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VOL. XIII
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE ^6, 1908
NO. 36
FREEPORT NEWS
The Summer time-table of the L. I. R. R. went into effect yesterday.
Ray Steighler, a former resident, is visiting Mrs. John Raynor, Ray¬ nor Avenue.
Seth Pelton and family of Monticello, N. Y., is visiting Rt the home of Franci.s Pearsall and Stephen Whaley.
The Fourth District Republican Club will hold a ratification meeting at Fraternity Hall this evening; every¬ body invited.
George MaGill has launch "Millicent M."
launched his
Mrs. M. Reynolds and family are row occupying their summer home here.
Stanley Armington started Monday morning for Denver, Colorado, where he will spend his summer vacation.
The L. I. R. K. has had the cross¬ ings and in front of the depot treated to a coat of oil, laying the dust very nicely.
E. Anderson, who received the con¬ tract to paint the tire houses, is busily L. T. Wells, real estate agent, has engaged at the work, and is doing a sold Frank Seaman's carriage business t\ne job.
to C. Fletcher Vail of Quogue, who has taken possession.
Election of officers will take place in Freeport Council No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., this Friday evening. There will also be initiation of candidates, and a largo attendance is desired.
The Woman's Relief Corps will have a beacli party to Nas.sau-by-the-Sea on Tuesday, July 7. Boats will start from Patterson's dock, corner Main and Raynor Sts., at 8 a. m.
Tax Collector Dorlon announces that he will be ready to receive the village tax at the village office on July (3. To and including July 11 the rate of com¬ mission will be 1 per cent; after July 11, 5 per cent.
"Dumont's Di.xie Minstrels" have been engaged at Capt. W. C. Ellison's Bayside House for every afternoon and evening during the summer, to give a free vaudeville performance.
Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church, will exchange pulpits with Rev. H. B. Munson, pastor of the Hempstead M. E. ('hurch, Sunday morning.
Services wilfebe held in the Presby¬ terian Church Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:lo p. m. The Rev. Charles Herbert .Scholey will greach in the morning upon the theme "Is One De¬ nomination As Good As Another?" His evening subject is "The Critical Period of Life."
School Notes
The Methodist church and lecture room were filled Sunday evening when Rev.( Charles Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, preached the, baccalaureate sermon to the grad¬ uating class of 1908, Freeport High School. In the pulpit were also Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church and pa.stor Roberts of the Bap¬ tist Church, the latter, making the opening prayer.
The graduates, fourteen in number,
Fiiihtind Conduit
At the meeting hefore the Board
of
Hiram R. Smith and George Wallace.
Mr. Smith was introduced as "a man
who has taken great interest in our, Estimate and Apportionment of the' James McC
school," anduMr. Wallace as the oldest (jjty of New York last Friday nmrning school friend.
living principal of the school. During jt was decided to lav the new water
BALDWIN, __
James McChesney is entertaining a
the evening the classes used their vari¬ ous yells, and the event at the dining table closed with the thrilling "ilocn motive yell" of the cla.-^s of 'OS, led by the pro^:ident. Ralph L. Crandell.
Good music was furnished during the evening and the event closec^ with dancing.
Among the guests were Henry L.
Misses Nema Price and Price spent Sunday with Smith.
Mildred Winnie
with the high school faculty and the j Crandell, John K. Eldridge and C. Mil- Board, occupied seats reserved for them i ton Foreman, of the Board of Educa- in the front of the church, and the ush- tion and Eugene F. McKinley, former- ers were members of the Alumni. jiy principal of the .school. Regrets Following is the list of graduates: j were received from C. W. Oley. L. M. Hazel Clarissa Golder, Olive Wilda i Burdick and L, H. Carris, former Homan, Mabel Arlington Hunt, Chloe i principals. Frances Raynor, Charlotte Mae South- j
ard; Clyde Brown, Ralph Lockwood 1 Crandell, William Carroll Gunning, j Paul Loring Johnson. Thomas Stephen j O'Mara, Fred Smith Patterson, Henry | Preston Roe, William Clinton Story j and Harold Clark Wilson. !
The class has for its officers: Presi- , dent, Ralfih C'randell; vice-jiresident, | Charlotte M. Southard; .'secretary, P;iul | Johnson; treasurer, Carroll Gunning. !
V illage Trustees
At the regular meeting of tiie Vil lage Board of Trustees Friday evening "orth of the railroacl track, away from all the merpbers were present except the villages mentioned.
pipe line on the South side of the. Miss Anna Coote has heen vi.siting railroad track as proposed. Counselor ber sister, Mrs. Charles Thomas. Elvin N. Edwards submitted the fol¬ lowing [irotest which will explain it¬ self. \Ve oniinend Mr. Edwards for his good fight, whatever comes of it. r "The Frecport Ijoard of Trade and the Allied Boards of Trade and Civic Clubs of the Town of Hempstead, re¬ spectfully object and opjiose the ac¬ quiring of land as proposed for the lay¬ ing of a seventy-two inch main for the
purpose of water supply, and proposed Buffaly for vacation this wee to run through the villages of Free- ¦ port, Baldwin, Rockville Centre and I Rev. E. 0. Tree, the late pastor of Lynbrook, South of the Long Island : the M. E. Church, has taken a house Raiload, and that if such line be ne- on Porterfield Place, Freeport, for the ces.-iary, it should run either along the Summer, old conduit line, or a new line chosen
The M. E. Sunday School will hold their annual outing to Point Lookout next Tuesday, June MO.
Miss Rope has been visiting rela¬ tives in Huntington and will go to
Work is progressing on the large I" the Freeport Baptist Church, addition to I. H. L'Hommedieu's brick Stanley W. Roberts, Minister, there building, and on the addition to H, F. will be public worship Sunday at 10:- Harm's building, which is being made '^^d a. m. ; theme, "The Christian and three story. These are big improve- His Patriotism"—a sermon appropriate ments to Main St. ' to the coming national holiday. In the .— evening at 7:15, a Children's Day Con-
Geo. K. Cheney has started an inno- cert will be rendered by children of^the
vation that bids fair to be successful, Bible Schocd. At 2:30 Bible School
in an auto service to and from the with classes for all ages. Friday,
depot. The price for delivery to and eight o'clock, p. m. will be held the
from tho depot to any residence in the weekly prayer and conference meeting.
village is 25c. Autos will also be A cordial welcome awaits all who at-
rentbd by the hour. See adv. tend any of these services.
About (io pupils of the Kindurgarten classes of the two schools, with their teachers and 25 mothers, w ent on a pic¬ nic Wednesday morning by special trolleys to Hingle's grove, near Hemp¬ stead., whero an enjoyable«morning was spent in the woods; the party retui'iied home after dinner at noon.
Considerable e.xcitement was caused
Another automobile accident occurred on Sunday afternoon in which a young man of this place was thrown from his bicycle and his left arm badly injured. ¦The automobilist who caused the acci¬ dent succeeded in getting away.
Joseph Boyden was riding along Mer¬ rick Road when an automobile came from the West. Apparently the young woman on the driver's seat was being
Wednesday afternoon when a horse taught to manage the machine. As
driven by Miss Marion Northridge, the machine neared Boyden, it made a
who was" accompanied hy her mother, lurch toward him, caught the pedal of
the wife of Dr. Northridge, former his bicycle, and threw him heavily to
Freeporters, now residing at Merrick, the macadam road. When the occu-
became frightened at an automobile pants of the machine saw Boyden lying
and ran away on .Main Street. Miss on the roadway, they threw on power
Northridge skillfully guided the animal and disappeared toward Merrick. Boy-
but was unable to check his speed so I'en was not injured badiy. she ran him into a tree just south of
Trustee Patterson.
Bids for supplies for the fire depart¬ ment were opened. The price for hose was about l)5c per foot, rubber coats, $3.40 to .S3.90; boots, .S:J.:10 to?4.20: respirators, $1.25 to .$1.70; chiefs coats, about StJ.SO. The bids were filed for future considei'ation.
A resolution was passed requiring
! notice to be given all telephone, tele-
' graph, or other companies placing
poles in the village to have their names
plainly stamjied on the same.
Engineer Alvin G. .Smith was in¬ structed to prepare pla.is and specifica- i tions for estimates of cost for grading streets in accordance with resolutions
That they are oiijKi.-cd to the laying ! of the proposed new line, t'jr the rea-; son that it takes a strip of land from , one hundred to two hundred feet wide, I through tiie best sections of these vil-| lages, taking many valuable buildings, | the cost of which to the City of New York will be enormous, and of great damage to the villages through which it passes.
T. W. Joyce and family of Brooklyn have taken Mrs. Kiian's house, cgr. Merrick Road aiul Harrison Ave., for the season.
At the last meeting of tho Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church, with Mrs. VanNostrand, v pleasant and protfiable afternoon was spent.
Miss Charlotte Mae Southard and .Miss Olive Willa Homan of Balwdin were among the graduates at th^ Free-
Tuesday afternoon Class Day exer¬ cises were held with this program: President's addre?s, Ralph L. Crandell; minutes of the last meeting, Paul John¬ son ; treasurer's report, Carroll Gun-
ning, Junior prattler, Vernon Colyer; i P----;--^;^^---^ ^^ ;;ur ^"t^rdmerwh;:t tli^'^^st , As the Sunday School has its annual Class history, Olive Homan; ^'lass ; P^'^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;„. would be if a line was chosen running beach party next Tuesday, June ;!u, the prophecy. Chloe Raynor; addres.s t^ \,,^^^ J^^^.^^d ^£i\^l through the .cparsely settled .section.t "^^'^ting of the Ladies' Aid ,s post- Juniors, Preston Roe; gifts. Clyde '^uc ted toj^r^paie p^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ the Long Island Railroad ' P""«^l."'>t.l the following week when
Brown; debate, "Shall the" teachers M^'°"^^".'^ ^^'^""V" °^ ^'^.''' HtacnnK «nd th-.t pvho if it w,^ o.tp^ Mrs. Charles Cook will entertain, on
, • i f »u 1 '?>> u I 1 streets in accordance with reso utions tracks, anu tnai evtn ii it wa.-, neces-
be given a vote of thanks? Hazel , , ¦ ^ i .. i ^ c;qrv tn acmirp ovtn l-nfl alone the July 7-
r\>i.i.>,. rh.,y\r.f^^ >.:,„.m.jrri r^ro,! I passed and money ajipropnated at last sarj to acquire extra i;.nci aion), tne
Goldei. Charlotte Southard, Fred , ^j^^^.^^^_ .j^ conduit line, the expense would not For tho first time in .several months
A petition for the extension of East be near as great as that of the line the members of the M. L. S. got to- Railroad Avenue was referred to the ' proposed by your City of New York, at ge-ther on Saturday evening last wh(m
er, Charlotte Southard, Patterson and Harold Wil.son. The class motto is "Virtus in Arduis," "Cour- -age in Difficulties;" The valedictorian is Mabel Hunt; salutatorian', Clinton .Storv.
Wednesday evening, in thu School, commencement exercises were held, with the program as follows:
Orchestra; Invocation, Rev. Pelham- St. George Bissell, of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration; Saluta tory, William ('linton Story; Address, Dr. Henry Baker; Solo -"When the Heart is Ywing," Miss Nelle J. Dailey;
street committee and Commissioner Pine.
The request of the Onslow Moore Co. for an arc light at corner of Roosevelt Place and Archer St., and another at corner Archer St. and Bayview Avenue, was referred to the light committee.
R. J. Wihnarth, on behalf of the N
present.
We respectfully submit to your Board, that we feel that this latest ef- ort on your part to lay this main is go¬ ing to be a great detriment to our vil¬ lages, and to our town, and will be to the great injury of values of real proj)- erty, as well as of future injury to our
thoy, with several friends, twenty in all, were entertained by Miss Wheeler and Miss Lehing at the home of the former. Progressive games and other amusements filled up the time until midnight.
Y. and N. J. Tekqihone Company, offer- respective water plants, and for this
ed to make a direct line telephone ser- reason, we respectfully inform your
vice to the power house without cost to honorable board, that if neerl be to pre-
the village. This will be a big im- vent this latest disfigurement to our
Valedictory, Mabel Hunt; Presentation j provement in case of fire especially and villages, we shajl resort to the Courts,
of Diplomas, Samuel R. Smith, Presi- i the offer was gratefully accepted.
dent Board of Education; Award of Roswell Davis was given permission
Spelling Prizes, Samuel R. Smith; Award of Prizes for Perfect Attend¬ ance, Hiram R. Smith; Benediction,
to lay a sidewalk in front of his prop¬ erty on West Merrick Road, 120 ft., without cost to the village. Mrs. F.
Rev. Charles A. Logue of the Catholic; Furst was also given permission to lay
ran
Bedell Street, where he was caught before he could again get under head¬ way, and Mrs. and Miss Northridge were assisted from the carriage un¬ harmed. The horse was taken into Mr. Bliss' yard and hitched to a light wagon, when he again ran away ; the wagon caught in tbe fence and tore it down; the horse broke loose from the wagon and went into the west as fast as his legs could carry him; the last our correspondent saw of him he was still going.
Baseball
The Freeport Club broke its losing streak on Saturday when it defeated the Patchogue team at Athletic Park by the score of 8 to 2. Cook pitched a good game for Freeport."
Freeport Club will play Springfield to-morrow on the home grounds.
Read Svenson's prices in the Review this week.
Fourth of July Post Cards at the Re¬ view Stationey Store —2for 5 cents.
Mothers of infants will learn some¬ thing by reading Smith & Bedell's ad in this issue that will be worth a great deal to them during the summer months.
Engineer George Dooley of the Wide Awake Engine Co., which was defeat- eil at the recent tournament of the Nassau County Volunteer Firemen's Association, wouhl like to arrange a conest between the local steamer and that of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst En¬ gine, which holds the record of the County. Engineer Dooley is ready to place the local steamer against that of Lawrence for fun, or '.he loser to jiay a stated amount to the Nassau Hospit¬ al at jM ineola.
On tournament Day there were two ' protests against awarding the Law¬ rence engine a prize. The protests were from Union Engine Company of Hempstead, which company captured the second prize, and also from the lo¬ cal company. The ground on which the protests were made was that the safety valve on the Lawrence engine was "monkeyed" with, contrary to rule.
Affidavits sworn to before Notary Public Stephen P. Pettit .set forth that the valve on the Lawrence steamer had been tampered with during the contest. The affidavits were from JameS| R. Brightman of Rockville Cen- 1 tre, and from a representative of the Firemen's Herald of New York. The New York man stated that he had seen a stranger tampering with the safety valve, while Brightman states that the stranger mentioned in the other affi-
Church of Our Holy Redeemer; Orches¬ tra.
The hall was prettily decorated with the class colors, purple and gold.
The following students were jire- sented books by Hiram R. Smith, a former President of the Board of Ed¬ ucation, for perfect attendance during the past year:
Robert Paterson, Winfield Raynor, Mabel Hunt, Florence Fullager, Mil¬ dred Humphrey, Fred Patterson, Flor¬ ence Carpenter, Laurata DavLson, Wallace Campliell, Peter Beck, Ed¬ ward Collins, Harold Humphrey, Ev- e\yn Nock, Margaret Phillips, Howard j all dogs muzzled.
Teas, Vera Bedell, Bernard Loonam, |
Jesse Smith, Florence Crandell, George Roustercher, Lizzie Enkler, Elmer Johnson, Freda Wildner, William Sprague, Bessie Smith, Bradford Ray¬ nor, Marion Patterson, Donald McKee- man, Milton Bedell, Mary Nock. Sig- ne Nygren. John Enkler, John Wolf- rust, David Bigley, Eva Smith.
Of these eleven have been perfect in attendance not missed a day, in from two to five years:
Robert Patterson, 5; Fred Patterson, 5; Marion Patterson, 3; Bradford Ray¬ nor, 2; William Sprague, 2; Evelyn Nock, 2; Florence Carpenter, 2; Flor¬ ence Fullagar, 2; Mabel Hunt 2; Win¬ field Raynor, 2; Wallace Campbell, .{.
Henrietta Seaman received the spelling prize.
Prof. A. E. Barnes awarded the di-1
plomas and spelling prizes for Presi-1
dent S. R. Smith, who has been ill forj
everal days. I
ft. walk, 1-15 of the cost to be funded.,
The 'applications of Wm. Penrsall, Pine St., W. S. Hall, Ro.se St., and H. Hildebrant, Bergen Plade, were grant¬ ed. The application of E.H. Norwood, or electric light service at the new Randall Hotel, was "granted as soon as we secure the necessary material."
Harold Loonam was approved as a member of Ever Readv Hose Co.
Scbool closed on Friday and the teachers have left for their homes. Principal and Mrs. Preston will spend the Summer in Cortland, Miss Connorer at Amsterdam, Miss Case atDeRuyter, .Miss Daverii at Cortland, Miss Weigand for relief, and I, representing the at East Sryacuse, Miss Harrington at" Boards, bave been authorized by the Cortland, Miss Rojic at Bulfalo, Miss Allied Boards of Trade and the Civic Kingston, Skaueateles, Miss Wader at Clubs, ofthe Town of Hempstoad, rep- Geneva, Miss Dean at Cazunovia and resenting no less than nine hundred Mi»'^ Dayton in Brooklyn, busine.ss men of that Town, and mostly Principa Preston in his closing re- from the villages through which thi.'^ niark.-^ praised the work of the pupils, line passes, by them to use every and gave li'<ures showing ,the excellent means and effort on my part to prevent progress the school has made. Dur- the consummation of these plans as inK the history of the .«chool there have they are proposed. 'j^en 109 graduates from the grammar
We appreciate the necessity of the dcparment; of the.se 50 have graduated City of New York obtaining water in the last three years. This is the power supply, but we are opposed to close of Principal Preston's term here the method which is used to obtain and in token of the appreciation in
proper water supply. Wc should do as little damage
think you s ])0ssible
It was decided to allow the-pound in so doing, and choose a line of least master, .Moses Jarvis. $1 for each dog ' detriment to our pretty villages on the killed. The dog catchers are now at
their work, and it is advisable to have uzzled.
WANTAGH
.-\ cement sidewalk is being built up the West side of .Main Street. :
1 The Schuman Quintet met with, Charles Smith Wednesday evening.
south shore.
Our action is taken for the protec¬ tion of our future, and we do it not in a spirit of bravado or of conceit, but as citizens of one .State and one Na¬ tion, entitled to the equal protection of the sovereign power.
ROOSEVELT
Fire last Thursday completely de¬ stroyed an old dwelling at the corner
which he^is held, he was presented with a line rocking (!hair. Next year Prof. Preston will teach in New York, as instructor of history and lit¬ erature, at a salary of .$1425; he will make his home in Baldwin. During the Sunmier he will teach in a training school for teachers at Cortland, N. Y.
Commencement exercises of the grammar department of the Baldwin Union School were held l"'riilay even¬ ing, with the followir.g jirogram :
(iraduation March, .Miss Mabel Southard; song, "Welcome to Sum¬ mer," High School Chorus; invocation, Rev. VVm. D. Tuckey, pastor of the M.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Smith have *^^ ^^l^^'lon turnpike and \y.ashington E. Church; es.say, "American Corn- turned from Brooklyn to" their Sum-^'^^^riue, owned and occupied by .Mr. merce," Arthur McGillivary; essay, pr hnmA hprp and Mrs. F. D. Muproe. About 11 :.'iO, "The Art of Advertising." Mildred
mer home here.
•Miss Laura Cowles, after weeks' stay in Washington, D returned to her home here.
several C. has
I A business meeting of the Chri.^tian I Endeavor Society will be held next I Friday evening in the Church.
Your dining room floor can be touch ed up and refinished with Campbell's i davit was Thomas A. McWhinney, an Floor Finish and the result will be ex-Chief*of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst very satisfactory. Ross and Randall Department.
Co., carries a full line of all size cans and the manufacturers guarantee per¬ fect satisfaction if the simple direc¬ tions are followed.
The local company had the misfor¬ tune to burst a length of hose at an in¬ opportune time. Xbe members by mistake also used a spray nozzle aud
only threw ITSJ feet. Mr. Dooley,
' Following is the list of new maga-; therefore, wishes to make ajrange- xines received at the 'Nassau County ; ments with the Lawrence Company Reviefir Stationery Stoye, '62 S. Main ; for another test. It ia with a great St., thia week: Ladies' Home Jour-1 deal of interest that the local firemen nal. Red Book, American, Everybody's, {who are confident' that their steamer MunMy, McClure's.' Popular MechfilT'^s the better ot the two, wait to see il ies. Century, Outing, Sunsot, Good the Lawrence firemen will accept this HoaittkMpinff aifd L'Art De La Mode, i challenge.—Times.
Thursday evening at the Crystal j Lake House the Alumni of Freeport i High School had their annual banquet i and the large dining room was filled by over a hundred of the graduates of; Freeport school and their friends, when the doors were opened at half past nine. The earlier part of the evening was spent renewing old acquaintances and a general social hour. The wants of the inner mau were taken care of by Mrs. Frost, the obliging hostess, in her usual excellent fashion, after which Burgess Osterhout, president, acting as toastmaster, introduced the speakers of the evening: Assemblyman William G. Miller, on "ThetNation"; Albin N. Johnson, '93, on "The Alumni," and
when several small beys were coming , Hurley; vocal duet, "Swing Song," home from school they saw flames Nellie Utz and PJdna ('ombes; essay, shooting out of the kitchen ofthe house "The American Flag," P'lorence Story; and gave the alarm. Storekeeper recitaticn, "The Children," Lena Hin- .VIollineau:< and Postmaster .Seabury ran gle; song, "Patriotic airs medley," to the scene, being the first there. High School (Jhorus; es.say, "The Pow- When they arrived the fire <i'as well er of Music," Elsa Grimm ; essay, "A Memorial under way. Alpha Hook and Ladder dream of the future," Emilie Smith; ('ompany .\o. 1 (juickly responded to drill, "Red, White and Blue," conferr- the alarm. ing of Diplomas, Wesley B. Smith, pres-
Rev. T. S. Braithwa'te will preach The damage caused by the fire will ident of the Board of Education, in the Memorial Church next Sunday reach $3,500 or $4,000. The graduates this year, seventeen-in
and there will be Sunday School ses- ' Hardly had the firemen returned number, are Gladys Arnot, Bessie sion in the afternoon. i their apparatus to the truck house Edgar. El.sa Grimm, Lena Hingle, Mil-
,— when a second alarm was given. They dred Hurley, Emilie Smith, Florence
The Public School closed Tuesday found the rcxjf of the barn on Royal Story, Catherine Verity, Clair Byrne, of last week. IjPrincipal Frank Schorr Mollineaux's property ,a half mile dis- Walter C<x>k, Arthur McGillivary, Mal- and Miss Lawier have both been re-en- tant from the first fire, ablaze, pre- com McGillivary, Harvey Miller, gaged for another year. sumably from a spark from the first William Papp Jr., Ira I'lowright, Tred-
fire. This fire was soon extinguished, well .Smith jr., William J. Smith. The annual picnic and dance of the ____^.^^______^__^^_^^^_^_____ ' ¦ . i ..
Wantagh Hook and Ladder Company will be held on the grounds adjoining! the tire hou^e on Friday evening, July 3.
HEMPSTEAD
MERRICK
' The funeral services over the re-
Tbe annual outing of the members of mains of Valerius von de Au, who died the W. C. T. U. is arranged for the at his home in this place last Wednes- . Fred Schaardt, Jr., in place of his 22nd of July, at High Hill Beach. day. were^ held Friday afternoon last,
weekly dance will run an excursion to Rev, Mr. * Schorton of Hempatead,
High Hill Beach Saturday evening. A wistaria on premises occupied by officiated. Cancer of the liver, from July 11. Boats are announced to leave George W. PaynUr, Fulton Avenue which he had been ailing for ten yeara, at 8 o'clock, and returning leave the, and Franklin Street, has grown to the ' ^as the cause of death. He was 59 CliffordColyer, 06', on "The faculty,'* J beach at 11 o'clock in time to catch; toP «'one of the tall pine trees some years of age .and lias resided on Camp Henry L. Crandell, "Our School;" trains. ! forty or more ieet in heighth, j Avenue the last four years.
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VOL. XIII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE ^6, 1908 NO. 36 FREEPORT NEWS The Summer time-table of the L. I. R. R. went into effect yesterday. Ray Steighler, a former resident, is visiting Mrs. John Raynor, Ray¬ nor Avenue. Seth Pelton and family of Monticello, N. Y., is visiting Rt the home of Franci.s Pearsall and Stephen Whaley. The Fourth District Republican Club will hold a ratification meeting at Fraternity Hall this evening; every¬ body invited. George MaGill has launch "Millicent M." launched his Mrs. M. Reynolds and family are row occupying their summer home here. Stanley Armington started Monday morning for Denver, Colorado, where he will spend his summer vacation. The L. I. R. K. has had the cross¬ ings and in front of the depot treated to a coat of oil, laying the dust very nicely. E. Anderson, who received the con¬ tract to paint the tire houses, is busily L. T. Wells, real estate agent, has engaged at the work, and is doing a sold Frank Seaman's carriage business t\ne job. to C. Fletcher Vail of Quogue, who has taken possession. Election of officers will take place in Freeport Council No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., this Friday evening. There will also be initiation of candidates, and a largo attendance is desired. The Woman's Relief Corps will have a beacli party to Nas.sau-by-the-Sea on Tuesday, July 7. Boats will start from Patterson's dock, corner Main and Raynor Sts., at 8 a. m. Tax Collector Dorlon announces that he will be ready to receive the village tax at the village office on July (3. To and including July 11 the rate of com¬ mission will be 1 per cent; after July 11, 5 per cent. "Dumont's Di.xie Minstrels" have been engaged at Capt. W. C. Ellison's Bayside House for every afternoon and evening during the summer, to give a free vaudeville performance. Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church, will exchange pulpits with Rev. H. B. Munson, pastor of the Hempstead M. E. ('hurch, Sunday morning. Services wilfebe held in the Presby¬ terian Church Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:lo p. m. The Rev. Charles Herbert .Scholey will greach in the morning upon the theme "Is One De¬ nomination As Good As Another?" His evening subject is "The Critical Period of Life." School Notes The Methodist church and lecture room were filled Sunday evening when Rev.( Charles Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, preached the, baccalaureate sermon to the grad¬ uating class of 1908, Freeport High School. In the pulpit were also Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church and pa.stor Roberts of the Bap¬ tist Church, the latter, making the opening prayer. The graduates, fourteen in number, Fiiihtind Conduit At the meeting hefore the Board of Hiram R. Smith and George Wallace. Mr. Smith was introduced as "a man who has taken great interest in our, Estimate and Apportionment of the' James McC school" anduMr. Wallace as the oldest (jjty of New York last Friday nmrning school friend. living principal of the school. During jt was decided to lav the new water BALDWIN, __ James McChesney is entertaining a the evening the classes used their vari¬ ous yells, and the event at the dining table closed with the thrilling "ilocn motive yell" of the cla.-^s of 'OS, led by the pro^:ident. Ralph L. Crandell. Good music was furnished during the evening and the event closec^ with dancing. Among the guests were Henry L. Misses Nema Price and Price spent Sunday with Smith. Mildred Winnie with the high school faculty and the j Crandell, John K. Eldridge and C. Mil- Board, occupied seats reserved for them i ton Foreman, of the Board of Educa- in the front of the church, and the ush- tion and Eugene F. McKinley, former- ers were members of the Alumni. jiy principal of the .school. Regrets Following is the list of graduates: j were received from C. W. Oley. L. M. Hazel Clarissa Golder, Olive Wilda i Burdick and L, H. Carris, former Homan, Mabel Arlington Hunt, Chloe i principals. Frances Raynor, Charlotte Mae South- j ard; Clyde Brown, Ralph Lockwood 1 Crandell, William Carroll Gunning, j Paul Loring Johnson. Thomas Stephen j O'Mara, Fred Smith Patterson, Henry Preston Roe, William Clinton Story j and Harold Clark Wilson. ! The class has for its officers: Presi- , dent, Ralfih C'randell; vice-jiresident, Charlotte M. Southard; .'secretary, P;iul Johnson; treasurer, Carroll Gunning. ! V illage Trustees At the regular meeting of tiie Vil lage Board of Trustees Friday evening "orth of the railroacl track, away from all the merpbers were present except the villages mentioned. pipe line on the South side of the. Miss Anna Coote has heen vi.siting railroad track as proposed. Counselor ber sister, Mrs. Charles Thomas. Elvin N. Edwards submitted the fol¬ lowing [irotest which will explain it¬ self. \Ve oniinend Mr. Edwards for his good fight, whatever comes of it. r "The Frecport Ijoard of Trade and the Allied Boards of Trade and Civic Clubs of the Town of Hempstead, re¬ spectfully object and opjiose the ac¬ quiring of land as proposed for the lay¬ ing of a seventy-two inch main for the purpose of water supply, and proposed Buffaly for vacation this wee to run through the villages of Free- ¦ port, Baldwin, Rockville Centre and I Rev. E. 0. Tree, the late pastor of Lynbrook, South of the Long Island : the M. E. Church, has taken a house Raiload, and that if such line be ne- on Porterfield Place, Freeport, for the ces.-iary, it should run either along the Summer, old conduit line, or a new line chosen The M. E. Sunday School will hold their annual outing to Point Lookout next Tuesday, June MO. Miss Rope has been visiting rela¬ tives in Huntington and will go to Work is progressing on the large I" the Freeport Baptist Church, addition to I. H. L'Hommedieu's brick Stanley W. Roberts, Minister, there building, and on the addition to H, F. will be public worship Sunday at 10:- Harm's building, which is being made '^^d a. m. ; theme, "The Christian and three story. These are big improve- His Patriotism"—a sermon appropriate ments to Main St. ' to the coming national holiday. In the .— evening at 7:15, a Children's Day Con- Geo. K. Cheney has started an inno- cert will be rendered by children of^the vation that bids fair to be successful, Bible Schocd. At 2:30 Bible School in an auto service to and from the with classes for all ages. Friday, depot. The price for delivery to and eight o'clock, p. m. will be held the from tho depot to any residence in the weekly prayer and conference meeting. village is 25c. Autos will also be A cordial welcome awaits all who at- rentbd by the hour. See adv. tend any of these services. About (io pupils of the Kindurgarten classes of the two schools, with their teachers and 25 mothers, w ent on a pic¬ nic Wednesday morning by special trolleys to Hingle's grove, near Hemp¬ stead., whero an enjoyable«morning was spent in the woods; the party retui'iied home after dinner at noon. Considerable e.xcitement was caused Another automobile accident occurred on Sunday afternoon in which a young man of this place was thrown from his bicycle and his left arm badly injured. ¦The automobilist who caused the acci¬ dent succeeded in getting away. Joseph Boyden was riding along Mer¬ rick Road when an automobile came from the West. Apparently the young woman on the driver's seat was being Wednesday afternoon when a horse taught to manage the machine. As driven by Miss Marion Northridge, the machine neared Boyden, it made a who was" accompanied hy her mother, lurch toward him, caught the pedal of the wife of Dr. Northridge, former his bicycle, and threw him heavily to Freeporters, now residing at Merrick, the macadam road. When the occu- became frightened at an automobile pants of the machine saw Boyden lying and ran away on .Main Street. Miss on the roadway, they threw on power Northridge skillfully guided the animal and disappeared toward Merrick. Boy- but was unable to check his speed so I'en was not injured badiy. she ran him into a tree just south of Trustee Patterson. Bids for supplies for the fire depart¬ ment were opened. The price for hose was about l)5c per foot, rubber coats, $3.40 to .S3.90; boots, .S:J.:10 to?4.20: respirators, $1.25 to .$1.70; chiefs coats, about StJ.SO. The bids were filed for future considei'ation. A resolution was passed requiring ! notice to be given all telephone, tele- ' graph, or other companies placing poles in the village to have their names plainly stamjied on the same. Engineer Alvin G. .Smith was in¬ structed to prepare pla.is and specifica- i tions for estimates of cost for grading streets in accordance with resolutions That they are oiijKi.-cd to the laying ! of the proposed new line, t'jr the rea-; son that it takes a strip of land from , one hundred to two hundred feet wide, I through tiie best sections of these vil- lages, taking many valuable buildings, the cost of which to the City of New York will be enormous, and of great damage to the villages through which it passes. T. W. Joyce and family of Brooklyn have taken Mrs. Kiian's house, cgr. Merrick Road aiul Harrison Ave., for the season. At the last meeting of tho Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church, with Mrs. VanNostrand, v pleasant and protfiable afternoon was spent. Miss Charlotte Mae Southard and .Miss Olive Willa Homan of Balwdin were among the graduates at th^ Free- Tuesday afternoon Class Day exer¬ cises were held with this program: President's addre?s, Ralph L. Crandell; minutes of the last meeting, Paul John¬ son ; treasurer's report, Carroll Gun- ning, Junior prattler, Vernon Colyer; i P----;--^;^^---^ ^^ ;;ur ^"t^rdmerwh;:t tli^'^^st , As the Sunday School has its annual Class history, Olive Homan; ^'lass ; P^'^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;„. would be if a line was chosen running beach party next Tuesday, June ;!u, the prophecy. Chloe Raynor; addres.s t^ \,,^^^ J^^^.^^d ^£i\^l through the .cparsely settled .section.t "^^'^ting of the Ladies' Aid ,s post- Juniors, Preston Roe; gifts. Clyde '^uc ted toj^r^paie p^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ the Long Island Railroad ' P""«^l."'>t.l the following week when Brown; debate, "Shall the" teachers M^'°"^^".'^ ^^'^""V" °^ ^'^.''' HtacnnK «nd th-.t pvho if it w,^ o.tp^ Mrs. Charles Cook will entertain, on , • i f »u 1 '?>> u I 1 streets in accordance with reso utions tracks, anu tnai evtn ii it wa.-, neces- be given a vote of thanks? Hazel , , ¦ ^ i .. i ^ c;qrv tn acmirp ovtn l-nfl alone the July 7- r\>i.i.>,. rh.,y\r.f^^ >.:,„.m.jrri r^ro,! I passed and money ajipropnated at last sarj to acquire extra i;.nci aion), tne Goldei. Charlotte Southard, Fred , ^j^^^.^^^_ .j^ conduit line, the expense would not For tho first time in .several months A petition for the extension of East be near as great as that of the line the members of the M. L. S. got to- Railroad Avenue was referred to the ' proposed by your City of New York, at ge-ther on Saturday evening last wh(m er, Charlotte Southard, Patterson and Harold Wil.son. The class motto is "Virtus in Arduis" "Cour- -age in Difficulties;" The valedictorian is Mabel Hunt; salutatorian', Clinton .Storv. Wednesday evening, in thu School, commencement exercises were held, with the program as follows: Orchestra; Invocation, Rev. Pelham- St. George Bissell, of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration; Saluta tory, William ('linton Story; Address, Dr. Henry Baker; Solo -"When the Heart is Ywing" Miss Nelle J. Dailey; street committee and Commissioner Pine. The request of the Onslow Moore Co. for an arc light at corner of Roosevelt Place and Archer St., and another at corner Archer St. and Bayview Avenue, was referred to the light committee. R. J. Wihnarth, on behalf of the N present. We respectfully submit to your Board, that we feel that this latest ef- ort on your part to lay this main is go¬ ing to be a great detriment to our vil¬ lages, and to our town, and will be to the great injury of values of real proj)- erty, as well as of future injury to our thoy, with several friends, twenty in all, were entertained by Miss Wheeler and Miss Lehing at the home of the former. Progressive games and other amusements filled up the time until midnight. Y. and N. J. Tekqihone Company, offer- respective water plants, and for this ed to make a direct line telephone ser- reason, we respectfully inform your vice to the power house without cost to honorable board, that if neerl be to pre- the village. This will be a big im- vent this latest disfigurement to our Valedictory, Mabel Hunt; Presentation j provement in case of fire especially and villages, we shajl resort to the Courts, of Diplomas, Samuel R. Smith, Presi- i the offer was gratefully accepted. dent Board of Education; Award of Roswell Davis was given permission Spelling Prizes, Samuel R. Smith; Award of Prizes for Perfect Attend¬ ance, Hiram R. Smith; Benediction, to lay a sidewalk in front of his prop¬ erty on West Merrick Road, 120 ft., without cost to the village. Mrs. F. Rev. Charles A. Logue of the Catholic; Furst was also given permission to lay ran Bedell Street, where he was caught before he could again get under head¬ way, and Mrs. and Miss Northridge were assisted from the carriage un¬ harmed. The horse was taken into Mr. Bliss' yard and hitched to a light wagon, when he again ran away ; the wagon caught in tbe fence and tore it down; the horse broke loose from the wagon and went into the west as fast as his legs could carry him; the last our correspondent saw of him he was still going. Baseball The Freeport Club broke its losing streak on Saturday when it defeated the Patchogue team at Athletic Park by the score of 8 to 2. Cook pitched a good game for Freeport." Freeport Club will play Springfield to-morrow on the home grounds. Read Svenson's prices in the Review this week. Fourth of July Post Cards at the Re¬ view Stationey Store —2for 5 cents. Mothers of infants will learn some¬ thing by reading Smith & Bedell's ad in this issue that will be worth a great deal to them during the summer months. Engineer George Dooley of the Wide Awake Engine Co., which was defeat- eil at the recent tournament of the Nassau County Volunteer Firemen's Association, wouhl like to arrange a conest between the local steamer and that of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst En¬ gine, which holds the record of the County. Engineer Dooley is ready to place the local steamer against that of Lawrence for fun, or '.he loser to jiay a stated amount to the Nassau Hospit¬ al at jM ineola. On tournament Day there were two ' protests against awarding the Law¬ rence engine a prize. The protests were from Union Engine Company of Hempstead, which company captured the second prize, and also from the lo¬ cal company. The ground on which the protests were made was that the safety valve on the Lawrence engine was "monkeyed" with, contrary to rule. Affidavits sworn to before Notary Public Stephen P. Pettit .set forth that the valve on the Lawrence steamer had been tampered with during the contest. The affidavits were from JameS R. Brightman of Rockville Cen- 1 tre, and from a representative of the Firemen's Herald of New York. The New York man stated that he had seen a stranger tampering with the safety valve, while Brightman states that the stranger mentioned in the other affi- Church of Our Holy Redeemer; Orches¬ tra. The hall was prettily decorated with the class colors, purple and gold. The following students were jire- sented books by Hiram R. Smith, a former President of the Board of Ed¬ ucation, for perfect attendance during the past year: Robert Paterson, Winfield Raynor, Mabel Hunt, Florence Fullager, Mil¬ dred Humphrey, Fred Patterson, Flor¬ ence Carpenter, Laurata DavLson, Wallace Campliell, Peter Beck, Ed¬ ward Collins, Harold Humphrey, Ev- e\yn Nock, Margaret Phillips, Howard j all dogs muzzled. Teas, Vera Bedell, Bernard Loonam, Jesse Smith, Florence Crandell, George Roustercher, Lizzie Enkler, Elmer Johnson, Freda Wildner, William Sprague, Bessie Smith, Bradford Ray¬ nor, Marion Patterson, Donald McKee- man, Milton Bedell, Mary Nock. Sig- ne Nygren. John Enkler, John Wolf- rust, David Bigley, Eva Smith. Of these eleven have been perfect in attendance not missed a day, in from two to five years: Robert Patterson, 5; Fred Patterson, 5; Marion Patterson, 3; Bradford Ray¬ nor, 2; William Sprague, 2; Evelyn Nock, 2; Florence Carpenter, 2; Flor¬ ence Fullagar, 2; Mabel Hunt 2; Win¬ field Raynor, 2; Wallace Campbell, .{. Henrietta Seaman received the spelling prize. Prof. A. E. Barnes awarded the di-1 plomas and spelling prizes for Presi-1 dent S. R. Smith, who has been ill forj everal days. I ft. walk, 1-15 of the cost to be funded., The 'applications of Wm. Penrsall, Pine St., W. S. Hall, Ro.se St., and H. Hildebrant, Bergen Plade, were grant¬ ed. The application of E.H. Norwood, or electric light service at the new Randall Hotel, was "granted as soon as we secure the necessary material." Harold Loonam was approved as a member of Ever Readv Hose Co. Scbool closed on Friday and the teachers have left for their homes. Principal and Mrs. Preston will spend the Summer in Cortland, Miss Connorer at Amsterdam, Miss Case atDeRuyter, .Miss Daverii at Cortland, Miss Weigand for relief, and I, representing the at East Sryacuse, Miss Harrington at" Boards, bave been authorized by the Cortland, Miss Rojic at Bulfalo, Miss Allied Boards of Trade and the Civic Kingston, Skaueateles, Miss Wader at Clubs, ofthe Town of Hempstoad, rep- Geneva, Miss Dean at Cazunovia and resenting no less than nine hundred Mi»'^ Dayton in Brooklyn, busine.ss men of that Town, and mostly Principa Preston in his closing re- from the villages through which thi.'^ niark.-^ praised the work of the pupils, line passes, by them to use every and gave li' |
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