Nassau County Review 19170209

              Freeport
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Nassau County Review
FREEPORT, N. v., FRIDAV, FEBRUARV 9, 1917
Vol. XX, No. 6
¦iiMTl* iwpies of the Hrvtrw toit »ai< MbU'o and Br»lthw»lt««. IUilro»I Avrau<-i Lieb- vnnan'..  Nu.au County  Hrvir-vi. DaSilvs'i' axul OvbrU'a, Main .Streot, «piUCT « .SUUkmMT Store, nrove St.: Sidn«'r. 8mitl-i Umrrtrii RomI.
HIGHWATER TlDlS TABLE
(Official figure! for Bandy Hook)
Social Activities Loom
at Freeport Club
(From Pre»«'Committee) "The resalti! we are to achieve   this and" MiThTcIff i.^WCTi [ year are to Le tht;
: ellTort. The nnan who doi>H anything \ at all ia bound to do wrong iiumetimes, I bat we can reat SHBUred   that if we all
Favors House for
Fire Prevention Work
Friday Feb. Saturday, Handay Monday,
Taaaday, ^'Vadneeday,
'-huruday.
Friday
•Saturday,
9 :«6 a. m.
9:3a a. m. 10;04 a. m. 10:42 a. m. 11:26 a. tn 12:18 p. m.
1:2a p. m
2:26 p, m.
4:10 p. m.
Several communications   are   necea earily held over till ftur next issue.        !
—TV— Anyone  found "^   bunch   of   keys? (Jne of oor subscribers  advertises   for, a lost bunch he is very Hnxious to find. !
Next Monday being   a   holiday,   the! Nassau Connty Review office   will   bei closed   all   day, as will also   the   locaT banks.    The Post Office will    be   open till 9:30 in the mornini;.
Neighborhood Work
This letter from Prof. Main,    along
the line of others published in   preced-
,..,,, ine issues, explains itself.     From   bis
result of collective   ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^„^   ^.„^^^
Superintendent .Moon is well   qualilied
to speak on this   subject   of   so   ir.ucfi , .L-      .i_ 1.     '111. ... i importance to our community:
do something the result will be   worth I ^/,^^ Neighborhood Workers :- while.' - rormer President C. Dwight ,      p^^^, ,,^^ ,^ ^.^^ ., ^^^^^^^    ^j^^
nt-tfDiTi.'     Tuc    ^.^...'o halt and tuke bearings in order tTiat; man activity that a well designed   and
Ufctirllt.     IHt,     VvriS 11   ,yg may 'ook forwitrd with  new   c.onh- l' OUTSIDE drnce, or. perhaps,    correct our direi'-
It wns not the kind of a night laat , tion. An your flssuciHtion halts and ! Frida.v to induce one to leave the home takes bearinga it will face forward : firesidf, hut just the same there was a again with fresh htipe and fu.il confi : good crowd who braved the unusual , ilence, for the high value of your work I cold and wind, and enjoyed the dance is apparent to all who look. No one I and sociability at the Club liouse.   1 he j needs to be in doubt, for the record   is
Baker. DANCED
By Capt. ,1. N. Hartmann,  Certified Efficiency  Expert.
(Third Item in Series)
Reaching the sixth and last standard of safely, under tbe caption of inspec¬ tion and maintenance, both self and super, we say it is a matter of com¬ mon   experience in all branches of hu-
Bellmore
Merrick
Roosevelt
Wvull-built machine i!> of reduced value if provision is not made for keeping it in eflfeotive workin^^arder. The prin¬ cipal of maintenMnciri^ just as neces¬ sary in dealing with the problem of I hre as il is with anything else. Eter-i nal vigilance is tb" price of safety well as li'ierty.   and a factory   or   any
two flashlights offered   wyre   awarded   made, and he who   renda it must   give   other building   that is tn be made safe
There was no quorum for the meet¬ ing of the Village Board of Trustees last Thursday afternoon, all but two of tbe members being out of to,wn. Considerable business will be taken up at the meeting next Thursday aftei- noon.
Th« regular meeting of the Arts Club of Preeport was held in the M. E. Church Monday afternoon. The attendance was small because of the stormy weather, beCKUae of the stormy weather, but a very inteieating meet¬ ing was held. A lecture on Kgypt was read by Mrs. H. J. Raymore and was illastrateJ by stereopticon views.
to .Miss Gladys Cook«nd Harold Smith TO CHANGE NIGHT FOK DANCES
A dance will be held this Friday ev¬ ening, after which the night for the dance specials will be Saturday of each week, beginning next week, F'eb- ruary 17.
I'lana are being carried forward  for the subscription and cabaret dances. POOL   AND    BILLIARD   TOURNA¬ MENTS
his hearty approval of the splendid gnd continued in Ihat desirable state, service which your organization is ren- mml be carefully and regularlv in- dering in this community. spected and looked after    in   order   to
I speak   with   conviction,   fur   your   guard against loss of life and property work and mine   touch at many   points   by fire.
and the schools have been definitely The owner of a building, the em- assisted by the constant co-operation plover of lahor. as well all employees, of your Social Worker. Although the «honid be sufficiently informed about time duri g which this work has been the fundamental requirements of safe- ayatematically carried forward has not ty in order to be able to personally as heen long, it saems to me that much gure themselves that they are being has been Hccomplished and that your observed. The actual work of exam- The tournaments started Wednesday ; ottkerg have every cause to feel en ; jning and inspecting all fire appliances, night of this week,   with games in the ; couragement and confidence. '. aa well as precautions and safeguards,
Bcratch pool contestn, the players be-, It is indeed a complex wOrlt ifl wt'ich may be delegated to one or more aub- ing Clarence A. Edward.s and Rtv,; you are engaged for it deals witb the'orJirtiue!; '.T employees, provided a ThpO. J. King, i^ese conttats will' factbrs of human distress and nothiiK riai'i degree of personal sUp*l^Viil6H ii run to April 6. F'our tournaments, : Is more difficult to explain or to • cxgrcised. In order to make fire pr«- billiards, srcatch pod, Clasa A and' change; th-jretore, your work is the'vention thoroughly effective, self-in- Class B handicap pool with thirty en 1 more praiseworthy because of the sue spection is valuable as a proof that the tries in all. Some of the beat. pooP cess you have attained. A consider-, occupants are themselves concerned shuts in this section of the laland will | able number of people know tbis but it' about the fire danger and are person- conn |>i'te in the scratch tournament, ' is probable thit there are many citi- ally taking some steps to secure their among them being Dr. William II. zens in this community who are not own safety. Il is human nature, how- Runcie, Clarence A. Edwards, Rev. T. i acquainted with the facts. I would, ever, to relax care and vigilance and J. '<ing, Ward C. Moon, Ceorge Ben- therefore, respectfully suggest that nett Smith, Rollin Baker and Frank i the work of your organization be given W. Pitcher. There will be t«o inter-; greater publicity and that an organ eatang games next week hetween Ward I ized attempt be made to infoim   every
Kmok Kobertti i* imr repr*f.entativr in Hetlrmu^ and v(cinit>.    A!l order* aniltif-w.-t ii^ft will r<»cei\-e ihp Mtme oai-eful «tt«*niion otfice.
This Satuiday evening the annual dance of the Bellmore Yacht Club will be held in Firemen's Hall.
A special picture show will he given in the Bellmore Theatre next Monday evening. Lincoln's Birthday night.
Henry Schaardt has commenced the erection of a residence on tbe Wilson property near the baseball groand.
John McConlogue and family, who have resided in the Frost cottage on Oak Street for some +rlh«, have moved to Hempstead.
The regular monthly meeting of Ad¬ vance Hook and Ladder Company will be held in ita ball on. Monday evening of next week.
Thistolumn iseditBd bj-He>-  W. H. Littebrmndt      Siniclr ropir* of theNas«au C«iintv with  him   and(all itpms should be sent to him t.> insure in- | uleat Mr». S. Nalban'i Store, Nanmu
*»   at   0*ir    .un-tinn llnH..i- thin heafiil
sertion undt'r thi» beadintr.
The H. B. Mc.Cords having rented their home here, villi remove this month to Freeport.
The monthly meeting of tbe Men's Club will be held in the Parish House on Tuesday evening at 8.30 o'clock.
The choir of the Church of the Re¬ deemer with the aasistance of others is planning to give Gilbert and Sulli¬ van's Pinafore after Easter.
Jack   Halliday   is new   able   to around again after a long illnrsa.
be
icBB heli
C. Tueaday, February   13,   and   C'larence ; aims and present procedure
become careless and indifferent, through constant familiarity, and for this reason it is known as a matter of experience that super inspection by an
Moon and   William   H.   Runcie  on   resident of this village concerning your  outside practically experienced agency
The annual dinner of thdlBellmore Board of Trade will be heli at the Black Swan Inn, on Merrick Road, this village, on Saturday evening of next week.
Aa soon as the weather permits. Dr. H. V. Holcomb wiil commence the erection of two handsome residences on Clarenden Avenue, near the Catho¬ lic Church,
Firemen Again Delayed
y ^ 1 uesuay, reiiruary lo, niiu ijiBrcnte aiTtis ana present procedure. is essential. The chief, or supervia- An automobile belingiiig to Fred Edwarda and G. Bennett Smith on Pri- , Tbis is the day of systematic organ- jpg inspector, as he may be termed. Gray was totally destroyed by tire at d»y, the lUth i ization; efficiency experts will soon makes irregular but frequent inspec- Long Beach Avenue aril King Streel On Friday, February 29, it is ' become common among ua. It ia fun-; tions. with his perceptions fresh and early Wednesday evening. The incor plnr:ned to have an exhibition game I daniental that people muat unite for a keen, so that he is in a position to in¬ tact alarm was again sounded and only between Clyde C, Wallace and a high-1 purpose if they unite at all; the indi gtantly notice any defects or errors a part of the fire department arrived clu's amateur from Patchogue, with a j vidUHl is primarily a social being and that may exist or are overlooked by at the fire.    The miichine was   almost reputation of   running as high   as   167 jwill   therefore be found   congregating persons coming  in daily contact with
totally destroyed, with a loaa   of   over $1000, partly covered by insurance.
Mothers' Club Meets
Study, will speak on "Obedience.' All interested in thia important iiuch ti»n of child training are invitt-d ti attend.
The euchre, pinochle and dance for benefit of St. Barnabas' R. C. Church will be held in Firemen's Hall next Monday evening.
An effort is being made to organize a walking club in this village. Some of the enthusiasts are already in train¬ ing and propose to have the edge on the new membera in the event of at club being formed.
^Co. I of the 10th Regiment, N. Y. N. G., haa been assigned the duty of protecting the city water works sys¬ tem in Nassau County. Four men have been detailed to each pumping .'•'tation and assumed tbeir duties in the two stations in this village Mon¬ day night. They are now maintaining a'regular patrol along the pipe line and preventing all except city employ
Miss Mildred Hill having completed her course in teaching at New Paltz Normal, New Paltz, N. Y. is engaged in active service at the Grove Street school, Freeport.
Josephine, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. De Lancey Nicoll, Jr. was baptized at the Cburch of the Re¬ deemer on Saturday afternoon by the • rector. The godparents were Mrs, A. ! N. Hoes, Miss Ann Coleman and De ; Lancey Nicoll. |
i Services at the Church of the Re- , deemer Sunday, Sexageijima, at Hi o'clock A. -M. and 8 o'clock P. M. i Morning Prayer and serinon. Even¬ ing Prayer and sermon. Tha Church! Schijol meijtg in the Parish House each ' Sunday at 10 A, M. The Woman's i Auxiliary nieetn weekly on Thursdays' at 2 80 P. M. The G. F. S. meets bi- i weekly on Fridays at 7.30 P. M. > Choir practice ia held on Thursdays at I 8 P. M. The Boy Scouts, Dr. Emison i Scoutmaster, meets each Tuesday at i 7.30 P. M. A cordial invitation is ex- j tended to all to attend the services of I thia church und to become identified! with its community work. i
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pbillrpa of F'lat- .bush spent Sunday with Mra. Philips' sister, Mrs. Stewart,
.Mervin Golden, jr.. of Craig Ave- -noe, is planning to give a mufiicale : some time in March.
The cake sale held by the l.adiea' Aid of tbe M. E. Church was a succesa and a nice sum was/ealized.
Lee   Losee is on the »i,ck    list   with ; pneumonia.     His   mother   from   East Hampton haa been nursing him.
Mrg. L. Stewart of Craig Avenue has been confined to her bea"T5r tlTS^ past two week", with Dr. Lindsay in attendance.
in straight   billiarda.    The committee : with his fellowa.     Where, in Freeport,   the conditions.
will endeavor to move the new billiard jdo young   and old grgup".'    It would be       After considering in detail the stand-,
table   out in the   middle   of   the   floor | interesting to  know   about   the   clubs i ards of safety thus   defined,   an   addi- '^^^ ^"^""^ ^'^''^f^^*'"^ thereon down stairs, if it can be arranged,    so | informal, as well as about the others, tional safeguard   is   available   in   the The   meeting of the Mothers'   Club   that a large number may witness   this       Your officers are alive to   the   great; form of confining and retarding  appli- will be held in the Grove StreetSchool   game, to which the usual   general   in-, need of adequate   headquarters   where j ances,   wbich are   the   fire   door,   fire next Wedneuday, February U, at 3 :S0   vitation ia extended different activities may be found which | ghutters and fire windows, as they are
p.m.    Mrs. J.    W.    Ehrich   of   New   PL^NN1NG FOU ANNO AL DINNER ' would be of help and    interest   lo   the i elements of conatruclion   tbat are con York,    of   the   Federation   for   Child,     The  committee is not   joking   when ! P**"!"® ""^^"^'''^""'y°*^ *°*''* •   where i gidered under the operation of the sec-
they <iay they expect to make   the   an-j ^'*° ""'"^'^"^'^"'*"'^   '-''''*"   recreation   ond   standard of .lafety.     But   in   the
' could be enjoyed. Such a place is un-j progressive steps of handling the questionably a necessity in this field and I believe that the citizens of Free- port will gladly suppori your efforts should you decide to provide a center suitably equipped for the different phases of your work.
I am sure that   you   can   count   the
Successful Musical
Entertainment
The mua cale given by the Freeport High School Musical Clubs in tbe Grove Street School, on Tuesda;;; even ing, was a gratifying success. The , large auditorium waa crowded. The program as given below was rendered in full, each number being encored :
Hungarian Danc£    No.   5,   Brahms; High School Orchestra. '
Vocal   solo, "My Laddie,"   Thayer; Mildred Reast.
Cantata, "The Village Blacksmith," ', Noyes; High Schoo! Glee Clubs.
Piano   solo,   "Caprice     Hongroia,"! Ketterer; Helen Kremelberg.
"A Dreaming Rose," Harris; Girls'I Glee Clab.
Spanish Dances I and II.   Moszkow- i aky ; High School Orchestra.
Vocal duet. "Go Lovely Rose," Mar- j to be held next Monday afternoon  and Viala; Elizabeth Mabee, Marie Mabee. \ evening, from 3 tu 7 and from 8 to 12.
Violin   aoloa:   (a) Selections  from | Ticketa  will  be 50   centa.    Oh,   yes.
nual dinner of the Club this year the "biggest ever'" for they are working bard toward that end, and tne result* must coDnt. Tha date for this has been set for Tueaday evening, Febru¬ arv 27. N, INCREASING MEMBERSHIP
At the meeting of lho Board of Di¬ rectors Monday evening the following new membera were elected: Charles Winfield Raynor, Bradford Raynor, El¬ mer Swatling, George Westcott, Frank W. Frazer and Joseph A. Aacb. '
COME AND GET ACQUAINTED     ,
President Elvin N. Edwarda ia right j in earnest in his efforts to make this Club a center of sociability. He cor- I dially invites any male citizen of Free- , port to drop in any night, introduce ¦ himself and get acquainted with the ' members. j
TEA   DANSANT   NEXT   MONDAY '\
The Entertainment Committee prom¬ ises good muaic for  the   Tea   Dansant
I emergency offire, they really come '.into play after the fire appliances bave been uaed, on the theory that if a fire I cannot be successfully extinguLshed ; then efforta should be made to confine ! and retard it.
Fire walls or fire   stops,   aa   in   the
teachera   in   Freeport   schools   among | case of walls or partitions which either
those who will gladly aaaiflt   in   what-i aub divide a large   area inlo a smaller
ever you decide   to   undertake   in   the  and safer space, or confine   a   particu-
service vvliich you are ao freeW K'ving j larly   dangerous   process or operation
in thia village. to a single room, or a reduced  section
Sincerely yours,. of the buiiding, are, Uke th* fire doora
Ward C   Moon, '^nd   fire   shutters,    elements   of   safe
Superintendent of Schools, jconstructipn,   usually   installed   when
January 24, 1917. : tha   building is planned   and   erected,
COUNTY  ASSOCIATION   ALSO IN- < but frequently installed in older build-
DORSES : '"B^   which    were   originally   erected
Nassau County Association, Inc., j with   little   or no regard   for   life   or
property loss by fire. In the practice ot fire prevention the mailing of an in¬ dividual building safe against   fire   ia
Mineola, N. Y., Jan. 81, 1917 To Neighborhood Workers:—
The articles   which   have   been   ap
pearing in the Freeport papers for thei ""e problem; the making °t two ad- past two «veek8 havH inttreated tne ! J**''''"^ buildings which are connected, very much.    I   have   been   acquainted I or which communicate with each other.
Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saens; (b) Minuet, Beethoven: Virginia Aldridge. {a) "Black Virgina Boy," Petrie; (b) "The Deep Cold Sea," Geibel; Boya' Glee Club.
Vocal aolo, "The Star," Rogers; Lillian Croaa,
Dances: (a) Polka "Playfulness," Cbalif; (b) Danish Folk Dance.
Piano solo, "Lea Pralea," Nollet; Cornelius Van Reea.
"Angel of Peace," Keller; High School Glee Clubs.
"On to Plattaburg," Lowe; High School Orchestra.
*We have dropped the price on all ¦izes of coal. Freeport Coal Co., 19 8. Main St., Tel. 889.
Advortlaement.
Try my special   box of cut   flowera 75c for the  weekend.    C. R.   Ankers, floriat, Rockville  Centre, L. 1.:   tele¬ phone connection;   delivery anywhere. AdVMtlaeiBMki
there will be refreahmenta   and namber dancea.
lucky
with the Neighborhood Workera for the paat four yeara and have watched tbeir growth with a great deal   of   in-
ia quite anotbei' problem. Its import ance, however, is self-evident, becaaae it means that there is an open passage-
Elks Live Up To
Patriotic .Principals
On Monday about 100 members of Co. I, loth Regiment, were sent out to guard tbe Brooklyn water works line through tbia section. No special proviaions were irade to keep them comfortable, and with the extra cold weather the work was very unpleaaant.
Members of the Elks, upon learning that the soldiera were in tbia section to guard the aqueduct, tried to get into connection witb Captain Dooley. Failing in thia, they sent a telegram to tbe Governor instead, offering the use of the club houae to all the sol¬ diers.
Leo Fishel, house chairman of the club, states tbat the lodge will be glad to have the soldiers, when off duty, have aa many meals aa they want at the club, and to make use of the pool If you are wanting to go to that i sables, the bowling alleys and the card mBsk ball Monday night,    lake   a   run | tables.    If  the   Governor   wishes,   he
tereat. Much has been accomplished "'•y *or fire to travel from one build in Freeport through their untiring ef-1 '"K to another and that a fire in one is forig and 1 am sure with the Neigh- >¦«»">• a fire in two buildings, and that borhood Hoaae aa a center, their work the moment a fire extenda from one would be far reaching. Mra. Scholey'a i building to another, a crisis is reached, zeal and sympathy would be a great ¦ conflagration is onder way and human aaaet in any undertaking. She haa '•'« and property ia greatly endan- been of gieat belp to ua  and is always  gered.
ready and eager to be of aervice. |     We must always bear in  mind  tbat
There ia much demand at the preaent! the passing of fire from one building time for indaatrial training for the I to another applies with equal force to boya and girla, clubs and claaaes of | the passing of fire from one section or various kinds to keep the children M'V'aion of a floor or building and from from the streets and  all   sorta  of  di-!» Practical standpoint what really coo
down to 82 Archer Street, right ofl Bedell Street, and get a good suit for the occasion.
m AdvarUBemaiit
can make any use of tbe club he speci¬ fies.
Unclaimed Letters
(Freeport Post Oflice)
reeled activities which   woald be well centered iu the   Neighborhood  House.
If there is anything I can do to aa-1 sist in thia worthy project please call | on me at any time.    -
Sincerely yours,
Mary Malcolm. '
Columbian Foundry
Has No War Orders
Coal cheap.    Some pea   coal   which waa purchased for gcod coal,   1   And is j Cabn, Walter, Rusnell PI below   standard, so am selling it at $7   Carpenter, Dick per  tun.    Sinclair  Raynor,   Tel.   184 [Coward, R. K Preeport.
Advartlsemen'.
'. Christensnn, Jack Field, Wm. Ut (2) Hammond, J. Jackson, Misa Edna Kyle, Mr. Gerard Moore, Stickney C. Miller, Mra. Julia .4ilv«rtla«iMnt. i Oiein. Mrs. i. B.
  ISmith, F. Harrison
It will pay yoa to call in at  Sidney I Welis, Miss Billis Smith's,    15 Merrick Road,   end   look ! Warnock, Mrs. W. .\. over  his  stock.    He  bas everything' Whaley, Smith that you see advertised in the  bicycle > Zcmff, T.
W. L. Douglas Shoes for Men.—Tan, Vici. Blucber, full toe, nice dark brown color.   Price $8.00,   Exclusive agency i in   Preeport at Crevoiserat's.   95  So. I Main Street.
stitutes a section or division of a floor or building is a good brick or otber fireproof wall or partition, and if there are any openings in the said walls or partitions they should be effectively fire stopped or closed in case of fire.
Communications, in the sense that fire prevention uaei' the term, is ap¬ plied to any opening in the walls or partitions of a building which would favor or permit fire to travel from one February S, 1917. j buiiijing to another building, or from Mr. Smith F. Pearsall, one   f-ection or division  of   a   floor   to
Editor Nassau County Review, another section or division of   a   floor,
Freeport, L. I. and are classified aa follows, viz.:    The
Dear Sir:— ' moat common   form of communication
The impression haa evidently been jg g doorway in a party wall, or in two created that this company is engaged independent walls which is used to in tbe manufacture of war munitions, permit easy passage from one building or expects to be engaged in the menu- to another in the ordinary course of factore, and we therefore write to re- buairiesa or whatevei use is made of que&t that you will kindly correct  this   (ho building.
impression. We are net at preaent Belt or shaft holes "are another form engaged in making munitions, we nev of communication quite common, and er bave been and have no prospectp for ' are in the form of a hole m a brick doing so in tbe future.    We have made : ^all or a partition or floor   cf a build-
Cleorgfc Merritt, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Nelaon Merritt of Linden Street, who haa been connscted with the barrack.i printing office at Newport, R. I.. ?ince hia enlistment in the United Statea Navy about a year ago, baa been as¬ signed lo duty on the U. S. S. Missippi which ia nearing completion in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. George expects to take up hia new duties early in March.
Leroy, snn of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt, had a narrow escape from a serious accident vvhile on hi.s way to school Tuesday morning. In an effort to "hook" a ride on a passing automo¬ bile truck, his overcoat becanie en¬ tangled in a skid chain on one of the rear wheels. He made one or two rev¬ olutions wirh the wheels, but luckily hia coat waa so badly torn that he was released from hia precarious position with but slight injury to himself.
The Girla' Friendly Society cele¬ brating locally Festival Week of thei general organization gave a "Branch | Evening" on Friday night last in the ! Pariah Houae. The intensely cold j nij^hl interfered somewhat with the! evening's program. However, those j preaent enjoyed the program and were enlightened as to the work of the So- j ciety. Dancing for an hour followed i the rendering of the following pro¬ gram: '
Prologue,     Friendliness,    Catherine Mulcahy.
Branch Poem, Marie Dedek. i
Candidate's Song, Candidatea. i
Dioceaan Song. Cliorua.
Victrola, Selected.
Episode- Scene,   Workrooni in .Mad-' am    Brice's     dressmaking    eBthbliah- ; fiient; .Mary,   Fannie    Wood;   Jennie, Vtra'I'hamin ; Maude,    Marie   Dedek; Mtidge, Bertha Burns; Hope, Margaret Wood, finishera; Miaa .\Knes, bea-i as sii'lant,   Petrina   Burns;   Ruth, an er¬ rand gir(. Catherine Mulcahy.
Greeting from the   Preaident   of   (i F. S. A., The Rector.
Epilogue,    Friendliness,     Catherine Mulcahy.
Collection,  Victrola Selections.
Song, America, Everybody.
The Ladies' Guild nf .^t. Paul's Episcopal Church will give an informal dance this Friday evening, February 9, at the Board of Trade Hall.
The editor ctrtainly appreciatea the kindness of several Roosevelt friends who have made our Roosevelt column so interesting this week,"
Misa uladya Andrus waa tendered a birthday party in honor <if her 15th anniversary. Her hotne was prettily draped in pink and blue ribbons, on each end of which waa a favor of a li?,- tle basket for each guest. Luncheon vns served, and Miss Andrua received many beautiful gilfa. Theie were about thirty friends present. A lurth' day cake in pink and blue wa!« an at¬ traction.
Mrs. Charles Kpple haa received by wire from St. I.uui.j the news of tbe death of ber lather, who had been ail¬ ing for the paal three years, lie was a retired clothing merchant, was a member of the Odd Fellows and .Ma¬ sons. He IS survived by .ae\en child¬ ren, H. Grabenstein, Mra. E. l-'icholtz, M. Grabenstein, all of Bronx; J. (irab¬ enslein, Cliicaj;i), III. ; Mra, E. Sam¬ isch, Brooklyn, and Mf. K|iple of Frceporl; alao sixteen grmiikiiildren and one brnlher, Edward GrBben.>itein, BUr\ive. The body vi a.i interred at St. Louia
P^tl) morning and evening services at the W. E, Churi'li laat Sunday wero full of intereating fcaturta. The fol¬ low..,^; |'eia(.,na were taken into foil niciiiliershi;) by the pastor. Rev. D. SiMnliy Coors: Mr. und Mrs. .Arthur Hull iird, Certnidt' llubtiard. Vera Mh, .', !;r!!Tii», Netlin Wood, Gladya A:; ; Ul, Uu;h May Lytle, .'Vluriel Wood, Evelyn Stephenson anil Funk'*' Sinter. .'sIt-ii ib> so on probBli(m: Evelyn M. V.;iiKi|:er, 1 aura Denton, Margaret KiM:t(y, Mary Magdalene Kanky and Mr.i. S.idie Underhill. Those alao V. •" . I'lirti/. "I: Verii M;iy Abrams, Mary Magdalene Kanky, Evelyn Mil- dmrl VHTiRi!'«'r nnd MHr!'-'!'"t K'>r! • .
Obituary
•POP" HAMILTON
'Pup"   Hamilton,   employed   as   an
oyster watchman, was   found   dead   in . pie met at the   home   of   Mrs,   Joaeph
hia   house  on   the   bay   Tueaday   by ' Faath on Whitehouse Avenue   on   Fri-
William Schaeffer,    who   resides   in/'<^;harlea Powell, death evidently reaull-' day evening last,  and re-organized the
EPWORTH LEAGUE RE()RGAr«t./.ES An enthuaia.'tlic group of young peo-
the South Bay Estates Tsection of this village, and is employed as a chauffeur of a motor track in New York, on Thursday of lasl week struck and killed Miss Eliza E. Reilly, age 52, of 228 East Twenty-first Street, Manhat¬ tan, as she was crossing Third Avenue,
ing from apoplexy. The aiithoritie»-|"Epworlh League of the M. E. t hurch, we.'e notified and the body brought to | which was designated aa ('hapter No. Freeport for interment. '24,402 of the Brooklyn South District.
"  Since the new paator. Rev. D, Stan-
DELAMATER SCHUYLER DENTON   ley Coors of Drew Seminary, haa taken Delamater Schuyler  Denton, a well-   up hif-work   in   Roosevelt,   there   has known civil   engineer of Main   Street, | been a marked increase in the   attend-
near 113th Street      She stepped   from   y^g^ pQ^i^^^^y^j^d ;„ j,jg ^j^j year," j a"^'*"   "^   yung people   at   the  church
behind an elevated pillar directly into tbe path of the machine. Mr. Schaef fer was not arrested.
SMITHVILLE SOUTH A supper and dance under   tbe   aus pices  of   the Woman'a  Guild  of  St, Mark's Episcopal Church   «ili be held j D. Campbell and Mrs. Frances B. Gib- in the Athletic Cliib House next Thurs  | son and three sons,   Delbmater Schuy- day   evening,   February.  15    Tick«ta, | Ier Denton, jr. ; Oliver M. Denton and including dance and supper with cake, I Herbert M. Dentcn. 25 cents; ice cream for 10 cents.
at his Winter residence, in New York, ! services, lo the extent that it waa Tuesday, after an attack of grippe. \ thought opportune to unite them into Mr. Denton was born in Eaat Rocka-, an organization or society in which way,the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. ; they would have special interest. It Denton. He is survived by four ; was along these lines, therefore, that daughters, Mrs. Susan Carman, Mra. ; a general invitation was extended to Florence A. Hulcheson,    Mrs.   Arthar jail the young people nf the church and
Sunday School to meet at the home of Mr°. Faath for a social and general good t^nie, and Friday evening found some forty of them had responded.
Through W. C. Connors of Freeport, out of   the   oflicers   of   the    District
Grace Lutheran Church, pastor, Wil¬ liam Steinbicker.    The   church   is   on < Bellmore   Avenue near Logue   Street.
hearsal in the evening, meetings open to all.
Services   and
I propellers Which were uaed on sabma- { rine chasers but we have no such war {contracts now and no immediate proa ; peet of any.
I Our financial plans were all made for j tbe purpose of increasing our domestic ' busineas, as well as our regular export basinesB, and these plans are progress-
line and •¦ babuys in largeqaastitifea, he can gite as good a price as the largest New York dealers. Hia stock of over 200 wheels comprises Iver JolHtNii, Naw England. Royal, ate.; •lao Fiake and Qmxlricb tiros of all gvtdM. Furtbermore bis gvarantM is tiaoaioe.
¦-     -       at
P. M.
T. Benson Snitb, February 6, 1917,
Gan Metal Calf Lace $6.60 Dociglas Sbo« for Men. Biade oa tbe well-knowD Bngliab lust—tbe style demanded by well-dressed men today. Sold only at Crevoiset-at'e, 96 So.  liain Street
A«V<
ing, for the purpose of eommnnicKting power from an engine room or motor room in'one building or .'section of a building to machinery in another baild¬ ing or section of a building. \
Holes or ducts, made for pipes or wires, are similar openings.
Wood beams in party   walls,   where
ing in a very satisfactory manner, the space betvVeen the beam ends are The regular 1J'^r quarterly dividend „ot filled witb brick, mortar or cement, on our preferred stock was paic on | Cornices, in the case of a row of ^^bruary 1. ». baildiiigs of equal height, being ereet-
Tmstipg tbat yoa will kindly give I ej. tbe interior being of wood frame space in yoar valued paper for this let-1 and hollow construction and once fire tar, we remain, reaches   the   inside of one   cornico   it
Yonrs very truly,
Columbian Brass Foundry,
Loait J. Hall. Prea.
would i»B»ediatety extend to tbe roofs
(Continued cn pag-e S)
JESSIE MAY GARDNER WOOD
Mra. J. Eugene Wood, formerly Mias League and a teacher in the Roosevelt Jessie M. iardner of Freeport, died al Su.uiny School, Miller F. Timbrell, her home in San Francisco, January, president of the District League, was Bible School at 2:30 and aervice every 181, after a brief illness. Her death inv ited to attend and present to tha Sunday at 4:00 p.m. The monthly will be regretted by friends and ac- young people the object and aims of meeting of the Council Monday even-' CjuaintaDcea in Freeport and vicinity, the League. Mr. Timbrell a»n»pd ho ing. The Parish Aid Society meets Mr. Wood and a young .son survive her. understood there had been a League Thursday afternoon. The topic for the , Mrs. Wood was a graduate nurae, started in Roosevelt some years ago, meeting will be "America, Foreign i having received her traininfr at the that it had received its charter, but Home   Mission   Territory."    Re-I Laura Franklin and Maternity Hospit-   bad lain dormant for gome   time.     He
als. New York City. ; briefly outlined the character and scope
Mr. and Mrs.   Wood   were   married   of the work, and   by   unanimous   vole
len years ago and   for   the   past   five   proceeded with   tne reorganization   of
I  itti*» I nrd FjiiiMtlt>r»»v       vears have been living in San Francia     the   Chapter.    Constitution   and   By-
LlttlC H»ru r-<tUMllciu^        j.^^    ^^^^^.^    ^^     ^^^^^j   is engaged   /n , Laws were adopted, and the  following
The activities of the Mask and  Wig , husiness.    Mr. Wood   was   formerly a   officers duly   elected to serve   for   the
Club are again before the  residents of : ,egjdent of Hempstead. balance of tb<-yenr ;    Prei^ident,   Miss
Preeport   and   vicinity.    The   clao   is |   Susan F. George;  first vice president,
going to stage wbat promises to be an ; q^j^j pe||ovvS ^'"- Ralph Duryea; second vicepresi-
excellent production  of   Francis   Bur-1 n;..r^,,c:ein.r U..!lrliri<r   '^'^"t-   Miss Marion    Prall;   third   vice
nctt'a   famous   story,     "Little    Lord *^'*'^"''*'"'5 """"""'^i presidenl. Miss Laura Denton;   fourth
Fauntleroy," next Friday evening. At the meeting of freeport Lodge i vice president, Mina (ierlrude Hub- February 1<?, at the American Theatre, j No, 600, I. O. O. F., No. 000, Monday bard; corresponding secretary. Miss In this instance the Maak and Wig night iherf was considerable discus-' Evelyn VanKiper; publicity secretary, CInb ia forlvmate in that the pley is i gion over the erection of an Odd Fel-; Miss Eunice Slater: treasurer, Robert being given for the benefit of , the . lows' Temple. The lodge owns a site j Williams,; Junior League Superintend- Neighborhood Workers. Of coilrse, on Church Street, opposite the heuse j «nt, Mrs. Walter rftepbenson. The everyone in the village realizes the i of Truck No. 1. Two propositions are secretary proceeded to t,Hke the names practical good that this beneficiary has being considered, one of erecting a | of those present desiring to join, and done in the community in the past, building there, and the other of pur-> gome twenty names were enrolled. Our townspeople are now given an op- j chasing from Pettit & Levy the prop-1 The organization being accom- portunity to materially assist in the ^ erty now occupied as a residence by I plished, the balance »f the eVfening good   work   that     the    Neighborhood   Andrew Raynor and   others   on   Sootb i tiaa turhed over to the   Entertainment
Workers have been carrying on, and | Main Street, and electing a temple at the same time be thoroughly enter- j ther.». giving the property on Church tained by the production of a play , Street as part payment. No decisive well-known and universally liked. | action was taken. "
The Mask and Wig Club bas greatly j —	
enlarged its   membership   during   tbe;     W. L. Douglas Shoes for   Men—For
Cammittee who saw to it that every¬ one joined in playing games, singing and having a general good time. Re* freshments were served and when tbe company finally departed, it was tbe unanimous opinion tbat the affair  bad
past year, as  a  result  ot   whieh   the  every day «ervice—a Gon   Metal  Calf {(,0^„ a decided aaceeaa.
club's director,   H. Eljratton   Kennedy,   Blucber, full toe, leather lined,   heavy
baa been particularly   fortunate in be-i sole; price   $3.76.    Crevoiserat's,   96
ing able to select for tbe characters of i So. Main Street
tbe play   persona of no  little experi-j
ence, wbo are   partieularly  fitted  for'"""   "_ T
tbe nfles for wbieb^tbey are cast. |   More FfCeport NcW) Ml PafC 8
Tbe weekly devotional meeting of tke League n !1 ig beld at the cbarefa on Sunday evening from 7 to 7:80f'p. m.    Buaineas and soeial   oieeting the
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