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Vol. XVI
FREEPORT, N. v., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1911
No. 47
FREEPORT NEWS
The next regular meeting of the Vil¬ lage Board of Trustees will be held on Friday evening, October tj.
The regular ((uarterly meeting of the Fire Department is scheduled for next Thursday evening, October 5.
The South Shore Yacht Club will hold its third annual beefsteak dinner next Thursday evening at half past eight, at the Club House.
Mrs. Amelia Isenor of this village sailed on the George Washington of
j That Road Gravel
The (juality of gravel to be used on our village streets continues to be the topic of discussion at Village lioard regular and special meetings.
As previoualy stated, Geo. DeGroat, representing the co ipany furnishing the Peekskill gravel, at the meeting on .Sept. 1 submitted an affidavit strongly scoring the gravel ordered from John F. Fleming, representing a rival concern.
On Sept. 2 Trustees Collard, Sig¬ mond and Bedell, accompanied by Leo Fishel, village counsel, investigated the gravel and subseiiuently stated
Through rare presence of mind and I Village TfUStCCS' BuSinCSS
skill in swimming, Harry Smith, ,
manager of G. P. Ellison's Hotel on' All the men ber. were present at the
Woodcleft Channel, this morning saved regular meeting of the Board of Trus-
the life of a laborer who had started t^es Friday evening
to swim across the creek to the hotel Charles G. Hill, a
The called for help and immediately
Local Topics
(By the Editurl
President Gunning's rhetoric is:
a member of the worthy of note where he said the rep-'
man"w"'a's"pa"rtly"acro93"whe'n"he i South Shore Yacht Club, appeared and resentative nf the Steers Co. "handles |
for help and immediately sank, a^''^'" presenting a communication ask- t"e truth very c^el^ssly. I
ed to have Peekskill gravel placed on I
West Side Avenue from Atlantic Ave- According to my reporter at Village
Smith pulled off his coat, swam to where the man had disappeared then brought, him to the surface and swam to the bank.
The man was soon brought around and Smith caln^ly returned fo the hotel
I .Mabel A. Cornelius has returned I home after .-^pending the summer at Haines Falls, N. Y.
i An informal hop will be held at the Crystal Lake House Satuiday evening of this week, for which a number Jof invitations have been issued.
Master Robert Smith, tor several
nue .=outh to the village line and he as- Board meeting Friday night someone i y^^rs junior assistant at' the Review
sured the Village Board that as soon as it was done the Club would see that the remainder of the distance to
donned dry clothing and looked after t^''^ <^'"b House was graveled without the comfort of his guests as though «xp'"se to the village
the North German Lloyd Line, from ^^^^ they found the gravel as repre- NewVorkto Bremen, via Plymouth *f"*«'' ^^ ^'- ^J^V""^; and they
nothing had happened.—Times.
and Cherbourg, last Saturday.
thereupon directed the Long Island I Railroad Company that the village C. P. Manning has opened one ofthe >o"'f' not accept the gravel, as it did
stores in the Manhattan Hotel building as an expert watchmaker and jeweler, Mr. Manning has been in business in Rockville Centre for years, and is an uji-to-date enterprising business man.
not come up to specifications. J. F. Fleming, the contractor, was also noti¬ fied.
Notwithstanding theae directions 19 car loads of the gravel reached Free- iwrt on Monday. Trustees Sigmond, Collard and Betlell informed the rail-
Clyde Brown, a former Freeporter, writes from his home in Massachusetts, dated Sept. 14. a letter of which some parts will interest some of our reaaers : He says:
"I am taking a preparatory course in the Howe School of Billerica Centre, specializing in P'rench, German, Latin, Physics and English. This school is several miles from home and I ha"° to take the trrjUey every morning at 'i :.'?0' and get back at 1:30, achool being
In order to keep persona from going
under the gates at Main Street cross-; road company that the village would
ing in the path of approaching trains, ' not accept the shipment. The Trua-
the Long lalar.d Railroad Company has'tees then called a special meeting of session from ten minutes after eight
had "aprons" put on the gates. The the VillaKe Board for the same even- till one o'clock.
aprons are of wood and heavy wire, ing- Mr. Fleming having been in-
and fxtend down from the gates to a formed of what had occurred reiiuested
point near the ground. the Board to hold a special meeting - on Thursday evening to give him op- Miss Mildred Adiene, daughter of portunity to present hia case.
Mrs. George Pitkin Bergen, of this President Gunning and Trustee .My-
village, and Charles Mansfield Hart will rick favored holding the 19 cars on
the siding until after Thursday night
in order to give Contractor i-'leming '"K almost all the tomatoes in the vi- the opportunity to make good. Trus- cinity;some men Icsing hundrds of
mony a reception will be held at the tees Sigmond, Bedell and Collard ob- dollars worth. We managed to win a
home of the bride's mother, 171 West jected on the claim that it could eas- 2nd and third prize at the Middlesex
He was informed by Trustee Sig¬ mond that West Side Avenue was one of the streets to be graveled, whereup¬ on .Mr. Hill urged that it be one of the first to be taken care of as the season at me yacht club would soon be over. The communication was tabled.
A. S. .Malcomson of Smith & .Mal- coiiiHon appeared with a map of the village which will be .sent to the Secre¬ tary of State as reijuired by a new law. .Mr. Malcomson alao ^ave a
evidently humbugged Trustee Myrick, ctfiee, haa secured a po.-ition with about the proposition of giving vacat-: u^^bleday, Page & Co., at Garden lona to the men atthe power houses./-•¦.
"Engineer Smith was talting his va-> ' '
cation now and the others would have i j have opened my store in the .Man- theirs as .soon as he got back," BY ; hattan Building, where 1 will carry a
DOING DOUBLE DLTY TO MAKE UP THE TIME.
These men work 3t!5 days every year and if they want a vacation they are magnanimously allowed to take one if thev will work over to make up the time, AND THIS NOTWITHSTAND¬ ING THEY CA.N ONLY WORK > HOURS a day according to law.
A striking example of the meaiines.-s
of thi.s ruling was shown during En-1 summer.
full line ef je-welry, watches and clocks. Fine watch repairing a spe¬ cialty. C. P. .Manniiin. It
Church .Notes
Commencing Sunday, Oct. 1, ser¬ vices in the .Methodist Episcopal and I're.sbyteriaii Churches, will begin at 7:3(1 insfeatl of 7:15 as (luri^^; the
he married tomorrow (Saturday) even¬ ing at half after six, at the Presby¬ terian Church. Following the cere-
.Mr. Belknap haa bought an automo¬ bile and h&s toured a good deal through fhe State of Massachusetts. He ha.s been sick for the past week with a fever and today is the first time he has been able to ait up.
We had a heavy frost last night which spoiled all the vegetation, ruin-
port on the changing of the grade of Rineer .'^mith s "vacation whenengin-
Wallace Street and after .some dis- eer in charge had to work :!6 hours at
cussion the matter wa.s referred fo the » ""¦^f^'h a^'" » breakdown, of course
Street Committee with power. without e.xtra pay, and at a time when
Wiliiani F. Cornell, Chief of the s'ckness and death in his immediate
Fire Department, requisitioned two fa"''l>' entitled him to be awiiy from
new uprights for the bell tower of '^e plant completely. Hose Company No. o, reporting that
Sunday, Oct. 1, will be Riilly ill the M. E. Sunday School.
Uav
Merrick Road.
An entertainment for the benefit of the Boy Scouts of America will be held in Sigmond's Opera House on Thurs¬ day evening, October 5. The program will include "5 big acts and 4 rolls of high clas.« motion pictrues." The ob
ily be seen that the gravel was not up County fair today with a hoar and a to the retjuiremeiits, and further that *^ow of Berkshire swine from to hold the cars on the siding until Justamere Farm.
Charles M. Weyant is spending some time at the factory of the Shelby Electric Co., .Shelby, Ohio. This is the place where the tungsten and Maz¬ da lamps now in general use are made.
Stuart Ranges at DaSilva's.
It
after Thursday night would cost the village $43 in demurrage.
The discussion lasted for two or three hours, the debate at times be¬ coming (|uite acrimonious. Finally ject of the entertainment is to raise ; Trustee Sigmond moved to reject the funds to supply the boys with better 19 cars of gravel from J. F. Fleming, e<iuipment, and ia under the super- now on the railroad siding in this vil- vision of Capt. Eldred of Troop No. 1, Iage, and that the clerk notify therail- of Rockville Centre, and Capt Thomas, road company and Mr. Fleming there¬ of Troop No. 2 of Freeport. ' of. Trustees Sigmond and Bedell vot-
- - j ed in favor and President Gunning and
The will of Adelbert A. Webster,' Myrick against the motion. Trustee whio died on August 111 at P'reeport, \ Collard not voting. President Gun- has been filed in the oflJice of the surro-1 ning declared the motion lijjst, Trus- gate of Nassau County, The deceased ! tc Collard stated that he hadn't voted suffering, patiently borne. She had was for a long time engaged in the j as he misunderstood the motion. Trus- been in poor health for years, but took jewelry business on Fulton Street, j tee Sigmond then moved to reconsider to her bed early in January fr im ulcer- Brooklyn, in which he was in partner-; the motion just offered. President ' ous stomach trouble, and had been con- ship with Irving A. Lewis, under the ! Gunning declared the motion to recon- fined practically ever since. All that firm name of A. A. Webster & Co. i aider our of order. Then followed a a loving family and kind neighbors
The deceased created a trust fund , lot more of discussion, with the result could do to relieve her was done ami for his widow for her life, and made i that a apecial meeting was called for his two sons, who are executors of the; Thursday night.
will, trustees. The widow, Annie! At the same meeting the lU-ton roll Webster, geta the income for her life
OBITUAKY MRS. WESLEY PEARSALL. Lydi-i Gregory, wife of Wesley Pear¬ sall. died at her home at 27 Raynor St. atfer a lingering illness of inteii.se
they were in bad shape and dangerous. Referred to the Supply t'ommittee with power.
Chief Cornell stated that while the supply committee had been doing well of late in getting the supplies, he did not think that it was proper for tbem to spend the money of the lire depart¬ ment fund for aupplies without a re- (|Uisition. He spoke in particular of the L'lass front that has been placed ill one of the fire house doors, and while he thought that the idea of glass in the door was a good one, that the plain s()uare glasses did not look very artistic and that it should have been the same as that in other houses
Chief Wil ment in a communication reported that the resignation of Officer Joiiii Driscoll had been received and he recommended that Bertram Seaman, a special otiicer, be appointed as a regular in the place of Driscoll. He stated that Seaman was "careful, willing and earnest." The appointment was made.
He also reported that Captain Dun¬ bar was back after his vacation ; that he had engaged William Pearsall to place gas pipes in the court room and that he would aell the horse in pound- ^'¦'
Rev. C. H. Scholey ia leader for tho
Young People's meeting Sunday night
in the I'resbvteriiin Church; subject,
If trusts treat their employees "A Missionary Journey Around the
worse than this, deliver us from trusts. , World."
The following conversation nt the j The Wonian's ))rayer iiieetinv!-of the Board meeting Friday evening, aa re-, I'reslyterian Church will be held in ported to nie. is terse enuf to quote: i the Chapel next Wedne.sday, Sejit. 27,
President Gunning to Board—Gentle- at :{ o'clock. AU-Woiwen of the church menl Before we adjourn I have a, are eordially invited to attend. (|Uestioii to ask in regard to the reso-'
lufion which was im.ssed app.-inting me ; The Sunday School Convention of as committee of one to accept or re-1 the Long Island District of N. Y. an- ject thi.s load of Hudson River graveU "ual conference of the A. M. E. from the Fleming Company. The Church, waa held at Bethel Church, (luestion is this : Who instigated the, resolution? Who were consulted'.' By i
whom was it drawn'.' And what
the reason for the drawing nf if.'
'Irustee Sigmond —attempted
ace of the Polic"e'Depart- •=^''.^'et^^V'"'''^'"u-, , ii Counselor Fishel- I think
President Gunning's ijuestion is a
one. Trustee Sigmond suggested
resolution. Trustee Collard and
dell were consulted and they were
to
that!
fair!
the'
Be-'
all
present when I drew it. The intention
was to place the responsibility up to,
the President ef the Board. j
Gunning If that is the case you '
have missed your intention for the,
reason that you were absolutely sure '
of my position and that it was a fore-j
ne conclusion that I would accept '
until the pain.s became so severe that opiates were re()uired she had a cheery word for all, and when finally the end ; er, which has been used by the village, came she had no fears—no tears—as
age at the barn of John Raynor, Ray- '^e gravel, and that you, knowing my j
nor Avenue, on Saturday afternoon at conclusion and giving me the authority |
two o'clock ^^ accept or reiect it, cannot shirk any j
On recommendation of Chief Wal- «^ '^e responsibility by appointing me
lace, Lieut. Raynor was given week's vacation.
.\ letter denouncing the use of muff-
and after her death it ia to be divided' was ordered returned to R. W. Smith, to her voyage in the great unknown- - ^g^ cutouts on automobiles in thia vil-
only thinking of thoae left behind-- bereft.
Mrs. Pearsall was in her 53d year. She was the daughter of Rev. and .Mrs. E. S. Hebberd, both deceaaed, andmet her future husband while occupying taxpayers al the special meeting the parsonage of the M. E. Church, Thursday night of last week and the then on Merrick Road, with her par- Single copies of the Review for sale charges and answers were thoroughly e^ta. They were married Dec 'M) at Greenblatt's. Railroad Ave. ; Kief- Kone over by representatives of both jg77_ and i,esides her husband she er's, Review office and Gobetz', South contractors, all the witnesses being leaves one daughter, Mrs, John T.
share and share alike between the sur¬ viving children or their survivors. The executors are authorized to keep the deceased's money in the business aa long as they see fit.
The will is dated November 2, 19U9, and the eatate is valued at $100,000.
he to render bill for the same.
Trusteea Myrick and Bedell were ap¬ pointed a committee to ascertain the cost of a (5-ton ateam roller.
The Board room was crowded with
Main'^treet, and DaSilva's, West Mer- placed i^^ider strong cross e.xamiiiation. Cotter of North Grove St., this villaee rick Road. tf ' "- •^--^--' --"-—' "-- -^ _ . -,
Iage waa received from Henry C. Bainbridge. Trustee Myrick waa in favor of an ordinance but stated that if one waa made it abould be enforced, whille Trustee Siiimond thought that aa only about two months more of auto¬ mobile traffic remained thia year the matter could go over until next spring. It was finally decided to refer the propoation to counsel to look up as to what authority the village had in the after and if it was found that there
a committee with power.
.Myrick to Sigmond You seemed to be biased in the matter.
Sigmond I am 1 I have not been biasad up until last night but now I am, and I admire tbe way in whch Mr. DeGroat carried himself,
Fishel addressing the Boaf(l--favnr- ed the Steers gra\el.
Myrick to Fishel--This is the Vil¬ lage Board matter. I would like to know why you butt in so much.
Fishel- That is a privilege that all lawyers seem to have.
Preaerving Time Needs Mason Fruit Jars, pints, SOc doz. Mason Fruit Jara, quarts, 56c doz. Lightning Style Jars, pints, 75c doz.
Mr. DeGroat reiterated the charges and two sons Srnith F roorie or of "latter ana it it was ii.uno tnat mere
in his affidavit His main contentions f"" two sona. brnitn f., proprietor of was authority for it he was instructed
in nis amaavit. mis main contentions the Nassau County Review, and to draw an ordinance and submit it to
were that the sample submitted was Howard E.. manager of the .same od^a^a" ordinance and submit ,t to
from the Lynch bank, and that the e^ffina- oi.n tm,, hmHiera hr,fh ;„ fv,„ "'eDoaru. . „ ..
FREEPORT OYSTERS ON TOP.
All our readers will be interested to
hear that Freeport oysters this year
...^ are fine. One planter told me ne had
was filled from the Jova brick offi<=^ aj""'''" ^^^"'hers, both in the The communication from J. R. S. never seen them better, and that deal-
that the gravel from the Jova Funeral services were held MnnH«v ^^'l^ r" ^^^"t,"^"^ *° *^^ graveling of ers from villages east were buying oy-
Lightning Style Jars, qaarts. 85c doz. brick yards is not used on any public af^n Rev W A Richard D North Bergen Place was ordered an sters from this section to supply their
.?._.•••'-..'^ ..... .. ..¦¦•. T . aiiernoon, ne\. >v. n. nicnara, u. swered by the Clerk The street in customers. Score another for
D., pastor of the M. L. Church, of question is one which will be graveled. Freeport!
was a member, g Trubenback made ap lieation for
ordt yard.
Jelly Glasses, SOc doz Tops for Mason Fruit Jars, 29c doz Parowax for Sealing, 10c box Jar Rubbers (the best) 10c doz. Jar Wrenches, 10c each
road, but simply used to fill in holes, _
that the Jova gravel has been rejected wliic'li Mrs Pearsa
''"U^fs'^^'^^crm'LtralTlct,- sa water mains on Rosedale Avenue, re- "If you see a tall fellow ahead o^ the
said Mr. DeGroat; "it is refuse. Your ^/a "er ka of which she Ls a*'Pas Parting that neither Mr. Baldwm nor crowd, ,- , ,
_, , , r, ... r.. , . . II « 1 11 • 1. J "' America, oi wnicn sne was a Past m- Veerbeck wou d a ow her to A eader of men, marching fear ess
Enameled Preserving Kettles 2o-; -"£-\,-' »/^ f^-^^^^* .'-^i^''-- Councilor, also attended the services, attach to their pr'vaie mainl Refer" and proud,
«o shiDDed fri LaTve^one inch .• ""^'"n",', ^^"" ^'"^f-'""i^ . ^"'"u^' r«d '° 'he water committee with And you know of a tale, wh(,semere
go snipped irom J ova over one inch, time We'll Understand' 'and "In the power telling aloud
fnch a^rZn\o fine" It'liU not fr** ^';V"'p'''''I'l '"" '"^""'^ ^President Gunning reported that the Would cause his proud bead to in
withstand your traffic ¦ here. In the ^Tf^n*" ul..-!."_:_.„. . .. extension at the power house was about anguish be bowed
It
Jar Fillers, 5c Jelly Strainers, 10c Tomato Strainers, 10c Col landers, 10c Wax Paper, 5c roll
snrinir when the frost comes out ef the c ^l"! ^,^" ^"a"^" "^""^ ^'"o"'' ^- completed witn the exception of the It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
, spring wnen tne irosi comes out ei tne gmith, Jos. J. Raynor, George Raynor, o^at
DaSilva's ground, wheels will cut through it. chas. P. Seaman, Oscar Valentine and
The Jova stuff IS only a top dressing, Wilson S. Southard, successor to W. My advice to you at the beginning was
waa held this village, last Tliuraday and Friday. The meetinga were in charge of liev. W. J. Gaines, D. 0., 1,. I.. D., presid¬ ing bishop, assisted by Rev. Joseph Stiles, P. E., Rev. Wm. lulwards, pas¬ tor, and .Mr. J. P. Jackson, Dislrict Superintendent.
Sunday morning -at the Methodist Episcopal Church the pastor will spenk on ".Men and Keliginn." This address is suggeated by the new and wide¬ spread Inter-denoniinational Movement about to be launched by laymen and ministers in aonie eighty of the lead¬ ing cities of the country. Men ar.- in¬ vited.
The Secretary of the Korean t^iiarter Centennial Campaign for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will speak in the M. E. Church Suiuhiy evening. .Mi.sK .M. L. Gutliapfel, herself a mis¬ sionary of Korea, has establiahed also a reputation as a powerful speaker. She will be sure to entertain, interest, edify here aa she has done elsewhere.
".Men and Religion" will be the Sun¬ day morning seirnoii fhcine of the Rev. Charlea Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian ('hurch. The evening subject will be "The Dawning of De¬ sires."
The Young People's Meeting of tho Presbyterian Church at 7 p. m, will bo led by the paator, and the topic is "A .Missionary Journey Around the World. VI. Missions In Africa." Acts «:2<;-40.
Christ Lutheran Church Located at t)l N. Grove St., near Kandall Ave. The congregation worahips at l(i:30 a. m. and 7 ¦.'¦iO p. m. The newly-elect¬ ed paator, the Rev. A, C. Karkan, late of Newport News, Va., will preach his introductory sermon at the morning service. He will also preach at the evening service. The Sunday School meets at 9:15 a. m. They invite all friends and strangers, especially those who are not affiliated with any other church, to join with them in these ser¬ vices.
At the Baptist (Church, S. Grove Street, Pastor J. Whitehurst will preach on Sunday morning at 10:30; subject, "Christian Miniatry in the light of the New Testament." In the
Freeport Coal Co
P. W. Haff, tho largest coal dealer on to use 2 inch and down to fine, but you
Long Island. The cheapest place to wouldn't accept that. That's my ad
buy coal. Exclusive dealer in some of vice to you now, to uae a gravel that
the best grades of coal. It will
Put us to the test if there are ad-
on hip roof. If you know of a thing that will dar
Trustee Myrick brought up the mat- ken the joy
ter of vacations for the employees of Of a man or a woman, a girl or a boy, I evening at 7:45 "The times cf restitu-
the power house, explaining that all That will wipe out a smile, or the ; tion of all things, of which God hath
other employees of the village govern- least way annoy I spoken by the m(juth of all his holy
ment had their vacation and there waa A fellow, or cause any gladness to' prophets since the world began."
be permanent." Mr. DeGroat Capt. and Mrs. John J. DunbarVfth^a "o reason why they shouldn't get the cloy,
cross examined by Alfred J. Tal- village, and wife of Harry Rosenkranz same. He was informed that Engineer It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
LILLIE ROSENKRANZ. Lillie Rosenkranz, daughter of Police
. ,, ,. ., lev, counsel for Contractor Fleming, of Ozone Park, died at St. Mary's Hos-
vantages to be gamed by trading with biit his direct statement was not'dam- pital, Wednesday night. Funeral aer-
Why don t you find out about it? ^^^^ ^^ ^ny extent vices will be held from the home of her
3 Mouth Glass Top Fruit Jars " A'hen they came here with samples parents, 178 Bedell St., this village,
pU. JOc, qts. 75c doz. and analysism submitted from Colum- Sunday afternoon at 3:00, withi in-
^^'^ bia University, they were supposed to terment at Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs.
Contributed.
Wide
Large Preserving Kettles
Enameled Coffee Pots
Enameled Tea Pots
Enameled Sauce Pans
Galvanized Water Pails
Cupa and Saucers
China Plates
Glaaa Tumblers
Fancy China 10c to $1.50 piece
It Seaman's Keliable Dry Gooda Store
36c up have come from the Lynch Banks, but Rosenkranz, who was 23 years old, is
33c up ^hen thia barge was loaded the mater- survived by her husband and two chil-
lOc up ial came from the Jova docks." "I dren, one two years old, and the other
call that a fraud, a friaud," said De- o"* week. She was an activ« member
Groat heatedly and I am hereto pro- of Progressive Council, Daughters of tee with power. , . , ,
tect myself against any legal proceed- Liberty, of chisjvillage. A. J. Thomas complained of
ings." —
¦ IN I .JI i--L-i^ -..,j L-i-ij_.. Stove Pipe and Elbows; all sizes,' „ „ . > n .. „
(continued on page 8) 10c. DaSilva'a it lON Freepert llefS OD Pije 8
20c
$1.00 doz.
5 to 10c ea.
8 to 6 ea.
Smith was on his vacation now, but the remaining force has to work all the harder to cover his shift and the
others would have their vacation as severe case of indigestion when he
soon as be returned in the same way. starts in on his contract to eat all the
The matter of connecting Wallace gravel on that Fleming shipment that
Street and Bergen Place pipe lines won't go thru a one inch screen,
with a short main along Brooklyn Ave- ~
nue and thereby eliminating two dead I cannot but wonder if my village
ends was left with the water commit- frienda, who thought that Smith Cox
Roah Hashonah, the Hebrew New
Year, begina Friday evening at *'>
o'clock, vhen all stores in the village
Representative DeGroat will have a j conducted by members bf that faith
will be closed, until 6 o'clcok the fol¬ lowing evening.
had been Supervisor long enough, be- tree lieve that if he were Supervisor he ^_ would allow the proposition to go
Local Topics ContiDsea on Pa^el
J. C. Ross 19 announced to lead the Epworth League meeting Sunday night in the M. E. Church; topic, "The Ex¬ emplary Life."
Christian Science Society. Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, Hemp¬ stead Bank Building; subject, "Real¬ ity;" A reading room at same address ! ia open daily from 1:30 to 5 p. ro.
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Vol. XVI FREEPORT, N. v., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1911 No. 47 FREEPORT NEWS The next regular meeting of the Vil¬ lage Board of Trustees will be held on Friday evening, October tj. The regular ((uarterly meeting of the Fire Department is scheduled for next Thursday evening, October 5. The South Shore Yacht Club will hold its third annual beefsteak dinner next Thursday evening at half past eight, at the Club House. Mrs. Amelia Isenor of this village sailed on the George Washington of j That Road Gravel The (juality of gravel to be used on our village streets continues to be the topic of discussion at Village lioard regular and special meetings. As previoualy stated, Geo. DeGroat, representing the co ipany furnishing the Peekskill gravel, at the meeting on .Sept. 1 submitted an affidavit strongly scoring the gravel ordered from John F. Fleming, representing a rival concern. On Sept. 2 Trustees Collard, Sig¬ mond and Bedell, accompanied by Leo Fishel, village counsel, investigated the gravel and subseiiuently stated Through rare presence of mind and I Village TfUStCCS' BuSinCSS skill in swimming, Harry Smith, , manager of G. P. Ellison's Hotel on' All the men ber. were present at the Woodcleft Channel, this morning saved regular meeting of the Board of Trus- the life of a laborer who had started t^es Friday evening to swim across the creek to the hotel Charles G. Hill, a The called for help and immediately Local Topics (By the Editurl President Gunning's rhetoric is: a member of the worthy of note where he said the rep-' man"w"'a's"pa"rtly"acro93"whe'n"he i South Shore Yacht Club, appeared and resentative nf the Steers Co. "handles for help and immediately sank, a^''^'" presenting a communication ask- t"e truth very c^el^ssly. I ed to have Peekskill gravel placed on I West Side Avenue from Atlantic Ave- According to my reporter at Village Smith pulled off his coat, swam to where the man had disappeared then brought, him to the surface and swam to the bank. The man was soon brought around and Smith caln^ly returned fo the hotel I .Mabel A. Cornelius has returned I home after .-^pending the summer at Haines Falls, N. Y. i An informal hop will be held at the Crystal Lake House Satuiday evening of this week, for which a number Jof invitations have been issued. Master Robert Smith, tor several nue .=outh to the village line and he as- Board meeting Friday night someone i y^^rs junior assistant at' the Review sured the Village Board that as soon as it was done the Club would see that the remainder of the distance to donned dry clothing and looked after t^''^ <^'"b House was graveled without the comfort of his guests as though «xp'"se to the village the North German Lloyd Line, from ^^^^ they found the gravel as repre- NewVorkto Bremen, via Plymouth *f"*«'' ^^ ^'- ^J^V""^; and they nothing had happened.—Times. and Cherbourg, last Saturday. thereupon directed the Long Island I Railroad Company that the village C. P. Manning has opened one ofthe >o"'f' not accept the gravel, as it did stores in the Manhattan Hotel building as an expert watchmaker and jeweler, Mr. Manning has been in business in Rockville Centre for years, and is an uji-to-date enterprising business man. not come up to specifications. J. F. Fleming, the contractor, was also noti¬ fied. Notwithstanding theae directions 19 car loads of the gravel reached Free- iwrt on Monday. Trustees Sigmond, Collard and Betlell informed the rail- Clyde Brown, a former Freeporter, writes from his home in Massachusetts, dated Sept. 14. a letter of which some parts will interest some of our reaaers : He says: "I am taking a preparatory course in the Howe School of Billerica Centre, specializing in P'rench, German, Latin, Physics and English. This school is several miles from home and I ha"° to take the trrjUey every morning at 'i :.'?0' and get back at 1:30, achool being In order to keep persona from going under the gates at Main Street cross-; road company that the village would ing in the path of approaching trains, ' not accept the shipment. The Trua- the Long lalar.d Railroad Company has'tees then called a special meeting of session from ten minutes after eight had "aprons" put on the gates. The the VillaKe Board for the same even- till one o'clock. aprons are of wood and heavy wire, ing- Mr. Fleming having been in- and fxtend down from the gates to a formed of what had occurred reiiuested point near the ground. the Board to hold a special meeting - on Thursday evening to give him op- Miss Mildred Adiene, daughter of portunity to present hia case. Mrs. George Pitkin Bergen, of this President Gunning and Trustee .My- village, and Charles Mansfield Hart will rick favored holding the 19 cars on the siding until after Thursday night in order to give Contractor i-'leming '"K almost all the tomatoes in the vi- the opportunity to make good. Trus- cinity;some men Icsing hundrds of mony a reception will be held at the tees Sigmond, Bedell and Collard ob- dollars worth. We managed to win a home of the bride's mother, 171 West jected on the claim that it could eas- 2nd and third prize at the Middlesex He was informed by Trustee Sig¬ mond that West Side Avenue was one of the streets to be graveled, whereup¬ on .Mr. Hill urged that it be one of the first to be taken care of as the season at me yacht club would soon be over. The communication was tabled. A. S. .Malcomson of Smith & .Mal- coiiiHon appeared with a map of the village which will be .sent to the Secre¬ tary of State as reijuired by a new law. .Mr. Malcomson alao ^ave a evidently humbugged Trustee Myrick, ctfiee, haa secured a po.-ition with about the proposition of giving vacat-: u^^bleday, Page & Co., at Garden lona to the men atthe power houses./-•¦. "Engineer Smith was talting his va-> ' ' cation now and the others would have i j have opened my store in the .Man- theirs as .soon as he got back" BY ; hattan Building, where 1 will carry a DOING DOUBLE DLTY TO MAKE UP THE TIME. These men work 3t!5 days every year and if they want a vacation they are magnanimously allowed to take one if thev will work over to make up the time, AND THIS NOTWITHSTAND¬ ING THEY CA.N ONLY WORK > HOURS a day according to law. A striking example of the meaiines.-s of thi.s ruling was shown during En-1 summer. full line ef je-welry, watches and clocks. Fine watch repairing a spe¬ cialty. C. P. .Manniiin. It Church .Notes Commencing Sunday, Oct. 1, ser¬ vices in the .Methodist Episcopal and I're.sbyteriaii Churches, will begin at 7:3(1 insfeatl of 7:15 as (luri^^; the he married tomorrow (Saturday) even¬ ing at half after six, at the Presby¬ terian Church. Following the cere- .Mr. Belknap haa bought an automo¬ bile and h&s toured a good deal through fhe State of Massachusetts. He ha.s been sick for the past week with a fever and today is the first time he has been able to ait up. We had a heavy frost last night which spoiled all the vegetation, ruin- port on the changing of the grade of Rineer .'^mith s "vacation whenengin- Wallace Street and after .some dis- eer in charge had to work :!6 hours at cussion the matter wa.s referred fo the » ""¦^f^'h a^'" » breakdown, of course Street Committee with power. without e.xtra pay, and at a time when Wiliiani F. Cornell, Chief of the s'ckness and death in his immediate Fire Department, requisitioned two fa"''l>' entitled him to be awiiy from new uprights for the bell tower of '^e plant completely. Hose Company No. o, reporting that Sunday, Oct. 1, will be Riilly ill the M. E. Sunday School. Uav Merrick Road. An entertainment for the benefit of the Boy Scouts of America will be held in Sigmond's Opera House on Thurs¬ day evening, October 5. The program will include "5 big acts and 4 rolls of high clas.« motion pictrues." The ob ily be seen that the gravel was not up County fair today with a hoar and a to the retjuiremeiits, and further that *^ow of Berkshire swine from to hold the cars on the siding until Justamere Farm. Charles M. Weyant is spending some time at the factory of the Shelby Electric Co., .Shelby, Ohio. This is the place where the tungsten and Maz¬ da lamps now in general use are made. Stuart Ranges at DaSilva's. It after Thursday night would cost the village $43 in demurrage. The discussion lasted for two or three hours, the debate at times be¬ coming ( uite acrimonious. Finally ject of the entertainment is to raise ; Trustee Sigmond moved to reject the funds to supply the boys with better 19 cars of gravel from J. F. Fleming, e |
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