Nassau County Review 19140911

              Nassau County Revievv
Official Paper of .Nassau County
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1914
Voh XIX, No. 37
Freeport
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
Tbe^ time" are for ."'antiy  Hm-k.    U-Klnct 12 niiDUte* fur H. riip«t«^Hil Huy)
Friday, Sept.
Saturday,
Sanday,
Monday,
Tueaday,
Wednesday,
Thuraday,
Friday,
Saturday,
11
12
13
14
16
16
17
18
19
12:06 p. m.
12:64 p. m.
1 -.62 p. m.
2:54 p. m.
3;67 p. m.
4:57 p. m.
5:52 p. m.
6:22 p. m.
7:10 p. m.
Single copies of the Review for sale at Greenhlatt's and Braithwaite's, Railroad Avenue: Kiefer's, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go- bet2'B, Main Street; DaSilva's, West Merriclc Road. tf.
James E. Stiles j^is confined to his home by an attack of sore throat.
Wide sidewalks are being built on the west side of Grove Street, running nt-brly down to Ellison's Point.
Wi.liam McFarlane has completed the addition to his store, corner Olive Boulevard and Main Street, and now has a neat and well equipped place.
The storage sheds along the railroad track at the village plant have been removed, the material now being stored in the large new sheds recently com¬ pleted.
R. Hennenlotter has moved his gro* c«ry store frem the R. A. Combs build¬ ing on M%in Street to a large building erected by him on the same street, a littie further north, at the head of Raynor Street.
JR. 0. U. A. M. DEPART WELL SATISFIED!       Local Topics        piRE DEPARTMENT HAS SUCCESSFUL DAY     ^^' Wilson Home
New York State Coancil Completes its Forty- Second Annual Session on Tuesday After Election of Officers
OVER ONE HUNDRED REPRESENTATIVES ARE  ENTERTAINED
The O. K. Bakery lunch room in the building at the northeast corner of M»ii; Street and Merrick Road, Is now open. This is a neat |)lace where m person can .secure a ligiit lunch and enjoy  i'. in comfort.
Werner Nygren, presidont of the Freeport Club, and senior member of the firm of Nygren, Tenney & Ohmes, who he.n been confined to his home re. coverinj; from a serious operation, is improving nicely, and expects to be arcund in a few days, although it will be some timf before he will he able to attend to husiness as usual.
T. A. Martin, jr.. of 30 Bedell Street, has received word from the management of the New York State Fair at Syracuse that he was awardad three pri;:es in poultry. He exhibited five Buff Wyandottes, winning first cockerel out of a class of nine, second hen out of a class of two, and one young hen out of a class of three. Mr. Martin will exhibit at the Mineola •^air.
The fall time-table of the L. I. R. R. went into effect Wednesday.
The eastbound trains arriving at 7:02. 10:25 a. m., 1:28 and 2:86 p. m. Saturdays only, and 12:17 p. m. are discontinued, and a new one arrives at 9 :22 ; westbound 11:38 a. m., 1:40 and 8:16, and 1:59 night discontinued and a new one added, 8:27 p. m . in place of the 8:16; Sundays, 2:48 eastbound discontinued and 11:24 westbound changed to 10:54.
"Freport's first convention" came Pearsall. to an end on Tuesday night, and every- The young ladies assisting in the thing went so near as plannned in ad- music were the Misaes Margaret Phil vance that it is safe to say that Free- lips, Bessie Guest, Marguerite Living- port has received the advertising it stone, Ella Daniels, Majorie Forbes, sought and deserved and tbat the time Myrtle Gissell, Freda Yoang, Helen and efTort used in preparing for the de Castro, convention were well spent. MONDAY MORNING   SESSION
Most  of   the  delegatea   arrived  on . •
Sunday, members of the committee ^ After the opening exercises, the frorri Freeport Council meeting all ! Council went into executive session, trains,   and wearing aroand the
red or   blue   bands   with   the         , , ....
"Freepoit,   L.   I.,  No. 57. Jr    0.   0.   dress   to   the   representatives   by Na
Comm.nta and •spl«aAlt*na not atititaly of
a neat* natura. e» tUlat • aflalra
by tbaa^Uar.
OIL FOR POWfiiR President Lamb ia enthosiastic in his views regarding tbe proposition to uae oil for fuel in place of coal, at the village power plant, and is very posi¬ tive that it will save money for tbe village, and that the village will be in a better condition to handle ita in¬ creasing business at a minimum cost. He has given the matter mach study, in company with Trustees Randall, Bedell and Raynor, tbe other members of the Board.
Track and Field Events, with Firemanic Contests
and Exhibitions, Take Place Before
an Unusually Large Crowd
1.
the
Ju : iStor Church trip to Europe
\V. \V. W.   Wilson, DeKalb Avenue M.   E.
¦,.! t. n-:t>  cf 24   for  a V\"e had searched   the
HOSE I AGAIN GO UNDER STATE  RECORD,  HELD BY THEM
A. M.,'" BO that they might be easily identified. As fast as the delegates arrived they were shown to their ho¬ tels or boarding places, which had in most cases been reserved in advance, and   instead  of    Freeport's     lodging
places being overcrowded,  these   dele- i ,. • ,
gates and their friends to fhe number "'°""<^ ^^ »*>« station, where a group of about 2C0 did not tax the capacity P'cture was taken, after which th3y of  the   village  at  all.   several of the   adjourned for dinner.
Monday was Firemen's Day in Free- 'time, 4 min. 21 sec port, and while the firemen were only too glad to help welcome the visitors in town, it was their day and they made the best of it, assisted by the largest crowd that has witnessed a field diy of the department.
At 10:30 the parade started, and there was scarcely a dull moment from tbat time until the last company had run in the afternoon. Headed by a band furnished by Theodore Bedell, ~ rise
,     ,    ,. ,    paraae,led bv Chiei Loonam,
and I   note that frequently the lives of  proceeded north on Alain Street to Ran-
, ,  , people are saved in dmerent localities   (j.n   Av^nnp    tn  I nn«7 Rpnrh Avenue
Adjourningfor the day shortly after | ^y ^^^e of this wonderful machine, and   Jo   Merriok   Road,   to  MafnStrlet
AFTER THAT PULMOTOR I appreciate tbe action of the Vil lage Board in taking its first step to¬ ward securing a pulmotor for the vil¬ lage. The members of the Board are inclined to think I am   over-enthusias-
ir hats ' J^hen   the officers were nominated, the j tic as to the advantage of this appara-, Te.der   o     the    Freeport    Enterp
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tional Councilor Wilken.
places being in a position to take more than came.
noon, the delegates formed in line, j jf i were running a plant the size of RBilroad Avenue" t'o Hro've "stV^er and to the music of patriotic airs from | the various municipal interests of the Shereplcturerw^re taken and the na a band, marched down Main Street   to j village of Freeport I   certainly   would   Tade disbanded
Merrick   Road, west to Ocean Avenue, | have one of   these   anpliances as   part       jhe athletic events started   nromnt north to Brooklyn Avenue, east to the   of   my regular equipment without any   ,/at   2 o'cfXanTtoTkTntirne'rly
"^'¦y-   seven.    There were not   as   many   en
tries as last year, but the entries were
more divided,  and   rivalry   ran   high.
The   loo  yard   dash   was   the    first
POINT LOOKOUT
JUSTA PERIOD It is remarkable wbat a difference a
papers for news regarding him, but only aew his name mentioned once in the Brooklyn Eagle, and had no idea as to where he was. so we wrote him at his Brooklyn address, and happened to get the letter there just about as he returned home. Through his coortesy we are able to give oar reade^ the following brief description of his trip: To   the   Editor of Nassau County Re
view, .My dear Friend :—
Your kind letter of solicitude reached
me on my retum home   yesterday  and
1st,  Edward 11   haste   to reply.     We left New York
9 in.;  2nd, .July 1 on the Cunard S. S. Ivernia for
Sack Race -1st, Fred S.   Patterson, Hose 4, time, 22 1-5 sec.; 2nd,  S.   Di¬ mon   Smith,   Hose   2; 3rd,   Harold S. Chase. Hose 4. ¦ Running   High   Jamp- Meaney,   Truck   1,   4   ft
John Meaney, Hose 4, 4 ft., 7 in.; Srd, ,'the Mediterranean. We visited Ma Marcheon Farmlet, Truck 1, 4 ft., 5 i deira, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Cap- in. : ri, Sorento, Amalfi, La Cava, Pompeii,
Half Mile Bicycle Race- Ist, Ches- j Rome.Venice, Baveno, Geneva and In¬ ter Raynor, Hose 1, time, 1:04; 2nd, I terlakep, and were about to make a Jule Raynor, Truck 1; third, Raymond i dash into Germany for the rest of our Combs, Hose 1. i trip, Munich,Dresden, Berlin,Mayence,
Individual Ladder Climbing—Ist, j the Rhine, Cologne, Paris, London, Frank S. Snedeker, jr.. Truck 1. 6 3 51 Southampton. Quebec, Montreal,home, sec; 2nd, F. Harold Loonam, Hose 1, when we were suddenly stopped at In- 7 1-5 sec; third, John Batcher, Hose Uerlaken, by Minister Stovall at Berne, 1, 7 2-5 sec. I who advised all Americans to keep out
At the conclusion of these events the i of Germany, lest they be locked up company contests were run off as'there, for no one whs emerging from scheuled, with the exception of the i "t or being heard from, eithef by mail chemical    engine    being    substituted | or wire.    So we hung up in Interlaken
Promptly   at 3 o'clock four carloads ' period will   make   in a sentence.    The i event, and was won by Herman Gissel
Included in the early, arrivals   were  of the visitora left for the dock, where   Brooklyn Eagle   said   that   the   State   of Hose 3, in 10 3-5 sec, with Edward
National Councilor Wilkin of Pitts burgh, E. B. Dillingham, editor of the American, the official paper of the Amercan Mechanics, and P. S. C. of Georgia, and Deputy National Coun¬ cilor Joseph .Mahler of Amityville .Aa   fa»t
boats  were   taken for the   beach,   the   Highway Commission had opened  hids   Meaney of Truck 1, second, only mishap being the grounding of one   for the construction of a piece  of road   Meaney   of Hose 4, third.
and   John
of the boats on the way over, tbey be ing  forced   to  remain  on the bar for over an hour before being pulled off. At   the   beach the party were enter-
us the delegates preaented ; tajn^d in various ways, and were fin- tneir crrilenlia.=( ihey were presented gUy gu^jj^^ned to a shore dinner at w;th un fowhi'.u; containing one of; Ellison's pavilion, where, however, : !•. 1 .>! !,-.nds .Hm.iar to the one worn the crowd was so large they were l.y the committee, a badge, which they | forced to set covers twice. The return pronounced the best they had ever re- I - ceived ut a State cession,   a   program
was   made   by   moonlight,   arriving in Freeport about 10:45.    This trip   was
and a combination ticket,   calling   for , ^ novelty to some of the   visitors   and
trolley rides to and from the bay, boat I apparently very much   enjoyed.      The    ._.   ...._.,_ 	
rides to and from the beach,   a   dinner ! ^ana accompanied the excursionists to   back of each hand-    She held  out   her  spectators on that street.     When  they
between Huntington and Farmingdale Following this there was a pause, in Nassau County, 61 miles long. The broken by a sharp blast from the fire copy from which they read this read ' whistle. This was thought by many .61 miles, a mere difference of 60.39 to mean fire, but the timers were seen miles. ] to  snap   their   stop   watches, and   the
When I read these frequent blunders ' spectators were told it was the start of in the city papers I really wonder at a contest. Soon the hook and ladder their nerve at making fun   at   country   truck came into view on Main   Street,
followed closely by Hose 4, both|motor apparatus. These apparatuses went up Church Street to Main, to Brooklyn
for the steamer in the exhibition. A pile of boxea were set on fire in the vacant lot near the track, and the chemical extinguished the blaze.
I lOr BiAtccn u&ys, when initing to Vcuoh Our steamer, the Ascania, for Mon¬ treal, which sailed from Southampton August 20 and not receiving any   word
newspaper editors so frequently WANTED mama'KIST TOO
A few days   ago I met a denr toe who had  a   mosquito   bite
little the
Avenue,   to   Long   Beach   Avenue,   to Olive   Boulevard,   to   in   front of  the
Work 18 progressing rapidly on the repairs to the Crystal Lake House. Our representative was there on VVed¬ nesday, !ind was surprised at the amount of work necessary in order to get the building in condition for use again, but when it is finished it will be much better than it was before the fir*.
The front of thp building has been changed, so that instead of coming up on a bare open porch, visitors are ush¬ ered into a closed corridor, prettily lighted, and protected from the weath¬ er. Thete is an entrance from either side of this]porch.
When the building is completed, ful¬ ly ready for use, it is the intention of Mrs. Frost to hold a reception in honor of the event.
It is hoped fo have the work com pleted so the building can be occupied within the next ten days.
12 qt. Enamel Preserving Kettles, 25c
Jelly Glasses, 25c
4 ft. porch Screens, 49c
Triangle 0 Cedar Mops, 69c
Fly Ribbon, 3 for 5c
Fly Swatters, 10c
Fly Traps, 10c
Da Silva. W. Merrick Road AdvertlwiiMnt.
TreeF, plants and shrubs can be se¬ cured at small cost at Woodbine Park Nursery. Bergen Place and Lena Ave. John J. Randall, Freeport, N. Y.
at Ellison's pavilion at the beach and a trip to the Columbian Brass Foun¬ dry. If accr-.-^ipanied by their wives, the delegate!- were pre.sented with an envelope for tiiem also, the only differ¬ ence being in the budge furnished.
OPENING   EXERCISES
The session opened with the pub lic exercises at 9 o'clock Monday morn ing, when J. Huyler Elliaon, chairman I VISIT TO COLUMBIAN
the beach and clayed there for dancing as well as on the outgoing and return trips.
During the dinner. State Councilor Tunison was presented with a silver service set, by the Councils of New York State and State Secretary Lisle was presented with a gold headed um¬ brella. Both responded in their usual pleasing manner.
of the local committee, introduced Jos eph Tunison, State Councilor. Mr. Tunison saJd that as chairman he would not make any address, and called upon Koland M. Lamb, president of the vil¬ lage, who made the opening address of welcome.
Mr. Lamb, in welcoming the dele¬ gates stated "these are stirring times, when the influence of an organization such as yours should be and is felt, and the organization is well-known here for its uplifting influence   on   po-
BRASS FOUNDRY
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock, a number of the delegates and their wives were taken in automobiles to the Columbian Brass Foundry, where Louis J. Hall, president of the com¬ pany,and Robert A. Patrick, secretary- treasurer, placed their force at the disposal of their guests, and an inter¬ esting hour was spent, from the room where the molds are made, and the composition from which these   propel
hands and I sympathetically kist each reached Ocean Avenue the men started little hand, when the dear little tot putting on coats and helmets. Arriv- turnd round and exclaimed: "Mama 'ng at Olive Boulevard and Bergen dot keeter bite too." v Place, the truck company put up their
  improvised   water   tower as last year,
CHANGES IN THE COUNTRY       ' with the exception that instead of the
The automobile has certainly revo-. truck making the connection. Hose 4 lutionized conditions, bat nowhere had laid a line to the lower end of the more than in the country districts. I tower, and supplied the water. This notict this '"bile on a short visit up took 3 minutes, 18 1-5 seconds from thru the Catskills, where it seemed the first blast of the whistle, no one there was a machine, or several, at ev- being on either apparatus at the time, ery house. At the place we stopt the and the engines stili. proprietor had two, and the 8 mile trip The athletic events were then run to the depot-took 20 minutes to a half off wiih the followini? results, the hour, instead of the old tedious bump- prizes being go'd, silver und bronze ty trip of a long hour's ride, and in- medals in each evenl: stead of taking an all day's ride in Fat Man's Race--1st, Frank Bailey ; wagons to visit surrounding points of second, Albert Whaley; third. Archer interest the auto is brought out after ; B. Wallace, all of Hose 1. Winner's dinner and the return easily made in time, 11 seconds. time for supper. |     16   lb.   Shot   Put—1st,    S.     Dimon
Human nature id the same the world | Smith, 29 ft. 2 in. Hose 2;   2nd,   John over.     Up thru the mountain countries ' Meaney, 28 ft 3i in.. Hose 4; 3rd, Hil-
The horse hose contest lived ap to i irom the Cunard Company as to a later expectations, and furnished another booking until we reached Naples, we record breaker. Hose 1 again going i embarked on the San Guglielmo, an the course in less than one minute, and ! immigrant Italian steamer for home, shattering their own record made at ! which we reached after a rough and Babylon in June of this year, when tumble experience, yesterday niorning they went the course in 1:01 2-5. | to the inexpressible delight of all our Monday "Ben" and "Reuben" aided | by a few of the members of Hose 1 | went the course in 56 1-5, four seconds lower than their record of a few | months ago. Hose 2 was aecond in j this, going the course tn 1 :07; Hose 4,
party, 24 in number, who up to the declaration of war, were having an ideal trip. While in Italy we were anxious as to the strike there which we heard was likely to occur any mo¬ ment, the Governinent. as we were 22 2 5 and Hose 3 fourth, | told, having called out ,")0,0(MI troop.s ¦and turned all government school buildings into barracks, the intelli¬ gence of which evidently suppressed that. While ut Venice we learned of the (leclarntion of war by Austria against Servia, but this did not con¬ cern us much, us we should soon be moving trom that locality. But when we arrived in Genevu we learned of Germany's attitude towurd Russia for the mobolization of her troops on the frontier and the triplet of ((uestions asked by Germany of the Czur, which he was not inclined to answer. Then followed certain uggrtasions of France which we were told had occurred in her evident desire to get back Alsace Timers: E. H. f^llison urid ] and Loruine and the (Itcluration of war N. Seirie.-f of New York'City j by Germany against Frnnce and the and Willium Harris of Jamaica. hold dash of the Cerrnuna in   their   ut-
The trophies of the day,   the   donors j tempt to cross the borders of   liclgium
third, in 1 in 1:30.
The old style hand hose contest was keenly contested. Hose 2 winning, in .¦33 1-5 seconds; Hose 1 was second, in 35 seconds, and Hose 4 third, in 3(5.
The officials who assisted again this year were all well known as sach on Long Island,and the record made in the horse hose contest should be as official as though made in a tournament.
The judges were: Jumes VV. Eaton and Harry Van Weelden, of Babylon; Fred P. Bennett, of Hempstead; Chas. Kussell, of Bellmore; David B. Todd, of Hempstead and Charles DeLap of Koosevelt. Starters: Frank Cotte, of Baldwin and John ^ugan, of Hemp- iitead.      ""' ~
Hollis
wtirni Bnrl wnniul lif«     'i''ZiZZ"'r„Zt" nm  i '^rs are made poured into them, to the I a'gns ^"r travelers are used much more   bert B. Johnson,   Hose 4, 26 ft. 2i  in.
litical ana social iiie.    l   ao   not   P"^"" | gripping room, where there was at the   than down   this   way   with   our   level       220-Yard   Dash—1st.   Herman   Gis-
time a shipment of wheels for abroad. I ""oads. One common sign is a large sel, jr., Hose 3; 2nd, Edward Meaney, held up on account of the war. As the I arrow with the word "danger" above Truck 1 ; ;ird, Fred Patterson, Hose 4. visitors left they were presented   with ! the arrow, and the word "hill" below. ; Winner's time, 23 2-5 sec.
pose to make an address, but I am sim ply glad and proud to welcome you to our beautiful village. I hope your convention will be a success in every Way, and when you go away to your homes in the varioiis parta of the State, that you*will take witb you the kindest of feeling and best of recollec tions of your stay in Freeport."
Councilor Tunison thanked Mr. Lamb for nis cordial welcome.    He   said   he
noticed that Mr.   Lamb   spoke iof  the   delegates in attendance, village of Freeport.    He said that not   "^ the State   Councilor, long ago he was at Niagara Falls when he met an auto, and one of tbe men  in the car hailed him and threw out a cir¬ cular   advertising   Freeport,   and   dis¬ playing the beauties of the "city"   to great     advantage,     and Brooklyn   as   a  suburb
minature propellers about one inch I across, which had been cast in the i foundry,  as souvenirs.
TUESDAY    MORNING'S    SESSION
The session reconvened at 9:30 Tues¬ day morning, with the full quota of The reports State Secre¬ tary, State Treasurer, State Finance Committee, State Judiciary and State Committee on Law were received and approved.
State Councilor Tunison gave ashort
mentioning i "fiemorial address on Deputy   National
Freeport. I Councilor Charles Ja^er of Southamp
On one particularly steep place some- Standing Broad Jump—1st, Elmer body had taken particular pains to fill Johnson, Hose 4, 8 ft. 8 in.; 2nd, Mar- out the I in the lower word and change cheon Farmlett, Truck 1, 8 ft. 3 in.; it to an E. j Srd, Herman Gissell,    Hose   3,   7   ft.,
I was talking with a man   in   Wind-   lOJ
-lat, Fred S. Patter- ! Connpany.
und winners, were : Horse hcse con¬ test, first,Hose 1, cup donated by John J. Randall Company; second, Hose 2, play pipe, donated by Gutta Percha Fire Hose Co.
Hand   hose   contest:    1st,   Hose   2. cuji   donated   by   Franklin G.   Hill   of Merrick; second, Hose 1,piece of atat- j uary donated by Chief Loonam. i
Two company exhibition,   hook   nnd | ladder company,   trumpet   doneted   by j 'Ar. Molloy bf the Empire Rubber Co.; liose 4, brass vase donated   by   A.   C. Ackerman.
Engine   (chemical)   exhibition,   cup donated by the Atluntic & Pacific   Tea I
Coal will cost more next month. Buy no V and save money. Freeport Coal Co.
Chubbuck advertises a Presto Fly Plate free to each caller witb coupon; see his udv. for coupon.
Advertisament  \
A word about our printing. Have you noticed those signs around the vil¬ lage advertising the Crystal Theatre, printed oo a yellow cardboard? Tbat job was printed at tbe Nassau County Review office, and we think it is a pretty, ilair looking job. We can do yciur work as well, if you believe in patroniiing home trade.
AdvartlasBienL
Smith & Bedeil till how to protect yoar eoinplexi<ni in tba Fall weather. Sea tbeir advertisement
A4v*rtU«ri«nt
The Order was certainly well pleased I *<>"• ""^ William S.-Re^d, Past State with the reception wnich had been giv ; Representative from Brooklyn, who en them in the village of Freeport.       | <*'«<^ s""=e the last session.
Divine blessing was then asked by ! 't waa decided to present a silk flag Rev. Saul O. Curtice, paator of the M. ' ^° the Council showing the largest net E. Church, after which America was j K"'" '" membership during the coming sung by eight young ladies under di-1 y*"""' ""'^ » P"" to the valae of $25 rection of Henry J. Raymore and the i *" *'^' individual member securing the | public session closed by announcement I largest number of candidates, by Mr. Ellison, chairman of the local | A number of resolutions were passed, committee, welcoming the delegates | ¦""'"K'¦hem being one of thanks to on behalf of Freeport Council. Mr. | Fr«eport Council and its committee Ellison said that it was the plan of ^°«" *•>« attention and entertainment the local committee to give the dele- iK'^en the delegates during their stay gates  such a good  time  that  a  good .'" Freeport.
many of them would decide   to   reside ¦     't was decided to  amend   tbe   State permanently in Freeport, and if   there i ^»w of the Order so   that   the  sitting were any   such   already   he   would   be | ^^^t Councilor can be  elected a repre glad to  refer   them   to   some   reliable i sentative to the State   Council,   there real estate agent.    The   band   arrived j''^'''K " rule against   that   practice  at just about at the close of   these  txer, 11''* Present time, cises   a-d    after    playing    the    Star |     Session adjourned until 2 o'clock Spangled Banner, led the  audience  in j TUESDAY   AFTERNOON   SESSION singing America, with which this ses-1     Tuesday   afternoon    the    principal sion closed,    -rhe hall was filled   about; ^uginess was   the   election  of  officers to Its limits at this time     The public , f^^ jj,e ensaing year,   the   session   re- audience then retired, and   the   execu-  convening promptly at 2 o'clock, tive work of the organization was tak-1     ^bere was only opposition upon two
""J'P" ,    , .       „ .        ,ot the oflicers and the   following   were
The   management  of   this   affair so   gj^g^gj.
far  as   the   local  arrangements  were!     Councilor. Henry  L.   Leek.   A.   A. concerned    was under charge  of  the ; Haines Council of Amagansett. following Commiitee of Arrangements:,     vice   Councilor.    Herbert    Kelder. Chairman^ J. Huyler Ellison; secretary, iNaponoch Coancil of Naponoch.^ Howard E. Pearsall; Stephen W. Hunt; j     Secretary. Charles W. Lisle, Brook- treMorer. Gilson H. Raynor; James W. | |y„ Council
Cheshire and the officers   of  Freeport,     Treasurer,    Frank   Popp,    General Cooncil:    Counc.lor, Howard E. Pear-1 ^ayne Council of Brooklyn. salljvicecouncilor.RL  Scudder, re. j    Conductor,    Charles     W. cording secreUry. F. S. Snedeker. pr.; ^3,^,^,     council, assistant recording secretary. William j     Warden. Frank A.    Perry Edwards; financial   secretary,   J.   W. | cnngj, ^if jj,„|iu.
Fi>ld Day 1st, Hose -1, Lathrop Brown; 2nd, Truck 1, cu|
ham about New York City's water sup-' 440-Yard Dash- ply and he said he did not see how they ! son, Hose 4 ; 2nd, Marcheon Farmlet, could expect to furnish the City from ' Truck 1; 3rd, Karl Brown, Hose 4. the Ashokan reservoir, which has cost ¦ Winner's time, 1:02 2-5. so many millions of dollars. He said : Running Broad Jump—1st, Edward in winter there would be plenty of ¦ Meaney, Truck 1, 18 ft., 4 in.; 2nd, water but in aummer he waa very Marcheon Farmlet, Tiuck 1, 17 ft. Ij doubtful as to the possibility of stor. 1 in. ; 3rd, John Meaney, Hose 4, il ft. ing water there.    I talkt with  several ! Jin.
others in that aection and   all   seemed i      Three-legged   Kace—Ist,   J.    Cecil to have the same idea. Powers and R. A. Miller, jr., Hose   4;
Here's another one I hud past on to 2nd, Fred Puttersoa and Harold S. me at Ashland. 1 was having a little , Chase, Hoae 4 ; Srd. Clarence Williams trouble   with a leak in my auto   pumn ' and John Batcher, Hose 1.
connections, and a mechanic where  we ^     Pole Vault--1st, Fred S.   Patterson, | Hatcher,    pipe   donated stopt for gasolene assured me   he   had   Hose   4,   7   ft., 1 in. ; 2nd.   Marcheon | Greenblatt.
Foint   Prize   (company) cup   donated    by   Hon.
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und the aiern resistance they hail met and England's entrance into the affray and other nations which followed, ao that discretion being tbe better purt of valor, we decided to make our eacape, which we huve succesafully done. Our experiences as steerage passengers on the immigrant ship are too voluminous to be told in this brief li-tter, but will he told in u lecture we are preparing with un HCCount of the I'un-Huropcan Wur, its causes and results. Until then we shull content ourselves by singing, as we always do, on our re¬ turn to our native lund;
"Home again, home again, From a foreign shore
(Jhl how it (ills our soul with ioy To be at home once more." With   kindest   remembrances   to all
nated by Sup*.Police and Fire Service, iour many frienda in  Freeport   and   vi- Long Island Kailroad. j cinity, whom we so highly reapett und
Field   Day Foint Prize   (individual)   tenderly love, I am 1st,   Edwurd  .Meaney,   percolator   do Vours siiioTely.
nated by Clarence E. Jones. 1 W.  W. VV'. Wilson.
Individual    Ladder    Climbing—1st, |   BrookKn, .N. Y., Frank Snedeker, jr., stick pin donated i September 5.   l!t)4. by Louis Verbeck : 2nd,  Harold   Loon- | am.    Star   safety    razor,   donated   by \ Borne   Scrymser &   Co.;   third.   John by    William
S. S. Y. C. Races
Lewrv, Manlios
Southard, jr.; treasurer, Wallace R. i^,-^^^ Sentinel. John Bauman. Gen. PQst; conductor. Grover Smith; w"- F,a„cis Marion Council of Brooklvn. den. Peter P Cokelet; inside aentine . . QuUide Sentinel, Stephen Kamett, Jale Raynor; ouUldesentinel, I. Whal- !o„eida Lake Council of GonsUntia. ey; chaplain, Leon H.H. Rose; trus- Chaplain, Prank B. Sterner, Rich- tees.   Oscar W. Valentine,   C. Wesley  ^^^j Council of Port Richmond.
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tried it and found   that  a   handful   of j Farmlet. Truck 1. 7 ft. ; 3rd.   Edward
ground   mustard   would     temporarily , Meaney. Truck 1, 6 ft., 10 in.
stop a leak in a radiator. i     One Mile Relay- Ist, R. A.   Miller,
Everything moves slower up in those 1 jr., John Meaney, Karl Brown and country districts. To telephone from i Fred Patterson, Hose 4; 2nd, Orton Windham to Catskill, a distance of 25 | Smith, Edward Meaney. Edward Tracy miles, is a lengthy proposition, as no- and Marcheon Farmlet, Truck 1: 3rd, body is in a hurry, and party lines are ! George Vogt, Robert Smith. Paul Pe- used by practically everybody even i roni and E. Saxton, Hose 4. Winner's the  Catskill   Evening   Line   to   New j
York.    The old style system of   party] wy,      «     « |--
lines are still in use, the bells   ringing i DIS   L&DOr   l/StV
from one to four  times,   according  toi the call number wanted. 1     Labor Day was certainly   an   active
I notict another popular building ; time in and for Preeport, and the en feature up there which would not ap-ijoyments and amusements of the day peal to fire fighters; very few cement | were diversified enough to suit the blocks are  used (practically none) but; tastes of all.
buildings are covered over with metal '. The State Convention of the Jr. O. ceiling made to give the cement block U. A. M. opened at 9 o'clock witb a effect. They ought to hold a blaze in public session, followed at 10:00 by check but it must be awful to locate a the opening busineas session, fire behind them. At 10:30 the Fire Deparment held  —                            , its annual parade and inspection,which
Another instance of the diflSculty of waa witnessed by many people along getting news   items,   which   happened   the line 4f march
to    me    recently,   was   in  connection       At  the same time there was a base- with tt>e paying of the money to   Mrs.   ball game between Freeport and   Flat
During the day William J. Bryne, of Brooklyn, an ex-president of the .Southern New  York   Firemen's   Asso-
Kuces were held by the S. S. on Labor Duy aa follows:
Class A—<.»pen boul.u, forClul
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ciation. paid che firemen a visit, as did i ^'^''f "iiy: fiv^ naatic-Hl milHs.
also ""Joe" Downing, the "perma-; nent" secretary of the Association. | Arthur Brasefield, of Staten Island, , the president of the Aaaociation, who{ planned to come out. did not appear.
Claas B—Cabin bouts.
Class C~-Kacing bouts, ten  naulicul
Obituary
GEORGE R. SCOTT
These three racea v.'ere hi-ld under : the Paat Performance Rules. A race I for racing boats under the American j Power Boat Associativn Rules waa I also held.
j There were seven entries in Class A, four of which started in the race. I The race wua won by "Louise, " owned George R. Scott of Rockville Centre, I bv Colonel Jarneg Dean Second, well known in this vicinity as a strong 1 "'Kid." owned by Charles Baldwin, prohibition advocate, and for many I Five boats entered in Class B and years editor of The New York Weekly i a|| started. This race waa won by Witness, died at his home at Rockville "Grfimii," owned by S. H. Hurley. Centre, Wednesday morning, after a j Second "Old Fashiont-d " owned by 'ingering    illneas.      Funeral   services! J, Wesley Miller
will be held Saturday.
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Harvey by the village, because pf  the   bush teams.
death  of  her  husband  at  the   power      In tbe afternoon the Mechanics  held
plant.    It is impossible to get   a   Vil-> a   parade   at   12:46 ^and the  firemen's
lage Board to  notify  the  newspapers i athletic events apened up at 2 o'clock. I DOryea, Miss
when special meetings are called,   and j continuing all the afternoon. Fuskey, Mrs. Frank E.
for that reason we have to inquire each I     At 8:15  the visitor* Wei-e taken to  Hawley, Mrs  B.
week if any special maeting has   been i the beach for a shore dinner. {Judge, Nell C.
held, and that week, upon inquiry,   no j     At 4 o'clock Freeport  and  Kieinert j Kempe, M. L
record appeared at  the  Village  oflice i teams  crossed  bats  at   the    Seaman of  any   apecial   meeting,   and   conae-; Avenue grounds.
quently the city papers which had a During the afternoon there were pul! somewhere or were more wide, Wiotor boat races at the Sooth Shore awake, found that tbe village bad de¬ cided to settle with Mrs. Harvey. { then called at tbe Village office, an^ was informed tbat no minutes were on file, but I waa able to get tbe naeeaaary information by eonanlting Village Counselor Swesey and the VHIaga Treasurer.
Yacht  Club   and  dancing in the even¬ ing- 	
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Toesday, September 22 Opening of Mineola Fair.
Koenig, Helen McDonald, Arthur. Mangan, Helen Nicol..Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Plunkett. T. C. Skrdieke, Miss M. Sterling, Mrs. 4. Savarino, Francesco Scblueter. Mr. care A. B. SUll Wengenroth, Mrs. Anna
Robart. G. Anderson, eptembcr 12, 1914.
P. M.
I There were six boata entered in the i Past Performance Racing boats and all I started. This race was won by '"Cricket II," owned by Oeorge B. Paterson. Second. "Rowdy," owned by Daniel McFaul. Tnird, "Hesita¬ tion," owned by Louis Smyth.
In the American Power Boat Asso¬ ciation Race five boats entered and four started The race was won handily bv "Hesitation," which won by nearly seven minutes over "Mild¬ red V. III." The second Iwat. "Rowdy," finished third.
There were alio three contests in the water sports under the direction of Mr. Asch, as fullows:
440 yard swim, won hy Merritt Cat¬ ler; second. A. Rhodes; third, T. Mar- ray
The 50-yard swim was won by Lloyd Catler; second. Fred Clark.
TiM high dive was won by Sidney Goaid; second. J. Corbett.
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