South Side Messenger 19140401

              SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
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PREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL !, 1914
Evenr Wednesday
Vol 8, Number 14
I
Merrick
Lynbrook
Bellmore
Aaron Carman, who was expecting U^. remdve on April 1 with his family to take up farm iife at Union Charch near Albany, N. Y., and had tbe car in waiting to receive his hoo'^ehold furnitare, was telegraphed on Satur day that his newly purchased house had burned to the ground. The house was insured for a third of its value. Mr. and Mrs. Carman have been at Union Church this week to see what arrangements they will make.
Services at the Church of the Re deemer Sanday, Palm Sunday, at 7 :S0 and 11 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Celebration of tbe Hoiy Comman¬ ion at the early service and Litany, Holy Communion and sermon at the 11 o'clock service. The Church School meets in the Parish House at 10 a. m. The G. F. S. meets on Mondays at 8 and 4 o'clock p. m. The Woman'a Auxiliary meets each Thursday at 2:30 p. m. The Boy Scouts meet on Thurs¬ day evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock. The Cooking School session is held on Sat¬ urdays from noon to 3 o'clock. A cor¬ dial welcome is extended to all to at¬ tend tbe services of this church and engage in its community activities.
Mrs. Wm. H. Bowne and Miss Bowne returned last week Wednesday from a winter spent in Baltimore, Md.
Miss Florence Hewlett returned on Tuesday from a three weeks' stay in Baltimore accompanied by her sister and children, Mrs. Allan Beetham. Mrs. Beetham. is recovering nicely from a serious operation performed re¬ cently.
Mrs. Loois L. Lorr^ returned on Fri¬ day from Baltimore where ahe had been on an exended visit during which occurred tbe advent of a grandchild, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Miss Grace Tween has taken a posi¬ tion ab stenographer with Roswell Davis of Fretjport and entered upon her duties on Monday.
The lectuiv in the Parish Houae on Monday night upon the "Social World in Christ'fi Time" was a most instruct¬ ive one, illustrating ns it did with slides, the bome life and industries of the woild of Christ's time. It is aur- prisinp; to find in the Orient even to¬ day surviving customs and methods of life prevuilinj? 1900 years ago. The next lecture wiil be given on Monday evening at 8 :15 upon "The Religious World in Christ's TiiTie" and -)n Good Friday, "The Passion Play." No ad¬ mission is chiirgfed to these lectures, being {.^iven in a Lt^nten course under the auspices of the Men's Club, but an offering is taken, th^ Club believing that those who attend would like to help defray the expenses of obtaining the slides.
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Monthly meetings of the fire com¬ panies on Monday and Tuiisday night wi'l be held in the usual places and at the nsual hours; No. 2 in heHdqnartors on Camp Avenue on Monday and No. 1 in the Fire Hall on Tuesday.
.Mrs. R. Narwood returned on Tues¬ day from a southern trip enjoyed dur¬ ing thf last two months, immediately coming from Washington.
John Wallmuller. formerly gardener for P. R. Jennings, is returning to bis old position here and will occupy the cottage on Lind6nmere Drive.
A. E. Wallmuller, who has recently been in charge, wtll continue to be em¬ ployed on the place, but will remove to one of Mr. Newkirk's houses near Newbridge Road.
August Weiss, fer five years on the Narwood place here, left on Saturday to find employment in New York.
Merrick had an epidemic of fires last week. On Friday morning at 2:30 oc¬ curred the Manning fire with damage of about $2600. On the same day at 1:80 p. m. the alarm called attention to a grass fire which threatened the barn on the place of Mrs. Sasan Birch. On Saturday at 11 o'clock a. m. oc¬ curred the fire in the home of Robert Schade on Remond and Hendrickson Roadi, North Merrick, involving $150 damages. In this last fire a small son of Mr. Schade was burned on the back, hia clothes catching fire, and a sister who attempted to help the boy, burned her hands. Both the boy and girl are recovering nicely.
Marriage Bureau
CERTIFICATES March   25—By  Jastice   Walter   R. Jones, David Henderson   Dickson  and Katherine Clara Lange, both of Smith¬ ville South.
LICENSES
March 25—Archie Elder, Gedar- barst; Rebecca Elisabeth Adams, Law- ranee.
26—Gordon Ralph Wendell, Union Course; Mae Anna Base, Brooklyn.
27—Georgci H. Wright, Freeport; Hazel Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mintam Smith.
The flrst regular meeting of the Board of Village Trustees wiil be beld on Tuesday evening next.
A meeting of the Women's Guild of Chriat Church will be held at the resi¬ dence of Mrs. J. F. Fowler, Union avenae, on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
New 'phone connections: 95-J L. J. Bisbee, Franklin avenae; 79-M, L. F. Beacorn, Prospect avenne; 750-W, Mildred E. Abrams, Broadway; 60, M. R. DaCosta, Long Beach.
A pleasant and interesting meeting of the local W. F. M. S. was held at the residence of Mrs. Belle Mundell, Hempstead avenue, on Thursday after¬ noon last.
The Messenger also circulates in Freeport. Maybe you will want to buy irom, sell to or exchange with the reader there. Try Everybody's Column.
Sinele copies of  the   Messenger  can
Wantagh
Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite attend ed tite meeting of the Queens and Nas¬ sau ft-otherhood in Brooklyn on Mon¬ day.
The annual meeting of the Union be haa fi'ofn A. Rogers, newsdealer, I f/ee School District No 28. Town of and at Wolfe's drugstore. tf]Hempstead, will be held on the sefcond
floor of the school house in said dist- The Bellmore Baseball Club, which rict, Tuesday, May 5, at 8 o'cluck p. will be managed by Father JCing Ehis ; m. for tbe election of nne trustee for season, announces tbat its funds are \ tbe term of tbree years in place of very low. The club is asking that in- George E. Box, and for tbe transac- terested persons who would care to ! tibn of sach other busineas as may be contribute, to help them purchase saita j regalarly brought before the meeting and meet other expenses, send their and authorized by the Consolidated contributions to H.  J.   Apeiei',   iecre-  School   Law  of   1°"-   ="''   *^-»'   -"-"^
Rockville Centre
A meeting of Charter Oak   Council, No. 1415, Royal Arcanum, will be heid I on Thursday evening.
The first regular meeting of the Board of Village Trustees will he hejd on Tuesday evening next.
New 'phone connections: 84,' Ev¬ erett W. Seaman, 92 South Park ave¬ noe; 474 W, Mrs. James S. Casey, 18 Walnut avenue; 290-W, Mrs. Emma H. Mott, Pearl street, Ocean Side.
Freepprt
iririgle c ipies of tfie Messenger can be. secure^ at Greenblatt's or BraitJb- waite's n. . ¦ ; t.>i< s on Railroad Ave., or Kiefer's, Main Street, Freeport, L. I. tf
School will close for Easter vacation next Friday, April 8. and will open on Tuesday, morning, April 14.
tary and treasurer.
The funeral service of the late Wil¬ liam E. Steers, who aied on Tuesday of last week in hia 29tb year, was held at Meriden, Conn., on Thursday last. He leaves a widow surviving.
The announcement hss been made of the marriage of Miss Florence Edith Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rose, to Harry Langdon, both of Mal¬ verne, which was celebrated on Mon¬ day of last week, the Rev. F. W. Var¬ ney. pastor of the First M, P. Church, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon will make tbeir home at Malverne.
The next session of the Hoyle Club will be held at the bome of Mrs. 0. I. Hancock. .
E.   Church will meet with Mrs.   T.   J Wells at Wantagh  on   this  Thursday, April 2, at 2:30   p.   m.    A   large   at¬ tendance is  requested, tion of ofiieers.
amendatory thereof.
The following estimate of   expenses
The Ladies' Aid  Society of the   M.   for the ensuing year has been  adopted
Catherine Lange and David H. Dick¬ son were united in marriage on Wed nesday of last week by Justice VValter Jones at Hempstead.
Mrs. C. H. Russell loat a pocket book on way to Freeport Tuesday, con¬ taining trading stamp book; finder will please retum.
by the Board of education and will be submitted to the meeting for its ac¬ tion: Teachers'salaries, $1775; jan- Annual elec- j itor's salary, $325; cler'i's salary $15; treasorer's salary, $26; truant ofl^icer, ^8.60; school books and supplies, $150; cleaning building, $26; library money, $30; maintaining scbool grounds, $50; sixth bond, $750; inter¬ est on bond^, $412.50; fuel, $350; pre¬ paring tax list, $26; taking census, $4; repairs, $201; total, $4200.
Another Bible lecture   will   be   beld
in the Fire Hall Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.    Dr. L. C.   Work   will   speak
Miss Florence Gale IS taking a course  on   ..Qu^   Lord's    Return."      Manv
in   typewriting   and   stenography    m j christian people in the past have   pre-
Brooklyn. 1 pared themselves   for   the   return   of
I Jesus Christ, sold their   property,   as- Services will be held at   the   M.   E. igembled together, and then   when   the Church Sunday   morning   at   10:30  a. I time came they   were   bitterly   disap-
The Fellowcraft degree was worked by Massapequa Lodge No. 822, F. & A. M., on Monday night.
The sixth Lenten tea, under the aus¬ pices of the Rector's Aid Society, will be held in Parish Hall on Saturday af¬ ternoon.
I     Mr. and  Mrs.   Joaeph  N.  Pearaall,
< who have been spending several weeks - in l< lorida, have returned to tbeir home I in Rockville Centre.
j The aeaaon of tbe School Baseball League will formally open on Wednes- ! day, April 15th, when the South Side I High School team will play the Free- ; port team at Freeport; Lawrence will ; open the season on that date at Lyn- ,brook.
I Members are urged to attend tbe i meeting of Rockville Centre Lodge. , No. 279, I. O. 0. F., wbich will be ; held this Wednesday evening.
Tbe next   regular   meeting   of   the Arts Club of  Freeport   will   be   held I with 'Mrs. Henry   L.   Crandell,   South I Ocean   Avenue,    Monday     afternoon, i April 6.    The subject of the afternoon will   be "Equal   Suffrage."   and   the speaker will be Mre. Raymond Brown, 'president   of  N.   Y.   State   Women's I Suffrage   Association       The   guests' I committee includes   Mrs. L. D. Amer¬ man, Mrs. S. 0. Curtice,    Mrs. J. Oli- I ver Cummings.   Mrs. G. J.   Harriaon, I Mrs. J. B. Hibbard and   Mrs.   Clayton I Kneeland.    At the close of the address ! there will be a discussion,   when   Mrs I Brown will be pleased to   answer  any I questions asked by the members of the jClub.
! The annual bosiness meeting will be I held with Mrs. William G. Smith on kApril 20.
•    E. M. F. touring car, first class con-
Idition; will sell reasonable.    Dan  Da
I Silva, Freeport. 3t
AdvertlMBMat.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Charch.
Next Sunday evening at 7:45 preach¬ ing service and confirmation, and Bap¬ tism of Catechumens. I
Special preparatory service for Easter Communion on Good Friday ev¬ ening at 8:00 o'clock. I
Communion service on Easter even- j ing at 7:45 o'clock.
All are cordially invited to attend these services.
"Unreality" will be the lesscn-sor- mon at the Christian Science Church on Sunday next.
Assemblyman Leroy J. Weed's bill | for the appointment of a Committee <>f j Seven, to be appointed by the Board | of Supervisors, with authority to en- j gage counsel and a secretary, to re-1 port to the Board of Supervisors by | resolution, all necessary changes rti-1 quired for the government of the coiiin'- ty, which must be ratified by the elect¬ ors of the county, has passed both Sen¬ ate and Assembly, and now only awaits the signature of the Governor, and there is no doubt but that he will sign the bill.
The following other bills for Nassau County have passed both houses and await the signature of the Governor:
Allowing ihe Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead to build a bridge across Long Beach Creek.
Givine the Board of Supervisors a right to adjust tbe salaiy of the Com¬ missioner of Jurors between $1500 and $2500. The salary of Commiasioner James P. Brown is $1200.
A bill to enable the Town of Hemp¬ stead to borrow money for dredging its creeks and waterways, not to ex- coed $5000 per year-
A general bill was also passed giv¬ ing water districts the authority to ex¬ tend mains and supply water outside their present boundaries. Incorporat¬ ed villages already bave that right.
A Bill passed the Senate providing for tbe appointment of a Commissioner of Excise to grant licenses in the County and taking those duties frono the County Treasarer. This Bill was lost in the Aasembly.
A Bill calling for a State appropria¬ tion for dredging Powell's Creek at Ocean Side and East Rockaway, was killed in Coiomittee.
A Bill making the old Townsend home at Oyster Bay a county histori¬ cal museum, also passed the Senate bat was killed in tbe Assembly.
m.; Sunday School at 2:30 p. m.; Ep worth League at 7:15; evening service at 7:45; preaching by tbe pastor, Rev. William Dalziel; all are cordially wel¬ come.
pointed when he did not come. There have been so many mistakes in the past apon the sabect of the second coming of Christ that it seems proper to call attention to the testimony of the Bible. The manner, the object and the time of this important event will be discussed by Dr. Work. Seats are free and tbere will be no collection.
Samuel Self has been confined to his home on St. Marks Avenue for a fe* days, suffering from an attack of the grip and a heavy cold.
! At the regular and annual meeting "Jack" Shields, who has been seri-j of the Auxiliary League of tbe Me- ously ill for several weeks, was re-j morial Church*last Tuesday nigbt in moved to the Hempstead Hospital last | the Parish House the following officers Saturday, where he is in a critical con-1 were re-elected for the coming year: diHon. Birdsall   Jackson,     president;      Mrs.
Charles Schafer, Ist vice president; Miss Sarah Hicks, 2nd vice president; Mrs. J. J. Fussell, recording secre¬ tary; Mrs. John T. Cowles, treasurer; James M. Seaman, financial secretary.
The choir of St. Mark's M. E. Church are diligently rehearsing, under the direction of Miss Marie E. Wright, tbe organist, for their Easter cantata, "Dariiness and Dawn," by F. W. Peace.
C. D. Wicks and family have re¬ moved to Freeport where they will re¬ side.
Mrs. Schroeder, who has conducted "Jack's Tavern" on the Merrick Road during the winter, has moved to New York City. Mrs. Shields will again take charge of the place this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. James and family of Oakland Avenue, Sunnycroft, left last Thursday  for   Elwood,    L. I.,
  whfre   Mr. James is taking charge   of
„   . , ,      c I a   225   acre   farm   for    Mr.    Charles
Owing to the stormy weather Satur-   Q^^^f,^, ^f Brooklyn, day the boys of the baseball team were , _    .       .
The local station of the Long Island Railroad was broken into early Thurs- i day morning last. The Cash box at- ! tached to the telephone booth was j broken open and its contents removed. The station is locked up every evening i after the departure of the last west- I bound train by John Merz, the gate- i man at the Park avenue crossing, and I he states.that he noticed nothing out I of the way at that time.
I Mrs. Kellogg, of Baldwin, will be i tbe hostess of the "500" Club on I Thursday, when she will entertain her ; guests at Ketcham Lodge.
j Arrangements are being completed : for an evening of tableau:; which will i be held early in May under the auspices jot the Ladies' Circle of the Baptist Church, under the direction of Jay I Chambers, of Lynbrook
At the regular services of the Me¬ morial Church next Sunday at 10:30 and 7:30 there will be divine worship and preaching by the pastor. Morn¬ ing subject, "The Table-talk of Jesus." In the evening the theme will be ap¬ propriate   to    Palm    Sunday,    subject
unable to get uiiy practice, but on Sun¬ day they were at the diamond getting in shape, ait^Jough the day was cold and chilly. This Saturday and Sunday they will get some more practice if the weather permits. It is hoped weather conditions will be    better,   as
the opening game is close at hand and j ^^'Courage or Cowardice." the boys need plenty of good hard training to got in shape. Following is H copy of a letter sent out in an ef¬ fort to secure funds to pay for the new uniforms for the club; also other ex¬ penses:
Bellmore, L. I.,
March 25, 1914.
Fire which was discovered on Fri¬ day morning in the rear of the Parish House of the Memorial Church was fortunately extinguished without doing much damage. The Merrick fire whis¬ tle sounded about 3 :15 and on hearing this, Mrs. T. S. Braithwaite went into
The Bellmore Baseball Club, com-' the study of the parsonage and saw posed of the young men of this vil- that the Parish House was on fire, lage, a civic institution, a meana of Mr. Braithwaite phoned Central and recreation to the people and a promot- j then with his son Harry ran to the er of good feeling, are endeavoring to j Parish House. J. J. Fussell and Harry procure new suits for the coming sea-' Braithwaite deserve much credit for son. ' their good work with the   fire   exting-
We intend to havesa first-class team ; uisbers. The firemen arrived speedily on the field this year—one that Bell-j and the fire was quenched. The origin more will be proud of. Tbe club does j of the fire is unknown. In one of the not and hae not existed for commercial ; city papers an article was published in gain, therefore the assets at this time ! which it was stated that the fire was are rather low. ' the result of a feud.
There are also some other expenses I in an interview with our represents- that we shall have to meet. Could we tive the pastor, Rev. T. S. Braith- ask you to kindly contribute towards j waite, says: "I wish to say that there this worthy cause? All contribution j ja no feud in our village or in the sent to the secretary will be gratefully | church, and I   cannot believe  any   one
Merrick Firemen Busyj
Awakened by a servant when "he diacovered that the house was on fire, George A. Manning carried his wife and four young children down a ladder to safety early Friday morning. He went back into the house and was ov¬ ercome by smoke, but was rescued by W. A. Grant, a neighbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Manning and their children, Alison, 8 years old; Mont¬ gomery, 6; Francis, 4, and George, 3, were asleep when the maid found that the hoDse, which is on ^oin^s Avenue, was full of smoke.
She aroused Mr. Manning, who, with great difficulty, pushed his way down the stairway to the door, while flames licked around him, and secured a lad¬ der, down wbich, ene by one, he car¬ ried the members of the family.
The fire department answered promptly and did splendid work in sav¬ ing the building. The loss is estimat¬ ed at from $8000 to $6000, from flre and water.
acknowledged.
Yours very respectfully, Bellmore Baseball Club, H. J. Apeler,
Secretary. Theo. J. King, Manager.
The "Name Social" held at the home of Miss Elsie Baldwin, New¬ bridge Road, last Thursday evening, was well attended. The affair was held under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Charch and proved a big success, both socially I and financially.
I     Smith Merritt, a   life long   resident
i of this village, died  at  bis   home   on
I Belltagh   Avenue   early     Wednesday
I morning, at the age of 72  years.    No
funeral arrangements   have  yet   been
made.    Deceased  had   suffered   from
heart disease for the  past  nine  years
and this was the cause of death.
would wantonly set fire to a building. I The church is united   and  harmonious
and has had one of the most successful ! years in its history. I make this cor- {rection lest the newspaper paragraph I should reflect upon anyone in oar vil- jlage."	
I The annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society will be beld in the Memorial Church next Friday evening. The choir will also rehearse for Easter.
Mrs. Frank Place entertained the members of the Ladies' Aid Society at her home on Wednesday aftemoon.
Truth and Love. When I remember how eameatly men have striven to think tbeir way Into the secretB of the univerae, and how^ certaialy they have failed, I see dearly that only he who lives into truth finds It, and that love alone ia ImmortaL^-Hamllton Wright Mabie.
A more laughable farce could hardly be imagined and the many ludicrous situations shown in the comedy, "Pa's New Housekeeper," could scarcely be equalled. This farce given by Xhe Vic¬ tor Club, Tuesday night, bmu^ht oot a good hoose and all took tbeir parts well. This is one of the boys' clubs formed soon after the Paiish House was built and they deserve credit for theix work.
The annual entertainment of the Whatsoever Circle of Kings Daughters will take place on April 22, in the Par¬ ish House. It will consist chiefly of a play called "Whiskers."
Bosca Indicted
i Ernest E. Bosca, former Town I Treasurer of Hempstead, was indicted i Monday by the Nassau County Grand i Jury on a charge of having illegally ! borrowed from the town treasury $35,- j OOO, for which he gave the town two I mortgages on his hotel at East Rocka- I way. He pleaded not guilty when ar- j raigned before Justice Benedtct.
It is a felony under the law for any town official to make more than one I loan on the same piece of property. j The defendant urged in his plea that j both loans were virtually one. ! Bosca was given until April 15 to I change his plea and his bail was fixed j at $5000.
I George Schiffmacher of Woodmere i and Mrs. Howard W. Tuthill, wife of I Postmaster Tuthill of Rockville Cen- ] tre, went on the defendant's bond : The prisoner ia represented by Tbeo- I philus Parsons.
: County Court Jurors
:     Following is the list of County Court ; Jurors drawn  for   the   AprU   term   of . County Court: Jame# Martin, Sea Cliff Edgar Boissier, Thomaston Allen E. Moore, Central Park William R. Verity, Merrick Raymond   F.   Beardsley,   Port   Wash¬ ington William T. Brice, Oyster Bay William Karn. Lynbrook William E. Watts, HeW Hyde Park Albert Wass, Westbury Henry F. Heckendorn, Lynbrook Albert W. Seaman, Valley Stream Louis Frost, Lynbrook Lorraine L. Glover, Hicksville Audrey MacCarey, Freeport Wm. N. Mullon, Great Neck Station Berna/d McCourt, Port Washington Alfred Bedell, Baldwin John W. Burtis, Elmont William A. Warren, Manhasset John O'Keefe, Glen Cove John H. Abrams, Valley Stream Carl Koehler, Rockville Centre John J. McGunnigle, Hicksville Daniel Albrecht, Oyster Bay Chas. F. Huebner, Port Washington John Lewis, Freeport Chas. E. Huyck, Sea Cliff Jeremiah Van Sise, Oyster Bay Carman S. Langdon, Rockville Centre John Hebn, Manhasset Geo. V. Bullen, Great Neck Martin P. Smith, Sea Cliff Nathan L. Holmes, Hempstead Frank G. Holly, Hewletts, Matthew Robbins, Rockville Centre Albert Robrer, New Hyde Park
V. G. Walters has sold the property ketween Long Beach Avenue and Ber¬ gen Place, extending from the Boule¬ vard to the railroad track, to Lewis H. Ross Company. This property runs along the railroad track for 620 feet and it is understood it is purchased by the Ross Company for better handling their constantly enlarging lumber and coal business.
Work has been begun on repairing the Realty Building, whicb was badly damaged by fire on March 6. There is a big force of men on the work, and it is hoped to have the rooms ready ' for occupancy not later than the mid¬ dle of May.
Amid elaborate decorations of Easter lilies, palms and southern smilax,   and in   the   presence of   several   hundred ! friends and relatives,   Charles   Dexter , Wicks, of Freeport, but for some years ' a resident of Bellmore, was married on ; the evening of Wednesday,   March 18, I to Miss Marion Chappell Cone,   daagh- , ter of Mrs. Lillian Cone, of   222  East ; Seventeenth Street,   Flatbush,   at  the I Baptiat Church of the Redeemer, Flat¬ bush.    The ofliciating clergyman   was I Rev. S. Baynham Hiley.    Vernon Bw- : fett, assistant organist of   St.   Paul's > Church, furnished   appropriate   music for the ceremony, and Donald Watson, i a young  soloist, in  excellent  soprano j voice, sang "0 Perfect Love." '     The   bride,    attired   in   a   gown   of I white satin   and   chantilly   lace,   with 1 long   court   train,   and   a   tulle   veil, I draped cap   effect,    ornamented   with ; orange blossoms was   given   away   by I her uncle, Frank   G.   Blanchard.    She was attended by her cousin.    Miss Lil¬ lian Blanchard as maid   of  honor  and the Misses Mildred   Blanchard,   Lilian Reinecke, Ethel Smith,   Alice Draper, Irene and Florence   Bunnell as brides maids.    The bride   carried   a  shower bouquet of   white   orchids,   roses   and lilies of the valley.    The color scheme for tbe maid of honor and   the   brides¬ maids  was  green.    All   carried   bou¬ quets of Easter lilies.    The best man was Rice Bunnell and the ushers  wera Frank   Blanchard,   John   Richardson, David McBride, Parkes McBride, John Hummell and John Irvine.
A reception followed the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Blancbard, 222 East Seventeenth Street, whicb had been Miss Cone's bome.—Post.
Di. George A. H. Smith,   eye treat¬ ment or glasses; Tuesdays and Thurs¬ days, 8 to 11, and by  appointipent, at residence, 7 Wallace St., cornet^J^i^k lyn Ave. \ "
Adveftiaepeat
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On Saturday afternoon of thia  waek
the Board of Education will again re¬ ceive bids for bailding and equiping tbe new school to be bailt «pon the $12,000 plot on Columbas Avenae. On March 7 bids were received and re¬ jected and the plans since revised.
Chester A. Fulton was tendered a surprise last Friday, when his fatber. whpm Chester had not seen in three years, walked into the son's home. The senior Falton is a resident of Hamilton, Canada, and is engaged in developing gold mines at Cobalt and Frontenac, Canada. In physique be ia a giant, and his genial natore is of the same proportion. Eight years ago b« visited Freeport. and be tbinka the progressive development of tbis ap-to- date village in that time baa been rap* id as well as permanent.—Observer.
To Pack Books. When packing booka, line tbe boxaa ! with oilcloth. The volumea will tta \ protected from damage, mold and mll- jdev. — Home Department, National ''IbMPwine.
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