Nassau County Review 19110707

              Vol. XVI
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAV, JULY 7, 1911
.No. 36
FREEPORT NEWS
Frank Post of the   Review on his vacation this week.
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John S. Sumner and family have re¬ moved from Porterfield Place.
The A. & P. store on West Merrick Road haa received a new coat of paint.
A regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held to¬ night.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Hendrickson and daughter Gertrude have moved to Bellmore.
Mr. and Mrs, John D. Cornelius are entertaining a young son since Satur¬ day, July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Raynor of Broadway are entertaining a young dAighter since Tuesday night.
S. H. Swezey, wife and family are on a vacation at Round Top, N. Y., where they will spend a week or two.
V. G. Walters started Monday on a two months' trip to Alaska and other Western points of interest, including a trip thru the Canadian Rockies.
.Mr. and .Mrs. D. W. Antz of Archer Street and Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Reit- nieyer of Dean Street have been spend¬ ing a week with .Mrs. .-^iitz' parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Strickland of (Quaker Hill, Conn.
.-\ pretty home wedtiing took place at the residence of Mr. and .Mrs. P. William Becker, at Oneonta, N, Y., on .Monday, July :!, the parties to which were Howard Sidney Walters, formerly of Freeport, but now of Brooklyn, a brother of .Mrs. Henry L. Ma.xson of South Long Beach Ave., and .Miss Edith .May Becker. .Mr. and .Mrs. Walters will mako their, home at 6Ls Eastern I'arkway, Brooklyn,
The euchre and dance held at the Crystal Lake House for the benefit of the new Catholic Church was a success both financially and otherwise. There were loo seated at the tables, while as many more came for the dancing. The games were over about ll:3ii. The prizes were numerous and very handsome, 40 in all being awarded to the highest players. The non-players also received consolation prizes. Mus¬ ic was furnished by Bishop, and Mrs. Frost served her usual good supper.
Mr. and Mrs, William Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs, C, L. Corby and Miss Bolton returned July 5 after spending four delightful days on the Dolly II in the Great South Bay.
Saturday evening Messrs. Melvin and Leslie Smith of this village and their guest, Mr. Newton Arms of Hempstead, joined the party at Oak Island in their sail boat and accompan¬ ied the Dolly II on the cruise,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Maxson of Soutn Long Beach Ave. sailed to Oak Island on Saturday, returning Sunday. The Freeporters made things lively at this (luiet resort.
At a special meeting of the Fire Council Wednesday evening. Village Counsel Fishel was present and gave his interpretation of the village law i as regards the Council, Under a re¬ cent law all authority over the rire de¬ partment, except in the purchasing of supplies, etc., rests with this body. The purchasing power remains with the * illage "Trustees, as formerly. Thus the Fire Council is virtually a Board of Fire Commissioners. ^ Committees having been at work on specifications for the new apparatus for along time, the specifications were submitted, thoroughly discussed and adopted, the session lasting until nearly 1 o'clock.
Village Tax Rate 76 l-2c
The Board of Trustees held a meet¬ ing Wednesday afternoon and adopted the budget and tax levy as follows, the figures for liilO being given in com¬ parison.
There is an increase of J20n0 in vil¬ lage fund, mainly for increase in po¬ lice cost; a slight increase in road maintenance, extra in fire department for 1000 ft. of new hose, $.';O0 increase in sidewalks fund as voted for at the village election, also two additional items for interest on road bonds and sewage map, both voted at the same election.
The tax rate last year was ,$1.1226; this year the assessments being higher makes the rate .$.765, which is really an increase of about 36 per cent over last year, or 20c on .$100 assessed val¬ uation, figured on the revised assess¬ ments.
Fund llilo 1911
General $40O0.U0    $6000.00
Street 5700.00      650o,o0
Street Lighting 7500.00 7500.00 Fire Department 3250,00 4127.50 Board of Health 500.00      2000,00
Crosswalks 500. oO        Sou.oo
Sidewalks 1000.00      1500.00
Interest OOO.OO      lo62.50
(Road Bonds) Sewage oiiO.OO      1000,00
(.Map and plan)
$22450.00 $30190.00
lir. G. A, Newton left Thurs a three weeks' vacation.
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Fishing Tackle—DaSilva's
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To avoid difficulties in your vacation letter writing, profit by the suggestion in Smith & Bedell's ad in this issue.   It
Orpheum,—To see the best pictures in Freeport go to the Orpheum, under new management and strictly tirst- class.    Prospect Amusement Co.   It
Continental Window Screens
IS inches high extends to 33 inch^, 20c
24 inches high extends to 3.1 inches, 25c
24 incb«i high extends to 37 inches, 29c
28 inches high extends to 3T  inches.
Tanglefoot fly paper, 3 double sheets, 5c
Flistikon Fly Ribbon, 5c pkg.
Wir« Fly Killeri, 10c It DaSilva
Village Clerk Shea will be prepared to issue license tags for dogs next week.
Paul Johnson, son of A. S. Johnsi.in of North Alain Street, was operated on Sunday, and is improving nicely.
The seaaon for crabbing as a busi¬ ness has not yet opened up to any great extent. It is anticipated that there will be some imiirovement in Aligust.
.Mrs, Wesley E'earsall, who has been confined to her bed since Christmas, has been able to be carried into a ham¬ mock on the piazza at her residenceon Raynor Street this week.
Robert Roland Wallace is a visitor at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. A. B, Wallace of Church Street; he is a week old today and likes Freeport well enuf to make it his permanent home.
The old Imperial Hotel is being re¬ paired, painted and other.vise lenovat- ed. It is not known what scheme is now in view as the men working there claim they have no knowledge of the intention of the owners.
Complaints have been received re¬ garding the poor supply of gas on Fourth of July, and some people had to eat a cold dinner at noon. The people at the gas office say they do not know of any reason for the shortage.
The annual beach party of the Wo¬ man's Relief Corps No. 139, will be held to High Hill Beach next Thurs¬ ilay, July 13. Boats leave Patterson's dock, Freeport River, at 9 o'clock. Tickets can be secured of any of the members. Ice cream will be sold on the boat.
Fourth of July was quiet here, the only special feature being the racing at the South Shore Yacht Club, which attracted a large crowd. In the even¬ ing dancing was enjoyed at the club house. No efforts were made for a i "safe and sane Fourth" in Freeport and not a single accident is reported.
Three score of  frienda  of   Mr.   and Mrs. E, V. Baldwin attended a   recep¬ tion at their home on Leonard  Avenue ' on Saturday evening to   participate   in the celebration of   the   fifteenth   anni¬ versary of their marriage  when   danc¬ ing was enjoyed.     .Mr. and Mrs.   Bald¬ win received many presents of crystal. Among   the   invited    guests    were: County Judge and Mrs. J. P. Neimann, ,Mr,   and   Mrs.   A.   Deagan,   Mr.   and I Mrs.   Richard   Verity,   .Mr.   and   Mrs. j Albert Verity,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   James Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas   Bald- I win,   Mr.   and   Mra.   Harry   De Mott, 1 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Smith,   .Mr.   and [ .Mrs. R. N. Sutherland, Mr.   and   Mrs. I Lyman W. Taft, Mr, and .Mrs.  Samuel I Raynor, Dr. and Mrs. F. W.   Fletcher, I Mr. and Mrs. Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. C. I H. Amberman,  and Mr.   and   Mrs.   C. I Grambou of Hempstead, Mr. and Mrs. E, R.  Smith  of  Richmond   Hill,   Mr. I and Mrs. R. M. Burt of Brooklyn,  .Mr. and   Mrs.   Uhm,   Mr.   and Mrs. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. F. D.  Dixon.
Spalding's   Base  Ball    Goods—Da¬ Silva's It
Side Views on Village
Board Meeting
The Board's idea of the value of a fireman, compared with a pojiceman :
Fireman, on duty at fire house, Fourth of July, 25 cents an hour.
Policeman on duty on the streets Fourth of July, 30 cents an hour.
I wonder what makes the difference.
The village oflicials are very jealous of their authority. They admit it. If the fire department wants an oil can, for instance. Chief Cornell must come up and requisition the Board for it. He thought he might have authority to order small supplies neec'ed but Presid¬ ent Gunning told him this must be done thru the Supply Committee, Trus¬ tee Sigmond said he could see no ob¬ jection to this. Chief Cornell aaid he could net either if the supply commit¬ tee would suyiply, but some little plumbing asked for in the houses two months ago has just been finished the day before—just for instance.
I wonder why the Village Eloard de¬ clines to take the people into their con¬ fidence. They have decided not to tell what roads they are going to improve with our $.")0,oi)0 bond issue. As near a? I can understand thev think it will give better satisfaction to keep the people guessing till the money is all used up.
As to that jealous of authority mat¬ ter. The Freeport Improvement Soci¬ ety appointed a committee whieh was well (jualilied to aiul .lid. go into tin- question of the proper kind of roads for us to have and they reported unani¬ mously in favor of Peekskill griivol and gave reasons and authority. The village ollicials do not consider evi¬ dently that that report was of any value, and are delaying, action on the roads whilo they make their own iloci- sion. I'm not complaining—merely telling yon why nothing is yet starte.,1.
I'll take ofT my hat to the eneroy of our Village Board. As near as I can guess they are going to speml ihat $50,0011 for road? in home-made drib¬ lets. Instead of deciding what roads they want fixt and putting it out for bids they are going to buy the stuff and have the work done them.^elvea. Don't misunderstand I am criticising, but think of their energy—and when will we get the roads.
And then, as to those roails. The Board voted at that special meeting Friday night to put $25,oo0 from the special road fund at interest. As I understand money has to be in either of our banks six months to draw in¬ tereat ic looks as though we were not bookt for roads this year. If the con¬ tract were given out and the work done as some of us supposed it would be when we voted to spend the money, the work would be all done this Fall, and we would be willing to ap¬ propriate some more next year. But the way this is going to stretch out we won't need any more in  1912.
With the exception of Trustee Be¬ dell, the Board seems to have been very strongly im|irest with the dulcet tones of a representative of a steam road machine company who appeared at one of their meetings and told them how the village could pet rich owning their own roller, and they are to ask for bids. I think 1 heart! them tell the clerk to ask for bids anyhow. Here's my idea of the cost; if I am wrong I would be pleased to be cor¬ rected.
Cost of road machine, $3000
Say it lasts ten   years (and it
won'tl the   cost   per   year
would amount to $3o0.00
Reckon interest at 5 per cent      150.00
Reckon   anen.ineer  at $75 a
month for six months 450,00
Storage same as now paying for the old steam engine, $15 a month ISo.uO
Man to watch the engine and keep in condition while not in use, f> months 20,oo
Fuel, a guess loii.oo
$1200,00 According to these figures a steam road machine would cost us $1200 a year and as Truatee Bedell says, it couldn't be used anyhow. It would be seeded most in the Spring and Fall when it would he too heavy for use on dirt roads and we would not possibly have over Jo rr.ifles of I'eekskil! gravel roads, or a cost of $120 a mile a year to keep them rolled down and we al¬ ready Save a horse roller.
Trustee Myrick thinks the firemen ought to be willing to do a little thing like turning the lights off and on in the'fire houses each morning and night in consideration of tne privilege of having the   use   of  electricity.    Just
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Coming Events
On July 11 annual picnic of the .M. E. Sunday Schoul in the Church Grove.
Saturday, August 5, Epworth League moonlight sail.
Unclaimed Letters
Unclaimed letters for the following are advertised at the Freeport Post Otiice:
.Mr. H. Carman
J. R. Cashnian
Harry Cunningham i'-i)
D. Darling
Mr. Greve, Illustrator Ad. Heilman Mrs. A. Hamilton Henry Kohl .Mrs. .Murray .Mrs. Clarie'N. Post -Mrs. Riley
Geo. (;. Sutherland, 37 .Main St. Mrs. Libbie Stewart .Mrs. Sadie Sanders,    Newton Boule- varil
.Mrs. H. A. Schafer
E. L, Severance (2i .Miss Annie Taylor
.Mrs. Tiirfhalb,"l27 South Ocean Ave. Tuthill Shirt Co. .Mrs. Steven Wood Mrs. Walsh .Miss C. Wilson
Robt. G. Anderson, V. .M. July 3, 1911.
Boy Scouts Parade
.Monday evening the Boy Scouts r.i this vicinity known as Troop A, 1st Xa-sau County Battalion of the Boy SL'out.s of America, unier the command of Scoutmaster Hubert W. Eldred, held a parade in Froe|jurt. The line ol' inarch was changed after it was jjublished in the [lapers last week, but the finish was mmie at the residence of .Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Thomas, Lexington .-Xvenue and Long Beach Avenue, where the Scouts were served with rcfresiiinents and .Mr. and .Mrs. I'lionias eiitertaineil the coinmanding ollicers at luncheon.
The troops from Rockville Centre, B and C, were commanded tiy Capt. James F. White and Lieutenants Mil¬ ton P. Latimer, George Williams and Harold B. Van Duyn. Patrol 5, 'Troop D, of Ocean Side was commanded by Capt. Thomas.
.Music for ihe parade was to be furn¬ ished by Bay \iew .Military Band, but two of its members werfe overcome by the heat that day, and were unable to serve, so that the music furnished con¬ sisted of bass drum and snare drum.
The Boy Scouts of America is an organization the purpose of which is character building for boys between the ages of twelve and eighteen. It is an effort to get boys to appreciate the things about them, and to train them in self-reliance, manhoo' and good citizenshiji. It is Peace Scouting these boys engage in, living as much as possible out of doors, camping, hiking and learning the secret of the woods and fields. The movement is not essentially military, but the mili¬ tary virtues of discipline, obedience, neatness and order are scout virtues. Endurance, self-reliance, self-control and an effort to help someone else are scout oDJectives. Every activity that lends itself to these aims is good Scout-craft.
P-ominent business men and our leading educators are behind the move¬ ment, and this populai organization is filling in a big ga}) in the recreational education of the boyhood of America.
The aim of the Boy Scouts is to sup- plerrient the various existing edu¬ cational agencies, to promote the abili¬ ty in boys to do things for themselves and others. The method is summed up in the term Scout-craft, and is a com¬ bination of observation, deduction and handinesa —or the ability to do. Scout-craft consists of Military Drill, Physical Culture, First Aid, Life Saving, Tracking, Signaling, Cycling, Nature Study and other instruction. This is accomplished in games and team play, and is pleasure, not work, for the boy.
It is desired to secure the enlistment of every boy, in Nassau County, of the requisite age, and any details desired by parents will be cheerfully supplied by the officers.
It is to be hoped that the people of Freeport will become interested in this great movement, of so much interest, and gooil to the boy character, and give their encouragement and support to boys of Freeport and neighboring towns, to enroll their names.
Plans are now being made to form a battalion in this town, and as the field is large, P'reeport ought to soon have one of the largest troops in Nassau County.
Boys wishing to enlist should make application to Scoutmaster J. D. Kiefer, S. .Main St.,  Freeport.
Local Topics
iBv the Editori
I'lease let us have any items of news you happen to know about. They all help make our paper more in¬ teresting, and that is our chief dim.
I saw this week one of the "Home Hampers" sent out by the L. I. R. R. Exjierimental Station, Wading River. They send these baskets out. contain¬ ing seasonable fruits and vegetatde?. which would almost induce one to give up farming. The namper had six baskets, and this particular assortment consisted of a generous supply nf peas, beets, carrots, onions, potatoes, lettuce and two kinds of cranberries.
Here's a peculiar freak of law: The "dog law" saya:
"Such registration fee must be uni¬ form in any one year in all the towns and villages of the county to which such sections or this article are then appilicalile."
I don't know just what this means, but this is now being advertised in the papers throughoot the town in which the registration fee is fixt for Freeport at $1 for any dog over four months: for I.ynbrook $2, and for Rockville Centre one dollar for dog over months old (no date given) and $3 for every female dog over 3 months old.
I fell asleep and dreamed a dream ; it was in the year 1921, and I was on .Main Street in front of the .Manhattan House, when a little boy passed holding his father by the har.d; suddenly he exclaimed "Look papa, what is that piece of red cloth there'.'" and his father replied, ''my boy, that is a sig¬ nal placed there when I was a boy to remind jieople where to fall down on Harms' sidewalk."
And 1 awoke.
The ViillaKi; Board tiiii.k^ that if a building is a nuisance tu surrounding property 'iwiiers the property owners themselves should bring an action in court for relief. I woiuler where this differs from any other nuisance, which the Board appoints officers fr.im time to time to abate.
Some people are looking for triuible. I cannot see what special delight ai.y rnan can take in deliberately trying to interfere with a police oliicer or any other otHcial in the cfmscientious dis¬ charge of his public dut:es. Some few of our residents seem to try to make themselves as much of an annoyance as possible, as when driving their autos across Main Street at the .Merrick Road. Officers are placed there to do their level best to regulate the tratfic at that point, and fnmi personal obser¬ vation it seems to me they do fairly satisfactory work. The man who, when instructed by the tdlicer to stop his car to allow another car to cross in front of him, sneaks up in back of the officer before being instructed to go ahead, haa a peculiar idea of civic pride and public duty.
I had the pleasure of passing that corner several times on the Fourth, and waa well pleased with the way the officers handled their work.
The officers do not have any special love for me after what I have felt obliged to say about police work from time to time, and it is natural to a.s- aume I was not given any special fa¬ vors; neither am I claiming to be an expert in running an auto, as I do not own one, but think I am (jualilied to say that if any collisions had occurred or if any auto had run into the curbs at that corner it would have been be¬ cause the driver was ilruiik or going at a reckless speed. ,
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Village Clerk Shea ant/'ftis assi>^ant, .Miss Rhodes, are used to ^eing compli¬ mented for the excellent condition in which the Village tax books are writ¬ ten up. A man told me Tuesday -th«t they were the best, neate.9t and mo^t complete tax boiks he had ever seen.
Our Village Clerk, .Mr. Shea, has just finished furnishing proofs, affidav¬ its, more proofs, more affidavits, re¬ quired by the buyers '.f the Village bonds, who naturally wanted every¬ thing absolutely correct. In looking over the correspondence with the buy- era it seems to me they asked fcr enough information to fill an almanac, and Mr. Shea gave it to them too. In view of the fact that the money haa now been paid over to the village, it might be in order to quote the follow¬ ing from a recent letter to .Mr. Shea, from the bond buyers.
"We desire to express our apprecia¬ tion in passing for the very satisfac¬ tory n anner in which the details of this bond matter have been band!e<l by
News of the Churches
The Epworth League meeting of the .M. E. Church will be at 7 p. m. Sun¬ day night: leader, Robert I'aterson; topic, "Ged overrule? evils for our good." Singing hy League Quartet; music by the orchestra: menibprs and friends are invted to attend.
The regular business and social of the Epworth League of the .M. E. Church WHS held Friday evening in the lecture room, when a very interesting program was furr.ished. A committee of three was appointed to make ar¬ rangements for a moonlight sail, on Saturday, .\ueust 5. Five new mem¬ bers joined the League. Refreshments were served. .A large number of peo¬ ple were present.
''In the Pathway of Light" will be the theme of the Sunday morning ser¬ mon at the Baptist t'hurch by the pas¬ tor. The evening serm.^n will be "Contrary Winds." Prayer meeting wil! be belli on Friday ever.ing at eight o'clock.
The Sunday Schooi outing of the Bajitist Church will be held '*Vedne8- day. July 12, at High Hill Beach, The biat leaves Patterson's Deck jiromptly at 9 a. m. .\11 parents and friends of the Su! day Sch. o! are cordially invited to s['ei.d a pleasant day on the beach with the children. Children of the Surday Scho.d will go free of charge while pareits a;-d others will secure tickets at a very reasonable rate. Lunch dm:.ers taken by all.
" The weaK bnitber : a hi:u!rance or a heiij'.'" will I e the Stftwlay morning sermon theme of Kev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. The evening subject will be "N'.i peace for the wicked."
Christian-'Science services will be held in the Hempstead Bai.k Building, Hempstead Sunday ; .-ubject, "Sacra¬ ment. "
.¦\ series of Sunday evening song ser¬ vices has been started in the .M. E. Church, coniirencini: this Sunday even¬ ing, July '.'. There will be an opening praise service with special music, anil a fifteen minute address by Rev. W. .A. Richards, pastor, on the topic, "The Dear <i|d Hymns." All the hymns and anthems sung will be over fifty years old. ".Man, a Revelation of God," will be the morning sermon sub¬ ject,
John Anderson of South Grove Street left yesterday morning for a month's visit with his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Kelsey, at Stoughton, Mass.
lore Fmpert Rets on Pt^eS    ,Loctl Topics Continofld od Pa|« 5
Chaplain Scholey has the thanks of the firemen on duty at the truck and engine houses on July 4. Twice dur¬ ing the day he visited them with cool¬ ing lemonade for the men on duty,
A smash-up occurred at the corner of .Merrick Road and Main .Street Mon¬ day morning about 1" o'clock, when one car crashed into another and par¬ tially smashed one of the machines. An automobile driven by Mrs. Dun¬ kirk came along the .Merrick Road from the east at a rate of from 15 to 2o miles an hour. When she arrived at the corner she crashed into a car be¬ longing to the tlagle laundry from Hempstead. The laundry machine was partially disabled.
Fourteen Vears Ago
(It' lU-ot iut. r- >t  Ir- 111 the K»-vie\v files tourt.« n yar- ;tg > this weekj
"The hay crop thia year will be un- ueuaby large."
Over 6.IIOO bicycles carried over the .Montauk Divi9i<;in of the Long Island Railroad, between Saturday and Sun- dy .evenings.
Long Beach Road from Barnum Isi- a d opened.
Big time at Point Lookout on the Fourth; had "at least a dozen yachts anchored at the dock."
I. W. .Miller wo.-i a handsome gold watch at the bicycle races at Patch¬ ogue.
George Hum, Chinese laundryman, set off lo.oiio fire crackers at one time in front of his store on .Main Street on Fourth o( July.
George Christians representing the Pheonix Interior Telephone Company, was in tbe village soliciting rentals for a local telephone.
Henry Hill has firisheii a canoe four¬ teen feet long.
The engineer at the Power House reported that he pumped water "about every day."
The opening reception held at the Woodcleft Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Shea of Brook¬ lyn visited relatives here.
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