Nassau County Review 19130404

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Villag:e of Freeport
FREEPORT. N. Y.. FRIDAV, APRIL 4.1913
Vol. XVIII, No. 23
FREEPORT NEWS
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE Friday, April 4,     6.8ap.m.
Satorday,
Sanday,
Monday,
Toesday,
Wednesday,
Thorsday,
Friday,
Satarday,
6.
«5.
7,
^.
9,
10,
11.
12,
6.58 p. m.
7.26 p. m.
7.6(^p. m.
8.81 p. m.
9.10 p. m.
9.68 p. m.
10.41 p. m.
11.28 p. m.
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Some Freeport
Sclrool Inquiries
Mr. Editor:
I an intensely interested in our school problem.   May 1 ask:
1. Where can we flnd a sire for $30 a front foot better located, more snitable, with frontage on tbree streeta, three blocks from trolley, inolndlng two com¬ er plots, snch as is trne of the parcel snggested by oor SchoK>l Board?
2. Why not save the ooet of three sites by baying che one propoaed and erecting thereon a sohool bailding oqnal, to three small school-bouses?
3. What would be gained now by bnilding a amall school-noose, when it would be filleo us soon as completed and necessitate building af^in at ouce?
4. if Rookville Ot ntre lias courage enough to oimsider »pending fAO.OOu for merely aii addition, liavlug 77U p'upll^ and an iucrfa:«eof 30 yearly, wby should
The M. D. C.
Entertainment
The entertainment givAn by the M. D. C. in the ^Colonial Theatre Friday evening was up (o the usual standard of merit of entertainments fumished by this club. The attendance was not as large as it ghould have been, but the hall was about th^-foarths full.
The program was one of exceptions! interest. The first psrt was "Min strelsy Under Many Flags," with an entertaining list of songs by the mem bers of the club, inteppersed with or¬ chestra selections.
This was followed by a farce comedy, "The Haunted House," in which the parts were well taken by Fred Clark and Wailade Guest.
The  "Sword  Dance  of Bonny Scot-
Big Fire in
Business Section
Election Day^fire Proves Worth
of Fire Dept    Business
Section Threatened
Fire which started in a bam on the property of F. Conrader at the comer of Merrick Road and Main Street at about 2:30 Tuesday aftemoon, and spread to tibe store adjoining, owned by James B. Raynor, and occupied partly by Seaman A Osborne's fish market, at one time threatened the en
Local Topics
CanitMnt* kad M9Uaatl«Ba aot •ntlraljr el
¦ neme natm*, on vUUc* atteire
by th* edlter,
SOME ADVERTISING. When you see an advertisement like this, which was clipped out of one of our Long Island papers last week, you can hardly blame our city friends for making fun of us a little: '
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
tn the Fire Department
MiaMMs of latwMt t« aaJ akavt UMlieaMa
Ib our loeal dovartaaoat
br H. E.>r
Our chaplain. Dr. Scholey, was oper- ated upon st the Hempstead Sanitari¬ um on Tuesday and is improving nice¬ ly.    We missed him at Tuesday's fires.
....„¦ ^., ...................    .>...».   ..«  „..„..r-      r,.,.    ,.1,       .J   ,,            ,„         t.   » tire section, and gave the   firemen one
Mrs. H. E. Randall of  Yaphank,  L.   .^d ai.ucrea=« of 30 yearly wby should  ,   ^^f    ^'fu^'^o-  u^*;, "J,-^T^ «" of the hardest   fights  they  have  had,
I., visited friends  and  relatives  here , jfreepo.t bal* at the M-booi proposition j i?""^    and the Highland Hing by Mi^s and in which   they   gave an  excellent
this week.                                                    j snjfgested when It hus over  1400 pupi.s ! Dorothy King, assisted by her  fatbet, account of themselves.
Vr t       I   nZZZZZZZZZn^ir,    iom       .„i»'>d*n»>cr.»seoflOOy.«rly?                  ; Hamilton  G.   King and Piper  Robert xhe   flre sU^ted either   from   some
Fratemal   Council,   No.   1962,   will,    5.   Lk) y. ur readers know  that   the j Shearer,   were  among th* interesting unknown cause from the inside or from
hold its annual dinner at Craig   Manor ; adult ana school populaiiou of White I numbers. . -___u *_.„ . k^„«..„   „„j i,„^ „„i„..j
Inn.   Baldwin,   next Thursday,   April 1 Paius is uot quite three t.mes as large I     "Little   Dot"   Powell, in  character \*^P"5„H„'Thpa^^^^^^
10, at 8:30 p. m.  .    |»« mjb'ree^^.^and , hat bes^««^a mgh : ,„„g, ^„d dances, also  received  much 'TaTtent^^ '
Chas. S. Powell,who has been spend-1 siU"^i,tiug m,(m'\Tl s a 'paro°hia* ' l^^l^^^ll;, '^}!l^Z^^ f!f'"l^l*!!l! ^     When the department responded, re
I have  always  said,   and said it be¬ fore in this column, that I was   proud of the  rank and  file of firemen of the I ha've bought the "b'L-b^r*'s'hop form  i^**P<"*,   f'';^  DeP*rtment.      After erly connucted in Mrs. Mott's Hotei by  Tuesday s bad fire, I found that  there Vincento det Manaco i ^«'«   ""y, n?™*?*"- o^, taxpayers who
and will carry on the business in the **"*''"'« l"'''"'*'^ ^*'** '"'^ **"""¦ moat up to date and saniury manner, I i**'^*»' *"^.J'^^e  heard  nothing  but
use only the best materials and every i'=*'"""«'?f**tT "''i!'* *^*^ '^"''^ ^^"^ customer is assured the'personal and ' f"*""P'"'*'«^ «" ^*'?* o«c«8ion. Asl clean attendion. GIFE ME TRIAL.        *"^'*  **""" °* *""* *•—  ' "   '-
Lawrence Weishaupt,
formerly of Shelter Island.
told them at that time, I'll back the Freeport Fire Department against any entire volunteer flre department in the Sute of New York, and I don't know as I really need to specify volunteers, either.
COMPANY OFFICERS The   following offlcers have been  el¬
ing the winter at St. Petersburg, Flor-! schitol f r 500 pupi s aud sev.u  Kiaiu^
TIME FOR SUCKERS. It is now time for the Spring adver tising  to  appear  in the   city   papers "F&rms   at   Bellmore adjoining   Free- port   and  Merrick, 10 miles from New ; ected for the ensuing year by the vari aliizng the seriousness of the   blaze, a i York City Line."      We   presume   the  ous companies: ^.   •.^..       .u ,.,,..,   ' second alarm was  immediately   turned ! crop of  suckers is as large as ever and i Hoso Comnanv No   1
or tlr.ee other bnUu.i.K.?- | Jessie bmlth and Herman Gissell,   fol-   ;     ^^ich brought all the   ^.paratus in j that the fishing will be good. ' Foreman   Edwin StTwell
ra^ ^i.W a.' WbSrV'rf ;: t 8«H   '"The Slec" itns aT'etw rmerited i !;'^^""'«/ 1° '""^ P'l?'   • ^"""t'^ ^^ « "  ^ i ^-'^tant.foreman   j"w.   Fitpzatrick
on%;!;W??y"afs,.Iar, ^r^^^^'t^roU^Xl^^^^^^^^ BOARD IN ^^^  ^IME.'Recording Secretary, Bert Priie
a  comedy   "Rooms To Let,'
VaZ !«ft tWe inat aicclc and is tourinir I sciioi.ls lu 0 ui.w is "olilig. cl to rect two ! ^he  parts  were taken by Helen Ida, left there last week ana is touring _ ,,  _ ^^,   _ ^_., _      ,^f, ; j^^^.^ g^,^ ^^^ Herman Gissell,
in which; Ruhl, fol-
his  in  car from Florida  to  Freeport,
The party  consista  of  Mr.   and   Mrs
Powell,   Mr.   Powell's   mother,    Mrs
Martha   W.   Cornelius, and the   driver >r :;eu( of'its vame as  «''mpa imI   with : "ndertak^ To^m'aL anv'^cVn^^^^^   r   soon   reached  the side of   the   Kaynor j     ^he   idea of the new   Village   Board ! ^'in^nciHl Secretary, George Helm
L. Ray Brown.  our ra,.. of | 93 ou pri^uy  ase^^e. at   LyinVthat therwerra^l Si «thJ ' ^"'','^'"^' f"'^, ^it ^T^^l "'l"^ ^u" a"^"   "^ holding their  meetings in the after-   Trea.ui.r, S. 1>. Shea
e u    . -r      nute      irHUA        ' ''^ "   '°  *"i *', '''^'^*"' "',"' '''''*'' "' i aSuse thev receWed i °l '^ "^"'^'^ '? *^^ ''"^^ "^^T ^^^ ^T   "°0"   '"^^ead   of the   evening is a new ! Ilirector fo> three years.
School Tax Collector Frank Ashdown  abut oie third more t-ixes? , applause mey receivea. stream of water   was  turned  on.    On  „_   <¦„_  ti,„  villRa.. of PrPP..nrt    h.u i     down
has to tum his books over to the School:    7. How ,s Freeport Sob ..,1  Bo.rd  vx :     The   music  was  furnished  by ^ed  ^^e   other   side   it  had reached  some ! °"^ X^ ^^!, Jj'*^^^^
Board this month,    after which all tax ; tr^vagant when.S^.lth nil, he *<hantag. s   Dietz of Brooklyn and the   entire   per- ¦ ,„,„,, outbuildings and also a shed in i °" efficiencv      It is a matter   oi  sails' i     Patrick bills   for the 1912 tax will   have to be i °*'^®'''^'""' '""^'* •^¦''""'"'"1""*'' ^*'•''' ^'''¦'"^"ce was m charge of H. J.   Ray      ¦ .... , er emciencv.    it is a matter  ot   satis-'     f°"ii^^
TiHiH »t thp Toimtv Treasurer's office at   -"^   ^"i   Koosevelt,   i.Oi ior  B.udw.n, j more, the president and musicardirec paid at the County ireasurei somce at, yg^g   j^^   R(*kviilo Centre,   1.00 for   tor of the club MipeOla,   with   an   extra   percentage.   Hempsteail aud  Lynbr,K)k,   and  otliers
Nelson Ash- Edwin Stillwell. James Fitz-
Last
Scliool Notes
Saturday    afternoon
track
Mr.   Ashdown can be seen   any day   at [ more, as Hhowu iu your issne  of  Marcli! his residence at 20 Smith Street. : 14? .1
8. Wlio iMuiiot see th.lt  <»  Lirg
from the city into the apartments over !  10,000 can be safed by spending liaS^^ | ^as held in the Grove Street School ConraJIr's store. Their truck arrived ' WO ^or a large building to seat a.>. ut yfd Although no prizes were award- Tuesoay afternoon wilh their fumiture i l-0O«K'-.«i« «"'! high^ schoo scl.oi.r.s ed, there were numerous competitors. , . y . . . ^•„ »i,^ ,«.^f „* «i,„ which IB needed, instead of 8«ve, al Harold Humphrey made the highest in- but   about   that   time   the roof of the u^„|,   „„hnnihnnL<,v   ,^«   ss,..    ,.i «,u   Ai„',A„ai raaarA   titu it,   .,„;„!     tk.
E.Gahre and family have moved back  iKntioiiate H.iv.iig of from  ao"Ooo'"fT. I.'"^^^'.  °P«"  to High School  students,
,   .,,. a„     „   .,„f„x ;„ „„„+v,„„ ^™*^   hohoolhouses?   as   was    el arly  dividual record, with 13  points
building was afire,  as noted in ^another  gj,o^.y j^ (j.^ ^^^f^j. „f ^ g   ^^^^^^ ^^..   ¦' i'
item in this issue,  and they waited till ;     y.   Ooes   nut   equipment   mo 11   that
the firemen extinguished   the blaze be-   every pupil   must  be  pr vidud   .vm ,.
fore moving in seat, boolcs,  snpplie.-,   HoDr-ioom,  Uglit
  and heat,  tea'-lier  itud  j mtor  service
Whitson Colyer was among the Long aud wherein woul.l luis   iih-usu  be lu-
The
Islanders   caught in the terrible floods  creased bee mse it wus provided in a
in the West last  week.    Mrs.   Colyer ' regnlar sohoolhouse instead of iu outside  25 sec
following are the summaries:
150-yard  dash.   Junior, H. Thomas,
F.   Joerison,   W.   Downs,   C.   Harris;
time, 18 sec.
220-yard  dash.   H.   Humphrey,    E.
Meaney, T. O'Brien,^A. Keens;   time.
the yard of A. Levy.
Hose 1 stretched in two lines from Merrick Road, while Hose 2 ^id in from Main Street, through the yarii ol A. Levy, and it was soon seen that the fire had been reached in time, and ihat it could be stopped where it was. The three lint-s of hose were fount! to Le sufficient, although Hojj ;j a.il llo^' 4 were on the ground coupled siki v.t.i. ing to lay in, thus giving five iines of hose at least, if found necessaiy.
The chemical engine,    which had ar
N.    Y.   Assn.,   Cudman
are   alWn tne Village duiing   the day, |     F.ederiek
anil can devote their time to the work,   D<.'legate N. Y. State Assn.,   John W.
as much   more can be done,   naturally, I     Southard, jr.
in the aflernoon than in the small hours ' •     Hose Comnany No. 2
ot Iho   evening.    Any   person   having   Foreman, Henry S. Starr
iiUsiiiess   wilh   the Village Board   wili ! 1st assistant, John T. L'otter
receive us much attention in the after-1 2nd assistant, John Schmidt     ^
noon as in the evening,   and it will not | Rscording Secretary, Clarence Truben-
r-quiie   the    Village Clerk,   who   has!     back
enough to do now, to   work   frequently   Financial Secretary, Albert L. Earie
until 12 Oi  1 o'ciock at   night.     I have 1 Treasurer. S. Dimon Sinith
attendt'i! the   meetings of the   Viiiage
Wardens, White
Trustees, Starr
Henry   S.   Starr,   J.   R.   S. Wiliiam   Dunker,   Henry S.
880-yard dash, W. Guest, H. Teas, W. Downs, H. Thomas; time, 2 miti , 23 sec.
Standing high jump, S Cutler, W. Guest, H.Teas, T. Wiggins, 3 ft. 10 in.
Running  broad  jump,  T.   Wiggins,
and the family were much distrest for ¦ roonis
several days uptil they   received  word !    .^'Z'J^^ any oue flgure<l liow  much
that he was alll-ight.    He wrote   that' ^^^^ ^;^;f^ by not paying r-u for uuo-
he had gone from Tuesday to Thursday i    ^   y^om'.i j^ ^^^ ^j jjjjg ^j^^ ^ ^^^^^y
night with nothing to eat or drink and extravagauce ior us to build a schooi-
escaped from a building   just before it; hours iu eiiher East R».4dall Park or
was destroyed.    Mr. Colyer wrote that' Bennington Park wheu iu those teiri-; E; Meaney, W. Guest, H. Teas;  16 ft.
he   expected  to  be  home   yesterday,   tori, s tiie classes iu each grade would'9.5 ins
Thursday **"'y average about eleven so that it      70-yard    dash,   115   lb.    limit,    T
  1 would th re oo-t   per  pupil atiout |180   O'Brien,   F. -Joerison,   W.   Downs, C,
Miss  Lois  Gregg Secor, of the   Le- "^l^o'fb-^"*•f*'    ,,        , ^  ,     ,  j Harris; time, 9 sec.
land Powers School of Ixpression, Bos-! J^  ^'j^'jiTlZZr '^''?1'^ "^"V^^ o^l" ' .,,    .      ,,T, ,,      t, tu   c-.aa.. I'i     toiy enlarged  lor  a  lieuumgtou  Park
ton, will give "Polly of the Circus    m  ^..i,^, ^^, ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ «?,.olats
rived belore the hose wagons, was us<d g^^.j   i,,r   tlu-past 6 years   or   more,
o keep the fi'e from   spreading   along ^„j j^ j^           ^^,j„^  ^,,^^ ^ person Vt-
the outside of the adjoining builaings. ^^^j^   the meeting   on   business   who
feraiks earned by the   wind set   hre ^^^^^   not do so in   the   afternoon   as
to   the roof of   Mr. Conrader s   house, ^g„   ^^ ^^ocould not present his com-
H.iJ   It was   found   necessary to turn a j^j^^ ^^ request in writing.
lltu.  rtt  nrt&.A  r,,T   tna T-r,r\f rho.'^ H.tviKaro ^. -. . ,
Freeport   is   getting   to be   a   small city, and there is much more   business to   be   transacted   by   its Board than _,      .              ...                     J L    .-,    there   is,   for   instance  by   the  Town The   barn,    which was   owned by C  ' goard of the   Town of Hempstead    of Milton Foreman,    was an old one,   and   ^^j^^    preeport is a part,   and   which,     ^   u   ^omos   ir the damage will probably   not  amount  ^dds its meetings at Hempstead in the   DeTegaie to NasL Co   Assn to over $200      Mr.   Conrader's loss, on   „., „ „„„v, ...„„i. delegate to iNassau Co. Assn.,
lilt of hose on the roof there. Embers were also smoldering on the Main Street side of the house, and had to be wet down.
Brooklyn  hsll, Tuesday evening, April  ohurch or lower Maiu Street, and wbat  3-5 sec.
70-yard  dash,    H.    Humphrey,    E. Meaney, A. Keens, J. Rigby;   time,   8
$200
the contents, will amount to about $100. The loss to Mr. Raynor has been placed at about $200, and to Mr. Levy at $20.    The damage to the roof of Mr
atfernoons each week
Hose Company No. 3 Foreman, Milton Combs 1st Assistant, Kobert A. Patrick 2nd assistant, Ernest Honstrater Recording secretary. Royal Lewis Financial Secretary, J. A. Canalizo Treasurer, Daniel Carman Trustees, Erastus Johnson, Fred Combs, P. D. Combs, jr.
Daniel
Shot put, 8 lb., E. Meaney, E. John¬ son,   W.   VanRiper,   L.   Murray;  dis-
15, under the auspices of the W. C. T. i advantage would it be to cut down those
U.    The program will be interspersed classes in Orove Street in that way?
with music.    Admission 2Bc. i    18. Wonld not our School Board be-1 tance, 39 feet
The  Grand  Rapids (mich.)    Herald  tray the trust, we iepo8= iu tlieir honesty |     Standing  broad  jump, E.   Johnson, says:    "Miss Secor's interpretation of | »""''»5«"'Ke>ice, if they shonld fail to ; h. Humphrey, W.   Guest,   F.   Clarke; tUa AaU„utf„i ofnrv   'Pnllv nf the rir ! P«t before US aud recommend the very 1 o ,^    c ,\, the delightful story,   Polly of the Cir-1 jj^^.J. _^ ^j. .^^ ^^^^    ^^^ I 8 ft.^6 ^
cus,' was charming, and she seemed to , fountl for our school p.oblem and why I     "'^h jump. Junior, H.   Thomsa,   M. catch exactlythe spirit in the portray-1 giionld we uuderUke to ciiticise  them I Cutler, R. Randall; 4 ft., 6 in. al ot the  different   characters.    She! fur doing just what we have put them |     High  jump.   Senior,   S.   Cutler,   T. was enthusiastically encored." ' in ottice todo or look dubious or ridicule ; Wiggins,   W.   Guest,   H. Teas;  4ft.,
.    !  a solution of our school {woblem because 111 in.
S. A. Williams'   Sons  are  selling a  it comes from tbe bauds of our ageuts'     .„,      ,      .   ,:
'     The   baseball
at cut prices.
hiKb-class Garden and Lawn Fertilizer i»ud representatives who have evidently! ,/pe   baseball    season    opens    nS^ci
at cut nrices j given consideiable stody thereto  and | Wednesday, when the team plays Law
Advertisement. 1 are unanimous in tbeir recommendation?
I liavo given some time and study co
the schoul situation aud am familiar
Wltli somo of tlie facts above mentioned.
It may well be that many others can
mesh    roll I e»»lig'>te» J*""" readers, and they ought ' to uo su.   bileuce is never an argnment.
At DaSilva's, West Merrick Road VegeUble seed, pkg., Ic Flower seed, pkg., Ic Chicken  Wire,   2  inch
^'LT;ck'w1?e Goth. 2c sq. ft. !      ^ ,,^   ,   ^" ^^l-^--
Galvanized Wire Cloth, 6c sq. ft.       !     <W« would be pleased to receive ans- ChickenWire   1   inch mesh by  the  *«"'^ «"y «'^*''«'"<!"'"" f'°™ ^"^
roll,. 1 l-4csq. ft. | '"^'"^'''•^	
Household Ammonia, Bc j -
Pitterman's Discovery, 10c i«.   ^u   r- _» r^-     T^
Mops, complete, 20c i ^o the Freeport Fire Department :-
Rsyo Lam^, $1.49 \, I herewith extend my sincere thanks
Advertisement. ) to the firemen for their noble and   effi- ^     „    ,     .':       r~7...-     a I cient   work   rendered at my  place of
Our Spring line of clothing for  men  bu.jn^, „„ April 1, ) 913. and  boys are now ready for your  in- Yours very truly
spection.    Correct and exclusive fash- f, -yf Conrader
ionable styles  fabrica and  materials! "Atlvertisemeni.'
await your selection.    You   can buy a i
suit from $7.60 and up;  higher to suit { your purse.    Baraaclrs Dep^. Store,
AdvrrUaemenl
Fancy Bloaters
New Salt Mackerel
New Salt American Herring
New Salt Holland Herring
New Salt Scotch Herring
Full Cream American Cheese, mild and strong to suit the taste of every one, at Wahlen's Delicatessen, 71 So. Ma^ St., opp. Colonial Theatre.
Ailvertisement.
Yoor satisfaction .is the first consid¬ eration. We want to make sure that every purchase you make proves satis¬ factory.    Try our
Children's Stockings, at 10-16-26c
Ladies' Stockings, at 10-lS-26e
Hen's Socks, 10 to 26c
Men's Collars wjth record for num¬ ber of tripe to laundry, for 26c
Mer.'s Working or Dress Shirts, 60c to $1.00 ,
Man's, Ladies or Childirao's Undsr-
a.
Seaman's Dry Goods Store,
Main Street, Fraeport.
' AdvertlseBMnt
"UjBaro," a moden version of '«'Baba« in tha Woods" will be a feat OM at tbe Flasa Satiirday.
Advertlstmsat
CARD OF THANKS. Editor Review:—
Will you through your paper express my appreciation of the good work done by our firemen in saving ray building from burning Tuesday. No one could have done better and I am surely proud of them.    Very truly yours,
James B. ^ajmor.
Advartlaemant.
GARD OF THANKS. We wish  to  thank  tbe   flremen of Freeport for their splendid work at the flre that menaced our building on Elec¬ tion Day.
AdoljA Levy A Son.  AdverttseiBaat
Freeport Coal Co., snccrasor to W. P. W. Haff, the largest coal desler oa Long Island. The cheapest place to boy coal. Exclusive dealer In some of the best grades of ooal.
Adverttoassent
Attantion is wdM to the adrattise- m«nt ofTba Aema Boat Building Co., hoildsn of all kinds of power laonches, in this laaoa «f tha Review. Tbmj also attand to hauling out and earing for boaU and their engines.
LET'S DISCUSS SCHOOLS. On  April   25,   the  voters of School Conrader's house was trifling, probably  District No. 9 will   again  discuss  and not exceeding $10. i vote on the proposition to buy a   piece
While the firemen were working on of land on Randall Avenue, to use for this blaze. Call 32 sounded. Chief High School purposes. This time the Loonam despatched Hose 2 and Hose 4 meeting will be held in Colonial to the second alarm, and as soon as Theatre, which will probably be crowd- they could be spared. Hose 1 and Truck  ed.
1. Hose 3, which had retumed to' Any, or all, of our readers are in quarters after the first alarm, also re vited—urged--to write their opinions sponded. on this proposition and thus  assist  us
This was found to be a grass fire at in making the Review the people's or- the  end of East  Milton  Street.    Two  gan. *
  ! lines of Hose were laid in and   it  was j 	
season    opens    n^t ] quickly extinguished. j ADVERTISING SOME!
iiuou^i*! '     Althoogh  several of the  companies;     Here's another illustration of adver-
rence High School at Lawrence. ; were delayed in getting horses, almost i tUing benefits.    In our issue of March
As Miss Olive Phillip8,who won first I ^!^^''iV,'",?J:'*^nltn'rr^^^^^ *"  '^^-   ^''^   ^°'''^-
1       -   .i. ,'   - - , -     , nrst call, IrucK 1 being on the  ground i tn,r,rie manto^ i
piace m the preliminary prize speaking I i^,^^^   'j,^^   ^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^   ^^^^ 1 (work wanted.)
The following Thurs- contest,   has'entered   Pratt  Institute" I "?'**"   .'fir«lv''*f!M!ripH'^v tul^lt^aH" i ^"^ ^ ^°""*^ ^^^ "°^ «" '"y '^^'^ ' her sister. Miss Margaret Phillips, who i t!T^„HS 9 «nH Hni^l   whi^J ./      "^°^   ^"   »*y»- t«ke out the  adv., won second place,   will Uke her place, I'f^l^•"^^""f^ and flose Ljhich ar-1 -Work Wanted."    She has more than -_.3 .„:.!. D..*_..,.'-r .'i,-,-': rived   nearly at the same   time,   were  she can attend to after the
less than four minutes, and the firemen  ^ion.
are to be congratulatet^on their ability
to handle such a blaze.
and with Russell Tree, represent Free port in the final contests to be held in Glen Cove, April 30.
On Friday evening, April 4, the Plaza will show "The Retreat from Moscow," a Pathe special in twt reels. A stupendous production based on one of the world's greatest tragedies. Na¬ poleon's disastrous retreat from the burning city he had conquered. This production was made with the assist¬ ance of the Imperial Russian Army and shows the capture of Moscow in which fully 10,000 people participate.
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Unclaimed Letters
Unclaimed letters for the ?bllowing are athrertised at tbe Freeport Poet Office:
Bedell, Mrs. George Bell, Harry Baer, Mr. C. Bodley, Mrs! Ethel Hall Baldwin, M. Coreant, Mr. Eugene Chester, Mr. George W.
one  inser-
"The Newest Method of Coaling Bat-1 Corwith, Mr. and Mrs. Luther tleships  at Sea,'    showing   the North  Dillenbeck, Mr  M. H.
DakoU  Uking coal   from  the  collier Cyclops; an instructive and interesting picture,   showing the mechanism used in this monstrous task.    At the Saturday.
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Attention is called to the advertise- hient of E. A. Dorlon, auctioneer, in this issue of the Review, of the sale of the house on the corner of Archer Street and Roosevelt Plsce, to be dis¬ posed of at a bargain. This property is wall worth looking over, and the sale is to be held tomorrow.
Now comes housecleaning with all of Its work and trouble. To eeonomiie both time and energy use tbe helps sug¬ gested in Smith A Bedell's ad in this issoi. It
Women's and Children's White Buck and Canvas shoes are going lively. Big stodc^ select from. Tan shoes in a variaty of styles. Oxfotds. Sandals and Pumps in sll leathers and styles. Snappy lasts in Men's aad Boys' shoes and Oxfdrds. all leathers. Cbsrles D. Smith.
AArsrtJaemeirt.
E^ans, Mr. Fred Ellsworth, Harry Griffin, Miss Jessie Plaza ^Hingle, Miss Laura
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks, Miss Ethel
Imperial, The
Jensen, Hugo, 2
Lee, Mr. W. W.
Long, Mr. Stephen, 2
Lyons, J. C. Sons Co.
Moore, Tom
Mailer, Frank
McQure, Mrs. E. M.
Newins, Mr. W.
Nugent, Mr. John S. .     '    s
iParkar, Miss Jennie
Patterson, Annette
Raynor, Mrs.
Valintine, Mrs. L.
Zockl Mrs. Augnst
Gaiton, Thomas
Robt. G. Aoderson, P. April 1, 1918. 	
"The piscovery," a screemingly fanny comedy featoring Howsrd Miss- teiar Md Franeis X. ^n^bown. At tlie Plaaa Satarday.
THAT GROVE STREET TROLLEY. We have been asked when it was in¬ tended to have the trolley line running on Grove Street. Mr. Cashing, the manager of the Company, says that it will not Uke long to get the work done when it is commenced, and that they propose doing it as soon as the ground is settled properly.
Carman and Milton Combs
Delegate to S. N. Y. Assn., Andrew L. Clark
Delegate to N. Y. State Assn., Arthur Lewis
Wardens,   Milton   Combs,    Robert   A. Patrick
Hose Company No. 4
Foreman, J. J. Randall, jr.
Assistant foreman, J. Cecil Powers
2nd assistant, Forrest S. Dunbar
Recording secretary, Elliott P. Ross
Financial secretary,  Robert A. Miller, jr.
Trustees, J. H. Cruikshank,   S. A. Ol¬ son and Howard Conklin
Treasurer, William H. Ryder
Wardens, John S. Sumner and  Charles F. Fritz
Delegate   S.   N.    Y.   Vol.   Firemen's Assn., J. J. Randall, jr. Truck Co. No. 1
Foreman, John J. Boland
Ist assistant, Frank S. Snedeker, jr.
2nd assisUnt, Stephen W. Hunt
SecreUry, Charles O. Niles
Financial secreUry, Clarence E. Jones
Treasurer, Harvey B. Smith. fielegkte   to  N.   Y.   SUte   Firemen'a Assn., M. F. VanRiper
Delegate S. N. Y. Assn.,   John J. Bol¬ and
Trustee  for  three years,   Clarence E. Jones
Wardens, C. O. Niles and John J. Bol¬ and I Engine Company No. 1
j Foreman, Charles Conner I AssisUnt Foreman, Edward Rice I Recording secreUry,   Charles T. Bald¬ win
Fourteen Years Ago
(Items of (interest from the Review files foarteen years ago this week)
Smith Cox serenaded by his friends and neighbors in honor of his election as Supervisor.
Robert G. Anderson elected foreman of Excelsior Ho<^ and Ladder Co.
The new raiiroad clepot was opened for use for tbe flrst time on Monday moming.
Tha largest vote ever cakt in tbe Foarth Election District on ElaetioD Day, 897.
Financial secreUry, Louis Schwab Trustee, John Matthias ~, Wardens,   Chas.   Conner snd   E>lward Rice
Coming Events
April   15,   Tuesday—"Polly  of the (""'..  „„ Circus,"  nJ Brooklyn Hall,   for W. C. i ^'^*""'^*'^'*"'"*P'* """"^'^ T. U.
April 10, —Annual dinner of Fra¬ temal Council, R. A.
April 18, Friday evening—Spring concert, Freeport High School Alumni Association.
April 21, Monday isVening-^Moving picture show, CrysUl Theatre, Ever Resdy Hose Co.
Appil 26, Friday—Specisl School Meeting at C3oIonial Theatre.
April 30, WM^esday—High School Prize Speakinjg (Ibntest, at Glen Ove
May 6, Taesday evening—Annual School meeting in Grove Street Schaol.
DEPARTMENT ELECTION.
Thursday evening the nomination for department officers was held at the house of Truck 1.
There was no opposition for the of¬ flce of Chief and First Assistant, bat for second assistant there were three candidates: Hilbert R. Johnson, of Hose 4; Archie Verity, of Hose 3, and James R. Smith, ttt Boaa 1.
The following was the result:
Chief, BernardJ. Loonam, 188; void 4;toUl, 142.
First Assistant Chief, Howard E. Pearsall, 184; void. 8; toUl, 142.
Second Assistant Chief, James R. Smith, 71; Hilbert R. Johnson, 46; Archie Verity, 82; void, 2; totol, 160.
The annaal meeting of tbe depart¬ mant will be heM tonight at baadqnacw tars.
Several flreman ware "April fooled"
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