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Jfn^iport Oflfoial^per
FREEPOKT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JJEO. 81, 1909~-V0L. XV, NO. 10
Official PlC|ier of Nassau Cotinty
ilaafleoopies of fh^luuMaa Coonty Br view can be aeoared of Willet O. SavaiT, at the depnt: Wm. Oreeablatt, aattmad Aea. t at Oobata'a or tho Re- fiKwOflloe. 8oatllMiin8t..and DaSil- WB'A, Weat Merriok Read.
Urma itema received op to 6- o'lJock Tkataday night; advertiaemeat form kapt npeii till 9 »*eIook Pi iday momiiiK; ^•POn ready for delivery 1 o'clock
FBEEPORT POST OFFIOE
Time of MaitK (bpen
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Arrive from East 8:ilO A. M. ia::«)P. " dOQ " "
Goinff Kbhi 7:60 A. M 2t46P. •' 6:10 " '•
Carrier Service
School will open, after the Holiday vacation, next Tuesday.
-News of the Churches
Watch-Night Service8 will be held Mra. Jean M. Stiles' dancing class {j," "».''•'hodiat EpiBcopal Chruch Fri- commences iU second term for the sea-1 <^"y "'«!''* ''O™ » ^o 12 o'clock. Inter- son thi. week coming. I «"**"? .Pr?^"™""" ^.''' ^ welcome - ^ i at this "Year End Service.
The first regular meeting of the Vil-1 "Kumberirg Our Days" will be the
Iage Boardof Trustees for 1910 win be | Sunday morning sermon theme of Rev.
held next Ffiday evening. ] Charles Herbert Scholey at the First
. n i Presbyterian Church. The evening
Mr. and Mrs. Geo.. Duryea of Rus-igatiect will be "The Rash Builder.>
sell Plaee are entertaining S pound: ' ^ —
twins since laat Wedne-Jday. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, paa-
j I tor of the Presbyterian Church, i.s to
I Mrs. Ida B. Powell announces the j lecture in the First Presbyterian I engagement of her daughter, Helen Church, Astoria, February 16, on "The I Genevieve, to C. LeKoy Corby. ; Passion Play of Oberammergau."
' ,' Christmas festivities have been held
I Mme. Cecile, formerly connected [;„ the various Sunday Schools during j with a large New York oressraakingi the week just past, as announced inthe j firm, 18 willing to take a few more pa- | Review last week, with the usual in- ; trons, ladies, misses and childrerr. East I terchange of gifts betwefcn teachers ¦ Dean St., Freeport, L. I. tf. j and scholars.
R. P. Welden'has built a coal office I The meeting of the Young People's
on Ihe site of the building damaged by I Association in the Presbyterian Church
- ¦ - ¦ - — I Sunday evening is to be a New
Year's consecration meeting; leader,
E. L. Watkins; topic, "Through this
year with God."
i At the Baptist Chuich, the pastor
Cleaqer to'- will speak Sunday morning on the
It. : theme, "Possibilities ef the New
._ ! Year." Tbe evening theme will be
„, , ' . ^ I "The Brother Questioh." The choir
Tuesday evening a Masquerade party ^yj repeat the Chri.'.tmas anthems and was held at thc home of Victor Smith j g^j^g j^^n j^gt Sunday.
on Broadway. There were persons | ,.
present from Freeport, Rockville Centre - The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and LinHeKhul^t. The main feature! will ^^ administered at the M. E. of the evening was the guessing of i^'""''^^ Sunday at 10 30 a. m. In the the persons masked. Misa Mae!evening, at 7.30 the Christmas Canta- Ketchum and W. C. Conner won the h«. "The Everlasting Light," will he vnMia the, prizes. The rest of the eveninj^as rendered, being repeated on account of snow maa not so deep it was ver? »»«"* '"'^ pleasantly in dancing and the storm last Sunday night iMavT and with the aecompanying P'«y*"« Kamee, after which a bountiful The Woman's Missionary Society wiod, wrought havoc on trolley and "P*"' *" served. , j the Presbyterian Church will meet in
stean car Unes, blocking the servicei the chapel next Wednesday, January
' Local Topics
The .Editor wishes you all a full share of the general prosperity of the coming New Year.
BALDWIN
ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Pettit and Lamb are erecting new houses on Grand Avenue.
Begin th^ New Year right by start¬ ing u systematic advertising oam-
P*'*?"" : There were no servicen at t^je M. E.
You "wait for your change" after i Church on Sunday owing to the severe
making a purchase, don'i you? I storm.
two i Girdell V. Brower. Superintendent of Ponds in Nassau County for the City
. jj£ j^g^ York, was tendered a pleasant
"Painless Parker" apent Christmas ] surprise by a large number of the here with his daughter, Mrs. Sancton. ;employees of the Water Department.
at his residence on Mill Road, half-
anH
Deli*rie« are male starting t'.x>m the'«" «» Thanksgiving Day He was | Sunday evening
Peat OfSoe at 9 a. m. and S-M p. m and oolhotions are made i>ii the same trip from mail tHZus along the roati^s. Farther luforiuati -a regarding free de¬ livery will be oheerfaily givexi bv tlie oaniers or tbe Postmaster, Robej-t U. Anderson. . ' '
HOLIDAYS. Poat office c)n«es at 9:30a. m.; carriers; aake oue d liv, ry, in morainir.
FREEPORT NEWS Heavy Christmas 3torni
This section of the country had one «f the worst anew itorms in years .Christmas day and Sanday.
able to secure nearly enough material j from ^he burned building for his new .ofiico.
Ideal Vactium' Carpet rent. DaSilva'a.
palas wera broken and largi
aten Way* beea engaged since the atorm
elearinc up tbe irooble.
The Notir York Telepbone Company
There have been many distressing (General Field." Avery cordial invi
ir*m ..e .*^*m**r*..**t ¦mIP^wI.m .%•> 4.1...^ «.m**. 'm.^.!.— I- i.-_J 1 ... .t, , . AI .. ^ - t .U .
Monday afternoon we had a vi.njt [ from one of O. W. Humphrey's neigh¬ bors on South Ocean Avenue, who in- ' formed us that in the severe storm i Sunday morning Mr. Humphrey was i out with his snow plow and cleared off { both sides of Ocean Avenue from At-1 lantie Avenoe to Merrick Road, thus i giving his neighbors a chance to get^j tent;-' Mr. Humphrey has ascendency] ^^ tb play the good Samaritan for hisi neighbors in this fashion and it was ! espeSally appreciated at this time as i the snow was very hard to rennive af-1 ter tbe atdmt abated. |
tales of personal saifering on the part of tboae wlwee struggled against the
«Mml it neeessary to send ten men out J*'*" •^ !»,*«' ®^, the storm which
«oai New York to help the local force Jl"'•'*'y *'«4 "" in its fierce grip.
^ cleatlBK ap tbeir aervice and made ^b^ »«°"y <»' *'"® »*"'''' " *"^'' ™
.«ood Une in getting resumed under the, "heltering goal in sight, or without any
eirtuiaetinrfin Isens^of help at hand, is awful in a
' I stem of Nature sweeping over the
C. P. Vall is making alterations to' '¦<» of the earth. But worse than bis earriage sbop oa Chwch Street, so this is the unseen agony in a storm- be cen Riye special careful attention b««tet» soul, which is tried, tempted
to aatonobile paiating.
Speeiel dispensalien bas been grant¬ ed Carpenters* Local Union, No. 983. eonmeaeiag Oe& 18, and endlbg Jan. .18. 191«. to redeca their initiation to ,16. ¦
Dennison's crepes and tissues at Da Silva'a. It.
Wotic has lie^ progressing rapidly ^•tha new sebool bailding on Long Beecb Avenae, which is expected to be reedy for ocecnpancy when the seheot tento opens in September.
aad afflicted,,witboat tbat help wbicb God promises to give in time of troub¬ le.
Tbe approaching Union Evangelistic Meetings have as their chief parpose the object of making plain and simple what God offers to all men who in this world are 'weary and heavy laden.' A man witbout God in like a ship witboat an anehor in a gale. The God-guided man is tbe one who is saved from many a present woe. "He knows. He loves. He cares. Nothing His truth can dim; He gives His very best te those Who leave the choice to Him."
tatiofi is extended to all ladies of the chureh.
At Christ Lutheran Cburch. the pass¬ ing oflthe oid year will be observed with a watch-night service, te begin an hour before iftidnight on Friday, Dec. Slst. On Sunday, services will be heki at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; the Sunday Scitool meets at 2.30 p. m. Next Wednesdaj evening at 8.15, wor¬ ship will be conducted in German. Thursday aftemoon at throe o'clock, the Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. C. W. Mahnken, Wal¬ lace Ave., north of Lena.
The M. E. Surylay School haa elect¬ ed the following officers for the ensu¬ ing year: Superintendent, H. E. Brown; assistants, A. N. JohnSon. Miss Etta Miller; junior saperinten- dent. L. H. Roes; primary superinten¬ dent, Mrs. W.E. Golder; secretary, Os¬ car W. Valentine; assistant, Frank S. Snedeker jr.; treasurer, L. H. Ross; librarian, Sinclair Raynor; chorister.
Grave Street, wai annoanced on De¬ cember 25.
Wilbur Raynor; pianist. Miss A. I.
Meetings | Eldridge; assistant. Miss Majel Bedell;
which begin next week Thursday at i president of missionary society. Miss
7:45 p. m., in the Prebyterian Church J. C. Ross. Mrs. S. R> Smith was re-
ili have as their keynote "glad U- elected superintendent of the Home
~ W. A. Richard,
Tbe Union Evangelistic Tbe engagement of Miss Florence Nigbtingale Walters, daughter of Mr. andMri. Sidney B. Waiters of Areher Street, to Henry L. Maxson ef North dings" to cheer and help everybody.! Department, and Mrs
A play and minstrel will be given in SiffOMnd Opera Hoose next Wednesday •veniag, Jan. 6, under auspices of the Ladies' Goild of the Church of the Transfiguration.
Much enthusiasm is manifested in all quarters as the opening days approach. Persons who Isit year had prejudices against the average methoci in revival servicea found how delightf j] sanely condoeted religious gatheringa can be.
and Mrs. H. L. Crandell to have charge of the cradle roll.
HYMENEAL
ABRAMS—VALENTINE Kobert Abrams of Rockville Centre A Men's Meeting will be held in the I and Emma Valentine of this village Baptist Church on Sanday afternoon i were married at the home of the TW- n i w D I. rt . i at 4 o'clock. Tuesday evening at 7:461 bride's mother Mrs. Theodore Val-
The ^n>«y Kesity tiompany or ^ „^ cotUge meetings for prayer will I entine, Saturday evening, by Rev. Pel- Freeport has been incorporated with ^^ ^,j ^^ j^e following places: | hara St. George Bissell, rector of the
T?.r^i JL": •*« «^». t "P*^] I W. S. Southard, 32 Kaynor SL; EpUcopal Church. -The ceremony. atacklB placad at 910,000 in shares of Richard Conway. 17 Smith St.; Valen- whicb was attended only by friends of SlOO eaeh, and the directors for the tine Smith, 71 Church St.; Chss. D. the b^id^ was followed by a wedding 2!2L'*i'n'*iu #.ki in ' J Smith, 191 W Merrick Road; Geo. T. j supper. Mr. and Mrs. Abrams wi
reside with the groom's mother at Rockville Centre.
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Wouldn't be a thrifty habit not to, ev¬ en if the amount due you were to be small- would it? Not to read and study the ads. is a habit of non-thiift on a par with not waiting for your change.
In a well-written article on Free- port's needing a fire alarm system, the local representativjB of the Brooklyn Times pays the hello girls a deserved compliment when he remarks: "The exchange girls here are praised for the manner in wihch they handle the (ire alarms."
The' liroiklyn^agle .'iiiys ''Several .SulFoik papers are issuing special holi¬ day numbera." So they did and they were good too, but why jump so far. Nassau County newspapers might alao have been mentioned, including the Ob
Mrs. Louii^a J. Barker is ill at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. .Samuel T. Bourdette.
way between Rockville Centre Ilempstead, on Christmas Eve.
Not since tho blizzard of 18H8 ha.-* Rockville Centre been visited by such a severe snow storm as that a.s raged Christma.s Day and .Sunday. Shortly before noon on Christma.s snow began ' James McChe.sney and John Lusch j falling lightly and all tho.so blessed , are home from Cornell University for with old maxims were pleased to note ! the Holida.vs. 'that that dread bug-a-boo, a "green"
I ' Chrijtmas, would not happen. Snow
Mr. Mnd Mr.s. F. M. Summerviiie and , continued ^'ailing all day in a rather I son Rudyard spent the holiday at Mr. i mild manner, but as tho day grew cold-, i W. B. I'ettit'e. er and gray, it increased in velocity, .so
I that by nightfall an old-fashioned snow
Mrs. J. Stickney has returnt.-d to her , storrn was in full force. Aa the night
. home on Clinton Place after an extend- grew later the storm increased in force
ed visit with relatives
Pernsyl-
server, Rockville Centre Herald, Ros-| «e"t^ci each of their pupiln with a box
lyn News, The Messenger and the Nas-' " *^*" ^' .
sau County Review
and the wind be{:;an to whistli; at an
alarmirg rate, so that by midnight a
full fashioned blizzard prevailed. A.s
At the close of the Christma.s exer-1 ihe force of the storm grew stronger.
cies of the Fublic Hchool held last j the telephone, telegraph and electric
Thursday afternoon the teachers pr^e-1 jijrht wires became heavily laden with
its white overcoat, and .shortly before midnifiht, by the weighting and cross¬ ing of electrii* light and teiephont
Tbe marriage of Miss (jonevieve Pearsall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
wires, they soon wero broken and danced dangerously in the air. Ail sec-
Mrs. Etta J. Carman wishes us to thank all who contributed to the suc¬ cess of her Christmas events at the Children's Home at Mineola and at her Christmas tree at her home on Brooklyn Avenue, at tioth of whicb sbe was truly a Lady Bountiful to the youngsters made bappy by her thought¬ ful care. She entertained 79 children at her home, each received candy and a Christmas present from Santa Claus. Mrs. Carman says she wants us to thank you 80 wc do it but we really think she ought to be thanked for her generous care of the children and if you didn't help her as much as you could have
W. Pearsall. and Willard Thomas, both j tions of the village appeared to be of this village, took place at the home I HulTering alike, but the greater danuige of the groom's brother, Arthur j was along Lincoln .-Avenue and theMer- Thomas, on Harrison Avenue, Thur.s- rjck Road, on which thoroughfares a day evening o£Ja«^week^ i large nuniber of poles broke off and ~ ., ," .hung swaggering ill the air, sustained Mrs. Hattie Smith, wife of Charles '- ^nly by the numerous wires attached Smith, died on Friday morning from 11^, the same. Live wires appeared to pneumonia after an illness of about ten i he dangling in every direction, until days. Mrs. Smith was in the 44th i about 1 o'clock, .Sunday morning, when year of her age. she was of a sweet | the current was shut off entirely at tht and retiring disposition and will be j power house, and all danger fiom by greatly missed by a large number of , crossed wires, and live wires was avert- friends. Beside other relatives sbe gj g^ery electric light in the vil- leaves to mourn her loss her husband, i i^g^ was cut off, both in the hou.se and a little son and daughter. The faneral | gtreet lighting system, was held on Sunday afternoon. Rev. ; ^s soon as possible on Sunday morn- WIlliam D. Tuckey, pastor of the M. | i„g^ the village authorities bad a large E. Cburch, officiating. Interment was i fo^ce of men busily engaged in clear- made Monday moming. j j^g up the broken wires and atrength- „, ^, . , .. ., I ening those that were still in commfs- The Christmas exercises of the M. ^j j^^ it was impossible to hbve the E. Sunday School held laat Friday; street lights lighted up on Sunday evening in the Church werevery sue-j „j^ht, and after a eareful inspection of cessfolanddrewalargeaodience The the condition throughout the village, decorations co»Pisted of many bells of jt is believed that it will be impossible various sizes and evergreen roping ar- | to have the lighting system in commie- ranged to form a large canopy A well ] gjon for several days.
laden Chrstmas tree graced tbe front | ¦„ — ¦ r—^ '
of the church. There were carols by | the School with organ, piano and Sun-1 day School choir accompaniment, songs' During the heighth of the terrific
Trains Collide in Storm
donation year,
done this season put it oown in your;,, ^j,^ primary department, also reci-i storm that raged on Sunday morning
note book to see that you send her a ^^^j^^^ ^^^ tableaax with scripture i early, a rear end collision between two
tor ner Christmas tree next j ,ej,ding. Prizes were awarded as fol- electric trains on the Rockaway Divis-
I lows: To Miss Margaret Rope, t^ach-1 ion, occured at tho curve in tho road-
The reporter who sent in the follow- \ er, whoae class had highest average I bed at the Valley Stream station, ing article to the Brooklyn Tiroes isen- i attendance during tbe year, a Metho- i A west-bound train was standing at titled to the leather medal for super-j dist Hymnal, given by the supt.; to | the little shelter station on the Rocka- abundance of unaginatton: .' Mrs. B. F. Davison, for gaining larg-' way branch, when suddenly, shortly
"Very few S the young people who. 1 est number of recruits, a five dollar | before 5.30 am a heavy train fron^ during the summer months, and in fact lg"ld piece, given by the pastor; to I the City line daahed around the curve these cold winter Sundays spend much nine scholars for perfect attendance, land before it could be brought to a stop of their time in the vicinity of the'each a fine Bible, given by the Sunday j it dashed headlong into the waiting well-known kissing bridge in the north ! School. The treat consisted of a half! tram. Both bead cars on each train westernportionof Freeport, know thati pound box of candy and apple and 1 were badly wrecked, but f«^»nately the place has more than a local fame, I orange, and the Primary De.jartment there were but few passengers aboard, and that a tragedy occurred there many land Cradle Roll were also presented! all escaping injury excepting two em- years ago. according to an old Indian iwith toys, games, etc. There were, ployees of the railroad company, who tradition. j many exchange of gifts among the i were in the forward vestibule depwrt-
Oiily last year tbe old bridge was torn down, and one of steel took its place. At one time the bridge con¬ sisted only of fallen trees across the stream.
According to the old Indian tradition an Indian of the Massapequa tribe
older ones of the school.
BELLMORE
; ment of the first car, both of whom ! were badly cut and injured. It was ! impossible to ascertain the names of the injured men, who were hurried to ; the hospital at Far Rockaway, two of ! the uninjured cars op the waiting train
WANTAGH
J^berN. Comlsky of this -Illage, and v.„Ri'per, 162 S. Ocean Av^.; JB," H. Bdweni Negbar ofNep York City. VanRiper, 6 S. Long Beach Aye/; R.
-..^. n .J ~ n~ . „ IH. Hunt, 116 N. Ocean Ave.; Chas
em T^*"J^'.!''^.»•!•'!"? *•"• F'eePOf* Fowler, ^oadwsy and Mount Ave. Social aob will hold iu masqaeradel At the close of the evening services
carnival and novelty BaU at Sigmi nd Sunday night the churches will adjourn | The Sigma Eocbre Club will meet Opera Hoose. The committee is as « the Fresbyterian Church fora "Half-1 with l^rs. Naegli at Bellmore next follows: ^ ^^ ¦. .. . iHoor Song Service" with the "Winona I Tharsdiy sf temoon.
Presi#enW Chas Werkheiser; vice- Hymns" in antieipation of the Union ^h, «;¦ ». »f7i:rr:;:Zi'. « „^
pre,., A. B. W.llsce; 2nd. vice pres., Weetihgs of Jan. 6 to 24. Everybody Ti ^^ w^ ? i 5 *^ 1 ^i, u ^^- t'
Henry Sigmond; secretary M E- will be welcome at this pleasant func-1 X'^'^™S«v^L^^^^
Stokes: Snanclnl sec. M. C. Robinson; tlon, •* I Church.next Sunday mornings >
treasurer, M. B. Sixmond; floor mgr,,
•Cbae. H,A. Sinmond; as^ floor mgr.,
Walter €oKzeoii;8ergeant-at-arma, W.
W. Cameron.
The Review farth^ extends thanks | by the choir of
Tbe special Christmas music planned
the'MemVriai Churoh than ever this year and wants you lo j Methodist gpiscopsl Church
'¦ ¦¦ |. j bt. All the evangelical churches
The 'dwhtr and Senior Classes of centre, N. X i'reeport nigb Schoul peld a manqaer- 4ide daaee>la ftateroity Hall Wedoea- dey evealoK*
'Mew Yett Cvde at DaSilva'a, 6e
<ap*. It.
W. P. W. faet, lAtgatd can^ dMler
•BB l4Mt-Mw4l 'Ike dhtABtdd r» IjflirtL^ Jl^iliiUj drtftrM
G. Howard Randall, contractor and bailder, a reprodoetioo of the "Burn¬ ing of tbe Congresa."
' John Gatheart Gompaoy, New York, mfke. ef silk cord, teasel cord, etc.
tt. |««^ef<
Beelly. etery trntgh oaAhd to ^
iodicatad hi ftin
eepeeijim
The Cantata given by the Memorial Sun'day School last Thursdsy evening was 'one of the best ever rendered' by the sehooL The 'various parts were well taken, aod following was tbe asoal exaiiango of gifts, when the School shewed tb^ir appreciatkin of tbe aa4 hie-faseOp |p • wttj sob- ChoNli waa
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I
tsimm 1 The Storm Saturday and Sonday ^id j ^^^. detached to convey the injured
was Uiiuch damage to the telephone service i_„„ wont to meet here at eventide a daugh- i„ this vicinity, and many of the poles ! al ,u^ time of the wreck Mvron H ter of the Iroquois. One day, as the „ere snaooed off nenr the eround r^ • j i?.! L t wrecK, Myron H.
lovers were unsuspectingly rVsting by ! ^"^ Bnapped ground. | Da».s and Otto H Lotz both of Rock-
thrf watern of the hrook, a jilted lover ' ^ ,,..., , , . J y/'? Centre, who had been stalled at
of tbe maiden crept up behind them ^he annual Christmas entertainment [ Valley Stream on a trolley car since , and d ¦snatched the Indian with his °''^'^ •^- ^- ^''""'"'"'''eld Tuesday ! the preceding night, and who were ' tomahawk. He started to abduct tbe I evening. There was the usual exchange , awaiting the arrival of the "P"Per" , girl, when he was himself killed by a j ^^ «•''«' """^ * P'«"""K program was . tram for heir destination, were stand- y youthful brave, a stranger. In recog- rendered, , '"«^ "P°" t P*"''"?* °' ^''« "'""*'"•
iition of the youth's gallantry the -^ '^' the crash sounded, both young men
maiden kissed his brow, and the place The Laymen's Movement "" '? '*'¦ "ff? '" '*"*^" Th''^ "'"**'
was always known, and is to this day, *¦ ." t,^ i„TrHpnn^in!ti^ni L^f i '"'* '? '" ' ^""i ^V""' ^^i*"* "IH. as kissincr bridge as the farir<aA was ' ^ district interdenominational meet- \ injured appeared to be confined in thej as Kissing Dridge, as Uie htitvuft was . j^ connecti.m with the great Lay- i vestibule of the front car and were an« ?n"«l'3Snrp'."''''^'!">«"'« Missionary Movement Conven-1 able to extricate themselves. Messr^U
inai iryaiing piBce^ j lion in Greater Wcw York from Jan. 1 Davis and LoU seized the implement
Adv.— fhe Nrsebu County Review ! *th to 16th will be held in Freeport on i in the emergtncy boxes and were thn will have a better line of calendars j Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in the enabled io release the two unfortunat
Pine I inmates. In their exertion; Mr. Davist overcoat came in contact witb son^ie o^ are arked to | (he electric heaters, aod the bottom sending large | the coat was bumed badly and his ga hear the speak-' ment ruined, but he atatedthat he er who will be sent to Freeport by the I pleased that the men escaped as wc Executive Committee of New York. | as they did, as he expected to see eve No collection for missions will be tak- person on the train killed or badly en as the object of the S^pda^ after- juied, so great did tbe shock of tbe( noon meeting is purely inspirational Iijion sound, whilo a string of br' and educational, its parpose is to fire, fully fifty feet in length, abolj present this section of Long laiand with an opportunity to get into vital toacb witb tbe great laymen's move¬ ment wbicb is stirring the nen of our nation aa no otber religioaa event of recent years haa done.
you.
Coming Eyenis
Jan. 12-r-.Wedne8dsy .(evening—An¬ nual re-union Exreisior Hook and Lad- eder Company: chicken supper.
Freeport Lodne, L U. O. F. wi'l bold
tbe oaatoaianr reeepti n to its membera
.. ..^ .. „m „ oi^ ^In'' fnends oi^New Year's Oav,
byte a^ Se^h^iia'iM aft IP. M. and oootinsiag
huMovraing.
the air. It was impossible to fnrther particulars at Valley Steem later,in the day from any of tbe em- ployeea of tbe railroad, all of whom ex|»caocd ignonuice in reference to any detail of the'eollleioD.
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Jfn^iport Oflfoial^per FREEPOKT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JJEO. 81, 1909~-V0L. XV, NO. 10 Official PlC ier of Nassau Cotinty ilaafleoopies of fh^luuMaa Coonty Br view can be aeoared of Willet O. SavaiT, at the depnt: Wm. Oreeablatt, aattmad Aea. t at Oobata'a or tho Re- fiKwOflloe. 8oatllMiin8t..and DaSil- WB'A, Weat Merriok Read. Urma itema received op to 6- o'lJock Tkataday night; advertiaemeat form kapt npeii till 9 »*eIook Pi iday momiiiK; ^•POn ready for delivery 1 o'clock FBEEPORT POST OFFIOE Time of MaitK (bpen anvefrom Went 9:80 A. M 8:80 •• " 8:80 P. " «ao •• •' UoinK West f :50 A. M. 18: OP. " , 6:10 " " 7:50" " Oloar Arrive from East 8:ilO A. M. ia::«)P. " dOQ " " Goinff Kbhi 7:60 A. M 2t46P. •' 6:10 " '• Carrier Service School will open, after the Holiday vacation, next Tuesday. -News of the Churches Watch-Night Service8 will be held Mra. Jean M. Stiles' dancing class {j" "».''•'hodiat EpiBcopal Chruch Fri- commences iU second term for the sea-1 <^"y "'«!''* ''O™ » ^o 12 o'clock. Inter- son thi. week coming. I «"**"? .Pr?^"™""" ^.''' ^ welcome - ^ i at this "Year End Service. The first regular meeting of the Vil-1 "Kumberirg Our Days" will be the Iage Boardof Trustees for 1910 win be Sunday morning sermon theme of Rev. held next Ffiday evening. ] Charles Herbert Scholey at the First . n i Presbyterian Church. The evening Mr. and Mrs. Geo.. Duryea of Rus-igatiect will be "The Rash Builder.> sell Plaee are entertaining S pound: ' ^ — twins since laat Wedne-Jday. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, paa- j I tor of the Presbyterian Church, i.s to I Mrs. Ida B. Powell announces the j lecture in the First Presbyterian I engagement of her daughter, Helen Church, Astoria, February 16, on "The I Genevieve, to C. LeKoy Corby. ; Passion Play of Oberammergau." ' ,' Christmas festivities have been held I Mme. Cecile, formerly connected [;„ the various Sunday Schools during j with a large New York oressraakingi the week just past, as announced inthe j firm, 18 willing to take a few more pa- Review last week, with the usual in- ; trons, ladies, misses and childrerr. East I terchange of gifts betwefcn teachers ¦ Dean St., Freeport, L. I. tf. j and scholars. R. P. Welden'has built a coal office I The meeting of the Young People's on Ihe site of the building damaged by I Association in the Presbyterian Church - ¦ - ¦ - — I Sunday evening is to be a New Year's consecration meeting; leader, E. L. Watkins; topic, "Through this year with God." i At the Baptist Chuich, the pastor Cleaqer to'- will speak Sunday morning on the It. : theme, "Possibilities ef the New ._ ! Year." Tbe evening theme will be „, , ' . ^ I "The Brother Questioh." The choir Tuesday evening a Masquerade party ^yj repeat the Chri.'.tmas anthems and was held at thc home of Victor Smith j g^j^g j^^n j^gt Sunday. on Broadway. There were persons ,. present from Freeport, Rockville Centre - The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and LinHeKhul^t. The main feature! will ^^ administered at the M. E. of the evening was the guessing of i^'""''^^ Sunday at 10 30 a. m. In the the persons masked. Misa Mae!evening, at 7.30 the Christmas Canta- Ketchum and W. C. Conner won the h«. "The Everlasting Light" will he vnMia the, prizes. The rest of the eveninj^as rendered, being repeated on account of snow maa not so deep it was ver? »»«"* '"'^ pleasantly in dancing and the storm last Sunday night iMavT and with the aecompanying P'«y*"« Kamee, after which a bountiful The Woman's Missionary Society wiod, wrought havoc on trolley and "P*"' *" served. , j the Presbyterian Church will meet in stean car Unes, blocking the servicei the chapel next Wednesday, January ' Local Topics The .Editor wishes you all a full share of the general prosperity of the coming New Year. BALDWIN ROCKVILLE CENTRE Pettit and Lamb are erecting new houses on Grand Avenue. Begin th^ New Year right by start¬ ing u systematic advertising oam- P*'*?"" : There were no servicen at t^je M. E. You "wait for your change" after i Church on Sunday owing to the severe making a purchase, don'i you? I storm. two i Girdell V. Brower. Superintendent of Ponds in Nassau County for the City . jj£ j^g^ York, was tendered a pleasant "Painless Parker" apent Christmas ] surprise by a large number of the here with his daughter, Mrs. Sancton. ;employees of the Water Department. at his residence on Mill Road, half- anH Deli*rie« are male starting t'.x>m the'«" «» Thanksgiving Day He was Sunday evening Peat OfSoe at 9 a. m. and S-M p. m and oolhotions are made i>ii the same trip from mail tHZus along the roati^s. Farther luforiuati -a regarding free de¬ livery will be oheerfaily givexi bv tlie oaniers or tbe Postmaster, Robej-t U. Anderson. . ' ' HOLIDAYS. Poat office c)n«es at 9:30a. m.; carriers; aake oue d liv, ry, in morainir. FREEPORT NEWS Heavy Christmas 3torni This section of the country had one «f the worst anew itorms in years .Christmas day and Sanday. able to secure nearly enough material j from ^he burned building for his new .ofiico. Ideal Vactium' Carpet rent. DaSilva'a. palas wera broken and largi aten Way* beea engaged since the atorm elearinc up tbe irooble. The Notir York Telepbone Company There have been many distressing (General Field." Avery cordial invi ir*m ..e .*^*m**r*..**t ¦mIP^wI.m .%•> 4.1...^ «.m**. 'm.^.!.— I- i.-_J 1 ... .t, , . AI .. ^ - t .U . Monday afternoon we had a vi.njt [ from one of O. W. Humphrey's neigh¬ bors on South Ocean Avenue, who in- ' formed us that in the severe storm i Sunday morning Mr. Humphrey was i out with his snow plow and cleared off { both sides of Ocean Avenue from At-1 lantie Avenoe to Merrick Road, thus i giving his neighbors a chance to get^j tent;-' Mr. Humphrey has ascendency] ^^ tb play the good Samaritan for hisi neighbors in this fashion and it was ! espeSally appreciated at this time as i the snow was very hard to rennive af-1 ter tbe atdmt abated. tales of personal saifering on the part of tboae wlwee struggled against the «Mml it neeessary to send ten men out J*'*" •^ !»,*«' ®^, the storm which «oai New York to help the local force Jl"'•'*'y *'«4 "" in its fierce grip. ^ cleatlBK ap tbeir aervice and made ^b^ »«°"y <»' *'"® »*"'''' " *"^'' ™ .«ood Une in getting resumed under the, "heltering goal in sight, or without any eirtuiaetinrfin Isens^of help at hand, is awful in a ' I stem of Nature sweeping over the C. P. Vall is making alterations to' '¦<» of the earth. But worse than bis earriage sbop oa Chwch Street, so this is the unseen agony in a storm- be cen Riye special careful attention b««tet» soul, which is tried, tempted to aatonobile paiating. Speeiel dispensalien bas been grant¬ ed Carpenters* Local Union, No. 983. eonmeaeiag Oe& 18, and endlbg Jan. .18. 191«. to redeca their initiation to ,16. ¦ Dennison's crepes and tissues at Da Silva'a. It. Wotic has lie^ progressing rapidly ^•tha new sebool bailding on Long Beecb Avenae, which is expected to be reedy for ocecnpancy when the seheot tento opens in September. aad afflicted,,witboat tbat help wbicb God promises to give in time of troub¬ le. Tbe approaching Union Evangelistic Meetings have as their chief parpose the object of making plain and simple what God offers to all men who in this world are 'weary and heavy laden.' A man witbout God in like a ship witboat an anehor in a gale. The God-guided man is tbe one who is saved from many a present woe. "He knows. He loves. He cares. Nothing His truth can dim; He gives His very best te those Who leave the choice to Him." tatiofi is extended to all ladies of the chureh. At Christ Lutheran Cburch. the pass¬ ing oflthe oid year will be observed with a watch-night service, te begin an hour before iftidnight on Friday, Dec. Slst. On Sunday, services will be heki at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; the Sunday Scitool meets at 2.30 p. m. Next Wednesdaj evening at 8.15, wor¬ ship will be conducted in German. Thursday aftemoon at throe o'clock, the Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. C. W. Mahnken, Wal¬ lace Ave., north of Lena. The M. E. Surylay School haa elect¬ ed the following officers for the ensu¬ ing year: Superintendent, H. E. Brown; assistants, A. N. JohnSon. Miss Etta Miller; junior saperinten- dent. L. H. Roes; primary superinten¬ dent, Mrs. W.E. Golder; secretary, Os¬ car W. Valentine; assistant, Frank S. Snedeker jr.; treasurer, L. H. Ross; librarian, Sinclair Raynor; chorister. Grave Street, wai annoanced on De¬ cember 25. Wilbur Raynor; pianist. Miss A. I. Meetings Eldridge; assistant. Miss Majel Bedell; which begin next week Thursday at i president of missionary society. Miss 7:45 p. m., in the Prebyterian Church J. C. Ross. Mrs. S. R> Smith was re- ili have as their keynote "glad U- elected superintendent of the Home ~ W. A. Richard, Tbe Union Evangelistic Tbe engagement of Miss Florence Nigbtingale Walters, daughter of Mr. andMri. Sidney B. Waiters of Areher Street, to Henry L. Maxson ef North dings" to cheer and help everybody.! Department, and Mrs A play and minstrel will be given in SiffOMnd Opera Hoose next Wednesday •veniag, Jan. 6, under auspices of the Ladies' Goild of the Church of the Transfiguration. Much enthusiasm is manifested in all quarters as the opening days approach. Persons who Isit year had prejudices against the average methoci in revival servicea found how delightf j] sanely condoeted religious gatheringa can be. and Mrs. H. L. Crandell to have charge of the cradle roll. HYMENEAL ABRAMS—VALENTINE Kobert Abrams of Rockville Centre A Men's Meeting will be held in the I and Emma Valentine of this village Baptist Church on Sanday afternoon i were married at the home of the TW- n i w D I. rt . i at 4 o'clock. Tuesday evening at 7:461 bride's mother Mrs. Theodore Val- The ^n>«y Kesity tiompany or ^ „^ cotUge meetings for prayer will I entine, Saturday evening, by Rev. Pel- Freeport has been incorporated with ^^ ^,j ^^ j^e following places: hara St. George Bissell, rector of the T?.r^i JL": •*« «^». t "P*^] I W. S. Southard, 32 Kaynor SL; EpUcopal Church. -The ceremony. atacklB placad at 910,000 in shares of Richard Conway. 17 Smith St.; Valen- whicb was attended only by friends of SlOO eaeh, and the directors for the tine Smith, 71 Church St.; Chss. D. the b^id^ was followed by a wedding 2!2L'*i'n'*iu #.ki in ' J Smith, 191 W Merrick Road; Geo. T. j supper. Mr. and Mrs. Abrams wi reside with the groom's mother at Rockville Centre. j^ Wouldn't be a thrifty habit not to, ev¬ en if the amount due you were to be small- would it? Not to read and study the ads. is a habit of non-thiift on a par with not waiting for your change. In a well-written article on Free- port's needing a fire alarm system, the local representativjB of the Brooklyn Times pays the hello girls a deserved compliment when he remarks: "The exchange girls here are praised for the manner in wihch they handle the (ire alarms." The' liroiklyn^agle .'iiiys ''Several .SulFoik papers are issuing special holi¬ day numbera." So they did and they were good too, but why jump so far. Nassau County newspapers might alao have been mentioned, including the Ob Mrs. Louii^a J. Barker is ill at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. .Samuel T. Bourdette. way between Rockville Centre Ilempstead, on Christmas Eve. Not since tho blizzard of 18H8 ha.-* Rockville Centre been visited by such a severe snow storm as that a.s raged Christma.s Day and .Sunday. Shortly before noon on Christma.s snow began ' James McChe.sney and John Lusch j falling lightly and all tho.so blessed , are home from Cornell University for with old maxims were pleased to note ! the Holida.vs. 'that that dread bug-a-boo, a "green" I ' Chrijtmas, would not happen. Snow Mr. Mnd Mr.s. F. M. Summerviiie and , continued ^'ailing all day in a rather I son Rudyard spent the holiday at Mr. i mild manner, but as tho day grew cold-, i W. B. I'ettit'e. er and gray, it increased in velocity, .so I that by nightfall an old-fashioned snow Mrs. J. Stickney has returnt.-d to her , storrn was in full force. Aa the night . home on Clinton Place after an extend- grew later the storm increased in force ed visit with relatives Pernsyl- server, Rockville Centre Herald, Ros- «e"t^ci each of their pupiln with a box lyn News, The Messenger and the Nas-' " *^*" ^' . sau County Review and the wind be{:;an to whistli; at an alarmirg rate, so that by midnight a full fashioned blizzard prevailed. A.s At the close of the Christma.s exer-1 ihe force of the storm grew stronger. cies of the Fublic Hchool held last j the telephone, telegraph and electric Thursday afternoon the teachers pr^e-1 jijrht wires became heavily laden with its white overcoat, and .shortly before midnifiht, by the weighting and cross¬ ing of electrii* light and teiephont Tbe marriage of Miss (jonevieve Pearsall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. wires, they soon wero broken and danced dangerously in the air. Ail sec- Mrs. Etta J. Carman wishes us to thank all who contributed to the suc¬ cess of her Christmas events at the Children's Home at Mineola and at her Christmas tree at her home on Brooklyn Avenue, at tioth of whicb sbe was truly a Lady Bountiful to the youngsters made bappy by her thought¬ ful care. She entertained 79 children at her home, each received candy and a Christmas present from Santa Claus. Mrs. Carman says she wants us to thank you 80 wc do it but we really think she ought to be thanked for her generous care of the children and if you didn't help her as much as you could have W. Pearsall. and Willard Thomas, both j tions of the village appeared to be of this village, took place at the home I HulTering alike, but the greater danuige of the groom's brother, Arthur j was along Lincoln .-Avenue and theMer- Thomas, on Harrison Avenue, Thur.s- rjck Road, on which thoroughfares a day evening o£Ja«^week^ i large nuniber of poles broke off and ~ ., " .hung swaggering ill the air, sustained Mrs. Hattie Smith, wife of Charles '- ^nly by the numerous wires attached Smith, died on Friday morning from 11^, the same. Live wires appeared to pneumonia after an illness of about ten i he dangling in every direction, until days. Mrs. Smith was in the 44th i about 1 o'clock, .Sunday morning, when year of her age. she was of a sweet the current was shut off entirely at tht and retiring disposition and will be j power house, and all danger fiom by greatly missed by a large number of , crossed wires, and live wires was avert- friends. Beside other relatives sbe gj g^ery electric light in the vil- leaves to mourn her loss her husband, i i^g^ was cut off, both in the hou.se and a little son and daughter. The faneral gtreet lighting system, was held on Sunday afternoon. Rev. ; ^s soon as possible on Sunday morn- WIlliam D. Tuckey, pastor of the M. i„g^ the village authorities bad a large E. Cburch, officiating. Interment was i fo^ce of men busily engaged in clear- made Monday moming. j j^g up the broken wires and atrength- „, ^, . , .. ., I ening those that were still in commfs- The Christmas exercises of the M. ^j j^^ it was impossible to hbve the E. Sunday School held laat Friday; street lights lighted up on Sunday evening in the Church werevery sue-j „j^ht, and after a eareful inspection of cessfolanddrewalargeaodience The the condition throughout the village, decorations co»Pisted of many bells of jt is believed that it will be impossible various sizes and evergreen roping ar- to have the lighting system in commie- ranged to form a large canopy A well ] gjon for several days. laden Chrstmas tree graced tbe front ¦„ — ¦ r—^ ' of the church. There were carols by the School with organ, piano and Sun-1 day School choir accompaniment, songs' During the heighth of the terrific Trains Collide in Storm donation year, done this season put it oown in your;,, ^j,^ primary department, also reci-i storm that raged on Sunday morning note book to see that you send her a ^^^j^^^ ^^^ tableaax with scripture i early, a rear end collision between two tor ner Christmas tree next j ,ej,ding. Prizes were awarded as fol- electric trains on the Rockaway Divis- I lows: To Miss Margaret Rope, t^ach-1 ion, occured at tho curve in tho road- The reporter who sent in the follow- \ er, whoae class had highest average I bed at the Valley Stream station, ing article to the Brooklyn Tiroes isen- i attendance during tbe year, a Metho- i A west-bound train was standing at titled to the leather medal for super-j dist Hymnal, given by the supt.; to the little shelter station on the Rocka- abundance of unaginatton: .' Mrs. B. F. Davison, for gaining larg-' way branch, when suddenly, shortly "Very few S the young people who. 1 est number of recruits, a five dollar before 5.30 am a heavy train fron^ during the summer months, and in fact lg"ld piece, given by the pastor; to I the City line daahed around the curve these cold winter Sundays spend much nine scholars for perfect attendance, land before it could be brought to a stop of their time in the vicinity of the'each a fine Bible, given by the Sunday j it dashed headlong into the waiting well-known kissing bridge in the north ! School. The treat consisted of a half! tram. Both bead cars on each train westernportionof Freeport, know thati pound box of candy and apple and 1 were badly wrecked, but f«^»nately the place has more than a local fame, I orange, and the Primary De.jartment there were but few passengers aboard, and that a tragedy occurred there many land Cradle Roll were also presented! all escaping injury excepting two em- years ago. according to an old Indian iwith toys, games, etc. There were, ployees of the railroad company, who tradition. j many exchange of gifts among the i were in the forward vestibule depwrt- Oiily last year tbe old bridge was torn down, and one of steel took its place. At one time the bridge con¬ sisted only of fallen trees across the stream. According to the old Indian tradition an Indian of the Massapequa tribe older ones of the school. BELLMORE ; ment of the first car, both of whom ! were badly cut and injured. It was ! impossible to ascertain the names of the injured men, who were hurried to ; the hospital at Far Rockaway, two of ! the uninjured cars op the waiting train WANTAGH J^berN. Comlsky of this -Illage, and v.„Ri'per, 162 S. Ocean Av^.; JB" H. Bdweni Negbar ofNep York City. VanRiper, 6 S. Long Beach Aye/; R. -..^. n .J ~ n~ . „ IH. Hunt, 116 N. Ocean Ave.; Chas em T^*"J^'.!''^.»•!•'!"? *•"• F'eePOf* Fowler, ^oadwsy and Mount Ave. Social aob will hold iu masqaeradel At the close of the evening services carnival and novelty BaU at Sigmi nd Sunday night the churches will adjourn The Sigma Eocbre Club will meet Opera Hoose. The committee is as « the Fresbyterian Church fora "Half-1 with l^rs. Naegli at Bellmore next follows: ^ ^^ ¦. .. . iHoor Song Service" with the "Winona I Tharsdiy sf temoon. Presi#enW Chas Werkheiser; vice- Hymns" in antieipation of the Union ^h, «;¦ ». »f7i:rr:;:Zi'. « „^ pre,., A. B. W.llsce; 2nd. vice pres., Weetihgs of Jan. 6 to 24. Everybody Ti ^^ w^ ? i 5 *^ 1 ^i, u ^^- t' Henry Sigmond; secretary M E- will be welcome at this pleasant func-1 X'^'^™S«v^L^^^^ Stokes: Snanclnl sec. M. C. Robinson; tlon, •* I Church.next Sunday mornings > treasurer, M. B. Sixmond; floor mgr,, •Cbae. H,A. Sinmond; as^ floor mgr., Walter €oKzeoii;8ergeant-at-arma, W. W. Cameron. The Review farth^ extends thanks by the choir of Tbe special Christmas music planned the'MemVriai Churoh than ever this year and wants you lo j Methodist gpiscopsl Church '¦ ¦¦ . j bt. All the evangelical churches The 'dwhtr and Senior Classes of centre, N. X i'reeport nigb Schoul peld a manqaer- 4ide daaee>la ftateroity Hall Wedoea- dey evealoK* 'Mew Yett Cvde at DaSilva'a, 6e |
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