Nassau County Review 19110512

              Vol. XVI
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAV, MAY 12, 19U
No. 28
FREEPORT NEWS
'fMr. and Mrs. William K. Ferguson of New York City spent Sunday with relatives on Pine Street.
In a collision between two boats Sat¬ urday Everitt Rider, letter carrier, had his left thumb badly injured.
Charles M. Weyant and family bave returned to Freeport for the summer; also Charles Mackay and family to their Smith Street home.
More than forty members of Frater¬ nal Coancil, R. A., «itb tbeir wives, participated in tbe first annual dinner of tbe organization at the Crystal Lake House Monday evening to celebrate the
HYMENEAL VOGEL—BALDWIN.
Thursday   afernoon at the  residence of Louis H. Vogel of 55 Halsey Street,
News of the Churches
Mr. Nugent has been in town several times lately getting his "Airdome" in shape for the season. He will open about Jure 10.
The Freep«rt Imorovement Society will hold an important meeting Tues¬ day evening, to hear the report of road committee; everytxxJy invited.
The Village Board of Trustees will receire bids for water, light, fire de¬ partment and road bonds next Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the village ofTice.
achievement of the council in making | Brooklyn, (summer residenta of Free- the largest percenUge of gain among I PO'*) Miss Evelyn Ray Baldwin, New York State lodges, and also the!daughter of Mrs. Ada Baldwin, became victorv of the Busy Bees over the | the bride of Louis H. Vogel, jr. The Humming Birds in the local member- wedding ceremony was performed by ship contest. Rev.  John   Mellish,   rector of Trinity
During the dinner Regent Robert Church, Brooklyn. Hunt presented to Francis C. Morse, | The bride was dreased in white satin Past Regent, and also Supervising 1 w'^h Duchesse lace; her veil of white Deputy a handaome button emblematic I tuHe was effectively caught back with of the Past Regent's office as a token i orange blossoms. Her bouquet was a of appreciation for his work. I shower of bride roaes and lillies of tbe
Edward F. Cook   and   Regent   Hunt |'alley. were  also  recipients   of    appropriate      The  maid of honor.   Miss  Gertrude gifts.    Music, dancing  and   other   tn-  Vogel,    was dressed in ecrue  embroid- tertainment followed. j ered   silk   crepe.      There   were   four
  j bridesmaids and four ushers,    the best
man being Harry Jannicky. The deco¬ rations consisted of white roses, pahns, ferns and orchids.
A paper is being circulated to aid our neighbors, Frank Sprague and Mr. Reilly, who suffered heavily from the fire Sunday nipht and had no insurance. Contributions may be sent to this office.
Leave your news items or orders for printing or advertising when our office is closed, in the mail box on the south side of our office.
Nassau Countv Review, (54 S. Mai'i St., Freeport, N. Y.
Last Wednesday D. B. P. Mott Woman's Relief Corps held a success¬ ful pie social in their lodge rooms. The affair was well attended and after the eating a musical entertainment was enj'-yed. When a portion of pie was purchased the plate on which it was received wa.s given as a souvenir. The net proceeds were about $10.
Robert A. Combs, jr., is carrying his arm in a sling as a result of an ac¬ cident while working on an auto motor. Capt. Dan Combs was having trouble with his car and stop|>ed when in front of Rob's house and asked him to help. He agreed to do it and took the car in his yard to overhaul it temporarily so its owner coul i gel home with it. While he bad his hand in the fly wheel someone standing around threw on the spark switch an<J the wheel started, cutting Mr. Combs' hand severely and almost tearing the thumb off. It will be several weeks before he can use it much.
The case of John Holberg against tbe Woytisek Construction Company was tried in the Supreme Court at Mineola before Justice Blackmar for several days this week. The jury gave Mr. Holberg a verdict of $3000 for in¬ juries received in tbe Woytisek building December 10, 1907. The case was stubbornly fought by the owners of the building and the contractors. Mr. Holberg was injured by the falling of a floor of the Woytisek building, while installing an elevator shaft and suff- ere<l a simple and compound fracture of the right leg. Mr. Holberg's at¬ torneys Were Edwards & Levy of Free- port.
The fire department was called out to fight a "brush fire" Saturday moming at cal! 84. when the blaze got too near E. E. Mark'a barn. Hose was laid and the fire   quickly   put out.
Sunday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock the department had its first real flre in several months, when a drunken boarder and a lighted lamp set afire the house occupied by Frank ¦ Sprague and Arthur Reilly.
The water pressure was low and the building bumed merrily until tbe sec¬ ond alarm was sent in and the engine reached tbe fire, about 20 minutes after the first alarm.
Tnere was nd wind or adjoining bouses would probably have caught flre; and the firemen would have a hard figbt ahead of tbem but as it was they kept tbe blaze in tbe second story and attic ^of tbe bumed bouse where it started and wben tbe engine was con¬ nected to two lines of hose put the tire out quickly.
Tbe loss to the building waa covered by $2500 insurance, and probably $500 on furniture not insured.
W.   P.   W.   HafT,   tbe   largest   coal dealer on Long Island.    The   cheapest place to bay coal.    Exclusive dealer in | some of tbe beat grades of coal. It
To annibilate  bed   buga  promptly, { aae the preparation advertised by Smith | ft Bedell in thia iaaoe.    It'a aare death to tbe peata. It
Monday afternoon at tbe bome of her | aunt, Mrs. Harvey B. Smith. West! Merrick Road, Miss Helen Powell, i whose engagement to C. LeRoy Corby i was announced some time ago, was I tendered a variety shower. Miss Pow-1 ell had no knowledge tbat such an af¬ fair was being planned and was treated to a genuinely delightful surprise.
After an hour's   sociability all were invited   into a room set apart and each gaeti was handed a ribbon  attached to a   covered   arrangement in the   centre of the room; each guest to her surprise | too, pulled out a pretty apron, present- [ ed   by   Mra. Smith,   the   hostess,    and when   Miss   Powell pulietl    her   ribkxin : she   pulled the cover off the  collection ; of presents from the   guests, including ' china and cut glass, linen and a variety of other appropriate tokens. j
The entertainment of the afternoon < was "500" and at its conclusion elabor- j ate refreshments were served, and then the guests were invited into the parlor I to see wno the winners at "500" were ! and Miss Powell received her surprise ¦ at tbat time. ;
The lows:
The wedding was previously set for June 10th and arrangementa were un¬ der way for a large church wedding, but on account of a Western trip which .Mr. Vogel, sr., was compelled to take be;ause of illness, the ceremony took place before the appointed time, with in twenty-four hours' notice.
The bridal party were tendered a supper at Silsbe & Son's by the bride's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Vogel will be at home at 55 Halsey Street and as soon as business permits will take an extended honeymoon throughout the West.
School Notes
Freeport H. S. won from Lynbrook, Friday, with Bedell pitching; the score was 7 to 2.
Freeport lost to Rockville Certre Wednesday at Rockville Centre.
The Junior Girls'   Basketball   Team
is now the recognized school team, the
Seniors   having failed to answer   their
..rize    winners   were   as    fol-! challenge.    They are trying to arrange
1st,   .Mrs.   Henry   L.   Maxson ; 1 ga^nes with neighboring schools.
2nd, Mrs. E. S. Donaldson; 3rd., Miss Ethel Corby. The guests were: Misses Grace and Ethel Corby, Olive and Mil¬ dred Paterson, Ruth Cutler, Phebe Parshall, Eleanor Welsh, Edna and Annie Eldridge, Florence Miller, Mar¬ jorie Smith, Helen Barrie, Marie Bol- ten. Marion Dusenbury, Marie Betzig, Gladys Story, .Mrs. Smith F".   Pearsall,
Work is being put forward to im¬ prove the tennis court at school. Both tne boys and girls expect to have win¬ ning teams this year.
On Saturday the High School base ball team will play Patchogue at Patch¬ ogue, leaving on the twelve o'clock train.
On Wednesdav of next   week    Free-
Mrs. James A. Sutphin.   .Mrs.   Clinton i P^^t plays   Lynbrook at Rockville Cen-
Donaldson, Mrs. Henry L. Maxson, Mrs. Ida Powell, M"- Edwin Carman, Mrs. Martha Coruelious and Mrs. Smith.
tre and on Saturday Friends' Academy at Locust Valley.
On Saturday night a festival was held by the Senior Class at the home of Miss Edith Crandeil. A very pleas¬ ant evening was enjoyed and the finan¬ cial returns were most satisfactory.
Saturday evening at the Senior fes¬ tival Miss Shanley, our departing Eng¬ lish teacher, was presented with a brooch as an appreciation of her excel¬ lent teaching and ber work for the school. She is succeeded by Miss Bonfacy. WATT.
* Miss Atkinson's pupils gave her a surprise party .Monday afternoon after school. Games, recitations and sing- ; ing, together with a bounteous coUa- I tion, served to pass the time most ' pleasantly.
I News has been received of the death Iof Miss A. E. Van Wormer, a former I teacher in our school.
I Board of Trade
I The regular monthly meeting of the i Freeport Board of Trade was held in I Fraternity Hall Wednesday evening, j 1st Vice-President G. B. Hibbard in \ the chair.
Complaint was made of the action of I the Long Island Railroad in bringing out a carload of milk on the "theatre ; train" and holding up the train from I 10 to 20 minutes at Rockville Centre i while the car was put on a siding. Tne j Secretary was directed to communicate ; with the company calling their atten- I tion to same.
j A committe" of two, Douglas Law- I rence and Edmund   Cheshire,   was ap-
Oil, Gas and Gasoline Stoves Single Burner Oil Stoves, 1 wick. 50c Single Burner Uil  Stoves,   2   wicks, 75c
Double Burner Oil Stoves, S1.59
2 Burner  Reliable   Blue   Flame   Oil Stoves, S3.69
3 Burner  Reliable  Blue   Flame  Oil Stoves, $4.98
2 Burner Perfection Blue Flame  Oil Stoves, $4.75
2 Burner New Perfection Blue F'lame Oil Stoves, $6.75
3 Burner New Perfection Blue Flame Oil Stove, $9.00
Ovens for Gas or Blue Flame Stove, $1.10 to 13.00
2 Burner Gasoline Stoves, 13.50
3 Burner Gasoline Stoves, $4.9S 2 Burner Gas Stoves, 9»c 1 Burner Gas Stoves, 75c Gas Tubing per foot, 5c Gas Mantles. 10 to 2oc Gaj Globes. 10c Gas Burners, 10c Gas Tapers, 10c box Gas Lighters. 10c
For Lawn, Garden and Porch Flowers and Garden Seeds, 5c pkg. Garden Trowels, 5-1 Oc Graas Shears, 15c Sycles, 15c Weeders, oc Rakea, ISc to 59c Hoes, 20c Shovels, 59c
Lawn Mowers, |2.M-$2.S9
Galvanized   WatfefHig  Pota,   25c   toi pointed   to  appear  before   the   N. Y
85c I Telephone Company "to try and obtain
Hammocks, 50c, $1.00, 11.50,  $2.00' some satisfaction in regard to apparent
discrepancy in telephone rates." I The June meeting is to t>e a Ladies' , Night and also tbe election of officers. [An   extensive   entertainment  will   be
provided.
to $4.00
Croquets Sets. $1.00,   $1.50, $ 1.75,
$2.50
Swinging Couch Hanunocks, $7.50 Porch Rockers, $1.19
Small Tin Watering Pote, 10c \ 	
Children's Garden Sets, 10c, 25c, 50c !        FoUfteen   Years   AgO
Window Screens and Screening        i (Itt*ni.«of iut«'r«-st from the Review file 18 inches extends to 33 inches, 20c    I fonrtetu years ago thi^s wet k)
24 inches extends to .^3 inches, 25c    ]     C. Wesley Golden appointed on police 24 in. Wire Screening, S^c  running | force in place of Henry Rider, resigned.
ft. j     A stage   load of memhers of Sincer-
28 in. Wire Screening, 4c running ft.   ity   Lodge, I. O. G. T.,   visited   Selah
The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold their annoal fair Tuesday and Wednesday, June 6 and 7; supper served.
The Young People's Conference of Presbytery of Nassau  was  held at the
; First Presbyterian   Church   Saturday.
! The  Conference  began   with  a praise
1 service conducted by Mr. H. J. Ray¬ more, which was followed by Scripture reading  and prayer.    Greetings to the
; visitors was given by Rev. C. H. Scholey. devotional service, a vocal solo by Miss Cora Wenner, and scheduled business. Luncheon was served by the ladies of the Freeport church at the noon hour. The afternoon session be¬ gan with singing, followed by prayer by Rev. C. H. Scholey: An address on Hume Missiors was given by Mrs. M. J. Gildersleeve, secretary of the, Woman's Board of Home Missions, ' who gave an account of work being done in .Maska and in Arizona and New Mexico.
Rev. W. J. Leverett of Hainan, China, gave a very interesting address on the awakening of a Mighty Empire. Mr. Leverett told of China's long sleep and of the various ways ii. which thf awakening was manifested, particu¬ larly in the method of education, the old system of knowing Chinese classics and not anything else being replaced by the Western method of education. As yet efficients are few, most of them being the product of the mission school and college.
A very practical and inspiring ad¬ dress was given by Rev. Dan. H. Over¬ ton c)f lalip.
The Confereree closed with "God be with you till we meet again" and bene¬ diction by the pastor.
"Mother's Day" will be observe<i at the morning service of the First Pres¬ byterian Church by the attendance of the members of the Home Department and a sermon by Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey up<>n "The Influence of a Mother." At the evening service there will be presented the thought of a parable of today.
The Surwlay Schcxil Convention of the Queens and Nassau Sunday School Association will be held next Tuesday, May 16. at Elmhurst, N. Y.; Presby¬ terian Church, afternoon, 2:45 o'clock; Reformed Church, evening, 7:15 o'clock.
Christian Science services will be held in the Hempsiead Bank Building, corner of Fulton and Main Streets, Hempstead, at 11 a. m., Sunday, May 14; subject, "Mortals and Immortals. " A reading room will be open at the above address every- week-day after¬ noon from 1:30 to 5.
Local Topics
(By the Editor)
John Boland, who showed at the en¬ tertainment of Excelsior Hcxik and Ladder Company recently that he was a good actor, equally as well showed he was a good fireman, at his first fire Sunday night; he showed up as a good careful fire fighter, taking no useless risks but doing whatever he could to help everywhere. That's the kind of firemen we want in our department and we have a lot of them too.
The Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration will hold a supper and dance at the Crystal Lake House next Wednesday, May 17; supper to be served from 6 to 8 o'clock.
"Raleigh's Lost Colony" at the resi¬ dence of H. W. Smith, 135 Smith Street, this evening, will draw a big crowd. Tney had to order some more tickets.
Ina Raynor is leader for the Young People's meeting Sunday night in the Presbyterian Church; subject, "The universal duty of making pledges."
Louis Cozzens is announced to lead the Epworth League meeting Sunday night in the M. EL Chureh; topic, ""The Evidence of Divine Blessing and Prosperity."
A business and social meeting of the Young People's Association of the Presbyterian Church will be held with Miss Lucy Post, ?6 North Long Beach Avenue, this Friday evening.
The following officers were elected at the Epworth League business and social meeting held last Wednesday night in the M. E. Church lecture room: President, O. J. Teeple, sr. ; 1st vice president, W. C. Conner; 2nd vice-president. Miss Helen Fields; -Srd vice-president, Mrs. J. Theodore Cot¬ ter; 4th vi?e-president. Miss J. C. Roes; secretary, Harold Hunt; Treas¬ urer, Grace Tomer.
The Ladie« of the Baptist Church will hold a biscuit sale next Wednes¬ day, May 17th. from 1 to 5 p. m., at tbe Baptist Church.
ft.
30 in. Wire Screening,   4ic  running 32 in. Wire Screening, 5c running ft.
Lodge at East Rockaway
Jesae   Conklin    and   Whitney   Van
Wicklen fonned partnership in plumb-
36 iiu Wire Screening,   5ic  running j ing baaineaa, Conklin ft Van Wicklen.
foot W. T. Golder ia fitting up tbe second
Chickm Wire |c sq. ft. story of-hia atore baikling on  Bedell
It OaSilvaa* Street for living porpoaatf.
"The Riddle of Life" will be the pastor's subject next Sunday moming at the Methodist Epiacopal Church. At 7:45 p. m. he will preach a sermon of speciid interest to yoang people, en¬ titled. "A Hooae Built Without Axe or Hammer."
It is now unnecessary for me to in¬ sist as I have for the past year that the second alarm system of our fire department was a rank farce. Sunday night if there had been even an ordin¬ ary sailing breeze when that fire was burning on Newton Boulevard there would have been at least three houses ; afire, and probably ruined, before the second alarm detachment, including the engine, arrived.
Il is up to our Fire Council to do ' away with this farce at once.
They know, as well as anyone, that we need all the fire apparatus we have at every real fire and while it is nice lo be like New Yerk and send in sec¬ ond and even third alarms, it is much nicer '^o have apparatus al a fire on time to do some gciod.
According to the time taken by one of the first men at the fire we had hose playing on the fire in 12J minutes from the time the alarm .sounded, but the engine waiting for the second alarm, was SJ minutes later during which time valuable property was being burned up, more than enough to jiay for all the extra amount of horse hire involved for the whole year.
Contrary to general opinion, the vil¬ lage Boar! of Fire Commissioners has nothing lo clo with this order the con¬ trol of the department rests entirely with the tire council.
No my friend, it is not all "honor" to be chief of police.    Last year Presi-
i dent Gunning served the whole year and the village was not   charged   any-
1 thing. "Chief" Wallace charged $11 for his first month's services in the ad¬ vice line. What do we care we had the protection anyhow.
How I wish my business would run itself so I could get a job on the police force, where I wouldn't have lo specify the time and kind of  work   I   did   and
. could ride on the trolleys free.
"Chief Wallace" will be given space in the Review to answer tbis question. Does he believe Comptroller Lyon, whom bis paper praises so much, would audit this kind of bill and order it paid :
April 3—3 hrs. work, HOc. (without   stating   the   hours   or   the place).
In the report of the Village Board minutes is a letter from ex-Assembly¬ man William G. Miller, in which he says he understands the "new boule¬ vard" has been dedicated lo the vil¬ lage. I am unable to find a record at the village office of any such dedica¬ tion and am afraid Mr. .Miller has been I misinforme<i.
Mr. Mellen, representing the Gilles¬ pie Company, told the village Board of Trustees the "French house" on the new "boulevard" had been sold by the City of New York to be removed by May 10.
It is there yet and probably will be till the village fathers decided to move it and father a iaw suit.
This is the same house, by the way, which he told the Board his company could nol move wiihout entering priv¬ ate property.
I don't know whether it would inter¬ est anybody to know that at the last meeting of the Village Board bills were ordered paid for police work since our new "chief of p<jlice" who is work¬ ing for honor, took charge, for extra service in addition to the regular cap¬ tain and lieutenant amounting to $89 with one more officer to hear from whose bill will probably bring the amount to over $100.
It might be weil to say in passing that Chief Wallace only corraled $17.70 for his work for the month— which helps along on the honor lii^e.
The fact that not a single bill is itemized is immaterial, the bills mere¬ ly read tbe date, time and amount, not ' specifying what hours or where em¬ ployed sb that any one can get an idea whetlwc .'the officers were working in¬ side or out.
I cannot verify tbe report that the village board is to bay a dozen or six- \ teen police uniforms: no action haa I been taken by the Board so far aa I can recall, rrar has it been the eoatom to promiseuously   furnish   uniforma in
Lool Topics CoiUiied n ht% 0
! Villajje Trustees
All the members were present Fri- ' day evening.
Counselor Elvin N. Edwards ap¬ peared before the Board and said that he had just been retained by interested taxpayers to protest against the Vil¬ lage Board of Water Commissioners granting an extension of water service to consumers in Stanton Park, outside the village limits. He said he had been in Court all day and was tired out and would request the Board to lay the matter over till their next meeting in order to give him time to properly pre¬ sent his argument, and if he did not at that time show the Boani that they were not working for the best inter¬ ests of the village in declining to grant this petition, and that they had no legal right to do so anyhow, the Board would then have plenty of time to sup¬ ply the service.
Some members of the Board seemed very anxious to have the application granted al once, but finally consented to allow Mr. Edwards an hour in which to prepare his case.
.Mr. Kdwards relurned al 10 o clock and said that he could not talk on the case that night; that if the Board was bound to grant the application well and good, but if they would lay the matter over he would produce a petition signed by fifty representative taxpayers, at the next meeting of the Board, asking that the application be refused.
During the discussion it came out that the territory was in the Roosevelt Water District and that Freeport would have to gu into their territory to grant the permission and that no for¬ mal application had been made to the Roosevelt Co. to supply water.
Trustee Collard objected to delaying the matter. He said be thought they had had offhand advice from counsel as to their rights in the matter and that they had perfect liberty to grant the application. Further lie remarked : "I am willing to sdy if this water ean be granted I wish it should." He did not see any use of delaying.
Mr. Edwards said if they were in sucb a hurry they could call a sperial meeling - that he would bo ready to present his case any time next week.
President Gunning did not see how the cause could be injured by laying the niatter over for two or three days, but Trustee Sigmtmd had an idea that it might hurt inleiests adjoining the village in other sections if it were found the proposition of granting was illegal. P'urther he was anxious to accommodate the company by granting them water privileges.
Counselor Edwards said they could get the water and that he could con¬ vince the Board that it would be en¬ tirely practical for them to secure water from the Roosevelt Water Com¬ pany.
After much coaxing it was finally decided to lay the matter over for a special meeting to be held Wednesday evening, May 10.
A etock resolution was pas.^ed in¬ structing Henry F. Harms to lower the grade in front of his store within ten days or the village wuuld do it for him and assess the cost against the property. No action was taken re¬ garding the bad sidewalk on thc same street just norlh of Haass' meat market.
Capt. Hanse askeil that a suitable place for the BoanI of Health head- (juarters be selected, as they had been ordered to remove from the police headcjuartiers formerly used; left to President Gunning with power.
Chief Com"ell of the Fire Depart¬ ment appeared before the Board and said that he recognized the power and possible wisdom of the Board in re¬ quiring reijuisitioiis for supplies need¬ ed, but stated that when such requisi¬ tions were made and committees in¬ structed to secure the supplies it would be of great advantage if they attended to the work at once; he recognized they had lots of work to do but thought the affairs of the fire department were of enough importance to receive prompt attention and that when supplies were needed they should be secured without delay.
Truatee Sigmond t'jok umbrage at Mr. Cornell's (lointed remarks and made a motion that the re<|uiBition be returned, as he didn't like tbe idea of the chief "coming here and telling the committee what to do;" he later amended this that bids be secured for the supplies; and then promist to see that tbe goods were secored the next day.
The report of the Treasuf-er showed balances in the various furids aa fol¬ lows: General Fund, $522. o9; Street, $720.32; Water, $4403.18; Light, $601.01; Board of Health, $167.24; Intereat Fund, $87.07; Tax Arrears, $9940.11; Fire Dept., $55.26; Street Light,   $688.06;     Light     Extension,
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