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Freeport Official Paper
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUG. 5, 1910
Vol. XV, No. 41
FREEPORT NEWS
The Village"'Board of Trustees huklo its regular meeting tonight.
Local Topics
WANTAGH
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Smith and
??!.• .^t^'^.^^J^tl -^'i^';^. ^'"''l^..T '^"^' of'othe^ b'ilisiness that might come be-
fore the meeting.
ing the week at Point Lookout^
Interesting School Meetinii I News of the /[Churches ' about one chance in a hundred of get
P h hi th 1 t tt tieni h li ting through, the boat rode the break-;
meeting of the district was that held I Lucy Post is to lead the Young Peo- ^""s and struck the beach. The life 7},^ omnipresent careless pjrinter i Miss Annie Garner has been quite ill
at the school houRc Tue«dav evening P'^'^'"^^^'"K Sundav night in the Pres- savers are off duty during June and made my article about taxes in our last at her home the past week,
fortheelectionof a trustee in Diaceof byterian Church; subject, "Christ Our. July bet volunteers soon had out the i„^ appear ridiculous
lor tne election 01 a trustee in place 01 p^. , ,, rollers used for the large surf boat and ^av it aoDcared •
Johnk. Eldridge and the tranact.on f^-'^"''- wading into the surf, seized the boat *«> '« ^PP^^'"^'^ •
Here is the
Large crowds are attending the an¬ nual fair of the Catholic Church of Our Holy Redeemer, being held this week.
Miss Rita E. BeCisman of Brooklyn is visiting Miss Mattie Stevens of Roose¬ velt Place.
Mr. and Mrs. George Raynor of
Alfred T. Davison was elected chair man, after the call had been read by Francis C. Morse, clerk, and Wallace R. Post and John J. Dunbar were chos¬ en tellers.
The question of adopting the budget of $43,798 presented by tRe Board was ; first taken up.
E. \\ Baldwin objected to'an item
Church street are spemling several in the bu'lgei of $500 for a clock sys- weeks at Ulsterville, Ulster County. tem in the school which Samuel R. Smith pres^KlPnfof the Board of Edu-
George Combs of South .Main street cation, explained wa."! deemed neces- cracked three of his ribs by a fall frr-ir, sary by the Board, and had been adopt- a boat on which he was working at his ed by most of the large schcKils, as a dry dock, last PViday. matter of financial and administrative
economy." Mr. Baldwin said he was in
Town Clerk H. Luther Weeks has is- favor of progressive school administra- Hued a marriage license to Charles A. tion but was teetotally opposed to ev- Nostrand, aged 54 years, of Brooklyn, ery expenditure which savored of ex- and .Mrs. Kate Ward of Freeport, aged travagance and moved that the budget 52. be approved with this item left out.
This motion was amended to include
The circus (Jones Bros.' Wild West) j^e item referred to and after 3^ votes was in town Friday and drew a large had been cast with only three against crowd for Freeport and surt-ounding j^e approval of the budget, no more villages, especially at the evening per- wishing to vote, the budget was de- formance.
William C. Conner i& announced to and .soon had it high on the beach.
lead the Epworth League meeting in ; The boat proved to be the '-Tobe. '
the M. E. Church. Sunday; topic, about 14 feet long and contained .Mr.
"God's Unfailing Love." " and Mrs. David Hansom of Brooklyn.
They stated they had started from Rev. W. L. Davison of Brooklyn is Sheepshead Bay about :i p. m. and
announced to preach in the M. E. started for Debb's Inlet but had been
driven out of their course arid abnut (iusk their batteries had given out and they had drifted until about 9 o'clock when they struck. Nut realizing their danger Mrs. Hansom had offered to wade ashore for matches and soon af¬ ter she had done so and the men were
Church Sunday while the pastor, Rev. W. A. Richard, is on his vacatioR.-
vChristian Science ser\-ice.= will be held in the Hempstead Bank Building, corner of Fulton and Main streets. Hempstead, at 11 a. m., Sunday, Aug¬
ust 7; Subject, "Spirit."
' busy with the boat, did not realize the the total danger to which they had been exposed. $ii),ijij,"
The new tax rate in Brooklyn is Sl^-.U per SlOOfi. Thus on a hou.«e in Brooklyn worth $1000 the tax will be -5Is. 14. Property of the same value ir. Freeport would be assessed at about •*2-}'><i and the total taxes would not exceed -*100". Yet some jieople claim and rea'.ly think they pay less ta.xes in Brooklyn."
Here is the way I marked it to go in: ¦"The new tax rate in Brooklyn is ^IS.l-I. Thu.s 0:1 a house in Brooklyn worth JlO'Ki the tax will be $18.11. Prr-perty of the same vaiue in Freeport wouiJ Iter assessi-d at about $250 and taxes would not exceed
The regular meeting of the Hook & Ladder Co., wa.s held last night.
There will be the observance of the The couple apent the night at Ellison's
and Saturday returned to Broolclyn.
A human chain composed of members
of the United States Volunteer Life
Saving Corps members of the Nassfiu
Rod and Gun Club and of the .Aun ra
Cllju, saved one man from drowning at
Point Lookout Sunday and rescued a
youth who had gone to his aid. The
, ¦- _. - ^. • .u D ^ drowning man was James Dunn, living
regular preaching .service in the Bap- - n ^ ^ r> , , lu
*" ' . > iM Dean street. Brook vn, and the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and the receDiion of new memtersJnto the church at the Sunday morning service of the First Presbyterian Church. In the evening the sermon theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey will be "A Pensive Parting."
The Schumann Orchestra met last Wednesday night with .Mrs. Edgar ^J.
Seaman.
.Mr. and .Mrs. Wilson Davis, who have been visiting for some time'with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis, sailed for home Tuesday from Boston for London, England.
Rev R. J. Kent, D. D.. pastor of the Lewis Ave. Congregational Church, will preach in the .Memorial Church in the morning next Sunday. There will he no service in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kropp and son Harold, Mr. and .Mrs. John J. Cowles, ami daughter Laura and Edna, .Miss Annie Hicks, Gecrge Heachel, .lames Seaman, jr., .all of this place.
During the month of August the
Mrs. J. Gilbert Smith of this viiiage. Mrs. Richard Jones of Brooklyn, Mr#. Heyward of Northport, and Mrs. Elijah Srnith of Merrick, will beat Norridge¬ wock, Maine, for several weeks.
clared approved.
Nominations were then asked for the position of trustee, and Albin N. John¬ son was named by Ernest L. Watkins. A motion was made that the nomina¬ tions be closed but before it was sec¬ onded James P. Keenan arose and nom¬ inated Mrs. Charles E. Humphrey.
youth who was pulled out with him was H. Rockford of Flatbush.
Dunn swam out beyond the line of breakers and was caught by the along¬ shore current. He tried to swim to
tist Church will be omitted m the ev¬ ening. The regular service will be held in the morning at J0:3C. Rev. Mr. Whitehurst of Freeport will preach for three Sundays. -Sunday School will beat 2:30 as usual; Christian Endeavor at 7 ;15 ; Mid-week meeting ; Friday evening at 8 o'clock, precetled
^ ^ _ ^_ ^ by Bible study at 7:40; Mr. Whitehurst
Progressive Council, D. of L.. will He Taid ThVt hrhrd" the^dis^inctioTor <^°"^^ All are welcoipe to ¦ ^J^^' one of the volunteer life savers,
hold their annual outing to Point Look- making the first nomination of a worn- * ^^'^"^^*' i also went into the surf, carrying a
out on Wednesday, August 17. sailing an to the office of school trustee. Hel-j TSmbao am Mba n^,, i buoy and a life line. Rockford reached from Scott's dock in the steamer Mar- aaid Mrs. Humphrey was well and fav-' UUJy 11|||^ |||| t||6 Daj^Dunn and Moore, but when others in jorie. Tickets can be procured of orably known from her great interest: „ , j shoal water hauled on the line Rock
The fK'Stal regulation prohibiting ai:-
nouncing the of ail drawings or euchres
where admission is charged, and the
results of same, looks to me like a
humbug because there does not seem to
, • ^ •. J I r • i_. J be a.-;v attempt to enforce it. Last
shore against It and became frightened ^^^^ ^^ exchange announced on its
when he made no headway. VV F. front page. "A charity euchre for the
Moore of the Nassau Rod and Gun ^^^f^^ ^^ ^^,^ Hempstead Hospital was
The Corporation .Counsel at,Long Is¬ iand City is to proceed at law against the trolley companies in Queens unless they rprinkle the streets along which the^.- ru.'.. Our residents along the
troiiey tracks would appreciate a simi- are enjoying the month (jf August at lar action. Running the water car up Rainbow Lake in the Adirondacks.
and down the tracks with water oozing ,, ^ ,-,. ,,
Moses R. Wells, a long-time residertt of this place, died at his home on Thursday of last week. Funeral .ser¬ vices wore held last Sunday, Rev. T. S. Braithwaite officiating; interment in Greenfield Cemetery. .Mr. Wells is survived by one sister and three broth¬ ers, Mrs. Warren Southard and Theo¬ dore, William and Benjamin Wells, all of this place.
thru the cracks don't lay much dust.
.•"'¦
Club went to his assistance and Rock-
members.
in settlement work and bad ahown that K- H. Mayland saved a man
abe had the interest of the women and and a woman from being swamped m ^^^ dragged under water We note in the Telephone Review children deeply at heart and had en-; their^power^boat one n^ghtjaat week j jj^^j^ Richter, Charles Fogan and
that S. V.Gibson, well known here and deared herself to all, that ahe would be and E. T. Slade of Brooklyn swam j j^^j^ o'Donnell of Brooklyn and
connected with the New York Tele- easier of approach than of the preaent I through the breakers off Naasau-by-| ^^^^^^^^ ^^ jj^^ ^^^ ^,^^3 ^^^^ Ij^^^^
phone Company, has been appointed members of tbe Board and wished to! tbe-Sea and rescued C. F. Bertanzel ofijjands and pulled Dunn, Moore and
District Agent, Mpin District, Long assure the voters that if elected she Roslyn froni drowning after he sank n^^jpjjf^jj.^ ^^^^^^ ^Yte .surf. All three
Island r Division, to succeed H. W. g^oald devote a great deal of her time 1 the second time. j ^^^.^ exhausted
Drake. to the work, and would always be glad Mayland had been near Point Look- j
„ ^ „-^ -- ,_. . ^ ,_ to listen to the others of the children, out in his power boat, the Millicent, j/^y^offjobile ArrCStS HaVC
Stpehen W. Hunt, chairman of the ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ specialty of viaiting ', and was half way to Freeport when he j He^ired Fffect
committee in charge of concessions chi the achoola very often. heard cries for help. He saw a small! L/C&ircu c;iicci
" The Pike," at the coming firemen'a No other nominationa were made and ' dory, which had an engine in it, driv-I The Freeport police force were out
camival,statesthat_if any local peo- t^;^^tg^j^„^„j^ ^^^^^^^^
Alvin Jackson who was seriously in- given Wednesday afternoon. The jured by a brick thrown at him some prizes were won by," etc. In another time ago by his son is slowly improv- place: "A hand.some dining set will ing in the South Shore Hospital at be raffled for and chances will be sold Hempstead from a triple fracture of at 50 cents eaeh." The editor of the the skull. On Friday he was allowed , J ,, .... , J .^ paper knows he is violating the law to sit up for the first time by the house*
!l^^,„!l!^*f.„T5™.l"_ ** and the postmaster should refuse to al- physician. While Mr. Jackson, the
j^^ ^^ papers in the mail according father, is improving in the hospital, to thia same law, but there it ends, the son, sixteen-year-old Coles Jackson, Honest publishers mut obey the law 'b having free board at the Nassau arid the others get tbe credit for their County Jail at Mineola, where he ia liberality in making the announce-; held for the action of the next Grand ments. , Jury by Justice Corodon Norton.
* The boy, it is charged, threw a brick
Never was rain more welcome than from behind a bush at his home which
last Saturday morning, after six , felled his father, who had given him a
weeks without it. Some crops already beating for disobedience, and from
ruined, but the water came in time to whom he had reason to believe that he
pie wish to engage sites for the event they should see him at once, aa be is rapidly dispoaing of the privileges ssid has already sold over 400 feet of way.
rhe General Committes of the Fire Department are making every effort to make the Convention of the Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's Asao¬ ciation a success. It will cost about $2700 to manage this Convention as Freeport usually ¦ manages affairs of that character, and it will be necesaary for residents to- send in their contribu¬ tions as soon as possible as tbe Com¬ mittee are already under considerable expense.
Albin Johnson 170
Mrs. C. E. Humphrey 66
J. K. Eldridge 2
Total 238
A unanimous vote oY thanks was tendered John K. Eldridge for his faithful services as a member of the Board for the past six years.
en by the high wind and wavea toward j Saturday afternoon and kept the the '»*>'''"" ^ ^™""^ '°'" '«*« planting ' tbe east bank of Long Creek. A wom-: autmobilists from running through the
an and a man were in the dory, and ; village at a high rate of speed. There ; were waving a wbite shawl aa a signal! was only one arrest made that after- i of distress. Mayland, who is a volun- noon. The officers being out on the j teer fireman of Freeport, and has 1 course and the widespread publicity of I made many rescues, started to the as-1 former arrests had the desired effect, ' sistance of the pair. ! and the machines traveled at a decent
He brought bis power boat within a { rate of speed through the village. , short distance of the dory, then | The man who was arrested was
Base-Ball
JR. O. U. A. M. LEAGUE Games for Saturday: Freeport at Hempstead. Rockville Centre at Valley Stream.^ Woodmere at Roslyn.
EL V. Baldwin suggested that the I dropped anchor and threw a line to 1 Charles Duryea from Amityville, who The baseball team of Freeport (^nn- Board of Education be increased to the man in the stem. The engine of i was driving a car for Charles Kling, of cil, Jr. O. U. A. M., defeated ROslyn nine members but no action was taken as no one else seemed interested, and the meeting adjourned.
would get another that evening.
A very quiet and harmonious time was had at the annual school meeting of this district held in the new school building last Tuesday evening. Wil¬ liam F. Dean acted as chairman and John H. Davis as clerk pro tem. War¬ ren James and Charles Abrams ably filled the positions of inspectors of el¬ ection. The Trustees' report, report of Building Fund and Collector's report
the Millicent was started, and the I Manhattan. He was charged with las't Satu^ay at Ros'lyn by the score of *'*''^ "I' unanimously adopted. The
BELLMOt^E
Mrs. Swenson of Merrick entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of tne M. E.
smaller boat taken in tow. When safe traveling at the rate of about 25 miles 12 to 5 water was reached the man called to: an hour. The occupants of the car Mayland and said he could get along ; were very indignant with the exception At Christ Lutheran Church there alone. He refused bis name. The • of the driver, who pleaded not guilty, will be preaching services next Sunday rescued man and woman are reported In the absence of Police Justice at 10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. Holy to be members of fashionable Brooklyn i Swezey, Justice Norton held court. At the regular meeting dT Excelsior Communion will be celebrated at the families, and did not want their pre-i At the hearing Duryea was defended church yesterday afternoon
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, morning service. The Sunday School dicament known. They afterward went by Lawyer Ray Haff of Amityville ^
Wednesday evening it was voted to en- meets at 9:15 a. m. j to a pier in Freeport, where a motor I who secured the release of his client
large the building, extending it to the ^ ^ ,.,:SZ7~^tIlA jo._^,^ I car was waiting for them, and hurried on some technical fault in the com-
away. ! plaint.
Off Nassau-by-the-Sea, Breianzel That the speeders have learned their was bathing in the breakers, and got; lesson well was shown Sunday after- beyond his depth. He became weak, : noon when the officers again went out and called for help. Slade, who is a on the course. During the afternoon member of the United States Volunteer there were on Life Saving Corps, swam to the assis- > traveling betwee tance of the man. The undertow took : hour. The first man arrested was for three years to succeed themselves.
both out, and it looked for a time as if Gus Planet. Upon his plea of guilty "'
they would be drowned. Finally Slade he was fined $10. The other -arrest Word received from William E. got a grip on a rope, and both were was Edward Jacobs, who paid a fine of gro^n Wednesday, who with his wife pulled to shore almost exhausted. - $5 upon his plea of guilty. ^^ friends from Jamaica are spend-
Press. , During the afternoon the Tounty j^g ^ short vacation at Palenerth, N.
- Motorcycle Cop, Otto Payne, brought
A party of four men left Freeport before, the Judge a party in an automo
rear of the lot *and place the stairs on Jesse Conklin of Florida and Stephen the outside of the building instead of Lewis of North Carolina, former Free- inside asatpres«it; also to put glaas porters, are visiting friends in Town, doors in front, affording morelight for DaSilva annoui^8~that be baa se- days whenthe building IS used fore- cur«l the sales agency for Maillard's .ection purposes. The company will f^^^^ Chocolates and Bon Bons. It.
be at an expense of about $600 for this _
work. They have considerable funds Leam to trim your own hats by -
in the treasury and will raise the rest taking a course in millinery; see adv.
budget for the ensuing year was passed upon favorably. A resolution. That the thanks of the meeting and the Schfiol District be extended to the School Trustees for the successful cul¬ mination of the work in the com.nodi- ous and Well equipped school building, was carried by a rising vote. Under election for trustees, William F. Deart About 25 carload* of gravel and sand and Edgar Seaman were elected for have arrived at the local siding. Con- three years fo succee<l themselves. A tractor Russell will use this in the im- larger number of the taxpayers and provements of Bedford avenue. residents took advantage of this meet-
ing and inspected the new building; At the annual school meeting of this all expressed themselves as well
niv tVo arrests made each t'^^T ^^'^ '" the schcM.! house last p,eas«l with the new quarters. School t4en 22 and^rmlles^ Tuesday evening Alva R. Smilh .'and will open there in September at the be- Z!t r:mTJJSJ^ JT. r-« Johnson were elected trustees Vinnn^^of the Fall term when special
by note.
of Edith Raynor in this isaue.
A large store building belonging to Roswell Davis of this place was bur.ied to the ground Sunday morning at Yap¬ hank. It WHS occupied by Robert F.
Randall as a country store Th.s Berna^ Kane, who died on Wednesday Saturday in a launch for aday's outing. ; bile which he had captured on the Long building was a few years ago the cen- f^^n^g of heart failure, due to hfat ^^j,^ ^^ p^^,, i,,,^^ ^^^ ^ ^ canTe Beach Road going at the rate of 34
OBITUAKY
JOHN KANE The funeral service of John, son of '
ginnng of the hall term when special exercises will be held lo commemorate the event.
VALLEY STREAM
At the annual school meeting Tuas- Y.. denote.'- that they are having a fine ^gy evening Robert M. Dibble was re¬ time.
tre of much business activity, being prostration, were held on Saturday
the seat of a flourishing general store, moming in the Catholic Church. Mr.
the Brookhaven Town Clerk's office. Kane was about 22 yeara old and has
the otfice of the Queens and Suffolk In- resided in Freeport for several years
surance Company and the convention past, hall of the Republicans of the tpwn of
A pleasant time was enjoyed at the home of Mrs. Samuel Kilpatrick last
toa stop and the combined efforts of miles.an hour. He trailed the ma
the four men could not get it started. ' chine from Bridge No. 1 to Oceanside, Wednesday evenir.g, it being the occa- The tide at this (xiint is strong and where ho placed the driver under!ar^ -sion of ar. ice cream festival and lawn soon the boat had drifted on a bar off rest. He gave his name as A. W. party held under auspices of the Rockaway Beach, where, after' pound- Habit, and upon his plea of guilty he Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
Brookhaven. "^
The estimated loss by the fire is $8,000 on the butm.^gand $3,000 on the contenta, with but $3,000 insur¬ ance on the building. Mr. Davis .was visiting st Yaphank at the time of the flre.
Going fishing or crabbing? See Ross { & Randall Co.'s adv.
Higher i<) price, highest in quality— liaillard'r^Ch)!>colatas and Bon Bons. it 'i DaSilva's.
1 -
When yoa want printing at a fair • price, workttapt will be a crsdit to yoo | snd IsstingTTnen we will b^ pleased to i do thi)t work. Hoii't expert "some-j thing foi'nothing." You wil|osoalljl psy deu'ly for a "job tot" ' ]^
Specials at DaSilva's >c Decorated Tumblers, 5c >c White Dinner Plates, 5c 15c Whisk Brooms, 1 Oc 15e Spice Sets, 10c 15c Waste Paper Basketa 10c 15c Turkish Bath Towels, 10c 15c Sponges, 10c 2dc Cut Glass Table Tumblers, 25c Jardiniers. 12ic 40c Jardiniers, 19c 29c Salad and Berry Dishes, 15c 5c Toilet Papr, 6 rolls 25c) 10c Toilet Paper. 3 rolls 25c 40c Brooms, 29c 45c Brooms, 35c *
11.75 Rayo Lamps, $1.49
Mason Fruit Jars Qaarts, 57c dos. v Pints, SOc doz.
ing for some time a hole was made in was fined $20.
!ng ^pTy.""'"'"'"" "' '*"'''¦ Fourteen Vears Ago
tVhile in this predicament the me:'. The following items are from the Re- were rescued by a passing launch and view fourteen years ago this week: taken to Wreck Lead, near Long Dr. E. Carman kicked by a horse Beach. and painfully injured.
Church.
12ic
A grand opening' of the Smj.thville
South Athletic Club wilf be held on
Friday evening, August 12, when an
entertainment and dance will be held
under auspices of the Ladieii' Auxil-
AlWson'Etli'son caught over 3000 lbs. l^'^ A'JfJL*^ entertainment dancing
weakfisfc.
Katydids hear^ for first time
elected member of the Board of Edu¬ cation and the budget wa.* adopted as presented by the Board.
At the meeting of the La/lies' Aid Society of the First .M. E. Church, the following officers were elected for the iinsuing year: President, Mrs. Ernest M. Hall, sr.; vice president, Elnathan Eldred; secretary, Miss Flor¬ ence Eldred ; treasurer, MVs. George Combes.
Said
rill be enjoyed. The members and friends of Advance
'DaSilva's
Stpehen Stillwagon, a life saver, connected with Roche's pavilion, no¬ ticed the motor boat pounding on the
bar off the beach and in a catamaran to be sign of fi|o'st in six weeks, rowed out to and succeeded in bring- . Four boat loads on Episcopal .S. S. itig it to shore. The boat is 25 feet beach party, long, of light gray color and is in- 843 books in public library, stalled with a six horsepower Palmer- Average attendance at school report- Detroit engine. ed at school meeting, 352. Tax col-
The cottagers at Point Lookout were! 1^ oompi^ies in tiw!!* days.)" WnT 'or discing will bi^fumlsbid b^ o«r ^f^JJ^J^f^'J^^/lt^lfj^^J''*^'*^' given an exciting half-hour Friday eve. Gvjjiller and R. H. Mayland elected 'avorites. Ice cream, soft drinks and tions aye oeing maae tnereiore. ning when a' small laoncfa was seen I mehbejrs of the Board of Education. , other good things will be on sale. ] if you, ]iy„ j, \^y^ causing you to just outside the brosken snd Keaded I A butcher advertises sirloin steak ! Sbouki tbe evening prove stormy the 1 f^j jall and headachy, readlaBilth ft directly for tbe beacb. With onlyllSclb. dancing will be hekl in Firemen's Hsll. Bedell's sd in this issue. - 1$
For :,thebAefit of St, Mary's R. C. Church the annual lawn party and er,' tertainment will be held in Firemen's Hall and adjoining grounds on Septem- ' ber lst, 2nd, Srd, and .''nh, and tickets; Hook, ijAler & Engine Co., are pre- ^°J ^^^e same are already in the hands paring for another of the good tiroes "^ the various conH.itfees. The en-- for which tbe boya of that company are f";^ .'''^"'f '''".b* 'n the hands of the famoua. On Labor Day, September '*<^'*«' *bo will be assistwi by the 5, the fire laddies wiU hold a piogic and !"«"• " *bey are needed. This prom- dance in L- R. Smith's grove. Music '"" *° P^'^'* ^« grandest affair held
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Freeport Official Paper FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUG. 5, 1910 Vol. XV, No. 41 FREEPORT NEWS The Village"'Board of Trustees huklo its regular meeting tonight. Local Topics WANTAGH Mr. and Mrs. James R. Smith and ??!.• .^t^'^.^^J^tl -^'i^';^. ^'"''l^..T '^"^' of'othe^ b'ilisiness that might come be- fore the meeting. ing the week at Point Lookout^ Interesting School Meetinii I News of the /[Churches ' about one chance in a hundred of get P h hi th 1 t tt tieni h li ting through, the boat rode the break-; meeting of the district was that held I Lucy Post is to lead the Young Peo- ^""s and struck the beach. The life 7},^ omnipresent careless pjrinter i Miss Annie Garner has been quite ill at the school houRc Tue«dav evening P'^'^'"^^^'"K Sundav night in the Pres- savers are off duty during June and made my article about taxes in our last at her home the past week, fortheelectionof a trustee in Diaceof byterian Church; subject, "Christ Our. July bet volunteers soon had out the i„^ appear ridiculous lor tne election 01 a trustee in place 01 p^. , ,, rollers used for the large surf boat and ^av it aoDcared • Johnk. Eldridge and the tranact.on f^-'^"''- wading into the surf, seized the boat *«> '« ^PP^^'"^'^ • Here is the Large crowds are attending the an¬ nual fair of the Catholic Church of Our Holy Redeemer, being held this week. Miss Rita E. BeCisman of Brooklyn is visiting Miss Mattie Stevens of Roose¬ velt Place. Mr. and Mrs. George Raynor of Alfred T. Davison was elected chair man, after the call had been read by Francis C. Morse, clerk, and Wallace R. Post and John J. Dunbar were chos¬ en tellers. The question of adopting the budget of $43,798 presented by tRe Board was ; first taken up. E. \\ Baldwin objected to'an item Church street are spemling several in the bu'lgei of $500 for a clock sys- weeks at Ulsterville, Ulster County. tem in the school which Samuel R. Smith pres^KlPnfof the Board of Edu- George Combs of South .Main street cation, explained wa."! deemed neces- cracked three of his ribs by a fall frr-ir, sary by the Board, and had been adopt- a boat on which he was working at his ed by most of the large schcKils, as a dry dock, last PViday. matter of financial and administrative economy." Mr. Baldwin said he was in Town Clerk H. Luther Weeks has is- favor of progressive school administra- Hued a marriage license to Charles A. tion but was teetotally opposed to ev- Nostrand, aged 54 years, of Brooklyn, ery expenditure which savored of ex- and .Mrs. Kate Ward of Freeport, aged travagance and moved that the budget 52. be approved with this item left out. This motion was amended to include The circus (Jones Bros.' Wild West) j^e item referred to and after 3^ votes was in town Friday and drew a large had been cast with only three against crowd for Freeport and surt-ounding j^e approval of the budget, no more villages, especially at the evening per- wishing to vote, the budget was de- formance. William C. Conner i& announced to and .soon had it high on the beach. lead the Epworth League meeting in ; The boat proved to be the '-Tobe. ' the M. E. Church. Sunday; topic, about 14 feet long and contained .Mr. "God's Unfailing Love." " and Mrs. David Hansom of Brooklyn. They stated they had started from Rev. W. L. Davison of Brooklyn is Sheepshead Bay about :i p. m. and announced to preach in the M. E. started for Debb's Inlet but had been driven out of their course arid abnut (iusk their batteries had given out and they had drifted until about 9 o'clock when they struck. Nut realizing their danger Mrs. Hansom had offered to wade ashore for matches and soon af¬ ter she had done so and the men were Church Sunday while the pastor, Rev. W. A. Richard, is on his vacatioR.- vChristian Science ser\-ice.= will be held in the Hempstead Bank Building, corner of Fulton and Main streets. Hempstead, at 11 a. m., Sunday, Aug¬ ust 7; Subject, "Spirit." ' busy with the boat, did not realize the the total danger to which they had been exposed. $ii),ijij" The new tax rate in Brooklyn is Sl^-.U per SlOOfi. Thus on a hou.«e in Brooklyn worth $1000 the tax will be -5Is. 14. Property of the same value ir. Freeport would be assessed at about •*2-}'> , , lu *" ' . > iM Dean street. Brook vn, and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and the receDiion of new memtersJnto the church at the Sunday morning service of the First Presbyterian Church. In the evening the sermon theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey will be "A Pensive Parting." The Schumann Orchestra met last Wednesday night with .Mrs. Edgar ^J. Seaman. .Mr. and .Mrs. Wilson Davis, who have been visiting for some time'with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis, sailed for home Tuesday from Boston for London, England. Rev R. J. Kent, D. D.. pastor of the Lewis Ave. Congregational Church, will preach in the .Memorial Church in the morning next Sunday. There will he no service in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kropp and son Harold, Mr. and .Mrs. John J. Cowles, ami daughter Laura and Edna, .Miss Annie Hicks, Gecrge Heachel, .lames Seaman, jr., .all of this place. During the month of August the Mrs. J. Gilbert Smith of this viiiage. Mrs. Richard Jones of Brooklyn, Mr#. Heyward of Northport, and Mrs. Elijah Srnith of Merrick, will beat Norridge¬ wock, Maine, for several weeks. clared approved. Nominations were then asked for the position of trustee, and Albin N. John¬ son was named by Ernest L. Watkins. A motion was made that the nomina¬ tions be closed but before it was sec¬ onded James P. Keenan arose and nom¬ inated Mrs. Charles E. Humphrey. youth who was pulled out with him was H. Rockford of Flatbush. Dunn swam out beyond the line of breakers and was caught by the along¬ shore current. He tried to swim to tist Church will be omitted m the ev¬ ening. The regular service will be held in the morning at J0:3C. Rev. Mr. Whitehurst of Freeport will preach for three Sundays. -Sunday School will beat 2:30 as usual; Christian Endeavor at 7 ;15 ; Mid-week meeting ; Friday evening at 8 o'clock, precetled ^ ^ _ ^_ ^ by Bible study at 7:40; Mr. Whitehurst Progressive Council, D. of L.. will He Taid ThVt hrhrd" the^dis^inctioTor <^°"^^ All are welcoipe to ¦ ^J^^' one of the volunteer life savers, hold their annual outing to Point Look- making the first nomination of a worn- * ^^'^"^^*' i also went into the surf, carrying a out on Wednesday, August 17. sailing an to the office of school trustee. Hel-j TSmbao am Mba n^,, i buoy and a life line. Rockford reached from Scott's dock in the steamer Mar- aaid Mrs. Humphrey was well and fav-' UUJy 11 ^ t 6 Daj^Dunn and Moore, but when others in jorie. Tickets can be procured of orably known from her great interest: „ , j shoal water hauled on the line Rock The fK'Stal regulation prohibiting ai:- nouncing the of ail drawings or euchres where admission is charged, and the results of same, looks to me like a humbug because there does not seem to , • ^ •. J I r • i_. J be a.-;v attempt to enforce it. Last shore against It and became frightened ^^^^ ^^ exchange announced on its when he made no headway. VV F. front page. "A charity euchre for the Moore of the Nassau Rod and Gun ^^^f^^ ^^ ^^,^ Hempstead Hospital was The Corporation .Counsel at,Long Is¬ iand City is to proceed at law against the trolley companies in Queens unless they rprinkle the streets along which the^.- ru.'.. Our residents along the troiiey tracks would appreciate a simi- are enjoying the month (jf August at lar action. Running the water car up Rainbow Lake in the Adirondacks. and down the tracks with water oozing ,, ^ ,-,. ,, Moses R. Wells, a long-time residertt of this place, died at his home on Thursday of last week. Funeral .ser¬ vices wore held last Sunday, Rev. T. S. Braithwaite officiating; interment in Greenfield Cemetery. .Mr. Wells is survived by one sister and three broth¬ ers, Mrs. Warren Southard and Theo¬ dore, William and Benjamin Wells, all of this place. thru the cracks don't lay much dust. .•"'¦ Club went to his assistance and Rock- members. in settlement work and bad ahown that K- H. Mayland saved a man abe had the interest of the women and and a woman from being swamped m ^^^ dragged under water We note in the Telephone Review children deeply at heart and had en-; their^power^boat one n^ghtjaat week j jj^^j^ Richter, Charles Fogan and that S. V.Gibson, well known here and deared herself to all, that ahe would be and E. T. Slade of Brooklyn swam j j^^j^ o'Donnell of Brooklyn and connected with the New York Tele- easier of approach than of the preaent I through the breakers off Naasau-by- ^^^^^^^^ ^^ jj^^ ^^^ ^,^^3 ^^^^ Ij^^^^ phone Company, has been appointed members of tbe Board and wished to! tbe-Sea and rescued C. F. Bertanzel ofijjands and pulled Dunn, Moore and District Agent, Mpin District, Long assure the voters that if elected she Roslyn froni drowning after he sank n^^jpjjf^jj.^ ^^^^^^ ^Yte .surf. All three Island r Division, to succeed H. W. g^oald devote a great deal of her time 1 the second time. j ^^^.^ exhausted Drake. to the work, and would always be glad Mayland had been near Point Look- j „ ^ „-^ -- ,_. . ^ ,_ to listen to the others of the children, out in his power boat, the Millicent, j/^y^offjobile ArrCStS HaVC Stpehen W. Hunt, chairman of the ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ specialty of viaiting ', and was half way to Freeport when he j He^ired Fffect committee in charge of concessions chi the achoola very often. heard cries for help. He saw a small! L/C&ircu c;iicci " The Pike" at the coming firemen'a No other nominationa were made and ' dory, which had an engine in it, driv-I The Freeport police force were out camival,statesthat_if any local peo- t^;^^tg^j^„^„j^ ^^^^^^^^ Alvin Jackson who was seriously in- given Wednesday afternoon. The jured by a brick thrown at him some prizes were won by" etc. In another time ago by his son is slowly improv- place: "A hand.some dining set will ing in the South Shore Hospital at be raffled for and chances will be sold Hempstead from a triple fracture of at 50 cents eaeh." The editor of the the skull. On Friday he was allowed , J ,, .... , J .^ paper knows he is violating the law to sit up for the first time by the house* !l^^,„!l!^*f.„T5™.l"_ ** and the postmaster should refuse to al- physician. While Mr. Jackson, the j^^ ^^ papers in the mail according father, is improving in the hospital, to thia same law, but there it ends, the son, sixteen-year-old Coles Jackson, Honest publishers mut obey the law 'b having free board at the Nassau arid the others get tbe credit for their County Jail at Mineola, where he ia liberality in making the announce-; held for the action of the next Grand ments. , Jury by Justice Corodon Norton. * The boy, it is charged, threw a brick Never was rain more welcome than from behind a bush at his home which last Saturday morning, after six , felled his father, who had given him a weeks without it. Some crops already beating for disobedience, and from ruined, but the water came in time to whom he had reason to believe that he pie wish to engage sites for the event they should see him at once, aa be is rapidly dispoaing of the privileges ssid has already sold over 400 feet of way. rhe General Committes of the Fire Department are making every effort to make the Convention of the Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's Asao¬ ciation a success. It will cost about $2700 to manage this Convention as Freeport usually ¦ manages affairs of that character, and it will be necesaary for residents to- send in their contribu¬ tions as soon as possible as tbe Com¬ mittee are already under considerable expense. Albin Johnson 170 Mrs. C. E. Humphrey 66 J. K. Eldridge 2 Total 238 A unanimous vote oY thanks was tendered John K. Eldridge for his faithful services as a member of the Board for the past six years. en by the high wind and wavea toward j Saturday afternoon and kept the the '»*>'''"" ^ ^™""^ '°'" '«*« planting ' tbe east bank of Long Creek. A wom-: autmobilists from running through the an and a man were in the dory, and ; village at a high rate of speed. There ; were waving a wbite shawl aa a signal! was only one arrest made that after- i of distress. Mayland, who is a volun- noon. The officers being out on the j teer fireman of Freeport, and has 1 course and the widespread publicity of I made many rescues, started to the as-1 former arrests had the desired effect, ' sistance of the pair. ! and the machines traveled at a decent He brought bis power boat within a { rate of speed through the village. , short distance of the dory, then The man who was arrested was Base-Ball JR. O. U. A. M. LEAGUE Games for Saturday: Freeport at Hempstead. Rockville Centre at Valley Stream.^ Woodmere at Roslyn. EL V. Baldwin suggested that the I dropped anchor and threw a line to 1 Charles Duryea from Amityville, who The baseball team of Freeport (^nn- Board of Education be increased to the man in the stem. The engine of i was driving a car for Charles Kling, of cil, Jr. O. U. A. M., defeated ROslyn nine members but no action was taken as no one else seemed interested, and the meeting adjourned. would get another that evening. A very quiet and harmonious time was had at the annual school meeting of this district held in the new school building last Tuesday evening. Wil¬ liam F. Dean acted as chairman and John H. Davis as clerk pro tem. War¬ ren James and Charles Abrams ably filled the positions of inspectors of el¬ ection. The Trustees' report, report of Building Fund and Collector's report the Millicent was started, and the I Manhattan. He was charged with las't Satu^ay at Ros'lyn by the score of *'*''^ "I' unanimously adopted. The BELLMOt^E Mrs. Swenson of Merrick entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of tne M. E. smaller boat taken in tow. When safe traveling at the rate of about 25 miles 12 to 5 water was reached the man called to: an hour. The occupants of the car Mayland and said he could get along ; were very indignant with the exception At Christ Lutheran Church there alone. He refused bis name. The • of the driver, who pleaded not guilty, will be preaching services next Sunday rescued man and woman are reported In the absence of Police Justice at 10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. Holy to be members of fashionable Brooklyn i Swezey, Justice Norton held court. At the regular meeting dT Excelsior Communion will be celebrated at the families, and did not want their pre-i At the hearing Duryea was defended church yesterday afternoon Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, morning service. The Sunday School dicament known. They afterward went by Lawyer Ray Haff of Amityville ^ Wednesday evening it was voted to en- meets at 9:15 a. m. j to a pier in Freeport, where a motor I who secured the release of his client large the building, extending it to the ^ ^ ,.,:SZ7~^tIlA jo._^,^ I car was waiting for them, and hurried on some technical fault in the com- away. ! plaint. Off Nassau-by-the-Sea, Breianzel That the speeders have learned their was bathing in the breakers, and got; lesson well was shown Sunday after- beyond his depth. He became weak, : noon when the officers again went out and called for help. Slade, who is a on the course. During the afternoon member of the United States Volunteer there were on Life Saving Corps, swam to the assis- > traveling betwee tance of the man. The undertow took : hour. The first man arrested was for three years to succeed themselves. both out, and it looked for a time as if Gus Planet. Upon his plea of guilty "' they would be drowned. Finally Slade he was fined $10. The other -arrest Word received from William E. got a grip on a rope, and both were was Edward Jacobs, who paid a fine of gro^n Wednesday, who with his wife pulled to shore almost exhausted. - $5 upon his plea of guilty. ^^ friends from Jamaica are spend- Press. , During the afternoon the Tounty j^g ^ short vacation at Palenerth, N. - Motorcycle Cop, Otto Payne, brought A party of four men left Freeport before, the Judge a party in an automo rear of the lot *and place the stairs on Jesse Conklin of Florida and Stephen the outside of the building instead of Lewis of North Carolina, former Free- inside asatpres«it; also to put glaas porters, are visiting friends in Town, doors in front, affording morelight for DaSilva annoui^8~that be baa se- days whenthe building IS used fore- cur«l the sales agency for Maillard's .ection purposes. The company will f^^^^ Chocolates and Bon Bons. It. be at an expense of about $600 for this _ work. They have considerable funds Leam to trim your own hats by - in the treasury and will raise the rest taking a course in millinery; see adv. budget for the ensuing year was passed upon favorably. A resolution. That the thanks of the meeting and the Schfiol District be extended to the School Trustees for the successful cul¬ mination of the work in the com.nodi- ous and Well equipped school building, was carried by a rising vote. Under election for trustees, William F. Deart About 25 carload* of gravel and sand and Edgar Seaman were elected for have arrived at the local siding. Con- three years fo succee |
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