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TH S DE MESSENGER
For the
South Side of
Long Island
A reliable means of commiinication between the villages of Rock¬ ville Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, Roosevelt, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and AmityviUe.
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VOL. 1, NUMBER sR
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1909
"30:
fREEPORT
Services in connnection with the newly established Lutheran Church wil) be held Easter Sunday, April 11,' at the old Opera Hall, 28 So. Main St. Sunday School will meet at 9.45. Di¬ vine worship with the administration of the Lord's Supper at 11 o'clock. A cordial invitation to all persons inter¬ ested i<] extended to these services. Rev. George C. Loos is the pastor in charge. The pastor promises an ar¬ ticle on the Lutheran Church for next week which will no doubt be interest¬ ing to those who are affiliated with this work.
A new business building is going up on Main St. for F. Cassassa, the  fruit | man.    It is next to Schloss' dry  goods I store. I
ROOSEVELT
BELLMORE
f'rederick .Scharfenberg  and   Frank Martin of the Bellmore  Villa Site  Co.
The base-ball club opened the season last Sunday when they played the Smithville South Club. Behmore won by  the score of 24 to 2.    Batteries,
Mrs.   A.   A. Luckey and family of Ronneo,   Michigan,   a  sister of  Mrs. The statement of the ^ank of Rock-1 Geo.   Robinson, have returned to their' were  in  town  Monday  looking    over ville is published in this fssue. | home  after  a  very  pleasant  visit in j their property.
The Village Board of Trustees  met | Roosevelt, last night with ail the members pres-i
ent, and President Morrison presiding, i     Mr.   Richard    DeLap    has    broken The following is a summary of their ground for another house.    Capt. John doings:   Smith & Malcomson were or- Smith is laying foundation for another. ,
dered  to give  the  grade of streets in  David Brown jr.   is  building  one  forjo«™o^: H.   Merritt  and  E.Smith;
the yillage  and  to  proceed  with the  Mr.   Gumbert, also a bungalow on  his, Snaithville  South,   S. Seaman  and  F.
work of grading according to a resolu- I own property on Park Ave. vMr. Chas.   Miller.    Seaman  pitched  against   his
ion of 1908. John W. Otten was order- \ Whitehouse is making three  stores on  old comrades of last  season  and  they
ed to erect fire escapes on his bui ding, j Main St.    Mr. Dayton   has ' started  a I ^ound him without difficulty.    Seaman,
I R. R, Ave. and Main St., and  to  have | new building on Ward Ave.    Mr. Geo.   however,   is  a  good pitcher who  will
The body of Dennis Gray was  found j the  entrance  doors  changed  so  as to | Mole  jr.   is  building  a  home on  the | linw?*" "P i" time for the big games to
in the  cellar of  a  Church  St.   house I swing out.    This  to  be   done    before  Jones property for the re.sidence of the I follow.    The    Bellmore    Club    needs
Friday, or use of the hall in the build-' gentleman   from   the  city,   and  other PW"*/  "f practice and ought to   make ing prohibited. ; buildings of  more or less  importance  ^ ^"^ showing this season.
The  Chief of  the  fire   department i are being started in all directions, and      _ ~    c^i.     \. , , ,,
empowered  to  purchase .six hyd-1 all  begun   in  a  week.    What do  you'   /^"^ >"'""'«"   Church   mold Opera
I William Eldred, died at her home on I Sat. afternoon. Tbe funeral services were held at the M. P. Church. She was buried at Rockville Centre. Mrs. Eldred was 81 years old and liked by all who knew her. The survivers are son, Edward Eldred, of this place, and Mrs. Cornish of Inwood^	
Mr. Edward Payne is laying a side¬ walk in front of the Opperman resi¬ dence on Grand Avenue.
PRICE, 5 CENT^
THE STROLLER
Glad to aee that the  Winter's crop I of merriwidders is fast disappearing. !    The new style head piece is, however, i just as bad to gaze upon.
j When a man suffers from cold feet, ! it does not necessarily follow that they ! are his own. ^
The Ladies'Aid Society met at the. It would seem that Democrats don't home of Mrs. Wortman on Central Ave. , count in this town—they simply are this week. counted.
Thursday night a week ago.
DesDondency was the cause. Act-1 Jng coroner Tatem gave permission to i remove the body to Southard and | Moore's undertaking establishment. ; Interment in Calvary Cemetery. i
The election  of officers  of  the fire
was
rant wrenches.
Fire  Chief  Wallace  submitted   his annual report, which was received and
think of that?
companies this week are as follow.s: Hose No. 1, (Ever Ready)—Wm. Loonam, foreman; M. Miller, assistant foreman; H. Helm, secretary; Jas. Cronley, treasurer; Archer Wallace and James Smith, wardens.
Wide Awake Eng. Co., -Foreman, Frank Stevens; ass't foreman, Barney Loonam; sec'y Wm. Bornscheur; treas. Jos. Miller; wardens, Messrs. Stevens and Loonam; Delegates to Nassau Connty Association, Frank Johnson and Alex Ackerman; delegate to Southern N. Y. Vol. Firemen's Ass'n, Frank Stevens; trustee, Alex C. Ackerman.
placed on file.    A vote of  thanks  was
given the retiring Chief.
The election of C. O. Niles as fore- i man and Howard Pearsali as assistant ! foreman of Excelsior H. and L. Co., i was approved.
Trustee Sigmond and J. Huyler El- I lison were appointed excise commis- I sioners to co-operate with President I Morrison in regulating the liquor traf- ! fie. The following applications were ! received and granted: Mary W. Gray, I Weberfield ,Ave., for water; Denis J. i Comi8ky,South Side Avenue, sidewalk,
and  Frank  Ashdown,   Merrick   Road,
A druggi.st and a doctor are to reside here. We hope they will make money but not by our misfor¬ tunes.
]     The  Lutheran   Church j Hall, Freeport,   will   conduct regular j services every Sunday.    .See notice   in coming | Freeport column.
J. E. Place has returned to Belhnore for the Summer.
Chas. Sigmond made a visit here the other day  and was astonished  at our     .,,„,,..       ,    . wonderful development.    He can't un-1 ^'"e South distnct, dunng the
Thomas .1.   Thornton  is  the acting President of the School Board,   Smith- ill ness
The Junior League met on  Wed. prayer meeting followed.
A sacred concert will be given in the ; M. E. Church Thursday evening, April' loth, for the benefit of the organ fund, ! under the auspices of the choir. 1
The Vested Choir of the Holy Trin-' ity Church of Hewlett, consisting ofj 25 men and boys, will give Sjtainers' | Crucifixion, together with the Hallelu- | jah chorus and several anthems. Fol¬ lowing the program in the church. Ice i cream and cake may he procured in the i chapel. I
Admission to concert 2oc. Tickets! may be procured from any member of , the choir.
for sidewalk.    S. Foster Sprague  was "Easter Tidings" will be the  moi-n-  appointed Street Commissioner. ing sermon theme of Rev. Charles Her- j     Wm. Cameron  appointed  to  unload | bert Scholey at the First Presbyterian ! coal at 15c a ton. |
Church.    A fine  Easter program   has |     Lyman W.   Taft  appointed   hydrant; been  prepared  by the Sunday  School ; inspector.
for its session at 2.30 p. m. in the ehurch. A cordial invitation is extend¬ ed to everyose to attend all these .ser¬ vices.
In the M. E. Church, Sunday, special Easter services will b^ held. In the morning the pastor will preach a ser¬ mon to the members of the Sunday School, and all the members of the school are to be seated together. There will be special music at the afternoon session of the School. In the evening the choir will render an Easter cantata entitled\ "The First Easter," which they have had in preparation for some time. The solo parts will be as fol¬ lows: Soprano, Miss Nina Humphrey ; alto, Mrs. A. N. Johnson; basso, Ar-1 ian Lamson, the t)opular impersonator thur P. Davisson; tenors, Wilbur Ray-i of NewYork, will present the well- nor and Harold Brown. An address: known play "The Warrens of Vir- will be given by the pastor. This ser- ¦ ginia." Complimentary tickets vice will afford an opportunity for the \ be procured from members of members of the church and congrega- \ Board. tion to extend Dr. Richard a hearty j welcome on his return from conference \ and to the church for another year.
I "Bill" Pearsali, who lives on Leon-, ard Ave., likes peace and quiet around ; his home at all times. He usually i wears an inquiring look  on  his  phiz
I In the Baptist Church, Stanley W. : Roberts, Minister, there will be public I worship of God Sunday at 10.30 a. m. I and 7.30 p. m.; evening theme, v" Why did Jesus believe in the Resurrection?" I special Easter music. Bible School at ; 2; Union Men's meeting at 4; Y. P. S. j C. E. at y.45, mid-week service Friday i at 8. Everyone cordially invited to I these services.
The regular monthly meeting of thc j Freeport Hoard of Trade will be held at i Fraternity Hall next Wedneadav even- ¦ ing, April 14. Important business will I be brought before the meeting. This date will be Ladies' Night. At the close of the business meeting Miss i^il-
derstand it.
JoH. A. Seaman is improving and we trust will soon be around and with us again.
Miss Miller, one of our teachers, has been called home to her mother, who is dangerously ill.
Captain Hanson has beautified his property by a row of concrete piers and iron gates of a superior design.
Mr. William Fields sr. has been laid up with an attack of rheumatism for three weeks. We hope to see him around again soon.
of President Jeffrey.
The Bellmore Social Club were en¬ tertained by Mrs. Lorenzo Smith this week. Miss Van Fort of (Jlen Cove was a guest of the day.
MERRICK
Women want to vo';e eh? Well, why not let 'em, they rule the world anyway.
What a .sassy little village Roosevelt is to be sure. Last week a statement was published from that interesting ilttle burg to the effect that some day it might include Freeport in its limits.
News item from a paper published East  of  Freeport reads:   ^'A  slight
fire in     .     was discovered
by passers-by at 8 o'clock Sunday eve¬ ning. It caught from steam pipes." Never knew there was danger from those things. Have to watoh out in future.
Hot cross buns to-day.
The home of Chas. Anderson was brightened considerably by the arrival of a girl baby Wednesday morning. Moibdr is doing nicely.
'Coxae down to Firemen's HaU Tues- ds^y.and enjoy the Calico Hop by the Ladies' Auxiliary of Smithville South.
Mr. school, ments knows him.
LeRoy, the principal of our has been offered other engage- for next year, but Roosevelt a tiiinof  or two- they will keep
John A. week.
W.   E. vacation.
Johnson is on the jury  this
Horn is enjoying his   Ea-ster
WANTAGH
can the
Willie Waters is very ill with  pneu monia.  We sincerely hope that he may ; recover.
Arthur Whitehouse and Chas. are  elected  delegates  to  the  Nassau! County   Volunteer Firemen's   Associa- | tion. \
Our iire boys appreciate the need of being fully prepared for all emergen¬ cies as .soon as the water mains are laid. They will equip themselves with the necessary hose and other apparatus. These boys are second to none in the countrj'.
Owing to the Spiritual influence of the revival services just ended in the M. E. Church the entertainment planned for April 1st was abandoned by i order of the committee in charge who request  the publication of this notice.
The Ladies' Aid Society of  the  M. DeLap JE.   Church  will   meet at the home  of
On    Good    Friday  evening   in    the    Mr.   William DeLap "has  gone  and Memorial  Church   there    wiil    be    a j done it" and as his wife is a very nice special service at eight o'clock  appro-1 girl, we congratulate William, priate  music  with solo.    The  sermon \ when"tr~a;eiing around the "village ^and \ by the pastor will be on "The Way  of i     Mr. Garland Gaden  and  family  are this  iook  was increased  a  half-dozen I the Cross.      The Easter services "ext  home  again     We dont  like to    sec
fold the night of April 1.   when about I Sunday will be very  interesting     The | their house empty.	
thirty of his friends took him by sur- I music of the cnoir under the leader- prise and entered his parlor ready for ship of Mrs. Rhoda Jackson, the or- a fight or frolic. When "Bill" looked ' gan'«st, will include several anthems them over he saw in all kinds of m«s-. and a solo.    An  Eaater offering  will
querade costumes the following bunch j ^e taken for  the work of the church
Mrs. Philips has returned to the old homestead. The church will rejoice and Mrs. Philips will receive a smile from everybody..
of joymakers: His ma and pa, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearsali; Miss Mabel Pearsali, Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeMott, Mr. a^ Mrs. E. V. Baldwin (El thumped several tunes on his ol' ban¬ jo), Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bedell (Mrs. Bedell played several selections on the piano) Mr. and Mrs. Heade, Mrs. and Miss Barker, Arthur Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. "Jerry" DeMott, Bert DeMott, Arthur Baldwin, Sylvester P. Shea and wife, Mervin Raynor and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dickson. A number of small children were al.«o|there, but Bill was too busy to notice them. They danced, sang some, ate a lot of refresh¬ ments, and went home at one G. M.
A  program  of  songs  and  recitations, will be given by  the  children  of  the Sunday School in the aftemoon.
A special schuol  meeting  has  been  past and gone, called by the Board  oi Education  for j April 26, to vote upon a proposition to ! erect a new  schoool  building  to  cost' $12,000.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at the ; home of the President, Mr?. A. E. ' Hunt, Wednesday afternoon.
Capt. Hiram Smith is improving. He IS one of the old timers and can^ell some good old yarns of the days long
The  Board  of Trade  will  meet their Hall next Tuesday evening.
SEAFORD
Mrs. T. J. Wells, at Wantagh, April 1 loth Members will first meet at the | bome of Mrs. Samuel Self at 2 p. m. | and from there go in a body to Mrs. j Wells' home. Installation of officers' will be the principal business. By or¬ der of Mrs. S. J. Osborn, Sec'y.
Officers of the Ladies' Aid Society are Mrs. T. J. Wells, Pres.; Mrs. Chapman, vice-pres.; Mrs. S. J. Os¬ bom; sec, Mrs. Samuel .Self; asst. sec,; Mrs. Clement,  treas.
There will be special music by tbe choir of the M. E. Church on the Mer¬ rick Road, Easter Sunday, in the even¬ ing.
There will be Easter^ exercises  ren¬ dered  by the scholars of the M.   E. Church  Sunday  School Sunday after¬ noon at 2:30.    All are cordially invited j to attend.
BALDWIN
Some of the teachers of this school are spending their Easter vacations at their various homes up-State.
John R. Seaman is improving his j cigar store by building a new front  on
iit.
An important business meeting of the Willing Workers of the Y. M. I. C. was held April 6 at the Club House.
Dr. W. G. Smiih, Deutist. «1 W. Mor¬ riek Road, Freepqjft; 'Phone 8o-R.       It
Capt, Henry P. Sigmond opens his hotel at PoirTt Breeze this week. He makes a specialty of catering to the I
,     Those who desire home-made  cakes, j pies or rolls may purchase them at the j sale to be held at the Parsonage Satur¬ day afternoon.  I     Mrs.   Peter   Post   entertained   the
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61 W. Mer-! Guild  of the  Episcopal   Church    this j rick Road, Ereeport; 'Phone b5-R.       tf ! week.
fishing and boating trade. An excel lent shore dinner is prepared at reason¬ able prices and served at all hours.
The Bra^s Band is expecting to have a good entertainment in Ultsch's  Hall on the 14th.    The  entertainment  will i be followed by a dance.
Amos Pearsali gave a barn dance on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Gustive Corretto has recovered from a severe attack of the grip.
Mr. Bert Davison is erecting a house on Millburn Ave. Charles ' Coakley, builder.
Mrs. Edw. Verity is recovering from j her recent illness.
Sigmond operates the auixilary slcop was polled.
"James W. W. Scott" fro'm'tbe Wood- j
cleft dock, making three moraing trips t    The meeting
and four afternoon trips, including one j deavor Society
at night.    No charge   for   carrying
passengers.      _
A line of Spring Millinery. Hats made and trimmed to order, also ladies own material used, at Miss Dyer's, 45 So. Village Ave., trolley stop 118, Rockville Centre^ It
W. P. W. Haff has purchased tbe ooai baainess of Snith Cox, Main Street
The Spring election was of great in¬ terest in this locality, and a large vote
Miss  Condit  has  as  guests a Rogers and daughter of N. Y.
Mrs.
of the Christian  En- will be omitted this
Friday evening on account of the Good Friday service in the church.
Frank P. Rhame is home from Cor¬ nell University spending the Easter vacation with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis spent election day here. Tbey hope to oc- eapy their Summer residence the lat¬ ter part oif April.
Regular Eascer services will be held in the Episcopal Church this Sunday, with special singing. The services to-day (Good Friday) between 2 and 3 o'clock.
Rev. S. E. T^t will shortly leave his church here, (the Methodist) and a new preacher will take his place. Mr. Taft will leave many friends bere who will miss bim.
Sunday, April 11, Rev. S. K. Braun, a Hebrew minister, will preach a ser¬ mon entitled "Christ and the Passov¬ er," at the M. P. Church.
Miss Mabel and Mrs. A. E.
Smith is visiting Burr at Brooklyn.
Mr.
Miss R. W. Robins tives in ^Philadelphia.
is visiting rela-
Do You Want to Boy or Sell? Uto Evorybody's Column.
The  Woman's Advance Club meet with Mrs. JLush on Grand Ave.   April
8. I	
John Lush of Cornell has retumed for his Easter vacation.
Mrs. Mary Eldred. widow of tbe late
Wednesday night, April 14lh, the Merrick Pastime Club will give their show at Firemen's Hall under the di¬ rection of E. A. Spiegel. Local talent will compose the bill which will in¬ clude Baby Ethel, Johnny Germeroth, Meyer Trio, Florence .Adel, the sweet singer, Edw'ard Landau, and Mr. Spie¬ gel and Dan Landau in a sketch. There will bo illustrated songs and moving pictures. Mole's orchestra will furn¬ ish the dance musia Tickets .3.5 cents. Curtain at 8 p. m.
Church services Easter Day; Cele¬ bration of the Holy Communion at 7.30 a. m. and 11 a. m. Divine Worship at 11 a. m. Sunday School service at 3 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 8 p. m.
Tuesday the Easter Week Morning prayer will be read at 7 a. m. The poles will be opened in the Parish Hou.se at 7.30 for the election of a Ves¬ try. 	
The coal pockets of J. VV. Birch, made necessary by his unexpected forced move from his present location, have been built on the north side of the track east of the Midmer Organ Factory.
The Organ Works have just turned out 6 small organs to be placed in the Masonic Temple recently finished on Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. They are now starting an order for a large in¬ strument to be placed in a Brooklyn j Roman Catholic Church.
' Mrs. Foreman, who was operated I upon Tuesday night at Richmond Hill I by Dr. w itmer of Freeport for trouble with her feet, is reported as doing nice¬ ly.  ,_
Rev. F. M. Townley of  Brooklyn  is
j a frequent visitor to the village  nowa-
; days, watching the progress  upon  his
new residence which is  building  here.
Mrs. W. H. Bowne and Miss  Bowne returned  Tuesday  from  a month's so- ', journ with relatives in Baltimore.
) The Cooking Class held in the Parish i House during the Winter will hold its ' last session on Saturday, the 10th.
The annual fair of the Church will I be held this year toward the end of ' June.
On Monday afternoon next at ."i.SO in her home here. Miss Elsie Marie Penny will be married to Mr. V.   L.  Carcmi-
j chael of New York. The young peo¬ ple expect to make their home in Mer-
j rick.
j The Men's Club meets in the Parish 1 House Tuesday evening at 8.30.
Attention is called to the fact that '. on Easter and thereafter the evening I church  service will be at 8 p. m., in-
I stead of 7.30, as heretofore.
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' Our basket-ball team was beaten Saturday night at Lynbrook in the seoond game for the championship. We are anxiously awaiting the "rubber" which will soon be played on some neutral court. Everybody out to shout 	
W. C. France and famiTy have re¬ turned to Merrick. Mr. France is en¬ joying his vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. Wm, Verity entertained the La¬ dies' Aid Society of tbe East Meadow M-ethodist Church at her home Wednes¬ day aftemoon.
; The Hempstead Colored Stars an- ; nounce that they have open dates for j booking Sunday and Holiday games I anywhere on Long Island for a suitable j guarantee.
I Mr. Walter Brasier of 16 Main St.. [Hempstead, N. Y., manages this ag- j gregation of dusky players and prom- j ises a lively lot of coachers with every ! game. They usually play good ball and I are an attraction in many •vtaye.
; Baldwin Reader:—It was a mixup in ! the types, should have read "Editor I Messenger," not as you noted. Thank j you for your criticism. We cannot ac- ] complish the impossible.
The new steel cars on the L. I. R. R. ; are being decorated with advertising ' cards, which distinctly spoil their in ' teriors. But then you don't have to I rubber at them if you don't want to.
Somebody voted for no-licen?e, that's '• certain.
For Yeil—Cvorybody'o Column.
I understand that there is no truth in the rumor that the Be-lmore B. B. Club intends giving lessons to the Smithville South team week days, in ball playing. These boys may fool someone this sesaon.
GENERAL NEWS NOT^
Sunday morning the body of Walter Story was found in Schreiber's Creek, Baldwin, by Chauncey Smith, who had been looking for him.
Death is believed to have  been  due
j to apoplexy.    He was 72 years old.
I
I    Monday the Snpreme Court opened
i at Mineola with Judge Frederick E. Crane as presiding justice. There are forty-nine trial cases.    J. H. Vande-
j water is foreman of the Grand Jury.
The will of Elizabeth Carman, late of East Rockaway, shows a value to , her estate of more than $27,000, The j executors are the husband and two j sons, Richard H. and Dr. Eldwin Car- ; man of Freeport. The husband is de- 1 ceased, and the property is divided be- I tween relatives, who, besides the twi^ I sons are Phoebe and Ella Carman, j Mary E. Griffiths, a granddaughter, j Anna Hague of N. Y.. Carrie Lewis i of East Rockaway, Mary E. Zimmor, i Weedsfort;, N. Y.; J. H. Griffith, N. I Y., and Lester C. Griffith of Lynbrook. Mrs. Carman was a member of the ' old Long Island Hewletts family.
i Mrs. Mary E. Williamson, wife of i Ur. C. Williamson, of Bedell St, died i Monday at her home. Aged 65 years. I She was a member of the M. E. I Church, Freeport, and a well known 1 resident of the village for many years. I Funeral Thursday, Dr. Richard, offi- ciatffhg, and the interment was in Cyp¬ ress Hill4, Good Friday.
,\ Mrs. , who has been visit¬ ing in Freeport, returned to her home in an Eastern village this week and was complimented on looking so youn^. She replied that she had been in to Dr. Taylor's, Surgeon Dentists,' on Main St, Freeport, who had fitted her with an elegant set of teeth and she could now eat beefsteak witb ease. She states the doctor is very genial and carefnl of his patientg and hia work¬ manship excellent "XXX,,
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