Nassau County Review 19110630

              Vol. XVI
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAV, JUNE 30, 1911
No. 35
FREEPORT NEWS
Mrs. Cornelius Braren of Pearsall Avenue is visiting friends and relatives at City Island.
Alonzo Foster and family are rest¬ ing for a few weeks at Haines Falls, in the Catskills.
Frank John, who has leased Meyer's livery on Church Street, has greatly improved the buildings by a coat of paint.
After Saturday the office of Council¬ or Sidney H. Swezey, will be at 29 Kailroad Avenue, in the First National Bank Building.
The entertainment by the Woodcleft All Star Vaudeville Company in Sig¬ mond Opera House Monday evening drew a big crowd.
Little   Raymond    Kiernan,    aged   6 years, was knocked down by a horse in Main   Street last  Thursday   afternoon ] and his collar bone broken. j
A pleasant trip would be a sail to High Hill Beach in Capt. John A. Haff's boat "Carrie A," sailing from Scott's Dock at 9:30 a. m. and 6 p. m.
The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a home-made bread and cake sal9 Sat¬ urday, July 1, at 2 p. m., on the lawn of Wm. H. I'atterson, 127 S. .Main Street.
The .Assessment Roll for the Village of Freeport is i.ow on file for fifteen days, expiring on July 5. There is no particular need of seeing the list now. as no corrections will be made except in case of error.
.A surprise linen shower   was   given ! Miss Olive .M. Smith at   the   home   of her   sister-in-law,    .Mrs.    Seth   Dimon Smith, at  whicli    she    was    presented wilh many handsome and useful pieces, i A tempting luncheon was served. I
Last Sunday, while the clock was ' striking twelve, a little daughter ar-1 rived to gladden the home of .Mr. and .Mrs. William Pearsall on Leonard Ave-j nue. The little one was a twelve I [lounder and has received the name of Alma R. i
The first regular meeting of the Vil- I Iage Board of Trustees for July   is   on Friday evening of next week, July 7.
Our .New Library
A number of friends of Mrs. Rich¬ ard Conway gathered at her ho.ne at 17 Smith Street o.i Wednesday even¬ ing and tendered her a surprise party, the occasion being her birthday. During the course of the evening re¬ freshments were served and a musical program rendered. Before departing the guests all wished Mrs. Conway many more such happy occasions.
The cellar is being excavated for an¬ other business building to be erected on the plot adjoining the office of Lib¬ by & Edwards on Railroad Avenue. The building will be erected by Wm. G. Miller Inc., which firm exchanged the plot on which the First National Bank is to be erected, for the one men¬ tioned.
If you like to treat your friends to soda water you'll be interested in Smith & Bedell's ad in this issue.      It.
See  Charles P. Seaman's  change of adv. in this issue of tbe Review.
Our Board of Health ought to thanK M. Stockman for making our town more healthful and sanitary. He has established, on corner of Main Street and Boulevard a sanitary method of cleaning clothes. He claims the old method of pressing clothes carried around more disease than flies and mosquitoes can. Adv.
Refrigerators, $6.85 to S12.S5
Hammocks, 5t»c "to $15.;»8
200 Universal Bread  .Mixers, $1.75
2 Burner Gasoline Stoves, $3.50
3 Burner Gasoline Stoves, $4.9S
2 Burner Blue Flame Oil Stoves,
$:!.65
3 Burner Blue Flame Oil Stoves.
$4.98
2 Burner New Perfection Oil Stoves,
$6.75
3 Burner New Perfectiou Oil Stoves,
$9.00 Ovens for Gas cr Oil Stoves,
$1.10 to $3.00
2 Burner Gas Stoves, $1.65
3 Burner Gas Stoves,  $2.00 1 Burner Gas Stoves, 75c Continental    Window     Screens    IS
inches, extends to 33 inches, 20c 24 inches, extends to 33 inches, 25c 24 inches, extends to 37 inches,   29c 28 inches, extends to  37 inches, 33c 24 inch wire screening, S^c  running ft;   other sizes proportionately low. Porcb Rockers, $1.19 Guaranteed Garden Hose, 10c ft. Hoae Reels, 75c $5.00 l-olding Go-Carts,$3.98 'DaSilva'a. Pbone 385-W
The Freeport Bank gives evidence of its continued prosperity by declaring a semi-annual dividend of six per cent, payable July 1.
Mabel A. Cornelius starts today (Friday) for the Catskill Mountains where she will spend the summer at the Lox Hurst, Haines Falls, N. Y.
Town Clerk Thomas S. Gilbert ad¬ vertises for bids for 40 tons of furnace coal, to be delivered at the Town Hail, Hempstead; bids to be received up to July 3rd.
Frank Ashdown and family start next Friday for Sidney, Delaware Co., N. Y., where they will stay for some time. If everything proves satisfac¬ tory, as to climate and surroundings, they may stay a year or longer.
In our report of graduating of Elliott P. Ross from the University of Penn¬ sylvania, Mr. Ross received the degree of B. S. instead of B. A. as stated in our last issue. His sister. Miss J. C. Ross, with .Mr. Ross, attended the ex¬ ercises.
The "500 Club" had its last meet¬ ing for the summer at the home of .Miss Elise Pond on Tuesday after¬ noon. The table lioked very pretty with its decorations of green and white and gold ai;d everyone vote J a Vi ry good lime.
The assessed valuation of the Village of Freeport this year is ¦?3,i'45.»i4,'', against $l,'.'9'J,76;,i iast year. The as¬ sessments have generally been doubled over last year, so that lul very little general increase is note*!. The lax rate will be considerable more than it was last year, owing to the number of improvements.
The Freeport Club Committee has decided that it will be impossible to hold any fireworks display this year, as they have been unable to find a place suitable. There is » store on the prop¬ erty where the seats were last year, and there does not seem tt> be any other site conveniently available. The South Shore Yacht Club was suggested but the capacity of that place will be taxed to the limit that dav, withuut a special attraction of this kind.
E. S. Randall, treasurer of the Free- port Park Commission, sends us the following report of the work of the Freepori Park Commission.
Cash subscriptions have been re¬ ceived by ihe Freeport Park Commis¬ sion to date:
Previously acknowletiged $729.50
Cadman H. Fredericks 100.00
William G. Miller 25.00
Dr. and .Mrs. D. A. Jordan 25.00
Total $b79.50
The fohowing additional donations, other than cash, have also been made:
C. M. Pul ver, lawn mower.
Edward P. Trayer, 3 flower vases.
John J. Randall, flowers.
L. I. R. R. Co., & cars cinders and 12 pine trees.
Hicks Bros. Nursery, 75 dwarf ever¬ greens.
The Commission has received cash sufficient to carry cn the work up to the present time, but it will be neces¬ sary to stop unless further cash dona¬ tions are made. We would be pleased to have those interested in the project to respond to this re<iuest, so that the work can 'oe carried on to completion.
OBITUAKY
Benjamin F. Combs, the 11 months- old son of Mr. and .Mrs. B. Frank Combs of 337 South .Main Street, who died of spinal meningitis, was buried Wednes<lay afternoon. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, pastor of ttie First Presbyterian Church, officiating; in¬ terment at Greenfield.
I Caroline, wife cf Henry .A. Robin¬ son, for many years a resident of this village, and lately a resident of Brook¬ lyn, died at the Mineola Hospital Fri¬ day. Mrs. Robinson was 57 years of age. and leaves besides her husband several grown sons and daughters. Funeral services were held from the home of one of her children in Man¬ hattan.
i    - STEPHEN WALTERS.
I     Stephen   »alters   of   Bedell   Street , died Wednesday  afternoon,    suddenly. ] Funeral services will be held Saturday , afternoon at 2:30. with   interment  at ', Greenfield.    Mr. Walters  moved   here I with bis wife and   family   from   Bell- j more and bad made   many   friends  in tbe several years be has been   a   resi¬ dent of Freeport, taking a deep   inter¬ est in all local affairs, despite his  ad¬ vanced age.    Hd was in hia 87th year.
That there are some book lovers in Freeport who appreciate the public library is shown by the fact that about 7000 books were drawn during the past year from June 191" to the same month this year. Of that number 5515 were fiction, 4686 being drawn by adults and 829 by children. Non-fiction books to the total of 1407 were drawn.
On Tuesday afternoon the Review representative called at the library wliich now located in the .Miller Build¬ ing on Grove Street, where she found .Miss Rogan, assistant librarian, busy making out new book cards and ex¬ changing books. When asked for in¬ formation in reference to the books and the business done in the past it w s remarkable bow well she knew where the various books were located and how quickly and willingly she gave the information and, the best of all, in the manner in which a reporter is glad to get it.
The library has only been in the new buililing since the 12th of June and there are 144 borrowers on the regis¬ ter of the new system inaugurated by the assistant librarian. The changing of the books from tbe High School building to a place by itself is a marked improvement as shown by the increased volume of business. .Many, it has been learned, were ignorant of the fact that Freeport had a public lib¬ rary as long as it was houseii in the school building.
.At the prsent time there are about 4111111 Volumes on the shelves which are divided up i:. the various classes of tic- lion and r,ii:,-fie'.ion. (if the former there are about lono a:-.d of the lat¬ ter about 2500. In the 4o'i0 volumes the children are well taken care of, having om) fiction and  "^no non-ficti<in.
.A practically new feature of the lib¬ rary are tbe numerous volumes of ref¬ erence Work, which, while they have not been used to any great extent up to date, probably will be in the fufjre.
The new system which has been started by .Miss Rogar;. assists the lib¬ rary in its financial support. Prior to moving in the new building the only tax was for overdue books. Under the new system every new borrower pur¬ chases a book card for Iw cents which entitles the person to borrow books for a term of three years, or until the card runs out.
When a new borrower wishes lo take out their first book, he or she signs an application card, and if the person be a minor, the card is endorsed by the parents. They are then given a num¬ ber in tbe register, which number is also used in the card index to show when the book is dye. The new books for which there is a great demand, are returnable in 7 days while the older books are allowed to be out for 14 days. To get some idea as to the use of some of the new books, apout 150 of them have been sent away to be re¬ bound. If a book is kept beyond the time allowed whether it be a 7 or 14 day hook, a penalty of 2 cents a day is charged to the borrower. During the last year the fines for overdue book" amounted to over $50.
The library is open daily from 2 to 5 o'clock iin the afternoon and from 7 to 9. o'clock in the evening with the exception of Saturflays and holidays.
The new home of the library is a large room in the Miller Building. It is located on the ground floor and is well lighteti. Besides the librarian's desk it is equipped wilh two large tables, one for writing purposes, and the other ia surrounded by chairs and is covered with all the magazines of the day. .Many who stop at the lib¬ rary for reference work, etc., find this place very useful. The building has hard wood floor, cypress trim, modern plumbing and is heate<i by steam. The side walls toward the rear of the room on both sides are covered with shelves and besides there are three new rteel book stalls standing in the cenire of the room. They have movable shelves and will accommodate any size book.
The officers and tru-tees are as fol¬ lows: Librarian. Frcif. .A. E. Barnes; Assistant Librarian, Miss Allie Rogan ; Pre.sidenl, Hiram R. Smith; Secretary and Treasurer, .Albin N. Johnson ; Sam¬ uel R. Smith, Henry P. Libby and John Campoell.
Over 200 books have recently been given to the library by the Sunday School of the Presbyterian Church.
Fourteen Years Ago
(Items of interest from the R. vu w fiU-i fourt.-«'U y.-ars ago tliis week)
Blue fish are being caught in abund¬ ance.
Union Sunday School excursion an nounced for July 14th to Gien Island.
Walter Smith launcbedfa new yacht.
E. A. Dorlon elected Councilor of Mechanics.
Tbe Good Templars bad a b«acb party. j
HYMENEAL
SMITH-KINDSGRAB,
-Miss Olive M. Smith of this village and W. Henry Kindsgrab of Hemp¬ stead were married Tuesday afternoon, June 27, at 2:30 at the home of the bride.
The drawing room was beautifully decorated with Japanese Iris and palms. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Chas. H. Snedeker. rector of St. George's Episcopal Church of Hempstead. The bride, whose broth¬ er, S. Dimon Smith, gave her in mar¬ riage, wore ivory white crepe de chine, trimmed with English point lace and a point lace veil caught up with orange blossoms; she carried a bouiiuet of white gardenias.
.Miss Ruth Smith, sister of the bride, was maid of honor; her gown was of pale pink chiffon over pink liberty satin and she carried a bouquet of pink roses. The bride's little niece. Miss Ruth Seaman, was flower girl. She was dresseil in white and carried a basket filled with pink carnations and sweet peas. The bridegroom was at¬ tended by Albert L. Earle of this vil¬ lage, as best man.
.Miss Alice E, Southard, a friend of the bride, played Lohengrin's Wedding March, and other selections during the ceremony.
The bride received a great many very handsome gifts.
VVhen Mr. and .Mrs Kindsgrab re¬ turn from their wedding journey tney will reside at Edgewater, N. J.
On June 17 Rev. Chas. A. Logue married Herman Bodigheiiner, of Iirooklyn and Katie Liitz of .Merrick.
On June 18, Justice Chas. F. Git¬ tens of Henipstead married Court Jahn, of New Y'ork and .Martha Her¬ bert, of Freeport.
On June 17 Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey married Williain Lyie Wisner, of Rockville Centre and'Chloe Frances Raynor, of Freeeport.
A Letter of Thanks
In appreciation of my clients, and on reiiuest, I publish the following sales made through my office this year:
B. Carney, cor. Miller Ave. and At¬ lantic Ave.
Henry Harms, S, Church St.
B. Carney, cor Raynor and Bedell Sts.
Pettit & Lamb, Co., 209 Hendrix St., Brooklyn.
C. Carney, S. Church St.
Pettit & Lamb Ce,, Cottage on Jay St.
B. C. Thorn, 12 Madison Ave., Rockville Centre.
B. C. Thorn, 209 Hendrix St., Brooklyn.
Mrs. Finken, three cottages on E. Milton St.
Annie Henderson, cor. N. Main St. and Grand Ave.
Minnie Grim, two cottages on E. Milton St.
Frederick B. Grim, Shea cottage on Grand Ave.
Pettit & Lamb Co., ten lots at Bellmore.
.Mr. Verbeck, ten lots cor. Broad¬ way and Columbus Ave.
E. Gately. Smith cottage, Lena Ave.
VV. S. Smith, four lots, Green View Terrace.
.Mr. Teeple, cor. Long Beach Ave. and Russell Place.
Pettit &^Lamb Co., cottage on Ray¬ nor St.
W. S. Smith, cottage on Lena    Ave.
W. S. Smith, cottage on   Grove   St.
A. Southard, Whaley   St., Bayview.
A. Raynor,   Whaley   St.,  Bayview.
V. Joy, Jay St.
H. Greve, .Miller Ave.
S. Jackson, Liberty Ave.
M. Johnson, two cottages on Waver¬ ly Ave.
J. Venditi, N. Main St.
C. Sigmond Realty Co., Grand Ave., .'ottage.
V. Farr, Grand Ave. cottage.
Mr. Speigel, flat house, E. .Merrick Road.
H. Ashdown, cor. W. .VIerrick Road and Park Ave.
J. J. Randall Co., mill on .Merrick Road.
J. J. Randall Co., land on Alexander Ave.
C. Ferda, 1 acre in Roosevelt. ">
C. Sigmond Realty Co., l8 acres in Lake Grove, L. I.
J. Smith, Newton Boulevard.
Pettit & Lamb Co., cottage and 6 lots at Bellmore.
Also a large number of rentals, furnished and unfurnished.
To my above friends, I extend my sincere thanks, and trust that through them my business may be as successful in the next six months, as it has been in these past.
B. Trubenback, Office, 127 N. Main St. Freeport, L. I. ,
The   Review   office now o'clock Saturdays.
closes at 1
Frank Whaley was    thrown   off   his truck Wednesday and seriously injured.
Anna Crossfield is announced to lead the Epworth League meeting Sunday night in the .M. E. Church; topic, "An Appeal to Patriotism."
The summer timetable of the L. I. R. R. went into etfect Wednesday. The corrected times appear in their adv. in our issue this week.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Freeport Fire Department will   be
Local Topics
I By the F;ditori
The Glen Cove Echo says the Hose Company in that plnce was robbed of their prize at the County Firemen's Tournament by the action of the judges in disqualifying them for using up-to-date apparatus. This is true so far as the judges are concerned, but the two Freeport companies disquali¬ fying for the same reason bolh made better time than the Glen Cove Com¬ pany. Glen Cove was only robbed [of the honor; Freeport of the honor and prizes.
Here's a sermon in short:  "Remem-
hel al headquarters. Wide Awake En- i,er that it is as Bad to repeat a thing gine House, on Thursday evening, that you do not krfbw to be true, as to July 6. repeat a thing   that   you    know to   be
not true." Before you are tempted The Fifth Annual Banquet of the (,,, repeat the latest bit of choice gos- f reeport High School Alumni Associa¬ tion was held al the Garden City Hotel, Monday evening. The Associa¬ tion, most of whose members are from Freeport and vicinity, was schedula<l to leave Freeport on a special trolley, aboul7:ii,J. The car was twtnty-tive minutes late in starting, and an hour late at the hotel.
The menu of the evening was as follows:
Grape Fruit Little .Neck Clam- Chicken Camelia Radishes Olives Celery
Halibut .Au Gratin
Sliced Cucumbers Ponimes Rosace
Punch Cardinal
Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce
.Mashed Potatoes .Asparagus Tips
New Peas
Lettuce ami Tomatoes
Strawberry Short Cak
.Neapolitan Ice Cream Roquefort Cheese and (Jrackers Demi Tasse Cafe After   linishing    the   dinner   toast- master Henry Preston  Roe   introduced the following speakers:
Hyphenated Impressions, Albin N. Johnson;!'. 11. S. .Athletics, Stephen B. Story; -A Professsor's Blotter, Prof. Roy Leoi! Smith; "A Harmony in Two Flats." Harold E. Brown; Welcome Graduates, .Miss Norma E. Sammons; Class l'.UI. Benjamin T. Abrams.
The Nassau (juarlet furnished some exceptionally good music, and Harold Wilson of the Class of 19u8, and -Mil¬ ton Raynor of 'o7, and oihers. also re¬ sponded to impromptu calls.
The Executive Committee to whom the pleasing success of the evening is due, are:
Henry     Preston
sip. think how you would feel if some¬ one told the same about you, and re¬ flect that il is as apt to be true in your case as anybody else's. The tongue of the mischievous I came near say¬ ing fiendish -gossip, i.s no respector of persons; and if you repeat their gos¬ sip you are as brd as they.
I will register a promise that there will be a big howl in Rome if a scheme proposed to cut down on the cost of new fire apparatus to pay the interest on bonds for same is cawied through. The money was appropriated to buy needed apparatus and the department is not in the huiimr to stand any cutting on the cost- when the amounts asked for were known to be needed for the carriages.
The school now being closed, ami tho Assorted Cake exntenient of Comn encement Week over, we expect to see a bunch of Jun¬ iors around the village clearing up the posters they have stuck up every¬ where, and wash the paint off the side¬ walks at the school hou.'o. It is not to be supposed that these scholars had the intention of permanently littering up the village as they have done.
Thomas F. Gilbert, town 'clerk, ad¬ vertise- ill Rockville Contreand Hemp¬ stead papers for bids for coal for tho Town Hall. 1 wonder if he thinks there aro no coal dealers in I''reeporl — or what?
I cannot understand why the Village Board seems to shy at giving the Fire Department the authority it should have, or rather coming to an under¬ standing as to the Jegal rights of the Fire Department. It seems the Vil¬ lage Board has for years assumed right Roe, President; and privileges which belong entirely Florence C. Stiles, Vice Pres.,; Hii- to the Fire Department, and the Fire bert R. Johnson, Sec'\ ; August V. Council has requested the Village Johnson, Treas.; Hazel C. Golder, Board to meet them for the purpose of Historian; Albin N. Johnson '93, Jesse getiling thia question, but so far they F. Bedell '94, Walter .M, Nichols '95, have been unable to reach a decision. Moses Da Silva '96, Mrs, Grace M. it seems to me that if I were a Dunbar '97, VV. Burgess Osterhout member of the Village Board I would '01, W. Robert Humphrey '02, Harold be entirely willing to turn over to E. Brown '(i3, Sigfred F.  Johnson '04,   some other person a share of the work.
Mrs. Grace I. Sutphin  '05, Herbert R. ; 	
Tredwell '06, Norma E. Sammons '07, ' Have you done your share toward Mabel A. Hunt '08, Fannie E. Devlin ; beautifying Freeport by sending in '09, Robert Paterson '10. I your   donation to   the    Freeport   Park
An exceptionally    pleasing   part  of   Commission, or   are   you   one   of   that the evening was the   excellent   service   bunch   that Freeport or any  other vil-
at the Garden City Hotel
Unclaimed Letters
Unclaimed letters are advertised for the following at the Freeport Post Oftice:
Bryon, .Mrs.
Burnett, .Mrs. James G.
Brandt, Christopher
Brower, Gefi.
Cooley, .Vlrs. C.
Chesholm, .Miss May
Duon, Mrs.. Sr.
Dawsen, .Mr. Dan.
Iiraytans, Mrs. .Mary
Deorin, Mrs. Rebekah
Figgis, C. F.
Fendall, R. K.
Fowler, G.
George, Mrs.
Gaworski, Frank «
Hidman, Mr. Ad. ^
Lewis, Mrs. R.
.Malone, Joseph
McFarland, -Mr. F.
McColley, J. Baker
Manning, .Mrs. .M. L., 637 Prospect PI.
.Miller, H. C.
.Marks, .Mrs.
Owen, .Mrs. Carrie
Rodredges, .Mrs. G.
Ryan, J. B., Elm Tree Inn
Raynor, .Mrs. Augusta
Swerance, E. L.
Smith, Miss Elizabeth
Tyndall. Miss Mary B.
Unknown, .Mrs.
Valentine, Conrad
Viole, Dominico i
Walker, Herman ;
Walsh, Richard i
Robt. G. Anderson, P. M. ]
June 26, 1911.
Iage could get along just as well with¬ out, who never do anything to help a [lublic improvement, but are always criticizing what others are doing. There is not a commuter from this vil¬ lage who cannot afford to make some contribution for this excellent cause. VVe have about eight hundred commut¬ ers, and if each .ine should give but 25 or 50 cents, and those who can afford it as much more as possible, il would enable the Commission to go ahead w.th their work, whi''h otherwise they must now stop.
The officers of the South Shore Yacht Club are looking for a big at¬ tendance of the members and their men guests at the smoker at the Club House tomorrow, Saturday, evenir.g, at 8:30.
Next Tuesday, Fourth of July, will be a big day for thc yachtsmen,'when an interoHiing schedule of races has been prepared.
The Rose Fair at the Methodist C"hurch Tuesday and Wedi.esday after¬ noons and evenings of this weeK was a very pleasant affair The attendance was large on both days and a good sup¬ per which was one of the p.rincipal attractions, was served each evening. The Ladies' Aid Society, which had the Fair in charge, will net a neat sum for the work of their organization.
Tickets are now being sold for the euchre and dance to be held this Fri¬ day evening at the Crystal Lake House, by the ladies of the Catholic Church.
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