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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
Vol B, NambM- 36
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y.. FRIDAY. APRIL 4, 1913
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Merrick
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Services  at  the Church of  1,^6   Re¬ deemer Sunday, the second after East¬ er, at 7;30 and   11 o'clock s. m.   and 8 p. m.    Celebration of the  Holy   Com- j nriiiuan at the early service and Litany, j sermon and Holy Communion at the 11 ' o'clock   service.    The  Church   School | meets in the Parifh House at 10 o'clock i each  Sunday morning.    Tfae Woman's ' Auxiliary   meets on Thursdays at 2:30 | p. m. and the Junior Auxiliary on Sat- j urdays at 3 p. m.    The Cooking School aession   is   from  12-3  Saturdays.    A very cordial welcome is extended to all to attend the services of this church.
RepubScans Victorious |
Wia Town Election hj Big Phiralitiet
The election Tueaday resulted in a victory for the Republican party in the Town of Hempstead, the only offlcers elected on other tickets .being Brower, for Superintendent of Highwayj and Natielo for Constable, who were on the Progressive and Democratic tickets both. The complete lesuli of the vote is publisht in this issue.
Bellmore
Methodist Ministers
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Freeport
be had at William Wolfe'a drug store Bellmore L. I. at 6e each. tf
/ Samuel Seaman is engaged on a large (Plumbing job at Syosset, L. I., Where he will be for some weeks.
in Pastors at Varioos Places
Some construction notes of  interest this week are represented by remodell¬ ing  the  fouqdation of the  depot,   the | Avenue new store front for Nick Meyer, a new :     p      *p residence on the  McCord  development
Following is the list of appointments of preachers of local interest made at the Annual Conference which closed Tnesday night, at New Haven, Ct.:
Rev. W. A. Richard, from Freeport, to Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn.
Rev. W. W. W. Wilson   to  DeKalb
Sidney Smith has purchased the bi¬ cycle business of E. Bielefeld and will continue the same at the old stand, at 9 W. Merrick Road.
Mr. and Mra. James A. Sutphin and daughter Marie, who have been spend¬ ing the winter in Brooklyn, have re turned to Freeport, ^nd are occupying their residence on Smith Street.
south of the track, work on the old fire ; !?,„„'„*'
D. Walter to Jamaica. Rev. S. 0. Curtice, from Jamaica to  this week.
I     Mrs. H. E. Randall of  Yaphank,  L. I., visited friends  and  relatives  here
Gee. Wright is able to be about again attending  to business  after  suffering , severely from an attack of blood  pois-1 oning.    Mr.   Wright is high   in praise I of his physiciar),   Dr. Rhame,   and  of j his   good   neighbor,   George   Wood, to whom he feel A grateful for their assist* ance daring his illness.    Miss   Phoebe Bowker   of   South    Norwalk,   Conn, spent Easter week with the Wrights.
Mrs. J. B. Christoffel and children retUttiStf OTh'' SOYiday from- »¦ tw» tfceM sojourn at Lakewood, N. J.
Mrs. C. N. Kent and family will re- „move on Monday from "Wayside " where they have resided for the last twenty-two years, to Flushing. "TThe Kent residence was sold last fall to H. R. Fairfax, who for the last two sum¬ mer seasons has been occupying "Sun- nycroft' on Kirkwood Ave. and Wind- enmere Drive.
Prayers were offerod in the local church on Sunday for the flood sulfer- ers in the West and the offering for the day of $17.36, was forwarded to the relief of the. needy. Any further contributions to this worthy cause will be received gladly by the rector. Rev. Wm. H. Littebrandt, and forwarded to those properly in cha-ge of the relief work.
The monl^y and annual meeting of Merrick Hook and Ladder and Engine Company No. 2 for the election of offi cers will be held in the usual place on the Camp Groun is at 8:15 on Monday evening.
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Mrs. Frank ^^avlor of Msplewood, N. J., was a gues^f Mrs. Arthur An¬ thony on Thursday 'M last week.
The monthly meeting of the Men's Club will be held in the Parish House on Tuesday evening at 8:30.
A. C. Doane has rented of Mrs. P. R. Jennings her cottage on Merrick Ave., occupied last year by W. E. Spear, and will take possession on the first of May, removing from his pres¬ ent home on the Mott Estate.
HIRAM R. SMITH
Elected Supervisor of the Town of
Hempstead
on the Republican ticket,
by big plurality,
st election Tuesday.
NASSAU CO. SUPERVISORS.
Hempstead—Hiram   R. Smith,    Re publican.
North Hempstead—Phillip J. Christ, Democrat.
Oyater Bay—James H. Cocks, Dem¬ ocrat.
The town elections in Nassau Coun¬ ty were held Tuesday, and the political complexion of the Board of Supervisors will be as it was for the last two years, with two Democratic members and one Republican. Hiram R. Smith of the Toivn of Hempstead will be the new member of the county board. The two Democratic members of the Board, Philip J. Christ of North Hempstead and James H. Cocks of Oyster Bay, were re-elected.
A Confirmation class is being organ¬ ized in the Church of the Redeemer preparatory to the bishop's visit May 11. Any who are thinking of unit¬ ing with the church are invited to con¬ sult with the rector.
Mrs. Wm. H. Hewlett and tbe Miss¬ es Hewlett are enjoying a fortnight's visit with a daughter of the family, Mrs. Allan Beetham, of Baltimore, Md.    They left on Monday morning.
The Brooklyn Water Works has fenced in its property south of the rail¬ road track on the west side of Merrick Ave. and placed a turnstile that ped estrians may continue to use the pipe line while vehicles may no longer have access to the road skirting the line west.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Mer¬ rick Hook and Ladder and Engine Com¬ pany No. 2 will hold what they are calling a "Tootsie Dance" in the hall of Company No. 1 tomorrow, night, Saturday. A "Tootsie" prize is com ing to the successful aspirant. Ad¬ mission ts twenty-five cents.
Emil Grinert and family, who have been spending the winter in Manhat¬ tan, returned to their home here pn Wedneeday.
Wm. A. Grant and family of Bro<^- lyn, who recently rented the Hewlett cottage on Lyon Ave., took poaaeaaion on Wednesday. Mrs. Grant is tfae daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. Otto of Miller Place.
A eon was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Caiman of the Camp Grounds on Mon¬ day week.
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WiU of L. H. Fishel
An estate of more than $34,000 is disposed of in the will of the late L. H. Fishel of Babylon, which has been probated in the surrogate's office in Riverhead. The will is rather com¬ plicated and parts of the estate are tied up for a varying period. To his daughters, Lillian and Lulu, is given the homestead in Babylon and the Bly- denburgh house in Bay Shore. The two daughters share equally with their stepsisters, Annie and Fanny Lichen stein, and their brothers, Harry, of Babylon, and Leo Fishel of Freeport, in the life insurance. The store and csah in the Babylon National Bank is given to the two daughters, two sons and to Gustave Fishel, a stepson. JThe residue of the personal estate goes to the four children. The Fishel block in Babylon is given to the two daughters for use during their lifetime and after the death of both to be sold and the proceeds divided between Harry and Leo Fishel, with a third part for the stepchildren. The residue of the estate is to b«| held in trust until Harry Fish¬ el is 55 years old and Leo is 49 years old, when it is to be sold and the pro¬ ceeds divided into seven parts, one for each of the children and stepchildren. The proceeds, previous to the time of selling, are to go to the four children. The will was executed in September, 1911, and was witnessed by L. M. Young and B. B. Wood.
No More Cemeteries for Nassau G>iiiity
Gov. Salter has signed the Maloney bill p^venting*the further establish¬ ment of cemeteries in Nassau County. Tha direct raaolt of this action will be to prevent tbe eonatraction at Her- ricks, near North Hempstead, of a maoaoleam by tbe Repoae Mausoleum Company, a $&,000,000 coiwem.
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I hall, clearing away of the stumpage on the south end of the ball grounds and several minor jobs.
Miss Florence Gundersen spent sev¬ eral days this week with her parents in Brooklyn.
With the opening of the new tele¬ phone exchange in Wantagh, subscrib¬ ers to 'phone service in this section will in many instances have their num bers changed.
Following is the list of pupils in the Public School who received perfect at tendance cards for the month of March:
Intermediate—Edwin Birch, Perry Gangloff, Adolph Jaeger, Richard Mey> ^r, RayrooBd-BuseeU,,,. Cb»».. H,-,,.R.VS:. sell, jr., Harold Smith, Harvey^ Smith,
Daniel^VanNostrhnd,   LeRoy Doellner, | front foot bett. r lof«ttd, more wuiral.le, Harper Doellner, Kathpyn Galat, Hazel i with  Irontagu on tlnn'   btie. tn,  three
Rev. J. J. Foust, Glen Cove. Rev. B. F. Kidder, Bay Ridge. Rev. W. I. Bowman, Baldwin. Rev  William Dalziel, Bellmore. Rev. George Adahis, Lynbrook. Rev. E. O. Tree, Roosevelt. Rev. H. B.   Monson,   Trinity,   New aven.
Rev. J. A. Macmillan, Simsbury. Rev. W. H. Burgwin, Hempstead. Rev. G. E. Bishop, Rockville Center. Rev. Martin Olsen, Seaford.
Some Freeport School Inqiiiries
M . Editor:
I au iatensely iutereslul in un.  s ii i.il p»»bl*,iM.„...M<*y..l;H9l{.;  ...,,„.,...
I. Wherti (ain we fiml a si e iti  "|.10"a
blocks from tr. Ud.v, iuclndliiK twocuru I r plots, t^uch as is tri.e of ilie pan- 1 fiigjfest ¦<! by our .-iclio 1 UQaid'r
3.   >N hy uot save the c st tif tiirce tiites
b.> iu  lUg itae one proposidamlerecring
non a hoiiuoI building tiqaal to tliretj'
Doellner
Advanced—George Brockman, Percy Smith, Lottie Smith, Ethel Peterson, Adeline Adel.
Perfer Deportment—Esther   Verify, Elizabeth Verity,   Mary Wanser, I'-eno   siii'il'.cliiHH-lTou8"8? Smith, Rudolph Smith, Annie Wanser.      a    Wba:;  would be sained now   by
Primary,   Perfect Attendance—Rob    uuildiiiK a small schooi-.iouse,   when it ert Drake, Frank Long. ' j wou d be filled us 8tH)u <i8 jom letidand  — n cesHitate building again ac oiicey
Mr.   and  Mrs. Robert G. Willmarth |    4.   If Rockville Centre has courage and  daughter   Mattie   have   returned l e""**?''*« <"l^«Wer Hpeudiug fftO 000 for
from Port Orange, Florida, where they i ™«'«ly »" ^^'^'°\ ^^\ « 7" V"^'h . .,        ... iu ' .and an increase of 30 yearly, why should
spent the winter months. j Kreepo.t baU at the school  proposition
.,      _   „ ,  _, ^ ,     sufrgested when it has over  1400 pupiis
Mrs. E. Raynor of Freeport was the ; „j,d ^y mcri..s.^ of loo y.>aily?
guest  of   Mr.   and Mrs. Asa V. Smith j    6.   Do  ywur readers  know  th^t   the
over the weekend. I adnic ana sohool population  of White
! P ains is uot qaite three tiuies as large John   H.    Hodgson    celebrated   his las in Freeporc aud <hat besides a High
forty-seventh birthday    Monday   even- j School building costing |i35,00o on a
ing.
This Saturday night at Firemen's Hall, a big time is promised to all who attend, when the euchre and dance for the benefit of the Catholic Church will be held. The games start at 8:30. Fine music will be provided for danc¬ ing. Admission will be 25 cents, and 10c extra for dancing.
Anthony Palermo will soon move his office at th«! depot to his property on Bedford Ave. He will erect 2 a-story cement block store and office where the office is now located. The size of the building will be 26x30. He also re¬ ports that he has sold 4} acres of land on the Clements estate on Centre Ave¬ nue to Francis B. C. Clark, which will be sub-divided by the Bellmore Con¬ crete Co.
Jack's Tavern, on the Merrick Road, will be re-opened about April 12 under the management of Tom Watson of New York. Mr. Watson is an experi¬ enced hotel man and having bought the' property will put forward his best ef¬ forts to please the public.
Charles D. Wicks has secured a po¬ sition as assistant sales manager of Runkel Bros., manufacturers, of New York City. Mr. Wicks has charge of the Brooklyn and Long Island sales.
Charles D. Wicks gave a birthday supper March 18, at his home on Grand Ave., to L. E. Van Horn, the occasion being Mr. Van Horn's 52nd birthday. The decorations, favors, etc., were in green in keeping with the spirit of the season. After the sapper the guests enjoyed an evening of music. Mrs. Wm. Van Horn, Mr. Van Horn's moth¬ er, ai)d Miss Marion C. Cone of Brook¬ lyn, were among the guests from out of town.
The fair of Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Co. No. 1, to be held at Firemen's Hall on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 10, 11 and 12, promises to be a big event, and eclipse anything of its kind ever held in the village. There will be many novel and unique features, and uaeful and ornamental articles for sale. It has also been decided to have dancing each evening for which Frank L. Hirsch's orchestra of Lindenhurst has been engaged to furnish the music. Donations for the fair are now being received. Mra. Charles H. Russell, (Continued on page 8)
Iff yaa want t« raaeh tha paapla rt !¦ the "MaaMMoar."
put
situ costing $iit>,U00, it ii s a jiaroehial; school f'jr 600 papi.s and seveu grade I schools am now is "oiiiiged to . rect two or three other baildinKb?" i
tt. Do yon know that the schoul tax ! rate this year ai White Plains is f.866' on property assessed at from 60 to 75! per cent of its value as compared with | our rate of $.93 ou property a!i^esseJ at; trom as to 3d percent ol its value, or; about one third more taxes? |
7. How 18 Freeport School  Board  ex¬ travagant wheuijwith all the advantages I offered, our rate is .93 as comparea with | .87    for   Roosevelt,   i.02 for  Baldwin, .9875   for    Rockvillo Centre,   1.00  for Hempstead and Lyi>br(iok,  aud others | more, as shown in your issae of March 14?
8. Who cannot see that a large pro¬ portionate saving of from $20 (XK) to $40,000 cau be saved by spending $135,- 000 for a large bnild^UK to seat about 1,000 grade and high schoo scholars, which is needed, instead of several small bchooihoases? as was clearly shown in the letter of A. S. Brown?
9. Does not equipment mean that every pupil must be provided with a seat, books, supplies, floor-room, light and heat, teacher and janitor service and wherein would this expense be in¬ creased because it was provided in a regular soboolhouse instead of in outside rooms?
10. Has any one figured how much will be saved by not payiug rent for out¬ side rooms?
11. Would it not at this time be really extravagance for us to bnild a schooi- honrs in either East Ruadall Park or Bennington Park when in those terri¬ tories the classes in each grade would ouly average about eleven so that it would there cost per papil about $180 instead of about $S(i?
12. What parent would want the terri¬ tory enlarged for a Bennington Park school so as to take in the scholars on Church or lower Main Street, aud what advantage woald it be to cut down those classes in Orove Street in that way?
18. Would not our School Board be¬ tray the trust we reposo in their honesty and intelligence, if they shoald fail to put before as aud reoommeod tbe very best proposition or solation they have found for oar school p>-oblem and why shoald we ondertake to criticise them for doing just what we bave put them in offlloe to dofor look dabioos or ridioale a solution of our school problem beoause it oomes from the hands of oor agents and repreaentativea who have evidently given considerable study (hereto and are unanimous in tbeir reoommendatloa?
I bave given «ome time and study to the school situation and am familiar witli some of the facta above mentioned. It may well be that many otfaers oan enlighten yoar readers, and they ooght to do au. bilence ia never an argument. An Inquirer.
(We would be pleaaed to receive ans¬ wers to any of tlMae inquiries from oor readera.)
School Tax Collector Frank Ashdown has to turn his books over to the School , Board this month, after which all tax bills for the 1912 tax will have to be paid at the County Treasurer's office at Mineola, with an extra percentage. Mr. Ashdown can be seen any day at his residence at 20 Smith Street.
¦ The entertainment given by the M. D. C. in the Colonial Theatre Friday evening was up to the usual standard of merit of entertainments furnished by this club. The attendance was not a.s large as it should have been, but the hail was about three-fourths full.
Tho program was one of exceptional interest. The first part was "Min strelsy Under Many Flags," with an en'frtaining list of songs by the mem-
¦-)>M\».«f.4bft..d.\T,U,.Jin.t«xape,Wfi,d.y!i,);)|ji. or-, chestra selections. j
This was followed by a farce comedy, j "The Haunted House," in which the parts were well taken by Fred Clark and Wallace Guest. i
The "Sword Dance of Bonny Scot-j land" and the Highland Fling by Miss Dorothy King, assisted by her father, I Hamilton G. King and Piper Robert | Shearer,   were  among the  interesting
' numbers.
"Little Dot" Powell, in character songs and dances, also received much applause. The program concluded with a comedy "Rooms To Let," in which the parts wore taken by Helen Ruhl, Jessie Smith and Herman Gissell,   fol-
; lowed by an orchestra selection.
I The selections all received merited applause, and we would not want to undertake to make any exceptions in saying that they were all worthy of the applause they received.
¦The music was furnished by Fred Dietz of Brooklyn and the entire per¬ formance was in charge of H. J. Ray more, the prepident and musical direc¬ tor of the club.    	
"My Hero," a modern version of "Babes in the Woods"   will be a feat
ure at the Plaza Saturday.
Advertisement.
Whitson Colyer wa^ among the Long Islanders caught in the terrible floods in the West last week. Mrs. Colyer and the family were much distrest for several days until they received word that he was all right. He wrote that he had gone from Tuesday to Thursday night with nothing to eat or drink and escaped from a building just before it was destroyed. Mr. Colyer wrote that he expected to be home yesterday, Thursday.
An organ recital and unveiling of the new pipe topped organ will be held in the Bethel A. M. E. Church next Wednesday evening, April 9, at 8:15. Refreshments will be sold.
Chas. S. Powell,who has been spend¬ ing the winter at St. Petersburg, Flor¬ ida, left there last week and is tolTring his in' car from Florida to Freeport. The party consists > of Mr. and Mrs. Powell, Mr. Powell's mother, Mrs. Martha W. Cornelius, and the driver L. Ray Brown.
Miss Lois Gregg Secor, of the Le¬ iand Powers School of Expression, Bos¬ ton, will give "Polly of the Circus" in Brooklyn hall, Tuesday evening, April 15, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. The program will be interspersed with music.    Admission 26c.
The Grand Rapids (mich.) Herald says: "Miss Secor's interpretation of tfae delightful story, 'Polly of the Cir¬ cus,' was charming, and she seemed to catch exactly the spirit in the portray¬ al of tbe different characters. She was enthusiaatically encored."
On Friday evening, April 4, the Plaza will ahow "The Retreat from Moscow," a Pathe special in twt reels. A stupendous production based on one of tbe world's greatest tragediea. Na¬ poleon's disaatrous retreat from the burning city he had conquered. This production waa made widi tfae aaaist- ance of tbe Imperial Russian Army and shows tha captara of Moacow in which fnlly 10,000 people partieipajta.
AJvertttemeat.
(Cootioaad on, pas* S)
"I aaw H la tka Maaaawar"
Examination for Post¬ master at Seaford
The United SUtes Civil Service Com¬ mission announces that ot; April 26 an examination will be held at Freeport, N. Y., as a result of which it is expect* ed to make certification to fill a con¬ templated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmaster of class a at Seaford and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of the serv¬ ice to fill the vacancy by reinstatement. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $635.00 for the last fis¬ cal year.
Age limit, 21 years and over on the date of the examination, with the ex¬ ception that in a State where women are declared by statute to be of full age for all purposes at 18 years, wom¬ en 18 years of age on the date of the examination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is announced.
The examination is open to all citi¬ zens of the United States who can com¬ ply with the requirements.
Application forms and full informa¬ tion concerning the requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at Seaford and the local secretary at Freeport, or from the U. S..Clv.U.5kxvice C.oiiinjipsion; Washing¬ ton, D. C.    '
Applications should be properly ex¬ ecuted and filed with the Commission at Washington at least 7 days before the date of the examination, otherwise it may be impracticable to examine the applicants.
U. S. Civil Service Commission.
Freeport School Items
Last Saturday aftemoon a track meet, open to High School students, was held in the Grove Street School yard Although no prizes were award¬ ed, there were numerous competitors. Harold Humphrey made the highest in¬ dividual record, with 13 points. The 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, 25 sec.
880-yard dash, W. Guest, H. Teas, W. Downs, H. Thomas; time, 2 min , 23 sec.
Standing high jump, S Cutler, W. Guest, H.Teas, T. Wiggins, 8 ft. 10 in.
Running broad jump, T. Wiggins, E. Meaney, W. Guest, H. Teas; 16 ft. 9.5 in.
70-yard dash, 115 lb. limit, T. O'Brien, F. Joerison, W. Downs, C. Harris; time, 9 sec.
70-yard dash, H. Humphrey, E. Meaney, A. Keens, J. Rigby^time, 8 8-6 sec. ' \
Shot put, 8 lb., E. Meaney, E. John¬ son, W. VanRiper, L. Murray; dis¬ tance, 89 feet.
Standing broad jump, E. Johnson H. Humphrey, W. Guest, F. Clarke 8 ft., 6 in.
High jump, Junior, H. Thomsa, M. Cutler, R. Randall; 4 ft., 6 in.
High jump, Senior, S. Cutler, T. Wiggins, W. Guest, H. Teas; 4ft., 11 in. 	
The baseball season opens next Wednesday, when the team plays Law¬ rence High School at Law.rence.
As Miss Olive Phillips,who won first place in the preliminary prize speaking contest, has entered Pratt Institute, her sister, Mjss Margaret Phillips, who won second place, will take her place, and with Russell Tree, represent Free- port in the final contests to be held in Glen Cove, April 80.
Hempstead
Mrs. John WoodhuU and Miss Har¬ riet Campbell gave a dance Friday night at Uie Utowana Hotel.
Dr. Howard Pfaippa plans a remodal* ing of the premiaes he recently pur¬ chased at 246 Fulton Avenue, with oc¬ cupancy taken aa soon as possible.
An illustrated lecture and concert ia to be given April 22 under tfae aoapieea of Morton Lodge.
Melville Geisler of tfae U. S. 8. kaaaas, spent a few days witfa faia ents, Mr. and Mra. William Geisler, of Main Street
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