Holmes, Freeport Frank Link, Wantagh Peter Byrne, Bellmore Bronislau Regecki, Hempstead Aubrey Abrams, Hempstead Herman .M. Sell. Seaford William (iillard. New York .Mott A. Wells, Hempstead John Kopp, jr., Freeport Stanley K. Zimmer. Oceanside .Andrew Nevy. Hempstead Charles K. Kiessler. Hempstead William H. White. Baldwin .Samuel J. Cheshire. Freeport Jerome Childs. Baldwin James Verteromo.  Hempstead Luke .M. Hedges. Wantagh Alex IVfr-fske. Hicksville Vvasily Polownha. Oceanside Louis G. Schroeher.  Rockville Centre Herbert  .A. Colvin. .Merrick Chester Raynor. Freeport Clarence E. Doty, Hempstead William  Winter,  Oceanside .Vrchic Merritt. Bellmore Edward .A. Sielaff, West Hempstead Edward V. Kane, Garden City William Buchanan, Seaford Frederick Wick, Oceanside Thomas Kester,  Hicksville Forest J. Bedell. Baldwin Thomas K. .Malcolm. (;arden City .Samuel  .Skidmore,  Hempstead Eugene  L.  Kldridge,  Roosevelt William H. Tutting, Oceanside Harry H. Smith, Garden City I'hilip Schwencke. Hempstead Oliver W. Bird, jr., Hempstead George H. Stranahan, Baldwin Stanley .\. Morrison, Baldwin Floyd  B. Stafford, Hempstead Harry B. Finch, East Rockaway Ernest G. Todd, Long Beach .Stanley Smith, Hempstead Ernest David, Hempstead .Arthur O. Heinrich, Baldwin Clinton .A. Zollinhofer, Baldwin FMisio Toledo, Long Beach Ernest F. H. Becker, Hicksville John B. Smith, jr.. Freeport Ernest Schmidt. West Hempstead William Carey. Hempstead Haywood C. Jones, Freeport Edward Hendrickson. Freeport Byron W. Barbour. Baldwin Osmond Pierce, Freeport Frank E. Rose, jr., Baldwin John J.  Denton,  Roosevelt Oliver Teeple, Freeport William Brooks, Hempstead I>eonard S. Hubbard. Roosevelt Frank Corse, Freeport Thomas H. Donnelly. Hempstead Alexander Walker. Long Beach Thomas  Mrus,  Hempstead Lester B. Van Wicklen Burgess Osterhout, Freeport John Robinson. Freeport Charles Cardali, Baldwin Irving R. Oxenham, Freeport Clarence  I^. Jackson,  Wantagh Samuel .Albro, Seaford Whitson .McKay. Roosevelt William Nchejl, Wantagh Fred'k W. .Miller, Central Park Eugene R. Hurley, Baldwin (iustav B. .Miller, Merrick Louis .N. Case, Garden City Fred Combd, Freeport .Anthony Rapuzzi, Baldwin George Vogt. Freeport Ale.v. A. Warga. Hempstead Louis E. Blumberg. Hempstead George Maragonakeis. N. Y. Eugene R. Coiirtenay. Garden City Everitt Laml)erton, Oceanside Robert G. Colthurst, Freeport Joseph H. Bergold, Hicksville Frank E. Ziegler, Freeport August Vogel, Hempstead Clarence .Smoody, Hempstead .Arthur T. Jackson, Hempstead Edward  Stringham,  Smithville South Carroll A. .A.  Allen,  Baldwin Ralph W. .Austin, Be'lmore (ieorge .\. Koehler. Freeport Max (ireenberg. Hempstead Theodore B. Claper. Garden City William T. Lowden, Hempstead Da\id  Howard, Hempstead John E. Heine. Bellmore William N. Dixon. Long Beach Francis A. Walters. Hempstead Feriis Van Wyck. (Jardtn City John Kor2Hki. Hempstead Frank Sa.\toa, Oceanside Lyman Dean, Wantagh Cnarles N. (iaines, Brooklyn Victor Proyezmot.  Hempstead Alfred Prrlusky. Hempstead F'rans W. I.asson. Jamaica Paul Sagan, East Hempstead Clinton G. Lethbridge, Long Beach (I'.'orge F. Gaspard, Long Beach Samuel C. Ellison, Baldwin Emery Burkert, Fialdwin Benjamin D. Abrams. Oceanside Owen W. Humphrey, Freeport Joeeph T. Heimig, Hempstead Charies Of^cker. HickiiTille Archie R. Smith. RooMrelt Frederick Bedell
(Continned do PaK« 6)
Thia column i> edited br Rev. W. H. Lit¬ tebrandt and all items ahouM be sent to him to  insure   inter^.ion  under this  heading.
The following residents of Bellmore have enlisted in the Merrick Home De¬ fense Corps:
Charles F   Doty
Waiter P. Johnson
George Fieseler i
Antonio Palermo
I. J. Vallely
A. L. Brown
Theodore O. Wassung
Lisle W. Richards
C. H. Russell, sr.
Douglas R. Drake
Robert Drake
Others are talking of following their example.
The company now numbers 89 men. There is room for just 14 more good men. At present the company is, drilling Tuesday and Friday even-' ings. and is making such good prog¬ ress that it is believed that the drills will soon be reduced to one evening each week.
Frank Roberta is our repreaentative ia Bellmore and'virinitr. All orders and newa left vith him will rceeire the aame careful attention  as at our office.
The work of dividing the hardware store and setting the fixtures for use of the Bellmore First National Bank are being rushed in order to have ev¬ erything in readiness for the opening on September 1.5. Bellmore has rap¬ idly increased in population during the past three years, and the need of a banking house has been felt for some time, .^t present this village is larger than were several of those adjoining when their first bank was started, and with all the territory be¬ tween Freeport and .Amityville to draw from, the prospects of this new institution seem bright. It is the in¬ tention of the officials to erect a bank¬ ing house as soon as the business war¬ rants it.
John Wilkins of Fort Edwanl, N. Y., a brother of Mrs. George Wood, has been the guest of .Mr. and Mrs. Wood this week.
Father Theodore J. King, F. M. Woo<l and Thomas Vallely are enjoy¬ ing a week's cruise in the Great South Bay.
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sundav, the Twelfth After Trinity, at 7.30 and 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. .M. Celebration of the Holy Communion at the early ser¬ vice Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. Evening Prayer and sermon. Choir practice is held on Thursdays at 8 P. M. The G. F. S. meets on Fridays at 7:.30 P. M. The Boy Scouts, C. A. Calkins, Scout¬ master, meet on Tuesdays at 8 P. M. .A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend the services of this church hnd to become identified with its com¬ munity interests.
Miss May Tween returned nn .Sat¬ urday from a two weeks' vacation from business spent at Cape May, New Jersey.
Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brown of Bellmore Avenue, had his foot badly smashed on Saturday of last week by being run over by a wagon.
Percy W. Behrens. for many years proprietor of the Brandt Point Hotel in the bay opposite this village, died at that resort on Thursday of last week of pneumonia after only a few days' illness. Funeral services were held at the residence of W. O. Valen¬ tine at Wantagh Saturdpy evening and the interment was made Sunday in Greenfield Cemetery.
The annual fair of St. Barnabas' R. C. Church is being held this week in F'iremen's Hall. The attendance each evening has been large and the various booths are well patronized. Saturday will be the closing evening, and a number of unusual attractions will be presented this night.
An attractive sign has heen placed at the railroad station inscribed "Mer¬ rick Civic League" to hold notices of desired information for the village. The idea is fine and the location of the board good enough to inform those ; passing by train that we have such a I useful organization in our village, t but a better location could easily be , founti if the main object is to bring typewritten and written notices to ! the attention of the passerby in the [surest and easiest way. As now placed, the board seems only intended fo attract the attention of the users : of the 1.. I. R. R. and they must cross J the driveway from the north platform ,to get a near view of postecl matter.
I Lieut. Corse left the village on Sun¬ day to take up military service at ' Cambridge, .Mass.
.A dance will be given by Advance Hook and Ladder Company in its hall on Saturday evening of next week. .Music will be furnished by Waldau'a orchestra.
I The ladies of the Circle Society will I hold their annual picnic on the [grounds of the Bellmore Avenue Pres- 1 byterian Church on Thursday after- ' noon and evening, August ,'}(). All are cordially invited  to attend.
;   Deference to National Airs
, Army     Regulations    on     '"The    .Star Spangled  Banner"
2n(l Lieut. H. C   Schwab has orders to report at Yaphank on the l!9th.
Chas. W. Boote of Yonkers, N. Y., was a guest at the Rectory Monday and Tue.sday.
Mrs. Chas. Offerman and son Chas., Mrs. Menry Offerman .-ind niece Ro- monii. an<l Mrs. Eugene Carpenter and (laughter Gwer.dolyn returned on Fri¬ day from a pleasant week's stay in Rosendale,   N.   Y.
Miss .lulia Burns returned on Wed¬ nesday from a vacation spent at White Lake Corners,  N. Y.
.Mrs. L. B. Corlies left on Thursday for a month's stay in Vermont.
The 18-months baby of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Betts of Whaleneck Road, Ruth Grace, died on Mon<lay of men¬ ingitis cf the brain. Burial was at Greenfield on Wednes<lav, the Rev. WM. H. Littebrandt offici'ating .
James Mulcahy and LawTence Burns, member." of tho ^.';^val M litia, were home on .Saturday and Sunday participating in tht celebration given I'y the Freeport Home Defense Cofps on Saturday in honor of the l'>cal young men enlisted in the L'. S. ser¬ vice.
Re.'. Edgerton Chauncey and family are occup.ving the residence of thf late .Mrs. Hermann Schw;.l) for a few weeks.
The Merrick Home DefAise Corps has gained the following recruits since Augu.st 14:
(Jeorge C.  Mellen
Harry A. Baldwin
An important function of this or- ganii^ation is to furnish preliminary tr.iining to men who subsetiucntly in¬ ter the Fe<leral service, either by draft or voluntary enlistment. As soon as thej enter the Federal service they are honorably lischarged from the Home Defkiis*- Corps. Of the ninety- four men who have joined the Corps, four have receiv jd their discharge, leaving the present strength of the Corps ninety men.
The Corps has now been arranged in permanent s<iuad8 of eight men each, "regular army style." This has been found to operate as an addition¬ al inducement to regular attendance at drill. .A spirit of friendly rivalry is developing, between the squads. The system also strengthens the bond ' of comradeship, so that an absent man not only hears from the captain, but frbm his fellows in his squad. I This calls fiOr eight explanations for one absence, and delincjuents do not find it so easy to "put it over."
Home Guard Drills
The three companies of the State Home Guard for tho first timf Mon¬ day night ^fere drilled by an officer of- the regular army. He was Lieut. Stuart Cutler, cf this village, a re¬ cent graduate of Plattsburg Train¬ ing Camp, and who will leave next week for duty at Symf us".
; The playing of the national anthem of any country as part of a medley is prohii)ite<l.
I Whenever the national anthem is I played at any jiluce wiicre persons be- ' longing to the military service are I present, all oflicers and enlisted men i not in formation shall stand at atten- I tion and face toward the music, ex- j cept at retreat, when they shall face I toward the flag. If in uniforni, cov- I ered or uncovered, or in civilian clothes, uncovered, they shall salute I at the lirst note of the anthem, re¬ taining the jiosition of salute until the last note of the anthem. i If not in uniform, covered, they shall uncover at the rirst note of tho I anthem, holding the headdress oppo- |site the left-shoulder, and so remain until its close, except that in incleni- .ent weather the heacidress rnay be held I slightly raised.
I When played by an army hand, the ' national anthem shall bc played j through without rejietition of any I part not reijuired to be repeated to 1 make it complete.
I       Severe Electric Storm
I One of the hardest thunder storms lof the season, in fact of several sea- j sons, struck this section Tuesday ; night. The storm came up about 9 1 o'clock after lying along the west for I a couple of hours and continued, with j slight intermission, until after mid- j night.
j The lightning struck the flagnole on the building of .lacob Post on West Merrick Road, ne^t to DaSilva's store, I went down the pole and through the buildintr, throwing a lot of splinters around.
Other places reported struck were: The   cement   house   east   of   Tony Ellar's hotel on P2a»t Merrick Road.
The flats at the corner of Main .St. and Olive Boulevard.
A door of a garage on the Park's projierty on Sportsmen's Avenue,
A telephone pole on .South Ocean Avenue which was turned into kind¬ ling wood.
The .A. .M. E. Church on Henry St. The electric light service suffered severely, and the village office was almost swamped by reports of places where lights were out of comrniHsion. over 200 reports being received on Wednesday.     '
Village Electrician Walling ;'id his as.sistants worked until after 9 o'clcK'k on Wednesday night on the trouble, and cleared the complaints up o.n Thurlf'i.'.y. '
The Osterhout cottage, corner long ik-ach   Avenue  and   Portert'eld   Place.
.\re you mailing     , .As much as you can xpare To help the Red Cross In its big work?
Ralstou Shoes for Men. Tan Calf Lace, Neolin Sole and Heel (Itetter than leather), Invisible Eyelets, Eng¬ lish Last; price $7 0/) Crevo»»erat s, 96 So. Main St.
Ad**rtlMm«M
Special Meeting of
Freeport Club
-A special  meeting of the Club hac
been  called  for  this   F'riday  evening
"t'l   hear  a   report   of   the   Combined
JJuilding and Fiiii>nce (Jommittee and
lake   action    ipon   u   rccoo.mendjtion
iit  the   Board   of   Directors   that   the
.'.¦lortgage on the Club ortp.'h'.* be in-
fre-\y.ecl V> $14,000 to ret.re the prit.<-
ent mort'fagr of S8000, $?r)')0 In out-
sta/iding  notes  and   supply  $3'tOO to
; cover  the  co.->t   '.f  neccisary   repairs
land improvemen'<i  t^ mrk:  'he Club
House feafr and  more  habitable, and
; for such -iiher business' as niay prop-
|«rly conie before the meeting '
i     Later.—The date of the meeting has
j been  changed  to  September   1.  next
j Saturday.	
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