Nassau County Review 19071122

              VOL. XIII
_^ FREEPORT NEWS
The addition to the Maphattan House is nearly completed.
Don't forget that sale of the proper¬ ty corner of West Merrick Road and South Bay View Avenue to-morrow; see adv.
Entries for the five-men team bowl¬ ing tournament at the Freeport Club closeH»-morrow night. The contests begin Dec. 2.
There is a good line of Post Cards especially for Thanksgiving*on sale at the Stationery Department of the Nassau County Review.
The removaV of the large trees from in front of Myer and S. A. Williams' properties, opposite the new Post Office, is a hig improvement,
Union Thanksgiving services wiil be held in the Presbyterian Church next Thiirsday moring. Rev. D. A. Jordan of'the M. E. Church will preach.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dixon will celebrate their fifteenth wedding an¬ niversary on Saturday evening of this week at their home on Elliott Street.
The Freeport Dyeing Works has moved to the former residence of S. A. Williams, opposite the new post office, which has heen fitted over for the pur¬ pose.
To keep your skin from chapjiing all winter use a lotion that heals faster than winds can roughen. Chas. P. Smith recommends such a preparation in his ad in this issue. It.
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1907
Floyd Covert of Jamaica spent   Sat-'     A well-lighted store brings   custom"-'     Dr. George C Kelley, V. S., ia still   were  granted   applications   for water,
' ~ '    A.    VanNostrand,
electric   light   ser-
urday and Sunday with friends here.     I ers.    Gas light gives the best  illumin-^ with the Freeport Veterinary Hospital   as  was  also  John
First-classrooms and board, $5..50; five and a half per week. Address P. O. Box 182. It.
lation at the lowest price.
It.
Miss Elsie Grimm and sister from Baldwin, music pupils of Mrs. M. M. Dikeman, were her guests on Sunday.
Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., will attend divine service in the Epis. copal Church Sunday evening, Dec I.
Dickens' "Christmas Carol" recital will be held in the Presbyterian Church December 4 at 8 p. m.
at 76 N Main St.; telephone i spavins, curbs and splints ' while the animal works.
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Next Wednesday   evening   a    lively . tirne will be had at the Freep?h-t   Club house, including a special bowling con¬ test for turkeys.
Ocean Avenue, for vice.
President Morrison called attention to the fact that the N. Y and L. I. Tel¬ ephone Co. had di.s.solved, and the 'phones installed by thern in the fire houses were now out of lommission he .said the N. Y. ^and N. J. Telephone Co., their successors, had offered to take the old instruments out and j»ut in new ones in each house and keep the phones in good order, without any ex¬ pense for fire purposes. It was decid¬ ed to accept this generous offer
• Do you want a piano—a good one? See the adv. of the Anderson Co. in the Review this week. * You can see the Jiiano at the home of the local rejjre- sentative, Mr. Watkiiis, before making up your mind.
The Stationery Department of the Nassau County Review has received a number of copies of a jolly sea song, "The Fog Bell," by Prof. A. Pala¬ mountain, copies of vvhich are now for sale; price, 35c.
The foot-ball game at Freeport Ath¬ letic Park Saturday afternoon drew a large crowd of enthusiasts to witness the contest between Freeport and Flushing High School teams. The game resulted a tie, 5 to 5.
Miss Mabel Beatrice Powers and Hannah L. Smith of this village were among the class of graduates from Heffley Institute, Brooklyn, who re¬ ceived their diplomas (amanuensis co.urse) Friday evening, at the semi¬ annual graduation exercises.
Owing to changes in mail service and for other ecjually valid reasons the Review will now be issued Fridays in¬ stead of Thursdays as heretofore. Next week we vvill appreciate the ear¬ ly receipt of news copy and advs., ow¬ ing to Thursday being a holiday.
The flower fair of the M. E. Sunday School Tuesday and W^ednesday was a big success, the lecture room, in which the event was held, being crowded both nights, and the demand at the supper table exceeding all expectations. The officers and scholars worked hard for the success of this fair, and are to be congratulated on the result.
A musical service   will   be   held   on Siinday  evening,   Nov.   24. at 7:30 p. m. in the   Church   of the Transfigura¬ tion ;    Long   Beach   Avenue and  Pine St; priest-in-charge. Rev.  Pelham   St. George Bissell; organist and choirmas¬ ter, E. S. Tebbutt. The opening march, Rev. Richard S. Holmes, D.   D.,   L. ! will be a trio from  Meyerbeer's "Dev. L. D., of   Philadelphia, editor-in-chief; Prophete" for organ, cornet and tfom- The September-October issue of The { of "The   Westminister,"   will   occupy ' bone, played by E. S. Tebbutt,  Carroll Sudent is now out.    Single copies   can   the pulpit of the Presbyterian   Church { Gunning and Harrison Gunning.  There be secured from Paul Johnson, circula-  on Sunday. ,    ' will also be a tenor solo by H.   Betzig,
tion manager. j   ' ^ duet for soprano and tenor by   Robt.
The  Mascot,   one  of  the boats for- ' Humphrey and Harold Goller and  .sev- There was a good attendance at   the i merly   u.sed   by   the i^esahore Railroad \ eral   choral   selections   by   the   vested Freeport    Club    Wednesday    evening | Co. as a ferry to   Point   Lookout,   and   choir.    All are cordially invited. , „„,.o„,^„„^„,i ,u„, the villat?e   nav
when the Military Euchre and dancing   which has been sunk in the   middle   of       The other services of the day will be   i"" reconin,^^^,^^, t^at tne village^ jjd.v was enjoyed. ' the   Freeport   River   off    Walter    R. i Holy Communion at 8, and matins and
Smith's dock for .some time was finally i ante-communion at 10:00 o'clock. The N. Y. and N. J. Tel.   Co  has  a .. raised  so  as to be swung in alongside large force of men at  work   removing ! the dock by a number of the boat-own- the wires, etc, of the defunct  "local" ] ers on Saturday afternoon  last.    It   is
NO. 4 BELLMORE
.•Albert Dean has purchased a horse.
Leander Brown is hunting big game in Penn.sylvania.
Fred Wood is confined to his home in Smithville South with rheumatism.
Elbert Fish and Henry Golder are enjoying a week in the east b.iy, gun¬ ning.
FJdward Ascoli is now conducting a taxidermist establishment in coniiec-
As  a   special    committee   President   ''"'" ''''^^ ^'« tonsorial j^arlors Morri.son said that the cement walk at the    junction   of   Main    and    ("hurch Streets had cost .?200; that he had col¬ lected $134.50 by private subscription,
telephone company.
Village Trustees
All the members of the Board of Trustees were jiresent at the meeting Friday evening.
Leonard Golden and Joseph Ritchie requested an extension of East Rail¬ road; Avenue   fronting   their projierty
rumored that the company owning   the dredges at Long Beach   has   purchased Jacob   Post  has   moved    his    small | the  boat  and  will   make   it over into office J building on  Main   St.,   opjiosite : Hving room for its employees.
the   Manhattan   House,   to make room 	
for a larger building. Daniel Ellison, the oldest resident of I referred to Street Committee
; Freeport, died at the residence  of  his :     A   communication   from    Chas.     E. On Thanksgiving Day,   next  Thurs-, daughter,   Mrs.   James    P.    Madison, i Raynor, C. W. Bedell, E. T.  Cheshire, day.   the  services   in'the    Episcopal  Grand Avenue, Sunday afternoon in his  John Canipbell and others owning prop- Church will be Holy Communion at 8a.   hundredth year   from infirmities   inei-  erty on   Madison   Avenue,   Porterfield
dental to old age, augmented bv a frae- Place and Third Place, was presented, i books to the Village Treasurer. John tured right thigh which he .sustained ' asking the Board to fix the "disgrace-! L. Golding, who will now receive the by a fall about two weeks ago. ' ful and unhealthy condition allowed  to ! tax   for  the   last   year,   which is long
The deceased has been a resident of ' exist on those roads." The Board re-! overdue if not yet jiaid. Freeport all his life, being born in this ' ferred the matter to the street com- village. During his active life he oc- mitttee, who promised to give some cupied the calling of an oysterman temporary relief, but stated that they and bayman until old age compelled did no\ believe anything much could be him to refrain from active   work.     He : done   at  jiresent.    The  roads   at    the
the balance, and a draft was ordered drawn for the amount. This was in accordance with a resolution of the Board previously jiassed. It was also stated that C. P. Sniith, the pre.sent owner of this plot, had agreed to deed it to the village without expense.
The Baord audited a number of rou¬ tine bills bef(,>re adjourning to ft-iday evening, Dec. 6, when bids for the paving of Main St., .subject to the vote of the" "special t-lection, will be opened.
It was resolved that Tax Collector Dorlon   be   instructed   to   turn   in   his
Advance Hook and Ladder and En¬ gine Co. vvill give a dance in Firemen's Hall on Thank.sgiving Day evening, next Thursday.
and o'clock
matins  and  sermon    at     10
Sunday morning will be "Old Folk's ^ Home Day" in the M. E. Church, when the   pastor,   Rev.   D.   A.   Jordan, will preach them an especial sermon.
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A Mothers' Meeting of the W U. will be held^on Monday, Nov. ir o'clock   at the home of Mrs. Nelson H. Smith, Merrick Road, corner Grove Street.
It was decided to order a barrel of oil from the Wm. P. .Miller Co. and one from the Vacuum Oil Co., to  try both.
The matter of sewerage came up but was laid over temjiorarily,
was always known for his honesty, and point under discussion are low, and as "Uncle Daniel" he became a well | were made worse when the Merrick known and esteemed figure in Free- Road vvas by the county authorities port. He leaves two sons and three raised about two feet .so that the water daughters, Alan.soii Elli.son, Sr., and , backs up on Madison Avenue and be- Henry Ellison of Freeport, Mrs. James i comes stagnant. The Board has recog- P. Madison of Freejxirt, and Mrs. Gil- nized the condition and has given ser- son Verity and Mrs. Leonard Verity of Baldwin, to mourn his loss. He also leaves 28 grand-children. 44 great- grand-children and G great-great-grand
children. Morrison   informed them that it would
The funeral services were held Tues- i cost from seven to eight hundred dol- day afternoon at his late resfdence, ! Iars to do the necessary draining for Rev. Dwight A Jordan, 1). D., pastor this work, which must lie commenced of ^the   Methodist   Episcopal    Church, I at   Seaman   Avenue,   so   hs  to include
A jiortable gas lamp makes a u.seful and delightful holiday gift. It.
"The New York Tailor," has moved three doors north to the former quar¬ ters of the Freeport Bank. The place vacated by the New York Tailor is now occupied by Robert J.  Murray.
The attention of villagers is called to the fact that they have neither mor¬ al or legal right to build bonfires on Sundays and if the jiractice continues someone may be punished for it.
The euchre of the Nassau ("ounty Ladies' Aid Society in Fraternity Hall, which was to have been held Wed¬ nesday evening, was postponed to Dec. 4. on account of another euchre being held on the date previously selected.
Hempstead and Freejiort High School foot-ball teams met at Athletic Park Tuesday afternoon. The visitors were defeated by the score of 28 to 0. A feature of the game was a 108 yard run by (."randell of the Freeport   team.
Wide Awake Engine  Company   will  gave  as   his reason for resigning that possible his talk about forcing thetn to
have a house warming   and   entertain-   he   had   attained   the   age  of 70 years do anything was out of place as it was
ment for a number of ita friends   next   last September, and he believed in the optional   whether    the    streets    were
W ednesday     evening.      Their     new i theoi-y that any preacher, having reach- worked or not, not having been dedica-
J. W. Fitzsimons stated that a large limb was broken from a tree in front of his residence on Merrick Road, coi¬ ner Ocean Avenue referred to street committee. "
President Morrison suggested that a test be arranged between the new   fire
N.   Myer   and Lewis VanHorn sjient a jKirtion of the week in the  bay   gun¬ ning.    They   rejiort a  good   time   but ! not much agme.
The work of extending Wilson Ave¬ nue from Bellmore to Bedford Avenues is rapidly jirogressing and will be an imjirovement to the village.
Cajit. Adam Emeigh had two gun¬ ning boats and about twenty-five duck stool stolen from his dock last Frida.y.
I He   is   looking   for   the  culjirit "with
I blood in his eye."
I .Samuel Post, who has his new cot- ¦ tage on Bedford Avenue, south of the I dejiot, well under way, has broken ground for another of similar dimen¬ sions on the adjoining lot.
A clay Jiigeon shoot will be held on Thank.sgiving Day in the lot opjiosite Bowne's store, commencing at 2:30 ji. m. A new double barreled shot gun will be given for the best s«ore. In the morning the regular annual shoot for turkeys vvill take place. Bowne and .Sorrenson are managing the affair.
ious consideration to the matter as was | engine and the old one he; believed both | shown by their thorough discussion of I were cajiable of good work, and it would it with the gentlemen Jiresent repre-! be a good thing for the village if the senting   the    petitioners.       President  <^apacity   of   the   old   engine should be
shown, as it would be easier to sell it if it was shown tiiat it could throw a good stream of water. At this junc¬ tion Chief Cozzens jiaid a comjilirnent to his firemen. Trustee Patterson said the old engine was all right till it was taken to Mineola several years ago and worked there all day when every¬ body got drunk, and the engine had been no good since. Chief (Jozzens re¬ plied to Mr. Patterson that we have none of tho.se kind of firemen now; that we now have the finest fire dejiart¬ ment on Ijong Island, and since he has been chief his men always came home sober when they went out on parade or drill.
The following were ajiproved as members of Wide Awake Engine (.'om¬ pany : Oscar Rupert, (ieo. 1). Raynor, .Marshall   C.   Smith,   Jas.    Hanse   and
the proper draining of Pearsall and Long Beach Avenues and Wallace Street, and that the money could not now be used. The matter will prob¬ ably be referred to the   voters  at   the
officiating, and the   interment,   which followed, was in Freeport Cemetery.
Coming as an additional surpri.se   in Church   circles   is   the   announcement
made by Rev. K. P. Ketcham, jiastor \ next village election. The Board was of the Presbyterian Church, that he | told by Mr. Lang, who resides at cor- had decided to sever his connection j ner of Madison Avenue and Merrick with the church, and accordingly ten- ¦ Road, and who was one of the peti- dered |his resignation after the ser-; tioners that the Board waa asketl to at- vice Sunday morning, and that he tend to this work and if they did not I would make application to the Nassau see to it, they would probably be com- Presbytery. which meets in Decem- pelled to. The people were paying ber. for dissolution of the relations ex- taxes and were entitled to the supjiort isting between hitn and the church. of the village in their present   trouble.
Dr. Ketcham, who has been in charge   President Morrison replied  that   while of the church for nearly fourteen years,   the Board would give him all the relief  ^oh^ri Nugent
The feud between the oyster plant¬ ers and the baymen jand dammers of the town of Hempstead, which was carried in to the Supreme (^ourt some tiMe ago, when Charles Carman and others of Baldwin sought an injunction restraining the Town Board from grant¬ ing further licen.ses to plant oysters for lands under water in Hempstead Bay, has been won by the oystermen. Justice Lester Clark, before whom the motion was argued, having handed down a decision adverse to the petition of the baymen. In their jietition the baymen contended that the original grants of the Dutch governor Keift in 1644, and of the Engli.sh governor, Dongan. iti 1684, gave the individuals of the town a vested right in landa under water, and that consequently the oyster licenses granted by the Town Board were not valid. The court upholds that as the lands under water are owned by the- town as a corjiora- tion, the State statutes give the "Town Board power to grant  leases applies.
LOST. — Brown Chesapeake Bay Dog. Nov. IS, about the size of a setter; return to M. F. Milbank. 206 Church St., Freeport; reward given.
house, corner Pine and Church   St.,   is fixed up in fine shape.
The reason the Wide Awake Engine Company is still taking the old engine to fires instead of the new one is that the Village Board still has charge of the new engine and not the company, to whom it will be officially delivered next Wednesday evening. k
Sunday services for the Baptist Church are as follows; Preaching by the Jiastor at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; morning subject, "Christ's En¬ dorsement of the Old Testament:" evening .subject, "The Ninth Com¬ mandment--Law    Against     (lossip;"
The bills (if C. M. Flint and 11. F. Miller for sidewalks built, permission having been given some weeks ago, were allowed and the clerk directed to credit them with three-fourths  of   the
ed  that  age,   and  being  in charge of  ted to the village.
a vigorous church, should resign, rath-       Chief   Engineer   Cozzens of the   fire | amount on their resjiective road taxes.
On Saturday evening of last week, Sadie R., eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bowne, and (ieorge A., Jr., eldest son of Mr. aiKi Mrs. (ieorge A. Smith, were united in mar¬ riage. Rev. Dr. Shoemaker, jiastor of the M. E. Church, jierforming the cer¬ emony. The bride was attended by her sister Miss Florence Bowne, while Walter Smith, brother of the groom, acted as best man. They intend mak¬ ing their home in this village. The boys in form us that "George came down with the treats when called for, so he's all right."
er than remain until declining  powers department said that sidewalk contrac
should cause a division in the   congre- tors  were  taking  water  for    cement
gation as to whether he  ought  to  re- walks and from   the   vilhage  hydrants
main or retire.    He said he deeply  re- and getting them in bad condition, and
gretted   to  announce  his   retirement, recommended   that the   Board prohi-bit
but did so   after   careful   deliberation, this in the future which it was decided Ue  said   he   realized that there might: to do.    The  hydrants  are  necessarily
be some vvho would rirobably not  sane- kept tight for fire purjioses yet  allow-
tion his retirement, but he begged the ed to be opened by anybody  who  haii-
congregation to   be   unanimous   in   re- pens to come along with a wrench   and' , sjiect  to   it,   and   support  his wishes. I a water barrel and a piece of  hose,   if
He  urged  this so that there might be for  sidewalk   jiurposes,    the    regular
ro division of the   congregation.     Pas- price being paid for the water of course,
tor   Ketcham   sjioke   feelingly   of   the The Village is willing to sell the water   we must leave them out.
Permission was also given to John A. VanNostrand, Ocean Avenue and Archer St, and A. S. Johnson, North Main Street, to lay sidewalks at their own exjiense, the village authorities having withdrawn the rebate offer.
The editor of the Review has been re(juested several times to announce the result of euchres and other contests of this kind. While we would like to oblige our readers the jiost-master is obliged to withold our pajiers from the mails with such   announcements   in   so
kindnesses which he and his wife had in small  quantities  for  this   pui;-piose
Sunday School at' ii:30 p.   m,;   Friday  enjoyed from the congregation and the but it was rightfully decided  that  the
evening at 8 p. m. the regular  weekly ' People of Freeport generally.    He  an- contractors   must  find some other way
prayer meeting. nounced there would be  a  meeting  of of jirocuririg the water than  by  allow-
  the  church   session Tuesday evening, ing   their  men   to ojien  fire hydrants.
The   fire  department  was called out' when it was exjiected to consider  call- It was also stated that the trolley com
HEMPSTEAD
Subscribers are requested tb send us their Street and No,
At the fair to be held in the Parish House by the Young Ladie.s' Club of the Presbyterian Church, Thursday, Sunday evening about six o'clock for ing a congregational meeting to join , pany was fillings it watering car from j the Junior Department of Mission an alarm of fire in the fifth district, at' in a jietition to the Nassau Presbytery ; the hydrant,/at the corner of Seaman ' Work will have charge of the supjier the corner of Ocean and Randall Ave- for dissolution pf the pastoral rela-; Avenue and Main Street, and taking. which will be served from 5 :30 to 8 p. nues, where a fierce blaze was issuing | tioiis, as Pastor Ketcham has request- the water out oif the village for sprink- j ni. from  the  rwif of  J.  B. Cartwright's 1 ed. ; ling purposes.    They do not  pay   any- j
barn ; the quick response  of  the  fire-;     During the period he has had charge! thing for the water they use. {     A few days ago a  representative  of
men kept the blaze from spreading and ' of the local church,  Dr.   Ketcham   has |     Trustee Bedell olifered  a  resolution, j the  Society   for    the    Prevention    of confined the damage principally to  the | endeared hiiViself to the his  congrega-| which  was  adopited,   instructing    the  Cruelty to Animals  made  his  appear-
tion, some of whom are overwhelmed i clerk to advertise for bids for paving'ance here and after going '.n a tour by tbe announcement of hia retire-| Main Street from Seaman Avenue to' of inspection in the animal line put an ment, and to villagers generally. Mrs. | Bedell St., also fi^m the Railroad ' end to the usefuless of Isaiah Steven- Ketcham, who was formerly Miss Reta I track, south  to  Bedell  St.,   separate-j son's horse, the miserable brute which
second floor of the barn. Mr. Cart wright had his auto out at the time in company with his brother-in-law, A. J. Murley, but returned in time to help in extinguishing the flames, he being a mero'oer of Wide Awake Engine Co. The" blaze >i;>robably started from a lantern.
FtimI Menf»ndeii>of Bellmore gnaraii , tees as repres(*uM(l' everything sold by | him.     No   exageration or   miinreprent- ation.   If in need   of   a   carrage   or .    , i f 1.        «j wagon, write for a rAproeentatire   to
SO as to insure prompt deliver^ oalff ocpartioolara: se« adv. tf
Crane,   of  the   Freeport  High School j ly    so  that    the   question  of  paving | has done duty long in the service of the I staff, hav'.ng charge of the kindargar- ] the street can be submitted to the  vo- { negro.    Further   investigations of the I ten.   has   been an active worker, with  ters  at  a  sjiecial  election  as soon as   conditions of  animals  here  will   un- her husband,   in   the    religious    field. : possible. doubtedly be made, and if any residents
jThey   have  not  settled upon plans for i     Howard W. V/haley was approved as  aware of cases of abuee ar.d  maltreat- the future.  , ; a member of Ever Ready Hose Co. No.   ment, will notify the society  at their
Dr. Ketcham   is  b^eloved  by every i 1. New York City hedaquartars the  mat-
body aod we eaiT/eatly hope that he [ J. M. Seaman. North Main St., Wm. ter will be looked into without any will not decide to nuike his home else-, T. Rider, West Seaman Avenue, and chance of disclosure as to where they where than in Freeport Mra.  Kate PafT,   North Main Street,  obUined their infonnation.
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BALDWIN
M. DaSilva has ojiened a pool roon* on (irand Ave., formerly Birch's  Hall.
Mrti. B. J. ('. .\bel and sons have returnbd to their home here after a month's stay in Brofiklyn.
Mr. and Mrs. VVm. Morrison and sons of New York have been visiting Mrs. L. A. Baldwin.
A number of friends tendered Mrs. Howard Wortman a surjirise party last Thursday evening at her home on Cen¬ tral Avenue.
Toj) delivery well an as oj^eu business wajions suitable for groeers, buteher.s, etc., Menendez (-arriiL'c njiository, Hell- iiinre : sec adv. tf
Attention of music students is called to the adv. of Mrs. M. M. Dikeman in this issue. Mrs. Dikeman is well pre¬ pared for her work and is conveniently located.
Chas. Miller began to receive taxes at his home on Harrison Avenue Wed¬ nesday, Nov. 20, and will continue to do so until Dec. 20, at one per cent. After that date, five per cent. Rate $2.19; last year, $1.70.
The M. L. S. met at the home of .Mr' and Mrs. Francis Miller last Fri¬ day evening. The reading cour.se "Our Own Country," was taken uji. and a pleasant evening spent. The next meeting will be at the Misses Pettit's Monday evening.
The funeral service over the re¬ mains of the late John Remmett, who died suddenly on Thursday last, in his 45th year, of heart failure augmented by dropsical complications, was held at his late home on Sunday afternoon last Rev. Prank M. Kerr of Hemp¬ stead officiating, with interment in Greenfield Cemetery. The deceased left a widow to mourn his loss. He was a member of Merioke Tribe of Red Men, of Rockville Centre, and he waa also H member of the Nassau Exempt Firemen's Association.
The Baldwin Fire Department at-, tended the service in a body aa did al¬ ao the Tribe of Red Men.
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