Nassau County Review 19141211

              Nassau County Review
Official Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER II. 1914
Vol. XIX, No. 50
Freeport
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
••• fiijiM ar« (i>r f>dn<l)   Ufwk.     liwlort :*2 ininrit«« for H<-mi»-i'ii'l Hmjj
Friday, Dec.
Saturday,
Sunday,
Monday,
Toaaday,
Wedneaday,
Thuraday.
Friday.
Saturday,
11
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1:18 p. m.
2:14 p. m.
3:18 p. m.
4:24 p. m.
6:26 p. m.
«;26 p. m.
6:48 p. m.
7:41 p. m.
8:32 p. ro.
Single copies of the Review for sale at Greenhlatt's and Braithwaite's, Rail¬ road Avenue; Michnoff's, Nassau Coonty Review. Dagilva's and Go- betz'K. .Main Street; Da.Silva's, West Merrick Road. ti
Urs. Morris Miller is on the sick list and h«s been under the doctor's care for the past week
Their Freeport friends will be pleased to learn that William De Granada and family, of Brusselt, Belgium, former residents of Freeport, escaped from the :;ity before its bembardment by the Germans, and are now stayinK in England.
In the Fraternal Orders News of the Churches Local Topics Urges Civic Corporation    Social and Personal    In ihe Fire Department
Doin«i in  the  tAcret fraternal orsaniiationa of Freeport mmti vicinity.
ELK.S- BILLIARD TOURNAMEiNT The firat of the series of games in the Inter State Billiard and. Pocket Billiard Toarnament of the B. P. O. Elks to be played in Freeport, occurred Wedneaday evening of last week, the opponenta being Freeport and|Newark.
Subject   of    Sarmotis.   Services   of   tha   vteek
and other doinffi in tke churche*
Uid church societies
Grace Turner is announced to lead the Epworth League meeting Sunday night in fhe M. E. Church; topic, "How Much Do We Love Christ?"
nmenti    and    explaiuitioa*    not    entirely
¦ newB nature, on tiUm*^  affairt
by  the editor
"LET'S HAVE SOME FUN Although   Brother  Smith     Pearsall
Freeport, N. Y., December 4th. 191-) Editor Nani<au County Review,
Freeport, N. Y. My Dear Sir:
From personal observation and coin-
About   Guests.   Visil> Freeporter.  **nd Their
and   Partien
-ri.nd
Ic ancJ about the 6romon cal deportment
The Woman's Home Missionary   So- There waa an attendance of about 200. i ciety of the M. E. Church will hold its   Centre concerning its   own   s
t)n   Saturday.    December   6.    .Mrs.
Winslow A. Parker ot Central Avenue, Conii'«iinK   hand drawn    ami   motor
Cedarhurst, held a party   in   honor   of <)r'»en fire apparalut.:    At la.-t    Satui-
h«8 never''boa8ted that he was or hoped iP«"''-'0" with thf growth of other.local-   three brides of recent date,  .Mrs. Mar- day ? tire hoth motor   trucks   were   on
to be a humorist   he has qualified   as a ,'t'es   1   have   the   impression that the   eel   Barqunera.   formerly   .Mi.«s   Ethyl *^*   ground before the V ho (,;uH!d9 got
chider     Following   the   editorial   ob-' business   men   of   Freeport    need    to   Davison, of Oceaii Avenue,    Freeport; »heir apparatus out.    The motor;,   had servation in the Observer of Rockville  ¦*'"'*«"   ^o   ^^he   facts on hand.    Free-   Mrs. .Iohn .Moore, formerly Miss    For¬
te go over a mile while the Ysn Goard
teadiness ' P^^t is not a "sleepy little Long Island   sythe of Woodhaven. and Mrs.    Elford
Mollenhauer. formerly .Miss Etta Cos- grove of Brooklyn.
The entertainment included carils and music. .Mrs, Bariiuenero won tirst prize at "."ioo."
The tea   table   was   decorated   with
Tha games reaolted as follows: i regular   meeting   with   Mrs,   Jere   E. as a plugger   for a toll   road   to   Long   Village    as a   grouchy newspaper cor-
Billiards—Leo Fishei, Freeport.  de-   Brown, 82 Brooklyn Avenue, this  Fri- Beach, the editor of the Nassau Coun-: respondent   had   not    long ago stated
feated George MoJtey. Newark, by 160 I dav   afternoon   at 8 o'clock.    Mrs-.   J. ty Review at Freeport. had this   com-   Surmises as to Freeport «  growth   are
points to 100;   Fiahel's   high   run   13,   M. Wiggins will have   charge   of   the ment to make : no longer necessary, fur that is   ba.«ed
Moxey's   7.    Clyde C. Wallace,   Free-i program. (Comment quoted from Review.) upon incontestable evidence which has
port, defeated W. Cook, Newark,    150 1 The editor of the Review    failed   to | recently developed.    It has been found
to 129; Wallace's high run 21,   Cook'a       First Church of Christ,   Scientist.— make mention even in jest,    that   The :'"»''here is an increase of more   than   pink and white satin ribbons and  min
10. Services Sunday niorning at 11 o'clock ; Rockaway Times was   responsible   for   100 per cent.     But when a man   lacks   ialure wedding bells.    The favors were
PocKet   Billiards—Charles   A.   Sig-j Sunday Schcol aame hour;   Wednesday starting all this agitation about a road ''he nourishment of facts   his   enthusi-   little pink and white flower baskets,
mond,     Freeport,    defeated    Charlea  evening    testimonial    meeting    at   8 to the '"second Atlantic City," helped . asm   starts   to get old, his energy be-        Other guests   were:   .Miss   Beatrice
Leick, Newark, 100 to 58;   Sigraond'a   o'clock ;   Hemnstead   Bank   Building; to defeat the Reynolds   proposition   at ^'"s'" wll^ "" crutches h-hI   he   goes   .Sandhusen, of.C.arden City ; Mrs. John
high   run   14, Leick's 8.    Forrest   De' subject   next   Sunday,    December   13. the   last election,    and   presented   the:»"''"'"o^'^o^ syTP^'hy ^nd   usually   Hooks.    Miss     Mary     McCoy.     .Mr
houue   is   only   two    l-locks blaze.--Argus. Patchogue.
from   the
Mott, Free[)ort, defeated Conrad Leick,   "God, the Preserver of Man Newark, lOo to 73; DeMott's high run. 14; Leick's 12,
MASON'S LADIES' NIGHT The annual ladies' night   of   .Masaa pequa Lodge No. 822,   F.   and   A. M
Dr. William H. Runcie of   Freeport! was held last Thursday evening was elected a delegate to the   Medical | a large attendance of the members anrl Society of the State of New  York, for   their lady friends and  invited   guest
firsl   facts   concerning   the     proposed I K«'s ''.»» he is certain   to loadway from Freeport to Long Beach. I pessimists.      These   ic"
Come now, Smith, tinkle your bells. Let's have some real fun.
¦   Rockaway Tinies.
(The editor of the   Review,   as   our contemporary says, never   posed   as
1915, at the meeting   of   the  Queens- Nassau Medical Society last week.
An entertainment was held in Brook¬ lyn Hall last Thursiday evening, under auspices of the Neighborhood Workers
The talent included the following list Miss Florence Redfield, reader; Mrs, /.oe C. Delves, violiniste ; J. A. Delves, 'cellist; Mrs. A. Schabbehar, pianiste. and the Aurora Grata Quartette. Charles   Kitchell,   Ist   tenoi-;   Harvey
tbe proceeds to be devoted to a special | Hyndermeyer, 2nd tenor;  E. J, Camp
Christmas charity.
A couple of nights before Thanks¬ giving some one stole two chickens from Thomas Rayn^s chicken house, on Henry Street, and liked them so j well they came back Tliaiiksgiving i Eve and took eight mon- wnd killed! them in the chicken yitrd.
Postmaster Anderson atinouiu-es that , commeni'ing   December    17.    the   laft mail in the evening will close at 7:60. Since   the last  change   in   time table, the last mail has closed at li:'60.
A Suffrage meeting was held at the headquarters of the CMub, at the home of Mrs. I. I. Elterich, Cottage i;ourt, Monday afternoon, when officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. I. 1. Elterich; vice president. Mrs. Wil¬ liam Eckart; treasurer, Mrs. A. Ab¬ bott; secretary. Miss Phoebe Parshall.
The headquarters will be opened Monday afternoon each week for Suf- rage work, and busineas meetings will be held the same day. An invitation is extended through the press for all interested to attend these meetings, and to join the club.
A meeting and annual election of officers of the Business Men's Associa¬ tion, was held Tuesday evening at tho reaidence of H. C. Schluter, on Church Street. The following officers were chosen: President, J. J. Dolan ; vice president, H. C. Schluter; .second vice president, Charles Fritz; treasurer, 0, E. U. Reynolds; executive board, George Geiler, F. L J. Lee, James Campion, R. P. Weldon and H. Schloss. Clinton M. Flint was appointed secre¬ tary and attorney for the Association to Bocceed Albin N. Johnson.
Considering the stormy night there was a good attendance and a general renewed intereat in the affairs of the Asaociation was shown. It is the aim of the Association to get every busi neae man to join.
bell, jr., baritone; Wilfred Glenn bass- Henry G. Eskuche, piano.
The program jirovided, on a special souvenir card, was as follows: Quar¬ tette, "Carinena," H, l.ane Wilson; tenor s-olo, a. "The Secret," .Iohn Prundle Scott; b, "Over the Desert," 1., Kellie; Charles Kitchell: An Abandoned Elopement, Mias Florence lieilfield; trin. No. 1 G Major. Haydn, ."^Ir. and Mrs. Delves and Mis, Schab- tjphar; baritone solo, "The Currier of Moscow," E. J. Campbell, jr.; violin solo, a, "Cavatina, " Bohm, b. "The Bee," Schubert, Mrs. Zoe C. Delves; Quartett, "Sextette from Lucia," Dressier; the Royal Grand Bumper Degree, Miss Florence Redfield' tenor solo, "Until," Sanderson, Harvey Hyndermeyer; violin solo, a. "Sere¬ nade." Pieriie, I). ".Mazurka De Con cert," Mu^in, Mrs. Zoe ('. Delves ;hB9s solo, "1 Fear No Foe," Piiisuti, Wil¬ fred (ilenn; tinis quartette, "Down At the Huskin' Bee," Henry.
.After tbe finish of the program re¬ freshments were served.
S. P. Sbea Past Grand of Freeport Lodge, bas been designated collector of the Brotherhood Protective Associa¬ tion, of Boston, an Odd Fellows' fra ternal insurance society.
MA.SONS TO ELECT OFFICERS The annual election of officers of .Massapequa Lodge No. 822, F. and A. .M., will be held Monday evening. De¬ cember 21, at their meeting room, Rockville Centre Bank Building
METHODLST  CHURCH
On Sunday morning next Dr. Curtice will speak on "The Modern Temper¬ ance Reform, a Proof of the Better¬ ment of the Morals   of    the   World."
with! The   evening   theme,   postponed   from humorist, and has no ambitions in that
last Sunday on account   of   the   heavy line, but we do recall, as   our   brother
storm, will be "(.'onversion :    Is   there editor aays, that the   Lynbrook   paper
Anything in it? ; If So, What'.'" ([Uoted above was in favor of the road
An adjourned meeting of the OHicial one week and against it the next. As Board will be held on next Monday to the "facts " concerning the "pro- evening to consider some important posed roadway " from Freetiort to Long matters in the work of the church. Bench, we will admit the   Times   tirst
The monthly meeting of the Ladies' sprung this joke, which later appeared
Aid Society will lie held with Mrs    O. in the Brooklyn Eagle, but we    expect
W. Humphrey, 64 Whaley Street, rie*t to see the Post Office Department spell
men on a night train asleep in a Pull¬ man, dead to thu lealization of the speed at which they are travelling. And what do we find'.' Good old Free- port going right along al a sure, steady gait like a mogul on the main track with plenty <jf power and steam and with re.si rve fuel gaiore. I think that the business men are rather timid, not to say diffident towards e.xjian- sion. 1 know that "asleep al the switch of the "big" houses cater only to large orders and hoodwink the small customer by either forgetting a 5U cent order though   paid  for in Edvaii
find   other   Charles T.   Lincoln,   .Mi? nw.s   are   like   Laud, ali of Flatbush.
Marguerite
The In and Out Luncheon Club met with .Miss Floreni-e Miller Tuesday af¬ ternoon.
Riverhead had a *20,0(lO lire early Saturday morning, including: a shoe store, 5 and 10c store, plumbing shop, grocery store, photographer and archi¬ tect ofliees, besides the Riverhead lib¬ rary.
FIRE ORDINANCE (OMING On page .', of tnis issue will he found the new ordinance adopted by the Vil¬ lage Board of Trustees regarding in¬ terfering with the fire depaitnient. This ordinance has been passed, ami 1 will become a law on Januarv 1,
Wednesday afternoon,  at 2 o'clock.
Village Board
At the regular meeting of    the   Vil- ^ lage Board of Trustees    Friday   after¬ noon. Trustee Randall was absent,   be¬ ing out of tnwn,
'i'he    following    apnlications     were granted :
I Water- .Iohn J. Uandall Co.. Wood- ' cleft Avenue.
I Lighting—Harry L. Trubenback, IJay Street; Richard Muh, Atlantic ! Avenue.
i Sidewalk - Martin Southard, Colum- j bus Avenue, 4x200 ft.; J. A. Schultz, j Columbus Avenue. 4x100 ft.; Mary I Powell, Columbus Avenue, j Ordinance No. 37b, relating to in terfering with fire apparatus, and pro- ! viding penalties for same, as present- led hy the Fire Council and approved i by Counselor Swezey, was unanimous i ly adopted and ordb-ed published as ' required by law. to take effect Janu- j ary 1, 1915. The law is published in j another column.
Recovers from
I Broken Neck
A few days ago Dr. Runcie removed
Rockville CentRE in place of their present spelling of CentER sooner than we see that roadway lo Long Beach, by way of Freeport and marshes altho of course the "Times" may have - must have had—some inside inform¬ ation on the question. Not being in on this propoaition, we await with in¬ terest further small details as to who is to pay for this road and where the money is to come from. With the Rockville Centre Observer building a toll road thru Lynbrook to Long Beach, the Lynbrook (Rockaway) Times an¬ other thru Freeport it will be pleasant ride to make the loop i)roviding the trip is made al low tide ao one can ride or walk along the surf between the Beach ends of the two roads !)
ster, daughter ni .Mrs. .A. A. Webster, of Glen Ridge. .\. J., formerly of Brooklyn and Freeport,and A, Romeyn
they    are    not   Pierson. jr., son of .Mr,   and   Mrs.   A.
although some Romeyn Pierson, of Douglas Road. Glen Ridge,— Journal,
The Arts (Tub held its December meeting with Mrs. VVilliam G. Miller, or f. inst. prorpising to re|iair a fur- South Ocean Avenue, .Monday after- nace for $1.50 on a certain ;lK.y and noon. .Mrs. §. R. Smith was chair- the man is still waiting. These are man of lhe meeting. Mrs. Frederick facts and something is needed to give Nathan, president of the Consumers' ' Freeport an impetus. We are [laying League, who was expected to speak ' rentals for administration offices when was called away to Washington and we jnst as well could acccjmmodate , was unable to be present. Miss Pack- I them    all    in   a   puhlic   liuilding.      It   ard of the League   came   and   made
Oceanside Hose Co. .No, 1 of Oeean- side will hold a Christmas bazaar next Tuesday.     Wednesday   and   Thuisdav.
the engagement of Miss Marjorie Web-   ^''^'"'^'Z ^'Z- '" TL   ''•. "\ '^*''"''"
.1 1,,„„.,,- vt.,    A    A    ni.i.....,-    Hall,   Atlantic and  Bayside   .•\venue.-.
Oceanside,   afternoons   and   eveniiint.
.\i)nouncemeiit    has    been   made   of
All sorts of fancy and useful aitides will be fouiul at reasonable prices for sale; also groceries, candies, cakes, refreshments, otc. There will be dancing each evening; admission free.
Old Freeport Paper
Mrs. larael Lewis left at our ofliie this week a copy of "Ritchie's Month ly," luiblished at Freeport, Queenr* Co., N. Y.. August. 1882, This was a four page paper, four columns, about I.") inches lonn. and published only gen¬ eral news,    with a I'tmtinued   storv   on
to   me    that a Freepori Cham-   very pleasing address and also told   of   'he hrst page
town on Long Island has
A Freeport  Chamber   oi   Coniinerce   tume. and tnere will would surely prove a boon, it would be   tition    dance.       Thi
] devoted to the developnienl of the com¬ mercial    and    industrial    interests   of
ROUGH (JN THE TEI.KPHONK
COMPANY
The telephone company    seixls out a
beautifully printed and clear   explana
tion of the war tax on messages.  How
would it do to   turn   the   collection   of
the income tax over to   the   telephone, .     -l.     r,      .       i r i     i
nted I l" '¦report,    the   Greater    Long   Island ' Market.
If all business letters sent out would I f. inst. have a small sticker showing a birdseye view and 1915" on it:,if the b
, .      , letter would   show
In view of the fact that it
ber of Commerce will come   in   useful her   war   experiences,     .Musical   nuni-
in making Freeport the .Metropolis   of bers were rendercfl by    Misse,<   Hattie
at    least   the   First Parcel Post Zone. Wallace and Annie Kidridge.     A pleas-
Primarily it is the people   of   a   town ant time   is   refiorted,   though   only   a
that make that town,far more than all few were present   on   accminl   ol   the
its resources.     And that being so, I'm stormy weather, quite certain that Freeport need   have
no fears for its future, nor investors A subscription dance will be given fear for their ultimate profit who have at the Freeport Club on Tueaday even- been wise enough to read the writing iug. Deceinber ¦2H. at .>i:;5i) for the ben- on the wall and stake something upon »'fit of the funds of the Neighborhood Freeport    in    the   years soon to come. Workers.     During   the   evening   .Mon-
Freeport baa advantages that no other sieur   Rei-at   and partner will give   an . postmaster, and Edward    Ritchie,   thi
exhibition   dance   in   Louis   XIV   cos    editor of the   .Monthly,   was  assistant
I'he time table nave the trains aid¬ ing West from Kret'i ort at ."1:50, 0:',s. s:23, H:24 ». Ul., 2':,1. r,;23, H:4S p, 111., arriving af Long Island City and Brooklyn one hour later. C.oiim cast there were '2 trams in the iiiornmg and 5 in the afternoon, tbe last one being at 7:58. (Jn Sunday there was one train in the morning nnd one in the afternoon each way.
The Post Oflice was open from ti a, m. to (t p. m., in charge of Elbert (^ox.
company'.'   The big trust in its orir matter has a way of making things so j clear that it would seem as if its   effi¬ ciency ought to be a branch of the   in¬ ternal revenue service.
— Brooklyn Eagle
Workers are holding this dance to plenish their funds for the work among the poor of our village and are hoping for a large attendance.
also be a   compe- ,     The nexl line under the   Post   (Jllice Neighborhood   notice contained the   following   adver-
300 mile   circle around Freeport w'th the three   parcel
was the   plaster   cast   from  the   head  and 1 P«88'hle in some of the villages to   se-r™";^";^'^;^/,;^^-;;,^^,!^^)^^ "^yy^i^^ij^^y^ body   of   little   Marian Wallace, nine-I core stamps with which to do shipping   p^^yjjg^j.^   H^^^j^(,^,^g    Boston,   Ual- year-old daughter ot archer   B.    Wal-   <>" Iiecember 1 and that no notice   was   jj^^^g    Burlington.   .Syracuse,    llart-
Hernian   (iiihl  and Royal 1 ewis will •See   Freeport   in' |t,„ve tomorrow   (Saturday,    December ck of the business   i2)    for Palm Hea.h,    Florida,   where they will stay until April,
tiaement,   "('ondensed   Milk,    1.' the Post Ollice utore."
A half column is taken to adveriise "Scourene. " also for sale at I'ost Of¬ lice store.
There was not, with tbe exception of tne ahove mentioned, anything re¬ lating to Freeport or the adjoining villages, the rest of the space being takeii up with miscellaneous notes and advertising matter.
B     Wal- 1°" December 1 and that no notice   was
lace,   and pronounced the Tnjured neck : K'^en any person interested  excepting j ford".'Philadelphia, Si,ringfield,Albanv.
,      , ,    ^ .cured.     In July last the little girl  fell! hy private companies. It seems    '"   us i Wilmington and other cities, it   would
The   annual    election   of     Freeport I ^^^^j ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^,g^„ fly,,^.  When |'hat this remark    is   rather   rough   on I   ^^j^^ j^^g„g^,y |„ ^,i^j„^ p^p^|,„^j ^
the   child   was   flicked up it was   sup-   the Te'ephon^_<J^o_'^^^^^
With kind ret'ards. I remain
Chapter No. ;Ui2, R. A. M., wili be held Wednesday, December 16. at Me chanics' Hall,
"Open House'' 	
New Year's Day Local Lockup Inspected
Send the Review
No belter Chriatmas gift in that line can be made to a friend or a relative than a year's subscription to the Nas ¦au County Review. The friend or relative who receives such a gift will be Bure to remember the giver .52 weeks. Any person would welcome auch a preaent and the out-of-town friend or relative who formerly lived here will be getting«"letter from home" every week if you aend them the locai paper.
Orders aent to the office will receive careful attention, and the paper sent to any address directed.
Perfection oil hesters, $2.98
Cook atovea, $11.00 up
Triangle O'Cedar Mopa, 69c
100 piece China Set, $8.98
Flower Poat, all aisea
Parlor Stoves, 12.50 up 1. DaSilva,    W.  Merrick   Road.    i'el. S85-W: 5 and 10c Store, 330-W.
AdvartlMOMot.
Attention ia called to ttie advertise- meot of Theodore Bedell'a Garage in thia issue. Thia concern makea a apecialty of repairing Ford cars, and carry all Ford parta in atock. Tbey have an Oxy-Acetylene welding outfit, and guarantee alf their work.
Last Friday night at the regular meeting of Freeport (;ouncil, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., the floor team of the firsl degree reheaised, using for the first time the new set of robes recent¬ ly purchased. Several new applica¬ tions were received at this meeting and it ia likely that a class initiation will shortly be held when these ne-.v robes will bt nsed.
posed the neck was broken, and she ' 'he expeditious manner in which they could not survive. Doctors Runcie and ,' handled their part of this proposition. Newton   had her under the X-ray ;  the ,
At the regular meeting of D. B. P. Mott Post, Woman's Relief Corps, laat Wednesday evening, officers elected for the following year were as follows: President, Mrs. Aurelia Williams; sen- ^ ior vice president, Mrs. Emma E. Dan- | iels; junior vice president, Mrs. Ellen j A.Smith; secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Sprague; treaaurer, Mrs. Ela H. Bent¬ ley ; musician, Mrs. Jennie B. Cornell; chaplain, Mra. Martha A. Raynor;! press correspondent, Mrs. Anna Ab¬ bott; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Mc- Avry, conductor, Mrs. Elsie Brown;, assistant conductor, Mra. Gussie Dui^: ker; guard, Mrs. Clara Morae; assist- ¦ ant, Mrs. Annie Grempel; celor bearer | No. 1, Miss Lilian Patterson; No. 2, I .Mrs. Mary Johnson; No. 3, Miss Aug-1 UHta Bentley ;Jdelegates to State Con- j vention, Mrs. Annie Abbott artd Mrs. ' Eleie Johns; alternates respectively, , Mrs. Jennie D. Cornell and Mra. Em- ' ma Daniels. The installation of offi-' cera will be held sometime ne-tt month.
i photografih revealed a break in two ' places in the neck bone, and an appar¬ ent forward dislocation of the back- ! bone. They fixed a plaster cast ar- , rangement reaching trom the head to [ the hips, holding the head and body so : rigid that the neck could not move. j This cast has been kept on the child ¦ four months, during which time the bones have grown together and the ' neck ia afiparently aa strong as ever, and no further trouble is anticipated with the backbone. This week Marian bas been al school.
The case reveals the advance made I by modern surgery. Less than a gen- i eration ago such a cure would have ' been deemed impoasible.—Observer.
TO SECURE TRAFFIC SIGNS The Village Board is  also   consider-
' ing the proposition of securing sign.s to place at   intersecting   streets,   par-
^ ticularly at Merrick Road and Main Street, in place of traffic officers. |kThe plan has been tried for years in many of the larger cities, and has been found lo work satisfactory, and the Board is now securing prices on these sign.s.
Sincerely yours,
Optimist.
Mr. E, — Ynii will ilu iTih -a favor by giving this letter space in your pro¬ gressive paper as 1 would like to hear what other ofitimists have to say.     O,
As our contributor say,-, we foo will be pleased to have letters    from   other
readjrs giving their ideas along this gether and hold an "Open House' line. There is no question but that New Vear's. This has long been a Freeport needs a live, civic organiza- custom ofthe latter organization when tion,   and anything   that can   be   done   they met in Odd Fellows'Hall on Mer
.New Year's Itay wiii be littingly observed hy the .Ir, O, U, A. .M, and the 1. O. O. F., by keeping an "Open House" in tneir meeting rooms in Me¬ chanics' Hall, Railroad Avenue, this village.
At a recent meeting of the .Ir (). v.. A. M. a committee of three was ajriointeil to meet with a like com¬ mittee from the Odd Fellows lo con¬ sider the   advisability   of   joining   lo-
I to this end will ! village.
be of advantage to the   rick Road, and this   year,    the   1st   of   Cesspools are used.
Albany, N, Y., Dec. 2 The Sla_^ Commission of Prisons has apfiroved the following report of an insjiection of the town and village lockiifiat Free- port:
Town anil Village Lockup, Freeport, Nassau County. Inspected November 13, lyl4. Hiram R. Smith, Supervis¬ or, Freeport; R'laii'l .M. Lamb, Presi¬ dent of Village; ('arl Darenburg, Cap- tain of Police,
Freejiort is an incorfiorated village with an estimated iiopulalion of about 5000, It has a municipal water sys¬ tem, electric    lighta,   but   no   sewers.
Buy Christmas Seals
Fourteen Years Ago
; Items of interest from tbe Review files fnurteeii years ago this week l
Freeport Creek partly frozen over by the cold weather the last week.
Wallace R. Post accepts position with Roas & Randall, having been formerly with Cbarlea L. Wallace.
Rev. K. P. Ketcham enjoys a bi-jy- cle trip through New Jersey.
New Fire Call Cards
January falling on a Friday, the regu¬ lar meeting night of the Juniors, to¬ gether with the facl '.hat lhe Odd Fel lows now meet in .Mechanics' Hall, it was deemed a good plan to combine forces and make this day a red letter day among the fraternal brothers of The Anti-Tuberculosis Committee of   the village and suriounding   territory.
th«>  Neighborhood   Workers    has    se-       The program of the day will    follow Free- inured the exclusiv&privilege ol selling   along genera! lines thai has    been   set
these Red Cross Seals in Freeport  and   by    the   Odd Fellows    in   past   years.
of applying the proceeds    in  the   fight   The rooms will ue thrown open    to   all
have   printed   a   new lot of fire | «"«trical articies.-Eagle
I UP-TO DATF I
; That sign that the village has on | : front of the building where it is hold- | i ing its   electrical   show,   is   certainlv i
aomething   fine.       The   suggeatiorv- is       Every Red Cross Chrisimas Seal pur
made that the sign might be uaed after ! "phased in Freeport helps to hghl tuber
the show, by placing il on frant of the j eu'oais here in our village.
Village   Oftice   or    Municipal     Power]
plant,    and    changing    the    sign,   by
leaving   on    the    "Village    of ' port," and putting on the bottom   fine
the word    "Welcome,"   or   something
similar, as the Board might consider . best. It surely would be a good ad- I vertisement for the village.
PRICE FOR ELECTRICITY Inatead of the usual charge of 10; cents a kilowatt, the price for range! aervice will be reduced to 5 cents. ' The exposition will be beld each day ; and evening and orders will be taken ' for the purchaae   and  delivery   of   all j
I against tuberculosis.
The committee needs \,
financial
brothers   of these   two   organizations and their fraternal friends.     Much 0()
The lockufi is located on the Iirsi lioor of a three story frame buildirn;, formerly a school house The poi ire court room is on the same flo(;r. I'he locku|i i'onaist8*of two steel cells, each 4x7x7. with open tops and lattice (Ioojb ina room l."ix30. There are two wood¬ en bunks in each cell. The ceil Moors are steel hut the floor in Ihr room out¬ side is wood. Buth the dills need cleaning. A bunk in one of the cells contained a filthy mattress and in the other cell there was a eomfortable in fairly good   condition.     The   room    is
portuniity will |thuB be provided for '"Khted by five large windows. A [sir- greeting old friends, making new ac- t'O" "* 'he room is used for police lock- (luaintances and in this manner  create  p"     The village haa eight officers   in
ROYAL ARCANUM
I call carda, large and small size, giving ' the new fire districts, with the several
It ia strange how   great   minds   run together!    I note    that   the   Brooklyn J help and trusts that you   will   give
Chnbbuck calla attention^^n  special Christmas gooda thia week
all The arrests average from 10 to 12 a month. Very few of those ar¬ rested are kept over night. There is a trolley service lo Mineola every half hour and usually a person arrested has a hearing and is transferied to the Couniy Jail if held either during the ready at all times for those ' desiring day or evening. While this lockup is Bkme. ¦" charge of the police and is   used   as
A abort business meeting of the Me- » village lockup, it ia alao used occa- chanicB will occupy the earlier part of sionally on an average of about once a the evening and after routine businiss month by the Town of Hempstead, has been transacted the meeting will The ceils are owned by the lown, .No be adjourned, thus giving amfile    time   lodgers are kept.     There ia   no   water
a new interest in the organizations in¬ terested. For thoae present who de¬ sire to play games, tables, cards, dom¬ inoa, etc., will be furnished. A com¬ missary committee of two, one mem¬ ber from each lodge, will provide suit¬ able refreshTients in the banquet hal
Settling up time ia drawing near, and if you wish to collect your bills for 1911, get yoar billheads printed now. Thia claaa of work is neatly and promptly done at this office. We have in atock different aicea and ahapea of billheads and atatements. Our com¬ mercial printing ia neat, correct a^d in accordance with the prevailing atylea. Naaaau Coanty Review, Re¬ view Building, Freeport, L. I.
Advartlsement,
SUndard Gaaolene, at 18c  gal.    G.
Bennett Smith. tf
Advartls«ment
Special at the American Theatre, S*ta«lay night, December 12, special tlu«a reel feature, and will be followed • aeven piece orcheatra. Don't fail at youraelf nod yoar friends; ad- 10 and 1& centa.
Advertlaertaat
officers being re elected: Regent, John | cation at our office. S. Somner; vice regent, O. T. Philips; Advartisament j orator, John Cavo; secretary, George J Harrison; cellector, George B. Pater son; treasurer. Herbert .\. Bacon; chaplain, H. S. Starr; guide, John Schmidt; warden, L. M. Danley; aen- try, S. Herbert Nichols; delegate to Grand Council, John S. Sumner; alter nate, Albin N. Johnaon.    Sylveater P.
cents, month
If a person uses   over there is a discount   of
for all to enjoy    themselves   wi games.
The committee from the Jr.
h   the
).   U.
Nygren and Jamea W. Cheshire
The    ~ 	
at a re
per I     These seals are on sale at    many   of I.«wis   H.   Rosa Co.,   Co.   advertise]'"""^"   mere is a aiscouni   oi    lu   per   the leading stores in the village or can useful gifts in their advertisement this "'*"^' ""'^   other  discounts   depending : be procured from members of the   act-   A. M. consists of  Jamea W, Cheshire,
^ee(j upon the quantity used,   so   that   if   a ' ing committee ;   Mrs,   John   Hibbard,   ^   "'--i-../^-i-i ¦ v,..i___  .   uj	
AdvM-Uacmen*    person usea over   $40   per   month   the ; Mrs, Harold E. .Maxson,   Mrs.    W.   A.
price is reduced to a little lesa   than 5 , Schreiber,   Mrs.   William   H,   Cutler,
Smith &,Bedell invite you, in   their   cents.     In fact, if a larger quantity is ; secretary-treasurer,
adv. thia week, to inspect their   atock   nsed the price will be reduced to 1 cent .  ^
of ho.liday goods. or even lesa if  the  quantity   ia   large ¦     Geerge Broadhurst wrote one of the
•noogh.    But ao   far  as  cooking  and  gr.ateat successes the American stage economy is concerned, the price varies , haa  ever  known   when   he   completed
The Man of the Hour," which is now
Advert ¦•anMDL
C. Wesley Golden and Nelson Ashdown while the interests of the I. O. O. F 18 looked after by Frank Smitb, Gil- son H. Raynor and Peter Cokelei,
Shea ia sitting  paat   regent   and  the I
truateea are Jobn D. Gunning, Werner j     attention ia called to the apecial ad- j from but 7 cents to 8 cents,   and not 5
_ .,, .        .,. ,   .    » ,,   ,, vertiaement of the Bank  of  Rockville centa as  stated
I't'l'l! La^'!!' JhICv    th^C^^^^      regarding     their    Christmaa I item. Robert Warwick, in the   title   role   of
:. .   ,      -^-T K„ Lf „.. il/n   fi«^^ DepoaiU,     I do not like  to   be   kicking   at   my   ,he incorruptable mayor, at the Plaza,
date for Which naa not yei oeen   nxea. i ^^^^^ ^^^^^ j^^ ^jj^^j^ ^^ ^„y ^,^g j^, g,,,  contemporaries,    but   do   not,   on   the ' Wedneaday    December   Di;     matinee
ing next year's Chriatmas money. other  hand,   like  to have   the   Eagle | .nd evenini;
Adverttai • ..... '•
in the cells but tbere is a toilet in the room outside and a sink wiih faucet in an aJjoining room. Police heiidquar- ters is in an adjacent room and there IS an officer on duty all night. Women are seldom arrested, only one this year. They are not k«.pt over nighi in the lockup,^liut are taken to .Mine¬ ola by trolley, five miles distant. Reii|jectfully submitted, George McLaughlin,
Chief Inspector This jail is loaned to the vill»(re    hy
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readers misinformed
Special   at  the   American   Theatre, .     Special   at   the   American Theatre,       Special   at   the   American   Theatre
Saturday night,   December 12, special | Saturday night, December 1|^,   special Saturday night, December 12,   special i Saturday night, December 12,   special
three reel feature, aod will be followed i three reel feature, and will bie followed three reel feature, and will be followed | three reel feature, and will be followed
by a seven piece orcheatra.   Don't fail' by a aeven piece orchestra.   Don't fail by a aeven piece orchestra.    Don'^ail   by a aeven piece orchestra.    Don't fail
to traat youraelf and yoor friends; ad-1 to treat youralf and your frienda;   ad- to treat yoaraelf and your frienda ^d- ; to treat youraelf and yeur friendi; ad
miaaion 10 and ift centa. | miaaion 10 and IS cents. miaaion 10 and 16 centa. '• miaaion 10 and IS cents.
AdverttaciiMBt . Advartl»Mn«it Advertleeaient. ' Advertiacmaat,
William A. Brady presents Robert Warwick in "The Man of tbe Hour," in five reels of motion pictures at   the
the   above   quoted   to be seen in five reels of pictures with   Plaza, Wednesday, December 16; mat- the fown, in exchange for   use  of   the
inee and evening, court r.ioiB, and ia under the control of
A«v«rUMn»t the village authorities.    The few   rec¬ ommendations have been given    atten-
Special   at   the   American  Theatre, tion by tbe local authorities,
                               Saturday night. December 12,   apecial -
^, ,     .   .,       . ™.     .        three reel feature, and will be followed
^Pf.^!".' .^Z.ZH.^"ZZ'"':''!'.. ^*'_*'"r*'   by a aeven piece orcheitra.   Don't fail . Special   at   the   American   Theatre,
to treat yourself and your friends; ad- Saturday nigbt, DecendMr 12,   apecial
miaaion 10 and 15 cents. three reel feature, and wiH be followed
AaewUaemeaL ^Y • •^ven pitM« (wchestra.   Don't fail
   to tT«»at youra^and your friendt; ad-
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