Nassau County Review 19110616

              Vol. XVf
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE 16,1911
No. 33
FREEPORT NEWS
Nugent's "Airdome" is now open.
Mrs. Henry L. .Maxson, of South Long Beach Ave. ia visitinj; Miss Stel¬ la Garton of Taunton, Mass.
On Sunday, June 4, Kev. Charles A.'Logue married John Sullivan and Ellen Doherty, both of Freeport.
Harry A. Seaman and family, who have resided in Far Rcokaway for sev¬ eral years, are again residents of Free- port.
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company has decided to have monthly practice drills, the first of which was held Mon¬ day evening, at the old Imperial Ho¬ tel.
Christopher Rhodes, who was in Freeport a few days ago from the far West on a visit to his mother, of Rose St., near Miller Ave., has returned West and is now in San Francisco. Mr. Rhodes is connected with the Western Union Telegraph Co.
The flower boat used by the G. A. R. in their services at the head of Freeport River, on Decoration Day, was a product of the skill of "Handy" Fanjoy, who is a member of the Post. The boat was 30 inches long, and built with a siiecially constructed oak stem post.
The local Board of Health has sent out an important circular entitled "A Filthy Fly.",i This little leaflet should be read by evervbodv in the village. If you have not yet seen it, write to Frank E. Rose, secretary of the Board of Health; he will gladly send you a copy.
Alfred T. Davison of this village has been appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the First Masonic District by Robtrt Juilson Kenworthy, Grand Master of .Masons of the State (if New York. Counselor Davison is a past Master of Massape(|ua Lodge, of Rock¬ ville Centre and this is the first time since its organization that the lodge has been so honoreti. The office last year was held by Harry Hedger of Glen Cove.
Village Electrician Harry A. Wall¬ ing wishes, in case your lights go out during an electrical storm, that you would notify him, or leave word at the Village Office, or Power House, as soon as the storm is over, so that he can promptly get them working again. Some times during the storms, the lights go out temporarily. After the storm is over, try your lights, and if they wont burn, send word to Mr. Walling immediately, and he will give you prompt attention.
VVilliam Eppler. a carpenter, of Brooklyn, while on the bay fishing, with fri'^nds, Sunday was suddenly stricken with embolus of the heart and died instantly. He fell into the water at the east branch of Ned's ("reek from Capt. William Homan'a fishing schooii- or. His body was recovered and brought ash..re. 1 ater it was remov¬ ed to Southard & .Moore's Morgue hy consent of Justice Norton. Dr. A. Ferree Witnier [lerfonricd an autoiisy which disclosed the cause of dcLith. Keppler was 3t> years of age.
The South Shure Yacht Club is plan¬ ning for a big time on tne Fourth of July. There will be races and danc¬ ing at the club house. The Club has starteil tho year very auspiciously. New members are pouring in. The Club has had built a commodious float for the landing of boats at the dock. The water in .front of the dock has been deepened and tbe space between the dock and the club house will be filled in, thereby greatly improving the Club grounds.
The rule as to the admission of vis¬ itors will be strictly enforced. It; woald seem as though a large number of people are of the opinion that they can have the privileges of the Club without becoming members.
Good grass for sale, '20 acres; see adv. Fitzpatrick in ihis issue.
Smith & Bedell, in their ad in this issue, give information of value to all who desire to get all the benefit from their baths. It.
Single copies of the Review for sale at Greenblatt's, Railroad Ave.; Kiefer's. Review oifice and Gobetz', South ' Main Street, and DaSilva's, West Merrick Road. tf
People winiing to order best grades of Wilkesbarre or Lehigh Vailey Coal by boat, are requested to send their or¬ ders to Capt. A. S. Sinith, Freeport, L. I., or write him for further infor¬ mation. It.
The fifth annual bantiuet of the Free- port High School Alumni Association will be held at the Garden City Hotel, Monday evening, June 26, at ^:30.
J. B. Nosworthy now has the Grove Cottage on South Grove Street opened and ready fnr business, and will be pleased to entertain anyone looking for a quiet place at reasonable prices.
The case of .Mrs. William Homan vs. Mrs. Laura Whitman which has been pending tor some time, was disposed of on Saturday, before Justice Swezey. Mrs. Whitman was defended by Miss ; Mary Southard, law clerk, of the office of Clock & Seaman. Upon motion of Miss Southard, the complaint was dis¬ missed and the defendant discharged.
Chief Cornell and delegates from the various hose companies, together with representatives of A. F. & S. C. Stewart, apparatus manufacturers, visited Portchester, N. Y., Saturday afternoon to inspect ihe Stewart hose wagons in use there.
The wagons inspected were Reliance Hose, in use three years, Lounsbery ' combination, in use a year, and Moel- ler Hose, now in its eighteenth year of active service.
Considerable time was spent inspect¬ ing the elegant building the Village of Portchester has provided for the Reli¬ ance Hose and Harry Howard H. & L. Companies. On the apparatus floor was found the Reliance auto chemical horse drawn chemical and hose wagon, also the aerial anci city service trucks of the Harry Howard Co. The second floor contains s'veral bath rooms, kitchen, committee room, library and two large company rooms. These are furnishedjn mission style in the most lavish manner. Nothing is lael:ing to enable the firemen to transact their business in comfort or to pass their leisure hours either with music or games.
Previous to the introduction of the auto chemical, horses were kept in the house but they were soon dispensed with in favor of a paid chaufTeur. The captain states that the machine has no difficulty in extinguishing many fires or in holding the larger ones in check until horses obtained from the local liverymen can bring the other appara¬ tus to the scene.
So highly do the citizens appreciate the auto chemical that it has become the custom to send a still alarm for it instead of calling the fire department. In this way it has answered (iO calls in addition to the 30 or so, to which the department was called.
The firemen state that it works to best advantage under adverse road con¬ ditions such as snow, mud or heavy grades, for with its great power it can negotiate roads at a fair speed which compel other apparatus to attach four horses and then only go at a walk.
School Notes
This is Commencement week at School, beginning with Baccalaureate Sunday in the .M. E. Church, the ISth inst., when Rev. A. VV. E. Ciirringtor., rector of the Episcojial Church of the Transfiguration, will preach.
Class Day E.xercises will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30.
Tuesday evening, June 20, at '^::fO, the Commencement address will be de¬ livered by Dr. .-\. C. .McLachlan of Ja¬ maica Training School.
Guaranteed Garden Hose in 25 or 50 ft. lengths, lOc ft. Refrigerators, §t).S5-$7.S.") *5 Collapsible Go-Carts $3.9X 2 Burner   Blue   Flame   Oil   Stoves,
33.69 2 Burner New Perfection Blue Flame
$6.75 Hammocks, oOc to $4.oO Croquet Sets, $1 to $2.75 Bamboo   Porch   Screens, 6 ft.x8 ft.,
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Window Screens (Continentah 18 inches extends to 33, 20c 24 inches extends to 33, 25c 24 inches extends to 37, 29c 28 inches extends to 87, 33c 24 inch wire  Screening, 3Jc running
foot Other widths  proportionately low in
price. 2 qt.    White   Mountain   Ice   Cream
Freezer, $2.35
Chick Founts, 20c-25c Water Coolers, $1.59 1000 White Paper Napkins, $loO. No-mo-du«t, 10c
Standard Floor Dressing
1 qt. can 25c    1-2 gal. 45c    1 gal. 75c Mason Fmit Jars Qts. 57c doz., pts. SOc doz. Dust down, 10c can. '     Tanglefoot. 6 sheets 5c
Universal Bread Mixers, $1.75 RefriKeratora. 16.85 up. Ice Picks. 10c
It DaSilva
Edwin Cook has gone to the .-Vdiron- dacks for his health.
Miss Edna Bond and Walter Bond, formerly of Freeport, were guests of .Mi s Florence and Raymond Miller over Sunday. i
M.iss Adele Golder of Amsterdam, formerly of Freeport, is visiting rela¬ tives in Brooklyn and is expected in Freeport the last of this week.
Miss Marie Betzig entertained the "500 Club" on Tuesday afternoon. Miss .Marion Dusenbury took 1st prize and Mrs. S. F. Pearsall 2nd. Miss Edna Eldridge took guest's prize. \
The "In and Out Club"  met   at   the home of .Miss Mari.-   Betzig   Thursday, afternoon, for  "500".    Refreshments were    served.    Miss    Lulu   Chapman took 1st prize.
Ground has been broken for the new- building for the First .National Bank on Railroad Avenue.
Mrs. Benj. D. Homan, who recently underwent a serious operation in Nas¬ sau Hospital, has returned to her home on tlcean Ave., where she is rapidly improving.
The public library and reading room, at 36 Grove Street, is now opened every week day from 2 to 5 and every evening from 7 to 9, except legal holidays and Saturday evenings.
.Miss Frieda .Meyer of this village was a passenger on the express steam¬ ship "Grosser Kurfursi" on the North German Line, sailing from New York to Breman, on Thursday,
A bread and cake sale will be held at the residence of Mrs. M. E. Joeris- sen. 47 North Main Street, on Satur¬ day of this week, at 3 p. m. ; proceeds to- be donated to the Lutheran  Church.
Monday evening Freeport Lodge, I. O. O. F., conferred the first degree on VVilliam Anderson and Edward Biele¬ feld. The second degree will be con¬ ferred on the same two candidates on July 3rd.
George Clifford Colyer of this vil¬ lage, graduates from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School, on June 21, with the degree of D. D. S. Twenty-eight New York men are in the class of one hundred and forty-six.
Saturday and Sunday nights, the western end of Long Island was visit¬ ed by severe thunder storms, places as far east as Rockville C'entre and East Rockaway bewig struck by the light¬ ning. No dama,'e is reported around Freeport. ^
Samuel ('. Post, son ;)f Jackson Post of this village, was badly hurt while coupling cars for the C. R. R. of N. J., at the Jersey City yards. His leg was broken, and he received several bad cuts. He was taken to St. Fran¬ cis Hospital for treatment.
Tuesday evening some of .Miss .Mollie Pitcher's friends gave her a miscel- lanous shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Philips. Miss Pitcher re¬ ceived many pretty and useful gifts. A dainty repast was served, the talile being tastefully decorated in yellow and white.
A musicale will be given by the Phil¬ omel Quartet, this Friday evening, in the Lecture Room ofthe M. E. Church. An excellent program has been ar¬ ranged, consisting of violin solos, read¬ ings, (juartets. and a cantata, "Thc Life nf a Loaf," by Ashford. A sil¬ ver collection will lie taken fur Fresh .\ir Fund.
Alpha Council No. 11, D. of .\. , gave an entertainment Tuesday even¬ ing before a large and appreciative audience. Several instrumental and vocal selections were well rendered. The wedding of .Miss Long and .Mr. Short w:is particularly interesting and if Kip Van Winkle had happened on the stage during the ceremony, he cer¬ tainly woukl have thought he ha.l dropped in among some of his old neigboors. A well-drilled cast ap¬ peared in the comical farce "The Greatest Plague in Life. " The troubles of Mrs. Bustle in getting a cook com¬ petent to make a "Tipsy Pudding." and the comical situations arising from her efforts, were excellently portrayed. The committee in charge were Si.^ters Stella Morse and Sarah Braren. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Council.
Unclaimed Letters
Country Ciub
Ctissidy, Miss K.
Gahre, H. N.
Jones,      m.
Kent, Mr. and .Vlrs. G. M.
Kent, Mrs. Dorothy
Nagler. G. J. & So'n
Often, H.
Paterson, Mr. J. Jr.
Rudell, .Mr. A
Stevinsoti, Mr. M,
Terry. Albert J. (3)
Wood, S.
White, Augustus i Robt. G. Anderson, P. M.
I June 21. 1911
W. P. W. Haff. the largest coal dealer pn Long Island. Tbe cheapest place to buy coal. Exelosive dealer in some uf tl|e best grades of coal.    It
i Coming Events
'     Next Wednesday evening, June   1 —
: Malcomson-Bramaii wedding.
Thursday, June 29—Ladies' Night, Freeport Chapter, R. A. M., at Me¬ chanics' Hall.
Tuesday and Wedne-day, June 27 and 28, Rose Fair of the Ladies' Aid Society of the .M. E. Church.
The ladies of the Prebyterian church and congregation will give a basket luncheon at the home of Mrs. l-red E. Story, 171 VV. Merrick Road, next Friday, June 23. Baskets containing luncheon will be on sale, ir.cluding tea and cofTee, from twelve to three o'clock.
Village Trustees
At an adjourned meeting of the Vil¬ lage Board of Trustees held last Thurs¬ day evening William A. Harding of the Hudson .Vlechanical Rubber Company appeared and asked to be allowed to present a sample of h<ise and give a figure on the same. He stated that he had a <)uantity of hose which had been made up for the New York F^ire De¬ partment to sell at SI.41 per foot but that to turn the same into cash his company was willing to dispose of it at .>.64 per foot; no action.
The Board accepted the invitation of Chief Cornell to head the local depart¬ ment in the parade and tournament of the Nassau County Volunteer Fire¬ men's Association held at Lynbrook Wednesday.
There was considerable discussion over the bids for the install¬ ation of the new machinery and the new arc lights in connection with the street lighting system. There were two bidders—Fort Wayne Elect¬ ric Co., and the VV'estinghouse people. The latter concern was the lowest bid¬ der by about §45; after "corrections" were made.
C)wing to several changes on the matters of tipecifications, Trustee Sig¬ mond wanted the bids rejected and the matter re-ailvertised, but the other Trustees thought otherwise.
On motion of Trustee Collard, who wanted to give the contract to the Fort Wayne Co., the matter was brought to a vote. Trustee Hedell sup¬ ported Trustee Collard; Trustee Sigmond refused to vote on the grour.d that the specitications were not correct and Trustee Myrick and Presi¬ dent Gunning voted against. After the matter had been voted upon three times with the same res'.ilt, a recess was taken and when the meeting was again called to order the contract was .split and half given to e»ch compUny at the price of ?2T32 each, ami each concern is to take one of the old dyna¬ mo* at the price of .?2.")U. According to the contract there will be four new rectifiers and nO lamps. The latter are to be of the 6 ti-ln ampere type.
The increase in the amount which the Board vote 1 tn expend is explained by their decision to procure .'iO lamps instead of 25 and one additional recti¬ fier.
Nearly midnight the Hoard adjourn¬ ed to meet again nn Friday evening.
On Friday evening the first business was that of the Gas Company opening streets without the [iroper permit. President Gunning, committee on per¬ mits, informed the representatives of the Company that they would have to have a permit for each and every in¬ stance, whether for laying mains or service pipe.
The "private memoranda" charges of Chief of Police Wallace against Offi¬ cer John Driscoll were taken up and the "professional secrecy" was still maintained. Chief Wallace was as¬ sisted by the Board in the "keeping still" process, as an executive session was called and everybody in the room, with the exception of the BoaTtJ, Chief Wallace, Officer Driscoll and Counselor John Sumner, his representative, were compelled to retire.
Apparently nothing was done regard¬ ing this hearing, as no record of it ap¬ pears on the minutes.
A resolution was adopted "thst we advertise for Peekskill gravel."
A requisition  of Chief  Cornell   for one ton of coal, for the   Engine  Com- I pany, was granted.
News of the Churches
This noticexwas published in our last issue by error, ^eing a week ahead of time:
"The Tragedy of Pretense" will be the Sunday morning sermon theme of Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. 'The even¬ ing service will be merged with that of the other churches for the Union Service at the .Methodist Church with Baccalaureate sermon to the {graduat¬ ing class of the class of the High School.
"A Modern Message from an An¬ cient Preacher" will be the sermon subject at the M. E. C'hurch Sunday, at 10:30 a. m. At 7:45, Union Bacca¬ laureate services will be held under the auspices of the class of 1911, F. H.  S.
The first quarterly meeting of this Conference year of the local A. M. E. denominatior! will be held in Bethel Church, Rev. Wm. Edwards Pastor, on Sunday, June 25. Following is the program: 10:30, love feast. Rev, L. M. Harper of Setauket: 11, sermon, Kev. C. J. Lawton of Flushing; 3 p. m., sermon, Rev, G. R. Murchinson of Babylon; 3:45, communion, Rev. A. W. Pierce of Westbury and Kev. P. M. Laws of Roslyn in charge; 7:30, Voung People's meeting; S, sermon, Rev. Joseph Stiles, presiding. A cordial welcome to all.
Olive Lovell is leader for the Young People's meeting Sunday nigbt in the Presbyterian Church ; "ubject, "Grace for Common Duties."
Tho Epworth League meeting will be held in the M. E. Church Sunday evening, at (i:45 sharp; leader, Hiram K. Smith; topic, "Deriving the Best Use of Special Gifts; music by league ofiicer. .Members should be on hand promiitly, as the league will dismiss early.
The Frecport Park   Commi knowledges receipt   of   the cash donations to   date   for park adjoining the L. I. R. K port: Name
James H. C'ruikshank H. J. Kay more Kev. VV. A. Kichard Kev. Chas. Herbert Scholey E. A. Greenleaf Harry F. .Miller Kdward L. White C. 0. Niles Ered Figge Rev. E. 0. Tree Isaac Van Kiper Koss & Kandall Company Robert Kelby John Permento Onslow-.Vloore Company Daniel .Morrison Henry P. Libby Lewis II. Knapp Frank II. Stevens Charles Cortles Amlirose Scheller J. W. Bailey C. .Milton Foreman John J. Randal! Companv E. .S. Kandall John J. Kandall Jere E. lirown A. S. Jnhn.-oii South Si.le .Messenger Nassau County Review Arthur 'I honipson George M. Kandall Ko.^well Davis C. A. Edwards H. Barasch Cash
George M. Levy Ellison & Company Charles A. Sigmond Kobert G. Anderson Receipts from opera
Local Topics
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Also donations other than cash:
Jease M. Hewlett, lawn seed and fertilizer
David Dean, 2 flower beds filled with flowers.
L. I. R. R., pine trees and   cinders.
Lewis Bros., teams for carting.
0. W. Humphrey, teams for carting.
To keep the park up in shape dur¬ ing the Summer, the Commission need some implements, which they would be pleased to have donated. Any of the following would be acceptable:
2 lawn mowers
3U0 ft, 3-4 in. h/jae
2 hose reels
2 hose nozzles
3 lawn sprinklers 2 lawn rakes
2 iron rakes 2 garden hoes 1 lawn roller 1 turf edger
1 pr, grass shears
2 mole traps
I   Ion Freepert lews on Pa^eS
The long hoped for loca! issue of the telephone directory is being distrib¬ uted. It IS not to be wondered at that it took some time to get it out, asjiiit contains 18 names less than a thous¬ and, as follows: Frecport 741, Bald¬ win 133, Roosevelt 44, .VIerrick 40, Bellmore 20, Wantagh 14, Seaford 10. The large directories for New York City and the Borough of .Manhattan are also being issued this week.
If you have any idea that your as¬ sessment may be too high, call at the villlage office this week, and look at the assessment books. After this week no changes can be made in the books.
Our attention was called to the ban¬ ner in front of the Sigmond Opera House, last week ; one man remarked that it seemed strange a member of the Village Board should thus violate the la'Af. VVe called Mr. Sigmond's attention to this matter, and Mr. Sig¬ mond promptly informs us that the banner was placed without his per¬ mission, while he was out of town.
It seems like baby play to say that Frecport was robbed in the Tourna¬ ment at Lyjibrook Wednesday, but there is no (]uestion that some of the oflicials took more time with their liquid refreshments that was neces¬ sary   for   an   inteliigeiit   performance
their duties..
Also the measurer in the steamer contest ould never verify his measure, under any conditions, and the ruling of the judges in th>^ hose con¬ test, that drop harness could not bo used, does not relli'Ct particularly on their good judgment.
Being an officer on duty at the corner <if .Vlain Street and .VIerrick Koail on Saturday or Sunday afternoons is not all a picnic. I was watching t'aptain Dunbar with interest last Saturday when he had 1 autos, 5 wagons and a trolley cir at thc corner all at once. He knows how to handle them too.
I must retract. Judging by his fail¬ ure to send in copy "Osseo," onr Free- port Club special cnrresiiondent, is not sleeijing as I thought, but apparently dead.
How'd yriu like to be village presi¬ dent of a village like Freeport? For the last 3 weeks f^reaident Gunning has been obliged to go to Albany in an endeavor to defunt the iniiiuitnus bill proposing to exempt New Vork City from taxation in Nassau and other counties.
The Village Board has asked and re¬ ceived iiermission to license all dogs in tho village, and nnw MUST do so. One of the sections of this law pro¬ vides that assessors must include as part of their assessing work, the as- ses.uing of all doga in 'he village, giving the name of all owners and how many dogs they possess. It is a nice job and reminils me of an Indiana as¬ sessor who had trouble getting people to list dogs for taxes.
"Got a dawgV" he aske<l. "No," was the answer.
"Well, I'll 'seas you one anyway— not rny fault you hain't got any— plenty of dawgs."
Here's a suggestion I heard the oth¬ er day. How do you sign your ad¬ dress, "Freeport, L. I.," or "Free- port, .N'. V." The argument, and it is a good one, was made that every Long Islander was proud of the Island and shoukl advertise it every way possible and that he culd do it in no better wav than to tell others when away from h'.me that he was from Freeport, Long Island.
See Seaman's special aale ladies' summer vests.
Frel?port Chapter, No. 302, is ar¬ ranging for a Ladies' Night for Thurs¬ day evening, June 29.
.Vlr. and Mr*. Davis are now oc¬ cupying their summer home, corner of Pine Street and Ocean Avenue.
Mr and Mrs. Charles L. Wallace, former Freeporters, of Ardmore, Pa., have been visiting relatives here.
Be sure to attend the entertainment "Fairchlld of the Bar Z," a Western play to be given by the Hill Stock Company, in Sigmond Opera Houae, next Monday evening, for Excelsi'>r Hook and Ladder Compny. If you cannot attend, order your tickets any- how. This is not charity, but a pub¬ lic benefit which it is your d'lty 'and privelege to help.