Freeport News 19210225

              news freeport long island n y friday february 25 1921 price five cent lively contests in elks election pay off mortgage polls will be opened in evening three candidates for secre • tary's job bond burning ceremony to have many novelties reception to p e r edwards — prei entatlon to arthur wallace can didatat are impressed with the mysteriee of the inner circle the mortgage of 27,000 on the hij»s huhhousu and lodge ut merrlck road iiml qroyfl street has been paid r treasurer kmext s hundull coinuubi luted tin glad tlilliit,'m to tho members of t ik lodge nt the meeting held on thursday evening of last week a eel in iiiinn or th trout 1h now in order kxillllti'il itllllt allllll n lollllsoii ktntfk unit arrangement will be made in the ni'iir inline to ilivlto fill the snr riiiiiidirik elk lodges to participate in the event when the 270 bunds covering tin ortfage anil which have been paid will be burned it is expected that home tiovel renlnreh will attend 1 1 1 <¦ event uml should any of the fire de partment laddies present themselves in uniform they will be suitably rec ognl/.ud it ih declared nominee for office one of the important events of the elks year ik the election of officers of the lodge which takes place on thurs day evening nf next week march 3 the polls will be open throughout the evening starting at 5 p m at each . mooting in february humiliations have bean in order and there are coutests for some of the offices op the strength of the record which ho established while serving an ex alted ruler efforts were made to bars albin .\. johnson continue in that of fice for another term but he declared that ho could not do bo on account of1 num-rons business engagements there upon george h papponmeyer of hemp b iti albin n john8on exalted ruler of elks trustee maxson issues statement on his ganoidagy leaves campaign for re-election to village board in hands of his friends goes south for health to stay several weeks 8ummarl*ea work of present admin isiratlon — hopes for re-election of village president edwarda and trustee williams exulted c \ nnrfij fo uler lie fo fb i omination superintend p eiit of oretmtteld cemetery is an old member of the lodge nnd is popular . with the boys for esteemed lcadlnk knight peter stephen heck ih unopposed he is u and well known attorney and han tnken u groat deal of interest in the work of the lodge there are two candidates for slteajn ed loyal knight harry f weber ii qlen cove and george eccles of rock vlllo centre mr weber is an early ineinlier of the lodge nnd has worked untiringly for the order he is at pres ent commissioner of public works of the city of glen cove mr eccleg is one of the newer members of the lodge but his ability is already being recog nized for qstcenied lecturing knight harry a ourley of kockvllle centre and 1'm ward ii si lolin of freoport are the ciindldiileh ' mr curley is chief of the ltockvllle cent re ire department is a pmilllie hustler and is also an early member of the lodge mr st tohn is leaving frueport behlud him to seek for if short p«riod the benefit of the curative properties of the balmy no in hen i iitinohphen of the west in dies and the sulphur baths of porto klco unu jiliiciiifc his eunipulgn in the hand of hla friends village trustee henry l maxson left for u trip of three weak on friday of last week ilffpr nnonnelnij,ih ax tniltrj re eile to tho demands oi ins friends hint he again be u candidate for member of the village board before leaving tiuntee maxson is sued a lengthy stuteiuent la which he summarized the work of the present vlllr.ge ndmlnlklriitlon nnd outllnod some of the tasks of the future lie expressed hie hope that village presi dent kilwnrds would lie re-elected nnd that trti.slee silas williams would likewise lie returned to thu hoard for another term his letter follows bthtor the freeport news - a large numher of my friends have insisted ilmt i again be a candidate for re-elect ion to the olllce of trustee of the village of freoport at the com ing march election my doctor tells me that i must re dnce my wulttlit and has ordered me tc l'orto bice to return march 9b urn while there i am supposed to bathe in certain well-known stilplur water and imhllie some of this nauseating liquid i have consented to rim and expeo hun my name wfll be iilaced before tin one of the newer members lint he ih well mini widely known throughout tills section and tho rest of long isliuid voters of freeport at the village elec lion which occurs on march ib i nm interested in tho future welfare thire"ar*tbre7j»ott7nees f«r"aem ab ?******** t>f o1 l«wlag village and it is because of hint interest am of the further fact that i should like to be instrumental in blinking about certain municipal improvement whirl i:i\e been taken up by the hoard ol trustees this year that i desire to b returned to thls-ofilce it has been u pleasure for me t tary sylvester 1 sliea and archer b wallace f ifreaport and jomph p shay of lluldwlu mr shcujias been an efllclent secretary of the lodge for a number of years is the village clerk of freeport and a well known fraternal ist mr wallace is a past exalted ruler lie lias been \ ery actl\e in the lodgc since its inc ibis year as rbalra men committee which largely eontrlb nteil to its success mr shay is a well known member ot1 the lolks and a well known sportsman until recently he was uuiuuger of the hotel marlhor cmgh in new york illy * f.rnest s handall who has been treasurer of tin lodge since its incep tlon and whose tlnanclal ability is un questioned is unopposed for the oafia of treasurer # christ lau v kern is noniluated with 00 opposition to succeed himself lor i a term of three years us trustee tho long ekpsrlencs which mr kern ban ha i as mi architect ami the fuct that he has an oflht '" l'l'eeport has made him a valuable member of the board of trustees ' joseph a ilirsh adolph welts and ttlinon mayer are candidates for the position of tiler mr illrsh is the own er of the i'leepoit oarage ulld auto supply company in brooklyn uvenue freeport uiid has always worked hard for thu interests of the lodge mr weiss is an interior and exterior dec orator and painter who has resided in kreeport for a long time mr mayer formerly occupied this ofllce until lie volunteered his aid to uncle sum in washing on iied i tuler albln n johnson wan nominated unopposed aa represents option parllcularlv ¦•"• u"lltir *• lll)l0 l"'«hlp of out n of theent..rtali f1 ••'"• ' lj"'«>mt a kdwards an with oilier members of tho board ' this liast year utider the reglmi • mr kdwards a number of plans for | the betterment of our village hnve ', bean formulated and a number of then carried into execution ? we are about tlnlshing the installa i tlon of additional apparatus at our continued on page 4 6,000 years of age at m0ther-dau6ter dinner of y w c a one cent collected for each birthday of those present 200 in attendance ' fine program of stunts and speeches presented all affiliated organizations partici pate — miaa johnson complimented on work in extending work and influence of association association rs of ii e in at there was 6,000 yean tendance at the birthday banquet held under the auspices of tlie young wo men's christian association in the freeport club last friday night this was the annual mother and daugh ter dinner at which the y w o a girls were the guests of their moth ers it was possible to calculate the total age of those present because ev ery one who attended pal/1 1 cent for each year of their age n\nd over $<!<> was collected there were 210 pres ent this was 00 more than attended last year the hafl was prettily decorated with valentine designs and there wus a spirit of royal good fellowship pre vailing throughout the evening a cal'aterla tapper was served after which an entertainment program was carried out < the supper was served at a _., table this year and the service was prompt bacfa illni'r received full poi tlons of the following menu potato halad sliced ham roast lamb home made cake e ffee and hot choc'olute after the supper the diners grouped their chairs in a circle for tho re mainder of the evening's program mrs george hiishrook presided m master of ceremonies mls dorothy clark delivered h neat little toast to pur mothers which was somewhat out of the ordinary and the response on behalf of the moth ers was made by mrs frank holland miss ruth mack told the story of nroreivo held there miss mary baker told of the sayflile1 conference md miss dorothy marlow told of the onference at camp monowtuck misr jane bellows from the mi tlonal headquarters of the y w c a gave an illuminating talk on health and posture which ih destined to im prove the standing of all present the remainder of the evening was given over to stunts nnd these were remarkable for the originality display ed in their conceptldn and the ability displayed in their presentation the senior biuu triangle nb pre sented mr pullman and his plgtro la with miss myrtle brownell as mr pullman the junior blue triangle club presented a country school with miss mary barker as teacher the freshman corps of be cirl's re serve presented a moving picture en tltled wild nell which whs a scream the blghtti grade corps gave an al phabetical romance the t m t m club gave a se ries of setting-up exercises tb true bins lletsy uoss corps gave rwo tolk dances and the misses ruth macl and liorotby fleming presented a sailor rtnnt at the conclusion of the program mrs ilasbrook paid a well earned tribute to tbe local secretary miss margaret lohnsnp for the excellent work she has done during the past year in extetndlng the work and in fluence of the organization the evening was brought l " close by the singing of follow the cleajn rem?en's sleighs handy it's an 111 wind that blows that dom not do romebixly some good ¦ whin sunday's storm was al the height of its fury before commissioner wil liam's force coum fireak the liul'e drifts for ths taxicab service marry reason's iwgfel and teams proverl adequate suhstltutes and reaped a sub htuiitlal night's work for their owner coutluued on pag b woman hitching behind auto recalls sid smith's escapade the light of a young woman hitch ing behlud an r\ltobloblta crouched in ¦ ull.v cropper faitlium on a flexible flyer bowling along uallroad avenue on tuesday afternoon brought back to the minds of sonic of freeport s older residents a similar iacldunt which took place nearly a half century ago a picture of this 0osbwsbo drawn from imagination of course appeared in the police iu/elte some time after ward when the participant in the wtm ride ht'camu a graudfuthcr sidney smith a native of kreeport for many years connected with the south side observer now deceased pulled a brand new aled to thu old frame railroad station on a winter's altciuoon just as it went hound train had started his boyuii brain noon he cume active and in a jiffy the sled was attached to the railing on the rear platform of the moving train with the lio.v llrmly seated everything went well fur a hundred feet then the sled began to hurdle o\er hie ties in a dangerous fashion smith describing his rough ride tie dared it was great as long as the sled held together but when it began to go to pieces the pleasure becun and when he was tossed into a gulley hbout ho0 feat away from the railroad station the short journey luul reached its painful clinnix and end outside of a thrilling experience du onerous bruises and several broken rlhs and a ruined sled smith wa none the worse for his wild cscttpndr and lived to pass through another puinful period in which a rod was wielded by a stern parent first 6as bus must be at lower rate says flint p s c order directs that one meter reading mutt elapse be fore the rate it effective village attorney verifies rumors on rate ruling johnson enters race for trustee ' petitions out people's and citizen's ticket agree on nominations ex cept on johnson for trustee declares customers need not pay service charge on first bill at more than 1.40 fcr period mentioned village attorney clinton m flint when questioned this week about the rumor that bad become prevalent that tho nassau and suffolk lighting com pany could not charge the 2 rate for gas and 70-cent service charge on the first bills sent out after the new rate became effective declared that the order of the public service commis sion specifically directed th company not to charge the higher rate until after the first meter reading subse quent to or following the date on which the higher rate became effective attorney flint quoted the decision as follows provided however that the charge and rate specified in the schedule filed under uuthorlty of this order shall not be bllod to any customer for gas supplied prior to the flrst meter reading subsequent to the effective date of such schedule the schedule providing for tlie 2 per thousand cubic foot rate and 70 cent service charge became effective on january 20 declared attorney flint and bills submitted on the first meter reading made after that date for example from awy date prior to january 20 to the next date on which the meter was read february 15 for example should be billed at the rate of 1.40 without any service charge tha,t is made vary plain by the public service commission in us order and no consumer billed at iv wither rate i at the higher rate but oii'y at the , 1.40 rate m e ladies aid annual dinner is lawyer and member of many organizations c h kerr is mentioned on commit tee to fill vacancies on both peti tions — interesting race le promised for campaign big event of year held on thurs day evening of this week well attended in the matter of church dinners the annual dinner of the luilies aid so ciety of the methodist church is the big event of the year it is being held on thursday evening or this week february 24 and there is every indica tion hint the attendance will eclipse that of previous years the dinner it served from 0 to 8 o'clock the committees in cbsjrge were head ed by mrs thomas lucas president of the ladies aid society the mem bers of the committees were dining koom coniniltte mrs g a ii smith mrs frank wim.ts mrs vi olu heilell mrs herbert llacon mrs charles ilildreth mrs john molt mrl charles tiois mrs ben ha knndall mrs william noble miss lett mrs b w penny mrs ed mclaughlin mrs thomas ferguson mrs william klmme mrs john cotter mrs charles williams mrs john c'ruli lshunk mrs albert hammond mrs francis morse mrs jvllllam loomlls mr henry crandall mrs oeorge de heauchamp mrs harold maxon mrs forest dun bar mrs ollhert smith mrs frank wetmore mrs klvln porlon kitchen conunttti — mrs wallace post sirs fred howell mrs avrll marlow mrs tames hlrlc mrs less hewlett mrs franklin bedell mrs william stevens mrs krank i sea man mrs h m jacknon mrs n make mrs john qiklei sleeve mrs walter rollo mrs howard combs mrs wright lewis miss lulu wood miss llda itaynor mrs frank young mrs ambrose morrison mra frunk van nostrand reception committee mrs arthur i>uvlmni mrs walter e thompson mrs oscar valentine mrs hdww clark mre jere brown mrs a w rime ms william terry mrs robert crsoii mrs s a olsen mrs fred staats and mrs harry bedell ivcoratlng and ushers mrs albert tlentton mrs bdmond stiles mrs john jackel mrs th*o olssell mrs charles kelay mrs leonard mabee hllhert r johnson announced his candidacy this week for village trus tee and started hig petition in circu lation which he reports is being gen erously signed the ticket on which attorney johnson is running js the citizens party ticket this ticket will carry a full hat of nominations the committee to . fill vacancies named of johnson's petition are mrs agnes earon b5lvln n edwards as sistant district attorney : c herbert kerr and harold r smith the people's ticket is identical with the citizen's ticket except in the mat er of one trustee the people's ticket carries the name of henry l maxson while the citizen's carries that of hll bert it johnson it is interesting to note ihat there is a duplication in one of the names on both tickets in the matter of the committee to fill vacan cies the name of c herbert kerr is on both tickets the entrance of johnson into the village campaign makes three candi dates for two positions as , trustee masson and silas williams are the trustees whose term expire and both ure candidates for re-election hilbert johnson is pn attorney with offices at 49 railroad avenue,1 is a member of the fire department the elks lodge the jr o v a m south shore yacht club royal arcanum and one of the charter members and or ganizers of hose compfttrjsno 4 he is a namve of freeport ario\a gradu ate of rt fre«porf fh-fh ftrhnnt he at tended new york 1,'niveraity uffd was admitted to the bar in l»10 he has practiced law in freepo^t sluct that time the full ticket on which hoilf parties agree in the matter of candidates are as follows : village president clarence a lodwa nls ; treasurer s jdlnion smith and tax collector d frank seaiiian the1 committee on vacjjicles on tlie people's ticket comprises william g miller harry van riper and c herbert kerr k of c oeqrke mict the holy redeemer council knlghta of columbus will confer the first de gree oo a class of candidates on thurs • tuv night of this week the meeting will be held in mechanics hall policeman promoted officer who pursued first national bank robbers made sergeant an echo from the daring daylight hold-up at the first national bank which took place over a year ago was hear,<l last week when former patrol man waudliiig of the new york city police force came here to take back to far rockuway a colored youth who whs charged with stealing an auto moliile waudllng was stationed at the police booth at jericho turnpike where it enters th city and gave pursuit to the three highwaymen oue of whom was shot and captured by wandllng the two others were captured later when wandllng came bcretust week he had tho title acting detective sergeant officer fisher of the freeport de pininient on friday night captured william perry two male companions and one female companion after an alarm hud been sent out perry told the police he wns given permission to take the car by his employer but when tho police took hlin hack to far ltockaway they declared he eutered a garage and took the car without per mission trolley 8top8 a railroad snow ploy qcwe off track on main street crossing the rotary snow plow of the long island traction went off the tracks t the main street railroad crossing on tuesday morning just before the noon eastbound tralq was doe creating some excitement and drawing a large crowd fortunately the resourceful ness of the^crew came into play and two iron plates were placed in such a position as to permit the plow to roll back again on the rails for a time it fooked aa if traffic would be delayed on both the montauk division and the traction company's line miss abrams wins dancing contest wins title of champion dancer of . village of freeport miss smith second a dancing contest for the champion ship dancihg title of the tillage of freeport was held at the american theater on wednesday evening of this week and proved to be a most inter esting event only two couples re sponded for participation in the event hut they were well matched and danced a tie the decision being made on a supplementary exhibition . those in the contest were miss jen nle adams and her partner was jack hunt both of freeport and miss gladys smith of freeport with rex court of hempstead as her partner the scheduled program for judging the event called for the dancing of a waltz one step and fox trot the audience was then called on to name the winner of the1flrst tfnd second prizes there was an evet break among the audience on behalf of both couples so an extra fox trot was danced the decision was then given to miss jennie abrams and jack hunt for flrst prize and miss gladys smith and rex court for second prize kept roads open , during blizzard highways commissioner wil liams handles unusual snow fall in efficient fashion the young blizzard which visited this sejqtton of the country early sun day morning and remained until mon day threatened to tie up traffic gener erally but preparations . bad heen made in the village to eo|>e with such a situation and there was only a short period on sunday night in which traffic was suspended drlfth which piled up in the streets at inconvenient places made i'rniflc difficult on sunday and about 9 o'clock sunday night taxi service was sus pended much to the surprise of residents generally the streets were open for traffic and in good condition bright and early monduy morning ami the taxlcabs were right on the job to get people to the trains clarence williams village highway commissioner had four snow plows working on1 sunday on the roads and sidewalks one of them was an un usually large one which he hullt es pecially for road work anil this did yeoman service in opening the roads it wsj drawn by two touius visit hicksyjlle council freeport arcanumlte put on degree work for neighbors fraternal council t062 royal arca num of kreeport represented by a larco delegation of members paid a visit to the hlcksvllle council on tues day evening of last week the frue port delegation performed the entire ceremony of initiating a large class of candidates including two members from freeport budget of 100,000 for coming year now seems likely trustees gathering data on cost of conducting various village departments police dept asks for 50,000 appropriation amount double that o last year which waa much higher than average cost in preceding years / a budget of 100,000 for the village for the enduing year now seems likely tlie hoard ol village i'ruuteeg are at work making up the budget and are considering the estimates of the vari ous departments bnt have not pro gressed to the stage in which any definite estimates of the total amount can be made tlie budget of last year was 902,000 and it seems quite certain that this year's budget will ex ceed that of last year by several thou suutl dollars . oile of the startling features that the trustees encountered in making up the budget was the estimate submitted by chief of police llartinunn for the expenses of the police department for the coming fiscal year be submitted an estimate calling for un appropria tion of over ffto.ooo this is just about double the amount of last year which in turn was almost double unit of the average of the few previous years the reason for this large police de partment estimate was that chief liartmunn planned for an increase of the personel of the police department by ten men there are now 17 men on the police force and he provided tor an increase of ten patrolmen a sliding scale of salaries providing for increases for some of the members of the force was included in the esti mate he also made provision for the purchase at l,500 of an automobile for use as a patrol wagon by the de partment i v ¦ '*''' ¦ ' •' ¦ ¦ v v --* y .. rmh nieuiih'i-s of the village board when the recommendation was n-ud but it seems very evident that the appropria tion asked will not be included in the budget us submitted ut the nnmuil meeting health officer runcie reconimended that the village take up at ihls time the sewage proposition and also mun icipal garbage and asb collection the trustees declared that there was not sufficient time to handle the sewage proposition but the garbage and ash removal proposition may be submitted to the voters village highway com missioner clarence william declared that be could give the village such a service as part of the work of his de partment for 19,600 u year hut if the work was let out to private contractors the cost would be much more than 10,000 hebrew congregation dance successful fourth annual event both a so cial and financial success held at south shore hotel village accumulates 100,000 from electricity and water / i \ l vw people really realize what a bl proposition freeport village is as a business organization the uutiual hinluet is in round numbers 02,000 but the village really spends a larger hinouut hum that in conducting its business for it has other sources of i ii i . ii it than tuxes figure computed by village treas urer 8 l>liiion smith of the village expenditures for the present ducal year show that the expenditures by the village hu.e amounted tu fiott 039.90 which is more than twice the amount ralaed by taxes the municipal electric lights and water plant is a valuable source of revenue to the village tl figures for eleven months cui ed by treas urer smith show that i tillage has uivuinultuwl rvcelpts la the water fuud to the amount of 982.b17.7a and i in the electric light fund 67,741 or a total of 1oo,'jo1.73 tho btutement of expenditures of the village up to february 1 la as follows : general fund 	 iuuu&m water fund 	 82,517.7 street lighting 	 27,984.47 streets 	 aij7(ub klre department 	 8,231.10 hoard of health 	 8,828.04 interest 	 5,8*48.04 sidewalks 	 777.28 nufs 	 25,041.79 uecuic lights 	 87,744.00 total 	 ,..: 	 208,930.00 this year there was a business in vestment of 57,648.10 by thu village for a new engine and uew construc tion at the power heuae thin amount liuweter u paid out of a twnd issue floated for this purpose th fourth annual dance given by the hebrew congregation of iveeport and held at the south shore hotel on monday venlng washington's birth day eve wan a brilliant event and a tin uncial ruecehs about 200 were present the dining room of the hotel was neatly decorated and brilliantly light ed the wrirnen brilliantly and taste fully gowned and everyone wns ta the best of spirits all contributing toward making the dunce the big social event of tho spring soclul season the affair attracted many people from out of town and those present represented the elite of jewish society on the tiouth side of nummiu county the tables were placed around the room and u buuquet wan served a la carte an ample oejitrui bfm and aisles between the tables was left for dancing the music waa furnished hy hender'h orchestra and the pro tram or dance numbers rendered waa excellent the committee of arrangements re sponsible for tlie success of the affair ihciihimi mark levy chairman leo itauliiun dt outer i aviiliin i iliiu niiiiia and a i'ucu as well as the otttivrs of tlm congregation l'rchldeut h barasb ; vice president ii wolfuon ; secretary ii m straus ; uud treas urer i'lill niekelberg post 8eriou8ly ill william post clerk to the of the poor at the towu home for lj timi uud aged la still very 111 ay fears are entertalaed u ssjbjm .