South Side Messenger 19100401

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More Building at Roosevelt
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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol 2, Number 37
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y., FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy S Cente
Merrick
Services at the (Jhurch of the Re¬ deemer, Sunday, tHe First After East¬ er, at 10 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Litany and Sermon and Celebration at the moming service. The Sunday School meeta in the Parish House at 10 a. m. The subject for the day's study is "Jesus' Warning To His Enemies;" St. Luke Chaps. 13-14.
Geo. Muller, Real Estate, has sold to C. E. Covert of Brooklyn the plot 100—400 on Merrick Ave., east, be¬ tween Wm. E. Hewlett and W. H. Fowling. Mr. Covert intends building home for himself upon the property, though not this year.
Mr. J. W. Birch was the successful bidder at the City's sale of the building which he ha* occupied for the last 17 years, and ia about to remove it to the property which he owns immediately across the track opposite the Merrick Hotel.
We are sorry to report the illness of the Rev. F. M. Townley's daughter Catherine with scarlet fever. Mr. Townley was here Tuesday and Wednes¬ day looking to the opening of his house for occupancy by the rest of the family while Katherine is kept in Brooklyn under the care of the nurse.
Little Dan Harvey, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Harvey, is about to un¬ dergo an operation upon his feet for trouble which resulted from a case of rickets. The family will take up their residence in New York during April for the purposes of the operation and then retum to Merrick for the summer,
The }X)lling for a Vestry of the Church of the Redeemer resulted in the following elections: Wardens, H. H. (Jammann, P. R. Jennings ; Vestrymen, F. S. Miller, R. P. Kent, E. C. Cam¬ mann, J. W. Birch, Reed ^.Midmer, D. W. Lawson, J. G. Kelley and F. W. Settle. The Easter offering for cur¬ rent expenses amounted to $428.00.
Rushing  Improvements at Long Beach
Daily crowds running into the five fig¬ ures, with the Saturday and Sunday throngs exceeding the 100,000 mark easily, are expected at Long Beach during July and August and far into September as a result of work beg^n here last week. The $1,000,000 Rainer pier at the sea end of Roosevelt Boule¬ vard actually has been started and will be rushed to completion as fast as day and night gangs can work.
Opposite the pier eiVtrance, also front¬ ing on the boardwalk, will be built a theater planned to draw companies of the highest glass. This enterprises, by bringing the crowds to the beach is ex¬ pected to yield the even more impor¬ tant retum of causing the Long Island Railroad to rush its construction of the
Freeport
Social life is waking up in Freeport with the advent of Spring. Monday aftemoon Miss Ruth Cutler gave an "at home" to a large number of her friends at her home on Porterfield Place, and Tuesday aftemoon Misses Annie and Edna Eldridge entertained at their residence on West Merrick Road.
The Far Rockaway Journal seems to think that young Ullman, who shot Millard Seaman, a former Freeporter, last August, had an easy time getting free from the charge of manslaughter, and says in its last issue:
"The outcome of the case is very un¬ satisfactory to many people of Far Rockaway, as they believe that Ullman had no business with a revolver and his statements do not seem reasonable. It is not known what influences  were
Wantagh
third rail system from   Lynbrook  only
four and a half miles away. i. j   ..       u.. u ^u •   •..     » i,.
Months of preparation hafe been re- ^^ ^ whitewash the case in its early quired to permit the building of the ' stages, but sure it is, that had it been Rainey pier. The Long Island Railroad ] a boy of some person unable to pay has run a siding a  mile and  one half | dearly  for defence, the verdict would
from its Long Beach station right to the ocean-side so that the thousands of tons of steel, cement and crushed stone that will make up the pier may be trans¬ ported readily to the scene of building. Houses have been erected on the beach to protect the machinery needed in mak¬ ing the thousands of spiles that will be used, and sheds have been built under! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Raynor have which to store the lumber. i announced   the  engagement of  their
The great pier will  extend into the i daughter, Chloe  Frances,   to William sea for 1,200 feet.    At the inshore end, | Lyjp Wisner, of Rockville Centre.
probably have been different.
John D. Cornelius has sold his house on Union Place, Roosevelt, to Elmer Bowers, of this village, who has already taken possession.
Dr. Allan Beetham who has been spending a few weeks here at the home of his fiancee. Miss Bertha Hewlett, resting after the hard labors of the physician-in-charge at the Baltimore hospital, retumed to Baltimore on Monday.
Mr. Curtis Bowne and family re¬ turned to Merrick on Wednesday for the summer.
Among our summer folks seen in the village between Good Friday and Easter were: Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Har¬ vey and son Dan, Mr. H. H. Cammann, Mr. E. C. Cammann, Mr. C. E. Haines and son Ernest, and Mr. and Mrs. P. R. J snnings.
A card from Mr. H. M. Narwood, who is touring the Orient with his wife and mother, reads: "Have just ridden in on the donkey from Bethany. Best wishes to all from Jerusalem."
We are glad to offer our congratula¬ tions to our fellow-townsman, Mr. W. J. Kenny, in the successful issue of the suit which has been on for some time between him and Mr. Foster. The court has declared on every point in favor of Mr. Kenny.
The regular monthly meeting of the Hook and Ladder Co. will be held in Fireman's Hall on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
Chas. Midmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Midmer, is home on a furlough of 12 days from the Newport Navy yard where he is in training to serve his Uncle Sam. He has been commis¬ sioned by Albert Bergstrom another of our Merrick boys who is serving in the navy but who hasn't the privilege of coming home at this time, to convey a cake back to the station which "Mom" in a preceding letter has been peti¬ tioned to make. Did ypu ever! Apd for fire-eaters t
The Junior Auxiliary will present Malcolm Shackleford, Humorist, at the Parish House on the evening of Wednesday, April 13th. By the pur¬ chase of tickets for this entertainment we can all show our interest in the woric which the girls are doing. They have been promised a Victor talking machine with which to assist the pro¬ gram, with selections by Caruso, Melba and Tetrazzini.
There were seven baptisms at the Chureh of the Redeemer on Simday, one .•dolt and aix children.
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fronting on the boardwalk, will be the main convention hall, with a frontage of 160 feet. This hall will afford a meet¬ ing place for many conventions of state, national and intemationai importance which now go to smaller cities like Washington, Baltimore,Chicago, Kansas City, Denver and Atlantic City, simply because New York only can   offer only
The services for the Episcopal Church Sunday will be Holy Commun¬ ion at 8 o'clock and 10:30 o'clock ; eve¬ ning service 7:30; Easter music re¬ peated.
Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. two halls—Madison Square Garden and I A. M., will hold a euchre in their hall Grand Central Palace—for such gather-1 in the Realty ^Building next Wednes- '"gs. ¦ i fiay evening, for benefit of the baseball
Next to the convention hall will be   a   team pavilion and beyond that comes the main
The Schumann Orchestra met Tues¬ day evening at the home of Mrs. Rhoda I Jackson.
j Miss Emma Smith and her cousin, I Annie L. Smith, have been spending I several days in Wahsing^n, D. C. I They report delightful weather and an I enjoyable trip.
; Miss Ruth Lawrence of Rutherford, ; N. J., is spending a short vacation I with Miss Helen Jackson.
I Mrs. Helen Allen entertained the I members of the King's Daughters So- I ciety on Tuesday afternoon.
"A Refrain of the Resurrection" will be the theme of the sermon in the Memorial Church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Rhoda Jackson, postmistress, I is proud of the fact that there is not i a single advertised letter in the post- I oflice this month.
The regular monthly business  meet¬ ing of the Hook and Ladder Co. will be i held next Thursday night in the  Truck [ House.
I Mr. and Mrs. Hari-y J. Thomas have j been spending about ten days at their I home "The Don." After touring the I New England States and Canada this I winter, they started on Wednesday to I play in various cities in the West.
Mrs. Schafer will lead the Christian Endeavor meeting this  Friday  night,
: when the topic will be "Christ Our Teacher."    The annual  meeting   and
[ election of  officers will  take place at
' the close.
promenade of the pier itself, ending with a "fish-haul" at the offshore end. On the piers at Altantic City the "fish- hauls" always have been popular and the promenade without doubt will be the coolest place around Naw York all aummer long.
"The Lucky Thirteen," a boy's club of Freeport met and defeated the Men's Club of Merrick in a basket-ball game Wednesday night at Parish Hall in Mcirick. During the first half the "Lucky Thirteen" made 15 to Mer- Arrangements already have been made j rick's 2 points, the line-up being, for for the leasing of the convention hall Freeport: Fred Lea, centre; Harrison and pavilion to the Italian Commission ! Gunning and Arthur Jones, forwards; and Exhibition Company for the summer I Stephen Story and Herman Gissel, months.    There will be maintained there I guards;    for   Merrick:     F.   Redding,
Last Sunday there were a large num¬ ber out at both services in the Me¬ morial Church. Next Sunday evening the pastor, Rev. Thomas S. Braith¬ waite, will preach on "A Refrain from Easter.''
a permanent exhibition such as New Yorkers never before have seen. The company is backed by rich Italian mer- hants of New York and Brooklyn, and has the support of the Italian govern¬ ment in oddition. Everything that Italy produces, from lemons to automo¬ biles and examples of ancient art, will be on view. The govemmemt'a own loan exhibition will be finer than any thing ever aent to a world's fair, it is declai-ed.
Other entertainments for  which  ar¬ rangements soon will be   made  include horse shows and   dog  shows,   a  circus and   many other exhibitions  requiring j years a resident of Freeport, died Sat- large space.    It is even hoped that such | urday   night  at   the  home of her son.
for Merrick centre; Harry Muller, and James Mul¬ cahy, forwards; J. Higgins and C. Mid¬ mer, guards; Rob Miller and George Muller, referee and umpire. In the second half Douglas Brown took H. Gissel's pace on the Freeport team, and the "Lucky Thirteen" made 12 more points to Merrick's 3, making a total of 27 to 5. A return game has been arranged for next Friday night at Parish Hall, Merrick.
Mrs.    William    Marlow,   for  many
The annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Memorial Church will be held this Friday even¬ ing, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. The subject of the devotional meeting will be "Christ Our Teacher," and the leader, Mrs. Schaf¬ er.
events as the big auto shows may be diverted lo Long Beach. The company operating the pier has a fifteen year concession and if the Rainey pier meets expectations, others will be built quick¬ ly-
When the Estates of Long   Beach
Charles Marlow, Leonard Street, Brook¬ lyn, aged 75 yeara, after a lingering ill¬ ness and a gradual failing in health. Funeral services were held Tuesday evening, with burial at Greenfield Cemetery.    Mrs.   Marlow  is survived
developed fully, the Rainey pier will be ' hy her two sons, Averill and Charles, its geographical centre. Its location is I who conduct a hardware business in at the easterly end of the boardwalk,as \ Greenpoint as successors of their fath-
Arrangements are being made for the entertainment to be held on the evening of April 20, under the auspices of the Wantagh Fire Department. The entertainment will be presented by lo¬ cal talent and will comprise the Old Maid's Convention and other numbers. It will be held in the firemen's hall.
Very large congregations attended the Easter services in the Memorial Church last Sunday and the testimony of many was that the services were never surpassed for impressiveness and power. "The choir, assisted by Mrs. John H. Davis and Miss Laura Cowles did excellent work and Mrs. Edgar J. Seaman played two violin obligatos and also accompanied the processional morning and evening.
Law to   Stop   Sunday! Moving Picture Shows I
Senator Hubbs has introduced a bill I Jr\ the Legislature prohibiting moving i I picture shows on Sunday. !
! The proposed law provides further j ' that every owner or lesee of any build- i ing or structure, who leases the same ! ; for the purpose of any such exhibition, ; and every person or corporation which j shall furnish electricity or gas to for ! ! use in any manner connected with such | exhibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor, i
Smithville South     I
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Go ahead when you think you are , right, but don't expect the crowd toj follow you. i
Some of the visitors here Easter Sunday were:
Phillip Wassung and family, guests I of Anton Jung.
!    Mr.   and Mrs.   Samuel    Kilpatrick, i guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Wood. Miss    Margerite Gallery,   guest  of Mrs. M. Murphy.
Miss Alfreda Decker, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Decker.
John  Boush  and  family, guests of ; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Schneider. !     Mrs.   Wm. Smith, guest of Mr.   and Mrs. R. R. Powell.
Mr. Frank Roehbis and family, guests of Capt. Samuel Hunter and wife.
The stork dropped in and made an j Easter visit last Suhday to Mr. and I Mrs. Chas. A. Wood and presented : them with a baby girl.
j The Board of directors of the Smith- 1 vile South Athletic and Social Club j met at the home of F. M. Wood last i Monday evening for the purpose of re¬ ceiving bids to complete the Club House. The contract was awarded to : Frisch Bros., contractors and builders.
Mike has been to an auction ; he now is the owner of a goat, a feathered j legged chick, two pug dogs and a mys¬ terious keg of sometimes called Suds, that is now without a Bung in it. Someone done it. But who? He is trying to find the joker; several citi¬ zens are on the job as private detec¬ tives, but as yet no clue has been reached except that when two persons known as Bob and Steve happen to meet they have been seen winking their eyes, flushing in the face, etc., suspiciously. Mike says to keep still about it, perhaps they will confess.
The Automobile Ambulance built and painted by Fred Menendez here, was completed and delivered to the South Shore Hospital last Monday.
Wm. Schneider and family have re¬ turned to their farm here for the sum¬ mer.
Bellmore
built thus far, about one mile east of the Casino, and about a mile and one- half from the station. Roller chairs make it accessible easily for those who do not care to take the invigorating tramp along the beach or bo|irdwalk, and paved auto roads lead right to its entrance.
A fair idea of t^e crowds that will be attracted to Long Beach by the furnish- ^
ing of high-class amusements  may  be j next  Friday evening, April 8, gained from some figures obtained  last '¦ will be given |pr costumes. |
summer.    One day   there   were  24;000 |   ;
persons on the boardwalk, and 1,084 au-1 One of the most important real es- i tomobiles crossed the Long Beach j tate sales in this vicinity is the sale of | bridge. These folks only had the beach I about 1,200 valuable lots in he north-i for their attraction, with y dip it> the : ern portion of the* village, which waa sea, a walk or ride on the boardwalk formerly the Smith farm on Main j and dinner, or supper at   the  casino  or ! g^^^^^ ' j^  j^ g^ld to  Pettit &  Lamb,!
I er, who died about three years ago. I Mrs. Marlow was a member of the I Freeport M. E. Church and had a [ large number of friends throughout the j village.
I     Charles A. Sigmond, A. B. Wallace
1 and Walter B.   Cozzens will  hold   a
masquerade ball in  the Opera House
Prizes
boardwalk casino the Hotel Nassau
Before the ^pier enterprise was financed, the bacxers investigated one hundred or more similiar pi^rs here and in England. They found all but one had paid, and paid well. Hence they go into the scheme with ample assur¬ ance of success.
and the price is  stated  to have  been about $80,000.
The  South Shore  Hospital, after a
brief existence,  during which  it was
found very useful, has closed its doors.
Among those back of ! Patients will hereafter have to be tak
the pier are Paul J. Rainey, the Cleve land coke millionaire; James W. Wads- worth of Genesee, N. Y., and of course, former Senator W. H. Reynolds. John L. de Saulles is preaident and Stephen S. Tuthill the s'ecretaiy^of the company. -Eagle.
Lynbrook
The Long Beach Water Company has purchased the Elijah Brower prop¬ erty at South Lynbrook, whereon it in¬ tends installing a water pumpin sta¬ tion. Machinery for the new pumping station was moved to the property on Satarday last
en to the city or to Mineola. Work is advancing on another private hospi¬ tal at Hempstead.
The Ladies' Guild of the Episcopal Church is planning for a first-class entertainment for the 12th of April, when they will present Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works at Sigmond Opera House; also living pictures, and good music by local talent Tickets are now on sale at Johnston's drug store.
The ladies of the Freeport Choral Society will hold a cake sale at the residence of R. H. Mayland on Satur¬ day, April 9.
See what the Thos. Johnston Drug C!o. advertises this week. It.
Billy The Kid
Among the attraction booked to ap¬ pear at the Sigmond Opera House this season is the successful Western play, "Billy the Kid," headed by Mr. Nolan Gane.
The cast and production are complete in every detail and the play from the pen of Walter Woods and Joseph Stdnt- ley, has proven itself to be the most fascinating of cowboy melodramas.
During the past season, "Billy the Kid" was seen in nearly every large city in the United States to phenome¬ nal business and retum engagements are everywhere in demand.
One of the feature attractions of the season to be presented at this theatre on April 5th, is the most successful Western play of the past decade, "Bil¬ ly the Kid," with the favorite young actor in the title role.
The entire production is carried com¬ plete and the cast has been carefully se¬ lected.
The play is in four acts, represent¬ ing scenes, realistic and correct of life on the westenT'^STainB.
James Butler will open a grocery store in the building of H. H. Valen¬ tine on Bellmore Avenue soon.
Frank Smith is the proud father of a young daughter, which arrived Tues¬ day mon\ing.
The Belf more Jvu-ior Base-Bail Club will open the season on Saturday, when they play a junior team from Freeport. Games starts at 2.30.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres- i byterian Church will hold a sale of cake I and fancy articles in the Bellmore ! Ave. Church Saturday aftemoon and I evening. Proceeds for running ex- I penses of the church.
j Services will be held in the Presby- I terian Church Sunday evening as usual, 1 also Sunday School in the afternoon.
A regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church was held at the home of Mrs. John Adel Thursday afternoon.
I We have read about "Mike" of Smithville South, inventing automo¬ bile sleighs and other useful articles. I Wish he could invent some contrivance ' to gather news, so we could use it i when everything in the line of news ' is "dead slow."
The Easter services in the Presby- ', terian Church Sunday evening were i largely attended, and the program by ' the childreti was very interesting. j Mrs. Louise Mitchell, of New York i City, rendered a  solo.
i Mrs. L. Narbel and daughter have j retumed to New York City after a I pleasant visit with her brother, Nich- ' olas Meyer.
j Mr. and Mrs. John Adel celebrated I their wedding anniversary on Thurs- ' day evening at their home. A large i gathering of friends were present. The I evening was very pleasantly spent by I all present. j
i N. Meyer and Leander Brown are j contemplating buying a farm at New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, where they will go into the poultry business. I . .      .     .
! Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kilpatrick of ! Corona, N.Y,, spent Sunday at the I home of Mrs. Samuel Kilpatrick Sr.
; Edward P. Self will move Saturday I to his new house at Smithville South, ; having sold his residence on Bellmore i Avenue.
I On Sunday afternoon the Bellmore 1 Baseball Club will play a practice game j with a picked team of the SmithviUe I South A. C, on the local diamond at ; 3.00 o'clock, to get in shape for the I season, which starts May 1st. The ' diamond is being put in first-class shape ! this week by C. H. Russell, contrac- ! tor. J.
j A meeting of the Ladies' Aid So- ! ciety of the M. E. Church will be held j at the home of Mrs. Samuel Kilpatrick, April 7, at 2.30 p. m.; business, an¬ nual election of officers; all members are requested to be present.
Charles Mohrman is again working at Mohrman's bakery. ¦--=¦
There are only seven pickets left in I the gate at the depot. If you want I any of them, you'll have to get 'em I quick.
j Work has started this week on the i new drug store on Grand Avenue, be- I ing built by Samuel Self. Mr. Wood, j contractor, has a force of men working j'on it, and the building will  be ready
for occupancy about the   middle   of
May.
Work was started this week on A. Palermo's house on Centre Avenue. Mr. Palermo will build four or five more dwellings this summer.
Horace Jackson has been quite sick      Bellmore is certainly growing—lots with La Grippe. i of building being done.
For the land's sake, smell  that fer¬ tilizer.
The Board of Education has appoint¬ ed Chiles Rath as janitor of the school here for the balance of the term, to fill vacancy of Lucas P. Hedges.
The Swenke Land Co., which recent-1 ly purchased the farm of Geo. A. Mott! Estate, is cutting it up in building! lots; hope they don't stop at that—we i need a few more buildings. '
Capt. Johnson's base-ball team of the S. S. A. C. will play a practise game next Sunday at Bellmore with our old time favorites, the Bellmore A. C.; here is a good chance for the new beginners to get some good points and learn to play the game skillfully. That is what yon need boys, practice, courage, good management, and learn from those who know how; so get busy and keep at it.
Mrs. Mary E. Jackson and Miss Maud Jackson, of Hempstead, spent their Easter here among their friends.
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Franchise Accepted
The South Shore Traction Qompany, which secured a franchise from the Freeport Board of Trustees to con¬ struct a trolley line through the vil¬ lage, promptly filed its acceptance with Village Clerk S. P. Shea. The accep¬ tance was signed by James T. Wood as President Arthur (L Home aa ^- retaty, and M. Dorland as notary.
Valley Stream
Mrs. Robert Devinney, who has been quite ill for the past week is slowly improving.        	
Through the agency of Robert W. Troy, Miss Phoebe Wanser has sold her property on Vincent avenae, to Mr. Arnold Damas, of Brooklyn, who in¬ tends making his bome in Lynbrook. The consideration was $8,000.
'I MW it in tha MaM«ii««rl"
The Easter services in the M. E. Church Sunday evening were largely attended and well retxdfsred t^ the children of the Sunday School.
Last Saturday aftemoon a fire in the woods west of G. F. Newland's house on Centre Avenue was discovered about 3 o'clock. The fire department was called out and by their prompt aa¬ aiatance, saved tbe bam and cottage of Mr. Newland, wbicb were cloee to tfae woods.
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