Nassau County Review 19080619

              VOL. XIII
FREEPORT NEWS
The W. C. T. U. will nneet with Mrs. Jere E. Brown Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held this Friday evening.
Village taxes will probably be due about the first of July, possibly a week later than that.
Thomas F. Bailey was operated on at Naasau Hospital last week, and his leg amputated, below the knee.
In Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., next Friday evening officers for the ensuing term will be elected.
FUEEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1908
NO. 34
Mrs. George T. Weyant, with her daughter Libbbie and son Carlton, are visiting relatives at Undercliff,  N.   J.
Freeport High School base-ball team defeated Islip High School at the latter place last Saturday* by the score of 4 to 1.
The various prizes for the firemen's fair will be on exhibition at Stone's tonsorial parlor. Main St. and Merrick Road, after July first. ,
W. F. Blaikie of Ontario, Cal., spent Tuesday with his friend William G. Murray. Mr. Murray spent several months in Ontario.
The Misses Ruth and Olive Smith, with many of their old C. M. I. friends, spent a most enjoyable time at the Alumni banquet last Thursday at Chap- pequa, N. Y.
A bread and cake sale will be held next Thursday afternoon at Mayer's store, formerly Jagg's, S. Main St., by the Nassau County Ladies' Aid So¬ ciety, from 2 to O o'clock.
The ladies of the Catholic Church rJf Our Holy Redeemer will hold a straw¬ berry festival and dance on the Church Club grounds, corner Ocean Avenue and Pine St., next Tuesday evening, June 23; afternoon for chilhren.
Contributions are being received by the fireworks committee of the Free- port Club fop the annual fireworks ex¬ hibition. The committee in charge are J. Huyler Ellison, David Sutherland, Jr. and Frederick A. Hart.
The villlage tax books are now com¬ pleted and on tile in the village clerk's office, where Mr. Shea will give you any information you may desire about your assessments. Of course it is too late to make any changes now.
S. Dimon Smith, while playing ball last Saturday with the firemen, run¬ ning for a left field fly, stepped in a hole and badly strained his right foot. As a result he is unable to walk, and was obliged to ride on the Vigilant Hose wagon in order to participate in the parade at Woodmere Tuesday.
George Miller of Patchogue, U. S. inspector of power boats, has been around inspecting all the boats in this vicinity, requiring the owners to place on the boats a whistle, bell, fog horn and side and headlights. B*)ats carry¬ ing passengers for hire must also be equipped with life preservers, one for each passenger.
Next week- will be one of the busiest of the year at tho school. Sunday ev¬ ening in the M. E. Church, Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon.
Tuesday afternoon the annual class day exercises will be held.
Wednesday evening commenceinent exercises will be held in the school building.
Thursday evening the annual ban¬ quet of the Alumni will be held at the Crystal Lake House.
Friday morning the scholars of the lower grades will receive their promo- ' tion certificates and report cards of the year.
See Charles DeMuth's adv in the Re¬ view thia week if in need of a plumber or tinsmither.
Mrs E. C. Burdorff is visiting friends in Fitchburg, Mass.
L Schloss, formerly with Schloss Bros., was in town Tuesday.
The Hempstead Bay Yacht Club will hold an open regatta on Fourth of July.
Rev. Charles S. Wing, presiding elder, preached in the M. E. Church Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sellars and son Mlilard will spend the Summer at their cottage at Pt. Lookout.
Engineer Charles Connor had the old fire engine out for a test Monday night and threw a stream 186 J feet.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sheehan   and i son Milton and Mr. and Mrs. James R. ' Smith are spending the week   at   Nas¬ sau-by-the-Sea. I
Freeport Club baseball te«m was de-1 feated again last Saturday by the Or- 1 ange A. A.; score, 7 to 2. Tomorrow I they will play Patchogue. j
150 styles of Freeport Post Cards at the Review Stationery Store, 62 S. Main St.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. James Cruikshank are at Freeport for the Summer after spend¬ ing the Winter in Manhattan.
The Presbyterian Church has ar¬ ranged to have the Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. during the Summer months. The morning church service is at 10:30 o 'clock, and on June 21, Rev. Charles, Herbert Scholey's subject will be "A Warning from the Dead." In the evening he will preach the Baccalaur¬ eate sermon to the Graduating Class of the High School in the Methodist Church.
Considerable criticism and complaint is heard because our new engine lost the engine contest at Woodmere Tues¬ day. As one of the company expressed it, thev were "up against it." The hose burst at an inopportune moment and a mistake in selection of nozzle prevented showing the capacity of the engine in the alotted time. The en¬ gine could easily win from any of the contestants and it is "too bad" that we failed to land the prize.
You can get magazines at the Re¬ view Statiofiery Store, 62 S. Main St.
Campbell's Stains and Floor Finish are guamateed by the makers to give perfect satisfnction. You can refiniah floors, furniture and interior wood¬ work with these stains and the results will coine up to your expectations. Prepared in all colors. Dry hard over itigbt Rom « RandaU Co: wUl tell jpMt allsttemi tbMD. It.
A s()ecial meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held Wednesday evening, at which action was taken regarding the proposed condemnation proceedings of the City of New York, for land through the village.
Counselor Leo Fishel reported that he had had several consultations with the City authorities regarding the matter and was of the opinion that there was no possible way to prevent the City from acquiring <he land -and from coming through south of the track as they wanted to, and the only action advisable was to make the best posBi- ble arrangements for the Village. The city engineers do not pretend that they are not after water —in fact they say that at the end of five years they will probably sink wells at each end of the j village, to reach "the subterannean stream."
He had secured a promise from the City authorities to allow the village to ! use the route after the pipes aro laid, j for a village street, providing the vil-1 lage will assume responsibility as for I all other village streets. This will ofl course include rebating taxes possibly j amounting to about $300 ayear.
After discussing the matter at some length the Board decided to withdraw ti»eir objection to the project and to instruct Counselor Fishel to arrange for the proper papers; to include a clause "stipulating that the taking of this land would not allow the interfer¬ ing with the village water planet in any way.
Trustee J. Huyler Ellison voted in opposition to this plan. He said the taxpayers at a public meeting had in¬ structed the Board to take every possi¬ ble step to prevent the line being ac¬ quired and he was of the opinion that the Board should not give in without some effort to prevent the attempt to disfigure the village.
Counselor Fishel further stated that the city authorities had arrived ut an agreement with the L. 1. R. R. author¬ ities whereby the latter were allowed the use of the city land for laying tracks and the railroad authorities were accordingly out of the fight; that the village authoriities at Rockville Centre had agreed to accept an ease¬ ment for a village street, and that it would be a very hard task to prevent the acquisition and use of tbe land, the City having the necessary authority frooi the State IcKialature.
Freeport Fire Department does not do  things  half way.    The first annual j carnival and fair  of   the  department, j to  be  held  July  21   to 25, will be an ' event of great interest.    Supper is  to | be served each night.    Amusements in abundance will be provided and an   in¬ dustrial exposition is  also  being  con¬ sidered.
The hayride given by the gentlemen of tho Friday Knights Club, last Fri¬ day evening, was a decided success.
The club met at the home of Miss Dusenburg. Twenty-one persons, in- - eluding Mrs. Taylor, who acted as' chaperone, enjoyed the ride. The even-! ing was perfect and everybody was in i good spirits.
A cfance and supper were held at Lynbrook after the ride.
Everybody voted the evening delight¬ fully spent.
The next meeting which'is to be a school day's party, will be held at the home of Miss Dusenburg.
On Wednesday the Improvement So¬ ciety of the Presbyterian   Church   and ', their   friends   to the number of   about thirty-five, went by trolley to Mineola, thence   by trolley to Port Washington. A  short  distaftce  beyond   the   trolley stop   a   shady   hilltop overlooking  the . bay was found.    The ladies were  soon seated  upon   benches   and others upon the grass, boxes were unpacked and   a bountiful luncheon was served.   Short ly after two o'clock   Port   Washington was left behind, a majority   returning by the trtdley, including a stop over at; Roslyn and Mineola.
Eight of the number went to Roslyn from Port Washington by a launch chartered for the occasion. At Roslyn the trolley was again taken for Min-: eola, all arriving at Freeport at about six o'clock. A thorough good day was , enjoyed by all. One of them.
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Last Monday evening, a very pretty ; and interesting scene was enacted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cuy- ler Morse, 14 Pearsall Ave., upon the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage. |
Many family relatives were jjresent, ; also  girlhood   friends  of   Mrs. Morse, from Brooklyn,   and boyhood conirades ' of  Mr.   Morse,   from   Hemi)stead,   as well   as   the   Freeport  neighbors, who hold   their  genial   townsman   and   his wife in   affectionate esteem.    All had assembled   at   the   little   villa   "Cozy Nook"   to  do  honor   ff)  the bride and groom of Eighteen Hundred and Nine- ; ty-Three. ¦
Standing upon a rug (a fragment of the old tapestry which, half a century ago, was beneath his parents' feet when they plighted their troth) Mr. i Morse received his guests and at his side his bride of fifteen years ago, ar¬ rayed in her wedding gown—the same shimmering white silk which had draped the youthful form of her mother back in the year Fifty-one. The cluster of orange blossoms in the coiffure of the hostess was the sacred spray that held the bridal veil upon her head as she knelt and made her mar¬ riage vows. To each feminine heart this romantic detail appealed forcibly, while masculine minds were busy mak¬ ing mathematical deductions to account for the youthfulness of both bride and groom.
It seemed that fifteen years of happy wedded life had rested lightly upon their Ficads, and it was easy to imagine an echo of wedding bells still lingering in the air and the solemn memories of the final injunction "Whom God hath joined together let no man put asun¬ der."
In recognition of this crystal cele¬ bration many handsome souvenirs were received. There were berry and salad bowls, sherbet glasses, oilve and bon bon dishes, tumblers, spoon trays, card stands, etc.
The rooms and balustrade were beautiful with roses, ferns and foliage, and daisies plucked by the hands of little Miss Mildred Morse were a poetic feature of the decorations.
Distributed about were also little tributes in wooden ware and tin ware which had previously been received in token of the fifth and tenth annivers¬ aries respectively.
There were appropriate musical se¬ lections; and much merriment, occa¬ sioned by the witty sallies of Mr. Mead of Brooklyn, who was Master of Cere¬ monies, for which he was singularly weft qualified.
An elaborate collation was served, Mr. and Mrs. Morse leading off in the procession to the dining room.
After hearty congratulations had been tendered and reiterated, and rose¬ ate prognostications for the coming years had been prayerfully suggested, gay good., nights were said, the lights quenched, and the household of Cozy Nook was in slumber, whlie the roses listened and tt^o night ataf blinked. ^
A. P.
BELLMORE
SEAFORD
LYNBROOK
B. T.JA^ing and family are now here      Mrs.   Emma   and    Mrs., Josephine'] for the Summer. ; Steck spent Sunday with friends here. I
Mrs. N. Spates, who  has  been  ser¬ iously ill, is improving.
Charles Russell had the misfortune ' to loose another one of his horses Sun-' (lay. I
Mr.   and  Mrs.   John    Beekman    of! Hemspstead  spent Suanday with Miss Ada Conlon. ,
The parsonage of the Methodist ¦ Church is being renovated and partly ! papered. j
Mr. and Mrs.George Crowningshields I will return to their Summer home here I early next week.
Miss Dora Fountain of Eastport is ; spending a couple weeks with Mr. and ! Mrs. Vernie Fountain. I
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffords of Jersey City i have  been   spending a few days  with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Burke. I
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Mr.    and   Mrs.   A.   L.    Roberts  of i Brooklyn   have   been   spending   a few days with Wm. Brockman. I
P^ank Robert's house on Oak  Street; is   nearing   completion,   and   will    be ready for occupancy early in July. :
A strawberry festival will beheld by the Woman's Guild in the Guild Room this Saturday evening.
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Mrs. Hannah Durkee of Bensonhurst and Miss Louella Condit of Brooklyn are visiting Mrs. Wm. Condit.
Next Sunday morning. Rev. George . A. Gibson of Bellmore and Rev. Sam- j uel E. laft will exchange pulpits. [
* It is anticipated that the  new office will be io readiness for occupan* within a few days.
The Lynbrook team will   cross  bat with the Clinton A. C, of Brooklyn a| Lynbrook, on Saturday afternoon
Under the auspices of the Lynbi Gun Club an outing and all day shoo| will be held on Independence DayjJ' July 4th.
Adj.   Millard   F.   Cook   and  his aoK^ CilfTord L. Cook are spending the we« in camj) with their regiment, the cel«
brated 23rd.
Mr. and Mrs.   William   Dymock,   Of Earl avenue, will sail for  Scotland July 4th,   where   they  anticipate maining for a few months.
W. Holt and family of New Jersey ! Another dance was given by tho are spending a few days with Mrs. ; Unity Club in the Y. M. I. C. Wednes- Holt's sister, Mrs. Hatfield Smith.        I day evening: successful, as usual.
Samuel Self has pruchased the resi- i The M. E. Church has boen newly dence of Samuel Post of Freeport, on ' Papered, giving it a iJleasing effect. Bedford Avenue, near the new school.   | The paper  was   donated by a friend of
1 the church, Ansel Raynor.
School closes Friday for the Sum¬ mer vacation. It is expected that when school reopens in the Fall, it will be in the new building.
The entertainment in aid of the Pres¬ byterian Church last Friday night, held in Firemen's Hall, drew one of the largest crowds ever seen in the hall, and it was well worth it, too, ac¬ cording   to   reports,   as   the   children.
! On Sunday evening last, a large con- I gregation, numbering nearly one hun- j dred, attended tho Children's Day ser¬ vices at the Methodist Episcopal ! Church.
Quite  a  neat  sum   was realized bj the Mandarin Tea  and  Ja|)anese  fet that was held on Wednesday last undwjfl the  auspices of the Woman's Guild of-^ Christ Church.
At  a meeting of the Lynbrook CluJ held   on   Thursday  evening last it waiij decided  to  hold   but  one    meeting month during the months of June, July^ and August.
A   horse  ownefl   by   Edward   Bateai,| was killed in a  most  peculiar  mann« last   week.    In   atteni[)ting to back wagon, it overturned, falling upon til horse, breaking its back.
Samuel E. Smith, a resident of this place for the past twenty-five years, died at his home corner Seaman Neck Road and Hickory Street, very sudden-
drinedVjHines Stiles; took their parts ! ^y Friilay of heart disease aged 73 years.
exce{)tioiially well.
Dr. Geo. G. Ktaiey, V. S., is still with the Frceport Veterinary Hospital at 7ti X. Main St.; ftl., l<iO-L-f; spavins, curbs and spliurs trciited while the animal works. tf.
He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. William H. Condit, one sis¬ ter, Mrs. Hannah Durkee of Benson¬ hurst, and two brothers, both residing in California. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon. Rev. S. E. Taft,   pastor  of  the   M.   E.    Church,
 _ j officiating,   and  the   interment was in
At the Bellmore Meat Market, John | the Amityville Cemetery. Adel Prop., specials for this week are i Mr. Smith was a native of Brooklyn Smoked Ham, 14c; Cal. Ham, 10c; i and was well known in some sections. Shoulders of Veal, 12c; Legs of Veal, ! having been in the carpentry business 14c. All meats bear the inspector's j there for many year.-i. He was a stamps. * rnember of. the old Brooklyn  Volunteer
Fire Department. George Bloch was attacked in his Uoon removing to Seaford, he for barn by two negroes Wednesday after- j awhile continue*! his carpentering bus- noon and, after being beaten into un- ' iness, but later started in the jdumb- consciousness, was robbed of about i ing business, which he followed up to $1000 and checks amounting to from | the time of his retirement from active $1000 to $1500.    ^ I life,   and   .such   was the extent of  the
When Bloch went into his barn   soon ' business  he" conducted that he is well afternoon,   to feed his horses   a   negro * remembered all through this section.
Fred Carman has returned to hia^ regular position as station agent Edgemere, and his position at Lyn«ii brook has been filled by James Hunt^f who was in the employ of the Centr R. R. of N. J., at Greenvale, foralong;,'j period.
Mr.   and Mrs. H. L. Grey are enter*| taining   Miss Eva Hall of   Cambridge shire,   England,   at    their    residenca^| Union avenue.    Miss Hall intends  re»f maining   in    this   country   until    til late   fall,   when she will return to  h< home accompanied by   her  aunt.   Ml Grey.
WANTAGH
jumped from the hay mow and attacked
him   with  a club.    At  the same time
another  negro  ran   from  a  stall and
joined   in   the  assault,   after  making |
the barn   door   fast  from   the   inside. !     The   last   meeting   for the   Summer
Before   Bloch   could   cry   out   he   was | of   the   Ladies' Aid   Society   was held
knocked    senseless.     His   housekeeper | Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Albert
missed    him   and   went  to   the   barn, j C Half.
where she found him lying on the floor, i ~~~~
He  revived  and   told  of   the   attack. !     At  a  special  school  meeting    held
Dr. Carman of Freeport was called   to i Tuesday   evening.   W.    C.     Doncaster
attend to Bloch's injuries   and   Sheriff ; presiding, a Union Free School District
Foster was then informed by telephone, i was formed and   the   following   Board
The woods around Bellmore, Wantagh, : "f Education elected:    W. C.   Doncas-
Seaford and  Mas.sapequa    were   thor-j ter. John H. Davis, Edgar J.  Seaman,
oughly searched, but without success.      V/. F. Dean and (Jeorge E.   Box.     Dr.
  1 Cooley,    School    Commissioner,     was
The   monthly   meeting  of the Board! P^^^^ent  and  explained   the   merits of
the Union Free School system.
The annual picnic of the Memorial Sunday School will be held next Wednesday in Mr. Costello's grove, South of the railroad station. .Mr. Cowles wiil have charge of the athletic games and many prizes will be given to the fortunate winners and there will be others who will provide amusement for the members of the School, while the ladies will look after the refresh¬ ments. If stormy, picnic will be held on the first fine day.
Children's Day services was held in , the Memorial Church last Sunday, when ! Rev. T. S. Braithwaite preached an ' appropriate sermon in the morning and •¦ two children were baptized. In the evening the children rendered "Voices [ of Creation" interspersed with recita- i tions and wmgs. The people are evi- ! dently interested in the work of the : young people as shown by the fact 1 that the Church could not possibly ac I commodate the people who desired to ! hear them. The church was tastefully i decoraccd for the occasion. Mrs. I Rhoda Jackson accompanied the chil- ' dren on the piano. -_^^__
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of Trade was held last Thursday night. | The railroad committee reported that | they hafl informed the Long Island Rail- 1 road Company of the need of a new i passenger station here and also a jijis-, senger shed on the south side of the ] tracks; that the officials of the railroad j had assured the committee that atten-, tion would be given the proposition. ] The committee also reported that the company had sent here eight car loads of cinders and blue stone to im-1 prove the property surrounding the sta-: tion. i
The  committee   also  reported   that; R.   P.   Jeffrey had donated plants  and flowers  for  a flower bed near the sta- i tion.
Mr. Bowne reported that he had con¬ ferred with Girdell V.  Brower,   super-: intendent  of   conduit?, in reference to ] having the city's property improved in appearance, where the infiltration gal- j leries were built, and that Mr.  Brower; had promised to send men here to  im¬ prove  same  as  soon  as work is slack elsewhere for his men. j     The committee on highways reported that  i"  order  to have the Newbridge ! Road macadamized from Frisch's cor- i ner to the Merrick Road a  proposition I would have to be submitted to the peo-
j pie to vote upon.	
i    The secretary  was directed  to re-1'
I quest the  raiUroad company to widen |     For the benefit of St. Mary's  R.   C. its crossing at Bellmore Avenue, to | Chnrch an entertainment will be held I place a bell there and erect a fence be- L in Firemen's Hall on Thursday even- tWMD tbe tracks. I ing, June 25.
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At the annual meeting of Lynbr C(juncil, No. 12, Jr. O. U. A. M., hpl on Monday night, the followin.g officel were elected:: C, Samuel 1). Thoni| son.; V. C, Wm. E. VanDeusen; R. 8,^ Ed. Valentine; F. S., Ralph ThompaooL A. R. S., Alfred Terry; Tr., Chas. Kp^ Terry; chaplain Everelt E. Davis; W* John Lockwood; Con..Russell Roberts] rep. to S. (;., S. D. Thompson ai ("has. E. Terry ; alternates, Jere Mun^ dell and Ed. W. Valentine; O. S., WI bur  (".   Mott; I. S., Israel Langdon.
The fourth of the series of shoots : the Walsrode trophy,   which   is   beil shot under the auspices of tjie Lynbr (iun   (!lul)   was   held    on    the    clubf grounds  on   Saturday  afternoon  ll and   resulted   as follows: John G. Al rams,   (5) 25; Walter E. Johnson, (BJ 25;    J.    Frank    Steers,    (5),   23; Frank .Simonson, (6), 22.
;!()0 birds are to be sh(jt at in twelVI sho<jts, anrl the following is  the  sc of those who have already shot at   14 birds: J. Frank Steers,  78;   J.   Fl Simonson,   76; John G. Abrams, 75.
An   interesting   program    was  pt sented   at   the   meeting   of the Fric Club   which   was held at the resides of   Mrs. Jay Chambers, the   Presic Mrs.   Peter   A. Blake presiding. . following   program    was     present mandolette   duet,   the   Misses    J< Hutcheson   and Jennie Fowler; recil tion,   Mrs.   J.   S.   Bradbury;   readil Mrs. Chambers.     Following the  at programs   refreshments   were    servi during  the    course    of    which    Mi Chambers was presentetT with a   hai
I .some  token  as a souvenir of the sion.    The  next meeting   will be
'at  the  residence  of  Mrs.   MiUanl
' Cook,Hempstead avenue.
St. Jamea M. E. Church wan crowd to its utmost capacity on Sunday ev4 ing in honor of (Jhildren's   Day   whl was fittingly observed.    Several sel ¦ tions were rendered by Mr. Barreut and  a  number of his violin pupils companied by  Mis.s   Flossie  Simon organist who renderd selections ap| priate to the occasion.    The enter ment was under  the  direction  of N.   Ridge, superintendent  of tbe i day  School,   and  the recitations songs rendered  by  the children ' certainly  of a   high    order.    Al : those  who took  a  prominent I th« entftrtainnfj^nt were Ksthlses^ er,   Beatrice Post,    R.     Carter Eleanor Hutcheson.    The cburelii^ prettily decorated with flowen presented an attractive   apf
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