South Side Messenger 19090730

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For the
South Side of
Long Island
A reliable means of communication between the villages of Rock¬ ville Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, RcJosevelt, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and Amity ville.
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VOL 2., NUMBER 2
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909
PRICE, 5 CENTS
FREEPORT
Archer B. Wallace receiving word [Single men won.     (This report was from home that  there was  a burglar | handed us ^nd we regret  its ommis- getting ready to depart with the fami- '¦ sion from last issue.—Ed.) | ly   heir-looms,   etc.,  Saturday night, {
secured a complete force of village po- j    Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61 W. Mer- lice and surrounded his home.    Archer! "ck Road, Freeport; 'Phone b5-R.      tf >
i-     The South Shore Yacht Club will en- rtentain the South Bay Yacht Club of
|(ffiaW|>ogue with boat races and vaude-  	
ivUleandstag at the club house  Aug-1 pj^^g^J ^ "jgj'jjgj. yp againat  the rear of      Charles Schneider of Freeport   in-
;.«Bt 7th, Saturday afternoon and even-1 ^,6 building after surrounding it with  tends erecting a  store and residence
'"8-   said police and valiantly did Archer go i building on  Bellmore Ave.,' north of
Ul m       r^    M.-ii^..   »,oa  ^^^^^ ^° <^" or die.    He came down the I C. V. Sprague.
Assemblyman   Wm.   G.  Miller   has ^ j^^^^^. ^.^^ ^j^^ j^     j^^.  -^   ^j^ ^^.^    ,
planned a tnp to Europe.    Mrs.   Mill-'
~er and daughters Miss Etta and
Florence, will go with  the Assembly
^.     for the marauder proved to be the fam-      August Umhauer,   for seven years 1 "Elijah." JMissi .,„ „_,. —„,. ..!,„ 4. e ,—,.:— Iwith the Hecker-Jones-Jewell  Milling
WANTAQH
You can get 2,000 lbs. of coal at Haff's yard for |6.2o.    Phone 398 Freeport. tf
Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite will preach in the Memorial Church next Sunday morning and evening. At the morning service Mies Wenner of High Hill Beach will sing a  selection  from
Ttfe police, together with S. A. Williams, are anxious to learn the whereabeuts of ohe Ralph Havens, col¬ ored, who was formerly connected with Williams' livery stable on Main St. Havens is charged with getting some of his employer's money from the bank without waiting to get the necessary aignature to the checks, attending to 'that little detail himself.
ily cat walking on the tin roof looking '
I for either a resting place for the night '¦ ^o., of Brooklyn has been promoted to ! or something else. The "force" dis-j a responsible position. He now haa I persed and it was up to Archer. i charge  of a gang  of six millers and
I - ' the machinery they handle during their
I Henry Gobetz intends keeping the, shift. Umhauer is a steady, hard j crowd warm this winter for he has : working young man whose success is ' given an order to Plumber William  F. i deserved.    ^
Pearsali to install a modern hot water heating plant in his new store on Main
St.
Report has reached us of the mar- j ^iage of June 29th of Miss Ida Gardner j and T. J. Heenan of this  village,   by;
The primary classes of the M. E. Sunday School enjoyed their annual picnic and automobile ride Tuesday. The youngsters were taken around the village on their ride and brought to the
Rev. Bissell of the  Episcopal  Church, j P'^nic   ground on  the church    lawn.
Emil Schneider, formerly a resident here, will return to this village after an absence of some years and estab¬ lish an upholstering business.
A social to be held on the grounds of Mr. Samuel Kilpatrick on the even¬ ing of Aug. 3rd, 1909, under the au¬ spices of the Ladies' Aid Society of the  Bellmore  M.   E.   Church
The beach party held by the  CLris-
, tian Endeavor Society last Thursday to
'¦ High Hill   Beach was very successful.
Captain Haff's  boat  taking over one
hundred persons for a delightful sail to
! the  beach   where a very enjoyable day
was spent.    A neat sum was netted by
I the society.
The Firemen held a picnic on Wednesday evening, which was well at¬ tended. Dancing was enjoyed on a ; platform specially erected for the oc¬ casion. A moving picture was aiso given.
j where dinner was served and the after- ; will be on sale aprons, also  ice  cream
The lire department's new 'vcalls as published in local papers be tested to-morrow afternoon be¬ tween 4 and 5 p. m. A fireman will i-be on duty in each fire house in case Ithere may be a genuine fire alarm sent tin.    Much interest centers in this test.
alarm ' ""on spent in playing games, will'
Here and There in Freeport
C. Milton Foreman anri party of friends enjoyed a motor trip through the east end of the island Sunday, go¬ ing through as far as Greenport and return, making 129 miles in all.
and cake.
A  cordial  invitation  is extended to everyone; come and have a good  time. Mrs. S. J. Osborne,
Sec'y.
The regular monthly business  meet- „_,^^ f ing of the fire department will be held" next  Thursday  evening  in  the truck house.
Mrs. Sadie Brown of Hoboken, N. J., is visiting at the home of Mrs. A. E. Hunt.
Mrs.   Edna   Braithwaite left for her future home  in I ton, D. C, Tuesday.
Anderson Washing-
Judge Tatem, acting village justice iin place of Judge Swezey, had several lautomobilists before him Sunday for 'exceeding the speed laws. Thomas ^Forbes of this village was a victim, find he pleaded not guilty as did a Mr. I Smith Cox and party of friends took Thorpe of Rockville Centre; both were { an auto trip to Shelter Island Sunday «et down for a hearing. In another | returning the same day to Freeport iicar was also a Mr.   Herman  of  Rock
¦ville Centre, who paid his $10.00 fine. (^006 arrested and fined were E. W. tPloyd-Jones, Louis Schoonmaker, Her- [¦iaan Veit, Alfred Lobb, Sydney ^imms, James Oliver, William Shaw, 410 each. Dr. D. M. Wooley $5; Reg- jinald Robinson, $25; Blanchard Atkin- eon, $20. Officers Clarence VanRiper, Walter B. Cozzens, Sylvester Shea, ^Imer Raynor, Archer B. Wallace and Fred Hyer were in charge of the kourse.
Robert Anderson and Roland M. Lamb are both enjoying their mid-sum¬ mer vacations with their automobiles.
The old Grove Park, later the Imper¬ ial Hotel, is being transformed into a boarding school for boys.
: A gasoline stove exploding caused a cottage fire Saturday at Nassau-by-the- S-ea, owned by the cottage company. The cottage next door caught fire but was eaved, the other being a total loss. Volunteer's checked the flames from iiur ther dumage.
Communion service and reception of snew members will occur at 10:30 Sun¬ day morning in the First Presbyterian Ohurch. In the evening there will be « praise service devoted to familiar hymns upon which the pastor will jiiake comment.
During the pastor's absence his pul¬ pit will be supplied by the following preachers: "Aug. 8, Rev. W, H. Hen- !<lrickBon of Brooklyn; 15, Rev. Paul H. Greider of Brooklyn; 22, Rev. J. 'if. Macdonald of Brooklyn; 29, Rev. I^P. W. Yarrow of Chicago.
During the recent rains the value of the large gutter along Main St. was shown; the water running off to the catch pan south of the Merrick Road cleaning up the ro.id in good shape.
The Smithville South A. C. will hold ' a  dance and entertainment, with mov¬ ing pictures,   at Kraft's Grove, Smith¬ ville  South,   next Thursday night'.    A ! good time guaranteed. ;
I     Mrs.   Caroline A. Smith,   widow  of
i the late Stephen C. Smith died at  her
: late home in this village aged 82 years ]
and two months.    She was well known
to  every  old resident of Bellmore and |
for many miles around,   being  one  of ;
the early settlers  here.    The   funeral
, services were held from her home Tues, i
i day  morning,   the  Rev.    Thomas    S-'
! Braithwaite   officiating.      The  inter-;
I ment was in Greenfield Cemetery.
Many of the sidewalks in this vil¬ lage are beautified by trees, /but in many cases the branches hang down over the sidewalks causing annoyance , to pedestrians and danger to those' abroad at night. A little trimming : here and there would help greatly.
Mr. and Mrs. Barth of Brooklyn are occupying Mr. Benjamin Bulling's house on Wantagh Avenue.
Mr.' and Mrs. Peter Avagadro have been sojourning a few days at High Hill Beach.
William C. Doncaster has gone on business trip to Canada.
The annual school meeting will be held in the school house on Tuesday, August 3, at eight o'clock for the elec¬ tion of two trustees in place of William C. Doncaster and John H. Davis, a clerk in place of John T. Cowles, a li¬ brarian in place of Frank Schorr, and for the transaction of such other busi¬ ness as may properly come before the meeting.-
An addition to the Pine St. section will be the handsome new home now in course of erection for Smith Pearsali of the Review.
Mr. and Mrs. John T.   Cowles   cele¬ brated  the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage  last  Friday  and   have _,,,,, ,       been  receiving  the congratulations of
The roads have been gone over  dur- ^^^-^^ ^^-^^^^^    ^j^_ ^^^  ^^^^   Bowles
Judge Swezey returns Monday his vacation.
from
An error last week in this paper that we correct now: Thomas Chilton con¬ nected with the power house is not as¬ sistant fireman but fireman in charge uf one shift during the day.
ing the past few weeks with the result that in some side roads the weeds have come up stronger than ever and the road bed left full of ruts which makes driving unpleasant and walking out of the question. Why not go over them again.
There was a meeting of the Board of Trade recently but no report ha^ reached us as yet. If it comes to us we'll print it gladly, for we  want  to
have been deeply interested in every¬ thing that pertains to the welfare of our village and have lent their aid to every good cause, and we hope that the next twenty-five years will be as happy and prosperous as the twenty-five that have passed. The Messenger also ex¬ tends congratulations.
The Smithville South A. C. will hold a dance and entertainment, with  mov-
The Airdome on Grove St. is in suc¬ cessful operation every night but Sun¬ day, pleasing the crowds who enjoy the latest in motion pictures and illus¬ trated songs.
good.
I Miss Reta Bedell and Mr. Harold S. ICbase together were the pair who ar- Iranged to give the village folks some- ?thing to talk about this week, for they Idecided that they had been sweethearts ^ong  enough and  that marriage was
r' "ust the thing. Realizing with lovers' true intuition E'^^hat there would be family opposition le young people provided theraselves itb a license and the necessary wit¬ nesses, and Saturday presented them- pelves before Rev. Mr. Burgwin of the ijlHempstead Methodist Church and when '^^hey emerged  from  the  parsonage  it fwas Mr. and Mrs. Harold  Chase,  once land for ali time, if yoa please.   Arriv- |ing in Freeport the bride informed her ,unt, Mrs. Katherine Paff, with whom he bad been living, that she was now rs. Chase, thereupon Mrs.   Paff got p a family council whtchw^resulted   m information being given Mrs.Chase 'that a separation was on at once be¬ een the newly-weds.     Love finds a ay. you know, and in a  short while rs. Chase was over at her husband's lome, having gone via the  back-door- ver-the-garden-hedge-route to herHar- Idv   She was follpwed by the bride's family but Harold struck an heroic at-* itude with Mrs.   Harold  in his arms iiid ordered the  followers to desist, hey desisted.    The bride, safe in her husband's home, secured a search war- xant ahd by this means obtained her ^lothes from Mrs. Paff, who was in  a Imoce agreeable mood by this time and it ia reported wiil give her blessing to Ute yoijii^ peopie, whom the Messmq^r bope* will livd faiqtpily ever after.
BELLMORE
I The big Republican outing is sched- j I uied for August 18th and all the mem- j ; bers are hoping for better weather | '. than on a previous occassion. The i i outing will be "stag" but many of the I I ladies are going down to High Hill I ! Beach on Capt. Hunt's boat "just to The Bellmore Base Ball  Club gave; look   on."     There   will   be   athletic
folks double value Sunday  when they j games,   good music,   a "Willmarth"
played two games with  two  different 1 dinner and plenty of fun for all hands.
teams ahd won both without much ap- i Tickets $1.00 each.
parent   effort.     The first game was •	
with a selected team of Freeport play
see the Board on its feet and making . >"«( pictures, at Kraft's Grovo, Smith¬ ville South, next Thursday nihgt. A good time guaranteed.
BALPWIPI
C. B. Johnson, formerly of Newark, has opened the Craig Manor Inn on Millburn Ave., near the Merrick Road, as a first-class cafe and restaurant with special attention to the automobile trade. He has renovated the place and made many pleasing decorations.
'Lew" VanHom has left on his reg-| Atthe Town Board meeting Mon- ers and they lost to our "Champs" by ular western trip, hitting only the big Iday permission was asked to incorpor- the score of eight to five. Two of the places as far as Denver, Colorado, and j a*® a water company at Baldwin, inqidents of the game were a dandy , making Pittsburg the first stop. He Those asking for permission included thi^e bagger by Ed. Smith, and the reports business conditions excellent \ ^- Byron Lattimer, Alfred T. Davison, smashing blow on Still's right should- ! and prophesies a good year. "Lew" William E. Brockhauser, John G. Lush, er while  he waa  at the bat putting  ought to know.
him out of the game.    The injury was i 	
D. H. DeBaun, once a well known resident here is seriously ill at his home in Brooklyn from acute conges¬ tion cf the liver.
a painful one. The second game was with the Bayside A. C. also of Free- port. Bellmore allowed the visitors one run and took nine for themselves. Sam Seaman found one of Post's easy ones and immediately started a Mara¬ thon of his own around the edges of the infield landing home the same af¬ ternoon. Harry Merritt was in the game first on third and then as pitcher making good in both positions.     Sea-
Robert G. Anderson, E.Terry Southard and J. Huyler Ellison. It certainly looks a^ if the village would have what has been a necessity for a long time, a water company to add tu the other advantages of the section.
ot Joly 13th.   There are twelve more | ca^s to be heard from. I
The new bridge west* of Heben¬ streit's Hotel on the Merrick Road is finished. It is of concrete and steel construction and is the work of con¬ tractor Edwin H. Payne. Wide seats on each side are a feature for foot passengers who may be weary.
/Miss Pearl Payne will be  in the vil¬ lage next week for her vacation.
John Seaman has finished his new store end offices near the station, which will be opened as a cafe by a Mrs. Quinn of Freeport.
Miss Gertrude Waterbury from Sau¬ gerties, N. Y., is a guest of Mr. and Mra. E. T. Southard.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Walch and daughter have left for Saratoga to at¬ tend the races.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith are spend¬ ing a few days with Mr. Smith's sis-. ter, Mrs. F. W. Walch, Grand and Seaman Aves.
MERRICK
I Services at the Church of the Re- j deemer Sunday, eighth Trinity, at 7.30 I and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Celebration j of the Holy Communion at the early J service and Litany, sermon and cele- ; bration at the 11 o'clock service. Sun- I day School meets in the Parish House \ at 10 a. m. No lesson is appointed for ' the day but the Rector will give an il- i lustra ted talk on the "Blues.", ^
The school is trying for a record at¬ tendance this Sunday. Announcement of the coming picnic will be made.
1 We told you so. Last week we said j that we were in for a prize, that isour I firemen were, and that'a us. Wednes- ; day night we got what we were in for: ' namely the chief's fine brass lantern ' given for the best appearing company , in the Baldwin firemen's parade which ¦ was a part of their four days' carnival. Twenty-flve of us good looking people 'went down and brought home the f bacon. Cuck-a-doodle-do! Now don't \ forget the firemen's fair on the. 2nd i and Srd of September.
The    Fire
carnival
.V,- 1, •   K P«P»^t™«"/«.   '^"""v^'      In the tennis  tournament Saturday
*.^'!T^^^.J' ^'*,'"«'I^^.!^*'^^.l?.i.*''°?f:i between Merrick and Massapequa  the
home forces were routed severely, 8-2.
ly into the lime-light. Wednesday night the band's'first tune was "0 But It's Good to Be Here," and that expressed the sentiments of the big crowd exactly. Just at dusk the side shows and the Midway Pleasantness cut loose with a blaze of lights  and  a
Barring the sting of defeat, the event was a mos^ happy one socially. A re¬ turn contest at Massapequa has been arranged for in the near future.
.,,   , . , .,     The Merrick Flield Club's  ball  team
blaze of noise All kinas of good, journeyed to Babylon Saturday and things were to be had and ^ in this we ; g^ffgred defeat at the hands of the include too, Coney Island Hot Dogs. ¦ Babylon team. The score was 10-11. Everybody was there and the firemen i ^e are afraid that no more games will and ladies in charge were working un- be seen on the home grounds here ow- til late to make it pleasant for all; j^g ^^ the scarcity of funds. Manager hands, and they succeeded. i Frank Wolfe made a commendable at-
The parade m which many fine ; tempt to continue throughout the sea- appearing compames from nearby vil- j g^n but the response to his appeal has lages took part with the local depart- | not been adequate to justify a continu- ment was a fine sight. The judges ^nce of the schedule printed earlier in gave the Freeport Department first t^e season. The conditions of all small prize, Mernck second; Oceanside, i pieces such as Merrick are such that it third and Columbia, fourth. The jun-' jg impossible almost to support a home ior 06eanside company received first i ^3^,^ if enthusiasm counted for any- prize. Their appearance created much ! thing in the matter, we have enough favorable comment.    Chief Cotte and ! j^ the few  fans  here to support the
his assistants deserve credit for their efforts and the entire department re¬ ceive much praise for this affair.
The Queen will be elected to-morrow night.
to be run off to-morrow afternoon Get over to Baldwin to-night or to¬ morrow and enjoy the fun. Don't mind the confetti or the tickler but when in Rome do as the Romans do.
Pirates.
A good sized audience was delighted
Wednesday night at the Parish  House
There are also athletic games when Miss Gay Zenola McClaren pre-
I sented "The Music Master." Mias i McClaren made a great hit with the j critics. Those who have seen David I Warfield in his noted play said thatthe I entertainer represented him to perfec- ! tion. Miss McClaren is a great inter- I preter. The Men's Club of the Church ; of the Redeemer is to be congratulated j for furnishing our village the oppor- i tunities afforded by 8U(;h entertain- ements.    It isreported that Miss Mc-
SMITHVILLE SOITH
Last Thursday the St. Matthias Sun¬ day  School held their outing at High   	
Hill Beach. A large number attended j ciaren may appear here again under and everybody had a good time. After i the auspices of one of the church so- luncheon at Mr. Killian's pavillion they I cieties in "The Man From Home," enjoyed dancing and bathing. | the greatest hit ot the season  in the
The Athletic Club is preparing for !""« "^ humorous plays another good time next Thursday night | '"^ report is true, at Kraft's Grove, when there will be dancing, refreshments and Stafford's Moving Pictures with vaudeville be¬ sides. Wrieth's orchestra from Baby¬ lon will furnish the music. Everyone promised a good time.
Wq hope that
William Wooda jr., our "Bill," is about to open an automobile repair shop in Freeport where he will be the agent for the Campbell motor.
The Sunday School picnic this year will be held at High Hill  Beach on
The Athletic  Club   has    Purchased j Wednesday the llth. of August.     The twelve new gasoline lamps tojigbt^the | j^^^^ j^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^,^^^
Tickets costing 25 cents for all non-
grove with and it is the best lighted and most popular resort of young folks for miles around. It is a fact that many people attends affairs here from as far as Freeport. New members are constantly coming ip and all are made welcome. President Chas. Wood will receive applications from all who care
members of the school will be on sale after Sunday the Ist, from any mem¬ ber of the school. Those who desire to accompany the school will do well to puriihase tickets before the morning of the llth, thus insuring accommoda¬ tions.    All are invited to go.     Should
to join.    The application must be ac-, wcdnesdav be a stormv dav 'the event companied by the $1.00 entrance fee j Suke palace ThSy"^' '"'
and dues are very light.    To-night  a "^      ..,	
regular meeting  will  be  held in  the ;    ^he Smithville South A. C. will hold grove and all  membei;^ are invited to j ^ ^j^^^^ ^^j entertainment, with mov¬ ing pictures, at Kratf's Grove, Smith-
attend.
!        KEITH'S VAUDEVILLE AT       i     To-morrow this time a number of our i FREEPORT i local yachtsmen will be on their annual
j Since Manager Keith of the Keith-1 cruise through eastern waters. All : Proctor circuit has taken cbarge of the the Southards, Charles, Terry, Fred 1 vaudeville entertainments in the Sig- and Emest, with Nicholas Cunning- I mond Opera House at Freeport only 1 ham, Edward Craft, William Mills, A. man pitched one game after Still's. first-class acts have been shown, and Whaley and others, each in their own knockout. Frank Roberts was the um- | the program for Saturday evening, boat^ will sail as far as Bellport, -The pire. Next Sunday's game promises I juiy siat, is an exceptionally good one.' sloop "Constance" P class Fred South- to be a hummer for our boys play the | Besides nine different moving pictures \ ard owner, will represent the South Hempstead Field Club. Get down . jt ^iji include the following high class \ Shore Yacht Club at the s^nd Asso- early and see a good game. j gets, direct from Keith's city theatres: i ciation Races of the South Side Yacht
mL t.    a..t.    .^ ^-    « ^ I Robert Henry Hodge & Co.,   in  their i^Racing Association to-morrow at Bell-
,The results of the Democratic Out-1 p-g^ a^etch, "His Night Out;"  Harry i port.    "Constance" won  the first   As- ing Athletic games which were omit- ; ^^^ Louis Stockton, higb-clasa Ringing; sociation race at Sayville July 5th, and
^^'*^" j act with comedy interpolations;  Chas- | has never been defeated.
ted last week were as follows:
leggded race, by two band  boys from
Freeport,    Fat men's race, Tom Pow- j vaudeville playlet,
ers.    Ladies race. Miss Lillian Bald-ik<.»-»-i."   qJC...
win.    100 yard dash, Geo.   Baldwin.
Baaeball, Married Men va £>ingle Men,
Nichols and Marie Croix in a comedy j
An interrupted re- j    Otto Payne in his report to the Su hearsal;"   Swim   and   O'Pea,  . black i pervisors shows a total   ofi $400.00
fa«!e singers and dancers; Frank Dale, j m^nplogire and eccentric dancing. Pop I ular pricea prevail, ^0> ^^ and 25 ceuts
f ««wr H in the MciBa<^i|flttr!'
turned into tb«'roonty in fines as the result of the arresting of thirty-one speeding aatccaobilists from JooO 13th
CveryiM»«fy's Coiuenn.   Page 4-
Miss May Barton is in the village again for the summer.
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The new chemical engine for the fire company is practically assured. The moving of the building to its' new site and arranging of funds for the engine have been planned for and we see noth¬ ing to hinder t^e machine being here long before the snow flies.    .
Don't forget the regular school meet¬ ing next "Tuesday at 8 p. m., in the school house. .
~ef^~—
Night bicycle riding on 'the side¬ walks is bad enough, but when. the rider shoots through bere without A light and going at top speed he is pot down as a nuisance thut should be •topped.
ville South, next iThursday  night I good time guaranteed.
Town Board
A petition from Columbia Engine Company of Oceanside was presented to the Town Board Monday, asking that the two companies of Oceanside form a department and so .collect the tax from Insurance agents. As there are three companies in Oceanside, and as there aeems some question whether they would all qare to be taken into the department, the Board deferred action, meanwhile consulting counsel as to tbeir rights to consent to such an organization.
A communication was .>*eceived from the Attomey General calling attention to the fact that their i'^ no sealer of weights and measures in Hempstead
'   News items,  aubscriptions and ad- town, and quoting a number of aa- vertising for tbe Mossonger left jiR:^ith tborifties   who   declare tlml the law