Freeport News 19210218

              fhe freeport news vol i no 1 freeport long island n y friday february 18 1921 price/felve cents plan new wing for high school in old cemetery bill introduced in legislature to permit board of education to condemn property village may buy the land fronting on church street full text of bui which would pro vide meani of eliminating eyesore and securing land for school extennon i tin members if the freeporl hoard if f.din nt i'm lire supporting the proj <•< i <•( marine m »»"« <•>•" "" i •<•••- hlon of the !• report mich iciftoi ttw iiiikim now embraced liy the ulil free port cemetery a bin totrodamd in i in luwmilmj by assemblyman tiioiiiiih mcwhlnmy n thursday t lust week makes it pomlma tot uk olil frcoport cemetery i purpos or iii condemned for school liiiinlrliml parpomt the trustees voiim themselves fu harms building sold important south main street real ee tate transaction flic harm building nt i lie corner of fine hi reel mill south main slrn-t wb sold lust ttrivk by henry ifurmn it i'hll mckelherg n south mnln si rent clothing and shoe merchant the prop erty imih a '*) foot frontage on sojfu mil in kirccl ninl is occupied by 11 hut story brick building i'iiih is consld nd one of die most valuable busi ness pio|nmiii's iii the rlttagc the pulil not been disclosed lint it in nporm that the property broufhl about mh per front foot fire department election contest three candidates for position of second assistant chief s d smith for chief a little advance hurry over the 001 inn election in the fire i e pn rtmciit i iiimiiii interest ri'centl.v hut soon sub sided s l)lniofi smith now first ni islnnt cl|lef and logical successor i chief clarence wiiiiiums was in<b.r for chief by ii for t in ed nomination vurable to the proposlt ion ill a meeting coiutynn.v no li or which lie in a mem was intro , ber this action was coupled in a brooklyn paper with a previous an nouncement by chief williams mil held the ilny before llii dined in the legislature the property covered by thin bill in ludi'h u tract unit would extend the bleb was not nmde in a serious way present school ground ifi olww slreel •>"•» b had pc decided not to run and hnosh hear hruug 	 hut £ •>"•» b had cleared for public buildings the con solidated trtfml will have a frontage of approximately 00 feel on 1'lne slreel mi feet on qrevs street and 300 feet on church street the present school site is approximately soqafloo feat if this bill becomes a law and it ih iu^:l*l hint th-re iii be no opposi tion to h in the legislature as it is en tirely u local measure hie school board will lie enabled lo curry out the plan of building an extension to the present high school building which will provide all the needed school filclllties hint a new high school building such as previously projected would provide liy building an extension lo the pr»s 4>nt building instead of a new building im some olher bite the school district will hi 	 aided lo conduct ibe new el tension more aeon 	 lcal|y than a "''«'| ninna building it was pointed out by one j j.,w|liu member of hie board as a new prlncl-1 r|,|,,y pal will not be needed and ii will not i 	 ossary to duplicate much me chanical equipment thai is now provld i1 hon they are lodwiud itlce of kn giue company no i hamilton <;. king of hose company no li und jack maimrsherger of truck company no 1 charles frit of hose company no i now second assistant hlef is hie unopposed candidate for first assistant ml5i>f , v legion holds a dance successful social event held in auditorium by william clin ton storey post t|1 d;ii 	 slore hi the night u|v * wina proposed plans for i the william post op i be american freeporl auditorium on of last week lincoln's birthday eve was a great social sue cess aboul two hundred couples at tended the floor was in good shape ami hie dancing wa grvatly rajoyal the music was furnished by batlllders more members in ladies aid society methodist church organization flourishing — annual din ner next thursday the newly-elected officers of the indies1 aid society or the methodist church look over hie duties of their positions at the meeting held on wed nesday the past year has been one of the best 111 the society's history us indicated by the report of the officers submitted at the annual meet ing the report of hie secretary is as follow the society now has a membership of iflfi a net giiln of*m the average attendance for the year has been the largest iii the history of hu society the work of the society lni been varied and extensive the money ratted during the year by suppers sales etc hus been expended hr help ful gifts for the building fund pledge furnishings and repairs for the plirson age garment fo the poor children fruit mowers and cards for the sick and shut-in people and floral offer ings for the bereaved seven hundred and sixteen church and society calls have been lllllde nnd itowers have been distributed to 188 persona who were iii ¦ olllcers elecle'd for the ensuing year 1'resldenf mrs thos w l.ucas first vice president mrs i .\ ii smith second vlce-presldei.t mrs wallace 1'osl ; secretary mrs albert button treasurer kiss hattle smith hoard < f managers in rhatge of sew ing mrs 1 hewlett mrs theodore iiiss--h mrs ili-rhert llacoti in charge of linen : mrs chus i.osee mrs frank lin bedell in charge of dishes mr waller hollo mrs john lackel in charge of mlvi;r mrs averll alarlow in charge or tables : mrs fred qowell in charge of lowers mrs viola be ilell airs wallace post fti-s j.ida itiiynor v on thursday nf next week february m the nnnnal dinner of the ladles m.i so.-'.-iy wl'r e hi iii i v hi li erved in the dining room of the hiirch and the arrangements now being carried out indicate thai it will he an eiiji.viible affair the chairmen id hie committee are loneral chair man mrs thomas lucas chairman of dining room committee mrs <;. a ii smith : ciuiivimui of reception com mitlee mrs arthur davlsnn chair mini of the decorating committee mrs albert million knights of columbus found new council theater on church 8treet option taken for the*tric<tl interests on hewlett property an option baa hrpn tiiken on the lurjcf plot of ground facing ma west hide or chum snee mid the south ; ho|y redeemer of freeport is side of oliver boulevard owned by * _ l „ now parent council to lyn brook organization jefme m hewlett by nifents who are understood to repremm large fheutrl i interaeta in new york city and wimii to use the plot n n dlte for a tin uter the option expires on febru ary un . ttlfcrsgefltl who took the op (!¦ n wuiild not make known the iden tity of the principal who they repre concrete paving for three streets seaman avenue church and grove streets are scheduled for improvement this year two villagfpropositioms county has arranged in budget for laying permanent pave ment on grove street seaman avenue church atrcet and drove street are scheduled for im provement by the inylni on tberti of permancdt pavements proposition concoridnn the sciiilllin avenue mlt church si reel iniprovempnts will be submitted to the voters at the village election to be held next month dove street is to be improved by the county the improvement to seaman avenue will be made by i in state highway department as this avenue forms part or i he projected highway known aa hie valley st ream-alassapoipui route and wtylch will 09 paved with concrete to a width of>10 feet by the state the town of hempstead has aki'eed to bear i he cost of adding nn extru two feet f width io hi in the township pornted villages i i the village illre length of road ouislde the incor riie state in seeking make similar ar til the vllfu i'entatlve plans for increased bltiti cbool lacllllles call for a duplication of ttaa preaenl building to grove street on property that is now embraced in i in tvjiveter.v and between the present building ami the new building there will in b win be built a large auditorium no estimate luis been made avalhibh as lo what the cotal cost will be of hit ciiidcmnatioii of the property uomprls 1 j ing the cemetery bill ii is understood that ii is expected lo he less than the amounts wh|ch have been asked fin ally of hie sites which him previously been offered for the propos building the lowest figure 01 the sites voted on und turned d new tin comuilllce in charge of hie af fair ami whose effiorta tl 	 kfl hie af fair an en.lo.vable one wen 	 iply re warded compiisi-ii rugene lea alex miller kuiin leorgc hoffman iter nard loonain jr oeorge presloat clifford maliiiucn 1 1 xv i i.l \ i in ii i 	 ue harvey joseph mccloskey willis ifohnann prank poat wallace ind arthur bender skeeter scout8 active there is considerable activity at the oj^f i headquarters of tha nassau count etat i mosquito commission railroad me 1 1 tit secrelaiy james uayln^i is mak ing his usual preparations for ha war fare on he pests start baseball practice the'hkh school ball squad reported remains la the cemetery whether j ,,„. outdoor practice nn friday whllo ttaa punt hcbooi meeting wwi 8fl,q0ft 1 oder hie terms of hit bill drawn up by attorney alfred davlaon and in troduflfd by assi iiililvman mcwhlaney bwaraa will be made lo lot owners in the cemetery an i oul of iliese awikchi will coiue hm cosih of moving hie hu mini the service if performed under the su pervlslon or officials or dm b>t owners villas m*y take land if the vlllilge should tako any por him of the property fur a site for a municipal building the trustees will be interested in that portion fronting n church street when ibe trustees dc flared themselves in favor of the bill that also declared that hit way they would maura any al the ugnd would be by thu bomd of ljducuilon taking over tht entire properly by condemnation pi-oci-cdiugs provided for in lm*mlt and then letting the village of freeport lake om-r b purchaso from the school district the portion deslrfd for u mu nlelpal building at coat the bill nuikcs ii possible for either the vlllaja or the school boartl to take action in brlnglug aboui condemnation touthern tratulng trip would he da sirahle hie pi roads and for ijolel make ii impossible orv rales on rall accominlatlous williams wants to keep up road work is candidate for highway com rtiiusic^cr "' willing fnr ensuing year tin aimouuceuieiit oftcimciicr w'l i i ji in highway commissioner of the villugt of i'vccpori thai ho intenilh in graduuto into the poaltlon of to n ii lierlnteiideul of highway in tin fil lure created coiisidcnililc interval in town and county political circles commissioner williams will be n . miididaii tor village highway cm 	 la sinner under tin 	 l lilliiiinisirat ion us lie w ishcs in carry out some plans tor mri-<-i improvement which he pro jecled this enr it is after serving the village during tin enaulng term hint he lilt 	 is to enter hie race lor the place of town superintendent ll is reported thai the powers thai be in the town anil county have smiled on his aspirations spot lights panned «'¦- fl-.ihcimii.j li t-jmjiiw^nrf^vs-o'.flsa case the widlli to is feet in ' f freepnrl means nil added cost of about 7,800 a proposition putting up to the taxpayers for their ile.-ision the ipicstion u1 whelher or bo this n 	 ey shall be raised by tax and expended for this purpose has been prepared by the tillage trustees church si red is scheduled for im provemeal imt hafa.w the resolution submitting il to the voters is prepared ibe trustees are waiting to get an ap proximate llgiire on the cost it is proposed to pine the street from the meiijik road north lo the cannon where church street unites with main street hither the concrete of blthull iic type of pavement will be used qrove street which has been very much in need of permanent improve ment is to in improved with ¦ concrete i:iveiiicnf rrrrncr wnvr » r,,r ef clarence williams daelarod that this ini|uovei 	 it is provided for in the members of the holy redeemer council no l!i knight of colum bia which meets in freeport and wiit h was organised a little over a year ago had the n.kiufifi'ls'of seeing their council become a parent council when the si mnry's council no 2228 knights of f'olumbus wns instituted at glen cove on sunday the new 1 	 i ih meet in lynbrook and will embrace the several village in that territory the olllcers and b large delegation of members i'roni holy redeemer coun cil went to rjfoa cove where the new council was instituted in the audito rium of st patricks school under the direction of district i*?puty daniel j fogarty there were 110 new mem bers of.hje new council on hand to re ceive the first three degrees and the council started off with a total mem bership of about aoq s members of other councils affiliated with the new one at 11 n'clortc in the morning the first degree was conferred by the holy ite weme;r council a baiuiuet was then served and nt 1 o'clock the second degree omit third degn'e was conferred by the hoard of district deputies of long island james k freel is grand knight of hie new council the members of holy redeemer council fire much pleased over the growth of the order in this section their coundl was instituted in july llilli with kio members and now bus over i'oo members on february 4 the list degree will be conferred on a class of twenty candidates huns are now ilnder way for exhib it im in freeport at the american the ater under the nuspices of t\\t knights of columbus the motion pictures of ibe knights of columbus pilgrimage to e was c»i)ferred by the penatu council oflfwiy'''mrore then hu vatican and will in miily hi^'liway budget rev j s gould in new era movement spot lgbtl on taxis hud ii brief i luinlnatlng lime on tuesday bight uu hi chief nf i'olice hurt iniiii ruled aiialiist their use boy imprisoned under porch by fire which he starts auwi harta rt the three year ioid n o mr ami mis arthur herbert or ocean avenue baldwin harbor cllinbtml through a small opening llii der the rear porch of ids home last sunday morning lo play with mulches me was enjoying the darning ihiines of the matches in hu'triaco trf conceal incut until thev ignllcd some excelsior tl»0 excelsior and refusw was be iwt-i-n him and the sniall hole through proceedings but tin understanding t whteh ha ciiinbed and when it eaugfcl tweeli the oltl.li hoards as expwmw d llii 1 cut off bis escape soon the wheu the representative of both of qmi boeanas iiit>-a hie amoke luf hie bill lit pussed coiiliiiued eating and hie tinmen licked id.v and itfulted ms clothes bis burning ri-ruse she tried frantically to ivuch the boy through the hole through which he climbed but he hud apparently retreated to a far comer the mother secured an axe and smashed several boards which he smashed several hoards which she reach ibe boy she then heat out the humes with her hands sustaining seven1 burns in doing mo 1)1 william ii sleele attended hit motlu-r ami son lie found that the buy was not fatally burned but that ibe llcsh had been luullv eared ibe damage to the house from hit hlltilit the l'reeport fire p them dlacuaaed hie proposition is that l 1 s i 	 i i mill will lake hie lidllii i nw ii is expected hint "»' mi «*» iiic iiiiids acteama attracted tin tha appa,ra>tua i as far us tin mi i within three mouths afterlatteutlou of his mother imi sin was lage limits in the meantime the bald deparliaeiit was grst siiiiiinoued and lo.-iilc the child she liniiiiy discovered thai uu boi i i i under lha rear sump with the win kire departmeiu was summoned and they i-xt iiimilslicd the hla/.e ih i he ii hud made much progress delivering ten lectures on co ordination of presbyterian church activities sidney could paslor nf the rresliyieriiiu church re kev 1 freeport ponded to an invitation from the new km committee of ha metropolitan trie of which dr joseph u llur rell is he executive secretary to de incr ten leclures wllhin hie llrookl.mi nassau presh.mery during the month of i'ehruary me bus already met biles at kockvillc cciilcr i icinpslead miiicola itellmore und jamaica and has a number of oilier dates hooked nbead on sunday iiikiii of this week he will speak in hie heliums rresliyieriiiu church of brooklyn on wednesday night la hie oyslur hay church and on friday night in the old church al newt own the new km movement is a co ordl bating of the appeal and plans of the various activities of tha preatoyterian denominations throughout tin world ureadj the income of every activity has beta greatly increased himiikh the in >\ emeiit and the churches have profited kit-ally by or«ani/aiion neces sarily brought iihout for lht purpose mr liouid reports audiences very deep ly interested in the leclures in u giv ing fish prices lower tha old butfheur iiikii cost of liv lujit disappearing whaa tiie out door tlsh market on uuilroud avenue and cha ii streeta are ocortaj tlielr product fresh from the buy m i cental u pound hose wagon hits tree misses gar trolley in bedell street failed to halt narrow escape for firemen members of hose company no 1 who were returning from the grass tire at ocean and south side avenues monday afternoon had u imrmw es ape when a collision betw hose wagon and a trolley th car wa the hose wagon with hen vertfynt the wheel was tuning into bedell street as the irolley car approached i but street vlie moti.rinan of ibe irolley slowed down and the driver the hose wagon expecting a clear path slarted ahead the motorinan vldelilly expected the hose wagon to low down as he started ofcl car ahead verily quickly swerved ih hose wagon into lvedeil street 	 i very short turn leaving aboul a hair's breadth between the iruck and the trolley tha hose wagon before it eould be brought t on the mad struck n tree the heavy buvpu wm badly beni and the i ruck seemed to have suffered internal injuries for hie in 	 r refused to start making it necessary tt house low it back lo the it burns garbage in furnace — firemen called fire chief clareiuv williams had an opportunity lasi thursday evening to deiiiiinsi i ale one of the beuclils of inunicipiil garbage removal frl-eport lias uu municipal garbage ihmuovui but lynbrook has ami vreaportt tire chief has the loulrui't for such uurbuuo mox al in that village l.asi thursday igbl one of fret-port's residents start ed to burn nerbako tu the furnace ami such u hch\y pall of smoke issued from hit cldinnc and stilled over hie roof that robert o anderson former \ ii laxe president turned in u tire alarm tills lugjpfiicd at hit lioiut of floyd warreut in van avenue juat oil oliver lioiilt-\artl and when hit tlremcii arrived there they found niiililiik to do after rlmlng a chtuileal line into hit hauas noa irira chief williams uiise im an iii^aucni hint municipal gurhutftt reinovul in freeport will re duce ha number of false alarms studio for vint bedell local artat achieving fame a a magazine illustrator c vlnton hedell vvbo until a couple if years nirn lived in freeport and iow has hlx home in itockville center has o|m-ned an art studio in new york ity at 24 kast twenty-third street it is culled the iteul art studio i'lnt as lie is popularly known here is the son of the bite charles kedell a well known local ttrftgglet hlij rhnther makes her home here viiit lias earned quite a reputation an a mafcazlne illustrator and has had it larfa number of ids illustrations used by such publishers n mi publica tions as doubleday i'ajfe & co and the pictorial itevb-w li pet stock club elects c 0 niles freeport man chosen president of organization — protest depredations of dogs the laoc island pet stock club held its annual meeting saturday nlklit in the house of the ks'eeisior hook and ladder company about 20 of the 35 iiwiilllm of the club were present a rabbit supper preceded the business meeting the club honored ('. o nlles of pine street by electing him president ffrr the ensuing year the other oltl cers ejected are frank cur]>enter of amityvllle vlce-|iresldent ; frank k ives secretary and treasurer and j s iiemilt of lien cove trustee imriiik the busine-sk meeting tha members urged the necessity for a stricter enforcement of the dog laws it was reported hint the club is loslntf member as many raisers of m-t stock were abandoning their projects on ac counl of the losses due to the depre dations of dog the members enjoyed a dinner of roast rabbit the rabbits were raised by frank carpenter the next mooting will be held at the county court house in miueola on the last saturday in march frefp operator named to aid poilce harry carman of hayview avenue who has a very hue wireless station in his home lias been designated by the new york police department to receive messages concerning stolen automobiles these moaenfai are sent out from the wireless station at the new york police headjiiarlers and are to l turned owr by local receivers to the police in their village beatrice carman a sister to harry carman la also an expert wireless operator and has a wireless station in hu home of her parents in bedell slreel she received i|iiile some fame •• i ' "• 	 •• "¦>. ¦-»-• * !;«¦ ijiil v licensed ttiri wireless operator ask rehearing in gas rate case public service commission en tertains motion but reserves decision — awaits rep^p*s vutag attorney clinton m l-llnl appeared licfore hie 1'ulilic sen e commission the laller part ol hist week to present u motion requesting a bearing on the rate bxlag cane ui which the hkte which the us ni nid suffolk lighting company may charge in freeport and oilier villages n;b iixcd at j m-r thousand cubic feel with a 70 centh service clnir^e the motion was eiiiertained bin not granted the de islnu was reserved attorney flint whs infurmeil as the public service cominlssiou was wait iiik for several reports aflecting the case and the reports had not yet been receives no opposition appears against edwards ticket seems likely to go to polls with out other candidates en tering the field trustees williams and maxson to run again forn-er village president hanse de clares he is not in race — cam paign likely to be one with out much excitement as the time for the village election draws near there is a dwindling of any talk about an opposition ticket in the field to run atiainst the ticket to be headed by village president clarence a edwards who is candidate for re election • there was some talk about an op position ticket but that was sometime ago and the chances of their being such a ticket become more remote each dny former village president james ' hanse who afterwards served chief of police was mentioned as candidate for village president but in a statement issued tuesday afternoon he effectually spiked any boom ida friends were inflating by declaring , tbnt he is not a candidate village trustees henry l maxson and silas williams have announced ' their willingness to again be candi dates unless there is someone who wants their places on the board much more than they do themselves so far no candidates have started any petition in circulation for the nominations for the places of maxson and williams trustee maxson will be in the west indies for his health during the cam paign but it looks as if his friends are going to see that his interests are cared for as far as his re-election is con cerned the village election will be held unnlhu'wi a vil lage board position usually has ids campaign well under way by this time such itelng the case there seems little likelihood that there will be any oppo slmon to the return of the-i>resent ad ministration villas president edwards recently outlined the platform under which the present administration would like to serve a number of broad constructive measures he declared were inaugu rated during tiie past year including placing the police department on an organised basis extension of the elec trh ll^'ht facilities at the power house and a program of road improvements which has bean handicapped to some extent by post war conditions in the matter of securing supplies al nn nm r»o ulud itulito sunday services even fill choir stall at methodist church lecture by prof george du bois the men's cluli look entire charge of hie services at the metliodi.-t church lust sunday evening even hie choir stall was tilled liy men kv ery seat in the auditorium was taken but there was more than just men in tin congregation edward b thomp ron chairman of the church comjiill lee was in charge of the services ||. w beebe vice president of the club read hie scriplures and offered prayer arthur 1 havlsson had charge of tjie music and ii f 1 kcihcv pre sided at the organ a chorus of forty men and a male quartet rendered sev eral fine selections and 1'rof george dultols president of the club and su perintendent of the freeport schools gave an nlile and eloquent address on abraham lincoln shall trustees receive money as well as glory shall the members of the free|mrt hoard of village tnwtees ix paid that is the substance of a pro|>o slllon that the voters of freejiort will be culled upon lo decide at the com ing village election the itinou which the proposition will mention be t50 per year for the village pr dent and vk per yeur for euch of the trust ec the mgaham of the hoard do not louk upon this project as putting hit village board on a paid busls hut they think that it lit only fair that hit members should he gtvm soint olii|»-nsuliou for the bujje utuount of time and equal amount of attention they must yivo to village uiuttera anyone who keeps in touch with village affairs is conversant with the fact that the trustees gtv » ciuisiderii iilde amount or time to village affairs lu>sli|es the time they vpent at meet or course each member or the hourtl is not so much in favor of the propo sltlon on bis own individual account hilt they recognize hie fili't that the other members or the buuid are gl inu much valuable lime which must necessarily lie taken trout their pri vate busl liens at the rale or eumpciimillun men honed in tin pnipojtitlon the village nt will rtm-eivi w0 n month or m , 1 1 r wook i and the trustees 4(1 per mouth or 10 por vvct-k / i * agbafla1 b